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C, FEBRUARY 2($ 1912  Price 5 Gents  V  V  A Bargain in Footwear  Don't  Miss It!  We hayedefinitfly decided  to confine our business exclusively to Men's Wear  and iii order to make room  for our spring shipments,  we are anxious to close out  immediately our entire  stock bf Women's and  Children's shoes..  The following will give you  some idea of the bargains  to be had by purchasing  your footwear from us during the next ten days.  Boards of Trade Urge  Government to Subsidize  12 Pair Tan Calf Blucher,  Reg. $4.50,   Sale Price $3.00  10 Pair Vel. Calf Blucher,  Reg. $4.00,   Sale Price $2.75  10 Pair Dull Russ Blucher,  Reg. $4.50 Sale Price $3.00  12 Pairs Patent Blucher,  Reg. $4.00,   Sale Price $2.75  12 Pair B. C. Pol. Blucher  , Reg. $3.50, Sale Price $2.45  -12 Pair Dull Russ Oxford,  Reg. $4.00, Sale Price $2.75  Sizes and styles are well assorted and included in our stock will be  found   such   well   known   makes   as Empress, Queen Quality, Ames  Holden, Etc.  ' Every pair must be sold and some lines have been reduced to Half  Price.  Call Early-while your size is here.  i ..<\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  1 o r\\<  & CO  Specialists in  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd^  ^fiim^G3ofliing,\"Furnishings, Boots and Shoes.  Pass    Resolutions     Dealing  With Hope anaVKarailoops  Connections.  The members of the Nicola  Valley Board of Trade and the  Merritt Board have passed re-  j solutions urging upon the government the importance of subsidising the Kettle Valley and  Canadian Northern railways to  enable them to complete their  connections with Hope andKam-  loops and the valley respectively.  The meeting of the Nicola body  was held last evening and the  local Board this afternoon.  The construction of the line  down the Coquahalla to Hope by  the Kettle Valley company will  ensure quicker communication  between the valley and Vancouver and give a better outlet not  only for mine products but also  for agricultural produce. The  construction of the road to Kamloops from this city will give a  greatly needed market in the-  eastern section of the province.  The construction of either oJ  these roads will give impetus to  the development of the natural  resources of the Nicola valley.  Thousands'of acres of excellent  arable\"_land lie between Nicola  and\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdKamloops at present given  over in part to cattle grazing.  The construction of a branch |of  the C. N. R,, or even by the old  Nicola, Kamloops and Similkameen company, under which char  -ter-theC.-Pr-Rr-bullt-into -Nicola  would be of incalculable value to  the people of_7the province, inasmuch as the certain influx of i  settlers would ensure more extensive  development_[of the re  sources of the\" country.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd The communications which go  to the government should receive  the most serious consideration at  their hands.  TRAGIC DEATH OF  S  Well  C. P. R. and Great Northern   Plans  for hew Interior Connections.  Vancouver, {Jan.   31st. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThat  the Hope Mountains' career as a  barrier to railway communication  between the coast and the southern interior of the province is ^almost at an encl, is obvious from  recent: discussions   of  projects  for   construction   and   developments   in   that   quarter.    It; is  stated .thatvthe Great Northern  will have no; difficulty in obtaining the  desireid renewal of its  charter for the.V. V. and E. and  that constructipn from Hope:to  Princeton will begin before midsummer.    It lis  equally   certain  that .the C; P. R. will bridge the  gap  between; Nicola and Hope  during the present season, and  thereby secure ia direct connection  between!;South   Yale   and  Kootenay.    Meanwhile the Canadian Northern Pacific contractors are making excellent progress  with their work.    The   first  of  March at the very latest will see  the track laid j to Hope, and two  months   later-grading   will   be  .c6mpleted.,tft^rale.;:-:.Trains.-will  be   in   operation   between    the  coast and Port Hope by Dominion Day and it is expected that  Canada's natal day will be elaborately celebrated in consequence  by the residents of Hope.  Known  Youth  Employed  Middlesboro Killed  at  I  ^The^Diamond^ale^eomBany off  ers  the opportunity to purchase a homesite  on the Diamond Vale field, south of the  railway track on easy terms.  Inside Lots 50x120  i  SKATING CARNIVAL  The skating carnival last Friday night attracted a great  crowd of spectators and participants, taxing the skating rink to  capacity. The most exciting event of the evening was the men's  skating race, which ended in a  win for Gus Brolin, who also  won the men's long jump.  The ladiesskating race attracted a great deal of attention and  much enthusiasm, the palm of  victory finally going to Mrs, F.  Barnes. Percy Ransom won the  boys' race and for boys under  ten Jonny McDonald won out.  Elmore Thomas won the men's  high jump.  Falling in front of a load which  he was driving 'last Monday afternoon'John Manson, a driver in  No 2 Mine of the Nicola Valley  Coal and Coke company, was run  over and crushed to death in a  few seconds. As he fell he realised his danger, but his cry for  help was choked by the lumbering coal car. When Dr. Gillis,  who happened to be but a short  distance-away from the mine at  the time of the accident, arrived  the unfortunate man was beyond  medical aid. His collar bone  and back were broken, and his  left ribs driven into his heart  and lungs.  It is  but a. few weeks since  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdRobert Dishart, Alec Thompson  and    Dusan    Vukmirovich   met  their tragic death in the mine,  and this second tragedy cast a  gloom over the entire community.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd John Manson was but twenty  years and eleven months of age  when he came to his untimely  end, and well known and popular  thioughout the district.    He was  an enthusiastic sportsman, being  a particularly ardent devotee of  boxing.    Only two weeks ago he  took part in an exhibition bput  at the last smoker at Middlesboro  Club,, where he was particularly  popular.    He  dies  mourned   by  all who had the pleasure of knowing him.  The funeral took place from  the family res;dence on Granite  avenue last Wednesday afternoon  the'requiem service being preach^  ed by Rev. J. A. Petrie, who also  read  the  burial  service at the J  graveside.    The funeral arrange  ments were carried out by B.  Priest.  tickets, and the former acted, .as  recipient of fines imposed on  those gentlemen who infringed  such rules as clapping, or crossing the room without an escort.  Dr. Williams and Frank Bailey  were fined for the first offence  and Harold Walters was compelled 10 hand over a dime for refusing a dance.  Among those present  were:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  Mesdames Strickland, McGoran,   Marshall, MeKenzie,   H. Priest,   Kay,   A.  Jones, Graham, Steffen.   Bullen,   Bat-'  tersby, Mclntyre, R. McDonald,    Forsyth,     Devonshire,      Joseph   Collett,  Welfare, Wilson, McRae, Booth, Jackson, Wallace;   Misses Doris and   Bertha     McGoran,     Baldwin,     Chatham,  Jackso-i, Leonard. McNeil, Brolin, Hyland, Busk,   Blackwell,   McKay,   Marriott, Gavlin, Beattie,  Murray, Stephenson, Horrocks, Sherwood, and   Vair;  and   Messrs.   Reid,   E.   Jones,   Peter,  John and James Smith, Bullen, Parkinson,   Leechman,   Clapperton,   McRae,  Conklin (2), Walker, McDonald,   Bran-  ston,    Strang,   E. Pierc-e,   McKenzie,,  McLeod, Kinj_(2), Walters, Devonshire  .Veale, Heslop, Bailey, Philips' Smythe  Perdue, Steffen,   Stackhouse,'   Niehoil,  McNab,   Liddle,   Jackson,   Mickle,   O'  Rourke, Graham, Cowan, Sharpe, Mat-  tice, Wallace,   C. Stephenson,   T. Williams (Coutlee),    Dr.    Williams    and  Frank Coffee.  LONG SESSION  Monday Night's Meeting lasts unt  Midnight.     Estimates.  \"' Last rMonday pevehing tlu  members of the city council wen^  nto the'question of expenditure  NICOLA NOTES  Mrs. Sasseville of Kamloops  spent a few days in Nicola last  week with her husband Charles  Sasseville conductor of the passenger train on the Nicola'  Branch.  Mrs. J. Armstrong, who, with  her family is spending the winter in Nicola went down to Clov-  erdale last Friday on a short, visit  She was accompanied by her son  John who will remain at the  coast -- . _.,. *. -  Mrs.  Wm.    Corkle   of  Nicola visited Mrs. W,  last week.  .\ufffd\ufffd1.  Lower  Dodd  CORONER'S JURY  The- coroner's jury investigating the death of the late John  Manson concluded their session  yesterday afternoon, after having adjourned from an examination of the scene of the tragedy  on Tuesday. They returned a  verdict stating\";that they found  deceased met his death as the result of a defective car, attaching  blame to no one. They added  a'rider requiring that more care  be exercised in the management.  Coroner Tutill conducted the  inquest and the jurors were  Messrs.Jbhn Collett, G. McGruther, W. Schmock, L. Lobsinger,  A.ndrew Hoggan,*and J. A. Menzies.  Mr. and Mrs. Conner were  up  from Merritt visiting on Tuesday;  The Matrimonial fever has  struck Nicola, rumor has it that  no less than three weddings will  take place in the near future.  Corner  u  50xI 20  If you pay cash we will reduce these  prices 10 per cent.  TITLE GUARANTEED  See  at the Diamond Vale Supply Co.  PRIZEWINNERS  Best   Dressed   Married   lady,  Mrs. Bewley.  . Best Dressed Single lady, Miss  M. Sherwood.  Best  Dressed   Married   man,  B. Bewley. y  Best Dressed Single \"man,  E.  Thomas.  Best   Comic   Clown,   Mr.   Joe  Smith.  Best Comic Costume,  Mr. H.  Darknell.  Best lady Fancy'Skater, Mrs.  Tutill.  Best Gent. Fancy   Skater,  Brolin.  Most Graceful Couple Mr.  Mrs. Darknell.  G.  and  WAS SUCCESSFUL  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdM  H..C Meeker, manager, of*; the  Nicola Pine Lumber company's  plant at Canford JMills was'Tin  the city ,on_business on Thursday.  He returned to Canford yesterday afternoon.  Charles Sasseville, who has  becn^the conductor on the^local  branch passen gerlrtrain, Jfwi 11%be  transferred to thelmainline next  week. He will be \"a conductor  on. one of the transcontinental  runs.  Leap Year Dance Attracted Large  Crowd.  On Tursday evening in Menzies' Hall the ladies of the Social  and Dramatic Club gave  their Leap Year >\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' Dance, at  which the usual observances at  dances were*.completely reversed  It-was a most successful affair,  aud the' opinion of all present  was that the members of the  club should give such dances  much oftener. Everyone en-  j oyed'themsel ves. i m mensley \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  The committee in  charge of  the affair were Misses Doris and  Bertha McGoran and Azella Palmer. TMrsl. McKenzie,   of Middlesboro, \"proved herself an  efficient floor mistress.    Messrs.  Bullen'and .P.TSmith  furnished  the music for the  evening,   and  at the supper interval  Mrs. G.  H.|jTutill played several extras,  one of which,fa waltz, was  con-  sidered.to^belthe'besCof the evening, scoring a double encore.  Eddie Jones relieved Smith for a  couple of dances, and his work  was much appreciated.    Mrs.  J.  Marshall and Mrs McGoran took  G. M. Brash came up from  Canford last Saturday returning  on Tuesday.  Frank Lambert who has been  spending a well earned holiday  with his brother Charlie at Vancouver is expected back in a  week or two. It is Frank's first  visit to the coast in seven years  and=he=writes-that\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdhe\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdhas\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdnot-  been run over or held up since  he went down but prefers the  quiet of Nicola to the hustle and  bustle of city life.  Mrs. H.  H.  Matthews visited  Coutlee last Wednesday.  Mrs. W. E. Dodd and Miss  Chrissie Woodward were visitors  to Merritt on Wednesday.  I. 0. G. T.  The following officers were elected at the Good Templars'  meeting last evening:  Chief Templar: P. McLean.  Vice-Templar: W. Watt.  Past C. Templar: A.Kennedy.  Secretary: J. D. Leechman.  Fin. Secretary:   H. Gavlin.  Treasurer: M. McKenzie.  Chaplain: S.Jackson.  Marshall: Mrs. W. Cranna.  The staff of the Bank of Montreal defeated a picked team from  the Nicola Valley Coal and Coke  company at curling last Saturday  afternoon by nine to eight.  They intended playing eight  ends but a tie required an extra.  Wm. Sherwood has resigned  his position as night clerk at the  Coldwater Hotel.  for the year and tentatively ag-  r eed upon' a taxirate; of twelve  i nda half \"mills. The session  was the longest to date the ald-  ermen being detained until midnight. ..;.:_ v;-y  Alex Lucas M. P. P:  informed  the council in  a  communication  that the government refused  to  grant a pro rata  appbr.M'br ment  of'the hotel license fees collected  for last year before 1 He\"city was  incorporated     He \"will* endeavour  to have    the    government  to   change   their   decision.    He  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd will also recommend'to the-; lieu-  tena nt-pevc j r eyl he-'apj oir Imrnt  of Aldermen Cowley and Gordon  to the Police and  Licence  Commissions.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  The banking question \".then  came up for'discussion1; It will  be recalled that at the previous  session .of the -council * the  Bank of \"Toronto \"gave notice that  they-intended raising the rate on  loans from five :to six per'cent.  The Finance commilfre obtained  from the Bank of -Montreal an  offer to give tbe city -a rate of  one half per cent lower. . The  committee, however, did\" not  communicate with the management of the Bank of Torontband  ascertain whether their announced-intention of raisii g the-' rate  from five-to six per cent was final. .. The._Bank .of Montreal- further- offered\"tofaccept cheques'on  other - branches i .at 'par.-- - With .  practically.no discussion.the motion of Aid. Irvine seconded by  Aid.. Gordon, was carried unanimously. '  The account for $335 from the  School Trustees for teachers' and  janitor's salaries was passed for  payment. \\  The tender of the Nicola ,;Val-  leyNews for city printing;was  accepted. '   \"  It - was moved by Aid. John  seconded by Aid.' Irvine and ^'carried that the council close; the  deal with Joseph*Collett for the  purchase of the north-east corner of Garcia street and Granite  avenue for the city  and firehall  site.     . \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd..   ,, XX.'  _ r.,. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.-  Trustee and Alderman Jackson  .informed^ne council that Messrs  Eastwood &nd_ jGleasby .had .paid  Joseph Collett the $2250 owing  hinffor the new school sitej and  accepted a trust deed  from ' him  jfor_the-same._Thisdeed=will-be   turned over to the city upon pay-  ment'to.them of the amount with  interest at- seven \"per cent? per  annum. It will be necessary'- to  submit a by-law for threeTthousand dollars to cover this amount  and some, extra.'work to be done  on the grounds. ':\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'.'  A plan of the subdivision of  the Lot next to the Provincial  Courthouse into four lots 30 otf 50  was sent in by Messrs. Morgan  and Greig for approval. This  approval was witheld asnol provision was made in,.the plain for  an alleyway and it is the intention of the council to bring in a  by-law dealing with just such  problems. [  ESTIMATES FOR 1912 ;  Receipts: Licenses, $2500; \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.  Fines, .$2200; Pound, $100f\ufffd\ufffd Dog  tax, $200; Road tax, $500;^ Debt  rate 2 1-2 mills, $1650; General  rate 12 1-2 mills' less 10\"p. c. on  10 mills,*  1  $7590  Expenditures: Salaries, $4750;  Printing and advertising - and  stationery, $600;. Fire Dept., -$300  Street improvements, $3000;  Scavenging dept., $2000; .By-law  interest and sinking fund, $1644,  32;\"Contingent, $1000. 7   Estimatedsurphas, $1445:68.  Miss O. Standish returned \"from-  Vahcouver on Saturday niglhtl 2  THE NICOLA VALLEY NEWS  Friday. February 2, Is 12  THE NICOLA VALLEY NEWS  yPUfiLI^HED EVERY FRIDAY  Subscription ?2.00 a year  in   advance  '  Six months $1.00  J. W. ELLIS  Manager  0\ufffd\ufffde dollar per inch per month fer regular ad-  vortSaicsr. Land and water notices $7.50 for 60  days.   JB-00 for 30 days.  Clasnttled advertising- 10 words for 25 cents  extra words 2 cents.  Special rates  furnished for large contract ad  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdextlsinst. ...  . Address  THE NICOLA VALLEY NEWS  P.O. Box 20 Merritt. BC.  Phone 25.  subscribers, there have been  more occasions, we believe,  when we accurately expressed  the public sentiment. It-is not  always possible for us to see eye  to eye with every one of our  readers. But in the past even  when our advocacy of certain  measures which we deemed in  the best public interest has resulted in loss to ourselves, we  have not refrained from criticism  of persons or measures on that  account. The News will continue to serve the public.  OUR BIRTHDAY  This week we rounded out the  second year of our existence among the journals of this province  and the generous allowance of  \"three months' existance\" meted out to us by our contemporary when first we entered this  vale of tears has faded into the  hazy past,  There have been times during  the past year when our expressed opinions have failed to meet  with the approval of some of our  an even thirty thousand dollars;  The by-law to provide twenty  thousand dollars for a City Hall  has passed and it is expected that  construction on this building will  commence within eight weeks.  In addition to that a thirty  thousand dollar hotel and ten  thousand dollar post office arefto  be built this spring.  The outlook is particularly  bright.  A BRIGHT OUTLOOK  The news received this week  that theC. P. R. will erect a new  station here satisfies a long felt  want. The present structure is  an eyesore to the public and a  shower bath on a large scale to  the employees when the rain  falls; while, when the summer  sun beats down, the roof leaks  large drops of pitch onto the unwary pedestrian.  The Bank of Montreal has  increased the appropriation  for a  building to be erected here in  a  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd few   months by  two   thousand  1 dollars, bringing the total set as-  side for this expenditure up to  real  Head Of fie:    Monreal  $16,000,000.00  Reserve and Undivided Profits       $16,855,185.36  Savings Bank Department  (Interest allowed at current rates.)  A   GENERAL   BANKING BUSINESS   TRAM A (HE  BRANCHES IN.NICOLA VALLEY  MERRITT NICOLA  A. W. STRICKLAND, Manager.  Nicola Agency open on Tuesdays and Fridays only.  Millinery  Fancy Goods  MISS Mae MARRIOTT  Specialist in Ladies' Accessories.  Exclusive agent for D & A Corsets.  Meruit Townsite Offices. '      * \".   - \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  -      ..      Voght;Street.  The Place to Dine  TheSTA  VOGHT STREET  EXCELLENT CUISINE  Wines and Liquors.  !  Not only the best, but a long way ahead  of thie next best.  erritt  Under new management and many improved facilities.  More accommodation and of the best.  In every department we aim-to please,' and we generally succeed.  COMMERCIAL TRADE A SPECIALTY.  Beat of Wines'*and Liquors Always in Stock.  GEO. McGRUTAER, Prop.  Merritt B. C.  HOTEL,  QUILCHENA AVENUE  Newly established throughout.  Best of Furnishings.    -       -    Spacious Rooms.  Excellent accommodation.    -   Well lighted throughout.  Choice Liquors and Cigars.  Special attention   to'commercial trade.  Rates $1;50 per day.    Special Rates by the month  ANDREW HOGGAN,  PROPRIETOR  OVER THE HOPE  The suggestion of Joseph Graham, manager of the Inland  Coal and Coke \"company, that the  local board of trade co-operate  with the Nicola board in  urging upon the provincial  government the importance of  facilitating in every possible way  the construction of the proposed  extension of the Kettle Valley  Railway over the Coquahalla to  Hope, and the Canadian Northern from Kamloops to this city,  is one that should receive the immediate attention of the members of the board.  Both the Kettle Valley and  the V.. V. & E. railways have  found satisfactory grades down  the Coquahalla, but the work is  costly to complete and we believe that the government would  be justified in subsidising whichever road should show the greatest disposition to commence construction, at once. We are ourselves of the opinion that the  Kettle Valley company has hitherto evinced the sincerest intention of prosecuting construction  and during the past year that  company has evinced a greater  disposition to keep faith with the  people of this provinee than has  the V V. & E.  A subsidy for a road down to  Hope would be of immense benefit not only to the Nicola Valley  but also to the Similkameen. A  good deal of poppycock has been  talked in the past in regard to a  road down the Coquahalla.  Those who opposed for various  reasons the constructionof such a  line have harped at some length  on the alleged fact that the road is  impossible. It will be costly, but  as for the engineering obstacles  they present no. insuperable obstacles.  It is a question of vital importance to the people of the Nicola  and the Similkameen. Let the  government facilitate the construction work as much as possible.  THE EDITOR'S CHAIR  Thero ars those among our  subscribers who have taken umbrage at certain straightforward  statements we have made in these  columns at various \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd times. To  them we would give the advice  \"Ponder on the wisdom of the  Chilliwack Free Press: 'Toes-  cape criticism, say nothing,-do  nothing, be nothing'\". There is  sound philosophy in that syllogism.  member _from Bruce with cries of  \"Louder,; louder!\" At first Mr.  Woodworth thought that the member  might be deaf, and in response raised  his voice. But the man from Bruce  persisted in shouting, \"Louder, louder!\" When this was repeated several  times Mr Woodworth began to realize  that the man from Bruce was not deaf,  but only desired to annoy, the speaker.  Then he turned upon his would-be tormentor and delivered himself as follows:  \"Mr. Speaker, when the final summons shall come, and the Angel Gabriel shall stand with one foot on the sea  and the other on the land, and with his  trumpet shall proclaim to the living  and the dead that time shall be no  more; amid the, crash'..of worlds and  the groans of the damned, and rejoicing of the. blessed, I have no doubt  that some d-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd fool from Bruce  County will shout, \"Louder, Gabriel,  louder!\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdChronicle.  A CURIOUS MURDER CASE  London, Jan. 31st.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdA remarkable human document was read  today at the preliminary hearing  of Albert Reeves, an atheist, who  unsuccessfully attempted suicide  after murdering his four months  old son. Ascribing his deed to  failing eyesight, Reeves, before  cutting his own throat, wrote:  ' 'After careful consideration of  all the circumstances, I have  come to the conclusion that my  son Augustus,;.-being part of myself, must perish with me.  Among the reasons weighing  mostly with me are the following:  \"Firstly, if it should be that  this child is cursed as is his father, with a wanton moral nature,  then I would be doing the best  both for him and for society by  exterminating the boy.  \"Secondly, I do not consider  his mother a qualified person to  attend to his upbringing without  my presence and guidance, she  being out of sympathy with.my  views and principles.  \"Thirdly, as the child would,  if left, start out badly handicapped, I have thought it best to  save him from the maelstrom of  modern industrial strife.  ' 'But above *\"\ufffd\ufffdall other reasons  is the fact that; being a-part of  me, I have the right to decide  what I shall do-with him.'''  The defense is insanity.  .. , .-..,., WATER ^NOTICE  _,. ,  ' We, the Kettle\/Valley Railway Company, incorporated by Act of the Dominion of .Canada,' wjth( head office  in British Coluhibia\" at' Penticton,  B. C., give notice that,- on \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd the  29th day of February, A. D. 1912,  it intends to apply to the Water Commissioner at his office in > Ashcroft' iri  the County of Yale, for a licence to  take and use four cubic feet of water  per second from' Summitt Creek, a  tributary of Otter Creek, in the Yale  Division of Yale .\"District. The water is to be taken from the;stream .about four miles East of ''\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd the Coldwater  River, and is to be used on the preemption claim of. Henry Brooks on the  said West\" Branch of Otter Creek snd  on the applicant Company's Right of  Way,\"- for industrial purposes. - * ' ..\"_  .  The'.Kettle Yalley Railway Company  -       : R. Z. Chandler,  51-4 y ..' Agent  SLANG  Frequent is the query,   \"When-does  slang  cease   to   be   slang?\"    'Every  schoolboy'   knows   that   'the    herring  pond=means=the=sea.=Most=people.  would term it    an  Americanism,   signifying  Atlantic.    A  dictionary   duly  admits  the   hyphenated    word,    describes it   as  slang,   and   illustrates  it  with 'to   be sent   across  the  herring  pond;   to  be   transported.'   Yet    the  word was used  as  long   ago  as  1763,  when   an   English   ambassador  wrote  from Calais to   a   secretary  of   state  that   he  had 'traversed   the    herring  pond after about 10 hours sail.,   After  one hundred and forty-nine  years : the  word is still slang, however,   and  may  not cease to be until   the   terser  substantives 'sea'   and    'ocean'   cease   to  convey their meaning.    An illustration  of the persistance of slang  in  remaining slang even when  it  is  thoroughly  in   the   language   may  be   found    in  Thackeray's      'English      Humorists,'  where he says, 'When   a  lout entered  the coffee-house the wags proceeded to  what they called 'roasting him.'   Probably most persons would say off-hand  that  'roast'   was a  decidedly contemporary bit of slang.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdCollier's.  Corporation of the City of Merritt  WANTED  Scavenger for the City. Applicants  must be used to the handling and care  of horses and state salary required.  Outline of duties may be obtained  from Alderman Howell John, Chairman of Sanitary Committee, or from  thT'City'Clerkr^A^plicatibnT'mustr^be'  in: the hands of \\ the City Clerk not  later than Monday, February 12th,  1912. ,.   ,   .  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdHARRY PRIEST,  --    52-1 ' City Clerk.  Head Office,  TORONTO    -    CANADA  Incorporated 1855.  Capital - $3,943,530    $4,608,050  Increase -       -        $664,520  Reserved Fund   $4,516,578    $5660,070  Increase       - ':7- XX $1,143,492  Deposits - -\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'- $24,737,123 $41,126,664  Increase       -    -       $16,389,541  Loans, and        $31,007,366 $45,609,222  Investment  Increase       -.'\"-.       $14,601,856:  Total Assets     $37,231,908 $57,067,664  Increase       -    -       $19,845,756  YOUR BANKING  BUSINESS INVITED  SAVINGS DEUARTMENT at all branches:  Interest is added to balances half-  yearly.  USINESS ACCOUNTS receive   careful   attention.  The Bank has complete equipment  and facilities for the transaction  of banking for all classes of business accounts both large and small.  MONEY ORDERS and DRAFTS sold.  CHEQUES cashed.  Travellers'   Cheques   and   Letters   of  Credit Issued.  MERRITT BRANCH  A. 1. B. ROGERS,    - -    MANAGER  and!_buy an  J. A. MAUGHAN  Solicitor, Etc.  Office Opposite Armstrong's Store  Quilchena Avenue. Merritt  M. L. GRIMMETT, LL.B.  Barrister and Solicitor  Notary Public  Solicitor for the Bank of Montreal  r  Plumbing    nd  Steamfitting  FIRST CLASS TIN-  SHOP\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdRepairing of  all kinds done.  SECOND HAND FURNITURE AND  STOVES  We bv anything you  wish to sell and sell  anything you wish  to buy.  Kennedy &  Cunningham  ^  V..  VOGHT STREET  .J  Finest Pool Room  n the Interior.  THE PALACE  POOL ROOM  - ANDREWS & SMITH, Props.  COMPLETE   STOCK  OF  CIGARS'TOBACCOS ' CIGARETTES  PIPES  '  CANDIES  '  CIDERS.  AND SOFT DRINKS  Cor. Voght St. & Granite Ave.,  MERRITT  Edison Phonograph  and you will never regret it.    Just the thing  for  the long  winter evenings.    Call and hear one at  SIMPSON & CRANNA  JEWELERS.  FagsaaaaHBiiHg^AMH^^  FOWLER &EMSOM  Contractors   and ^Builder.  MERRITT, B. C.  PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS  FURNISHED.  ALL   WORK   GUARANTEED   FIRST-CLASS.  With manyyears of practical experience, we \"are prepared;  to   handle  any   kind   of  Buildirg  Construction\/Work*   _ i *- '   *' LLLii jL;   ANDHEW  McGORAN. Proprietor  DEALERS IN  Lumber, Lath, Shingles. Lime,  Cement and ail kinds building  material.  Lumber Yard and.Offices:  Voght Street, near C. P. R. Station; Merritt.?  Jt'ST ARRIVED!  Nice Assortment of Tobaccos ard,Cigars,  VOGHT ST.  OPPOSITE THE  SUNSHINE    THEATER,  CHASi J. VANHEAR, Proprietor..'  MERRITT':  THE FINEST HOSTELRY IN THE UPPER  [COUNTRY--WST OPENED;y     y  LUXURIOUSLY FURNISHED WITH BEST  CUISINE AND ACCOMMODATION.  FINEST BRANDS OF WINES AND L.QUORS  M. MdNTYRE, Prop.  MERRITT, B.C.  First Class  In Connection.  WOODWORTH'S RETORT  There are very few men now in the  Dominion House of Commons who occupied seats there thirty years ago,  and it is doubtful if the debating  qualities of parlementarians have improved with the years. There: were  giants in those days, and theyy'could  deliver hard blows when necessary.  Every Nova Scotian now residing in  Ladysmith has either seen- or read  about Douglas B. Woodworth. He  was a free lance of the old school.  Once, during the progress of his speech  he was repeatedly interrupted   by the  PROTEST MEETING  All workers and friends of the late  John Manson who was killed in the  Middlesboro mines on Jan. 27th, are  invited to attend an open air Protest  meeting at* Granite avenve and \"Voght  street, Sunday, Feb. 4th, at 2 o'clock,  weather permitting. If weather not  favorable another date will be announced. All who believe in fair play  should be there.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAdvt.  CANADIAN  Western Lines  West of Revelstoke  LOST  Old-fashioned chain and old  brooch set with rubies. Finder  will be suitably rewarded by  leaving same at this office.  UNDERTAKING  3.  Remains prepared'and shipped to  all parts of theiWorld.  : Caskets and Coffins\" of .all sizes  y on,hartd.    .;,,- f:;  Address_lefli'with A. Fr Rankine,  druggist,'will receive prompt  attention.  N.J.r BARWICK  MERRITTL'and NICOLA.  Train leaves 13.05 daily for  allpoints East and West.  Returning, leaves 18.15.  Tickets on sale, to all points  Canada and United States.  Accommodation r e.s'e r v ed  and complete passage booked to any part of Great Britain to Canada. If sending  for your friends purchase  your ticket here and avoid  n din money.  For rates and sailings apply  to  Metropolitan    '  MEAT MARKET  >j^  NICOLA, B. C.  Tha   \".hoicest of Beef, utton; etc., ahva. s-on hand  Fresh Fish,  Eggs and. Vegetables..-.        \".!  t. heslop,y^: 7...X  II  P. H. PUEfER  Agent - Merrill, B. C.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd V.'  Or write to  .   H. W. BRODIE  General   Passenger  Agent  Vancouver, B.C.  Nicola  ^Dealers lri=  Prime Beef, Mutton tern I*  Veal and Pork;  Poultry,  Ham and Bacon;  ^Mnnufacturcis of-  Strictly High Grade Delicious  Fresh   Fish   always   on   hand.       Ordrrs  rcroive prompt  '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  attention.    Cattle bought and sold by the cnrluid.      1'*  I. Eas i wood  a  Manager  >i\\^^r,'-f'.'^\\l,\ufffd\ufffd'' **ji7iv y  :*  m  Friday, February 2, 1912.  THE NICOLA VALLEY NEWS  xi  V  15  !<*  K  i  p  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdft  K  Review of Parliamentary Business  '  in the- Capital of B. C.  The just past week in the Legisl ature  proved one of deputation rather than  legislation.   The presence of a multitude  _ of delegates was  chiefly the  explana-  ' tion of the usually short sittings of the  House.  Recent amendments in   the   general  ' railway and  companies'   law  has left  the lobbyist with occupation gone.  The delegates   came   for   the   most  part from the outlying districts,   combining direct   representation   of   their  respective districts, requirements with  , attendance at one or more of the multiplied conventions wnich  have  been  a  feature   of the week\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd fruit growers,  stock-breeders, poultrymen,   members  '. of Farmers' Institutes, livestock spec-  ialists,   labor   federationist's,    et   al.  And after each  of their several  conventions, at which  also  the  ministers  of course were listed among the speakers, a delegate or squad  of delegates  found it necessary to meet the Executive and present suggestions in  government in form of resolutions.   The de-  '  sires of  united   labor   in   themselves  constituted a formidable   platform of  half a hundred planks,   in   which   the  re-enactment of the Natal Act, the desirability of the \"appointment of a commission to investigate the price of coal  to  the  Britisher Columbia  consumer,  nationalization' -of    telephones,    etc.,  claimed    most'  particular    attention.  The deputation from the Central   Farmers' Institute-was also specially important,   'they\"chiefest.  of   its   eleven  specified requests being in  connection  with the cry for cheap money for farm  development.  : The   requests   of    the  \/iCentral: Institute are crystalized in  an  application a royal commission xo fully  investigate all phases of   the  agricultural industry and its problems, keeping  alway in the foreground an appeal for  , a government borrowing of money for  . loaning to the farmers at low   interest  \"in order to promote effective  colonization. \"'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.  ... -.It is unlikely   that   the  government  arill venture into the domain of nation-  . al-.banking.- but it-might so  co-operate  with   a  private   financial    institution  such as a Farmers' Bank,, by guarantee  '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd of its bonds orotherwise,   as  to meet  the situation  asserted   to  exist.    The  Premier has promised tnat an announcement in respect to the government's  policy, in this . connection   will   shortly  be made  in Parliament.    He   has  not  waited to consider an answer with respect to the requests from all parts of  the province for natui alization of telephone services, intimating plainly that  the government   of   British   Columia  cannot\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdin  view  of   provincial    topography and   conditions   of   distance-  venture upon so hazardous  a venture  from a business   standpoint.   At    the  same time he\" pointed  out  that   both j  telephone and telegraph services have  been established federally in various  parts of the province, and suggested  than applications might fairly be directed toward extension and improvement of  these   wherever   practicable  With regard to the abolition of the  Poll Tax\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwhich laborites and other  delegates had come prepared to clamour for: The report of the Taxation  Commission had taken the wind from  their sails, and harsh demands were  turned into congratulatory references  for it is a foregone conclusion that the  recommendations of the commissioners  will be implemented by legislation  during the current session.  Although neither a delegation nor  yet an accredited spokesman of any  provincial organization, Sir William  McKenzie was also a not unimportant  visitor of the week demanding considerable time of the Premier and his colleagues. He merely called, vide press  interviews, to observe the progress of  Canadian Northern work in the far  West, But after a final interview  with Premier McBride he informed  your correspondent that various mat--  ters of extended railway policy had  been under close discnssion, the desire  of the Canadian Northern interests being to considerably enlarge their construction program both on the mainland and on the Isknd of Vancouver.  It was intimated that a basis of agreement had been practically worked out,  and Sir William added that he would  leave it for the Premier to enunciate  its features and the First Minister  would probably do so inrthe house at an  early date.  In parliament proper day has succeeded day with automatic non-presentation of any lively features. The  great speech by the Hon. Mr, Ross in  moving the second reading of the. new  forests bill- as a parliamentary event  hsd the whole week to itself. It was  a memorable speech. Early in the new  week Mr. Brewster will offer such criticism of its features as the Liberal  party may deem good politics, and Mr.  P. Williams will doubtless comment  in his accustomed style of pessimistic  pettiness. It contradistinction from  Mr. Brewster, the new Socialistic  leader in the House, displays neither  aptitude in learning to rise above parochialism in his methods, nor disposition to credit anyono save himself with  honesty of intention or suceess in accomplishment. Viewing every question  through a pinprick, he reflects no credit on the electors of Newcastle.  The accomplishment of the week in  parliament was the passage\" into law  of the consolidation and revision of  statutes, recently completed by tne  Commissioners Charles Wilson and A.  P. Luxton K. C.'s The commissioners  for the sake of harmony and uniformity in the compendium of provincial law  made some slight incursion into the  domain of legislation.  Hereafter girls of eighteen may be  entitled to take up pre-emptions. So  also may widows and woman deserted  by their husbands or for whom their  husbands have failed to provide during  a two year period.  The Inheritance Act has: also been  changed so that upon a person dying  intestate, leaving mortgaged property  only the equity therein shall be considered the inheritance of the heirs, The  same applies under a general' will.  Another variation of the law \/ with. respect to pre-emption was recommended  by the commission but rejected by the  House, this being a prohibition of any  dealing in pre-emption rights until Ihe  issuance of crown grants for the lands  concerned. The commissioners- had  amended the law in this direction; the  legislature restored it to its original  form.  A QUESTION IN ASSESSMENT  Representations    have     been  made in the Municipal Committee of   the Legislature against  the  taxation   of   lands   within  municipalitiess at a higher price  than $500 an   acre,   when   they  are used for agricultural   purposes.    On the face of the case  it would seem to be unreasonable  to suppose that farm lands would  ever be assessed at a much high-:  er figure than that named,  and.  therefore an explanation may be  timely.       The     question     was-  brought under the notice of the  Commission on Taxation at Van-r\"  couver   and New Westminster;  and  we may assume that  the  reason it was not dealt with in a  report of that body was that as  it was related to a detail of municipal   assessment,   it   did    not-  come within the scope of its in-,  quiry.    A specific case   may be  cited, without mentioning names  A, B, and C are adjacent* landowners \ufffd\ufffdith property having j a  water frontage.   A and.C sell  thei r tracts to real estate j- firms,\"  who subdivide   them  and  place  them on the market.   B retains  his and cultivates it. ,A and jC;  are assessed upon, their, land at  the value they put upon it for  sales purposes and B whose property is between theirs and i of  practically the same character,  is assessed at the same valuation.  They    hold  their   waterfront  lots at a certain price per -front  foot.    This  brings    B's    taxes  to a point which  means~,confiscation, unless he is well  enough  off to be able to pay his taxes,  and hold his land for an appreciation in value.   What he wants  to do is to hold his land,   liye Jon  it and farm it,   and   he   cannot  understand why it should be - assessed ata higher value than.E's  land   similarly  situated and of  equal value .for farm purposes,  but which, fortunately for E,  happens; not to be- adjacent<to  tracts which some enterprising people have subdivided.  To thecomplaint of Bit is answered that>he;would not sell his  land at -a-Jower value than the  assessor putsjupon it, and that he  really believes he will get. that  price for.it by and; bye, but. to  this-B answers by-asking why he  should be compelled to pay taxes  upon a contingent future value  of his land. It will be conceded  to be a somewhat. startling proposition that, if; some real , estate  speculator sees fit to. buyv and  subdivide a. piece of land in a  farming commuity, and , put the  price of his lots at such a figure  as will make the land bring him,  if thevlots are sold, several thousands-of dollars^ber-acre. the adjacent farmer should be assessed  at that value.  The. q uestion is n ot without its  serious difficulties for. there are  objectionsto thej fixing by the  Legislature of any maximum average value for assessment purposes within. municipalities or  every where:-else.- It; mights be  possible to reach' the desired result; not by fixing a maximum  assessment value \"for farm lands  but by providing that subdivisions should., be assessed: at the  sale.pricesrof .thenlots;^ Such la  provision' might,' by-the application-of the maxim '\"expressio. un-  ius Vest... excLiisia\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd..'aiferius,''*'\" be  construed by the assessors,; to  mean that landsi< held for farming purposes should be taxed at  the. ordinary value of-farm lands  We .can. imagine,. ho weyer,., cases  in, <;which this ^ would.world, as  much; in justice, to the:: public-, as  the ^practice now-complained of  works it to private individuals.  As~a-generari>roposition it is  not desirable to pass laws to  meet cases of individual harck  ship; and. we arenotr aware -of  any statutory-provision iri- British Columbia which- forbids- the  exercise by assessors of what is.  ordinarily, known:, as. common  sense. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdVictoria .Colonist..  SEEK   INFORMATION  Mayor Reid and Alderman Irvine, chairman of the Board of  Works, left Wednesdoy for Vancouver and Victoria, where they  will consult with the experts in  the various departments of the  municipal staffs on certain problems of municipal policy with  which the council will have to  deal this year.  Knights of Pythias  Nicola Valley Lodge No. 46, meets in  Reid's Hall every Wednesday night at  8 p. m. All visiting brethren are cordially invited to attend.  Knight J. Garroch,       Knight R. Kebron  C. C. K. R. S.  UNDERTAKER  Caskets a\ufffd\ufffdd Coffins always .on .hand :at  reasonable prices.  B. PR BEST, Granit Ave. Merritt  Be tween Methodist Church and C.P;R  track.  Harness and  Saddlery  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Harness, Robes, Blankets,  Trunks, Valises, etc. always  in stock.  Poultry and Stock Foods.  Best of satisfaction in all  departments. Prices are  right.  N. J. BARWICK  Nicola \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ricrritt  A.F.  Nicola Lodge  No. 53 meets in  R eid's HJall  the    second  Tuesdayof each  month at. 8 p.  m.   S o j o u rn-  ing brothers cordially invited. '  SjJ.,Solomon Fred S. Gay'  5        W. M. Secretary.  Use Common Sense  In Home Building  by applying your own knowledge and <he wisdom you have  gained through observation and you can't go far wrong, Wood  has always been the favored material used in these parts and  there is plenty of evidence in the old time franu nouses still  standing in this town to convince any self thinking man that it  is'yet the safest material for home building. It permits of  alterations and changes even after a house has been standing for years, and by painting, its entire appearance can\/ be  changed to conform with surroundings. The lumber we handle  these days is carefnlly manufactured from virgin timber, perfectly dried and of full thickness. By exercising due care in  the selecting of grades we-can save you money and insure you  satisfaction.  \"There'. No Place Like Home\"  VANCOUVER LUMBER  CO'Y.  MERRITT, B. C.  Real Estate and  Insurance  Representing old board  companies such as:  Sun\",   \"Norwich Union\", \"anitoba\" and other  Your Patronage is Solicited.  Office Conklin Block,  Voght Street; Merritt  TAX NOTICE  Nicola Assessment District.  .NOTICE IS HEREBY. GIVEN, in  accordance with Statutes, that Provincial 'revenue tax-'andassessedtaxes,  income and school tax, assessed and  levied\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd under the- \"Assessment\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Act\"  and amdndments,-are due and .payable  on the 2nd day of January, 1912.  ' All taxes collectable for the NICOLA  ASSESSMENT DISTRICT' are due  and. payable . at my office, situated at  the Government office, NICOLA, B: C.  . This notice, in terms of law, is equivalent to a personal demand by me up-,  on all persons liable for taxes.  Dated:at.Nicola, B. C, this 17th day  of January, 1912.  W. N. ROLFE,  Assessor arid Collector,  50-5 Nicola Assessment District.  SEE   THE  O   K  FOR LIVERY, EXPRESSES DRAY WORK  WECAN MOVE YOUR  PIANO,   HOUSEHOLD   FURNITURE OR  YOUR   HOUSE.     r CONTRACT \"WORK A SPECIALTY  WOOD FOR SALE  GEO.   RICHES'    OLD    STAND  COUTLEE) AVENUE -\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd      REAR  DIAMOND VALE. STORE.-  \/V. B. KENNEDY  AGENT FOR .  Pitmer Gasoline  Lighting System \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  FIXTURE SHOWROOMS :-CORNER  VOGHT ST. and COUTLIE AVE.:  A. W. McVXttie  DOMINION  &   PROVINCIAL  SURVEYOR  Subdivision Work a   Specialty'  Offices with John Hutchison Co.  MERRITT. BC. 5  Victoria Rooms  McDonald Block       v    Quilchena Ave  Finest Furnished Modern Rooms in the  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd    ' City.  All. outside rooms and well lighted by  ; electricity.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd For rent by day week or month.  mrs. j. a. Mcdonald  Proprietress.  Wt WISH YOU  Drop   us  a   line if you are  contemplating building  POTTS & RUSSELL  BUILDING CONTRACTORS  Bids  and ' Estimates  Cheer-  .'..,   fully Made.  Box 122 Merritt, B. C.  H. R. H. Christie, B.Sc, B.C.L.S.  P. J. Dawson, B.Sc, D.L.S.. B.C.L.S  Christie & Dawson  Civil Engineers  Dominion and British Columbia  ; Land Surveyors.  KAMLOOPS, BC.  Branch        -       Ashcroft, B. C.  And in doing so wish to  will not only be  point out that if you deal with us for the year 1912 you  but yqu will! find the saving a help to prosperity.  Open Day and Night  ii I:'    J9  Restaurant  Quilchena Ave.\"  Our excellent cuisine satisfies  our customers.  Prices\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthe most reasonable  in town.  The cold weather is here now and we have just received a CAR LOAD of COOK  STOVES RANGES and HEATERS and we are selling these at very low prices.  Cal! and inspect these before you buy elsewhere,  LADEESI  We have just received a big shipment  of! Underwear, two piece and combinations,  all sizes, and we can safely say that: we can please you in this line.    Also childrens  underwear.    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'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd>\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd_\ufffd\ufffd<-.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.  THE NICOLA VALLEY NEWS  Friday, February .2, U'12  We have just  received' a new  shipment   of  pipes  .''.-... consisting of the well known  BB B and Peterson.  Also a nice selection of cheaper lines from which to  choose.  Ae    F.  Druggists.  MERRITT, B. C.  LOCAL AND DISTRICT  !    Jack Clark was in town from  , Nicola today on business.  George   Gibbs  made  a  round  trip to Lytton during the week.  Howard Lawes was in town on  business last week.  J.   Leechman   went   down  to  Canford last Sunday.  . A. E. Collett was in town from  Lower Nicola on business this  week.  Murdoch Mclntyre went to  Vancouver on business on: Monday.  William Munro was in town  from Nicola on business early  this week.  . William McNeil spent -some  time in Vernon on business last  week.  Mrs. Cassidy has been ill at  her home on Quilchena' avenue  during the week.  Trustees Cleasby, Jackson and  Gay made their official inspection  of the local schools last week.  Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Howse \ufffd\ufffdvill  go down to Princeton to spend a  few days, leaving Nicola next  Sunday.  Mesdames Cook and Robinson  who have been the guests of Mrs.  Seville for the past week, left today for the coast  A. L. Dingee arrived in town  from Nicola today. He will  spend' some time in here on business.  Jack Rodgers went down to  Spence's Bridge for a couple of  days this week.  Tommy Williams was in town  on business from Coutlee this  week.  Mrs. Bert Smith went down to  Vancouver on a holiday last  Tuesday afternoon.  Mr. and Mrs. James Lawler  left for Savonas on Wednesday  afternoon. '\"'  Alf Carrington was in town  from Nicola on' business last  Tuesday afternon.  H. W. Sutcliffe is sporting a  straw hat this week. We wonder where he lost his own.  Norman McLeod left for the  coast on Wednesday after spending a fortnight in the city,  Ronald Campbell returned from  Winnipeg last Saturday and left  again for the east the following  day.  Coal mines inspector Thomas  Morgan an-ived in the city this  week and attended the investigation into the death of John Man-  son.  Next Sunday evening the Sunshine Theatre will give an exhibition of the Passion Play  Sacred Pictures. There should  be a good attendance.  Tom Heslop and H. H. Matthews, of Nicola, came down to  this city on business Thursday  afternoon.  Alonzo Roberts gave a dance  at his Home in Aspen Grove this  week. A large number of friends  came from long distances to attend it.  Mrs. Marshall proved herself  an efficient auctioneer at the  club dance last Tuesday night,  the' cakes she auctioned off netting the club three dollars and a  quarter.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd:. Lieutenant-Colonel  Flick was  =in=town=on=business=connected,  with the B. C. Horse this week.  The Coldwater hotel defeated  the News rink on Saturday by  7-4. This game was played after the.bank's-: game with . the  Middlesboro outfit. The ice in  both games was slushy.   .  Captain Turner D. S. O.'and  A. Lodwick, of Aspen Grove,  were in town on business this  week.  Mr, and Mrs. Frank Hoy returned to their home up the  Coldwater this week after spending a few days in town.        .    .  ' Rome Z. Chandler returned  from the Coldwater Summit  Wednesday evening. He reports  three and a half feet of snow up  there.  S. E. Birds, architect for the  hospital and the; new cold storage building, was in town in  connection with ..those projects  this week. He left for Vancouver on Tuesday.  ' Miss Mae~ Marriott has just received\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdan dH s=ri o w=sho wi n g=a=  comprehensive stock of the famous E. \"& A. corsets for which  she has been appointed selling  agent for this district.  S. H. Sherwood, formerly, accountant for the Nicola Valley  Coal & Coke company, left! on  Wednesday for Vancouver, having resigned his position with  the company.  Captain   Forster,   of  Nicol a  was in town oh business todays  William Mclntyre and family,  who left here last month, had an  unfortunate experience on the  night of their arrival at Sidney,  N. S. The hotel burnt down.  They have been having a good  trip so far, but complain of the  cold and sigh for the. climate of  the Nicola Valley.  D, Dodding will take charge  of the service in the Methodist  church on Sunday morning. In  the evening the message of the  Ecumenical Methodist confer-  ericce held in Torodto last fall,  will be given by the pastor. This  message will be delivered in the  Methodists churches throughout  the world on this day. It is  helpful, encouraging, inspiring.  Do not fail to hear It. Arthur  Carrington, of Nicola, will also  speak.   ::  The ladies of St. Michaels  Guild held an afternoon tea in  the parish hall last Tuesday afternoon, at which tbere were about fifty people .present.  Election of Officers Held last night  at Nicola  At the annual meeting of the  Nicola Valley Board of Trade at  Nicola last evening the following  officers were elected for the ensuing year:-  President: A. R. Caaringtpn.  Vice-President: N. J. Barwick.  Secreiary-Treasurer: H. H.  Matthews.  Executive Committee: J.\" A.  Guichon, A. E. Howse. G. Murray, W. B. Jackson, T. Heslop,  F. Jackson, S. Kirby, R. L.  Clark, W. E. Duncan, and P.  Marquardt.  The board in addition to recommending the government aid  to the C. N. R. and Kettle Valley Railway passed a resolution  calling upon the Dominion Government to improve the mail service between Nicola and Kamloops. That the present service  is utterly inefficient is patent to  all, and a direct weekly service  would be a boon to the valley between the two points mentioned.  LADIES' AUXILIARY  The Ladies' Auxiliary elected  their officers for the year at the  residence of Mrs. Phillips' yesterday. Following were the officers chosen: President, Mrs.  Gay; vice-president, Mrs. C. Graham; Secretary, Mrs. Rankine;  treasurer, Mrs. Marshall. It was  decided to hold a ball in aid of  the hospital on Easter Monday  evening.  MUNRO SELLS RANCH  During the week Dan Munro,  the well known local livery man,  announced the sale of his farm  at Aspen Grove to W. R. Robertson, of Vancouver. This ranch  is one of the best in the district  and comprises three hundred and  sixty acres, thirty-six of which  were under crop last summer.  Mr. Munro has a large amount of  stock on the place and has allowed Mr. Robertson the option  of purchase before other buyers.  PROVINCIAL AND GENERAL  A strike \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd of; firemen and engineers in  Buenos Ayres has practically tied up  traffic in Argentine.       ;  Mr. Taft has definitely stated that he  will again be a; candidate for; the Presidency: of the United States.;  Kingston-.teachers have woh^heir  protest agaiast the proposed system of  bonuses, and will get a straight salary  increase\"; .\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"' i->\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\". \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd..\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  The condition of Sir Charles Tupper,  who is very ill at his home at Bexley  Heath, England, is causing much anxiety among his friends.  His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught recently was consecrated as  first master by the Royal Colonial Institute Lodge of Freemasonry. Cabled  greetings were received from him.  New civil laws have just come into  force throughout Switzerland, which  greatly advance the legal position of  women who are now almost as free as  men, except that they cannot vote.  Hon. Mr. Lemieux, form, r postmaster-general, addressing Montreal Canadian Club, favored placing cables, .telegraphs and telephone lines^under the  control of the postmaster-general.  R. H. Campbell, principal of the  West Kent School, Charlottetown, P.  E. I., has been appointed chief superintendent of education for the province  vice Dr. Anderson, who is retiring.  Mr. Campbell has had 25 yeais' experience.  For the first time in the history of  New York City, complete school census  figures were given out recently. The  census reveals that 26,000 children are  out of .school illegally, violating the  child labor and compulsory education  laws.  FARM NOTES  Charles L. Betterton, of Aspen Grove ans Victoria, returned  to thl3 city from the latter point  on Wednesday evening, and registered at the Victoria Rooms.  He went on to Aspen Grove this  morning.  J. Manning of Dot was in  town on business during the  week,  hours to get out of town last  week. Needless to say \"John  got.\" His failing was too much  rye juice.-  Frank Barnes was acting manager of the Coldwater hotel during the proprietor's absence.  M. L. Grimmett's and R. S.  Brown's subdivision of property  came=under-the-same-head-a\ufffd\ufffd  that of H. Greig and J. S: Morgan, at the council meeting, approval being witheld until proper provision is made for alleways.  What can you make barnyard  manure worth to you load? Are  you wasting any of it?  A well diversified system of  farming is the soundest, safest,  most interesting,.and, .-as a rule,  the most profitable.. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-  Have you commenced weighing  and recordingfevery cow's night  and morning yield of milk?  About what acreage of your  farm is non-productive\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdpr worse  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthrough small, irregular fields  or \"snkke\" fences? '  ANGLICAN CHURCH X  Sunday, Feb. 4  Merritt\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd11 a.m. and 3 p.m.  Nicola\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd7.30 p. ni.\"  Sunday School.  Merritt-2 30. p.m.  Nicola\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd9.30 a.m.  J. Thompson,  SethodIst Churdh  7 p. m.  Sunday School and Bible Class  7. 30 p. m.  Monday 8 p. m.   Young  People's Society. *\"*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd '  Wednesday 7.30 p. m.  Prayer  Meeting.  Strangers cordially welcpme.  Rev. C. F. Connor M. A., B. D.  Pastor.  The multiplication table is not  to be relied upon recklessly in  agriculture. Because a certain  line of, production, succeeds well  on a small scale, it does not follow that it would pay proportionately well on a large scale. - As  a rule it does not.  The section which the Duke of  Sutherland bought at Brooks,  Alta. ,**\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd is being divided into eighty  acre farms; houses are being built  together-with1 the farm buildings  and each farm is to be fenced.  It is understood that in the spring  jj_u6 .jltuivg io uijjjgiDg uuu oQiije py.  persons, who; will constitute the  first bunch of settlers in this estate. ,Each farm is to. be, purchased by the settler pn^a system  of instalments, which it is hoped  will turn out.to give the farmer  a chance to reap some benefit  from his own!work whilst he is  still paying for his property.  On December 10 there, came  into operation in Denmark the  second partof the new law regulating the sile cf \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd butter. Every dairy\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdand it is thought  these will bejabout 1,400 in number\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwill have its butter tested  four times a year, all butters will  be subject to examination at the  LOST  South African war medal. Reward at Simpson & Cranna.  LOST\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdCollie pup three months  old. Dark brown. Return  same to Coldwater Hotel and  receive reward,       ' ';  A. O. F.  . FEB: 16th 1912 in  POOLEY'S HALL  ^NICOLA  at 9 p. m.  Gentlemen $1.50; Ladies Frae.  ports of shipment, and if any is  found below a certain standard  of fineness, the dairy concerned  can temporarily be deprived of  the right to use the Lur-brand,  without which no butter may be  exported. Butter containing  over 16 and up to 20 per cent of  water is to be sold under the  name of \\'w*ater-butter\" ; butter  with more than 20 per cent must  not be sold at all.  During a test of a 50-bottom  gang plow with oil tractors, at  Perdue University, Indiana, on  the Agricultural College farm of  that institution, fourteen acres  were plowed in one hour, the  plow moving forward two miles  in-, this time, making a cut 58  feet broad, and turning furrows  4 1-2 to 5 inches deep. Three  traction engines abreast, with  oil motors, were required to haul  it. They consumed about 22 gallons per hour of low-grade kerosene, and the fuel cost about  61-2 cents per acre. These facts  quoted by the Literary Digest,  with credit to the Engineering  News, are perhaps more interesting than helpful to farmers in  Canada, but it is worth while  knowing what is being done in  one's occupation elsewhere.  NICOLA VALL  SPITAL  The Directors of the N. V. G. H., beg to announce that the  HOSPITAL will bs ready for the reception of patients from  Monday next, February Sth  Copies of the Rules and Regulations governing admission  may be obtained on application to the Matron or  Secretary.  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