$$-yS'^y^Jyy7y: -77*>y *■;7-.7y:*^^7;y,*';y^^7'|-y77 [yj^y'y' ' '71 """ :*7-,.tfoHiy^'*ffo'!T^ . s'V-»■-".?, *- , ; *,.,V „ "."'- - tyf .:. y^Y^'-yif^yy^jr-i^tJs^hTx^^.--^- . .-.yr^.S-■ 7,7^7 '.-*.?.-'A ■:.*'*. .;-■ . - i^;Official Orgwi[&ilfa^]R6yi%v:i£~ir\*to:L- Political TJnity is Victory. -_ - >w: - ,k„-^,-» ,?i THE DISTWOT LEDGEB, FBENIJSyB. C., JANUARY^, 1912 $1.00;A7yEAB. af-*.1 —•■ -y.V-j. ■'i"?*' .«•'-..-f! ,?-';,■> f -.^ mmywoRLD in . *■' .... *■ ■' ">>:-' •- !" / . '. ' ' ' ' - -' . . -.) c- '*:..>" SUGGESTS OPERATION OF. CO.AL'MINE;BY CITY Q Commissioner Candy*May Recommend -That City.Purchase Coal Mine and , Operate, in Connection with Street Railway for Coal"Required at Power Plant. — 7 '*' -': "•-""'• ■ v AndTon the Increase—Rate is , . - ' i;''..- . ■» , o - < 7 Said to Average 4. TT per i V; iz Hundred Yearly r -(- ,|JL y: .>> ' OTTAWA; Dec. 3i;—Statistics cpm- yplled\by,the commission" of .conserva- < tion show that' the. death i-ato In Canadian coal mines' is' much, higher than • in« any'other, civilized'-country.',;. in- <7l902,.-the;year. of'the'.-Ferhiei disaster, . tho death rate .per 100 men employed" (abovo and" below grouad) reached the maximum of, 18.16. C7'" yy ■:■' '--•*"': :'vThe.average rate'for.Jtho ten years preceding 1910,'- however, \twasi 4.79. f "United States*comes' next with an »▼- '•rage rate :for the iam©* period-of 3.43. ^Per haps, the worst aspect.of tbei'Sltua- tion.isltb's7.fSiCt .'that;tho 'death rati from 'coal mine .accidents':.has -been steadily osf tthe Incriias* la Canada for jsT. nuraber.,of /y^rs..*-7^n!(A;^lnlmum ; rati of 'i.83i^as ■«s«ra^"Jiarl897.'- -; " . '-'•-"' /., ,-St" ;'".-. <*"c>" *;,* ' -,\" 7. 'Ellmtnato;-Ui.*7Dangsr; yyini 1909-^6 rVte'iras^XzLfr' -/During -..the sametim* there has been a steady • aecreaie In all leading KuropeaB cou'n- ,- tries. t - ^v.- _, -^ -ij-;-,..-""-,\ - - -:=> It"' would, i-of - cofawei^be, 'unreason- ; able,to expect that the^loisibf life and the low constant .death rates in* Belgium and Great Britain', y Coal; mine explosions are muchmore frequent in Canada: and the United States than In,any of the European countries. The following • example" is' exceedingly significant: I In, 1850 tbe fatality rate in Belgian-coal mines'was as high aa.tho preaeht-Canadian death rate,"while at the present time it averages tbe lowest in the world. This decline in the death rate was due.to the combined efforts of mine, owners, workmen, and administration of. nilnes. to 'diffusion of' technical and,- professional know-" Iedger aid-to administrative organization for scientific study of accidents. 7 7 . In Metaillferoue Mine* Although;the teath rate" in metalliferous mlnea in Canada is lower, than in the coall mines" It; is"much higher thin ia any of the European countries. The death rate in Canada for thb period 1900 to ,1909Jwa»"'3.82r, » ''■,} \ 'S WIth'the' exWptio'ri^of KImberiey diamond mines and Transvaal where native "and "Chinese labor, are employed, ELECTRIC RY. F0H.PASS J ' '•,' A Venture That Has Been 'Mooted for Years is 77, Taking Shape -.Tho construction of a" spur track of the Edmonton street railway to a local coal mine.or the-operation, of a coal mine by^the city connected with Its street railway, is the plan, suggested ,l should be, and a delegate sent to Chairman of - the Committee on Cre- dentlals.^;. - ,-" ' , ' - | 7 Revenue.—"The revenue .of the Federation shall be,.,aerived as follows:: A per* capita tax of one cent' per' member per month from all local unions; from central bodies, fifty cents per month. AU monies shall be payable in, advance to the Secretary of the Federation in, two half-yearly Instalments due and payable ln June and December of each year." If your organization la not affiliated, property could'b'e/entirely-done away, the fatality. 7 rate "during'this-period • «_k' *. ■'•'--'"■-/?ly-v*Vr •'-> «■ «_l * - •"! "■■*• ■"' '^ '*a#»a* * ' *i\n*\\ ** '" s ^ ' ij' 4i_« ■* 7 with j but-«xpefi»nee:has shown -that ; 7 cftMfulinye^lgatloi of conditions will' ''-•j-polnt^tho.'-way.'-td the "remedying-, of .iTmanyiabuaBa.''^"" *"™ ■-->- - • -'■ \ That- the*"daniger.**ln-.cbal fmlnlng7;ls being largely. elimlBated; is shown by 1900 -to., 1909) - .was considerably^ lower elsewhere than ih Canada."-'.' It requires, no discussion, ..says' th«;'repbrt','vto -emphasiz4„&^ quIry,"iijto;the wtoWrsuhject7ot fatal aWtento^ln'"mb)*aafii^CBhada.\-''--"^,.v '-.*,'.■,*>■•?..;•->.•. iy\f.y 0 ",".v*".p-y- Applicatlon will be made to the government at the present session.of the prpyincial'parliament for the right to construct,.and. operate an electric railway'.along'the Pass,' from. Cowley on the east to Cro^r. Nest Lake on the west/Ty y "■•-. y :"7 y ; W.A.jBoebe is acting as "agent for the applicants; and in an" interview he states * thmt'already"- theer • was available, sufficient capital with which to construct and put ih operation .the proposed, electric railway. ' Mr.'Beebe further- declared that - should ;the government, consider'''the * application' fa- vdrably/.wbrk would-be commenced on the new; railroad as soon^'as the warm weather commences, ry.y ';-;-' The, electric,'railroad .will .run from Cowley,,to ,7Lundbreck,^,theh7,"nortb across* th«. C." P.I,R.*.a'nd west t'o Bur? miBs, * Passburg, Maple' Leaf, Bellevue andSHlllcrest, Frank,( Blairmore, Coleman Carbdndale'then" south acrossl by Commlssloner.Candy for the reduction of the cost in the operation, of the power plant.-".' At the present time no less than seven cars of coal are,consumed dally at the plant, Involving large cost for, transportation ln addition to placing the city very much at the morcy of the,rail way companies for prompt delivery -of coal neelel. The, proposal of Commissioner Candy Is that,-if possible', a permanent contract be made with one of the local mines and, that the costof transportation be reduced by tbe^ construction of a spur of the': street', .railway to= the mine. Falling this arrangement, the commissioner ia believed to be prepar- ed; to, recommend the purchase of a mine byjthej.cityr,'.,1'' v. .The cost, of fuel has fo rsome'tlme past-:represented "one of the largest expenses of the/plant. During;the past few. -months' Hthis has, been appreciably reduced'by the Installation ot coal conveyors."'which lay for two years Unused and .exposed to the weather. The installation of these, conveyors'has already.' reduced' the cost of transportating the fuel: " If a mine is purchased and operated by the city," the spur 'bf'the'street railway would be so" constructed that the coal could be dumped"ihtbvthe bunkers' and a considerable 'saying ■ of labor would thus resulL'7.-H--, -'- tbe convention Further Information of any kind on this subject will bo .furnished immediately upon application to Victor R. Mldley„ Secretary-Treasurer, Box 1195, Vancouver, B. C. ' BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCIAL FEDERATION OF LABOR—Meets ln annual convention ln January of each year; Executive'-Offlcers.igil-lZ, President, J. C. Watters, u527, Rithet St., Victoria; first vice-president, J. W. Wilkinson, Box' 1195, Vancouver; second vice-president, R. A. Stoiiey, Box 965, New Westminster; third vice-president, Christian'SJlvert'z, 1278 Den- man Street,,Victoria; fourth vice-pre- sident^Jas. H. McVety, 1744 Broadway west, Vancouver;"- general secretary, R. Farm Pettipiece, 2349 St. Catherines Street, Vancouver; secretary-treasurer, Victor R. Mldgley, Box 1195 Vancouver; delegate to Trades and Labor Congress .of Canada, J. C. Watters; frateratl delegate to Washington State Federation of Labor, R. Parm Pettl- pleco. ; 7 VICTOR R.°MIDGLEY, . '„ Secretary-Treas. CIVIC ELECTION POT BOILING UP Candidates for the Mayoralty and Aldermanic Board Interviewed Respecting Platform AMASS MEETING WEDNESDAY ^—1: __, MINERS ^LAN.TOlSTRIKE >i IN SOUTHERN COLOFIADO GIGANTIC MINERS southern C; DENVER!*' Colo.rDec>4-Ten,thousand .-men . In/the ^coal-'fieldsvbf Colorado .threaten. to strike.^.../ * - i ,. - -. _i ( --v *».>.>V^ ^, ~ ,- - -• yjf'they/do'itwlll be against the^ad* yloe,"et;Deputy' state^bor'Coi^Ui; ~ sioner 'Edwin,.Braker;? Frank.'^mjftb, , president of the Colorado United "Mine 1 Workers^ahd '-"Jbhn'';,!Lawsph ^of,,.;. tbjp. .United' Miners'..executive committee. While .declaring a strike .now Is' inadvisable these jame ' officials charge, ,that conditions are.Intolerable. ' r;., , K - STRIKE M| FEARED C. PROVINCIAL PEDERATION.OF >',' ,-■/ ;"7';• LASOR" s THE REAL PROBLEM CONVENTION CALL l^l 'J-*' v- "'■„,,;- .Get. Short. Weights;, ; ,;'* :';>Thoy assert: Thattbe'ihlners are . getting short weights In the coal they mlue; .that.ThV operators arbitrarily reduce tbe mlners'.'payj'.jtbat excessiye hospital- fees' are exacted;^,that the , men are denied7 a •'plt'cpminltteo";* that the^moh'are'compelied to buy r supplies from. the "company, paying i exorbUnnt prices; that the oporatori are Issuing^ scrip.:ln violation of the state law. and that the ra'ners aro com polled,to.sell It,at a discount. The miners'havo, alroady asked Attorney Oeneral Qrlfflths tb.proijeciito "; tho" onorators for "isBulng script and * - this may bo dbno. 7 , Not Organised ' Tho mon aro not mombors bf tho United Mine Workers, althougb thoy bavb been advising with thoso official Ih tho prist/" Blako .and tbo Unltod Mine officials'teaT that many of tho ■n strikers would starve should thoy go ' out now, as/they havo nothing to fall, /back'upon. THB LATE WM, PBARCE li News was received during the week of the'' death at Daynos, II. 0„ on Deo, 28, of Wm. Pearce, a former real-, dent of Fernio Annex. He Ib survived by a wife and six children, tlie eldest a boy of cloven and tlio youngest1 four month's old. A brother' II. ' Pearce, resides In this olty. New. Year. Finds'Britain Seething .with -. >\."*""-r 7*7''; Unrest 7vA-.^??>>'/i.^ bpv •*7,.:L>^-.f ,.rrr?r^.-* yy"- \i^ ' - LONDON, Dec. 31,-rThe >v old.« year goerSyut In a darkness of labor.unrest, which, seemed Quieter for awhile,. butY then burst into more disastrous confla-: gyatibh.77^ 7,. -, . ••'■'7 yyS.-" : All.Lancashlre is In a ferment with more than a quarter of a million persons threatened with starvation, owing to the dispute .between the trade-.unions and one or two men and women, wbo recuse tb Join the union. '. Slmlljjrlyn.a-Btrlke .of even more gl-" gatiilrmagnitude is.looming among tho mluerb, wbo demand a minimum wage .which the masters refuse, -The relapse into'a labor war cornea as a disagreeable surprlso as the resources, of tho unions, woro considered to be exhausted by'tho strlko In the summer. tbe. C. P/j-R*-- and -west*, to,-the'lakes, making in all a track of about twenty- five miies inYlengtb:'" The estimated cost of BTadlhgthe rbad.1l purchasing rails and' completing'the* how system is |250,000r^f» -VfHf*''' ''S v "I '''"', '•vAnht Ml-Mif-l fr*-* "-"jnc <*"*,nnl3 to the Michel omplov-ften of the rom- pnny. Mr. Wilson spoko nt thoio affairs of tbe desire on his part to make tho mlnos safe for tho workers, nnd roferred to tho fire and pit bosiou' •flromlRftrt flvn dnllnrs n month Inpri-nno during tbo strlko, which Is still duo to the men, ' In this connection' ho humorously remarked that ttie banquet should offset this and tbat they should iory quits, / To the .Officers; and jMembers of Inter- Batlbnal-Local Unions in Province of '.British Columbia." Greeting: ■ . "Fellow Unionists,-—At a meeting of the*r Executive • Committee, held,, on Dec'ember;8,^i9li^'l was instructed to ad vise7you: that th«*3at« of the'second annj-al convention ofHhe' B."'C. Pro^' vlncjal .Federation' of Labor has" been_ fixed:"fqr.. Monday,' January 22,-, 1912," The session will convene" In Labor Hall; Victoria, B. C, at 10 a.m. and continue..until the business of tbe convention has-been completed, 'The, Executive Board will convene in Victoria, on Friday, 'Jan. 19, 'for'the purpose-of preparing reports, striking committees', and, making ;ready, an agenda for the convention. ' It, Is. therefore Important that all suggestions' for legislative 'demands bo forwarded to the executive prior to that date. - ' Nevor, was there such need for a bumpor .convention, and 'never before will thore havo been such a largo rn- prcsontatlon„of organized labor In British Columbia asBemblod In convention. . . The work of our last. convention has Justified.thb organization of tlio B. C, Federation of Lnbor, Tlio com- lng convention will mnko history for the labor'movement In this provlnro. Bond a delegate;-Bond a llvo one; send "ono who knows what wo want and who Is wIlllngHo fight for It. The' convontlon will adjourn In n body to tho provincial government executive council-chamber'to proscnt tho domnnds .of organized1 labor, nnil Insist on hnvlng thorn placed upon tho statutes and enforced, - .Representation:—"Soo, 2. Knch organization nfflllntcd with tho Provincial Federation shall.ho ontltlod to representation on tho following basto: "Each Lnbor Union shall bo ontltlod to two dolegiitOH for lho first one hundrod mombors or loss, nnd ono delegate for oncli additional hundrod members or major fraction thereof, " "Central Lnbor Ilodlos Hliitll bo entitled to two delogntoB each, Do1n< gates from Central Tlodloi shall bu members of Unions affiliated with tho Provincial Fotloratlon. "No Proxloa shall be allowed. "No dolcgnto shnll bo ontltlod to n aont at the/convention who Ib hof.nn active mombor of tbe tinlorl from "->>'l.tCut 'li. |> tbe ^Secretary ef the Provincial Federation at losat two weeks previous to tho date of the convention, nnd deliver the other to the Committee on Credentials. , "No credentials shall be eon*»l«Wd 7 The Hindus are sober but they starve by millions while the rice which they have produced stands in the warehouse of their-master. - The Hindus does' not own' the' field—if he did he heed not starve for the -fruit of his hands."' ,.■' *■ ',".- " ' ' .' ^r -The, women of this country are tem- perahc*e7advocatea7a's_a__rule iThey, As the time for elections draws nearer municipal politics aro being taken more seriously, and the probabilities and chances of the various candidates' more fully discussed. Up to the hour of going to press we understand that the old council will all 'stand for reelection, although Aid. Mclntyre has not made a definite decision. From Interviews .with a number of the can-~ didates there are very few of them who are running under the auspices of- the moral reformers.' Whilst the majority of these favor certain moral reforms, not only on Sunday, but every'day in-tbe week, there are very few who are prepared to go tho whole bog. One and all are anxious to see a clean city, but only two or three are ln favor of a closed Sunday. Candidates for tho, Mayoralty , "; A. W .Bleasaell.in-an Interview stated that he Ib not allied to any party, and runs on his own merits. He recognizes that much work is in store for the Incoming council, and many improvements are" needed,-'-but not. on. the lines as mapped out by-the moral reformers. He ls in favor of a stricter survlllance of tbe Jlquof traffic, but is.adverse to-putting tlie lid down on other-public resorts on Sunday. The public he "-considers are entitled to some consideration, and to take away preach' and practise, temperance. ° - Henry,;Siegel of the Siegel-Cooper" store ln'-New.'york-b'uys $10,000 worth of flowers for his' daughter's wedding breakfast table) His sober, Industrious shop girls lunch on a vanilla v/afer and a plekle. ; 7 If .'you men were.,*, as sober as"4hey you ."mlght^a'as" ricju Wouldn't rth.at bp finer.; ' .,, -,. ; ■'■• "But-wet or."dry,Jthe"worker's. proh-, lem is V*re:'x ^"And it will be here until the working cfaas shall" ditch all bogus political issues^-prohlbltlon,, commission' form r'bf' government, and. what not; It .will be here until* we vote into being "an industrial democracy, the right ;of overy 'person to employment and.tho distribution of dlyldonda "among, all-who" give'useful service instead of tbe pariisIteB who live,by rent, Intorest and' profltv-rTbe Common-; wealth. airtbeir.libertjes"onthat day, tbe only" day they are free to make,use bf it, is neither fair nor Just. - " Thos. Beck, on the other'hand, when ■ Interviewed, spoke but candidly, for a closed Sunday, and tight at that. On' this point he was particularly emphatic, and considered that.as good as any place on Sunday was -in tho church. Asked as to how one is to , spend his time after the church hours , reply was that that question, can best be answered, by the Individual him-., self, in fact, each one-is to work out his own salvation. *. - Mast' Meeting * A mass meeting will be held on Wednesday evening next in the Grand - Theatre at which the candidates will ,' be present to air their views, and la- --', cidentally to get hotshots fired' at '' them. ~S" ' ' , , Nomination Day . Nominations will be accepted at the City Hall bn Monday afternbon' bef>' ween'1-and 3 o'clock by City Clerk Barclay. The qualifications'for-Mayor. ls $1,000 in real estate registered ln - his name, and 'for 'Alderman $500 in property. ',.'.. y School Board . Two school. commissioners will be elected on Thursday at the same time aa tbose for mayor' and aldermen. Nominations for-these will likewise,, take place oh; Monday, at tho same,, time.; The only qualification for, this."' offlcens"~that—the."candidates' name - must be on the City voters'.Hat. ./ SCHOOL RE-OPENING r. -^s BIG COAL MERGER RUSSIAN 8AILOR8 REVOLT ParentB' "and, guardians^; living , In Fernl-?, West Fernie', and Fernie Annex, would *do"welI**td remember tbat hew pupils eritorlrig fherprimer clt-asos of .the public schools should ftart'.be- fore January 13th, or they can not lie received before Easter. As the schools are now very crowded It may' be Impossible tb place advantageously any new pupils unless their'names are banded to Principal, Bruce not later than the morning of Monday, January 8th. A. 8. GOODEVE, M,P„ MEET8 MINING DELEGATION A. S. Goodovo, M.P., declared hts entire sympathy with tho resolutions put before hlra on Wednesday afternoon at a representative gathering of'mining mon nt Nelson, and said that he would do all In hla powor to hnvo their views carried out. The resolutions, passed LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Forty ;tbousana acres of ..Western Kentucky lands, re-,- presentatlng a valuation of approximately $5,000,000,'are1 Involved In.the merger effected'here recently of fourteen "mining operations lying along tbo main line of the Illinois Central railroad. ' Tlie new company will be known as the Kentucky Fuel .Company. A COAL COMBINE 18 FINED V"-'' ' , r< Australian,-Court Asks Each Member of Trmt to Pay I2.80O BERLIN, Dec, 26.—Snilora " in tho naval ordnance yard at St, Petersburg mutinied today and aro now ungated In a battle, with troops, according to a nows agency dispatch,. Soveral ofjthe soldiers Bent to quell tho outbreak "aro !at tho last mining convention, Included said to have been seriously wounded. I asking tho fodornl government to np- Tho Bailors aro strongly Intrenched point a spoclnl commission to InvoHtl- and aro prepared to hold out forj*omo, gnto tho sllver-load-zlnc Industry ond tlmo, says the "dispatches. j to vreoto a portfolio of "mines. SYDNEY AuBtralla,, Jnn. l.—The* prosecution against the coal combine, on whom,writs wero served on August > 20, 1910, -for broaches' of "tho Austra- ' laslnn antl-truit lnw, rcBultod. today. In each member" bolng fined $2,500 by tho federal court. Tlio prosecution wns Instltutod.by the federal govomment in consoqu- onco' of tho nctlon of the mombors of tho comblno In keeping, up the prices of coal. , Tho court grnntod an Injunction agalnBt tbe combine continuing their {'monopoly," _/ AFTER LABOR UNIONS Charged With Restraint of Trade in Asking For , ■"■*> i ■ Better Conditions ~ ECHOES OF McNAMARAS CASE I FOUR LABOR LEADER8 ARRESTED IN •FRI8CO KANSAS CITY, Mo.—To iinswor what tbev believe Is a govornmont proncciitlon under tho Sherman mill- trust law chnrglng Ihom with restraint of trade, tho first suit of thnt nnturo against tho federated unions of tho Ilarrlmnn linos or nny of tholr offlcors. Last October whllo holdlnR rourt nt Cairo, District Judge Wright lusuod nn Injunction restraining tho labor or- " 1,08 ANG10L13S, Jan. l.~-Olnf Tvolt- moro, of Son Frnnclsco, 8i»cr<*tiH'y.tron« Buror of tho Cnllfornln atnto building trades council, proiolilont of tho Asiatic exclusion Icnguo, nnd trusted nontenant of Mnyor P. P. McCarthy of Bnn Frnnclsro • Anton .Tolintinsflii, of ("oi'lo Mndoro, Cnllfornln, orgiuilvor for tlio stnto building tnulo council: K. Man- soy, nf Hnll Lake City, socrotnry nnd l-tibliseHH rifjont thore of tho Interna- tlonnl association of brldgo nnd structural Iron workers, throo labor loaders not previously charged with padtlclpnt- Ing In the dynamite rotu-plrnny, wore Indicted by llio fodornl grnnd Jury, nnd woro taken Into custody In I/Os An- ttuiuij, iduy were roluaseil un $u,uu0 1«1J. I A report comes from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia that a number of mcr have left there for this district, and tbat" some of these are agitators against orgnnlsed labor. Tt' Is stated tbat an agout from tone cosl company at Tabor ha* been going about that part ef the country gathering In men •trlko-broakera and non-union men. One especially is said to bo of most tlsVeputable character, During tbe itrifce down there be went about wltb tbe Riot Act in bis pocket, and read It wherever be found a few.men on picket, He doesn't look lifce a miner, In fact be was clerking for a number of years, but for tbt past few yeairs -most of whom are reputed to be^ has hen acting a i "■potter." „ On one.occasion Governor Dick Og- feaby went down to Jollet to Inspact the state prison/and (n one of tho eells bOjfouhd a very ujiy wan.' "How did you get In borer asked Oileiby. "Abductlpn,» was the reply; "I tried to run off wltb a girl and they caught me" "I'll pardon you u soon os I a-af Miek to aprlngfleM/ mtd the ro«- ernor; "I don't see hew yen conld expect to get a wlfo (a any other way.-- l»ntltMlt(Winrlnif will be I govornmont to nppw on Jnnunry 1st bold on Tucsdny. Tliere nro rumors In the United States Circuit court's that prosecutions will grow «ut of the Injunction proceedings. , B, A. Clnncey, of San>Francisco, is tho labor lenders thoy might appear'th„ follrth mBn lm,y. risn«*<»y waa ut u.tuhU AUU **il*J*-lii■-'•, .,r.... - a , r^5'^.-x^Jt tV..X*'--- *-'., 7v*~j"->'i>.^rir "-.'«-:'*-'i *.. ~., ' ■. ~* - -"*>.,-~ \v-.-i ., , .--^yyy- vy.y ■ ■: 7.-v:,>^*^?--;^^.^-\-'^5^^' 7 ~ *^;y^7; PAGE TWO THE DISTRICT.LEDGER, FERNIE, B. 0.;-JANUARY 6, 1912 .7;^ ASmFNEARER Victor Berber Introduces BillPbr ■ 7'* " ' - i"7'.- . '" '" '* .-.-y'1 -"7"7*"■'-'^"' " .'"-"."V"t"*" '.-"* T^e Nationalization of All -, " sThe Trusts s v?:\H . /WASHINGTON.—"When business ' concerns have reached a magnitude \-whereby they can control"the output or the prices in an industry, it is tbe ' imperative duty o„f the government to condemn and acquire their'properties, and 'to" own and operate them for the common good." ' This is the view of Victor L. Berger, the Socialist Representative of Wisconsin, according to a bill he Intro- - ducec at the oponing'of Congress recently. ' , . ' It has been thoroughly, proved," says Eerger ln the Introduction to his , bill, "lhat- the' various legislative attempts that have been made to- check •"* the concentration of capital have" been "• based upon lack of knowledge and a - misunderstanding of. economic - development. The trusts,are an inevitable outcome?of the. natural-evolution In -industry,'arid cannot bo"' destroyed" without checking the progress bf civilization'. *. ■ -. \.y - -.:'' - y • ,. , .,- ■*, ,-,.-' "Tlie,Sherman Antitrust' Law for the last twenty yearSjhave not only eh-' tirely failed to bring about the'anticipated results, but, on the contrary, has" created constant litigation, and has brought frequent disturbances to commerce and industry. " The' trusts' intended to be controlled by this act " have steadily augumented their power, , have enormously, increased, the price ;of commodities and have forced down the general standard,of living of millions of wage earners in the nation. "Through their "ability' to fix prices and to determine-the'quality of commodities and' the volume of production, these trusts have attained an ' almost - sovereign power' over the - health and lives of the people. These trusts have •' also virtually abolished the possibility of private ownership in " a trustified"industry. 7 *. "-. .Berger's bill-provides: '" " "';" ,- '"Tha't^ whenever the-'-marketable "" output' of any "company, partnership, association or corporation engaged in, manufacturing or mining ..a product, by the government for it to absorb a monopoly. *° ; "That upon notification to the'Congress by the Commissioner o.f Corporations of the fact of such precentage of the said total output being produced by any association or combination, the Congress shall select, a Joint commission of' five members of the" House and two of whom shall be members of the Senate. This ' joint commission shall appoint and Install a receiver' for the said plant who shall take possession of tho same, and the said Joint commission shall thereupon appoint .a Jury of twelve experts,who shall appraise the actual physical valuation of. the tangible property, real or persona), of the said plant.. y"That the said receiver, acting under the authority of the said joint commission,shall thereupon! "cause to be Issued bonds, in denominations of $50, bearings Interest at _the, rate' of 2 per cent per, annum to the aggregate value of,the ascertained valuation of.the/said plant or,plants, and shall offer these to.be exchanged at a pro fata,vaIueof tho shares and bonds or certificates of -"* / ' r, , * v ownership of the association owning said plant' or ""plants. - -. 7 \, f""7 ; ."That Imcase of the'.refusaV'oMhe owners of any such plant or plants to surrender their,-properties ,.for the value,.offered, it ,sball bo. the duty',of the' "president., to employ "such means as may be necessary to take possession of.the .same. .' - <., ..,. .'^ .* . ■ "That .upon thefiJansfer oft ownership from private hands to.tlie..United States .Government, such plants .shall be' turned over to the. Bureau of Industries for management and, operation,, as hereinbefore set forth.'. ".That .'it shall .be the duty of", the said Bureau of Industries tor make .immediate, provision for the, institution" of-a sinking fund for the .retirement- pf; said, bonds after-the expiration, of not, more,than fifty years,".,-"", y ' -J^' :"^[6T"Tnterst^te"^"rairsportafibh or sale7 o'r' any two or more such associations'* 7%operating5riifaer<-"a1ri- 'agreement, ex-' ' press or tacit, shall be ascertained by tlievBureaiiVbf-Corporations^'be' 40 <-' per'cent' on'"mbre*'-rof* the"'total'output for the- United' States In the' industry. in which such' association 'or ^cbmb'ina- tion of associations''is''engaged;^'the plant" or plants' of said ^assbclatlofip'br combination *-shall1 be" acquired "find •owned' and.operated"* by tlio United States- GoVw-nment'for'tho benefit of the whole-people." ■ •-'' Presiding .for the repeal of the" Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Ropresentn- tlyehBprgor.'a. bill authorizes Congress to' create''n "'Bureau of Industries under tlie De'paVtmbnt of Commorco and Labor for the management and opera- . tion of such plantB ns- tho govornmont may acquire. Such plants nro to bo operated on a workday of olght hours, nnd undo.r at tho least, tho rate . of wages, prevailing In tho respective Industries, of which thoy are a part. Tho following provisions In Borgor's bill show tho steps that nro to bo taken COD LIVER OIL WITH THE OIL TAKEN OUT A Triumph of Chemistry nnd Pharmao-iutletl Skill OU from tho liver of tho cod-flih bu been used for ages as a preventive of dinowio and a restorative ' For a long timo it lina been tho gonoral opinion that tho medicinal valuo of Cod Liver Oil waa tho greasy, oily part itaolf —its only drawback boing tho unpala- toblo, fishy tasto of tho oil, From the first exports havo been trying to find means to mnko it moro palatable. Thoy uocd to "cut" It with whisky-take ft In wine—flavor It with lemon juice— anything to get away from tbat abominable finny tasto and 'smell, Lots of pooplo ntlll tnko it In Emul* filon form, which is nothing moro than '"churned" oil—broken up—but still granny, oily nnd a atraln on tho digestion, Doctors woro slow to find out that the oil was a distinct drawbnok to the modlcinnl principles contained in tbe cod liver. Cnnlo oil Is qulto Indigestible, and will, In timo, put tho strongest stomach out ol ordor. A way has now been diaeovercd to do QUICKLY" STOPS COUQHS, CURES COLDS, HEALS THE THROAT .AND LUNGS, 25 CENTS WHERE DID.YOU GET THAT ■**" "<• "MILLION '-"." '"' ■ '• - '." " "By'Alex, T. Cairns • \yhere_dld;you got, that million,'sir? Out-of, the life blood, of'your slave's, 'Out of a woman's "scalding, tears, - Out'\of • the' "children's tro'mbllhg , fears, Out of the crimson" crime of knaves— That's where'you^ot'-tbat million•■ , v Where did'you get that.mililon,'sir? Out or the , bartered shame 'of ■ tho strbot, Out of the poverty grim as dospalr, ' Out of tho 'vagabond everywhere, Out of tho cold and shoeless foot,— That's where you got that million! ,Whoro did you got that million, sir? Out of tlio,'fraud of the sabio gown, Ont of tlio loot of tho hallB of State, Out of deception and greed and hnto, Out of tho cry of tho millions down— That's whoro you got that million! notice Nomine workers .""-•* 7-7a"" 7-*''""" **•••*"■- •-t-'-y.- "y\"Men'Iafie"" xifged to sta^ awayj and Alberta.7>. ^n*Tere are hurirV areas who r nave not yet; com-.. , -meniced to: work since -the set-,, tlement^of the* atrike.7 -".'•• y lKl^^and "orgah"ief*;|^(^; ' 7 Weak'^and ^aslly-' conquered ^.wbeh' isolated; united' andJ 'superior number, wprkingmen "of" wo^en-rwill^-oiMe Wemsely^tny'incibie^;; It tfie7ftboHng* xlassey become'. cpnvinced- thatlunlty- an^;prgahi«ation is- their,'-onlyj-.salya--- tlQhi-^enJ,^e*^m^loyersi*^ soraTofywealth" also^will find ;put^that' if'dSes;nbtu'pa;'y' "to* gb^'tb ",war,.a7g'aihst hrgahizedT l'ibbr.Bakers'^Jourhair- 7 . *' NO DANGER OF ANY SHORTAGE IN THE BRITISH COALMINE "gree has Socialist"; ficUvitif'-'b^ 'B'iirope and the' ]bnlted';j^ataEh alarmed- the :-t!ontrollte'B«fB&tionw;of'--"die' ;"rjnIonlsl -party, in-vthts "country -. that a-'movement' has'.b'e^a^atarted."]to:tight ■ ,- i- it i * Home Secretary, points to Deposits ■ - „ Below 4000 Feet * ,* '" L0ND0N7Dec. 29.—The'.fear, expressed by Sir William' Ramsay in bis roceut speech to the British Assoc'ia-" tlcn -"hat the'cb'al Bupply^ of the"country would be. completely exhausted, ju 175 yca-s '\y'is by & i means borne*, out by Mr. McKenna"'(the ,Home Seae-. tary). In , reply 'to questions' 'in 'the' House...6f Commons! * .'•*,, ,7';.'•- -.■'*.',■.' •- x ■* '""', - ■ *•• >' ,:Sir,-William;^ Ramsay ., pointed, ,out that nations, were really governed, by the''relative'-price of coal, and\"wheh our77prIces rise owing to the.approaching exhaustion of our supplies, ,we may- look , forward,!! he said, "to, the. near approach of famine and, misery." - ?7Mr....IiicKenn"a.'saId he noticed that Sir^yillia'm's forecast of the probable duration -of -the. coal, supplies of the country-.did-not take into considera-, tion- certain factors-which have an im-. portantbearing on the" question. ,i, In the first place, his estimate took no *" a'ceount -, of - the large amount of coal - in the,fields,unproved at the time of the inquiry of the Royal commis-" "sion,.nor-"of."the amount-of coal lying belpw7he depth of, 4,000 feet, which tne commission.took.to-be the present .limit, of*workable.coal, but ,which.,it may,.lje\fouhd,J possible hereafter to exceed..,7^ / .,.„- ,- ,.*, ,- .y y Those two sources Jhe commission estimated;at' over SO.OOP.O.OO.ffOOi and fi,'opo,6po,('0.o;..tons respectively,.or..together.? nearly,: half as much as .'the ambuntTof 7cbal7estimate57to ."existTh" the proyed,.fields.. ,, ',..'.. *. ,.'.,--..'.■' ,. In thevsecond^. place, Sir ..Wil^amls estimate .was .based on the assumptlqn^ that;the putput.of coal would continue at any,rate-;for,some time, to increase at, the same, rate as*,in the past. Tl*e' commission on.,the other hand,,7considered tha,t. at a, time not far distant^ the. rate ,-of .Increase of . output would, become slo\ver, .to be .followed by, a perlod,-pf-stationary output,, and then a gradual„'decllno. . , ...,, ' , ■ Mr. McKenna.added.thn,t the suggestion which Sir, .W.., Ramsay wasv,re- ported, to ljavo mado, that .parliament should Impose,a penalty.on,.wasteful' expenditure of,energy supplies,.-,would, invblvo an,amount of control over.tho. Industries pf tho country which,.undor present conditions, it would bo Impossible for, any government to under-i take.,/, 7 ," ,.-,., Tlio commission looked forward to tho Introduction of consldorablo economics ' in the future, hnd \ ho' (^Ir. McKenna) .was advised that .both,'in tho working and hi tho using of coal progress was being mado in .that direction." " „' '. .' . In Unity Our Lies , Orgnnlzod cnpital can always vnn- qutBh dlaorgnnlzod labor. It Iiiih dono it a tlioiiHiind tlmo and It- will contlnuo- to do It until nil workingmen nro closer united nnd"" stand by ono nnotlior, If lho workmen only would refloct wlint thoy enn nccompllnh by unity, or whnt orgnnlzod lnbor nl- rondy 1ms Knlnod nnd thon notico bow the iinoiKiuilzod lnhorlnp; cIiibhob have been ilogrndod nnd tholr rlRbtfl. moro nnd mni-o illnrognrdod by the employers and posucseorn of wealth, The employers look down upon the unorRnnlKod tolling mnsBos nnd mnko This Is dono byPSvl'ng bo,,ovo not to ,{now tm u ,H ,nbor A way uiu now been aucovereu to ao away with tho greaso and lltn smelt, and yet retain all tbe medicinal properties ol tho liver. This Is dono by removing tho frcah oil from tho now livers. Tho thnt kcopn society tofjotlior. Tho liver pulp Is thon reduced to tbe form [don hns tnkon root In tholr crnnlum llil-) ilVvr VHWrtOKCOHH'll'tU W(Ul toll M« i •—""•' «> '■ — - -! ■•"■'- ..,^..„..„ irw-t, of mtvlt, pnd bcMln*- •wild rbrrr-/. Mn \h\v l>l<*n™thov *tr*»nt thr* por,-*!-*., It It also contains thbtruohypophnimhitos,'apponrs'tn tho olmorver as If tlm poh- Tills Combination makl* Nyals Cod ana»nra nf tvnnlM*. »nn*/n It n • rnmilnr Uvtt Comnflund a dollflous tonle-S* ,° wonlth mnko It a roKUlnr builds up'the-system, snd msVes you »t«(1y tf> constantly press lnbor to a stron '""""*""""" "" '" ------ ng. Talce It when you feel vournelf loolnx your even tl bottle. grip. Ill a pleasure-, to take- lbs children like it. $1,00 per luge ! lower lovol nnd curtail tho necessaries of Mfn for thfi tnllnr «f> tl»*»t tbnlr sburo of tho productions ot labor may constantly Incrcnuo. Where Is tho If you try this remedy wn know you limit, how deeply can a worklnnmnn will be pleased. Nyal Hemedies wo sin- 1)0 degraded t Tho limit that Is our ?*iuM SIS3. iiD9 cnrnc,,t op,n,on ,,hay,- root' crops' and dairy products^; -*■.* /'■- ■ • . i . yyy uisWhlleiW^^reiinclined-td^lhirilEitb'at •the-wheat.'cropswili be several niillion' bushels'less "than" 180,000,000 'there Is no .doubt that'the higher prices "for ■the ,low .grades, will compensate, for; lospoB-in the production of hlgbgrades.' .-,i--"'Mr..Angusvdrejp attention tp i,he"'im- portant factors creating- active "industrial conditions.^-British-and foreign capital-has,; been .invested freely-.-in, the*Dominion',ytha. stream of-immlgra- «tipn;continues,' and railroad •edustru'e- tlqn Ib proceeding apace.,1 . Ready-made' farms, ho says cannot beisupplied'fast, enpugh-ito moet-ithe wants' of would-be, sattlors.', - We -would: prefer that' Mr. Angus should not.-placo omphaslHupon \iie statement.' that, rallwny enterprise is, being followed .'by largo landholders ,nnd,..capitnrlsts,.bf Great Britain, who, from.patriotic, motives .in some instanc- ob, are making, such InvoBtmentB. * We are Incllnod to believe that tho primary reasons nre that such Investments are good business,, and, are madoln-onp of tho .most attractive lnvostmont fields In tho- world. „ Incldontnlly, patriotism may figurp..; .,' '■> * , < . v Dealing particularly with tho industrial position, Mr.- Angus- statod that manufacturers bave been fully, occupied, .and that.now industries of every description aro bolng created In overy part of tho Dominion. . Tho, Iron nnd hardware trado and groceries nredodd edly good. A largo nnd profitable business ln boots and shoos has booh transacted notwithstanding tho,high prlco of leather. Tho dry goods trado,/wan somewhat unsatisfactory, stocks, bolng henvy nnd demand light In-tho nprlng, thin bolng largely n legacy of tho previous yonr, Improvomontjfl .boing mndo with much bottor proBpoctB' Woolen nnd worsted mnnufnoturorB Buffered from the compotltlon of foreign Imports, Hnffllsh goods Intended for tho ovor-Htockod American mnrkot being sold horo.—Tbo Monetary Times. THE TRAMP PHILOSOPHER 7 -V* red,' Rbbespierejvarlet*y.that knows'ho God;an*!.Is callous of the real"interests of:ineh"land*.wbmen^^^^^ Promoters'-' bf .thef crusade "call - the. '-".v^"r.-.'-*- I used ter' think the'House of. Lords, - Haristocrats, sbtfe;;callB7'erQ77 '7-v Altho' them .socialist blbkese-^y-"'1' Wlv other name's-iceelhaul7"'emy*•*«* Fer-Instance "bloated rich,"., - .;... That name lis. gbod-erioUgb^for-such.- *■', ;■;. v --• • 7.-,- - i- - ' -,v. '• ■;, ""'- v",- •'-, *• I used tor think'as tHeywas gents:1 . As hacted on the strite, ' 7' '-"'*;'' Until I.read a'scrap'6' nbos""\'• ■' "■" About some'great debit 7 " \ '""<• On "Social problem's,"great .reform, Speech tikes tho* House'o' Lords by ,', '" storm.",, t "':*• ''"-* * ' -_. ■ ** '. * ,J-," ^. * ,v' *-.- ° Accordlh'"to "that scrap o'* print 11 never'will forget, " ' 7' "' Some gouty, old', bald-headed bloke, ', ,-As.wears, a.corohetv V\-A Waxed eloqUenVoh honest tqil',' And puttln'* tramps to 'till*, the soll.S';. ..-,■'' .' f.'-.„7"': -.|.."*. >,. .'• :.„%*', ,, Accordln'- ftf this ^queerr old', guy.;, ■ - The orful HfeTwe led.' '" ,7 7- Sleepin'^ in hay "ricks - and Bleb-like, . ■ And begginV^or .our; bread ""'/ ' Ought strite to give the'nation>ause (Loud cries ~ of "Yob" and great lap- -s7 "'."-plause)'.'5,'"-.-":" "-'-'" '",- , " "We-.was a'burden.on the rates,"-'*-'• .-vThe'sly.old'fox;declared,-. " '. •' "We • was a riuisarice' an^-a" pest," * "*' '■ •':"The"m'.was the views he •aired.*" ':'» "To -work wepught" ter he 'compelled. Orelse we'ought ter starve,"- be' held. Nahfaiin'tthat rich'! the llkes"'o'''im"',' '■■ vTerhay"o';us-tramp-blokes'.'< ."«•""•'*m "WeT'should ";be'*> forced •*to work;-br 7r7'i7 Starve,"' /i"*,.-<>i>(' ~u'7^''''\ ^lAin't-'that the'king-o';jokes?. '-'y'Sy. Lor'1-.'im' &s never done'a" stroke ;-'-f"-7* O" "honestVtbil," ain't tbat a jo^e?"'. r7 „"', .***.j,', ,.,-.'-,■. ,, • . ... .*-. .'7.1. -.*" ''..*'-■-y ; - ;■ -• -1".'1.; But-riah 1'knbw the cunning''game;':.\; ; .Thesly old schemer played,"**; "\y- Professional .jealousy ybu'.'ftet''; *; 7<_ •y-Was^.what1 made, "im* afratd.!. 'S y . y..y -^-Duncan-Campbell.- enemy th^'-'xed peril.",: '* One of^tbe'"prlncip'al7Unlbijist'pap- [,; :ers has'bpehlS'itB coi'umhs to'S'gene^*,.[ ral ;jJiscusBiph bf"- the-"macblhatlohs,"' of *H "'th6re:"wbo''.16oK'at all^fbrngsUhfough" a haise of red, who could sweep away'. tbeclpwhTdesirby'th^ the^teachingB\7bfv ChAstlahityYannuT the' marriage laws,- and,; floiilV'the' sacredness of the home.". .',_ ./„''-.'--;" y.'Clergymen of"all'denomination'^are- joining'tbe"movement. ;J'*\ • y <, PEOPLE NO LONGER FOOLED , ., 8AY8 CAPITALIST SHEET "v ■* ,., . -* 7; The"rSf.,Paul .-'(Minp.), News -ppblish-1 es,the" following1 editorial under^tho heading '"Trying to Fool the People." "Out In Los Angeies< the almost cer- taln.electlbn of a Socialist mayor has the old fogies and ringleaders scared to deathv ]_€"\-\ '.'.^•','/• ." r-y , "They seeri to avert the 7 Impending slaughter .by crying:, 'Socialism .wlir ruin the city's credit.'" They1-picture iijrass ,growing,7in/ the "streets*" of the city',",and people' un'able'tb sell or buy. "_. "But somehow or other the'scaree'ry isn't working.*. Prominent Wall Street" bankers have, .announced that .they- would "just as.'soon buy. Socialist bonds as; any other., kind 'if the security "is good.1'. ■ \•"••-. ,/.y7-':- 7- ■*;-., -7\.:' ' "The old 'game'-doesn't -work "as'.it did." ■ '7 -yy yyy t'*'ys 1 ^-'"That? game-is-'dead •" and -done for;- People haye' progressed.!', They cannot- be,fooled as eSsily'as they once'were by- the";self-seefcln'g poli'tlciahBl;'^ The average" man's flrst-cc-riceiTTln* thlsday. isito have' asdecentja g'oWrhme'nt"as average -humanity cah-sec'UreVahd'-hV- doesn't - caria< what* iiame"r'it' Isi-called' by. 7 >^77;«--.?^v«-'"f '•'■>ty{py: and -i.-'/ji^'i y,!:»v*:.• 7 yv -.>-7w^7 '.^.r-vi*,""!,^..^ '*,- '*yy -%jy -', vyT""'. ^ImiMoi^77 Sold oh'the.: ^Merits of; 7'?-)} Liniment ruined ,, if -;"Job .^Harrlman^ ia 7 elected.;*; mayor.','-. - -.-*«•■ \ <•>• .y.f1-". .-'.'J., i*- ".;.*;» URGE APPOINTMENT OF; 7 7 7 \ '*" •' LAB0R;C0MMI^8I0N IN U. 8. ,'. -. n-^ in' , . - -,~ '---r.-;.,. '*. .-*-"'"-- >* \* ■ ' . -,r. - ,' 7*- -a " *"■'■■•-' ,- . Should Have Powers Similar to*that - yot the Jnterytate^Commerce.-~Presl- ' '" dehV9Taft-Prom^ ''moBt" to" Bring" It About. '*. 7: ~7"7','; ; > \ "kl » - * ■ ' "^ . 1 ' ' "'■' ^ ■ * ■"" ' \ I ^ WASHINGTON,"pec.S29;^-U8ing the"' . MeNamara- ewe"'as,"ahjilluBtrationlof,- 7 ythmi might be-'expected-agaih;in"this"- '•,*•"! country, if labor, cbhdltidhs are hpt"1m7 -*;"" proved;;a)delegation, of Social;:WorliTy, ers^ toilay>' urged" -President; .-TaftJ to ]|^i 'creatp a j labor'."commission. :?• Such, a" / comiaission,-- the' "delegation »* told. Afie" ( presldent^'shbuld.'have -ppwera".cohe»& - istent.-.witb1 fttbel Interstate' commerce" commission,^ and ;rsbould -1 be *;.able Ho,- ^/,?; compel1:testimony;t,-It'shb'uld'liivesti- ;:'': gite and .makera'repbrt.'bf^the-indus";:..,'.' ";;"j trlai'cqnditlons-ln" six^of the"mostim-V- ;, 'portahV**states' -during .theTpasti v'fit,, *. Veava '' * J f v^V "',-'.•", .^■■»''""- --'■' •''■'■"' *!*• '-' -S President" Taft'was'deeply'lnterbstedV' *'• y.:r. ahd'/prbmised; to "do':aH.he"7possiblyj- •"..■?.. --,--- . ■ - . cpiald"*'fo'th'o;end.'that-'s^ ,w, -iySo-Los'7Angeles"'jsn't'going;to;be, sion.'shouidi'b'e" created."„*-y • SS''-':-- !! -. -t\v y.*:.- -' /-..- <''!->"--yy.y*:-' ..yry-' y''7yy ./-''"tr--"",'-.,., "? ■ .,■ *■'. - •■ ">-». 3i" ,-> Canadian Pacific Railway '■y\* ,;;.^--" _. .. ,,.,. "J .'-y •'-.*. h*J'.;i~'!■'■>"". *."■ - '.^•":7-Vi7.-->.',•**,-;*•-<- y-K'-'V^-?'. '-i-f,",-, l?.j>S ■;' , ,>;..r..y:yBy- Special Train fi^mS^y^y^jy^ ';:SpokonVWastf/Frlday,""' January BOi, .1912^".'.Tickets''on "said. January"'"," ;1rr^2n3rand;4rI31a.T^i''inalTretirrn71imit^ y "•""' '* -'- -y-'""1- -•"."•.'!'.!"'" •y.x"-'-^'- '•': ■■"v.--'-""-' >'v"-"" ' ,7S'!'7777"7%7 ^ . Fare from Fernie to Lbs - > \ *-• t*"----- .,-,-..-.»-,.,' i, < -«ir-"-*;-:-; .- ■■*■► ■-"*.?■*'•'■ 7. ■y.y y --,',.\y^"-. - - Going and returning vla,-.Spo,kane.;.-,-'.;. S,\.'..y. \\S~yy.,..-"htSf. $1,J1 >W'S# ''; ^Going jvia. Spbkahei returning .via Seattle .-">. \\'t\':.'ff\S. ;"f..; y $125" 20 ^':y 7 Above fares, include berth and meals from '.Sboliane"- on*" going 'trip," •' -Forffuirp'articulars^regardlng these' nnd 'btlier/Excurslon rdtes.T.ap*- "- ply tb nearest C.'P. Ity. agent, or to ■ ' ''/ " 7 7 ;-," ---,''...'7 ' ',,„'.. 7" J ., R. .G.'*,Me,NEILLIErDl8trJct Paa8'ehoeri..Agcnt,' Calgary^".Aita;. 7 ' "' "•.*'•v.^'v-.'-.v"!*"::'1-.- '-'7.^--'7- \'y ''-L \'~,; .■-l>-"--: . 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Ileal Estate C. E, Lyons ■" M. A. Kaitner Joe Qrafton ... Union Land Co^ Ltd., Natal, D. C. Hardware J. D. Quail Trltaa Weed Sewing Machines t Wm. SartM Your Bank Acct. , Bank of Oommerco Bank of Hamilton'1 ' ■ T7; Home, Bank ' Imperial Bank *• ■ " ' ' '•- V ' Lumber Supplies ■ Kennedy* Mangah, '- \ Fernie Lumber Co. ■ ' '_ , ■ ti i - ' Billiards and Pool V/, Ingram, Club Cigar Store.. Wines & Liquors , Pollnok Wlrie Co, ,y P, Carosella. , - How to travel , Oyer the Cr«at Northern Over the 0, P, R. Blacksmith ' *' r* miAhrx.iJ # When you're dry. ■ Mutx Extra 1 Livery & Cartage ' George Birton Professionals 1 DENTISTS •*. Or. Barbsr ,, . LAWYER* „ x EcksUln 4 UoTaggart Lawe 4 Fisher W. I. Pssrtsn, 8ttn«f r»]»>Hy, ♦ '-,♦:•' ". •*" ';;">:" ;;♦■,■„ ■;.'♦ ♦ , * •♦ * *■■♦ ♦. . ■■ * • "♦*,. ■ . * '* * ■*♦' * ♦ '■ a> IS ♦ ♦ • » ♦ ♦ ■■ ♦ If . ♦ ' ♦ ♦ ■'♦ J • * • ♦ ' * ♦ ♦ If ♦ If ♦ m ♦ 4 : i 1 1 *♦•♦*♦*♦*♦*♦*«**♦#♦**< • ♦*♦*♦*♦*♦*♦*-♦ •♦^♦♦♦^ i i •assa MMMM ■HHMiiHta. .^*;^V"^^m?r*~'iX"-'"-;. -- :.- - .- -. ;;-JhTr«*-.rw7L.VYour-p'pinipnJseems;to be that this ^ 4s ^entirely, the teultof ,.the ,U."-M^r.aW- 7of A.',' 'exclusive' ofbi'strlct'lS.- •yr'-i* '"7 •^ ; f7;.yYqb'*k'nW;'asj^ell as'J,; that organlz- & -' •". eel. labor has', met-.with\many' re"?erses; ,-■ andrdefeats^nbt in'particular'thymine" V- workers," buKallCorafts? >^ThIs '"can- "not' be Charged ph*rthe7wh'ole' tb "the'u! Fi Hh 7'*,M77^->*of 7AlV;ahd_'we. nSst-lopk"; for --., other;causes.--." - *y--,.vv—^?,..*»»-7'--: ',' The'workers' geherally^brganlze- for- the purpose, of ."'collective .bargaining,'' :_.hy-which-means they/hope tb enhance ■~*-th'e prlmjof-theirfohly/veommodlty'^- * labor power';.but" lacking a khowiedge - of-the law's^'governing ''commodities;'; '-.-they"' often -find ■ themselves in- such J'.pbsitlohjhs.we-are.'at thls„'tlme, and >* " not knowing, the. real reasons are wont ' ■ to ^npap" maledictions'Vpon ithe head i of'"John;Doe", or upon tho.'organlza- (' .tion'to whiqh thoy - may*.belong, .the. .-'r w^Ilp,' considering such ^ organlidtlori •ao being merely Its "offleer's, and tbom- v,,selv.es"riot,a>pnrt. ', <-, ., "".'}{'''.' 'r:*\I:certainly.consider,that the XJ.»;M.' W of A.i-mtfst of .ijeceBBity'"chan'go*4iB" ■< tactics' and methods- if It. is to .accomplish'anything* for ;{ts' memberB,7 or ^ven.'lf.it'ls to continue its existenco,- 9, jf\-.,iand the samo'appiioa with equal force . tbairbthor trades unlona-thnt Iknbw, 7 anything about', but can it bo oald that ' tho,policy followed by tho U. M.".W, of A. Is not tho policy that Ib approvod "of by thb majority of Its mombors?. Do you not think that thb officials represent at lonBt tho'average Intelligence? I know. It. Ia'nrguotl by matiy that'the -majority do .not sufficiently Interest .* th'omsolves in their "own welfare, but this doe's hot alter tho abovo fact, and ' In'this connection I would refer you ' to the extrncts I hnvo alrondy quoted ' from yoiir lotlor and my own lo Dr, -'Gordon.. ■'.' .' "■ „° .'■.'■. The chnngoH In tho economic situation that hnvo alrondy taken place -.'slnco the' birth of modern trndes un- . ions, tbo centralism tion of ownorship *. and control of tho means ot life, aro noticed by tho workers only In a slight degree, and thoy hnvo not yot fully • roalltod tho nocosnlly of a revolution In tlielr methods;of protecting them- > wives. ngaliiiBt the ovor-lnoronslng In- socnrlty Into which tliey are bolng forced by theso changes, ■If wo nro to make.any,changes in our methods wo must ot necessity havo a full understanding ot our position, and tho nature of tbe transaction that wo aro forced to enter Into, In tlio following I have taken tho liberty of quoting from "Capital" by THB economist, knrl Mnrx. On p. 187, vol. l.,,ho sayai * * „ . , ". :. .thnt the laborer, Instond of being In ihe position to sell commodl- ,«' i .-«.."■.« , . ' * , -- . ■ U%m tU MKtul u.» lMi/i'(Hjh*.t 4* Ul- 'c'orpnrntcd,' rriunl lip.oWIjrcfl io offer for salo as a COMMODITY tbat very labor-power whloh exists only In his living aolf."' ■" ' • ... Foro 4lt "A commodity Is In the At H^-.a 1%V«t An MM **"V "lrt/>» M«fl#llrV/« ««l*t ' *. *.»*■« 1* J"' ' < ***• "■*■>» + -*1" >♦ °rf*W>«rf ** '* *** thing that by its properties satisfies human wants of somo sort or another." Pago 40. "Wo see'then that that which. determines the magnitude of the value of any article (commodity) Is the amount of labor-time socially necessary for its production." Page lBOt "The value of labor-pow- es is determined ar, In the ease" of •very other tiommodity, by the lsbor- time seeassary tor the production, and consequently for the reproduction, ef this special article." Page IM: "Hw minimum limit ef the Taint of labor-power li determtrw! by ihe eommodlUes, without th* dally .supply of which tho laborer cannot ^Pago 58^r^*.'1;;the ohahgeln^the -reJaUoirjirf of ^d^mand. andi.suppiy.rex-' B"^ined:In~regard to the price •!of labor as '{.of,ali^otber; commodities', ."nothing "except its' ;c£ahges/ile.7^e"bs(dl'uitton8 of,Jthe.,mar*ket-price above or below a certalnfmean.''*. If demand, and^supply" balance","-,the" pscillatlon;' 'ofCprices.'ceas- esi,*' all "other conditions remaining'the same. • But, the,demands and 'Supply, cease -to -explain anything';"1, Th'e'pfice of labor "it ''the moment >heri: "demand and .supply aro in equllibruim,' la Its natural price, determined, independent-- ly of ■ the. relation of -""demand "and supply. And"how this price Is de- termlned-ls;'-Ju8t'-the,/quesUoh.-.-ir. .".' . Thls*7had-'7hathr'aily ' to"*:be'""deter-,' mined otherwise than,by its own'compensating variation.'^Thia price which always finally, predominates over the accidental market-prices of. labor and regulates them,- this "necessary-price" or "natural pflce"-o,f,labor-can,*as with all 'other"commodities; be'nothing, else than"*' Its :>aluo" 'expressed ^Iii'" money." VWhat the labor" organization ofto- day/aims "at".Is',the regulating bf the supply of'the particular class of labor in";which they are .concerned "bo that" Xhe^P^col'may' be "above, • or -at-"-least may^noVrfallt- below •'this value,l and naturally* the opposing, forces.Strive fpr.\the; reverse. . .,, - „t' ' V;,We;khow; that the masters .have in '.thiy)Btruggle all. the'^powers of Law, Judiciary dhd physical ' force", ranged oh'thelr side, as well'as'the,most potent;, factor,, a generally -over-supplied, labor .market. - The fact'that, the; workers _ in; a given "iocality^withhbld the supply of labo^power fqr^a time from the market; Is not 'a-guarantee, that there will ;be a^shbrtage:*of the 'commodity generally','and the'signing of "time, agreements," generally speaking, absolutely nullifies., "any1-such attempt to 'produce a '.shortage'by; giving the opportunity to'themast'ers to stock up "embodiediabp^p'ower,'.which was the case in our own struggle (the-parties chiefly*-concerned,-' hamely;"the; CiP-R. having a stock^on -the, western^ lines sufficient to'.carry - theni';1 for.;Tthi-ee months,.from^ April".'-lstvifrodiiced;-"by" the mines Ih""the;Crow's-NesVPas's). and'which'places.us. in^tWposltIon*bt flAmnntlnn=!nnnin'n'. ^..>u , . * ** _ « _ '■ " * ■>. -. |,;i. PAOE THREE Wll. 'ft"fViu.&—a&aiuBl,^'VUl-—UWU-^JjrOUUCCT" ahd.-nb't-'alohe-that'of bur '.'Brotbers"- infb&er Districts. "': y77y?y ^'•,!;- You;-knpw;"as'-yeIi;a8 l/",that.-the bbsses'are personally Interested-ih'the"' prptection bf their, prpi^rty^while' the "workers are withhbld'iiw\!thefeViabbr--; —-er.,an(l here,;in .isblajted^cas^;.^ bjoy may .be'striicfc^Wheh;" Individuals can "be' found^jwhp, them in,'off:se'ttfng|t'^s'Ypa^| ticiilarijtow, inen from' ourpwit'^anks,- yfel are >pt ,"tb' SorgeCp&t^eyffi, the^sults. of .their- eSvljron^n^an'o^ not directly, responsibla^-f^ytli^ifc! dividual acUoiis; 'and^onl^s^Sn^ihem., traitors to .their'own/c"ass^^a.:thisbeC conies "more prohounced'^cauaej'IttiV "close^to homeV' - *' -71^5 yfeCv" ;''-"■* ■• ',- , >" - "•-•-dp,}you' honestly,- think that if" we were) tor.tell "the "U. is. W. of !A/*p-gb..ahd,,c*h'ase themselves; and Tseek^anj^offenslve and defensive..alliance with; thev*Caha-. dian .railroad men -until .these antediluvian gentlemen were retired' o'r.born^ again," thatvwe"wbuld,be -in any^dif- ferent position tq .that, in .'which! we now are? ,SureJy you-k'now.Jbf/the numerous different .organization's of railroad /employees.. existing;, at ^tblsT time; ■ of;the!fact' that the engineers., themselves have =.two organizations,' the dishandment of one, being already obsolete,;waiting for and -dependent, upotf the death of-Its," adherents;* of the .methods of entering into "time' agreements',' as with ourselves, which are held sacred whether they.are entered-Into under coercion and fear-of- hunger.*or, not. They are, certainly in heed of the. same reorganization", as' ourselvesr.»apd. a comblhatibn ■ under such circumstances,,.much as* it may be desired,' would certainly leave us no better; off. 7,." .' -, 7 .-•-,. ,' .-77"." 7'I could certainly agree with'yoii that "If the workers would.preserve them-, selves from Industrial slavery theywill have to;cast aside these old-time..Bhib- bbleths and' cbeleBce". their." industrial forces'," if ybiiwould "say ''free", instead of7preBerye.";,7 "With- this must "be no', time; cpntracts, that prevent .them from.acting'ih 'inison and'.taking every possible ^opportunity, .to"; gain- advant- age,'a'full understanding of their, class Interests, and a;determination,to end the'struggle by.^their own full emancl-' pation'iand insofar as,this-Is concerned; it is only, a repetition of statements made, to, *'the,.members' of ..Michel Lodge .more, than\two years ago", and which! have%made;ih piany. Locals since .that time/".''" .7'; „;. " ',. •;"-. ^, ,- This requires "knowledge and' intelligent "action • oh;,the;', part of all" wage- workers, and;bur.-own-time'.devoted in this direction wiirce'rtaihy be productive bf ;mb"reYgob"/,'•■ SySvC. STUBBS. .' *-.**. :;■ 'Juicy navel oranges with' a charming - 7 tree-ripened flavor are now for sale at your dealer's,. They'.are,vpleasingly economical ~* • - * j. --y^/j?. addition, the dining'table can be fur- >'' i - * 'L- >n.lshea with beautiful silverware by saving the wrappers arid send"- .' 7lng •ti*le,n t0 V8 W'th a few'stamps ton partly pay charges, packing, etc' * - - .„ ino^»»*'« come in tissue wrappers marked ."Sunkist." Your dealer - .-.;• will .supply you at extremely reasonable prices. ■-„- ■ .;. '■' " *. ,;• " *' ;; ;, "rTree-Ripiencd-Picked^ With GIov^b c Only the very finest oranges from the'best California groves are oacked ' '.- under the namei "Sunkist.",-'^ach orange is allowed to ripeKnToutkVtru, thus .producing, tbeowppderful"Sunkist"flavor.';At maturity they are carefully ; picked and packed by gloved hands.^ 7,-...,. ., , r. _a"lUily 7 - 7 2 ; Seedless and Solid ","' v 17 ,.2.very "'5I?k,s,S''■/•*r/«'-." Eaca *s so»d meat-seedless nnd juicy. Most ,„; delicious and healthfulpf fruits.' Most wholesome fruit-for children-better - , , • than sweets.., Tones'.digestion and satisfies "sweet tooth." , f>'.. Begin Saving Valuable Wrappers, Today ■ -1' u .?e,s,"rt *? say "Sunkist"—not merely "oranges." You w'iil Itndw "Sunkist" , .py their handsome appearance and by the printed wrappers. - -,- • * .7 .;' This Is Your Beautiful Orange Spoon v >,.- •-' Save 12 VSunkist1.'orange or lemon wrappers;or trademarks cut from wrap- ,. pers, and send them to us, wiih 12c - . to help pay charges, packing, etc., ," ■..< and we will send you this genuine Rogers'silver orange spoon.- In remitting <■ ., y please. send cash when the amount is less than 20c.; on amounts above 20c., N • • i we prefer postal note, money order, express order or bank draft. . i4 "Suukisf-Premlums i "Sunkist" Lemons - '/.Send,for full desorlptlon.jminberof Mns( CcnnAinir-nl - < wrapped.and amount of cash nooessary «•"•»"■* ««COI10nHCai . rt.to aeonre each article. -., . . t .Thin-skinned, extra Juicy, .TaM« Knife Oyster Fork .and each comes in a valu- "*-"—'-' CWld'aFork - ■ able "Sunkist" wrapper. Insist on them," as they ko farther-than other.lemons. They cost no more and the wrappers are valuable. Recipe booklet free on request.' California Fruit Growers1, Exchange ..-' Table rork; - Cnlld'aFork ' Dessert Spoon * Orange Spoon • : Child's Knife Fn.it Knite .--Bouillon Spoon Teaspoon . . . Coffee Spoon .*■ Tablespoon ' :.'■ Salad Fork- Baiter Spreader 105 King Streat, East, Corner Church Street, Toronto, Out 034) 7/BRITI8H STRIKE RIOTS . DUNDEE,? Dec;;'20.~The arrival of troops iput;an.end to the dock strike disorders" which .last night resulted in a; pitched'battle,."the dockers repulsing a strong force of police and dumping .wagons'Uoaded with goods into the watery- Several persons were injured iin. the,'riots "and a few mills have*had,to";close owing to lack of coai. ' ' "'y!,i7yy LONDON;7l>ecr.':20.—A crisis", has' once more occurred'iii the cotton trade following",.thefth'eratened lock out of 1,000 operatives,";-iat -,-_ Accrlngton tonight.--^The-Rouble; arose over" the re^ tention -.or"^two ^non-union men,, who" refusej.iq,-join Jthejiinion. _ The strike may ..Bpread'Jto1 other, mills before" Christmas. ;,By James Gillespie,;- \" • .There muBt be •" something J terribly wrong -with "bur present os-called.clvl- llzat'ipn'realizlng that today with mod- ora, raachtnor'y ,wo can ^produce !from ton tp/flfty'-.times more commodltleD than^cbdld be "produced . fifty yoars ago with the anmo. amount of help. Ar^wo-llvlng'Tfflfty times better, than the -workers,, lived fifty, years : ago? Most worlcorB will ,anBwer' No! '.,77 At present the workoro flricl.lt hard to'elto out a mere animal existence. Millions of honesty hard-working'men. nro trainplng from' place to plnco in Bonon .of tho work nnd in most" ensos tholr search is liivnln, hundreds of thousands of workers are only a month or.two removed from charity if thrown out^f employment. , Tho,chance to earn a*living by honost'toll Is becoming harder and lia'rdor ovory year. Something must bo dono, and1 dono quickly to change this horrible system that comnoln women ,and Innocent llttlo children to suffer for tlio wnnf. of tho nocossarlofl of life in tho mldHt or plenty. - To quoto tho wordB of HonJami?i Butler, "Thoro must bo something wrong radically wrong with our prosont system when ono man can nccii- innlute onough of wonlth In a fo-v yenra to mnko Solomon's rlchCll, iMiUKll.) iUilAtli Hi rtnrvc brrmuir they bnve •jirnflurpfl too many goods. Tho chattel slavo received hotter treatment from his master than does tbo wage slave of today. * Tho chattel slavo wns cared $i\*> f*» *h11 *!•••* r t f •*•»"! *1 1 »- riA TT** it»#*i*^ iissured of, food, clothing and shelter, ovon whon bo had harvested his mni- tor's crop, and wai enjoying a season of Irtleneis. Tbo masters' mules aro fed and cared for during Industrial do- preiiioni; tbo wago slaves and tholr families are turned out to hunger and dlo,M* ■■-' Olorfotia drllteatton. flmtes better taken care, of than nan, tb*» Image and lik«a«M of Ood J Would not our pity for the poor chattel ilavw hare dli- appeaed had wo knoum that each year he walked proudly tap to hit matter to folmrmly deelsre that bo liked bit tlavcrr Md wantid torn* more or It and endorsed tbe Iniitltutlons that sup ported It?" .'Thia .« furatablnf too tuit-taa-acs wttbou". which tb« higher lli'« «?eold wt ♦tlit for * moment; It cannot blind ns to tb* fact that tho workera are the raally organto part of society. Am! yot tho IncontesUble tact remaloi that tbe up mo horrible conuuions oi too wcrk- lua chit, (v&ulliith >r.v-»< l>VittU- enco of tho system that Is responsible for theso horrible conditions. For Ood's sake atop prating about effects, tbe workers are witnessing the effects alt around them every day; what tbe workers want Is a remedy to eradicate the cause. Up to date you hare of- ttn'lt tb«« none. Your offlrjul posl- tloni and supposed higher JnteUlgeoco surety ought to devise a remedy. A* doctor whose heart fs In. his work, wUa called to treat a, typhoid patient always tries to fin* eel. the e-rtghs ef the dlsesse and whoa located ttmedlM it, and It would bo,r.aa"Jt Ignoraiioe It- treat tbe effect only wlthon^ eradicate leg the cause. Ton ffivat ersdieate HoBldos the hovoh Soclallat candidates who ran In tho Ontario provincial oleollotiB, there woro sovon candl- datoH put up by tho Indepondont Lnbor Party. Allon Studholmo, a mold- or, was elected In Hamilton West by a majority of 731. Ills total voto njon. Promlor Whitney mndo a Hpeclal trip to Hamilton to try and defeat tho Labor candidate, but ho could not do It. Labor mon ran In six out of tho eight scats for tbo city of Toronto. Por Toronto East, scat A, D. Ilullock got 027 votes; and for Toronto Kant, Boat 1*1, J. StepbenBon received ROD votes. For Toronto North, Boat A, Wm. Stoplionnon polled I,.11I5 and for seat H, Jas, Richards polled 174 votes. T" -Y. I *. .. , . ^T. . V. »^.V..»V MVUIU, ..4.4*4. 4%, M , J*.. Tnvnon polled M?, vot*>•'.. nnd fc-r Toron to West, sent Ti, Jas. Watt polled 1,501 votes. Tho I. !>. I*. polled 4,080 votes In Toronto out of 41.000 votes cn«J, or over ten por cent of the vote. T"VlA T T *H*i*t"V I*! ••.rttfil *•>*•*- «l *1 i result and tho leaders declare that they will have candidates In every ward In the coming municipal elections of Toronto as well as for tbe Roard of Education. ',-7-sf uook st the label en your paper snd see If your subscription Is paid In sdvanee. ' i, ',.„ ■ .Ojjen a current or.cheque account'mfcii--the^,- Home^Bank and pay your- housekeeping;vorJpVr- .;•* , sonaUbills.-'by chequeN* This is a niorf^^sin'essi7'\ like ^method'" thanv-by-* paying with cash, "out-: of """.*' ' hand. ?Mr6ur*cheques are receipts for the amounts-i they'represent'and';at the ..end of rcaoh'mohth *- • your cheques are returned to you,-.with?your ' bank book accurately balanced." 208 - Ij. Head Office TORONTO J. P. MAOpONALD, Manager. Branches and connections throughout Canada Fernie Branch. Capita^ Paid Up 9 2,750,000 Reserve &. Undivided Profits 3,250,000 Total Assets 7. 40,000,000 The Bank of Hamilton has made saving slmpler-by elimlnatin gall unnecessary. Bank formality. .., An account may.be opened with the "deposit of one dollar—even so small an amount -will act as an incentive to steady saving and will quickly grow to a sum-worth".while. ' " 7> * J. R. LAWRIE Agent Head Office: HAMILTON erial Bank of Canada Capital Subscribed Reserve Fund HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO .6,000,000 Capital Paid Up 5,996,900. - 5,996,900 • . Total Assets" \. 72,000,000 D. R. WILKIE, President , -HON. ROBT JAFFRAY, Vlce-Pres. ,7, BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Arrowhead, Cranbrook,. Fernie, Golden, Kamloope, Michel, Moyie, Nelson, '" RevelstokV, Vancouver and Victoria. ' -*i.._. . ^,--_=,.— SAVING8 DEPARTMENT' 7 Interest allowed on deposits at current rate from rfat» nf rf»r«.i-' /FERNIE BRANCH -V^ , GE0> ,, B< Bej_L; Manager KENNEDY & MANGAM itiO PRESERVING LUMBER , Is now occupying a great deal of attention. It's a good thing. , FIR8T-CLAS8 LUMBER is getting bo scarce that somo dealers do not bavo any at all. / Wo havo plenty, however.. Wo make a speciality of handling only" high-grade stuff, which, wise dealers will toll you, ls really tho cheapest. OFPICK and YARD, IMePHIRSON Aye., OPP. Q. N. DEPOT, MR NIK Electric Restorer for Men T." r'i I,. 1*(upn>pm tttaiem 1 rMtarw wa**J ntH.t r pmttiu* Amy *vt »H m»iI wtikAMM iwim el mt*. riitpj-tmnii will C*n tk, OMH*rl«M, 0*|, ^ Vwr tele *t ttieaidetl'e Drug Store A MODERN MIRACLE ■ • > lie Hed Ecccmn 25 Years end Doctori JSald <(No Curo.w let Zam-Buk Hai Vorked, Complete Care. This la the experience ot a man of high reputation, widely known lu Montreal, and whose caso can readily bo Investlcatod, Mr. T. M. Marsh, tbo gontleman retorred to, lives at 101 Dolorlmier Avenue, Montreal, and has lived there for yearo. Por twenty-five . year* bo bai had eczema on bis hands and -wrists. Tbo diieajo first started in rod blotchu, which Itcbod, and when scratched bocamo painful. Dad loree followed, which discharged, and tbe discharge epread tbe disease until hie hands were one raw, painful most of eorea, This state of affairs continued for twenty-five years I " In that time four eminent medical men tried to cure him, and each gave up tbe case ne bopeleae. Naturally, Mr, iMarth tried remedlea of ell kinds, hut, be, alio, at last rave it up, For two yeiu-e be bad to wear gloves day and night to -terrible waa tbe pain and Itching when tbe elr got to the eorei. Then came Zam-Hukl lie trlod It, Just ai lie had tried hundreds of re* medlee before. But he soon found out that Zam-TJuk was different, Within a few weeke there wore dUtlnot signs of benefit, and a little per*mvnrance with thle great herbal balm resulted In whet be bad given up all hope of— a complete cure I And tlie cure was U\J \-\>.*vn*fi ago. Interviewed the other day, Mr.' Ifareh aald: "The cure which Zam- Buk worked hw been ebtelutely per* manent. Vrom the day that I was eured to -the present moment I have had -no trace nt ecMmn. end t f«wl sure it will never return." Tt you Buffer from any akin trouble, cut out tbla article, write ecroee it the name ot tbla paper, and mall if, with one cent etamp to pay return poeUr*. to Zam-Buk Oo„ Toronto. We will forward you by return a free trial box of Z*m."Bnk. All dniffirtot* end storee eell this femoue remedy, 50c. box, or three for flJB. Refae* harmful Mb* eUUte-a, Gm P. Rn Annual EASTERN CANADA Low Round Trip Rates Ontario, Quebec & Maritime Provinces Tli'luH* Kkiioil iii (..'iiint'illiin with AtliiMllo H|i.iiiiik|iIin Mill lio i>ii wiln from No*.. "1 llfo 1 >(<*, :I|m| liinliivlt« unit llnilii^l 10 11 ui I|IIII||)|H I'hllM (lulu of Insiih. KImkkI <'<|iil|iini>lit,K(Aiiilnril Ktr-I Claw*. 11 lid 'I'liurixl Hii'i-jtinir ('(ii-n, llliilnif (Mm • un all lliniiijtli Ir.ilii*. ('oiiiimitiiiPiil, Ulirnry. Obnrrviilion Cnron "ImiM-rlrtl l.linll<*il" TICKETS ON SALE Dec. 1 etto 31 st Inclusive , Roturn limit 3 months Aj.pt>- uraruDt C i>, It. <>|-'.nt for twrtUiiUn nr will* It. <». ««NKIU,IB, l*i»u i'A»"<-iiifrrABt*|.t,tr,lj-iir)' A vote for Socialism it a vote to remove the temptation and powlblllty for political corruption end comtn«i«Ul wickedneM*. a vote lor cepitellem le a vote to place ft premium on dfshonwily and to compromise with the devil. 11 itmrii Cnnrl I LllOljff iOQU and Sale Stables ii First cUie Horsei tor Sele. Buyi Hunt* en Commteien f r ~*a .v ^,,0, ;* wi1 ,«**„.. ^r-'?./'l ' . 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Largest circulation in the District; Ad- , , .-?.,. .."*?...-V;';-;-,-,7_r;.',, ■ uyyyyy : yertising rates on appUcation77Dp-to-datesfacilities •• -■ -^ ■-' *<-^jf,':7-; 77777 "• ■*.■'jsy"1' "v*. forKtheiexecuiaon'of-all kinds of book^'job and * 7 - ', •* ,-,^"" 7i • . i -** * * J * - i L i -j * -• , ■ i **V , ^ * color, work. Mail orders receive ^special attention. Address iall comihtinications to The District'Ledger. 7 \-*"** H. P;:NERWIOH, Editor;* Telephone No. 48. . Postoffice Box No. 380 PURELY DOMESTIC v&tigate'd' things'*iri their;, search for,truth have, With few'exceptions, been valiant;^nought-to*ehal- ienge the intelligence of hum^anity.-by;de'clarihg the) truth as'they saw itK'-TKe.r^'olH^hose who lave; done so" is ■wellrknown'j'Dai^m'and -Karl ^Mari^re examt)les.; The bitter'criticism'from tlie^ntellectr"" "Oiti&etierBox' 7*.i*' ii?*/* - S7yy. r-.T"?9^" DisWRt'LeJCger'acceptsno iiBsporisi' • , oiliwfor tm ylews expressed by 1U corres.' ■ pondentcQ-Commnnlcalions will be Inserted. vwhethe^algned .by.,the-.real name", of,the ly/nter.ori\no-aKgepljime* butth^vriterja name and address muet-bo-given to the" Editor «a evidence of spod taith. In no case wul it be divulged without consent. \> - NEXT Thursday the citizens of Fernie will be called upon to. cast thoir vote for mayor and six - aldermen. The issiies'at stake are hot many, and those, with one exception, of minor importance: To the majority of-the electors -municipal matters are of less'consideration, a big percentage not even castingtheir ballots on the appointed .day. *. This is very much to be.regretted,' although it can easily be explained., "The,,-average man's view of the matter is that it makes no difference who gets in. Every candidate is.bound to claim that hewishes.t'o see- a; clean and beautiful city,, has views, on vast •"" improvements, and so forth "'ad infinitum. - -'As a "matter of fact, however,.whoever are.elected the ^same order, of affairs wilt prevail'in so far as'taxation of property and person is concerned, and this / is,-of "course,.against Socialistic principles.. .,/The* workers have it in. their own hands to remedy this evil, and that is by taking advantage .of 'their-fran- ' chise.' There'is no reason why every inhabitant of this, and other cities, should not qualify for this. The two dollar a year road tax^is tp be paid whether we .like it or not." "We'might'as well, therefore; make use of our privileges.fasthe workers^ are', in -.• the'majority there is no reason why they should not run their own .ticket, and bring it in by a.thump- '. ing majority. 7 • - . .;! 1'-' , "' '' -'"'' ' # # '""• .« , . . ,t • , , ; Over a hundred names have been- struck off the municipal voters roll during.-theyedr.' The reason" 7 given" for this-is* because special instructions "were -received-from Vidtoria-to the effect that only those whose propertyjwas registered in their'namies,. and ,. ihose who had paid the road tax.and had made ap-; plication-to be.put on jhe^voter's list, w_er_ejen_titl_e^ nation'of-the open-mindedhess.of;the flunkeys -of- Ho ll Hal. •*• .. .',,...■, ,.- i'r . ,'.- ^ --.,■>"'■»' ; „ .J. ■*'•..*>.': .. i .-.• -'- m^.j ;>-.'-«.-»i i •-" ,".-.wSi-"^">> .The death-of.-Karl Marx amidst poyerty|is''no credit ^capitalist- domination ;,in~!;,the;realm^oJ.: thought; ;* Stll his work has now assumed the"basis5 of a leading, if not THE leading;phase>f modern progress.. . !His doctrines are how no longer clamor-*, ing- for recognition, but instead a great "army^'of defenders now ra'ly around the-doctrines he laR down, challenging.the,intelligence of men*by making plain the-process, of production, .. To-understand this process is to see .the emancipation of humanity by the despised proletariat as.no mere fancy but as'an inevitable fact.: !\'" ., , Thinking men who'had the courageto look into^ the theories of Socialism have become convinced as to' the' indisputable result of the working out of the capitalist system. ■ Naturally they have had in relinquish many'old ideasthat were pleasant to them. Their investigations have'now a place in 1he literature of the proletariat, which is to be the literature commanding more attention from now* on. . "Having no fear of the-results'of scientific enquiry^ and looking only for the truth, it is natural they should arouse the condemnation of those who .fear the enlightenment of the,people.,"-7The.workers arevnot requested to absorbsall that' is'put before Ihem, but simply apply their own.intelligei'iee- A little more study-of problems, in the light of hew. knowledge,* can do_ no. harm-to the working class.. It is this lack of the enquiring attitude that has en- abled'you to be lead!so long. ' It is this "apathetic, state of mind that arouses the ire ofttimes.of'those who' wish to get you thinking. ?- The fear of haying an opinion contrary Jto that" prevailing amongst oth: er people leads many-to accept the opinions of the so-called intellectuals. -_ They naturally are going to keep" you content with your, conditions and will not disillusion you.-!?-Your ignorance is their gain. Oan^you imagine for a'moment that they will assist 3rou to throw off the yoke .that means so much ease and pleasure to them ? ,Why are you so fearful of knowledge when you have so much to gain? Does hot the vvtlfare ot your children appeal to you, and ca'nnotyqu see that it'is your own-refusal to think for yourself that means so much misery to your fellow^men? To thosevwh"o see the question as .to when the workers, are "going, to^ realize the great mission-before them is inclined to be tinged with bitterness.. Still,, we'lniow^the difficulties confronting them, and how hard it is to cast away the v'J^R-Eiy^}. ,.»^.i.,«_ .•■>- *S'v .-47.* . •»,, L to vote." From this it' would appear that a man' having paid off, on his property, say. nine thousand dollars, and owing one thousand, could not vote, as ,,-it would not be, registered in his-harae; or city officials from &t breach of their duty towards ' tho public.: ' Tliey should'^iaye in these circumstan-' , cos inserted a notice in the press to that,effect, or better Btill,;to have notified each individu'al'at the fime of'liis making payment'. .The! officials claim thnt this is not a now law, but simply its enforce-' mont; (■„-.■•".••„ •" • • , ♦" The Provincial Government have refused to make a payment to tho city of Fernio for work done by our fire department outside-the, city limits, *» This net ion on tho part of the government should mako residents of Fernio West and tho'!A.nhex cons^le-j. their position. Thoy pay taxes to the government, but do not receive protection in return. To our mind it would bo better for all concerned for theso places to get annexed to Fernie, In fact, we fail to see what othor option is left them. Fire insurance Tates in that part is bound to go up, and in many other ways it'would bo beneficial for all con^criied to mnkc Pernio a larger city- inntoad of having it divided into fragmonts.' PHILOSOPHY AND THE CLASS STRUGGLE 'r#:Vtf.;^^^ ToVtotfLEditw;. District iidger;^?^ T"> ^r^;STr^From\the '"tol^T'of^MrV Lewl8i;ietter on-e-is.led to tji« .conclu- Bion^that-;,I, ain., very*'sever* in ,iny criticisni.'of;,him.\-_- It BucVis.the'.caBe th«h^ allow me", to ^apologize for. any thiiig^batl may, haye ?a'id that Would cast any;.r*tl€ctioi*..upon' film.-., I have" always understood.tha('.Mr. Lewis Ib one.of the best and fairest of game wardens that; we ..have ever, had, the fortune, to] have,in .this district, and a real, good fellow/ This,is the'opinion I haye heard expressed on all sides and by eyery' sportsman in the. district. But' what I,' and the gentlemen0on whose behalf L wrote, found fault with- was the,, remarks Mr. .Lewlsf was credited with making to the editor-of'the Free PresB,,' The. whole sum and substance of the matter ls this: Some of the sportsmen-are accused bf being greedy;* and,further, s their, greediness was such that (mark you,i according to,!the Free Press)-Mr!, Lewis could not, discuBS same, ln measured terms. Now',' Greediness' is not Illegal; it is of ■" coui-se, j an immoral, o°tf ence.; ,. "Mr. Lewis Is'the custodian of the law7not morals—hence,,I ask.'.What.has.oeen the kick?-And,-.have,,,the sportfmen (or" some of the-sportsmen) merited such wholesale condemnation?. To this I,most emphatically'answer,'No!, If the lawhasjbjeen observed,then .why all* ,'the abuse?',XMr.' LewiB says the law has not-been.broken, therefore,\on that! particular' point the case must rest7^y^y^.-•• •■•- - ;*/7'-'' "iUusion-Tqf ~tbe past7ih^b¥juliction7with1the power of starvation in'the handsof.a. class ever.ready to use repressive measures - against the •■ messengers of goodiidings." The Gos'pelbf "a freedom, more extensivei than-is the message . from any pulpit throughout the world!'il, the'clarion call .of the final-''Class .Struggle" caused'by the capitalist process of production, and-the result of which is beyond the shadow of doubt. -But how long, 0 you workers!.,, >How long! '■■''" „-.•■' '• The King, as is "customary, bestowed the usual New Tear's honorsi upon "his subjects worthy of recognition. Amongsf'them are a! few Canadians,' one of whom is the. Premier, R. L. Borden, %yho will henceforth be, known as thes"Right Honorable." This is one way of .keeping up the farce. - Boosting and making aristocrat's is a paying game, for no one is more anxioxis to'preach and teach servility and the dignity of loborthan'tihe newly made "blue blood;*!'- ,Premiers aro only,, human after'all, and th'dy*'are/just as.apt to fall into the trap as woll ns others. ■' Incidentally,' Bordon is a millionaire and capitalist, and, if for no other reason he is entitled to distinction. The more fact of his having enriched himself- at tlio oxponso of tho workers, for how. else could he have made his million os so, marks him ns'n man of "ability.'. . >- , One would-not "deny Mr. Lewis the right as a good; sportsman to express an opinion, neither .would any reason-" able .personVsuppo'se that Mr. Lewis, like mos^pther. weak; mortals, may say, things .that he does not Intend to' appear imprint;-but the fact remains that the "things, did appeaf'<*"were read and commented upon by all the sportsmen in Fernie, and, naturally resented." , "The '/Elk'ciub" was a title facetiously bestowed upon; the bunch of sportsmen who,*succeeded In -securing the twentyjone7deer;at ths South Fork in November, ,-ahd,.the fact that'..these gentlemen; were,' all employed, at"the Elk Lumber"Company's Mill'suggested this. as. a..title. ^,Mr.-Lewis will find, this', upon Preference' to your issue'-of. .From"what I can judge, there.Beems, to ^e no other^s'ue^unde^,discussl6n bu£ whether we"sliall„have"a'i'cIosed Suudayor ndt'r^or^my^part.I'h'a:-^; no* hesitation'in.'stating'*;that' Fernie; is * not?yet ripe* f or/sucfe'progresslve'ir measures.'v "" -~.y -.^.-v .:;=~-",<"-,.. y--s^r ., "We, constantlyi*hear^"the, churches prating about^the^rdyDay and7itfi observance, oi* ,rather; as" ttiey, say^fts non-observance. 7 If by-that th*y'Lin«an the churches ara'not', ji^,-, attended! I- p'erfectly agree^wtth-_th«^"^iit ji^et?; to say ca'nnot;vs^i^thI^Vlth^theni'r At any rate,^ beliey^tt'is underhand^ «d work, to ,rnakeytnytttortl on- fheir part to induce icertam VMdidaW!,tb* Etiind^for such !'pHnclpies''.';th"at'7wlll force,' in .-their- ;7opinion*7 unwilling Christians into .their ;churches!uarid incidentally swelling-their-coffeTB;7 ;, Whilst not professing" "to''W versed in Socialistic principles, yet ranv-be-^ Riunlng to think *ln't,this""bread,-ind liit ter\ question w ro clten hear abou1- it'sht be ,th-.i ralson d'etre"'for their bir-nuous action.' ./T. 7 > ' -7", However;"apart from all this; is it just (and here I may refer tb your last week's editorial) to.force slngW men, and-those who' can claim no ..home, into resorts which may be' more evil than Veven" pool^ Toom6?7 At any rate to me it seems poor logical reasoning to be so keen-in saving souls on a Sunday and* not bothering about them going tp - the, dogs during the other six days of-the week. .- ., 'y Taklng.lt on .the whole I. make bold toflsay-that Fernie is a model little city. ' Vice < Is not,- openly flaunted, In" our midst;, there are no .indecent "spectacles to be sesn on our streets,-and in every other respect t candidly believe there, are few better behaved elites in the Dominion,- notwithstanding, the. fact-that'this .Is supposed to bo a* luinlng'camp.-.,J *- •• ' .. ""y'•' ^ It our CItyY Fathers '■'would " rather take lip. matters of Interest to the general community, not' only for one day otythe:-week" but every, day during, their term of office 7 (I refer more par-' tlcularly to such' questions: as Eewer-" a"ge,»recreatlon grounds", public librar-. ies,;etc.); I-bjelieve. that more good will accrue; than - b"y .legislating ', for the benefit»of the ^churches;" . I &tq totally tin, accord with you when you say, .that you. cannot infuse morals'by legislation.'., • ■: '--„ . *7•" ,,',.-".■"'' - Trusting that the voters will '-'turn out In"*force and by'ballot show.they .cannot bre made a "party to any church manipulation's.- » ■"■■ ''f7~'"'." ' " yJi' 'Yours'truly;--'-''" ,./-. y" ",..-, ;'•. ... " 7 COMMON! SENSE' i&X-*'*" -.'..-y-y - .- \r-^-f 177-tFERNIE Tif I**-"" _ ^-rsff^' I nr*0 tho avorago mind the mention of philosophy * implies the need of study to understand anyone who attempts to write on such"a subject, It is n Hignifiennt, fact, however, in tlio progress of the working class in thoir strugglo for omnncipn- tion Hint ono of thoir own cluss should ho instru- . "inotitnl in propagating a Proletariat Philosophy. In tho' prngrcNH of capitalist production llio leisure afforded to tlio privilcdged cIiinh Iuih rcHiilUul in con- nidwiblo time lioing devoted to irivoHliKntion into fundairiontnl trtillis within tho rent1)) of huniiiii roir son. Naturally lliolr investigations havo been tainted hy their class environment, which tended In liainpur their unbiased Kcitrcli for truth, and'so limited their scope of usefulness. . Owing to nd- vanccs made in various branches of sciences the old beliefs in Riipoi'iial.uraliHm, and various religious idonn linvo boon Hlintterr-d. and tho moro knowlediw tho people cnin the morn difficult, it Womns to bind them to tho old itlons, Tn dnys gono by the miners li '"en noted for their foolinh superstitions in many districts in Grant Britain. ' Being at that timo iifnornnl tlionmolvx'K, tlie ridicule of thoir sup- er«tition«.did not havo tlio effect of quickly enlightening them, but often aroused their ardor to defend what tliey believed was reasonable. Thoy could explain lo their own satisfaction the reason for their belief and nn a final rnsort often fell bnck on "faith." that old "stunt" of the individual who fcam to reason away a pet notion. As with super* ntitionji nnd other cjhiral id<-A« of right nnd wrong, tho searchlight of human knowledge has laid plain to n gwtt extent the mould fn which the thoughts of our teachers has been made. It has shown the dominant influence of capitali'im on tho pre**, pulpit out (Salmo1 Ol'a'rkil), ,the apecies-cqmmon to Elk River and^lts' tributaries. This |s being done, I understand, with a view tb the "bettor protection.of our fiBh. The question of a close season is, of tho utmost Importance..', Thoro is little use in having,a closed season, however,' unless it begins and ends at the' proper tlmo, henco the desire of tho' government; to gain tho opinion and advice ot the fishing public, Any information on this point w!ll(bo gladly received nnd* carefully considered. Letters onsi.he subject can be-nddross- ed to A. Bryan-Williams, Provincial Qnmo Warden, .Vancouver, B. C. As a personal suggestion I would like correspondents to express their views on the advisability of declaring ncloso soaaon-'on.tljQ western wblto fish (Grayling). Admitted this flih doos not posses'* the gamo qualities of tho trout, nevertheless as a food fish It la worthy of protection, Many a fisherman has boon glad to fill his baskot with grayling,-when tho more aristocrats trout refuses nil lures. Then comos tho quontlon of the Dolly Vnrdon trout (ehnr), Opinion sooma pretty woll dlvldodns to whothor this follow should hnvo protection or not. That ho Ib a cannibal goes without question, arid the larger ho grows the moro his cnnnnhlllHtto tondonolos raanl fest tlmmsolvos, , ,Th« prosont close season for trout tnl-OH effect on Nov, Ifith, and continues until Mny 1»t, My own ox- porlonro In thnt trout spawn mostly In tlio spring" months, yot I hnvo found trout voiding Tlpo spawn In August nnd Heptembcr. In answer to this tho theory hns been ndvnncod thnt trout In different locnlltloti hnvo different •Jpnwnlng nennons, Thia theory in fliipporff*d by tho ovldonco of somo sporlnmcn whllo contradicted by "».<(.-. u 1" for jht* -mnjorlt*' to deride-,. Thanking you,. Mr. Rflltor. in nntlol- pntlon of tlila letter finding space in your columns. 1 rema{n, *fr tiHr> 4****tfT .0! J. LEWIS, Deputy Game Warden. CIVIC ELECTIONS AND THE CHURCHES IVrnlo, H C, 4th Jto, 1918. To the EMor. District Udgert np«r Hlrr-At !*•■ time ot the ywr, whfn the citizens of Fernie aw mow or iert Inle^Ked fn the Civic !B#c- X?'r. ^-i^}f^;i '"^rr *-.^*.^.'stj'nS.."^^ - - i .-•-" «r -^'47^^CyMC*NClWjfr"-M0Nj^ Tfc« ^k •!•©*/Victoria Aveu^ F«rni«,^ *-. •- "'- -'- "* v? -^ >.f'e":' "vr-i".' V-**-^ .«•'■ -i,JAlsJ7i'S---J;M,7>7- : f<- * ■"■* '/ I , .v- 1 —"■ ** * . t ', «*■» -.* ■?-«* ?*'/•■" ff-,^ - "^ '-s. *■ J •U'-l r-ti DAY CLASS .(Continuous -instruction throughout the day)-^Slx l^onthi Coureif |50,'cash In^ advance; or'sii;payments of $lQ;p«r';m6nthr; ,77'. ' f. ' '----, *■ * . ";'.',. ':"'". 7* '' -"1'"" ""tV"'- " -.-■* s -' EVENING CLASS (Specially, instituted for.the convenience*of "work-, lng students)—Three long lessons:per week, $5 per month, in advance." *»*■ Special Hours -■' 8p»clal Hours arranged to suit ttie. convenience lof evening 'flt'udentsi»'-'. Rapid Progress and Efficiency Guaranteed .I"*' •' • , '.' 1" •'" ".- . , '.'I''." '. „■ "s •■>.,» Special attention devoted to backward pupils, anc^ a necessary knowledge, of kihdred'subjects .imparted to ensure; sound, commercial, .efficiency. For further particulars apply to W 8 Pearson, Public Stenbgrapheh. Phone No.20 . .'-..--. ■,-'>-. ■ "■ v->- -\ ->•' v. ' "7ri P.O. Box,135 .At' CHRISTMAS t 7. O ■*>. To the Editor .District. Ledger,: 7 ;'.'•* .*"Dear„Sir,—The .Ledger is'-,'tlib*rbnly .nflnan itriiAitAm mn_nnn_Au*itu\iin^AiiKjjtn . -liHjjvi-irii'bicumvupiu^cAi'rfcao'uui Y-'i'"" iriions,7and I should be glad ' ifj'yoir could'.'find space for "these few ,remark's," ;. I .want each and-every" local union -not- only "in" District "18, "but others across-.the line, to know^tho stand that some, of the so-called com- mori-sensed. general.'^manag^rs'vand, superintendents have taken. -7' In Local.- 431' Bellevue' none "of our* Local ^officials have been "reinstated, I refer-,,;o- the 'president,' v{c"e-pr'esldeht, and about live-.other members--who t took ,auy. active part..in the:'fight!'for. an "existing wage.- 'Now, brothers,' fliero have been over*70 strangers put to work at this'.'.camp, and when any of tho Local officials ask'for'work'.there Ir "Nothing Doing!" We have already waited since the agreement was slgnejl and It something is nbtjdone "wo sfinll be hero when it "ends. ^TIiIb rough "^tuff will have to be cut out, for If this is,not discrimination I don't know what la. What are you going to do about it? Fancy,-being an official of a "Local union doing yeur duty to your fellow workers, nnd when work bogins some other borthor cornea along with a transfer from somo other local and takoa your Job—your placo In tlio mine—nnd oven noks. you to sell htm your tools. Now, from what I can read, nnd hear, thero aov> quite a numbor of local-officers being treated In tho same way an wo are In Bollovuo. Tills Is, what thoso operators call "using common sense." If th.s is tho commonest sonso thoy havo I think n fow of ub hornoy-handod mules ojjght to got together, campaign tho"*wliolo of District 18, nnd boo whether the workers wnnt nn organization or not. , Thoro nro "many moro grlovancoB than thoso I havo mentioned In this .llttlo burg, whloh > Blmll mention another tjmo, but I hope that, any other locnl union that hns tho samo. trouble will let It ho known through tho wholo of this district, nnd not Hoop It'to thomsolves. J romnln, Yours for falrplay, BLUEBELL. Bellovuc, Jan."2, 1012, 7 1 «We desireto take this opportunity^ r yv * -y - .'■■.r~;>: ---v..';- - ■-:•■:, ■-->* ■*-•-. •»**■* ..: toywish our many customers' and 7 ? 7 friends..a veryyMerry. Christma.s\ .1 ~*i-and to return ou?yheaHyythanks7 a 'fpv thexliberal patronage, extended '*"•* Jo us during the year,: '7 7 7 Vl- :■&:,_*■ j.d;:quail •* :,.. ■■*• r "\v 1 ,'. % .."V.-: '•iv.«"---- tlon» it m*y do no harm tf jwj ijtt* m« space In your vslotbU {ttper lo •Ir my views on malm ftpf»rtalntfi«)th»eondlttoM. but the tuppjyU wholly -* tberoto. MILLION DOLLARS IN CHURCH BUD0ET ■1 Pretbyterlans of Canada Show Fine flulnMr.-- Mum-.*.—fthalw «f r.rtlloninr Acroii Canstla li Orowlna- —Clergymen are Scarce TORONTO.—Ono million dollars Ir tho totnl of the missionary budget m$ hU* TI.4f /*1 - -». * , 4 + 4*. v .... ■» a I. >•* 1*4j v*kMH »^k*+*.w»* kiji. mi** Thli Is considered no gfent burden ns lho denomination la roiponilblo for work among fourteen million heathens. About one-thlrd will go to foreign mis- ."*,"'1* r ^ I "1 **.\' ' Irisuranc&i Real Estate Lbatts ', Money tb jLoari ot^first: class Busi- : ness and Residential propertyr; THE GANADIXN BANK OF COMMERCE SIR: EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O., LLD., D.CL, PRESIDENT ALEXANDER LAIRD, OEWtRAL Manaqkr. „. „ CAPITAL.- $10,000,000 .REST,- $8;6O0,0OO DRAFTS ON FOREIGN COUNTRIES r Every branch of The Canadian Dank of Commerce Is equipped to issue draft* A«f'r»ll» <&**•*.. .• M*. Auttrii.l(uaf*T fuotltLuUt lr*U«l , lUldum .PlnUiMl (Ulf ' , Uracil • Formate Jipw , •lulrirw , Fruet^ . ]■«• CcvIm PrVh CotOn CUu HiJU •' Chill Own-any , - Mindhwto China- . Oreit Urltala . Maalco , The amount oftheie drafts Is etated In the woney ef the country where they are payable * that li they are drawn in aterlmg, franca, marke, lire, kronen, florini, yen, Uelrt, roublei, etc., aa the caae may be, Title eniurta that the payee abroad will -receive tlte actual amount Intended. * Aa*l FERNIB BRANCH L A, 8.'DAOK, Manager., IS ,"•< Norway FlMM* , PtnU 1 Htdlp«luiblMrli rortueil RouMiila Ruaait It* ' SlteiU Eoudaa South AM» . » Spain . Strait* SattlMMte- Swwlin 6witurtoM - * Turin*/ UaluJSUiM i IF YOU WANT THE BEST 1 , 1 * , , , , s . And Nothing but,tho Best In Fresh and Smoked Moats, Fresh and 8mokod Fish, Dairy Produce, Poultry Etc. Etc.. go to . THE 41 MARKET CO. i CAM OflAllAM, Mnnnjf-cr mown -J1 8 FOR THB tnarj-*quat«.. ATTENTION WORKERS 77 op Vhe Ar* you a worker? If m you ihould bo lufflclcntly intor«at«(l In tlio bettor- niont of your condition! to spend a fow houri In atudylng and hoarlnti other workera' opinion* on tho mov-e- r&cnt that It tending; toward* your omanolpation. For the fr*« dlicuailon on probteme of vital Internet to tbe workere moeU Inre are belnf held every Sunday «y«n« Ing In thobaeoment of tbo Miner** Kail at 7.45. All thoae having view* contrary to tbo prlnelpleu of tbo Booiallit Platform aro apwtaNy invited to at* tond. Thofld mootlngs nro oduentlonnl and, tUorofor-0, tho aoonor tho "fallnc- ■tdoratlon of.tlio working clAM„aro dlepoiod of tbo bettor for thorn. - In addition to tho abovo neotlngt, an Bconoralo Clan hold* - wookly mootlnga ovory Sunday attoraoon from 8.80 to 4.30. Tbo work now under roviow la "Tno CImi Struggle," by Karl Kautiky. You muil all-milt* thero la a eliu atruggle, but do you know tho reaiont and the Inevitable outcome! Evorybody, lr/eipectir*, of any abado of opinion, la Invited to attend tboeo dlicnMloni, out mora •epeelafly tbt worktra. >i 1 ■■^ ."*;"" ?::.*&: •*r*,.'l"^Kv^^si .-b*/3-^-^ ,£■".'*--' : -*.'v j-, ts.jr- #■" /try y-1 1 l - % -?jr. ■-t^O^i-S > , -the^ town. •.«,-, • <■?-■'->-i.-' ■v- A.\ ..Sanders A iVcrhaeat ■i-othera.. •7'. i- Proprleters ,"* - tAAAAAAAA A A AAA A- -:;"'7r'7777yi.v-;, r ' a>^w,--» ■*-• , MACHINE *'.. -' '. -.,. •?■—*.» .. ■*,. [AS* i~ ■»»»¥»»»» W»¥»¥»»I|HH^»»V<¥¥*™^ COS i y-i » j '■>- WM. BARTON Aerent r«rnle7 Branch' •"a, >•" v»* 1- 1- Pellatt . Ave. Hortfrv .$ ,7", 7 7 ,";;- -.../y^s-v*' >-* KING'S TfiOTEt Biu'• suppIieii7VitKVtrie* best,Wines, " '-,.-'..,. . \ .• ' ii- - - - * \- -. , jjLiquors arid-Cigars., . :,DINING .ROOM. IN CONNECTION W. MILLS, Prop Coleman :, -*- •,-■ -,« *S-^4 £„ , .(^*i*S ■'*. 7!^i'^ * * ' , . r i ji **-<,■ : He>tel y w. H. Muix ■:-■ 7 y -.:*. . v,i a . Prop.- %v>Ur'iu4iHrSv''Jobn-..Fok5arriv«d.u9J here last Thursday from Hout«n;.cbua-; tys, Durham* Eng. 'y'.yy '-''"'Sh V ',*Mr. *WmvMazey,- pit, bqsa' attNo..l; SouthTnevercd hia connectiou with'"the; C.rN; P/CC C. last weei-«ndir ." ': '*' '»- v,Nb.-6LMine-"waB laid off agajp last Friday through-one'of th* air dlnlcoya' running Into a car that .was standing at''ih«stdump,"and -knocking it off the track,,thereby,breaking .the water line connection with the boiler, which cau£ ed„thevwithdrawa\ of .all the men "out of'the'jmine.'*'\'V',' V '.: ■: ] . - in ■ ■ - A *■* * * , ; K. The, New ^Yeara^riyed.ln here .very' quietly.' " True;-'tWwhistl-a blew and a few big guns were,discharged, while a-good-many healths were drank and some great resolutions made—as'us- nal.-vA smoking concert was the first thing on board at the club and a great many of- the boys took",advantage- to sing, recite and_make merry all roiind,' afUhe, following program ..will show. { "• W. .R.>Puckey,"-Miles"Away,From. Home (encoref; Dan" Oliver,1 Good-bye, Sweetheart, Good-bye; * T." Hutchinson, •A* Picture 'No'-,Artist- Can Paint;" F. Esak? mouth organ solo;' Joe McMillan, Eileen Aroon (encore) • '■ Geo. Smltb/ The"Bandolero (encore)V Abe Knight;. R>Hubb"er8by,, recitation f (encore); Wai?; Yates, Shanghai * Rooster;.. Fred- Tijlbot; Sailor, Beware;';Chas. Percy, 1 Piano selection; Joe McMillan Some-; body's. Sailor -OBoy' (encore)';* Geo. Smith, In .Happy Moments (encore); R. Hubbersby* recitation (encore); Joe Mitchell, Scotland for .ever; Albert Daly; Auld Lang Syne. 77 '7 7 - \" A'soclal dance.was' held in the Club Hall - on New; Year's'.night,.; a "large crowd gripping,the light fantastic till 2 a.m.,„,,.,7'7 '--7' /S'y -7 7/',, -Mrjand Mrs.'James sfewarthave taken up,their residence iii the cottage recently-occupied* by Mr and Mrs. B. Caufield. 7;", > S7 .j,\S. . *; ;-, - ; -Ted English is'nowthe man behind the bar at the/club,thavlng^aken:up' his newduties'on'New YeaV's.Day. ' *■ A" huge>,piece *"of -rock^broke away ft-dmLa peak/abovo'.-No^-:5;Mino on Wednesday",afternoon.'.*'and*' crashed *!.' J: Passburg You'ro always welcome hero Clean Rooms, Best of Food and every1, attention _ _ / * * \ THOS. DUNCAN Passburg * i STAND eACKt IT'8 TOO LATBI " i i Such u calamity mny not bavo overtaken you, but * whoro la, your guarantee that any day— BWi io-iim, a tiro may tiuXroy our homo and posMsnlons, TAKE OUT A POLICY AT ONOE ' no mnttor how modorato tbo tunount, a jio'ucy proi«oi,« yon. Thtf^Draintum le io rlduclouily ■mall thnt tlio prlco of n olgnr a day will glvo you eonatderablo Iniuranco, Soo ui about thia to- • day-—romombor to-morrow inay bo too Into. • - •* Give. us a Call ("".j nam'"in ,'i„ ,'.,'■■. ■ .^ ■ —■' n ' ',1^-u M. 'A."KAStNER Ihtuvunce R«at Estate right-Vthrough 7tKe • snbw-i-shed,^ com*-' pletely .knocking ^the-end. out of a car and "crashing down"" to .the"railway track7.7. .j.',»';„,7»...' :,u;i, ; t.~ Mr.. JcwiYoiing,*' employed as a*.ma-. chittls\ up, herei met with a'nasty ac-i cldenf; last'- -ru%Bday;¥ morning. • (The" high,,pressure ( air line' had' become- frozen up,- and he, with "others, 'waV attempting >to thaw It;'out7when it burst'and a .piece struclt. Joe ■ on* the head; rendering him unconscious for'* a" while,"1 w He was quickly' removed" Jo7bJs;hpme, and from tbo latest, reports he is progressing as' favorably as can be expected.« ,' ' ' ' ■ • • •'■'Mrl*- Murray 'is the new clerk "in 'tho' T. \V. v Store" up' here"., ■-' '* . •/ > " ;''1 ., Ed. Coughlln made a buslnoBs trip to Michel on Thurflday.- ' Tho Coal Co. have had to destroy flvo horseB through nccldonts ;-in. less, than a wook.' '7 .7 Mrs.' H. Ste'vonson, wlfo of-tho now Proabytorlah minister, arrived 'horo last Friday, nnd.is now-assisting her husband in the good work.' - ■ .'Mr, Herbert, Roos manager-of the Trltes-Wood Company nt Mlchol, was shaking-hands with his frlonds up hero last week-end. Mr.' M. D. McPa'nnol sovorod hla connection with * tho. Trltos Wood Com- pany.iip horont the ond of tho last year and is now onga-^od as "head grocery dork In, the Fornio Co-Oporatlvo Storo. On NoWrYonr'o Dny.n special train was run to tako all tho officials nnd tholr wives down to tho Fornlo Hotel wh-oro* thoy' did eht, drink nnd malco ihorry on thb Invtatlon of tho Gonoral mnnogor Wilson,' and' ovorybody that wns prosont npoko of having n real good tlmo, BEAVER CREEK Things nro-quiet nt this camp nt prosont, but wo nro looking forwn-tl to a busy tlmo whon tho railway goli In Thia branch of tho Kootonay and Alborta "Railway bronchos off tbo C P, Jl, a mllo nnd n half west of Plnolior Station, 11 miles from horo, rind should havo reached thoso mlnos two months ago. Tlio blowing down of tho via t'.uct nt Mountain Mill, howovor, cniiB- Hd fl tinHmin »l*"lfl"" "h'"*-- "i t\\e V" l-UlV Ipr of It in n*nv romplAtlnn, w, «y; lioiil tbo stool will bo lnld to tho mlnos within tho noxt two months, Tho concert hold on tho ovonlnx «f Doeomher 20th, In connection with tho rblldrni'a nbr1«ttnn« tro<> win n irr*>.**> Biicfcsii Close upon $100 worth of piHncntB woro divided amongst''tho was"- .very lengthy" one; and/th« taleni wn : far aboVe;*thVayeraj^ mention, ^however,' miist he-made-'^f the 'slriylngyot ^MraSMeyicar.v Mr ft/oody.' Jenny'Ryan^Mrs/jLowery ana" Dave Krap; .' whll'st^Myeral -of; the joungsters"that contrlfinteif:J.towards' tie rarmony are sure to be heard of hter,ox.' 4 .Vhrenolo^cai'deleniatlons' by "J. Loughran, proved,"an'attractive item. """"- " 7 ?'--••■• ■"• y .Refreshments were! served' at the, conclusion of the program /and about •»R couples tripped it gaily 6n"th«* llgh\ fantastic, to the music of the orchestra until 5 a.m;"next mprningi"-'^ \, " , Tho following1 poem, should''have been recited at the,concert, but owing to the lateness of the hour it'had to be omitted from the evening's program.'" • y 'V ■*■ • **, -■ -.','■.. -1 .. -: - ; , .-«-, -,, A new Version of^'Mary had a Little • '-'■ ' -1" ' ' Lamb'' •' < / -. f- *"" (With a local application5 to Beaver' " Creek'Mines, by John Loughran.), '* Mary had a little land,-,' y . '"""""" " -• Where beavers once did roam: 7 '• And though 'twas but a wilderness' ■' She "made that place' her. home.'. " She held herland till coal*was found ,f-.Then,"people settled down,. ■' .>* '• And .where the wilderness had .been -There grew up a thriving town.'' '' » ^..,- ■ -■ ,,s < , -ij .• - • Then! Mary sold some little -lots, '" t And,kept„the rest yotf know,,7 "". i * -For she* know -itliat ■ workmen. must ,,".j: -,.; 'have, homes," .-';• 7' , ,.- '.. " - r Andknew' price's still would grow. '. They grew.as'populatloncame, ; So did Mary's wealth, no doubt..' . ,.Then.all she;,wanted' was'a lamb ..' -ii-To,follow'"her"about. '" • Now In- ]h\i 'camp there was a lamb .-. That Mary loved, you know, And,every where.that Mary*went ~, This, iamb-was sure to) go. - * , ' *. ^ -," . ^ . , i , .' He followed herto'chur'ch one day. , And to her pledged. hls,;'troth: ' To love, be';,faithful and, obey, ' So;lhe"; parson'tied the knot. • "" ; P.ut since that'day scilie gossips any] .* This lamb hae" w*i>'.»'n so slim,' .--.. But Mary-follows him'. *'-'' < --,'-> ;**'.";;,. -"„ ■ . ■, ■ -;.. ' "And .that It .makes,poor,Mary sad,"^ "7.15ach,'tlme "he plays "the fooi, :py waiting cash and stopping out .,fl.To play^at'cards and pool.V '%.' ' * tr '■- • """ ,' Butyet the" price of Mary's'lbts, '. *' keep "growing day; by day,'' ' Por though"'the 1 beavers"*', left the - "*' ".Creek ' V, ■ '. - _/' ' "A railway came.to stay^ * ,-And so each ono of you might be,' '■; ,' . Quito wealthy.'so to speak/"' "',, "; If ybu owned some land ns Mary'did '* - Right" here In Beaver Creek. • 7- -*7 :' !.. • I * ♦ ♦',♦•♦,♦"♦ ♦♦♦«•« ■♦-;.,:.--," ' ■ * ♦ . ... LETHBRIDGE •*» .♦*'■:.s'*-. v ' •♦ ♦ ♦ ♦.,*. ♦#♦♦♦•#♦.♦♦ ;'Tho*whcels"of time"keep agoing pii,' and ngaln wo are into'another year, which,-! hope, will bo a more prosperous'ono; for nil than tho ono Just gone. ■ ' . , ,,i McTnggnrt and Moore lind their an-; nual dnnco on Now,"Year's night In tho ■ Miners' Hall. Thoro wore fifty couples prosont, old and young, ropro-- senttng all European nationalities, and ovory ono onjoyod thomsolves to tiiolr fullest. Tho'grand march was led off by President Lawson, who sooms to bo in his element whon tripping tho light fantastic but'many of our older frlonds-sooraod to onjoy tholr apodal Introduction of "Johnny Woilkor," At 11 p.m., ton and refreshments wero served' which ovorybody soomod to onjoy, Judging from tho way tho good things disappeared, .During tho interval D, H. Hutton favorod tlio compnnj" with n flno Impersonation of tho groat Scotch comedian, Harry Undor. Tho manner and ntylo ho snnu "Stop yor tickling, Jock," soomod to tlcklo tholr fanclos, Judging by tho hourly encores, which ho graciously responded to with t hat old nnd patrlotlo song, "My Aln Koll*," which soomod in n moment to carry many of us back to tho homos of our bright nnd happy childhood across, tho sea, Mr. Mai Vascllnnk nlso sang lri tho Slavonian tongue, Although many of us tlul not under- stand It, tho molody wns rnlchy and soomod to bo abovo tho common by tho way his p/oplo Joined In, nnd tho honrty npplnuiohohn UL UllU! t n,m„ whon "A-iUI T.nntr'n.vn*c" wnu aung, ouch nnd all regretting thnt thoao good times don't como moro of-' ten. Mnny of n* hnvo Imon wonder Ing It It was Stovo or .Tohnnto that was Mwrl tKnVfnf '<'o nmv I,'—J~....i .i .... ulK tinging, "[ nln't afraid to go home In tho dark." 1 -V, J ♦ .♦ ♦ ♦)^ ♦*%-♦;♦ ♦'♦.*■ ♦■ • * The-'mlnes'-'here^5 are' now-running full timeyhough;ver'y feW'miinersare employed." There'arei quite" a number of ™en In'.camp thatare'outof work, no, "placesibeing availa'bie'"for;,them," "butcwe are looking-for a mre prosper- bus time-in the hear future,-as the power.'house is now almost completed and the new tipple is- going up pretty fast in'spite"bt the cold weath"- er. Development Is also "being pushed- forward Inside the, mine, rso that' conditions look-'favorable^ for the fu- ture. _ ;. '*."• - - „• -'.. -.-, , '• There waB r! fair audience in'the Miners'" Hall-on the evening of Dec. 27th to; hear -.'the 'Cherries' "Concert Company,-in spite of tbe fact "that the. weather was Very severe and the hall, badly .heated. 7* But the, audience appeared to be, highly satisfied with the performance." 7 y ' y - ! -,- ,*" An heating apparatus will, we understand, be installed'jn a* few. days. . On" Monday night, "Jan. lst/through the efforts of, Mrs." John Taylor "and a" committee, a free'dance waB given to theTfesideiits^of Hillcrest in .which all*had "a'good'rtime"'* ' ' 7'J _ ' " % public meeting.will "be""held in' Jhe. Miners''Hall "oh Wednesday, "Jan. iOthj.'at 7.30 p.m.V for the purpose of considering the opening of a co-opera7 tive.store.in this camp. "All interested are'-invited 'to attend. ' ♦ ♦ ♦♦"<♦• ♦ ♦ ♦'♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ <► ♦,-'!- -' -*; ', y ♦ *•> -.' X HOSMER NOTES "' - ♦ ♦ •" - ■ By B. S. M. Tho wayfarer, from the Lancashire Cotton Area, on the othor sldo of tbo Atlantic, cannot help but compare tho vast numbor of workors In tbat dis- trlct with tho ordinary laboring workers in Now York State. ' - Lot a Btrnngor pause outside a Lancashire cotton fnctory nnd watch tho operatives nsthoy come out at tho ond of tholr day's work, What does ho ooo? A gront numbor of mon, womon, boys nnd girls dragging themselves along looking '(tho majority of them) undersized, pnlo, weary and worn, The English Cotton Girl and Her Sister of the New York Shop. Tho womon nro huddled up In flhnwls and tholr clogs might bo chalnn on tholr poor, tired foot. Womon of thirty, who should bo In tho halo of tholr llfo, npponr with bout backs nnd narrow chests, . Yet the .-workwoman or, girl in New York State trips "off gaily to work-in the mornings'with bright eyes. S .Her very step" informs ,you. she "is off to business^-Not 'toj.klll time, and,; |-hat she means to* do something when ehe gets there, and do .it-well.-*.;-Her, early training,evidently has given her confidence in',her own ability. She must feel healthy "and strong, for she is so careful of personal details. ,»Her hair is very smartly dressed and would be the envy, of our Lancashire mill glrlB if they could only see the New York maid.' , , Her dresses suggest- comfort—loose, short sleeves and low necks. She uses more sense in dress matters than we do. Our little Lancashire lasses, some thirteen.and fourteen years, have a tired, anaemic look. , They aro a little, more sprightly than their elder sisters, but a year or so "of mill life will soon change them, too. -•I And the men! Poory weaklings— for such many of them look—are not much bigger or stronger-looking than the women. > 7- „ Thfe-Tired and Overworked Mothers , , Who Toil in the Mills The .weaker of them call at the nearest public houso,on their way,from work and temporarily revive their ill- nourished brains wlth-beer. ' Many of the married women- learn the drinking habit in the same way.; , „» ... , The women' leave their children at home, usually playing around-"" after school, in- the street, waiting for their, "mamma." -Often-there Is,a baby to' be fed."-.,-. '. "\ • -, - . ' , '-'. Only- qrie who has heard children wailing arid clambering around, hungry, «an sympathize with' these tired and overworkpdWwbmcn» who would- give something tb be able to still their throbbing, worried. brains, and who work themselves to. death simply because the. husband cannot earn sufficient to support-his wife and family. The writer has seen -women, at 5 o'clock in-the morning, carrying their babies out in,the cold,-raW,-"damp air,' to some- neighbor- or nurse'who' will tend it while thb mother- Is at -work. On their*way home", in.'the evening, the baby is returned tb its mother. 71 .wnnflpp Tmar mnnv A *mnni/in n ^titaih ah_ — * — — — --- »-v »i-"- auuMj **l*l\*». IViUU VI Vlil^3Ii— would change places with these women. . ,7 ■-..'"" 7 '"" A woman who • rises. so early' of a morning, works "hard in1 a-mill or workshop all day, and then goeB home worn' out' to attend to'children "and household' duties. is . being -. gradually drained' of all vitality.- . ' ■•- ..: The women are the greater sufferers; so,also their offspring. ,, Ab I write these words I see In my mind's.eye certain children I have become acquainted with ln school. No. 1 is a boy, eight years old, who is nil drawn and twisted up, ono sldo, and a confirmed cripple, through "neglect when suffering,from tho measels. His mother had to leave him to work with tho father for bread. Drunkenness and Idiocy the Heritage rof.8uch'Awful Conditions Numbor 2 is a boy six years old, who Ib half Idiot. , His father, naturally weak, had'«rad*>nllv sonkod IiIb system i .with , Ir'nlc, ■ Jloth parents were workerHJliVwVa'ctoVy,1 nnd houo comforts wero 'de'nlbd them. Drink drowns all, and I heard lho othor dny it had also drowned him, for tho father 1b now dead, but tho poor little son lives on, suffering for tho sins of tho father.- "' ' Ono hoarB occasionally of tho physique and healthy looks of tho Lancashire cotton workors, but ono has to Imagine It; for It Is an nhsoluto fact tbat a well-known largo firm of tall- orH In Lancashire have to mnko- a, Bpoclnl small sizo of clothing for tho mill hands.' Thoy tnko n full nlzo loss thnn tho avorago man. Thoro is absolutely no comparison botwoon tho Now York Stato ordinary working man and bin homo, nnd tho Lancashire ordlnnry laboring worker. Tho Amorlcnn Is Infinitely bettor off, Tho KiiKllHhmnn works ns hard nnd hnrdor thnn tho Amorlcnn, and yot ho Ib poverty stricken. Waid Hotely Mrs. S. Jennings, Proprietress tes $1.50 and up Hot and Cold Watar * ! ^ , *i,". - "'- Electric- Lighted ! n . , , Steam Heated. . .' 'Phone" In every room. Sample Rooms on Main i. Bualnesa Street. ' 1 —.. j '" 0 . Meal Tickets, $6.00 Special Rates by the week and the month and to Theatrical parties. Try our Special Sunday Dinner 50c The finest of Wines, Liquors . and Cigars" served by competent and obliging wine clerka. i&' *•-» Cigar Store W. A. INGRAM Wholesale and Retail Tobacconist Barber Shop Baths Shoe Shine Billiards and Pool Coflee and Sandwich Counter •* i Hazelwood Buttermilk *, Victoria Avonuc FERNIE, B. G. Phono 34 PortAlberni City Lots, $490 and $450 Payments Easy For full particulars apply to Union Land Company, Ltd. NATAL, B. C. i lata PAGESIX "I.-*.-ri,.-;.-=■- y?y--;yy.\*'-.yyrxti<\wry^ ^,\^;s^'-*;*«iftW;.*,-"'.. -■•- v*~ .'SS , - ,j . .j-A'.-s^y"'- -i- -"•"' V* ^■.'U"S^riV^i*:^i'*^s,i{7-'-.'1. j^y^y^.;^ s^f.??'**,'*-;*,, %:;.•' -*-o -^-j ^"cyy?k^£.-„. y;'7*^'&;&.^*'''-'y^ \^--y^ -*V Under -the Coal Mines Act.-"'. .. *The following papers were set before ■ Candidates at the Pit Boss'^Examiua- 'tion held on .September 13th;an&14tb, , 1911. Candidates must obtain-60 per , -' cent of the allotted marks to pass." | Time—One and a half hour.-' \ . ■ r' COAI, MINES ACT *\ f -.-, 71.. What.are'the reqvyrments V>f the, " "* *■** Coal-Mines Act asto the inspection of a.mine: " .- ., 7 r 7 ' -"?T(a) Before commencing work; "(b) During working hours. 15 • 2. What "are the Regulations of the "Eight Hour Lawyvith respect to the limit of hours of work below, ground in coal mines? * ' .12 ■3. State the requirements of the Coal "Mines Act as to the use and handling'of explosives underground. " 13 * 4, State the requirements of the Coal Mines Act regarding the following in connectionwith shaft - (a) Distance apart and communication roads; } (b) Raising and lowering of. persons; ' ' ' (c) Fencing. - 16 ,_";5. What ^ precautions must bo ,ob- ■ served to comply with the Coal Mines -Act in" case of amls'sed shot? ■ 9 ; 6. * What are the requirements of the Coal Mines Act as to Safety Lamps? *''.'*, 12 ^ 7. \, State fully the requirements- of the Coal Mines-Act, with regard- to .'" * manholes , 11 "' 8. State fully the duties of (a) pit boss, and (b) a fire boss, as laid, down by the coal Mines Act. 12 VENTILATION " * Candidates must obtain 60 per cent of .the allotted marks to pass. -Time— • Two and a half hours. >" .J..- A blue cap half an inch long ls -found on the low flame of. a safety . lamp burning Colza oil. ' What percentage of fire-damp swould you say , was pesent, and what steps would you take.if you found this during working hour*? in—: - - *■- ,,'-.(a) A working place;" ' * ,(b) A hole in the roof of a drawing road; • , .> (c) The return airway. ' 10 ,"'2. Show how"'you'would ventilate the "workings on the. accompanying" - plan, having due" regard to* haulage.* J The coal being wound at the downcast shaft only. Show by arrows the direction bf the air current, putting In the -^Tiecessay^sto^ingsrtuoorsT^DrauiceT *•'- etc. ' / , --* ii -"■ ' 3. , What gases would you expect to find on opening an area that had been , ijoaled for somo considerable tlnie ow,' - ing to the presence of a gob fire? How would you search for them, and how' "'would you recognize them? .Explain ' fully." *'' « , 4. What is the horse-power expended on the ventilation of a mine when the quantity of air passing amounts to 35,000 cubic feet per minute, and the water gauge is .6? ' . 8 6. Glvo a description ot tho construction and principle of action of * oaoh of tho following instruments; Anemometer, baometer and water- gauge, and stato how you would ascertain whether or not tho anemometer Is in good working order. ]0 ; 07 Explain the action of tho forcing fan and tho oxlmusllng fan in producing ventilation 0 -7. Doscrlbo tlio construction of a safety lamp, nnd oxplnln tbo ossontlfll points to bo noted when It Is externally oxamlnod beforo being taken Into the , mine. Stnto your views ns to tlio nd- , vnntngo nnd dlsndvnntngoB of tho different methods of locking nnd relight- Ing safety lamps, with .which you nro familiar. 9 / ft. What Is tho rubbing surfnro of tin nlrwny which la 8 foot wldo nt tho top i.mi P foot, wldo nt iho bottom, i? foot high nnd 1,800 fool long? ft 1). Wlmt, Ih n blown-out .shot nnd what is n windy shot? What nro tho ' dangers aitondnnt upon firing them in a dry nmi dusty mlno, nnd what.pro. cnutlons^woulil you tnlio to prevent them? , R 10, If tho wntor-gnuKo bo 15 Inches wllh n quantity of 24,00 cubic foot of nlr por mlnuto passing through a mlno whnt would It bo with a quantity of .10,000 cubic "foot por mlnuto piiHHlng » through tlio snmo rolno'T 7 11, Which mlno do you consldor tho most dangerous ono giving off 0(14 with no conl duet prosont or ono froo from CIM with a considerable amount of conl dust? Olvo reasons for your answer ju 12, Describe how you would oroct i\ regulator in an nlrwny. Undor wlint conditions would you roqiilro this and whoro Bhould It bo placed? , 0 FlUCTICAL WOIIK Oanrtlilnto-- munt f-htiin in nr.* m.hi of tho allot tod marks to puss. Time—• Throo and n halt hours. 1. Doscrlbo fully with sketches, tho prucaiiiforiH you would adopt in replacing heavily wolghtod tlmbor In tho main road nf it fl-TY mine, 4 $. Describe with alcotclies tlio opor. ' ntlona of sinking and timbering a roc- tnngulnr shaft through 05 feet of nhnlo. Tbo abaft Is to bo 17 foot by 9 foot In tho cl-Mr and divided into throo com- . |)irtm«nU. 3. A *eam of coal 3 feet 3 Incben thick wltb soft pavement and moder- aUily html roof, la lylna flat, full of shallow troughs and undulations and makes a lot of water; doacrib-a gatMr*- •ally\how ybuvwould work- this seam, keeping iii view, the "economical handling of the.watbr..;, The seam generates a,quantity ""of CH4?>. , ' - 7 y 12 4. What-"'are' the advantages and disadvantages of" earthing electrical from CH4'',with a considerable amount machines and cables underground? 17 '^'E-. . It is customary in some quarters to refer to certain explosives as flame- less and'safety expolsives; discus's tne question' generally without''reference to any particular explosive. Do you agree with the'accuracy of the-description? - - , _ . 7 6. Describe some method of working a seam which' is ,9 feet thick and pitching at an angle of 50 degrees with hard roof and pavement, and which generates a fairly large amount of fire-' damp. '.What are the features ,of' a seam of coal you would prefer to work by stoop and room rather than by long- wall'? ' ' - . ' ' 12 7. What are stratified and unstratl- fied rocks? What is known as to their origin? ' 5 ,* 8. What is your opinion as to th-j value of; - Rescue' Apparatus underground? ■ c 9. State the dangers attendant upon the use of coal-cutting machine!-, and how you would overcome the .difficulties arising from a bad roof, at the face, along which .'a long-wall machine Is working? ,'-.,■"- y S 10. Explain the process vof firir-g shots by electricity. ' 9 11. In a seam full of joints and intersected by faults, what, precautions would you take tb guard against accidents from falls of roof at the working face? ^* *■"> . '7 *- -. '. 12. How would you work a ,-3eam which is subject to spontaneous combustion so as to secure the maximum safety? . ;■ - 8 "True Meridian?'7.Describe a'.simple' method/of approximately ^determining. U^ v . - ,--*-i:-."-..-" y *.*x!'-y-';i.--' ■.-y.;■*.;<. -r< /• *y ing- an underground' survey"" with-'the', loose'needle. 7• " y "* -- -. ,-j. .,x0" 10. - What angle is"^ iucluded between^ n! -83-,-".. degs.- E. and „S . &2' degs. W?; ,** s11. - If there is an error of *1 deg.- in the bearing of an underground roa.V what will, the total error-amount to if it be continued-for a distance- of 1.500 yards?, . N , .-, .' ;,..■"*' R -'(Next week will be published iist of questions set before" candidates for Mine managers'.),'' ' *. 'y •'." *"' y '■*•*=■' K<-*-:i ).LTP. .TCiOigJ tTHE-STANDAltD EVERYWHEte DOCTORING COAL Claims Made for a New; Secret Prc-i cess to Increase Efficiency "— Recalls Old Case in Which Inventor Dropped Fifty Thousand Dollars/Trying to introduce What Proved to be , Worthless Compound. ' y -' MACHINERY *. r Candidates must obtain 50 per cent of the allotted marks to pass. - Timo— Four hours. ' "* .",' "*.. - Describe two .arrangements of haulage and say under what conditions they are suitable respectively. ■; *10 2.. Describe the various kinds 'of flexible and rigid" guides for vages in a shaft, arid compare their respective advantages and disadvantages.,\ * ;- '7 _^ 5. Pnmr»Qril_Jt1lA r)tff"iVnn^itA"nDi, . mm^rmmmm^jflmm^r ^wr flmEft ym fTOPS COUCOt «i»«4*m« ""tot ances for lessening the jerk and strain' in lowering and lifting "the cage, in deep shafts. ' ' „ .7 . ' % 4. 'What is the breaking strain bf a 9-16 inch steel wire hoisting rope, having C"strands of 19 wires each; give also the safe working load? • , 8 6. Describe some form of coal cutting machine suitable for work in' pil-" lar and room workings.' " io ' 6. Describe brlofly with -.sketches nn ordinary bucket or lift pump. 8 7. What is meant by each .of the following terms: (a) Indicated horse-power; (b) Lap; . (c) Load; • (d), Non-condensinglonglfio; * (e) Compound condensing engine? 9 8. Describe how you would, (a) examine (b) clean, (c) and grenso a" steol wlro hoisting ropo. Mention tho parts at which you especially look for defects. What aro tho objections lo using a rag or hompon >mnrk upon n' wlro ropo? , o 0. Stale tho conditions undor which you would recommend .tho noo of electricity, for power in mlnos. Glvo tlio ndvnntngos nnd disadvantages' of using this powor. g 10, Tho dlamotor of a piston of nn onglno is 10 fnchoB and tho length ot stroko 1C Inches. It makes 2C0 revolutions per mlnuto with a moan offoc llvo steam prossuro of 40 lbs por sq. Inch. What Is tbo borso-powor? 10 ' 11. Doscrlbo briefly tho arrange- monts usually mndo for taking up slack ropo nl ondless ropo haulage? 8 12, An oloctrlc mnchlno workH nt JUIO volts nnd 25 amperes; what Is tlio horse-power? 7 SURVEVINO AND LEVKLLINQ CnndldntoH nuiHt obinln fiO per cent. of tbo nllottod marks lo pass. Time-- Throo nnd one-hnlf hours. ' 1. Sketch and doscrlbo with dlmon. Hlons, nn nlr crossing over nnd at right angles to a main hnulngo rond, which is 7 foot high and 10 feot wldo, Tho qunntlty of nlr to pnsB ovor tho crowing Is 30,000 cubic foot per minute, and tbo dip of tbo mlno Is 1 In C, ll 2. What aro tho requirements of tho Coal Mlnos Act ns to plans of workings, g .1. Plot tho following survey to a scnlo of 100 foot to tho Inch, 1 to f„ BM doj-i. Wl -mint*. 11. ?."».(> foM. 2 to 3. fl 31 dogs. 115 mlns. W, 180 foot, 3 to 4, fl 05 dogs. 00 mlns. W. 210 feet. 4 to 6, N 42 dogs. 45 mlns. W. 13S feet 5 to fl, N 81 dogi., 30 mlns. E, 114 foot, 1 it 4. Rlvo tho bearing and length ot tho closing tine from atatlon 5 to station 1 of tho survey glvon In question 3. « 6. Doserthe tho ordinary process of levelling underground, noting any pro» catiltons roqulrod to Insure accuracy. 11 & What are tto« ordinary aonrooa of error to b« avoid*! In laying down now ronreya on old »U»a? 1 1. State how you would procMd to mnko an underground survey wltb a fa*t n-aedll* and state how you would Hud tb* inclination ot ih* a*am. 11 The Idea that, something, "may be obtained for nothing.' is-" apparently not confined to high finance, or,to the" mechanics of ."perpetual motion."* * It"' crops out occasionally In the attempt to increase the heating capacity of a fuel by treating it with some chemical that is not itself a combustible..'It* was confidently asserted, not long ago, that .ordinary % furnace-ash, having no* fuel,'valuerat'all could be; made to- bum 'when'so. treated. >< - Apparently even "the7responsible officials bf cerr' tain railroads,have been duped in this way. - - 7 - -, , • " A - report- emanating from Boston says that' Philip O. Leavitt, an engineer on the Boston: and Albany Railroad, has .perfected a process by\ which he can reduce by one-third-the amount of coal' burned ;by "locomotives. The inventor or j-discoverer of this -. process say's:7. "My plan consists in part of spraying the lcoal with my secret solution. 'And-I also save a great" deal of coal in building-fires. 'I have devised vmetho"ds to offset almost wholly the; waste by the fire caretakers in the rbtu>d'house before the, locomotive is sent outlon-Its'run." '7 "In 1892"great claims were made in New. England for the use of a mixture called "Kbm-Kbm," which was,reported to convert inferior coal into-a fine ■maKing^comb"usflble7 mvmaxjng soap. F«l I'II*WI'"'*'*> • I"'"*-.; j f.J-U, l...\J * U Spftenmg i>vatet*j|, i'll||il||lllllll|IIHi'lli»ll'^«||l|i ''l"ll>J!l,H|ijl|l| II - '68. and for IIUII|lll|ll!l|||llllll|i;[inilfi!M|lll|ll|l|ll|l|IHII|lilili|U?! limanyiothestipurposGSii E.W;GILLETT . .; COMPANY' - LIMITED" TQROiNTO.ONT. S THE FIRST LABORfSTRikfe^v- - Dr.'G. W. Magruder;,ha^ heei telling the\'Federated Charities>f;£ie";7Mted5 States that the exodusjof ;the" Isi-aeiite's", from Egypt' waK^^rst;lahor";stri^ in history.. There- are.not^many: who" -c . - • te* •--J^.>,'--■;.-< ,%j- f, will' recognize it^afca-strjlrM^-ltihad'; "none of the methods;.ofithe1'modern; strike. While th^i^^,t^trikiBj',;^l'' conducted in shch-ff.wayJtliatShe wort-\ ---1 >< .-'*-. '^ly'ii'''-".^ y\ r^y* -. er.may be reinstated with" better "re-. "" inuneration forsth"eir.labor,\,tKe,'idea'of. :Mbses was ,to take.-,the'^lBraelites'|.out• olvthe "country. ]and:_away;'from^heiV slavery. The"motives|'bf'Moses^were-'. entirely different*and;were"earrte'd;but in fulfilment 'o£o'a"prom)"8'ejbf7-Gb'd:tb the fathers bf Israeiy Sy -''7 '\""*,:. i There is no idea of'the'workers lea'v-' nig the country or a Mose£appe"aring to lead them-into the.wilde'rness,;and-" soon to a land of promise,'- --. ,^here'"is, notlilrig' in comirioir in the "two- instan-; ces. , - -.'*•».''. *'-." 7 Nelther7cah the present.Jiay-labor movement be called a religious-movement for- religion"Is.-kept-In-background and cannot be entertained, neither, can politics -find,.a* piace .In;the labor.union. 7The labor union .movement makes demands ori. the party in power,' - These' deinands they, consider they have a right to remain in the country, and claiiri;that- the;party In power have riot;the"'right,to .import men to. take,their places. _ Soirie,:"no doubt, wish' at -times that a-Moses would ■ appear and" take"them--out ■ of the°country."7"-''f-' •' \, *'*" }: *■ enter thelife of prostitution is'evidept-" ly the7'ecbn6mic "*pn.e£y Theyvcannot"- •Jive} ori"?the*-irages"^pjiid^ therii.'7'7coiJ.-,- trafy-- to;the7usualCbpinibni,. itVcosis -a. ■i^i^^«-t2^*ii-«-"^_*is-*-i:"^";i.'„'-«^i- :-5rRe|lderici9; ;^;i"VictbrlarAvenue.- i;^ ■.>,'" V-, :'■'.- s "?^JOHN?BA«BERrD.D.6.>~t OSi, >f j 1-^ ' * >?■' THOUSAlvlDSrOF.WOMEN >: -s >j§f>8T;RIKE'JN-C*yiNA(Aq*>SINlif 7? r,:>*: *:7*iJCO'NtRACf^HUSBsANDS" *•** F*1 , s.*' ^^i ** •?* « ^ >->.''-** . ■'*hJ*- '■'"~#i *-*"iK*-.•*■ V"'"' tio*n°*bf the. .Chinese{pbp"ulatibn!*.willi;, modelrri- occidental^ideasyis^Vforcibly" phbwri: by^the^hangiri'g- attitudefof 4hV women,''of''thaV;naUon-;;'*V";i^t'f7-vi*^>>i^ ^*Ii^'tira^idSle^dlXtrIcts*':ofku^un^; sevefal-5thbusarid"*giHs7h^ a'nd^have. Vfoh"* cbnsesslbaiirithe.'mar^' riage'-relation*^ by7 going .7 on';' strike against" their husbands.';- *-, "> ~,\7t'^ ; y Under"anfold form of;marriage "con- tract'-girls yet lri their teens;'are given arid*7delivered "Into- marriage to ;utter strangers'by their- parents'.'r*, v »*-*..'V' .* ! - The»members of' the - new ■- orgianiza-"' tion^ refused'tollve*. more; than ^three- successive * days \ with their. • contract' husbands! - "They demanded tho right1 to visit their parents' homes and- to return to.th'jsir husbands-only on certain holidays.", 1,- v * \ .7 ",* 77 .x-'7'.v ,. Where", parents 7 attempted.- to^force their daughters to reinain continuously with their, contract husbands tbe strikers' cominlted, suicide' by> drowning or by poisoning wi'tfi"opium." r,..'"'"'■'V."'""' 'The outcome "was "that the parents arid "■ the authorities' finally1 permitted the women -to ,have ..their* own'way. Most'of the .'girls In this-organisation are"employed" in the silk 'factories. ; -: " '-'•-'.«* sieara*~*maKing^combustiiileT~^Th"e" scheme was.p'romoted by a man named Howard.--'7Th"at man' seemed to deceive the president of the New York and New England Railroad concerning the value-of, the n*l*V-ure, but the mechanical bfricials were not taken -in. '' A new president was elected for the" road,' and after an investigation he reported!' ' * ■ "Wo-have found out that Howard, entirely unknown to the company, had; contracted with a Boston firm to havo an the coal used-by the company sprinkled with "some patent stuff called 'Kom-Kom,' which wns supposed tb improvo' it In somo way. , Tho 'Kom-, Kom' cost four cents a gallon, and It took, three gallons to sprinkle a ton* of coal. . Tims tho compnny paid 12 cents on ovory ton of coal for stuff that was worthless. For 'tills purpose alone Howard Bpont between $40,00 and "150,000.' "An inspection of the coal In tbo bins- showed thnt it was tho poorost quality", and resulted in tho rejection of soveral thousand tons thnt woro rondy for dollvory. Yot tho company was paying for good coal. Tho annual report, showed that tho cost of fuol hnd boon. 20 conts por trnln mllo, whorons thb' nvorngo for nbout fifty ronds was only. 20 cents, Holwoen 'Kom-Kom' and poor coal, tho Now York nnd Now Englnnd had a hnrd tlmo of It. "Tho fuol vnluo of conl dopbnds upon tho qunntlty of carbon nnd bydrncnr-' bona It contnliiB. When thoso nro burned with tho propor admixture of oxygen nothing moro of boat vnluo enn lio socurod, no mnller wlint doc torlug mny bo nttemptod." At Green" Bay, Wisconsin,. Rosa M. Perdue,"well-known-writer on sociological topics, "addressed the Wisconsin Federation; bf-Woman's Club on the subject, ".Tne Relation of Wages to Morality!"**>.-7y , .""*" !\ Her address.iri part follows:' v 7 7 ."I am..'asked"to."speak to "you; upon' a .very, distasteful" subject. There' is nothing attractive; about it.' But we are here .to'-dlscuss problems and. induce- action",''not- to" be merely enter-; tained.'-.-Jhe relation of wages to iio-7 rality so deeply'cbncerns a large', number of the citizens of the state, that remedies" were" discussed at -the last ^esJibn_oLtheJegisIatur_e^andJwiil-Lbe :,*7.^WL*AWE\& -FISHER' ,> iny^yif'-'rf 7'i7!*,r-,"-l.\.'7-. ... '■. L. 7.H.7 ■\h-y' _ .„ BarrJater^olibitQr/NbtaryJRiibUci ,«stc:7 yyi, 7,BLAIRlWOREi7 ;Ai>Ahy ■?*:^;i74-. ••-■l-'V -,*f - of .the'.'White Slave Traffic" held -In Vienna'.in. 1909, passed a resolution asking that,'social'life be so modified that .young," girls in every country re1, ceiyea wage which'shall enable them" tb iiye/"-; .. y ■';'' 7'_ y ,77Cheap,Boarding Houses ... "Toanyonewho has ever investigate ed cheap lodging and boarding houses), it'is' Indeed deplorable that anycyoung girl, should be forced to live in" ■ any place .where." a ^landlord expects, .'ta* make^money from'girls" boarding ;*at, ?3 01; less ;per, week. If in a- private family,.- so called,", it "means' an- utter" lack 'of privacy, illegal-and'uriwhble- 8ome-"'crbwding." and "much' bf jhe'bur- ,-,0ne;of,the"'biggest ,strikes*'in tho! history^bf the;Red-Cliff, mine*, waB made-a-few daysfag;b lri-' thev"n6rth-' westerly;"drift ,bf the upper,!workings "' wheri. high-grade .'copper,; oro'Stho whole'width of-tfie'dir!iftj.waB'*nin into, a' large'projportlon" of"thls/qre will run twenty .per- cent copper.*.1*.*";, The.:'mlno' was 'never,in> better .shape xthan'it'lfl- today, arid.'everything-! /ls.-;ru'ririirig hlv7 -.*' '-.. : .71*^.";-^ smoothly."' NOT GUILTY 18 VERDICT OF JURY Palls to Fix Blame for Fire Horror at Triangle Walit Company's Building NEW YOrtK, Doc. 27,~Tlio stato failed today to fix tbo blnmo for tho flro horror of March 2G, mil, In which 147 employees of tho Trlnniilo Wnlst company lost their lives. A verdict of "not jrullty" wns roturnod Into today by tho Jury In tho case of iHnnc Harris nnd Mnx'ninnclt, proprietors of tho factory, who woro Indicted for tho bolo- c«,uit ' 1PRICC, »t CBKTS f. What la n-MM fey Um» t«rw «V W*4JiH i^HHU {{J T)wr"t\t n Trj-i-MlllMi nl Uu* rourlbtiUiii' today of tho demonstrations which havo boofi mndo against tho defendants during tho trial. Tho corridors and entrances wero guarded by police- nftor deliberating for one hour and 48 minutes, Tho pronouncement of acquittal waa first taken quietly by the defendants, but after an adjournment to the anteroom they gave way to their •motion In tears when embraced by relative! and friends. As thoy passed out throuth * lane of pollcenwm to the atreet a large crowd of men, women and thlldren awaited them. One hysterical man tried to prviii tht^ojeb tit* throo*. erylna; "Not Gniltyt Not tnlltyt. Murder, murder, murder!" lie fell on Um» §Up» of the eonrthooM to toav v.i»»*J«iw, gaaptng that -i« had lot; « fhrndaya, considered" at the" next. 77; . "Last, year 'the"," Consumers' League employed MFs£stewart of the "United States Department !of'Commerce arid Later* to make an-investigation of wag-, es paid to* girls arid'women and the homes and social life of such worker's". Schedules" were' taken from 1,184 girls,-, mostly.1! from candy factories, shoe, paper" box, glove, envelope and clothing-factories.,;. In places of this nature the girls 'are'mostly young and unskilled, 252, or? 21 per'cent, being under 16 years, arid'863, or'73 per cent being under.'21'years of age, while'only 44~wor-a'"over 30 years. ."- Average Wages Ascertained "In this report tho wages were taken from1 the average"ariiount the girl received during .tho. year, arid varied from $2 to $ll, with one caso of $12, ono of $15 and ono-of $18. The nvor- nge wngo of 153, or 13 per, cont of tho girls was $8 or moro ,and 230, or 19 por cont, are' paid loss than $*t per wook. • Tho nvorago'wages of 202 Is botweon $4 nnd $5 a week;,223 between $5 and $G; 227' between $G and $7, nnd 184 botweon $7 and ?S. "Tho wages of women ,nnd girls employed in hotels, restuarants nnd private homes must bo considered differently because In most cases tho employer furnlshos room ,and board. The wngos' nro,' howe'vor, about,thb samo. Olrls from 14 to 10 years of age bogln work In private homes at Ifl.BO to $2.50, nnd mature skilled workers" got from $3 to $0, according to tho natnro and nmoiint, of work roqulrod*. Oliambor- malds of hotels rocolvo $3,50 por week, whllo kitchen girls rocolvo $1 and wnltroBBos $4.50 lo $5 por wook If thoy room nt tbo hotel, or $0 If thoy must room out. "Thoro Is llttlo variation In'wagos, of womon In tho lower rnnloi of nil employments boenuse employers wntch tho wages pnld by competitor*-. Whon n now girl applies for work sho Is nsk- od whom she worked' boforo, nnd at whnt wngos. No 0110 firm, tho cost of whoso product Is largely determined by wngos pnld to lnbor, can rnlso wage* Independently, If It tried to do so Its competitors would soon put It out of bnslnoBS. All classes of society, Including labor Itsolf, nro to blame for tho low wages paid to womon. To mo It Is oncourasliiR that tho subject li bolng ,consldorcd ut all. "Tl.v thiamin woiui ftuui waKe« bpiir to lho juwiij ulmhuiw li llif j.-JiJ Is hnrd to dotorraW If tho «Jrl lives In n homo whero there are several other wng«-onmer», ovon of'tho same scnlo, nn honorable life can bo main- Int., * 1 1. . . .. , ,. ,. must)glvo all hor small earning* to support tho family at home, only to find thnt It Is not enough, sho io In danger. Miss Stewart's report cf conditions tells of one little girl.of. 15 aa the only mean* of anpport of * family consisting of » paralyied f«tn- or, a mother slowly Irwlna* hor fl*ht and wsvmi small chlldrwi. Clrii, to the number of seventy-eight *ew not lH-tog at home. "The board they were paying »ang> «d from $1 10 M p*r weetr, with m» girt working for her beenl ntuhte and .V;l,» "The* Congress for tho Supprenlon den of "the household," for no "riioney profit is possible on, $3 a week,' .and the ad'yantago of taking""girls-to,board mustjbb.gained'in"some^other,.way. • • '. "Very few'.girls' are' a"dmitted7to cheap lodging .houses, but when '.they are it,.is in places,"of uncertain character,, where the!'destructi6ri of-,character is only a'question.'of time.""'Fifty rooming and boarding' houses were visited by Miss Stewart' in her effort to ,deterinine tho actual ^necessary expenses of'.mero existence, to'a girl'who either haB rip home' or, mustfearn her, living' from home. • 7 '!!,.. ; ■ "The.cheaposf-meals. obtainable aro, $3 per jyoolc for"throo meals,a day,,the midday meal put up„to send .with tho girl If so desired.." Tho price of rooms Is more unoortnlri, tbo-cheripost being $1.35 per week',, a small room'with' torn and dirty pnpor,'but with heat, light and, water provided. '' "In-onlytwo of tho houses inspected wero parlors",available for tho girls. Tho boardlng-houso keeporB preferred to havo tho girls receive, tholr company In their own rooms. The moral Btandord,.of any. vory cheap.rooming house* is an unknown quantity, ,ns many n girl who has tried-them will testify. ..yy _ . • i "TJ10 Chicago Commission ori'tho Social' Evil placos,, oconomic' condl** ttons second lri tho list of seybn' contributing cnuBos'for.tho ruin of young womon. Tho report says: 'Among tho economic conditions contributory to tho social ovll nro low wages, Insanitary conditions, demoralizing rein- tlonshlps In tstores, shops," domosllo., sorvlco, rostnuriints and hotels! tho street vending of children In rolling pnpoi's nnd gum, vicious enloon dnnco" halls nnd,other ilomornllzlng roflorts: employment ngonclos which send ser- vnnts to Immoral placos; tho rest rooms of waiting plncoB whoro nppll- ennts for work roBort; too* long hours, nnd tho high prossuro of work; tho overcrowding of houses upon lots, of fnmjllon in -tho houso, nnd of perilous In rooms, "Speaking of womon crlmlnnls of this tyiMs, Mrs. Welsh, matron In tbo Auburn (N. Y.) prison, aays: '"Tliey nro In tho main tho result ol' n lack of training In the trades, Inconsldornto marrlagoo, Ignorance, youth, frlondlossnesn, tho gonoral un- guided condition of girls, non-employ- t^Tirmf'Tit!'., -nrrvousi loc'lun UhS lho high prossuro of tbo llfo of'tho nvorngo factory employe.' * Orlit of CrlmlnalMIII "Mrs. O'Reilly, prison commlsBloncr *i! 2Z&+*wl.L*ik*\il, %A'i*\ Vioifittti Miiri- Inala are alio entirely the victims of paraaltln aosson trades, that by piece work and starvation* wages drain the workers of life. liberty nnd happiness. Tho average wage of women Is $4.60, of gfrla f J.60, and ••"> jv»r rent, tit women worker* are unemployed. Given Idleness, huniw nn/t nnrfatf, the JI| coneeajed criticism of neighbor** and the unendurable tension of nerve and tnimJ*. tnS It la not long until we nnd the women who come before the court for offenee agalAsl Ut w«»ft-ato»|* ^ rPhe Chicago Vie* Cmmtnltm riHtt- e«(thft-~ , * ' *"On» of the chief reasons why glrla ■->,-• Canadian ': v:y^P4^Jfie^:^: For the; Rourid Trip:; y— ■ .■ y 7 7V-. * v- " - Beween all stations; PortArthui- to Vancouver, anil Brancheb. -::;' 7 .". Going dates; Dec/21,: 19il„tb" Jan/ 1; 1912.-- -';_ *~yy,,f:yy.yS< ■7 Final return limit,* Jan! 5th, 1912! - , i ,,-. . ' j- j. ,-* "'i , . .1 ;—T7T-: , For further. particulars' apply- to nearest agent", or. tb7 **' ' \ .'•' : R. Q. McNEILUIE, District-Passeiv ''.. ger Agent,' Calgary, Alta. S-"' y\i ysiyyry y„7^ .*,".-, *-i ***-"> :r.\ Manufacturers of and Beal- ^t^S -xsy^J y v\Vv ers in all kinds of Rough K Al- T"-JV v^-c. ^ 'Xy^'- ^Y7;s[ ; ;T and ;Dressed tiimltep, * Send us youF oriieps 7 T ■* < Central Hotel if \t« Large Airy Rooms & Good Board Ross & Mackay ?» '! Royal Miiii -"-'V j ;._-> -»- >*.> J~j*tfi i-"^*"1 .-*■•■?. FERNIE Bar Unexcelled; All White ¥el^ ** .- <.-,-,. i "";■ y • , it, p -iy .i-'.y y y .'Everything^; ,, Up-to-date r( *-",,' > *i *", Call in and see us once JOHN PODBIELANCIK, Prop. P. Carosella ' 1 1 i r '' ' - , ' : Wholesale Liquor Dealer, Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes . Gents' Furnishings - *m BAKER AVENUE BRANCH AT,, HOSMER, B.C. H FERNIE UNION DIRECTORY Llisrd Loeal General Ttamatera No., ' 141, Meets ovory Friday* night at 8 p, m. Minora' Union Hall. W. A Worthlngton, Prosldonti B. J, Good, Bocrotnry. Bartenders' Loeal No. 614: Meota Snd and 4th Sundaya at 3.30 p.m. fleers tary J. A. QouplH, Waldorf Hotol T r*Hnr4*fnnn rdf^l M«, ^?*'1,>J, *», »,*/ f Meeta 2nd and 4th Thuraday Mlnwi Union hall. l). Hoes, 3e\ **-%** W Stanley §t. - - Nelson "»••* Famiry anif WorMnj man'* Metal in Cltyi nlcily fumlihad room9 w/th Bath, P«cf», fiOo. •ach. mtala, Sio, A Union House Prnp., J*, t. ttAtHRATT Typeoraphlcal Union No, SOB' Meota last 8aturday in each month at th» rotary. j 1 j tt J Loeal Fsrnls No. 17 «. p. of 0. M*eta * In Minora Union Hall amy Sunday at 7.<5 p.». Everybody welcomo. I), Ptton, Bwrttary-Treasnrer. UnlMif ttrMhurhotxf of C«rpant«ra and Joiners.—Lo<*j J220. D. J. Brans, PrwMant; F. I!. Shaw. Swretary. J Try a Ledger A ti HhiiMiHri mwmml^mmlml j», j^,=--"^y- ■ RlV;.f';V^.>- SW$k$?$S-.;-^ ;^,,-Y.;r^ *& • y.-;; ;:^7 ""7 ;^£.&»%7^ •s*i. yjuy-y-yy I W*. -.--'■?, sj-v--'•--■• .7 "77 """' :"-/**i '•"• 'i>u-^{NESVEDOMiTBsf-7fKApTTALU7f - ^y77^ya*^^l^^^* - • ; y Nesvedomlt^st;; Ka"pitalu^ Je Stvrdg'ia;';' ' 7W*S'skal^ 6" ?r-¥-^.n9/^n?i^°^^.'?;oT 8ehe rpvnych:' •■ 7Co" Je' takfimu kapitalistovi.'dd Cloveka •:vrobbtnika?-v'.Ni-5 Kapitai'iata vie io on yje na syot'poslany od'.bbha^ze'on'Jena ■r- fsve'te vrchnost'bti^ktbru taka 'chudobna- ^haye'd'" 'mu'si; ro&pektbvat'i* musl.-ja-'pos- - •*.>-. 7Za7taiybhto:bkoinosti:riieWanl'div, 'x".V*-'*•>■.-; . »i-v/": ' --"*-- »-.•■.*■,'.*-' -„->,-,-A' ze> meazi^robotnictvom ,.vzkrsneymy*5- lienka"; p'omity.- ^ Na '-.\ Jednoj'ut Btranfe" ' " „' ■.«(„-.„**;?.'* -'■tf-' i. -V. " 'l~- " '* ' o " t-ollflflinnnaP ' V a-nf falls' ' \- '■'*; "i^fSjC r * , v-;^-'* -:-^7yyv 7- ; .; :y•"*{■!55^^^^-. yy? y ,. :\r y yy y7^7 .*■• ■■ \ -y^ -. -: ;.v;,:-'.-!r.**a:'):--*" --*.i>-*st'W:.tl ■"•: Yarvluna~facll*3''oecupazione.'i „■**<£--*-<&**: a ,, •>" - arbada knawv. ktori 'za^ten-kus zlata "JS^? * , f 7; v• < ,** 'V\-^uJu'ni^ ."-¥'.a': tt«zlbmlJ?pollca]tska'. pallca';!';.a; dzlerin'te rece'mapokale"czone>odmrb- ?lna-r.0^°*"na.gentilissima polenta,.la gutto ad un- -ie'' a': n-ezlbmlj.pollcajtska. pallcaya ■•' 7 ■ kbzacky^obusek, to ,'zlbml* knaz.'''". On -H.tak" -dlhb..•.posoblSYojimj.^ezultsliym' , sposbbbm,"na uboh-Shb otrdka, 2e :cel- - '-',kom zlomi"jeho'energiu-a uCinla-nehb "j* povbl'rilhp,a;poslugn6"hb'otroka*r'"' Toto „.,;'■ vie kazdykapitaUsta; a;pretb;nqustupl .• ;7deJ sa"5o 'dej.>'S;:_' '■- ./ \. **•"-^ 7; Uz skoro* dva tlslce, rokov kaiSe sa '\ Krlstovo u5onlop.ktor6.sa prbtivi'dnes- - • kaJSlemu spplo6«nski5m'u ; z'ariadenlu, -"t. ale dopbslal' z-neho nebolb uskutoCn- "„yehe .aniVplsmeny.'V: Kristovo uCeriie, '-. ka2©.spravodllybst'.7diios.,panujo ta - najyaS-jla'npsp/avodllvost'; kaze lasku ■ .*k;blIi8n-OTU^.—/nlkdy^nonavI4el;jfideiJ' y.'• druhelio,' :ja% 'prave. dnes'*- kaZev.bcK ■ . ,,~haeom,;;pred^ tdj - • -■jCh'udbbnym^''"alo^chboVto "to".fnlek-* - tbremu.bohaeoyrpovedat', zatvofla vas yy-^°'^lazl"ca-"^ Mn?hp -a; mnoho.-.kVas-* ^| / ' ,-' voijQ.7uheni.-'ale jeho. kazlt-elia-ho oelo* f f - l7preWatlli.v':'-'"''-;-i*7-'i-,--7-'v." 'y "" ;;v*>v 1 7, -7 Preto'je'iapltal .talc bezoltnym'aneu*. "- - 'stupnym;" .'"Na'-prlklad" y'touisvllie, v. „ "State Colorado; BlaVkujuvbarilcI 7u2 "'* skorot^letdm^ky^A.nli^k^oe.n^ ■ -■ -atavlcy-oBto 'nlct^sVadneho'.yybl'a'du,' , t«n' si to treba povaJIt', Co to znamena ' pro lakoho-ba'nlkardva rolcy hepraco- yat'.'" Ved;. dva". .tyZdn'e,, nozamestha-: •' y no'sti prlvndzaju','do ;bytu'robotnikqv-. 7- "Ho "filnd a-bledu^d as! must vytrpet',' . trya-ll neznrflestnanost'jdva roky? ;. ", \_} Tlc2,v,Muscatine, Iowa, trvaitavka f 'tameJSIch.perle'tla'rov. skoro cely rok.' :,y "ineste, t'onito ^ 'devat' flrlem.na" ■'*-.yyrohu porloto a yneSla-Ciastka oby- -Vatel'staya sa Myl-vyhradne lontym- to obqrora pracb. /'Kod'.prod rokoni 7 -vyfili robotplcl na-.stoyjju, vtody zahi- : ostnavntolla'srublll, "to'vy'hovoju pb»la-. , dnvkam, nlo'Jnkbnnhlo sa robotnicl do , prace, vratlll, zambslnavntella 'dane , , slbvb zruBllI n poClndayky nosplnlll.' • - TnUto Blamiinl robotnicl ,'vyBll .zas 'na * s'tavlcu a bd toj doby.stavkuju nopro- ' trZlt-o. ■" 7' '7"' A jakourady.zachadzaju stymlto stavkarml, to Jo tie* kus krost'anskej humanity.1, ^TJpotfobuva sa proti nlm ,1 : tych nnJhorJIqh n nnJukrutnoJSIch pro- strledkov. Najmuto holy solo hufy poohopbv a klackaroy z Chlcagn, ktorl nouJotrla, nnl stavkarov, anl obCanov, ,' ktorl a nlmlsuhlaBiaalobo sympntl- buJu. \JLony suftalarovano, a'panujo . tu krnjno bosprnvlo, ktorola noodvnei ■*, nlkto trostat,* ponovaC mestskn spravu sloRona Jo t prlvrioncov a prlatol'ov ptvnoy znmi-BtnaYAtd'ov. Knazl, naml- «sto toho aby (fill a prohbvorlll kapltnl zone,] krew z nlchJclecze;vza cale'po-' zywienie daja'nm tylko ■ kawo" czarna bezclikru i grochj-'a^przy'najmnleje- zem • "opadnieciu z", sll," kapita'n Frank Smltd blje, go po;g*lowle, kopie''nogahii, i nanoco .zaiiuwa7w;ikajdany, i wo; gole past wl sief jak tylko zdolny Jest pastwic Bie amorykanihi,- - "' ,;■ .W "niedzlele^ostryg * s'lo 'nie'polawia, ale.-*zatb Manln caly-dzler, musl. rabac - -v- . --■ - .. - driewo^jczysblc-statekl^ykonyw'ac qu^1 -V€n-S°n? sottoposti dalle compa- rozne'gospoda'rcze' czvnhoBoL* -. - ■ " gnle e n.eB.H an,Inl'* ormai "stanchi d'in- 649 Drexel Bldg., Ph'iladelphla, Pa.":' !v , . , - -, Jndlcntos Indlgosllon, constipation or islom do du«o, kraln svojo oveljky no- liver toronhlo. , PIG PILLS will ro- hoskou slavou a pbiikMuju lm na gulato your'systom and build up tho Krlsta, *Bo vSotko on musol vytrpot', kod' nni chcol vykuplf., A tak bala mutln 1'ud, faknlCIa Joho'onorglu, tak to nohoroblaotrokov. tym;\-^Tentqimbtlv' istotoe zieiastky- viedol i-.bratbv McNamaroycby. \- Je to sposqb/n^pfaTOy>*j.schyal!bvat,7 riemoie' "n'iktb,- ale, taky.i,eibveW- si my- sll;-jestli inoze--kapltal ^protijrobotni- kom'r'bojoyat'- prostriedkami' nezakbni-. Polish nastepujacy" komunikat. • ., Andrzej'Manin rosyjskrrovvolucyon- ista, za posr-ednictwem bid* ra streczen Mblczanowi.Co.-w Baltimore; Md,.at- rzymal: prace':na statku" Lottie May,*- nalezacym?do_'Charles7Woodland," ' a polawiajacym ostrygl' na. Hopo" island, Maryland/,--- ' '* "' e . "' -' .;*-"P"faca'*;na.,£ym niewolniczym statku, w^wwolnej.nlby.to Ameryce, stokr'oc Jest' gbrsza",; niz tv jaklmkolwiek .badz ^^OFiTTO^ECjl^^i^l?, 'i3$tt:',"-. "*- '-v^DtSGk'^ALTFil *.- . *, ■ - ^.- — i yy--;f-yy>- ,**v---j ■- I •tLa7Pi'od"uzione' • ^del-.-"«Mpl&^negii Sfati -.TJniti fu nei lQiO^divtonn'ellate 501.596,378 cioe del 39.2.por.'^ntb^deir intera produzione-'mondia^e-y-f }"^y. -• La-Jprbduzibne .-deli'antfaoite "rnel" mese ,dit)novembre fii''to"nrieilate';6ii93.- 314 ^contro 1;, 071,745iCdel.;nbvembre 1910' e* hei, primi undibi5p'esPlu" 'dVj8,- .674,208'. contro tbnn,:fB*164^6Bc;'dellb stessQ-periodb' di "mesifdei:i9l6;y-."77';- f.H raccolto' del 19117 iu:.di;dpila'ri:8^ 671,000,000.00^ una 'differenza'.'in'inenb sul. raccblto del 1910 -'di "dofiafi""277.-; 00"o;6q6...-" Tale ■ difjerenza.'-;fu~','d6yuta" agli eccesstvl calbrl." ~?.y 7->ySS-''" , Gll StatV,Uniti produ'eono-i',;3:'5' del' i-accoftb mondiale del co'tbneFed'.i 3.4 aei granoturco..-^ ,v..v;—-7-iT; ■,.-.'■;.-<. « ui iuumer, n«i •j.exas.-aove piccoie 'La,produzlon'e,d€l,petrolib/neL;]910. "squadfe di mlnatorl possono.trovaro fu negli Stati"Unijl di b'arlli 209,556,048 faciimente lavoro.' .Le paghe varlano cio U.6'4, pen cento deirintera:;produ7 - "- - ' lavoro,- In ca*is*i..Sr!3cioperb, Bpese^re" milioni di dol'lai£*.*i7 .'y - ■\^SyhSvy. *' - '- " 7^^*7*.-. ^ :/.?£$l£ ■■ Nel campo.^-Tercio," Colol, tiilavolri- yannb ora'abbastanzavbene e lepaigfio PAGE-SEVEN zibne. - 7NATALE. rozne gospodarcze czjuhoscl ** Manln' w sekireslo .jvyslal list' przez ■murzyna i blaga, aby go. wydobyc-'z te*.' straszneJ7amerykanskiej' njewoli, przrk^prersyberyjska;katorga moze b>;cuwazan'a'.zasjaj-ilemski yyy'y '"' John.N.-Laridberg, T^L "}- yy.■«ncy~««,^.t&AKNiNu77T. ^ ■;■ Even; -*;c"apitaiist f^yorninentB^are' learriirigT'^The litle *Araerlcan'7repub- liO*:o"f UrUgiiay Itf-South HAm0rlca:,-\Vithr .a population.-of.jlesa than, the; city of •Noy^Yorkj-has adopted the;policy" of public'* ■ inpurancK,' "-.The". ""president**- blainjs-:to, be ;follbwing:..tho;:raiIro'ad: Insuranco Idea jind expbets;'ere -long' tQN.,bave;,eyly.o*)vnod'8treot car lines. ■'.;Tho presldont absolutely refused'to, interfere. Whey asked why ho did so, ho rop!led:;."To|lot tho pooplo. Ithow how strong thoy, tho po'bpio, aro. "Socialism Ib only the pooplo acting for thorn- aolyes."- * Aftor reading Iho nbovo you viUi not bo surprised to Joarn that Presldont Untile Is a pronounced Socialist; Ho was not'only oloctod ori a Socialist ticket but plainly states that as,rapid- ly ns- ho' can secure tho necessary changes ho intonds to glvo Uruguay a purely, Socialistic governmont—Tho Appeal.- , "..*"*" Sallow Complexion norvo forces so that you can sloop ami onjoy llfo, At nil dealers 36 ond 150 cents;,or Tho, Pig Pill Co., St, Thomas, Ont. '<"-. List of Locals District 18 •in*. NAME 8EC, and P. 0. ADDRE&S • SO llankhond ....«'...; p. Whtatley, Dankhcad, Alta. 4M Tlenvor Creok p, Gnughton, Denver Creek, via Plneher 431 Dellevuo....*, J. Dtirko, Bollovuo, Prank, AltR. ■S183 Ulnlrmoro.., B. J. Chaso, Blair moro, Altn. 949 Burmls .Tos; Derbyshire,' Burmls, Alta. 327 Carbondalo., J, Lonsborry, Cnrhondnlo, Colomnn, Alta. 3I3M Cardiff ;.. ;• j, p0oIo, OartlKf, Alta. 110»- OlMtnA.I, «• n M '< , '" ,' ?«"t!t Colomnn.. .* w, nrhhnm, PMnum), AJlJi. * mi Corbln '." R. -Jones. Corbln, B. C. 1126'Chinook Mines .... Wm. Forsyth. Diamond City. Alia. 2178 Diamond City Mbort 5&ik. Diamond City, Uibbrldgo. 2314 Fornlo , Thos. Uphill, Pernio^. 0. •**«•": Vra-nV r» yidjt yrszt- m. 34D7. Hbsmor ,. y. Balderatone, Hosmer, B. C. ltol lllllcrwt ..„.;.,.. J. 0. Jonoa, Hillcrest, Alt*. ; 374 Uthbrtdgtt I*. Mooro, 604, Sixteenth 8t., North lothbridgo. 4180 Lothbrldfo Colllorlet Frank Baringham, toe., via.', Klpp. Alta. "H UH'». W. L. Brans, Llllo, Frank, Alta tin Msple Le«T M, otlday, Maplo I*afr Boiiomo, Alta. «»♦ Mlc-hel m. Bumll, Mich«l. B. O. 14 Monarch Mine.... Horaro Woodleld, Tabor. Alta. "' 1V& Paatbnrg.., Robt. Erans, PasshnrK, Alta. J5M Royal Vlow Thoa. B, FUUr, Royal Colliortet, Lethbridgv, Alta 1*» TTihtr A- Patteroti, Tabor, Alta, IM Taber j. Coopor, Tahw, Alia. 3311 Udyimlth J, J. Taylor, Udyamlth, D. C. iiti fiaoMtUnd ,,.. r«ter McW tea. 8nm«rlaiid. R C m Wol»n«ton ftiot. .Ilimt, WoBlnitOa, tt. C, IIU NMtaaw ,,,.; -jTaelr m««, Nan*!no, B. 0. MINERARIO '' 7 . .. .,' Wllburton;:Okla.'-'' I signori mlnatorl delle minlere del- — = ~ _*„... *m„„m uc.ro Mi,«*- la compagnla Demne's dl Wilburton si* raztonl nelpozzo dl una mlnlera viclnio sono sentiti molto signori perche man- a Bessemer, Mich.'cadde da un'altezza darono in giro per le mlniere una per- di"-190,'pledi, rlmanendo morto istan- sona. a collettare danaro per comper- taneament«7 -• .--■ - .-■-■-m*-'" - ' ' - are, un,regalo al povero sbpralnten dente' Billy Paul.' II"'regalo -cbnsis- "SI ha da Shenandoah, Pa.i che un totte in' un orologio d'oro. - II soprappiu' "violentisslmo% iiiicendio ba distrutto la del denaro* collettato ando a. beneflclo della"chiesa,cattollca' -"",■*••*>-■.■ "'7_,, .Cosi'?s'oprintendente,,prete e mbna- chepassarono le'feste del Santlssimo Natale • mangbjmdo. allegramente"; poll- yofp': astri arrostitl^e*- beyendo , gioconda- '"'" ' mente bupn ylnb.e buona:blrra. .- „, ..L -., — .„„_ ;I" mlnatorl, si-recarpno dai:-,negozi-'200 ,per6one"'stavanb l'altro giofno ia- ante.dicommestlbili^a comperarsi'25 iyorandp nellg mlniere dl Cross Tetley, cni*** r)f favino. ^1. orvonAhivnA ^ *«i ^.. niiAaf a - at * riempiroiio * d'acoua' ill:"--"\ -'■yedremb'se sapranno poi m.antenere le'-pro'messe.1" V'' 7, .V*" -" ' •' ;'' '] UNA'SERIA MINACCIA ' I prop'rletarl .^et dlversi' cotonlflcl' di Manchester/ Inghllterra, hanno di- chiarato che a datare da mercoledl' prosslmo non faranno plu dlstinzlone di.unlonl'stl e nbn unlonlstl e cho dar- anno lavoro,-tanto ngll unl cho agll altri.1 , SI tenie cho gll opornl,unionist!'proclnmlno uno sciopero generale per c'ostrlngorc 1 padroni ad abbandon- aroja dellber^nzlono prosa. ', So lo'Bdoporo venlsso proclamatb, bltro.,170 inlla opernl lasclerebbero 11 lavoro." . ." "*" ' v CRONACHETTA OPERAIA , -*La pan'attorla unlonsta cooporatlva dl San Joso,' Calif., rltrao un gundagno dl circa 2 ralla dollarl al racso. ■ 7 • • • Nollo minloro dl carbono dl Bay City, Mich.-, II lavoro procodo' dlscrotamonto bene, mn la mono d'opera o suporflua. • • » L'unlono dogll oporal addettl In Now York alia proparazlono dol gas in qubstl glornl vonno aumentata di 2 nulla membri. • ♦ •• , I contadlnl dol Tonnossoo hanno un- anlmlmonto dollbornto dl non usaro plu prodottl so non' provongono da ditto unlonlsto. • • • ♦ • Nol DlBtrotto. mlnornrio dl. Ton, Wash., la mnno d'opera 0 suporloro al blsogno. La paga media o dl tro dollarl al glorno. • • • Al prlnclplnro dolla prlmavorn pros. Allonsvlllo, noll'Ohlo. • • ♦ Nulla prosslma ostnto si darn prln elplo In Sacramento, pnllf., alia eostru slono dl un nitovo grnndloso Implnnto pop cent., or 42,000.000 foot, as compar per la produxlono della lueo olettrlca • - * • I Invorl vnnno grndualmonto mlglo- rondo nollo mlnlcro dl' Phillips, Le- high 0 Conlgnto, liolI'OItlahoma, poro la mano d'opora 0 suporloro al tliog- * * #1 Una compagnla dl caplialUd ha dollbornto dl apend«re meno mlllone dl dollarl per svlluppnro le mlnlcro car- honlfero oltunto K81 dlntornl dl Wnsh- ., :,E' cessato"-*1 Berllrio,"' Germania^rlb sciopero' del', sartf e:delle sarte,,vin",iiu- mero'-di clrca^jSOimilk. - Essl^sbriV tornati a'layoro'senza. aver potuto.bV tenere neB'sune^deile'dbmande'fatte^' -..--* ^'^"yfeyv ."*:_-*' '- ~>\y;\y cSi ha^da^Butte^Mont., checbi primi del prbsBiinb AprlleCuna forte" compagnla^ di];capitali8Ut'dara- principib' alia "costr'uzlone. di;3--;miia--inigiia di fe'rrb-" via fra'gl'i Stati Uniti e il Canada".• *"'; '"'.'".' ".-"'• •"- * . ■' ■ ' I lavbri prbcedbhb 6r'& abbastanza bene nolle minlere carbonfi'ere dl-Lyra e di" Thurbe'r, nel Texas,7'dove piccoie da",due dollarl e'mezzo atre ejmezzo al giorno pei- otto ore dl lavoro. " ,"*'_. l...,V»'.*.** , -, 7 • ,- _ II yentin'overine' Giuseppe Montonati', nativo di Sesto, Calende, mentre qualche giorno' fa stava facendo delle ripa- miniera.'.cono'scluta;;sotto il nome di VWest'Shenandqah-.Coillery." I dannl 'sono ingenti8simi.^'..- "Parecchieroentin- ai'a.di minatorl sono* rimasti senza' la- Sl--ha" da'.Londra che mentre.oltre cellatb: -.,-.£ QUICKLY. 6TOPS COUQH8, CURES COLDS. HEALS THE THROAT AND (UNGQ. 25 CENTS HORRIBLE^Cp.lNDiTIONS . . ' ,: .7y:-OF;,CHILD SLAVERY The * taking,7by testimony by the YorkTStateyF^tolT^InTeTugSt" lng; Commission," "preparatory lo' "rthe draftingjIof;:a;bill for the legislature concerning' factory and factory labor regulation*'has ?erided. , The commission heard ihore^about child labor," a good^,deal^onciej*nJ[ng tuberculosis am.- ong^,Italian, immigrants, nnd the ,de- tails'of a.nbw plan of Henry Briierb, the,head'bf.the Bureau of- Municipal Research", .regarding . the respective power's of .the Tenement House Department and the Department of Buildings. -George A. Hall of tho Child'.Labor Commltteo, told tho commission .that there ,wero moro than 40,0dp .children' working in Now York tenement houses and earning, $3 a wook,, and that many foreigners sent abroad; for'children undor 14, thinking they can bo put to work as soon ns tlioy land. - '/In 1896," ho added, "there woro 21,220 children with work- ing papers. v This number Increased In'1910 to'36,351." CANADIAN LUMBER Advance official satisfies for 1910 placo the Canadian yield of' lumber at 4,900,000,000. board feot, worth over 175,000,000. Of tho 2fi native species of wood cut tho first nlno wore softwoods, spruce, bolng tho most Important, as it furnished one-fourth of the total out. Spruco and white pine'together formed barely ono-hnlf of tho 1910 out, whllo In tho yonr previous thoso two spocles mado up noarly throe-fifths of tho total. This docrenoo in proportion Is duo not to a smaller cut of tho two species, but lo a groat Incronso In tho amount of Douglas fir, hemlock, cedar, nnd yellow plno produced In British Columbia, One- fourth of tho 1900 cut wns formed of theso four apcclcs, whllo In 1910 tho total cut of tho four wns Increased 70 por cont. Up to throo yoarn ago whlto . . ... — plno stood at tlio top of tlio JlBt, whon slnia si comlnclora la costruslono dl un u was mipplnntod by spruco, although tronco forrovlarlo fra Wjnndotto od tho.actual,out of the former had not docroasod, Tlio prediction of last year that whlto plno had nearly reached Its maximum yield has proved truo. as tho out shows n rolling off of 4 WWl l»^< • * od with 1909. In British Columbia tho cut of yellow plno has Increased nearly 000 por cent. In ono year. This Incronso, amounting to over 150,000,000 feot, was sufficient to ralso tt In Importance from fourteenth piano to sixth placo among tho different species. "Oh, my!" the cxtlftlnicd Impatiently "wo'llfbo ')uto lo ntlsM tho first net. We've boon walling a good many minutes tor Unit Mother ot -nlno/' "Hours, I should say," he replied tartly. ' "Ours?" sho cried Joyful. "Oh, George, this Is so sudden.' Lo minloro carbonlforo del Dlstretto dl Wolr. nel Kansas, cho por novo mesl furono InMtlvo, sono ttato quasi tutto rlaporto « »{ il tavora tutti I giornl. .'•••■ imi« ii mm unarm n •««» •««■ n \nm coanir tj, .(.lu. i. «. .. . »k»» Ul e«*»r ilmtm put Mdttaf m4 mi* Um lu 1^*1 mimoro rMrhnnltsm Mtt-nf-** n**l f« i«« m mihin *» i» imwiim r«»*n<* »UtT*1to dl JoBloo. T*»n, fuutlonano """ "^ "™" >™»*«t* ,«i«tu,„ « or* rofolannente « potiono trovarvl uticorn lavoro parocehl mlnatorl. La pafa « dfscrcta. • • • Dnrant* qqmU olrimr ,**» annt m Uitlted Mine Worltra ol Amtrlea per Fl tnanttnlmonto dol suol membri scn» T*M* *• WWW Ojlurti la UK mWm *t |k* wwlrt .-... —k.. m.—«».«... toetu^f M4 wt4 jj, £ji J »*• lOfliMhM ror«invrt> niny ynn* fitxlnn iw«i-itm«wt l» • liana -uimum vtA prr*ertb«1 ine*) -vohxIiwi. »»*4 l»f teuumilr Wl i» run* villi U*>» tminmt pmMwtnl li MnrtH*. Vilrmf Ku IfiravM CfcurHi U b* • «M«U*«|te«l «M» nr, »■>** lUcrelurji Trioutrn ,whKlf«Uom4 Imtnmrt. ir-,11*) Oiurrf) f*tim, im>inf*« r.i.rHI-NI'V * CO,T*l«4«,OU*. T»M lltU'tViBllr l*4t(l«liarMi0«tMl. i><;■-, »* •*■•'' -■'',.. •'- -' -■, -r\, *-.*-„. \ ' ** * ■: >7:-' X ... The Paper that gets there a , *'''CJ Advertising that advertises is the sort -desired-.■by'- persous, seeking ypublicity for their wares., CfSelecting the medium is important—the publication that reaches the people---the wage-earners— should "appear-to the discriminate . purchaser of "space.; /? -'. - / Oft Its an easy, matter to acquire space, in a paper but its another point/to .get adequate returns from the outlay. 7-;. .'-y' '.. ' : Cjf Advertisements that sell goods make interesting reading from time • . , tO;-timey*givin^..£^ts'and'%iires/ ; -Cjf Any Arrangement of type matter ""and .words iii a paper is not adver- • tising. , A well-written and neatly * displayed ad is a source Of information that will not be easily passed undiscovered. , Discover your busi-. ness with tho use of Printers Ink. ^ Get acquajnte.d.with. your custo- mersi meet iiiem weekly, through the columns of this,paper, gain their confidence through doing as you advertise to do and when you do this you have gone a long way to- , wards being a success. **T Let the now comers -know who you are and advertise your business, OR Tlie District Lortgev has tlfo largest circulation.in the Pass and should bo your spocial medium to tell your weekly story. Just try- can't toll until you try. - M Complete Job department Address all communications to The District Ledger J ■> mmm .V- -a PAGE EIGHT -.*, "OT DliTWOT; LEDGER i«WnB, B. 0.; ^AJITJllY 6, 1911 iiii«w -if--- -a <-*-^7.' - ■ 7 -Don't forget the big hockey,match yon." Tuesday night- 7 Fernie Seniors. -Macieod Seniors v. c, ■ Tho local branch of Modern- Wood ■wen of America -will holdan\lnstalla- ^tlon-vof- of fibers on Monday "evening next* at 8 p.m.. * - *7y,"" 7 '• :■ * , Fernie Academy of" Stenography and typewriting-will open its portals on . Monday":, January 15, when a great rush is expected. ■* ■ ■ "*7, . , The, monthly, tea* of■' the Ladles' ■•Guild of Christ Church will be held at 'the home bf Mrs. H.'McLean, on Wednesday,' 10th inst.', at 3.30. Are you a student? If so, a knowledge, ot stenography will be of inestimable assistance.. * For * particulars apply, Fernie Academy of Stenography and Typewriting. See Advt. , ' ■ *® 'The installation of officers of Mt. Fernie Lodge No. 47, I. O. O. F., will take place on Wednesday evening next. A good attendance is requested. Ham and eggs *■ and a water mellon. THE;.LATE,.OEORQE. MILL* Much sympathy is expressed on all •Idea fprfth«^ relatives of the :lato Georgo Milla -who dledof heart diabase in Lo^brMDJe Hospital on New-Yeart Day.'J aged i\7{ **.***■ The "deceased Ms a resldent^f Newville"; Glenn, co.'jCal., where he was running an hotel. Previous to that. (2 years ago) he Was"a quartz miner and -was.delegate to the Western Federation of Miners' Convention-of -which* he was board" member, held at Denver some four years ago." , ,Two months ^ago he came Jo Fernie on a visit to his'brother, Wm. Mills, and.his sister, Mrs. S." Jennings'/ accompanied by his.young4sbn who Js at present stopping with his'uncle, Wm. Mills. "He Is-.survived by his wife and:two children, daughter and son." •■'''. ' ' His body was brought to Fernie from Lethbridge, and was,interred in the local cemeteryon'Thursday afternoon. The services were held" in Knox-Presbyte'rian Methodist Church, and tbe undertakers were Thompson and Morrison. , ' W*-^a»»**]^ >*V* (* I*" "**n >'&&y*; ■S.VJ-"; wtmems \-yy- V "-*"-By.*-Caaual Contributor//: "7 Ithemaoiv-aiJin^a'end into*economic ■- r,* .-*"-• v-- **•■-, - - --.,,- - ,-" --' [, -*:''."-,■-;-:, J-:, y v*^--.T-*'fv.,-,-*.. ...- -*In. most -communities rw« , find a -questions. ,v-vThe power;and Influence' the,sincerity1 of/;those who advocate FERNIE FIRES FERNIE ENJOYS MERRY NEW YEAR Dog Races and Curling Contests Fea tures of Day's Fun—President's Rinks-Winners • The new year was ushered In -with more than usual zest by the people of Fernie. - One, of the chief sources of Jollty was'the dog races, an exercise made popular with the boya by,Tom Whelan, who for several winters haa been the leading Bplrit in keeping this sport alive.- There were scores of dogs and sleds in the races brought out by the long list of prizes offered foy,the merchants and others to stimulate the fun. "There were 10 prizes and from' three to five heats had to be run In each event so that it was "dark before tho last ,h«at was finished.' There were from two to half a' dozen dog fights In; each race^biit- the drivers came, out r of %1each;'m*"x:up^ and ready to run again. .'*„,, """", ■' While the boys were racing with their dogs the curlers were -'whooping it up at a'fast pace in- the big rink, the olcal curlers divided Into 14 rinks, ■seven' with,the president and? seven «with the vice-presidents. A" series." of seven games was "played and' the presidents links won out by at total score of 70 to 67, although'the" vice-presJ.. dents team won five games- out of the ■even frayed. It was a roaring game all through and the victors ate oysters "'at tbe expense of .the vanquished at the Northern Hotel the same night. The score: President La we 7, G. F. Johnson 11; James Miller 6,' Rev. H. Grant 10; C. E. Lyons 18, J""). C. Olson 5;. James Johnson 12; M. A, *Kasiner,-13; H. J. Johnson 13, Rev.-'W. M. Walton 0; S. Herchmer 8; H. Brown 11; A. C. Llpbardt 8; G. g! Henderson 11. ' The evening was'also mado merry by a grand baU'glvon by thoMazzI- rioblc orchestra In Victoria Hall, which lasted' into the day aftor now year's.' The hall was crowded and all seemed, to mako the best of tho merry times. The New" Year was- ushered ln by two false'alarms at the Fire Hall. The first came in immediately after midnight on the New Tear and the second one an-hour or two later. The cui prit, or culprits, who plays . these pranks/must be, a maniac, and woe betide him if he ever gets, caught.' -. On Friday morning at 1.15 an alarm Vas turned iri from box 34 and a**few minutes later the b:f-*;ade waa hard at work trying to check the fire' which originated at Cody's stable on.McPher- son Avenue, close to the G. N. R; tracks. The fire had, however, got such a strong hold that-it was past- redemption, and the attention of the, fir-- fighters.was centered-ori checking It. In this th.ey were successful: As they were'getting ready^to return tb their quarters the,fire alarm was onco more heard, and this time from the station* itself. -. Upon immediate investigation it was round that Brace's Hall and Gill's Boarding Hoilse were in flames. . Both these properties belong to-W.„Gv Bruce.-,* The three lines of hose were turned on, and although the "ffres were"checked" "both"'plaoe^'are a- total -wreck. Upon enquiry we are informed by Wm. Bruce that they were not'completely -covered. by- insurance. During the absence of, Fire -Chief McDougal, Fireman Wilkes ia acting Itf hi»* stead. i,..'•";--..'.- v- 7 7,, but-.tho,*.theory changes the .relative COAL, EXPORTED. IN-PA-IT YEAR Total Valuaof Fuel .Through Fernie ■<■' Wm Over six Htimirod Thousand * •i.: Dollars Cot * Denis'on reports that tbe total value'6f coal exported during'they-ear Just-cloded amounts to $602,584.76. * ■ - - Since the resumption ot work at the mines since the strlko. reports • haye amounted to 1133,120.78. - ' During 1910 the exports amounted to 12,332,865...the decrease for the last year being $1,730,280.24.,!..7-1' - - These figures - coyer all shipments from the Pass mlnos* which clear through the Fornlo offlco. ' • *■■• Solicits the support of the citizens of Fernie at the forthcoming civic election.' Equal rights, to- all and . , \justice to the minority. ,.;■ Only MINER in the Field \ f l , it i • Oj>j>osed to Paid Aldermen social;reforms, but ,n*.-*.k<» bold.ft-f say abou tho'evils sought to be eradicated.' ami find means to soivesthem. it'-l«j necessary, to ,kno**r- the history - „and course 'of, development which bring about the evils sought to be eradicated We also venture to assert'that these well-meaning Individuals do riot know the basic reasons causing these evils, or if thoy did, would read aright the lessons of 'the' past and realize the folly of palliative means.« The .history' of remedial legislation Is by no means a happy.-one, in spite ol the.test efforts of enthusiastic and well-meaning mon and women., / In order to cure any disease common sense ^ dictates the removal of the cause.' In dealing with' the ' typhoid epidemic which-prevailed in this city some 'time - ago It would have' been the height of folly for the city officials tb have started erecting all,kindsr"of hospitals. TheXmedical^men showed tbat the water supply, waa-the cause ot the trouble, and that the authorities d«allng..wlth this-matter in a practical mariner by attending tothe cause had been -. sufficiently, vindicated to,. need furthei elaboration. The methods ad-; opf«d in dealing with such -"problems' naturally"., present themselves, in "different waya to .various individuals, but "still the fact-is that the cause Is tho, factor upon which,all investigation,of effects muat.be approached, and.to patch up", the effects still leaves the cause;-and the problem still with us, although perhaps in another aspect. -1 do not jUBt know what the moral reform candidates in this city propose to do "if elected tb-office, but If-they honestly propose to" remove the cause of the evils then all thinking men and women." should bo ,wlth theni.*, To do this,'however, they-would be Social- iatlc,.and we do-not, think they wish to be classed,, amongst the adherents of.,this, "pernicious doctrine." •vl'.qubto^ below ,the • essence* of "the materlallsjtlc-conception bf history, the error, of 'which I kindly ask any' social- reformer to point* out, and I have no doubt, that the District Ledger will Siv-sih!s4©r-^her*CQmmufi!catiQn—full publlctty.-y' ■■'• -.*.*-' 4<-"The'theory of modern historic materialism la that the. mode arid manner of 'provlding-the means of "subsistence' food, shelter, clothing, and so forth— In'othor w'brds, Ihe mode'of production —W the" directive force ln creating arid shaping-'socfaf Institutions. -''Great as the influence of nature is ori primitive man, yet In the course of civilisation, social -Influence gradually grew to greater weight and importance, and man -is- much more actuated by mo- Itves ot BOPlotv'than of naturo.'- At tl.e'enme tlmo subsistence, nlwayi,re% malnbd a matter of prime necessity.' But the manner of subsistence changed, ,nnd .tho economic structure of society bocomo tho substructure upon which all. human Institutions, moral or physical,* woro .built. .All moral,, political *. or social questions "resolve o7-,.. posi*lion.|sof^'conditions \arid .ideas";as" ^6* their, being 'prfmarily'Vause' and ef-* *»-*'■-' it,maintajns. that* In! the" .order. * "■fr'H^yyi. i. - ;i .« "'"-.;.'•^*K'''.TrS^cy^jvi*'-2*iL!r ■^^*2^^--.-:-^,-'-.1,, i-,^, • i-K-5 - .-^ --,*-c-jl.^-'^--i>.vy-. f ,.;«r.--^,- .' ^,^.J »^f ~- iV» f-^i.f> ?*,f.J tetp ot things, cohcrete'-matter existed prior io tho"abstract*idea,*. and that nothwith- standing the- force" of.. moral ^ ideas;' there' is a^for'ce of economic" development in society.>wor"Bjlng independent of moral ideas, arid creating conditions the Influence -of - which is:;.strong enough. to Nalter," create - and * destroy moral-ideas.'?-" H-* v^-"1 "■,'"•''- .By'.quotlng'thfe-above Twlsh to throw myself N open to the enlightenment of those who /claim that the'-" economic basis of .society Is not the \ essential factor-underlying the actions* of men as "I contend.V' 'If'rour * social , reformers will not recognize this, surely itols up to them to explode this,fallacy (?), which is dally gaining ground amongst those who are devoting their attention to social problems," especially in, the ranks of the'working-class movement- all' over- the - world. v ' .,\ .,.''. ^- - , - - , , . ,. Whether ,br riot any adherent of the riibral- reform- party will "endeavor ,to snow us bur folly, we wbiildpartlcu- Irly aubmitthl's. fact "for f the consideration, of the wprkers/jand by the workers" wemea* "both mental and manual laborers. "/"-"Those, who "a+e so interest- ea' iri .morals are ..evidently desirous of making you beiter.cltlzenB by re- movirig 7 the •Vila" that fnterfera with your'thinking on' "higher things.',', Now. the members of the working class who will give the'matter a little consideration cannot but,Idm.lt that we have to* deal "with /evils"; that hamper bur progress".-'VStlli'the reasons for these ©Vila should not be so difficult Jo' discern if orily7ybu really wish ^ to see.; The studying of social, problems can', do no harm, and as a -matter of fact we think.it ia'imbst essential to the workers that they give more attention to' eliminating the1 causes of bur .present evils".' ;„ If.'only the "wall^of'the moral reformers does but. get you'to do a little-thinking and "studying-on your account they are accomplishing a certain amount of good. < However, the greatest*"^trouble ^ls that* we . are" so liable to let "others do our thinking for us.^yCJntU^thsiworkers'.thetSselves get- busy there la no use Imagining that conditions" are'going to be alleviated to -any, •gw»t|(wt'5nCo *- >\ *-v,*i *'■ ,7' '«In1*cbricluslbn'l"would'ast''yoti" to consider the'-'attitriye taken by1' the greatest refbrni 'eleifient In' the'lani— the Chufeh-^diiring -ftie strike* throughout; this*•'district:""*'- '-'Can you conscientiously convince-yourself that any acknowledged !rep'reB©ntatlve'. of -th« Church came'out; In any determined mariner ori behalf'6f the miners T If not," is it.not only:too evident aB tb the'class-ethics"'they- represent, and whilst I - do .not wish to cast reflection upon any, Individuals, knowing as Wdo the. compelling force of* tho "bread ('and butter-"'''question, Btlll I think that It Is about time the workers realized that what-reform they need must,bo done by,themselves, and tho sooner, tho bettor. '■ . ' In Bavaria wpmei^wprk^on the" railroad as" sectlbn\"naiftdsy *7>''J*'f^''' " -\ ,' -vv;'•.-•-'""*vvv, ;;/"-*.v',;,**'»■-••.-:' . The profits of \the. urilpff ;co^>pera^ tiye bakery. "atjSan"l.Jose,«!.C^ are about $2,o66'ia'mbnth-V'-,,;; C7-7 '^-.>~, ..ui- ..-V..' -j'- -*..*^.>j It wouldn't bo a bad'.Idea for- tho workers , of -BrltlshjColumbiaUp; get registered and'be:'re"ady- for;"ari."elec- tion.-..- ' .,- y^.- r.. .'-■?,■»••.'"'■-,• '»(*.■ ... .*• •7*-v*,7 %.*;■ ;,>y7: .1 It is claimed-that .President-John- P. White, of-thai Mlne7Workei*s,. has heen* re-elected by* Bome,-60,00u-inr- Jorlty ovor hia "nnjonuut, T.' L -Lowi*-. Semi-official services are tothe;ef- fect that seventeen locals of the United Mine Workers of America have been recently^organlzed on-Vancouver Island. - ' '-" y ; -.*''" *,;•'** ..-''. InGraz, Germany, the Socialists Increased their numbers in-the city council from seven to ten." All parties combined against the, Socialists; but lost ground, v , * * " 7» * * .. (. The British' Columbia 'Federationist, the official * paper of^ the "Vancouver, Trades arid Labor Council, haB been enlarged to eight pages. ' It "^intended to convert it" fom a semi-monthly te a weekly In" the near future. • */- -t. ."'•;. -■'« v-'»''-'*» '■ ..' '-.v .! t • ,,.. - - * ■ *" ■ ■ • . -■: According to Mr.-'A. F.OMantle', Deputy Minister of Agriculture tor Saska- tchewari,1'25,000,000 bushels of grain remain* urithreshed in that province. Much of the threshing, he said will'be held up pending the abating of the" car shortage. ■ ' y i '' **' * -.i ' t- •-, i ' " '•' x *'•-.-'■•■•■• , . v. - " ' '" "* The Socialists in the German principality "of • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt elected eleven" out of the ^venteen members*of-the Landtag (state legislature) ,'' which gives them an ' absolute, majority .of four. 'The- Liberals have four and the Conservatives" throo members.'-*-,* •' -, ^ ; • •* ::y'^ y. ",'-■, "'" '• i*1 * ■- -.",'7i>"1" } We are apprised "from Sofia, Bulgaria;' that; Rabotnitscheski VJestnik,; a Socialist bi-weekly paper,. has; been converted-into, a', daily.y.Over 18,000 copies. of the ..first issue ■ were 7;soId, But Just*imagine the news.kids getting , to * that ■ lingo,- whlch^requlres-s-at least, two, Bneezes, to- pronounoei-. „>.v ^■7l.i.y-' ',* '•-.»•:' •• 77*...--*'.-V' . ""•...,•.. rssr To the Electors of the City of Fernie: At the request of a rge number of friends I have consented to allow my nametogo in nomination for the office of fflA YOR of the City of Fernie for the coming year, I respectfully solicit your suffrages and influence in mv behalf, ff elected J shall do all in mv jtnwer to advance the InffiYCxts nftfte city in evpyy waf. , HOCKEY . ;. Fernie vs. Prank, and Blairmore ' .Fornlo. Seniors playorl two ijnmcs on New Year's Day.. At Frank at 11 a.m. nnd Blairmoro,In tho nftornoon, The Frnnk' gnma resulted In a tlo, 7 all; whllo nt Blairmoro Fernio won by 7 'o, 4, Fornlo llno-up—ForajURon, goi'i: MoTrtyro, point; Wallace, r.ovor; Gnrdlnor, rovor; Dimlop. coniro: Dubois, loft wing; Borland, right w'iy*g: DulMo spare, Plncher vs. Fernie Tlio first homo gamo of tho nonson bolwoon Plncher Intormodlntos nnd 1'Vrnlc Inlormcdlnt.es took plnco In tho Kornlo Rink on Thursday, Jnn. 4th, nt 8 p.m. Tho gnmo wns n good ono slmis-hlii woro too slronn for the throughout, but tho vlsltlnu; tonm's on- lomls. ond nltlionpli thoy put up a hnrd fklit, woro ilofontod by n to 4. NEW AT1MORY FOR FERNIE Plnns nnd speoiricnltonn, wb undor- rtend, nro now hero for the now armory building for which $12,000 hns alrondy lw*>n appropriated by tho ln«o BOON TO WORKING MEN ' German Cities Build Summer^ Houses on Vacant'Land A sarcastic foreigner onco romarkod that tho only colonics of any uso to Gorraany wore bor "Lauboh" (arbor colonies). Thesj(\,aro collections of nu mm or hon ecu with a fow square foot of lnnd nttnehedto them, to bb found on tbo outsklrtn.of practically all largo Oormnn towns. Taken singly,onch oriinll hut rbmlndp ono of tho' summer houses run up in'Airiorlcari or Ehg- llah gnrdbna, by tho" wholly unskilled hou«eholdcr In IiIb'leisure moments, whllo all top-other thoy glvo tho an- pnnrnnro of a vast gvpsy onenmpmont. Tn truth thoy nro nn enormous nnd Mi-hlv, prlTiod' boon to tho working class of tho cltlo* nnd towns.- Horo llio woi'lter nnd" his family spondd tho tho week-end nlmoRt tho,wholo yonr around; the nrono on Bunilnvn when thousands of Httld'stroamcrswnvo In tlio wind and ovory tlnv arbor hns its group of marry Inhabitants presents thn npp^nrnnro of n country fnlr or monstor excursion,"^ full swlnir, whllo during the workday week the llttlo govornmo'nt, nnd which will bo supplo- summer Iioubos stand silent and dei- menlod furtlior by tho prosont povcrn- ioutod,, Tho rolonlos nro of nfransl- mont,'for the purposo of bringing to tory kind, forthnvnro Invariably hnllt compjetlon ns soon nn poshIWo \r'o on vnonnt bulldlnir lots whloh ftr«-only biilldlnrr which Is to bo orootod upon wnltlnir to.ho sold for tho contractor to |es to hurl hotshot nt elan prlvllogo n Rlto on Victoria Avomio. opposite como nlonn: nnd turn thorn Into atwots i nnd rnelnl projudleos on hln leeturo -7'' Present indications are that the second annual convention of tho ^.C. Federatlon^of-Labor-will.be attended by; more .than, one hundred, delegates from i every portion of i the province^ The provincial house opena on Jaqi 11' the iconventlon on the;*2nd.* u The-executive board conyenes-at'^VIctorla. on Jan.-19th.j7 ,„-■' , *' ;, . v-. 7. A radical demand comes from the Denver. < central ■ body, of Organized Labor. ii-".'7ii?*t7-l .V-■..'—•-■*;.•■■ -- .V*. -- .j ..i;v- "v.* 7-7?k- ■ »;,■-« -."<- *s ^-Ai^^i'." lt«^-*:^->*-''.-*-''-J**'"-"»V..,--^-.>.- ,-/■ 3-..-J*' ***< ? ' -.?HT;V"*»i*?-- '-i :.■•■'>■--■ V >.- ■--•-';ri *- ^-'..-'-,''- ---.C.-,-\ *• <•:"'-.•«!«'..--. ■'.-=.-':,, ;.'■■>..•. =. -«.."S*^.-.-.*;!.-, . s* •-.; .*..-,5,s, „>,-^ .j., „■> .'„j;Aj-.,'i;»".'..\ * .-,..--_, * « -.*.. ,-- ...>,f ---.. -v. --,,.-, t^-V-, '-}.,. i r. .'*:-*. - r„-,- -.7". * "■ t4'--' "*. C- ■M«^»i«BM«ii™iMM«»Mi^WB» T Fl M-*r.mmmmxmnm*mmmmam^mmmm^m*.- .- ... 7'**y;^yyy y7.yyy --'y ^^v^'t-'^ys'y"-'-* ■-■ * *-■Ss-.. ',,,.*■;** *■ '—-*■-■- - -.*■»-■ ,s"\* ,->■- ■"-■;V,-)-i-..-i-. ■«V-p-4-,,-' J«- --,.-■->-.-'. I ' i-- "l ,v ;, tj ,, r.*f »;v^;;u- ■- ^"fJVS.' ?■ • '■•••.- E-JLl"*.-! "_ -' *--? '■ *,. -.*.-', *«'■ **< Si *.-" •"'I Rov. It. J. Campbell, pastor of tho Olty Tomplo in London, TUng., cbntlnu- ♦ li/* H-fift*** Tt»rtH f-Mi-n ftn*--* t-si t M <11 «*i m> I Th* hniu* hMnf W In Plvmouih C^o-ifrrenMIonfil Chnrrh, nn n wholo to the hlnhost hlddor nnd 'nov. Cnmpbcll snld:' "What Is thU by tho lntter bolna: rented In parcels now InternallonnllsmT Nothing moro to tho working-Rlnsfei. Tf thoro Is thnn soolnllim. iifloclnllimls tho do- ■tone trimmings. Tho dimensions n>-a n drnwhncit to'thomlt fa thnt In the mand of the workers for more llfo, for tn *ho fnrtv *hv *»*Iirhty foof) w|ln |w*j (Sn n pf *i>itj*viUf« l^«■v nffn-'rt n n-wti nlr, *^>* f.'n»<«J'":«« &*;!•?; *<»«« aiorlca abovo tho basoment. hiding plnco and h^iidquartora'' for ty, lovo and Joy. Socialism gives con- ,A shooting gallery will1 bo located thlovos nnd fiiRltlvos from Jn»llc«j, Tr-n crate expression to tuOK) aiplratloni. In the* hnsomont nnd assembly nnd erpnni-lon of ThirJI'n la rapidly pushing Socialism thrills yonth and manhood tli 11) ball abovo. tho cnlonlos further; nnd further out. wltb this now Internationalism and pro nidi nro to b» In upbn this work bv hut their vnluo m n bVirtonlo f«ctor. In *. duces fi fervor «von moro Intense thnn tho 84th Instnnt, and tho work will lio city llfo Is so grunt that ft society has j was tho church «w able to prodnoo. BtnrtoA ns aoon ns wonthor conditions ho-fn foumVd with n vlow to th^Ir per- will permit after contract ''ft* h*»*n mnnentprosoryailon, Awarded. This will hn iiilf* nn nil-'l- t'on te the public bulldlnm of (Im town and will cost «om* forty thuu- ■iir dflton.:'' . 77 \ t . ' V",- ' ■-■• '" - ' Mi hotkey match on Tottday night; Have you wade yonr timal N«w «»t out and,boost lor ttMi Benlors; a Y*nr r**(inlnHon**'? Tf ro hpr n rood, good gima for only 36o. SZ* gtout rop FnrtNt'hmTS-'i'or R"^. Apply, Mrs. Howard Marshall, "OMfon Av«nu«. ThlR new Internationalism—Socialism —la the common Ideal of a common p*«ple:- It Is oowln«.r Hothlrif can •top It, The fioeUl, revolution li on Its wa>. You bad Wtor tet mdf." Itov. Camphnll Is bolng. rPM-torf ,l»f larro audlenoes nearly evarywber*. d**> •pile tho «frorta of tbo old foaslt class of pious, person*, to kwj) tho peoplf fnm hearing htm. .-■^..-v-ii T , ,At $1.§0 House-Wrappers at ,$1.00,'made4romvy;y: . "■» - „ * 7" * "-"/■•;'"n '7--•■'''-'-.-"'* ■.';*.,'""'. 77-7.7 ., gooil'quality wrapperette-of Seleeted patterns;,a --:-' *'':,'■ ' ■ »• .. -.* .', --, -.*•-'•/. -V-- i"? -,.— i-7 "*. 7; % S s .'-'specially full .cut garment. Colors:-.Navy,\Car- yy"- o i -.';■""*" •" v "' *...""-■ -t -'-*''",-''!'. ."'dinal, Greys and Shepherd's Checks. * Size, 34 to, y,3 • °; 44,bust.*! ^Regular $1.60'.value,'* on-'sale' nW, at '7: "• $100 „.'/-■"".''; .J ' •! ,'',*T/y..V":" "": v;^;' ••"•" V"' -/'~\ "/ .? ■■ 'i >y':S"':t>y'*''■'?! ' ,\',7-^- y At $1.25, "our regular $1.90 quality House Wrapr y . ' per,1 made from extra heavy -wrapperette, in aAig , y"> variety ,of designs and colorings.'- In alHizesup,,."'"S' s to 44 bust. ,-;**-> •- ■ '... "-,''"-"*' 7'7-''T' '•''',-*•'-.''"-,-7- :-*-.!»l -•»■ -.*'-■.'->•■ ■>' ,v" ■, .<'■ y "•, ■-* ** 18 '- i\" ' , ' V. "• I yS;'^ At $1.25, Black Sateen "Wrappers,* regular'$2!00 -\ 7-7quality.7:i.„. ' . '-7';'• ..-.--v„ V-i;v*.. "-'.;.r,"v >-*'sv'A $tW Tho OmUat Oolf.Ooat Offor-PureTN^ol "< '•. ■'!.:"• '.-■*, 7, ../:, '-'--" . ..- ,'.;. # ..*"' '-■-■*-„-•'; 7 T. 7 ^Knitted, Norfolk 'Jackets, .extra herry;.-.: Colors: -y t; "Navy and Cardinal.'•* Sises, 34 to 407 An ideal; -"; -garment fpYschool-girlsi -; , . ''7 i*-"'';r .,'■ -'■ "-'*:'* ': FOE I4TDXDAT > ^ •f.<*^4> ■«•, ,'*IT1 *H •-. Wo bog to announce that for tho present we aro remoylngjbur i} stock from the Victoria Avenue premises to tho ,bld\stand on . Pollattj Avenrie, and'thiro hope-7.; to;m,e«ttall'our,louBiom«N. 7y [By a strict adheWnce to busl7 : ness.we trust to merit a contlnu- J anco of your vaiu«d7 patronage. A COMPLETE LINE ON 3ALE AT A. A. MoBEAN'ft STORE Fernie Home Bakery '• Telephone'180"''•'■- • ■ ■>< twt.iaaTOBE'.POR RENT.7,. *,w" ■„ * V -' ». - ,,'**.*...',-.. Flnest'bnllolng between -Lethb.;Idgo ; i and fornlo; locate* at'Hillcrest;'Alta.; P tho proporty of Local X058. Bulfdias . '1 80 '* Lunch ' i 1 , Counter Js Now Opened Clean, Cosy and very Inviting Just the place after, the show or from the rink. Fred. Armstrong Proprietor Here it is, Waiting for I) 7WANTBD-Cllirr for general bouis* work. Apply, Mrs. Frod Johnson. ' ' POUND-Whito Dull TorrUr. Dy, payment for/ this-ad.Vand .applying to Wm. Cole, Annex, owner can r«- cbvor the animal; othcrwlat, unless claimed "within four weeks will be kept .by finder. '/, • .■*" . n.p. * •' TO UBNT—(Furnished) 1 or 2 rooms and kltchon; bath and electric light;' Victoria Avenue, two blocks north of school. Apply Lodger offlco. 3tp. L. E. McDonald ' HbRtBSHdllNQ' ;' QENERAL (9U0KSMITHINQ ' i 7 Mi ' ' ' OARRIAOfl BUILDING ' - *' ' ■"** .,-«.' " Express and.Dellvary Wagona a .*'' tpsetallty • ' '' • WANTED—Housekoepor for work* Ingmnm widower with two children. Apply, P. O. Do-*, 102, City., ■"■"""■ " *"m,m "■■" "••» !■•» FOR RENT—Eight-roomed modern House on Macphorson Avenue, 820 per month, Apply, Croe and Moftatt, .FOR BALE—Subject to short lesno^ Houio^nnd Lot corner, Rlverbnnk Avo, and Prior Btroot. Apply to I* P. IDek- stein. LOST, BTOLBN, or BTRAYIDD, ono podlgroo Alrdalo Hitch. Any Information loading to the recovery of samo will be -appreciated by W, Par- Hell, West Fernie. TIB TIMBER'FOR SALBJ-Apply W. W. Parnell, Fernie, B.C. ' TO RlDNT-^-Two-roomed J'lnuered House, with coal-houM.-iollot and wnter,, Apply, R. Wright, West iKrate. . i«.jt TO nENT—Concrete block House; 87 rooms, ' Apply Wro. Mlnton.Llnd- «ay Avo,, Annoy. Electric IfteAtorer for Men via uai viuU*****. WtaiiundMiv *m •II*m«mj wukatu ■•-mim >i met. > ni»pt»iM via •htJu you iiwmii.. Ptk* Mt t»t.«*l4-H U* **, Ui^dl^MJtfclWll** ftethMAHUttvtiil For M» at IImsoWs Drtff ttoro ^ , 8IIACK,—Apply Wm. Mlnton, Wnd* say Ate., Annex. FOR BALE-rHouse on Lot 0, Block 88, Annoi. Apply, It, Rorner, Dor 37> Nantlmo, a C., or 488, Fornlo. ■ ■iwiwiwi-iiiii ■ min.i n 1 !,>„„ OF INTEREST'TO ,PARErlTS.*-A compute coorso'ln Pltinan's Short* baad*a»4 Tone* 8y*tem of Trp-sw-lt- lng, by UrtiW* premier 8tenogr«pher. A Mlo«t class sow la proeoss of for* mtloa. ...For toms, ote, apply to Wm. ft. Pearson, l^t>1fe Stenographer, Box, 188, Feralo, B.O, h