 Nothing equals the arrogance of some men's so-called humble opinions
GRAND FOBKS
raucsciooL
STANDING OF PUPIL8
The following Is a list of names of
pupils of the Grand    Forks    public
school   ln order   of   rank   for   the
months of March and April:
DIVI8ION I
Grade 8.—Mary Dorner, Doro hy
Don ldson and Clayton Patterson
equal, Randolph Sandner.George Sav-
ave, Theresa Frankovitch, Clarence
Henderson,Edith Gray, Bessie Henderson, Ernest Fltzpatrick, John Baker, Alma Frechette, Tony Santano,
Florence McDonald, Evelyn Cooper,
Phyllis Simmons, Minnie McNevln,
Irene Bickerton, Polly Vatkln, Barbara Love, Euphie McCallum, Robert
Murray and Daisy tMalm equt(l,Albert
Euerby, May Jones, Delwln Waterman, Hazel Mason, Josephine Ruzicka, Laura Sweezy, Grace McLeod,
James Alliin, Isabel Huff man, Gordon
Wilklns, Alberta Blddlecome, John
McDonald, Robert Carlson, Charles
Egg, Harry Hansen, Ronald McKinnon. '
DIVISION II
Gipde 7.—Jean 'Murray, Janet Mason end Ernest Heaven equal, Nor-,
man Ross, Grace McDonald, Hejmer
Jackson, Geraldine Gowans, Jean Mc-'
Donald, Nellie Skuratoff, Lola Hutton'
Margaret Baker, Alice Bird, June
Dantelson, Mtlry McKinnon, James
Robertson, Chester Hutton, Mike
Boyko, Steve Boyko, Edna Scott.Jack
McDonald, Myrtle Kidd, Willie Gowans, Lola Oglofl, Gordon Mudie, Fir-
mln Bousquet, John Crisp, Inez Stephenson, Catherine Davis, Victor Rella, George O'Keefe, Windsor Miller,
Albert Deporter, Ralph Archibald,
Peter DeWilde.Mowat Gowans.George
Roper, Roy Clark, Joe FiJvlis, (Mao
Waterman, missed exams.) j
DIVISION   III.
George Howey.Jenny Maloff.George
Olsen,Williamina Gray, Freda Dorner
Bennle Rella, Teddy Wright, Nora.1
HeUsheff, Lloyd Bailey, Fern Henniger, Annie' Starchuck, John Starchuck
Robert Kidd, Josephine Cleman,Irene
Lightfoot, Catherine Chahley, Winnie
O'Keefe, Lillian Blddlecome, Carl
Wolfram, Wilms Davis, Nels Anderson, George Ruzicka, Nils Johnson,
Eunice Patterson, John Love, Lots
Dinsmore, George Robertson, Audrey
Mcirkell, James Graham, Marie Donovan, Mabel Miller, Irene Hutton.Elsle
Kuftinoff, Winnie Cooper, Nick
Chahley, Thora Robinson, Veronica
Kuva.
DIVISION   IV.
Grade 5.—Catherine McDonald,
Crystal Mason, David Tonks, Frances
Sandner, George Tonks, Winnie
Wykes, Julia. Kleman, John Gowans,
Bill Ogloff, George Ronald, Irene Frechette, Annie Ronald, Doris Egg, May
Thompson, Shirley Docksteader and
Bernice Hull equal, Douglas Archibald, Francis McDougall, Aulay Miller, Charlie Ritoo, Walter Carpenter,
NormiA Hull, Roger Dondale, Ralph
M6akes, Annie Hlady, Mary Kuva,
Sadie McDonald, Gladys Clark, Annie
Ogloff, Bernice Postnikoff, Lindsay
Clark, Barney Hlady.
DIVISION  V.
Senior IV—Alfred KnowleB, Helen
' Dorner, William Ogloff, Glen Willis,
Effle Knight, Joan  Thompson, Ruth
';. ' Kidd ttod Vera Pavlis equal, Audrey
f: * Donaldson,    Isabel    Donovan,    Mike
Starchuk,   Mike     Danshin,   Amelia
'  Trombley,   Joe    Pohoda, Peter Harkoff.
Junior IV—Peter Palek, Doris Mattocks, John Vatkln, Ruby Wilkinson,
.'Margaret  Cookson,  Eileen    Markell,
, Chnrlotte    Cannon,    Jean Dinsmore,
'Jane Kuftinoff.Walter Meakes.George
Murray, Annie Esouloff, Wilma Miller.   James Foote absent.
-DIVISION VI.
Grade IU Senior—Percy Poulton,
Wilfred McLauchlan, Laura Rella,
Mary Farnum, Dorothy Mulr, Berton
Clark, 'Mary Stephenson, Alice
Knowles, Jessie McNevln, Andy Pavlis, Charles Mudge, Daniel McDonald.
Dorothy Chambers and Valerian Ru-
slcka equal, Helen Ogloff, Albert Jep-
son, Eddie Chambers, Catherine McPherson, Jean Wood, Joan Pearson,
Joan Wood, Clarence Howey, Bever-
' ley Mehmal, Leonard Stephenson,
Mike Harkoff, Windsor Rooke.
Grade III Junior—Harold Brinkman
Arthur Topp, George Skuratoq, Flor-
■. ence Ridley and Mike Slslkoff equol,
Viola   Hughes,   Polly Ogloff. Donald
. Thompson, Eunice    Kuftinoff,   Jack
Wright, Jock Wilkinson, Fred Massle
. Gertiidine McKay, Lily Roper.
DIVISION   VII.
Grade II Senior—John Hansen,Vir-
glna Vant, Pete Boyko, Catherinl
Keeman, Fiorrie Ritco, Victorl(a Ritco
Henry Dorner, Romai Donaldson and
Mary Woodward equal, Corinne
Wright, Naida Thompson, Norah
Chapman, James Lawrence, Alfred
Petersen,    Lilian   Gowans.   Bruce
RUMOR OF COAST
tiAna KETTLE VALLEY ORCHARDIST
TWENTY-KTOHTH YEAR—No  28
•"Tell I
'TlMO
9 whit you Know la tni>(
neee as well ss jroii.".
"FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1929
Kidd, Alexander Grey, Grant McDon-
eld, Bernard McPherson, Burbank
Taggart, Howard Bird.
Grade II Junior—Irene Tedesco,
John Skilllng, Annie Lyssuik, Ruby
Rowlandson and Jane Esouloff equal,
Sanford Fee, Catherine Kuva, Alex
•Donaldson, George Egg, Billy Cook
Nick Harkoff. Henry Pohoda, Sillai
Palek, Pete Kasakoff, Donald McNevln.
DIVISION   VIII.
Senior I—Joan Petersen, Wesley
Docksteader, Jean Pennoyer, Gladys
Meakes, Audrey Mudge.Marjorie Ridley, Gerald Taggairt, Frank Wolfram,
Douglas Howey, Jean Dondale, Patrick Pavlis, 1 Stomas Scheer, Juanita
Fee, Mabel Wallach, Robert Skilllng,
Nick Danshin, Geraldine Patturson,
Bernice Cookson, William Chahley,
Mary Borsuk, (Gertrude Hutton absent).
Junior I—Mabel Euerby,. John Tedesco, Norman Gustafson, George
Grey, Agnes Skilllng, Ray Bird, Jim-
mle McLeod, Joyce Onions, Wilfrid
McDonald, Irene Hayden, Lilian
Chambers, Marie Howey, Hector McNevln.
We Blue Danube GRAND FORK'S
HISTORY OF PIONEER DAYS AND
PIONEERS DESIRED
Editor Orand Forks Sun:
Sir:—For many years the archives
department of British Columbia has
been collecting the records of the pioneers and has amassed a great quantity of manuscript material, photographs, etc., which forms a wonderful
repository of historical Information
and is also a tribute to the memory of
our pioneers. It is well that there
should be in the capital of the province a department, one of whose duties is the collection and reverential
care of material relating to those who
pioneered in our great province and
laid the foundations for our present
prosperity. In your district there' may
some pioneers or their descendants
who have in their possession original
letters, diaries, account books, journals, note books, photographs or other
material which ought properly to find
a resting place in the provincial archives. If so, I beg to make an appeal
to them to deposia the same with the
department, which would be proud to
receive them and to take every possible care of them for all time. All too
often the original manuscripts or papers of our pioneers disappear. Sometimes they are unthinkingly destroyed. In other cases, they are simply
burled away and forgotten, and there
is ln any case always a danger of loss
by fire, whereas at Victoria the documents are kept in an absolutely fireproof building. No matter trivial or
unimportant certain papers may seem
to their owner, they may have a distinct value in after years. The undersigned will welcome correspondence
from any persons in your district having any class of the above-mentioned
material ln then* possession, with a
view to the same being acquired by
purchase or gift   for  the   provincial
archive.
JOHN HOSIE,
Provincial Archivist, Parllabent Buildings, Victoria, B. O.
PROMINENT NAMES IN
BRITISH COLUMBIA
INCOME TAX BLACKLIST
VICTORIA, May 8.—British Columbia's first blacklist of income tax defaulters has gone to press at the
King's printer's department here, and
unless the printing equipment is unable to put it Into type on time, will
be published tn the B. C. Gagette on
Friday. It the printing bureau can not
handle the entire list today and tomorrow, the list will be Issued next
week. Meanwhile officials of the fln-
ane department declined to comment
on the matter, but lt was learned that
the list contains names extremely
prominent ln the professlonnl and
business life of the province. Former
governments have threatened to take
this course but never Implemented
their threats, It was explained that
Mr. Shelly ls obliged under the law to
publish the blacklist from time to
time. Already his announcement that
he would carry out the law ln this regard has produced desirable results.
Many delinquents have paid up their
taxes, and more are expected to do so
when their names appear in print.
FIRE SITUATION
ALREADY SERIOUS
VICTORIA.—Up to the week ending
April 26, a total of 49 fires had been
reported in various sections of the
pdovince, compared to one - last year
and ten in 1927, according to a report
lsesud by the department of lands.
Thirty-five fires have occurred in
the southern interior; ten fires in
Prince Rupert area, while blazes have
been noted in Cariboo, Kamloops,
Prince Oeorge and Vancouver territories.
Predictions of Superintendent Deni-
son of the Dominion meteorological
observatory here indicate a serious
condition during the summer. He
points to the abnormally low water
supply on the mainland, the lack of
snow on the mountains and the comparatively small rainfull.
Even the optimist forgets to smile
when the tax collector comes around
SUN'S WEEKLY TRAVELOUGE
EUROPE'S "temporary Ice Age"—
the most severe winter that has
been known for many decades—
gave the role of destroyer to the
stream that ls normally the Beautiful Blue Danube. Tho stream was
frozen so solidly that ice dams Were
formed, imprisoning million'! of cub!.;
feet of water. When milder weather
caused a break ln the icn barriers,
the resulting flood damaged hudnreds
of the river boats that had been imprisoned In the ice.
Economically the Danube is to the
land-locked nations of Europe what
thB Mediterranean is to the countries
of southern Europe. Once the northern frontier of the. Roman empire;
later the path for conquering hordes
of Huns, Slavs and Magyars; now the
oommercial Main street of Central Eu
rope, the Danube may claim to be the
most important river of Europe,
though It is exceeded by the Volga it
length.
Human' activity attains extremes
along 'the Danube's teourse even
more marked than the contrasts
along bizarre Broadway, New Rork.
Its waters see the revels and destitution of Vienna and flow by Hat rocks
on which Hungaritjn women pound
their clothes with wooden mallets
and bear them away In tubs on their
heads. They pass mills like those ofi
Minneapolis, bear vessels like those
on the Hudson, and turn the wheels
of boat-borne water wheels to which
peasants bring grain in primitive
carts with even the wheels kept in
place.by wooden pins.
The river halves Budapest and
courses by busy Belgrade, where it'
receives the Waters of the Save. It
carries barges on which families live,
as they do on canst boats. Grim castles, great estates, and tiny cottages
stand along Its banks.
Scenically the Danube possesses va
riety almost as infinite. Rising in the
Blcick forest, some of Its waters seop
through underground fissures to a
stream of the Rhine basin. Sometimes
lt is pressed between high hills,
smaller craft appear on its waters in
Bavaria. In Austria it splits into
many i|ms and forms a whirlpool. In
Hungary plains it sprawls wide, receiving many important branches,
remnants of a prehistoric inland sea.
It resumes a wild, torrential aspect
eigain when it pierces the Kazan defile and the iron gates. It receives
nearrly as many tributaries as there
are days in the year, and drains an
areci almost equivalent to that of
Egypt.
Along tihe steep right bank of the
Kazan defile can be traced a road
built by Trajan early In the second
century. Not until recently has the
construction of a modern road made
(he defile passable upon either bank.
Recognition of the international im
portance ot the Danube was attested
by placing lt under a commission ln
1856, and further provisions regarding it are contained in subsequent
treaties, Including that of Versailles
ln 1919.
The Scenic Glories
The scenic glories of the Danube
are chiefly to be seen along the upper reaches of the river; but the
broad highway of the lower reaches
is economically of more Interest, because of the traffic lt carries.
Below Glurgevo, Rumania, and Rut-
schuk, Bulgaria, the Danube widens
to about three miles from bank to
bank. Glurgevo, a point of great
strategic importance, is accessible by
river steamers at high water and has
an auxiliary port about two mileB further down stream.
The lower Danube has a very slight
fall, only 120 feet in the Ipst 600 milei
of its length, but because of the great
volume of water, increased ffi it goes
on by the Alt, the Argesch, the Jalo-
mitza, the Sereth, and the Pruth, as
well as smaller streams, It flows with
great force. The Bulgarian banks are
high; the Rumanian shore is low and
flat and often overflows.
Sliitria, the "fortress of the Da
nube" since Roman times, though of
less military importance than Galatz,
Is the next place ot Interest below
Rutschuk. A Roman relic, "Trajan's
WalJl," may be seen from' the river be
low Sllhtrla, and forty miles from
that city there is a railroad bridge
•over two and a halt miles long and
the only one below Belgrade, connect-
nlg Bucharest and the Black sea/ port
of Constanza. This is one of the most
remarkable examples of its kind of
engineering and was built at a cost
of $7,000,000.
Hirsova and Gurai-Jamolltza are the
next places of importance. The river
at Hirsova broadens like a sea witb
many islands. The town with its fortified castle is prettily situated on a
hilltop above the surrounding Halts.
Important River Port
The more Important of the river's
ports are next approached. Bralla,
unlovely and monotonous of aspect,
is, however, the chief Rumanian port
of entry, before the war a town of
over €0,000 inhabitants and a center
of the grain and timber trades. Be
tween Bralla and Galatz are the ruins
of; |ii ancient bridge said to have been
built by Darius the Great.
The latter city, about ten miles below Bralla, is a very thriving port.
Vessels of 4000 tons can come up tbe
river to this point. Between. Gtalatz
and the confluence with the Pruth
the Danube makes its turn to the east
On its left bank lies Bessarabia, formerly Russian territory, but annexed
during the World war by Rumania.
After swraling in a great angle
around the barrier of Dobrudja, the
so-called Blue Danube drops its load
of mud and sand gathered from eight
nations of Europe in a large delta at
the western end of the Black sea.
This delta takes the form of a huge
equl-laiteral triangle 50 miles long on
each side.
Of all the varieties of earth surface
deltas rank high as tbe most useless
to civilization. Mountains are admired for their inspiration, deserts
hold rare beauty for those wha| seek
ttjT'but-few people* go to'a delta even
to hunt ducks if they can help it. The
Danube's delta ls particularly unattractive since the peasants have not
been able to adapt it to agriculture,
as sugar-cane planters have large
parts lot the Mississippi delta. Some
deltas, such aB those of the Amazon
and the Yangtze, consist of large
islands surrounded by considerable
water; but the Danube's waters run
through a vast swamp whioh was almost a complete barrier to navigation
before the European commission of
the Danube took a hapd
In country that ls neither land nor
water, the reeds and willows take
command and do not catch malaria.
Deprived of timber, tbe peasant fishermen put the reeds to ma|ny uses.
Willows are used for basket making
and for flsh weirs. A plumed reed is
cut for fuel and still another kind is
woven into mats or used as thatch.
Those who are Irritated at fishing restrictions in Canada cam appreciate
what a fisherman's paradise they live
ln by comparison. The Rumanian
government considers fishing a K°v'
ernment monopoly, and every commercial catch must be brought to a
government customs house to be auctioned off.
By the construction of levees and
piers, the European commission of
the Danube has opened a channel to
Galatz, the Rumanian naval port, culpable of receiving shipping up to
4000 tons. The trulllc In and out tho
river amounts to more than 5,000,000
tons annually.
ELEPHANTS MAKE GOOD
AND   FAITHFUL   SERVANTS
Elephant labor Is both salipiactnry
and economical, according to members of a Harvard expedition to the
Belgian Congo. The big fellows make
wonderful servants, and after doing
a day's work equivalent to thai of el
tractor he gathers his food free of
cost in the forest, where it grows
wild, while the gasoline "teed" of
tractors is expensive in the Congo.
African elephants long had a reputation for incurable ferocity, apd the
accomplishment of the Belgians in
learning how to domesticate them ls
new. Ilhe successful training is due
to catching the elephants young.
Numbers of them have been given to
settlers for farh work.
Grand Forks was officially placed
on the'air map of Canada yesterday
afternoon when his honour Lieutenant-Governor Brace opened the first
airport ln British Columbia here. The
opening ceremony took place at about
3 o'clock on the West end grounds.
Mr. Brace's opening address was extremely brief. He congratulated Grand
Forks on obtaining the first airport
license ln the province, and he emphasized the fact that It was the first
He was rather at a loss, he said, how
to proceed to open it, as this was his
flrst experience with airports. He was I
quite famfiliar with opening baby j
shows, cattle shows, agricultural exhl-
bitions, blnlng conventions, and so
forth, but when lt came to airports
he claimed his knowledge was nil.
However, his address was much appre- j
elated by his audience, and most of
those who heard it expressed the wish;
for a lengthier speech. I
The representatives of the crown ar-'
rived in the city at about 1 o'clock, j
They were driven over from Penticton j
by motor car Car Reeve G. A. B. Mc-
Donald of Pentlcton. The party con-j
sisted of his honour Lieutenant-Governor Bruce and his niece, Miss Mac-'
kenzie, and Hon. W.   A.   MacKenzie, I
minister of mines, and his secretary,
Miss Bovieau.
Immediately on the arrival of the
party a luncheon was served at the
Grand.Forks Hotel. Besides the representatives of the government, about
fifty local people were present at the
festive board. On the conclusion of
the repast the party repaired to the
airport grounds. I
The attraction at the airuort was
three airplanes from Spokane—two
two-passenger planes and one with a
capacity of about a dozen passengers.
They were kept busy all day taking
up passengers for short flights. The
fare, was $5, and It is said that they
cleared about a dollar a minute.
There was also a parachute Jump
from a. plane. The performer of this
feat is said to have received some
eighty odd dollars for the risk to life
and limb which he took. There was a
large crowd of people present at the:
grounds.
The celebration attracted a large
crowd of people, the country district
and all the surrounding towns being
well represented. |
Last night, in the Masonic hall, the
citizens bad an opportunity to meet
the representatives of the crown at a
public reception.
The lieutenant-governor's party left
for their homes this morning in a private car attached to the regular OP.
R. westbound passenger train.
The city was In holiday attire and
the celebration was very successful.
The only thing lacking was a few Canadian airplanes. The committee
made every endeavor to induce some
to come here, but they could not be secured.
Martin Luther wfls tried for heresy
in Germany in 1521 by the imperial
diet of Worms.
Everybody likes epigrams, even
thosg who call them wise-cracks.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
FERTILIZER MAY
SAVE THE WEST
VICTORIA.—British Columbia, with
its vast deposits of phosphate!; which
will be made Into fertilizer by the
Consolidated Mining and Smelting
company will prove the salvation oi
Canada's "wheat slsk" pnalrle grain
belt, the Saskatchewan grain commission was told by C. C. Castle of Victoria, former member of tho Canadian gijain commission und one of the
greatest living grain authorities,
Mr. Castle declared that tho present dlSHtKlsfuctlou among grain grow
ers all over Canada was largely duo
to mixing.
He turned then to an aspect of
this problem of great Interest to Brl*-
iBh Columbia, which will soon be
turning out fertilizer in huge quantities.
"Another dilllculty," he said, " is
that much of the land of M;niil»bo
Saskatchewan arid Alberta, after l>3-
Ing under cultivation for long periods,
is wheat sick, due due to lack of fer-
tllljer."
'Mr. Castle pointed out that the Consolidated Mining alnd Smelting company was planing to make fertilizer
from phosphate deposits, and wasted
acids, and had tested the product out
on prairie farms last yeatr.
"The western provinces can absorb
many million tons of fertilizer annually," he said. "The manufacture of
fertilizer on a large scale will be the
greatest salvation the western province has ever known. It will cause an
Increased yield; an earlier harvest,
closer settlement, and bring reduction ot taxation."
Tne commission concluded Its Victoria sittings Friday afternoon, ind
will Bit in Vancouver on Monuay.
VICTORIA, May 8.—Reports that
the Consolidated tuning & Smelting
company and the British Columbia
Power corporation had reached a definite agreement under which the former would built a smelter on Vancouver island and receive power from
Campbell river were not credited at
the parliament buildings today.
At the office of the British Columbia Electric railway, subsidiary of the
British Columbia Power corporation,
it was stated that officials knew of no
such agreement, but that the company
would be glad to supply a smelter or
any other consumef with power,should
it require a water license on Campbell
river.
J. J. Warren, president of the Consolidated, left here last night without
making any statement on his smelter
plans to the government, or to the
public. On behalf of the government,
It was explained that neither of the
two companies said to be interested in
the reported deal had revealed any of
their plans. No agreement between
them, if any exists, Is recognized officially, as the water board prepares to
hear applicants for Campbell river
water rights on May 15.
It was explained at the mines department that an adequate power supply was not the only factor which the
Consolidated would have to consider
In palnnlng a coast smelter. As emphasized by Mr. Warren himself in his
only public statement on the matter,
the company would be willing to embark on the scheme it it could be sure
of securing sufficient ore from mines
other than its own. The chief problem thus ls to make the necessary arrangements with other mining companies. No intimation that such arrangements are under way has been
received by the mines department.and
during his visit Mr. Warren declined
to talk about the smelter project with
government officials.
While Hon. F. P. Burden, minister
of lands, was reported yesterday to
have conferred with Mr. Warren on
the Consolidated plans ln connection
with Campbell river powers,' tbe minister flatly denied this today.
"Mr. Warren interviewed me this
week about certain irrigation matters
ln which his company is interested,
but the possibility of of a smelter on
the coast was not discussed at all,"
Mr. Burden stated. "The government
and I know of no such arranbement
between the Consolidated and the
British Columbia Power corporation
concerning Campbell river. Certainly
the Consolidated has. made no public
move to acquife Campbell river power
or to buy it from any other interest
which may acquire rights there'.' .
A. T. Coward, vice-president ot ths
British Columbia Electric Railway
company In Victoria, said he knew of
no definite agreement between his organization and the Consolidated regarding Campbell river power.
"It was suggested that if we secured
rights on Campbell river we might
supply power to a coast smelter," he
said, "and of course as we are to the
power business we would be glad ta
sell power to all interests wishing to
escure lt. But I know of nothing
definite in this connection. I do not
know, either, whether the Consolidated proposes to build a smelter on the
coast or not."
As stated frequently before, it has
been reported from the beginning that
the Consolidated would be the British
Columbia Power corporation's largest
customer should it receive a water
license on Campbell river. The power
company, in fact, announced, when
applying for the power, that it had. "a
large customer" in view. If any definite arrangement has been reached between the two concerns, however, it
is still a secret and ls not now considered a factor ln the water board's disposal of Vancouver island's chief remaining water power.
REACH AGREEMENT
ON TOMATO PRICE;
$17.50 ACCEPTED
KELOWNA.—The deadlock which
has existed for several weeks between
the British Columbia Tomato Growers' association and the Dominion
Canners (B. C.) Limited was brought
to an end at a special general meeting
of the association held here this week.
A resolution was passed authorizing
the directors to accept the offer of the
Dominion Canners of $17.50 per ton
for all varieties. The price has been
confirmed by wire and accepted by
both parlies.
The growers had been holding out
for lost year's prices of $18.50 for
Earliana and $20.50 for John Baer.
Adoplion of the resolution means
that the acreage grown this year at
Oliver and Keremeos will be taken
care of by the Dominion Canners,
and that a portion of the acreage In
the Kelowna district ls assured of a
market at a fixed price.
Smoothing the way for a settlement
a further resolution agreed that tho
British Columbia Tomato Growers'
association supply Oliver growers with
sufficient Earliana plants to meet
their needs at $3.50 per thousand.
The Oliver growers had planted considerable of the John Baer variety In
their frames and asked the higher
price from the cannery for this variety. The Kelowna growers have a surplus of plants, only 70 per cent of the
acreage planted being required by the
cannery.
HORTICULTURAL MARVEL
Luther Ilurbank, famous American
li rliculturlst, waa born on March 7,
1843, at Lancaster, Mass. Burbank
was always devoted to the study of
nature. He originated many new
forms of apples, prunes, berries',, nuts
and vegetables. ,    iffr-
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.i-.ci'j.-: i. i.'aiuiai mscory near the Bahama) Islands
a few years ago, Vancampen Heilner, Spring Lake, N.J.,
discovered some old cannon on the sea-bottom. Efforts
to raise them faded because the guns were cemented
to jthe. reofs by barnacles. Heilner now aas returned to
the Bahama? with equipbent that will lift the cannon and
any' other salvage from what is believed Ib al sunken
treasure ship of the pirate, Benjamin Horaigold, which
went down near this spot.
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American money. The sailor received a jail Bentenco of
seven/ monthii as the result of a felony charge lodged
against him by the outraged merchant.
BEIIINP, the bewihiskered, quizzical face of Captain,
.veteran war dog, lurk memories of ravaged battlefields that ten years of peace have apparently left untouched, rap, as bis owner, Dennis F. Shea, Massachusetts state game walrden, calls him, ls a wire-hatred griffon and n native of France. Cap is more than thirteen
years old. He escorts members of his family to store or
church or theater—but does nut enter. And he returns
rafetrwardrs to see them home. All this Cap hal3 learned,
but ihe has never learned to forget the war. The horror
of barbed wire and gas masks is still upon him. Although
barbed wire is used at his home only to confine dairy
cattle, Clip refuses to go near a wire fence. He still associates them with sudden death.
SARDINES are small flsh but they mean big money, in
the total, in Canada's Atlantic coast fishery production, and through the season in New Brunswick they
keep busy the largest s^-dine qannery in the British empire. This cannery is at Black's Harbor on the Charlotte
county coast of New Brunswick, the province where by
far the greater part of the Canadian sardine fishery is
carried on. A small catch of sardines is also taken iu
Quebec and some of the flsh are lalso caught in Nova
Scotia waters. The market value of the Canadian production is over a million dollars a year. Statistics, com
piled by the fisheries bralnati of the department of marine
and fisheries shew that tbe total catch lot sardines In
1928 wps 53,798,200 pounds—a big increase over 1927,
32,936,000 pounds were landed. The 19>28 catch had a
ltlnded value to the fishermen of $340,325 as compared
with $202,056 in the previous year.
TUEIUO are many rangers ln the forest service. Of the
hordes of job-seekers who annually apply for positions as fores:t rangers, the majority are doomed to disappointment, nays Forest Service. Hundreds of tbe letters which pour into the matin office are undoubtedly inspired by mistaken notions of tbe character of the rapger
job. It Is believed by many to be an opportunity for an
outing in tbe woods with pay, or a chance to duplicate
the career ol a two-gun man of the greu open spaces as
depicted ln western dims. The ranger's job requires hard
work and high qualifications. He must be able to endure
the physical hardships of fire fighting and other heavy
outdoor work, and he must have the technical knowledge
necessary to carry out the plans for administration and
development of the forest resources ln bis district,
THE art of the osier, which is basket making, is one of
the oldest of handicrafts and was once a| very important ludutry of England, but the statement is made that
It will soin be exterminated unless %ome encouragement
is given to tbe workers, German and Japanese baskets
are displacing the product 'of the other countries where
the Srt nourished flrst. A great deal of labor is required
to cultivate the willows .and prepare them for wicker
work. The williows are cut with a short curved knife in
the early months of the year. They are then soaked in
running water for six months. This known as pitting the
willows, and it Is necessary bo take off tbe bark to produce white willows. T|he finished willows are then dried
and striUghtcend, when they are ready for the hamper
makers arm cane workers at the factories.
THERE was a time when not a table existed in the
whole world. But one day primitive m;fi, weary of
sprawling on the ground, rose and ate lbs first meal from
a broad hewn slab laid on bowlders, and from that day
his upward climb to civilization begad. Ifoday we do nlot
VACANT stores on the street frontage of office build
ings somehow seem always to look conspicuously barren and unfinished ln spite of concealing paint on
their windows. They are aibout the first thing that a
prospective tenant sees as be approaches a building.
And certainly they do the building no good from a rental
I standpoint. Yet the finding of a desirable rind profitable
tenant sometimes requires a considerable ■ period of time.
One expedient to eliminate these unsightly, empty win
(lows is their use as display space for retail merchants
or manufacturers. There seems to be an incre£|3ing interest In this practice. Where merchants are crowded
for display space they can generally be shown the possibilities of using window space without renting an additional store. And, in most cases, even ;i| small income
from vacant stores, witih the. added value of improved appearance, is well worth tbe building owner's consideration.
IN Virginia, where tobacco was found growing before
1607, the Indians called the plant "apooke." The term
"tobacco" appeals not to have been a common'y used
name for tlie plant, and it comes to us from a peculiar
instrument used for inhaling smoke by the inhabitants
of Hlspanlola (Santo Domingo), Ibis instrument consisted of a small hollow wooden tube shaped like u Y,
the two points of Which being inserted ln the nose of the
smoker, the other end was held into the smoke of burning tobacco, and thus the fumes inhaled, This apparatus
the natives called "tabaco."
POEMS FROMTHEFAREAST
ARABIA
TO A FEMALE CUP-BEARER
Gome Leila, All the goblet up,    .
Ranch round tbe rosy wine,
Think not that we will take the cup
From any hand but thine.
A draught like this 'twere vain to seek,
No grape can suoh supply;
It steals its tint from Lellai's cheek,
Its brightness from her eye.
—Abd AlBalam Ben Ragban,
cXNCIENT HISTORY
TWENTY YEARS AGO IN GRAND PORKS
H. P. Burnham, who for the past three years has been
district freight and passenger agent of the Great Northern with headquarters in this city, has been promoted
to St. Psul.
Thirteen thoroughbred horses purchased at the Portland sale last week, were imported into, the city last Wednesday morning. The purchasers are: Mrs. Sam Miller,
Mr. Hanson, J. A. McCallum, G. M. Frlpp, Leonard Vaugh-
an, Ed Davis, Mr. Mclntyre, and Messrs. Ballew anl
Sands of Danville.
J. C. MacDonald is still in his tantrums because The
Sun happened to safer that he is a native of New Brunswick. He threatens to annihilate the editor unless we
substitute Nova Scotia for the aforementioned prrov-
ince.
The foundation for the Bonthron block on the corner
of Winnipeg avenue and First street bas been finished.
,-i-e—jou wouldn't get angry If
I kissed you, would you?
Answer—My goodness! Do you
want me to promise not to bite?
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Neglected
Friend Husband—I wt|3 in a quandary today.
Mrs. Knagg—Jt's just like you to
go joy riding without me and then
come home and brag about lt. No ono
every takes me out in a Quandary.
• •   •
How It Sounded
t A woman with a bad cold attended
a dinner, ilnd although she had a poor
appetite, she was pressed to have
some food.
'iOh, do," said her hosts for the
tenth time,
"I couldn't," she replied. "I couldn't
possibly eat ady bore."
They continued to press her to eat
this and that, and at last she said:
"Oh, very well; If I bust, I bust."
• *   *
Slam
"Then our engagement is broken,
girl?"
"It is."
"Will you return my love letters?"
"Yes,  they are not  worth  publish
ing."
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Huh?
"This poet says the world is a mas-
queraHe."
"He must think some people have
rented funny faces."
• •   «
"De world, as it keeps movln',"
said Uucle Eben, "gives us de only
kind of free ride we has any reason
to hope for."
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Candid  Self-Appreciation
"You    imwle  a  wonderful  speech,"
said  the admiring friend.
"Yeas," answered the Senator. "I
lutv'i! bad some doubts about the accuracy of the position I am eqpected
to assume. But that speech was so
good that it convinced even an analytical observer like myself."
• •   •
That Source of Worry.
Mr. Nickelpinch—You'll have to get
along with your last year's clothea.
We must save something for al rainy
day.
His Wife—Oh, dear! Can't we get
an irrigated farm in some desert
where we won't have to fret about
rain?
«   »   •
What's In a Name?
His foes called him everything,
His friends called him Brown;
His stenog called him Daddy,
His wife called him down.
n    m    n
The drummer's handshake is but a
press of business.
Judge ,T. R. Brown of greenwood was in the city on
Wednesday on official business. i
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i—."j c-'.' wuieiB uau been appeased, our instincts for copy quickened and we asked the evident ma i
many questions. He hud read nvanv
books, and his English was quite po
etic. Before oontinuing our voyage
we secured permission to call again,
and returned the next evening.
We found Amos Gaunt sitting on
bis porch making bird-boxes, from
the sale of which he managed to
live. On the ground at his feet was a
large frog", which hopped away toward the swamp at our approach. A
green stone in the shape of a frog
dangled frog a pocket of our host's
vest. At one end of a finished bird-
box on tbe porch was the painted
likeness of a frog. And a large wooden frog served s|s a knocker on the
cabin door.   .   .   .
As twilight deepened to dakness,
with stprs dancing high above the
elms and sycamores, the three of us
sat on the cabin porch and listened
to the frogs of Frog Valley. We listened for an hour without speaking—
i in hour in which Amos Gaunt seemed
lost in the music of the. swamp, and
we others drank in thirstily the witch
ery of tall we heard and saw and felt.
Presently our host spoke, but without breking the spell. His voice played a mellow part in what he called
the "symphony of the frogs.'"
How aiptly he had phrased it. A
symphony we had thought it, too.
Those frogs seemed playing and singing a master composition—one that
we had never heard before but that
seemed a classic.
In the swamp before us were a
thousand waking violins and
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Out of their mouths issue the songs
of songs—songs of wisdom and inspiration. Listen to theis symphony!"
The countless instruments and
vcioes platyed and sang in the swamp.
. . . Deep boom ings of bassos, bass
viols, drums ... of sopranos . ..
pipings of shrill brasses . . . high
soarings of sopranos , . . dronings of
violins . . ringing tenors . . .vibrant baritones . . . high high snd
low and in between . . . ln overtures
of joy . . . paenB of praise . . . martial thunderlngs . . . serenities of
love . . . rhapsodies . . . dirges . . .
chants . . . misereres. . . . Such a
symphony!   .   .   .
A week ago the pitcher came, carefully enclosed in a homely wooden
box and wrapped in wilted lily pads.
With it qame a note trom Amos
Gaunt suiting that he had made tbe
pitcher with his own hands from clay
from Frog valley. "That brown snake
with the white belly," he wrote,
"represents the unnatural life; and
the frog baa conquered lt. Drink deep:
ly from it—deeply and often."
So when friends visit us now, we
tell them of the frog-pitcher and of
Amos Gaunt, Philosopher   of    Frog
VHUey.
And we drink from the pitcher, ln
Ibe hope of gaining wisdom.—Jack
Edwards, in Linotype News.
Substantial Proof
"Just think, my son, where we are
now standing thero was once .an immense lake swarming with all kinds
of flsh."
"Yes, father, looki Here is an empty
cellos 'sardine can."
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The telephone saved him a tiip
across the continent
A representative of an onrietal tea
company came to Vancouver recently
on an annual business trip. It had
- been his custom to travel across the
continent, visiting concerns with
whom his firm did business at Toronto, Boston and New York. This time,
desiring to return to the orient right
away, he talked to the parties in the
three eastern cities by long-distance
telephone.
He reported that the service was
very satisfactory, that he accomplished as much In a business way as he
would have had hemade the trip
across the continent, and that he was
saved both the time and expense that
the trip would have Involved.
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22—A. D. Morrlion, Grand Forks....'. g. c. W. Leghorns
23—K. R. Wood, Grand Forks S. C. W. Leghorns....
24—R. W. Chalmers, Thrums 3, c. W. Leghorns..
25—John Mante, Burton S. C. W. Leghorns..
26—Peter Smith, N. Westminster a C. W. Leghorns....
27—Farrington Bros., Central Park .g. c. W. Leghorns  15
28—W. M. Fairweather, P. Hammond .s. C. W. Leghorns  18
29—Joseph Hall, New Westminster g. c. W. Leghorns  11
30—Hodgson & Bushby, Mission City..s. C. W. Leghorns..   . 23
31—Maple Leaf Farm,N. Westminsters. C. W. Leghorns  8
32-t-W. Forsyth, New Westminster s. C. W. Leghorns  21
33—Frank Appleby, Mission City s. c. W. Leghorns 19
34—A. A. Adams, Victoria S. C. W. Leghorns 14
35—F. C. Evans, Abbotsford S. C. W. Leghorns  24
36—H. Bollver, Cloverdale 3. c. W. Leghorns 18
37—M. Farrington, Langley Prairie s. C W. Leghorns 11
38—Adams' F. F. Farm, Kelowna s. C. W. Leghorns .IS
39—John Chalmers, Port Haney s. c. W. Leghorns 12
49—Chas. g, Coulter, Pentlcton g. c. W. Leghorns .....20
41—F. J. Dysart, Grinrod S. C. W. Leghorns 14
42—Braemar Poultry Farm, Kelowna. s. C. W. Leghorns...: 23
43—Jesse Tompkinson, Grinrod 3. C. W. Leghorns 6
44—Villers  Bros.,  Duncan :....S. C. W. Leghorns 24
45—M. SI Schofleld, N. Westmlnster....s. C. W. Leghorns 19
46—W. J. Cox, Wycliffe S. C. W. Leghorns.... 7
47—A. D. McRae, Mission City Exchequer Leghorns .:. 15
48—Wm. Ridley, Grand Forks R. C. Anconas  8
49—Mrs. J. L. Manly, Grand Forks R. C. Anconas  20
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<; Newest Lifeboat Gear
When the Canadian; Pacific liner IDuoheeB ot Badftmd arrived in
Htm York (recently to etart a series of cnitaies to the West Iniddee, the
crew, under (he direction, of Captain H. Sitoborfle and hie. offloen, demonstrated the efficiency of her up-to-date lifeboat gear ln a fashion that
amazed the Inspectors. . * -
Shown above is the latest thing ln lifeboat lowering equipment,
capable of lowering twenty-eight boats in ten minutes. The davits,
which are controlled by one man, slide down the rails until the boat
Is at deck level. It is then lowered by gravity to the water and can
be released by trigger, the falls then being hoisted again and attached to another boat which is nested on the same davit
United States officials stated that this Welin-Maclachlan gear was
tSS most efficient ever seen ln New York.
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nit tbe ground and turned completely
over, the plane landing on its back.
It was a long moment of suspense
tor the crowd which had wa|tohed
this teat—thrilled by the daring cf
the man and awed by the specta :le
which had just been enacted beore
their eyes—until they saw Grace's
helmeted head emerge from under
the wreckage of the plane. Iliey saw
him stand erect for a moment, then
take a few quick steps and divo head
foremost into an eight-foot shell hole,
in accordance with the picture's scenario. The plucky youth had escaped
without injuries. On bis t&ci were a
few scratches, that was
This scene is the biggest thrill of
the picture. And Dick Grace is the
greatest daredevil of them all.
The Orchard
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Fine shape....
$250
STAB COACH,
1925 Model, fitQETA
fine»hapei...«P«*«*"
OVERLAND TRUCK,
good shape.      $1AA
Big bargain.... «P A UU
Grand Forks Garage
J. R. MOOYBOER, Prop. Grand Forks, B. C.
AUTHORIZED CHEVROLET DEALER
CONTROL OF CROWN ROT
In the Okanagan valley the number
of upple trees axected and destroyed
by crown rot increases materially
ach succeeding year. The severity of
the trouble, however, Is often not
realized, as the symptoms, manifested
on the top of the tree are rarely apparent until teh tree is beyind help.
More care should be taken to detect
the diseci3<e in its Initial attack, so
that relief measures might be more
practical and that the loss of many
valuable trees be avoided.
In controlling disease Its timely detection Ib of utmost   importance.   A
,;     Appropriately Named
"iilmberger Cheese" bears the name
of   the   town   in which lt was first
made—Llmburg, Belgium.
Man, equally,   has   intuition.    He
valla it a hunch.
|hM9«j. ion
"On just such a night as this you
proposed .to me, Jim."
"Yes, rotten night, isn't it?" „
"MEVER wait to see ii a headache
1 7. will "wear off." Why suffer
when there's always Aspirin? The
millions of men and women who
use it in increasing quantities every
year prove that it does relieve such
pain. The medical profession pronounces it without effect on the
heart, so use it as often as it can
spareyou any pain. Every druggist
always has genuine Aspirin tablets
for the prompt relief of a headache,
colds, neuralgia, lumbago, etc. Familiarize yourself with the proven
directions in every package.
systematic inspection of every tree
in the orchard must be undertaken,
preferably in the spring, if crown rot
is to be detected in the first year of
its attack. To accomplish this lt is
not necessary to remove all the earth
from the roots and crown, but enough
must be cleared away to carefully Inspect tit least eight inches below the
ground level. This may be done with
a crook-neck har or some blunt nar-
row-bladed tool, but care must be
taken not to Injure the bark on the
crown or roots. The closest inspec-
spection will be necessary, as a slight
depression or discoloration of the
bark mtly be the indication of the rot,
and a knife may be required to dlstin
healthy tissue.
On the intelligent application of relief measures for crown rot depends
heir success. In he first place, It
reas showing signs of rot should be
cut away and cleaned into the healthy
bark, then the wound should be disinfected and painted wi h wax, whi e
lead, or some other good wound
dressing. If the wound does not extend mare th n half way round the
crown, bridge gr fting or inarching
wi b seedlings may be prac nsed. If,
however, the rot has advanced more
than half way, these methods will be
of doubtful value, although the opening up of the ear h round he tree
and exposing it to the' sun during the
check for a time. Judicious pruning
of the top should be practised in all
cases in order o maintain a balance
ln the tree to prevent excessive bearing.
Further pr ctical details ot bridge
grafting, inarching, and other necessary information may be ob alned on
application to the Dominion laboratory of pliant pathology, Summerland,
or the loc 1 provincial horticultural
represen ative.—J. C. Roger, Summer
land  Experimental Station.
guish     between   the   diseased   and summer,   maly   hold   the disease in
Their Difficulty
Friend—I hear that your depositors
are falling off?
Banker—Yes, they can't maintain
a balance.
The Shortest
Thing in the
World
A ship may part its cable and still
retain its hold.
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YEARS AND THE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT. BUT
THEY FORGET—NEW CU8TOMERS ARE BEING BORN
EVERY MINUTE AND THEY GROW UP AND HAVE
TO BE TOLD.
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I'riE CITY
O. 8. Walters of Greenwood was a
visitor in the city yesterday.
Al Cleary of Westbridge waa a visitor ln Grand Porks yesterday.
Louis Bbssbart of Greenwood was
In the city yesterday to see the airplanes.
Engineer W. P. Vincent, of the Hcc-
la company, left for Wallace, Idaho,
on Tuesday.
Public School Inspector Sheffield, of
Nelson, made an official visit to the
city this week.
Mrs. J. B. Brown returned this week
from a two weeks' visit to Seattle and
other coast cities.
Mrs. Harry Peon retrrncd to Spokane on Saturday after an extended
visit with her parents in this city.
It is reported that rich ore lias been
encountered in the English and
Frensh mine, ten miles north of the
city.
While no official statement has been
made, the opinion seems to be pretty
general that the Hecla company will
erect a mill at the Union mine in
Franklin camp this summer.
General Manager Blaylock, of the
Consolidated Mining & Smelting company, came over from Trail yesterday
to be present at the openir.i; ceremonies of the Grand Forks airport.
Excavations have been started for a
$100,000 business block on the site of
the old Liberty theater in Trail. The
block   will   be a two-storey structure
and will contain a new and thorough-      u   it ,„„„„„ „. ..„..„ .„  -.	
ly modern theater with a seating ca-1 be tftinne(j to eight inches or more
by taking along their flask, had better
be careful ln the future, as they may
not get off with the customs officers
simply taking their flask and fining
them a fiver, according to the following dispatch from Washington, D.C,
but may go to jail. The dispatcn says:
"Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington wants to know why the law
which bears his name and fixes penalties of five years in prison and fines
of $10,000 for phohibitlon violators, is
not being enforced against tourists
who attempt to bring liquor into Amer
icafrom foreign countries. Saying he
had only recently been told that persons ffound with liquor in their possession upon landing from foreign
ports are usually fined $5 for each bottle they have, he declared he intended
to take up the matter with the treasury department. He said he did not
know of any authority under which
the department's customs service
could pursue such a policy and would
ask whether it is being done. If so,
why, and further, why such cases are
not prosecuted under the Jones law."
—Rossland Miner.
We Garden
IMPORTANCE   OF   THINNING
VEGETABLES
Beginners in vegetable gardening
are admost sure to make the mistake
not only of sowlgn seed much too
thickly, but also of leaving the plants
too thick in the row. A very large
amount of seed is wasted each year
because of this and failure to have
plants develip properly Is another result of more consequence to the grower of the seeds than the waste of
seed. Thinning of all vegetables is de
sirable as soon as the plants are large
enough to catch hold of; that is, quite
small. Lettuce can be used even
though the plants are thick, but to
have satisfactory individual plants of
leaf lettuce the plants should be
thinned to five or six inches apart,
and the plants of head lettuce should
HEALTH SERVICE
OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION
I
No. McG. 38-1926
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA   x
BETWEEN:
CHARLE8 KING, Administrator of
the the Estate of Donald Hugh Mc-
Glllis, deceased, Plaintiff Judgment
Creditor,
and
MAY   BA88ETT,   Defendant   Judg
ment Debtor.
PURSUANT   to   the Order of His
Honour J. R. Brown, Judge, dated the
6th day of April, A. D. 1929, and to
me directed, I will offer for sale by
| public auction at the Court House at
READY FOR  SCHOOL?
T MAY appear ae If this article
had been given, by ini»l»ke, a
May date for publication instead
of one in September. Ju.-I now, most
people are likely thinking of the close
of school or promotions and summer
vacations.   It   ls, however, time for j the City of Grand Forks on Saturday
thought, particularly concerning the I the 11th day of May, A. D. 1929, at
children who will be starting to attend school for the flm time this au-
the hour of 11 o'clock ln the forenoon,
all tbe right, title and Interest of May
Bassett In the following lands:  The
tumn. Fractional North  half of Lot  3231S,
Whenever and wherever a group of saw l°, C0,n,t8m 163i?. *°Te" m.ore, ?'
.... ,    . ,   ,    i less,  Slmllkameen  Division  of  Yale
children are examined upon entering Dlgtr|ct    BrUWl   Columbla> or guch
school, quite a high   percentage   of part thereof as may be necessary to
them  are found  to  require  medical satisfy    the    Judgment   herein and
care. Ihey are not ill, but thoy hanre carta. ^
what   are   generally called defects. waB on ^e 19th da|jr of 0c»ber, 1926,
These defects may be diseased teeth registered as No. 17B6J and a renewal
or tonsils, adenoids or some similar of   such   Judgment   was filed ln the
condition. Such defects do not make
the child 111 in the ordinary sense ow
the word. They are, however, a serious lmndlcap to the child; they con
stitute
drains the child's reserve. No parent  9tn <jajr of April, 1929.
Land Registry Office at Kamloops on
the 18th day of October, 1928, as No.
1954J. No further charges appear on
the Register against the said land.
The terms of the sale cash or to be
an  additional   burden  which      DATBD at 0rand Porksf B. C-( mt
pacity of from 1000 to 1200 persons.
Hon. W. Atkinson, minister of agriculture, has returned to Victoria from
a visit to Creston and Oliver areas,
more convinced than ever that the
salvation of the country, from an
agricultural viewpoint, lies in the following for the most part in mixed
farming.
W. A. Moss, Pullman, Wash,; T. K.
Armstron, Spokane, and Joe Nef-
singer and William Wilson, Pullman,
all interested in the Little Bertha
mine, north of this city, are on a tour
of inspection and have been dividing
then- time between the mine and the
city during the past two or three days.
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Logan and cild
of Trail arrived in the city yesterday
morning and are guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Matheson. Mr.
Logan will return to Trail tomorrow
night, but Mrs. Logan will prolong
her visit here. Mr. Logan was formerly stationed at the West Kootenay
substation here.
R. A. Brown came down from the
North Fork yesterday. He stated that
on Wednesday night he lodged Joe
Wiseman and two Seattle, men, who
were on their way for twenty-five
miles beyond Lightning Peak with a
pack horse and six months' supplies.
They will spend the summer prospect-
in that district.
Oiling operations under direction of
the Mosquito Control association of
Kelowna will commence on the
sloughs and swamps at Okanagan
Mission, Benvoulin, Rutland and
Glenmore. A" special oil, which will not
damage or vegetable life and will not
be harmful to bird life, will be used.
About $200 has been collected through
sale of membership tickets in the as
sociation.
William A. Williams, aged 78 years,
a bachelor, died in the Grand Forks
hospital on Sunday mornlgn of heart
disease. The funeral was held on
Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock from
Cooper's undertaking parlors to the
Catholic church, where services were
held. As far as ls known, deceased
leaves no relatives in this part of the
country. The late Mr. Williams has
been living at Cascade for the past
six years. In Grand Forks' pioneer
days he was a stage driver between
this city and Republic.
MIDWAY.—G. S. Walters was reelected president of the Greenwood
and District Rod and Gun club and
Secretary Gane was also re-elected,
The following decisions were carried
on « v"'": Tho'  tho Shooting of one
buck and one doe be permitted, the
season to be October 1 to November
tO; blue grouse season to be from September 1 to September IS; that willow
grouse be open this year and that the
season be from September 1 to September 80; that a bounty of $2 be paid
on goshawks and horned owls   The
...ilu i.wi v,ao sec irji rTiday, s-jj
tember 20.
Road Foreman Prestley, In charge
Of the government road work In this
district, announced this morning that
the road on this side of the second
summit of the Rossland-Cascade
highway was ready for traffic yester-
dey, but thhat considerable snow remained on the other side of the summit into Cascade and that the road
was not open clear through for traffic,
says yesterday's Rossland Miner. It is
not known the road will be cleared for
auto traffic. Road Foreman Prestley
and his men have worked Industriously in getting their section of the highway in condition, and with the announcement of the1 opening ol the
Grand Forks airport today they were
working till late lost night In getting
the highway in shape for traffic to
Grand Forks, but considerable more
snow seems to be on the second side
of the summit than was anticipated.
Yesterday William Schorlomer drove
his car over the highway to the second
summit, and reports thi road good,
having no need for uslns chain').
Those Canadians who take a chance
with the customs at Northport. and
elsewhere in crossing into the Stales,
apart. They will not develop satisfac
tory heads if much closer than this.
It has been found in the horticultural
division, experimental farm, Ottawa,
that the larger varieties of head lettuce give the most satisfactory results
when the heads are nearly one foot
apart. Carrots should be thinned to
about an inch and one half apart;
beets to two Inches apart; parsnips
to two inches apart; onions to one
inch apart; spinach four to six inches
apart. Radish if sown rather thinly
are thinned as ready for use. Often
too many kernels of corn are left in a
hill. Five plants are quite sufficient to
leave after the cutworms and birds
taken their toll. Bean plants should
be two to four inches apart, and peas
ibout one inch apart.
Vegetables will not develop satisfoc-
torily if the plants are thick, hence
judicious thinning is important.—W.
T. Macoun, Dominion Horticurlst,
'@e Apiary
CO-RELATION   BETWEEN   SPRING
MANAGEMENT  AND   CROP
PRODUCTION
The amount of surplus honey that
a colony of bees can store is largely
Jependent upon the number of bees
there is in the colony over and above
i.hose required to carry on the orutine
work at the commencement of the
main honey flow. Moreover, these surplus bees must be at least two weeks
old, which means that they must be
reared during the six or eight weeks
prior to the flow.
The production of a large force of
Held bees of the right age and at the
right time requires very skillful management from the time the bees are
removed from their winter quarters
until the honey flow commences. As
the queen is the mother of every other
bee in the colony, and because the
bees that are to gather the harvest
must be reared during the spring and
sarly summer, it follows that every
unprolific queen should be replaced as
early in the spring as possible. Furthermore, because a queen . cannot
reach her maximum egg production
nor the maximum amount of brood be
reared to maturity without an abundant and continuous uspply of food,
and because the early sources of nee
tar and pollen are usually Insufficient
for this purpose, it becomes necessary
for the beekeeper to provide a plentiful supply for the bees' needs during
the spring and early summer. Agal.n
the queen requires sufficient space for
the number of eggs she Is capable of
producing adn she also requires a
,;rong force of bees to care for the
incoming generation. This means
hat thero must bo room enough in
ho hive for all the brood producer
ul ;'j.' ..ha o.j 03 require! to feed It,
,iil also thr.; the colonies must bf.
..'.rona during the spring. Good
•joens, Strong colo;>le,s an abundance
n ijjij, sufficient room and adequate
irotootlon from cold winds throughout
lie spring will ensure a good field
force of bees to gather the harvest of
uoney when lt is ready.
Details of spring management will
be found ln bulletin No. 33 of the experimental farm, Ottawa.—C. B.
Godderham, Dominion Apiarist.
would deliberately do anything to interfere with his ohild's physical or
mental development, yet the parent
who does not have his child's defects
treated is hot allowing his child a fair
chance, I
Now is the time to have the child
who has not as yet attended school
examined, and, if be ls found to have
defects, to have them treated. By
having this done now, the child will
have the summer ln which to build
up his ehalth, so thit he may start lo
school this tall properly prepared to
secure the greatest benefit from his
school attendance.
We have stated that defects do not
cause the child to be ill. This does
not mean that defects are not a serl-
osu menaice; they are. The damage
done by defects is not, as a rule, seen
until adult life. A large percentage of
heart diseases, of kidney diseases
and other diseases of middle life are
due to neglect of diseased teeth, tonsils and other such parts where there
is infection; that is, living germs.
The early prope toatrrment of defects is our chief hope ot decreasing
those diseases which now take a
heavy toll at middle age.
Questions concerning health, addressed to the Canadian Medical Association, 184 College Street, Toronto; will be answered by letter.
Questions as to diagnosis and treatment will not be answered.
JAMBS HIRD,
Sheriff.
General News
Tbe  contract for a   new   fast
steamship to ply between Saint
John and Dtgby, Nova Scotia, wilt
shortly be awarded by the Canadian Pacific Railway, It has been
announced by E. W. Beatty chairman and president of the company.
The ship will be of tbe highest
standard, 840 feet in length, capable ot carrying S00 passengers,
and having 44 state rooms for
night service. There will also be
accommodation for 60 motor cars.
Tbe speed of the vessel will be :J
knots, an unusually high speed for
a short trip.
berry used was the Senator Dunlap.
A uniform area in the plantation was
selected and divided into three equal
parts, each treated differently. This
work was continued for five years,
and in his report for 1927 the superintendent, W. Saxby Blair, gives the
results obtained.
These show that for a five year
period the application of 100 pounds
of nitralte of soda per acre applied
broadcast over the plantation after
the strawberry plants bave started
growth ln the spring materially increased the yield of fruit 'Heavier
applications, up to a.1 limited point,
have yielded correspondingly heavier
crops. The average yield per acre
covering five seasons were 6932
quarts, when treated with nitrate of
soda at the rate of 200 pounds per
acre; 100 pound applications yielded
almost 500 quarts less. Where no nitrate was applied the yield was only
4062 quarts to the acre.
Tho sap ran freely this spring,
but lt will have to go some to surpass the record tor last year when
there was an Increase of four million pounds of maple sugar registered by government statisticians.
The output was valued at over two
million dollars, and Quebec headed
the list of provinces as producer,
followed by Ontario.
The daily pay-roll of the Canadian Pacific ls $287,000; the daily
outlay for material and supplies Is
8220,000, and the dally tax bill over
(20,000.
Prince George, Duke of Gloucester, third son of His Majesty, will
early ln June officially open the
great Royal York Hotel of th*
Canadian Pacific Railway In Toronto, lt has been announced by E.
W. Beatty, K.C, chairman and
president ot the company. The
building is the tallest ln the British
Umpire, towering 23 storeys above
the pavements of the "Queen City."
In a recent Calgary high-school
oratorical contest ln English candidates in the finals were born
respectively In Canada. England,
Lithuania, Roumanla. and Russia.
Of three Edmonton candidates one
was ot French, one of German, and
one ot Scotch extraction.
Few souvenir-hunting travellers
have bagged as tine a prize aa
Viscount Willlngdon, Governor
General ot Canada, who was presented with one of the biggest
Totem Poles on the Pacific coast
during his recent cruise In tha
Princess Norah. latest addition to
the fleet ot ths British Columbia
Coastal Steamship services of tha
Canadian Pacific Railway. His Excellency was given an Insight Into
the activities and potentialities of
Vancouver Island aad was much
impressed by ths beauty of ths
coastal scenery.
Get Your
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Groceries
at the
CITY GROCERY
•'Service and Quality"
Tha Wrong Arm of ths Law
First Lawyer—What are you looking so sour tor, Cavendish T
Second   Lawyer—After   I   got all
through getting my man acquitted on!
the most   eloquent   plea   I've   ever
made, I find he was really innocent'
E.G. Henniger Go.
An epicure ts a masticated who appreciates a master caterer.
Still pops up—the question.
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Wholesale and Retail
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CONFECTIONERY
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GRAND FORKS, B. C.
Palaceliarber Shop
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If you say "No" too often pretty
soon you have nobody to sap lt to.   - j
P. A. Z. PARE, Proprietor
FIRST ST. NEXT P. BURNS-
SPRING   STIMULATION   FOR
STRAWBERRIE8
Tbe strawberry plant, whioh is the
flrst fruit of the seepon to appear, responds  well  to early  feeding.  Until
the soil warms up the plants may suffer for want of nourishment even in
the midst of planting. With tbe arrival   of  warm  weather  bacteriological forces increase in activity, reducing the abundamce of plant food later
on. It is during the period previous
to this time that plants are liable to|
suffer unless given some special at-j
tention.  To  determine  tbe  value  ofj
stimulating  growth  by  rapid  acting
fertilizers a trial was made with nt-,
trate  of soda    for    the    strawberry!
patch at the  Kentvllle, N.8.,  experimental station. The variety of straw-
Hotel Longfellow Built
This hotel, the New Pines at
Digby, N.S., was built by Longfellow. Not, however, that he saw
it, thought about it or even
dreamed or imagined it. What he
did do towards it was render immortal the Land of Evangeline, the
beautiful Annapolis Valley of which
Digby is the gateway, and so
create a tourist lure.
The New Pines is being built by
the Dominion Atlantic Railway to
further aid in the development of
tourist traffic in the Maritimes granted by King James X.
and, with the exception of the outdoor swimming pool, the lines for
which were borrowed from those at
Banff and Lake Louise, it ia a
handsome building of early English
type of architecture. The opening
of the Pines will shortly precede
a three day festival at_ Annapolis
Royal in commemoration of the
three-hundredth anniversary of the
arrival there of Sir Willism
Alexander's Scottish colonists under
the  charter  of   New   Scotland
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