������ SATORDAV&CHINOOK VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA Vol. IV, No. 39���Established 1911 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1916 Price Five Cents ���EDITORIAL OPINIONS- :M tii'-om-i'i m. muiuiav '���The truth al all timrn flrml> bIiiiiiIk And iihall from ngr lo >ne cnilurj." themselves, retailers in dare that the coal mine British Columbia's coal mining industry lias been c: ploited by the company promoters. That is one reason why poor people in Vancouver tonight must turn to a blackened hearth. Take the case of the Ganadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) JOHN OLIVER, EDUCATIONIST OST people whn know Honest John Oliver regard him as an eminent authority upon agriculture, whose intimate knowledge of mosl things pertaining to the Province of Britisl Columbia fits him for a-place in the next Provincial Legislature, if not at the head, at least at thc right hand of thc leader of the Liberal party, Mr. Oliver is more than an agriculturist, lie is an educationist Here is tin- story: i here are five tons in the Oliver family. Some years ago these five hoys worked wiih their dad tilling the manor at I.ailners. They hail not been rusheil lo school and their young heails had not been over-crammed at the hands of modern school teachers. Tin.- oldest, a full-grown man anil the others ranged hei'us twenty-three. One fine ilay, Honest Joho Oliver called the hoys into a family council. "You're getting along in wars, young fellows," said he. "Vou are now coming to the point where you must choose the courses you wish to take in life. I have done all 1 now. WHY COAL GOES UP IN BRITISH COLUMBIA FOLLOWING the publication in these columns last week of an article protesting against the extortionate prices put into effect hy Vancouver coal merchants, .have had many explanations from the concerns engaged in the retail coal trade. They claim that there is little profit in coal for them after they laud the hags at the householder's do,.r, pay- office rent, labor, freight. And on behalf of the coal mines | *'e courses you wish to take in life. I have done ome quarters are prepared to de-1 ca" l" father J'"" a"d bring you to what you are iwne'rs are not making any profit. lller'-' is littte left for me 1" ''" *'lvc' L'illu'r '" stake -v"11 ���v Ito some land which you might till and grow your livings upon or give you an education so that you may enter some . I of the professions." "Today," said the father, "we must choose." It is related by a friend of the Oliver family lhat Honest uited. Here was a property which was worth, at a con-'J"'"' "'��" ��-'��- "*���" ��***-������ the five boys thc exact worldly -native valuation, some $6,500,000. A great railroad CO'.-! P��sitibn of tl,c household. Theresas thc homestead farm pany had made such an offer for it. Messrs. Mackenzie and Mann took the property over, the Dunsmuir interests a terrific figure for it. Then paying they promoted a company at something like $22,000,000. They sold the stock over among the gullible English investors. Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Limited promised to pay- stock holders a.dividend, It was humanly impossible to do so on such a tremendous over-capitalization. There was the Nanaimo strikes to fool the stock holders over in Great Britain. They will have to get more than $7-00 a ton for their coal if they pay dividends at Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Limited. So look out for further rises in thc price of coal. The watering of the stock of the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Limited was done under sanction from the Provincial Gov.ernifient. where John Oliver had settled thirty-nine years before, i here was another piece of land near by and a tract of farm land iu Pitt Meadows for which lhe father that week had been offered a large sum of money. i "Hoys," said Honest John, "we can farm together and in time if we work our land and tend to business we'll each of us be well fixed. Hut I can sell the Pitt Meadows property and raise enough money to give some of you an education." "Father," said the second boy. "render unto me the things that arc mine and I will away to school. I want to be a lawyer." "I vote fior 'me of the learned professions." said another of the boys. And when the ballots were counted, four sons were out to till tlieir minds and one son was prepared to continue in the honorable calling of his father. Now these boys had not any education to speak of save- that picked up at the public schools. If they were to attend University, then they must be prepared to meet a stiff entrance examination. Should ..the.Jour- boys gn-tn In the capitalization of another coal company, much wa ���_, - ., ,.^,'m��� ., Jan expensive preparatory school? Jtcre was the problem ier wan added * Poor 'Doctor Yintng s $105,001: worth of ' , ��� , . . ... u .-. ...,. c ��� rer was uuueu. ��� v"vv > o i I for t|](, fat)ler w|nch carried with it possibilities of immense stock which was placed in his hands because he schemed expenditure 0f the family funds right from the beginning. with the company to get favors from the Government will | g0 Honest John Oliver pondered upon the problem of have to earn a dividend. So coal may have to go up an-i giving the lads a preparatory course that they might be . . ,. .,,, n. ��� ���,, .,��� Lj. st,���.i- | fitted for McGill or Toronto. other dollar in order to fix the Doc up on Ins stock. Some days bad passed before a definite education policy In order to successfully water the stock of a great com-1 ^ ^.^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Qf ^^ ^.^ ^ ���pany or any company which handles either food or fuel, j fafm am| next day a carp(.nU.r camc trom New Westmin- ���or any of the necessities of life, two classes of people are ; ster Neighbors thought that Honest John had gone into bound to suffer. Thc workmen engaged upon producing j real estate and was sub-dividing his farm when they saw the goods for such a company will bc worked to death VANCOUVER AND SHAKESPEARE ACCORDING to a paragraph which appears iu the COLONIST, it seems that Victoria will celebrate the Shakespeare Tercentenary, which falls noon April of this year. In these busy days of war. literary matters get overlooked, so we may be forgiven for reminding our readers that April 23 will be the three hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's death, and it is also^lhe anniversary of his birth, which also happens onfcApril 2.1. By one of those happy and glorious coincidences this, the greatest of all Englishmen, was born on St. George's Day. It is due to Vancouver to say that in this city this Tercentenary has not been forgotten. Active spirits have been at work on the matter for months and the only reason plans have not been published is that it was thi ught desirable that certain details should be settled before much publicity to the matter was given. It will not surprise readers of the SATURDAY CHINOOK to hear that the same active and enthusiastic mind which did so much to make the Dickens Centenary a success in Vancouver, has been at work on Shakespeare. Mr. J. Francis Bursill, better known as Felix Penne, of the WORLD, initiated a Shakespeare celebration for Vancouver and has already brought his arrangements into shape. He interviewed Mr. Douglas of the Carnegie Library with regard to the Shakespeare Exhibition of a similar character to the Dickens Exhibition, which was so successful a few years ago. Mr. Douglas has entered into tbe scheme with his weal-known literary enthusiasm and there will be at the Carnegie Library an exhibition of "Shakespeariana" which will fairly astonish the city. Mr. Bursill has also arranged for sermons to be delivered in prominent churches upon such subjects as "Shakespeare and the Bible," "Shakespeare, Patriot," and it is hoped that Professor Gowan will repeat his splendid lecture on "Shakespeare, an Englishman." In co-operation with Mr. Harold Nelson Shaw, who, of course, will lake the lead in the matter, a Shakespeare Masque will be given and performances of Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice and Romeo and Juliet. Addresses will be given by permission of the School Trustees at all the schools ill Vancouver and Greater Vancouver. Monographs will be printed and it is on the cards to have a Shakespeare Supper and a Shakespeare Ball. It is due to Mr. Bursill, of the WORLD, that we should ask everybody interested in the matter, to communicate with him on this subject and it is with pleasure that we say that the SATURDAY CHINOOK will be delighted to do all in its power to aid a celebration which is not narrowed hy any boundary of locality but has a real imperial significance. Now his inheritance, literary and otherwise, and fight for them to'be ifcpt Hritish Still and not Gcruiauized...- - -- ��� ucrilic.e t:\t-ry month the next to make this inline few months. There is another man at the Vancouver City Hall who ham i given a penny to the Patriotic Fund. He enjoys a large wage���over fifty dollars a week. He is not overworked and he has only a certain amount of detail to bother his mind with.. He has few worries, the chief being that of keeping in right with certain of the powers that be. At the City Hall there arc those who have done handsomely by the Fund, have contributed loyally. Hut as compared with the generous treatment the Fund has received from the Provincial Government employees in the Vancouver district, Municipal employees have not fallen over themselves in the rush to assist this fund which has been created to properly provide for the families of the men who have enlisted or will enlist for active service overseas. The Government employees of the Vancouver district have responded in a body and each month they will give a day's pay. Thus $726.90 will be forthcoming monthly from the Provincial service locally. It would be well if the authorities would provide some means of publicly exposing those men who fatten off the public purse and coldly refuse to respond in any reasonable manner to the call of freedom and independence. Of all classes in the community the men who draw their living from the municipal corporations or from the Government should be the first to respond to the call of the Canadian Patriotic I-'und. Well regulated clubs have bulletin boards upon which the names of members who are in arrears with fees are sometimes placed. It would bc well to post the names in a prominent place of all the worthy gentlemen of ease and affluence who turn away canvassers for the Canadian Patriotic I-'und or fail to give according to their means. BY THE WAY \ m i A GOOD THAW will remove the ten feet of snow which at present shrouds the Pacific and Great Eastern Railway. There is little chance ol" a thaw in the public attitude towards thc road's demand for another six and a half million. * * * IT IS SUGGESTED .in some quarters that a few changes in the staff at the City Hall would greatly increase efficiency there and effect considerable of a saving in public monies. i' * * IN MANY QUARTERS the municipal corporation is regarded as an easy,proposition to be worked to the limit. From reports received from the City Hall, there are men the lime when the Briton should take stock o(|cnSagcd on jobs in some of the departments who actually* believe that th still obtains e prosperity of Mayor Taylor's first term at low wages and the persons who are forced to buy the goods from such a company will be faced with exorbitant prices. One way to assist watered slock propositions, low wages in the coal belt, high prices for food and coal, is for a mail to get out during the next fortnight and vote Mr. Charles Tisdall, who has been a humble supporter coal companies, railroad companies and all the other i porations whose business is bribing governments to seC the privilege of sand-bagging the people. GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE Till', lion. Crawford Norris, of Manitoba among the rns, oi .viainioii.i, stands out talesmen of Canada as being the first Provincial Premier to give lhe women the ballot. He is the leader of the first Provincial Government tO��� put into effect thc initiative and referendum, a nicasiu est form of democracy may find expre high Govern- in- H: in which th sion. The Norris Government, in pursuance of the principle of initiative and referendum, have committed themselves lo an obligation to act upon the will of the people, as it may bc expressed in the referendum vote on the subject ol Prohibition, lhe Government have agreed to totally prohibit the sale of intoxicating lisuors by law in case the people decide that they desire it. In the event of their defeating the referendum on the liquor question,. Mr. Norris has committed himself to the passage of such laws regulating the traffic as will result in a minimum of the sales of liquor and an improvement in the regulations governing the traffic. ��� Agriculture is receiving the assistance ol th ment Premier "Norris has announced that it is his tention to assist the farmer by affording the farmers of the country thc facilities to obtain cheaper money and m bis way he proposes to place the farming community bc- ond the rapacity of the chartered banks of Canada. ~ Here are four great reforms which will be crysta l.zed into laws by acts of the legislature and we commend this programme to the consideration not only of the lories ot the Province of British Columbia, but to the Liberals as well. Premier Norris has been in power little better than four months, and in that time if he has not redeemed all kis pre-election pledges, his conduct at least constitutes a record which the rest of Canada would do well to emulate. Premier Norris is a practical farmer, born m the Pro- >ince of Ontoria, but developed in western Canada an< educated in the bard school of experience. A successful farmer and for many years a valuable representative In the Manitoba Legislature, he finds himself today at the bead of one of the most progressive and up-to-date governments under the British ��� iag. the roof of a new house among the trees in the orchard. A fence was built about the house and a well was. sunk and a garden was begun. What was the new house for? Was it for the oldest Oliver boy? va" | A few days pass and then a light wagon stops at the r a j Oliver front gate and a gentleman in black, with glasses f��r I with silver rims, with a hand satchel, steps down. "M He is escorted to the new house. He is the tutor for the Oliver family. The house is to bc his home for a year and a few months over. There is a class room in the house where four lusty young Olivers will be initiated into the mystery of Latin and Greek and mathematics and history and such other subjects as the tutor may outline. When the time came round for the opening of the Universities the next year, the Oliver brothers had successfully passed the entrance examinations, two heading the list. During the time the. tutor held forth on the farm. Honest John did not require any hired bauds. The boys studied only thc hours usual in the schools and before and after classes they applied Iheir hands diligently to such exercises as milking thc cows and cleaning the stables and hunting the eggs. Their campus was the broad area of the farmstead; their gymnasium the harvest field and apple orchard. Honest John was out only seventy-five dollars a month on the fitting of his four hoys for the great universities of the east. FAIR WEATHER AHEAD CAPTAIN ROBERTS lives across the road and as we were leaving our castle this morning we encountered the Captain engaged with a snow bank. "The first year I came to Vancouver," said the Captain, "It snowed like this. Hut the sun came out February 1 and for one month there wasn't a cloud crossed the sky. I planted the garden in the middle of February that year. And we had a fine summer. I predict good weather from now forward. The snow will be gone in a few days." The Captain has been to sea for twenty-five years and he scans the skies with the weather eye of a seasoned expert. We were overjoyed to think that summer was almost upon us and proceeded cheerfully to work. We turned a corner to run into another neighbor, who, in discussing the weather, swore that the hard spell would continue for some time. Vancouver, he said, had tougher weather than Toronto. "Upon what experience do you predict a continuation of this bad weather." we asked. "Ten years on thc Atlantic seaboard before tbe mast." Not wishing to engage in an argument, we agreed that maybe the second man knew what he was talking about. Privately we believe lhat he is out ml his calculations for all that, just aboul fifteen years. We are belting our money on Cap Roberts. A0CORE meetini THE SCUM OF THE NORTHWEST STAND on a Hastings Street corner any night at about nine o'clock. Observe the new faces in the passing throng. Notice the clothes of the strangers, their eyes, their jewelry, their shoes. What Dr. Mark Matthews said at the big Prohibition banquet the other night is true. The Dry laws in adjoining Provinces and States arc driving the scum of the Northwest into wet British Columbia. We have sojourning among us at the present rcpresen- ni ana -.nug an.! tatives of the under-world from Denver, Spokane. Seattle and the cities of the prairies. They turn out at about nine the evening when the bright lights begin to burn and you will sec them any night on Hastings Street. Some of them have flashy, splashy clothes that are new and they are polished from the boot heels up. Some of them wear clothes which are of splashy cut but are old and their shoddy material is showing. Some of them are hungry and some of them have small stakes. The advance guard only have reached Vancouver. The great army will come in when the scouts report upon-** situation here. The question is: WILL VANCOUVER BE MADE THE CESSPOOL FOR THE ROTTENNESS OF NORTHWESTERN AMERICA. SHAME ON SOUTH VANCOUVER OCORDING to the newspaper reports at a public g presided over by Reeve Winram, a resolution was passed condemning lhe Canadian Patriotic Fuild and suggesting that the Government subscribe all the money necessary tor the purposes for which the Patriotic Fund is collecting. We understand, further, that Reeve Winram spoke in favor of the resolution. If the facts are as stated���and we hope that there must have been some misunderstanding���then the reeve and his worthy ratepayers ought to he ashamed of themselves. South Vancouver people are a heavy drain upon the Patriotic Fund. Twice as much money is spent in that municipality weekly by the Fund as is collected there. If Reeve Winram has joined in any objection to the cause of the Canadian Patriotic F'und he has displayed a very small soul indeed. From his predecessor in office wc would expect almost anything, but wc question whether even that unfortunate fellow would be guilty of any deliberate attempt to oppose the public-spirited citizens ontributiug to the Canadian Patriotic Fund. THERE WILL BE a rude awakening which will bc for the betterment of the public service and the betterment of many civic employees who will be forced to. hunt their own living. * * + THERE !S A disposition to tax employees of the School Board and to slash tlieir salaries ruthlessly. A little more attention to other quarters of thc public service would be desirable at the present time. * * ��� THE ANCIENT POET who wrote "Strike for your altars and your fires" must have been a janitor of a church '."here the coal bins were full. ONE OF THE SEASON'S best sellers is "Nipped in the Hud," by J. Frost, a tale of a Wilted Geranium. * * * NEXT TO SAFETY FIRST railway employees are now enjoined to shovel snow. * + * IT IS PROPOSED to add a Minister of Munitions to the Dominion Cabinet. Smajl-bore politicians are not eligible for the position, but a member from the prairie natural gas belt is mentioned :u the Ottawa dispatches. THE PRESENT SPELL of frigid weather causes the 'Oldest Inhabitant" to scratch his think tank lo recall a similar period since the Cariboo Hail was blazed ANY PERSON HEARD singing "Old Kin: Coal is a Jolly Old Soul" during the prevailing temperatu I is liable to indictment for lese Majesty. * + * "TURKEY IN THF. STRAW" is a favorite ditty wilh the boys in khaki who are quartered at the horse -tables in Minoru Park. o HE GETS $300 A MONTH AND PAYS $2.25 FOR KING AND COUNTRY! N the payroll of the City of Vancouver is a certain man who hauls down a salary of over $300.00 a month. His position is one of the warmest of the several sinecures the City Hall has to offer. He gets his $300.00 a month, more or less, and has not as much worry or responsibility upon his shoulders as oil- own bright and active office boy. When the collectors for the Canadian Patriotic Fund came around, Mr. Three Hundred Dollar Man stooped to consider the proposition of making a contribution of $2.25. THE COAL BARONS are prices than delivering goods. prompter advancing DOMINION TRUST DEPOSITORS have about the same chance of receiving a dividend as thc camel, mentioned in scripture, has of negotiating the needle passage. * * * NOW DOTH THE busy plumber plumb from frosty morn to chilly eve. * * * POSSIBLY TRUST COMPANY liquidators receive their name from the habit they have of licking up everything in sight. * * * B. C. HAS THE DISTINCTION of having the only portable capital on the continent. Wherever the Premier happens to hang up his hat is the scat of government, and the camp followers follow in his wake. * * t AGENT-GENERAL TURNER is strongly opposed to abdication without compensation. * * * "THE CRISIS" IN many homes at present is empty coal Being pressed, he thought that possibly he would be able bins and frozen water pipes. rv/o SAiUKUAY CHINOOK SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1911 ".. ;i ���. POOR OLD MOON "Old Moon," a blind Indian, aged 85, who bad been ailing for a long time past, and who was a familiar figure- in the district, died at Cliulus Reservation on Wednesday. Yesterday his Indian friends were in Merritt. buying lumber for what they called "his box." the old man later being reverently laid to rest at the reservation cemetery.���Nicola News. GRANDSON OF RIEL THE REBEL THE SATURDAY CHINOOK Published every Saturday at the Chinook rrlnting House, 426 Homer Street. Vancouver. Telephone Seymour 470 Registered at the Post Office Department, Ottawa, as Second Class Mail Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES To ail points in Canada, United Kingdom, Newfoundland, New Zealand and other British Possessions: $1.00 Postage to American. European anu other foreign countries $1.00 per year extra. The Saturday Chinook will be delivered to any address in Vancouver or vicinity at ten cents a month. Member of the Canadian Press Association. The Saturday Chinook circulates throughout Vancouver and thc cities, towns, villages and aettlements throughout British Columbia. In politics the paper ia Independent Liberal. We do not accept liquor advertisements. Publishers Greater Vancouver Publishers, Limited. VOTES FOR WOMEN Has it occurred to the members of the Legislature that the present might he an opportune season to consider a language or educational test in extending the franchise to women? Through the unpatriotic, selfish conduct of politicians now driven into permanent oblivion���thank God��� Canadian citizenship was reduced to a pretty cheap low level. New-comers from Australia, and elsewhere, no sooner landed in the country than the four-flushing, country-be- damned brand of politicians rushed through thousands of naturalization papers, and thc next step was to enfranchise these strangers to a full voice in affairs of state. A citizenship worth having is surely worth some trouble in the getting. Is tbe time not opoprtune to put to the test some of the restrictions suggested for guarding the country's franchise? Is it unfair that in a British country voters should have a speaking, if not a reading knowledge of the English language? The enfranchisement of thousands of women to whom fcngtish print is as unreadable as the inscriptions on an obelisk, is a matter worthy of more than passing thought. Some one may say, why single out the non-English speaking or reading women? Thc answer conies back why add to the dangers of citizenship? We are living in special times. The men who speak the ...nglish language and the women who endure thc anguish of the war are not those of a foreign tongue, save in rare cases. It is much easier to extend the franchise than to withdraw privileges once given. The matter is one which wc have not had time to give lengthy consideration, nor has there been much opportunity for consultation With those who may have gone fully into all the phases of the question. But the franchise bill has been printed. It will shortly be considered in committee. There may be merit in thc suggestion for a language test. ���Winnipeg Tribune. SHOTS FROM VICTORIA TIMES More boosting for Mr. Flumerfelt. What the public would like to know, however, is this: is the Colonist as near the mark in its eulogies of the new Minister of Finance as it was in its persistent glorification of Sir William Mackenzie and Sir Donald Mann? Those two promoters fairly reeked with the incense volcanoed on them by their local journalistic satellite. * * * Poor Sir Richard! lias it come to this? Yesterday the Colonist, which used to publish his picture every Sunday, which somthered him with flattery at high-class advertising rates for which we taxpayers had to pay. intimated unmistakeably that in its opinion Mr. llowser"s policy was an improvement upon his own. * * * Manitoba, after a long period of political stagnation, is rushing along at a dizzy pace. Women have the right to vote, to sit in the legislature, in tbe cabinet, and doubtless also in the smoking room. "This world do move" up there, THIS IS A NEW CURE There is a story told about a yOUJig taily passenger on one of the delayed eastbouiul traifis Ut North Bend. It seems she was under the doctor's care, but as soon as the free meals were coming she revived and ordered everything in sight.���Ashcroft Journal. NOT LIKE SOUTH VANCOUVER! The City Council proceedings on Monday was the tamest affair held for over a year. There were neither fireworks nor oratorical flights, in fact every member seemed afraid to open his mouth for fear he would put his foot in it.��� Courtenay Review. A QUICK MOVE The Observer desires to express its sincere gratitude to those who so efficiently assisted in removing the plant from this office, when threatened by fire last Saturday; also to all who assisted in moving back after the danger had been averted.���Cariboo Observer. In our issue of last week we printed a story telling how a grandson of the noted Louis Riel, of Riel rebellion fame had been chosen by Acting Lieutenant-Colonel 11. 11. Matthews. D.S.O., of Nicola, and O.C. the 8th Winnipeg Battalion, to receive one of the four snipers rifles donated by the residents of the Nicola Valley, through the medium of the Commemoration Day Fund. Since this information, which was conveyed by the Nicola officer from France, appeared in the News, exclusively, the sad intimation has been received that Sniper Patrick Kiel has been killed by shell fire.���-Nicola News. HAD TO FALL BACK ON THE C. P. R. ^r It is reported that a C.N.R. easthound passenger got stalled at Keefers with miles and miles of snow drifts behind it and in front of it, and with no snow plow available. The passengers crossed the river by sonic means and bought food from a little store on the line of the C.P.R.��� Ashcroft Journal. A WASTEFUL ECONOMY The provincial government, on the ground of economy, are considering the abolition of the provincial botanists' department. This is a department of which the general public hears little, its results are not to be measured in dollars and cents. But from a scientific standpoint it is doing admirable work. It has interested many teachers, ranchers and others in the flora of British Columbia and under the direction of Mr. J. Davidson, has accumulated immensely valuable data. Although only about four years in existence, the Botanical Office has been the medium of attracting the attention of similar institutions in every quarter of the world and of collecting flowers and herbs and plants on a comprehensive scale. The value of such a department of study and research needs no emphasis; British Columbia is a paradise for botanists and the more widely known its flora becomes the more the province will benefit. To take but one aspect of the matter: it is now well recognized that the agricultural possibilities of regions of varied soil and climate can be accurately estimated once the species of the prevailing flora are known. It is to be hoped the provincial government will reconsider their projected economy. The cost of the Botanical Office is trifling; the results that it has to show are considerable. There are many other and more praiseworthy methods of saving open to an economically-inclined government; let it leave Mr. Davidson's department alone.��� Vancouver World. BETTER THAN NOTHING Our esteemed contemporary, George Murray, whose name is at the head of thc editorial page of The Saturday Chinook of Vancouver, makes the solemn declaration, in a recent issue of his paper, that it is better for a man to be a Tory than to be nothing. The man who is really alive and enjoying the active use of his brains, wifl, of course, according to George's way of looking at it, be a Liberal; but a man to be a Liberal must have been born with certain fundamental qualifications. If this native impulse be lacking, and all men are not supplied with the necessary qualities of mind and heart, a man must do the best he can. If he cannot be a Liberal, then he ought to find some place where he will fit in. The men who hold up their hands and sanctimoniously declare that they belong to no horrid political party "are not much use to themselves or their neighbors." This is evidently the kind of medicine that is needed out in British Columbia. According to the reports from time to time, the people of the coast have allowed their indifference to political affairs to prevail to such an extent that there soon won't be anything left to neglect.���Woodstock Sentinel-Review. SENATOR HOKE SMITH'S "1DEARS" In these days when nearly everybody's nerves are on edge, and when every nation has grievances of one sort or another against every other nation, the cool, calm phil- sophy and homely reasoning displayed in the U. S. Senate recently by Senator Williams, of Mississippi, is a wel- me relief. At the risk of retailing old news I am going to quote some of Senator William's remarks, for it will do no-harm to read matter of this sort over twice in any event. Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, was riding his favorite hobby of denouncing Britain's interference with American trade, and Senator Williams replied: "Senator Smith's resolution would mean non-intercourse with the allies. What would we look like, trying to bully a big nation like England with our army of 90,0(10 and the fourth navy of the world?" "Does Senator Williams." asked Senator Hitchcock, "know that sixty-three sacks of United States mail were opened by Britain? That's violating the United Slates' sovereignty. Would he tolerate the censoring of our mails by Britttin?'1 "What the Senator wants me to say," replied Senator Williams, "is that I'd have a lot of Americans and British and Irish and Welsh and Canadians and Italians killed because my mail is opened, but 1 won't say it. "Of course I resent every act of a belligerent that violates our rights, but I don't care enough about it to shed human blood over it. As to British censors handing oyer our trade letters to British business men, I have doubts. It strikes me that Great Britain is a little too busy at war right now defending her life to be engaged in catching on to trade secrets. We have 3,000 miles of undefended Canadian border. I don't want my boys to go up there killing 'Canadian boys, and Canadian boys coming down here killing our boys just because somebody stopped somebody's mail on the way to Norway. "I don't want to see Dixie put into the attitude of caring just as much about property as the life of the women and children sent to their graves in the ocean. Until the question as .to the loss of women and children is settled. I do not intend to nag the President or his Administration, and I think I would not nag a Republican Administration about the loss of property. My people are,not ready to put cotton and human life on the same basis, especially when they have sense enough to know that if the shipment of cotton to England and her allies was cut off, cotton would be worth about four cents a pound." If there were more men of the type of the distinguished Mississsippi Senator this would be a pretty peaceful and comfortable old world to live iu.���Toronto Saturday Night. THE SAFE PILOTS Five able independent men in th" House of Commons al Ottawa, would be of far more v;'""1 lo Canada than the two hundred odil members who sit respectively at thc feet of Borden and Rogers, and Laurier and I'ngsley. A sermon- delivered in Winnipeg last Sunday morning by Rev. E. Leslie Pidgeon on "The Thinking Men in the Life of a Country." has a strong application to present day conditions in Canada, and particularly in the parliaments, both central and provincial. Mr. Pidgeon drew an anology between a ship's pilot and a thinker. Perhaps the pilot did not know all the details connected with the running of the ship, but he knew the course. In the same way, the thinker, removed from the concrete spheres of human activity, was nevertheless indispensable to the conduct of affairs because he discerned principles and saw things whole. He might know little of the detail of the world's work but what he did know, if be was fit for his place, was the course which the world should take. And it was his duty to give a clear call to those in the concrete spheres. Every community needed its pilot in this sense of the word. The history of the fallen nations was the history of nations without prophets. Where there were no men who lived in the upper air, in the sphere which included everything else, there was nothing to keep the community in its proper channel. in this connection, the preacher examined the claim of the "practical" man to be considered of first importance. Was not the practical man frequently one who lived by the calls of the moment and who picked out his course as he went along without having any established principles or goal to guide him? Practical men were peculiarly tempted to regulate everything by the exigencies of the moment. That was why we had so many irregularities in our public life. Men that did not live by Eternal principles were liable tt! work on shortsighted policies. The true pilot, continued the minister, had to be away from the oarsmen. If he were too near them, he would be inclined to handle his vessel with regard to their immediate wishes rather than with an eye to the vessel's safety. It was necessary that society should make a place for the pilots. The man whose whole life was turned iu one direction, doing one particular concrete task, could not be a pilot, no matter how honest and capable he might be in his own line. The nation needed men in the universities antl men in private life whose needs were provided for, antl who accordingly could set their minds to the study of those great principles by which alone could a safi course bc steeretl. But without a great task and a great people, there could be no great prophets. In this country the opportunity existed to build up a democracy such as the world had ne ver yet seen. It was necessary to have prophets to set the vision, and a people responsive to the prophets. In fact, the real test of a nation was its responsiveness to its prophets. Every word of the above, no matter what shortcoming Mr. Pidgeon had particularly jn mind, may be applied to the public life of this nation. Borden ami Laurier, in normal times, at least, are at the bead of two carefully hand-picked bunches of party sports. The game they play is party politics, and the goal is tlu government buildings at Ottawa. The party bosses res' as unsleepingly on their arms to guard against the part- strategy of th eother fellows, as do the soldiers in the res peetive trenches in Flanders. Prophets are not bred in the party atmosphere of Can ada. Here ami there in parliament arc men iu whom tin prophetic fire bas smothered and even broken into ; flame occasionally, but the flare was brief when it canit into contact with the wet blanket of party sordidity". If the pulpits, antl more editors, and particularly tlu people at large take the lesson from the war that our young men are willing to fight and tlie for principles, then the tlay of the prophets will be ushered in, in this land. An arraignment of the public life of Canada by such a notable Canadian figure as Principal McKay, of Vatican-' ver, will not he passed up by the big newspapers of Ca, ada as so much junk. , ue people, east antl west, will not make it impossible for principle to triumph over pull ain' pocket-nooks at the polls; and when in, say, some of Otn rural constituencies the tanners place candidates in tin field as the exponents of liberty and country, the same far mers will not forget, when the supreme test comes t cast the little tin gods of party behind them anil stand oul ooldly and unitedly for Canadian idealism. Five able, bright-minded idealists, pilots, who see with a clear vision the course that Canada should antl might pur sue towartls greatiness and a place of the highest respcel among the nations, would, we say. be a greater asset to this country than the two hundred odd sheep-like men at Ottawa today who turn to the right, or more frequently tithe left, at thc crack of party whips. These whips for a quarter of a century, or more, have really been in the hands of the instruments of the most selfish interests. Mr. Pidgeon spoke, in some measure, in the abstract, though the undercurrent of his thought was plain. Canada is in a frame of mind today to heed the warnings antl take advice from, real pilots. Canadianism cannot, forever, be false-facetl before the world and even among ourselves by the politicians of the purely party type.��� Winnipeg Tribune. "'��� The Ruth Morton Memorial Baptist Church, cor. 37th and Prince Albert Street. .Pastor, Rev. J. Willartl I.itch, will preach Sunday morning on "A Happy Christian." Sunday evening on "Sl. Peter's recipe for a Revival." The li. C. Women's Franchise Association .held a meeting in the Standard Tea Rooms on Monday, Jan. 31, at 3 p.m. Mrs. I). Curd presided and opened the meeting. Mrs. Daryl Kent reatl the minutes of the previous meeting, held Nov. 5, 1915, including the election of new officers. Mrs. MacGill spoke in regret to the fact that the B. C. W. Franchise had not won in the recent campaign for the ballot, but that they would still work in good spirit antl do all in their power to win next time. Mrs. Mac- Cill remarked tliat even if Mr. Tisdall did not favor them this year he would probably remember that he had done so in 1898, also in 1913. but as he has already statetl his views were changing in regard to woman's suffrage on account of the war. Miss Claremont reported that she was making good progress with the preparations for the Military Whist Drive to he given in aid of lhe Retl Cross. Friday, Feb, 3rd. at Mrs. W. Curd's residence. Mrs. Jas. Forrester read a letter from the ladies of the University Club announcing that they had nominated Miss Jamieson a trustee to the Public Library Hoard antl asking the I!. C. W. Franchise Association if they would support her. Mrs. Mac- GUI spoke iu favor and Mrs. Forrest- j ���u.ir ^^ ({| uyA er seconded the motion. (Passetl). Other letters were read, including one from I.icut.-Col. McSpaddeii. thanking the ladies for the magazines and wool caps sent the men in the local training camps. Mrs. MacGill annotinscd that there would he a meeting at her home on Wednesday. Feb. 9th. The object of this meeting would he to receive mag- .:i'X*fines and playing cards in aid of the soldiers' relief. Mrs. Hengough of Toronto being a guest of the II. C. W. Franchise Association, spoke very favorably of the work of tbe equal franchise associations throughout Canada, both iu Retl Cross and other relief .work. She emphasised thc fact th5t/the Manito- bo women were very much pleased with the result of the recent election* giving them equal franchise. Also that she had recently been to Australia antl was very much pleased with the co-operation of men antl women ��� there, ami the courtesy that is still shown women seeking their rights. ' Mrs. W. II. Smith said ..she hafl been a suffragette for 30 years. She thanked Mrs. Hen orable address. Kent, Miss Claremont, .Mrs. Jas. Forrester, Mrs. J. C. Kemp, Mrs. W. H. Griffin, Mrs. W. Angus, Mrs. W. II. Morrow, Miss Clifford, Mrs. Russell, Miss Russell, Mrs. J. H. MacGill. Tea was served in the Standard Tea Rooms after the meeting. * * * Again the annual Y. W. C. A. meetings are greeting us on all sides. ' We must feel encouraged to know the organization continues in doing such great work amongst the young women iif Vancouver.,' A report from Miss'A. LT'GTIlani at the annual meeting of the Y. W. C. A. was to the effect that there are very few women out of employment in Vancouver. In fact, she said, there were scarcely girls and women enough to fill all the vacant positions. All of which goes to show that times are fair. Jn looking through their monthly magazine we learn how active the Y. W. C. A. members arc in supplying the young ladies with means of improving mind and body anil developing a greater efficiency in their work- in I lie world. Mr. Chris. Johnson has his fish stall in tbe market building. He guarantees his fish strictly fresh and he is also doing fair business owing \o the price of fish being lower than that of meat. i! * * At Ray's, the butchers' stall, they seem to he doing g I business, as they are exporters of rural farmers' produce, and I hear they are noted price cutters. * # * Whyte Brothers also have a stall, and they claim to be the "P.utter Kings" of Vancouver. They export butter from Alberta where it is supposed to bc about the best made in the Dominion of Canada. * f * I saw Shaw antl Koeker and Co. tloing quite a progressive business in the grocery line. Their prices seem to be about as normal as any in tbe city i and their stock is new. Among other business representatives I noted in the market were Hals- croft Farm Produce Co., which are noted for the fine grade of poultry which they carry. Also the Ward Piano House have a good stock of pianos and popular music. Altogether I found the market a very interesting place to visit ami I would recommend it to the consideration of the women'who read this;'page, i The market manager, Mr. -Uriiik, I comes from tlie good old county of | Osffortl, in Ontario, where UKiyjJraise the fat cattle and produce tTieWuiiteiiI and the cheese. Mr. Brink lias ,'i good proposition in the Hastings Market, lie is really fulfilling a function which ought to be cared for by.the uiunici-, palities or the government. Here's success to you, Mr. Bfil'lR, "Lowerer of tbe high cost of living." Here is a fairly complete list of lhe wild birds who are winter-residents iu and around Vancouver (52 varieties)-. American Robin.��� \ few slay a- roillld the Zoo nil the winter I Thrush family i. Varied Robin. ��� Commonly known as Oregon Robin. These pretty thrushes abound iu Stanley Park all the year round. American Dipper or Water Orizel. ���Not common on the coast except in winter along the streams. Plentiful ill the Rockies. Golden-Crested (King) Wren. ��� Stanley Park, etc. Western Chickadee. Chestnut-backed Titmouse. ��� Less common. Least Bush-Tit. ��� These aerial scouts, thesize and shape of animated wall-nuts, making dashing descents on our winter lawns at uncertain intervals. Slender-billed Nuthatch. ��� Sometimes seen feeding on willows near the Park Lake. Brown Creeper.���Rarely to bc seen flying. Takes winter exercise up invisible, spiral staircases in the tall timber. Western Winter Wren.���As common as von Sparrow, without (rightfulness. Townsend's Solitaire.���About LADY VAN'S TALE ABOUT THINGS IN GENERAL his the Manitoba upon lhat its women sane people anil tpablc of taking a part in lhe of the province, especially to Daughters of Empire Dance Vancouver people looked forward I Meditation with a greal deal of pleasure lo the j March from Taniihouser dance given hy the Admiral Jellieoe and lhe Columbia Chapters t.O. D, I'., at the Lester Court on Friday, Feb. 3rd. Music was supplied by Weaver's (Jrchcstra. The affair was given especially for the soldiers. The Chapters clubbed together and Success of the social evening for everyone was well rewarded. The proceeds go for the "comforts fund" of the Chapters who are working steadily to supply the soldiers at the front with necessary comforts. Organ Recital The ninth organ recital in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening at 8,30 p.m., was well attended. The programme was as follows:��� St. Ann's Fugue Bach Nocturne N'o. 1 Chopin Jour de Voces \rcher Ave Marie Song Schubert Mr. A. Gpodstone Intermezzo in D flat Johnson Henry VIII Del Hugo Mr. \. Goodstone Carillon Study in four notes C. H. A. (',. Wheehion Kinder ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . Wagner Cod Save the King The organist. Mr. Frank Wrigley. was al his best, but owing to the inclement weather the recital was not so well attended as usual. The next recital will be given on Tuesday. Feb, 15. "Bill," with the Pantages next week Congratulations It recognising the fact citizens are sensible. quite i a f f a i rs, lhe extent of saying who shall govern their local part of the Dominion. To say that these new-born citizens (so to speak) will become light-headed over their new power, antl stay out late at nights, raise family ructions, learn to smoke, send the darning to the bow-wows, antl forget how to make hash, is only an idea which maybe laitl at tbe door of perverted ami obsolete minds. Man's meals will be eooketl as well, antl served just as promptly from now- on as they have ever been, and the made Stomach can rest assured that its comfort will not be neglected on account of votes. We have yet to hear of a man neglecting home antl such ties because he was so puffed up over the fact of hi.s franchise that be had not time to attend to them. The average man takes a more or less tpiiet interest in hi.s country's affairs, makes his derisions antl goes out antl records his ballot accordingly. Why not so with a woman? Y'es, why not? It is hats off to Manitoba government (meaning the men) for being wide-minded enough and having a sufficient sense of justice to make it possible for the women of tlieir comfortable province to have a say in public matters, and be acknowledged equally brainy with men. These men realize that the mothers who bear Manitoba's sons are capable of advising who shall be responsible for these sons national' governorship in the matter of property as well as morals. It argues well,too, that Manitoba, the real grandfather of western provinces, should be th one to lead the way to civil advancement. Here's to' Manitoba, may its sister provinces i take a lesson from tlie nation's hand hook antl do likewise. "It was then that the leader of ih government arose and looked around "'I don't believe iu women voting he said. 'My mother nor my ivifi have ever wanted to vote, therefor 1 don't see why any other womei should want lo vole. I l's cnougl tllat the men should have lhe fran ehise. I'm against votes for women. "Then there arose before my visior that oltl bullock, Wbitey, too full 1. drink more, antl with his feet in tin water-trough, ami I said to myself. 'Old fellow, though you have been tleatl these fifteen years, your spirii still lives antl is manifest right here in this bouse of parliament.'" _ . nigh further fav- The Hastings Street Market I called on Mr. Rrink of tbe Hastings Street Market. 27 Hastings VV;, this morning, antl he tells me business is' quite slow these cold, snowy days, but he is still in good spirits. He showed me all around thc market, and, if I may voice my opinion to the public at all, 1 think his prospects are very good for the largest business in Vancouver before many months. * * * Of course the people who run this market arc working against the wholesale people in Vancouver, but before the next winter is here, they will have their own sttk-k stored antl will be able to sell more cheaply to their customers. Mr. Brink told me he hopes to make his business better in another way, that is, he hopes to have a Rural Pub- A crowded audience greeted Miss Helen Badglcy and her pupils at their Matinee Recital given on Friday. January 28, at Labor Temple Hall. Miss Ethel lUickland opened the programme with a patriotic narrative entitled "The Battle Song of Xations." Little Miss Kathleen Robinson rendered a piano solo anil later gave an humorous sketch entitled "The Average Boy." Miss Frances Nickawa (an Indian girl) gave a very pathetic poem entitled "Famine," from Hiawatha. Others who assistetl in the programme were: Miss Edna Burden, comedy, rural character study; Miss Ena Burse, humorous pantomime; Miss Nina Porter, dramatic narrative; Miss Irene Falconer, comic Irish sketch; Miss Badglcy, conversational study. Cod Save the King. Among those present at the meet-Jlic Market day, once a week, where ing were Mrs. W. Gurd, Mrs. Daryl the farmers may come and sell their ���V Phone Seymour 4223 Mrs. A. CLARK The Ladies' Agency DOMESTIC. EDUCATIONAL AND BUSINESS OPENINGS 20-22 LEIGH SPENCER BLDG. VANCOUVER, B.C. Also at 526 Snywnnl lllilg., Victoria, 11.C. size of an English Song-thrush, but bas a distinct white line round the eye. Common in tlie Rockies. Seen here once by Mr. Ilalnicr, late Park Superintendent, Pheasant (English).��� Russel, black antl ultra marine. Pheasant (Chinese).���White-ringed. Grouse and Ptarmigan.���My information on tbis greal family in II. C, is from notes taken above 10 years ago from lhe researches of John Fannin Hale of Victoria Museum). Retrain A. Williams. L.D.S., with later notes by Mr. Maimer of Vancouver. 1. Sooty (Dusky or Blue) Grouse. ���(Dendragapus nbscttrus ftiliginosus, |\idgwa5').������Wcsl nf Cascades ami larger islands of the Archipelago. 2. Richardson's (Obscttrus Richard- siiun).���Also called lllue and Mountain ('���rouse.��� East of Cascades, 3. Canadian Ruffed Grouse (llonasa I'mbellus Togata Linnaeus), also called Willow Grouse' antl Drummer.��� This game bird with its beautifully- barred fautail and quaint occiptal ruff has been since 1012 "quite plentiful" in Stanley Park. ���A. N. ST. J. M. PANTAGES THEATRE An exceptionally gootl bill is tin way to the Pantages next week. A trained animal act with trained seals, bears, tings antl monkeys are the head- liners.. One of the great features is one of the seals juggling with a torch burning at both cutis. A marvel in animal training. Xorimer Carman's Minstrels is a condensed minstrel show with all the laughs, harmony and solo work in 20 minutes. "Tlie Duke," a farce with Andy Lewis, the celebrated comedian, is something original along thc line of comedies. Berth antl Kitty Henry, two dainty maids who sing and dance, have a pleasing line of patter and song. Miss Grace Cameron with a lot of characterizations and the latest in original songs, has won herself great applause along the coast. I have been thinking a greal deajl a- hout Mrs. Nellie McClung these days, as il was she who ever since girlhood helped Fight for votes for women in Manitoba, and to her credit stands many an excellent point made which undoubtedly carried the project further'toward realization. And now it is carried, she is residing in another province. Hard luck! In this respect, too, I am reminded of an excellent story that I heard her tell once when speaking along the line of enfranchisement for women. Let me tell il as she toltl il. "When I was a small girl, I lived on a Manitoba farm, and it was my duly every Saturday morning to water thc cattle. This sounds easier than it really was, because to break ice in winter antl haul water up for a bunch of thirsty cattle was no small task for a small girl. "It would not have been so bad had not a great while bullock named 'Wbitey' been so greedy. He would get to the water-lub firsl and keep all the oilier animals away. I always had to drive him away ami slake him in ortler to allow the others to get any water. "Wbitey made me so furious that one Saturday, I determined that 1 would fill him if it took every ounce of strength that I possessed. Secretly, too, I hoped that perhaps if lie got too full he would burst and then niy troubles with him would be over. "So I went to work, antl I tlrew water till my anus ached like as if they would never recover, antl my breath supply kept getting shorter antl shorter. Hut still that bullock kept on drinking. Finally, when I was about ready to give in, be stopped drinking antl looked around at the other cattle waiting impatiently for their turn, lie was so full that I thought sure thc bursting point had been reached. Hut what do you suppose the old sinner did? With great difficulty he got his two front feet into the water- trough antl looketl around in defiance at the other cattle. He could not drink any more himself, but be was bound the other animals should not have any either. "Well, many years after that I was one of a delegation selected to speak before the Manitoba government on the question of votes for women. We all made our speeches and thought we had surely made a decided impression upon that august hotly before which we were assembled. As the last speaker finished, we felt that the cause was well advanced, if in fact it was not ours in reality. Looking at the war pictures as put on at a local film house bad one cf feet upon me. It made me decide I keep on knitting socks more steadily than I even have been tloing. To see those apaprently countless men walking, running anil Standing means rough work on feet antl their covering. To be sure these men pictured were all French, but the fact remains thai our own Tommies are even more numerous, and every man of them needs socks���plenty of socks. Furthermore, when one considers that the average life of a pair of socks is three days, we women who know how to knit socks inusf feel it our duty to knit faster than ever. Antl those of us who tlo not know bow lo knit should feel that it is Indeed the least we can do to learn tlu* art. antl under strong duty pressure, to knit, knit. knit. * * * Vancouver has like all growing cities, had many nuts to crack, hut probably the most distressing from a hu- nane "joint of view, was the ejection sy landlords, of last week. It seems impossible tllat such a thiirg could happen iu the face of the keyed-tip patriotism of today, when everyone is making some sacrifice. 11 is to he Imped that the matter I will not be allowed to drop, but thai j the flint-hearted landlords (one of leach sex I untlersantlI iu question will b ematle to realize thlit Vancouver i- no place for them, unless they malic full reparation, Xo matter what decision the judge makes iu tbe case now in court, the moral sitle of the question will remain forever a lasting disgrace on Vancouver's record, antl but few citizens there are that do not resent with all lhat is in them, the fact tliat such money-greedy persons are in our midst antl have made it possible for ihis shame to be brought upon us. * * * Mere's a contrast. The Retl Cross Bulletin had permission to reproduce these lines from "Country Life." They are by Ernest Blake, I rise at six, light fires anil black the grates, I'm kitcheii-hiiiise-antl-chamberniaiil combined, I clean the knives and sometimes wash the plates, Do any dirty work that 1 can find. I fetch ami carry like a spaniel pup Antl when down the back stairs with coals I tumble, To tell the truth 1 get a bit fed-up, With things, ami feel inclined to grouse and grumble. Hut these small, peevish humors take- to wing When I remember all that you have done, Who braved the forze ntrench, the shrapnel's sting, You did so much; so little I can tlo; That's why I'm proud to carry coals for you. The Scotch lady who resided in Ceylon for several years antl in India for several more, is now resident in Canada, antl has recently settletl down in Saskatchewan. A letter from her this week announced the mercury as 61 below when she wrote. "Antl," she says, "it's a hit nippy." Doesn't that sound characteristic of a Scotchwoman? i ���LADY VAN. Phone Highland 137 Grandview Hospital 1090 VICTORIA DRIVE VANCOUVER - B.C. Medical : Surgical : Maternity Rates from $15.00 per week SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1916 SATURDAY CHINOOK FIVE WOMEN'S WORK-Contd. The price of coal bus soared unci Tbe Retl Cross Society have recom- tlollar per ton. To main ihis is a mended lhal they bold a "Linen Day" hardship. Continuous hard times make , sometime in lhe near future. Certain- that dollar look mighty large; bin; ly a very worthy recommendation, when one sees the poor horses ItrUg-1 Whether Vancouver will be able to gling to make the grade and lhe id-I respond as they did last year when ilitional lime ii lakes to do so, makes tbe Daughters of the Empire had a li- one feel somehow that the consumer]nen week and shipped twelve tons that difficulty. ll should | of linen to the Motherland remains to Correspondence WHITE FUEL-CONSUMERS' LEAGUE pays foi teach us all a lesson thai since we cannot tlo without that commodity, it would be a wise move to enter into a contract with our coal dealers late in the summer to lay in a stock as tiu.y tlo in the east, when it makes a differ ence of from twenty-five to fifty cents per ton, which is something worth considering and would mean something to everyone financially. -* * ���* Tbe women of Manitoba have much cause for rejoicing these days, The Norris government promised the women that if electetl they would give them the franchise on the same terms 'i*; men. They were elected antl they have kept their promise and passed tbe measure this week. How the women of B. C. had hoped they would he the first, but alack antl alas! unless there is a change of government here we have very little or no prospect, unless the powers that be experience a change of heart antl (like all death bed repentances! bring in a measure to give to our women the liberties they (the men) enjoy. * * * The Vancouver Suffrage societies arc going to celebrate the victory of the Manitoba women in a very fitting manner some night next week. Full particulars will be published the first of the week. * * * The outburst of "0 Canada" must have been good to hear, for I am sure it bail a new meaning to every man antl woman in thc legislative hall that day. * * * More power to your elbows, fair women of Manitoba, antl may the future Spell better laws, greater activities, broader views, a perfect understanding between the sexes, and a cooperation for the common good of their fair province. be seen, but it is worth the every yard of linen will effort, ami ^^^ be needed anil welcomed in the near future or we do not understand what is ahead of us. Vancouver will do what she can we are sure. ��� *.* On Monday. February 7, the annual meeting of the Local Council of Women will be held iu the Wesley Methotlist Church. The executive meeting will be held at 9.30 a.m., the general meeting will commence at 10 a.m., election of officers at 11 a.m. At 12 they adjourn for luncheon. At the afternoon session Mrs. Macaulay will address the meeting and at night the evening session which commences at 7.30 p.m., lhe prizes for garden competition will be presented. Speeches will be delivered and altogether a busy but profitable time is looked forward to by the sixty-seven affiliatetl societies. * * + The Local Council bas done splendid work antl can always be relied on to do all in their power to advance the claims of the community antl try to live up to their motto: "Do unto others as ye would they should do unto you." * it * Sunday Services A special memorial service for the late Jas. Esslemont, hue rondmaster of the C. P. R.. will beheld m the Westminster Presbyterian Church on Sunday next. In the evening an illustrated sermon with lantern pictures on a very interesting subject has been arranged. The pastor, Rev. J. Richmond Craig. will officiate at both services. CKN'IKK A HANNA l.l.'.li'M.I) Here Are the Standardbearers Complete List of Candidates Thus Far Nominated for Provincial Election. Below will be found a tabulated list of all the constituencies -which have nominated their candidates for the coming provincial parliamentary elections, along -with the names of the gentlemen who are to represent their different parties Constituency. Liberal. H. C. Brewster Frank Mobley J. Yorston ��. D. Barrow John Buckam Hugh Stewart Dr. J. H. King A. D. Patterson John Oliver Alberni ��� Atlin Cariboo ��� Chilliwack - Cowichan -- Columbia _- Comox Cranbrook _ Delta Dewdney __. Esquimalt ... Fort George.. Fernie Greenwood .. Grand Forks _ Islands Kamloops Kaslo Lillooet Nelson Nanaimo No.Okanagan So. Okanagan Newcastle _ _ N.WestminsterDavid Whiteside G. A. Gaskell A. I. Fisher Conservative. Labor & Ind. Conservative. J. G. C. Wood H. E. Young J. A. Fraser S. A. Cawley W. 11. Hayward Dr. Taylor M. Manson T. D. Caven F. J. Mackenzie W. J. Manson R. H. Pooley G. A. Hamilton W. R. Ross Dr. C. D. McLean J. R. Jackson E. Miller W. W. Foster J. P. Shaw .Veil Mackay ... Archie McDonald W. R. Maclean A. E. Planta Dr. K. McDonald Price Ellison Leslie V. Rogers Mayor Jones Dr. Doicr J. E. Thompson. M, B. Jackson F. W Anderson ohn Keen J. B. Bryson A. M. Johnson H. W. Maynard ij. H. Haw'waite Basil Gardom Omineca Revelstoke _. Rossland ��� Richmond Saanich I F. A. Pauline Similkameen-.iR. S. Conkling Skeena IT. D. Pattulo Slocan _ No. Vancouver |( A* A. M. Manson j F. M. Dockrill j ... Dr. Sutherland i Hon. T Taylor W. D. Willson ! L. A. Campbell! ... G. G. McGeer |W. I. Baird I ... iD. M- Eberts ... L. W. Shatford | ... !.Wm. Manson Chas. F. Nelson! W. Hunter ���Mayor Hanes I C. II. Morden. So. Vancouver J. W. Weart Comm'r Campbell R. H. Neelands Trail Michael Sullivan Jas. A. Schofield ! Vancouver Ralph Smith iW. J. Bowser jW. R. Trotter jM. A. Macdonald C. E. Tisdall |J. W. Wilkinson IP. Donnelly JA. J. Welsh JDr. Mcintosh Walter Leek A. H. Macgowan | Thos. Duke Mr. Flumerfelt Sir. -in the interests ol all con- sumei - and retailers ol itaplc fuels, a group of householders and citizens have Tganizetl a Ku Klux Klan league ��� .ope with the l:l,i' ks, I mean the Canadian coal merchants. Alike for locomotive or factory furnace- work, lor public or private heating, plants, and for kin bens, bakeries or hearth-fires the disgusting use of tlie J foiest refuse of prehistoric ages in the form of lump, nut, engine or dust: il, coke or slack is absolutely un- .essary and economically and hy- gienically undesirable. There is nothing blacker in all Canadian history than the commercial record of the N'ova Scotia coal merchants. Today the coal-sharks of I!. C. have beaten even their infamous record. N'o advertising manager, outside of a Province accustomed to condoning fuel felonies and coal crimes of every shade of blackness, would have allowed the Vancouver Coal Ring to print what they have set forth today in large type in your columns, as an j "apology" for raising the price of coal at one bound 16 per cent, 20 per cent and 22 per cent (the latter outrageous increase falling on ihc poor man's domestic fuel). Their apology is "the weather is so bad, the sea is so rough, and the snow is so deep." Hut they forget that, if they were fit for the important public duty by which they have been making huge fortunes for fifty years past, antl had made provision for the coltl snap which was sure to come, tlieir profits from the 400 per cent increase of coal orders which Cod's weather has brought to their floors would enable them to snap their fingers at these difficulties of transport. The result of their discreditable Improvidence is a "decree" which looks like a damnable cruelty. I could point out to the coal merchants bow without incurring such well-deserved execration as they have done today., they might have maintained tlieir abominable and obselete business at a high rate of profit perhaps for generations. But the Ku Klux Klan League looks upon coal consumption as a black plague which it is only too anxious to extirpate. Xext year the league will hope to have peat fields in working order in this Province. There are several thousand square miles of workable peat within easy reach of Vancouver which the league proposes to survey and take over forthwith. Meanwhile the best Canadian peat will bc supplied at the Ku Klux Klan yards from February 1st next at a- bout one-sixth the price of your coal- merchant's cheapest refuse. Though it has to come thousands of miles one of the advantages of this delightful and odorless fuol is its exceeding lightness. The haulage weight of a carload of peat is about an eightieth part of the same amount of cotl. Peat is noiseless, odorless, intensely calorific and steady in combustion, bas no clinkers, yields a 2 per cent refuse of valuable ash, does not soil hands or linen, does not suffer by damp, age or handling, and is said to have a humanising influence upon manners. ! hope that the League will shortly become so powerful in I'.. C, that we shall cease to use coal iu Christian circles, antl if we musl continue the dismal traffic of lhe mines, do so for export only to Germans or other niggers, after the war. Yours, etc. A. \. ST. JOHN" MILDMAY, 11925 10th Ave. W., Jan. 26, 1916. 1000 Sacks of "Seal of Quality" Flour .70 per sack Flour | "Seil nf Quality Spring Hani Wheat, iu qualify '"' weight, Containing 49 pounds t|) each, to sell for only iller tu With the price of flmir mi the immediate advance, this readers of the "Chinook" in buy flour at thi- small price should meet with immediate response, fur "Seal of Quality" flour i- worth $1.70 per sack when buying in carload hits from the mill, flmir is the mosl nutritious bread flour mi tin.- market. It's made of selected tiul contains more gluten than anv other flmir mi tin- market���it never varies antl can he depended Upon at all times tn make the whitest, whole this small lot nf 1000 sacks should all -l illH'-t. delicious bread possible. Order a sack today a very little while���it's unusual value. De Mini in m. Hudson's Bay Company's Tungsten Lamps at 25c ���Without question the most economical lamp tin tlie market. It's a wire-drawn filament lamp, antl j/ives a beautiful white light, Every lamp contains the stamp of the Company as a ^uaraiitee nf service. Choice nf 15. 25, -10 antl 60 watts. SPECIAL, Each 25c Universal Bread Mixers $2.25 Regular $2.75 value for ���You can lie -urc nf making good bread if you use a Universal Bread Mixer. It never fails, it mixes ami kneads dough with scientific accuracy, and is so simple that a child can use it. Making bread by hand is laborious antl doubtful���try the Universal way���you'll find it pay. 4 loaf size, SPECIAL $2.25 mpamj HUlMTE.IUM'Kt STOWS COMMISSIONER ���GRANVILLE AND GEORGIA STREETS in every walk uf life, even though he may never have oeeasion to make a publie address. For he has to speak to other men, in thc way of business antl in sociuil intercourse. The mure clearly he enunciates his words, the more correctly he pronounces them, thc greater his control uf vocal intonation, thc easier iDad ami the b it will be for him to make a favorable get tu England the editot uf the 54th hattaliun by ^^^^^^^^^^ "Shican Record": Dear Jim.���Am dropping you a few lines tu give you some idea of things around here. Well, the firsl thing is mud, some: rain, more. I luce wet. nu chauceio net dry. Most uf our platoon are un the sick list, except ���s. "Wait until wc was the cry at Ver impression un others. limn; hut oh ye gods, oi Harshness uf voice���a common | lh C. heals all uf this burg! failing���is always a handicap. So is .live cheaper in II. C. than lack of flexibility uf voice. Unconsci-1 here. Ally time liny see lh ously they suggest mental character-11.eat up goes the price. Tin istics uf an undesirable sort. we are easy. Jake. Pearson, Vocal indistinctness similarly has I and I were in London, "mil a disquieting effect on the hearer. Ifismokc." fur a few only by causing him tu strain his at- ��� it wasn't a patch on lention to catch the speaker's words iSandon in the palmy acre of We cuiihl Wl: can .lays. New lays, Maple v think S. Boy it ihc Say, Jim. Denver ur They are Victo Yale I. S. Cowper J. W. deB. Farris H. C. Brewster John Hart j George Bell H. C. Hall | Joseph Walters Alex. Lucas j. H. McVety J. E. Wilton F. A. Hoover F. Welsh J. H. Haw'waite A. J. Morley Socialist candidates have been nommated as follow : Ne^as^e. Parker William,; Comox. J. A Macdonald;_North Vane*^,W Bennett; Fort George. John Mclnnes; Slocan E. ������^/���3S* T. O'Connor; Vancouver. J. Harrington J. S.daway. C. Lestor W A. Pritchard. J. Kavanagh, W. W. Lefeaux; Victoria. P. W.lhams. Social Democrats ia South Vancouver, Emest Burns. VOICE CULTURE (I'.y 11. Aihliugtun Bruce) Voice culture is by many people accounted a luxury, a fad. Actually it "light tu he line of the basic features uf popular education. The widely-held notion that so long as a person has something to say that is I Prove worth saying, it doesn't matter how it is said, is a notion demonstrably false and pernicious. Its falsity has been driven painfully home to many a public speaker. There arc plenty of clergymen, lawyers and politicians who have been held back in their careers solely because of deficiency in voice control. Their inability to speak agreeably, clearly and convincingly has doomed them to minor places, often in spite of great natural gifts. And, on the other hand, men of mediocre talent have attained distinction through knowing how to manage their voice. By the magic of their vocal powers they have won the favor of a public that would otherwise have been indifferent to them. T he world of politics furnishes particularly numerous instances of this. But it is not in public speaking only that voice control is of great importance. It is important to every man j and meaning, il produces an attitude jso slow that fi it gut down to zero of impatience, even antagonism . there would he nu one moving, One To a considcrabc extent, in truth, day in London we Mere up un the the hearer's reaction to vocal excel-[Strand having a stroll. Pearson saw tencees and defects is justified. Pe- an Australian across the square, ain culiarities uf voice often are directly he took off his lint ami shouted "Hur- duc tn peculiarities in the speaker's rah for Canada!" A hull took him by' mode "f thinking. Some authorities thc arm ami said, " nu such mise go so far as to say, with Prof. S. S. here.'' so he called a laxi and sent Curry, head uf lhe School uf Expres- him to his hotel. Do not think it sion. Boston: was booze; il was only ihe lug whi "In general, the voice shuws the j was so dense ii affected ihe brain. habits, trend uf mind, the convictions Then lhe Londor antl the emotions uf every individual." I full-throated cheer Consequently one nf the first things a man should dn if he wishes to im- his voice, is to make a candid self-analysis of his mentality antl morality. Should he find himself dominated hy any faulty mode uf thinking���for example, selfishness, ur hardness, or cowardice���the overcoming of this will he a great help to vocal improvement. Special voice training, however, may he needed to remedy defects in the management nf the vocal organs resulting from long misuse. Such training should he sought only from voice teachers uf an established reputation. This will cost some money, but it will bc money spent to gootl purpose, as helping iu thc removal uf a real obstacle to success in one's chosen calling. jus loesn't like a can't yell; he squeaks, and chases farthings, way is the right way; all others just crude attempts to imitate Phone Seymour 9086 Keep Your Papers and Valuables safe and secure in A Private Deposit Box in our Safety Vault $2.50 PER ANNUM Less than one cent a day DOW FRASER TRUST CO. 122 HASTINGS STREET W. and McKay Station, Burnaby Classified Advertising FLORISTS CROWN BROS. & CO., LIMITED, Seedsmen, Florists, Nur 1 suppose you are surprised at me writing on this paper l Y. M. C. A.), hut it is about all we can get right here. Vou see, I have changed my underclothing. Give my regards iu all lhe buys. Must go to work. Yours, Till''. HAIRLESS WONDER. A BREEZY LETTER The following has been received from one of the Slocan hoys in the Store to Rent 4601 MAIN STREET (Former "Chinook" Office). Large Store. $10.00. Apply C. F. Campbell, Sey. 2431; or W. J. Stolliday, 42 32nd Ave. E. astings Pt. E., and 7.S2 rserymen, 48 street, Vancouver, B. '���52 Granville C. WATCHMAKER 10,000 WATCHES and CLOCKS wanted to clean and repair at the factory, 438 RICHARDS STREET. MONEY TO LOAN MONEY LOANED, DIAMONDS, Jewelry, etc. A quiet, respectable, reliable place to borrow monev. Old gold bought. Established 1905. Star Loan Co., 812 Hastings West. STOVE REPAIRS DON'T THROW YOUR OLD Stove away. We handle castings and repairs to fit any stove or range.��� FRANKS, 44 Water Street. *���*���*��� ��� SIX SATURDAY CHINOOK SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1916 Just Received 200 English Navy Blue Suits Every Suit Guaranteed Fast Color OUR SPECIAL $15 WM. DICK LTD. TWO BIG STORES 33 and 47 HASTINGS ST. E. " Your Money's Worth or Your Money Back. " ''Safe Milk for the Babies"- That Means TURNER'S MILK Turner's Milk in the home is better than an insurance policy which only indemnifies���BECAUSE Turner's Milk on account of its absolute purity and wholesomeness PROTECTS your health-and the-health of ��� your-feabies: ���-������ - ORDER YOUR SUPPLY TODAY PHONE FAIR. 597 AND OUR DRIVER WILL CALL TURNER'S DAIRY SEVENTEENTH AVENUE AND ONTARIO STREET What Does Mr. Bowser Care About Botany ? y It was Ebenezer Elliott, "the Corn Law Rhymer," who wrote a wonderful article on "the magnitude uf little things." Strolling down a Harden path he saw lhal l" a little insect colony of ants a puddle of water in the path might he an ocean���-that a fall uf water down a little declivity might have all the grandeur of a Niagara���Ebenezer Elliott was A MAX WITH A GREAT MINI) And so he was able to see the magnitude, the importance uf little things. Michael Faraday could see that great events spring from small causes. He produced the electric spark, he demonstrated electrical energy. Electricity. It was a little thing in Faraday's time. "What is the use of electricity?" said somebody. "What is the use of a new horn babe?" saitl Faraday. Good reply'. The new horn babe might become a Shakespeare, a Milton, a Wellington, a Gladstone, a Kitchener-���! Only a little thing, but who can foretell its possibilities? It needs a great mind, with imagination, knowledge, "the God-like power of looking before ami after" to see what a little thing���quiet, unobtrusive, undemonstrative, modest, may lead to. * * * In Vancouver, up in the London Block, on Pender Street A Little Government Department has for four years been doing a quiet, modest, retiring, useful work. It has hung out no flag, it has no flourish of trumpets for the head of "The Botanical Office of the Province of British Columbia" is not a politician���with the "interests" of himself and a host of political friends to look after . Mr. J. Davidson, F.L.S., h'.RS.E., the Provincial Botanist, is a scientist, he does not figure at Conservative smokers, he does not blazon his name on hotel registers, he has daily pursued the even tcnour of his way; blltilding up a botanical department, the value of which is - ��� "> Known only to a few because only a few���a very few have the necessary knowledge to appraise and appreciate the work. ' To the shame of British Columbia it must be said that until some four years ago the Province of British Columbia had' No Botanical Department. Here, in a country the wondrous vegetation of which astounded, a century ago, the great botanist, Douglas (after whom the Douglas Fir was named), there was until about four years ago. no "botanical department! ; Here in this Pacific region, I v, hicll ill the reign of Charles tin First the old English gardener, John Tradescant, came lo see our fruit and flowers, there was no botanical department until Mr. John Davidson came (.from Aberdeen University, where he bail been engaged ill botanical research for twenty years), audi on his own initiative, one may say���| established ii. British Columbia had harbor hoards I ami timber departments, antl fishery departments and departments of mines - uf course. There were "chances" In.re for money, commerce, .-osirons for friends���tratle, but "botany"���bah! "There's nothing in it!" antl so it was not until some four years ago that in a small, modest office, at the top of a block in Pender Street, Mr. Davidson started a botanic department, the value of which, the usefulness uf which, the interest of which, th'.- potentialities of which, it requires a great mind to see aiitl understand! I do not know if in that modest botanic department a register is kept of visitors. 1 wi I assume there is such a register���ami like Ruse Dartle ���you remember the Dickens' character���"1 ask for information." rlQWihtftny times did Sir Richard Meliride visit the botanic department? Mow many times has Mr. Bowser visited the botanic department? How many times has Mr. Tisdall visited the botanic department? How many times has Mr. H, II. Stevens visited the botanic department? Bah! What's the use. Do our members of parliament even know of its existence? It is an unobtrusive educational affair���why bother about it? "There's nothing in it!" Let us see, from the point of view of one who does not look at "what can be got out of" a government de- ipartment at once���what this "botanical office"���observe its modest title��� 1 has done. Mr. Davidson has compiled and circulated a valuable pamphlet, "Instructions on the Collection and Preservation of Plants for Private or School Herbaria." He has sent hundreds, perhaps thousands to work collecting, preserving !���with skill and knowledge, the glorious flora of British Columbia. The attention of botanists all over the world has been drawn to the wonderful flora wealth of British Columbia, "a paradise for the botanist." By going out on exploring expeditions in the mountains and by interesting many, very many others, there is collected Ten thousand mounted specimens of British Columbia's herbs and flow- ALL WAYS LEAD TO * "* * * GALLOWAY'S GREAT FIRE SALE OF BOOKS Take your choice of all that is left of $30,000 Worth of Books. Now selling at prices averaging 10c. to the Dollar! 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All over the Province, are sending in specimens, send specimens to be classified and; tvarious named���and thousands are being led to take a scientific interest in the glorious science, botany. Botanic Garden Mr. Davidson has established a botanic garden. I have no space to describe it, but think British Columbia is tloing in a little way what John Tradescant and Hans Sluane did hundreds of years ago. Think of Kew Gardens. The great botanic gardens at Calcutta, think of the botanic gardens at Antwerp, of the United Stales botanic department with hundreds of assistants���and then sec what British Colombia is doing and what it would not have done but for Mr. Davidson���our first ami only botanic official expert. Mr. Davidson has formed a library of books on botany���in four years��� but with twenty years knowledge of HOW to form it. He has equipped his office with cabinets of books, glass specimen jars, filled with specimens. Look at this:��� The botanical gardener, in his report for this year, says what he has done:��� 3,500 cuttings have been prepared of showy or rare species. 216 packets of seeds were sown in seed-boxes, in addition to those sown directly in the beds. 10,000 young plants are being protected in frames during the winter. 7,650 plants arc in the garden (including duplicates), numbering over 600 species. 350 specimens in the collection of native trees (approximately thirty different species). 780 specimens were received from different parts of the Province. 425 permanent lead labels have replaced the former wooden ones. 53 habitats have been prepared for bog-plants, and 47 habitats for Dry Belt specimens. Good Work At a cost so absurdly small that I am ashamed tu mention it���startetl and brought to its present wonderful position���considering the little time and the little money at his disposal��� a botanical department tlie future usefulness���and value of which even the most Sanguine cannot overestimate. Mr. Davidson has prepared hundreds of lantern slides antl delivered lectures on botany���-to thc delight and instruction uf many. The office has issued "Reports" which have won the admiration of botanists, ami it is known that our provincial botanist, working with remarkable knowledge ���with an enthusiasm antl love of l)is work which no money could purchase. At the tinle of the establishment of this office there was no official department in. British Columbia which could supply information regarding the native flora. A representative herbarium of thc flora of thc Province was not to be found nearer.than Washington, while the best collection of British Columbia plants was to be found at Ottawa. There was no university course in botany given in the Province, there being only the elementary one prescribed for high-school students, and, in anticipation of a botanical department for the University of British Columbia, it was considered advisable that some preliminary botanical work should bc done in order to facilitate botanical instruction when thc department was organized. Part of the work has been tbe formation of a re- Think Of It! Don't laugh! It's tragedy when that sort of fully is seen in a government! I shall write no mure���today! It is not necessary. It is only necessary t" make il known lhat to SAVE? a few dullars the botanical department is to lie shut up���and from those who know and care will come a storm of protest. ���PETER PICKUP. PHONE: 8EV. BOO MacDONALD & HAY Barrister*, Solicitors, Etc. 1012 Standard Bank Bldg. Vancouver, B.C. amateurs I preseritative Provincial Herbarium hundreds ]whicii would supply specimens of the groups of native plants for a university collection. At the same time, specimens suitable for the botanical museum have been collected and prepared for future use. Is not this good work? And why have I thus���at such great length��� and with stft-h an attempt at emphasis,' drawn attention to the botanical office and its valuable work? "Because it seems that A Peter Bell is in Office at Victoria. A primrose by the river's brim. A simple primrose is lo him��� And it is nothing more. He can understand lumber! Ile knows the value of timber limits. Sec what a lot of men have been made rich hy them! Coal���Look at Dunsmuir Castle! Meat���Look at Pat Bums! Sugar���Look at Rogers! But plants, flowers, herbs. Bah���"There's nothing in it!" Why the salary of thc Provincial botanist, a contractor's clerk would sneer at. "Let me write the war contracts, I care not who writes thc war songs" said one "wise guy"���and who cares now about a lot of dried herbs with foreign names? So���for Reasons of Economy, the Botanical Office is to be abolished. Do you quite grasp it? Do you remember the spendthrift English lord who found lie was losing thousands in horse-racing, losing thousands at cards, his wife was ruining him with extravagance, his steward and butler were robbing him, the tradesmen were cheating him ��� he must economise���so he stopped half the cat's milk and took the sugar out of the canary's cage. "NEVER TOUCHED BY HUMAN HANDS" PHONE FAIRMONT 2624 A Clean Fresh Milk SOL-VAX MILK can be used for nil purposes where a pure, clean, fresh milk is required. On lhe tabic���in the kitchen���for athtlts���for ItAKlKS. it makes no difference whatever, because SOU-VAN MILK. is produced under ideal conditions. 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