■
Kmi
Lots of men manage to sneak out the back door when duty calls
1
LEADER OF "SONS
OF FREEDOM"
John Fomllyant, alleged to be the
leader of the tanatical sect of Doukhobors known as the "Sons of Freedom," was deported lest Saturday by
P. T. McCallum, Immigration inspec-
tor-ln-charge at this port, who handed the man over to the United States
authorities at Marcus.
The arrest of Fomllyant was made
last week at the Graham ranch, ten
miles north of this city, by Sorgt.
Durch, R.C.M.P., Constable Klllam ol
this city, and Special Customs Offlcei
Bllodeau. After much persuatlon,
Fomllyant decided to submit to arrest peaceably, and he was brought
to this city and lodged in the provincial jail. He was followed by a
chanting band of his followers t<>
this city.
Subsequently a board of enquiry,
composedof Immigration Inspector
McCallum, Customs Collector Cameron of Laurier, and Customs Officer
Cook, was formed to take action on
the case. After hearing considerable
evidence and deliberating for some
time the board decidedupon, and
this action was accordingly carried
out,
Fomllyant was provided with sufficient funds by his followers to pay
his expenses to San Francisco, where
there is said to be another colony of
his sect.
Fomllyant Is Bald to be highly educated, being a graduate of Petro-
grad university.
TWRNTY-SKVENTH YE
dAna KETTLE VALLEy ORCHARDIST
-No  40
"Tell mo what you Know Is tm»
M can ftiens as well at you ."£"
FRIDAY, AUGTST :i, ItWH
NINE MARKET ACT
CONVICTIONS ARE QUASHED
VANCOUVER, August 1.—Convictions of nine Delta Chinese farmers
for Infractions of the produce marketing act, as enacted by the legislature in 1927, were quashed In supreme court by 'Mr. Justice Murphy
They had been convicted by Magistrate {Harry G. Johnston of New
Westminster ot marketing potatoes
without the consent of the'Mainland
potato committee of direction. Fines,
ranging from $10 to $300, were Imposed on the Oriental potato growers, with the alternative of a month
to three months' imprisonment.
TQie Ohinamen chose Oakalla jail
ln preference to paying the monetary
penalties; whence they were subsequently released on bail.
The convictions have been quashed
on the first point argued by the appellant counsel. This was that Magistrate Johnston had no jurisdiction,
because he acted at the request of
Magistrate J. W. Atkey of Delta municipality, whose Jurisdiction
limited to that municipality.
>Mr. JohnBton, according to the decision, should have sat in Delta instead of at New Westminster, when
the trials were heard, to have made
the proceedings legal.
The constitutionality of the statute
was not argued and was not considered by his lordship. If he had rejected the technical grounds urged
against the convictions he was prepared to hear argument on the constitutional point after the minister of
justice was given an opportunity to
he heard.
To test this question, other prose-
cottons for "potato bootlegging" are
expected.
In the meantime a meeting has
been arranged for farmers at Ladner
on Wednesday night at * 8 o'clock,
when the produce marketing act will
be debated. Ibe gathering will be
jaddreBsed by C. W. Craig, K.C., and
'*S»-*A   ••     a     KVnnA
THE PRAIRIE
FRUIT III
CAILGAllY, August 1.—Favorable
weather continues at almost all prairie points. Root vegetables are
healthy looking. All crops are heavy
and with exception of hail damage in
certain locations record yields arc
anticipated.
Business has been good, featured
by heavy arrivals of all kinds of produce from many points. Raspberries
are about over, but what are coming
along are ln good condition. Complaints have been made that many
growers fail to fill the haliocks. Inspectors should correct this at shipping point.
A car of Yakima tomatoes iu lugs
arrived here this week; also a car ot
iiotihouse tomatoes from Victoria as
well as L.C.L. hothouse tomatoes
from Kelowna and Summerland. A
few Held grown tomatoes have come
i'rom British Columbia iu mixed cars.
Fiejd cucumbers are plentiful, but
quality poor. 'i)The market is loaded
with pickling cucumbers.
The apple movement is slow. A
car of California Gravensteins arrived this week showing a little pit.
Two straight cars of apricots arrived
from Washington. Very few peaches
have arrived from British Columbia
so far, and British Columbia apricots
are not plentiful. A car of Yellow-
onions arrived from Washington.
SUN'S WEEKLY  TRAVELOGUE
Monasteries <f TnessalyMMELAWS
BAG LIMIT FOR
1928 SEASON
KOOTENAY   POWER   PLANS
NEW  GENl'tlATING   PLANT
ON   PENQ  OREILLE  RIVER
ROSSLAND, Auggst 1.—To provide
tor an additional 80,000 horsepower,
West Kootenay rower & Light company 1b planning the erection of an
immense new generating plant on the
Pen dIOreille river. Most'of the additional power would be used for the
Trail smelter. The West Kootenay
company, which at present operates
plants at Bonnlngton Falls of 42,000
and 60,000 horsepower, supplies most
of the southern interior with power.
by H. 6. Wood, who is counsel for
the nine Chinese potato growers.
iMr. Wood, who has tendered his
resignation as crown prosecutor for
Vancouver county, says that there is
a strong feeling against the statute
by white farmers, as well as the
Chinese growers. Mr. Wood was assisted In the case by H. R. Bray and
by J. P. Hogg,
R. L. Reld, K.C., appeared for the
Mainland potato committee of direction, and J. W. deB. Farris, K.C., for
the attorney general.
The Chinese were Chung Chuck,
Low Guy, John Dong, Jong Sun, Lee
Young, Chlng Fong, NIP Jim Kee,
Cbong iFoo and Chin Loies.
.Tbe convictions were attacked on
writs ot habeas corpus:
The youthful graduate is the only
person who knows enough to run the
nation successfully.
A woman Is seldom as strict with
her children as she is with her husband,
Don't follow the crowd if you want
jo be a leader.
CONSOLIDATED   DROPS   ON
HALF-YEARLY   STATEMENT
MONTREAL,    July  28.—Consolida-
WBS | ted   Mining   &   Smelting dropped to
$250 on the market this morning.
An estimated profit for the first
six months of 1928 or $3,750,101 w s
announced today in a statement covering the semi-annual estimates of
profits of the Consolidated Mining h
Smelting Company of Canada.
Ihe 1928 figure was reached after
deducting $665,924- for additions to
property through profit and loss anil
.other deductions for depletion, depreciation, contingent account and
taxes.
The statement adds: "In the first
six months of 1928 the net profits before deduction for additional property amounted to $1,416,025. This compares with 5,7:14,167 in the first half
of 1927.
"These computations assume thut
deductions for depletion, depreciation and contingent account were
Identical in the two periods. It la recognized that without knowledgo of
the extent of these deductions exact
comparisons are apparent to be misleading. A large doduction for depreciation ln the 1928 period, for ox-
ample, would make the operating
profits appear to be smaller than they
actually would be when compared in
gross with last year's figures.".
HEAVY  FRUIT  MOVEMENT
FROM OKANAGAN   UNDER  WAY
KELOWNA, August 1.—The summer shipping season will be in fu'.l
swing by the beginning of next week,
according to Canadian National railway officials.
For some time ten cars a day of refrigerated stuff ihas been leaving
Okanagan valley over Canadian National lines for prairie points.
These cars, consisting of early tomatoes, peaches, plums and apples,
while the apricot harvest Is well under way, with the peak peak to be
reached early next week. Warm
weather .prevailing has hucried up
the harvest and railway officials
have sent out calls for Increased refrigerator equipment to handle the
crop to prairie and coast points.
THERE Is a lugend, lierlinps It is
history, that there was once u
ruler in Constantipoylo who disliked his brother and wished to banish him to the remotest part ot his
kingdom. Consequently the monarch
built a monastery on a wellnls'li inaccessible mountain in Theasaly and
founded a brotherhood, about lour
huuddred years ago, in what Beeinvd
to be the uttermost corner or tho
earth.
The monastery was called "Mete-
ora," meaning "domicile of tho sky."
Arter the original was built, twenty-
three others grouped themselves
around and were inhabited tor awhile
"jihey were, however, finally abandoned, with the exception of three,
which are still on use.
To reach this settlement one can go
directly from Athens by train in 13
hours, or one can cross the Thessa-
lonian plains ;n seven hours by train
from the port of Volo.
The season of good weather commences in April, when the mountains
are green and yellow with gorse and
the sun shines almost continually.
Earlder there are apt to be heavy
rains, and the spring thaw causes u
mist to rise from the frozen mountains which obscures the view, while
the Bnow, melting into the earth,
makes mud one or two feet deep, and
traveling on horseback is almost impossible. If, however, one is fortunate enough to hit the last of winter,
when the sun shines and the mountains are still resplendent in their
dazzling whiteness, then one sees
them in all their glory. The rocky
eminences on which stand the 24
monuments of man's erstwhile habitation seem to forbid nearer approach, and yet they lure the adven-
tuer to them by their danger.
Across the Plains of Thessaly
The seven hours' trip across the
plains of Thessaly to the town of
Kalabaka is most enchanting. Range
after range ot hills roll up from the
plateau. The foothills dn winter are
powdered with snow, as though an
angel had shaken the down from his
wings; the higher hills are whiter and
bleaker, and the highest hills are as
pure as the drifting clouds in which
they seem to melt and disappear into
highest heaven.
The train crawls over the hills and
across the plains at a slow speed.and
the sheepdogs run barking by its
side; indeed, one wonders that they
do not outrun It. Ilhe villages, invariably set back from the railway,
are far better to look at in the distance, for the stucco houses are not
attractive near to; but their flat, red
roofs add a pleasing touch of color
to the middle landscape.
Occasionally a Greek priest, with
long beard, long hair, and long garments, rides by. His high hat and
his large cross indicate prominently
his calling, and, if he is not in too
great a hurry, a pedestrian may stop
brim, kiss his cross, and bo touched on
the forehoud with a little switch.pre-
Bumably dipped In holy water, and
tho sinner obtains absolution for the
day.
One loaves tlie train at Kalabaka,
und there takes horses and guides to
cllnm to the high-built monasteries.
For three hours the horses pick their
way over hillsides where ln the
month of February no trail is vlsl
ble.
Up the beds of streams the way
leads and the rushing waters must
be forded. Suddenly one comes upon
a rock formation so awe-compelling
from dts immense height and forbidding steepness that Dore could have
wark.
Andromeda might have been chained to one of these sheer rocks, and
the eagles that sweep, and dip, and
circle among them could have been
the only thiing to reach her, until Perseus came to set her free. In those
days the valley was evidently a body
of water and could easily have harbored a monster of tlie deep. Now a
river winds along, like a shining
thread, with wide sandy banks, that
indicate the presence of a wider
sheet of water not so very long ago.
Buildings Cling to Rock Walls
As the traveler looks ln wonder at
a detached colossal pillar of stone.he
discovers on Its seemingly unattainable summit, a building!   This, habi
tation of man, half natural rock und
half artificial, seems most extraordinary. Gurldcs draw attention lo th3
higher precipices, and as one grows
accustomed to their outlines he sees,
on all sides, monasteries 'tucked Into
the ledges of the perpendicular walls.
The first abode of the contemporary monks is Barlaam, which is said
to contain a wonderful Byzantine library; entrance to this monastery is
barred to women. An hour turther
on lies another monastery, Trinity,
where both men and women visitors
are allowed to enter.
The wkhole ot the west plain of
I'liesaaly lies behind, and the white
mountains of the I'indos range rise
rugged and Imposing behind. At the
b.ase of the rock on which Trinity is
perched, like an eagle'B nest, the
guides halloo and beat with a stick
on a tin can, found in the bushes.
Soon ail answering call comes back,
and over the precipice some 300 feet
above, the peering races or several
monks appear. Then something serpentine Hies into the air, and as it
drops perpendicularly, discloses, dangling from a coil ot rope, what looks
like a small fish net. When the cable
touches the earth the flsh net proves
to be a large-sized rope bag, which
opens and spreads out flat on the
ground.
One at a time would-be visitors are
invited to step into the middle of this
this net and squat, Turk-fashion. The
edges are then gathered together onto a largo iron hook. A shout is given, and the net soars upward, while
its occupant feels somewhat like an
orange ut the bottom of a market
woman's bag.
Hauled Pp by Rope
The ascent takes just three minutes. Occasionally the open-work
elevator swings into the rock with a
slight bump, but the monks at the top
wind the windlass slowly, and the
bumping doesn't hurt, but as a compensation the view grows more beautiful every second. At last the top is
reached. There is a final swing outward, to get a rebound inward,sever-
al pairs of hands are outstretched to
pull the net over to tho platform, and
then comes a drop on to the stone
floor! The hook is detached, the
meshes opened, aud the passenger is
helped to his teet by the black-robed
brothers. They all gather around with
words ot welcome and hands ready
to be shaken in geetiug.
ln their aerie monastery tho monks
live comfortably enougn. The visitors' parlor and the room reserved
for guests to sleep in are scrupulously clean, and the cells- though austere, are also spotless, the walls covered with whitewash. Visitors are
refreshed with jelly aud brandy, as
is the custom in many parts of
Greece.
Beyond Trinity, the monastery of
Saint Stephen can be visited without
resort to a windlass and rope elevator. One climbs by trail to a neighboring pinnacle and the crosses a
chasm to Saint Stephen over a narrow bridge. At the farther end the
visitor must puss through u low-
vaulted   stable   with   Its   pigs,  sheep,
und goats. Beyond a courtyard lies
monastery, equipped much like Trinity.
RESULT Of THE
E
VICTORIA, July 28.—Nearly 7000
students have won promotion from
public to high school in the province
of llritlsh Columbia, as ttic result ot
lust session's study, according to results announced by the department
of education In Victoria.
Of the totul, 4578 won promotion
on the recommendation of their principals and the provincial inspector,
and 2294 were successful In the examinations set by the department.
There 3592 candidates for the written
tests.
A number of students who were
promoted on recommendation wrote
the examinations ln order to compete
for the governor-general's bronze
medals.
Miss Marjorle Helen Largue, a pu-
t ions of last year is the complete pll of Nanaimo public school, has the
closing of willow grouse to shooting honor of leading the province with
all over the province in order to pro-; an aggregate of 447 out of a possible
tect this fine game bird from entire i 500.
extinction. The gamo conservation i The province is divided into ten
board Is planning to keep this prohi- school districts and the student with
bitlon on willow grouse shooting In, the highest number of marks in his
effect for several years in an effort j district receives one of the governor-
to restore the species. It may he no-j general's medals. The ten were:
cessary also to close blue grouse en-| District No. 1—Kathleen D. Mcln-
tirely to shooting next year, officials tyre, Lampston Street school, Esqui-
of tho board stated, and it is hoped; «PgtH«. Nq  2_MarJor)e ,„   ^^
Nanaimo school, 447.
District  No. 3—James  D.  McLeod,
VICTORIA, August I.—Open seasons for game birds all over British
Columbia this year were announced
at tlie parliament buildings today.
'I lie biggest change from the regula-
sportsmen will ugree in urging this!
step. Dlue gi'ouse are in better con-'
(lit ion than willows but have been'
muoh depleted of late years.
Fur Bearers I
For game purposes the province is
divided again this year into two dls-'
Livingstone   school,   Vancouver,   436.
District No. 4—Vera McAllister,
Queen Mary school, Point Grey, 446.
District No. 5—Dorothy A. Buchanan, Central school, New Westminster, 439.
triets   the  western  district  including      Di8tnl(!t No. 6—Elaine M.  Spencer,
tricts, the western district inciuuiu0   S[uart  W(jod  8ohoo)i  KBmloop8i  424
all  territory west ot the summit of.    District No. 7—Bertha    M.    Mills,
the Cascade mountains and south of  Keremeos school, 438.
the electoral district of Atlin, and the      District No. 8-4tobert P. Forshaw,
,. , . , ,      ,.       -_-i„ ■ Greenwood Superior school, 414.
eastern district covering the remain-,     muloi No. (^Margaret C. Lutes,
ing urea.    Certain specified areas of  Nelson Central school, 439.
Skeena   and    Lillooet, however,   are  District No.  10—James  II.   Winstow,
placed    in    the  eastern district tor! IJooth    Memorial    school, Prince Ru
pert, 429.  1
GRAND FORK8 CENTER
Grand  Forks—Lillian  P.  Starchuk,
321; Mary P. Kleman, 312; Frederick
F. Wenzel, 303.
Promoted     on     Recommendation—
Katie Dorner, Elsie D. Egg, George
fur-bearing]] Thompson, Florence M. 11 MacDou-
gall, Mazie M. Henderson, Betty E.
11. Massle, Earle C. Bickerton, Harold
V.  Bailey,   Harry  W.  Murray,  Elsie
G. Scott, Jessie M. Sweezey, Norman
D. Cooke, Helen E. Baszczuk, Agnes
Lucille C. Donovan, Murjorle H. Taylor, Edna A. Morris, Ian Clark, J. Joseph Lyden, Margaret W. Kingston,
Madeline A. C. MacDougall, Agnes
M. Winter.
Brown Creek—James T. McKclvev,
310; Gladys M. Zucco, 300.
Cascade—(Mable J.    Phdllips,    378;
Tholma M. A. White, 300.
Sand Creek—Rena M. Holla, 311.
GREENWOOD CENTER
Greonwood—Robert     P.    Forshaw,
Harry   Hallstrom,   383;
E.   Ritchie,   358;   Robert
II. Mitchell, 355; Ellen A. Bryan, 346;
Cleo P. Tmney, 339;  John  M.  Morrison,   .133;    Eugene   J. MacGilrivary,
308; Bertram M. Price, 300; Margaret
B. Boyce, 300.
Beaverdell—Charles    W.    Warrington, 378.
Boundary FallB—Frank C. Krouten,
327.
Norwegian    Creek—Alice   E. Watson, 365.
migratory bird regulations.
The regulations issued today include the big game seasons, announced before, and tbe seasons on fur-
bearing animals and game birds. In
tlie eastern district all
animals will be open from November
1. 1928, to February 28, 1929.
Ducks (except wood and eider
d icks), wilson snipe, coots, geese and
brant, from September 15 to December 31, but no migratory birds must
be shot before 7 a.m. on September
is.
For band tailed pigeons, from September 15 to September 30, no live
decoys may be used. Blue grouse
only may be shot in Grand Forks-
Greenwood and part of Simllkumeen
from September 15 to October 15; 414-"g, q
blue and Franklin grouse and ptarmi- Marguerite
gan, except prairie chicken of sharp
tailed grouse, in Cariboo, Tram September 16 to November 15, and in the
remainder of the eastern district, except Creston, Cranbrook, Fertile, Columbia, Rossland' Trail, Omineca,
Skeena, Fort George and Atlin, trom
September 15 to October 15.
Ptarmigan
Ptarmigan,    in   Omineca,    Skeena,'    ■
Fort Feorge and Atlin, Trom Septem' 3,     ,n the Highland district September 15 to November 15. j ber 15 l0 September 30.    Quail, ex-
Prairie chicken or sharp-tailed eopt bob white and mountam qu^i.
grouse in foregoing, north and east on Vancouver island south and east
or the Rocky mountains, from September 1 to October 15, and In Carl-
iboo and Lillooet south of the fifty-
third parallel of latitudo rrom October 15 lo October 31.
Quail,    in    the    Si111ilkan11.cn    und
South Okanagan, rrom Octobor 15 to
November  15.
in    Soutli
of Englishman river, except Oak Bay
municipality and on Salt Spring Is-
lunri from Octobor 15 to November
30. Dcnman and Saturna islands
from October 16 to Octobor 31.
Ccock  pheasants  on  Vancouver l«-
land, except  Oak  Bay and the terri-
Cock  pheasants only  tory norln of 0y8ior nVer and on Ou-
Okanagan und a specified   hl.|l)la   Texada, Sldnoy, Moresby Pen-
PLAYER  ON   BAGPIPE8
STIRS   CANAIAN   CITY
When William Brand, a 22-yeur-old
Highlander in Sandwich, Ont., pours
forth his soul ill the snrill tones of
bagpipes, neighbors plug their ears
and call the police.
For months he had been practicing
In his bedroom. But a Scotsman, to
be a finished artist on the bagpipes,
must march as he plays, and when
William decided to tramp around his
bacg yard to the tune of the pipe;;,
that was worse
portion of Simllkameen, North Okanagan aud Kamluops from October 15
to November 15. In one portion of
North Okuungun district thu season
iH reduced'to the period between October 15 and October 31. Unspecified
parts ot Carboo and Lillooet and Yale
the cock pheasant season will be
from October 16 to October 31 also.
European Partridges
European partridges, in North and
South Okanagan, from October 15 to
November 16, and in the municipality
ot Salmon Arm from November 1 to
November 15.
In the westorn district all lur-bcar-
Sandwioh police investigated and j ing animals except muskrats on Van-
reported that Brand, with typical: C0UVer island will be open rrom No-
Scottish caution, did no put a foot, vember 1 to February 28. Ducks (ex-
nor half u root, outside his own lot.    I cept  W00(j  ana eider ducks),  Wilson
But Sandwich has a curfew law. At I Rllil,ei coota an(j feeBei {,.nm October
9 the town bell sounds the knell ot ,- t0 January 31. Black brant from
objectionable sounds. The neighbors \ November 15 to tfebruary 28. Band-
.vatched the clock. To their dismay t.lile,i piKeons from September 16 to
they discovered that at 8:59 each September 30, with use of live docojs
night the bagpipes ceased. forbidden.
  Blue grouse, except  South Saanich
When Bome one impresses you as and the Highlands districts near Vic-
bogus, you don't care for any par- torla and Hornby and Denman Is-
tlcular demonstration In proof ot It. lands, from September IS to October
der, Mayus, Oaliano and Suit Spring
Islands, from October 13 to November 30, and on the mainland from October 15 to November 30, except the
Squamish valley and Point Grey municipality.
Ernopean partridges on Vancouver
Island in South Saanich and the High
land districts and in North Saanich
and on the mainland in the districts
of Delta and Chilllwack, except that
portion of Chillawack north and east
of Vedder canal, from November 1 to
November 16.
BAG  LIMITS
VICTORIA, August 1.—Bag limits
for game birds In British Columbia
during the shooting season next fall
were announced at the parliament
buildings after tihe government had
approved recommendations of the
game   consevation board as follows:
In the eastern district, east of the
Cascade mountains:
Quail, 10 daily, total for season 100.
Grouse and ptarmigan, except prairie chicken or sharp-tailed grouse, 6
(Continued on Pago 4)
 THE BUN: GRAND FORKS, BBITISH COLUMBIA
Wm (grand 3farha §tm
G. A. EVANS, EDITOR AND PUBLI8HER
Subscription   Rates,  Payable  in  Advance
One Year, in Canada and Great Britain $1-00
One Year, in the United States  1.50
Address all communications to
The Grand Forks Sun,
PHONE 101 Grand Forks, B. C.
Office:    Columbis  Avenue  and   Laks  Street
Mil l/AY, AUGUST 3   IU28
NOTES, NOTIONS 8 NOTABLES
NATIVKS of tbe jungles or Africa are likely to be ot
a philosophical turn of mind, as is illustrated by the
story of an old Bantu negro, told by Dan Crawford, who
spent most of his life as a missionary in the wilds of
the Dark continent. "I have lived so long in the long
grass that I think like the 'blacks, and I never talk of
Western civilisation," Crawford told Setou Tompsou,
the naturalist and writer. "But just when 1 was coming
home and was thinking perhaps tenderly of old scenes
and faces, I did one night swank a bit about civilization
to an old Bantu, who was sitting with me in my hut. 1
told him that 1 was going to my own country, where they
had ships that went under the water, ships that went on
the water, and still more ships that flew over the water.
I told him that in English houses youturn a tap and the
water flows, touched a button and the room was flooded
with light—in fact, I gave him a good glowing description of all the alleged triumphs of civilization. When I
had catalogued as much as I could remember I stopped
and waited for the old negro to Bhow his surprise. But
he just said: 'Is that all, Mr. Crawford?' 'Yes, I think
It 'is,' I replied.' Then very slowly and gravely the old
Bantu said: 'Well, Mr. Crawford, to be better off is not
always to be better.' "
THE average old painting has a mare colorful past than
has been supposed, judging by X-ray studies reported
from the Roentgen experiment station at the Vienna Central Institute tor Radiology. Ihree-fourths of the pictures that have the reputation of being painted between
the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries are not what their
proud possessors think they are, it is estnmated. Some
of the "old masters" are really not so old, the X-ray reveals. Some are as old as they seem, but the name of
a great artist has been forged over the signature of the
real painter, a lesser light of the same period. A few
paintings wear false color, at a disadvantage. These
canvases were originally painted by men ot the first rank,
and later were stupidly covered by entirely new pictures,
much less beautiful.
■is as old as art, and they have advanced together. Another remarkable fact in this connection is that excavations In Italy have brought to light scores of finely finished surgical instruments for certain operations, which
are almost In every particular of form like those reinvented in modern times and used by the most advanced
Burgeons of today.
sunshine BRITISH  COLUMBIA
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, when he was expanding
Standard Oil into the greatest business phenomenon
of its era, often gained control of rival companies by
bluffing with a blank check—because Standard Oil didn't
have the purchase money. That 'is the story told me by
the oil king himself, writes B. C. Forbes in McClure's.
When 1 asked him where he got all the capital to expand
Standard Oil, the veteran oil magnate's eyes twinkled.
"That sometimes had its funny side," was Rockefeller
reply. "It seems amusing now, looking back, although
It was a matter of grave concern then. After we had arranged to purchase a property I would meet the owner
and with a lordly air would whip out our checkbook and
remark, as if it were a matter ot entire indifference to
me: "Shall I write a check or would you prefer payment in Standard Oil shares?" Mr. Rockefeller added
that tbore were occasions when if the reply had been
"all cash," he would have had to scurry to raise the neces
sary money. However, his unconcerned attitude inspired
most of the sellers to take stock In the new concern either
in full or part payment of their old holdings. "And very
fortunately for them, as it turned out," added the oil
magnate.
MANY are the towns in Georgia with queer names.
There is Agnes, Lula and Helen; there is a Stop,
a Linger and a Sumslo; and Jimps, Poor Robin, Canoe,
Cach, Kuyk, Dot, Ty Ty Joy, Nlckajack, Shin Bone and
Asbestos, and many more, but the prize for brevity belongs to a little settlement ln Gilmer county, which was
a long time ago named Ai. Whether It is a typographical error for Al or whether the residents ever heard ot
the common and convenient little cross-word pusxle definition for a three-toed sloth, the record does not say.
A WEDDING RING Is not always a linger ring. There
was once a celebrated, but nasty, royal wedding,
when a curtain ring served the purpose. At a London
church the bridegroom had left the ring at home, but a
resourceful bridesmaid cut off a lock of the bride's golden
hair, plaited It ln a ring, and the ceremony was competed. At a fashionable wedding ln a Lancashire church
when the bridegroom lost the ring a wedding guest took
the gold-rlmmed monocle from his eye, broke out the
glass, handed the frame to the bridegroom and the wedding went on. A somewhat shiftless printer pawned the
ring t e day before the wedding, and the India rubber
ring from an umbrella had to serve; after the knot was
tied the kindly clergyman lent him the money to redeem
the gold token. A ring of leather cut from the bridegroom's glove once served as a substitute. I twas an
elopement and the harassed lover had otained a libcense,
hod the minister in readiness and a cab waiting, but had
forgotten the ring. He took out his pocketknife, cut one
from bis glove and was duly married. The skipper of
a tug was unable to produce the golden circlet at the
proper moment, though he had it in his hand when he
stood before the minister. Being a very bashful man he
had, in his embarrassment, put the ring in his mouth and
swallowed it. One of his friends was dispatched to the
tug, which was lying at a nearby wharf, to see if any of
the crew had a ring to lend for the occasion; as none of
them possessed such an article of personal adornment,
he borrowed an earring from the Portuguese cook and
the knot was duly tied.
CONTRARY to the popular notion, there are ten plagues
of Egypt. It is a common error to speak of the ' seven
plagues of Eypt." The ten plagues, accordnlng to the
Biblo, were as follows: The turning of the Nile into
blood, covering the land with frogs, turning the dust into
lice, sending swarms of flies, killing of the cattle by a
murrain, afflicting the Egyptians with boils, raining fire
and hail, covering the land with locusts, covering the
land with a thick darkness for three days, and the destruction of the first born man and beast.
' Copy book philosophy Is so true that it seems nonsense
to repeat it.
A BULLETIN of the American Game association con-
*"*■ tains th following: "Bear are now prized as game
In Maine as highly as deer and moose. The bear is
equipped with wonderfully keen scent, and can detect
a hunter for at least half a mile when wind conditions are
right. His hearing is equally good, and it tests the skill
of the best hunters to approach him within shooting, distance. Its eyesight is not keen. The Maine commissioner of game advises hunters to use a heavy rifle In
bear hunting, nothing less than the 30-30. Tlie .25 caliber
falls to deliver a blow with enough shock to put a bear
down for keeps. He says that only .an average of one out
of four bear hit by Maine hunters is secured, and many
of the wounded animals undoubtedly die later and are
wasted. It is generally a waste of ammunition to hit a
hear anywhere except through the shoulder or head. A
body shot will not stop them."
THE word knlckerhocker lias been traced to the Dutch
in the seventeenth century, but the first record of Its
use in English relating to tho loose-fitting knee-breeches,
dates from 1850. The namo is said to have been given
to them on account of their likeness to the knee-breeches
designed by George Crulckshank to Illustrate Washington Irvlng's "History of New York." TBiis is not, how-
over, to suggest thut as garments, knee-breeches were
not worn until so late a period, for the ibreeches worn
toward the end ot the reign or Charles II gradually got
tighter, until William III introduced plain tight breeches
that are still worn in England as <a part ot the court
dress. The breeches of the reign of Charles I were loose
to the knee, where they ended in a flounce ot bow of ribbon, and they continued so during the Commonwealth,
but these wero called knee-breeches and not knickerbockers.
BEAVERS are wonderful housekeepers, clean and or
derly. Their beds, which are on the floor a few
inches aibove the water level, are usually strewn with
bits of bark, grass or roots left from their food, and while
they are always damp, they are clean and well drained.
There is no unpleasant, murky odor to their beds. Fresh
food is constantly being brought ln and eaten and the
refuse carried out. The bed ot the newly-born beaver
differs trom that ot the adult in that it is Bofter, being
made of grass, leaves, twigs and rootlets that serve as
food when it is old enough to eat.
IT ho| been pointed out that the statues and plaques
carved in stone and wood to be seen in the Flzeh
museum prove that the priest mummlflers of Memphis
6000 years ago possessed a profound knowledge of an-
atoimy.   Science, therefore, as some one has remarked,
POEMS FROMTHEFAR EAST
PERSIA
Although upon' the moon-like cheek delight and beauty
glow,
Nor constancy nor love is there:  O Lord!  these gifts
bestow.
A child makes war against my heart;  and he in sport
one day
Will put me to a cruel death, and law shall not gainsay.
What seems for my own good is: my heart from him tn
guard;
For one who knows not good from ill its guardianship
were hard.
Agile   and   sweet   of fourteen years that idol whom I
praise;
His ear-rings in her soul retains the moon of fourteen
days.
A breath as the sweet smell of milk comes from those
sugary lips;
But from those black and roguish eyes behold what Mood
there drips!
My heart to find that new-born rose has gone upon its
way;
But where can it be found, O Lord?   I've lost it many a
day.
if the young friend who owns my heart my center thus
can break,
The Pasha will command him soon the lifeguard's rank
to take.
I'd sacrifice my life in thanks,
If once that pearl of sheen
Would make the shell of Haflz' eye
Its place of rest serene.
—From The Divan of Halls
ANCIENT HISTORY
TWENTY YEARS AQO IN GRAND FORKS
Kept the Minutes
The village football club was being reorganised. The vicar was appointed president, and a person of
particularly vacuous countenance was
proposed as secretary.
"You know how to take the minutes, of course, James?" asked the
parson.
The secretary grinned.
"Yes, I know," he replied.
At the next meeting the president
announced that the secretary would
read the - minutes of. the previous
meeting. The secretary produced his
notebook and stood up.
"The meeting lasted twenty-five
minutes," he said, brightly.
Satirical Lady
"So you want a divorce, Rastus?"
"Yes, suh, judge, yo' honah—Ah
sho'ly does."
"What's the trouble?"
" 'Cause ob ma wife makin' an
ironical   remark."
"An ironical remark?"
"Yes, suh—she says, If you don't
go to work, I'll hit you in the face
wid this flatiron."
'Willing to Walt '
A man was convicted for stealing
a horse.
"Yours is a very serious offense,"
the judge said to him, very sternly.
"Fifty years ago it Was   a   hanging
matter."
''Well," remarked the prisoner, "in
fifty years' time It mayn't be a crime
at all."
Unmusical
"Are you fond ot music?" •
"Not very," confessed Senator Sorghum. "I never yet saw a brass
band or an orchestra that wouldn't
play as energetically for one side of
an argument as It would for the
other." I
Artistic Temperament
Meek Artist (indicating cobweb)—
Eh-—Mrs. Jones,   have   you   noticed
this? '
Resourceful Charwoman—Indeed I
'ave, sir, but I thought as 'ow, you
being an artist, youd 'be annoyed if
I destroyed such a work ot art
The Mineral Province of Canada
TO THE END OF DBCEMBFR, 1927,'
Has produced Minerals as follows: Plac r Gold, $78,174,795: Lode
Gold, »130,661,919; Silver, $86,689,046; Lead, $121,880,734; Copper, 1721,-
492,079; Zlne, $89,508,692; Coal, $271,294,668; Structural Materials and
Mlneellaneous Minerals, $53,502,295; making its mineral production to the
end ef 1927 show an
Aggregate Value of 11,048,837,828
Production for Year Ending December, 1927,
160,729,358
Ths Mining Laws of this Province are mora liberal and the fees lower
than those of any other Province in the Dominion, or any Colony In the
British Empire.
Mineral  locations are granted te discoverers for nominal fees.
Absolute Titles are obtained by developing such properties, the security of which Is guaranteed by Crown grants.
Full Infosmatlon, together with Mining Reports and Maps, may be
obtained   gratia  by- addressing:
THE HON. THE MINISTER OF MINBS,
Victoria, British Columbia
N. B—Practically all British Columbia Mineral Properties upon which
development work has been done are described In aome one of the Annual Reports ef the Minister of Mines Those considering mining Investments should refer to auch reports. They are avaaiiable without charge
on application to the Department of Mines, Victoria, B. C. .Reports of
ths Geological Survey of Canada, Winch Building, Vancouver, are recommended  ae valuable source* of information.
Reports covering each of the Six Mineral Survey Distriets are published separately, and are available on application.
Both Stubborn
Old 'Married Friend—Now remember, dear, the outcome of your first
quarrel establishes a precedent.
Don't give in.
Young Wife—I won't. But, do you
know, I think somie one must have
vglven Jack the same advice.
Made Him an Athlete
"Yes," said one man to another, "I
realize that motoring Is a great thing.
I used to be sluggish before the motoring erase, but now I'm spry and
enerbetic."
"I didn't know you motored."
"I don't—I dodge."
Doe's Birdie
Banker—Doctor, six months ago
you advised me to take up golf to
get my mind off my work.
Doctor—I did.
Banked—>Well, for goodness' sake,
prescribe something to get it back
again.
CITY REAL  ESTATE
FOR SALE
Applications for immediate purchase of Lots
and Acreage owned l.y the City, within the
Municipality, arc invited.
Prices t«From $35.00 per lot Upwards.
TermsI—Cash and approved payments.
List of Lots and prices may be seen at the
CiirlOffice.
JOHN \. HUTTON.
City Clerk.
Made Him Sea Red
First  Wife—My  husband  becomes
murderously angry when I paint my
lips.
Second     Wife—Evidently     makes
him see red.
Prof. W. S. Thomber and W. H. Doble, of the department of agriculture, addressed the farmers of the valley
on fruit growing at a meeting in the city hall on Tuesday
evening presided over by President Rooke of the Farmers' Institute.
At a special meeting on Monday night the city council
passed a bylaw establishing a fire limit area which includes practically all of the business district of the city.
Jack Coryell, who has been living in South Africa tor
a number of years, has returned to this city, and expects
to remain here in future.
Constable Docksteder, of Phoenix, was ln the city on
Friday for the purpose of arresting Ave Italians who had
left that camp in a hurry.
B. j^equime, the lumberman, intends to add a cement
block building plant to his other enterprises, having associated with him a gentleman of practical experience
In the manufacture of this modern building material.
Two masked bandits held up six persons in the Ven-
dome hotel at Greenwood at midnight last night.
Total Stranger
First Actress—Don't you know
that actor?
Second Ditto—Not from Adam.
We've never even denied a story that
we'll wed!
Caught In His Own Net
Cop—You're pinched for speeding.
Any excuse?
VictlmI'm the judge end am ln a
hurry to get to the afflce to fine a lot
of speeders.
The Main Thing
Mrs. Arthur-Are you going to
send Harold another $100? Don't you
know he's flunked in two subjects
this month? I
Mr. Arthur—Of course, but didn't
he make tbe football team?
A Run for Hie Money
Woman Shopper—See here, young
man, there's a ladder dn these stockings.
'Fresh Clerk—Well, what do you expect for 75 cents, a marble staircase?
Intent on Business
"Are you Interested ln airplanes?"
"Only as  an  observer," answered
Senator Sorghum.   "The aviator vote
out our way isn't big enough as yet
to be worth going after.
More Like It
"My son Is amateur, but he recently sold a picture tor flOOO. I
think he Is cut out for ft great
artist."
"Say rather a great salesman."
Cautious
Ted—Did I ever tell you the story
about my hunting dogs?
Tom—Well, I don't know. Is It a
serial?
Impressed
"That salesman seemes interested
in the leopard."
'«sh! He thinks It's a dotted
lion."
Lightning Hit the W»es
ELECTRICAL 8TORM3 OFTEN
CAUSE TELEPHONE TROUBLE
When lightning struck some f our
telephone wires in North Vancouver
on July 4, 60 telephones were put out
of order
Another of the many factors wltn
which our ever-alert repairmen have
to contend in their efforts to keep
telephone service up to standard. In
this Instance the trouble was remedied within 24 hours.
On an average of 25 times a year,
lightning hits our lines in Greater
Vancouver alone, and causes telephone trouble.
R. C. TELEPHONE CO
- ^========»»==ill
We\\\\\\\\\m\\\\^
True
"One-half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives."
"Well, we can't all figure in the society column.
What He Pel. On
"What's wrong, old man? You seem
to have fallen on evil days?"
"Nothing so soft—tell on the sidewalk Just now."
Office Girls
' Are office girls  making good  as
messengers around the office?"
"Sure.   They can all whistle."
THE SUN prints all the loeal news
and carries a number of interesting
features found in no other Boundary
paper   $1.00 per year
Bill
 THE SUN: GRAND FORKS, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Reforestation
Much has been said recently
about reforestation in B.C . Tbe
present forest is the result of natural reforestation when the human h-fZiird was not present to
defeat nature.
Natural restocking of cut-over
lands is now going on, as may be
Is
seen almost everywhere, Mid nature will again re-establish the
ferests if only f iie is kept out.
PRLVENT FOREST FIRES-YOU CAN HELP
The fact remains that homes are
more charming placeB in which to
live, offices are more attractive placej
in which to work, and women are
more interesting human beings, eb-
cause electrical machinery has come
into existence to do the body-breaking, mind-destroying routine tasks,
which for so many years constituted
woman's entire field of endeavor.
PRAIRIE  FRUIT  MARKET
CONDITIONS   REVIEWED
(By J. A. Grant)
CALGARY, July 25—We have just
returned from our usual visit to
prairie points and . will briefly relate what seemed uppermost. The
crops everywhere loooked excellent.
The wheat was well out in head, well
stooled out and about three feirt
high. We did not notice 'lodging"
anywhere. We noticed very rough
roads with water on both sides at
many points.
'Markets all well supplied with
fruit. British Columbia raspberrius
were giving satisfaction, but scarce.
Late arriving strawberries, while
commanding better prices, were soft
and rough ln appearance.   Black currants    were    not    moving very fast.'
Cherries  were arriving in carlots  at
every  point;   these   looked   fine,  but |
plainly showed the effect of too much
moisture,   Prices were well maintain-
ed    by    the trade;   peddlers got the:
bulk of the jobbed stuff.    British Col-j
umbia apricots were arriving in good \
condition;   jobbers   oomplained  about!
so many No. 2 offering; their custom-,
ers  seek No.  1.    Washington agents
are offering to deliver No. 1 apricots'
in carlots. j
New potatoes  from  British Columbia    were    iu    great demand and in
heavy supply.   This demand will con-l
tinue  for  two  weeks  more.    Prairie
grown potatoes are    in    Ilowcr   and!
have a healthy  foliage,  indicating  a I
good crop,    British Columbia field cu-'
cumbers and semi-ripe tomatoes were
in keen demand, with the supply Increasing,     The    British     Columbia.
I preen   apples  arc   slowly   displacing'
similar stuff from Washington.
"SALADA"
Never before has such care been used In preparing
teas for the public. Never before has such a blend
of high quality teas been made, as In "SALADA".
This flavour, this unfailing dellclousness Is bringing pleasure to millions.
o
-
Men don't worry over their work;
only over the possibility ot doing it
wrong. f I
Just About
"Myrtle tells me she's been offered
a iiuiik! part in Shakespeare. Do you
beleve it?"
"Oh, I expect it's 'Nothing' in
'Much Ado.'"
Experienced
Wife—I   wont  stay,  dear.    I  just
want to drop in to see Mae for a minute-
Hubby—Fine.   I'll   have   time   to
read this book.
Smartest woman Is the one who
ugroes when a man says another woman is pretty.
Life is interesting;  and the newspapers make it   a   thousand   times
more so.
A    man's    reputation  draws  eyes
upon him that will narrowly inspect
. every part of him.—Addison.
BRITISH COLUMBIA FOREST SERVICE
NEW PLUGS
ML PEP UP
a less intense spark occurs at the
point of the plug.
Loss of power and waste gas and
oil result from a less Intensive spark
that causes a lag ln both lynitlon
and flame propagation. Only a part
of the gas Is actually converted into
power and much of it passes out of
the exhaust, merely wasted.
New plugs will soon pay for themselves in saving gas and oil.
s   By Erwin Greer
IP YOU have not installed a new
set of spark plugs within the last
year, or If your present set has
gone 10,000 miles, you will make certain of quicker starting and better
engine performance during the com-
mer if you install a complete set
now.
Hundreds of thousands of motorists who installed new spark plugs
last year, have enjoyed better cervlce
since that time, and every hotorist
will be better satisfied with the performance of his car if he makes It a
regular practice to put In new plugs
once a year.
Many people do not understand
how new spark jlugs imprlve the run
nlng of the motor. The reasons are
perfectly simple and easily understood. Power is developed by the
rapid combustion and expansion of
the burning gas Ignited by the spark
at the plug points. Increased power
and economy result from an Intense
spark that gives instantaneous ignition, more rapid expansion and complete burning of the gas.
-The spark plug must furnish from
600 to 1500 full, intense, perfectly
timed sparks a' minute while con
stantly subjected to intense heat and
hammerlike blows of the compression. Deposits ot soot and carbon
gradually burned into the surface of
the insulating core, causing surface
leakage of current, corrosion gradually sets up an electrical resistance
in the electrodes, slowly but surely,
Very Embarrassing
A professional model was one night
posing in the nude before a dozen
men who were Intent on getting
every second of the fleeting hour, iu
a silence broken only by the nervous
scratching of charcoal on paper,
when an incident occurred which
throws an odd light on feminine ysp
chology, relates Walt McDougall.the
cartoonist, in "This Is the Life."
Only a minute or so remained before the period of rest, when, with a
sharp shriek of genuine alarm, the
lovely model leaped from the stand
and fled outside the circle of light
focused upon her form.
"I saw a man looking down upon
me from tbat window next door," she
managed to explain when her agitation had subsided.
MACHINERY HAS  FREED
WOMEN   FROM   DRUDGERY
It is a fascinating topic to debate
whether man lives up to his inventions, or whether his inventions follow him. One can argue forever in
prove that women today are ibe tier
educated and more intelligent, because it is necessary for them to
know how to manage the electrical
equipment which confronts them in
both industrial and domestic life, or
to prove that the electrical equipment has provided the opportunity to
develop the use of their heads in
stead of their hands alone. It is of
small importance what the answer Is.
An Empress
MOST people know this absolute
antidote for pain, but are you careful
to say Bayer when you buy it? And
do you always give a glance to see
Bayer on the box—and the word
genuine printed in red? It isn't the
genuine Aspirin without it I A drugstore always has Bayer, with the
proven directions tucked in every box:
-v,w*'i"''■ IS•,«"-' •~*1
V
1^5
jAW.%«"|lr'
iH
llpi
3S8&Pto; 'nril
m
^M&9£it
KM
IPtf
Wm
i'5'i^jfe'JyiijS 5^vri
^IslSSflifiSrl
BuSh&3»'5i^3
The Canadian Pacific liner "Empress of Australia" in Southampton
Roads.
From a height of two thousand
feet the giant liner looks like a toy
boat although her registered tonnage is 21,850 gross and she ia one
of the largest liners to come up the
St. Lawrence River.
OadSand
Bridges
BRIDGES^ 9he present valuation    ||| _..
of 63 miles ot Bridges is*a84&000
^3?
UPON the arteries of communication depend the
settlement and growth of the nation. First the
trails... then the rough oxcart ruts... the wagon roads
... the automobile highways.
The scattered population of British Columbia
has made the construction of roads between
centres a matter of vital importance, yet one
of almost insurmountable difficulties.
Mountain sides have to be blasted away...
clefts and chasms tresselled ... rivers bridged!
With the opening of the Cariboo Highway
through Fraser Canyon in 1926, the last link
of British Columbia's great arterial highway
... a highway unexcelled the world over as an
engineering feat and one of unmatched scenic
beauty ... was forged.
Eastern British Columbia greeted its western
brothers! Markets and railways were brought
closer to the farmer, the miner, the industrialist. New fields for agricultural and trade
development were opened up.
For the ten years just past, an aggressive
highway programme has been carried out.
Thousands of miles of good roads and dozens
of sturdy bridges have been built.
Our roads system now totals 31,900 miles...
an increase of over 5,000 miles during the last
ten years. Of this mileage, 12,000 miles are
earth roads; 4,000 gravel  roads; and  1,000
macadam, bituminous, concrete and cement
concrete. The 5,000 miles which were added to
our roads system include: 884 miles of main
trunk roads, 602 miles of lateral roads, 281
miles of industrial and mining roads, 1,133
miles of settlement and farm roads, and 2,000
miles of ordinary and mining trails.
During the years just before 1917, a large
number of bridges had been constructed in the
Province, nearly all of which were temporary
timber structures. Since 1917, the problem of
maintenance and renewal of these structures
has been a serious one, involving a large expenditure, particularly between the years 1920
and 1927.
The policy has been to improve design of and
workmanship on temporary bridges and to
renew all the large bridges on main highways
over the principal rivers with concrete and steel.
Today, the valuation of our 63 miles of
bridges is nine million dollars.
This construction activity has distributed
wages and salaries over our whole Province
and has been a material aid in bringing about
the current period of British Columbia's
prosperity.
Read these announcements and understand your province's
progress . . . clip them out and send them to friends. If you
desire extra copies of these announcements a note to this
newspaper will bring them. Advertise your Province!
BRITISH COLUMBIA'S PROGRESS
1CN S28
 THE SUN: GRAND FORKS, BRITISH COLUMBIA
THE CITY
Norwood Casey Green and Miss
Grace Holmes Knight, botJh of Che-
saw, Wash., were married in this
city last Saturday, Rev. J. Archibald
of the United church performing the
ceremony.
William Eureby returned home
this week from Marshall, Missouri,
where he has been attcndins an aviation school for a couple of months.
He is now quulificd to fly alone.
■Kov. J. Archibuld, the now pastor
of ihe United church, has arrived in
the city from Keen, Out., und lie
preached lis firsl sermon to his new
congregation   here  last  Sunday.
Mr. und Mrs. John C. Argall, of
Spokane, were in the city yesterday
on a motor car trip. They own the
property here in which the Grand
Forks cafe is located,
HEALTH SERVICE
OF THE CANADIAN MEMCAL
ASSOCIATION
Elmer Mice returned to Kiimuerley
on Monday, after doing a month's assessment work on his mineral claims
in Franklin camp.
Jack McDonald came down from
Franklin camp the latter part of last
week, and has been spending the
past week in the city.
'Robert Johnson and .Mrs. .McKay,
of Hock Creek, attended the funeral
of the late Charles A. .Mix in this
city on Wednesday.
'Miss Vivian McLeod, daughter of
Mrs. J. B. McLeod, Vancouver, is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.
M. Luscombe.
■Customs Officer Cameron, of Lau-
rier, .attended the funeral of the late
Charles A.  Mix on  Wednesday.
A. G. M. Campbell, of Winnipeg, is
visiting hisiting his brother, J. V.
Campbell, in this city.
Mrs. T. Chapman and daughter returned home this week from a visit
to Merritt.
Mrs. J. It. Brown and son Bruce
left on Wednesday for a visit to
Spokane.
! 'Frank Newbauor and family are
spending their vacation at Christina
lake.
FUTURE OF THE RACE
FREQUENT critioism of public health work is that the
saving of infant life Is not desirable, because it results in the preservation of the unlit.
Public health work is not carried
on with the idea of preserving the
unfit. 'J'lie best reply to the criticism.
is a consideration of what has oc?
(lined.
Iti England and Wales, a great deal
of public work has been done, and
accurate vital statistics have been
kept for many years. From these
till statistivcs, we find that, during
the past fifty years, the infant deaths
have been reduced by one-half. In
1875, there were 153 infant deaths
among every thousand infants born;
in the year 1926, the infant deaths
amounted to only 70 per 1000 births.
If such results meant tbe preservation of the unfit, of weaklings, it
would be reasonable to expect an increase in the deaths of children from
one to five years.
What actually results from the
proper care of infants is that not only
are many infant deaths prevented,
but also a great deal of sickness in
this age group.
That tlie prevention of sickness
among infants means healthies children is proven by the fact that the
death rate among children, from one
to five years, has decreased as the
infant death rate has decreased. In
England and Wales, their vital statistics show an even greater decrease
among the older children than among'
the iufants.
The protection of infants ds one of
the surest guarantees of healthy
children and robust adults.
Table—England   and   Wales
Infant Per 1000 Survivors
Period. Death  Rate.     1-2  2-3  3-4  4-5
18S1-85....139       63   23   16   12
1871-75....153       59   28   19    14
1921-25.... 76       21     9      6      4
1926     .... 70       18     8     6     4
locality where game has been shot,
and the date of killing.
Exemptions Fixed
Additional regulations exempt from
all game open'seasons, Kaien island, I
the Colony farm in Dewdney, Oakal-,
la prison farm and Central Park,'
Burnaby, a specified part of Nanaimo!
harbor and a small area around Nelson.
It is also provided that no person
shall kill or attempt to kill any migra
tory birds with a rifle; that pheasants, quail, prairie chicken (sharp-
tailed grouse) and partridge must not
be shot when there is any snow on
the ground; that moose, caribou and
wapiti a*nd deer must not 'be shot
while they are swlmminy; and that
no tracer bullets must be used killinp
any kind of game.
A new menace to game ln the illicit use of airplanes to drive birds Is
evidently feared by the game conservation board, for it has ordered that:
"No person shall use a powerboat or
airplane to disturb any migratory
game birds with the intent of driving
such birds toward any person who
is lying in wait for the purpose of
shooting, killing or taking such migratory game birds."
FELT CALLED UPON TO
VOICE ONE CRITICISM
Federal examiners who sit with dis
trict judges in the States examining
candidates for naturalization have an
eagle eye on those desiring citizenship, to see that none with tendencies subversive of the country's institutions are admitted.
In a Kansas town some years, ago
a group of farmers were discussing
the warm, dry weather, the prevalence of grasshoppers and their damage to tho newly sprouting wheat.
Judge Williams was passing the
group, and was laughingly asked to
Issue an order for the weather nvm
to be a little more generous with
moisture and cold. The judge smiled
and then told this incident:
"Over at La Crosse the other day
we had several candidates for naturalization, among others ati'trf* German   farmer   who   has   rafllWa  here
General News
L. McDougall left for   Nelson   on
Wednesday.
.  Miss  Jessie  Downey  left  for  Vancouver last Sunday.
Two Bounclaiy
Old-Timers
Have Passed On
Questions concerning health, ad-j
dressed to the Canadian Medical Association, 184 College street, Toronto,
will be answered by letter. Questions as to diagnosis and treatment
will not be answered.
d. j. Mcdonald
Dan J, McDonald, aged 60 years, of
Boundary Falls, died in a Spokane,
Wash., hospital at noon on Tuesday
last. He is survived by his wife and
a grown son and a daughter. Two
of his brothers, Jack and Joe, live in
this city.
The late Mr. McDonald was a pioneer of the Boundary country, having lived here about thirty years.
He made his home in Grand Forks
up till about fifteen years ago, when
'he moved to Boundary Falls and engaged in farming. He was a highly
respected citizen, And much sympathy is felt for the surviving members
of the family by the people of the
community.
The remains were brought to this
city from Spokane on Wednesday ,
und the funeral was held from the
Catholic church here at 9:30 o'clock
this morning, it was largely attended and many beautiful floral tribul
were made, Interment was made in
Evergreen cemetery.
CHARLES A. MIX
Chillies A. Mix, aged 65 years, a
resident of Grand Forks for over
thirty years, died in the Grand Forks
hospital at noon on Sunday last after
a lony period of ill-health. He was
a single man, with no relatives in
this section of the country.
The late Mr, Mix was a native of
Ontario. Up till about ten years
ago he was connected with the provincial forestry service here. Since
that time he has been in indifferent
health. He enjoyed a wide circle of
friends, and his passing is keenly lamented  by them.
The funeral was held at 2:30 on
Wednesday afternoon from the Masonic temple under the auspices of
rHarmony lodge. It was well attended. Interment was made in Fraternal cemetery.
WILL   INVESTIGATE  "COLLAR
ROT"  IN  OKANAGAN
An appointment to the staff at
work on the Dominion experimental
station at Summerland of interest to
the dry belt fruit growers, is the .addition of J. C. Rogers as assistant
plant pathologist.
Mr. Rogers will have charge of
•the investigation of "collar rot,"
which affects trees extensively in irrigated districts. Formerly Mr. Rogers was assistant district horticulturist at Penticton. >He is a graduate of
the Ontario Agricultural College)
Guelph, and first came to the Okanagan in 1910, locating in Summerland,
so that his knowledge of the district
will assist him materially in tbe work
he is now undertaking.
Lumber companies report tne
greatest volume of business in Alberta since the boom year of 1912.
One hundred million feet of lumber
Is bjlng cut in Alberta this year but
the bulk of the supplies come from
British Columbia mills.
A precs report from Telfordvtl.le
slates that the farmers are well
pleased with tjie allocation of stations on the twenty mile extension
to the Hoadley rubdivisdon of the
Canadian Pacific Railway. A large
number of settlers are going into
the territory which will be served
by this extension and the old timers
ln the district are now clearing and
breaking as much land as possible.
Kyohei Kato, who represents a
Toklo concern, and who has just
concluded a business mission to
Canada, stated that he hard bought
8,000,000 bushels of wheat ta Canada, or about ha.lf of Japan's totail
Importations. He explained that
Japan got more for its rice than
Canadian wheat cost in their market, benj'j the present purchase.
He said, too, that Japanese were
eating more wheat foods and adapting themselves to the stronger diet.
mm
FOR 1928 SEASON
(Continued from Page 1.)
of   one   species   or 12 of all species
daily;   total  for season,  60.
Prairie Chicken
Prairie chicken or sharp-tailed
grouse in Fort George electoral rld-
iiiy, daily, 6; total for season, 50; in
Cariboo and Lillooet, daily, 3; total
for season, 12.
European partridyes, 10 dally; to-
tal for season, 50.
In the western district, west of the
Cascade mountains:
Pheasants (cock birds only), daily,
6; total for season, 25.
Grouse (blue only), daily, 5; total
for season, 25.
Quail (except Bob-White and
mountain quail), daily, 10; total fos
season, 60.
Throughout the province:
Ducks, daily, 20; total for season,
160. .   I
Geese, daily, 10; total for season,'
50. I
Brant, daily, 10;  total for season,'
50.
total for'
The man who always does as he
pleases is often displeased with what
he does.
'Wilson  snipe,  daily,
season, 150.
Coots, daily, 25; total for season,
150.
Band-tailed pigeons, daily, 10; total
for season, 60. *
The regulations provide further
that upon the request of any constable or game warden hunters must
furnish   "satisfactory  proof"  of  the
"The Maritime Provinces ln particular, and Canada in general, need
more commercial advertising," was
the opinion expressed by Hon. J. B.
M. Baxter, Prime Minister of New
Brunswick, when interviewed on
wrlval on board the "Empress of
Scotland" after a month's visit to
Europe. British settlers ln the
Maritime* have been quite satisfactory as regards type and quality,
he said, and he hoped that we will
be able to obtain a great many
more spread over a period of years.
Part of a litter of eight red foxes,
which, together with the vixen,
were captured In the tArcola district recontly, have been brought
to Moos<> Jaw by Mr. W. White, who
has established a fox farm east of
this city. It is many years since
red fox have lived at lafge in their
natural state ln the southern part
of this province, where these were
captured. Mr. White intends to
start raising patch foxes, a cross
bstween red and silver or black
fox, as a commercial enterprise.
Wool crowing in Western Canada
le increasing rapidly, according to
W. W. Thomson, manager of the
western branch of the Canadian
Co-operative Wool Growers Limited. Up to June 30th., he pointed
out, four carloads ot wool had left
Reglrtk. too Weston, Ontario, (for
grading hy Government authorities) aa compared with one for the
similar half year of 1927. This
year's shipments represent 108,000
lbs. from 300 flocks in tbe provinces.
The mystic number "13" hold3 no
terrors to the Royal Order of Jesters, an organization within the
Ismalia Temple Shrine of Buffalo,
who sailed on Friday the Thirteenth of July, with thirteen members ln their party, from Montreal
for Liverpool. The society meets
on the thirteenth of erfuh m<ynth at
G.13 In the afternoon, and is aivided
into courts of 13 members each.
The party of Jes.ers sailed on the
crack new Canadian Pacific liner
"Duchess of Bedford" ln a group of
Shrincrs visiting the old world.
many years. Tbe examiner asked
him If he liked this country.
" 'Oh, yah, I like der country all'
right,' I
"The examiner was hardly satisfied
and countered:
">'Are you satisfied with It?'
'"Veil, I bin satisfied all right,'the
farmer replied slowly, evidently remembering that be was under oath to
tell the exact truth, 'but I vould like
it better if It vould rain a leetle
more.'"
CAU8E OF 8PRING FEVER
If people lived as they should live
in winter there would be no springtime lazipess and loss of energy. In
winter time people usually eat as If
they were ln Greenland or celebrating Christmas every day, often consuming double their requirement and
their ability to dispose of properly.
Not only that, but they consume
large quantities of meat and cereal
products, not neglecting "hot cakes"
sailing majestically in seas of syrup
—to make heat to keep them warm
—when already they have not enough
clothing to keep them warm in the
land of the midnight sun, to say nothing of living in non-ventilated houses
heated to tropical  temperature!
Get Your
Groceries
at the
CITY GROCERY
Phone 25
•Service and Quality'
When we have not what we love,
we must love what we have.—Bussy-
1 tabu tin.
Love lives on, and hath a pawer to
bless when they who loved are hid-'
den in the grave.—Lowell.
TIMBER 8ALE X10148
SEALED TENDERS will be received
by the District Forester, Nelson,
not later than noon on the 8th day
of August, l»28, for the purchase of
Licence 10148, near iMorrlssey Creek,
to cut 58 M bqard feet of Sawlogs, 50
curds Fuelwood, and 641 fir and larch
Ties.
One (1) year will be allowed for
removal of timber.
Further particulars of the Chief
Forester, Victoria, or the District
Forester .Nelson.
E.G. Henniger Go.
(Jruilt, Hay
Flour and Feed
Lime and Salt
Cei iciUaiul Plaster
Poultry Supplier
Grand  Forks, It. C.
TIMBER 8ALE X1O203
SEALED TENDERS will be received
by the District Forester, Nelson,
not later than noon on the 8th day
of August, 1928, for the purchase of
Licence X10203, near Archibald Siding, to cut 41 M board feet of Saw-
logs and 2400 Hewn Ties.
Two (2) years will ibe allowed for
removal of timber.
Further particulars of the Chief
Forester, Victoria, or the District
Forester .Nelson.
DONALDSON
GROCERY
Phone tO
S
Try our Special Tea
at    65c per lb
Shoes. Shirts, Overalls
Good values for , your
money.
Call and see us before
purchasing.
JOHN DONALDSON
General Merchant
Palace Barber Shop
Razor Honing a Specialty
P. A. Z. PARE, Proprietor
..FIRST It NBXI P. ■URNS'
GtiANl) I'   KKS
Transfer Co.
DAVIS » HANSEN, Props
City llaggngc and Genera'
Transfer
Con I,   Wood and   Ic<
for Sale
Office  at  R.  F.  Potric's Store
Phone 64
Our
Hobby
is
Good
Printing
Till! value of well-
printed, neat appearing stationery as
a means of getting and
holding desirable business has been amply
demonstrated. Consult um before going
elsewhere*
Wedding invitations
Hall programs
Business cards
Vi    ng cards
Sh     iug tags
Letterheads
Statements
No teh end 3
Pamphlot9
Price lists
Envelopes,
Billheads
Circulars
Dodgers
Posters
Menus
Nctw Type
Latent Style
Faces
THE SUN
CVumbU Avenue and
Ijakt, Street
TELEPHONE
R101
SYNOPSIS OF i j
LANDACTMNDMENTS
r>RE-EMPTIONS
Vacant uureserved,surveyed Crown
lands may be pre-empted uy British
subjects over 18 years of age, and by
alieus ou declaring intention to become British subjects, conditional
upon residence, occupation und lni-
lneut for agricultural purposes.
Full information concerning regulations regarding pre-emptions is
given in Bulletin No. l Laud Series,
"How to Pre-empt Lund," copies of
which can be obtained free of charge
by addressing the department of
Lands, Vivtoria, B. C, or any Government Agent.
Records will be made covering only
land suitable for agricultural -purposes, and which is not timberland,
i.e., carrying over 6,000 board feet
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 Laud Recording Division, ln which tbe land applied for
is situated, and are made on printed
forms, copies of wblcb can be obtained from tbe Land Commissioner.
Pre-emptions must be occupied for
Ave years and Improvements made to
the i value of $10 per acre, including
clearing and cultivating at least live
acres, before a Crown Grant cab be
received.
For more detailed Information see
the Bulletin "How to Pre-empt Land-'
PURCHASE
Applications are received for purchase of vacant and unreserved
Crown Lands, not being timberland,
for agricultural purposes; minimum
price ot first-class (arable) land is
$5 per mere, and second-class (graiing) land $2.50 per. acre. Further
Information regardiug purchase or
lease of Crown land is given in Bulletin No. 10, Land Series, "Purchase
and-Lease of Crown Lqnds."
Mill, factory, or industrial sites on
timber land, not exceeding 40 acres,
may be purchased or leased, on conditions Including payment of stump-
age.
HOMESITE LEASES
Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding
20 acres, may be leased as homesites,
conditional upon a dwelling being
erected ln the, first year, title being
obtainable after residence and improvement conditions efre fulfilled
and land has been surveyed.
LEA8ES
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 •
Grazing Commissioner. Annuad grasing permits are issued based on numbers ranged, priority being siven to
established owners. Stock owners
may form associations for range management Free, or partially free, permits are available for settlers, campers and travellers up to ten head.
K. SCHEER
Wholesale and Retail
TOBACCONIST
•.tier in
Havana Cigars* Pipes
Confectionery
Imperial Billiard Parlor
Grand Forks* B. C
A. E. MCDOUGALL
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Agent
Ixmilnion Monumental Works
Aabcotos Products Co. Hoofing
:estimateTfurnisned
box 33}        grand forks,j. c
PICTURES
AND PICTURE FRAHIM6
Furniture Made to Order.
Also Repairing of all Kinds,
Upholstering Neatly Done
R. C. MoCDTGHBON
wunnairuoi
<v