��������������������������������������������� i ENDERBY AND DISTRICT NEWS Corp. Tom Robinson spent a fcsy days at his home, this week. Thc Grand Lodge K. of P. of B.C. will meet at New Westminster on the 23rd of May. School Inspector Ansley is pay- ��������������������������� ing his ollicial visit to the Enderby school this week. The warm rains of the past few -days have, brought the first touch of spring to the gardens. Wm. Anderson lias a cow on his dairy and fruit farm which has given him four calves in eleven months. r. A whist drive and dance will bc given in K. of P. hall next Monday evening in aid of the Enderby Hospital. Six 1917 Fords were unloaded at the Mack & Rands garage this * week. Two of-them have already - been spoken for. - Mrs. W. R. Barrows and "Mrs. P. Rosoman have opened a iuillioiiary and, "dressmaking parlor . in the Adams ^block, Clid' St; ��������������������������� ���������������������������*���������������������������' The British and French forces are'closing iri'on St. Quentiri and '.it is believed this important posi- 1 tion will be captured in a day.or. two. . " W. J. Fenton leaves today on a pleasure trip to Vancouver,.'to be absent a couple weeks. It is his first visit to the coast cily in nine years.' ��������������������������� Weather Recorder Kenny states that the total snowfall for the winter months was 81 inches, which, reduced to moisture, would mean 10.10 inches." A. E.- West and Vive left for Winnipeg Monday, their many Enderby friend regretting lo lose them, yet wishing them thc best "of fortune in thc wheat-belt metropolis. . The Vernon Music Store, run by P. W. Chapman is to bc closed up, Mr. Chapman having finally de- malcrially from those given in the daily press, and related principally lo the claims of the Prohibitionists in connection wilh the taking of the soldiers' vote on Prohibition. CANADA'S PART IN TIIE WAR The Dominions of the British Empire will emerge from thc war as important military powers. Canada, for instance, already has a much larger army of her own than' Wellington commanded at Waterloo, and her name will be as surely associated throughout all time with the stemming of thc German advance at Ypres as will those of Australia and New Zealand wilh Gallipoli or that of South Africa with the great campaigns on her own continent.���������������������������Manchester Guardian. ' TIIE NEW DAY DAWNING , While we have to dig for dough. If you keep on, I'll be bound, Anyone .of even ��������������������������� ordinary good ' You'll fullil fhe adage old , sense can see that the competitive 'That you're worlh your weight in systems of this age must be their j gold. I Tuber, since the.coop you flew, We have only longed I'or you; STATES AT WAR \ own destruction. Error always destroys itself if left alone. But there is a higher .power al work which is now consuming itself in competition���������������������������man against man and government against government. These conditions cannot last, and their end is an assured fact,' viewed from any standpoint.. Their day is surely passing away', and none regret it���������������������������not "even those who now sustain it. A new day is to be ushered in, a/day in which right and truth shall come uppermost every time.���������������������������Unity Magazine. TO THE POTATO That our fireside you forsook, Broke our'heart and pocketbook. Never felt how wc could love, i Never felt how dear you were, Till we'paid three dollars per. Small- potato, please come back, In our small lives there's a lack, For your presence,we so pine, That-our stomach'hits our-spine. Wc are tired of eating greens, - Stewed prunes, sauerkraut beans, .. ' 'Tis for you alone we yearn, - Darling tater, please return. - - ���������������������������St. John News. IN GOOD SHAPE TO GO TO WAR The gold holdings of the United States' treasury,' are today the greatest-in tht world's history.; The total.of the coin and bullion in the vaults at Washington was reported a few days ago to be '$3,044,309,292. The siim������������������ practically has doubled during, the Jast five years." Most.-of the'accumulation, of course, is due to' the inflow of gold war. during the Ticat your friends to a Sunday dinner at the King Edward. Twinkle, twinkle little spud,' As among the-clouds you scud; You are doubtless fcelingVgay, ���������������������������* Chasing around the milky way;, . You have reached to such a height You-arc surely outof sight, - y ... Like a diamond "now you seem _V- In your price���������������������������and that's no dream Twinkle on another twink; . ' , But.you'U'drive us all to drink -As.we chase "the needful- chink." '-') As you wink your, shrivelled eye,. Up there somewhere-in thc sky.'" As a flyer, you're a bird, '-. j Spud so mighty, tho' so small, You'll make diggers of us all, Farmers dig you with a hoe, and President A Word to thc Farmer Wilson delivered -his war message to Congress on Mon- - day. 'It is characterized, as a mosl brilliant exposition of Germany's overt acts leading up to and following her ruthless, submarine' warfare, and - is said to be the President's greatest speech. In it" ���������������������������_��������������������������� there is a total absence of anything of a rancorous or bombastic nature with no sound of hate for the enemy and no shadow of turning from - the task which hctclls Congress hey feels in duty bound to undertake. ��������������������������� "With ��������������������������� a profound sense W'. the solemn and. even , tragic character"'' of thc step Lami,taking," he said; - "and of the grave* responsibilities.c> which it involves, but in unhesitaU ; ing obedieice to .'.what,-I deem my - constitutional duty, T advise that ; the Congress , declare1 Jhe .recent.: ^ [course of , the Jmpcrial '-German- V \V' t - n ' - l ;���������������������������to-sow one .more, .acre..,inr gi.ain, j status '.of a' I lo -plant,'bne more acrc'Jn'potatoes,?! \\{u^ |)een tin belligerent ''.which* has.";.4;'! rust- upon il; ;an*d; that-' }?^-yzM% f^tock. Nearly every farmer can; do one or the other of these things ��������������������������� W. E. Scott, in Agricultural "Journal cided on this course owingTo Pi'es- sure of interests in this locality. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman are now al their Wykcham home, Loon Lake. An enjoyable feature of the evening when the Baltic of the Somme pictures we're shown in Enderby last week, was tlie accompanying music furnished by Messrs. C.Roso- man and .loc ���������������������������Doerflinger^-wlio came from Mara to assist in making thc occasion onc to be remembered by all.present. * - Gordon Murdoch and,family arc moving to Alberla this week with the intention of making that Province his home. In the few years they have reside in Enderby district they have won the esteem and confidence of a large circle of friends who will wish them every success in their new home. The Trench Comfort club will hold a superfluity sale in Speers' Store next Wednesday, April 11th. They have been promised many pieces of furnitures, Chinaware, etc., to be placed on sale for the benefit of the fund to purchase comforts for the boys in the trenches. Any article which can be spared will be thankfully received for this sale. Tea will be served during the afternoon. An account of the proceedings of thc Prohibition convention which was recently held at the coast, was given in the Methodist church last Sunday evening by Mr. Welsh to a large congregation. The facts told by Mr. Welsh did not differ Gillis remarks lhal "clothes give a man a lot oi* confidence," and Willis replies, "That's right; I go to a lot cf places*wilh Ihem on lhat I wouldn't go to with them oil." j It is somewhat diflicult to understand lhc position taken hy the leaders of thc various dcnoniin-j ilfl������������������!?il* Sill!I'Qhcs. in, going.each year,lo _lhe_Pro_-_ vincianLegislature aiicl attempting to have forced through that legislative body a bill exempting church properly Irom .taxation. The common people���������������������������thc class making up thc hulk of the congregations of these churches���������������������������recognize almost to a man the injustice of such a\lcmand, and in some cases object very strenuously lo having such legislation pul through. Yet the church leaders persist in making then- unreasonable de- -imindrr-rriiis*-year the movement at Victoria in favor of exemption is, we understand, pressed forward by our own George Bell. Speaking in favor of lhe proposed measure, Mr. I3ell is reported to have said in committee thai al the lasl Methodist conference only three of. the members present stood out againsl the demand for exemption. While this line of argument might be perfectly sound from the Methodist church point of view, il can hardly hold in a matter such as this affecting thc public as a whole. Men are put in legislative positions not lo further the end of some special branch of socicly at the expense of lhe rest of lhc community. Thc righls of one have as much demand upon his consideration as the rights of another, and mailers affecting the state should not be subservient lo those of the church. When wc confuse church wilh slate wc cannot hope to avoid thc rocks of contention upon which both church and stale have been wrecked in ihe historical days thai arc gone. In speaking against church exemption we have no desire to reflect upon the church universal, which is, or should bc, the besl institution of our modern civilization. But all men do object lo this petty spirit of graft which has crept iii to and seems to control thc institutions wc look upon! as churches���������������������������this spirit of trying to get some-1 thing for noihing: half rates to lhe parsons on1 everything they buy, special privileges, exemptions, and concessions. All these things make for sinility in religious matters and lake from the \yhich.you���������������������������have been in the ,h'ahU| {{$ J,dwer and -employ: all. its'. :{:e- of -.-indiscriminately sending ."to, the Sources to bring the government', butcher: ."Conserve your breeding . ofthc German Empire to" terms-and "r end thc war. - ��������������������������� ' "Wc' have no selfish' ends to serve/ We desire no conquest, nodoniin"-- ioh." .Wc seek no indemnities for. ourselves, no material compensation for the- sacrifices -we shall freely make. 'Wc are but one of the ��������������������������� champions of the,rights of mankind. Wc shall be satisfied 'when those rights have been made as'securc as the faith and the freedom of the nations can make them. Just because we fight without rancour and wilhoul selfish objects, seeking nothing for ourselves but ' what we shall wish to share as frec^|tei7pl^s7^\^^lfallVi=fe^cl=:tr(Tiifi- church its virility and ils stability. Our blind church leaders, in their clforl to put onc over on thc people, arc unconsciously doing irreparable injury to thc cause they claim lo hold most dear. -' - There is onc branch of thc church whose pai:- sons and_pcoplc__absolulcly_ rcl'usc.Jo. lakc_any concessions from lhc state. We refer to those of thc Baptist deny:minalion, perhaps one of lhc leasl wealthy in the Province. When lhc question came up in Victoria last week representatives of that denomination appeared in opposition lo the proposed measure. Rev. W. Stevenson of Victoria, speaking for his Baptist brethren, produced some very slrong argument against the proposed exemption measure. lie said, in thc first place, that it was against the principles of religious equality, and he held that, British Columbia being secular, and having no slate church and recognizing no stale denomination, if church properly is exempted il is a distinct recognition of a special privilege of religion. He held further, that non-churchgoers would# have lo pay Ihe amount pro rata uf remitted taxes to churches; that church buildings receive all civic protective service ahd the interest and sinking funds would he compelled to make up the shortage caused by exemption; lhat in cily municipalities wealth of religious com muni lies is rapidly increasing, land being lhc chief source of the increase. In Montreal, il is estimated thai 30-per cent of lhe real estate is now exempt through church exemption, 'depriving the cily ol* jusl revenue. Thc Baptists held, further, thai lo exempt would introduce religious discord, the Catholic and Orange organizations heing certain to find grounds for controversy; lhal, religion being purely a voluntary mailer, therefore thc stale ought not to either subsidize or granl special privileges, and if the stale gives privileges or money il is only just that thc stale should exercise control of churches; and lhal churches give no direct service to thc slate other lhan what ordinary good citizens give. It was eiled that in Victoria, SI. John's church sold for $120,000;, il cost $20,000. The First Presbyterian church sold for $80,000; il cost $15,000. The Congregational church sold for $52,000; il cost $15,000. dent, conduct our operations as belligerents without passion; and ourselves observe, ,with proud punctillio thc principles of right and of fair play wc profess to be fighting for.'" . Referring to recent events in Russia, the President said in part: "Russia was known.by those who knew her best, to have been always in fact democratic at heart, in all the vital habits of her thought in all Ihe intimate relationships of her people that spoke Iheir natural instinct, their hiihilual altitude towards life. The autocracy that crowned the summit of her political ��������������������������� .structure, long as il had stood and terrible*' as was the reality of its power, was nol in fact Russian in its origin, character or purpose; and now il has bee:*i shaken oil' and lhc great, generous ���������������������������Russian people, have been added, in all their naive majesty and might, to the forces thai arc lighting for freedom in lhc world, for justice and for peace. Merc i.s a lit partner for a league of honor." Under the heading "Brothers in Arms," lhc London Pall .Mall Gazette says of President Wilson's speech: "The President frames the issue in a setting calculated to stir the deepest emotions of the American people. The Russian revolution enables him lo commend it lo them as a conflict between Ihe virtue sol' democracy and the crimes of autocracy." /..' THE ENDERBY PRESS AND WALKER'S WEEKLY Thursday, April 5, 1917. JThe Germans-used it, and it makes for a brief space a certain'clliciency with Ihem; but it is unthinkable lhat wc'should follow their methods; and we should, only have civil war in a few months if we did. There is only onc oilier power lhat has ever .worked in thc world. Religion has saved nations before, and it may save us again, jif by lhe help of the Holy Spirit,'we can bring it j to the hearts and minds "of the people in such a ! way that they can understand, appropriate and j exercise il." in nation i today is: '���������������������������*"��������������������������� u We must lick the other fellow to save our commerce; help us, Lord; and thine's the glory" | Here are the figures on the Prohibilion vote. The civilian vote in this Province on September 11-llh gave a majority of 5802 in favor of Prohibition. Since then 8505 votes have been polled bv soldiers. Of.these 7450 were "wet," 832 "dry" and 217 spoiled. The. soldiers went "wet" by a majority of 6(52-1, making the net majority against Prohibition 822. TiE NEW GERMAN DEFENSE LINE Press reports tell us lhal the Germans are now enlreir.'hed along lhe fronl over which the French and Brilish have been advancing. \l was staled by Berlin some days ago lhat the German evac.u- 'aiion of Bapaume, Roye, Noyon and Peronne was jbul a pari of a great strategic undertaking which promised lo revolutionize warfare on the Western Front and do constitute one of thc most decisive moves of the war. "Wilh the fronts as long as Ihey arc in this war and with the enormous' amount of enemy territory held by our Iroops," n German military ollicial is reported as saying, "there is no particular military significance^ attached lo any especial section of llie enemy's lerrilory. Therefore wc can give up a : [portion of the western front, secure oul- Iroops TUh FT py FS R P RY PPJpQQnluil freedom of movement needed, and end fiL tL-L\ U l_������������������\.E) I rULaO^J h.cndl wari'are. Thai is whal it really amounts to. Wc arc now getting the enemy out of their trenches." This sounds well, hut future events will say how much of il is actual fact. The Germans got lhe boys out of thc Irenches all right, just a.x Abe Lincoln's dog brought the badger oul of lhc barrel. A faker at a county fair had a badger in a Ifcirrel and would bet anyone $10 thai no dog could bring him oul. Abe came long, looked the mailer over,'covered thc .$10, and threw lhc dog inlo thc barrel hind end to. When he. came out ���������������������������which was immediately���������������������������the badg.r naturally C'.mc along. AND WALKER'S WEEKLY II. M. WAI.KKR Published every Thursday at JCndei-by. B. C. ;it S2 per year, by tliu Walker Press. Advertising Rates: Transient, 50c an inch first insertion. 25c each subsequent insertion. Contract advertising. SI an inch per month. THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1017 PROHIBITION AND FANATICISM Our Prohibition friends are doing their cause lillle good in their ell'orts to force the Provincial Legislature lo "bring in a" bill giving Ihem what they want, in the face thc defeat suffered by them when llie vote was taken on Prohibition". Our Prohibition friends could not see anything unfair and confiscatory in not including a clause in the ���������������������������**' ^ * original bill submitted to plebiscite for indemnifying citizens of lhe stale whose/pi,operly'would virtually be confiscated for whal Prohibitionists believe lo be lhc public good. Neither do lhcy consider il lo be unfair for the "drys" lo refuse lo abide by the decision of the voters when thc plebiscite is taken. They do nol think it is unfair i'or reverend gentlemen to denounce from the pulpit ali who cannol see eye. io eye wilh Ihem as 'infamous characters,' 'liquor people,' 'whisky advocates.' etc. Of this type of Christian gentleman .the Vicloi ia Times says: ''The word 'prostitution' flowed.from the reverend speaker's lips last night with marked felicity. There can be no more pernicious form of prostitution than the irresponsible, venomous as- According to an estimate made by the department of finance, Ottawa, war saving certificates to lhe number of over 17,000 aggregating $1,100,- 000 were sold lo the public during lhc period on which the war loan was open for subscriptions. Including Jhe war loan subscribers, more than 5 J,000,poo pie purchased securities from the Government during the period thc war bonds were ottered for sale. CAN THE SUBMARINES MAKE GOOD? The Germans claim they are making good; Britain claims they arc hot. Britain ought lo know. What arc the facts'? The Associated Press says the Gremans have destroyed more than onc million tons in the pasl Iwo months of unrestricted warfare, or more than onc-liflh as greal a ioial as Ihe entire losses during the previous 30 months of warfare. On the olher hand we have saulls made bv thai gentleman upon people who,'Hie statement of Sir Edward Carson, First Lord judging bv the exhibition he gave lasl night, are of the Admiralty, who says: 'German statements " ��������������������������� ��������������������������� ' * arc exaggerated, but no one suggests lhal sub marine warfare does no cause very serious dam- agc-bw 11 i-VttV h c~n c u Its 11 s*ni n f Hd c 11 i gcrc n I st^-TI i e losses, however, do not exceed lhe estimates on which we have based our policy, and after'lhc at least as worthy as he is, and who no doubt include not a lew of the members of lhe coniftv- tjtniciiTfrbih wh'oirV11e^lmveiriTi"^iiicoine." [Tom wnom lie derives nis income, sometimes ..in llie revelation of uncharilablencss and fanatical haired, which, emanates from certain. . - . - elements supposed to be consecrated to lhc up-'most careful consideration it is abundantly clear lift of human society, it is hard to believe that we lhal the German hopes ol slar.vmg us out are are not living in those harrowing davs when men quite illusory. . '_ with equal zeal and equally gocxfinlenlions��������������������������� 'Hie Germans are said lo have 300 submarines and wiih the same utter absence of charilv��������������������������� \M work. .These are operating in an area ol one applied Ihe match lo lhe slake to which was lied! million three hundred and (illy square milcvor ^omoaiid*oriimalu Avr^ Ihev did. and ascribed lhe crime lo the Glorv of j means-one submarine lo sixty-live miles eacn God! They merely used lhe torch, lhe rack j wa> or an area ol" (in miles -square, and thumb-screw as a .substitute I'or reviling' lho.se who did nol pallern themselves according! .lap citizens of British Columbia are presenting lo lhcir standards." ���������������������������' l'> slrong demand lo the Provincial Government our church parsons'I'or the'extension of the franchise lo them. In favorable li'fhlJease Ihey gel it, what will they be? Japanese or l o ne ire nol 11 lev go lillle rank aboul il up in a very ) Victoria and demand snowing ivorame he Government lo pul through legislation exempting church properly from taxation, which would mean thai the churches would evade paying Iheir jusl share of the cosl of community maintenance and throw the cost upon the olher ratepayers. Then they go furiher and. in the face of the defeat of the referendum measure, demand the Government to force Prohibilion upon the people anyhow. It would be well I'or Ihe reverend gentlemen, it seems to us. lo take the hint pul out by the Rev. Owen Bulkelev, late of lhe Okanagan Vallev, who writes in lhe Vancouver Province: "The Irulh is, that the Prohibition parly has till along over-estimated its importance in Ihis Pro Brilish? NO ROAD BUILDING THIS YEAR Penlielou's claims foiVi diversion of the trans- provincial highway route so as to lap ihe Okanagan lake at its southern end. were presenlcd^ lo the Provincial executive last week by a delegation from Penticton and olher southern points. The delegation was a slrong one. Premier Brewster did iioi hold out much \\-\-.e that the (iovernnienl would do anything towards finishing this 71 mile gap in 1017. as Ihe. work will mean an expenditure of a quarter of a million, but he made it believed lb clear lhal the Government believed the roa( vince; has endeavored lo procure hy trickery i should, be finished as soon as possible. Reasons whal il has failed lo do in llie open, and has not-of economy hinder an immediate start, however, scrupled lo try and sel England and Canada by It seems probable lhal the Government will have llie ears. . . . I.el me conclude by urging upon the Prohibitionists the laking lo heart llie following words, used during the National Mission in England: "Legislation fails us, for if a considerable number of people decide not lo keep the law. il cannol make Ihem. Neither is force anv good. engineers go over the uncompleted gap during the coming summer in order lo prepare plans for a start on the task in 1018. A sugar barrel philosopher says there wouldn't be any fun loaling if we didn't have to work. There is a big demand now for all kinds of Farm Produce at high prices, and I can handle anything from one sack to twenty carloads, for the local market in Vancouver or for export. If you have anything to sell, see me. If you want to buy anything along this line for seed purposes, see me. GROW! GROW! GROW! Make every acre count this year ! This is the way we can be patriotic, and do our fighting. Food will be needed this year as never before ! J. E. CRANE Enderby, B. C. Are you going- to do any Building" or Repairing* This Season ? THE FOLLOWING ARE GOOD VALUES: No. 4 Flooring and Ceiling 10.00 per thousand No. 4 Drop Siding $10.00 " " ��������������������������� Cull Boards ... 5.00 ������������������������������������������������������'" No 2 Dimension, 2x4 and 2x6' 13.00 No. 3 Cedar Bevel Siding- . 15.00 OKANAGAN SAW MILLS, Ltd. Enderby A name that stands for the best in hotel service King Edward Hotel, L^mmY Enderby Live Advertising is a lubricant that reduces the friction of trade to a point where progress is possible." POWDER AND SEED One hundred cases of powder were shipped on the li)lh lo thc Farmers' Inslilulc and should bc al Grindrod this week. The price will bc $8.50 per. case, caps 81, and fuse 55c. Seed orders can be received up to April 1st; delivery about April 15lh. C. W. LITTLE, Sec.-Treas. FOR SALE One horse, weight about 1000 lbs; in good condition and sound; price, $50.00. Ctnc delivery wagon., price, $-15.00; one sel single harness, price, $15.00. FULTON* HARDWARE CO., Ltd. Bring along your cream cans, tea kettles, pots, pans, etc., and have Ihem repaired. It will pay you. EVERY THURSDAY GEO. R. SHARPE WHOLESALE - HETAIL BUTCHER I E. J. Mack | Livery, Feed & Sale Stables ENDERBY, B. C. Come in and inspectfour late shipment of 1917 Fords, I the most dependable low- priced car on the market. f <��������������������������� SYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING REGULATIONS - Coal mining righls of thc Dominion in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberla, lhe Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and a portion of the Province of Brilish Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty- one years at an annual rental of $1 an acre. Nol more Lhan 2560 acres will he leased to one applicant. Application for a lease must bc made by the applicant in person to the Agent of sub-Agent of the district in which righls applied i'or a're situated. Jn surveyed lerrilory the land must be described by sections, or IegaKsub-rlrvisioiilT'oT"SelfITo n s," alicl- in unsurveyed lerrilory the tract applied for shall be staked oul by lhe applicant* himself. Each application must be accompanied by a fee of S5 which will bc refunded if the rights applied for arc nol available, bul not.pllicrwi.se. A royally shall he paid on the merchantable output of'the mine at the rale of live cents-per ton. The person opera I ing lhc_minc sliallfurhish life Agent with sworn returns accounting i'or the fuli quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay the royally thereon. If lhe coal mining righls are not operated, such returns should bc furnished at Iea'sl once a year. The lease will*include lhe coal mining righls only, bul lhc lessee may bcpermilled lo purchase whatever available surface rights as may hc considered necessary for the working of Ihe mine, al lhc rale of $10 an acre. For full information application should bc made lo lhc Secrelarv of lhc Department of lhc Interior,'Ottawa, or lo any Agent or sub-Agent of Dominion Laiuls. W. W. CORY, Deputy Minister of thc Interior. N.B.-Unaulhorized publication of Ihis advertisement will not be paid for.���������������������������8.1575. C. P. R. TIMETABLE ��������������������������� Southbound No -Mibound 10.45 lv. Sicamous a r. 18.15 11.18 Mara 17.58 11.3*1 Grindrod 17.14 11.-10 .ENDERBY > 10.59 12.15 Armslrong 10.30 13.03 Vernon 15.45 13.25 ar. Okanagan Ldg lv.15.30 H. W. BRODTE JNO BURNHAM u. \\ A., Vancouver Agt., Enderby ** Thursday, April 5, 1917. THE ENDERBY PRESS AND WALKER'S WEEKLY Enderby Growers Urged to x Co-operate More Effectively The annual meeting oi" thc shareholders in the Enderby Growers' Association was held in K. oi' P. Hall last Salurdav afternoon. The attendance was fair, and more than usual interest was taken in the business proceedings���������������������������particularly thc clear-cut, plain speaking of Auditor Crehan, who did not mince mailers in dealing wilh Association alfairs. Mr. Crehan spoke particularly with re I ol End no the not now find il necessary lo call upon its shareholders to contribute in .order to meet the interest debt to thc Governmcnl. lie said lhe Enderby Association was in as good a condition as any in the Valley, and if it had received and was rccciv thc same time would mean that millions of boxes from thc Slates would bc dumped upon thc Canadian market at any old price. Bul our vegetable growers were assured thc best market in lhc history of Canada. The demand will bc enormous, and prices promise lo bc high and steady. Hc urged more planting and greater care in the cultivating and harvesting in order to bring to thc market the highest grade of produce. In connection with the balance sheet of the past season's business, Auditor Crehan said that the loss of $088 showing in thc auditors' slate- amount recovered from growers lo cover oper aling expenses was $344, and the amount going lo Central from thc growers as handling charges $498. Thc statement shows lhat $872 went to n uic vuiu:y, ������������������.iu u n uuu i^vW ������������������������������������������������������ w������������������o ^,-, the purchase of fruit and vegetables Froin the fi ing the support it deserved from-thc growers of I growers, and that this was sold or $//0, with a the district, it would not today have to report a deficit on thc year's business. Thc Association has vvcatlicrcd the storms now for five years,.he said, and was now fairly well established. There is only one way for thc farmers to succeed, he said, ancl until they get together and work together along co-operative lines, lhcy will never ��������������������������� achieve the" success they are entitled to. He pointed lo the great co-operative plan' of nature, and followed it from thc co-operation in families to co-operation in communities, and said that in his belief we arc now reaching a period of community co-operation in which each individual must recognize lhat hc can reach his best only . in and through his efforts to assist in the general development of thc community. Speaking on thc relations of thc local associations with the United Selling organization, under which the locals operate, Mr. Crehan said the . past two ycars had shown general "progress and very favorable selling conditions for.thc fruit men of thc 'lower end of the Valley, but. in ,thc matter of disposing of the vegetables and field products of thc northern end Central had utterly failed lo make good. For a lime, hc said, it was apparent that thc demands of the fruit markets and the heavy yield made it impossible for.the Central organization to.give any time to looking after, thc vegetable end of the business, and there ..was, in fact, a feeling lhat the vegetable growers could not be taken care of, and that, the Central would have to devote its entire time and energies ..'to thc fruit end of the business.' Hpwcycivit had . now been decided lo handle the vegetables and other field produce of the northern growers under separate management, wilh a sales manager i'or vegetables and field produce alone. Thc-man to take this end of thc work had not yet been appointed, but was lo bc, and hc felt confident that there would hereafter be no cause for complaint on this-score. Hc said thc growers of lhc-north, end had just cause for complaint in thc past, but with the, new policy in vogue there could hereafter bc no reason given why the farmers of the Valley should nol be enabled to dispose of lhcir produce through their co-opcralivc association balance on hand valued at $76, showing a loss in the.handling of $24. Thc slalemenl shows that $4,348 was spent in thc purchase of flour and Iced and dial this was resold to members for $5,078. Thus, il will bc seen, thc real profits lo pay running expenses for thc year came,, from produce' sold to the farmers and thc losses were sustained on what the Association sold for the farmers. The,auditors' statement shows a condition that would not exist provided lhc amount of produce handled through the local was grealer. Operating expenses of thc local can hardly be cul lower than lhcy arc, yet lhcy would have to bc increased very little if any lo handle as much again of produce. At the present lime, wilh so little produce going through thc local .the amount laken from thc growers lo cover operating,expenses runs proportionately very high, and if il were not i'or the profit on the flour and feed sold to thc members lhc local could not be operated at all. In the general discussion which came as a result of the talk of Auditor Crehan, it was generally admitted thai a better condition could bc brought about if each member would do his part to increase the interest of those who are not members as well as those who are in thc working oi' thc local and Central. The old board'of directors, consisting of Messrs Little, Anderson, Emeny, Davics,- Foister and Turner, was rc-clcclcd, and Messrs. Crchanj Martin & Co., appointed auditors ior the ensuing year. J * ' V "'" -���������������������������' " "-"."' An. important resolution was unanimously passed' reducing the face value 'of .'shares' in the Association from $100.to $20, and giving to all members having paid $20 on the, original $100/share-one fully paid-up share "on the $20'basis.'~' ,' *'' Some of our Canadian ollicers' have more "side" lhan brains. Here is one of them. An officer from a Canadian unit not yet sent overseas entered a Winnipeg restaurant thc other day and thc waitress led him to a table at which sal a private wilh a woman companion. "Please show me lo anolher seat," said the ollicer; "I don't care t ^ . to sit al a table wilh a private." "Excuse me, sir,' to better advantage lhan through independent said the private, rising, "I am a returned soldier .sources. If lhcy found they could nol wilh thc men they iioav have in the sales department, then, hc said, it was up to thc directors lo fire thc men and" put somebody else in lhcir places. There is no use blinding ourselves lo facts. Independent buyers arc paying cash for produce fo the growers, and are finding a market i'or (he produce at a profit lo themselves and a profit lo the pro- -dticors. and-il'-indcpcndcnt.buyers,, \ylio_arc only brokers, can do il there is no reason lhat should bc allowed to sland why Central cannot do the work as ctlicicnlly as lhc independent buyer. Wc cannot sland for excuses in these matters. Nothing is impossible. 11 may be impossible for some men, but not for the right man, and it is up lo the growers lo sec that their business is in the hands of the right man. Wc cannot afford to sit down wilh folded hands and trust lo luck and thc Almighty. Wc must sec lo il that what the organization needs to achieve success is secured. Mr. Crehan said- lhat under lhe new policy of lhc directors, thc local managers and Central were henceforth to be held accountable for all mailers passing through Iheir hands, that is to say, that the responsibility I'or this or lhat occurring shall not bc shifted from Central to the locals and from thc locals hack lo Central. Under the new order of things, a grower will henceforth hc able lo go thc the local manager and learn right oif the bat what price he i.s to receive for thc produce he has lo oll'cr for sale. This is to be possible in all cases except in cases of pooling and when produce is shipped on consignment��������������������������� and in cases of consignment, he advised his hearers to go home and say their prayers after shipping on consignment, feeling thai it was good lo give to Lord. "Who have you been working for?" he asked. "For thc commission men," came from the audience. , w "Yes, and so long as you growers neglect to take advantage of the opportunity lhat is yours in co-operating with your Central Selling organization, you may expect to see lhe commission men riding aboul in their motor cars while you trudge along on foot." Mr. Crehan said every indication pointed.to a bad year for thc fruit men, as the embargo put upon apples to the old counlry was sure lo mean a loss of this market lo our apple growers and al and have seen 27 months service at the 'front. But the ollicer had moved away. THROW OFF THE YOKE It is predicted by students of Russia who believe the)' know thc Russian and his ways, lhat ihe real troubles of lhat empire are now only be- ginnij]g..and_that_thc ful.urc..willjscc jiitcrnal^af- 'lairs more chaotic than ever. It is argued lhaf ilic Czar, being more than a ruler, the spiritual; father of his subjects as well, those of his subjects less ignorant than thc revolutionary leaders andj their''followers, will refuse to accept the new' order of things, and thai, while democracy may succeed in holding on, lhc vasl hordes of the interior tribes and peoples will cry oul for the rc-j turn of Ihcii "Lillle Father." As to lhis, lhc J fulure alone can say. A sudden jump from ani- aulocracy such as Russia has been for ages, to a1 democracy such as we arc led to believe has been ��������������������������� established, would give any nalion, even the most: highly developed, a tremendous jolt. Whal il will' do lo Russia remains lo bc seen. I In the meantime, the Socialists of Russia are, not idle. At a mass meeting held in Petrograd i a few days ago an appeal was issued to the pro-j letarial of the whole world, but directed es-j pccially to the Central Powers, urging lhe work-i men of these countries lo "throw oil' the yoke of autocratic rule as the Russian people have overthrown the imperial autocrat, and refuse to serve longer as an instrument in the hands of kbgs, capitalists and bankers." By uniled clforl, lhe appeal declares, "wc can slop lhis awful murder, which is thc shame of humanity." Kelowna farmers have established a scale of j \.ages for lhc season as follows: While day labor, i a minimum of 22 1-2 cents per hour; teamsters,! $40 lo $45 per month and board; Orientals, $-10 Lo $45 per monlh wilhoul board. Seagulls have been placed on sale on lhc London market, and-bring 3d. each for roasting. 11 is said they make a very dainty dish when lhc proper method is followed in lhe cooking. Great Britain has coal fields lhal have been operated more than 700 years. Serve Save E VERY ONE CAN do something for his country ; Some can bear.; arms Some can produce food Some can make munitions Some can give money It is the privilege of all to help. Y OU CAN SERVE by Fighting���������������������������W or king- Saving���������������������������Giving This is NATIONAL SERVICE Are YOU doing your part ? LL EYES turn now to the Canadian Farmer, for he can render the Empire Special Service; in-this sternest year of the war,, ���������������������������_- --- ; 7 ;'"���������������������������"���������������������������' , But���������������������������our farms are badly undermanned���������������������������25,000 men are needed on the land. With insufficient help, the Man on the Land fights an uphill,fight to meet the pressing need for Food. CITY and TOWN can help. Municipal Councils, Churches" and. Schools, and other organizations, both of men and women, can render, *. National__,Ser_vice_by,__dir,ectina__alL. available labour to the Land. Farmers themselves can exchange labour. School boys can assist. Were you raised on a farm ? Can you drive a team? Can you handle fork or hoe? If you can't fight, you can produce. Spend the Summer working on the Farm. Let every man, woman and child in the Dominion who has access to Land, no matter how small the plot, make it produce Food in 1917. For information on any subject relating to thc Farm and Garden write:��������������������������� INFORMATION BUREAU DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OITAWA DOMINION DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OTTAWA, CANADA. HON. MARTIN BURRELL, MINISTER 'AUBr.-mgrea;' &7i&7^j&n_i*vteMi!m_\ ��������������������������� ,Vte| V--,-',-.VAs S9������������������S &?.f?P| V i-'-yPv^l - i\ /vl Renew for The Press, $2 per year THE ENDERBY PRESS AND WALKER'S WEEKLY Thursday, April .5, 1917. MAgJC Hilton MADE IN CANADA THE PAWN MACIC ������������������He POWDER ;������������������0NTAI NS MO ALU M* Pie. E. Ii Huffman writes from i Moose Jaw lo say that his battalion | expects to leave for overseas in a ��������������������������� few days. He encloses this piece ^11(j i of poetry written by one of'the! I men in his companv, which has ! real merit, antl is poetry that will i 11ve: | Only a private soldier, lie hasn't even a name.; One of Ihe "War Lord's subjects, Only a pawn in the game. He thinks thc pawn must bc'sac- ri ficed, The fame of the king to keep; Tt's a shame that, his fame should be so dear, the lives of his pawns so cheap. p: "WETS" HAVE THEIR INNINGS East week lhe Provincial Government listened to the demands of thc "drys" on the question-of Prohibition, and lhis week, a Victoria dispatch slates, the "wets" are presenting their side of the case. It is nol expected, according to information from sources close to the Government, that any decision regard A pawn in lhe game where only kings count, -'A game lhat the nations play; So'he lies all alone 'lieath Ihe star- spangled,sky, On a bed of cold wet clay. He left home wilh thoughts of glory Looking so handsome and gay; All thc glory he's got is a shattered frame, And a-grave on the coming day. Yes, they'll "pi'ck* up his body for burial, And a very short prayer may be said I3ul when on thc dreadful judg-j ment day, | Marked Avilh the brand of (lain,! The mighty Kaiser with murder is; charged My the souls of those he has slain The King of Kings from his throne on high, Shall an-awful doom decree; For what can his justification be? OiVAvho will support his plea"? For though bul a private soldier, Who hasn't even a name, In God's clear sight he's a precious soul, ' Though only a pawn in the game. ���������������������������Private Bcnlly. PLATFORM ORA TORY Here are some suggestions to the mi thc question will bc reached ', Ere he's laid in a trench with a'I young: man budding into platform much before the end of the month. Of the two great achievements of the war���������������������������democracy in Russia and woman suffrage in England��������������������������� which do you think is Ihe grealer. EGGS FOR HATCHING White Rocks; eggs from pen of prize-winners, headed by first Chilliwack and second Provincial cock. Dark Cornish, first pen Armstrong; special I'or best pair al Penticton. Eggs, ������������������2 per setting; will renew any unfertile eggs. BRUCE OLDFGIH), Enderby. oratory: In 'promulgatingyour esoteric cogitations or articulating your superficial sentimentalities Bul there's one at home will be! and amicable or philosophic obser- vhundred more, And quicklime, over,him spread. FOR SALE Three pure-bred Pcrcheron stallions; two 2-years-o!d, one 3-ycars- old..Wil! exchange for work horses ov cattle. Will'give tlie right particulars at the time of enquiry. M. L. BRIGHT, C.W.Blackwood's Barn, Kelowna, B.C. FOR SALE sorry, When he's posted up as dead; And some sad eye will brim over with tears, When his name on the read. Perhaps a white-haired old lady, That fatal number will see;. vations, beware of platitudinous ponderosity. Let your conversational communications possess a clarified conciseness and a com- isl i.s.pacled comprehensiveness ahd co- ;gency. Eschew all conglomerations ! of flatulent garrulity and affectations. Let' your extemporaneous descantings and u n n rem ed Mated And sadly remember that laughing cxpiJ|ja{jons inivc intelligibility and boy Whom she used lo hold on her knee. That dear white head with grief will be bowed, Those pooi- faded eyes will bc dim, And a mother's heart with anguish will break, For, 0, my God, how she loved veracious vivacity without bombast; sedulously avoid polysyllabic profundity, pompous prolixity, verbosity and vapidity. In other words, talk'plainly, briefly, naturally. Say .what you mean, mean wiial you say, and don'l use big words. him! Pure while Guinea Fowls, Si'.150 pair. Three-year-old Jersey bull. I7. W. COLLTN, Enderby. FOR RENT OR LEASE A Brick cottage; six rooms and lop-ground cellar; all in good condition: close in: rent low. Apply, WALKER PRESS. wife Or, maybe, the sweet-faced thai he loved, Will receive thc sad reporl, And wilh sadness wonder what she will do The fatherless ones to support. Look at expiry date with your name on paper. If it isn't up to date will you not bring it up to date? The Walker Press The children he leaves behind, f fear, Will suffer for lack of bread; FOR SALE A Ford car, equipped with Presto lights, speedometer, chains, horn, elc. Driven only 2700 miles; good as new. Will sell al a bargain. V. FRAVEL, Enderby. TENDER FOR BUILDING RENNIE'S N0������������������Bwn CANADA'S BEST SEEDS Ren lire's Prize Swede Turnip, I'or table or stock. .A ozs. 20c, lb. 65c Hen.pie's Derby Swede Turnip, biggest cropper.'.'. .4 ozs. 20c, Hi! 70c Perfection Mammoth Red Mangle, for stock -l ozs. 15c 1-2 b. 25c, lb. 45c. ' Yellow Leviathan Mangle, good keeper.4 ozs. 15c, 1-2 !b. 25c, lb, 45c Ronnie's Jumbo Sugar Beet, for feeding 4 ozs. 15c 1-2 lb. 25c, lb: 45c Improved Early Ohio Seed. Potatoes 100 lbs. SG.OO High Grade Longfellow Yellow Flint Seed Corn 10 lbs. 90c. 100 lbs.'-$8.00. High Grade Compton's Early Yellow Flint Seed Corn 10 lbs. 90c 100 lbs. ������������������8.00. High Grade While Cap Yellow Denl Seed Corn 10'lbs. 85c 100 lbs. -$7.50. High Grade Wisconsin No. 7 White Dent Seed Corn 10 lbs. 85c 100 lbs. $7.50. Select Yellow Dutch Onion Sells lb. 35c, 5 lbs. $1.70 English Multiplier Polalo Onion Setts lb. 30c, 5 lbs. $1.10 Gold Medal Gladioli Bulbs (no two alike). .10 for 85c, 100 I'or $G.lr3 Bonnie's Mammoth Squash, specimens 403 lb. weight, ....Pkg. 25c XXX Scarlet Round White Tip Radish Pkg 10c, oz. 20c 4 ozs. 50c. , XXX Melting Marrow Table Peas (dwarf) 4 ozs. 15c lb. 40c, 5 lbs. $1.90. Round Pod Kidney Buish Butter Beans.4 ozs. 15c, lb. 55c, 5 lbs. $2.40 Cool and Crisp Table Cucumber Pkg. 5c, oz. 15c, 4 ozs. 40c XXX Early Table Sugar Corn (very fine.) Pkg. 10c, lb. 40c 5 lbs, $1.90. Ronnie's Fireball Round Table Beet .. . .Pkg. 10c, oz. 20c, 4 ozs. 50c XXX Early summer Cabbage (heads 12 lbs, each). .Pkg. 10c, oz. 30c Ronnie's Market Garden Table Carrot . .Pkg. 10c, oz. 25c, 4 ozs. 75c Early Yellow Danvers Onion, black seed Pkg. 5c, oz. 20c 4 ozs. 60c, lb. $1.90. Seed Corn and Potato Prices do NOT include freight charges. ���������������������������> "Pakro" Scedlape. 2 pkls, for 25c. 'You plant it by the yard." Ask for descriptive list. Ronnie's Seed Annual Free lo All. Order through your LOCAL DEALER or direct from. P^M~:^* QAAJo Wm- RENNIE CO., Ltd. Kennie s Deeds n38 Homer st.,Vancouver a: Paint! Sealed tenders will be received by the undersigned up to Saturday noon, April 28th, 1917, for the pur- , ,,, . , ,. , ,. ., chase of an unfinished Iwo-story | l������������������or who II provide food lor those .m|jcr housc g0x28 ^^ hungry mouths ��������������������������� ��������������������������� J upon ihe wesl half of the northeast "When the bread-winner is dead?; UJ> Township 19) Runge % Wcst ()|h the main Enderby Salmon But little hc heeds, the Lord of thc "icrirtian, on ,1 road about 8 miles from Thc heart-broken mother's sigh; Me closes his ear lo the widow's moan ,* And the fatherless ehildrens' cry. QuicKeFthan writtn^ Quicker than wiring- Quicker than going by train Arm. This land was formerly- held under homestead entry by Thomas Stefan Louske, a German who left the Province in 1914, shortly be- I fore the commencement of the Tufropean=waT. ��������������������������� Terms cash. ��������������������������� > The successful tenderer will be required lo remove the building when called upon to do so, and must accept full responsibility for ils safety in thc meantime. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. .V'!or full particulars.apply Jo������������������������������������������������������_ W. C. COWELL, Domonion Lands Agent, Kamloops, B. C. Kamloops, B. C, March 27, 1917. CITY OF ENDERBY Now is thc time to protect your buildings by a coat of paint. Our stock is complete. We have paints for houses, inside and outside; paints for barns and roofs; varnish stains and family paints in small tins; EFFECTO Auto Paints for your car or buggy; Alabastine in all colors. Complete assortment of Paint Brushes. Raw and Boiled Linseed Oil, Turps���������������������������anything ancl everything in the paint line, at the lowest market prices. FULTON HARDWARE CO., Ltd MAKE THE VACANT LOTS PRODUCE Plant More! Grow More! Wc can supply you wilh package seeds from lhc following ���������������������������Kennies', Steele-Briggs, McKenzie's and Seimners��������������������������� Now on hand. Bulk Garden Seeds, Mangles, Sugar Beets and Turnips. Alfalfa, Red Clover, Alsikc and Lawn Seeds. , DILL BROS. Gents'Furnishings . and Groceries Our Groceries Stock And a Long Distance "call" to the home of your friend in any town in the Valley costs only 25c OKANAGAN TELEPHONE CO. NOTICE is hereby given lhal the lirsl silling of the Annual Courl of Revision of the Municipality of Ihe Cilv of Enderbv for the vear 1917, wil'l he held at" the Citv" Hall, Enderby, on Monday, the 23rd day of April, 1917, al 7.30 o'clock p.m., I'or Ihe purpose of hearing and de- lermining complaints against the assessment for thc said year, as made by the Assessor, and revising and corroding the assessment roll. Any person complaining against the assessment may, personally, or by means of a wrillen communication over his signature, or by a solicitor, or an agent authorized by him in wriling to appear on his behalf, come before the Court and state his complaint; and the Courl may confirm or correct lhe assess- in e ill; Provided he shall first have given notice in wriling lo Ihe Assessor of lhe ground of his complaint al least ten days before lhc dale of lhe said first silting. Daled al the City Hall, Enderby, this 17lh day of March, 1917. GRAHAM ROSOMAN1, Cily Clerk. Is always fresh and of tlie finest quality. Also a full line of Robin Hood- Flour, Feed and Cereals at the lowest possible prices. Ous Motto-"QUALITY AND SERVICE" 'PHONE 48 Bell Block, Enderby TEEGE & SON, GROCERY PRICES DOWN SECRET SOCIETIES On and after April 1st, all sales at our general merchandise store will be spot cash. Prices are going lo be cut down to the closest possible margin; no charges will be made and no goods delivered. In lhis way our patrons will be able lo save dollars on living costs. A car of flour ancl feed just arrived. W. J. WOODS, Enderby PROFESSIONAL P^C. SKALING, B. A. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public. INSURANCE Bell Blk. Enderby, B,G J. C. METCALFE W. M. A.F.&A.M. Enderby Lodgre No. 40 Regular meetings first Thursday on or after thc full moon at 8 p. m. in Oddfellows Hall. Visiting brethren cordially invited C. H. REEVES Secretary ENDERBY LODGE No. 35, K. of P. Meets every Monday evening in K. of P. Hall. Visitors cordially invited to attend. J. P. FRAVEL, C. C. H. M. WALKER K. R.S. R. J. COLTART. M.F. Hall suitable torConcerts, Dances and all public entertainments. For rates, etc., address, F. FRAVEL. Enderby Do you lake your Sunday dinner at the King Edward?