..���������.Wf"\ <.. /)������������������������- :/ Kettle Valley Orchardist 17TH YEAR���������No 8 GRAND.FORKS B. 0., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1917 $1.00 PER YEAR Unionist Government Endorsed by Big Majority With Exception of Quebec, the Government Makes Almost a Clean Sweep of the Entire Country. (v���������. ��������� -The returns from'tha general election on Monday indicate that the Unionist-government will have a majority of between fifty and sixty members. Even-the-most optimistic supporters of the" Unionists were surprised at the results, which may be much greater when the returns from the voting of the soldiers is reported, which, it is believed, will affect the .results in some close constituencies where Laurier Liberals have been elected on the face of the returns by small majorities, and elect Unionist candidates. The results which were definite Tuesday night gave the Unionists 138 and Liberals 91, a majority for the government of 47, with a possibility of 60 majority when the election results are all.in. ��������� ' The provinces east of the Ottawa river more than veri- " tied the prediction of those who believed thas the Unionists and Liberals would break.about even, but Ontario and the ,west proved & surprise.; The opposition counted on at least twenty _ seats 'from.. Ontario and got only.half that number. ��������� Liberals;thought they, could" count on not less than fifteen seats hi the west, but only two "supporters of Sir ��������� Wilfrid JLaurier were elected.',. Two or three,.seats-.in- northern-. Alberta-may still.be in doubt because of the large number of country polls still-to hear from, but there is little to indicate the possibility of more than three or four oppositionists being-elected in western Canada. ��������� In Ontario 72 of the 82 constituencies have been won by the Unionists, and all the ministers have been elected by large majorities. The opposition has been successful only in North Waterloo, Russell, South .Renfrew, Prescott, South Perth, West Middlesex, Kent, South Essex, North Essex,-and South Brace. . Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his running mate, H. McGivern, were defeated by close onto 1000 majority in the capital, but the Liberal leader was returned in Quebec East by 6000. Quebec did even worse for the Unionises than was expected, 62 out of 65 seats going in.the Liberal column. Three suscessful Unionists in Quebec were Hon. C.J. Doherty, minister of justice, who won a three-cornered fight in St. Anne's division, Montreal; Hon. C. C. Ballantyne, minister of marine and .fisheries, who was elected by a good majority in St. Lawrence-St. George div:siou, and 8ir Herbert Ames, who still holds St. Antoine division in the same city. Outside of Montreal, no Unionist was elected. In Quebec province alone did ministers of the crown suffer defeat.1 Hon. P. E. Blondin, postmaster-general, who is in England, failed to secure election in either the Laurler- Outremont division of Montreal or his old constituency of Champlain, while Hon. A. Sevigny, minister, of inland revenue, was equally-, unsuccessful in Westmount-St. Henry, Montreal and Dorchester. In the latter constituency his successful opponent was Lucien Cannon. The defeat of these two ministers leaves. the French-Canadians without representation in the government. In the Maritime drovinces the Liberals have captured 18 of the 29 contested seat. Prince Edward Island elected four Liberals and no Unionists; Nova Scotia nine Liberals and five Unionists, while New Brunswick did better by the government by electing six Unionists out of the eleven seats. The two members to represent Halifax will be chosen later. A striking feature of the election has been the size of the majorities secured by the Unionist candidates in Ontario and the west, and b^ the Liberals in Quebed. The record majority was secured, in South Winnipeg by Allan, the Unionist candidate, who beat his opponent by more than 13,000. The women's vote was doubtless largely responsible for the abnormal majorities secured by Unionist candidates, more particularly in urban constituencies. in British Columbia Everything indicates that Unionist candidates have been elected in twelve out of British Columbia's thirteen federal constituencies. The missing pollsaro principally" those . of outlying districts from which the returns may not be received for some time, but it is not proble that- there will be any material changes in the results so far returned. W. W. B. Mclnnis, who resigned a county court judgeship to enter the contest as a Liberal in two constituencies ���������Comox-Alberni ��������� and Vancouver Center���������refused on Tuesday night to admit his defeat in the island seat, but later returns show that the Unionist" has been elected -by over 500 majority Col. Peck, ��������� Skeena, apparently the only Unionist candidate defeated, is overseas with his battalion. His opponent, Ered Stork, is a 'Prince Rupert merchant. Four of the successful - candidates sat in the . last parliament���������Hon. Martin Burrell/H. H. Stevens, R. F/Greeii and "K S. "Clements. Harry Link letter was instantly killed in Bertois' camp on Monday last t>y a falling tree while.he at working peeling a cedar log. He was was about sixty years of age, and has been a resident of of this community for a number of years. The body, badly mangled, was brought to Mil-. ler & Gardner's undertaking parlors in this city on Tuesday, but interment has not yet taken place. Linkletter was alone when tl\e accident happened, and the details of it are therefore unknown. As a high wind was blowing at the time, it is supposed, however, that the tree fell without warning while the man was engrossed in his work. At the meeting of the Grand Forks Curling club last Friday evening the following directors were elected: J. I). Campbell, C. A. S. Atwood, H. W. Gregory, Geo. E. Mas- sie and A. E. Savage. Eight skips were chosen, and an ice committee composed of Ben Norris, R. L. Hodgson and A. E. Melin was mimed. The directors will meet at an early xemption..of Farmers Mr. Justice Duff (the Final Court of Appeal) Declares, it is Essential'that there shall be No Diminution in Agricultural Production. (Published by authority of Director of Public Information, " Ottawa.) Hon. Mr. Justice Duff gave judgment on December 6th, in the first test case brought before him, as Central Appeal Judge (the final court of appeal), for the exemption of a farmer. The appeal was made by W. H. Rown- tree in respect of his son, W. J. Rowntree, from the decision of Local Tribunal, Ontario, No. 421, which refused a claim for exemption. ,The son was stated to be an experienced farm hand, who had been working on the farm continuously for the past seven years, and ever since leaving school. He lives and works with his father, who owns a farm of 150 acres near Weston, Ontario. With the exception of a younger brother, he is the only male help of the father on the farm. The father is a man of advanced years, la granting the man exemption "until.he ceases to be employed in agricultural labor," Mr. Justice Duff said: . .-���������- "The.JVJilitary Service Act does not deal with the subject of ihe exemption of persons engaged in the agricultural industry; and the question which it is my duty to decide is whether ihe applicant being and having been, as above mentioned, habitually and effectively engaged in agriculture and in labor essential to the carrying on of agricultural production, ought to be exempted under the provisions of the Military Service Act. "These two propositions are indisputable : "(1) In order that the military power of the allies may be adequately sustained, it is essential that in this country and under the present conditions, there should be no diminution in agricultural production. "(2) The supp'Iy of competent labor available for the purpose of agricultural production is not abundant, but actually is deficient. "The proper conclusion appears to be that the applicant, a competent person, who had been habitually and effectively engaged in labor essential to such production, ought not to he withdrawn from it. "It is perhaps unnecessary to say that such exemptions are not granted as. concessions on account of personal hardship, still less as a favor to a class. The sole ground of them is that the national interest is the better served by keeping these men at home. The supreme necessity (upon the existence of which, as its preamble shows, this policy of the Military Service Act is founded) that leads the State to take men by compulsion and put them in the fighting line requires that men shall be kept at home who are engaged in work essential to enable the State to maintain the full efficiency of the combatant forces, and whose places cannot be taken by others not within the class called out." n Ottawa, Dec. 8, 1917. date for the puropose of chos- ing a president. The members of the club will be ready for business as soon as the ice gets cold. D. J. McDonald, of Boundary Falls, was in the city on Monday! While here he purchased a carload of brick and other building material. He is apparently making preparations to surprise his neighbors by erecting some handsome buildings on his ranch near Boundary Falls. Frank Miller and some of the city office staff augmented their meat supply by bringing in three deer from Lynch Creek on Saturday.. ���O- THE SUN, GRAND FORKS, B. C. ��he dranb Storks Bnn AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER G. A. EVANS, EDITOR AHD PUBLISHER SUBSCRIPTION RATES���PAYABLE IN ADVANCE 400 are charity stamps. The others are war- tax, military or commemorative stamp���including those that Italy has"issued for its aerial mail service. ,rf>'*