_^^^����� ' ?���'�� r n i I I rrr \ 1 * *_c* �����_W*-fM-iW*-MI THE CHASE TRIBUNE Vol. l. No/4. Cluise.B.C., Fri(Uiv. May 17. l��tx> Artist Smith Makes a Few Timely Suggestions. 8BQ.OO Per Yeae Hon. Richard McBride fl Addresses Vancouver Club Just Prior. lo Sailing. , x0jf/f\ ] "SJ^ff. y^ ['' The following ia the text of the brilliant and tl^bughtful speech on the defense, development Htifl population of ;i white British Columbia, delivered by Premier McBride to 500 members of the VancoUver Canadian club. "The part of Canada in which we live," said the Premier, "aeema tome to hold �� place not only in the Domin-' ion,but in Ui' scheme of Empire, that is unique indeed. It must have occurred to you, as it. does frequently to me, that from a purely Canadian consideration, the whole ol the Pacific seaboard Is controlled by our province, unlike the Atlantic seaboard which is divided between several provinces, from the United States to the Arctic, while our coast is bounded by the territory of Alaska to tho north and the State of i Washington to the south. Then we j have as neighbors riot far off the very, thrifty and ambitious people responsible for the Emjflrg of Japan. Then, ! too, we are- the Rate way to those > wonderful possessions of the Empire' in the southern s^ns, Australia and and New* Zealand. When you consider | British Columbia as she Is today and 1 what she has a. ���onmlish-'l. vou must I ���-..v. i- v. ',; .V.'.;: !' try has hgeii tittle more than fifty i years under organized government and not so long under responsible govern-1 ment. It seems to me remarkable i that I should be able to say to you, that the speaker of the first parlia- ment of this country Htill resides in Victoria and is in good health I refer to Dr. J- S. Heimcken. (Applause.) Notwithstanding our many handi- caps we have always had a thrifty and industrious people and there was never any discouragement sufficient! to make those who had control of the affairs of state to lose heart in the country or give up its development. Those men who had to do with the early development of the country were pioneers in the true sense of the word, and they have left an impress, not only on the. province but on the Dominion, which must find a large place in the history of the country and of the Empire, especially when one recollects the few opportunities and the short time allowed for the work they, had to do. If the importance and the consequences of our responsibilities come home to us they may be summed up in this wise. One of our first, if not our principle responsibility, is that which we have for the protection of our province, our Dominion and our Empire. (Applause.) It is not part of the function of the provincial government with which I am associated to undertake any responsibility in an official way for the defense of our country, but it often occurs to me as I travel through British Columbia that there is an apathy with regard to militia, defence and naval affairs that we ought not to Tind snd that we should never experience if we were as keen on this responsibility as on the margin of a corner lot or the profit of a suburban subdivision. If we were these subjects would soon iQom large in the public eye, and attain tnat prominence in the press and on the platform to which they are entitled. (Applause.) We are building up assets along our coastline and in our hinterland that run into millions, and what are we doing to insnre the safety of this tremendous wealth in a national sense? Twenty-five years ago when there was not the hundreth part of the development we have today we had a Pacific squadaon in these waters, and today when we have a hundred times more wealth we have no protection at all. We say we are important enough, to undertake great natural responsibilities in the building of railways and canals running quickly into millions of dollars, but when it comes to the subject of def- fence, protecting not only our property but wife and home and children as well, what are we doing? (Applause.) mmWi Improvements Along Inland Waterways Will Be Great Aid to Sellers. Among the many project* that are on foot for givi - :v importation facilities to the wide ;.. . urj bveloped ureas of British Columbia, there are a few that loom bo large in the public eye that to many peopl* mme lesser but still valuable av nuei uf trade and travel are lost ..'I of altogether. ��� We refer to the . i d waterways of the province. '1" i ' alue I f the navigable lakes and rlvi ra of the interior to the districts along t;,.2ir hanks und shores would be hard to overestimate. To the town of Cbase these means of communication 6re one of natures best gifts. Westward from l'h>se the Thompson river is navigable tor sixty miles to Savonas. At Kamloops;,- forty miles west, the river i.- Joined ; ,v the North Thompson, which at high water will ! carry large boats, i To the" eastward the Shuswap lakes j He like a big letter II, with its long . lines running northeast and southwest. ! Chase is located al the toot of the i left hand stroke of the If. at '.he point I ai which it narrows to join the South j Th( mpson. ('The tun strokes and the I cross bar of l.ho Wtej fi. nil h another miles of ['��� ''p '...va' -r in that The other day a British Columbia j lumberman, who does not frequently endeavor to foretell future events, said that the Douglas fir would, before j long, be the staple wood of the world, and the most sought after of all woods,; save the very expensive hardwoods, for interior finish. The Douglas fir is the most valuable of all Canada's forest wealth, both on account of its size, its plentifulness and the" facility with which it is manufactured into lumber. The Douglas fir is of heroic dimensions' trees as large as fifteen feet in diameter and three hundred feet in tallness being rather common. It matures at the callow age of five hundred years and under healthy conditions makes a growth of twelve inches in about thirty years. Lumbermen believe it will, in. the not remote future, take a high and deserved rank as an inside furniture wood, and a wood capable of the finest possible results in furniture manufacture. It is capable of taking a wonderfully beautiful polish and for the panelling, of dining rooms, the building of staircases banisters, etc. it not only has no superior, but it is doubtful if its equal can be found in any timber in the world" Only an inspection of its beauties in the homes of those who recognize its superiority, and have taken advantage of it by employing it for inside decoration, can give you any idea ofs it rare beauty. It takes on an exquisite polish, and its grain and markings aae of an infinite variety. There is something particularly solid and almost marble-like In its texture, thereby giving the impression of the utmost solidity, together with a shell-like finish which is really remarkable. The fipish of the curly maple, the hemlock, the oak and the red cedar, while capable of many combinations and extremely charming effects, lose caste instantly when compared with Douglas fir correctly treated. There is really no comparison between other woods and the Douglas fir when it comes to elegance of finish and artistic effects in the mass. Inside finishings in oak. and other woods, however skilfully done, incline rather to the sombre, a bad and unhealthy tendency in this and in many other climates where, in winter the sum is obscured the greater part of the time. But in the interior decoration i which have been carried out with the various combinations of which the Douglas fir is capable, there is a happy and wholesome blending of light and shade which is both restful and beautiful. The distinguishing attributes of inside panel- Board of Trade Passes Resolution Abolishing Pest and Delegates Chief of Police to Enforce Same. All ingmbers of ilm Mosquito family residing or hoping to reside in tlie near vicinity of Chase inny' consider themselves legally dead; officially wiped off the faco of the earth as it were; annihilated, vanquished, exterminated forever. The Chase Central Board of Trade has so resolved and it now remains merely and simply for Mr. Chief of Police Charles McLaughlin to carry out the spirit and the letter of the resolution. It's up to Mac now. President Andrew McConnell started the ball rolling when he called a meeting of of the Board of Trade for Monday night. It was an enthusisstic anti-mosquito meeting right from the outset. Spraying tho lowlands and swamps with crude oil was advanced as being the best method of curing the mosquito of the habit of propagating. It was decided to spray ivery stagnant pool in the vicinity of CluiBe with crude oil. Supervision of the work was delegated to the chief of police. Sprayers loaded with crude oil will bo furnished every patrolman on the force. As they make their rounds of the suburban districts they will casually squirt their bug juice into every shady und secluded spot where there is now, or is apt to be, stagna:,'. water, Acting-President Brndli-y called the attention of the Board to numerous other matters that had been referred to him by members of the Board. These were: tho sanitary eonitions of the town, cleaning up the Erects, a fall regatta, and stopping the Imperial Limited at Clnse on regular schedule. f tlotkwWii b Shoemakers, Listen! Right here in Chase there is gant opportunity for an enter young man who can make antl shoes and harness. Old Johi. says he is sure going to quit wo; \ wants a live young fellow to ta the business where he leaves ofT. either sell or tease or pay wagi s right man. John is making pie money too.Jso get busy, some < young ducks, and write to him. in ele- i rising n i*air I '->gg ;. He k. up Will : the nty of if you ling and doors finished artistically in Douglas fir wood is an effect which instinctively reminds you uf running water, or of the effect of sunlieiit sifting through midsummer haves.��� Saturday. Sunset. For the 24th. Take a look at the big ad on page two. That will give you some idea of the sort of celebration the Chase Fire Brigade is going to pull off on the 24th of May. Everybody and his best girl will be here. There will be enjoyment enough go 'round, and some left over for a Beeond helping. The fire laddies are not overlooking any bets. They guarantee a good time. Landlord A. E. Underwood of the Underwood hotel is the latest victim of the auto bug. He has bought n brani new automobile, and now wears a monkey wrench in his hip pocket. The Underwood coat of arms will henceforth be a can of gasoline rampant upon a field of rubber tires. The car is the last word from the makers of the famous Cadillac. It is a 1912 model and carries all the heridita ments and appurtenances yet known or invented for buzz buggies. Mr. Underwood is building a garage opposite the hotel, wherein the Cadillac will be housed. The new car will be nut merely a pleasure craft. Mr. Underwood has recently invested in an extensrve pork and poultry ranch. The automobile will come in handy for making quick trips from the hotel to the ranch and return. Also, it is expected that as soon as Fong learns to drive the machine it will meet all trains. Business Bill was out yesterday and the day before getting his eye and ear full of the new speed cart. He is now prepared to answer all questions concerning same. Pats Our Back. In a recent letter to his son, Milton, President J. P, McColdrick pf the Adams River Lumber .company hands forth the following fragrant buqoet; 'I am in receipt of the first two issues of the Chase Tribune. I certainly must congratulate the editor first, and the company and the town next, upon tee character and appearance of the paper printed. 1 cannot see any room for improvement. The editor is certainly untitled to a great deal of credit and is very fortunate in having a man like Mr. Smith to do the cartoon work." JftVl .0**1 .��� I '"^iiri ' i- [Chase b) tt(c Uonnu-A ��� ���V.1,7, 11 rwieot for the accommodation pf like and the river traffic. i\ wharf has oeen built this spring at Sorrento, ten or twelve miles up the lake short' from Chase. The district engineer informs is that there is money ;.j proptiatul for wharves at Celista, Kault and Ulen- eden, and for an extension of the wharf at Salmon Arm. All these things arc but the beginning of better things to be. The Shuswap lake district is entering upon an era of development. Forces and influences are already at work which must eventually IsSuq in a line of C. P. Ii. boats on the lakes, and a C. P. R. hbtel at Chase, when travelers many lay over enroute while they enjoy the unrivalled scenic attractions and opportunities for sport that makes the town and its surroundings one of the hest places on the fate of the earth in which to spend a summer holiday. Clean Up! Andy McConnell has returned from his cruising trip looking brown as a berry and hearty at two men. i Notice is hereby given that all premises must be immediately cleaned up, and all refuse destroyed, buried, or removed from the town. Those who do not know where to deposit their refuse can have it done by applying to Mr. McLean, who will remove the same for a reasonable fee, the said fee to be paid "by the householder. All closets must have lids fixed to the seats which will prevent the entrance of flies, and the lids must be closed when the closet is not in use. The pits must also be so protected that flies cannot gain an entrance. No refuse must be thrown in the streets nor alleys. Walter Scatchard, Medical Officer of Health. The B. M. Ball. . The dance of the Bachelor Maids at Robinson's hall last Friday night was the real scream of an entirely successful social season. Chase has arrived, there is no doubt of that. There was more beauty to the square inch'on exhibition at that dance than is often seen at many of the elite affairs in the social centers of the east. The Bachelor Maids of Chase are the real McCoy. What they don't know about the gentle art of entertaining has been torn out of the hook and buried with the silent and forgotten past. A Leap Year dance it was. Mere man was not allowed to kick in with a sou markee. All expenses were paid by the girts. The men were allowed to occupy the seats while the girls stood up in the corner and smo er, that is, you know, everything was vice versa, topsy turvy. The women did all the asking for dances, save now and then there was allowed a "gents' choice" dance to give the wall-flower boys u chance. The dance was an invitation affair and everybody was invited. The Bachelor Maids attended to all details and invited their marrieil sisters to bring along the lunch. Music was furnished by the Celestia and Chase orchestra, consisting of Messrs. Tom Brown, W. B. Armstrong. T. Gordon, Egner Sundahl and Percy Weaver. Miss Dolly Price- acted as floor manager and prompter in a great creditible manner. Good luck to the Bachelor Maids. May they all get married this leap year if they want to. Don't forget The Tribune for fine wedding stationery. L__3t3_ .-���*;.��� i THE CHASE TRIBUNE |> W! Mtf24 Under the Management of the CHASE FIRE BRIGADE at < / CHASE BRASS BAND IN ATTENDANCE Sports Will Commence at Eleven O'clock Sharp fr,oor^._m:i^[e FOOT RACES: Entries Will be Received After May Fifteenth ONE HOUR FOR REFRESHMENTS No. 13. Sack Race, 3 and 2. r c. . Boys 12 Years Old and Under, 50 Yards, $2 and $1. No 2. Boys 15 Years Old and Under 100 \ards 2 and 1. No. 3. Girls 12 Years Old and Under, 50 Yards, 2 and 1. No. 4. Girls 15 Years Old, 100 yards, 2 and 1 No. 5. Walking Greasy Pole, $10. No. 6. Log Rolling, $10. No. 7. Base Ball Game at 1:30 p. m., $25 No. 8. Two Man Canoe Race, $10. No. 9. Two Squaw Canoe Race, $6. No. 10. Five Man Bateau Race, $15. No. 11. 100 Yard Dash for Men, 5 and 3 No. 12. 50 Yard Da ���, ?or Women, 3 and 2 No. 14. Three Legged Race, $5. No. 15. Pony Race, 100 Yards and Return, 10 and 5. No, 16. Running Hop-Step-and-Jump, $5. No. 17. Running Long Jump, $5. No. 18. Throwing Shoulder Stone, $5. No. 19. TUG OF WAR, Chase Town v. Saw Mill. T j. IT i*6-M<- prr- ��� ����� ��, rm> m\m THE CHASE TfUBl'NE |4> HWHW THREE PERCY WEAVER Contractor Carpenter $ Builder A STRONG NAVAl POLICY WILL BE ADOPTED BY CANADA At Canadian Club Dinner in London Premier McBride Speaks of the Sentiment in the Dominion in Favor of an Active and Efficient Canadian Navy. 2|S Chase, B.C. Ufa BlacK_ Douglas jgjj | Opera House R. EC. ROIIINSON. Proprietor -tV Manager "tie Ilc-t Appointed Public Hall in Town After Work Drop In and Enjoy a Game of POOL OR BILLIARDS Full Stock Cigars and Tobaccos. A First Class Barber Shop in Connection London.���At a Canadian club dinner, Sir E. S. Rose presiding, 'he Lord-Mayer and Sheriffs Hanson and Brlggs were the chief guests. Among others present were Hon. Richard McBride, Sir Frederick Borden, Hon. Colin Campbell, John Hendry, Sir S. Graham, Donald McMaster, Hon. J. H. Turner, the" Bishop o; Saskatchewan, Major Malcolm Mu iy, Col. J. H. B'lrland, Genera' Elliott Captain and Lieut. Hanson and Sir T. Skinner. .Colonel Burland responding to a toast to the imperial forces eulogized the work done by Sir Frederick Borden for the militia. Thut body was unwilling to be classed as imperial re- ���ervea, but wished to b, counted in the firing line from the first be re* Premier McBride, responding to a toast to the Dominion, referred to the wonderful success that the. Duke of Connnught was achieving in Canada and the gratification that his Royal Highness Intended to make a western Journey was creating. He suggested that the Lord Mayor should pay Canada a state vlai- on lines of his continental visits The loyalty and patriotism of Canada had never been questioned, continued the speaker, but lately it has been Intensified by political exigencies which perhaps it wpuld not be fitting to enter into here. Proceeding to discuss the navy question, Premier McBride said: "1 assure you intense interest is being taken In this Question, We have assurance from Premier Borden that the government proposes to take up ihis questior a* o.ice and deal with it effectively. We in British Columbia are reminded day by day of all nit a na.j metu*. 1 have confidence ���Hi when rif.ii ������ Borden proposes, as he will do shortly, a strong policy making for an active and efiicient Canadian navy he will have the entire Dominion behind him. One Is very much encouraged to believe that there will be result a and quickly, loo. when one has w^ cited the earnest, splendid fashi- i which the first Lord of the niralty, Winston Churchill, has u narged the duties of his office. Without meaning any reflection lo his predecessors, I think 1 may safely say that Mr. Churchill has made a name for himself unique in the annalr of his department. I want to emphasize the strong deter; m tnat ion of the Canadian people w^ far as I can gauge it to deal with this question quickly and we may expect good results from the fact that at the head of the admiralty there Is Buch.a strong personality as Mr. Winston Churchill." Idealr POOL OOM GEO. L. GOLLEN Boat Builder Bn.vra of Evkiiy De3chiption Motor Boxes a Npei-iitlty IARRY & fflfi' HEAL ESTATE INSURANCE t Chare, B. C. 1' &f>e UNDERWOOD T &/>e HOTEL of QUALITY f :f ������ : CHASE, B.C. mm St- -i �� Kau. J. W. Clifford General j& BlacKsmith Horseshoeing a Specialty R. J. MINER * Painter S * % Decorator $ ^A-t^i- Full Line Sherwin-Williams Paints, Latest Designs in Wall Paper SOCOCOOOC Electrical and Motor Boat Supplies IT PROVED^ FAILURE DID NOT RECEIVE SUPPORT THAT WAS REQUIRED. Manitoba Elevator Commission Will Go Out of Business at the End of the Season���Want to Sell to tha Grain Growers' Association. Winnipeg.���D. W. McCuaig, chairman of the Manitoba Government Elevator Commission, stated that he had received orders to close up the business of the commission by the close { of the present year, August 31. He said he had been with the commission since it started, and found that It did not receive sufficient support from the people. This was' presumably the reason for the commission going out of business. Mr. McCuaig stated that from September 1 to January 31, last year, the government elevators had only handled forty per cent, of the grain, according to the statement of th? railways. "This losing game," Bald the chairman of the commission, "where there is an insufficient support from the people, and where there are certain operating expenses which cannot be overcome, and which would scarcely be covered *by the .amount of business handled, is beyond doubt the reason for the move. We can't get the grain to handle to make It a paying business." Mr. MoCuag was not aware of the plans of the government for the future, but said that the elevators would all be empty by August 31, and the plants will bo ready for either sale or lease to private Individuals or companions, There are a total of 172 ele- KILL BEAVER IN CYPRESS HILL* Colonies Now So Numerous Thai Lands Are Being Flooded. Swift Current. ��� Provincial game wardens are reducing the beaver colo nies in the Cypress Hilis, southwest of Swift Current, under government instructions on account of the flooding of lands in times of high water along streams inhabited by thero animals, and the consequent damage.sustained by settlers. The colonies have grown quite large'under the immunity which they have enjoyed for some years, aud their danu _~e now so numerouss that the small rivers and creeks are choked with them. The government will sell the skins, and the farmers on whose land the animals are killed will receive forty per cent, of the proceeds. They will also receive some slight compensation In addition for any damage they may have eustalned by having their land uiticlent number of beaver will be left to Insure their propagation and to prevent their extinction. vaiora In the system, with a total capacity of about roughly speakln; Big Schemes to Protect Forests. Ottawa.���An aggressive fire protective and forestry policy is being carried out by the government and n*'xt summer the work of preserving tlie natural resources of the west will be carried out. Coompiete arrangements have lieoit made for a Btrict fire patro! all through the prairie provinces in lie newly annexed territory of Manli '���>!* and in the hinterlands of Saskatchewan and Alberta. A groat deal of money will be spent this year in organizing the neiv ?,,��� 000,000 acre forestry service o'i ' " eastern sslope of the Rockies. Trails will be laid out, telephone lln '��� stalled and thorough propar.it! -* 4.300.000 bushels j raado t0 Prevent (ires Tho ohairroan was I Chase ���Restaurant and Bakery Board and Rooms, Bath Good Table, Reasonable Rates, Meals at All Hours YEP NUM i, CO., PROPS. of tho firm opinion thnt tt was not heoause tlie business methods of the commission were unsound lhat tho failure wan recorded, but rather tbe entire trouble lay in the non-support of the grain producers generally. The collapse of the government's elevator business was a sublect of discussion at tne grain exchange. Tt Is learned on very good authority that, the provincial government has made a proposal to the Grain Growers' association io take over the elevators at the price which the government paid for them. There was a meeting of the Grain Growers company and the Grain Growers' association recently and this matter is known to have been discussed. ' ��� Aborigine* Gets Medal from London.���King George has n^ ��� tbe Albert life-saving modal aboriginal Australian named ""��� bor." The latter was a prison was being led by a neck cliah trooper. While tho pair were Ing a swollen stream the trc i horse got into difficulties and d ed his rider, whom he kicked i face. The trooper was being sV-ent o the stream when "Neighbor," ing tho opportunity to escape, r his captor after the greatest dil < King Nicholas Seriously 111, Cettinje, Montenegro.���King Nicholas is seriously 111 and owing to his advanced age thero Is considerable anxletv as to the outcome. Decorate Grave of Dicken. Over the grave of Alfred Tei Dickens, the son of the nov< service in memory of bis fail. held under the auspices of tho can Dickens league. The gr Trinbty cemetery was decora'' flowers from the Dickens socle New York Sun. nve in 1 with ties.��� J. P. McGOLDRICK President W. F. LAMMERS Treasurer A. J. LAMMERS Vice-President B. W. SAWYER Sec. and M'n'g Director Adams River Lumber Co. LIMITED Manufacturers of Ce%r, Fir, Spruce and Pice LUMBER We intend to arrange for the delivery of Lumber to the different points on the Lake .____. __ .l_k_- IX i FOLK TEE GtUSE T UBUNE We CHASE TRIBUNE Published Evbrk Fbidai Mobhikg at Chase. Bhitikb Columbu ('HASH PUBLISHING COMPANY I.ami Notices, Ttutb-r I.ict'usns, Ortificates ol inipruvciiu'itlM, etc, S7.no I'm- on days; $3.0(1 for 30 clays, Advertising Rates. Cla&sllled AUveriisouients, ^.' cents pep word Ursl week; l cent pop word each subsequent week Minimum charge ol' .5 oents. Reading Notices, other llian n- Advertisements with heading or nils. 5 cents per !in<' uach in- display, sinttl lumn 5fl cents sertion. per inch or under for ilrsi i ��� week; 25 penis each subse- subscriptions In Advance $2 I U'i.-mi week. Double column Year, United States, $2.50 a spaci' ilcmblf Ibose rates, Year. Local Nutioes i lediateli fol- lowln. regular looals IS oents i��ti' euunted lino flrsl week; It' cents per lii ach subsequent week. ten on one side of Hie nn| Legal Advertising, 10 cents per ���nti>. Typwrllten cop.\ In i tine llrst week, 5 oonls eaob rorred MibKi nuonl week. Tho Tribune does no| m ni-n; Wnli'i' Nutioes, '10 days, o\or .uni endorse the sontl ills exnri's wn'ris and under SBil words . scd in any contributed arlieli'. M.CO; over 850 words and un- Advertisers will please roren-fcnr djr 300 words, *I0; ��iwh ad-1 that to ensure a chance, copy dii al r>n words, 7a oi tits. must be In by Tuesday noon. 'THEY'RE COMING TO CHASE." l'u Insure acceptance, nil iitnnu- sriiiii should be legibly writ- Encourage Sheep Raising. Hon. Martin Burrcll, the Dominion minister of ugricultur, husile- ciileil, aecoriliiiK to despatches from Ottawa, to stimulate interest in sheep breeding in Canada and will make a grant of govermeiit money this summer towards the improvement of stock in British Columbia and the Maritime Provinces. No doubt Mr. BurreU's experience of this province lias satisfied him that there aro very great opportunities here for this industry, opportunities which probably no other member of the Canadian Confederation possesses to anything like an equal degree. It has, time and again been pointed out by men acquainted with the business that the lxMK.'hcs and uplands in British Columbia, beyond the mark at which the plow would stop, offer admirable grazing grounds for sheep and that thus great flocks of them could feed, throughout the largest part nf the year, the pasturage most suited to them, without trenching on the valley laud held for cultivation. One proposal which Mr. Burrell has made is that the flocks in the east and Bitish Columbia should be improved with stock purchased in Ontario. Certainly Ontario in this branch of the agricultural industry is far ahead of any other part of the Dominion. For a quarter of a century and more, breeders there have been improving the stock until it is doubtful if the flocks of that province are surpassed by those of any other couutry. Certainly, the breed in this'province is not by any means what it should be and the farmers here will, no doubt, welcome the effort which Mr. Burrell has undertaken towards raising the stnnd- erd by the introduction of stock from Ontario.���Vancouver oun, Of course we all want to see the Imperial Limited .top at Chnse onregular B-K-iTuTs, Bnt we will remark right now that the people of nl)l��itBHi��fcj|Miuiy so great losers byiits not stopping as are tho poor benighted cusses who have to pass through the Biggest Little Town in Cunada without stopping. That's Cliase. B. C. Don't forget the location, at the foot of the beautiful Shuswap Lakes. Some day nil trains will stop here, Not only that, but the flying machines will make this one of their oiling stations. Late news reports would indicate that there is about to be some sort of an election over in those United States. A man named Roosevelt lias already started running, while another old fellow named Bryan is said to be pulling on a pair of sprinting shoes. Mr, Tnft is still president anil Champ Clark has quit shooting off his face and is now sawing wood down ill Missouri. Mr. Wilson is said to have his application in for another job teaching school. Yes, boys, the reason why you sell so many papers is that the people of Cliase know a good thing when they see it. Every right-minded man in Chase wants a copy of the Tribune handy in case of emergency; the babies cry for it; and prudent, housewives insist on having one in (lie pantry at all times. It aidB digestion, banishes blues, chases dirt and creates confidence, Now is the. time to subscribe, Now thill Con dunes has securely anchored Newsy Laloude with the Vancouver lacrosse team, New Westminster fans may cheerfully continue whetting their knives preparatory to slicing that young gentleman Up into little bits of pieces every time he appears on the Royal City giottuds. K. T. Lowury, editor and financier of the Greenwood Ledge, j.iya in his bt-.1 issue of lhat bright and shining publication: ������IK'.in:; In business elsewhere we may have to have Ihe copper nittropolUt, uiidwjll sell OreenWood'B heading Ex- ciiemeiil ill a reasonable figure for spot cash.'' Thin is lh ��� ign of wireless telegraphy, horseless carriages, seedless fruit, boneless fish, And the Titanic disaster proves it to be the age of Biiilorlesa ships. But not the ageof spineless men, not that quite yet, thank II,,,!. You've guessed it, Lilly, Chase is tho place they're going to hold that big celebration on the Twenty-Fourth. Better bring along a pair of while shoes too, There'll lie some great dancing in the evening. At. this season of the year the ads of the dry goods stores are scarcely fit to lo ik at -with their white goods sales and illustrations of bathing anits, 0, you summer girl. "So this is ihe famous O'K'anagmi valley, is it"remarked anew arrival as I lie I rain pulled into Vernon. dWV%V��V��V��WV%V*WWWV��> I HOT AIR COLUMN. | Don't set sore if you are mentioned in the Hot Air Column. No offence is meant. And don't get sore if you are nut mentioned. All in good time. See the festive traveling man. See him as he slams his grip down on the ho-tel table, os-ten-ta-tious-ly. See him hide himself behind a breastworks of eat-a-logs, price-lists, i_t-cet-era, et- oet-era. Is he not the busy kid? Weill I wonder. Watch him grab for the ho-tel letter heads. See him write with feverish haste. One letter, two letters, three letters. 0, will he never quit? And are all those letters for his H-0-U-S-E? Do they tell of Good Bus-1 irons? Are they full of orders? No, No, N-O-K. Those letters are for his Sweet Hearts in other towns. One is a Hash Slither at a Swell Ho-tel. J One is a s-t-e-n-o-g-r-a-p-h-e-r. And one is a Chambermaid young lady connected with one of the finest two-dull- ar-a-day houses on the Coast. See the young man. Is he busy? Well, you don't have to guess again. . j, Talk about your easy jobs. Those fellows who are attending the assizes I as jurors are having a picnic. Two dollars a day and eat yourself, and only have to show up in court twice a day. It seems like a shame to take the money. Billy the Boozer has disappeared into the up-river fastness again. He. was a good old wagon, but his tires got so they skidded a bit toward the last. Billy is cooking on the Helen. His grub is said to be mighty easy to take. Everybody seems happy after the dance of the Bachelor Maids. As we said before, don't forget that The Chase Tribune is right there when it comes to printing those elegant wedding invitations. And anyone getting' married under our auspices is insured a lovely writeup in the news columns. * * * Louis Bean is his name, girls, and he is just too sweet for anything. So are those nice juicy ice cream sodas he is making. Not exactly too sweet, you know, but just right. He is giving them away this week���to the real pretty girls. - .- _ ih * The tug-of-war between ChaS^%wifV| and the Mill on May 24th. gives prom* ise of being one of the most interesting events of the day. Both sides yf ATCH for handbills carrying Our Special Shopping Offer for the 24th of May. Some grand values will be given. Chase, B. C. A. S. FARRIS Chase, B. C. British Columbia will lookn wholu lot bigger in tbe eVes of tin; English In viator when Premier McBride gets through talking to the ]H'o|ili> on the ol bur Bide of the pond, The lion. Richard is a big una l and In- has a liig liiii theme when he talks of this wonderful Country of | bis. and ours. agreed to pull til] they bust a hame-string. To feel his horse slip slowly out of the saddle girth is the novel sensation of Frank White after he had roped a wild steer a few days ago. The cinch broke and Frank took a short, swift ride through thin air, after which Milton McGoldrick sympathized with him with his fingers crossed. Not Tonight, Kid. From "Tobogganing On Parnassus" By Franklin P, Adams Love me tonight! Fold your dear arms around me - Hurt me I do but glory in your might! Tho' your fierce strength absorb, engulf, and drown tne, Love me tonight! The world's wild stress sounds less than our own heart beat Its purtny nothingness sinks out of sight. Just you and I and Love alone are left, sweet Love me tonight! Love me tonight! 1 cUre not for tomorrow Look in my eyes, aglow with Love's own light: Full noon enough will come daylight, and sorrow Love me tonight! Beatrice M. Harry in the Banquel table. We can't tonightl We're over work ed and busy; We've got ii lot of paragraphs to write; Although yonr invitation drives ut dizzy, We can't tonight! But Trixle, we admit we'r. greatly smit with The heart you picture���incandescent, white. We must confess that you have made a hit with Us here tonight. 0 Beatrice! O Temporal 0 Heaven! List to our lyre the while the strihgs we smite; where shall you be at-well, say half- past seven To-morrow night? Grocery and Meat Market Lowest Prices and Freshest Stock Frequent Consignments of Fresh Vegetables and Fruits GOLD SEAL FLOUR A Large Assortment of Fresh and Cured Meats Constantly on Hand. t Fish Every Friday Grant & Ballard 7 N*U THE CHASE TRllil Mi 1'IYF. aCHORSE Chase Troop Getting Ready for Outing at Vernon. Sergeant L. Cumming ol tho B. C, Horse has received the following orders relative to the summer encampment: Tbe Regiment will proceed to Vernon B. C. on 27th. May to o��rry oat tbe Annual Training. All rank) will attend, Offioeri commanding sq'iadr.jns will make their own arrangements for en- training men and horses ot their res pective commands on the date above mentioned. Detail* ol the time ol entraining will be given at a Inter date to Oifioiere commanding tq-isdrone. Kit lor camp, f qudron commanders will see that every n���c���a & man provides himself with: Extra shirt, ���oap.towel, .lucking, or brown polish, brushes, extra pair of socks, metal polish, razor&shoving kit, extra pair of boots; that every man has his hair cut short. Muster rolls. Sqadron commanders will prepare musier rolls in duplicate of every officer, r-c-o, and, niBn present in their units and hsnd tbe same to the adjutant upon arrival in camp Advance party. The advance party will consist of tbe Quartermaster Regimental-!}���M--Sergeant and 16 men (loar from euch squadron includ- 4 cookr), the quart! rmaster will make out a nominal roll showing tne name rank and squadron to which eaob man of the advance party belongs, tbis roll will be handed to tbe I). A A. G. for a hot meal tube served when tbe main body airives. Baggage guard. Pq isdron commanders will detail a luggage guard ��� A .��� - who will remain witb tli.s baggage until arrival iu camp. Tbe Quartermaster wilt take similar precautions regarding all regimeutal baggage. Officers servants will accompany of- leers baggage. Warning for duty, Tbe lollowing will be warned for duty before arrival in camp: Ordely officer, regimental ordely sergeant, ordely sergeant and corporal from each squadron, stable picket for each squadron, lanterns to be lumiahed by each fquadron. The n- c- o' s warned f jr dnty willjreport to the Regimental ,-Sergt-major on arrival in camp. Uniform. Marching order. "Do," Not "Dont" The one word I should like to rub out of the vocabulary used by human beings one toward snother it) the word "Don.t" Looking back over a soniewh.it full and varied experience, I oan say tbat in my judgement didactic prohibition issued soul to soul, for every ounce of good it has done has made pound of harm. "Don't" is the stupidest,' most brainless, and laziest of all parental terms. To tell a child what to Do, requires thought^ investigation, in-1 terest. To tell anyone what Not "to! do requires nothing in the way of I cerebration or effort. / ���Don't means chopping down the | tree: "Do" means traiuing it, tying j it up, bracing it. "Don't" is the language of annoyance, "Do" is the language ol Love.! "I like very well to bo told what to do, by those who are fond ol me." said Alchibiadeei "hut never to lie told whatnot to do; and the more fond they aro of me the less I like it. Because when they tell me what no to do, it is a sign tbat I have displeased, or am likely to displease them. BesideB���Ibelieve there are other reasons, but they have quite escaped me." To be sure the Ten Cdmmandments ��� are "Don't". But they are Grd's which is different. God's color is green, too; but that is no reason a woman ought to wear it. ���Dr.Frank Grane. "Women First." No more dramatic argument in favor of those who maintain that the sexes are not equal has ever been given tb*u that of the Titanic. * Eight hundred and sixty-eight - ive*l, mostly : women and children," rang round the ; w>rld and proved thnt men were still "IVe t ��� h<>ld their own in the game of He nnd death and play like gallant' gentlemen. In spice of all the enerv- a'iow ii lluenceo euroundiot. many of the men qu u -.nl the Titanic, in spit of selfibh |��uidt*iinc to their pleasures, in epite of past records, denerved ot undeserved'tie men ftced their judg uiuiit bravely and huld together *n that the women might he saved. No mao w< iild for one moment Highest thit w tnii*n oriuld not, do as well. It is prohab e that many a woman clung to the man who loved her and had to be forced into the boat*. U i. certain that many a wot ft i refused her life at tbe Cj-I uf riny ui.u'g on board But human nature at such momenta risea supreme ai d the instinctive cry is "women and children first." In theee modern days it need* a din a-iier such as this to remind men and women of the relation of the MtXtM Woman is physically the weaker, and therefore woman must be protecttd at all ousts. In the ages gone man hunted for the worn tu he hid in hie cave. Today it is commonly said that she whs a slavi! made to do his work. Yet a great Indian princess who has studied the ways of her sex in the wesieiii world avers tbat she would rather die a slave aud remain a woman than live free and become unsexed It is not a question of p ditioal kj lal- ity or mental equipment. It is sinp- ly a qU'Stiun of sex* The Almighty in his wiedmi provided men with a sentiment hundreds of men have shown themselves oapanle of going to an awful death. "Theirs not to reason wuy, theirs but to do and die," solves the problem of the sexes today aB much as a thousand ye<_ra ago It is when the veneer that civilization has imposed upon the raw nature of man ia rubtitd uf., that sometimes ap pears' More often than not. it takes a great tragedy such aB this to get rid of that veneer. But when finally stripped of all his civilifciug influences man as God made him sometimes appears as the most magnificent ooncep tion of the architect if the Universe. PLAN WESTERN TOURS. Measrs. White, Cochrane, Crothera and Pelletier to Visit West. Ottawa.���"I expect to take a trip through the west this fall, probably ! In October, before tbe house sits," said Hon. W. T. White. "My lnten- i lion is tq go through to Vancouver and as far aB possible, acquaiut my- > self with western conditions. I feel, as nuance minister, 1 shuu.u keep in , ClObti touch with the western situation, and L.udy western problems, which are the big problems of the day in Canada." A uumoer of other ministers are also planning western trips. Frank Cochrane will return jwa ihe Maritime provinces about Ua iud of May, aud aiter ca'.ching up with the accu- mulatlon of business, plans to leave for the west about July 1. A trip by canoe over the line of the Hudaon Bay ! Hallway is part of his plan. Hon. T. W. Crothers, minister of labor, will leave on his tour of Canada to study Industrial problemss about June 1. He will visit the Maritime provinces and then Quebec and Ontario, probably going west later on In August. Hon. L. P. Pelletier, postmaster- general, Is also planning a western trip some time this summer, to study western mall conditions. It Is understood It will be three or four weeks before the announcement Is made of the new chairman of the Railway Commission. Hon. Frank Cochrane Is at present on a tour of the Maritime provinces, and It Is decided that nothing will be done until his return towards the end of May. PULP MILL AT ATHABASCA LNDG. Play Ball. We notice lhat a man in K-tslo, who got religion late in life, is trying to have the attorney general stop Sunday basehall In that city. It was ever thus. Some sincere individuals with the meddlers itch, filled with false ideas ���tbour God and religion are ever trying to rough-look the innocent pleasures and recreations of others. All days are alike to God, and it is only some narrow human mentalities tbat created the idea of making Sunday a day of gloom, silent and miserable. Make men healthy and they as a rule will be good, and the ball ground is always better ventilated than any church in the land. Pure air and reasonable outdoor exercise upon any day of the week, coupled with loud and merry N lighter will do more to elevate the sonl and purify the body than almost anything elue. Some people think they are religious when they are only suffering from a rush of pile to the upper stope, causeo by wrong thiuking and wrong eating. Tbe sick are nearly always scoundrels and have distorted via'ons in regard to how others should conduct themselves. The cranky liver sees devils at every turn of tho road, and is largely. responsible for the religious persecutions of the past and present. Verily, we pay unto you, that he who seeks to -distroy the liberty of others pluces his own in peril. Play ball, bur do nut Hwear at, nor kill the umpire. ���The Greenwood Ledge. School Notice. The following notice has recently been Issued to B, C. teachers, The Education Department has de- ided at the close of the present school- years (June With, 1912) to change the plan of lending free text-hooks to that of tfivintf them outright to the pupils of alt classes of public schools (night, graded, superior, high, and normal). You are, therefore, directed at the close of the present term (June 30th, 1912) to allow each pupil of your school to retain as his own the bound and other free text-book or free text-books now in his hands, provided that they are in good condition and that they will still be needed-by the pupil. After the new qlan is in operation, pupils will not be required to return free text-books. With the giving plan is the further understanding that no second copy of the same kind of books will be issued to any pupil in case of loss or destruction of the first. This condition of giving must be strictly enforced by all teachers. Delegation at Ottawa Say* Chances Are Good for Real Success. Ottawa.���The first pulp mill In Canada west of Sault Ste. Marie will be built very shortly If a deputation which la in Ottawa has its way. And It will be constructed at no less a place than Athabasca Landing. "There Is any amount of pulp wood up In that country," said James Wood of Athabasca Landing, who leads the deputation. "Along the river and north of It there is enough to supply the whole prairie country If we can get a mill built. That Is our Intention In coming here. We have organized a syndicate which Is willing to build the mill, the first In Canada west of Sault Ste. Marie, If we can get some timber land. "We are going to run It In a new way, too, by natural gas. "The government bored for oil at Athabasca Landing some years ago, did not And It, but struck the gas instead, so we know Just where tt Is, We haYe one railroad running Into our town already, the Canadian Northern Railway, and we will have the same line start out towards the Peace River country and Fort Mc- Murray this summor, so there will be no lack of transportation falllltles." AVIATORS* STRIKE MAY -|_E8UlA$fi At Last! The Sun At Last! Doth Shine "Looks Like an Old Broken Down Sport" The Soda Fountain Has Arrived and Will Soon be in Action Have You Purchased Your Phonograph Yet ? EDISON MENU Hii'.xi Chirk, ii ll.'.'l Winn He'a My s.,1'1 SMI Urab uu Tumi wilh A. 10 March Tartar. A-J'.U (li'iuulnia'a Mustard Plaster AUt). Hni Popper itai. .vi tu Canting Hrriui upun tho Waters asiii uovana ii.'ii mini Turkej Trui OiOO Bake Dal Ohl-kmi Pie A17U iiii/./.lv Boar Death of the German Airman Bach- meyer Blamed on Machine. Berlin.���The death of the German airman Dachmayer at the Johannts- that aerodrome ia placed to the account of the construction of his machine by fie Association of German Aviators. The members of that association passed a resolution at a meeting held recently protesting against tho German monoplane concerned In the accident, which eight pilots successively abandoned on account of Its dangerous lack of lateral stability. The association haB requested the 3 National Aviation League to appoint' a commission to inspect regularly t and to have the power of barring any' aeroplanes of an unsatisfactory type or material. The aviators' association, which has repeatedly appealed to the manu-' facturers' organization for betterj wages for airmen, plans to strike on tho eve of the, big national aviation meet at Johannisthat unless the professional airmen's terms are granted. PLOT DISCOVERED. Attempt to Blow Up Train���Turk, Will Expel Itallana. Constantinople.���A plot to blow up. the train In which the minister of tho interior and tho members of the rt- fo:*m commission were traveling \v;ih frustrated by the discovery of a dynamite bomb undor a bridge between Ochrida and Hcsna, in Mr-ia- stir. Eight members of a Bulgarian band have been arrested In com* c- tion with the affair. The council 08 1 mlnlsta. has decided to e.pel u 1 Italians, with the exception or priests and nuns, from Smyrna within fifteen days. Montana to Calgary Line. Calgary.���In an effort to ascertain whether tho city of Calgary Is Willi),, to encourage the building of an Inter- urban electric line between this rity and Knllspell, Mont., David H. .Ve- Glnnis, president and manager ot' the Flathead Intoruruan Hallway cor* pany, has written Industrial Commissioner Millar of this city. A Chance for Trouble. "I see that somobody proposes to have a law making it necessary i >r every married man to pay his w fe a Balary for looking after his house and caring for his children." "Well, it seems to me that a wife who does that is entitled to a salary " "Yes, but there will be one trouble about it." "What?" "Some men will be sure to get in bad if they pay their wives higher salaries than their stenographers draw."���Chicago Ttecord-Horald. Muon Bus Rag 8328 Hulihil Hush AlOai Uuld-ll Deer ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 8607 Possum Plo .\ti')8 When tho Corn is Waving. A343 Strawberries Alls Peaches ami Cream a:hih Down when- ihe Bin Bananas Orow mum iu ihe Watermelon Vine Atilii Apple, Blossoms At:t Busy Week al P pkln Cenlor 0341 American Cako Walk A 1:17 The Chocolate SoTdiot*���My Hern AID!) Clara Jenkins' Ten Aim; Sugar 10825 ll< wilh tho Milk iu Ihe Morning 0462 I.eniMii in the (Janion of Love 10328 Four l.illle Sugar Plums WINK, LIST 1021m Scotch Heels 8575 Under ihe Anheua '.I25i Cuming Thro' Ihe Ryo IUII17 Black ami Whih 1(1116 (linger Two Slop A.r>77 Mmlanio Sherry���Every I,Mile Mnveiiicnl A820 Absinthe Frappi���Il Happened Iri Nnrdland Alt I Any old Purl in u storm. "A before a number moans Amberol; nil other numbers are Standard ARRIVED���at Shooting Gallery this week: Seven Darky Kids and Three Red ones, Poor Kids Want List of all Properties for Sale. Im am making up an exclusive Selling List. I Louis A. Bean CHASE, BRITISH COLUMBIA A. G. TALBOT GENERAL MERCHANT Groceries Leckie's Shoes, Stetson Hats, Gents Furnishings, Stoves and Furniture, Baled Hay, and Oats One Social Problem. "Have you Interested yourself in any social problems?" asked the man of severe Ideals. , "Yes," replied the tractable man. "Thanks to my wife, I almost know how to keep score in a bridge game." ���Washington Evening Star. Shuswap, SHUSWAP HOTEL B.C. Beautifully Situated On tbe So. Thompson River. An Ideal S u 111 in p r K e s o r t. Livery S1111) 1 u in Connection. Charles Byers, :: Proprietor. SHUSWAP, B.C. AlexR.McKay Contractor and , Builder Katiniates Furnished on Appli- oalioD. All Work (iuaran teed Prices Right. Notch Hill, Shuswap Lake H. A. FOWLER Manufacturer of All Kinds oi BOATS S5 _v>_ m Harvey, McCarter a PinKham Haruibteks, Solicitors, Ere Ulricas: Imperial Hank Rf.vei.stoki:, I). C. The Tribune: #1.50 per year. subscribe now A U N C H E S specialty ' CELISTA, Shuswap Lake, B. C. _-_-_-. six THE CHASE TRIBUNE R Boot and Shoe epairing First Class Work Promptly and Neatly Done J. Clegg Chase, B. C. .JAMES OLIVER. CUB.V/OOP .iini-iinia'ii-MiicifiitiiMiHfc ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� I Want V Watch Repairing X ? R. V. BOULTER PROLOGUE A face, beautiful and clear cm as a cameo, seen in the shimmer ing starlight���a face alluring ana. half pleading ��� is the magnet that draws Jack Howland, angi neer, into a series of thrilling, absorbing and interest gripping adventures in arctic wilds, where beneath the tight of the aurora borvalis a strange vengeance is planned, where mysterious plotters encompass htm, whert assassins tie in^watt along the danger trail. Certified Watch and Clock Maker Henry Herzog' MERCHANT TAILOR Chase, B. C. F. H. Sturgill Adams Lake House Fishing and Hunting 10 miles from Chase by Boat und Stage. At the, Outlet of Adams Lake. Geo. Chase WUOt-BA-- AND RETAIL DEALER IS Hay. Grain Vegetables Stock * * Chase Ranch Chase, B. C. ���������������������������* _��� OHASE HAS A FIRST. CLASS LAUNDRY All Our Work Guaranteed First 1 Class II. i). 1'iiY. Proprietor -������������������>.>������*������������������*������������������<������ MOTOR BOAT EXCURSIONS JOHN : HALDANE is prepared t��> takes parties u< ajiy point mi Shuswap Lake. A Competent lioat- in.'in Who Knows the La. For Sale.���Youn_f pigs pure bred Berkshires$4 each; GraktA I-aixakd CHAPTER I, THK OWL Of THE SSOWS. BOK perhaps tho first time In liis life Howland felt th�� spirit of romance, of adventure, of sympathy for tbe picturesque and the unknown surging through his veins. A tillllon stars glowed like yellow, passionless eyes In tbe polar cold of the skies. Behind him, white In its siuuous twisting through the snow smothered wilderness, lay tbe Icy Saskatchewan, with a few scattered lights visible where Prince Albert, tbe last outpost of civilization, came down to the river half a mile away. But It was Into tbe north that Howland looked. Prom the top of the great ridge which be had climbed be gazed steadily into tbe white gluota wbicb reached tor a thousand miles from wbere be stood to the Arctic sea. Faintly In tbe grim silence of the winter night there came to bis ears tbe soft hissing sound of tbe aurora bore- alls as It played In Us age old song over tbe dome of tbe earth, and as be watched tbe cold Mashes shooting Like pale arrows through the distant sky and listened to its whispering music of unending loneliness and mystery there came on him a strange feeling that it was beckoning to him and calling tu bim. telling him that up tbere very near to the end of tbe earth lay al) that be bad dreamed of and hoped for since he bad grown old enough to begin the shaping of a destiny of bis own. He shivered as the cold nipped at his blood and lighted a fresh cigar, half turning to shield himself from a wind that was growing out of tbe east. As the match flared in the cup of bis hands for an instant tbere came from the hlnek gloom of tbe balsam and spruce at bis feet a wailing, bun- gerful cry that brought a startled breath from bis lips. It was a cry such as Indian dogs make about tbe tepees of masters who are newly dead. He bad never heard such a cry before, aud yet be knew that It was a wolfs. It impressed bim with an awe which was new to him. and he stood as motionless as the trees about him until from out tbe gray night gloom to the west there fQme an answering cry and then from far to tbe north 6.111 another. "Bounds as tbougb I'd better go back to town." be said to himself, speaking aloud. "By George, but it'B lonely!" Jack Howland was a Chicago man. For fifteen of his thirty-one years he had been bustling. Since he could easily remember he had possessed to a large measure but one ambition and one hope. With a persistence which bad left him peculiarly a stranger to the more frivolous and human sides of life he had worked toward tbe achievement of tbis ambition, and tonight because that achievement was very near at hand he was happy. He had never been happier. There flashed across his mental vision a swiftly moving picture of the Eight he bad made for success. It had been a magnificent fight. Without vanity be was proud of it, for fate had handicapped him at the beginning, aud still he had won out. He saw bim- self again the homeless little farmer boy setting out from his Illinois village to take up life in a great city. As though it had all happened but yesterday he remembered how for days and weeks be bad nearly starved, how he had sold papers at first and then by lucky chance became erraud boy In a big drafting establishment. It waa there that tbe ambition was born In bim. He saw great engineers come and go���men who were greater than presidents to him and who sougbt out the ends of the earth In tho following of their vocation. Me made it slave of himself in the nurturing and strengthening of his ambition to become one of them���to be a builder of railroads nnd bridges, a tunoelor of mountains, n creator of new things in new lands. Voluntarily he had kept himself in bondage, lighting ceaselessly the obstacles In bis way, triumphing over bis handicaps as few other men had triumphed, rising slowly, steadily, reslst- lessly, until now��� He flung back his head and tbe pulse of his heart quickened as he beard again the words of Van Horn, president of the greatest engineering company on tbo continent "Howland, we've decided to put you in charge of the building of the Hud- Bon Buy railroad. It's one of the wildest jobs we've ever bad, nnd Gregson and Thome don't seem to catch on. They're bridge builders and not wilderness men. We've got to lay a single line of steel through :_00 miles of the wildest country In North America, arid from this hour your motto Is 'Do it or bust!' Xou can report at Le Pas as won as you get your traps together." Those words bad broken tbe slave- dom for Howland. He bad been fighting for on opportunity, and now tbat the opportunity bad come be was Bure that he would succeed. Swiftly, with his bands thrust deep in his pockets, he walked down the one main street of Prince Albert, puffing out odprons clouds of smoke from bis cigar, every fiber in bim tingling witb tbe new fif that had come into his life. Another night would see bim in Le Past tbe little outpost sixty miles farther east on the Saskatchewan. Then a hundred , miles by dug sledge and be would be in the big wilderness camp where 300 men were already at work clearing a way to tbe great bay to tbe north. What a glorious achievement that roWT* would be: It would remain for all limes as a cenotaph to bis ability, bis courage aud indomitable persistence. It was past 0 o'clock when Howland , entered tbe little old Wlnsor hotel. The big room, through th? windows Of which be could look out on the street and across the frozen Saskatchewan,, was almost empty in one corner, part ly shrouded in gloom, sat n half breed trapper who had come in that day from tbe Lac la Konge country, and nt nls feet crouched one of his wolfish sledge dogs. Hoi Ii were wideawake and stared curiously at Howland as be came in. In front of the two large windows sat half a dozen men as Bileut is tbe baif breed, clad in moccasins ��ind thick caribou skin coats. Feeling in his pocket for a cigar, Howland seated himself before one of the windows and proffered tt to one of the men. i "You smoke?" be asked companion- j ably. j "I was born In a wigwam," said tbe ��� man slowly, taking the cigar. "Thank you." "The clerk tells me yon are from Lnc Bain. That's a good distance north, isn't it?" "Four hundred miles," repllM., man with quiet terseness. "We're ou | the edge of tbe Bnrren lands." "Whew!" Howland shrugged his shoulders. Then he volunteer*^ "I'm going north myselt tomorrow." "Post man?" "No; engineer. I'm putting through the Hudson Bay railroad." ! He spoke tbe words quite clearly, | and as tbey fell from bis lips tbe half | breed, partly concealed in tbe gloom behind bim, straightened with tbenlert quickness of a cat. He leaned forward eagerly, his black eyes gleaming. and tbeb rose softly from bis seat. His moccaslned feet made no sound as he | came up behind Howland. For a mo- j ment the upturned eyes of the young engineer met those of tbe half breed. Not until the half breed bad turned and was walking swiftly away did Howlaud realize that he wnnted to speak to bim, to grip bim by tbe band, to know bim by name. He watched the slender form of the northerner, as Itbe and as graceful in Its movement is a wild thing of tbe forests, until It passed from the door out into the plgbt. "Who was that?" he asked, turning to the man with whom be bad spoken. "His name is Croisset He comes from the Wnoldala country, beyond Lac la Bongo." "French?" "Half French, half Cree." After a little bis companion shored back his chair and bade bim good >\t\V|E1*^ ALL THAT HB SAW WAS TIIE FACE. aigbt The others followed Him, and �� few minutes later tbe engineer was itttt alone before the windows. "Mighty funny people," he said half iloud. "Wonder if they ever talk!" He leaned forward, elbows on knees, ��Us face resting Ip his hands, and itared to catch a sign of moving life futsiUe. in bim there was no desire for sleep. Often be had called himself a night bird, but seldom had be been more wakeful than on this night The elation of his triumph, of his success, had not yet worn itself down to a nor mat and reasoning satisfaction, and bis chief longing was for the day, and the day after that, and the next day, when be would take the place or Greg- son and Thome. Every muscle In his budy was vibrant iu its desire for action. Ue looked at his watch. It was only 10 o'clock. Since supper he had smoked almost ceaselessly. Now be lighted another cigar and stood up close to one of the windows. Faintly be caught tbe sound of a step on tbe bonrd walk outside. It was a light quick step, and fur an instant It hesitated, just out ot bis vision. Then It approached, and suddenly the figure at a woman stopped Id front ot tbe window. How she was dressed Howland could not hare told a moment later. All tbat bo saw was tbe face, white in the white night���a face on which the shimmering starlight fell as it wan llrtwl to his gaze, beautiful, as clear cut as a fajneo. with eyes that looked up at him nair pleadingly, naif lurintM.v, and lips part Hi, as if about to n|n*uK to bim. Hp stared, moveless in his astonishment, and in another breath the face was gone, "The deuce, but she was pretty!" Howland said tu himself. "And those eyes"��� Suddenly be checked himself. There had been more than the eyes, more than tbe pretty face. Way had the girl paused in front of the window? Why bad she looked at bim so intently as though on ihe point of speech? Tbe smile nnd tbe Hush left his face as these questions came to bim. and he wondered If he hud failed lo comprehend something which she had meant htm to understand. After all. might it not bave been a case of mistnken identity? For a moment she bad believed that she recognized him; tb%i, seeing her mistake, had passed swiftly down tbe street He walked casually to the door. At the end of the street, u quarter of a mile distant, a red light burned feebly over the front of n Chinese restaurant and in a mechanical fashion bis footsteps led bim In that direction. "I'll drop in and have a cup of tea," he assured himself. He stopped and turned his eyes ngaln Into the north. Ue wondered as be still stood gazing Into the Infinity of that other world beyond tbe Saskatchewan If romance was really quite dead in bim. Always he bad laughed at romance. Work���the grim reality of ac* i, of brain fighting brain, ot clever- \iiisa pitted against other men's clever* ness-had almost brought him to the point of regarding romance In life as a peculiar Illusion of fools���and women. But he was fair In his concessions, and tonight be acknowledged that he bad enjoyed tbe romance of what he bad seen and beard. And, most of all. bis blood bad been stirred by tbe beautiful face tbat bad looked at him from out of the night He passed through the low door ot the restaurant and entered a large room filled with tables and chairs and pregnant witb strange odors. "A pot of tea," ordered Howland. He sipped his ten leisurely, listening witb all tbe eagerness of the new lense ot freedom which had taken possession of bim. The Chinaman bad ���scarcely disappeared when be beard footsteps on tbe stair. In another instant a low word of surprise almost leaped from bis lips. Hesitating for a moment In tbe doorway, her face staring straight Into bis own, was the girl whom he bad seen through the hotel window. For perbaps no more than five seconds tbelr eyes met. Tet In that time there was painted on his memory a picture that Howland knew be wonld never forget. His was a nature because of the ambition imposed on It *.hat bad never tnken more than a casual Interest In the form and feature of women. He bad looked on beautiful faces and bad admired tbem In n cool, dispassionate way. Judging tbem, when he Judged at all, as be might have judged tbe more materia! workmanship of bla own bands. But this face tbat was framed for a few brief moments In tbe door reached out to him and stirred an interest within him' wbicb was as new as it was pleasurable. It was a beautiful fnce. He knew that in a fraction of the first second. The girl turned from his gaze nnd seated hermit at n table so thot he caught only her profile. The change delighted him. From tbe flush In her cheeks h!s eyes traveled critlcnlly to rho rich glow of the light In her shining brown hair, which swept half over her ears in thick, soft waves, eaugbt in a heavy coil low on her neck. Then for the first time he noticed her dress. It puzzled him. Her turban and muff were of deep gray lynx fur. Around ber shoulders was n collarette of tbe same material. Her hands were immaculately gloved. In every feature of her lovely face, in every point ��f her dress, she bore the indisputable mark of refinement. The quizzical jmile loft his lips. The thoughts which at first had filled bis mind as jdiekly disappeared. Who was she? Why was she here? With catlike quietness the young Jbinnman entered between the screeni *nd stood beside ber. On a small tab- 9tt which Howland bad not before obi wyeasonable At BRADLEY'S Fishing Season Opens May 1. See Our Rods, Lines and Baits. We Carry a complete Assortment :: For... Mosquito Netting, 1*1 ��� Screens rlytime and Doors Complete Lines of HARDWARE Always in Stock FURNITURE At Coast Prices The Tribune for All the News ���erred she wrote ber order. It waa for tea. He poured bis last bait cup of tea and when he lifted his eyes be was surprised to find that tbe girl waa looking at him. For a brief interval ber gaze was steady and clear, then the flush deepened in her cheeks, her long Insbes drooped as tbe cold gray of (lowland's eyes met hers In unflinching challenge, and she turned to ber tea. Howland noted that the band which lifted the little Japanese pot was trembling slightly. He leaned for- ward and, as If Impelled by the movement, tbe girl turned ber face to him again, tbe tea urn poised above bet cup. In ber dark eyes was an eipres. slon which half brought him to hit feet, a wistful glow, a pathetic and yet half frighten fl appeal to bim. He rose and sbe nouded to tbe opposite side of ber table. "I beg your pardon," he said, seating himself. "May 1 give you my card?" Tbe girl read his name, smiled across the table at him and, witb a pretty gesture, motioned bim to bring his cup and share her tea with ber. He returned to bis table, and when he came back with the cup In his hand she was writing on one of tbe pages of the. tablet, which she passed across to him. "You must pardon me for not talking," be rend. "1 cau hoar you very well, but I, unfortunately am a mute." "I saw you from the hotel window tonight," be began, "and something In your face led me to believe that you were In trouble. Tbat Is why 1 have ventured to be so bold. I am tbe engineer In charge of tbe jew Hudaon Bay railroad, Just ou my way to Le Pas from Chicago. I'm a stranger In town. I've never been in this���this place before. It's a very nice tearoom, an admirable blind for the opium stalls behind those walls." The girl's eyes traveled swiftly about her. "I didn't know." she wrote quickly and hesitated. "I am a stranger, too," she added. "I have never been in this place before. I came because"��� Sbe stopped, and tbe catching breath in her throat was almost a sob as she looked at Howland. "I came because you came." "Why?" be asked. "Tell me���why?" He read ber words as she wrote them, leaning halt across tbe table In his eagerness. "I am a stranger," she repeated, "I want some one to help me. Accidentally I learned who you were and made HHTHSB HX-BD THE QU1BT TALL Of HO0* CASIKED FEET. up my mind to see you at tbe hotel, but when 1 got there I was afraid to go In. Then 1 saw yon in tbe window. After a little you came out and I saw you enter here, I didn't know what kind of place it was and 1 followed yon, Won't you please go with me to where 1 am staying, and 1 will tell you"��� , She left the sentence unfinished, her eyes pleading with bim. Without a word be rose and seized his hat "1 will go, Miss"��� He laughed frankly Into her face, inviting her to write her name. For u moment she smiled back at bim, the color bright- enlng ber cheeks. Teen sho turned and hurried down the aulr. Outside Howland gave Her his arm. "It's a glorious ulgbtl" be exclaimed. Tbe girl nodded, and smiled up at bim. Her face was very near to his shoulder, ever more beautiful In the white light of tbe stars. They did not look behind tbem. Neither beard tbe quiet fall of moccaslned feet a dozen yards away. Neither saw the gleaming eyes nnd the thin, dark face of Jean Croisset, the half-breed, as tbey walked swiftly In the direction ot the Saskatchewan. [TO B_ CONT1NT-D.I Reopening of Dardanelles Postponed. Constantinople.���The reopening of the Dardanelles ImB been postponed owing to the continued preseuoe / Italian worships In the Archlpehy Further bombardment Is repor here. I -rv-�� *r ������-'- THE CHASE TRIBUNE SEVEN iS"-*��,: Celebrated cAmes-Holden Boots and Shoes. Logging Boots a Specialty Gents Furnishings, Hats, Ties, Collars, Etc. Sole Agents Style Craft Suits All Kinds of Fishing Tackle. Hunters and Miners Supplies, Etc., Sole Agents Sherwin Williams Paints. Jewelry and Watches Farm Implements, Building Materi Is, Roofing, Building Papers HARDWARE Tar Paper, Wire Netting. Sole Agent McClary's Stoves, Etc. Gasoline, Coal Oil and Engine Oil. Nail Orders a Specialty tm*^itm*^mmmt^M*^mmmmm*m*m*mam*^maMmtxM��mmm*^mm*^mm*mmmmm**^m*wm zALL KINDS of GARDEN SEEDS MCCONNELL General Merchant GROCERIES ������MP__B__M__M-MBMBMMMP-M-W_MII.nl. ���������---M--M Ridgway's, Tetley's and Nabob Teas & Coffees Swift's Renowned Hams and Bacon Ring's Quality, Mapel Leaf and Seal of Alberta flour "Brookfield Butter, All Rinds of Breakfast Foods, Etc. Mail Orders Promptly Attended To. Chase, British Columbia \ ,/ *v.s , dm_. t(,KamloopR TlleS(|av las opera house; Herb Lavalle, life- -n ���_ SmHh,s For(, saver; E. C. Wilson, druggist; and a representative of The Tribune. Harry Fowler has returned from his Fishing was to be the principal bus- duties as juror at Kamloops and gone iness of the day, but the magnificent up the lake to his Celista home, scenery of the lakes and river crowded 51,828,000 bu a y ar ago. The Canadian visible supply Increased last week :!16\0oo bu. against a doOrease itself in upon the party so persistent* that almost the entire day was spent in absorbing same. That there is an almost unlimited amount of scenery along the shore of the Shuswap Mr.J.P. Shaw, M.P. P., breezed over to Chase in his Ford louring car a couple of times this week. Miss Gertie O'Sullivan, teacher of the Shuswap public schools, was a Sunday ��� a��������� m m ' lakes cannot he gainsaid, Particularly Kuost at tiu-' Underwood hotel. , are tho Fowler and Brown 1v5itl.m-.-c situs pleasing to the aesthetic sense. Mr. J, 1). Kay of Revalatoke has been in Chase for several days. He is Pro- Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brown admit that vincial boiler inspector and was here on they came from the brightest, dearest official business. spot on God's green footstool, But I they came to a brighter and dearer one. ! Their Celista home must surely have : been Intended as an abiding place for the immortals. No human tongue nor 1 pen can describe the beauties of that I garden spot. The party stopped there for lunch and caught a fi. Mrs. Thos. Ledston experienced quite a fall last Sunday while iixing a screen to an upstairs window. Fortunately ahq was not seriously injured. Abraham Anderson came from the depot camp of tho Adams River Company the first of the week. He is Coming down the lakes- in the eve-: spending a few days In Hevelstoke. nlng, Commodore Haldane put in at the j G , M r gawyer und famU boom camp of the Adams-River Lutn- mw_e a trip up the lake to the Loom l"M''"1,,:iil> vh"" ���' "u"tlI.,l:_:���!_,i"!t���p lu3t Sun(1,iv in the ���cu*- They were accompaned by Milton Me- Goklrick. Mrs. E. C. WUlson has arrived from charge of as likely looking a bunch of lumberjacks as ever cuffed the round j stuff. Carl Sandahl is cooking at Lhat j cam]). That is] if he hawCV lost his | job as a result of foeding that hungry Nelson B. C. and wilt* make her future crowd. ! home in Chase with her husband; who On the way down the lake the party | ^iS recently assumed charge of the Mc stopped for a visit with Tom Jones. Also, u stop was made to assist Oliver Imperial Bank of Canada HEAD OFFICE i TORONTO 1). K. WILKIE. Pbes. :: Hon. R. JAFFKAY. VlOK-PlUSS. K. A. lSKTHl'XE, MAXAtiEi: Chase Uuaxhi Savings Bank Department Interest Allowed On Deposits From Dale of Deposit Special *�� Attention * Given * To Banking By Mail .�����o��>yKX��<^iCftc^ Agents in England: Lloyd's Banh, Limited, London, and Brances X Freeman insetting hisbudweiser valve. What Is It? A rancher from the up-river country came into The Tribune office the other day with a wei d stir/ of a strange animal he had met iu the country lying tho grain trade, who Is ordinarily ; --veil 1 iformeti ou theeo matters, rloufoi* n1"1"* that S.mirlofl is certain to raise the smallest winter wheat crop aha has done for several years, and'thai it will put the United States absolutely on a domestic basis for another year at least. It Is frequently I stated that the failure Is so com- ;p!ete In many districts o. the ain't winter wheat states that the crop experts have not reported It so had as 'it really is. This last week the re- , ports have been coming mostly from 1 Kansas and Nebraska, and In these states a good deal of the crop is in excellent condition, but even in them 1 there are district, of comparative if 1 r.ot absolute failure, and In Kansas It Is " stnted that from 800,000 to , 1,000,000 acres will he abandoned and sown to oats, or plowed up to plant with com, The May crop of the United States Agricultural Department will be issued shortly. Among other things it will give an estimate of the winter wheat acreage abandoned and the condition of the growing crops : as on .May 1st, No doubt it will Indl- 1 cate the prospect of a very small crop of winter wheat. Mr. II. \V. Snow, rhe crop expert, has issued bis of 2,680,000 bu. last year, the total now beinti 31,400,000 bu.. against ll,- 081,000 bu. a year ago. In regard to crop prospects outside of America and Canada there Is no special change reported regarding the progress of European crops which may be taken as showing an average prospect for tho time of year. In the northern part of India harvest is delayed by wet weather and in Australia preparations for planting the new crop are proceeding under difficulties owing to the soil being dry and hard and rain being needed. Our Winnipeg market has not been quite so active lately because of delay in lake navigation opening. Exporters and others want to sen their shipments on the move before buying much more. Vessel space on the lakes Is practically all taken up for all the month of May and direct all- water space to Montreal cannot be obtained In any quantity before July. Donald drug store Vic. Hagerman, James Allen and Louis Cumming came up from Kamloops to spend the Sabbath at home. They were fortunate enough to have been drawn as jurorsat the spring assizes. Mr. John McGivney, walking boss for the Adams River Lumber company came up from Vancouver last Sunday , morning with a party of a dozen river between_ Adams lake and Turn lum ^^ They were ���-, theil.. way t��� lake. He described the creature as being long-legged and hairy, with an extremely long neck, large feet equipped with long sharp claws. yVh'ile the animal has a most ferocious aspect, it showed no signs of desiring to come in the Uppet" country By order of Sergeant L. Cumming there will be church parade of Chase | troop of Ii. C. Horse to Robinson's hail next Sunday morning. There will contact with the settler. Rather, it be mounted drill in the afternoon. SIFTON IN WESTERN GAS FIRM. P. BurnB, C. P. R. and C. N. R. Join In Big Scheme to Supply Natural Gas. i Calgary, Alta.���Hon. Clifford Slfton, May report, and puts the condition | chairman of Ihe commission on con- of the United States winter wheat at , servatiOn, was in Calgary recently. 75.0 with an abandonment of 18.2 per I Although he avoided publicity, bis cent, of the acreage planted, Indicat- I visit Is known tn have to do with the ing a probable yield of 358.000,000 bu. business of the Canada Western Nat- against 431,000,000 bu. the final government estimate for the yield of 1811, As a rule, Mr. Snow's estimate and the government estimate are very close to each other. The lowest estimate of conditions on May 1st by tho government In the last fourteen years was 76.2 In 1800. In 1011 It was 86.1, Owing to an abundance of rain everywhere over the winter ' wheat crop except In the state of Knnnas, during the last several weeks, accompanied by a temperature a few de-trees below the normal average; growth Is backward and unless very warm, dry weather conies in May and June the winter whent harvest will bo delayed. Last year owing lo tbe dry, hot wenther It was very early. In seeding of the | spring wheat Southern Minnesota and South Dnkntn qot started early and seeding is finished over thesn areas, in Northern Dakota, how- BVer, and Northern Minnesota and over most of Western Cannda, although there are spots where seeding was donr early, the bulk of it \ has not made seasnnablo progress. This results Tmrn the broken weather with snow and rain, which has been coming at Intervals since the middle | of April. There are districts in Manitoba and Saskatchewan where little or no wheat has been sown yet. The temperature has been below thp nor- \ mal for tbe time of ypar and unless the rainy weather stops at once and n good steady spell of fair weather I sets In, it will curtail the acreage that might have been put under i wheat, for the season Is advancing and getting too late to prudently sow wheat The wet weather has. also hindered general farm work of which i so much more than usual was left, over from last full. The fart that I the damage reports to the United I States winter wheat has been to I stimulate the snoculatlve markets I and keep prices up, but during the week fluctuations In prices have been erratic and towards the end. thero has been a decline from the. high points reached during the week. This, of course, Is natural In speculative operations, but does not necessarily Imply any particular weakening In the strong situation and a ural Gas. Heat. Light and Power Co. of which be in supposed lo hold a largo percentage of tho stock., In this connection his name Is mentioned with that of P. Burns, thp C. P. R. and the C. N. R., all supposed to be Interested in the big undertaking of piping gas from Bow Island to this city and to intermediate towns. Great Bank Merger. Toronto.���Tho News eay_i: "The greatest banking merger, not only in the annals of Canadian banking, perhaps In tbe hiBtory of tho world is being consummated according to In- I formation received by The News. Tho ! first step in the big merger will be I tho taking in of the Union Bank by the Bank of Montreal. When, thin purchase Is consummated the enlarged Bank of Montreal will amalgamate with the new Royal Bank (Royal and Traders). The final product will be an institution with an authorized capital of al least $80.00,000 and a paid- up capital of $32,377,020. Many Newcomers for West This Year. Winnipeg.���"I should not be surprised to see Immigration into Western Canada exceed 400,000 this year," said C. E. McPberson, assistant passenger traffic agent of the C. P. R. "Our returns, as well as those from other lands, show that the arrival of newcomers from the United States for the past four months Is between 7B and 80 per cent. In excess of the corresponding period last year. There Is also a big movement from the British isles." appeared to hold a marked deference for the human race, as though its ancestors had been beasts of burden and submissive to the master will of the human mind. The animal as described by oiyunfor- mant gives every evIdenW(okl, fearless youngsters, who ape the unties of riders depleted on magazine posters, v-ho should be religated to the surrounding fields or out of town roads to exhibit this prowess. It is a safe bet that mighty few of their supposed acjm.erera would follow tbem far. I'.y all means let us encourage our young men and boys to pursue healthy and manly exercises, of which none is better than horseback riding, but the manly rider will consider the women ;md children of tbe town; the unmanly element must be made to do so. It is becoming a nightly accurance to witness narrow escupes of children from being trodden down by these reckless riders and mothers are afraid to venture on the streets with small children. Let us start right in being the big town we aim to be and cut out tlii- practice. P. E. DONCASTER. Rev. Geo. Stewart writes from Monte Creek to state that there will be Angeiiean services at Chase on Sunday, May 11} th as follows: Holy Communion at I 8 a, m., Evensong at 7:110 p. tn. in the All Saints church room. At 11 a. m. will be the local troop oC B. C. Horse Parade service in the Black Douglas ball. Everybody is invited. PHJTCHARB PICKUPS Again and will always be open hereafter Chase Drug Store C. R. MCDONALD, Proprietor Baby Takes Airship Flight. Paris.���The youngest air-woman made her first flight yesterday. She Is Mile. Brodin, and Is just four years old. Her father received his airman's certificate on Friday, and made his first Independent (light ovor Etampes yesterday, taking his daughter with him, The young airwoman gave her opinion of flying In two words. "Dp again!" she said. A single vessel recently carYlefl feathers, valued at $600,000 from South Africa to England. Gone Home. Mrs Lester Toffy received a wire on Saturady morning informing ber cf the serious illness uf her mother. She left Saturday evening for the home of her parents in Kingston, Ont. She was accompanied by little Adegar De Rycke, an adoped cuild. W. S. Pritchard has been appointed to take charge of the new government ferry on the river here. J, T. Hutcheson a local rancher is opening up a store on his place near the depot. Mr. Wilson, wife and family of Vancouver arrived at Pritchard the latter part of last week, bringing with them a car load of household goods and farming implements; ' They intend settling on land on the north side of the river. Here is success to our new neighbors. May tbey live long ami prosper in our land of fruit, flowers and cordwood. All of tbe local members of the government road crew, now at Summit Lake, drove 'over here Saturday night returning Sunday. They report that they have had considerable trouble with a family of mosquitoes around their camp, as the mosquitoes in that section have never heard of rare suicide it is supposed that their troubles navel not yet ended. A meeting of the Farmers Institute was held In the Martin Prairie School- house Saturday evening. The result of the meeting 'was the offering of a Seventy Five Dollar Prize to the person who grows the greatest amount of potatoes on any half acre of land. There will be a great demand for cultivators, hoes and elbow grease in our section of the country this summer. (Potatoes raised on a bottle don't count.) There is no scarcity of water on the irrigated ranches this spring as all the creeks are running full blast and flooding the land, with the abundant supply of water and the climatic conditions a good crop is insured. Douglas Ross and Ernest Edwards spent Saturday night and Sunday in parts unknown but it is rumored that they have invented a commodity supersede Sour Krout, and are prospecting for a capitalist to promote manufacture of the same. Stick with it boys, the only thing now left to be invented is a safe coaster brake for an aeriplane. I Eat At The City Restaurant COMFORTABLE ROOMS * IN CONNECTION * Babby & Cumming, :: ruoriu.TORs .... Hall here. They expect to play on July 1 at. . , Friday last, eleven men and the steel arrived for the C. P. R. Oil tank here. They expect to have il ready for use in a week or ten days. Messrs. Louis Barret and Geo. Hammond pastured their horses near the old Columbia River Lumber Co's mill and returned with forty-five brook trout last Sunday. Mr. Wm. Loftus paid a visit to his Warn- last Friday and left again on Monday to attend his work at Tryst. New Lodge. Notch Hill. Mr J. Payett left on Thursday last for Carlin, where he will be employed on theGovernment roads. The Notch Hill Basket Ball Association has had many games in the Public We have had in our midst, during last week, the Supreme Secretary of the Caribou Brotherhood, Mr. Hennau Koelkenbeck, of Asheroft. Mr. Kael- kenbeck has been looking over the ground in the interest of his society & expresses himself as much pleased with the prospects for a strong, enthuiastic Lodge of the Caribou Brotherhood. It is likely, that Chase Lodge, will be the very first Lodge to be organized, and it is intended, on the night of Institution, to have preaent a prominent Government official who is an enthusis- tic member, and will versed in the history of British Co.nmbia, and the Cariboo in particular ���nd who has in his possession a large number of views and lantern slides, which he will have with him and Project upon the screens on that occasion. Organizers who are now active in Vancouver, New Westminister and in Victoria and else where on the Island, report great enthusiasm for the Organization, in every one they approach, and it is freely predicted, that this, the first solely Canadian, order, founded on Canadian history and more particularly on the history of our own district, will achieve an enormous success, not only in British Columbia, but thruout the Dominion. W. F. Barnes Contracter and Builder Doors, nnd Window Frames, Soreen Doors, and Window Screens, Doors and Windows Wanted: A general servant girl. Apply at the Imperial Bank. G. Grant���last week sold seven remounts to the Revelstoke contingent of B. C. horse. Wanted; t young girl to do light housework. Apply, Mrs. Doncaster.���- Chase. Try a Tribune want ad. They're great.