. Advice is proverbially cheap. The man who does no more for his home town than merely telling other people to boost for it, is as small an asset to the community as the bar-room "rounder" of former day«s was NO PLEBISCITE UNTILNEXT FALL Belief Gaining Ground That Railway Enquiry Will Be Worth Its Cost of 10 Gents Per Capita Victoria, March 20 —Busybodies are again active with their predictions tbat the govemmei.t will hold a beer plebiscite in May, which will be followed shortly nfif i by h general electioD. Tbese prediction!* ap* pear in tbe form of reports circulated tbrough newspapers noted rather for their sensational ide:e tf news than for tbeir strict adh- rence to truth. Toere will be no general election until fall, and there will be no beer plebiscite in May. The May court of revision will bave to be well out of tbe way before a beer vote can be taken and the province will not be plunged into tbe turmoil ol a general election during tbe busy summer months. The government baa promised a grant to assist in the entertainment pf tbe officers and men of ths British squadron, which will visit British Columbia in June It is hoped lo give the sailors a tour through the province and also provide school children with an opportunity of. becoming acquainted witb naval affairs. Whatever may be said of tbe folly of the farcical Pacific Qreat Eastern railway investigation, following charges laid against the Oliver ad ministration by tbe McRae third party forces, tbe contention ie gain ing ground that lbe investigation will have served a splendid purpose, despite the heavy cost. For years tbe government—regardless of its being Liberal or Conservative- has been under acloud. Trouble makers are always with us, but no one causes more bother and worry than the politcal aspirant, wno seeks office either for personal glorification or io order to pnt something over for himself and friends. Witb tremendous development ahead of British Columbia, there has been a manifest attempt upon tbe part of outsiders to secure control of tbe administrative machinery at whatever oost. Meanwhile theit efforts bave proven crnde in tbe extreme and tbe costly enquiry bas done mucb towards removing distrust, suspicion and discontent. For a few years at least it may be expected that the electorate will rest content with the activities of its chosen rep> ressotativesandthat tbere will be every opportunity afforded tbe ad ministration to carry on witb tbe . ondorsation of the voters. Granting tbat the public's share of tbe cott of tbe enquiry is 150, 000, that is only a per capita tax of 10 oents—not an overly large sum to pay for having tbe clouds rolled away and the fog of misunderstand ing cleared up. A new basis of cooperation be tween tbe four western provinces in labor matters has been reached, stated Attorney General Manson, minister of labor, following the re* cent Edmonton conference. In fu ture where one province is suffering from a shortage of labor the other three provinces wiil come to its assistance immediately. For instance, wben this province requires workers for interior lumbering operations, Alberta will supply them, wbile British Columbia will reciprocate through sending harvesters to tbe prairies. A plan for better relations- ship haa been effected, states tbe minister. TWENTY-THIRD YEAR—No. 21 "Tell me what you Know is tnt- I csuHooss as well ss yoo." FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1924 of public works, for tbe completion of more new British Columbia University buildibgs. Tbe tenders oall for the putting up of a certified cheque for 180,000 by tbe bidders, and tbe work is said to be the biggest public works contract let in this province for many years. OPEN LETTER TO ALL GROWERS During the iast few days quite a number of reports of property changing hands have drifted into the office of the Associated Growers. Your advisory committee immediate ly took steps to gather all the information they possibly could by gets. ting in contact with several of the leading locals and by sending out an enquiry as to the probable amount of tonnage that might possibly be lost through the'e transfers. After carefully considering the in1 formation, your committee believe they are safe in saying that fnlly 600 cars of fruit will be involved. Tbere is every reason to believe that the majority of this fruit will remain out' side the Associated and will pass into the hands of the independents. Tbis is so serious that they feel it is their duty to inform the growers that, if the information is correct, it will be impossible for the Associated to con trol the market undej the same con ditions as eii-ted last year. Instead of having 20 per oent of the fruit loose, this yeor, with this additional tonnage breaking away, it would probably amount to about 40 per cent. The probability is that this large percentage of Associated fruit would be marketed oo the prairies, and would come in direct competion with the fruit ef the growers that would remain with the Associated, making it practically impossible foryour sales force to make sales f.o.b shipping point In wil probability tbe same chaotic conditions that existed in 1922 would, under these circumstances, be repeated tbis year, with a large part of your fruit forced into the export market. Your committee feel that the conditions are so serious that tney call for immed.a'e action on the part of all locals and all those wbo are deeply interested in the weir fare of the Associated Growers. It is unthinkable that tbe organization can be allowed to pass out of existence after the service that has been rendered to the growers during the past year. At the same time it can hardly be expected that the balance of the growers, who will be left with the organization, will, if our information is correct, carry on until they are forced out by the action of those breaking away. In addition to the above, very unsatisfactory venditions exist at Kami loops and Armstrong, and there is a strong possibility that some loss may occur at tbese points which would add to the above tonnage.—A, T. Howe, President Associated Gjowers of British Columbia, Limited. The Connoisseur "Schuse, me, waiter, thieh lasht bottle of porter was very sbtrong!" "That, sir, was the Worcester sauce!" variety be grafted on a stock wbich is not in the best of condition.—R, C. Palmer, Summerland Experi. mental Station. Officers on the reserve Candian militia residing iu the province of British Columbia are notified tbat Ihey should report in writing to the D.O.G., M.D. 11, Viotorla, B. Oi, oo or before thn 1st of April iueach ycir, -riving address for tbe current yiiar—tbisin oider that tlieir names may be retained in tbe militia list Tois also applies to officers tormerly R.O.C.EF., as this list has been absorbed into the R.O., CM. TOP-GRATING: IS Tenders are being called for by Hon. W. H. Sutherland, minister Officers on tbe retired list, Canadian miltit, are notified that tbey should report io writing to National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, on the 1st of May in eacb year, in order tbat their names be retained on this list. Failing to report will entail tbe removal of tbeir names from tbe militia list. Tbis also applies to officers on the retired list, CEF,, as tbey have been absorbed into the retired list, CM, D. McPherson eisited Qreenwood on Monday. Tbe question of top-grafting is occupying tbe attention of a great number of growers this spring, there ie a growing opinion that a determined effort should he made to eliminate the scattering of odd varieties and exist in so many Brits, ish Columbia orchards. Tbere is eveu a feeling in the minds of some progressive growers tbat it might pay them to graft over large number of trees of sucb varieties as Jonathan, wbich bave not brought in profitable returns within tbe last few days. Tbe actual process of grafting is relatively simvle, but before a grower makes up bis wax, be should give close study to the economics of tbe problem. Other» wise he may find iu several years' time tbat bis action has not increased his hank account to the ex tent that he had expected. To be commercially profitable top grafting must produce a tree which is larger, more vigorous and fruitful than a young tree planted at the time the grafting was done. It is possible to graft pe ches, apricots, plums and cherries with a fair measure of success, but experience has proved that in tbe long run itis usually more profitable to plant a new tree, The success of grafting depends primarily on the establishment of a satisfactory union ot the stock or tree which is being worked oyer and the scion or branch of the new variety to whicb it is desired to convert tbe upper branches of the tree. Tbese two must be congenial. There is some difference of opinion as to just how much influence tbe scion has on tbe stock, but it is common knowledge tbat the stock exerts a very definite influence on the growth and vigor of the scion. In fact, tbe stock exerts much influ ence over the vigor of tbe resulting tree. Through this effect on vigor, tbe stock also e'etermin-s to a large degree the hardiness and productivity of a top-grafted tree, though it does not ensure hardiness in a tender variety. It is apparent, therefore, tbat only strong, vigorous, hardy trees should be top-worked. Top grafting should never be practised on winter injured or devftalized ,rees. Many growers seem to bave the idea that by top grafting it is possible to con ven a weak-growing tree into a heavy producer of high class fruit Nothing could be farther from the truth. Thie ia particularly tbe case with such varieties as the Jonathan which in many localities is a tender, smalls-growing tree of weak constitution. Any grower who has a number of devitalized Jonathans would be well advised to prune them witb a logging chain, especial ly if they are planted as fillerB. Where Jonathans are planted as standards and are making vigorous growth it will probably pay to leave them in. In tbe case of strong growing trees of non-commercial varieties top- grafting may be a profitable investment, especially if these trees are scattered through a mature orchard. Young trees planted in an old orchard seldom bave a fair chance. The best varieties to use for scio s will depend aomewbat on the dis trict and on the varieties already growing in the orchard. Delicious and Rome Beauty appesr, at the present time, to be the varieties likely to give tbe best results. In general, strong growing varie ties such as tbe Delicious sbould be grafted on strong growing stocks. A smaller growing variety such as tbe Rome Beauty may be grafted on a slightly less robust stock, but under no circumstances should any Much Ado About Nothing irom Everywhere Thb Canadian Pacific coastwiBS steamer "Ena" has carried from the seven plants operating on Barclay Sound over 12,000 tons of salt herring since the present season opened in November. This represents almost half the season's output, which will approximate 26,000 tons. The heaviest hnmigratioa to Canada experienced during the Vast ten years is looked for tfes year. Already the arrivals are running ahead of those for the same months hi 1923, those from European countries being especially large. The stt- quiries from prospective settle*! ta the United States are numerous. Canada exported 6,582 pairs at leather footwear during January, 1024, according to a report of taa Bureau of Statistics. Of these 2,1?° went to the United States, 2,088 to iNew Zealand and 2,081 to China and IJapan. Bermuda, Ule Straits Settle- •ments and Newfoundland took the rest. The value was 821,801. Canadians imported 5,826,667 pounds of tea last month, or about three-fifths of a pound per head of population. The value of last month's tea imports was $1,661,176, and for the twelve months ending January 31, the vahie of the 43.223.- 119 pounds imported into Canada was $13,253,642. The bulk of it came from India. Special trains of Immigrants have recently carried lunch counter cars similar to those used on the harvesters' trains last summer. It is understood that the Canadian Pacific havo inaugurated this as a feature of all long distance immigrant trains, thus doing away with the necessity of the newcomers providing their own food or using station lunch counters en route. The completion of plans for the development of hydro-electric power during the current year will add 900,000 h.p., to the present total of 8,228,000 h.p., already installed in Canada. This additional power will be used in British Columbia to assist mining and pulp industries in Manitoba to supply rural needs, and in Ontario for gold-mining and other industries. In Quebec the chief developments are in connection with the pulp and paper industries, and farther east, in the Maritime Provinces, for public utility purposes. There ia every indication that the dearth of the domestic servant In Canada will be greatly relieved ln the course of the ensuing few months. Miss Esther Mackie, head of the Woman's branch, Colonization department, Canadian Pacific Railway. London, announces that "Specially conducted parties of domestic servants are being organized under the E .lpire Settlement Act in conjunction with the Canadian Government for the Icomveyanee to Montreal am! to Western Canada." COUNCIL PASSES Renins Rate Levy Fixed at 35 Mills—Order Placed for Road Grader at a Cost of $328 The estimates for tbe current year were approved and a rate levy was struck at tbe adjourned meeting of the city council on Friday evening. Tbe diffeient departments were allotted tbe following sums: Finance committee $20,484.36 Fire department 1,125.00 Water uudlight 19,925.00 Board ofivorkH 6,213.00 Cemetery and parks 1,310.00 Health and relief 2,346.35 Police department 2,600.00 School board 27,250.00 Total $81,253 71 Estimated receipts, $82,430,02. The rate levy decided upon was 35 mills, divided as foi owe: School, 13 mills;general, 11 mills; special, 11 mills. This rate, it was stated, could have been reduced one or two mills had not a considerable sum been carried over from last year on account of schools and for purchase of Granby property. Tbe council decided to make tbe Doukhobors an offer of acreage property, of wbicb the city owns approximately 150 acief, on a basis of $150 per acre, $1000 cash, balance on terms to be arranged. II was decided te plsce an order for a road grader at u cost of $328 f.o. b. Grand Forks. Tbe tax levy bylaw wss intri'n duced and given its first three reac'. ings. Vernon, BC, March 20 —President A. T. Howe aod Managing Di ector B. Steuart left for lake points ou Saturday. G. A. Barrat returned from the States on Thursday hft. He expressed himself as very satisfied with the information gathered across the line. Colonel Scott is expected back io Vernon tbis week. The daily output of cars for tbe tbe week ending March 15 iB as follows: March 10 1 car March 11 i car Marcb 12 2 cars Marcb 13 i car Marcb 14 9 carg March 15 1 car Total 15 cars The falling off in the movement is attributed to the removal of the dump duty by the government, this making cbonp Americsn apples obtainable at prices comparable witb Associated nfferhgs. — Associated (Jrowers of British Columbia, Ltd. One of t! e most attractive features of the Canadian Pacific Railway Compa: y's pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembly, will be tl 3 Illuminated exterior panels, and :he Neon lighting effect, similar to that used at the Coliseum, London, which is wonderfully penetrating" and effective under all atmospheric conditions. The interior of the bui ding displays, through working m: dels and magnificent oil I and water color paintings, the maay ramifications of the great transportation system as well as the natural I resources of this country. According to E. N. Todd, freight 1 traffic manager of the Canadian j Pacific Railway the year 1924 will be a banner one as regards foreign | capital coming into the country. I "During the year 1923 a number of I silk manufacturers from England I and the United States decided to 1 locate in Canada, and from present j indications this particular movement j is only in its infancy. At the pres- I ent time our industrial department I is in correspondence with a very j large number of manufacturers who ! are seriously considering locating in, I Canada." *i J THE WEATHER The following is the minimum tnd maximum temperature for eacb day during the past week, as recorded by the government thermom- uter on E. V, Law's ranch: /Max. Min. March 14—Friday 51 36 15—Siiturday 51 27 16- Sunday 48 30 17—Monday 54 25 18—Tuesday 58 26 19—Wednesday... 52 27 20- Thursday 46 31 Inches Rainfall 00 The man who is wronged can forget it; the man who wronged him never can. Happiness is neither a vested right nor a self sustained state. A merry heart doeth good like medicine. TO! BUN: (WAND PORKS. BRITISH (COLUMBIA Ufa (Sranb Storka §un AN INOEPENOENT HE»VSPAi>ES Q. A. EVANS. EDITOR AHD PUBLISHER . 1 ■StlBUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE One Year (in Canada and Great Britain) $1.00 One Yoar (in the United States) 1.50 ',/."Addresr -■* -cations to The Grand Fork? Sun ' Phonk 101R Grand Forks. B. C^ OFFICE: COLUMBIA AVENUE AND LAKE STREET. FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1924 Notes, Notions and Notables With the apparent collapse of the third party investigation at Victoria, the old line parties are displaying activities and preparing for a general election, which, if it is held this year, will not take place until late in the fallt according to the most reliable information fram the capital. The admission of Rossiter that he had attempted to get $5000 from the Conservatives for the copies of papers he had abstracted from the government files; his admission that he has been on the payroll of the third party at $250 per month, with the promise of a permanent well paid job in the civil service if the third party are elected to office, and the manner in which his charges have faded into thin air when enquired into, have caused a change in public sentiment and restored confidence in the older port:es. With the amalgamation of Grand Forks and Greenwood constituencies, it is believed that Hon. Dr. MacLean will be a candidate in Vancouver city, where both General McRae and W. J. Bowser will also run. There is a marked falling off of candidates for the McRae ticket. John Nelson, who resigned the vice presidency of the Conservation association to join hands with General McRae, and who was expected to be a candidate in Van couver, has now accepted a position under the Rockefeller Foundation to report on the Japanese question in British Columbia, and Ash- worth Anderson,organizer for the third party, is suffering from a nervous breakdown. The failure of the charges against Mr. Bowser leaves him in undisputed possession of the Conservative leadership, and it is said that an effort to bring out several of the younger men of the party throughout the country is to be made. ''Your manufacturer has his hand in the pocket of the wholesaler, and the wholesaler has his hand in the pocket of the retailer, and the retailer's in the pocket of the farmer. Where is the pocket the farmer can get into? It ain't there."—Senator Magnus Johnson of Minnesota. Many families have got christening robes treasured away in some old press or chest or trunk. Some old English families have robes which.- have historical interest. Earl Fitzwilliam has, for instance, a gauze scarf, which is attached to the robe of an infant at a christening. It is reputed to have been owned by William the conqueror, and to have been given to him by an ancestor of the Fitzwilliams after the battle of Hastings. Lord Clanwilliam's family also owns the robe worn by the Duke of Kent, Queen Victoria's father, at his christening, it having been given to the lady who held the royal bad}', and to have passed later into the possession of Lord Clanwilliam's ancestors. Now Princess Mary will put away another addition to the store of treasured relics of infancy. man looked down with benevolence upon the people of the valley, and how one of the valley people, with gazing and pondering upon the benign countenance grew at last to have the same expression. There is an even better face of stone on Cushing's island, in Portland har bor, Maine. The association of the hare with the moon, particularly at the time of Easter, is of obscure origin. It is evidently a folklore notion of great antiquity and wide distribution. The fact that the rabbit is nocturnal in habit, coming out to feed "i' the dark o' the moon," may account for the association of ideas. The colored eggs which the little Dutch children get up so early to search for on Easter morning are laid, they say, by the Easter hare.- It is asserted by students of such matters that the left hind foot of a graveyard rabbit, killed in the dark of the moon, brings good luck to the possessor. Those actors and actressas who are superstitious usually have a rabbit foot among the articles in their make up box. Also it must be remembered that a rabbit's foot makes an excellent brush-and is used as such in applying gold leaf. The wildest nightmares are no worse than some realities. Imagine a lake of epsom salt. It exists at Basque in British Columbia. It is at least forty one feet deep, and perhaps more, The miners who discovered it drilled to that depth and were then obliged to cease for lack of drilling facilities. The lake is said to cover an area of seven acres, and to have a hard crystal surface. When the snow melts from the mountains the surface is covered six inches deep with water, which quickly becomes brine, Then the sun evaporates it, and all that is necessary is to score and lift off the thick crust ■■•hat has formed. Spring freshels prepare an other seven-acre pan It is in this respect like the lake asphalt in Trinidad. Among the Easter decorations to be seen at this season, in shop windows and elsewhere, are many Easter bells in floral designs and delicate colors. In Latin countries and in rural Quebec the chocolate bell is very popular, especially with boys and girls, to whom it typifies one of the most pleasing of childish Easter legends—that of the yearly flight of the church bells to Rome. Little boys and girls are taught to watch and waite for the flight of the bells, and though no one has ever seen them Hy, the children are always hopeful that some time, if they listen carefull, they will hear the chimes as the bells leave their steeple and float off through the night on their journey to Rome to be blessed. The explana tion, of course, is the silence of the bells at Passiontide and their pealing again at Easter, Ten million dollars is the value put on the royal gold plate at Windsor. It includes a gold dinner service, ordered by George IV, for 140 persons, and one of the finest wine coolers iu the world, added to the collection by the same monarch; a shield formed of snuff boxes, worth .$45,000, and thirty dozen plates worth $50,000. There is also a^variety of pieces brought from the colonial and Eastern possessions. The latter include a peacock made of precious stones of every description, worth $150,000, and Tippoo's footstool, a tiger's head with crystal teeth, the tongue being a solid ingot of gold. Among the royal plate at Mind sor is a knife which was presented to George IV by the cutlers of Sheffield. It ^»as over 100 blades. E.C. Henniger Co. Grain, Hay Flour and Feed Lime and Salt Cement and Plaster Poultry Supplies Grand Forks, B. C. S. T. HULL 'Established 1910 Real Estate and Insurance Resides! Arput Qrisnd Forks Townsite .. Company, Limited Farms Orchards City Property "Agents at Nelson, Calgary, Wihnlpe-r and other Prairie points. Vanoouver Agents: PRNDEI! INVESTMENTS BATTB-IBUBY LANDS LTD. Established In 1910, we are In a position to lurnish reliable information eonoerulng this district. Write lor (ren iltenrture GRAND FORKS Transfer Company DAVIS 8 HANSEN, Prop. City Baggage and General Transfer Coal, Wood and Ice * (or Sale Offloe at R. F. Petrie't Store Phone 64 C.V. Meggitt Real Estate and Insurance OBCUAKDS, FABM LANDS AND CITY jPKOPKHTY Excellent fanilities for selling your (aims We have agents at all Coast and Prairie Poiuts N WB CABBY AUTOMOBILE INSURANCB. DKALEB IN POLKS. POSTS AND TIBS, AND FABM PRODUCE Reliable Information regarding this distrct obeerfiilly furnished. We sollolt your inquiries. K. SGHEER Wholesale and Retail TOBACCONIST Dealer^inf, Havana Cigars, Pipes Confectionery ] City Real Estate For Sale Applications for immediate purchase of Lots and Acreage owned by the City, within the Municipality, are invited. Prices:--From $25.00 per lot upwards. Terms i»Cash and approved payments. List of Lots and prices may be seen at the CityOffice. JOHN A. HUTTON. City Clerk. Imperial Billiard Parlor Grand Forks. B. C. Travellers among the White mountains of New Hampshire look with wonder upon the "Old Man of the Monntains,"so life like is this profile of a human face which nature has carved in the rocky hillside. The strange stone "face" juts out from the famous Franconia Notch, 1500 feet above Profile lake, and consists of three disconnected ledges of grauite, which have atl aggregate height of about forty feet. One ledge iorms the forehead, another the nose and upper lip, and the third the chin There is a tradition that the Indians wor shipped this image. Hawthorne in his story. The Great .Stone Face," tells how the stone o4ncient History Item* Taken Prom The Qrand Forks Sun for the Cornikpondtng 'Week Twenty Yean Ago W. H. Covert's potato crop, after wintering the ground, is said to be in prime condition. Peter A. Z. Pare, proprietor of the Yale barber snop, has found it necessary to employ another barber owing to increased trade. Tbe Grand Forks "ocal barons," who have immense holdings in the East Kootenay, will organize a company. A largely attended citizens' meeting on Tuesday evening condemned the "wide open" policy. A government report sho ws that there are ten schools in this district. PICTURES IM PICTURE FRAMING Furniture Made to Order. Also Repairing of all Kinds, Upholstering Neatly Don R. G. McCUTCHBON {WINNING AVBN0I Massey-Harris IMPLEMENTS We are agents for the well known Massey- Harris line of farm equipment. Let us figure on your needs. A Complete Line of Garden Tools MILLER & GARDNER Furniture and Hardware Cheap Night Rates We just know you adore a "bargain;" 'most everybody does; and even public utility companies offer them! Hold your Long Distance spcial conversations between the hours of 7 p.m. and 8 a.m , when we give you a conversatiou lasting three times that of the day period allowed at the regular day rate to B. C. Telephone Company stations. Now, what could be more alluring? Call the "Rate Clerk" for charges or other particulars. BRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY It's Lhe worst wheel that makes the most noise in the world. Don't regret too mujh your ups and downs; after all the only man wbo has none is in tbe cemetery. Canadian Blind Babies9 Home Nursery, Hospital and -anderjiarten Dominion Charter, Without Stook Subscription. DIRECTORS—Hon. Martin Uurrell, Hon. President; Hou. J. G. Turriff. President;.! B. Fitaii. trt-ietln NEPTUNE TO VISIT WORLD CRUISERS Tlie certlfleata aa shown above will be ****** to all passengers, ssbourd the Kmpressss ot (Junudii wis beiore Neptune, aa did thoae IMiiaiiw on th* Baapreas of France laat yenr, who are shown Iss oil sum 8* When to travel upon the sea waa to venture in great danger It wu usually thought wise by the voyagers to propitiate the god of the waters by making gifts to him before setting sail, and oftentimes, when Neptune displayed his wrath at Ma, human sacrifices were made to him. To our superstitious ancestors the son of Saturn and Ops had great power over the waves, especially those of the sea, and had, therefore, tn his hands the welfare of all vessels and their human and other freight. The worship of Neptune was early introduced into Rome, and July 28rd, "Neptunalia," was his feast. As science reduced the terrors of the) sea, and education aad higher civilisation erased the sometimes terrible superstitions trom the minds of the world, so the worship of and sacrifices to Neptune ceased, but even to this day he is venerated by many Latin and Scandinavian •ailors and no ship crosses the equator without some recognition being made ot him. Usually this takes the nrm ot a burlesque performanee in which those who are nuking their fint "crowing of the line" are iaitiated into the mysteries of the deep. The unique photograph reproduced above i* as i aboard the Canadian Pacific 'Empress of France" on a "Round the World" cruise last year, h'c*] - boarded the great liner in the early mor'nin- oi ;h. on which the "line" was crossed, and held powl was attended by the Royal Barber and other officials who assisted in the initiation ccrcmor.v of the passengers were summoned to his august pre *■ and were tried for their misdemeanour, puni hir.o'n praise being awarded without favor. Tliose who i duced evidence of having been '-Initiated'1 More ■ of course, exempt from trial. This year, when Neptune boards the Emprc Canada, which leaves New York on a Round the V cruise on January 30th. hi:- secretary will Issue to nl! i: who pass before the God of thc Waters, certlflci.ti that effect, which wili lie countersigned by Capli-i Robinson, R.N.R., whiicc-iin-iintls the vesF.ol.nnd • ' besides being valuable souvenirs ut lhe trip, wills:? the holder from furthvr trial. WINTER WEAR FOR MEN Men's all-J wool underwear, Stanfields and Wool nap Brand, at $5.00 per suit. Men's all-wool Winter Pants at $5.00 per pair. Men's Mackinaws, the very best, at $12.68 each. Also full lines ot Men's Heavy Rubbers, ranging in price from $3.25 to $6.00. Call and see our stock before purchasing. We think it will pay you. Donaldson's! Phone SO A. E. MCDOUGAIL 'CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Aftent bssminion Monumental Works Aslx-stoa Products Co. Roofing ^ESTIMATES FURNISHED BOX 332 6RAND FORKS. B. C. Yale Barber Shop Razor Honing a Specialty JI s-fiS-1' PRE-EMPTIONS Vacant, unreserved, surveyed Crown lands may be pre-empted by British (subjects over 11 year* of ace, and Sty aliens on deolarlng Intention to became British subjeota, conditional npon residence, occupation, and Improvement tor agricultural purpoeee. Fall Information concerning re-ru- atlona regarding pre-emptlona \a given la Bulletin No. 1, Land Series'. 'How to Pre-empt Land," coplea ot Ahloh oan be obtained free of charge )S" addressing the Department of I.and*, Victoria, B.C., or to any Oov- ' i-nment Agent. Records will be granted covering inly land suitable for agricultural iiurposee, and whioh ls not llinber- land, l.e, carrying over 5,000 board feet par acre west of the Coast lungs and M00 feet per acre east nf thet Range. Applications fer pre-empiionu are to be addressed to the Land Com- mlsaloner of the Land Recording D\ vision, ln which the land applied for Is situated, and are ma"av on printed forms, copies of which can hu obtained from tha Land Commissioner. Pre-emptions must bn occupied foi five years and Improvements mado to value of $10 per acre, Including clearing and cultivating at least five aorea, before a Crown Grant can bu received. For more detailed Information see tlio Bulletin "Uow to Pre-empt Land." PURCHASE Application-- ure received for pur chase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands, not being llmberland for agricultural purposes, minimum price of flrst-olass (arable) Innitla ti per acre, and second-cla.-i CtfrazlnjR land |2.D0 per acre. ITurilier Information regarding purohase or lease of Crown lands is given in Bulletin tto. 10, Land Series, "Purchase and Lease of Crown Lands." Mill, factory, or Industrial sites on :imber land, not exceeding 40 acres, may be purchased or leased, the conditions Including paym-nt of stumpage. HOMESITE LIASES • Unsurvayed areaa, not exceeding ao acres, may be leased as homo-mess1, conditional upon a dwelllns bolns erected In the flrst year, title being obtainable after residence and im provement conditions aro fuffllleii and land hae boen surveyed. LIASES For graaing and Industrial purposes areas not ozoeedlng 0-10 acres* may ba laaaed by one person or ■ company. GRAZING Under the Grazing Act the Pro\ Ince la divided into grazing district and the range administered under -i Graslng Commissioner. Annu.il graslng permits are Issued based on numbers ranged, priority being given I 'o established owners. Stock-ownern | nay form associations for range iinagement. Free, or partially free units are available for settlers. impers and travellers, ue te ten ;: nd. The shortest P. A, Z. PARE, Proprietor j | Yalk . Hotkl, Fi nsT Si shut SVN0PS1S OF LAND ACT AMENDMENTS I thing in the world-- isn't a mosquito's eyelash or a gnat's whisker, or any other part of any insect whatsoever--IT IS THE MEMORY OF THE PUBLIC. If I you doubt this ask the first men men you meet the following questions: 21 When did the R34 cross the Atlantic? Who was her pilot? On What date was Lord Kitchener drowned? What was the name of the ship that blew up and almost wiped out the city of Halifax? What German submarine torpedoed the Lusftania? It is a safe bet that you would not get one correct answer. Now do you see the necessity of persistent advertising? When the details of events of world wide importance are so soon forgotten how do you expect thc public to remember you unless YOU TELL'EM-and keep telling them? ADVERTISE! 1 One step won't take very far, 9You've got to keep on walking; | JOne word won't tell folks who you are, " \i]You've got to keep on talking; One inch won't make you very tall, You've got to keep on growing; One little ad. won't do it all, You've got to keep them going. r Brown started out without a cent; He's rich now and still rising; Some say 'twas luck; some say 'tw. pluck; HE says 'twas advertising. mmnit giandi-orkb, British Columbia The Distinctive Flavor H401 has won it millions of users. Try it today and Know why. News of the Gity The trial of the boy wbo burglarized Miller & Gardner's st re a couple of weeks ago came up before Magistrate Neil McCallum on Saturn day. Tbe father of the boy was fined (20 aod in additioo was ordered to furnish two sureties of 1*200 eacb. Tbe laws ire being enforced in some parts of the country. A man in Hossland was fined $50 laat wee k for being drunk and disorderly. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews have moved into Harvey Hanson's house in the West ward. Hon. J. D. MacLean, provincial secretary and minister of education, passed tbreugb the city a couple of tiooep tbis week on bis way to and from Nelson, which city he visited on deparlmental business. '■A farcical theatrical display to tbe tune of (2000 a day at the ex< pejjee of the taxpayers," is the way Mrs. Mary Ellen Smith, M.L A., refers to the Pacific Great Eastern probe. British Columbia apples in small quantities are moving from Vancouver to Holland, Cermany and Belgium, but Washington and Ore- Corporation of the City of Grand Forks NOTICE When requiring the Chief of Po» lice, please phone Central, giving phone nnmber from which you are calling, and ask Central to turn on the red lights; then await reply from the Chief. By Order, Board of Police Commissioners. NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF RESERVE VTOTICE IS HERKHY GIVKN lhat Ihe re- A~ nerve covering Lots 2911s and 2912a, Hiiiiiiliiiini'i'ii Division of Vale District, is cancelled ami tht; sold Lands will be open to purchase only nn'ler the provisions of the "LiuhI Act," G. K. NADEN. Deputy Minister of Lands. Department o* Lauds, Vlolorfa, B.C.. February 21, 1024. fcM m >tl NOTICE Off CANCELLATION OF RESERVE NOTICK IS HKItEllV OIVKN that tlie re* lervoonverlngaertaln lamls Initio vicinity of Ket iln Kiver. siiivryed us Lois 14S7s, 1488s, Z'.iuU- and 2010a, Mmilkuuioou Division or Vale District, is cancelled, und 'lie lunds will bc open for piirclmse only, under llio provisions of tlie "Laud Act." (1. B. NADKN, Deputy Minister ut Lands. Department of L'luils, Victoria, II.C, Kobrii iry 21, 1921. CUHPOKATIIIN OF THC CITY l)i\liHANU FORKS, li. C. ROAD TAX The annual Road Tax of $2.00 levied under By law 143 on each person 1-etMeen tho ages of twenty one and siNty years who is not the registered owner of property within the City of Grand Forks or who is not otherwise exempt, is now due and payable to the Chief of Police or at the City Oflice. gon exporsers are reported to have materially increased the volume of trade witb these European countries. Hilda Katherina Holm, aged 43 years ar.d 7 months, wife of Anton P. Holm, died at Cascade on Sundav last. Tbe funeral took place at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon from Holy Trinity church in this city, where services were beld. Interment was made in Evergreen cemetery. D. C. Coleman, vice-president of the C.P. ll, western lines, passed through the city last Saturday by special train, enroute east from-tbe coast. Mrs. Catherine Hippie, a pioneer of tbe Cascade district, passed away at that place last week. Harry Sales, aged 56 years, died in Cascade on Tuesday last. Mrs. Geo. Boug, of GreenwoodL was admitted as a patient to the Grand Forks hospital on Modnay being seriously ill. J. H. Goodeve, of Greenwood, was in the city on Wednesday. C. Scott Galloway, an, old timer of Grand Forks wbo still owns a ranch here, is back in tbe Boundary from tbe coast. Recent Amendments to the Game Act A recent amendment to the game act, which does not seem ta be generally known, includes in the furs- bearing classification wolverine and lynx, two animals wbich up to the present time bave not been classed undcj tbis head. Tbe result is that these animals came under tbe close season regulations, and it is unlawful to kill or trap them.*' A number of these animals have recently been brought in, and to tbe disappoints. ment of tbose who had captured them tbey were confiscated. Ag tbe cbange is not generally known it is not likely prosecutions will be pressed, though warnings are being sent out whenever occasion presents itself. Another regulation provides tbat ail deer which are killed must have tbe beads left on the carcass when being brought in. There is nothing in the world worth doing wrong for. If you expect your customer's attention, you must give him some of your own. They that forsake the law praise the wicked. But such as keep the law contend with them. A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world. A customer offended is harder to be won than a strong city. THF SDN '"tho favorite new8" X UU (Jfii paper of the citizens of the district. It is read by more people in the city and valley than any other paper because it is fearless, re liable, clean, bright and entertaining. It is always independent but never neutral. WESTERN PIONEER TELLS INTERESTING EXPERIENCE Frank Rikert, .Who Left Illinois for California in Covered Wagon in 1864, Wouldn't Take $100 for Bottle of Tanlac. You Cannot .Judge By Appearance It is impossible to tell the quality' of tea by the appearance of the leaf. A rough, coarse, uneven y rolled tea may taste mncli better in the cup than a closely roiled, well tipped tea that LOOKS much finer. The only way to be sure of getting tea of rehab e quality is to buy a toa like "SAIjADA", whose goodness and purity are guaranteed. The gold wines cf Northern Ontario bro'.-c ail previous r:n.a..!s in the month of January, when th"*j produced approximately $2,100,000, based on prelinr: ary rejjoi-ts ru- ccived from the mints. It is reported that arrangement*! have bcen made for the financing of a $500,000 plant in Edmonton, Alta., tor the manufacture of paving blocks from the tar sands of Fort McMurray. The first of the private fur auction sales which we Hudson Bay Company has decided to hold in future at their head office in Montreal took place recently, when a collection of various furs, estimated roughly at $25,000 to $80,000 value, wai put up for sale by sealed bids. Grain handled at tba port of Montreal in 1923 totalled 120,013,- •038 bushels, the largest amount chipped through any port in North America during the year. Montreal [thus maintains for the third consecutive year her position as the leading grain exporting port ef tae continent Dr. Geo. II. Locke, chief librarian, Toronto, at the request of the Canadian Authors' Association, ha* undertaken to supervise the (election of volumes for the Canadian literature exhibit at the British Em- pire Exhibition. The task involves the Catherine; toKi-thcr of 500 representative 1:. oks a ill it is anticipated will take about a fortnight. From all Indications, the potato r'lipments to Havara this season from the port of St. John, New C runs wick, will groatly exceed those of last year. To date there have been 750,317 bushels sent forward i.i twenty steamers, while from Sap- t nber 1, 1C22, until January 81, l":">, n i al oi 505,G68 bushels ii.ro shipped in civentucn steamers. DOG TAX The annuul Tax of $1.50 on each male tlog and $2.50 un eaoh female dog levied under Hy law 142 is now due and payable to the Chief of Police or at the City Orlice. BYORDEK, JOHN A. HUTTON, Clerk, , OON'T HESITATE! PHONE 101R FORFINE PRINTING Frank Rikert, well-known resident of North Sacramento, Cal., who came to tbe state from Illinois in a covered wagon in 1864, along witb other hardy pioneers, recently exhibited a bottle of Tanlac, which he had just purchased, to a friend at his bome and remarked: "If I thought tbis was the last bottle of Tanlac I would ever be able to buy, I wouldn't take one hundred dollars for it," tbus proving the high valu» ation he places on tbe famous reatment. "I believe Tanlac really saved my life when I took it after tbe Flu abouf a year ago," continued Mr. Rikert, "for tbe attack left me 20 pounds of! in weight, and unable to turn over in my bed without ae sistance I tell you, I thought my time bad surely come. "But, thanks to my wife's insistence, I kept on taking Tanlao till I was able to do all my work again, bad back -.11 my lost weight, and I've been feeling years younger ever since. I'm always telling my friends about Tanlac, and can't say too much for il." 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Not only attractive, it's wonderful! It costs but little* it entartains must. Let Us Demonstrate to Yon. P.S.—Did you know that last week 50,000 people stood by and listened to messages sent to citizens of Qrand Forks (the first time) out of the bine skyl But it will happen often hereafter. WE ABE IN THE GAME TO STAY YALE GENERAL ELECTRIC WINNIPEG AVENUE THE HUB—Bring your boot and shoe repairs to my shop for neat and prompt work. Look for the big boot.—GEO. ARMSON DEAFNESS CAN BE CURED DEAFNESS, NOI8BS IN THB II8AD AND NASAL CATABHH '" * £3 |The new Continental remedy called "LARMALENE" (Read.) ts a simple harmless home-treatment which absolutely cures deaf neis, noises In the head, ete. NOBXt*EN8IVB,APl'LIANCK8NBBDKl) for this new Ointment, instantly operates upon the affected parts with oomplete and permanent success. HCURBS OP WONDERFUL CURBS BBPORED. BBUABLB TESTIMONY. 8 Mrs.K. Wilkinson, of Slad Road, Stroud. writes:—"Please uoiilil trouble you to send me another box of the Ointment. It la not for myse.t, but for a friend of mine who It as bail at 1 was,and eannot get any rest for the noises in'the iiead. I feel a new woman, and can eo to bed now and Ret a good night's rest. « nieh 1 had not been able to do lor many months. It Is a wonderful remedy and 1 ain most do- lighted to reoommend It." : . . Mrs. E. Crowe, ol Whltehorae Koad, Croydon, writes:—"I am pleased to tell you that theamall tin of ointment you sent to me at Ventnor, has proved a complete; suoeees, my hearing It now quite normal, and the horrl - ble heaa noises bave eeased. The action of this new remedy must be very remarkable, for I have been troubled with theso com- plaints lor nearlv ten years, and have had some of lhe very nest medioal advloe toKethcr with other expensive instruments all to no purpose, I need hardly say how very grateful I am, for my life has undergone an eulire change." 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