*?������& 552 ������53 ) M^ ���������CAAA r.. y Published in the Interests of Mount Pleasant and Vicinity ��������� T. S. Kwhmt J ILMelpfcrttt ' -FoMcal Dbwte. T. J. Keinejf ft Co. At your serviea day ������nd night. Moderate chttgos. 808 Bnadwijr Wart Phone: Pair. 100t X", OLUME VII. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA,. FRIDAY. JANUARY 28, 1916. 5 Cents Per Copy. No. 38. MOUNT PLEASANT The secretaries of all Clubs and Associations (whether social, religious or political) as well as private individuals, are invited to send in any items of general interest each week for publication in these columns. Copy may be sent by mail or phoned in, and should reach this office not later than Thursday noon to ensure publication. The Women's Mtarionary Committee of St. Michael's Parish elected at the recent vestry meeting held their first regular meeting on Thursday night and arranged their work for. the coming year. The Western Star Circle of Ward V. branch of the Red Cross Society met on Tuesday- afternoon at the home of the president,' Mrs. Corbman, 855 llth avenue east. Th������,delegates from Ward V. of , the prohibition movement met in the " Mt. Pleasant Methodist [ church last night. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Pear- [ son, of 876 16th avenue east, have received news of the. death of their only son, Thomas Rogers [Pearson, who was killed in ac- [ tion in Belgium on Jan. 11. p������e. i Pearson enlisted with the Sixth Field Company, Canadian Engin- He was a Vancouver High School boy Rev. f. Cr. Shepherd delivered ail interesting address on the necessity of missionary activity during the war, to the parish chapter of the King's Daughters at their regular meeting Monday evening. " Despite the heavy fall of snow on Wednesday morning, ^ there was little delay to the traffic on the B. C. Electric Railway, and by 1 o'clock all cars were on time and the service was regularly maintained through the day. Most of. the jitneys failed to appear and the cars, therefore, had the traffic pretty much fo themselves. Locomotive _ plows and sweepers were called into requisition on the suburban and interurban lines. The Rainbow Circle of King's Daughters are meeting at 2.30 this afternoon at the home of Mrs: S. B. Clements, 23l"l8th avenue west. eers, but was later transferred to the Fourth-, Company,. Sappers. I another. He, said ..the ...Christian "Women and Social Progress" was the subject of an address given on Monday afternoon in the Mount Pleasant Methodist church by Rev. Hugh Dohson, B. A., field secretary of the social service department of the Methodist church. Mr. Dobson gave an account of the rise and progress of the women's movement, touching upon the question of the disintegration of family and the rise of the suffrage movement as an expression of democratic life. ,/He;said the trouble in family life in these days is due to the fact that so often the members of the family do" not respect one On Tuesday morning the new operating rooms of the Vancouver General Hospital came' into use. These rooms have been prepared at a cost of $90,000, but it was only on Saturday that the remaining two tons of furnishings arrived. These rooms are i������ow fully equipped with the most modern equipment and fur-, nishings, and compare favorably with anything to be seen anywhere on the continent. The death of Mr. John Benge occurred on Saturday morning at the family residence, Ivanhoe Apartments, Seventh Avenue E Mr. Benge came to Canada from Sussex, England, in 1888, and has lived on the coast for nine years. He was a very active member of the Sons of England He leaves, besides a wife, two daughters, Mrs. J. E. Turley, and Mrs. E. Harris, of. Vancouver, and two sons, James P., of Winnipeg, and A. H.,. of Seattle. Interment took place Monday afternoon from Centre and Hanna's chapel, Rev. A. F. Baker officiat ing. - No. 11 Lodge Mount Pleasant Knights of Pythias entertained the Pythian Sisters and their friends at a complimentary dance on Monday night. i> * Hollister Review No. 9 Woman's Benefit Association of the Macabees are giving a social dance in the K. P. Hall tonight, dancing from 8 to 12. Fairview Mrs. 8. Conway, 260 Seventeenth avenue east* has been ill in St. Paul's hospital for the past two weeks. Mr. Charles Macdonald, formerly of the Yukon, gave a very interesting lecture on Wednesday evening at St. Patrick's Church Hall, on "Reminiscences of^arly Days in the Yukon." Miss Grace Robertson, Scottish dancer, Mr. Arthur Ainsley and the male quartette assisted in the program. A short address was given by Mayor McBeath. Mr. Justice Murphy presided. The proceeds went to the Canadian' Patriotic Fund. ^ 'tl Grandview i T The three branches of the Women's Auxiliary have resumed their weekly meeting at St. Michael's church after the Christmas vacation. The Mount Pleasant Baptist church reports an.old time _spirit of revival during the past week of prayer. On Wednesday even^ ing Rev. B. H. West, of Jackson Avenue church, gave a soul- stirring address on "The New Testament Church." He pictured the church hot as a popular .people, but as a peculiar people, called out of the world rather than the world called into the church. *���������' Next Sunday Rev. A. F. Baker will preach in the morning on "What Shall the Church do to be saved?"; and in the evening on "What Shall I do to be Saved." A special welcome is extended to the Baraca Class every Sunday afternoon. Special evangelistic services will begin on February 6th, continuing for several weeks. ideals of- marriage were common ideals, mutual purpose and mutual respect, and these were the only things that would keep families together. Some question's were asked regarding women's power to prevent cigarette smoking' among boys, assistance in the management of playgrounds, keeping watch over the picture shows and various other things and whether Mr. Dobson thought they could do anything in the way of these reforms without the ballot. Mr. Dobson thought the ballot would be of very little assistance in these matters. Women had much opportunity for airing their views on these subjects and of calling attention to them in their meetings and through the press, but he was glad to know that women in the three western provinces, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan would soon be in the same status as men in regard to allV electoral 'privileges. A very interesting event took place on Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carros, 179 6th avenue west, when about 50 guests assembled to witness the christening of their little daughter, Angeline. The ceremony was performed by the Greek priest, Rev. Mr. Anagnos: topolus, wearing'_ Greek vestments.. After the ceremony a christening dinner s was served to the guests. -The godparents were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ken- elis. Burnaby The Cadet Corps of the King Edward High School, assisted by the Lord Tennyson School, are giving a concert in the King Edward Auditorium this (Friday) evening at 8 p.m. Following is the program: Selection, March, The Cadet Band; Flower Dance, Pupils of Tennyson School; Trio, Instrumental, Messrs. Armstrong, Hall and Rowan; Cantata, '' The Briar Rose,'' pupils of Tennyson School; Dance, Spanish, Constance Devlin; Folk Dance, Pupils of Tennyson School; Song, "Tis I," Reatha Reid; Cantata "The Pied Piper of Hamlin," pupils of Tennyson School; instrumental, Selected, Orchestra of. K. E. H. S.; Patriotic March and Song, Pupils of Tennyson School; recitation, Viola' Dill; Roman Dance,. Girl Students of K. E. H. S.; duet; "Hunting Tower," Elsie Chandler and Viola Dill; chorus, "Three Little Maids" (Mikado), Pupils of Tennyson School; instrumental, selected, Orchestra of K. E. H. S.; recitation, "The Fireman's Wedding," Ingram Parke; Camp Scene, Tennyson School Cadets. Messrs. Arthur Ainsley, S. McPherson and W. McGregor, the popular vocal trio of this community, are appearing in the Westminster Opera House .. this week. It is reported they are talking of going into vaudeville shortly. Alexander Review No. 7, Women's Benefit Association of the Macabees, met in the K. P. Hall on Wednesday evening. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Coville. There were a number of visitors including Mrs. Flayton, Lady Commander of Hollister Review, Mrs. Danforth, Mrs. Martin and Mrs. fsmah. The Helping Hand committee was ���������called for a meeting at the home of Mrs. Wilson, 54 Tenth avenue west, on Thursday afternoon, .February 3rd. Under the auspices of the Sil ver Cross Circle of the King's Daughters, Mrs. E. H. Murphy, and Mrs. McNamee will be joint hostesses at a tea at the home of Mrs. McNamee, 315 13th Avenue west, February ^3rd, from 3 to 6 p.m. A good musical program is being arranged and it is hoped all ladies interested will accept this press invitation. The regular monthly meeting of the Ward V. Red Cross Society was held on- Tuesday evening in the Red Cross Home, 315- 317 Lee Building. Mr. AT P. Black was in the chair. Tweuty-sfcyen members of the General Hospital staff, .including Dr. Cloud, the admitting officer, are ill with la grippe and unable to attend to their duties. The funeral of the late Mrs. Ethel R Young was held from St. Michael's church on Tuesday afternoon. Miss Lily Coles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Coles, 60 Broadway West, who is pursuing her musical studies in London at the Royal College of Music, is singing a good deal in the hospitals for wounded soldiers. She sang in tHe Christmas oratorio at the college, and just before was singing in Dr. Allan's Bach choir. The car tracks furnished the only available sidewalk for hundreds of citizens on Wednesday and Thursday mornings owing to the heavy fall df snow. There is a marked shortage in the supply of cut flowers reported by local florists owing to the continued cold weather. Daffodils especially, usually plentiful at this time of year, are at a premium just now. ,, The; Burnaby school board attended a meeting of the. finance committee of the municipal council on Monday night at which municipal finances were discussed. The outcome of the discussion was that the chairman of the school board assured the commit tee that there would be little or no extraordinary expenditure this year as the board was keep ing to the minimum. He did not think that the. board would call on the council to provide for more ordinary expenditures than last year, and stated that the only way left to economize would be to cut teachers' salaries, a courre which he thought a mistake. According to the instructions of the finance committee at its last meeting the municipal treasurer brought down an estimate of the money required to finance the municipality for the next six _monthS,_whic_h he placed _at_ $150, 000. Reeve Fraser drew attention to ; the fact that the borrowing power of the municipality was limited to $100,000, and expressed the opinion that there was a doubt whether money could be secured at all. The chairman of the finance committee, Councillor McDonald and Councillor Coldicutt, were appointed a committee to arrange a loan with the bank. The reeve gave notice that at the next meeting of the committee he would recommend a tax sale of these properties on which taxes for tlie years 1911 and 1912 had not been paid. A two .rtorey frame dwelling owned and occupied by Mrs. A. C. Thompson, 1517 Parker St., was damaged by fire on Friday evening last. The cause of the fire was a defective register in the den. Damage was done to thejex- tent of $200 fully covered by insurance. A lecture was given by .Prof. Odium at the Soldier's Home, 1146 Commercial Drive, on Sat- "> urday evening last, on "Great Britain in Relation to the War."' A number of musical Selections were also given. Rev. F. Kennedy will preach in All Saints' Anglican church next Sunday evening on the subject, "Missionary Work in Japan." He will also lecture in the Parish Hall on Monday evening at 8 o'clock, giving a synopsis of the results' of his years of labor in the Japanese empire. This lecture will be illustrated by 100 colored views. 4 J J > Ul t' The general hospital continues to be filled to capacity. Dr. Mc- Eachern is confined to his bed with an infected eye, but is reported improving. _ This year the young men of the Normal School, instead of devoting so much time to sports," have organized a.cadet officers' training corps. Sergt. Wallace, physical instructor of the school, has had charge of the drill. A committee appointed by the students has drawn up the following schedule: Tuesday, lecture, 5 to 6 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday, drill, 4 to 6 p.m.; Saturday, drill, 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock. The young men hope to receive official recognition from the Dominion authorities. At 1241 Fourteenth Avenue E., the home ot Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Dickie, a merry party of about thirty'of-their friends gave them a surprise party. A happy time was spent with cards, games and music. After refreshments were served, dancing was engaged in, and brought a most enjoyable evening to a close. Excellent music was supplied by Mrs. King, Mr. E. King, Mr. ���������* R. King and Mr. Chandler. Musical numbers were also contributed by Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Wilson, Miss Dickie, Master J. Mitcliell and Mr. Hadden. The home of Mr. M. O. Smith, Union street, North Burnaby, was destroyed by fire and damage caused to the homes of Mr. J. M. Young, Pender street, North Burnaby, and Mr. Clifford, Linden Avenue, Edmonds. The Vancouver fire department responded to the calls in North Burnaby. The Young Folks Club of the Gordon Presbyterian Church, a,t its meeting on ''Burns Night'' this week, was treated to an illustrated lecture on "The Coronation of King George, Scotland, the Land of Burns and Ireland." Mrs. Hugh Findley, of Victoria, died last Saturday afternoon at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. H. B. Mclntyre, 2833 Oak street _ Graham A. Laing, M.A., director of the : preyocational and night school classes of the city schools, lectured on Friday evening last in ������ the King Edward High School on *' The Modern Novel." The speaker called attention to that primal instinct of mankind, the, desire to report and circulate conversational matter. He said that if Ave were to regard the folk-lore of a country as literature, then our'folk-tales must be regarded as the origin of the novel.. The novel was a modern development of the story telling art. The plot ipeant everything. There was a distinction between the modern novel and the drama of the past���������-this was chiefly a, difference of motive. "To write a modern novel," continued Mr. Laing, "requires not merely the faculty of storytelling. The knowledge of life necessary must be gained by observation and by introspection, by study of institutions as well as people. All great writers tell the story of their own lives in their novels. They have to embody their own experience in what they write." Mr. Laing's third lecture of the series was given last evening on the subject, "History and the Historical Novel." So Vancouver In the hall of St. Mary's church, South Hill, the .annual Ijaasquerade ball will be held this evening. The proceeds .will be handed to the Belgian Relief Fund committee. An excellent band, is, engaged and a dainty supper' will - be ��������� served duringi-he evening. Dancing begins- at eight o 'clock. ' \i_ -���������r ^"l A ' X *'' '���������> . * ��������� -- xx *i i. (* a' A sentence of six months' imprisonment was imposed on William H. Stubbins by Judge Mc- Innes last Saturday, on a\ charge of having stolen goods in his possession knowing them to have been stolen. Stubbins also faced a charge of breaking and entering the store of Mr. A. Fredericksen, 4152 Main street, the place from which the goods were stolen. On this charge he was acquitted. According to the story told on the witness stand by Stubbins the goods, which consisted of 27 dozen eggs, several pots of jam, sacks of flour and sugar, tobacco, cocoa and numerous other kinds of provisions were brought to the house where he lived by a man named Marks, who has since disappeared. Marks told him that he had traded some beds for the provisions. The discovery of the stolen goods was made by Sergeant Winters, of the South Vancouver police force, who visited the Marks' house on Twenty-eighth avenue, armed with a search warraant. In the possession of the accused Sergeant Winters found a key which fitted the back door of the store which was robbed, but the prisoner explained to the court that he had found the key lying on the ground hear the basement of the-. Marks' home. Canvassers Wanted Wanted at Once���������Several young ladies of good' address to work for the WESTERN CALL. Any young lady can earn from two to four dollars a day. Exclusive territory given. Apply in- person at 203 Kingsway. THE WESTERN CALL Friday, January 28, 1916. ,| <? Canadian's Impresssipn of Australia There could scarcely be a trip in all the world more entertain--- ing, more instructive or more healthful than the trip from Vancouver to New Zealand and Australia in. winter. Escaping, as you do, the cold and rain, and' sailing for whole weeks together over seas as blue as sapphire, with bright sunny skies overhead, you visit the beautiful islands . of Hawaii and' Fiji, and are thus prepared gradually for the charm and novelty of the 1 and ��������� of the ..Maori and the land of the kangaroo���������a charm and a novelty that they say takes years to wear away. The Country Itself , To the average Canadian or American traveler the rural districts of Australia .appear any- 'thing but ��������� pre-possessing when viewed from the - window ��������� of a railway coach. There is a striking monotony ,of vegetation and landscape, throughout pretty much of the Commonwealth, although in the tropical districts of Queensland the growth of. sugarcane and tropical fruits makes a' pleasing variety. In the farming districts about Bal- larat and Melbourne, also, there is about the same variety as you would find in Central Ontario or New York state. To see the best of. the sheep ranching country, however, it is -necessary to, get back some miles from the railways, as is also the case -if'you would see the kangaroo and the black aborigine, the two distinctive products of this country. Cities of Commonwealth ��������� 'But'Australia's cities more than compensate for any montony of her country. The commercial metropolis, Sydney, which is about the size of San Francisco, possesses the world's finest - natural harbor, and like most of the Australian cities is spread out over an enormous territory, the residential section comprising over nine-tenths of its entire area. It is'-this fact, so peculiar to the cities-of Australia, that enables such a large percentage of Australians to own their own homes and to avoid that bane of American cities���������overcrowding. Sydney is a strange combination of the artistic and the commercial. The miles upon miles of waterfront humming with the activities -of oceanic commerce, the up-to-date ferry steamers that would do credit to New York itself, the solidity and elegance of the store and office buildings, would argue that the eity is actively and distinctively commercial. But you have only to WHY ENDURE THE CRUEL TORTURE OF TOOTHACHE- WHY GO ALONG FROM DAY TO DAY WITH UNSIGHTLY, DECAYING TEETH WHICH ARE A MENACE TO YOUR OWN HEALTH-AN OFFENCE TO YOUR FRIENDS? If the dread of pain or your inability to meet the exorbitant prices charged by other dentists has hitherto prevented you having your teeth attended to, listen to my message. DENTISTRY AS I PRACTICE IT IS ABSOLUTELY DEVOID OF PAIN Be 1 lie operation simple or complex, i1 makes absolutely no difference to inc. OKAl/JMfMSlA. THE SIMPLE. SAKE AND HARMLESS REMEDY WHICH 1 I'SE THROUGHOUT MY PRACTICE. HAS ABSOLUTELY 'DRIVEN PAIN FROM THE DENTAL CHAIR. So sure am 1 of Oralthesia and its certain results. I say t,o all my patients: "IF IT.HURTS, DON'T PAY ME" 'And in comparison to the high prices charged-by others in my profession MY prices are, in .'keeping .with the HIGH quality of'my work and the materials which I use. exceedingly low. . - . . X CALL AT MY OFFICES TODAY FORA FREE EXAMINATION Dr. T. Glendon Moody Vancouver's Pioneer Dentist Dawson Block Cor. Hastings and' Main, Sts. Phone Seymour 1566 Vancouver's Painless Dentist go through the really fine art galleries, zoological gardens, museums'and parks to realize that there is a keen appreciation of the beautiful and the artistic interwoven -with their commercialism. Many of. the older suburban districts of Sydney remind you of the pictures of old London and Paris. The botanical gardens are certainly among the most beautiful in the world, and are'worth a trip to Australia to see. vv - Melbourne, the second eity of Australia, is1 laid out on a still more open scale than Sydney, the streets being wider, and more level, and excellently paved. The 'residential sections are situated in many cases miles away from the business distriet, being quickly reached by steam railways. Adelaide is the hottest and driest of all Australian cities, and of late years is losing out as a seaport. Within a few hours' ride from here, However, you can reach a very fine orange and grape growing district producing some of the finest wines and brandies outside of France. Ballarat is the "beauty spot" of. Australia, but is vastly. changed since the early days of the gold fever. Its. streets are the widest and the best paved, its parks the most elaborately cultivated and its marble statuary the most beautiful of any city south of the equator. The People ���������?��������� ��������� - '������������������- The Australians are a sunny dispositioned and easy going people; taking life much easier than Ave do, both as to the duration of business hours and as to the manner of doing business. There is a national habit that all strangers, are compelled to adopt before they are long ia the country. This is the four o'clock tea habit. Business is never too engrossing to retire to .a nearby cafe or hotel and indulge in a cup of tea and a half hour's gossipX and the longer you stay in Australia the more Vlelightful arid the more necessary this habit becomes. With all this easy going manner the Australian is exceedingly strict in matters'.;.of business etiquette;, keeps his appointments to the minute and regards his verbal promise as a bond. The average Australian, is a famous patron of the theatre; and: it is a regrettable fact that ���������they do not get aV better .class of theatrical amusements than the second hand vaudeville and movies��������� sent. put from.���������England and America. The reason for this so a prominent theatrical 'manager told me, is that it costs too 'miKUXt'o XrihgXhe best companies rso far away froin home, there being but ���������four...cities .capable-of supporting such expensive attractions. Of: sport, cricket and racing, lead,", with surfing a strong bidder for popularity. Sydney's six ocean beadies are unexcelled anywhere .in ��������� the Pacific. Business Conditions The average Australian is accustomed to take life pretty much as he finds it." What with a warm sunny climate, air extensive and productive agricultural territory, a 'world-wida commerce��������� ���������and possibly a labor government���������poverty is not xv.vy likely to overtake the Australian, nor. if it'did. would it have the terrors for him it would have in our northern latitude. What was far ���������more ��������� dreaded than war at, the time J was-in-Australia was the severe drought from which the greater P!irt o[" the Comiaon- wealth was suffering. Were it, not for these periodical droughts, which arc. likely to occur every few years, the Australians could easily adopt for their permanent motto. ''Business as Usual." ' The enormous crowds of holiday shoppers in Sydney and Melbourne, the excellent volume of business reported by retailers everywhere, the record attendance at the big racing and cricket .meets, the large number of ex pensive automobiles operated��������� all this would seem to indicate anything but a shortage of ready cash. The decrease in imports and exports for 1915 as compared with' 1914 . was only about nine per cent. From this I take it that as soon as the drought has passed over the country returns pretty much to normal. The Australians i.have ���������" given their inen and money pretty freely in the present war, but as long as the avenues of. trade with England and America are open they see little reason why business should hot go along about the same at home,. Opportunities for Settlers Many people have asked me as to' the best opportunities for those emigrating to Australia. 1 would say the man who can take along a few agencies for import goods such its printing paper, boots and shoes, chemicals, beer, rubber goods, manufactures of steel, -mining machinery, advertising novelties, etc., should do well. The other opportunities lie mostly along the line of sheep and cattle raising, fruit farming and mining, and in all these lines considerable capital is .required to -make: anything-' like a success. The policy of the government, however, seems to favor, the working;' man rather than the capitalist. Impressions of New Zealand You get your -first impressions of the land of the Maori on your way out to Australia���������thirty hours in Auckland, a pretty lit-.' tie. city of pretty little homes, situated on'some 62 extinct volcano craters from the highest of which, Mount Eden, you can get .i view of the entire city and the ocean on either side of North Island. ��������� X; New Zealand has a .-.population" of only a million people, but they stoutly .assure you_ the country can support ten times that number. I found the New Zealanders a V somewhat different type .'Ir of people from those in Australia; There-seemed.:.to':be a little more of the hustle and bustle of America���������-more of intensive than ex- tensiA-.e industry���������and peirhaps a little less of the old .conservatism than, in Australia. X . Many parts of the 'North-���������'Island';.'closely resemble the best mixed farming districts of Western Ontario and Michigan. Che'ese and butter making, hog raising and beekeeping are ���������.extremely profitable industries, Avhile iii the South Island the climate, is. cooler and sheep grazing is carried on--more' extensively. The Avoolen nulls of Kaipoi: arid Mosgiel produce absolutely the finest tra-, Areling rugs in the ..Avorld. .- ��������� It would seem difficult for a young ,man Avhp likes country life and has aA-eragc determination and ability, to fail in a land like this, where/ the government does everything" in its power'to finance and assist even 1he small farmer. There avm's one instance brought, to my notice in New Zealand Avhich 1 uuderstod to be a fair representation of. the average. This .man had come out here Avhen eighteen years old Avith only $300 and by hard work, careful management, and most of all the assistance of the' government'-in groAving and 'marketing his produce, had been able to retire with a fair sized independent fortune at thirty-two years of age���������not a bad record, and there were, others like him.'To "put it ver" like this man, . <X course, 'required- a, liking for country life. The cities offer very little, if any more inducement than they do in British Columbia. I . might say in conclusion I found in both New Zealand and Australia a. A-ery strong -prejudice in;favor of Canadian goods and the Canadian people.���������E.W.S. 9-' TRUST COMPANY CHARGES Charges for Trust Company service are usually the same asVwould, be allowed for similar service by an individual. They are never more. 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Comes in sanitary waxed wrappers: Shelly Bros, Bake Ovens ������������������Bakers of : ���������Ehe : popular 4X Bread., Fair. 44. LARGE EXPENDITURES ON TRUNK SEWERS Norway has added sardines to the list of articles the exportation oi' 'which is prohibited. .The Greater Vancouver Joint Sewerage Board; issued: their'��������� animal statement at a special .meeting- held last week.; The statement shows that $787,595 was spent in trunk sewer construe-' tion by the hoard in 1915, being considerably in excess of the expenditure daring 1914. board for the year were $1,711,- 6GSr there' having been a balance on hand at the beginning of 1915 of $1,541,444, part of the proceeds of ihe first bond sale. Besides the seAver accounts, amounting to $787,595, $109,499 was paid out for interest on stock,, $17,- 583 for sinking fund, and there was a balance of $792,664 in the hands of the minister of finance of British Columbia'" to the ere. count is made np of these items: dit of ihe Board. Tlie sewer ac- Brunetle River ''improvement, '$17,640; Balaclava trunk sewer, $19,449; Bridge Street sewer, $40,750; Centra! Park sewer, $565; China and Canoe Creek sewer, $69,297; China Creek extension, $1S7,886; Clark Drive sewer; $212,304; Clark, Drive sewer' No. 2, $56,038; Hastings Park sewer, $66,987: Kayo Road sewer, $126; general plant and .stores, $578: investigation charge^ $596S. ���������'.'������������������. The expenditure in .1914 Avas $722,105, but over .. $300,000 of this was paid to the city and Pfc. Grey for sewers, constructed by theni before the board came into existence. The 'amount spent in that year on actual construction, therefore, amounted to ahout $400,000. DISTINGUISHED ORDERS COVETED BY WOMEN. The woman who tells you sbe'.is'a lady generally feels doubtful whether vou'll find it out. It is not; generally known that there are several decorations | that may be Avon by. women.| There is, for instance, the Imperial Service. Order,���������founded by the' late King.Edward to commemor-' ate his Coronation, for ..bestowal' upon avo men f or very J_pnspi____ oils bravery.. This-Vis one of the, most coveted and honorable decorations that a Avoman can Avear. The Order of the Royal Red Cross, which was founded on St, George's Day; 1883, is another decoration reserved "for AvomenV only. It is given for merit and valor displayed in nursing, par-' ticnlarly Army and'Navy nursing. The Order of St. John of Jerusalem���������a little-Maitest; cross, bearing the words, ''For service j in Ihe cause of huniaiiily," at-, ! tached to a black ribbon, can also j be won by women. Another or- i der founded by King I'hhvard is j the greatly coveted Order of Mer- | it. which is bestowed upon men I and women" who have gained dis- I tinelion in literature, art. science ���������j or any ol'. the peaceful, as dis- j tingiiirihed from the fighting services. But up to the present it I has been conferred upon only | one woman���������the incomparable ! Florence Nightingale. X; : ��������� The French Cross of the Legion lof Honor has been bestOAved on ; the greatest number of Avomen. | There is only one Russian decoration for women���������the Order I of St. Catherine; Avhile there are ! tAvo SpanishXecorations���������the Or- \ der of St. James and the Order of^ St. Maria of Spain: an order similar to the British Order of the Royal Red Cross, conferred' for distinguished services in nurs- inir. ' A Friday, January 28, l������iC. ^ ��������� it ;ck British Near Garden of Eden From the Balkans the war [scene has suddenly shifted to the tancient land of. Mesopotamia, where at Kut-el-Amara, on the Tigris River, a British army in traditional style, is besieged by [Turkish forces, while another British detachment is fighting its way to the rescue over hot desert sands. English history records many similar situations, though perhaps their setting was not quite so romantic, for Mesopotamia possesses one of the oldest civilizations, and heje flourished the Garden of. Eden, now peopled only by Arab tribes, who fight first for the Turks, then for the British, but are always out for loot, if we are to believe Tommy Atkins and his officers. In the widest sense Mesopotamia includes all of the country between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, from Armenia to the Persian Gulf. In early times, when a good irrigation system was maintained, the land was fertile, prosperous, and the home of a people who were advancing rapidly along the high road of civilization. It is still one of the virgin tracts 'of the world, awaiting the hand of irrigation engineers, who had already begun their work of reclamation under Sir William Willcocks when the war intervened. Some day, it is believed, a new Garden of Eden will arise in loAver Mesopotamia; whether its keepers are to be Germans or Britishers is an issue that will probably be settled by the war. Soon after Turkey entered the conflict, a British, or rather an Indian army���������for the operations are conducted largely by Indian troops���������landed on the' shores of the Persian Gulf, seized Basra, where the dates come from, and began its tedious advance toward Bagdad, the former capital of Haroun-al-Raschid, whose adventures, as every one knows, are recorded in the Arabian Nights. Bagdad is about 400 miles distant froni Basra, and one\ of. the important cities on the line of the German-built Bagdad Railway, which will eventually reach the Gulf of Persia. Naturally, if Great Britain could conquer the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates and extend her influence over the greater part of Mesopotamia, she would hot only open a new land to British enterprise, but would have a large voice in the management of the railway. . Moreover, the Bagdad Railway when .completed, will open a new road to India, which Buy Vancouver Real Estate at these Prices =NEVER AGAIN= SUCH SACRIFICES LOTS Fourth Avenue Carline���������33 feet near Trutch St., formerly held at $4,500, for $1,600, on terms. Kitsilano���������Two 33 ft. lots, cleared, on llth Avenue, for merly held at $1,200 each, for $350 eaeh. Strathcona Heights���������50 : ft. lot, magnificent view, on 25th Avenue, held at $2,200, for $750, on terms. Burnaby���������Fine high lot, near 17th Avenue and Laurel St., assessed at $300,/for $90.00. Point Grey���������33 ft. lot on the hill near 22nd and Dunbar St., a great buy at $350. Fairview���������50 ft. lot on llth Ave., near Pine Street. Cost owner $3,300. Sell for $900. Point Grey���������33 ft. on 18th Ave. near Highbury Street, on top of the hill, for $300. Point Grey���������70 by 122 ft. on 21st Ave., near Crown St., for $300. A South Vancouver���������A few Lots on 66th and 67th Avenue for $70.00 each. Burnaby���������122 by 122 ft., near corner River Ave. and Gilley Avenue on the hill, fine view, southern exposure, for $225.00. _ : _ ���������isj^^^^k^s.:J^^^^.:yk^^La ������������������ 1--J Burnaby���������2.35 acres on Bumble Road, on the sunny southern slope. Dirt cheap at $1,150. On terms. Lulu Island-���������4 acres at Garden City, cleared, richest of soil. Cost owner $320 per acre 8 years ago. Sell the 4 acres for $700.00. Langley���������5 Acres near Milner Station, has all been under cultivation. Cost $300 per acre. The whole for $650. Gibson's Landing���������10 Acres on the Government Road, 3 miles from the Landing. Good land. Creek running through, all for $350.00. Burnaby���������4.24 Acres, with long frontage on the B. C. E. R. near Jubilee Station. A grand property Avith a great future, improved. $35,000 was one time refused for this same property. Can be bought today for $6,500. Coquitlam���������20 Acres of the very best soil, 21-2 miles north of Coquitlam City, half mile from school, light clearing. Owner paid over $."300 per acre as a subdi vision proposition. Sell to-day for $100 per acre on terms. Burnaby���������1 3-4'acres at Central Park, very cheap at $1,500. HOUSES Point Grey���������On Wilson Road carline, neat little 3-room ���������cottage, on lot 33.7 by 298.9 feet deep, all improved, chicken house and runs. Formerly held at $3,300. Today for $1,350; Fairvicw���������Quebec St., 5 room, modem cottage, fireplace, built in buffet, pannellcd walls, etc., for $1,500 on terms. Kitsilano���������C-room modern house on lot 66-by 132 feet, Avith fireplace; hardwood floors, furnace, bath and toilet, separate, fonder value was $6,000. Sell for $3,150.. Fairview���������8 rooms, hardwood floors, hot water heat, all fully modern, lot 50 ft. bv 120,. on 12th Avenue, near Granville St.- Owner paid $9,000. Sellfor $6,000. Fairview-���������? rooms, hot water heat, hardwood floors, fireplace., full 50 ft. lot, on ,10th Ave., the best part, a $9,000 home for $5,500, including a $3,400 7 1-2 per cent. ; mortgage. Fairview���������S.^j'ooms and one on the 3rd floor, hot water heat, sarage, nice grounds, on llth Ave., near Yukon ��������� StreetV .Formerly held at $10,000. Sell now for $6,000 on terms. ALLAN BROS. 510 Pender St. West Phone Sey. 2873 Real Estate, Insurance and Mining the Germans might find it convenient to use some day in the future for a Turco-Gerinan army of invasion. Hence ttyerc were good reasons forNthe Mesopotamia campaign. British officers say that never has a campaign been fought under such diverse;conditiol.s. Terrific heat, floods, mosquitos, fever, and cholera have taken heavy toty of the invading force, and Indian troops have been affected by the heat quite as much as the white soldiers. Mesopotamia boasts a record variation of temperature during the year. Bitter cold and damp weather in winter and intense and malarious heat in summer have added enormously to the difficulties of the operations. In comparison with Mesopotamia, India, even in the hot weather, is a health resort, and indeed has been used as such by a greater number of sick than-we can care to think about. Notwithstanding the difficulties of the country > a part of the British army under; General Townsend succeeded last November in reaching the ruins of. Ctes- iphon, eighteen miles southeast of Bagdad, where it met an overwhelming force of Turks,. and was forced to retire; to Kut-el- Amara. Thus ended the first attempt to take Bagdad. Now Kut is besieged, and General Sir John Nixon, commander in chief of the expedition, has been relieved of his command on account of "sickness," the official statement says. Although the British Tommy is told that Kurna is the scene of the Garden of Eden, its exact position has not been fixed to the satisfaction of many scholars. There is a theory that two Gardens of Eden existed; one, Semitic, that of the Sons of God, the other Babylonian, or Sumerian, that of the Sons of Men. It seems clear from the controversy that there was a Garden of Eden other than the Biblican one and that it was in the Tigris-Euphrates region, near Nasrie, which is some distance west of Kurna. That was the Garden of the Sons of. Men, traced in the writings of Sumer and Akkad, known as the Babylonian tablets of creation, and dealing with the ancient gods and shrines of Babylonia. This Garden of Eden was at the ancient junction of the Tigris and Euphrates, where the ruins of the cities of Eridu and Us have been found. Those who contend that the Biblical Garden of Eden was a separate place believe that it was situHMX>nXhe- Eupfii^i^7 beV- tween Hit and Anab, far above the other garden. The leading authority in this contention has been Sir William "Willcocks,who, as engineer of Public "Works in Constantinople, studied the geography and history of Mesopotamia thoroughly after he undertook several years ago������the great irrigation project mentioned above. Nearly seven years ago Sir William, in lecturing before the Royal Geographical Society in London, declared that the Biblical Garden of Eden must have been in tlie neighborhood of Hit and Aiiah. He lectured in 1912 again before the same society on the other Garden--.of Eden, that of the Sons of Men, and he gave these reasons for believing that the Biblical Garden of Eden was separate and distinct from that of the Sons of Men: "In my first lecture I had stated that the Garden of Eden of the Semites must have been near an outcrop .of hard rock as we see it at Anah upstream of Hit. where water, could be . led off from above a rapid and utilized for irrigating*, with "-free'flow, gardens situated a little -downstream and above the reach'of the highest floods Below Hit, no place could be found for a garden without lifting apparatus or-protecting dikes; because, otherwise, any garden irrigated in the time of low supply would be inundated in flood, and if irrigated ip flood would be left high and dry in the time of low supply. Since then I have studied on the spot the scriptures of Sumer and Akkad, and see that their earliest settlements were made inside the level pla:n perennially under .\ a ter, where well-protected dikes kept out the floods which are there never more than three Coet above ground level, and where free from wild beasts and desert Arabs, they could build their cities and temples and cultivate their lands, which could be irrigated by free flow through openings in the dikes. It was in the marshes surrounding their settlements that they encountered the giant brood of Tiamat mentioned in the first tablet of creation." "Now, where was the original home of these interesting people, to whom we all owe so much? For reasons given, it must have been in some country of oases surrounded by deserts, and Arabia is such a country, and at their very doors. The oases bf Arabia are close at hand to both the Nile and the Euphrates, and the natural overflow of the surplus population would be Egypt and Babylonia. The Arabs of today are descendants of the Semites who overflowed i into the desert oases from the north and overcame the ancestors of Sumer and Akkad. Still they mingled their blood, drank in the spirit of the deserts, and became the children of the soil. In the delta of the Tigris and Euphrates today, with the uncontrolled floods of the rivers and irrigation without any system, the present inhabitants must have many characteristics of the first people who strayed into the plain of. Shinar, and who. were probably forced to take to agri-l culture by stress of numbers." The Telephone Takes the Miles out of Distance. When you want to phone to Vancouver Island, to the Kootenay, or down the coast, use the telephone right beside you. Every telephone is a long distance telephone. There is no difficulty in hearing the party at the other end. So when you want to telephone long distance, do so from your own house or office. You get j'our party, or you don't pay. That means you get your answer. And all in a few moments, too. BritishColumbiaTelephone Company^ Limited Vancouver Engineering Works, Ltd. ENGINEERS, MACHINISTS IRON & STEEL FOUNDERS 519 Sixth Ave. West. ARCHBISHOP AIDS RECRUITING Vancouver, B. C. NEW B. 0. E. R. SUNDAY SERVICE Mgr. Bruchesi, Archbishop of Montreal, has spoken out in no uncertain terms in an address to a large audience, recently, reminding his hearers that Great Britain has entered the struggle to avenge the sacred rights which Germany had trampled upon. French Canadians, said the Archbishop, had suffered much pain and sorrow at the defeat of the armies of France in 1871,. but today, although France was fighting the same enemy as then, there V were other great powers on iheX side, -Bussia,���������Italy, -Belgium, but above all, powerful Britain. The decision of. Britain to throw in her power on the side of justice, he said, placed upon Canada the solemn obligation of taking part in the struggle. "This," declared the Archbishop, "is a bounden duty which we owe the country that has given us liberty and that is now seeking to overthrow the nation that threatens the liberty of the world. Great Britain was unprepared for the war, and this one fact is abundant proof that she had no thought of provoking a war. Unprepared as she was, she yet sprang at once to the aid of France and Belgium. For us, as French'Canadians, the proudest duty is to co-operate to the maximum of men and'money and see that Great Britain comes out of the war with her power untarnished and her world influence for good greater than ever. "It is the solemn duty of every Canadian citizen, to the utmost limit of his force, to stand side by: side with the motherland in her heroic effort to crush the ty- ranfwho wishes to trample small nations and states- beneath, his iron heel. What .fate would be ours' if .the''Germans obtained a foothold here? Were Great Britain defeated. Germany would secure domination on the -St. Lawrence."'' The B. C. Electric announces a new schedule of Sunday car service on its Vancouver city lines, beginning January 23. The new Sunday service is changed in many respects from the old Sunday service. It has been found necessary to make adjustments in line with the travel that exists during the different hours of the day on the various lines, and it will be observed that while the interval between certain cars is lengthened on account of lack of travel during the morning, the jservice^on^ajarge^njinita is supplemented later in the day, and it is hoped that the new service will, as a whole, more generally meet the needs and requirements of the travelling public than did the old one. A special feature of the new service is that it is designed with a view to the addition of special cars when occasion requires. ago uniforms were not made so small, except for buglers, trumpeters and drummers. But when they get into their suits of Ihe peculiar gray-green color affected by the department of. military affairs, with shining brass buttons and gleaming bayonets they will make an impression that will last and maybe, by their example, put many a bigger man in a great rush to get to the nearest recruiting office. AMERICAN RED CROSS CONTRIBUTIONS BANTAMS ARE GOOD FIGHTERS There are 46 Bantams-, in Vancouver who have sworn to handle -the foe as roughly as the rules of war allow, for King and country. At present, time, while awaiting the completion of quarters for their accommodation in Victoria, they are quartered, at the Cambie street/ drill hall. Every day they can be seen at work on the Cambie street grounds. They weigh probably about 12") lbs. each, and-no one-of them overtops the. five foot two inch mark set as the , standard of height for the regular or '-ordinary'7 battalions, as the Bantams might say. They are hard at work mastering their drill, there are none more earnest, the officers say. None of them have'uniforms-as yet because up to a little while In a bulletin of. the American lied Cross Society, just issued fi-om the national headquarters ia Washington, ex-President William H. Taft, the new chairman of the Ckiitral Committee of the national organization, announces that more than $10,000,000 has been contributed by the American pe .pie- to the relief of the war sufferers of Europe since the war began. This is exclusive of several millions contributed to the Commission for Relief in Belgium and the more ��������� than $1,000,000 raised by the American Jewish Relief Committee in the past two weeks. GAELIC SOCIETY MEETS The bi-monthly meeting of. the Gaelie .Society, held on Thursday evening, the 20th inst., was '.veil attended, notwithstanding The absence of so many, members at the front, and ,in training. .Chief Liiehlan MaeLean presided. President A. McRae, of the United .Scottish Societies, briefly addressed .the meeting. Special stress''-was laid ;on the fact that the next meeting 'would be the ' CI - eighth annual concert and supper of tlie society, an event looked forward to by the Celts ofthe city and their friends;Dancing, under the supervision of Mr. J. M. Ross, will be provided on that occasion. x Vi THE WESTERN CALL Friday, January 28,1916. THE WESTERN CALL PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY By the. McComiells, Publishers, Limited Head Office: 203 Kingsway. Vancouver, B. C, Telephone: Fairmont 1140 Subscription: One Dollar a Year in Advance. $1.50 Outside Canada. Evan W. Sexsmith, Editor MR. STEVENS AND PROHIBITION t ** By introducing his prohibition resolution into parliament, Mr. H. H. Stevens has laid one more claim to the confidence of his constituents in Vancouver. Even those who are opposed to prohibition must admit that in taking his stand, Mr. Stevens is show ing high courage and consistency with his .. spoken record on this question. He has proven that he has the courage in parliament of his convictions in private. In sponsoring a measure on which there is division of opinion in all parties, a member of the house runs the risk of alienating some of his own political supporters, but Mr. Stevens cares nothing for that so long as he knows ^he is right. He will not likely lose much support in Vancouver by his stand because even those of his political supporters who are opposed to prohibition, must admit that Mr. Stevens has done what he conceives to be his duty, and a man who does that will not lose any valuable friends. By boldly fathering this measure, Mr. Stevens has become one of the outstanding figures in parliament. If he accomplishes nothing more he will have compelled the members of the house ��������� f to declare, themselves on the question in any event. WHAT OF THIS JJTWJ8YS? Present ��������� weather conditions have demonstrated what an utterly useless utility the jitney . would be if we had to depend upon it- alone tor street transportation. Wednesday's snow* storm put them completely out of business and everyone was relieved to" find tbe B. C.' Electric cars doing business as usual on all tbe old routes. Is it not time the citizens gave a serious thought ,to this question? Everyone knows, or should know, that the jitneys have eliminated the profits on practically the only paying street railway routes iri the city. It should also be known that there are many street railway routes which are not paying, but which bave been operated practically on the profits of the routes which do pay. If we make the paying route's unprofitable, what is to happen to' the system? No law in "the world can compel ,\ company to di. business at a loss, and if the B. C. Elec- ; trie Company loses money we , can only expect that some lines will be curtailed and some cut off entirely. This was fore-shadowed by a statement by Mr. Horne-Payne to an evening paper last week. The jitneys have no claim upon ;the public in any sense. There is 'no capital investment - in a jitney. In nine cases out of ten the owners are operating them as five cent busses only to realize a little cash oiit of them before sending them to the junk-pile. The city has no control over them whatever. They cannot be made to run on given routes, nor on������ schedule. They are simply parasitical free lances feeding upon the lifeblood of - a concern that Vancouver must depend upon for an efficient street transportation service. The city council must face this question and do it soon. We owe it to the English investors; to protect their interests,' and Ave ' owe it to ourselves as a city to protect the interests of tbe cit izens. ' , Unless the jitneys are suppress ed Vancouver cannot ��������� expect any extensions of the street railway system for the company will be unable to get the money with which to* make .extensions. No investor is going to put money into a concern whose profits may be opened to attack by an irresponsible and uncontrollable competition such as the B. C Electric has in jitneys. THE REVOLT OF GERMANY'S WOMEN It was the Kaiser himself who declared that the children, the Church, and the kitchen, constituted woman's realm, arid that she should stick to it. It was the Kaiser's ambition that forced the women of Germany out into the workaday world to take the place of the young men who have been sacrificed in -hundreds of thousands to the god of war. If the Kaiser and his crew of military autocrats are pulled down from their places of power as a result of the war, the women of Germany will have no small part in bringing about that result. An Amsterdam press correspondent says: "It is the testimony of everybody who has visited Germany lately that the women are responsible for the symptoms of unrest. There is something like a general revolt among the housewives, who know best of all, from practical experience, where the economic shoe pinches. Said one observer: "The women have led the disturbances everywhere, and their criticisms of the state of affairs are very bitter and outspoken. One reason for this is the remarkable change in the status of the German woman that has come about since the war. Before, in no country in the world did the axiom apply so strongly that the place of the woman is the home. Now the gov ernment has had to call in the women to help keep things going, and .the result is a remarkable awakening. With' their new-found national importance, the women of Germany, hitherto among the most docile in the world, are claiming their right to discuss and to criticize the policy of their country.' " The revolting German women are not contenting themselves with discussing and criticizing the policy of their country. They are beginning to riot in the streets in protest against the continually increasing prices of foodstuffs. Prof. Kroeber, of San Francisco, who has recently returned from Berlin, says in The Outlook that women started the food riots in Berlin. '' There were two. In each case a housewife started it. She .walked into a shop to buy her slab of butter, was outraged at the / price���������outrage is a frequent sentiment���������spoke her mind to the shopkeeper, who replied in kind. The bystanders joined in, somebody used her hand, the provisions began to be wrecked, people crowded in from the street, and the police arrived." , . The march of the women of Paris to Versailles with their chant of "Bread, bread," may yet have its counterpart in a German revolution aga inst ���������_<- autocracy. The rising discontent of the women of Germany is a significant sign of the times. Canada has promised. 500.000 men to the mother country as her share in the present conflict. The" sole aim of the Canadian Patriotic Fund is to adequately care for the families of these soldier boys. The dutyNof stay- at-home Canadians is to contribute to this Fund. The following is the^ weekly synopsis of weather conditions in Greater Vancouver for the week ending January 25th, according to Weatherman Shearman. Rain: 2.93 in. y -. Snow: 3.90 in. Total precipitation, 3.32 iri. | Highest temperature^: 44 degree on January 22. X Lowest temperature, 16 degrees on January 24th. The lowest temperature on Thursday morning of this week was 17 degrees. PROHIBITION IN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT "How is recruiting going in Canada?" is the anxious inquiry of Canadians in the trenches. "Now's the day, and now's the hour." Last week the Central Recruiting Depot recruited more men than for any previous week since its* opening last July. At this rate it is hoped British Columbia will be able to furnish a, goodly share of the needed 250,000 by fall. The Ottawa correspondent of the Winnipeg Free Press has the following about Mr. H. H. Stevens, M. P., and the prohibition question: Prohibition Question The prohibition question' is coming before parliament in two different phases. H. H. Stevens, member for Vancouver, acting for the Dominion Alliance and Citizens' League, which are organizing the Dominion-wide prohibition movement, will move the resolution endorsed by the two bodies providing for a federal measure prohibiting the manufacture, importation and sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes "at this time when the empire is at war." J. J.' Hughes, Liberal member for King's, P.* E. I., has also given notice of a resolution declaring that legislation should be brought in by the government this session to secure an amendment to the . British North America Act so as to empower any provincial legislature' to prohibit the importation of any intoxicating liquor into such province and the manufacture of liquor within the province. Hope for Government Action While both resolutions are in the names of private members, the prohibitionist forces hope that the matter will be taken up by the government, and with this ( object in view the committee bri federal prohibition will wait upon Premier Borden and mem1 bers of the government next Thursday. It is practically cer- tain7%bweyeiX^ ply will be given' as to the government's attitude, but that the deputation will be told that the discussion of the resolution of Messrs. Stevens and Hughes will be facilitated in the house, .arid at least one full day will be set aside by- the government to enable the members on both sides of the house to express their views before any government pronouncement is made. CHILDREN OVER SIX MUST ATTEND SCHOOL All childrenNwhq are six years of age, or who will.be by March 31, are expected to begin attending school for the first time on February 1. Municipal Inspector Gordon announced on Tuesday morning that it was imperative that,; parents should send their children on the first day in order that they, might begin work with their classes and lose no time. Save the Tissue Papers A small pad of: tissue paper sprinkled with methylated spirits will give a brilliant polish to mirrors, pictures, glasses, and crystal; it will also remove paint splashes from window panes. The pad used without spirits is excellent for burnishing steel, rubbing grease spots off furniture, or polishing silver. BRITISH FREEDOM The British people are showing, in this'- world crisis, a - devotion to. the. principles of freedom that grows out of a glorious history. It is no sodden or modern development, this instinctive love of political liberty and the rights of mankind, but the fruit of an ages-old striving for justice, into which has been put the full strength of. all who have lived under the British flag. Some events in history which have indicated the national passion for justice and right are the familiar inspirations of the Briton of today, but there are also isolated cases no less worthy of record and no less significant than those kept green in the memory of succeeding general tions by monument, song and story. One of these isolated cases, in Which the lightning flash of opportunity revealed.the sturdy nature of the British character, is referred to in a speech by Hon. W. R. Riddell, reported in the Canadian Law Times, Volume 34, 1914. Page 123, as follows: During the war of 1812 a number of slaves had run away, chiefly from Maryland and South Carolina, although from other states as well, to the British men-of-war. The man-of-war of a nation is part of a nation's soil. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles fall. The moment they put their v' feet upon a British man-of-war they were in England, and being in England they were free. Most - of them were taken to Halifax, although the Haligon- ians did'riot much approve of it. In the treaty of 1814 it was provided that all property takT en by "either power from the other should be handed back. The American masters demanded their slaves. The British re__ .fused to give up free men; and so it stood. That being the block, that Britain would not give up free men to center slavery again, it was decided to leave to arbitration whether Britain refusing, to give up the slaves should not pay their value; and that matter was left to the Emperor of Russia. He, by his award of 1823, decided that Britain should pay. JJ,, It was left in 1824 to a board of four persons to determine the/average amount to be paid Xfor th^ es, afterwards Judge in South Carolina, Henry Seawell, who had been a Judge in North Carolina, Sir George Jackson, who was a diplomat, and-John. V McTavish otherwise unknown to fame. They determined f the average, value of the slaves, but' wjlen it came to determine the number of slaves to be paid for, they came to a deadlock and they lost their temper���������they lost their judicial temperament, and the governments, got tired of waiting for them to give their award; accordingly in 1826 Britain . agreed to pay something like a million and a quarter for these slaves. We Britons have been, perhaps not unduly, but certainly very proud of that circumstance, that Britain preferred to pay a million and a quarter (as she paid many millions later on for the emancipation of the slaves) rather than give up these slaves whose feet had touched her soil. It is incidents like this, gems with which British history is studded in generous proportion, that entitle the British people to wear the badge of altruism in this war for the emancipation ,of the little nations and make a war in which the destiny of Great Britain is involved a concern of the world at large. ��������� Montreal Mail. To tbe Editor, Western Call: Will you please give me a little- space in ,your paper to call attention to the habit of some. Mount Pleasant people of doing all their shopping in the. city? ���������-.��������� ., X There is s undoubtedly a firm conviction in the minds of these shoppers who persist in rushing down town every Saturdayv that' they are getting big bargains in the down-town1] stores���������prices and goods, too, .perhaps that they, could not get here in Mt. Pleasant. . I wonder if they ever stop to figure out where they are getting off. Let me quote one particular Instance. A friend of mine paid $1.15 at a downtown store a couple of weeks ago for a sack of sugar, buying 3 pounds of tea for $1 at the same time���������this being the condition attached. The tea was acknowledged afterwards by the salesman in the store���������a neighbor of hers���������to be the store's regular 25 cent line. The woman thus paid the price of the tea and - paid $1.40 for ber sugar besides. She could have bought it for that,/or less, in Mt. Pleasant any day in the week. Another' shopper recently paid $1 for 3 pounds of butter, and found on arriving home that it weighed just 2 pounds 10 ounces by her Mt. Pleasant grocer's inspected scale. She was paying over 38 cents a pound,for her butter. - Another man bought a pound of cheese in the.: city on his way home Saturday night���������the cheese was marked plainly 20 cents a pound in the window���������-and found " it weighed 12 ounces on the grocer's own scales. This made the cheese really 27 cents a pound���������������ot a bad " price when cheese is wholesaling at 21 cents. > When are people going to learn that they usually get just about what they , pay for���������that when real , New Zealand butter is wholesaling at 42 cents a pound, no grocer anywhere can sell it for 40 cents unless lie makes you buy other groceries at a high price to make up for it? Short weight on cheese at 20 cents a pound or on butter at 34 cents is not good buying judgment on the housewife "s party and surely this sort of treatment is not going to continue to be a bait to Mt. Pleasant shoppers very much longer. Surely we are sawing off the limb we sit on when we go past our own merchants to get treated this way' in the city? ; The down town rents are much higher and the merchants there simply cannot sell their goods cheaper than they do here on the hill. I trust for this reason that people will think twice, before they pass up. pur local business houses. We need the money on the hill. And if we keep it here our- property will go on increasing in value. If we buy our goods down town it simply means that in a few years business property on Main street and Broadway will be worth little or nothing. A PROPERTY HOLDER. PUBLIC WORKS OF CANADA British Columbia Dredging Fleet Supplies 1916-17 Separate sealed tenders addressed to the undersigned at Vancouver, B. C.,' will be received until 4 p.m. on Friday, February llth, 1916, for the supply of the following articles for the use of the B. C. Dredging Fleet at Vancouver, B. C, for 12 months, ending March 31st, 1917. Brooms and Brushes. Chain. Fuel Oil. . Gasoline. Hardware. -��������� HoseX , . ��������� '���������";������������������.'���������'.'���������': r '. - Manilla Rope. Oils and Greases. Packings. Paint, Paint Oils Etc. Steam Pipe, Valves and. Fittings. Steel Castings. Wire Rope. . ,..._. The, supplies must be of the best quality of thejr several kinds, and must be delivered at the points specified in the various forms of tender. Each tender must be sent in a separate envelope; and endorsed "Tender for Hardware, B: C. Dredging Fleet," etc., as the case may be. Persons tendering aro notified that tenders will not be considered unless made ~ on the printed forms supplied, and signed with their actual signatures. Each, tender must- be accompanied by an accepted cheque on a chartered bank, payable to the order of the Honourable the Minister of Public Works for .the amount mentioned :in tender,, which will be forfeited if the person tendering decline to enter into a contract when called upon to do so, or fail to complete the contract. If the tender be not accepted, the cheque will be returned. Forms of tender may be obtained at the office of A.v F. Mitchell, Esq., Acting District. Engineer, Victoria, B. C, at the office of C. C. Worsfold, Esq., District.Engineer, New Westminster, B. Cr, and at the office of the undersigned, 614-18 Birks Building, Vancouver, B. C. The Department does not bind itself to accept the lowest or\ any tender. ' By order, C. C. WORSFOLD, Acting Superintendent of Dredges. Department of Public Works, Vancouver, B. C, January 27, 1916. Newspapers will not be paid for this- advertisement if they insert it without authority from the Department. '.,---��������� ,������ THE RIGHT USE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT There is as much art ln lighting a house is in decorating and furnishing it. Illumination is both a science and an art. Good illumination involves three essential points; the right QUALITY of light; the right QUANTITY of light, and the right USE of light. It is our. earnest desire to serve our customers by the giving of such practical advice as may be helpful in improving the lighting equipment already in' use, tis well tis to point, out the lines along which new installations may be satisfactorily designed.- - The actual amount of illumination necessary, and the lavs that govern its application, are matters of prime importance to our customers. Br ng your lighting problems' to un, we will be glad to serve you. . ��������� X -. ��������������� Salesrooms��������� Carrall and Hastings Sts. 1138 Granville St., near Davie Phone Seymour 5000 p Positively tiie Only Flour that is Milled In British Columbia. Milled in our own Province���������right here at home, where every dollar spent for ROYAL STANDARD FLOUR stays, and helps to pay wages or salaries, helps to build up our-industries, helps to make YOUR INTERESTS AND OUR INTERESTS FLOURISH. ' v" ��������� . ROYAL STANDARD FLOUR is milled from the choicest Canadian hard wheat that expert buying and money can secure. It is milled spotlessly CLEAN and PURE by the most modern milling processes known. In the best equipped laboratory on the Pacific Coast��������� bar none, test samples of ROYAL STANDARD are baked into bread so that it may come to you of QUALITY ABSOLUTE. Don't you think that kind of flour is worth patronizing? Ask your grocer what HE thinks. Vancouver Milling and Grain Gclimited VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, NEW WESTMINSTER, NANAIMO \ X:X {S. v-' i> ''j-'k--. '>! "���������' '- VX S*.*'1 *!���������' t/V Av - - ', ���������7 ' ,>. -M- r -���������- ',' ', ��������� Ij^id^^nuajy^S^M^ THE WESTERN CALL '���������XKXlii > f "I \ i. ^flVi _ xXX^$^ 1 , 1 ^U'V ' ���������'4. ,*4 j ' iT'-, -^.Xxri : ..tf?1*.*?; WHY should you GO DOWNTOWN to do all your shopping? Rents are MUCH CHEAPER here in Mt. Pleasant For that reason, in practically every one of the stores here, and in all lines of business, you can get a QUALITY OF GOODS and a PRICE that the downtown stores CANNOT COMPETE WITH. We are going to PROVE this. Read these items NOW and EVERY WEEK, and see what the Mt. Pleasant merchants have'to offer you. Their reputation is INVOLVED WITH OURS. They axe trying to provide Mt. Pleasant buyers with JUST WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR. 4. 4 ' f -4 BE A BOOSTER. Help yourself and your neighbors by resolving to "BUY IT ON THE HILL." r- ''*; J * i1 A , ~���������V -x;X3| . ������������������ <"* xJ - ' X - ' XI 4" ~',X| -, - xx ' 4>* Ij I ������ 4 -��������� '^1 [ELLIOTTS GROCERY SPECIAL For Friday and Saturday |ABhcroft Potatoes, per sack *j 25 'Our Best" Flour, per bag $1.55 13272 Main St, Phone Fair 832. Phone Fair. 2192 E. V. CASSIDY 2152 Main St. - Oor. 6th Avenue Fine Fresh Groceries. Fruits'. Tea and Coffee, Etc. Try our Pure Ceylon Tea, 3 lbs. for 11 New Laid Eggs at Lowest Prices "BURNS COTTAGE" Calendar -Picture Framed from $1.25 up at/ TAYLOR'S 2414 Main Street Get Tour Shoes Bepaired by P. T. PARIS He does it right aald promptly. Open till 8 p.m. Men's Rubber Heels, 50c. Specittl Rubber Heels for Lady's French Heel, 40c. ' Any Shoes Dyed Black 2245 Main St. Phone Fair 2008 ~7~ SACRIFICE SHOE SALE OF WOOD & SON, NORTH VANCOUVER We still have several Thousand Dollars' Worth of this high-grade Stock to dispose of. Take Advantage of This Sale and SAVE 25 to, 75 PER CENT. on Men's, Women's, Boys' .and Children's Shoes Everybody's Shoe Store 2313 Main Street 2 Doors from P. Burns' Market THESE PURE FOOD SPECIAS FOR SATURDAY JANUARY 29, ONLY India and Ceylon (Mixed) Tea, a big favorite 40c Tea, 3 lbs 95c Robin Hood Flour, worth $2 a sack, on Saturday for $1.80 Sack / BARKER & MILLAR 2333 Main St. Phone Pair. 938 HOME COOKING and WHITE HELP at the Purity Lunch Just Off Main, St. on Broadway Sirloin Steak, Green Peas and , Potatoes 20c Steak and Kidney Dumplings 15c Home-made Pies a Specialty Open 5 a.m. to 2 aon. JOHN WEBSTER, Prop. ' *-������-| WOMAN'S BAKERY LOOK! X 1 Just try the Woman's Big Loaf Once. Forever After! WOMAN'S AN AD HERE WILL BRING YOU RESULTS SPORTING COMMENT JThe Vancouver hockey team is '' going some.'' They have annexed six consecutive victories, and look good to keep it up for the balance of the season. On Tuesday night at Seattle they won out by the close score of 3 to 2 over the Seattle team. The game I is said to have been one of the most spectacular games in the history of the Coast League. Indeed all the games this season have been of the spectacular kind. Not a dull game has been staged^ The affair on Tuesday- night was anybody's game. In the first two periods the champions got a goal in each session, while Seattle failed to register. Shortly after-the - opening of the third period, however, the Mets got two in a row, and evened the .score, and then there was some hustling, until old Fred Taylor took a lone rush the. full length of the rink and scored. The Millionaires had won, and had kept close on the trail of the Portland team, league leaders. The game was clean, all the way, only one or two minor fouls being committed during the contest. . , FrM Harris who is doing yeomjan ^service _ for the Kosebuds this season. JPortland jrests. jthis-weefc-end until Tuesday, "when Seattle go to meet them on their own ice. Seattle are just about in shape to win too. * # # The Rosebuds of Portland are striving desperately to hold their lead in the race, and so far have been successful They are due for a slump presently,' however, and while this is going on the Millionaires will romp home with the flag again. However, there's many a slip, etc. Next Tuesday night Vancouver goes J ho Victoria. The Capitals arc sure to give the champions a very hard game, and it will take all the hockey science that the that the Millionaires have in their systems to pull out on top. Here's" a hope that we win, we need it. Seattle comes to Vancouver tomorrow night (Saturday) for a league game. The Mets are going very strong just now, and are out to win every time. .Vancouver can be depended to uncork her best stuff tomorrow night, and fans are bound to see a great game. Come out and give the boys the encouragement they deserve. c' ���������������������������.'���������' ��������� Prank Patrick is out after another championship, and by the way the Millionaires are shaping up just now he is going to land it. Six wins in a row, and another tomorrow.'night is surely going some, no matter what the most adverse critic may say. The coast, league is certainly producing splendid hockey this year, and the Vancouver team deserves all the encouragement possible from the fans. The best way to show your appreciation of a high class team and conscientious work is by being at the game tomorrow night. Come out, you Mt. Pleasant fans, and give the lads a boost in their try for the cup. Ed. Carpenter - - -\��������� Clever defence player of the Mets, who play here* Saturday night. Jjester Patrick is hoeing a inighty hard row this year, but he is building up a team that will take some beating for the honors next year. It takes time to build up a new team. Portland and Vancouver managers know that. The Millionaires waited four years for the honors, but they intend to hold it at least for two years. Poulin is playing like an also- ran in the east.. Four games in a row he has failed to catch on. with the Canadiens, while Walter Smaill is playing the utility role for the Red Bands. Bert Lindsay is said to be performing in fine style in goal for the Wan- ��������� ���������. ��������� The Wanderers of Montreal have met two. reverses this past week which has helped the other teams in the N. H. A. in the league standing. Quebec bumped the Red Bands, and the Flying Frenchmen took another fall out of them on Wednesday night. While this was going on, Ottawa bumped Quebec right, in Quebec, and all these upsets have tightened up the race in the eastern league. Even Toronto broke into the win column within the past ten days, since Livingstone gave the team a thorough shakeup. ��������� Portland keptsout in front by a hard-earned victory over Victoria at Portland,- the score be- 4 ing 7-5. The Rosebuds .hadv to go the limit to win, but they Had the edge on Victoria. Just .now all four teams in the league are playing a brilliant brand of. hockey, and with the elimination of the rough stuff the game is flourishing on the coast and gaining friends rapidly. ������ * ��������� Smoky Harris did the grand for tbe Rosebuds in Portland on Tuesday night. The visiting Victoria team were one goal to the good in the middle of the third period, when Harris broke up their prospects with two, goals in rapid succession. And Punder- dale got the third. It was a grand rally-and it came just in time. ��������� ��������� * Skene Ronan, now of the Can- adien team, was in the Toronto police court this week charged with assault against Skinner, of Tprontos last Saturday night. Skene Ronan is one of the fastest players in the game in Canada, but he has a temper like a tiger, and is continually running into trouble on the ice. If he would only learn. to behave himself he would be a- useful man to any team. Harry Holmes Clever goal custodian of the Seattle Mets, who will play the Millionaires here on Saturday evening. Frank Patrick took a rest on Tuesday night, and Cook'replaced him at point. Mackay was in centre ice and was in rare form. He bumped into another accident, however, and is' carrying af lame ankle as a result. He will not be in the game on Saturday night, it is said, but Cook will move up on the line and Patrick will play defense. . It is reported that Johnny Griffiths shaded Freddie Welsh in a 12-round contest, which makes Griffiths' claim to the first crack at the champion's crown a good one. Perhaps Freddie would not like to go over a route with Griffiths? . It just took Cully Wilson two' minutes to notch a couple of goals" in the last period on Tuesday night, tie* ing up the game. Cully scored as many in two minutes as the Vancouvers did in fifty-one minutes, but it doesn't matter for they always pay out at the finish. " i MOK! gating between Meals is perfectly Natural for Healthy, Active Children ���������Give Them Good, Energy-Restoring FOOD! SMAX and SUNLIGHT The BETTER Breads ARE JUST SUCH FOODS Made of Canada's most nutritious flour and pore water in British Columbia's most sanitary, clean, modern baking plant. 5 FULL 16 OUNCE LOAF Every one "sealed at the oven" H AMPTON-PINCHIN Bakers of BETTER Bread t, * X - 4*1, -r t - X\ *& "X 1 "; v ) * f * * 'yy A'A A iv,Yf ' > >-'._ 4 " I " * "J ." ^V 4 "' I'Zf" > - X- 'J % J? . '. X2| ������������������ X-')."M The western call Friday^ January 28, 1916. HOME TABLE HINT������ ������ A function of. the meals at home is to give color to all the home life. The daily menu published this week, and which may be continued, is by one of the best known and valued editors of this department, of several leading dailies in the United States. We feel fortunate in being able to offer to the ladies of this city that which is purchased at a high price by such dailies there. These Cards have been especially written for this paper. . Saturday, January 29 ., Nothing is denied to well directed labor; nothing is ever to be attained without it.���������Sir Joshua Reynolds. Breakfast���������Cereal with Raisins and Cream. Kidneys en Brochette. Potato Cakes. Popovers. Coffee. . x e Dinner���������Cream of Cauliflower. Veal Loat Baked Potatoes. Peas. Beet and Egg Salad. Rice Pudding. Coffee. ��������� , Supper���������Creamed Celery in Cheese Shell. Currant Buns. Prune Shortcake. Tea. Beet and Egg Salad Cut six boiled beets into dice, marinate with French dressing, and let stand one or more hours. Cook four eggs twenty minutes in water just below the boiling point, then cover with cold water, let remain ten minutes, strip off the shells, chop the whites and press the yolks through a sieve. Arrange the beets in a mound, surround with alternate rows of the whites and yolks and garnish with mayonnaise and sprigs of parsley. ��������� ;-' .'#��������������������������������������������� Sunday, January 30 "Give me not scenes more charming, Give me eyes To see the beauty that around me lies; ��������� To see the shine of souls, see angels shy Among the faces of the passersby." Breakfast���������-White Grapes. Cereal with Cream. Poached Eggs on Fish Balls. Brown Bread. Coffee.-���������������������������'X.'- x'X; :X'X- ' k-'y^JA-���������" Dinner���������Bouillon. Fricassed Chicken, Biscuit Dumplings. Boiled Rice. Spinach. Pineapple Salad. Ice Cream with Chocolate Sauce; Wafers. Coffee. Lunch���������Tomato Rarebit. Toast. Celery. Olive , Sandwiches. Nougat Cake. Tea. Nougat Cake Cream one-half cupful of butter, add one cupful of sugar ,and beat until very light. Sift two cupfuls of flour with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and add alternately with one- half cupful of milk. Flavor with two teaspoonfuls of ���������vanilla, beat thoroughly, then fold in the stiffly beaten whites of four eggs and bake half an hour in a shallow tin. Cool and spread with Nougat Frosting. Nougat Frosting Chop one cupful of almonds and brown them in the oven. Melt one-thiird of a cupful of sugar to a earamel, add the almonds, cool and pound to a powder. Boil one cupful of sugar and one-quarter of a cupful of water until the syrup will thread, add the almond powder, pour slowly into the stiffly beaten whites of two eggs and beat until stiff enough to spread. _ .;.������������������'��������� # '# ���������' ' Monday, January 31 "Let us walk straightly, friend, . Forget the crooked paths behind us now, V Press on with steadier purpose on our brow', To better deeds, O friend." X Breakfast���������Bananas. Cereal with Cream. Bacon. Corn Oysters. Buttered Toast. Coffee. Dinner ��������� Barley Soup. Beef Balls. Olive Sauce. Mashed Potatoes. Scalloped Cabbage. Apple Charlotte. Coffee. Supper���������Creamed Chicken with Peas. Spinach Salad. Baking Powder Biscuits. Cake. Tea. Creamed Chicken Witn Peas Sprinkle one teaspoonful of lemon juice, one teaspoonful of onion juice, one teaspoonful of salt and one-quarter of. a teaspoonful of pepper over two cupfuls of diced cooked chicken, one cupful of cooked peas and one-quarter of a cupful of diced pimento; mix thoroughly and let -stand- an hour or more.-Ctibk^four tabllespoon^ fuls of flour in an equal quantity of butter; when bubbling, stir in slowly one cupful each of chicken stock and milk and stir and cook until smooth. Add the chicken mixture, cook five minutes longer and serve with a garnish of watercress or parsley. * * ���������# Tuesday, February 1 Winter walks on his wind-swept stair; All the world is a gloomy aisle. "' Footsteps creak in the angry air, Barren snow covers flag and tile, Warring clouds, in grim ranks, defile Down tlie slopes of the sodden skies. ���������James Owen Tiyon. ' Breakfast���������Prunes. Baked Smelts. Browned Potatoes. Corn Muffins. Coffee. Dinner���������Clear Soup. Broiled Steak. Mashed Potatoes. Baked Squash. String Bean Salad. Cheese Wafers. Apple Rice Pudding. Coffee. Supper���������Scalloped Tomatoes with Cheese. Celery. Rye Biscuits. Jelly Roll. Tea. Apple Rice Pudding Boil one-half cupful of well washed rice for five minutes, drain and cook in a double boiler with one pint of milk and, one-quarter of. a teaspoonful of salt until tender. Remove from the fire, add immediately the beaten whites of four eggs, * one-half cupful of sugar, the grated rind of one lemon and beat thoroughly. Pare and core six tart apples, steam until tender but not broken, place in a serving dish, cover with the rice and serve very cold with a soft custard sauce made of one pint of milk, the yolks of the eggs, One-third of a cupful of sugar, one-quarter of a teaspoonful of salt and two teaspoonfuls of. vanilla. # # # Wednesday, February 2 And lo, a visionary blush ���������'.'-.."��������� Stole warmly o'er the voiceless wild, And in her rapt and wintry hush The lonely face of Nature smiled. \ ���������George Parsons Lathrop. Breakfast���������Oranges. Hash with Green Peppers. Buttered Toast. Coffee. Dinner���������Vermicelli Soup. Baked Sausages. Potato Puffs. Creamed Turnips. Beets with French Dressing. Prune Pie. Coffee. ..-���������" Supper���������Mayonnaise of Apples. Celery and Nuts. Baking Powder Biscuits. Mocha Cake. Tea. Mocha Cake Beat the yolks of three eggs until very light, add one and one-half cupfuls of sifted granulated sugar and beat five minutes. Mix two cupfuls of; flour with three, teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one-eighth of a teaspoonful of salt, then sift three times and add to the egg mixture alternately with one-half cupful of cold water. Flavor with the juice ahd grated rind of one lemon, fold in the stiffly beaten whites and bake about forty minutes. Cover with Mocha frosting when cool. -...���������-.-.. Xv X - Mocha Frosting Cream one cupful of butter, gradually beat in two. cupfuls of sifted powdered sugar and flavor with���������one teaspoonful of coffee extract. ���������'������������������"' ' ��������� * ���������*.' * Thursday, February 3 If all the world were music Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence '' <>, To break the endless song. ���������Henry Van Dyke. c X Breakfast���������Stewed Apricots. Cereal with Cream. Omelet. Warmed Biscuits, Coffee. Dinner��������� Vegetable' Soup. Broiled Crops. French Fried Potatoes. Peas. Chickory Salad. Cranberry Pudding with Foamy Sauce. Coffee. Supper���������Creole lama Beans. Rusks. Baked Apples. Gingerbread. Tea. Creole lama Beans Soak one cupful of dried Lima beans over night, drain, cover with cold water, bring to the boiling point and let simmer until tender and the water evaporated. This will take about four hours and care must be used at the last to prevent burning. Remove the seeds from half a sweet green pepper and cut it into shreds, then cook about three minutes in two tablespoonfuls of butter. Add three quarters of a cupful of tomato puree, one teaspoonful of grated horseradish, one tablespoonful'of grated cocoanut and one teaspoohtinXrf isaltX He^ tlun^^ly^"poiF over the beans, stir lightly with a fork until well mixed arid simmer ten minutes before serving. ���������/ #. ���������������'#'..��������� Friday, February 4 When shall we learn that he who multiplieth possessions multiplieth troubles, and that the single use of things which we call our own is that they may be his who hath need of them?���������Tom Hughes. * Breakfast���������Cereal with Sliced Bananas. Eggs -Baked-in Cream. Popovers. Coffee. Dinner���������Black Bean Soup. Baked Flounders. Stuffed Potatoes. Succotash. Tomato Jelly .Salad. Toasted Crackers. Fruit Tapioca. Coffee. ���������Supper���������Fricasse of Oysters. Tea Biscuits. Cold Slaw. Currant Cup Cakes. Tea. PROHIBITION RESOLUTION Mr. H. H. Stevens, member for Vancouver, has given notice of a resolution in the House of Commons, declaring that a federal law should be enacted, prohib1 iting the manufacture, sale and importation of intoxicating liquors during the war. FRENCH FIGHTERS NOT VINDICTIVE "JINGLE POT" COAL BUILDERS' SUPPLIES FURNITURE BAGGAGE and PIANO MOVERS The most heat with least amount of waste. Lump, $6.50 per ton. Nut, $5.50 per ton. In our warehouses on False Creek we carry a complete stock of COMMON AND FIRE BRICK, PLASTER, CEMENT, SEWER and DRAIN PIPE, Etc. We do all kinds of cartage work, but we specialize on the moving of' Furniture, Pianos ahd Baggage. We have men who are experts in the-handling of all kinds of household effects. YOUR PATRONAGE IN ALL THESE LINES SOLICITED McNeill, Welch & Wilson, Ltd 80 Pender Street East, Vancouver, B. C. PHONES: SEY. 405, 605, 5408, 5409 It's a mighty difficult thing for one woman to ignore another woman who lias on a new hat. Writing from the French front near Rheims, G. H. Perris, correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle, says that the conditions of life are such that one is forced to marvel at the powers of endurance the- French soldiers have discovered and developed. The nearest town is twenty miles away and very rarely reached. Companionship or amusement can only be of the most rudimentary kind. Little Hatred in the Trenches "I do not think," he says, "that they feel toward the enemy exactly as certain leader- writers would have them feel. Their abomination of the invader and his attempts at wholesale, scientific terrorism . is, of course, deep and; unanimous. It is the clearness of the moral issues of the war that.makes their invincible strength. But it would take a great many years of suffering to reconcile the chivalry and the sense of justice which are in the French blood with a <?ult of cold, wholesale, systematic hatred." , Merciless to German Masters Many of the experiences of the battlefield are against it. There is much more human nature there than in some editorial offices of the allied capitals. When the French soldier is burying the German dead, taking German prisoners to the base, or German wounded to the ambulance, he may rejoice in the terrible efficacy of his famous "75s," but he does not gloat over their routine victims, like a Sioux at the scalp dance. They have at least suffered, even more than he has himself. To the masters who launched the disaster, and have riot suffered, he would be merciless. To the high mightiness who ordered massacre and devastation, to the imperial chemists who invented the poison gas against which he must daily and nightly carry the imperfect protection of an odious mask, he may feel something like personal hatred. But I doubt very much whether warfare��������� especially the imper sonal, mechanical warfare of to- day���������produces, as between the opposed masses of commona soldiers, anything that can be properly so called." Among those who, Over the parapets, watch the stars through the long night hours there must even be many who would indorse the immortal words of Edith Cavell : "Facing eternity, I must hate no man." The commercial activity of many a man takes the form of dodging creditors. Some .people never take anything that doesn't belong to them except advice. All in a Twinkling ',, A lady who had just received an interesting bit of news said to her little daughter: "Mar- jorie. dear, auntie has a new baby, and now mamma is the baby's aunt, papa is the. baby's uncle,'' and you are -her little cousin." ''���������'." "Well," said Marjorie, wondering) v. "wasn't that arranged (iiiickX���������Boston Transcript. That shooting is a most popular sport among the foreign residents of Shanghai is shown by the fact that, out of a total foreign population of about 15,000, there are seven shooting clubs with 7-54 members. Women are to be employed /as tramcar conductors in Bradford. England. Wages and hours Avill be the same as for men. In the city of Sheffield, England, it is-reported that there are already 250 women ear conductors out of j a lotal.'.of 520 employed. Swedish business men are apparently ' working hard to ..tafce advantage of war conditions for establishing -themselves firmly 'in Russia. A Swedish chamber of commerce and a newspaper printed , in Swedish will be started i soon in Petrograd. . Now is the Time To Buy Your Printing Supplies The time to put your best foot forward is when your competitors are showing signs of weakness. Strong impressive printing is more valuable to-day than ever, because business men are on the alert to detect the slightest indication of unfavorable conditions, and for this very reason every suggestion of strength and progress is doubly effective. Your Printing should bring this to your customers' attention not only in connection office sta tionery, but with aji printed matter and advertising. WE PRINT CATALOGUES MAGAZINES BOOKLETS FOLDERS COMMERCIAL STATIONERY Carswells, Printers, Ltd. PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS I PHONE FAIR. 1140 203 KINGSWAY ��������� <*<?: r-1 i -JstJ-/tj I'Friday, Januayy 28, 1916. THE WESTERN CALL Gautemala, A Land of Opportunity l Gautemala is often spoken of the land of eternal spring. fcut few who have not had the Irivilege of travelling in this fair Imd realize tbat it stands today |s the land of opportunity as tell. Here, on all sides, you see Inountains, verdure-clad the year found, and in harmonious alignment the peaks of volcanoes Reaching up into the clouds. Skies are always blue. In the highlands wheat-grows abundantly, and in the 'great plains below [nature has provided fodder for [thousands upon ..thousands of cat- Itle. - ���������;.'��������� The Land of the Future In the northern-part of the [country there is a province which is , one vast plain, covering an Larea of more than 14,700 square miles, traversed by a river which could easily be made navigable, and covered entirely with the i densest forest of mahogany and | chicle trees and all kinds of precious woods. To the south of it lies Izabal, with a lagoon that is connected with the sea by a broad river. This lagoon, with a multitude of natural harbors, can be made into a bay as large and as safe as that of San Francisco or of New York. From there a j railway could easily be constructed to tap an area of those forests'of precious woods.'The Rio [Dulce���������the river by whieh the I lagoon of Izabal empties into the I Atlantic���������is of wonderful beauty; placid and fantastic like the ���������jdream of- "A Thousand and One i Nights." affords, especially toward sunset, has been pronounced by tourists one of the grandest vistas to be seen anywhere on the globe. Antigua the Beautiful Antigua, the former capital of Guatemala, the site of which was chosen by the Spanish conquerors for its natural beauties,'lies at the foot of the two volcanoes. It is a paradise of trees and flowers, .with a glorious climate, neither hot nor cold, where the northern tourist .would find whatever his heart desired and where he could .escape,the trying summer months as well as the hard winters of his native land. Throughout the country, from the hot lowlands to the tempered' highlands and up to the frigid altitudes, there grows-V a great variety of fruits, tlie range of which is hard to realize, even for Californians. There are oranges, peaches, apples, apricots, grapes, ���������strawberries, raspberries, cocoa- nuts N mangoes s and pineapples, and many other fruits known under their -picturesque native names, and a hundred more���������all brilliant in coloring and exquisite in flavor���������which turn'the whole country into an immense Garden of Eden. Gold and Silver Mines The subsoil contains -precious metals. There are gold and silver mines which in colonial times were a source of great, revenue to Spain, the mother country, but which ceased to be worked when laws were passed enforcing' the In.the center of the country is! humane treatment of the Indians. Lake Panajachc, the sile of the who had constituted the principal equipment' of the mining industry. There are also copper and lead mines, marble quarries, lignite 'deposils, and, according to the surveys just completed, petroleum deposits. A number of ancient capital of one of the prehistoric and historic realms of natives whose towns were built upon those narrow promontories that extend far out into the lake. This lake lies''at the foot' of enor- Xnous mountains which .surround it on all sider, suddenly raised, it would seeni, ; by -'volcanic action; thirteen villages cluster around it and four majestic volcanoes look down into itsV-watei's. The panorama which this lake rivers contain alluvial gold, and placer mining is at present carried on. " .' The country, which has-only an area of 45^000 square miles and 2,200,000 inhabitants, is traversed by 4.0.6 'miles of' railroads, in cluding a line from ocean to ocean, and \ by more than 3,000 miles of telegraph lines. 2,000 Public Schools TherX are some 2,000 public schools, a university for the study of the liberal professions, an academy of aviation and, a magnificent wireless telegraph station. The country has ports on both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Its native population is industrious and peaceable and honest,and its white population hard working and progressive, while the society of its cities and towns and that scattered throughout the country on the large estates is distinguished by European culture and refinement, as well as by its Latin ideals, a strong attachment to their native land and an equally strong faith in the future of this land. ��������� Many Staple Crops- Among the principal products of- this "vyohderful country whose resources are so prodigious there are several of fundamental necessity for human existence���������wheat, which was introduced from Europe, grows to perfection, - and corn, which, according to native tradition, was first cultivated by the founders of, that j Maya civilization; the most advanced in the Americas prior to : the discovery bf the continent, and which had its principal scat in the territory of Gautemala, 'from Copan to Palenque, in Chiapas and Yucatan, covering most of the area of the modern Republic of Gautemala, and whose ruins, found in Peten, Quirigua and Chacula, bear: the stamp of all the grandeur to which civilization had risen. Other products are sugar cane, which is cultivated over an area of about "80 square .miles, beans, "of:' which there are;: 1,235,000,000plants, potatoes and rice. To ; these" prpV ducts, grown on a large scale, there is to be added the banana, that delicious tropical fruit of which Gautemala possesses 35,- 000,000 plants, and, further, as products eminently peculiar to Gautemala., with a quality distinctively belonging to that wonderful country, cocoa, of. universal fame, of which more than 18,000.0.00' trees are now under cultivation, and. coffee,-with more than 300,000,000 trees. Best Coffee in the World SOCIAL SERVICE COUNCIL APPOINTS COMMITTEES The regular monthly meeting of the Social Service Council of Vancouver was held on Thursday evening last in the parish hall, Richards street, the president, Rev. R. F. Stillman, in the chair. It was decided to divide the work of the council into departments, a committee to be placed in charge of each department and to submit a Avritten report to the, board as least, .everyt- .-'three months. -' k- X''X X .-,"' The departments' are'k&$\ifollows: Legislation j.'ah'd '^la'w en- forcement;' immigration, employment and relief; housing, health and sanitation; liquor traffic; recreation and amusement; gambling and social evil; child welfare ; education and literature ; membership and finance. The selection of a police court and prison committee was referred to the nominating committee to report on at the next meeting which will be held on Thursday evening, February 10th.* CONSIDERS IRISH BRILLIANT RACE For ERISAS WOOD & COAL Phone: Bay view 1075 : Professor Edward A. Ross, of the University of Wisconsin, in his "Old World in the New," indulges in the following observations on the Irish characteristics and their contributions to the social life of the New World. Along with their courage and their loyalty, the Irish did not bring the economic virtues. Charity visitors know that the Irish are often as openhanded and improvident as the Bedouins. They are free givers, and no people are more ready to take into the family the orphans of their re- Too Changeable First Recruit: "What do you think of the Major, Bill?' Second Recruit: "He's a changeable kind o'bloke. Last night I says to 'im: Oo goes there?' And he says: 'Friend!' An' to-day 'e 'ardly knows me." Why He Disliked War Mrs. Kawler���������I'm glad to hear you say you Avish the war was oyer/" Bobby. ,It's a very cruel buluness. ^jobby^-r- 'Taiii't that. War mafe&\history, and there's more of that already than I can ever learn.���������Boston Transcript. _ , &$W4 Handsome as Handsome Does V; X '' ��������� "l'rA AA.'A Isk'J-' First Girl���������-So you have^-d^.dl ed to take French instead of Gert man. Is that on account of war prejudice? Second Girl���������-Oh, no! Our French professor is much handsomer than our German professor. x . ". . ���������.''.>���������_ ' Phone Seymour 0086 One Is Apt at times to oo forgetful, but don't forget that' A Deposit Box in our SAFETY VAULT will protect your valuables, documents, heirlooms, etc., from FIBS or BUBOLABY for one year for $2.50 We cordially invite you ' to inspect same DOW mm������8^Ami ���������^0Wimym''0^Ak^ ��������������������������������������������������������������� -xx ,''���������' 1 A ',*j; i it-11.' r J ��������� i Vsii Xj'J ) _*f xx -'3'.-'*y ' x'X ���������m ^pmmm ���������warn "*X| f;Xf m Easy Enough There were twin boys in the Murphy family. At. six months of age they were as much alike as two peas. Neighbors often wondered how Mrs. Murphy knew them apart. One day Mrs. O'- Flaherty said to her: "Fine pair of. boys you've got. Mrs. Murphy; but how do you iver till thim apart?" "Faith, and that's easy, Mrs. O'Flaherty," replied Mrs. Murphy: "I puts my finger in Din- nis's mouth, and if he bites it's Moike." ' Try an Atf in the W*tm������b* Under Entirely ; New .MaQ^r|pb^||^^pg|^ Call'- -will 'meet''a"growing;;XMesi|^^^^|^^^^^^^^|^3 .community Paper,in Moun't -PltMB|HBpP SouthV Yancouy������V'audV.'o^^ ^ tricts. Phone Fall: 1140 for Bates.' tt^/MM, '���������������������������'.������������������������������������-'���������' ������������������'---. ������������������ , r'iWt^ffiK' . ' ������������������-������������������- ; =*<$L$ :" ��������������������������������������������� ������������������- ��������� ���������'������������������*:��������� ���������--:.-, Vy .. . s&r^ Ai LAND ACT Vancouver Land District, District of Coast, Bange I. Wanted to Purchase���������Nine or ten- room house, good lot, between Granville .and Heather Streets and Eighth , . ��������� rm t ��������� i -i iand Thirteenth Avenue." Some cash, %tives. Ihe Irish are near the|flced to Victoria property now rent[ TAKE NOTICE that Agnes L. Clark, of Vancouver, occupation, housekeeper, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands: Commencing at a post planted sixty chains north of Northwest corner of Indian Reserve No. 3, Blunden Harbour, thence 80 chains west, thence south about 80 chains to shore line, thenee easterly along shoreline to Indian Reserve, thence north 80 chains to point of commencement. Dated July 24th, ^1915. AGNES L. CLARK, R. O. Clark, Agent. -'ii ,x Phones-North Van. 323 and 103. Seymour 2182. WALLACE SHIPYARDS, LTD. ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS Steel and Wooden Vessels Built, Docked, Painted x and Repaired. North Vancouver, B. C. GautemalaV coffee, has been awarded at the San Francisco Exposition the appellative of the "Premier Coffee of the World,'" while both its cocoa and bananas, were awarded the Grand Prix. ���������Svic'lr'ai^tl^ the nature of this country, which is only distant three -days' steaming' from New Orleans. Who will, say after this description, tliat they are not right ,in claiming that it. not only deserves the name of the "Land of Eternal Spring,''- which lias been given it. but, above all. that of the "Land.of the Future?1' ow has In M io e oi tlie ���������=���������='BRAND- s 99 'OVERALLS, SHIRTS, PANTS and MACKINAW CLOTHING MANUFACTURED IN VANCOUVER 'By ...'. MACKAY SMITH, BLAIR & CO., LTD. "Buy G-oods Made at Home, and get both the Goods and the Money." His Gratitude There is a certain lid le i'el into'whose.-heart Ins mother been for some time striving instill the sentiment of generosity which, ro her regret.did not appear 1o be naturally present. The son of a poor family of the neighborhood she -had particularly commended to her boy's consideration. The other day he came in with a beaming face..-' "You know Tom. that poor boyX he said eagerly. "Well, f gived Mm half that box of candy' you gived me!" ��������� "You are mamma's own sAveet little- man!'' the fond mother approved. "Was he grateful;'' "Oh. he 'predated it all right,'" the little fellow ..'assured her, "He let me lick him. when two other kids .could see. an' to- morroAv he's goin' to come round by the school and let me lick him right in front of everybody, for the other half of the box X foot in the list of crime Loyalty to Family Ties No immigrant is more loyal to wife and child than the Irishman. As compared with -their immigrant fathers, the proportion of laborers' among the sons of Irishmen is halved,-while th/it of professional-men and salesmen is doubled, and that of elerks.-'copy- i.sts and book-keepers is trebled. There is no drift into agriculture or into mercantile .pursuits. Make Good Executives So far the strength of. the Irish has been in personal relations. They shine in the forum in executive . work, in public guardianship-," and ��������� in public transportation, but not in the more, monotonous branches of manufacture. In the colleges it has been noted i _ ���������_ .=-_ "f'Va't -tlie Students ofXrisHXlbod" are strong for theology and the bnv, but show' little taste" for -medicine, engineering, or technology. No doubt the peaks of Celtic superiority, are poetry and ���������eloijueiree. Their gifts of emotion and: imagination give the Irish the key to human hearts. The Irish give us good salesmen and successful traveling men. Then, 1oo, they knoAV how to manage people. The. Irish contra'it.or is a ureal figure in construction work. The Irish mine "boss" or see- 'ion foreman has the knack of handling men. The Irish are Aveli to tin.1 fore ia organizing labor and ii! leading athletics. Whatever is in ibe Irish mind is^ available on the in- sta.nl. The Irish man rarely attains the'thorough knowledge of Ihe.'German -physician: but he makes his mark as a surgeon, because he is <|uiek Io perc������*-ive--and to decide aa-Jicii the knife discloses a. grave unsuspected condition, As n soldier !u- is better iii charge than defense, and if held back he- frets himself to exhaustion. The lodge meeting of a! delicacy of folding. Tlie AvOrdj Hibernian benevolent association j is a revelation of. kindness audi ���������brilliant' is oftener used for the Irish than for any other aliens among.us save the HebreAvsX ing, balance on easy- terms*-Must be bargain. , Reply Box 10, J. P's Weekly. Ottawa, Canada PRINGLE & GUTHRIE c Barristers'.and Solicitors ; Clive Pringle. N. G. Guthrie. Parliamentary Solicitors, Departmental Agents, Board of Railway Commissioners Mr. CliA'o Pringle is a member of the Bar of British Columbia. Citizen Building, Ottawa. SYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING REGULATIONS Premier Pancake Flo ur Made from CHOICEST of Wheat Products. AGREEABLE to any SENSE. The ONLY Pancake Flour MADE in VANCOUVER. * ASKS YOUR GROCER Coal mining rights of the Domin- oii, in Manitoba, Saskatchewan ������and Alberta, the Yukon Tcrntory, tlie North-west. Territories -and in a portion of the province of British Col umbia, may ."be leased for n term of twenty-one j^ears renewal foi a further term of 21 j'ears at an annual rental of $1 an (iere. Not iuoic than .2,;*J60 ���������'acres ������������������ will be leased to one applicant. 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 arc situated. In surveyed torritor}' the land must be described by sections, or legal sub-divisions of sections, and in un- survoyed territory tlie tiaet applied for shall be staked out by the applicant himself. Each application must be aeconipani ed by a fee of $5 which will be re funded if the rights applied for are not available, but not other.\isn A rojalty shall be paid on the 'ivr ehantable output of the nunc ai the- ratG^TO^/ive^ccmtsn^cr" ton The person operating the mine shall' furnish, the Agent with sworn ip_drnu accounting for the full qumtity oi merchantable coal mined and pj> th<*i royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights are not being operated, such re turns phould be furnished at least once a year. The lease will include the coal mining rights only, rescinded by Chap. 27 of 4-;" Gcorg'e V. assented'to 12th .Tune. 191-1." - ' . For full information application should be made to the Secretary of . the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent of" Dominion Lands. \\r. \V. CORY,. Deputy Minister of the Interior. XP..���������Unauthorized publication of tiiis advertisement will not be paid for.' ���������S3.-J75. The Kaiser's villa in Corfu is to b< u-ed bv Serbian convalescents. Get our Bates for Advertising Le- gal Notices. Land Notices, Etc., which.s-re required by law to appear but once a week. We can advertise your requirements at a satisfactory price. THE WESTERN CALL icUAmSdL&tafcl^ r 1��������� v^'-U3-i.������.^^������>l^_^-.iji:^4-A*^ ~ f .--.>.������ ~L.r.. ������^>,a>_M,i,ah. TJ!^^|^^^^^^^^^^^^--^^!p^^'1^w^!jy4^WW4^l^^^ THE WESTERN CALL .SOUTH VANCOUVER >fcs Queen Mary ��������� Review, No. 22 Women's Benefit Association of the Maeabees will hold a whist drive in the Oddfellows' Hall, , 30th and Main streets, on February 2 at 8 p. m. A Valentine dance by the different reviews of the Women's Benefit Association of the Maeabees throughout the city will be held in the new Eagles' Hall on February Hth; dancing from 9 to 12. The Maple Leaf Charter, Order of Eastern Star, held a whist drive and dance in the Oddfellows' Hall, Thirtieth and Main Street, on Wednesday evening. On Wednesday afternoon the Rev. G. F. C. Caffiin and Mrs. Caffin, of St. Peter's ehurch, were " at hoitte'' to members and friends of the church at their residence, 178 39th avenue west. An important meeting of the Central South Vancouver Red Cross Society will be held in the rooms of the society at the corner of Thirty-fifth avenue and Victoria Drive this (Friday) evening at 8 o'clock. Speeches will be delivered by Mrs. Ralph Smith and Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, and "it is expected that some returned soldiers will be present to relate their experiences. It is also expected that a number of solos will be rendered by soldiers. The object of the meeting is to arouse interest in the Red Cross work as more helpers are required to carry on the work. x After bang "tied up" on the orders of the last council for the .past five weeks the municipal automobile is again to be put to use. The home of Mr. Edward Jackson, 145 62nd avenue west, a pretty five-room bungalow, was considerably damaged by fire on Monday night, the cause being an overheated stove. Stations. 3 and 5 were called out and prevented the complete destruction of the home. The damage -will be about $200. In striking contrast to any of last' year's council meetings the business of the municipal council was concluded in such an expeditious manner that the motion to adjourn was passed before 9.30 o'clock, about two hours earlier than, any of the meetings under the last council. There was quite a large attendance of Jatepayers, bus no disturbance occurred. The following recruiting letter was publicly read as requested by the writer at the council meeting on Tuesday .evening:, "There are 150 situations vacant and it is desired by the employer that these situations be filled at once. The conditions are as follows: Wages, $110 per day and if married $20, per month extra. Free board and lodgings will beu provided,' clothing, doctor 'a and dentist's bills will be paid and free transportation to Europe and possibly Egypt and Palestine, will be guaranteed. Applicants must not' be less than five feet two inches in height and be physically fit. Fur- Cold Weatfier Poultry Hint* . Give yonr chickens WA8M CROP mixed with John Bull or Pratt'��������� Egg Producer. Oar special DBY MASK is excellent to keep fowls healthy. ���������"���������---���������-.-������������������ mtASGEJS 60e per 100 lbs., substitute for green teei. Shell, Bone, Charcoal, Beef fkvap. We., help to produce Eggs. Keep these alwaz* before them. ��������� X V������WONFEpCO. Mount Pleasant, Phones: Pair. 186 and Pair. 878. .,.��������� ". 49th end Fraser. Phone: Fraser 175. Joyce St., Collingwood. Phone:,Collingwood 153. ARMSTRONG, MORRISON & .LIMITED Public Works Contractors ���������Bead Office, 810.15 Rower BuiWiag Seymour J836 N. VANCOUVER 0ANAPA Dominion Coal Co. SOUTH WELUNGTpN COAL DOMINION WOOD YARD All Kinds of Wood , PlMM: Fair. IBM Mount Pleasant Livery TRANSFER Furniture and Piano Moving Baggage, Express and Dray. Hacks and Carriages at all hours. Phone Fairmont 888 Corner Broadway and Main A. P. McTavish, Prop. ther information may be obtained at the Conservative Club, Cedar Cottage; Mr. Lewington's office, Fraser street, and Forty- seventh avenue, and at the 121st Battalion recruiting office, Twenty-Fifth Avenue and Main St. The letter was' signed by Sergt. F. Sumpter. A most enjoyable evening was spent at the home of ex-Councillor Allen on Friday last, when the staff of the sewer construction force gathered -to express their appreciation of Mr. Allen's work as'chairman of the sewer board since the inception of that work. The ex-councillor was the recipient of a beautiful diamond stick pin. In making the presentation on behalf of the staff, Councillor Russell showed that despite all the criticisms to which the chairman of the sewer board' had been subjected, the general opinion was that his services, /were much appreciated and that he deserved the heartiest thanks of the ratepayers of South Vancouver. Mr.- Allen replied with an appropriate speech expressing his appreciation of the thought- fulness. Among those present were Mr. Cosmo. Bruce, Engineer Bennet, Engineer Whittaker, and Messrs. McGibbin, Clark, Morley and Thompson. Pte. Palmer, late captain of No. 5 fire station in South Vancouver, now in Hounslow Camp, London, writes to Chief Lester, acknowledging the receipt of gif ts from his old team mates Von the force. He : was pleased with the gift, but especially pleased to be remembered: He saysTin part: "We put in a good Christmas, but missed the old home and friends in Canada���������the best old land of all. "We are drilling hard. No pioneer work, but the hardest kind of Work, with bayonet exercise as a feature. I think they imagine we are too husky a bunch to put tyiilding railroads. I can't see the people here are any ahead of us. And say, if they think they have anything on the South Vancouver fire department they ought to forget it. If London was wooden, like Vancouver, she'd be burned "up once a week, They haven 't - got the; speed. London is full of wounded, many of them Australians, a fine bunch of boys. The people here are good to we Canucks. We miss Canada and the dear ones, but when we remember the cause and the need of the Empire for men, we are glad we are in khaki. Suggesting tfcat the heavy bill for street lighting might be reduced by having the lights turned out at midnight instead 1 jijn., a commun:cation from B. M. Toon, secretary of the Cen*; tra'l Ratepayers' Executive, "waa read at the meeting of the Fire and Light Committee on Friday last., Clerk Springford explained, however, that the municipality had a contract with the B. C Electric Company and he did not think that a change could be made at present. . Councillor James halted the business of the sewer committee on Friday afternoon to utter' a strong protest against the board of. works and the sewer committee being under one chairman, Councillor Russell. Coun. James claimed that he was just as capable as- Coun. Russell of handling the business of either com-? mittee, and said he felt he had a real grievance at being appointed chairman of the parks committee, which he declared to be a "sinecure." Engineer Bennett reported to the water committee on Friday last that a considerable increase The guile of a Chinaman was revealed to the health committee on Friday when the story of a teamster's bill to the garbage department for $5 was told. It appears that the police had occasion to destroy a horse belonging to a Chinaman who was told to have the carcase removed to the incinerator. The Chinaman contracted with a teamster to haul the carcase for $3.50, but on arrival' at the incinerator a fee for $3.40 was demanded for the destruction of the animal. The money-was paid by the teamster, leaving him only 10 cents lor his hauling contract. The Chinaman's refusal to pay the fee caused the teamster to send in a bill to the municipal garbage department. The health committee, however,, refused to consider the claim and left it to the teamster to screw the amount out of "John." Miss Mabel Balfour, of East Collingwood, is able to be about again after her month's illness. The 'Collingwood and Central Park branch of the Red Cross Society held its annual meeting at the home of Mrs. Johnston, Royal Oak, on Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. They are arranging for a lecture to be given on Thursday, February 3, in Carleton Hall, Collingwood E. The illustrated subject, "Tropical Life in Central Africa," is being given by Mr. Herbert Lister, FR. G. S. West Collingwood people will learn with regret of the sudden Heath of Mrs. Atkins, wife of Sergt. W. Atkins, who is at present serving with the troops overseas. Mrs. Atkins died suddenly :while on a visit to some friends in New Westminster. The deceas ed lady was ivery popular in the Collingwood district and was a prominent member of the Daugh ters of the Empire. Her husband previous to enlisting was employ ed at the city hall getting out the assessment roll of Hastings Townsite. The death occurred on Sunday evening of Mr. Robert Barker, of Collingwood East. He was a native of Lancashire, England, com ing to the United States in 1881, and to Vancouver in 1886. Old-timers remember him as one of the principal contracting plasterers in early days, having done the work on the St. An- drew's Presbyterian and Congre gationalchurches at the corner weeks of Georgia and Richards streets, and the VB. C. Permanent building, on Pender street. "He was a staunch Liberal and took a lively interest in public questions, having been a school trustee in South Vancouver for several terms, and was one of the original office bearers in the Con gregational church. . He leaves to mourn their loss, his wife, two sons, Chas. H. Barker, who is now in England, F L. Barker, of kitsilano, and three daughters, Mrs. J. D. .Turnbull, Mount Pleasant, Mrs. H.^W. Har per, of Cardero street, and Mrs. Jj. Christie of Cloverdale. The funeral was held from Armstrong & Jlotson 's undertaking parlors, Dunlevy avenue, to Mountain View Cemetery on Wednesday, afternoon. Rev. Mr Unsworth officiating. ; V Round Collingwood there is profound regret for the death of Mr. Barker. His conduct as school trustee was marked by absolute rectitude. His heart was iD the work,'his interest in all good movements was keen and his beautiful garden with tall pop lars and his home replete with simple comforts, was an evidence of his taste and his constant industry. He was 74 years of. age Friday, January 28,1916. = CUT FREIGHT RATES Household Goods packed and shipped.to all parts,of the world at a saving L you of from 25 per cent, to 45 per cents, owing to our improved method'[1 packing and superior shipping facilities. For "Fireproof" Storage, Beftibvtk in "Car Vans," High Grade Packing, or Shipping at "Cut Bates" see us] prompt, reliable and courteous service. - "WE KNOW-HOW" Q-\MPBELL$TORACE (bMPANY Oldest and Largest in Western Canada Thone Seymour 7360 Offkx 857 Beatty Street J. Dixon House Phone: Bay. 886 G. Murray Houae Phone: Bay. J137L Office Phone: Seymour 8765-8766 DIXON & MURRAY Office and Store Fixture ilanufacturers _ Jobbing Carpenters Painting, Paperhanging and Kalaomining Shop: 106C Dunsmuir St. Vancouver, B.C. Sovereign Radiators Artistic in design. Perfect in finish. Made in Canada. Taylor-Forbes Cq. LIMITED Vancouver, B. C. ESTABLISHED 1886 Ceperley , Rounsefell l& Co. Limited INVESTM.ENTS and INSUR.ANCE ', Government, (Municipal and Corporation Bonds (Canadian), yielding from . 5 per cent. ..to 7 percent. V Rents and'Mortgage Interests collected. Investments made on First Mortgage and Estates managed under personal supervision. Insurance���������-Fire, Life, Accident, Marine, Automobile, Em- ���������'��������� ployers' Liability. Molson's Bank Building * ������5 Hastings St. West ���������*ttl������K lUckie Boot. Wnr Wkew Tke Ww Com������ IM Seems as though you CAN'T wear them out���������they're made bo solid, so strong. And your feet aro always warm, dry and feel-so comfortable in them. 1_EC1CI������ BOOTS are always that way because the manufacturers make them that way. They are building up a PERMANENT business ^irereifl^BrCrand cannot affonHotum^outr'< cheap''-shoddy- '' sale'' shoes which are made to sell and NOT to wear.. ' AT ALL DEALERS <<tc^^<^������ 1 At the exercises in Mackenzie school .last -week, Principal Clark read a short history of Beethoven and his work. This was illustrated with selections of the author's music played, by Dorothea Bennett, in excellent style. . in the water consumption had been noted during the last two and his whole life had been one of earnest endeavor. Mt. Pleasant Scottish Concert on Tuesday One of the best concerts held for a long time was that given in Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian school room on Tuesday night, in commemoration of the anniversary of the birth of Robbie Burns, Scotland's favorite poet. The school hall was filled with ,a most appreciative audience, and the various numbers were so thoroughly enjoyed that repeat orders were demanded. Rev. A. E.. Mitchell, the popular pastor, occupied the chair, and injected some of his original Irish humor into the proceedings between the numbers. His efforts to put the audience in good humour were certainly most succesful. :The various items were as follows: Solo, ."There's a Land," Mr. Fitzgerald; solo, >' The Blue Bells of Scotland," Miss M. McLennan; solo, "O' aj the Airta," Private Hall; reading, selected, Miss J. M. Robertson; solo, "The Old Countree," Miss Craigen; violin selections (Scottish) Mrl A. F." Lawson; solo,''The Spinning Wheel," Miss G. Lawrence; song, "The Wee Hoose 'Mang the Heather," Pte. W. C. Paterson; solo, "The Auld Scotch Sangs," Miss Craigen; solo, selected, Mr. Fitzgerald; song, "Sister Susie, Pte. Paterson; song, "The Hundred Pipers,'' Miss McLennan; reading, selected, Mr. Wm: Crann; solo, '' Mary," Pte. Hall; violin sel ections, Mr. Lawson; solo, "Angus McDonald," Miss O. Lawrence. The entertainment closed with Auld Lang Syne, and was voted one of the best heard on the hill for some time. Much of the. success of the entertainment is due to .the untiring efforts of Miss Robertson, the new president of the Young People's Society, under whose auspices the entertainment was held. fl \\ ..-_X._x
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Title | The Western Call |
Publisher | Vancouver, B.C. : McConnells |
Date Issued | 1916-01-28 |
Description | Published in the Interests of Mount Pleasant and Vicinity. |
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Vancouver (B.C.) |
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Newspapers |
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FileFormat | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Notes | Print Run: 1910-1916 Frequency: Weekly Published by Dean and Goard from 1910-01-07 to 1910-04-01, Terminal City Press from 1910-04-08 to 1915-12-24, and then McConnells from 1915-12-31 to 1916-06-30. |
Identifier | The_Western_Call_1916_01_28 |
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Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2012-09-14 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
AIPUUID | f87f6ecd-1be2-41fb-944a-3c611fd2a229 |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0188689 |
Latitude | 49.2500000 |
Longitude | -123.1167000 |
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