V -x \ - ?��������� v J ,4 t._ W^*' Published in the Interests of Greater Vajgouver and the Western People 5=S*- ������_ '' V4' ^ * ���������r~ i"***V^A._ 4 - .*4- ���������<*<������,/>_ ' x^-x-x. , _ >/ - ,. ; x -- -^ 'V -������������������''���������- X| * _ "3MT r 4 " Volume VI. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, -FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1915 JMj&ajWPt^jODy. ISO. 43. 5H [EW TAXES WILL I NOT BEAR HEAVILY ON THE INDIVIDUAL '' The,word "Tariff" is derived from Tarifa, a i>ort in Morocco, from which, in early times, a )and of pirates used to levy dues on all ship- ling within reach. Many people are still of the Jinion that a tariff is in the nature of a hold- to, hut at the best, no one likes to pay increas- . Jd taxation,/least of all at a time when the in- me' of most is restricted. It is, therefore, a of the times that the additional burden [faced upon the general public and the special fixes imposed upon commercial activities should (ave been accepted by the Canadian people without a grumble, almost without criticism by the ijditical opponents of the government. Nevertheless, it is hardly correct to label the ^ditional taxation "war taxes," for in fact they ,t!e not, and the revenue derived from them will M be applied for payment of expenditure upon nlitary or naval participation by Canada in the iiar. The expeses of the war are being paid. If Canada from loans provided for the purpose IV Great Britain, and further loans for the con- [tauance of the policy have been promised from e same source. Canada will, of course, have to pay the interim on these loans, but the burden does not fall R_ our shoulders to-day. The -necessity for the lposition of new taxation arose from the dim- hed returns from existing taxation, due to the ^pressed condition of trade, and it would have- gen imperative for the Dominion government > I have raised additional revenue by taxation fen though Canada had not actively participat- J_ in the war, The actual JForm of taxation mature little, as it is generally believed to he. of a riporary nature, and although in the oJ>jnjon experts some of. the minor dippct; taxes may jjove more irritating than profitable, they are lit" unjust, and will bring home to those who Ihy at home in comfort a mere shadow of the Valuation of the meaning of this war, the vital Kbstance being the cause for which to many Krtusands o* our fellow cit������s^i^gdne~wo������-w jrd willing to sacrifice their lives. A recognition of the necessity of imposing fesh taxes to raise additional revenue does not, Wever, blind one to the fact that in drafting te customs tariff changes better attention migh ^ve been given to the effect on Western in- stries of the changes in duty rate.^The gov- unent express the view that the 1% per cent. Urease will undoubtedly be of benefit in stim- [feting home production, but its effect upon cer- Jin British Columbia industries is exactly tbe Nrerse. TO WAR How jtimes jure, changed! In _1876 the Jtus- m army was at the Gates of Constantinople {d D'Israeli halted them with 10,000 men tand- Un Cyprus and the British fieet in the Bosporus. , To-day in order to halt the Huns on their Srch on Constantinople England has organized lied and equipped an army of 3,000,000 men, [Itside of Indian troops, and'��������������� the combined fleets l.il the Triple Entente are blowing the forts on |\e Dardanelles into pieces, whilst the Huns are. It a thousand miles away from Constantinople. f The interest of. the week has undoubtedly cen- f'ed on the struggle between the land fortifi- .tionand the fifty battleships in and around .e Dardanelles. Here the greatest battle fleet er engaged in the world's history, has been Ottering at Ports that have been deemed im- &gnable to' nava1 assault. So far, however, the I naval guns have conquered and although fj straits are not yet entirely freed, yet evi- ice accumulates that another few days win the allies fleet in the sea of Marmora, and 11V fill of Constantinople will be in sight. .. Vhile the desperate battles have been fought ������t in Poland, Galicia and Panders, still it was Jje Gate to the Orient, Constantinople; Asia inor, the Levant and Suez Canal that were Mly aimed at in the, Teutonic advance through jrvia to the Mediterranean. They had got j}ay with Bosnia nnd Herzegovina by rattling P\e saber and making faces and without' any f>ubt the Teutons really believed that Britain pd"gone stale" and would never pay the price fat a war with Germany would. cost. They j^oned without their host, and now that Brit- 1% has got the Teuton stalled in Polish and r1bn_ish.mud,'she and her allies are settling the |{ar east question in their own way. If The possession of the Black Sea and the Iputh of the Danube will mean much to the l^npaign in Servia and Hungary as well as rWer the-price of wheat'to'the allies. The settlement of the near-east' question in- Vlving ,as it does, Persia, Asia Minor, Pules-' )'ae';and the Euphrates Valley, in other words, lifc cradle of the human race, its legends, lan- lages and religions, is one of intense interest. Continued on page two MAYORALTY WARMING Vancouver is^ once again in the throes of a civic election. Two candidates are in the field so far, and if reports be verified to-morrow there will be only these two nominated���������Walter Hepburn and L. D. Taylor. Walter Hepburn stands frankly for retrenchment in every possible way���������L. D. Taylor fori "the full 'dinner pail" and full, sail in every other direction. For'any "one who has Vancouver's good at heart, there should be no difficulty in choosing who to vote for this time. ^'Without any exception every hbme'in Vancouver has had to retrench���������the evidences of this are on every hand. The man or family who has 'not ordered retrenchments these days may be classed with the near-mad, and this applies not only to Vancouver, but to'every part of this earth to-day. And our city is only an agglomeration of families., There can be no good-reason why the policy of retrenchment that Is good for individual and family life is not also good.for our* city. X - , ��������� Walter Hepburn represents the policy that every family in our city and in .the whole world has already adopted. L. D. Taylor represents the policy that would class aa madmen the individuals or families that to-day adopted it. Nor does the retrenchment policy mean either stagnation or starvation. It means a temporary cessation from all unnecessary non-productive' work, the cutting off of expenditures fromrev- enUe or capital that do not immediately produce olutely anything and that are not at present"1 esBcn-ial to our well-being. ���������' XvX --'' Vtneftuver and British Columbu.muVt Yearn to* pi&duce. The attempt- to live and 'flourish, on reirenue or borrowed capital has ended in disaster. "> X. Tjtylor advocates a continuance of that policy and Mthough it is definitely certain thdt he can- ngjt .tart? it out because he ,cannot {iossi|)iy 6b- ,ta$nj,the money to do it, yet there are many who-carried away by the promise of "a full dinner pail" will vote for him. And this vote will .come out almost to a man. ' There were 9000 votes cast' against L. D. Taylor at last election. Surely there are enough thoughtful voters in this city, t6, defeat an 4m- possiole >Slicy and the advocate, thereof; .But they must come to the polls. The1 credit of our city's sanity is at stake. For the refet, we would say that the policy of producing on Greater Vancouver's vacant cleared property is not being carried out at all. Nothing of consequence is being done. ;No organized effort is in evidence, and yet there is scope 'here to employ profitably every idle hand., We are bringing chicken feed from South Africa and importing butter from New Zealand andV eggs from' China, whilst our, muscles .are softotimg and our vacant landmJying idle and dur demifcogueB tempting us with the siren cry of "* full dinner paU." 4 V ( ' Oit out Vancouver, on the 13tii of March and vote this nonsense ont of .tight. - TAYLOR PERSECUTION . that Ii. D. Taylor has been'unseated is a fact. ,- That the act of unseating hun from,the may-v *o������alty is persecution, is' asserted by Mr. "Taylor. We think Mr. Taylor's assertion is unfortunate for him and for the city which he apparently desires to serve. We imagine the plea of persecution to be undignified on the part of Hvlr. Taylor, and detracting as to the fame of our city. Our law requires that any candidate for the seat of the mayor shall own clear above registered indebtedness, real estate to the value of one thousand dollars within the limits of the city. Certainly this qualification is not excessive. The law could scarcely require a less amount than one thousand dollars in itself a purely nominal sum. Many have thought that the qualification is not sufficient, indeed, if the purpose of the law is to require a positive money qualification this thought, would be justified. As__we understand it, however, the law strikes deeper than this. The emoluments of the office of Mayor are such as to be a matter of consideration to such as.are in financial need- The influence attaching to the office is such as to react under certain circumstances on the ?rivate affairs of the incumbents of the office, hus, Timothy Tugrautton may have little jn- fluence and less credit as an individual, hut may have considerable of each as the mayor of a 'large,;;city;}V:X4' ��������� ���������/TpV^rdVagaiiuit an effort on the part of financially submerged men to make the chair : a means of relief from personal embarrassment therefore, the law has required that the candidate must be in a position to shew one thousand dollars ,only ( on the right side of the ledger free from incumbrances before he can qualify to hold the position. And to provide against a snap balance being shown for nomination day the candidate is required to show that balance in his favor clear to the Land Registry Office for thirty days'prior to nomination. This is, all very reasonable and necessary. Mr. Taylor had not this balance clear. He knew this, but took the risk. THE NEW GRAIN ROUTE In line with the new order is the commencement of the new grain elevator now in progress of construction. What the grain industry is to Fort William we may certainly expect it to be t6 us> and more, as we have the advantage of an open port all the year round. These and other things lead us to say, take heart, Vancouver- Perhaps the blackest months are already past. Certainly they soon will be, and thien we shall have the busy hum of activity again. It is well that our press should give due emphasis to these signs of cheer and well being ahead for us: And it is well that we should see that the turn of the tide, which may be very sudden, does not find uf unprepared to take our opportunity. piE LA80RSTRKE k One can hardly understand thr'ttrike.on the1 Ctode at this time. These' nten have \*ee������ -e1ii|tjifc& making -ammunition and military aup^ piles. jUpou tbe having abundance of Jihese the ��������� lives and success of the troops in the trenches depend. It may be that the destiny of the race and the future history of theivorld may depend upon them. That men should stop this work to wrangle over a personal interest no matter how great or small for the moment it tuayl-be seems strange. If it is as it looks if,would, rank with the action of the men in former wars who sold fortresses to the foe for gold- If it is as it seems to be, it would be worse than the soldier who deserts in the face of the enemy.. . ' ������ It Ms gratifying to note that the move is contrary to the unioh orders. We sbali not say further, but hope tbat things are not as bad as they seem. This may be said* if the workers are true to the Empire in this time of crisis, there is no reasonable demand they make later that the Sublic will not assist them to obtain; but if they etray their country and the lives _of their countrymen at this time, which we believe the workers as a body will not do however, then God help1 them and His for the conflict will be on indeed, and there can only then he one endx The Indian rae%are showingythewelyes men. * The Japanese have shown themsielveivto-be true allies. ������������������ X-;' ' X ' yj -.When peace comes they will .demand'"..to. share in full the benefits of the empire they have assisted to defend. , rflf then the workers have betrayed their trust in the meantime, how shall they be able to claim that the lines of industry be kept for them alone. Will it riot be seen that to keep these lines for them is to trust the fate of the Empire to men who are, in a small part, to-day proving themselves untrustworthy. We want a white Empire, served by white men. But the white men must be trustworthy as a part of the Empire. , , r > -Ninety nine out of every hundred1 _a;ie':so!: The workers should see that the small minority are whipped into line,;, or compelled to give place to those who will fall into line. Just demands will be granted, and the demands if necessary be" made retroactive, but, as Lloyd George said, there is no time for labor adjustments now, arid any one who tries to profit by the German and Austrian armies to obtain benefits will disgrace workers forever.' APOSTACY AMONG THE JEWS We quote the following from the Gospel Herald- "There are in the city of St. Louis, 50.000 Jews- But according'to^ a local rabbi, less, than 6,000 of' these are members of the synagogues. He also declares that of the millions of Jews in New, York city not more than 100,000 are members of the Jewish church. He complains further that the churches and synagogues have become clubs rather than churches and that membership is more or less determined by social standing.���������Reformed Church Messenger. '.'���������'. tX i /<&xx *s SYNDICATE FRAUDS ARE CAUSING STIR IN EASTERN CANADA Several eastern publications have long held up Western Canada and particularly British Columbia, a* the region where fraudulent schemes abounded to the detriment of the good . name of Canada, and whieh alio resulted In the turning- of large amounts of investment funds to other channels. In a case of a.financial upset of any sort in the West, it haa been the general rule to rant heavily on the damage done generally to the prestige of the country. Whilst searching' for possible exposures in the West the home field has been overlooked until too late, and now there has been given to the public ������the) ftory of what would appear-to be one of the largest schemes of wholesale robbery ever unearthed in the Dominion. On the charge of "conspiracy to defraud," which cnarge in the eyes.of the law covers^a multitude of sins, the celebrated McCutcheon brothers, four in number, together with Marshall A. Cook, all real estate butchers, have been passed along through the Toronto Police Court and will eventually be tried before a High ,CJourt Judge and jury. Tltat Police Magistrate Dennison should' find against these five men and Send them on for' trial is,, under the circumstances, not surprising. Their wild and weird, realty, antics, their, utter disregard for the truth of their written or spoken word, added, to the fact that they solid real estate to which', they had no legal right or title, and in consequence of which the deeds Tor the same at^J not forthcoming, is a story all brought ouf^^jtmdfnae* Instance after in*fonce waa given whereplote o������ land, worth approximately $2,500 or, 99,000, were syndicated and ottered to the public it $40,000 arid up. Othar lestir^^^^^^'*aL*^ that a plot of land of a v - xm -��������� aw' afcdv la������������tod iri JB* W*W W**49^*t ^99*w*)*9> ^^9W^9W9***w9' ^T^^" __ Western towns were given- a ;]jcMt*IB#'frwf^ proximating dozens of times the real tame, arid then sold to syndicates to be again sold to the public. " t - \ Some idea of the widespread business of these subdividers and syndicators may be gathered from the fact that they fathered, in one way or another, according to their own admission, no less than forty syndicates and that six of these organizations alone involve upward of $800,000. The total loss to the people, great and small, by the McCutcheon blunderbund in England, panada and the United States will probably amount to upward of $2,000,000, or more money than was sunk in the Union Life wreck. Tbe local syndicate boards which flourished throughout the smaller cities and towns of Ontario and which finally took over these McCutcheon properties^after many of them hadbeeri boosted from an acreage value of say $25 or $50 per acre to many hundreds per acre, to in turn be boosted in price by the local syndicathes, were chiefly composed of dummies who knew nothing of realty values in the Canadian west or apparently anywhere else. These syndicates gave gave the necessary local color, which, accompanied, by a pretty name, for the raw land, such as Mayfair, was sufficient to' interest the boobs of the immediate neighborhood. This was the secret of a little town like Bowmanville dumping $46,000 of money into one of them, and what was done in Bowmanville was true throughout rural Ontario. }X "i���������~-< ~<i->\ "s f- r., 4 * ;**k --AX: -"������������������I r ,r I V-X *'C fit, i#5"-<Ji".ji___ ������-4i������ ijfca.'SSW^y&J! Some of Magistrate Denison's remarks,at the termination of the preliminary hearing which sends the McCutcheons and Cook on for trial are worthy of repetition. "The evidence shows," said the Magistrate, "that there has been a widespread fraud. It may have been cleverly concealed by syndicates , and otber schemes, to cover up their tracks. But ��������� people paid their money, and got nothing for it." THE ISLE OF MAN The Isle of Man has a code of laws entirely its own. The island has never been ruled by the laws of England. These happy islanders have no armed forces to maintain; no income tax, death, estate or stamp duties to pay, and their customs dues are in most case* on a lower scale than in the United Kingdom. Manx women, too, have special privileges. Every female adult, widow or spinster, in the Isle of Man, whether she be owner, occupier or lodger, has a vote for the House of Keys election- Every widow en- joys'half of her husband's personal ^estate, and has a life interest in Ijis real estate, and she Cannot be deprived of this by will; whilst her written consent must be obtained to all transfers and deeds affecting her husband's property. On the other hand, no married woman can legally own in her own right either money or property in the Isle of Man; she can have no separate estate unless specially protected before marriage, and can make no will without the leave of her husband.���������London Chronicle. THE WESTERN CALL Friday, March 5th, 1915. *******4***4,**4***4*4***i . ! A Few Reasons 1: Why you should buy at j; Independent | Drug Store;; <[ Cor. 7th & Main f -������������������ ��������� ��������� ������ 1���������We vare close'to your * ���������; home. .. 2���������We have as big a.i *} stock as any other + * j Drug Store in Van- ���������, * * couver. o *' 3���������We have two expert < ��������� ]| Prescription Drug- X ;; gists. ^ ji- ���������', 4���������You can phone your . * ,, wants and obtain the j * i goods. ������' ; Marret & Reid !'. 1 Phono Fairmont 999 ������ 4*.*+******4*4*4*4 ���������������>��������������������������������������������������� WAKE UP CANADA! Phone Seymour 9086 Are You a Spender ? If bo, do you realize tlie fact that yoa are throwing away the bricks with which you should be building your futuret It's -worth considering! Start a Deposit Account With Us 4 per cent, interest on deposits, subject to cheque credited monthly. Beferences: Dunn's, Bradstreets or any reliable Financial Institution in Vancouver. Dow, W Jrost tp / 122 jjAwnros ST. wjjst McKay Station, Horosby ^H^P^ww*' 3tr*wbtm*--50 varieties. Baspbtrriff���������w varieties. _._ 8ee4 ?oUtoe*-10 varfBttw. D^cripttTt Catalogue FBEE "TEH *.4*J3 VJSW FBTJIT FABM" J*. Ia. McOONNBU- * SON ���������__gg_vBw-tU - - Ontario - Ottawa, OswmU PJUW0I.ll * OUTHRIE ���������Barristm soft ������olicitor������ Olive Pringle. 2i. G. Guthrie. Parliamentary Solicitors, Departmental Agents, Board of Bailway Commissioners Mr. Clive Pringle is a member of the Bar of British Columbia. Oitistn Building, Ottawa. TIMBER 8AU3 X 356" Sealed Tenders will be received by the ''Miffifcter of Lands not later tahn noob On the 15th day of April, 1915, for the purchase of Licence X 85.6, to. cut 14,203,000 feet of cedar, hemlock and balsam, on an area adjoining Lot 928, Gilford Island, Range' One, Coast District. Five (5) years will be allowed for removal of timber Further particulars of the Chief Forester, Victoria, B. C. TIMBEB SALE X 860 ;������������������';.''. Sealed Tenders will be received by " the Minister of Lands not later than noon on the 12th day of April, 1915, ^ for the purchase of Licence X 360, to cut 4,933,000 feet of Douglas fir, hem- . lock and cedar, on an area being expired T. L. 37126, Port Neville, Kange One, Coast District. Three (3) years will be allowed for removal of timber. ' X Further particulars of tlie Chief Forester, Victoria, B. C. TIMBEB SALE X 866 Sealed Tenders will be received by the Minister of Lands not later than noon on the 12th day of April, 1915, for the purchase of Licence X 366, to eut 5,800,000 feet of spruce, cedar, hemlock and balsam fir, oh Lot 1101, lying west . of Kwalate Point, Eange one, Coast District. . ;" Three (3)'years wilL be allowed for removal of timber. Farther particulars of the Chief Forrester, Victoria, B. C. ������ 9,898,000 German Soldiers London���������It has heen announced in parliament by Under Secretary of State for "War Tennant that Germany's total army of both trained-and untrained men consists of 9,898,000 soldiers. The village of Kitty Brewster, near Blythe, Northumberland, has the most remarkable recruiting record in England. The village comprises about 60 dwelling houses, and out of the sixty males in the place no fewer than 56 (96) per cent, have enlisted. Canadian-Born! Line Up! It should not, in all fairness, be marked up against us here in Canada that, at the outbreak of the war, we failed to* immediately appreciate* the gravity of the situation,' and to feel it our imperative duty to enlist. We are not a military, people. We live on a Continent where we seldom think of war whereas the people of Europe always think of war. Naturally it took time for us to realize what waB happening���������to grasp our own intimate connection with this stupendous tragedy. But now, after more than six months of the most desperate and deadly fighting, during which practically our whole attention has been centred upon its origins, the issues and the probable consequences of this frightful conflict, we can no longer plead lack of understanding as-an excuse for any failure on our part to do our fair share. Compare what we are doing with the efforts of our kindred in the British Isles. There they have some forty-five million inhabitants. From these forty-five millions, they are planning to secure three million soldiers. Indeed, when we reckon in the regular army and the men'performing arduous duty in the navy,' they. have now three million men with the colors. When their present plans are completed they will have more. Count Canada as possessing eight million people. On the British Island scale���������one to every fifteen���������we should have at least a half- million men in uniform. The humiliating fact is that we are now only working u_fc toward our first hundred thousand. And how many of that hundred thousand are ���������or will bo���������Canadian born? The figures of' the first contingent and the "Princess Pats" were a most disquieting "cold douch" for our Canadian pride. Here was a case in which we did not hang out the shameful sign���������" No English need Apply!" The English���������the British- born generally���������did apply in numbers out of all proportion to their share of our population; and were aratefully accepted., When we read now of daring deeds perform- edTat the front by "Canadians," we have a disquieting fueling that they may have been done by men not of Canadian birth at all. When we search., fori the next-of-kin of our "Canadian" , killed and wounded, how often do we find them living in some British Jsland town or hamlet? Lately. the Canadian-born have been doing better; but there is still much and insistent room for improvement. Again, it can fairly be pleaded, that the native-born Canadian has not been accustomed to think of war as one of the imminent possibilities that menace his country, and something which it is.his patrotic duty to face." The European���������the, British Islander���������is much more accustomed to calculating on this danger and this duty. So we might be a bit tardy at first. But hy now tbat excuse is long worn out. Our brothers in the British Isles have bad another advantage over us. There have, from the first, been systematic and impassioned crusades among them to induce recruiting. Jn Canada, no educational campaign worthy of the name, lias been undertaken. XWe have been left almost wholly to our spontaneous appreciation of the obligation pressing upon us; and we are precisely the people, detached from Old World conditions, who might quite properly have asked an educational campaign. But whatever may have been neglected in the past, this is now another day. We see at last with vivid and even startling clearness that the British Empire is going to need every man she can get to win this war. The seventh month of. the struggle is closing; and yet the Allied na-. tions have not been able to turn the Germans out of Belgium, have not been able to wrench -from their grasp some of. the fairest provinces of France, liave not been able to keep them from crushing Russian Poland under their brutal heel, have not been.able to even hold that portion of East Prussia which the Russians have so pluckily invaded on several occasions, have not been-able to capture their fleet or establish a decisive military superiority at any point. For months Russia has been pouring out her blood like water. The reckless daring and self- sacrifice of that great Entire has been the marvel of makind. For months, France has been holding her own battle-line at tremendous cost. We are told now that her "reserves" have been" abolished���������that is, have been incorporated with Tier army and are all in the field. For months, Britain has been -hurrying her troops into the breach; and no man. dare think what might have happened if she had. been perfunctory in her efforts, or tardy in her preparations. Surely it i������ time for Canada to come up with contributions worthy of her high spirit arid her great abilities���������with efforts which will prove that she. appreciates how.���������'.complete, will be the7 catastrophe if the forces of freedom and democracy fail. We have lagged behind the British Islanders long enough.. .We have permitted the Briitsh-born in our midst to bear vicariously our burden to an extent which we will not like to re- ' member when the war is over. Let us throw ourselves heartily and loyally into the fray at last; and let the Canadian-born-bow flock to the colors in such overwhelming numbers that the Canadian Government will be genuinely embar- assed in preparing them for the front���������and the hard-pressed men of the motherland tremendously cheered by our native-born enthusiasm and determination���������From Montreal Star. ��������� ������������������������* ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������^������������+������ + ������������iJ������ >���������������>������������������������������������������������������������������*������������������ ���������������������������*���������>������������+*��������������������������������������������������� <> . ' ' 4> - 4* < > 4* ��������� > 4* ��������� ������ ��������� > 4* <> ,44 < > 4* . < < i* < > 4* i > ������l������ < i i* < > 4* i> i< 4 >> 4 ��������� > 4* < > 4* < i 4* ��������� < << 4> i > 4* i ��������� 44 < > 4* 4 ��������� ��������� Vote for / for MAYOR of Vancouver '- **4*4*4***4*4*4*4*4*******+**4***************4**+*+4+4+******4*4*4*4*******4*4* COMPULSORY EDUCATION IN RUSSIA The; announcement that this will be immediately $ut into force is a most momentous declaration. Day has dawned alright for our Russian allies. The decision of the French government to, mobilize the unemployed of France by the gqjJKrnment, and that they shall be put at profitable'labor in rebuilding France at once, and that they will be paid a larger wage than they were earning before the war is marvellous news. Government Organisation of Labor in France " This is government control of labor. Not as government, but as employer. Truly sociological events are happening with such startling rapidity that our friend Pettypiece and bis������associates w;ill have to move quickty or they will be run oyer hy the march of events. How, small these paragraphs look do they not. Biit ths import of the matter is infinite. South Vancouver Undertakers Hamilton Bros. We are foremost in our line for Moderate Priced Funerals 6721 Fraser Street. Pbone: Fraser 19 ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH Cor. Broadway and Prince Edward Services���������Morniag Prayer at 11 a.i Sunday School and Bible class p.m. Holy Communion ������������������try Sunday at 11 Evening- Prayer at 7:50 p.m. and 1st'and Srd Suadays at 11 Rev. O. H. WUaon. Rector THE WAR (Continued from page One) One. of, the boldest plans of the Kaiser was the planting of -five million- Germans in -the Euphrates Valley and the rebuilding of Babylon. To this end very, many millions of dollars have been expended in the building of railroads through the Balkans;; Asia Minor and right down to Bagdad, only to find Britain ensconced at the mouth of the Euphrates and in full treaty possession of every possible outlet to the Indian ocean. There is little doubt but that the check at the Persian gulf was an important factor in deciding the question in German councils as to whether she would wish war with Russia or no. Now the settlemet of ail lthese questions are on, and we believe and hope they will be settled right. The question of the Far East has also been occupying the minds of the world's diplomats. Especially has the United States been on the anxious seat as to Japan's demands on China��������� and it is proper that she should be concerned for in a world where force has become the one great factor she has quietly put on her coat and sat down declining all responsibility, even for the hellish conditions, even in Mexico, just across her own back fence. It won't dp,Uncle Sam. And you need not pull faces when those who have sacrificed blood" and treasure to save a world's liberties settle matters without consulting you. , Japan has used such wise judgment and upheld her end of. the stiek with such prompt and capable action that the Allie* refuse to be stampeded over her present negotiations with China.. Germany's paper blockade has resulted so far in an almost complete fizzle, but in'return the four gates of admission tb the German empire, Gibralter, Constantinople, the English. Channel and the North Sea, have been slammed tight shut by the Allied fleets. Field Marshall Nicholas sits tight as to his main positions, his great "flappers" have again lured the Germans in the north and Austrians in the south to destruction. It is true that in retreating from East Prussia, Russia lost a lot of men, but so did Prussia in the attack, and Russia can: afford to lose men. Prussia cannot. To-day the attack is everywhere receding an dthe Austrians in Bako: vina are.in grave danger of being cut off. In Flanders and 'in France all reports are favorable and cheerful. , *4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*****4**************************t\ MQ. 8." Means Quigley Branc Sweater Coats. "Q. 3." Means Guaranteed, Unbreakable Welt Seams, "Q, B." Means "Wade ia 3. 0.M- by WWte Help* The Vancowrer Knitting Co., |44^ >������������������t������������������������������������������������������������������t������+������������**������������������������������t������t������t������������������������������������������t������������������������������+������^ 4*4*******4***************************************< ; JJNQUE POT CQA.U WIW, WBPUOi! YOUR FTOJ. WW. i WOBE HEAT. IASTS WNOHBB. TOY A TOJU wm? - - - $7.00 NUT - - - - $6.60 n?UA - - - $4.00 SLACK- - - - - $3.50 BRIQUETTES - ��������� $6.00 ,; WOOD���������Choicest Dry Fir Cordwood $3.00 per load.j ��������� ��������� '.������������������''������������������ '.���������'������������������ ' ,-���������.'���������' McNeill, Welch & Wilson, Ltd.' 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X' '���������':/���������/��������� /'^���������ik/yy "���������'',������������������ ���������'"���������* ���������^V'X.iVVv iijy/k yy yjyj W/J :.VX ^/yy /Mr/ X'V W������&j' ...Jl!,;-. 41,-.:! tv Friday/M^ THE WESTERN CAM/ .. ������'/r;; j.; ���������>".' jm'mkkmjkmi^mmmmmj mjjyyjmmkMmkmmmm^M 3 HOUSEHOLD GOODSandQFFICE FURNITURE B> FXPERT PACKERS USING ONLY NEW CLEAN MATERIALS CAMPBELL STORAGE COMPANY MOVING - PACKING- STORAGE-SHIPPING PHONE SEYMOUR 7360. OFFICE 857 BEATTY ST. jg| UNCLE PHIL'S STORY Q..i������ mill I ������n������ II II llllllll lllllllll ������.i������ ��������� ���������!��������������������������� *~* ti I 1ii| IQ Phone Sey. 1076-1077 Coal������ Fire Wood ff ���������������������������������������������XXXXXv ;: ���������., J. HANBURY & CO., LTD. Oot*. 4-thAvonmo and GranvlUo 9t. " Wellington Coal, Cordwood and Plainer Ends I * " ' -���������'- -A. IQ������ ������ ������ * i i ni mm i in * im iimii M in i in ������i t mm .i.������i.im ������n������i > ���������ii������..������..������nt ������ ������.������ iQ IS X The Comfort Baby's Morning Dip a r__.OODNESS M KNOWS," says the Comfort Baby's'Grandmother, "what we'd do without this Perfection Smokeless Oil* Heater. "If I'd only had one when you were a baby, you'd have been saved many a cold and croupy spell." For wanning cold corner* and Isolated upstairs noma, and for countless special occasions when extra heat is wanted, 70a need the Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater. .r PERE SMOKELE TION HEATERS < The Perfection is light, portable, fhcspensiv* to boy end to use, easy to clean and to re- wick. No kindling; no ashes. SmokeleM- ���������nd odorless. At sll hardware and fenersl ���������tore*. l������ok for tbe Triangle tradeojsrk. lists IbCsmAs ROYAUTC OH. iff bertforaUmw *<****!. J"^**!'. f n*\V *���������"^fc..f .p'm^^iiwum W\9^nWnM*y ^���������Mpa^B^PVl T^W^wW^Ft 4**W**9a999* W4"������%*WW Tell us a story, Uncle Phil," said Bob and Archie, running to him. "What about?" said Uncle Phil, as Rob climbed on his right knee and Archie on the left. '' Oh, about something that happened to you," said Rob. "Something when you were a little boy," said Archie. "Once when I was a little .boy," said Uncle Phil, "I asked Imy mother to let Roy and myself go out to play by the river." "Was Roy your brother?" asked Rob. "No, but he was very fond of playing with me. My mother said yes; so we went and had a great deal of sport. After a while I took a shingle for a boat and sailed it along the bank. At last it began to get into deep water, where I couldn't reach it with a stick. Then I told Roy to go and bring it to me. He almost always did what I told him, but this time he did not. '*Then I was angry. I picked up a stone and threw it at him as hard as I could." V "Oh, Uncle Phil," cried Archie; "Just then Roy turned his head and it struck him.'' "Oh, Uncle Phil," cried Rob. "Yes. He gave a little cry and lay down on the ground. "I did not go to him,'but waded into the water for my boat. "But it was deeper than I thought. Before I knew it I was in a strong current. I screamed as it carried me down the stream but no men were near to help me. "But as I went down under the deep waters something took hold of me and dragged me towards shore. It was Roy. He saved my life." "Good fellow. Was he your co- sin?" asked Rob. "No," replied Uncle Phil. "What did you say to him?" asked Archie. 1 -"I put my arms around the dear fellow's neck and cried and asked him to forgive me" . "What did he say?" asked Rob. "He said, 'Bow, wow, wow.' " "Why, who was Roy, anyway?" askecl, Archie, in great astonishment. < / "He was my dog," said Uncle Phil, "the best dog I ever saw. I bave never been unkind to a dog. or to any other animal since, and I hope I never will be." ^���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������^���������������������������������������������������>������������������>������������������������������������������������>������<������<������������������e������>������������������i4n������>������Hi>������������������imi>������>������������4s^44������ \ *** SNIDER BROS. & BRETHOUR, CONTRACTORS v v * ->������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������*������������������������������������������>������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������^������������������������������������������* The New Detention Building, Vancouver. The new Immigration Building, which" completed, will cost well on to $300,000, is now under construction by the well known Vancouver firm of contractors, Messrs. Snider Bros, and Brethour. All the partners of this company are Native Sons and have1 already erected in .Victoria and Vancouver probably the largest number of buildings of any contracting firm in the country. THE HOUSEWIFE Orange Pudding���������One cupful of cracker cruthbs, or soft bread crumbs, one and a half cupfuls of granulated sugar, one cupful of water, two scant/ tablespoon- fuls of bu.tter, the rind, of three California7 seedless oranges, and the juice df six and a half dozen Soak the cracker or bread orange and cracker mixture with the. creamed eggs; butter and sugar and pour the whole into a large pudding dish holding two quarts. Butter the pudding dish and dredge it lightly with, sugar before putting in the pudding. Bake it slowly for one hour. Then take it out of the oven and make a meringue of the-whites of the three-eggs remaining, mixed with eggs crumbs in the water for an hour. *^e three tablespoonfuis of pow dered sugar. "Return the pud- If v ^4i,4%4%4*4*4*4*4*4*4+4+4+*+4-*4***4*4*4*4***********'k*****************.*******\ Grate in the yellow rind of the three oranges, and squeezing in also' the juice of. six with the bread, crumbs. Beat two table- spooMuls of butter in'a warm bowl, and add the sugar to it. Beat in the yolks of the siz eggs and the whites of three after they are light and foamy. Stir the ���������FJtTOJNCr TJOS BQWW RHP 0*088 00N0IWT Under the auspices of the Jrandview Subsidiary branch of ithe' Red Cross Society of Canada, in entertainment was given in the Britannia High School auditbr- iim> m Friday leyieainjir last; The program, which was arranged l>y ifr. Wm. C. Paterson and Miss ^Marie Isdale, was very high class nd the. large audience fully appreciated the various numbers, ^he fancy dancing by the Miss- res Isdale and Lowe, and Messrs. vAcheson, Cook and Lowe, was [executed in splendid style, and the Misses MaeRae are worthy of 'special mention for their very graceful Highland dancing. * , Mr. Billy Oswald, of the English Bay versatiles, was a host in himself, and kept the audience ai fits of laughter. The Chinese (:;ong and dance by Miss Marie JLsdale and Mr. Wm. C. Paterson Vas screamingly funny and their "make-up" excellent. This number is worthy of repetition at ;*ome future entertainment. Miss Sthel Beswick and Miss Ruth Ma- ;;heson merited the applause received for their beautiful sing- fing,as also did Mr. T. G. Lewis, 'or his rendering of "Mona" and cThe MinstreLBay," \ Mr. J. S. Pearse possesses an ^exceptionally fine baritone voice, i-^ind his vocal number, "Rose of >)my Heart" was sympathetically '���������* ��������� ������������������������������������ 11 t The entertainment concluded Swith a musical tableau, "Britan- rtria,'' represented by 40 young ladies and gentlemen. The spectacle was exceedingly pretty and (received unstinted applause. Dur- :f_ng the tableau the following | ' ��������� Rule Britannia " (by Miss Great Harvie) Mr. R. if. Hewitt thanked the performers on behalf of the Red Cross Society for' the excellent . entertainment. The singing of the National Anthem concluded the entertainment. The he^|������iro^eds^b1iijrt ^55XwilT be handed *oyer to; the Red Cross Society for the purchase of materials in, connection with that laudable work. REDISTRIBUTION WW- u The redistribution bill, entitled "A Bill to amend the Constitution Act," has been introduced in the legislature and given a first reading. It provides for 47 members in the next legislative assembly of British Columbia as compared with 42 at present. The new districts are made up by the following changes and additions : Vancouver city will have six members as compared with five at present. A new electoral district to be known as North Vancouver is created and will return one member. A new electoral district to be known as South Vancouver is created and will return one member. ��������� .. . !i" Cariboo, which formerly under that title returned two members, is now divided into two electoral districts to be known as Port George and Cariboo, each of which will return a member. The electoral districts of Ymir and Skeena as such disappear and are replaced by Trail and Prince Rupert, respectively, each of which will return one member. Okanagan, which at present returns one member, is divided into will: involve changes in the boundaries of many of the existing electoral districts. There is a clause in the bill providing for a sessional allowance of $1,500 for the recognized-leader^ of=the Opposition in-adr dition to the usual sessional indemnity as a member. This will apj ly to the present session W the legislature. The redistribution bill will come into force upon the dissolution of the present legislative assembly. WAR OQO WEP ON DUTY |songs and dances were given Pr< Our Jack," Mr. J. Gilmour;.;!:lil"������ 7������M^'."^f m��������� X'Tommy Atkins" and "Tipper- *wo eleeto^ dls^ts /������ h* .ary," Mr. Wm. C.'' Paterson; |known. as North and South' each "'There's a Land," Miss Ruth Ma-!retnrnmg one member. fV|heson; Sailor's Hornpipe andi A. new electoral district to be Irish Jig, Miss L. Isdale and Mr.jtoown as Omineca is created. It [���������R: Lowe; Highland Fling, Missesj ^ ill return cne .member. iMacRae.' After the singing of) Thtv ere?.ion of tb? new stats Rifle Fire too Deadly for Men, So "Marquis" Responds A dispatch received from Dunkirk, Prance, announced that "Marquis," the regimental dispatch dog of the Twenty-third French Infantry, had been mentioned in the orders of the day, having fallen in duty at the battle of Sarrebourg on the Belgian frontier, At this action it became necessary for an officer to send a report immediately to his superior, but at the time the German fire was too intense to allow a man to cross the������fire zone, and "Marquis" was charged with the mission. Off he ran, across the fire- swept zone, and arrived nearly at the objective point, when a German ball struck him in the right side and brought him down. He struggled to his feet, though losing a great deal of blood, and dragged himself up to the position where the officer was directing a section of. machine guns. He let fall the order, reddened by his blood, and breathed his last. His soldier comrades are raising a fund for a monument, on which is to be inscribed, "Marquis���������Killed on the Field on Honor." The; Agricultural College at Ithaca, N. Y., publishes a bulletin in the Farmer's Reading Course on "Feeding the.-Horse.'���������' It saya: ,." ���������.-���������-.' The importance of regularity in everything that pertains to the management of. the horse cannot easily be overestimated. This applies particularly to feeding. Whatever ~feeding-stuffs Xire^ em? ployed in the ration, the horse should be fed regularly and uniformly at all times. The horse anticipates the feeding hour, and becomes nervous if it is delayed. He neighs and coaxes his food with great regularity. The horse's digestive system and his vital activities become accustomed to a certain order which must be followed if one is to be successful. Since the grain of the ration is rich in digestible nutrients, it should stay in the stomach as Ion? as possible, for the digestion of one of the most important of. the nutrients is more complete there. Fffom this it would seem that the horse should be given water first of all and that should bo followed by hay, the grain being withheld until at least part of the hay has been consumed. There are, however, very serious objections to this practice, as the horse is unsatisfied, is anxious and very nervous till fed his grain and should not be compelled to wait for the grain. A middle ground should be taken by watering first, feeding the grain sprinkled with a small allowance of moistened, chopped hay, if possible, and watering again after the ration has been' eatc-n. ��������� The work-horse has a hearty appetite; a vigorous digestion and rp-pov U.c: as does 1.0 other animal to intelligent care. He should be fed liberally and frequently, the amount given being regulated by the size ^of the animal as well as the amount and kind of. work he is required to do. In general, the horse should be supplied with something over two pounds of provender daily for each 100 lbs. of weight. ding to the .oxen, leaving the door partly open for about 20 minutes, or until the meringue is perfectly firm and slightly colored. Set the pudding away and let ^t become perfectly cold before serving. 1 Orange Pie (I)���������-Take one cupful of sugar, three level table one cupful of orange juice*/and the rind of one orange. Cook in a double boiler. Bake the crust, and put in the filling. Cover with a meringue made of the whites of the eggs, two table- spoonfuls of soft sugar, and a little of the rind of. the orange. Orange Pie (2).���������Grate the rind of two oranges (being careful not to grate below the bright yellow part, as the flavor would thereby be made bitter; thia ia also true of lemons) into one-half pint of water, and bring it to a boil. Beat together one teaspoonful of butter,^ the yolk*; of two eggs-and one' cupful of sugar (granulated) until light; add ont heaping table- spoonful of flour, the juice and pulp of the oranges, and blend into the boiling mixture. Pour spoonfuls of flour, the yolks of j this into a pie-tin lined with pie three eggs, one cupful of milk. J crust. >>************************* *******y\>***************** ., A. |3. Harron J. A. Harron G. If. Wiujawson . HABRON BROS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ANP E������PAL������ERS ��������� VANCOUVER Office & Chapel���������1034 Granville St. Phone Seymour .3486 NORTH VANCOUVER Office SB Chapel���������122 Sixth St. W. Phone 134 .^t^S**}..!' * * ****** ********* *** *******.*,.* ********* A^^^^^^^^���������^���������l"l^���������^���������^..^���������^^^^���������lH^^I^^l^^'i1'������������'^^������1^������^������^>^'^������^>'^'^1^1^������'^^^���������������^^^^^l^^^^������^^'^^���������l^'l^^^^^l^^l^^^^^ * JOS. H. BOWMAN ARCHITECT 910-11 Yorkshire Building:} Seymour Street Vancouver, B. C. J * * ****<<t************>^tt************^ f*>4****+*+4*4*4*>**4*4*4***4***************t*********+* Figures Tell the Story j 4 ��������� ��������� ��������� * ��������� ��������� During 1914 the B. C. Electric paid the City of Vancouver the sum of $130,160.75 for the privilege of operating its city lines. This payment does not take into account payment of general taxes on Company property used in connection with the tram lines. 4 ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� * 4**********************������4*+4*4***********4*4*******4* . . . + During 1914 the total rev- ��������� enue of the City of Vancou- + ver for licenses was f $129,353.65 I This sum covering licenses of ? every character. In this total is included liquor licenses, automobile and chaffeurs' licenses, pool and billiard room licenses, etc. The above statement shows that last year the B. C. Electric paid the city more for the right to operate its city lines than did all other classes of business taking out licenses. 1- - >i >.. - ** ^' v. THE WESTERN CALL *U* Friday, March 5% 1915. H. H. STEVENS, M. P. , Editor-in-Chief PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE TERMINAL CITY PRESS, LIMITED BEAD OFFICE: 203 KINGSWAY, ViLNCOUVER, B. 0. Telephone: Fairmont 1140. SUBSCRIPTION: One Dollar a Year in Advance. $1.50 Outside Canada. fl If you do not get "CALL" regularly, it is probably because your subscription is long overdue. Renew at once. If paid up, phone or write complaint today. THE BANKING SYSTEM AMD THE PRESENT CONDITION * ��������������������������� This is too big a theme to be handled in short ������ newspaper .articles. Yet there is not a matter ��������� more vitally affecting the welfare of. the Canadian, community, material of course, than this one. ' Money is not being loaned by the banks for any purpose, except with the greatest coserva- tism. . " The man on the street thinks, if he thinks at all, that this is because money is scarce. Perhaps in sums of many millions it is scarce. But locally money is not so scarce as the said man on the street would imagine. Deposits ire piling up in the banks and are being held there. - So much so is this the case that there is reason to expect that the, banks will take the step of reducing the amount of interest paid on deposits, small as that, amount ' at the present- time-is compared with the interest the borrower has. to pay. , ���������- " Why* then, are the banks not lending,more, freelyt .' X" X / For one reason, .'whereas, still active although ��������� the cause is past for it, namely the desire and the . need, of. the banks showing a good, amount of ready money."on hand at the,end of tbe yew., when the, last annual report was, made, the XPKWt momentous report .ever, made hy the banks perhaps. But that report has-been made., Another reason and, a vital one has been the need of the banks to be ready. rwith :liqui4 <" cashin'.case any;of the.;various'Wattew'which: have been up should develop into; a scafre and should result in a run. Fortunately the,confidence,in the safety of .tto Canadian system of v backing has been enough to avoid that danger and perhaps the likelibaod of that baa passed away. But witb the German bluff of- the sub- - qjwrine,/war, etc., ,it was,well to be refcdy. The present reason is, perhaps, the desire on t^e part of tbe banks to see the depositors be- , ginning to take tbe responsibility of using their own money. ' J ' l " For what tbe banks are doing tbe individuals are doing in greater measure. People will, not i# at this time use their money, much Jess invest it. Tbey ,will not even pay their debts." - *-- It is surprising bow many are paying fancy " interest on money overdue from them while their own_ money, is drawing- for -them only, savings. interest. When these lead the way in drawing their money-out and paying their debts, and in .using it in otber lines, then the hanks will begin to loan. It would be dangerous for them to do so before. . What, then, is wanting. Not .money,,. but confidence. Vancouver has enough idle money toj relieve "^he local situation, and so have the other communities. When confidence returns , and individuals begin to loosen up there will be , a quick return of activity. In the meantime the banking system must come under review. The United States developed and used a banking system which appeared to meet the requirements of the country, while the- business was of a local character. .But when the lajrge national organizations came into existence it was found that the banking system was inadequate to handle the large business of. the country. ;The banking-system was, therefore, revised and, new plans laid which matured last year. Already the results are manifest. Had this not been accomplished before the. present War there1 would have been a sad story of panic and loss in >' the Statete. ' ,X.'!-;" X''"'"; Canada has on hand more large"'-enterprises', than any other people of anything like her num- .-- bers. . ��������� ���������"' '"' ���������'���������'.'. .._.'-. " , *********J&~2������*4^ BE PREPARED! Every Canadian should protect himself and * family by carrying a policy in MUTUAL LIFE OF CANADA ; Eat������btlah������d 1869 " CANADA'S ONLY MUTUAL." .������s������ ��������� V ��������� $ For. rates and full information see our %agents, or . W. J. TWISS District Managar , Canada, however, is hampered .with the banking system devised to meet the 'needs of the/ country before these large matters caftae to the^| front and the system has not been'broadened at1' all, while the actual machinery,and'.equipment of the system is not much enlarged, from what it was a quarter of a century ago/ But in the meantime the enterprises which * Canada is now t putting through has increased many fold. This state of affairs was possible' because Canada was being financed, not by our banks but by British and Continental money. ������nd this ��������� money' was brought in largely -through other agencies than the banks. But now that this source of supply has failed Canada finds her banking machinery, while absolutely safe, yet ineffective to carry the load. The result has spelt, and is spelling disaster to a large proportion of. the business community. Needless, therefore, to' say that there will have' to be a rearrangement of the banking system in tins country,, . - X CAPITALIZE CANADIAN RESOURCES Many' thinking men believe that the..gold standard has entirely broken down. And it surely has. A laboured argument would be out of place on the matter. - But v as a matter of practical .politics this matter should be carefully studied by those who lead Canadian thought^ What shall take the place of the gold? standard. . x - It is not necessary that anything 'should take its place. Let it remain as a convenient part of the basis of currency. But because there is not in the world enough .gold, or anywhere, near it, to represent all.values according to the present purchasing power of gold, ��������� it stands to reason that there must be other values accepted as standard. . ���������"' Silver for instance. Bryan' was so far right , in hia fight to include silver in tbe money standard. To reinstate hy-metalism would help much and instantly. Canada especially would benefit as it has much silyer available, and we might again .see the melting down of, plte to transmute the metal into money. Hardly though, because of the great amount of silver produced and in the mines awaiting the call. Public Domain. Against "this great but now dormant asset the country ^should issue scrip. Place, say millions of acres of the public domain at the disposal of. the treasury. Against this issue scrip at from five to ten dollars an acre.' Make this scrip legal tender. Issue government notes based upon it. .This' would again relieve the pressure. Canada's Unmined Gold "������ Of all the gold output of the world, ^the Empire produces about fifty-six pep cent. In "the ' rivers and the mountains of B. 0. tbere is kn������Wn to be large amounts, but there is a: lack of -Capital to> take it out. Moreover the government, regulations and scale of fees retards the 'shatter, as of course they must. Now the 'govetfct-. ment could" take stretches of tbe rivers. ' Ttirn the streams without having to account for flooding unoccupied lands, etc., and while it could' tbus create, great hydro, powers capable of paying for tbe euterpriserrjof the, belief, of all, who know be well founded-^-could take, raw gold) in sufficient quantities ^to finance tbe great enterprises of the land. ������i It is time for bold but wise statesmanship! in these matters. . ,. ,. THE GROWTH OF THE SUBMARINE VAN00UV1BR ii c t * * * * ��������� . ��������� .. ������������������ -:������r<<<.*********<~AH-****^^ 317-319 ROGERS BUILDING ,, It is rather amusing when two editors, j coyer {tbe same ground in one paper. The one gives gravely reasoned arguments on certain subjects leading to certain conclusions, and the, natter seems to be settled. ' \ -i- ,-,-__But-along comes. EditorrNo._2,Iand haying read an echo' of his colleague's reading in' an-, other sheet, having' in the meantime no i4ea where it originated, he takes up the cudgels and announces WE REPUDIATE certain ideas. The true facts of the case and thus, and not otherwise. [ X Maijy such funny passages are to be found ' to-day in the various journals which' have a general' staff busy fighting out the various campaigns of the war, and I suppose we have all laughed over them. ;" ii ������ Although there is a continuous cry of "back to the land" for the working man in these troublesome times, the man who is already on[rtbe land attempting to wrest a living from the soil, finds that many of his sources of revenue are being diminished by enormous importations,-, which in a great many instances, are passed off as the product of his labor. Dairymen have.had their troubles in trying to compete with the .importers of butter, and during the past winter the egg market has been brought down to a los- 'ing proposition'by the huge shipments of Chinese egge Which ate brought here and sold as new^ laid local eggs. Complaints are being made. from poultry men throughout the province that if. this continues they .will eventually be driven but of the egg .business. These eggs are imported for as low as ten cents,per dozen and retailed, from thirty-five to fp'rty-fiye cents. The consumer has the supreme satisfaction of securing his1 favorite breakfast food at a more reasonable price at this period of the year than ever before, but he cannot be satisfied as to the age. Suggestions have been; made that all imported eggs should be -labeled as such, to be distinguished from the "LaidXn B;C.^ quality. It would seem that the proper system here would beVto stamp the^ local eggs with the date laid, aiid where shipped from. If there are any advantages in Co-operation, then the poultry men of the province ��������� should get together . and formulate., a scheme of. publicity which would 'eventually.' bring the housewife to the realization that when she buys eggs'without some distinguishing mark she is taking chances on quality, even though the quantity ..be the same. As long as the mid- dle-rapn can sell inferior goods on the name of local'first-class ."quality, so long will the producer be searching for a market. By W. A. Ellis The statement of Sir Richard McBride in the prbvincial house, that the submarines purchased \ by, him for Canada .were " submerged off Flattery three days after they had been bought," would, lead one to believe that it was an easy matter to digest the intricacies of the machinery, and in adding that "they were manned by Canadian boys who had never seen a submarine before" he would suggest that they (the boys) were phenomenons compared with their brothers of the British navy who take many years before, they have a thorough knowledge' of this line of business. ' The submarines were not submerged off Flattery three days after purchase, and were not submerged in the harbour of Esquimalt until a long time after that, and >yhen they were submerged, they were in charge of competent officers and higher ratings who knew their work, all from the British navy with the exception of a few mechanics. L have before me a copy of the Ninteenth Century, year 1900, in which a well known naval officer says: "I look upon the submarine as impossible as an, effective fighting machine." He gives his reasons, the main objection being that it is impossible to keep such a vessel in any sort of trim under .water. To-day the submarine has to its credit some of the greatest successes, both of the "British and German sides of naval warfare, and it has done ��������� far more tha nthe press have allowed the public to know. Two of our submarines have been right into the German harbours, and have, doubtless, brought to the Admiralty information which is of the highest importance. Our newest'submarines the Es, are the most deadly. The Ds are of. 600 tons and Es are larger still. The latter travels 16 knots on the surface, and 11 - when submerged. These have two periscopes instead of one in the other classes, and these can be shipped to an height of seventeen or eighteen feet above the conning tower, and can ve revolved so as to cover every point of the compass. The Ds carry three torpedo tubes, the Es four; and the latter type is of great displacement, and can remain under water for no less . than forty-eight hours on end. So far from being smooth, water craft, they can stand more wind\and sea than-the average destroyer. ,'X The old A class could only carry fuel for a trip of. about 400 miles, the Ds have a radius" of about 4000 miles. The Es could cross the At-, lantic and come back again without taking on fresh supplies.. The strength of these ciraft are away and ahead ofv those of eight or nine years ago. The old As used to leak at the joints when submerged in an, alarming fashion when they sank-to any great depth. Our new submarines are ;q* dry as bones sub- | merged in a hundred feet or more. I have been told that one of our new craft has been dc.vn to the two hundred feet,level with perfect safety, and the United States government, always going one better, announced lately tbat their Fl, whicb is very similar to our best submarines, had beaten the world's record by descending to a depth of 283 feet, and travelling there for ten minutes at sjx knots an hour before rising tb the surface. '' About one year ago, off Leban, a Russian submarine sank in eight fathoms���������that is forty- eightJfeet-r-at the time she had 18 men $n ^board- It was three in the afternoon when' tbe accident happened. She was raised at midnight, and her crew, barring that they were suffering from the effects bf, chlorine gas, were alright. This in spite of the fact that she had gone down .head foremost owing to a defective ventilator. - -Submarine- crews still earn-extra-pay ^ or "hard laying" money,Xbut^hey now sleep in hammocks, -while air locjof and safety helmets give them'all a chance of life .should accidents occur. I look forward in the near future to hear of great things "from our'submarines,' if not; the feat of Lieut. Norman Holbrook, V.C. (son of Colonel Holbrook, late proprietor of the Portsmouth Times, and Colonel of the 3rd V.B. Hants Regt.) '.will have shown the world what "they !| ?can do. THE PIRATE KING J. 'E cares not a cuss, for.you, me, qjl-us, 'E defies all the laws of creation, 'E bullies an' shouts, an' defiance 'e flouts In the face of all civilization. 'E murders our women an' violates maids The child an' the aged are 'is victims v , To pillage an' burn 'e will instantly turn An' all must bow down to 'is dictums. Why! Judas, the traitor, was an angel, comparedn Wiv' this imp o' Satan, the worst ever rared Always talkin' of peace, an' preparin' fur War, (I shall swear in a minute, I'm only a "tar")��������� 'E- tears up 'is treaties an' violates states Says the world must 'submit to what 'e dictates Wiv' 'is submarines now all our commerce 'e'll' bust That's always supposin' 'e isn't down fust. i III. I can quite understand 'im 'aving a go At anything British, to strike it a blow, We're fightin' the pirate���������but what beats me| blue, r Why sink ships of neutrals an' murder 'em lo?_j Believe me ,this business ain't goin' to be fun "Davy Jones" will be busy before it is done. Are the neutrals all scared that they don't give! a dam? What'8 wrong with ye'r "gas bag," my dearj Uncle Samf IV. " 'Is Islamic Majesty"���������'tis the pirate's ne\ name, Satanic's more fittin'���������surrounded with flame "A movin' 'is arm"���������'twill be one of the sights] (Lor what a tale fur'Arabian Nights). I 'ave read many tales of a bloodthirsty blend That made me cross-eyed, an' me 'air stand onj s end, But William'8 the greatest of all these greatj frauds In ther' chamber of horrors���������at Madame Taus- . sauds. ���������W. A. Ellis. THE METHODIST FOLLY IN LONDON "' "God^'dwelleth not in temples, made witl hands." It was' against cathedral building,] amongst,other>things, tbat Wesley, of sacredl memory, made bis protest. The above building! rbst.|5,opftoo9;;.:;;:^.: ; GERMAN-miaH VOTE CONTROLS , . 08J0AQ0 aUYORALTY NOMINATION! The German-Irish vote has retired. Career Harrison jr., five times mayor of Chicago. For some] years Mayor Harrison has been'yielding to,.tbf reform influences and bis1 administration tende������ towards a cleaner city:. One- by one his ;ole henchmen fbfebok him and in the battle at4be primaries just past "Hinky Dink Boatbbusc John,", and all powerful head of the Irish vbte,| Roger Q. Sullivan* Were lined up solid againstJ him foj-.tbet.GeVman. candidate. The majority! against Harrison was nearly 80,000, and ratheri sad to say, 20,000, of that majority was made ujft| by the women's vote. ; The Democrats will, doubtless qlose up tbeirj - ranks- now- and- vote solid- for the Democratic .nominee, in which, case Scheositzen's election in assured. And this means a wide open town once more. Suffragettes, politics make strange bedfellows! t WAR COBHESPONPJ2NTS HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS OF WAR! Messrs. Irvin Cobb and Samuel Blythe���������two gentlemen well and widely known in American journalistic and magazine circles ���������have spent a jjreat deal of time'and space telling the public what a wonderful machine the German army is, now wonderful its men; also what nice fellows they are. Atrocities���������bless your heart, no! Mr. Cobb spent Wany. weeks with the German arriiy in Belgium, and he saw no atrocities. Naturally, if there had been any he . would' have' seen them. It is true that Aerschot and Louvain were .burned down and a number of civilians killed, but, so far as Mr. Cobb could discover, this had been done for good and sufficient reason. pAnd then what; nice, obliging chaps th'e officers were, and what excellent ' American they spoke!," VVAs these two gentlemen address a very large. audience���������oyer two million subscribers a week, according to the claim of the circulation, manager���������their statements had considerable effect on1 the public mind. People generally began to discount' the stories pf German brutality so heavily, that soon the charges were altogether lost to sight. It was even felt in certain circles���������not neces-r sarily pro-German���������that the Belgians must have been guilty of serious indiscretions when such a. nice, kind*lot of fellows as ther German soldiery, who snend their time singing ballads about Santa Claus, would shoot them and burn down their homes. Now comes Mr. Alexander Powell, who is the special correspondent of. the New York "World" in Belgium, and who enjoyed most unrivalled opportunities, for seeing every" phase of the situation,; being given practically a free hand in both .the German and Belgian armies. Though an American, and a man who started out without prejudices, Mr. Powell has become as pro-Belgian as King Albert himself, because of what he has seen of German brutality and the suffering and heroism of Belgium. ' "When I left Antwerp after the German occupation,'.'.���������������������������; he writes in his preface, "I was as pro-Belgian; as though I had been born ufider' ther red-black^and^yel- low banner. I had seen its fer-: tile fields strewn with the corpses of what had:'once been the manhood of the nation; I'had seen its women left husbandless. and ; its .children '"left fatherless; I had seen Whjat was once a Garden of the Lord turned into a land" of desolation;, and I had^ seen its people���������a people whom I," like the rest of the / world, had " al ways thought of as.pleasure-loving, inefficient, easy-going���������I hadl seen this people, I say, aroused,] resourceful, unafraid and fight-/ ing, fighting, fighting. Do yoi wonder that they Captured myj imagination, that they won mj admirationf I am pro-Belgian;." admit it frankly; I should! be| ashamed to be anything -else;"- Mr. Powell then goes on :to .tell| bf the things which he saw ii Belgium and which his camera] man, "snapped"���������things whicl have caused American newspaper-] man to write lof German^ brutality with white-hot anger." Therej is, for instance, the destruction of Termonde, despite the fact that the Belgians had evacuated it the day before the arrival of the GerJ man -forces. The vandals spray-J ed the houses with petrol from al motor .car equipped with a tank! and a pump, and then set fire- tol them. German efficiency!: Mr.' Powell visited the ruined town;] and gives a terrible picture of] what he saw. " "Despite the scowls of theJ soldire I, attempted to talk with! some of the women huddled, in] front of a baker waiting-for distribution of bread, but'.-th. poor' creatures were too terror- stricken to do more than stare at J us with wide beseeching eyes J ( Continued on Page 5 )> iSbs 35* mm m Friday, March 5tlyl915. .THE WESTERN CALL t***,*,***>+.***.***,<.*+.���������.***,*,*,*,*t***t*****,**% li * ��������� ��������� ��������� 4 1 i i Our Vancouver Kipli^ TO MAJOR GENERAL SAM HUOHES- I. I've read of ye'r often an' seen ye'r twice, It looks as ye'r lives as ye'r ought to, You 'ave battered away'at ther' politic game, And see where ye'r politics brought you. You've got all the grit that a Britisher needs, Though you've blundered a bit in some cases, - But you still keep a-goin' an' doin' ye'r best In some wery tight corners an' places. II. It ain 't the fust time at the Motherland's call You have marshalled an army together, You seem to shine brighter an' work all the more When the enemy shouts "dirty weather," But the way you 'ave worked inVthis latest affair If yer friends an' yer foes all speak truly Has won fer yer, Sam, all the Empire's regard Excuse Sam���������fur it ain't meant unruly* HI. Your lads take their place in the bitter cold trench An' better men never were born, sir They're showin' they're equal to any I ween Of their conduct I'm sure you'll not mourn, sir, So go on, old war horse, an' gather 'em in, Fur the cause they are fightin' is worthy, Let politics fizzle���������The Empire's at stake Show -'em plain that no kultur is fur thee. IV. Let yer enemy's'haggle an' noospapers shout It won't make yer die any sooner If you blunder at all, then ye're blunderin' well You're heart's good an' true, you're no "spooner' You're duty seems plain, you're doin' it well An' Canada's with yer fur ever. Go hang with yer views, you're .just Old Sam Hughes An' we'll never furget ye���������no never. ���������W. A. Ellis.. _________.._.._.._.. ���������_..���������_���������--_._..__. -..-...a.---.-------.------- *.. _L.--.A..a.-_- l\ r*444************'******44^i^4***-4444*444*4***4*44*4*4*\ Our Business his feci built up bv merit alone mSEK & CO.; Heating engineers. ' '��������� 1095 Homer St. Sey. m : 0mm , , mm Hllilltlttll w4ao&A������omr mi &igft in the Pwce River" Columbia. X- ,- r .fv w-Xv^"^ Governing timber .on Dominion lands .1XV". ' in Manitbbe, SMkatehewmiv AlMHCL^v r^XX" ', - North Weet Territories the JUUway J - Belt In the Province oTBritlsh CotUm- .��������� s Ji < bte. end tho tract ot������h*y**M;*y,Wt.k^J -" Million Acres Located )������y Ute^PotofiSen v -J < --���������]- ' ��������� District inSMtShTX <X ' . - X ", ' '^ VA license to cnt timber on a tract not, exceeding r twenty-five square mBas In extent may. be acquired only at/public' auction. A renUl of $5.00 per. ������4usr������; mile, per annunv le chatted.,on all UnW berjmrths .except those v situated -west ot' Tale in the Province of British Colum-, Ma, on wbich the rental is at tbe rate of 5 cents .per acre. In addition to rental, dues are charred on the timber'eut at the rates set out in section SO of the, regulations. "' . * <~lri, r <>| BfBftP Venter, Vensttp aad sm ..*_ f Permits maybe granted In the PieV' vlnces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan 'ant Alberta, to. owners Of portable' s#w-" mills, to cut over a definitely described tract, of land nor exceeding one' sonars' mile' In extent, on payment of dues at the rate of SO, cents* per thousand feet, B.M., and subject to payment of natal, at the rate of flOO per square mile, pec annum. > " Timber for Any occupant of a homestead Quartet* section having' no timber of his own' sultable~for the purpose may., provided he has,not previously been granted free allowance of ^timber, obtain ������ free-permit to cut the quantity of building and fencing timber set out in Section ftl of the Regulations. ' W. ,W. CORT, Deputy ot the Minister of the Interior. HASTINGS STREET, LOOKING'EAST. \ I Border that TOIPHONENOWi and make sure of getting your name in the MAYPmeCTORY The Book with the largest circulation, in Vancouver - v- ���������* \ \ ��������� The Telephone Directory has an issue of over ? ;; 100,000 copies per annum, and is being referred to J j., every hour of the. day. .. ��������� > J The Next Directory Closes I ��������� < March 13th ���������' Changes of Name, Address, etc., and all adver- <' ;; tising'copy must be in on or before that date. ;; j; Special Terms Now Offered British Columbia Telephone COMPANY LIMITED WAR CORRESPONDENTS HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS OF WAR (Continued from Page Four) Those eyes will always haunt me. I wonder if they do not sometimes haunt the1 Germans. But a little episode that occured as we were leaving the city did more than anything else to bring home the horror of. it all. We passed a little girl nine or ten, and I stop- ed the car to ask the' way. Instant ly she Held,both hinds above her head and b&gan to scream for mercy. When we had, given ���������her some chocolate and money, andj had assured her that we were not [Germans,*v TSlit' f Americans and friends, she t;an like a frightened deer. Thai little child,,with her fright-wide eyes and her hands raised in,supplication, was in herself a terrible indictment of the, Germans." What Mr: Powell tells" of. the sacking' of Aerschot���������because a boy of fifteen shot a German officer in defence of. his sister's honor is too ghastly to quote here. He also.'paints terrible pictures of what occured at Louvain and elsewhere. V* 4*.4*4*4***********4*4*4*4**4*4*4**+*+*+*+* ********** j*+*4***+*+*4***+*+*+*+*+**)f *****+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+***+ i BRITISH COLUMBIA WATERWORKS SUPPLIES * ��������� LIMITED Gate Valves, Hydrants, Brass Goods, Water Meters, Lead Pipe, Pig Lead, Pipe and 'PipeFittings. Railway Track Tools and White Waste C^crete Mixers and Wheelbarrows. _fhone: Sey. 8942: >11Q1 Doininion Building. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������^������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������A Fortunately there are passages in a lighter vein to relieve these distressing recitals. Even in war there arehuroorous incidents and humorous characters. One of the most attractive figures in the book as that of Ponald Thompson, the little photographer from Kansas, who wore an American army shirt, a^ .pair ,of British riding breeches and a Highlander's forage ' cap, and carried a camera the size of a parlor phonograph. Thompson is a little man built like Harry Lauder; hard as nails, tough as rawhide, his,skin tanned to the color of a well-smoked meerschaum, and his face perpetually wreathed in what he called his sunflower smile. He affects riding-breeches and leather leggings and looks physically as well as sartorically, as though he had been born on horseback. He has more chilled-steel nerve than any man I know, and before he had been in Belgium a month his name became a synonym throughput th^army for coolness and daring. He reached Europe on a tramp steamer. with an overcoat, a toothbrush, two clean handkerchiefs, and three large cameras. He expected to have, some of them confiscated or broken, he explained, so he brought along three as a measure of precaution. His cameras were the largest size made. 'By.using a big camera no one can accuse me of being a spy,' he explained ingeniously. His papers consisted of an American passport, a certificate of membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and a letter from Colonel Sam Hughes, Canadian Minister of. Militia, authorizing him to take pictures of Canadian troops wherever found v Thompson had a series of adventures such as few men come through alive, *but his resourcefulness was almost as great as his nerve. On one occasion he even managed to persuade a Russian countess to smuggle his films in to, England knowing that the British secret-service men would search him and confiscate any $ra^ they found. He had never seen the countess in his "life before, but the, won her, over. i"The countess finally consented, but suggested, in return for the danger she was incurring that Thompson lend her aV thousand francs, whichshe would1 return as soon as she ;reached lion- ,don. As he had with him only %wq hundred and'fifty francs, he PAid h������r. the balance, in United Cigar Stores coupons, 'some > of which be chanced to have in his $gcket-bopk, .and which* .he ex- piained, Was American t^ar'cur-' rency. * He' told me that he gave her almost enough to get a brier pipe. At Boulogne" he was arrested, as be had' foreseen; was stripped, searched, and bis camera 'opened, but as nothing wasj found he was permitted to eon-| tinue to London, where he went to the countess' hotel and received his films���������and, IXmight add, his money and cigar, coupons. Two hours later, having posted his films to America, he was on W8 way to Belgium." Mr. Powell -also has nerve-^- nerve in its way as great as Thompson'8. And he gave signal evidence_of. itjwhen he dared^to U\l a Prussian general to his face of the atrocities of German troops. He asked General Von Boehn frankly why it was that he chose to wreck his vengeance on women and children. " 'None have been killed,' the general asserted positively. " 'I'm sorry to contradict you, general,' I asserted with equal positiveness, 'but I have myself seen their bodies. So has Mr. Gibson, the secretary of the American legation in Brussels, who was present during the destruction'of Louvain.' " 'Of course,' replied General von Boehn, 'there is! always danger of women and children being killed during street fighting if they insist on coming into the street. It is unfortunate, but it is war." '���������'But how about a woman's body I saw with the hands and feet cut off? How about the white-haired man' and his son whom I helped tp bury outside of Sempst, who had been kill-, ed merely because a retreating' Belgian soldier had shot a German soldier outside their house? There' wrere twenty-two bayonet wounds in the old man's face. I counted them. How about the little girl, two years' old, who was shot while in her mother's arms by a Uhlan and whose funeral I attended at Heyst-op-den-Berg* How about the old man near Vil- vorde who was hung by his hands from the rafters of his house and roasted,to death by a bonfire being built under him?" ; Altogether this is the best piece of reporting we have jseen of the war so far. It is what Will Irwin calls "illuminated reporting." Mr. Powell tells what he has seen and only what he has seen, but he had taken care to see a great deal. It is to be hoped that he will follow up tbis first book with others as the war goes on, and-that'his work will be given the widest possible peculation. I would certainly like to,, think that copies have been sent to Messrs'. Cobb knd Blythe, and such other brilliant war correspondents as have spent weeks in Belgium and have seen nothing but the'marvellous provision of the German military authorities for the comfort and efficiency of their troops. Mr. Powell mroras os> ooa& *B0VUL*IOm. Coal mining rights of th* Dominica, In Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon, Territory, the Northwest Territories and In a portfn of the Province of British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one years at an annual rental of $1 an acre. Not more than 2669 acres will be leased to one appll- ' cant Application for a lease must be made by the applicant In person to the Agent or Sub-Agent of the district In which the rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal sub���������divisions of sections, and In unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by the applicant himself. Bach application-must be accompanied by a fee of $6, which will be refunded if the rights applied fojr ar* not available, but not otherwise. A royal- < ty shall be paid on the merchantable output of th* min* at th* rat* of-I cents par ton. The person operating the min* shall furnish th* Agent with sworn returns accounting for ,th������, full quantity of merchantable eoal mined; and pay th* iroy-' alty thereon. If the eoal mining right* are not-being operated, such MtpnuT should b* furnished at least ofte* * year. ,. The leas* will lnclud* th* cMialt mining rights only, but th* lessee may b* m������ mltted.to purchase whatever avttliM* surface rir** w " sary ~ *������t* seen other things that are vastly more important to-the world at large; and be has not hesitated to- describe, these otfceir1' things,. But,then perhaps his paper has a different editorial policy���������a policy Which does hot .prevent a war- corresponding telling all the information be has gained. Sn' Established in Vancouver in 1890. Yorkshire Guarantee an4 Securities Corporation JLt4. Paid-up Capital, fl,327,450 nr TW_nurwf ew ran pony* ���������vnr *%*7f 4jni AtwwKVQie ���������PT* CHBJWUU. IWANOTAI. ACM5N0Y Mortgage, Loam, Ileal Ertate, ���������Insurance . Trustees and Liquidators Estates managed TAKE NOTICE! that The MacPonald- Gddson Company, Limited, intdnds to apply at the expiration of one month from the date of the first publication of this notice to the Registrar < of Joint Stock Companies that its name be changed to "IfacDonald Bros.", Engineering Works, Limited." Dated at Vancouver, B. C, thl* ������������th day of November A. p. 191*. a. 9. fto������*te* Secretary - 413 Oranvllle'Street, Vancouver, P. C ' wato iro.no* INSURANCE All kinds of Insurance effected in reliable Board.Companies only, giving you absolute protection. FIBE, LIVE STOCK, PLATE GLAtt, AUTOMOBILE. ACCIDENT .AND SICKNESS EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY, ETC. General Agents in B. O. for Yorkshire Insurance Company, Limited, of York, England Accumulated funds exceed $13,000,000. / Established 1824 Also Agents for Home Insurance Company, of New York Assets exceed $32,000,000. Estaby hed 1853. 1 R. KERR HOULGATE, Mgr. YORKSHIRE BUILDING 526 Seymour Street Phoes 6188 and 6189 New Westminster Land district, District of Texada Island. TAKE NOTCE that I, Joseph Astley, of Vancouver, occupation engineer, intend to. apply for permission to lease the folioiving described foreshore for docking, purposes: Commencing at a- post planted about one and a half miles from the southern point (on the east side) of Texada Island, (thence following the shore line in a northwesterly direction to the head of an unnamed bay (henceforth to be known as Astley Bay), thence following the shore line around the bay to tbe east side, thence south-east for about 750 feet. Bated January 20th, 1915. * - JOSEPH ASTLEY. m WiSA m X>i tltinmi tliA. ������m������ vna*wl_*!?m_^__*B^l5t������^n_10^wp,_9r> , iliiilil ��������� ^ iDeputHJIlhlste^ the Intfrlor. -_.?*��������� ^.--TUnatithoriied pubUcatJon' of tills advertisement will not ha pwd for. rKE NOTICE that Jptepb Astley, whose address is 4423 Slocan Street' Vancouver, p. C, will epply for a license to take and use five cubic feet per second and to store sbont 250,000 gallons oat of an unnamed ereek to be henceforth' known ua Astley Creek, which flows south-westerly and drains into the sea about 1% miles north of the southern point of the west coast of Texada Island, Province of British Columbia. Tbe storage dam wilt be located- on or near- the north-west corner of Lot 339,, Group 1, on������the said Texada Island. The capacity of the reservoir is not yet determined. The water will be diverted from, the stream at or near the north-west corner of Lot 339 aforesaid and will be used for mining, steam, power and storage purposes upon the. land described as Lot 339 aforesaid'and elsewhere. This notice was posted on the ground on the 14th day. of December, 1914. A copy of this notice and an application pursuant thereto, and to the Water Act, 1914, will be filed in the office of the Water Recorder at Vancouver, B. C.,, Objections to the application may be filed with the said Water Recorder or with the Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C., within 30 days after the first appearance of this notice in a local newspaper. The date of the first publication of this notice is 13th January, 1915. JOSEPH ASTLEY, Applicant. LAND ACT THE WESTERN CALL Friday, March 5th, 1915. >frfrj,,l,.;,,Ii,t,,j,,|i,{,ifr.S,.������.V.fr.}.if.>fr^ *'-aa ���������Map- ���������������A*^������w"fl}'*, BRITAIN'S FINAL WAR !: Mount Pleasant Livery TRANSFER Furniture and Piano Moving Baggage, Express and Dray. Hacks and Carriages . at all hours. Phone Fmlrment 845' ',! Corner Broadway and Main HMIIHIIHHIMH ������������������������������������������������ , A. F. McTavish, Prop: I \ * II HI IIIM ****%****%***** THE TAR SANDS OF ALBERTA ' Mr. John- Steven's meetings held in the .Strand theatre Sunday af.ternoon and evening \ every Sunday in connection with the war, are of great interest. Last.Sunday Professor Odium in the afternoon, gave an hour's address to a very large audience on the subject, "Britain's Last War." His subject consisted of a Bible reading from the prophet Ezekial, where such a conflict is evidently predicted clearly in connection with the final settlement of the eastern question. The large audience, chiefly men, followed the reading with absorbing interest, and showed marked appreciation of the marvellous theme. \ In the evening Wm. Faseoe Goard gave a similar audience an hour's address on the subject, "Shadows of Coming Events." The subject consisted' of a reading and an address founded on one of the passages immediately succeeding "Prof. Odium's theme of the afternoon, and the addreSs was really a continuation of that of. the professor. The strange thing about it, however, was that neither of these gentlemen -know what was intended by the other or what were the views of the other on this particular matter. Each had been requested to name his subject, and thus they dovetailed into each other. Next Sunday these two are to take the platform in the same order again. - Their Use for Roadways���������Entrance of Railways to the District Will Hasten Development. The existence of deposits of bituminous sands in the McMurray district of Northern Alberta has been known for many years. The absence of transportation facilities has, however, prevented the utilization and even the prospecting of these deposits. Anticipating the building of the Alberta and Great Waterways railway into Northern Alberta, a preliminary examination of the deposits was undertaken by the Dominion Mines Branch in 1913 and continued in 1914. Meanwhile, the construction of the7 railway, which' will open up and render these deposits available, is being rushed, and its completion is, expected in 1916. The investigation revealed'the fact that the tonnage of bituminous sands in the McMurray area is very large, and, although much ot the material is low grade, and, in some cases, the overburden so heavy that mining by open-cut is impracticable, it is found that ��������� some 20 per cent, of the material, representing many millions of tons, may be considered as of commercial value. v Bituminous sands have for , number of years been used in the construction of various classes of Lavements in the United States, he extent to which the material ' has been Used appears to have been largely determined by the freight rates. The greater portion of the bituminous sand used at the present time in California for paving purposes comes from the Santa Cruz quarries, and is, in many respects, similar to the Alberta material The bitumen contained in the McMurray rock is, however, much softer. Jt is believed that, with proper manu- pulationrsuch as heating, and the addition of hardening flux, the . penetration'of the bitumen can be - reduced to meet the requirements of 'Standard specifications for its successful employment in the laying of pavements in substitution of imported asphalt. ' In view of the fact that the bitumen contained in the tar sands of Alberta is softer than the bitumen of the California material, arifengements have been made by of an experimental pavement in the Mines Branch for the laying the city of Edmonton with the Alberta material, the city government having agreed to construct the concrete foundation. Upward of sixty tons of suitable piaterial has been assembled for transportation to Edmonton, and it is expected that the pavement will be laid next summer. The City Commissioner states that: "if this work is successfully carried out it will be of greater value to the city of Edmonton and Alberta generally than the bringing in of half a dozen industries .... at the present time, we are absolutely suffering for the lack of. cheap pavement and for the lack of good road material, whereby the farmers may haul their products to the city oh well built roads. The solution of this problem will be worth millions of dollars..." At present, all asphaltic paving materials used in Canada are imported from foreign countries. In 1913-14 the value of-these imports reached a total of nearly $900,000 and the consumption is rapidly increasing. The value of a cheap and satisfactory paving material in Western Canada would be very great. The-bituminous sands may also serve as a source of pure bitunten, which may be extracted either by disulphide of. carbon, the lighter petroleum distillates, or by the use of hot water and steam. Among the many uses to which this .extracted bitumen may be applied may be mentioned: floorings for/ many classes of buildings ��������� such as mills, hospitals, schools, skating rinks���������for foundations which require to absorb vibration and jars, as in electric power plants, for lining and damp courses for cellars, -reservoirs, etc., for insulation of pipes, and as a source of asphaltic oils. Attempts in this direction have been made for the past twenty years in the United States. No industry, however, has been established and no extracting plant is now in operation. The cause for the failures is not far to seek. In California extracted bitumen, at $12 per ton cannot compete with petroleum residium at $6.50 to $9.00 per ton'. In Alberta, however, bitumen extracted at $12.00 would comlete with imported refined asphalt, costing $27 to $34 .per ton, delivered. Before such an industry, however is attempted, all available information of the results of many years' serious and often costly experimentation in the United States should be consulted.���������Pr. Haanel, at the Annual Meeting of tbe Commission of Conservation. The working man's wife can keep her husband on the pay-roll by buying goods made in Canada. While the Canadian contingent is doing its part at the front and the -Canadian-business man-is doing his part at home, it remains for the t Canadian citizen also to do his part. It is patriotic and it is good business to buy goods, first, that are made in our own town, second, in,our own coun try, and third, in our own British Empire. REELECTED PRESIDENT BOARD OP TRADE largely seems also to be sure. That the fear^of being so left out will bring hXltaly and Roumania and at the last, Bulgaria, seems to be expected, although leading papers in France and Britain are saying that if they can be allowed to stand pat and not trouble, the settlement among the allies will be the easier. Suppose, however, that there is too much at stake for Italy, Greece and Roumania to allow them to stand idly aside much longer.. The settlement of this question according'to the speech by Premier Asquith, as quoted in a letter appearing in another column, will have, a great influence on the population of Europe. We predict that this new Asiatic British Empire will be a great competitor for European immigration. A NEW WORLD CAPITAL THE SETTLING OF THE EASTERN QUESTION r With the forcing of-the Dardanelles the last < step in a war which has been waged against the Turk in Europe will have been taken, we hope. The Turk will have crossed back at last into Asia. Moreover he will there be at least placed under restraint and we may hope to see the Christian populations of Asia minor allowed to live in safety and encouraged to develop their resources without the certainty or fear that they will be -robbed. Germany planned and entered this war that she might have the right to dictate the terms of that settlement. It seems now certain that while she is enmeshed in this war of her own creation, the Allies will have settled the matter without her. The fear of this, and that she will be excluded from all voice in. the settlement will be a strong inducement for her to sue for an immediate peace. Whether her pride, will allow her to do so or not cannot be said. But that there will be great pressure on her from a section of her diplomats to end the war and so get into the council of Europe again before the final settlement, is sure. That the neutrals will be left out in the cold In the light of the elsewhere quoted speech of. Premier Asquith as to the great Empire coming apparently to Britain as a result of. this war, it appears that there will be a new world capital down about Cairo or therebout. A glance at the map will show how wonderfully the lines of communication and. transportation have been heading in that direction and how well such a capital will be served by both sea and land. * The Suez Canal makes both the Red Sea and the Mediterranead, opening out into all the oceans, tributary to it. ' As to railroads, the Cape to Cairo railroad, the trans-Siberian railroad, the Cairo-Bagdad-India railroad, etc., and the already existing European railroads, are either built or well under way. . ' ��������� . ,, Here is the new city the old Hebrew prophets foretold, with the prospect of running a strong race with old. London as the clearing house for the World's products. Perhaps the vision of the lonely New Zeal-, ander standing on the broken arches of London Bridge sketching the ruins of St. Paul's may not prove to be wholly unjustified, although we imagine. Lord McAuley had not much faith. in his suggestion when he wrote it. Like a summer shower coming out - of a sky whick iras but a moment ago perfectly clear���������unheralded and unannounced���������the "jitney" bus has made its appearance on the streets of Vancouver. And, like a summer shower also, this new method of city transportation has brought problems which must bo solved, these being of a character such as we never considered when the ordinary use of the auto was in mind. Whether the "jitney" has come to stay as a factor in the Vancouver transportation field is a question which only time will answer. Whether it will be "economically possible' , on the basis of a five cent fare, to operate an' auto 18 hours per day, accommodate loads beyond the rated capacity of the car, meet operating costs and the heavy maintenance charges incident to continuous running of a strenuous type, make proper provision for depreciation charges of an abnormal amount because of the heavy work placed upon the car, pay, a living wage for the driver and provide, interest on the investment represented " by the car���������these and ' kindred queries present questions wihch cannot be fully answered at present. Time only will give the answer to each individual now engaged in the "jitney" bus business. And it is quite possible, judging by remarks now being made by the drivers of ''jitney", busses, that the answer will not be quite so satisfactory or of such a roseate hue as was the case when the "jitney '' first came to town. Whether'the "jitney" has come to stay or not, however, it is certain that it must be placed in a niche all, by - itself in the field of autodom. A "jitney" is no longer an auto in the ordinary sense of the word as it has entered the field of public transportation in a sense far different from that occupied by ei* - ther the taxi-cab or the auto offer-/ ed for hire. And, having entered upon a new. field, it must take; upon itself responsibilities which do not devolve upon the auto in ordin- ��������� ary 'use.' \ ���������, V,'.; The regulations wtiich apply to ordinary motor vehicles will not apply to the.'' jitney" and, from the standpoint of the public, meet the conditions. It .is ~ imperatively necessary, for the good name of the automobile world, that regulations- limiting and definitely fixing the responsibilities of the "jitney" should be established. Draft regulations covering "jitneys " oniy the coast. Just at present the re" suit of the deliberations of the authorities is in doubts Whatever may be the outcome, however, it is certain that the legislation will 'ire- cognize the "jitney." in a:doss: by itself entirely apart from the auto as_ ordinarily used���������which is as it should be. ��������� " ate now being prepared, not in . Vancouver, but all along NEUTRALS SCORED HEAVILY Richard Harding Davis, in the New York Tribune, states some pain truths about the neutral nations in regard to their silent consent when Germany was breaking treaties' and every international law enacted by civilization1 with a view to at least, humanizing wr. We append the closing sentences which amount to an indictment of the policy of the United States. From the moment she broke her word and entered the neutral territory of Belgium the rights >f every neutral were in jeopardy. The man who is false to one will be false to another. But the neutral powers could-not see that Balgium seemed so far away. And ������n the United States we were so entirely surrounded by water, so comfortably safe. So, although as joint signers of. the agreement made at The Hague it By Richv4 Warding Davis the combat, smoking a cigar. But stll he yells "Foul! "and threatens, the referee. WhyT. Because he is in danger f No, because he des������res fair play, and insists that the rules of the game be respected. If, at the start of this war, our government and those of South America, Italy, Spain, way, Sweden, Denmark, Holland* and Switzerland had jointly protested to Germany against the outrages she committed, against her breaking all the rules of civilized warfare, they might not only have prevented the :destruc- JL* __������ !��������� 1 __> ���������__* '''__' A. tion of lives and of cities, but even might have brought the war to a close. "Think of America first!!' Spoken by Holland or Switzer- was our privilege and duty to,land or any neutral nation that k*********************************4*************4*4* fj SheUy'sAX Bread is so delicious flfo kiddies are tested to swallow it in chunks.* ; gave them che^r ttieir bread, as weU as ptheA ; 4 X 3rea4 is Tich in gluten, thus its nourishing '���������>. value. It is sweet and delicious. Try. a slice and c^ew it for nourishment and flavor; M f Phone Fairmont 44, and ask us to deliver to your '' door, or, ask your grocer. 44******************4*********4***************4*4*** XI Mr. Jonathan Rogers, who was president of the Vancouver Board of Trade last year, will again fill that office this year. Yesterday Mr. Alfred Shaw, who was vice- president last year, and who was nominated for the presidency this year, refused to allow his candidature to proceed in opposition to Mr. Rogers. The office of vice-president was also filled by acclamation. There had been four nominations for the office, but Messrs. James Bam- say, Gilbert Blair and W. H. Malkin retired in favor of. Mr. Geo. E. Graham. DEATH OF MR. J. J. 0REG6 The death took place yesterday at the age of 45, of Mr. John James Gregg, ;6 14th Ave. west. Mr. Gregg was a member of the Mount Pleasant Methodist church and of its quarterly board, in the affairs of which he took a deep . interest. He belonged to the firm of Gregg & Munro, 3586 Commercial Drive, and was . connected with the Loyal Orange Order and the Canadian Order of Foresters. A widow and th������ee sons | survive him. protest we said nothing. Nor did any other neutral. And, emboldened by the silence Germany one after another broke all the' rules of war. All war is wasteful, unintelligent, indecent. But steadily for several hundred years the effort has been to make it less inhuman to limit the death and suffering it entails to the actual combatants. The effort has been to get away from the days of the Huns, wbo sacked, -looted and raped; from the days of our Indians, who burned villages; from the ethics of Raisuli, the Moorish bandit, and the Mexican cattle thieves, who, with threats of death, hold up non-combatants for money. But to the days of * these out- Tages Germany has returned. Instead of neutrals setting the standard for war they allowed Germany to set it. They have allowed her to drag it back eight hundred years. And guilty as she is I cannot see that those who stood by while eBlgium was desolated and children and wo- men were, killed by bombs, and mines- were spread in the open sea that belonged to all of them are not equally guilty. What Might Have Been If. you go to a fight at the Garden and one of the men strikes below the belt you will hear from several thousand spectators. No one is'hitting him. He is com- 'fortably, safely seated fat from is small and weak, that sentiment might be understood. Coming from a great and powerful nation of a hundred millions it is most unpleasant. Nor do I believe the American people are as selfish as that. I also like to think of America first, and: had she made protest against the outrages of Germany in behalf of the allies ras effronts to humanity and civilization, when this war is over she would have stood first.. But now it is too late. When the burglars are finally driven away the man who thought of himself first and crawled under the bed is not given much consideration. , Anniversary services will' be held in Mount Pleasant Presbyterian church on Sunday next. In the morning Rev. E. A. Henry, of Chalmers church, will preach and dispense sacrament, and in the evening Rev. E. Leslie Pidgeon, of St. John's church, will occupy the pulpit. Saving the Poor Horse At the railway station a nice old lady left the train and got into a cab. The cabman said, "Gimme your bag, lady, I'll put it on top oj the cab." "No. indeed!'' answered the* dear old lady, "that poor hoss has enough to pull, it on mv Ian," I'll jist hoi' AT HOME AT THE HOTEL Ask for Wilkinson's The Health-Giving: Natural Mineral Water Refuse Substitutes THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY SOLE IMPORTERS Jjjjk<day^ THE WESTERN <5ALL % h l'>' GARDENS :: ORCHARDS Mm* rad riant Early In our stock of over $100,000 we 'bare everything to' meet reasonable human desire in making beautiful gardens, in flowering plants; lowering and evergreen shrubbery; rose bushes; shade trees; hedge stock, etc.- Also large and small -fruit tree stock for your erchards and gardens. Buy from us and thereby eneeur������ge home production for home consumption, and a' full dinner pail. Our prices defy competition. Catalogues mailed free on.application. ROYAL HUR9KRIES, LIMITED Store: 2410 Granville St., Fairview. Tel. Bay view 1926. Greenhouses and Nurseries at' Boyal. Telephone, Eburne 43. Head Office: 710 Dominion Bldg., 207 Hastings St. W. Tel. Seymour 5556 J. 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Pleasant Methodist choir was held on Tuesday evening of this .week' and 'proved, as usual, a decided anccess, _surgasging all previous. efforts." Madame" Tul- isse has gathered together a choir of over sixty voices and tbe work done by them at this anual evet was indeed a tribute, to the energy and ability of their leader. Special mention must be made of the unaccompanied choruses "Hymn to Music" (Dudley Buck) and "Britons Alert" (Elgar). In lighter vein was given "The Goslings," by Sir F. Bridge. The ladies'; chorus (36 in number) gave an excellent rendering of "The Snow^' by Elgar, accompanied by pianos and violins. The duets and quartets deserving of special mention. , by members of the choir are also -XMr^Har^:G^ did foirto and won recalls for both: hisV numbers. As usual, Mr; Harold kelson gave his readings in a most masterly manner. Mr. t>an Green delighted, the audience with bis harp solos, .Miss Louise Conley, a young pupil of Madame Tulisse, proved a surprise to the audience, and gives great promise of future success. Madame Tulisse was given an ovation on her appearance to sing her solo number "Lo, Here the Gentle Lark," and at the conclusion was forced to respond to repeated recalls. Taken in all the concert waa a splendid success1 and a fitting tribute to the careful tuition by Madame Tulisse, one of the best musicians of her day., Madame ^Ttdisse has sung-as prime donna in London, Eng., and has appeared with Sir Bejyy Woods' orchestra, the greatest orchestra in the world. Ill-health has compelled her to' reside on this coast and British Columbia's musical ranks are greatly enhanced by her presence. Her encore number to the lark song on Tuesday night was "The Ivory Gates and Golden" and was exquisitely rendered. .,'���������'-',. .'' ������������������!;������������������ The choir and Madame Tulisse are to be heartily congratulated on the splendid entertainment. Miss Bertha Hartwell and Prof. Ainsley acted as accompanists. vV; V VVVXX" :^VV;'VVtevVXXs^^$^^^sX ��������� S-;;...'-.-'.....-v.v:^.������y^ ;w< xv; t^? ���������m^mr-ijm$tf$mvJi0*mu *mmmamm**mm*M**m*mtm*m������m^MMmm>^ "��������� vx',v.xx j. %jj j^jjjyyyj^yM^^yyy :'r'^^X?^':^X;jS!^ ���������V1-- -' J'j-J. ���������?'. JJJJjj Ja XXXlXM^XlXSX V!' V' XV?X'":,;XXVX*XfeySV!-������lj^ XXXXvXX;S|XXl|X������X v v.;-'tv tyyyHy&yjyMj-y! k--:::'/yj'kyk/ik//kyMi y./k%i0i&j0ij0i VXVVl '.;..'��������� -'���������'* y'/fikJkijJ XX*XX rjm%<j?pit VvV -XXXSv^X ��������� -..'.f-'.^'i-i C;^ XX'^JX ���������': V-'X :XVi';,f||XrX '��������� ~.%y.J vXX^XXX At; the home of^ Mr. and Mrs. M. Scott, of 20th Ave. East, a large gathering of friends "surprised" Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mc- Kinney on Friday evening last, and after an enjoyable social time presented them with a beautiful clock as a remembrance of their esteem. Mr. and Mrs. McKinney are well known in this locality and are much esteemed by their many friends. They propose moving, shortly to their ranch on the Delta. YEAR by presenting your good wife with an up-to-date motor washing machine and ball-bearing wringer; one of ours will 4 please her. We have a complete stock of Clothes Dryers, Washboards,. Wash Boilers, Tubs and Clothes Pins. We deliver promptly. W, R. Owen J Mor rison The Mt. Pleasant Hardware Phone Fair. 447 ^337 Main Street VANC0Uy������|t TWSNTY-SUV^N YJSAIfcS OW) Correspondence The following letter is interesting as showing where the minds of thinking menare turning for, an explanation of the great movements of the day. The letter was written by one of our leading barristers to one of our learned judges. It appeared to us to be of such interest that we begged a copy for the Western Call. When written it was not intended at all for publication. 1451 6th Ave. W., Vancouver, SB. C, March 2, 1915. t I take great pleasure in writing the following two quotations relating to the subject of war in relation to prophecy concerning which we had a brief conversation recently. - Gen. 15-18: "In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land from the river ofXEgypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates." Now, I think it may be fairly said, as far as our knowledge of history goes that the whole of that territory has never up to the present been governed by the seed of Abraham: The next quotation is from Mr. Asquith's speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet, October, 1914, as published in Wall Street Journal: "The entry of Turkey into the war, means the death knell of Ottoman domination, not only in Europe, but in Asia. As an independent entity Turkey disap pears. Russia will hot on|y own the Constantinople shore of the Bosphorous and the sea of Marmora, but both sides. V Great Britain will take over, not merely Egypt, by absolute annexation; which she is now entitled to do, but Arabia, Syria, all the German railroad concessions and sphere of influence in the Euphrates Yalley, all Asiatic Tur- ey to the frontier of Persia, making a continuous British Empire from the Italian frontier of Tripoli in Africa to Siam, for southern Persia is merely a protectorate, and Beloochistan is no more." If the theory of. Anglo-IsraeL is correct this declaration looks like the fulfillment of the promises made to Abram. Yours sincerely, X WM. SAVAGE. W. Calder F. Chapman Office Telephone: Sey. ������������������'JjJJ Merchants Cartage Ga ; EXPREffi, TRUCK AND PRAY Orders by Jlail Or Telephone Promptly Attended to. Feed and Sale. SUbles: |46 Wftter Street 716 Cambie Street Phone Sey. 3073 VANCOUVER, B. C. SCOTS HOME RULE LEAGUE The annual meeting of The International Scots Home Rule League was held at 1127 Granville street on the aftei'noon of, Thursday, 24th February, Vice- Pres. Mr. Wm. Thomson presiding. . Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: President, R. C. Campbell-Johnstone. MME.; vice-president, T. Shankiej 2nd vice-president, Mrs. Taylor; treasurer, A. G. Dickson; secretary, J.- Grant. The usual committees-were appointed and arrangements made toXneet again at an early date to inaugurate a campaign for increasing the membership. Three delegates were appointed to attend the meetings of The United Scottish Societies, now in course of formation. For Fresh and Cured Meats go to this Old Reliable Market It is nol excelled for Quality or Prices in Vancouver This is the Oldest Established Market in Vancouver, an example of "The Survival of the Fittest" Place: Corner Broadway and Kingsway Proprietor: FRANK TRIMBLE Phone: Fairmont 257 i\. -rt*<������rJ _j^^,\ w������ _, _m- uuH t/ -v������j _* > 8 THE WESTERN CALL Friday, March 5th', 1915. ���������������������������������������������>������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������*���������������������������������;��������� I SOCIAL AND PERSONAL ANNOUNCEMENT ?���������������*���������������������������<���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������*������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������*������������������ General Assembly, addressed a large meeting of. presbytery on Tuesday'" morning in St. John's church.1. In the afternoon the call from Mount Pleasant congregation to Rev. James Wilson, of The management of the Western Call is desirous v>f. making this paper a select home paper, to be read with interest by every ^^ v ^^ ��������������������������������������������������� ���������MBW member of the family. Itsi cir- TorontVwas susteinedVinTwrn culation is largely south of False Creek and in the Mount Pleasant district. We ask all those who have items of interest to this community to send them in for 'publication not later than Wednesday evening- of each week, and the management will take pleasure in inserting them in the current issue of the call. Mr. F. J. McKellar, of the T. M. C. A., has returned from Victoria, where he. was doing relief duty at the Willows '***.������ Jtev,( P. T. Pilkey, of:Fort George, was in the city this week The,Gaelic society do not often the guest,of his uncle and aunt, advertise a special concert, but Mr. and Mrs. John McAllister, when they do, the program is us Shaughneasy Heights. naljy a good one. Thursday even ing at the Pender hall the large Rev. Dr. Sipprell, of Mount number of the public present were Pleasant Methodist church, is entertained w'th a musical pro- conducting, special meetings in SI*1? of- a W order. Pipers D. go on to the Toronto presbytery. Rev* J. C. Craig, recently inducted into the pastoral charge of Westminster Presbyterian church, 26th and Sophia, preached his initial sermons in that capacity on Sunday last. Rev. Mr. Craig has an enviable record in Central Park, and should he] a splendid successor 'to Rev. 4re&J Ireland in the South Vancoiiy^r church. There is a wide fietd and much work to be done. THE UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM Can this be done? Can the twenty thousand workers in the industria1 establishments of this province remai11'' breadwinners? Can the tens of tens of thousands of industrial workers in Canada continue to support themselves and their families? The answer is yes, they can contihue in their employment in nearly as large numbers as be fore the war if. every Canadian wjll realize that every dollar sent out of the country for products which can be obtained of home manufacture is reducing the employment of some Canadian factory, and so far as we are con cerned in B. C." every dollar'sent out of the province unnecessarily is helping to swell the ranks of the < half-times and out-of works, "i -. ' '- ' X WHERE THERE IS . NO COLOR LINE North Vancouver Thursday and Friday evenings of this week. Rev. W. F. Kerr, of New Westminster, addressed the students of the city in Mount Pleasant Presbyterian church - on Sunday evening last. The Ladies' Guild of Mount Pleasant Presbyterian church are busy making preparations for i high-class concert to. be held' in the school room' (W^fte' evening tof St. Patrick V Vm*& lfbi-ol March. '"'"* ' "'* Rev. T>r. Herridge, of Ottawa, -moderator of the ' Presbyterian Maclver and/J. Begg opened the program with soul-stirring ������otes. The' purely "Scots" part was ably-sustained by Miss Mollison, Miss Jaffray, Madam Lillian Davie; Mr. David Macleod and Mr. A. G. Dickson, while the. Gaelic part was well looked after by Mrs.- J. Mackenzie, Mr. D. J. Macdonald and Mr. D. McAulay. Miss Nettie Nicol amply sustained her reputation as a highland dancer, and little Miss May Keith was simple captivating in her comnc singing. Mrs. M. Ogilvie played the accompaniments and Mr. John ML Ross acted as M.C. at the dance with which; the evening's, enjoyment was concluded. ���������4itii><"i"i"iiit"t"i' i-i"t',i"i"i"t' iiH"t l<"l"<"i' ii..i.i|i.|-i_ ^���������i..s..>.i..i..s..t������i..i.^..;..|";":":":'^^' > ������ - * ���������- > 4 ������ ot Bouts 4 , I I " Are you going to wear tWs winter? * -" Why ' 4 i teckfc's, of Course And I am going to see that my wife buys them lor THE BOYS too. They are the best to wear and are made in Vancouver. **������*S,^'t������**<4>1"'l,,I' 't* 't*^* 'S*^' *!' 't1'?''?''?' 'I' 'I' 'S*^1 'I* 'I"!"!' '8*������!'������!' ������t* '1' '{"I* '1' 't* 't* *!' 'I' 'I' 't* >i_^"?' 't' *t' 'I' 't' 'X' '1' 'I' 'I' 'T' 'I' 4* Ebenezer Baptist church, Chi cago, one of the largest negro congregations there, is conducting'an extensive charily for the "down and outs." in which it draws no "color line." The' charity is a free dinner at the church-five day* a week,' at which.an average of fonr white unfortunates to one colored' constitute the racial ratio' of beneficiaries. The ��������� expense, which' averages dost to $20 in cash per day, in addition to donations of groceries, is borne by the congrer gation. Last year 3,752 white men and 1,002 colored men were fed. s REST PERIOD FOR CATTLE f* 9V! STOREY & ���������; 518-520 BEATTY ST. PJione Seymour 8l7t CAMPBEU- VANCOUVER, &.C. MANUFACTUKERS OF tight and Heavy harness, Mexican Saddles, Closed Uppers, t*eggins, etc. A large stock ot Trunks and Valises always j; . on hand. BUGGIES, WAQONS, Etc. . Leather or all kinds. ' Horse Clothing. We are the largest manufacturers and importers of Leather Goods in B. C. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������,���������������������������������������,���������.������������������������������������������������������������������������������,������i������; Longer Than, Usual Last Year and Problem Now is to' fix- tend Work Period. In. the fall of 1914 many .dairy cows dried off somewhat earlier, than usual on account of scarcity of feed. Others stopped milking because their owners have let them get the habit of putting up their shutters at the same time that the cheese' factory boarded up its windows. However long ihe period 6f rest may have beeji six weeks or four months,������cows will "soon beT "ready for business as usual during 1915. Now tike point arises, can the period qf work' be extended? That means careful preparation in a variety of ways. ' (' One item may well .be noted by the dairyman who has not y^{ endeavored' to shorten that rest period. Jt does not follow that if cow giving, 1200. lbs. of milk or so during fyer first month wiU give as much,'during the whole season as the cow that gives only 800 lbs. the first month. The first one may be dry in a little over, seven months and then settle down to extended repose, while the second cow will be producing fo rten months, enabling her own*, er to take > advantage of good prices in'fall and winter. Obviously, therefore, correct judgment' as to a' oow's production is to- pe based on a knowledge,, of thetotel weight for the season, not for the best month or two only, for that period of rest is a very vajriable factor. Keeping track of the weight given by each cow is simplified by using the forms supplied free by the government. Write- to the daily, commissioner, Ottawa, for samples bf the record forms for three days per month, and those for daily weights. It will' be still better to take samples as well as to learn by the test how much fat each cow gives. J . i ���������������������������*������������������^���������^m ��������������������������� EFFECT 07 MEADOW WEEDS WE wish to announce a complete change of business management in - the TERMINAL CITY PRESS, I/TD., and THE WESTERN , CALL. New equipment has been added to our printing plant, and at the present time we are able to compete in quality and price with any printing organization in British Columbia. * THE WESTERN CALL is now undergoing; changes, which will bring it to the front as a qietrdpolitan weekly newspaper for the home. The Western Call at all times has stood for cleanliness and morality in public and private life, and a clean defense .of the rights of the people. The Western Call will forge ahead on merit and not through sympathetic or partisan methods. If you are interested in advancing these policies, let us have your practical support. We are located at 2(53-7 Kingsway, where We will be pleased to serve * om* patrons, renew old acquaintances, and rectify possible past errors. * ) If you are contemplating the use of fine printed matter; see our samples and, get our prices. Our Telephone is FAIRMONT 1140. THE TERMINAL CITY PRESS, LTD. ^ 203-7 KINGSWAY TAX THE WELL-TO-DO .���������>������������������������*���������>���������<���������>���������>���������>���������>���������>���������>���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������>���������*���������>������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ FLOUR IS CHEAP 98 lb. Sack for $3.50 WE GUARANTEE THIS TO BE NO. 1 BREAD FLOUR. Only a Few Sacks Left. Order at Once. We have just received a carload of Shuswap Timothy Hay. This hay is fxesh and green and equal to Idaho. Our Poultry Supplies are a revelation. We welcome your enquiries. 1 - Fm T. Vernon J tints Ftlrant S7WM X 255 Inaiwaj Eut > ������������������������*���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������*���������*������������������������������������������������������������������ Weeds, growing in -hay crops may actually increase the tonnage., of cured hay. But if. .farmers had .pqrts; of plants of Hfrprmseed; mustard, false flax, 'shepherd's purse, mayweed, etc., finely ground and mixed with their porridge they would better appreciate ;why v dairy cows or horses toss ��������� weedy hay out of their mangers. Some inconsiderate farmers chop weedy hay in a cutting box,^ thus preventing their stock form picking it over and avoiding the weeds. They, do not seem to realize that mtfny such weeds are unwholesome or even poisonous, and that when forced to eat them animals fail to make gains, or yield a small quantity of badly-flavored milk and become generally unthrifty. If forced to eat such feed they will consume only sufficient for their existence. The most economical gains are obtained from feeds which are not only highly nutritious from a chemical point of view, but are also relished by the stock. Editor Western Call: In regard to the war tax which the government is about to- put in force, I do not wish to criticize the course they "have taken, for I know that the expense to which the country has been put must be met, and I believe that the people of Canada will accept the same in the right spirit. But may I ask is it' fair that the tradesmen and the working men be called upon to bear this^ burden when business is so bad, and thousands of. men have been cut in their salary or put on half time, and iriany have been laid off indefinitely? Sir, should not the men who are holding high po- sisions bear some of the burden? What about our premiers, cab- inet Ministers, members of parliament, tjne mayors ofs pur. cities, md our city solicitors; yes, and ������ might mention the ministers of some of our city churches, and many others wbo are drawing from $2,500 up to $10,000 a year. Ape they willing to.show their loyalty, and_ patriotism^ by _ leading the way,_and take a reduction in salary and by-so doing help a litt'e ? One Who Would Like to Know. ftQ DECLARATIONS NUEDBD Mr. Andrew-Stewart,1 liquidator for the Dominion Trust Company, has announced that depositors need not file statutory declarations with him ' to establish the validity of their claims. All they have to do is to send in their pa^s books to be compared with the records in the company's books and when the depositors sign the slip presented to them, accepting the statement of the balance as being correct, this is accepted by the liquidator as a claim by the depositor for that 'amount. ' This arrangement has been made to lessen the expense' necessary to the depositors. ,������ ���������-.���������^������������������������������������.���������-^-^- Regular Service on P. O. E. Starting next Monday the P. G. E. Railway will put into effect a regular mixed passenger and freight service on the completed sections of its road to Lillooet, 120 miles , north of Squamish, Trains will be operated each way three times a week, connections being made both northbound and southbound with the boat from Vancouver. No. 1, the northbound train, will leave Squamish at 1 o'clock in the afternoon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and No. 2 southbound, will leave on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons at, 2.15 o'clock. The boat from Vancouver leaves at 9.15 o'clock in the mornings and returns at 6 o'clock in the even- MOUNTED TROOPS Of THIRD CPWTINOlWT mm AgHlNPTPNtft-Pt ^SHW-jjj-Il- /:\i ��������� -*?y&< T zMt*.r- c i j u. > .���������;. ~ --'- THE HOUSE Of AMERICAN IDEALS #OTEi.P0W.HATAN " IS NEW. JWPHOOF. EUBOPPAN. IttSTrW. PWIam JKASOIUftU. Rooms witli 4^nM Nft, flOOlJlf wftfc yrinft MA, BooUtt flc Map es rt*n������������t. f 1.50 \m*Um k}2.Q0f*t*Um 0. OWEN Manager Use fuel OH and Save Money If you are interested in reducing your Fuel Bill, see us. We are saving money for others, and can do the same for you. We supply and install Ftiel Oil Plants of all descriptions. We do not advocate a cheap plant, but we can satisfy you when results are considered. We have a large number of plants now in operation in hotels, - offico buildings, apartment houses, schools and colleges. Fuel Oil Equipment Company LIMITED * 713 Pacific Bldg. Phone Sey. 3727 Vancouver, B. C. *��������������������������������������������� ���������'���������-''��������� ..;...... -..-X. "v ���������.... i ni i-1 * it :ii 11 him i**4********.n I** ***** inmn 111
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Title | The Western Call |
Publisher | Vancouver, B.C. : Terminal City Press |
Date Issued | 1915-03-05 |
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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