1/ Sf He who has learned not to speak unnecessarily, avoids a lot of trouble TEXTBOOKS iiyyLa ARE CANADIAN ( Legislate Lihr«y ; J W- ■-■■■v\'"J z_Ana KETTLE VALLEy ORCHARDIST INDEPENDENT F VICTORIA, Feb. 28.—There la not now a single book of American authorship on the list of text books In any subject of the elementary schools prescribed for the regular use of pupils, declared Hon. J. D. MacLean, minister of education, in the legislature on Monday, In reply to complaints from members about books of American origin and American reference, such as "General Science," which they said made no 'reference to Canada or Canadian con- tlons. The only readers prescribed for i use tn the schools were Canadian, de- j clared the minister. He said they j were the work of Canadian authors. j Of the supplementary reading ma-! terlal used in the school libraries, the j minister added, American books were not chosen unless a British or Canadian book of approximately equal merit could not be obtained . Poorer for It "It would be an easy matter," said Dr. MacLean, "for the department lo drop every library book of American authorship, but the schools would be poorer for it, and the teachers would be unnecessarily handicapped. As the children, by .means of regular readers re so well and so thoroughly imbued with British and Canadian sentiment, an occasional glance at a book of foreign authorship could hardly do any harm." How the pro-British and pro-Canadian nature of the books in the schools has been increased was explained by the minister, who said that as late as 1920 the American arithmetic had been changed to a Canadian production. American music text books were changed seven years ago to books of British Columbia authorship printed in Canada. The same was the case with penmanship, with the exception that the coypbooks were not only of British Columbia authorship but were manufactured in British Columbia as well.. History and literature were taught exclusively from text books published in Canada and Great Britain. In this connection, "The Voice of Canada," compiled by « British Columbia author, A. M. Stephen whtcjh comprised some of the best-of the writings of Canadian authow, prose and poetry, was obligatory for all students. High School Books The same procedure applied to the high school, continued the minister, the ' only two book's of any Importance of American authorship used were "General Science" and West's "Worid1 ; Progress." The latter, he said, was a general history and was in use also In Alberta and Nova Scotia. The government was looking for a suitable book by a British or Canadian author to replace it. Here, as in the elementary grade, no book was accepted If a suitable Canadian text could be found. He added that "The Makers of Canada," ot twelve volumes, recently published, will be made available to high school teachers and their students. Dr. MacLean explained that before a book went into use in the schools, it had to be passed by himself, the superintendent of education and a special committee of teachers for ..each text. Canadian or British "We desire, for two reasons, that •very text book shall be Canadian or British," said the minister. "First, from the economic point of view, to keep the money they cost In British Columbia, Canada or Britain; second, because we are anxious that our own Ideals should be Inculcated in' the minds of children." Hon. T. G. Coventry repeated his attack on the work, "General Science," which, he said, was nothing but a glorification of the United States. «. H. Neelands, South Vancouver, said that the Canadian child is getting a more expansive education than the child of any other country. "We Shollld not be Little Englanders," he said; "we should acknowledge that there are useful things in other countries, as well 8b Great Britain and Canada." He regretted that when the average person reached mature age, he had to unlearn 95 per cent of what he was taught at school. Replying to an Interjection of H. D. Twlgg, about Japan, Mr. Neelands said it was quite reasonable that Bchool children should learn something about Japan, as well as their own country. Problem Difficult Joshua Uinchliffe, Victoria, con- arasulatad taa ejjrftermaent on Its atr ENT rWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No 18 **Tell me what you Know It tru*> I can flues*, as well as you." FRIDAY. MAKCH 2. 1928 tltnde toward education becoming so markedly British In recent years. J. W. Jones, South Okanagan, urged consideration for reducing the retail price of school books. The minister said that problem was somewhat difficult, but it was always iingnrdng the attention of the Inspectors and the department. Hon. % G. Coventry said he was pleased to learn that In some schools the muscular system of handwriting was being taught from lnfancy.rather than starting In the third and fourth grade, rs was the case with his children. ill FORKS CiTY COUNCIL THIS regular meeting of the cl y council was held in the council chamber on Monday night. The mayor and all the aldermen wi.Ii the exception of Aid. Liddicoat were present. An offer for the buildings on lot 8, block 9, plan 52, was not accepted. Lot 3, block 9, plan 52, was sold to J. L. Manly. The council endorsed a resolution from the city of Nanaimo protesting against the Issuing of club licenses without the consent of the municipal council. The clerk was instructed to write to the president of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities regarding the action being taken on arrears of school taxes on land owned or controlled by the sodier settlement board. The mayor reported that aninter-. view had taken place between several memberrs of the council and A. E. Hope, of the townsite department of the C. P. R., regarding the consolidation ami converting into acreage of some of the holdings of the company In West Grand Forks, the company agreeing to the immediate payment of outstanding arrears. The council approved of the plan as submitted. The auditor's report' for 1927 was accepted and ordered printed in the usual form. Estimates from the various departments were submitted and discussed at some length. Notice was given of a tax levy bylaw. A special meeting of the council weB held on Wednesday evening, February 29, at which the estimates were approved, as follows: Finance committee S16.973.3I Fire, water and light 18,160.00 Board of works 6,426.00 Health and relief 2,700.00 Cemetery and parks 1,316.00 Police 2,600.00 School board 24,827.00 The tax levy bylaw was introduced, the school levy being 14 mills and the city 16 mills additional, making a reduction of 2 mills in each case from last year's levy. China's Hair Industry ANOTHER CUT IN POTATO PRICES KELOWNA, Feb. 28.—The Interior committee of direction, operating under the fruit and produce marketing act, has ordered a further reduction of $4 per ton on all potatoes. This means that the price of potatoes ts cut to $13 per ton at point of shipment througout the controlled areas. This is the second cut ordered' in the price of potatoes in the past two weeks. The price originally set at the opening of the season was $21 pre ton. It was recently cut to $17. The present order reduces it still further. It is hoped by the board that the low price now set will result In* more fapid movement of supplies held in the controlled areas, of which Kam- loops and Ashcroft are the chief centers of production. One thinks any flsb that be catches himself tastes good. SUN'S WEEKLY TRAVELOGUE THE people of Chln^i are, and have been for centuries, primarily farmers. Their chief essentials of life—food, fuel and clothing —are mostly of home production. Even in North China, where the win ters are cold, clothing comes principally from cotton raised by the north ern farmers, and fuel still consists largely of the grain stalks from the fields that provide the food. The people require but little from tho outside world and produce little that they do not consume themselves. But the old order has been changing. Although the northern people are less progressive than their southern brothers, even among them modern industries have been springing up despite civil strife of recent years. Perhaps none of these infant industries has had a more phenomenal growth than that of making hairnets, Which now gives employment to thou sands who arre providing these articles for millions of women in America and Europe. Although the Industry was Introduced in China by the Germans only twenty years ago, more than 140,000,- 000 hairnets were shipped td America from a single Chinese city before bandits at home and bobbed hair in America curtailed the output.. Even now the total annual exports of this product are valued at more than $10,- 000,000. With the wholesale bobbing of American locks in recent yeirs, tho demand for hairnets at first fell off; but more recently the use of nets has again increased. The nets are made by hand and the workers receive about one cent each for making them.. The average person caan hardly make ten a day. Why It Belongs to China There are three important factors, that have made the hairnet industry almost exclusive to North China; first, a large supply of hair Is found there; second, cheap labor Is plentiful, and third, the industry requires no machinery and can be carried on in the home. "Where will you find more human hair than in North China? Before the rule of the Manchus, the Chinese men let their hair grow rather long and tied it in a knot on top of the head._ When the Manchus came, In the seventeenth century, they wore their hair in long braids down their backs, and as an ind cation of subjection forced the Chinese to adopt the same custom. •Probably no other land has a more distinctive national pecul artty than the Chinese pigtail, and like so many other social customs, It persists long after the cause for wh ch it stood. The revolutionists of 1911 tried to do away with it and ordered that all queues be cut off- Those who objected were in danger of losing head as well as pigtail, and the queues provided a handy means of suspending the heads along the c ty streets as an effective suggestion that the revolutionists meant business in their attempt to do away with the badge of the victorious Manchus. In the south, n large cities in general, the queues did disappear to a great extent, and for a time there was a flood In the humaa'n hair market. But in North China the law forbidding the wearing of queues was not enforced, and they are still plen- t ful in Peking and Tientsin, while in some country villages away from the coast therre are nearly as many boys and men with queues as without. Perhaps one reason why queues have not disappeared more rapidly Is because of the many barbers, who depend on combing queues and shaving heads for a living. Whatever ha r they can comb out belongs to them and becomes a source of income; so, naturally, they are not tn favor of a queuelesB country. Women Save All Combings Chinese women do not patronize barbers, but comb their own hair at home. Nothing s wasted, however the combings are saved from day to day and, when a sufficient quantity Is collected, It is sold or exchanged for small household articles. In some places venders travel from house to house, calling out, "Needles, thread, and matches exchanged for hair comb ngs." the raw stir la sold very cheaply, and, when girls are learning to make nets, la used for practice purposes. Enough hair can be purchased for fifty centB to last a class of sixty or seventy-five girls a month, while they are learn ng to make nets. As soon as they are able to make salable nets they use prepared hair, which costs as much aas several dollars a pound, I trlcts are estimated as follows: Nova | Scotia, $104 ($129); Ontario, $143 ' ($124); British Columbia, $321 ($320) For the whole of Canada the average wnges per month of farm helpers during the summer season for 1927 were: $41 for men and $23 for women. The average value for horse:; under one year old fh 1927 was $34, as compared with $30 In 1926, and $29 in ;1925. Cattle under one year averaged $17, as against $14 In 1926, and $12 B.C. MAYCUT BIG SUM for depending ou length and other puall-' in 1925; cattle one year to under ties. A pound of hair will make over j three years, $18, as against $30 and 2000 nets, for a whole gross of hair- j $28, and cattle three years and over, nets weighs only about one ounce. $54, as against $42 and $41. The processes of bleaching and dye-! Ing the hair are the most difficult parts of the hairnet industry. Hie second factor In the success of the hairnet Industry In North Oh na Is the almost unlimited supply' of cheap labor. Tell a carpenter In' this part of the world that his fellow | journeymen In America get from $10! to $15 a day and he will probably In-] puire at once how much it costs to! go to America. He gets 15 or 20 ■ cents a day in Amer can currency. However, it Is not men, but young girrls, who make hairnets, and of course a girl's wage is much less than that of a man. In fact, there is very little in North China that a g rl can do to earn money. Few have a chance to go to school, and except during harvest season, when they help to bring the grain on to the threshing floors and thresh It, they find 'it hard to obtain work. Consequently, when a hairnet company en- IN OKANAGAN T V: : ICTORIA, Feb. 28.—A maximum sum of $711,000 may be taken off the total liability ot water districts to the conservation fund, if the government utilizes to the full the power proposed to be con ferred on t by the amendment to the water act now before the legislature. The total sum advanced to the wa ter districts prior to the end of Deters a"regon~and"c"alTs">o7giris7ca'n-! cember> 1923' whlch is the perlod coy- didates are numerous. Good Work for the Girls A single net requires the tying of a thousand knots or more, but if a girl is clever she can make as high as iwenty coppera a day, and, as she ered by the remissions in the bill, Wjas $2,250,963. The interest paid on these loans by the water districts up to that date was $158,460. The sum of $593,883 was added by the moratorium between December 31, 1923, VTRNON, March 1.—A new independent shipping concern will be doing business in Vernon as soon as there is any fruit or produce to ship. This is the Lander Company Limited, and in It A. C. Lander of Calgary, formerly manager of the Mitchell Fruit company, Calgary, is the moving spirit. He is president of the new company and Is moving to Bernon on March 15. Mr. Lander has been salesman, broker and manager of distributing agencies and knows the fruit business on the prairies, having been connected with it for sixteen years. The new company will have an outlet through the Nash organization in the distributing centers. E. C. Skinner will be connected with the new organization and Vernon and Kelowna capital will have a share in it. The new company has secured the fine premises formerly occupied gy the E. C. Skinner Company Limited, and will conduct a fruit and vegetable shipping business. S. G. BLAYLOCK can live on much less than that, she"^ *>br.uiw^M?28' ,The Hmount often not only supports herself, but helps other members of the family as well. ; Is It any wonder, then, that fathers and mothers are glad to see the ha r-! net industry enter their villages? Their daughters, heretofore a burden are now becoming the breadwinners, of the family. j now due the conservation fund by the borrowers is $2,116,358 on account of principal and $705,929 on account of interest. The bill before the house gives power, by order-ln-councll, to reduce the amounts payable to the conservation fund by the water dictrlcts where it appears just and equitable. rlliere is as yet no indication of the One might naturally ask, "Why are. other industries not developed more measure of ™ml*»i™ proposed to be rapidly n North China, f there Is | given the water district8' but the bl" such a supply of cheap labor?" sets ** maxim>™ at 25 per cent, Pan of the answer is that most! which applies t0 lnterest owlng' as industries require conslderble capl- i wel1 as PrinclPal. an" which would tal, expensive machinery, and large! amount t0 *711'000 if the ful1 Bmo,unt factories, and, with pol tical condl- of ">miB3l°n authorized by the bill is tlons as they are In China today, cap- ar less similar In nature. Reasons for Award "The specific achievements In metallurgy for which the award Is made are enumerated by the committee as follows: For his development of a selective flotation process for lead- sine ores; for his part Jn the development In the leeching of zinc ores and the electrolytic deposition of sine; for his improvement In lead blast furnace pratice, obtaining high lead-zinc slags; for his success In solving the problems necessary for the treatment of the ores of the Sullivan mine; for his development and improvement of the Betts process for lead refining; for the laying out and successful operation of the Tadunac plant to carry out the very complex metallurgical operations which the handling of Sullivan ores entails." It is the beautiful necessity of our nature to love something.-Douglas Jerreld. THE STJN: GBAND FORKS, BRITISH COLWMBIA 3te (grattii Jfarks fun G. A. EVANS, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Subscription Rates, Payable in Advance One Year, in Canada and Great Britain $1.00 One Year, in the Uuited States 1.50 Address all communications to The Grand Forks Sun, PHONE 101 Grand Forks, B. C. Office: Columbia Avenue and Lake Street FlilDAY, MAltCII 2, 1928 T\U'RING the course of his speech on the budget, Captain *f Ian Mackenzie paid a striking tribute to the memory of the late Premier John Oliver. He said his record was Indelibly written in the statute books of British Columbia, where all may read. 'J lie Bancouver member suld he but voiced the senliiiienis of his fellow members in assuring I'reiiiier MacLounii that no ii.fi'i In Hie Liberal party stood higher In the affections and confidence of the elected members than he does. To those Who have followed the activities of the British Columbia legislature for.many years, Premier (MacLean has established himself as one of the outstanding leaders of Canada. He never allows himself to be stampeded and, consequently, the oppositon's uttacks are but feeble. Knrthermsrc, the premier has presided for years over so many departments of government that he bus a ready grasp of the details of every branch of administration. When criticism is hurled across the floor of the house he meets it with a ready, quiet answer. 'He cannot be "baited" and refuses to be drawn into lengthy arguments which would be used by his political opponents to lead him up a blind alley. In other words, regardless of political opinions and affiliations, the rank and file of businessmen are swinging to the support of a government leader who ostensibly places the welfare of the province first and whose business like administration has stabilized finances, encouraged capital and provided the maximum protection and aid for the great majority of the population. PRELIMINARY steps towards the writing of another chapter in the Liberal Government's record of social legislation are being taken. The issue is health insurance, sponsored chiefly by Dr. II. (J. Wrlnch, Liberal member for Skeena, and generally approved by the MacLean administration. Dr. Wrinch has introduced a resolution asking for the appointment of a special committee to consider health insurance, and it is expected before the end of the present session a report will have been submitted. British Columbia is now far in advance of other provinces of Canada in social legislation in force. The passing of health insurance legislation would place the province In a remarkably advanced position. THE healthy condition of British Columbia finances was fairly pointed out in the legislature recently by Attorney-General A. M. Mansou, who closed the budget debate for the government. As finance minister, Premier MacLean had delivered the budget speech and could not take the floor again, in his stead, Hon, Mr. Manson pointed out that the total debt of British Columbia is carried at an Interest rate of 4.76 per cent, the lowest of any province in Canada. He also stated that when the finance minister sold British Columbia bonds last year for the low interest rate of 4.42 per cent the Issue was eagerly subscriber for. One other province sold bonds at an interest rate of only two-tenths of one per cent higher than that of the British Columbia securities, but the brokers could noL dispose of the bonds without some delay. served without his knowledge, but, once it has entered his system, the woman expects him to be a model husband for all the years ahead. The food is porridge thick-' ened with meal made from the flesh of dried lizards.! The wife, taking the lizard, kills it, dries the body In the I sun, pounds it to a fine powder with stones, then pours into his porridge the dose the misconduct of her husband appears to require. She is supposed to serve it to him when he comes in from hard labor, is tired and hungry, liable to take the food aud devour it without asking questions. The dried lizard powder porridge is the antidote for divorce court troubles, and Is said to work well among ihe people there. WHEN the son of a slxtenth century spectacle maker in Holland picked up some spetacle lenses in his shop one ay and happened to hold up two of them, one in cuch band, he was surprised on looking through botli lenses, to see the weathercock on a neighboring church steeple greatly enlarged. Excited by this discovery, lie run to his father and told him what he had seen. The father immediately took the two lenses and repeated the experiment, Ihe result confirmed the boy's report and the fulher set to work at once, fixing up two movable lenses on a board—an Idea suggested to him by the varying view he had obtained by moving the lenses in his hand—and thus the first rude telescope came into being. Shortly after the news of this discovery had leaked out, a fgrlend wrote to Galileo in Italy descrinbing the contrivance of the Dutch optician, and it was from this de- Bcriptiafi that the Italian inventor built the telescope that made him famous. THE use of small bells to summon attendants goes back over 3000 years. Assyrian tombs, uncovered from the ruins und dust of ages, show that hand bells not unlike our conventional shapes, were used in old-time Nineveh. Egyptian scultured work in more than inscription also shows that remote antiquity in this as in many another respect had the same ideas of comfort, and sought to firatify them in much the same manner that we do. We find bells mentioned very early in the history of Irael. The high priest was directed to wear them on the fringes of his official vestments, alternating them with purple, blue and scarlet pomegranates, so that he might be heard when he went in and out of the holy place to sacrifice, as the Book of Exodus has it, "that he die not" Then, as now, all the accessories of divine worship were symbolical, the tinkling golden bells probably typifying the lips that ought ever to be open for prayer, and the tongue lhat ought ever to be crying mercy when concerned about the sacrifices and other services of the sanctuary. Feminine Logic It wa3 dusk as she stopped at the roadside garage. "I want a quart of red oil," she said. 1 he man gasped and hesitated. "Give me a quart of red oil," she repeated. "A qu-quart of r-r-red oil " "Certainly," she said. "My tall light has gone out!" — Unanimity of Purpose "Confound that landlord! He plans putting up the rent on me, and it's bard enough to pay it as it is." "It's peasant to see caapital and libor working hand in hand." "What do you mean?" "Both of you are working for the same object, to raise the rent, aren't .\ou?" Satisfied With Matters Editor (engaging young reporter) -1 might mention that we are a very old-established, conservative newspaper,, and have upheld constitution- ..I matters for over a hundred years. Young Hopeful (most anxious to please) That'll be all right, sir. There won't be any need to change :hem, as far as I'm concerned. CITY REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Amplications for immediate purchase of Lots and Acreage owned by the City, within the Municipality, arc invited. Prices:—From $25.00 per lot upwards. Termsi»-Cash and approved payments. Li.-i of Lots mill prices may he nccm at the City'Office. JOHN A. HUTTON. City Clerk. GEN. WILLIAM T: SHERMAN wrote in his Memoirs that Cape Horn was an island rounded like an oven, after which it takes its name (Ornos) oven." However, he was in error, for the Spanish word for oven is "hor- nos," though It is pronounced without the "hi' sound. The island to which Sherman referred Is known as Horn island and the actual cape Is only a portion of the island. Out the cape did not get its name because of its resemblance to an oven. It was named for the Dutch navigator William iSchouten van l-Iooni. In Spanish it is called Cabo de Homos. No wonder Sherman was misled, for literally Cabo de Homos would mean cape of ovens; that is, it would according to the form did it not have a different origin. 0 PPOS1TION criticism, regarding tbe expenses incurred by the government iu flghting (ho freight rates case was nullified when Attorney-General Manson declared that If the government counsel, G. G. McGeer, K.C., had been employed by a private concern he would have earned approximately $1,000,000,. instead of the $170,000 which went for fees and general expenditures. The minister declared that many millions of dollars had already been earned as the results of freight rates reductions and these benefits would be greater and greater as the years go by. ol OUTLINING the work being done at British Columbia iHouse, London, by Agent-General F. A. Pauline, Premier MacLean recently informed the legislature that British capital Is looking more and more to the investment opportunities in this province. British Columbia timber, fruit and minerals are coming to the fore rapidly in the old country demand, und a greatly increased amount of capital Is being invested in British Columbia ventures. BUSINESSMEN In all lines of endeavor throughout the province are expressing approval of the announcement that British Columbia will be extensively advertised by tho government, During consideration of the estimates in the legislature it was stated lhat already moving pictures showing the province':! opportunities utnl industrial und commercial developmenl have boon made. When they are edited and suitably prepared they will be sent on their mission of boosting British Coliiinbiu. Higher votes for various forms »f advertising will be provnded. This year's estimate is placed at (66,000 and Premier MacLeun slates It Is his Intention lo extend this service. NOTES, NOTIONS 8 N OTABLES THK career of Monslgnor Jean .Marie Marcel Rodle, priest of the diocese of Frojus, who has been called to the see of Ajaccio, Corsica, "merits u passing tribute. An artillery officer before bis ordinal ion, and of sufficient merit in his profession to be sent on a special mission to the Far East, Monslgnor Kodle had only been four years a priest when he was recalled to his old life by the harsh necessities of war. Between August, 1914, and the daip of the armistice, thin snldier-prlest saw continuous service on the Romme, at Cheniin des Dames, and the defense of Rhelms, earning not only the Legion of Honor, but tho Croix ile Guerre with three citations. Siudents of history hardly need to be reminded that the associations of the new bishop's see are not pacific ones; and for the birthplace of the greatest soldier of modern times an incumbent peculiarly fitted to fill it seems to have been chosen. WHEN a husband begins sta>ing out late at night and cultivating his crop of wild outs, the women of the native tribes in Central Africa provide him with a bit of food considered certain to bring him back to the paths of domesticity and proper conduct. The food must be GENERALLY there is little inclination to question tbe statement that home owners are the best citizens. There ure many reasons why he should be. Chief among them i erhaps is the greater interest he naturally takes in the affairs of his community. And just as he displays an interest- in his city so may he be eypected in an even l.irger proportion to evince the same interest in his home, in seeing that it is kept in repair, the grounds in order, tbe shrubbery trimmed, the whole ensemble a ■ource of pride. A good man is the best friend and therefore soonest lo be chosen, longest to be retained, and Indeed never to ba ;>arted with, unless he cease to be that for which he was chosen.—Jeremy Taylor. POEMS FROM THE FAR EAST CHINA THE AFFECTION OF THE WIVE8 ON THE JOO Along the raised bunks of the Joo, To hew slim stem and branch I wrought, My lord away, my husband true, Like hunger-pang my troubled thought! Along the raised banks of the Joo, Branch and fresh shoot confessed my art. I've seen my lord, my husband true, And still he folds me in his heart. As the tolled bream makes red its tall Toll you, Kir, for the Royal House; Amidst Its blazing fires, nor quail:— Your parents see you puy your vows. —"From The Slil-Klng. o4NCIENT HISTORY (COMPILED FROM TWENTY-YEAR OLD 8UN FILES.) One robin does not make a spring. But several have : oen seen in Grand Forks during the present week; and, besides, a tame spring poem fluttered into The Sun office hrough the mall during the early part of the week. This ; hould be indubitable evidence that balmy spring Is not far awa. P. D. McDonald, of the Queens hotel, has let the con iract for t $10,000 hotel building to be erected opposite ihe Great Northern station this spring. James Stewart is favorably spoken of as successor to the late E. A McAuley for the position of collector of . ustoms at the subport of Carson. Commencing Sunday, this city becomes a freight and jaassenger divisional point on the Great Northen rail way. A gasoline hoist is being installed at the Little Bertha nine, fourteen miles north of this city on the North Fork river. ..- ,-h*. Revived An Arkansas father whose son was doing badly in college tried calling; iiim over the long-distance about his grades. " "Hello, John. Why don't you make better grades?" he asked "Can't hear you, father." "I say, John, can't you make better vrades ?" "Can't hear you, father." "I say, John, do you need any Money?" "Yes, dad, send me $60." Question Raised A plain-spoken clubman said to a fellow member, "How many fools do you suppose are in this club, besides yourself?" "Besides myself," replied the other, half inclined to be angry. "I must say I like that." "Well, then, how many do you reckon including yourself?" Matchless Shopper—I'd like to match this piece of ribbon, please. Clerk—Unfortunately, we cannot, madam. It happens to be one of the matchless bargaalns We offered last week. Bored Him "My dear," said Mrs. Brown to her husband, "I believe Mrs. Jenkins is offended about something. She hasn't been to see me for several days." "Be sure," said Brown, "to find out what it is when she calls, and we'll try it on her again." Dilemma "Why don't you publish your autobiography " "It wouldn't be Interesting enough If I didn't tell the truth," answered Senator Sorghum, "and too Interest ing if I did." The First Shall Be Last Miss Gusher—I think your new novel has a beautiful ending, Mr. Scribbler. Scribbler—(How did you like the opening chapters? Miss Gusher—Oh, I haven't come to those yet. Standing On It Theatrical Attendant—You promls od If I attended your classes for 12 months I should have the world at my feet. Professor of Elocution—Well, haven't you Tired Business Man "How's business?" "Fine," answered Mr. Dustin' Stax. "I. have not examined the books. But I am plaaylng a wonderful game of golf." Often Referred to as "Bunk" Wife (looking up from magazine- John, what- Is tbe meaning of sophistry? Hub—'Sophistry, my dear, is the other fellow's argument. Thoughtful Woman Grocer—Canned beans or in the bulk? Mrs. Smith—In the bulk, please The doctor told my husband he needed bulk in his food. Still Saying It Husband—D'you know, my dear, I think I played better golf ten years ago. Wife—Yes, Henry, I remember hearing you say so at the time. Sophisticated She—You can't make me believe you've never kissed another woman. He—I know it—you've had too much experience. Sometimes the informality of the spoken word is more effective than a letter. "LONG DISTANCE, PLEASE' British Columbia Telephone Company III THE SUN prints all the loeal news and carries a number of interesting features found in no other Boundary paper $1.00 per year III THAT MAGIC BOTTLE "The bottle of medicine habit Is nothing but a persistence of a depraved superstition or a form of medieval fetish worship." This statement, made by Professor Wynn, has probably surprised a good many people, for there is still widespread faith In the magic of "the doctor's bottle." Indeed, It Is rather difficult to remain skeptloaal about It when you aare III. Many a husband, who has advised his wife to "throw all that silly stuff down the sink" while she was taking medicine, has swallowed nauseous draughts very meekly-when his own turn came. Still, we probably do take too much medicine. Most of us are our own "doctors'^ even before we are forty, and doctor with favorite prescriptions. CARS QUICKLY CLEANTD After passing through most tunnels trains are usually dirtier than they were when they entered, but exactly the reverse is true of a passage over one of the railway lines in France: Aftet^golng through it, every car 1b brushed and vacuum-cleaned, saving the tin?'- and labor repulred.for scrub bing \\: ': hand implements. The tunnel Is a arch .vay which is lined with brushes and vacuum-cleaning attachments. As the train is pulled slowly'along, the polishing and cleaning apparatus functions automatically and, in doing so, reaches almost every part of the exterior of the care. HEAVY LOAD FOR TEAM A load of eleven cords of spruce and fir that was forty feet long and two and one-half feet high, was hauled by a span of horses owned by Harry Derry, of Randolph, Maine. Ice tracks were made in the road so that the load was hauled easily.. In going down steep inclines, hay was thrown on the track to check tbe load. NEW YORK'S NARROWEST New York city's slimmest house ts the building on the corner of Melrose avenue and One Hundred and Sixty- first Btreet, in the Bronx.' It Is no wider than a man's outstretched hands. The lot Is only 2 feet 8 inches wide and 22 feet deep, but the owner has built a two-story house on it MIXED SEASONS' 8P0RT8 When the mercury reached 80 degrees at Bear Pond camp, Maine, on one of those abnormally warm April days, tbe adventurous bathers braved the icy waters and went for a swim, coming back to shore now and then for a snowball battle, as there was plenty of snow along tbe shore. A seasonable Variant In a certain public institution the air was not exactly suggestive of attar of roses. "Pretty stuffy in here, Isn't It?" said a visitor to the attendant In charge. "You find It warm?" "It Isn't the heat, It's the humidity," wm the qotot reply. .* s «= THE SUN: GRAND FORKS, BRITISH COLUMBIA The Launch of "The Fuchess of Bedford", SAFETYFiRST RULES FOR THE By Erwln Gre»- 2^,^.-, •:;-^~-?^v;,-=: :- • .'-juv -;•,:•."■» • . . „ • „. _ •- IL "" "" MBJaaaaaaaaaaaaW No. 1-Leavli'S tbe ship after a thorough inspection. No. Z-Premtcr Baldwin ar c* hlr, T/!5a about to press the release button. Vo. 3—The Duchc* i r-iiortlv after raking i he v. ater. In the prefeont e ol' a monster crowd which thronced the great Glasgow shipyard's of John Brown and Co. the "Duchess of Bedford" 21,500 gross tons was launched recently by Mrs. Stanley Baldwin, wife of the Prime Minister. The vessel is one of the four "Duchess" dasB of steamers under construction for the Canadian Pacific Railway Transatlantic route. At the launching of the ;;ew ship speeches were made by the Prime Minister, Lord Aberconway, Chairman of John Brown and Company, Sir George McLaren Brown. Euro- pei.:i i_t-!.i?;..' iuunaf,er u. the C. P. R., Captain J. Gillies Manger of the C. P. S. S. and Sir Thomas Be'!, Mana-ing Director of the Clvdohank Yard. Premier Baldwin - recalled his recent \Ht to Canada and spoke of this country's wonderful possibilities for a marvellous future. "I am quite . confident," he said, "that whatever vision and imagination can do for the Errpire at large will be clone by the CErndian Pacific Railway." After cutting the cord from which a bottle of champacne was. suspended, Mrs. Baldwin, before touching the button, which was to be the means of the vessel being' relca cd, said: "I name 5'ou 'Duchess of Bedford'. May God protect and prosper you. May he preserve and bless all those that go forth with you into the known and unknown." And then, to the accompaniment of tremendous cheering from the large gathering of spectators, the massive structure began to move from the stocks, and gathering impetus es she went, took the water gracefully. SIZE OF EGGS—A FACTOR IN BREEDING Careful breeders have realized that size of egg is a factor that must be duly considered In breeding for increased egg production. It has, however, 'been more forcibly brought to the attention of those Interested by the adoption of the point system in estimating positions in egg laying contests and by the inauguration of registration, where size of egg is one of the requisites. Investigation and study of tbe breeding records at the Central experimental farm indicate that the factor of egg size is one that is ver.\ readily transmit'ted and that a strin may be very quickly improved or injured according to the care, or lack of care, exercised in the selection oi the breeders. In a mating between the Barred Rock male No. 256—this dam laid u 2 ounce egg, but he was of a small egg line)—and a group of females, 35 daughters were produced, 27 oi which laid eggs smaller than their dams, 4 laid eggs of the same size ias their dams, and only 4 laid eggs larger than their dams, which showed that the male Influenced very strongly the size of eggs of his daughters. In a mating of the Barred Rock Rock male No. 296— (large egg line) —to a group of females, 17 daughters recorded, showing 18 laying eggb larger than their dams, 4 laying eggb of equal size to their dams und uoi one, of the groutf laying eggs oi smaller size than their dams, again showing that the size of eggs ot the daughters to be very strongly influenced by the mule. The records also show that there is a decided tendency to a reduction In the "ize of eggs when attention has been centered on an Increase lu the number of eggs produced. Prom the above it may be inferred that tbe factor for size of egg may be readily transmitted and it therefore behooves breeders to avoid so far as possible using birds that either lay small eggs or are bred from small egg lines. NO 8PANISH COLOR8 FOR HAITIAN GENERAL During the reign of Emperor Sou- lourjuj in Hpiiti one of his genedal's wrote to an eminent oculist in Paris for a glass eye. The oculist flattered himself that a successful eye would secure for him one of, the Haitian crosses; so he devoted himself to the production of a work of art. Six months elapsed. Then « small box reached him from Haiti. A cross glistened in his imagination, but, to his horror, within the folds of cotton was his work of art. A letter accompanied the box. "Sir," it ran, "the eye you forwarded to me is of a tint that resembles that of the Spmiis^ flag, and I am too patriotic to wear any but the colors of my country.1' The oculist proceeded at once to the admiralty; there ascertained the colors of the Haitian bag, and at once manufactured a scarlet and green eye, which he forwarded at the earliest opportunity. SPLENDID, BUT— William Mitchell, former assistant chief of the air service, said on the Reliance: "The governmnet insists that tere's nothing wrong with our governmental airplanes; it piles proof on proof; md then some accident gives the iarne away. "It reminds me of a railroad restaurant. The eggs are dated there, fes, the date of its laynig is stamped on every egg. A splendid thinb, but— "A traveler went into this reseau- rant one night and asked for eggs. The waiter said: " 'I'm sorry, sir, but today' eggs are all gone. If you don't mind the date, though, I could give you a couple of tomorrow's.' " General News BELL MAKING OLD ART Bell making is one of the oldest of British industries. It dates back to the twelfth century. BIG WEDDING CELEBRATION The sky Is cheerful when It Is the bluest, but it is different with a niau. AN EXPLANATION If politics makes strange bedfellows It Is due to their fondness i'oi Ihe same bunk. BELL MUSIC 0LDE8T The oldest musical Instrument is the bell, according to Liberty, fironzt bells have been found In Assyrian jxcavatlons aud In mummy cases, jenturles old, In Egypt. WHEN CYCLONE8 COME Expect a storm when y'ou steal a man's thunder. Inheritance Said the flapper, after she had in-' roduced her new boy friend to her jarents: "What side of the family lo you think I take after?" "Well, you have your father's eyes, lose and mouth," the B. F. replied, but you get your legs from your mother." Seemed a Shame An artist was making a water-color sketch in the park. Two urchins stood behind him^and ■vatched quietly for a while. Then, iulte suddenly, one said to the othed, in tones of wistful regret: "George, just fancy a little time ago that was a lovely piece of white Quebec City was en fete the better part of a week on the return to his native city of His Eminence Raymond Marie Rouleau, newly created Cardinal. Ecclesiastical, governmental, civic, military and lay leaders of the community joined in welcoming this prince of the church. Fouir hundred thousand motorcars from the United States will be touring the highroads of the province of Quebec this year, according to the vice-president of the Royal Automobile Club of Canada, interviewed at the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, this month. It is estimated they will spend over sixty million dollars in the province this coming season. Edmonton.—Sale of the Lacombe and Northwestern Railway to the Canadian Pacific Railway is announced by the Provincial Premier. The C.P.R. agrees to indemnify the province against future liability on outstanding 5 per cent, bonds for $27.1,- 700 and, in addition, pay $1,500,000 in cash, at the same time undertaking to construct a 20-mile extension wiithjln the next three years. Calgary. — The Province of Alberta exported goods to the value of $9,120,305 to the United States during the year 1927, according to the annual report of S. C. Reat, United States Consul for Calgary district. The total exports show an Increase of $764,660 or 17 per cent, over 1026. Cattle and hogs hold a conspicuous place in these exports, the former amounting to $1,215,686 and the latter to $982,045. Winnipeg. — Homestead entries made in the four western provinces in iho calendar year 1927 totalled 6,447, as compared with 6,012 the year before—an Increase In 1927 of 435. Entries by provlncos — 1926 figures being in 'brackets — were: Manitoba 719 (942), Saskatchewan 2,819 (2,780), Alberta 2,796 (2,160) and British Columbia 113 (124). December filings totalled 488 an Increase of 69 wilh Manitoba 46 (54), Saskatchewan 221 (219), Alberta 215 (139) and British Columbia 6 (7). Thirteen new ocean liners, at least, of a total of 138,000 gross tons, n*e expected In Montreal during the coming season. Of this total Canadian Pacific vessels make up more than half, or 90,000 gross tons. These aire the "Duchess of Atholl" and the "Duchess of Bedford", of 20,000 gross tons each, and the five Canadian Pad-tic freighters, the "Beaverburn", "Beaverford", "Beaverbrae", "Beaver- hill" and "Beaverdale", each of 10,000 gross tons. Saint John.—The Harbor Commissioners have now drawn up a $10,- 000,000 project of port development to extend over a 5-year period, subject to the approval of the Ministei of Marine. The genera! scheme includes the construction of one gralr conveyor gallery at pier No. 7; t graiin jetty, 1,250 feet long; a pier 1,250 feet long and equipped witl four one-storey, fireproof sheds an< shipping office; one grain elevatoi of 2,400,000 bushels capacity* witl grain conveyor galleries for locatlnj grain at pier No. 7 and the necessarj railway tracks, railways, sewage facilities and water supply to serve th* new works. GREER'S PLEA FOR SAFETY 15 NO'.'OH men, women and chll- j dren to populate a city the size of Nushv lie, Tennessee, have been killed by automobiles in the United States during the last eight years. Or, as the National Chamber of Commerce puts it, more than the total death lists In the American forces during the World war. -Specifically, 137,017 persons were killed in that country by automobiles between January 1, 19,19, and January 1, 1927, while the total deaths in the armed forces amounted to 120,050. In those eight years some 3,500,000 persons have been injured in automobile accidents, and 26 per cent of the killed and injured were children under the age of fifteen years. Last year it was estimated that 23,000 persons were killed by automobiles, an increase of a thousand over the pre; vious year. Fatalities in seventy- seven of thhe largest cities during the four weeks ending July 16, according to department ot commerce figures, show a 7 per cent increase over last year. What, the harvest of 1928 is to be cannot be predicted yet. In some communities where safety campaigns have been conducted, the death rates have decreased, but in other sections of the country the increase threatens to offset the gain. As we stand facing the rising sun of a new year, let us dedicate ourselves anew to the cause of safety. Last year's record is not one to be proud of. The long list of those killed or maimed in traffic accidents is appalling. Pause a moment on this first day of a new year and check up on yourself. Do you ride your brakes when approaching cross streets? Do you watch for children and careless pedestrians who might dart unexpectedly from the curb •Do you give signals carefully Do you conscientiously observe all signs and traffic rules? Do you always drive at a safe speed? Do you slow up on approaching crowds of pedestrians waiting for street cars? Do you stop at the required distance back of a standing street car and wait until passengers have board ed and until those passengers who have alighted reach the curb? Do you drive as you would expect the other fellow to drive when your positions are reversed and you are the pedestrian? Be guided by the Golden Rule. FARMER'S ACCOUNT BOOK Farm surveys have shown that very few farmers follow a systematic method of farm accounting. This may, in the past, have been due to a lack of suitable simple form of account books for the purpose. There are today, a number of simple books issued which are a great help to the farmer in this Important matter. I'arnilng is a business, and if it does not pay the farmer should know why it does not pay. Some record of re I'ipts and expenses, together with an Inventory (a list with values of live stock, feed, Implements, etc., on bund) taken ut the beginning und thi end of the farmers' year, must be kept If he is to find out why It iloes not ptiy. Keep a record of each department of your farm business Find out how much you are making from each, and If any are not. paying. A simple and yet very useful little account book for farmers has been issued by the Dominion experimental farms. This may be procured from the publications branch, department of agriculture, Ottawa, for the nominal charge of IU cents. This little book, while simple, is • great step in advance of keeping no accounts- whatever. Now is ■ good time to take an inventory and sta.t keeylng accounts. NAVIGATOR'S STANDBY A binnacle is a stand which contains a ship's compass and its correctors. Its cover is fitted with lights In order that the compass may be seen at night. VHEY'RE NOT I3UGS Fire-flies or lightning-bugs are neither Hies nor bugs, says Nature .Ma gazine. Ihey are true beetles belong ing to the family Lampyrtdae, mean- ins 'to shine," Only teas grown 4,000 to 7,000 feet above sea level are used In '-SALADA" Orange Pekoe Blend— the flavour is therefore richer, more fragrant and much more delicious than other teas. Only 43c per -lb. Buy It at any grocery store. T^A Ml TIMING THT DOCTOR llhe doctor had received a hurry call from the home of the Robeys, who had their first baby. Arriving, the doctor found the young father on the doorstep, watch in hand. "W'hut's the trouble?" asked the doctor. "Nothing this time, Doc. My wife just wanted to see how quickly you could get here in case the baby was taken sick suddenly. You made It in four minutes this time." We are all much more temerate today. Proof of this can be had by com parison with the marriage of a German prince in 1561, when 3600 pails of wine and 1600 barrels of beer were consumed. every time the boy picks up one of bis text-books the old wag accuses him of takln' the law In his own bauds. BE CAREFUL Don't dodge responsibility. When a bee comes under the windshield stop the car yourself instead of trusting to a telephone pole. FROM SHEEP, NOT CAT Catgut, contrary to its name, does not come from cats but is prepared from the intestines of sheep, according to an answered question in Liberty. GRANDFATHER'S QUIP Josbln' Joe Jopples' grandson is a-studyin' to be an attorney and WHAT IT REALLY MEANT Watson—No, you'll never know what real happiness Is until you are married. Wilkins—Is that so? Watson—It's the truth. .And then it will be too late for you to appreciate It. In the Dim Future There Is a certain literary celebrity who wears his hair rather long and untidy looking, to the annoyance of hife. "Robert," she asked him one day, "when are you going to get your hair cut?" "Oh, when I get time," he said. "When that happens," returned his wifer "they'll do it free." '0fllUM\ Aspirin Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for Colds Headache Neuritis Lumbago Pain Neuralgia Toothache Rheumatism DOES NOT .AFFECT THE HEART | SW , ^«aia»»»T •» Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists. £ia".B i3 }bS .'.""Jf m.!lrk. l^alrtMied In Canada) of Payer Manufacture ot MoooaceUc M^i",l Salicylic Acid, "A. S. A."). Whlla it la weUaniwn Bat Aspirin means Bayer manufacture, to assist tbe public agalaat Imitation! tbe Tablets ot Bwor Company wUl be stamped: with their general trade mark, the "Barer OroeST" ►Accept only "Bayer" package which contains proven directions. Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets >bo"'- -' "' ' •"" - EER #syvo^LIQI|OR •Decided aft&f^Ui BEER is not liquor, it is liquid food. A liquor is a beverage in which alcohol is the base and principal ingredient, as, for instance, whisky. In beer the alcohol is only incidental, being about the one thirtieth (h) part of it, just enough as a valuable aid to digestion.. v Silver Spring Brewery Ltd. , \\ Victoria. Rr //, This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board ar by the Government uf British Columbia, THE SUN: GRAND FOBKS, BRITISH COLUMBIA THE fTTt _./ ill John Roland, of Curlew, aged. 72 years, died in Republic last Monday after a short illness. The remains ware brought to this city, and the funeral was held from Manly & Miller's undertaking parlor on Wednesday afternoon, interment being made In Evergreen cemetery. Mr. Roland was an old-timer of Grand Forks, and was employed in George Chappie's plumbing shop In pioneer days. The Veterans' card party in the Lesion hall last Friday night was well attended. Mrs. Taiil I). Black won the ladles' first prizu and Mrs. L. Uldilell the ladles consolation prize; W. Uruhum won Ihe gent's first prize, and A. K. ..Mlchcner tin gent's consolation. After (lie _ card games uppetizlng refreshments were served, which were followed by dancing. Ernie Hutton, captain of the high school hockey team, entertained the members of the team at his home on Friday, February 24. After a hearty dinner, games, cards and contests were indulged in, the winners being: Billy Buerby, L. E. Wells, Charlie Robertson, Jim Miller, and Walter Rontild. Mrs. A. B. Sloan of this city has entered the grandmother class, having received word from Armstrong this week that a daughter was born to 'Dr. and Mrs. Calvert on February 27. Robert Lawson and family, who have been spending the past three months in southern California, are expected to return lo their fruit ranch west of the city tomorrow. Mrs. F. J. Miller has returned home from a visit to the home of her sister, Mrs. 'Bert Scott, at Valley, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Herman have returned home from a three months' vocation trip to southern California. Aid. W. Liddicoat left on Monday for California, where he will mpke an extended visit with relatives. The local branch of tho Canadian Legion will give a dance iu the Grotto on Friddy night, March 9. Roy Ritchie of Cascade was a visitor in the city on Wednesduy. GARDEN PEAS—NEW INTRODUCTION; For a number of years the Domin-' ion experimental farm at Invermere j has been giving considerable atten-1 tlon to breeding and selecting garden peas, Some of the selections have Bhown flieir superiority over many ol the standard varieties, not only at the station, but at many of the ex- j perimental farms and stations' across the Dominion. Two years ago some of these selections were named Bruce, Kootenay, und Director. In order to bring these varieties more prominently before tho public a brief. comparison with other standard varieties is given, followed by a de- j scrlption of the new varieties. The seed of the different varieties I is the best obtainable and lias been ! grown on the station and the sed col-1 lected In order that all sed should have a common origin before testing with other varieties.. The Lincoln seed, for instance, was obtained, from Thomas Lincoln, the originator of this variety, which, by the way, is one of the best commercial varieties on the market today. The following is the four-year average yield of green peas from a :!0- foot row: Brace, HSVi pounds; Kuo-■ tenay, 'il pounds; Director, CANADA HAS PRESENTED HISTORIC DOCUMENT TO U. S. SECRETARY OF STATE OTTAWA, March 1.—The Canadian government has presented to .Hon. Frank B. Kellogg, secretary of state for the United States, a photostatic copy of one of the original documents which reposes in the Dominion archives. Mr. Kellogg, during his recent visit, was particularly interested in the original copy of an address which was delivered to Mfljor- General Monckton, on his appointment as governor of New York In 1701 by members of the United States bar. A photostatic copy of he original document was ni^iile, ".'blch has been handsomely bound ■nil forwarded to .Mr. Kellogg. MANY MUNICIPALITIES ENDOSE RESOLUTION HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TUBERCULOSIS D' Iscovered early and properly treated, tuberculosis Is one of the most curable diseases. Many; deaths from tuberculosis oc- I cur each year. Tutting these two statements to- j gelher, It is evident that either tbe cases are not being discovered early or they are not being properly treated. There are no secrets In the medical profession, and so the physicians OF NANAIMO COUNCIL11" one Place llMVe the 8am0 know NANAIMO, March 1.—A resolution passed by the Nanaimo city council asking for municipal control of the licensing of clubs has been endorsed by Trail, Duncan, Port Coquitlam, Saankh, Kamloopo, South Vancouver, .Pentlcton, .Grand Forks and Courtenay, according to communication;! read at the regular meeting of the council. QUALITIES FOR SUCCESS If you wish success in life make perseverance your hosom friend, experience your wise counselor.caltion your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.—Addison. MEXICO'S RAINFALL Summer Is the rainy season In Mexico. Little or no rain falls in tho winter or dry season. RESPOND TO HURRY CALL W. W. Daughty, of Farmingdale, Maine, while testifying in his own behalf at Augusta in a $10,000 suit, received a hurry call to come to his farm, where a big grass Are was threatening his extensive buildings. Court was adjourned to accommodate him. General News YVinnipei?.--The British boy Immigration scheme has been adopted by the Manitoba Provincial Government, and about fifty lads will be brought here this year for placement on farms in ine province, Hon. A. Prefontaine, Minister of Immigration, announced First, the boys will be placed at the Manitoba Agriculture College for preliminary training in farm work. ledge as physicians elsewhere, but the physician cannot help the person who does not come to him. Those who follow our advise and have a complete physical examination once a year, give their family physician an opportunity to discover tuberculosis, cancer, or other diseases at their earliest and most cur- ablt stage. Those who have not followed this advise should know something about the earliest signs of tuberculosis, so that they may recognize them and secure proper advice right away. 'Not everyone with the following symptoms has tuberculosis, but the presence of one or more of them is sufficient to arouse suspicion and to send the person to his family physician to find out the cause. Delay means losing the opportunity for cure and, at the same time, endangers the lives of others. Any cough which persists for a month or more is suspicious. Any cough accompanied by a slight fever, particularly if it recurs, is not to be disregarded. A general feeling of not being well with or without the loss of strength or weight, should always be Investigated. Blood spitting is often an early symptom. It frequently occurs us the first symptom In persons apparently well. Continued upset of digestion, particularly if accompanied by a cough, also loss of weight require investigation. It is better to be always on the safe side. Pay attention to Nature's warnings and preserve your health. THE WISE FRIEND Once upon a time—and not very long ago—there waa a brother and sister who had a friend. A very special friend he was, who told them stories about men who flew through the skies over far-flung of the earth; of boys and girls who had thrilling and mysterious adventures; of others who bad most unusual sltutlons confront them, yet managed to come through their testa with steadfast and courageous hearts; of wild animals In deep jungles—how they lived, hunted, and died. Such a host of things did their good friend tell them of, and how Interestingly he told them! Came the time when the friend moved away to another. Brother and sister were saddened by his going, for they knew they would miss his cheery smile, and the wonderful b lories and amusing anecdotes he was so fond of telling them. Then one day the postman brought them a loiter rom their friend, in which he told them he was sending them The Youth's Companion so t hat they would not forget him, and that in it they would find just thei sort of stories they had so much enjoyed hearing him tell. And sure enough, a day or two later the magazine arrived, and brother and sister found that It truly did have just such wonderful stories of adventure and sport andmystery, and just such jokes as they loved so well. And every time that a new number ot The Youth's Companion arrived, they wrote a note to their friend and told horn much pleasure the magazine gave them. You, too, may have just that game pleaseure, or give that pleasure, by means of a subscription to The Youth's Companion. Subscribers will receive: 1. lihe Youth's Companion—12 big monthly isliues in 1928, and 2. Two extra numbers to new subscribers ordering within 30 days All for only $2. 3. The Companion's new book of humor "1001 One Minute Stories ' alco included FREE (send 10 cents to cover postage and handling). THE YOUTH'S COMPANION S N Detpt., Boston, Mass. j Subscriptions Received at this Office Get Your Groceries at th< CITY GROCERY Phone 25 "Service and Quality" E. C. HENNiGER GO. (ir.'iiii, liny Flour and Fowl Li mo and Salt Cw wul aJ?d Plasicr Poultry SwjjpHes (mind Forks, !J. C, Calgary.—Two commercial airplane transport projects are being developed in Calinry. One calls for the use of airplanes carrying twelve persona each, to be used principally for passenger, freight and mail traffic between Calgary and Edmonton; the otfur calls for lighter machines, two or three passengers, for Calgary-Edmonton and mountain flight purposes. All the way from Camrose, Alta., to Glasgow, Scotland, unaccompanied, a distance of approximately 6,000 miles is the record of Donald James Campbell, nine years of age. He took the All-Red route of the C.P.R. across the Dominion to Saint John, where he embarked on the liner Montclare bound for Glasgow. He is visiting his aunt, who lives in Busby, Glasgow. SO All previous records in connection with the westbound movement of frain to Vancouver over Canadian acific Railway lines were broken during the first two weeks in January, according to E. Cotterell, superintendent of transportation, western lines of the company. Deliveries at Vancouver by the Canadian Pacific during the fortnight In question totalled approximately 22,600,- 000 bushels of grain. Calgary.—Farm land values in Southern Alberta are tending to become firm as the result of the series of good crops, and more inquiries for farm acreage have been received in Questions concerning health, ad dressed to the Canadian Association,., 184 College Street, Toronto, will be answered. Questions as to diagnosis and treatment will not be answered — . . lalm acreage nave oeen received In pounds; Lincoln; 28 Vi pounds; Strut- the last few months, according to ......... our rw.ntwlu- PI,.in.i.i- •':»'.. real pafjirA man H-, .„ I*. ««.. -i~.il agi'in, 24M pounds; Pioneer, 22V4 pounds; Thos. I-pxIon, 2(1% pounds. The above shows a distinct advantage tor the new Introductions, and the quality is particularly good, A more minute description follows of thp new varieties: liruce.—'Height 46 Inches; a wrinkled 'due; pods slightly curved and well filled| excellent flavor; season late; vinoi; vigorous; short jointed; toliaKe blue green. Kootenay.—Hei.tht 3S inches; wriii kled biscuit colored seed; pods slightly curved; long anil well lilled with large peas; very Sweet; good color when cooked. A handsome pea whirh will he in demand for kitchen and exhibition; season, main crop; vines vigorous; foliage green. Director.—'Height US inches; wrinkled blue seed; pods well curved and well filled; excellent flavor; season, main crop; vines vigorous; resembling Lincoln in haliiL niul growth. The experimental station has a fairly large iiutintlty of these varieties to distribute at charge of 26 coins lo cover postage and shaping. These varieties are not at present obtainable through seed houses. real estate men, than in any similar period in the past five or six years. Farms offered for sale last spring at $15 per acre and bringing no offers are selling now for from $20 to $25 per acre. The demand for farms both for purchase and rental is decidedly strong. In recognition of the fine work by officers of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the C inadian National durinc the last summer tour of the second triennial Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, presentations of gold and enamel cuff links were made recently, to fifteen employees of both companies, at a dinner held in Montreal. E. W. Bcatly, president of the C.P.R. and Sir Henry Thornton of the C.N.R., were both present. Snowshoe week In Quebec got away to a good start when several thousand members of the Raquette Clubs paraded the streets of the old city and later some 1,300 snow- shoers in full winter festival costume made an attack on the walla defended by the garrison and Illuminated by a brilliant fireworks display. The chief center of Interest there is the International Dog nominal Derby, which is to be staged shortly ■ — and for this, visitors from the entire Dominion and the United States are flocking to Quebec, taxing. the Chateau Frontenac yto its full capacity. '% WHERE BEE8 MAY BE KEPT Bees may 'be kept in any locality where there is sufficient nectar to maintain them. Some localities are better than others in that there is a greater variety of flowers or a greater profusion of them; therefore, a larger number of colonies of bees may be kept in one place than In another which is but a few miles away. As good localities are often right at our doors, the smaller beekeeper with but few colonies has not to bother about seeking for new ones as does the larger beekeeper when his locality becomes fully stocked. In both country and city throughout the land, beekeeping is practiced with much pleasure and profit to maauy. In the fruit-growing districts where insect pollination is of so much importance, the fruit-growers have learned that the honey bee, tbe only insect that can be relied on for cross-pollination, 'benefit them as much as they do the beekeepers On the farm Also, especially where there is an abundance of alsike.sweet clover or alfalfa, bees return substantial profits when well handled; otherwise, however, they may become a menace to others keeping bees. In combination with some branches of poultry-keeping, beekeeping fits iu admirably. Turning to the city, one finds there, too, that bees are kept, though In many cases more for recreation than for profit, by professional men, tired business men, and even women and children. Gardening and beekeeping or poultry-keeping and 'beekeeping make a good combination for city dwellers or suburbanites. In more congested centers where gardens are scarce, apiaries are sometimes to be found located on the roofs of large office buildings. Wherever bees may be kept, the golden rule applies. One should not Intrude on the territory of another whose rights by reason of his being first in the locality should be respected. COIN OF FULL VALUE When It leaves the mint a $5 gold piece contains exactly $6 worth of gold. The value of the alloy is in? slgnflcant |Hobby NOTICE NOKMAN Mcl'uNALD, Claude MfeDonaltl, Nellie Ml'llnnalil, Horn McDonald and Kale Mi-li'.'iiald, Sous and liaiiiiliti-ra, respectively, of ihe late Peter McDonald, formerly of Nelson, B. C. are hereby requested to roinitiunk-aic inimedlati-ly with the nuder- algned. NOKMAN A. WATT, Oltii'ial Administrator, Prince Kupert. II. G. DONALDSON GROCERY Phone 10 'S Try our Special Tea at 65c per lb Shoes, Shirts, Overalls Good values for your money. Call] and see us before purchasing. IS Good inting 'ITliM V.jIuc Of aVcll- ■*• printed, neat ap.> peamtg stationery as a menus of getting ami holding desirable bus- iiiefes has been amply di'U'oiis. rated. Con* anti vi before going elsi'whoTC. Wcddiui' invitations Bail {".'ograms Busin 2£s cards Vi ng cards Sh' " itig tags Letterheads Statements Notchcads Pamphlets Price lists Envelopes Billheads Circulars Dodgers Posters Menus New Type Latest Style Faces THE SUN SYNOPSIS OF LAND ACT AMENDMENTS r>RE-EMPTIONS Vacant uuresurved.gurveyed Crown lands may be pre-eniiited by liritlsh subjects over 18 years of age, and by aliens ou declaring intention to become Ur.tibh subjects, conditional upon residence, occupation and ini- uieut for agricultural puruoaia. . Full information concerning regulations retarding pre-emptions II given in Bulletin No. 1 Land Series, "How to i're-unipt Laud," copies of which can be obtained free of charge by addressing the Department of Lands, Vivtoria, B, C, or any- Government Agent. Kecords will be made covering only laud suitable for agricultural purposes, and which is not tiuiberland, I.e., carrying over 5,000 board teet per acre west of the Coast Range, and 8,000 feet per acre east of that range. Applications for pre-emptions are to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land Recording Division, in which the land applied tor is situated, and are made on printed forms, copies of which can be obtained from the Land Commissioner. I're-emptious uiuat be occupied (or five years utid improvements made to the. value of $10 per acre, including clearing and cultivaUng at least five acres, before a Crown Grant cafe be received. For more detailed information see the Bulletin "How to Pre-empt Land" PURCHASE Applications are received (or purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown Lands, not being timberland, (or agricultural purposes; minimum price of lirst-elass (arable) land 1b $5 per aicre, and second-class (grazing) land $2.50 per acre. Further information regarding purchase or lease of Crown land is given in Bulletin No. 10, Land Series, "Purchase and Lease of Crown Lrnnds." Mill, factory, or industrial sites on timber laud, not exceeding 40 acres, may be purchased or leased, on conditions including payment of stump- age. ., j HOMESITE LEASE8 Unsurveyeil areas, not exceeding 20 acres, may be leased as homesltes, conditional upon a dwelling being erected in thei first year, title being obtainable after residence and improvement conditions a/re fulfilled and land has been surveyed. LEASES For grazing and industrial purposes areas not exceeding 640 acres may be leased by one person or a company. GRAZING Under the Grazing Act the Province is divided into grazing districts and the range administered under a Grazing Commissioner. Annual grazing permits are issued based on numbers ranged, priority being siven to (established owners. Stock owners may form associations (or range management. Free, or partially (ree, permits are available (or settlers, campers and travellers up to ten bead. K. SCHEER Wholesale and Retail TOBACCONIST aaler in Havana Cigars, Pipe* Confectionery Imperial Billiard Parlor Grand Forks. B. C JOHN DONALDSON General Merchant As He' Saw Her Sybil—Uncle told me 1 looked 18 years older than when he last saw me." Jack—What confounded cheek! "Not at all. When he last saw me 1 waa six month* ul 1" GRAND FOBKS Transfer Co. DAVIS S HANSEN. Prop. City Baggage and General Transfer Coal, Wood and Ice for Sale Office at R. F. Petrte'i Store PbowM Columbia Avenue and lake Street TELEPHONE R101 A. E. MCDOUGALL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER i) Agent aWmlniun Monumental Works Aabeatos Product* Co. Roofing .ESTIMATES FURNISHED BOX 332 BRAND FORKS, B. C PICTURES PalaceBarber Shop Razor Honing a Specialty P. A. Z. PARE, Proprietor ..FIRST »T, NEXT P. BURRS' AND PICTURE FRAMING Furniture Made to Order. Also Repairing of all Kinds, Upholstering Neatly Done R. G. McCUTCBEON wiasirBamaci