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Fire Fighting\nApparatus\nIn an effort to suppy the\nPrinceton Valunteer Fire Brigade with additional sorely\nneeded equipment for the more\nefficient combating of fire and\nthe greater safety of the firemen, the Board of Trade has\nsponsored a campaign to raise\nfunds by public subscription.\nThese funds will go toward purchasing several pair of goggles\nand masks, additional hose and\nother requirements of the fire\nbrigade.\nDuring the latter part of last\nweek and the early part of this\nthe assistance of many of the\ndowntown businessmen has\nbeen solicited and a good response has been given. A canvass of the homes is now being\nput into effect. It is the hope\nof those who are charged with\nthe responsibility of making\ncollections that a successful\ncampaign will result.\nBelow is a list of the subscriptions taken up to and including last Tuesday morning.\nLater, a full statement of money\ncollected and the disposition of\nit will be carried in these\npages.\nMacDonald & Wallace $ 3.00\nPrinceton Brewing Co 10.00\nJ. W. Thomson,. 2.00\nPrinceton Power-and\nLight Co : 10.00\nBurr Motors Ltd. 5.00\nBrett's Limited M ..- 5.00\nA. E. Bacon i 3.00\nPrinceton Groceteria 2.00\n[Stan -.Thornpsoja,.,;.-?.---.,...\u2014\u2022-.-.\u00ab-->t. 1-.0.01\nPrinceton Market 2.00\nPrinceton Drug Co 2.00\nA. L. White Hardware 5.00\nPrinceton Cafe 2.00\nJim Norman 1-00\nPrinceton Construction\nCompany 1-00\nSimpson's Grocery 1.00\nMrs: A. G. Simpson 50\nW.- B. Ewart Hardware 10.00\nTaylors' Dairy t 1-00\nPrinceton Electric 1.00\nElizabeth's Beauty Salon.. 1.00\nBoston Cafe : -- 1-00\nScott's Pharmacy 2.00\nBurns & Co.. 2.00\nOverwaitea Ltd. 5.00\nC E. Lucas 2.00\nTravellers' Cafe^ 3.00\nGray's Bakery 2.00\nGilbert Pride...;:^.:. 2.00\nJames Corrie 2.00\nA. O. Johnson 2.00\nPrinceton Bakery 2.00\nDominion Cafe \\ 100\nRex Cafe 1.00\nFender's Garage 3.00\nWilson and Lessard 2.00\nS. M. Nechiefman..\u201efe;-: 2.00\nDr. R. J. Wride 2.00\nD. Spearman 50\nJ. Berchtold 50\nB. Beeker 50\nMary Long .50\nJim Dignah . ... 1.00\nJ. L. Macauly ! 50\nN. Juskiw 1 50\nTotal as on Tues. noon $108.50\nNOTICE\n* * *\nGOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nDepartment of Public Works\nNOTICE that the main section of Bridge Street, upon\nwhich hard surfacing work is\nbeing done, will be closed to\nmotor traffic on MONDAY\nMORNING for several days, until work is satisfactorily completed, \"is hereby given.\nAny merchant or other person requiring use of that section of the street for obtaining\nsupplies or other goods, should\narrange to have them in before\nthis date.\nDepartment of Public Works,\nPrinceton Office,\nPrinceton, B.C.\nJune 6th, 1940.\nHigh School Two Up\nOn Cosmo as League\nGaps Spread\nThe High School continues to\nrule the roost in the local soft-\nball league, winning 2 more\ngames this week to remain 2\ngames up on the 2nd place Cosmos. Cosmos nudged Scott's\nout of 2nd place by defeating\nthe Billiards on Friday. Scott's\ntook a setback on Monday evening at the hands of the High\nSchool, in a close game. The\nBilliards, by virtue of keeping\ntheir no-win record intact over\nthe week end, have set an all-\ntime record for straight defeats.\nThe High School stretched\ntheir winning streak to 7 games\non Wednesday by taking the\nlistless Billiard Hall squad 6-3.\nThe students coasted to an easy\nwin behind the 4 hit hurling of\nMathewson. Mclntyre was on\nthe mound for the cue men.\nThe luckless Billiards received\nanother discouraging blow on\nFriday, when the Cosmos took\nthem into camp by a score of\n7-3, for the 8th consecutive\nloss by the team. Pesut hurled\nfor the Cosmos, giving the opposition only 3 bingles, while\nShenton, for the Billiard Hall,\nallowed 7.\nIt took Scott's and the High\nSchool to put on a real exhibition of ball on Friday, when\nScott's went down fighting before a relentless school team\n5-4, and relinquished 2nd place\nto the Cosmos. The students\ndrove home 2 runs in the lst\nand 1 in the 2nd to take an\nearly lead. Scott's fought back\nhowever, and ; nailed a run in\nthe 4th and 5th to jump right\nback into the game. The druggists kept right on in the 6th,\nand had the bags bulging be-\nifore^-W8arigi:s.troni\u2014Goiild- \u25a0 catch-i\nhis breath. Two . more runs\nwere scored before Mathewson,.\nwho put on a great exhibition\nof relief pitching, could stem\nthe attack. The students staged a comeback in their half of\nthe 6th to score 2 runs and regain the lead. The first man\nup for Scott's in the 7th got\nto 3rd, but stayed there as\nMathewson bore down and retired the next 3 batters in order.\nSOFTBALL'S BIG SIX\nAb. H. %\nPringle, Cosmo 16 7 .437\nTaylor, Scott's 15 6 .400\nPaul, Billiards 20 7 .350\nCody, High 25 8 .320\nD. Mitchell, Cosmo....25 8 .320\nG. Schulli, Cosmo -.29 9 .311\nLEAGUE STANDING\nP. . W. L. %\nH. School 8 7 1 .875\nCosmo 8 5 3 .555\nScott's 8 4 4 .500\nBilliards 8 0 8 .000\nSOFTBALL SCHEDULE\nFirst named team has the home\ngame\nComso vs High School, June 7\nBilliards vs Cosmo, June 10.\nScotts vs High School, June 12\nBilliards vs High S., June 14\nCosmo vs Scotts, June 17\nHigh School vs Cosmo, June 19\nScotts vs Billiards, June 21\n * \u25a0\nAnglican Sunday\nSchool Van Here\nELKS HAVE\nPLANS FOR\nJULY1STH\nJlTt'TT.tfirTfr;.. -nrr-TmrTTlllHigl\nOne Day Clebration For\nThis Year; Elaborate\nPlans\nThis year, the Princeton Elks\nplan to hold a one day celebra-\nton on July lst, in place of the\ncustomary two day affair, but,\naccording to those in charge,\nthe one day show will be packed full with a program of sports\nthe crowning of the carnival\nqueen, a parade and many\nother items of entertainment\nnot yet fully arranged for.\nA baseball tournament will\nbe one of the sports attractions\nof the day. The Similkameen\nderby will be run off again, as\nwell as other horse racing\nevents. Bands will give performances during the afternoon\nand evening. The Princeton\nElks' Band in the afternoon,\nand the Princeton School Band\nin the evening. A softball\nmatch between t h e Copper\nMountain All-Stars and the\nPinceton All-Stars will be held\nduring the evening also.\nA feature of this year's celebration is the considerably reduced admission prices which\nwill be in effect. Another\nchange is that only those businesses directly benefitting from\nthe holiday crowds that will\nfill Princeton, will be asked to\nsubscribe funds to the committee in charge of arrangements.\nThis year arangements for\nthe celebration are under the\ndirect control of the lodge executive, headed by Exalted Ruler W. E. Lucas. The crowning\nof the \"queen will be handled\nby A. D. G Washington, while\nR. F. Thorstenson, G. L. Gibson\nhand - John - Ewarfr-twro in -efesa-ge\nof all pertaining to the parade.\nS. A. Wilson and W. E. Lucas\nare baseball and softball organizers, and W. A. Woodford is\nresponsible for the horse racing\nprogram. The dance is under\nthe direction of W. E. Cameron\nand the publicity is to be\nhandled by C. A. Bernard.\n- In former years, L. Q. Wilson\nwas largely responsible for the\ntremendous success of the two-\nday celebration, but this year\nhe asked to be relieved of the\nresponsibility.\nPLAYERS' CLUB\nENDS SEASON\nWTH BANQUET\nThe Anglican Mission Sunday\nSchool Van, a regular annual\nvisitor to Princeton and district, arrived here on May 24th,\nand will remain for about a\nmonth in the Similkameen valley. Miss Cocks Johnston and\nMiss Doris Hodgins are travelling with the van this year. It\nis Miss Cock Johnston's third\nconsecutive year on the circuit\nsince she arrived in B.C. from\nher home in England.\nThe travelling van is eagerly\nanticipated by the parents and\nchildren in isolated parts of\nthe valley, where it holds Sunday school classes for many\n| youngsters who would other-\nI wise not receive the advantages\nj of this service. The van visited\nTulameen last Sunday.\nPrinceton Players' Club members met for the final meeting\nof the season this\" year at a\nsupper gathering in the downstairs room of the Travellers'\nCafe. About twenty-five sat\ndown to supper at a U-shaped\ntable decorated with peonies.\nThe banquet finished, the diners heard a .report of the\nyears' activities from the President, Rev. P. R. Ellis and a\nfavorable treasurer's report\nfrom Mrs. H. H. Avery as well\nas a humorous address by Mr.\nErnie Waterman. The report of\nthe treasurer showed a small\nbalance after the purchase of a\npiano and back drop curtains.\n\"The year was considered a success financially and theatrically. The club is now located in\npermanent quarters and has\ncertain essential properties to\nits credit.\nNext year, according to Mrs.\nT. B. Hooper, Department of\nUniversity Extension representative, it is hoped that the club\nwill be able to enjoy a fuller\nyear and turn its energies into\n| money-making projects for the\nRed Cross.\nA new slate of officers was\nchosen for the coming term.\nMrs. A. W. Smith was elected\npresident, Mrs. Wilf Madore became vice-president, Miss Bea\nj Cunliffe was placed in the position of secretary and Mrs. H. H.\n! Avery will continue as treasurer. Mr. Peter Gottfredson will\nl be stage manager I for next\nseason.\nSHARPSHOOTING TMINUTE MAN{\nWinner oj|pte King's Prize at\nthe Bisley s&sot last year, Capt. T,i\n(S. Smith was \u00a3ne of the volunteers!\nwho turneJi&|iip at scores of!\nBritish police stations in answer ta\nAnthony Eden's appeal for anti-\nparachutist riflemen. He is showa\non the shoilp^ of a crowd aften\nwinning the tournament in .1939.\nLocal Tachers\nGet Appointments\nTo Higher Posts\nTwo appointments have been\nmade to the staf f of the Junior\n-Senior Hig|f-\u00a3:School in Princeton by the school board. Due\nto the vacancy caused by Mr.\nC E. Ritchie, who has accepted\nthe principaiship of the Oliver\nschool, thise appointments\nhave been nepessary.\nMr. R. F.!?Miorstenson, of the\nstaff Ifc'the^Mnior^IIigh School,\nhas begn appointed to fill Mr.\nRitchiejg pqfeltipn. Mr. Ray\nWiilistoii, of\"\"..the' staff' of the\nelementary school, has been\npromoted tb^l|g-openinfe^g,aj;t\ned by the advance of Mr. Thorstenson. Both these teachers\nhave exceptionally fine records\nwith the staff of the school,\nand are eminently qualified to\naccept the positions they have\nbeen offered. Announcement\nof the appointments was made\nat the last regular meeting of\nthe school board.\nA plan broached by Mr. W. E.\nLucas and members of the\nschool board to form a cadet\ncorps in Princeton has met with\nthe instant approval of the\nstudents, and the possibilities\nof organizing \"one in the school\nhas been taken up with the\nO. C of this military district. It\nis believed that the military\ndistrict is willing to provide an\ninstructor and all necessary\nequipment. However, nothing\ndefinite has yet been decided in\nthis matter.\n * .\nLocal Rancher\nShips Champion\nBull To Alberta\n\"Pine Park Monarch\", herd-\nsire of Bob Taylor's fine herd of\nbeef shorthorn cattle, was shipped last week to Claude Gallin-\nger, of the famous Kilearn stock\nranch, near Tofield, Alberta. A\ngood price was paid for the fine\nanimal.\nThis animal, whose dam was\nthe grand female champion at\nthe Highland Show in Scotland in 1937, is one of the\ngreatest shorthorn bulls in Canada today, and has sired many\nof Mr., Taylor's champion bulls\nwhich have won championships\nat Williams Lake and Kamloops\nstock shows. He was imported\nfrom Scotland by Mr. Taylor.\nThe Kilearn ranch, which\nbought the animal, is known\nthroughout Canada as one of\nthe largest and finest shorthorn ranches in the Dominion.\nIt reflects credit upon both Mr.\nTaylor and the Similkameen\nthat\" a valley rancher should be\n! in a position to provide stock\nj for such a ranch.\n| It is Mr. Taylor's intention to\nacquire another bull of finest\nj shorthorn stock to use as a\nbreeding animal for the herd of\nchampionship cattle sired by\nthe 'Monarch.\"\nBRIDGE ST\nAGAIN GETS\nATTENTION\nContractors Return to\nFinish Surfacing Job\nStarted Last Autumn;\nGood Surface Promised.\nOfficials Ask For. 3 Day\nClosing of Main ^S\nThoroughfare On First\nof Week\nPicking up where cold\nweather last autumn forced it\nto cease operations, the Carter\nHalls Aldinger' Contracting Co.\ncommenced this week to \\ complete the hard surfacing of\nBridge Street, from the Tulameen bridge to the corner of\nVermillion and Bridge.\n\u2022Last year, on October 12th.,\nthe initial scarifying of the\nstreet commenced, the laying\nof the mulch material was done\nagainst the better judgment of\nthe engineers because it was\nfelt that the appropriation of\nfunds for the work might be\nturned into other channels under the pressure of war conditions. Cold weather laid its\ngrip upon the project, however,\nand a \"hasty rolling of the half\nfinished* job was necessary.\nThe contract, let by the government for the surfacing of\nthe street, however, called for a\ncompletely hard surface street,\nso construction of the road has\ncommenced again this summer.\nThe same method of x laying\nthe 2y2 inch layer of mulch surface will be used that was employed last autumn in the attempt to do the job at that\ntime. After the surface of the\nstreet has been scarified', the\nsurfacing material that was\nlaid will be re-enforced with a\nfurther amount of gravel and\nasphalt and 'road mixed' by\nmeans -oi a grader, in three\n[windrows' ~to \" the' p'reper\"ccm-\nstituency, then spread and\nrolled.\nAccording to Mr. Gordon Ede,\ngovernment engineer, who is\nagain supervising the surfacing\nof the road, the process of laying the topping material will\ntake approximately two weeks,\nif weather conditions permit\nuninterrupted progress.\nA gang of men are employed\nclearing the culverts and preparing the road for the surfacing materials along each side of\nthe road close to the curb and\nthe heavy scarifier began its\njob on Tuesday morning.\nWILLIAMS\u2014WARDLE\nThe . wedding of Jacqueline\nMargaret Wardle, third daughter of Mrs. I. C Williams and\nthe late Mr. Wardle, of Princeton, to Mahlon Christian Williams, youngest son of Mr. I. C.\nWilliams and the late Mrs. Williams, cf Princeton, took place\nin Penticton on Wednesday afternoon last.\nMr. and Mrs. Victor Long accompanied the pafr to Penticton, and were present at the\nceremony.\nMr. and Mrs. Williams then\nleft by motor on a two week\nwedding trip to the U.S. and\nparts of B.C. On their return\nthey will reside in Princeton.\nHits and Misses\nProgram Well\nPresented By\nTalented Cast\nA. O. T. S. Supper\nMeeting Enjoyed\nThe regular monthly meeting\nof the A. O. T. S. United Church\nsupper club was this time marked with an address by Mr. C R.\nMattice. Mr. Mattice- chose as\nthe subject for his talk the subject of libraries, and his audience showed ' its appreciation\nby engaging in an enlightening\ndiscussion at the close of the\ntalk.\nThe subject of the Hits and\nMisses Variety -Show took a\n.large portion of the time of the\nclub. It was apparent that the\nprogramme was rapidly filling\ninto shape.\nThe programme presented on\nWednesday evening in the\nCapitol Theatre by the members of the cast of the A.O.T.S.\n\"Hits and Misses\" Variety\nShow as described by Jim\nFairley, organizer, producer and\nmaster of ceremonies of the\nshow, is likely to be a howling\nsuccess. At least, so it seemed\non Tuesday evening, when the\ntentative programme was described to The Star.\nThe show was to open with a\npatriotic air with the singing of\nthe National Anthem, then\nburst into the light and funny\ngroup of performances it was\ndesigned to be. \"Playmates,\"\nsung by two little girls, was the\nfirst musical number, and was\nto be followed by Kirkland and\nMcPhee in a hilarious slapstick. Gene MacDonald was to\nlend a touch of patriotism to\nthe show with a solo, \"There'll\nAlways Be An England\", and\nthe schedule called next for a\nnumber by Bert Rose, a comic\nItalian skit. The pianologue of\nMrs. A. E. Tidball was to be\nthe next item. Then the programme included an instrumental solo by Roy Lind and\nhis accordiarij and a monologue\nby Doctor Butler.\nMiss Diane Knighton was to\nbe next on the list with a vocal\nsolo. Phil Yandle was also to\nappear on stage in a comic recitation. Back to music again,\nthe duet of Peggy and Gene\nMacdonald was to fill an important part in the programme.\nOther numbers were by Bill\nFrancis in a violin solo, Jim\nFairley in a Chick Sale special\nnumber, a piano number by\nAlan Clark and a solo by Rev.\nP. R. Ellis. ^j\nOne of the best bits of comedy was to be injected into the\nshow when Bill Cameron, and\nhis \"Okanagan ukele\" was to\nmake his numerous appearances on the stage in the\ncharacter of an Increasingly\ninebriated bull fiddler who\nwants badly to play.\nIt was the plan of Mr. Fair-\nley to take the concert to Copper Mountain to play for Red\nCross funds, if it is a success in\nPrinceton.\n ir\t\nJohn Drake\nMet Death\nWed. Morning\nThe death, allegedly by his\nown hand, of John Drake senior, formerly of Blakeburn and\nnow of Princeton, occurred on\nWednesday morning at his\nhome at Princeton.\nAccording to the police,\nDrake shot himself in the chest\nwith a .30-.30 rifle. At the\ntime of writing it was not\nknown wether or not an inquest\nwould be held, and no official\nstatement had been made regarding the death of the man.\n-tt-\nTWO UNITS\nFOR HOME\nDEFENSE\nVeterans Will Have\nChance To Be Of\nService Again\nRecruiting Office Opens\nIn Kamloops\nOBITUARY\nThe death of David Stein\nDorsey, 73 years of age, occurred on Saturday at his home in\nEast Princeton.\nBorn in Denver, Colorado,\nJanuary 31st., 1867, Mr. Dorsey\nhad been a resident in this\nvalley for many years. At one\ntime he was employed as stable\nboss at Blakeburn, and he has\nbeen interested in mining for\nmany years. He was a partner\nin the Foster mine, it is believed, and left that to become a\nrancher. He lived for some\ntime on the ranch owned by\nClarence Suggitt, but sold out\nto Mr. Suggitt in 1935. He then\nmoved to Merritt for a number\nof years, but returned to make\nhis home here.\nHis wife died in Princeton in\n1928. As far is as known, one\nson survives in the United\nStates.\nFuneral services were held\nfrom the St. Paul's United\nChurch on Tuesday last. The\nRev. John Goodfellow read the\nservice. Burial was in the\nPrinceton cametery.\nWord was received early this\nweek from Victoria, by the local branch of the Canadian Legion, that two Veterans' Home\nGuard Units are to be established in Military district number\n11, at Victoria and Vancouver.\nEach unit will consist of 250\nmen of all ranks, and any ex-\nservice man may apply to join,\nwhether or not he is a member\nof the.Canadian Legion.\nQualifications required of applicants are: that they be veterans of the Great War, either\nwith the Canadian or Imperial\nforces; not over fifty years of\nage and of catagories A, B or\nC. Pay and allowances will be\nbased on Canadian Active Service Force rates. Meh who pass\ntests for the \"A\" class category\nwill be considered elegible for\noverseas service.\nA travelling medical board\nwill visit Princeton shortly to\nexamine applicants. Applications will be accepted at the\nPrinceton branch of the Canadian Legion, according to Stephen Freeman, secretary. \u25a0\nMr. Freeman stated that he\nbelieved that the establishment\nof the two units of veterans for\nhome defence is only a start in\nthe right direction. The Legion\nhere recently passed a resolution asking for establishment of\na military unit in the Similkameen valley, and every effort\nis being made to have the pro-\np e r 1 y constituted authorities\n[establish a unit' of militia here.-\nMen who are desirous of\njoining the Canadian Active\nService Force will be interested\nto know that arrangements\nhave been made by the O. C. of\nMilitary District number 11 to\nopen a recruiting office in\nKamloops, where a military\nmedical board will operate.\nThe \"Offer of Service\" following is self explanitory:\n1. Present requirements for.\nenlistments in the Canadian\nActive Service Force necessitate that an applicant shall be\nbetween the ages of 19 and 45,\nof Canadian or British nationality or of a friendly alien nationality since lst. September,\n1939. It is also required that\nthe applicant shall be medically\nboarded and passed fit in category required.\n2. As Kamloops is the nearest point where a medical board\nexamination and enlistment\ncan be effected, it would be necessary for an applicant to proceed there and be interviewed\nby the Recruiting Officer,\nRocky Moutain Rangers, who\nwould arrange a medical and if\npassed, enlistment.\n3. However, present conditions do not permit transportation of other expenses until after a man has been attested,\nand any expense incurred\nwould have to be borne by the\napplicant.\n4. Applicants who wish to\nenlist providing, of course, they\ncomply with the above requirements, should write to the Recruiting Officer, care of Rocky\nMountain Rangers, Kamloops,\nB.C. .\n tt\t\n* *\nBIRTHS\n\u00ab***-k-*****-*-k-k***-k*****-Mc\nTAVALICH\u2014To Mr. and Mrs. J.\nTavalich, of Princeton, in the\nPrinceton General .Hospital,\non June 2nd, a son.\n* * *\nEGERTON\u2014To Mr. and Mrs. J.\nEgerton, of Princeton, in the\nPrinceton General Hospital\non June 3rd, a daughter.\n* * *\nRABBITT\u2014To Mr. and Mrs.\nDan Rabbitt, of Tulameen, in\nthe Princeton General Hospital on June 3rd, a son.\n PAGE TWO\nft THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR, PRINjCETQN, BAC.\nJune; &thv J9\u00a3Q\nBusiness and\nProfessional\nDirectory\nP. W. GREGORY\nREAL ESTATE\nINSURANCE\nFIRE, AUTOMOBIIJE\nand ACCIDENT\nPhone 29\nPrinceton, B. O.\n\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\nPease & Atkinson\n\u25a0 BS\n\u25a0 Trucking, Coal & Wood \u25a0\na \u25a0\n\u25a0 \"Punctual Attention\n\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0I\niBank,\nH. KNIGHTON\nWoodwork of Quality\nStore and Office\"\nFixtures\n\/,'\u25a0\nLUIS MORA\nInterior and Exterior\n- Decorators\nEstimates Free\nCharles Thomas\nContractor & Builder\n* ESTIMATES GIVEN *\n\u25a0 w vvw\n\u25a0\u25bc\u25a0\u25bc\u2022\u25bc'\u25bc\u25a0\u25bc\u25a0\u25bc'\u25bc\u25a0\u25bc\u2022\u25bc\u25a0T\ns.m.nechiffman:\n\\ ELECTRICIAN, CONTRACTOR4\nELECTRICAL SUPPLIES\n\u2022\nBRIDGE ST., PRINCETON\n\u2022a.a. a_a > ^,\nA. SORENSON\nJeweler & Optometrist\nPRINCETON, B. C.\nTEL 3 P. O. 20\nTULAMEEN\nHOTEL\nExcellent Dining Room\nReasonable Rates\nA. O. JOHNSON, Prop\n% ^eAicsyaV '\nTHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\nA Community Paper\nPublished Every Thursday at Princeton B. C.\nTHURSDAY, June 6th., 1940\nWHAT MAKES A COMMUNITY?\nPrinceton used to be described as \"a good next-\nyear town.\" That is no longer true. It is to-day a growing town\u2014growing in area, in homes, in population, and\n(we believe) in community spirit. Just as wood and stone\nof themselves do not make a church so a community is\nnot made up merely of stores and houses, and public\nbuildings. The backbone of a church is its congregation; the essence of a community is the spirit of its\npeople. During the last year the local Board of Trade\nhas done something to re-create this spirit, and much to\nfoster it. It must be cultivated. Only weeds grow without care and attenion. As Emerson wrote, a weed may\nbe a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.\nProspectors around Hope look more kindly on the Devil's\nClub, now that its medicinal values are \u2022 known. But\ndress it as you will, a weed is stilt a weed. But wild\nplants may be tamed, and made to bloom as the rose.\nHardly a week passes without reference being\nmade to the pioneer spirit. Union has to do with the\nthings that are seen: communion with the things that are\nnot seen\u2014with the things of the spirit. Without the\nspirit of self-help and neighbourliness, the spirit of \"live,\nlet live and help live' there can be no community, even\nthough a town may grow in size and numbers. Current\nevents are forging a community out of the whole empire.\nIt is born of much suffering, and high endeavour. There\nis far more of this spirit in our town, and in our empire,\nthan many had suspected. The second Great War has\ntaught us that.\n^-i--i--i--i-^--i--i--i--i--i--i--i--i--i--i--i--i--i--i--i--i\"i--i--i--i--i--i--i--r--i--i--i--i\"i--i--i--i--i--i--i--i--i--i--i--i\"i--i-\nI The Trail To Hope\nt By JOHN GOODFELLOW\nf\nA DAY IN JUNE\nLast century James Russell Lowell sang, \"And\nwhat is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come\nperfect days.\" In the leafy month of June comes the\nlongest day in the year. Perfection, of course, has come\nto be a relative term, but it is essentially true that Similkameen weather is as nearly ideal as can be found on\nthis continent. In listing the assets of our valley we\nsometimes forget Old Man Weather, who has been so\nconsistently good to us all. Similkameen is in the dry\nbelt. We speak of it as \"the\" dry belt, but that is only\nbecause it is the one with which we are most familiar.\nThroughout the province wet and dry belts alternate.\nThey run in a nor'west to sou'east direction. Those who\nlive in Princeton are as near to the coast wet belt as they\ncan .be without getting into it. On the west side of the\nHope summit the wet belt begins. Once across that summit going west, and the change in flower and forest is\nmost apparent.\nWe would suggest \"Summer in Similkameen\" as\na welcoming slogan to the people at the coast. Here\nthey will find not only the best of hunting and fishing in\nseason, not only the best of winter sports, but also a climate which in itself is a tonic. There are some who come\nhere from Vancouver because at the coast they suffer\nfrom certain ailments, and here, they declare they find\nrelief within twenty-four hours. It is notably true that\nyoung people thrive in Similkameen. We doubt if the\naverage Height in greater anywhere in Canada. And it\nis equally true that people live to a ripe old age. No\nother part' of our province has so many old timers, or\nkeeps them so well preserved. So, if you would live long,\nand die happy, then \"Summer in Similkameen.\"\n4\nVICTOR ZAHAROFF\nPRINCETON'S ELECTRICIAN\nFor Prompt, Reliable Service \u2014 Electrical Wiring\nContracting \u2014 Repair's \u2014 Fixtures\nEstimates Furnished\nwish to bring to the attention of the public, that I\nhave no business connections of any kind with\nS. M. Nechiefman.\nPRINCETON\nSPEND\nYour Holiday\nThis Year In\nBritish\nColumbi\nYour own Province offers\nmere vacation charms than\nany other part of the\n.Continent.\nB. C. GOVERNMENT\nTRAVEL BUREAU\nVictoria, B.C.\nput PIUNTING & PUBLISHING CO.\n(Being a sermon preached in\nSt. Paul's United Church,\nPrinceton, B.C., based on the\nexperiences of eleven young\nHopefuls on the old trail over\nthe mountains between Princeton and Hope. The journey was\nmade during the first week of\nJuly.) |||p\n* * *\nI promised last Sunday that\nwhat I hoped to say tonight\nwould be based on the recent\njourney of eleven young Hopefuls along the old trail across\nthe mountains, from Princeton\nto Hope.\nTonight, as I review our experiences on the trail, I want\nyou to think of our journey as\na commentary on life\u2014not so\nmuch an allegory, or a parable,\nas an expression of human nature under certain given circumstances. Circumstances, we\nare told, alter cases, 'it is good\nto see just how human nature\ncombined with human nurture\nbehaves itself away from the\nbeaten tracks of civilization.\nJust as every life is the meeting place of the past and the\nfuture, so the old trail is a reminder of life in pioneer days,\nand an' earnest of highways yet\nto be. The trail is another\nworld\u2014all by itself. During the\nfirst week of this month our\nBand of Hope was living literally in another world. If I might\nborrow a phrase from Shakespeare I would say that age\ncannot wither nor custom stale\nthe infinite variety of life on\nthe trail. It has left a rich\nheritage of life in many colors,\nand of nature in many moods.\nThis thought of the trail as the\nmeeting place of past and present is echoed in a recent poem\nby H. T. J. Coleman:\nI have a place between\nTwo great eternities;\nAnd always I have been\nDebtor to both of these.\nBehind me and before\nThey are for ever set;\nThe one is called 'No more,'\nThe other is 'Not yet.'\nOne hides within its scope\n\u2022The past of memory;\nThe other holds the hope\nOf thafr#frtch yet shall be.\nShrouded in mist each\nstands\nWith finger on its lip;\nDaring I reach my hands\nTo seek their fellowship.\nLife on the trail throws new\nlight on the age-recurring, problem. \"Is life worth while?\"\nThe trail has taught us this\u2014\nthat life is worth while, if we\nlearn to turn, work into play,\nand play into work. Mark\nTwain defined play as work\none didn't have to do. Subsidizing and capitalizing the interests of life is one of the secrets of happiness. The amount of actual physical work\nour young people did on the\ntrail was amazing. The mere\nenergy used in covering the\nground, and bearing one's pack\nwas enormous. Yet, this was\nconsidered a real holiday. Why?\nBecause it called into play all\nthe altruism of youth\u2014romance\nadventure, interest, wonder.\nApart from these life becomes\nflat, and work becomes drudgery. Life rises t o sublime\nheights, or falls below zero according to the presence or absence of the three cardinal virtues of faith, hope and love.\nWe shall see tonight how young\nlife stood the test of the trail,\nas measured by these three virtues. fHP\n.. 1. FAITH. The Bible teels us\nthat faith is the substance of\nthings hoped for, the evidence\nof things not seen. We also\nread that faith without works\nis dead. When faith fails everything goes wrong. On the grave\nof Florence Nightingale, according to her own request, is\nneither name nor date, but\nsimply the words, \"I believe in\nGod.\" The Hope-Princeton trail\nis itself an evidence of faith. It\nhas eloquent lessons in faith to\nteach. The trail demands faith.\nThat faith is transferred to life's\naccount, to be drawn on later\nin time of need. Let us for a\nmoment recall the makers of the\ntrail, then see the young_ Hopefuls as they plod their way\nacross flat, and over bluff.\nIt is a good thing to recall the |\nhistory of the trail. That story\nis intimately linked with the\nhistory of our province. Away\nback in the late fifties this\n\"last, best west,\" was an unknown land. Not only un\nknown, but mis-known. Later\non wise men in the East laughed at the idea of adding by rails\nof steel this sea of mountains\ntr Canada. The earliest white\nvisitors to our province were\ndrawn hither by sheer love of\nadventure, and by the lure of\nthe Unknown. That is always\na challenge which fires men's\nhearts to do and dare. Then\ncame the fur-traders, few and\nfar between. Not long after\nmen came in search of gold.\nThe valley of the Similkameen\nwas found to be rich. The rush\nto the Cariboo gold fields happened in the early sixties. All\nfor gold. In '58 a company of\nRoyal Engineers had been sent\nhere from the Old Country to\npreserve order, and open up\nthis West for settlers. The trail\nfrom Princeton to Hope is, in\npart, a monument to their labors. We marvel today at the\ndaring of the minds that conceived such a way, and of the\nindustry and perseverance that\ngave reality to their vision. The\ntrail was a way in\u2014and a way\nout. That was the beginning of\nhistory in these parts.\nThere could be no better lesson in history and geography\nfor our young people than this\ntrip to Hope. Altogether there\nwere five girls, five boys and\nmyself.\nThe summary of the journey,\nby days and by distances, is\nsoon made. Each days had its\nown objective. That is a point\nworth emphasizing. First there\nwas the trip to Nine Mile\nbridge. Fortunately a number\nof good citizens placed their\ncars at our disposal, and that\npart of the journey was soon\ncovered. Then came the hike\nup the long, winding hill to our\nfirst camp at Fourteen Mile\ncreek. That was our first night\n\"out.\" Our second night's camp\nwas beside the bridge across the\nSkaist, thirty-six miles from\nHope, at the spot known as\nStrawberry Flat. Canyon Trail\nwas our third camp, twenty-\nfive miles from Hope. The last\nnight \"out\" was spent at the\nbridge across the Nicolum, nine\nmiles from, Hope. That left\nonly nine miles for our last day\non the trail. Then Hope was\nrealized.\nThe distance travelled each\nday is worth recording. Tuesday we drove nine miles and\nwalked five. Wednesday we\ncrossed the Summit, making\nfifteen miles that day. Thursday we made eleven miles. Friday was ' a long day, sixteen\nmiles. This left only nine miles\nfor Saturday.\nSo far as faith is concerned\nthere were two lessons I hope\nwe may remember as long as\nwe live. First was the challenge\nof the Summit. Second was the\ndaily \"must\"\u2014the daily \"imperative.\"\nNo amount of philosphy can\ndisguise the fact that it is a\nlong, \"hard, weary climb to the\nSummit. It is exactly 5,960\nfeet\" above sea level. There is a\nvery real sense of satisfaction as\none looks at the sign that points\nboth ways, east and west, to-\nPrinceton, and to Hope. There\nis the satisfaction of achievement, always a dangerous thing\nin young life. The temptation\nto rest on the oar, to live on the\npast, is strong. We came to the\nSummit one by one. One by\none we sank down with a feeling of \"Well, that's that.\" We\nrealized now that we had gone\ntoo far to think of going back.\nWe must go on. The young\nfolks were \"sweer\" to re-assert\nthemselves. Just here I took a\nrunning climb over a little knoll\non the south side of the trail.\nIt was high enough to take me\nover the 6,000 feet level. One\nby one the Hopefuls followed.\nThen they saw a picture that\nthey will never forget\u2014the picture of Mount Silvertip, a great\npeak, crowned with snow,\ngleaming in the sunlight. Away\nto the right, jagged peaks pierced a blue sky. The boys and\ngirls looked in amazement. After a while they exclaimed,\n\"And we nearly missed this altogether!\" The point is this,\nthat in life we sometimes miss\nour reward because we stop a\nlittle short of the goal.\nThen there is the daily\n\"must\"\u2014the daily \"imperative.\" Life is a matter of discipline. \"Disciplus\" is the Latin\nword for one who goes to\nschool. Duty and pleasure both\ncall. There paths do not always coincide. We often forget\nthat pleasure is not an end in\nitself. It is a by-product of\nlife. Very often we do not like\nthe things we should do day after day. Now there were at least\ntwo \"musts\" in every day on\nthe trail. There was a certain\nobjective set. It was imperative that we reach it. No matter how heavy the pack, no\nmatter how tired or. foot-sore\nwe might be, that objective had\nto be reached. The objectives\nwere not unduly far apart,\nthough no doubt they \u2022 seemed\nfar enough, considering pack\nand hill. ||||j\nAnother \"must\" was that once\nthe objective was reached there\nmust be no rest till supper had\nbeen prepared, and everything\nmade shipshape for the night.\nThose who have made the journey know best how strong the\ntemptation is, as soon as one\ngets to camp, just to throw off\nthe pack, and flatten on the\nground, tired out. But darkness soons falls. Night comes\nwhen no one can work. So\nonce again the little stored-up\nenergy must be brought into\nplay. Things must be made\nready for the night. \"\nDON'T QUIT\nWhen things go wrong, as\nthey sometimes will,\nWhen the road you're trudging seems all uphill,\nWhen the funds are low and\n|pi| the debts are high\nAnd you want to smile, but\nyou have to sigh,\nWhen care is pressing you\ndown a bit\nRest if you must, but don't\nyou quit.\nLife is queer with its twists\nand turns\nAs every one of us sometimes\nlearns,\nAnd many a failure turns\nabout lift\nWhen he might have won\nhad he stuck it out.\nDon't give up though the\npace seems slow\u2014\nYou may succeed with another blow.\nOften the goal is nearer than\nIt seems to a faint and\nfaltering man.\nOften the straggler has given\nup\nWhen he might have captured the yietor-'-s\u2014cup.\nAnd he learned too late, when\nthe night slipped down,\nHow close he was to the\ngolden crown.\nSuccess is failure turned inside out\u2014\nThe silver tint of the clouds\nof doubt.\nAnd you never can tell how\nclose you are.\nIt may be near when it seems\nafar;\nSo stick to the fight when\nyou're hardest hit,\nIt's when things seem worst\nyou mustn't quit.\nII. HOPE. Hope is a combination of what we both expect\nand desire. There are some\nthings we expect, but do not\nwish. Other things we desire,\nbut do not expect. Hope is a\ncombination of expectation and\ndesire. Faith makes us undertake things in life. Hope makes\nus carry on. It is often easy to\nbegin, hard to carry one. Look\nat. Watts' famous picture called\nHOPE. There we see the figure\nof a woman, sitting on a circle\nof earth. She is blindfolded,\nand holding a stringed instrument. Two strings have broken\nat her touch. Only one remains,\nbut she prepares to' strike,\nconfident in the hope that the\nmessage of music will sound.\nThat is Hope\u2014the last thing in\nman to die.\nWe did not meet many people\nalong the trail. But those we\ndid meet seemed to be buoyed\nup by an unseen hope. At one\npoint we passed a man called\n\"Andy.\" He had a small hammer, and was industriously tapping the rocks on a mountain\nside. Every now and again he\nlooked peeringly through a\nsmall magnifying glass. He\nwould pass this over to me and\nask if I could see the small yellow dots of precious metal. I\ncould. He pointed to an area\nnot far up the mountain. Last\nyear he had prospected all over\nit. Yet this spring another man\nhad come in, and now he was\ngetting $1,300 a ton \"for that |\nstuff up there.\" Andy some- j\nhow had missed it. But he went'\non tapping, tapping, and hop- j\ning, hoping that some day he\nwould strike it rich. Hence the\nsaying around the historic town\nof Hope, that many live in Hope\nand die in despair.\nIn speaking of wealth I like\nto recall Ruskin's saying that\nthere is no wealth but life.\nSurely along the sixty-five miles\nbetween Princeton and Hope\nthere was no wealth to compare\nwith, the young Hope-fuls on\nthe trail. It is easy enough to\nmeasure the spirit of a man by\nthe things he undertakes to do.\nThat is faith. But we measure\nthe quality of our faith by the\nthings we hope for. Hope is\none of the tests, and one of the\nassets of life. The trail rangers\nhave secret hopes as well as\nthe gold seekers. These hopes\nin days to \"come will blossom into kind words, great thoughts,\ngood deeds. Hope on.\nThere is an atmosphere of\nHope and expectancy on the\ntrail. That is one of the qualities that we want transferred\nto life's account. Many would\ndie in the stress and battle of\nlife if they were not made\nstrong by the hidden strength\nof a pure hope. No wonder the\ngreat statesman-apostle places\nhope alongside of faith, with\nlove at her right hand.\nIII. LOVE. Faith, Hope, and\nLove\u2014and the greatest of these\nis love. Love is too great to be\ndefined. We find its highest\nexpression in life at Calvary. In\nthe open spaces one learns to\nknow and to love nature, human nature, and divine nature.\nThere is the picture of mountain and glen. Time will not\nefface some of the pictures we\nsaw. . Of wild flowers, marvellous in number, beauty and color, we shall best remember the\nmasses of rhododendrons that\nlined the Skagit bluffs. We had\nnot expected to find nature so\nbeautiful. She has left .a legacy,\nrich as the one that came to\nWordsworth when he \"wandered lonely as a cloud,\" and spied\na host of daffodils. Nature is\nnot all \"tooth and claw.\" It is\ntrue that the struggle for existence goes on perpetually. The\nweakest may go to the wall.\nBut even in this struggle are\nvisions of rare beauty. We\nlearned to see a kind of beauty\neven in the instinct of self-preservation. The deer bounding\nthrough the brush, one fleeting glimpse, but what a picture\nto remember. At our second\ncamp by the Skaist there was\nan interesting chase after a\nporcupine. I had never seen\none before in the open. The\nboys enjoyed the chase, the\nporcupine bristling all over\nwith armor-quills The boys\nwere content enough to enjoy\nthe chase, and were loathe to\nkill what was at their mercy.\nEven the snakes, basking in\nsunshine, not troubling to wriggle away, were granted a new\nlease of life. Innocence .and ignorance always appeal to the\nmerciful instincts inhuman nature. The only bear we saw\nwas near Hope. This one was\ntied to a tree, and was the\ncompanion and plaything of a\nman. Of all the pictures of\nbird life the most beautiful\nfwas the mothering fool-hen.\ni This is a species of grouse, and\nbecause of its over-confiding\nnature is easily killed with\nsticks or stones. Hence it is,\none of the first birds to disappear before advancing civilization.\nWhat was even betf-ii, so far\nas he training of youth is concerned, was the frequent opportunities the trail afforded for\ndisplaying the helping hand.\nThe very essence of love is understanding helpfulness. The\nsecond day on the trail was a\nhard one. After the long climb\nto the Summit, and the descent\nof the Zig-zag or Switchback\ntrail, when the evening came\nwe were all feeling weary and\nsore. The boys arrived at camp\nfirst. They knew that the girls\nwere far behind, struggling with\ntheir packs. Tired as the boys\nwere, they suggested to each\nother that they drop their\npacks and go back and help\nthe girls along. The trail cultivates this spirit.\nThe companionship on the\ntrail was just as marked. There\nhas since grown up between\nthose who made the journey a\nbond of friendship that will\nstand the test of time. I know\nthat in after years when they\nchance to meet in other parts\nthey will recall with enthusiasm their experiences along\nthe old trail from Princeton to\nHope. There is real value in\nthat.\nEvery night we had a big\nblazing camp - fire. Strange\nstories were told, and many\nsongs echoed through the pines.\nOne night we had the history\nof the trail . This was history\n[ 'Continue\"! on Page Three ]\n June 6th,. 19140\nft TJIE SIMfrKAMEEN! ^TAR, PRINC^tON, B,\u00a3.\nPAGE THREE\n1\nI\nThe Trail to Hope\nBy John' Goodfellow\n(Continued from Page Two)\nI\nthat should be remembered\nlong after much learend at\nschool is forgotten.\nOne noon hour we stayed at\nthe cabin of an old trapper. He\nproved to be the soul of hospitality. Although he never saw\nus before, and may never see\nus again, he insisted that we\neat bread and venison, and\ndrink tea. We were on the trail.\nThat was enough for him. He\nguessed how it must feel for\nyoung people to trudge along\nwith staff in hand, and pack-aback.\nThat night we planned to\ncamp at \" the Nicolum, nine\nmiles from Hope. The trapper\nsaid that he was going right\nttiroug to Hope that very\nni.ht, and would tell the people\nat the hotel to expect eleven\nhungry people for dinner on\nSaturday. It was well that he\ndid. Half an hour before we\nreached our destination we\nhappened into a rain storm. We\ndid not stop, and when we\ncame to the Northern Hotel,\ndry clothes were ready for the\nwanderers, weary, wet and\nhungry.\nSurely it is impossible for any\nparty of young people to make\nsuch a trip and have such experiences without reaping a\nrich reward, of faith, hope and\nlove, in their own hearts. The\nexperiences of the trail are\nadded to life's account. In days\nand years to come this same\naccount will tide them over\nmany a thorny path in life's\nway. That after all is the real\nvalue of the trail. It builds up\nhealth. It cultivates friendship**.\nBest of all it contributes to a\nphilosophy of life that coincides with the teaching of the\ngreat Master.\nCONCLUSION. A word as to\nthe comparative values of camp\nand trail. The camp is best\nsuited where periods of study\nare planned. That is hardly\npossible on the trail. It could\nbe done, but not to advantage.\nCamp life is better suited to intellectual development. But for\nreal life, and soul development,\ngive me the trail. There is romance, adventure, the beautiful\u2014there you find faith, hope\nand love. The greatest of these\nis love.\nLIFE\nLife! I know not what thou\nart,\nBut know that thou and I\nmust part;\nAnd when, or how, or where\nwe met\nI own to me's a secret yet.\nLife! We've been long together\nThrough pleasant and\nthrough cloudy weather;\n'Tis hard to part when\nfriends are dear\u2014\nPerhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a\ntear;\nThen steal away, give little\nwarning.\nChoose thine own time;\nSay not Good Night\u2014but in\nsome happier clime\nBid me Good Morning.\n(Mrs. A. L. Barbauld, 1748-1825\nPrinceton, B.C.\nToronto Factory-\nTurns Out\nBren Guns\nDOMESTIC TOUCH\nMrs. Albert Matthews, wife of\nOntario's lieutenant-governor, inspects preparation of foods in Uie\nbig kitchens at the St. XI r\u2122a*\nR.C.A.F. centre. She and har hu\u00bb.\nband paid an official visit recently to hundreds of young . Canadians at the training school.\nHad you been standing in\nthe vicinity of a Toronto manufacturing plant a few weeks ago\nyou might have heard a new\nand strange sound rising above\nthe normal bustle of industrial\nactivity.\nIt was the staccato bark of a\nBren machine gun and the\nburst of firing was the signal\nof a new Canadian accomplishment\u2014an accomplishment that\nmay take on more and more\nsignificance before the war is\nover.\nThe machine gun that fired\nthat first round was made in\nits entirety from raw Canadian\nsteel, tempered and treated by\nCanadian experts, fashioned into its intricate shape by the\nhands of Canadian workmen.\nToday, and for many months\nto come, hundreds of Canadian\nbrothers^ of this, the world's\nmost modern and efficient\nlight machine gun, will travel\nfrom the assembly line. They\nwill fire their first bursts on\nthe plant's testing range and\nbe handed over to the forces of\nCanada and the Motherland to\nplay their part in winning the\nAllies' eventual victory.\nThe story of how these complicated weapons were taken\nfrom the drafting boards of\nEurope and put into Canadian\nproduction is one of the most\ninteresting in the annals of\nCanadian industrial history.\nThe vast majority of our Canadian workmen, it must be remembered, had never before\nworked on the production of\nmachine guns, or any other\nkind of light weapon, for that\nmatter.\nWhen the Canadian concern\nwas given its contract, it was\nallowed two years in which to\nprepare itself for actual production of guns, because military authorities here and in\nEngland well realized the tremendous difficulties to be faced in setting up the necessary\nmanufacturing facilities.\nHowever, thanks to the skill\nand versatility of Canadian\nworkmen and engineers, the\nguns went into production a\nfull five months ahead of the\nallotted time.\nThe first gun to come off the\nline was expected to contain\nmany faults subsequently to be\ncorrected by adjustments to\nmachines and increased experience on the part of the workmen themselves. Yet, to use the\nwords of a plant official \"She\nacted like a lady.\"\nMounted on the test range,\nit plugged its bullets into the\ntarget as speedily and accurately as could* be expected from\nthe best product..\nSome idea of the enormous\ntask that had been accomplished with the firing of that first\ngun may be gained from the\nfact that 17,604 fixtures, tools\nand gauges are used in conjunction with 600 machines in\nturning out a Bren Gun. Because they had no counterpart in other lines of industry,\na great proportion of these\ntools, gauges and other pieces\nof equipment had to be made\nin the plant itself.\nEven in the steel many problems are presented, because\neach Bren gun contains fifteen\ndifferent alloys which must be\nconstantly examined and checked by expert metallurgists.\nThe journey taken by the\nBren gun from the moment it\nis so many lumps of shapeless\nsteel until it is a deathly weapon of precision, takes in 2,846\nseparate and distinct operations.\nIt starts this journey as 101\npounds of steel and completes\nit as 21 pounds of machine gun,\ntrimmed down in some instances to accuracies of 4|1,000 of an\ninch. Such precision reaches\nits highest degree in the standards room of the plant, where\nthere are measuring devices\ncapable of registering up to ten\none-millionths of an inch. This\nroom is kept at a constant temperature of 68 degrees F.to prevent even the slightest expansion and contraction of steel\ndue to changing temperatures.\nThe gun itself is designed as\na successor to the Lewis light\nmachine gun. It is primarily\nan infantry weapon. It is the\nstandard light machine gun of\nthe British Empire. The name\n\"Bren\" is a contraction of\n\"Brunn\" C z e c h o - Slovakia,\nwhere the gun was first developed, and \"Enfield\" in England, where it was refined and\nperfected for use in the British\nforces.\nIt fires one magazine clip of\n30 rounds in 4 seconds and a\nwell-trained crew of two soldiers can fire 210 of its .303\ncalibre cartrdges in one minute, including the time necessary to change clips.\nNothing moves on the outside\nof the gun and all principal'\nparts are interlocked, thus doing away with nuts and bolts\nso far as possible.\nIn its initial order, Canada\nwill supply a total of 12,000 of\nthese weapons\u20147,000 to its own\nforces and 5,000 to Great Britain.\nTRY AN AD\nIT ALWAYS PAYS\ntithk Golttrnvia.\na5 them.\nSee the mighty Fraser in full flood\npouring through, the stupendous gorge\nvf the Fraser Canyon ... cross\nfrom Boston Bar to North Bend by\nthe new aerial tramway, suspended\n90 feet above its broad yellow current.\nPeer into the dizzy depths of the\nChasm on the Cariboo Road. Take\nthe new Big Bend section of the\nTrans-Canada Highway from Revelstoke\nto Golden, and see what 'til now has\nbeen seen only by the hazardous\nrunning of its chutes and rapids\u2014\nthe surging grandeur of the Big BerW\nof the Columbia.\nTHIS YEAR\nSEE BRITISH COLUMBIA\n| The Vacationland that has\neverything.\"\nTHE\nBRITISH COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT!\nTRAVEL BUREAU,\nDepartment of Trade and Industry,\nParliament Building*. Victoria.\nON SALE DAILY\nThe safe and comfortable way\nto travel. Listed here are six\nsamples of the \"Economy-\nRound-Trip-Fares.\"\nCoach Class\n6-Months Return\nWinnipeg $53.45\nToronto _\nMontreal\nSt. Paul I\nChicago _\nNew York\n78.75\n89.30\n54.40\n65.00\n89.30\nFor complete details, also intermediate\nand first class fares, see your local\nagent or write G. Bruce Burpee,\nG.P.A., C.P.R. Station, Vancouver.\nTHE TRUTH\nABOUT THE\nRED CROSS\nComing To Princeton Soon\n(Reprinted from The Globe and\nMail, Toronto, Cz~z*z, of\nMay 21, 1940)\nIf your neighbor tells ycu the\nthe Canadian Red Cross Society\nis selling the socks and sweaters that patriotic women knit\nfor the soldiers and sailors-, it's\na Nazi lie. The Red Cross has\nnever been able to obtain proof\nthat socks so made are being\nsold for 49 cents a pair, or\" any\nother price. The canard has\nbeen officially denied a score of\ntimes, but is still circulating.\nOut of every dollar subscribed to the Canadian Red Cross\nSociety 80 cents is being used\nfor actual war work, 14.5 cents\nfor peacetime services, and\nonly 3.5 cents for administration.\nThe Canadian Red j Cross has\nfor months been shipping thousands of cases of hospital supplies, surgical dressings and\ncomforts, including knitted\ngoods made by Canadian women\nto be available in England for\nemergencies. Thousands of refugees from Holland and Belgium who have poured into\nEngland are being- helped. An\norganization has been set up to\nminister to the Canadian soldiers overseas. A 600-bed Red\nCross hospital has been erected\nand equipped at Taplow, near\nWindsor Castle. Canadian prisoners of war in Germany will\nbe fed and cared for, as they\nwere during the last war, when\n2,700 were supplied the necessities of life in one month.\nNazi lies about the Canadian\nRed Cross are circulated to discourage the thousands of women across the Dominion who\nare giving of their time and effort voluntarily to provide com-\nmm\n| Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable in \"Gone.with.the' Wind*'\nforts for the gallant fighting\nmen.\nSubscribers to this humanitarian society will realize that\nthe Red Cross is definitely an\nemergency organization which\ncannot be tied down to a prepared budget controlled by a\njoint community chest effort.\nIts work is universal and its\nscope is limited only by the\nneed.\n *\t\nPrinceton Beats\nHedley In Baseball\nPrinceton defeated Hedley\n7-3 on Sunday at Hedley when\nthe local baseball team travelled to that centre for their first\ngame this season. The Princeton squad took an early lead,\nand held it throughout the\ngame with Currie pitching a\nbrarid of ball that fooled the\nlower valley chucker, although\nHedleyites stayed right in there\nfighting and never relinquished the pressure.\nThe Princeton team this year\nconsists of youngsters, and is in\nall probability, one of the\nyoungest teams on record.\n\"Duke\" Wainman, hockey coach\nfor the Princeton Intermediates last \"winter, is coaching\nthe hardball squad, and it appears that he has j material on\nhand that he will mould into\na fine team..\nThe team the Princeton club I\ntook to Hedley consisted of: D.\nCurrie, pitcher; G. Russell,\ncatcher; Wainman, lst base; L.\nLavalley, 2nd base; G. Currie,\nshortstop; J. Stogren, 3rd base;\nCody, P. Mitchell, Mullin and\nA. Schulli were in the field.\nCARTTON E. MORSE\nNIJC Author At Work\n\u2022 Popular writer of \"One Man's\nPaimily\" and T Love a Mystery'\ntwo of radio's hit programmes.\nTHE PROPER CARE OF\nYOUR AUTOMOBILE\nTwo Methods of Polishing\nIT has been told how the color and\nlustre of your automobile can be\nrestored by the use of a properly\nformulated polish. There are two\naccepted methods of polishing, the\none by using a combination cleaner\nand polish of the liquid type, and\nthe other by using a cleaner and\nwax.\nWhile the use of the liquid polish\nis less work, and will restore the\nlustre to your car in one operation, it doesn't last long and won't\norevent further weathering.\nThe second method involves two\noperations, and while harder work,\nwill preserve the finish for months.\nThe traffic film'must first he cleaned off with a mild abrasive polish\nrr cleaner. When the finish is\nthoroughly dry and clean, the\npolishing wax is applied with a ball\nof soft cloth which has been damp\nened and wrung \"dry.\" The wax\nshould be put on sparingly, rubbing it into small sections (not\nmore than two or three square\nfeet) at a time. Then the wax is\nrubbed up to a bright lustre with\na clean dry cloth.\nWax, like window glass, has the\nability to filter out the ultra-violet\nrays of the sun. When you- wax\nyour car, you apply a thin transparent film over the entire surface\nwhich, in addition to improving its\nappearance, protects the finish\nfrom weathering. It is easier, ako,\nto keep the waxed surface clean,\nas dust and dirt can be wiped off\nmuch easier.\nIf given, this attention a car will\nretain its good looks for years, and\nits finish will last a remarkably\nlong time.\nTray of Appetizers For Nazis i \u00bb\nNext: \"Care of Closed Cwr \"Top-?\"\nComplete the Hope-Princeton Road\nThese gunners of the Royal Canadian Artillery training centre at\nKir ston are learning how to load a six-inch howitzer. It won't be lcvig,\nthey hope, before they are hurling plenty of these hefty shells over the\nSiegfried line.\n1\n|\nI\nI\n1\nI\nI\"\nI\nI\nI\nI\nI\n\u00a7\n1\n1\n'I\nI\nI\nI\nI\nf\nTAG\nn\n1\nll\nII'\nTHE HEALTH FOOD\n. SPARKING EYES \u2014 ROSY CHEEKS !\nThese are the rewards of healthy bodies\u2014abounding in rich, red blood\u2014the results of eating\nnourishing, digestible, properly assimilated foods.\nMany housewives today are prone to serve over-cooked, indigestible foods that clog the system\nand poison the blood stream. Creamed Cottage Cheese when made .the \"Fraser Valley\" way, is not only\ndeliciously appetizing and nourishing, but one of the most easily and completely digested foods.\nTry it in easily prepared delicious salads. Adults and children en'ojy its creamy flavour. ..Specially\nrecommended for invalids.\nB SUPPLIED AT REASONABLE PRICES BY\nBurns & Co.\nPrinceton, B.C.\ni\nI\nin\n8^l\u00a3J35s*3l^^2lillB\u00a7s\n PAGE FOUR\nTHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR, PRINCETON, B,C.\nJune 6th., 1940\nPrinceton Lodge No. 52 meets each\nThursday at 8:00 p.m. in the I. O.\nO. E??Hall. Visiting Brothers are\nwelcome.\nP. R. McGregor, N. G.\n. J. Milne, Rec. See.\nSIMILKAMEEN LODGE No 95\nA.F. & A.M.\nMeets First Tues. in Each Month\nBargains\nin\nB. P. O. E. Princeton Lodge 280\nMeets 2nd and 4th Mondays\nW. E. Lucas, E. R.\nW. E. Cameron, Sec.\nNewspapers Are The\nMost Effective Adver\u00ab\ntising Medium\nmM\\M\\M\\m&3M}MJi\\mM\\M\\S\nevery week-end\ncalls\nTake advantage of the\nlow week-end rates l if you\nare planning a long-distance telephone call.\nWeek-end rates, which\nare the same as the low\nnight rates, are in effect\nfrom 7 p.m., Saturday, until 4.30 a.m., Monday.\nSend your \"hello\" when\nthe rates are low. *\ntit \u25a0 tit tit\nB.C. TELEPHONECO.\nTHE OTHER DAY an article\nwas brought to our attention\nwhich dealt with the methods\nused by the manufacturers to\nproduce proper army boots for\nthe fighting services. It showed just how much care is taken to see that each pair of\nservice shoes are as -suited for\ntheir task as it is humanly possible to make them.\nIn describing the army's\nfootgear the writer might well\nhave been describing almost any\npair of LECKIES or HEADS or\nPARIS Miners' Roots in our\nstock, for they too, are as well\nmade and suited to the work\nfor which they are designed as\nit is possible to make them.\nWhen you need heavy work\nboots next, look in at the Cook\nEstate for them.\nF.P.COOK ESI ATE\nPRINCETON and COALMONT\n\u2014Established 1886\u2014\nMiiim 11i1111111e111i1111i11iii1111] imir\nUMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlilll\nThe CONSOLIDATED\nMINING and SMELTING\nCOMPANY of CANADA\nLimited\nManufacturers of ELEPHANT\nBrand Chemicals and Chemical\nFertilizers.\nAmmonium Phosphates. Ammonium Sulphate, Super-phosphates, Monocalcium Phosphate.\n *\t\nClassified\nFOR SALE\u2014Upright piano in\nsplendid condition. $150.00\ncash, $175.00 easy terms. Apply STAR office.\nm& BRETT'S LTD.\n1936 Ford DeLuxe Coupe, new\ntires, A.l condition $595\n1935 Terraplane Sedan, new\ntires, licenses --- $595\n1934 Dodge Light Delivery $425\n1930 Model A. Ford Coupe $250\n1929 Model A. Ford Tudor $165\nJlU\nMR. C: HULTGREN, D. C, Phc.\nPalmer Gr'aduate\nChiropractor\nwill be at Princeton Hotel\n\u2014 on \u2014\nMonday and Tuesday\n(All Day)\nand\nWednesday forenoon\nof each week.\nE. W. NOWELL,\nGILBERT PRIDEAUX,\n(Representatives) \u25a0\nProducers and Refiners of TAD-\nANAC Brand Metals. Gold, Silver,\nLead, Zinc, Cadmium, Bismuth,\nAntimony and Zinc Dust.\nAlso Sulphuric Acid and Sulphur\nGENERAL OFFICE AND\nWORKS, TRAIL, B. C.\nMllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllll\nmiiii iimiiiiiiimnmiimiim niuur\nj Writing\n\u00a7|Paper:\nSPECIAL\nA WRITING TABLET,\nLetter or Ladies' Note\nSize,\nwith a Package of\nEnvelopes,\nBoth For\n26c\nLinen or Vellum\n=3 !i\nPrinceton Drug\nand Book Store\nG. G. Lyall, Prop.\n- LOC\nMr. Jim Dohm, of the B.C.\nTelephone Company office here\nleft Tuesday morning for Vancouver, where he will remain\nfor a few days.\n* * *\nMr. and Mrs. Murdo Thomson\nreturned to Princeton early\nthis week to take up residence,\nafter a honeymoon trip in the\nUnited States.\ntit tit tit\nMr. and Mrs. Ernie Garrison,\nof Brookmere, were visitors\nduring the week end at the\nhome of Mr. Garrison's parents\nin Princeton.\ntit tit tit\nLadies of the Princeton Ladies' Ski Club met at a special\nsocial gathering at the home of\nMrs. A. Stenvold on Tuesday\nevening last.\nk it k\nMr. and Mrs. I. C. Williams\nreturned on Sunday from a\ntwo week vacation by motor to\nparts of the northwestern\nstates and B.C.\n* * tit\nMr: and Mrs. Wilfred French,\nof Chilliwack, spent the weekend in Princeton before proceeding by motor on a short\nholiday through the Okanagan\nand Kamloops.\nit k it\nMiss M. Moss, of North Vancouver, is a guest at the home\nof Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Simpson.\nMiss Moss arrived two weeks\nago, and' plans to remain at\nleast a week longer.\n&*M xl\/\n\u00a7\u25a0\n\u25a0jj: ih \u2022{ \"\" *\" *\u00bb\n\u25a0x\/ d--\n\/ **\"\"^ '^mw*\n\"5-\ni\u00a7^J\u00bb,\"*, Z-\nmsf\nS3^\"^_'*3\u00bb wif\n<\u25a0\u00bb\n\u00abiy\u00a3p^\n\u00ab- 7 a.m., you start a good day's angling with high hopes. O 2 p.m., still not a strike. Things begin to look bad.\nI. 11 a.m., four hours' steady casting and not a strike! L. You slip on a rock\u2014splash! A perfect 3-poinl landing.\nmi\nw\u00abli\n3 6 p.m., starts to rain. You return home with the catch.\nw Your whole day seems ruined.\nsi I\nThen you find a carton of HIGH\nLIFE. The fishing trip becomes ,s\na success. Man! but life's not \u00a7i$fc\n\u25a0o bad after all!\nAlso Brewers and\nbottlers of\nROYAL\nEXPORT BEER\nFor Free Delivery\nin\nPhone 46\nPrinceton\n<* I\nPRINCETON BREWING CO. LTD.\nPrinceton, B.C.\nThis advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by\nthe Government of British Columbia.\nSU1L0P\nHi\nGIVES YOU 2000 TEETH TO GRIP\nTHE ROAD FOR GREATER SAFETY\nYou pay no more for Dunlop Supremacy. In\naddition to Dunlop 'Fort' . . . 'the world's finest tire'. . . we carry a wide range of Dunlop\nQuality.Tires for every purse and purpose. R2\nCOMING!\nto the\nCapitol Theatre,\nPRINCETON,\nFRIDAY and SATURDAY\nBURR MOTORS\nPRINCETON, B. C,\nwptnn\nysma&sM\n","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Newspapers","@language":"en"}],"GeographicLocation":[{"@value":"Princeton, B.C.","@language":"en"},{"@value":"Princeton","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"Similkameen_Star_1940_06_06","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0437428","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Latitude":[{"@value":"49.460278","@language":"en"}],"Longitude":[{"@value":"-120.507778","@language":"en"}],"Notes":[{"@value":"Title changes in chronological order: Similkameen Star (1900-03-31 to 1900-07-28), The Similkameen Star (1900-08-04 to 1900-10-20), Similkameen Star (1900-10-27 to 1918-05-10), The Princeton Star (1918-05-17 to 1935-08-29), The Similkameen Star (1935-09-05 to 1939-12-28).","@language":"en"}],"Provider":[{"@value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","@language":"en"}],"Publisher":[{"@value":"[Princeton] : [Star Printing and Publishing Co.]","@language":"en"}],"Rights":[{"@value":"Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http:\/\/digitize.library.ubc.ca\/","@language":"en"}],"SortDate":[{"@value":"1940-06-06 AD","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1940-06-06 AD","@language":"en"}],"Source":[{"@value":"Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives","@language":"en"}],"Title":[{"@value":"The Similkameen Star","@language":"en"}],"Type":[{"@value":"Text","@language":"en"}],"Translation":[{"@value":"","@language":"en"}],"@id":"doi:10.14288\/1.0437428"}