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Lowery (1906-1926), a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. 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APRIL 3\nMiss Lillie Pickthall, leading contralto of the\nKootenays; will render selections\nDance after Entertainment -\nVol. XXXI\nGREENWOOD, B.C., THURSDAY, MARCHV.19, 1925.\nNo. 34\nC\nJust arrived\nMcClary's Graniteware\nDouble Boilers, Stew Pots, Pots, Roasters, &c.\nAn assortment of Bonnie Blue Ware\nGalvanized Tubs, Boilers and Pails'\nCopper Boilers and Copper Bottom Boilers\nGreat West Saddlery Co.'s trunks, valises and hand bags\nV...\nT. .M. GULLEY & CO.\n.-J\nFor The LENTEN Season\nCanned Salmon, Pilchards, Lobster, Sardines,\nClams and Oysters... v_\nV'\" '{\"' \".\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd '._ .' ' -'\"\nSmoked Sable Fish, Finnan Haddie,\nCod Fish, Salt Herring\nFresh Salmon and Halibut\nEvery Thursday\nFor Quality and Value Order From Phone 46\nGREENWOOD dGROCERY\nFor> Anything in the , ~~\nDrug or Stationery Line .\n' Call or mail your orders to\nGOODEVE'S DRUG STORE\n1 v\n*\nKodaks, Films, Albums. Victrolas, Records, Etc..\nAROUND HOME\nFIRE! FIRE!\nFIRE!\nWinter time is most\nDangerous for Fires\nA small premium .will give you\nProtection, on your Housed\nand Furniture\nCHARLES KING\nReal Estate and Insurance\ni3HId\niaaid .hhij\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nt\nt- Ff csh Salmon and Halibut\n* Every Thursday Afternoon\nSmoked Fish of all kinds in stock\nFresh Pork Sausage Every Tuesday Morning\nx TAYLOR & SON\nPhone 17\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd+ \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nTHE THOMAS TAIL0R7 SHOP\niy xXx'-'Xiyyx The Home of thev----'J_'.w''\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n\"Semi-Ready Tailoring Go J\nx.-..'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd yX\"-z}} Xy'X y x:)y':XPn*\" \/ WV (By the Warbler). V ...\"-* :'\n;.-Mre. Komstead\/ of Ferry,. Wash;,\nis now handling the. '.'iyoriea*'- in\nthe Bush Orchestra since the departure of Mrs.7Bfiap]etoh.v\n7 A. big crowd went feo Greenwood\nlaat.\".Friday.*.evening to attend the\nparty.given by the'Liberal Ladiea\nClub in. the Greenwood Theatre- .-..\n; Frank Chartrand has. completed\nhia, logging contract afe the McArthur sawmill,\" and has. gone ap\nthe Main .River to do some work\non tha Mesker ranch..\nDave -Mills, of Ferry, fWaeh, an\nold-timer of the district waa moved\nto the Greenwood - and \/.District\nHospital onTuesday night, having\ntaken ill during the;fweek_ - V\nBill. Akers' was taken ill on Monday andwas.mpved to the Greenwood and District f Hospital, cin\nTuesday- mofning:- If. is reported\nthat he had a slight stroke.\nInspector _W7 R. Duo woody of\nthe Provincial Police, inspected the\nlocal police detachment ladfe Friday.\nHe was accompanied by Provincial\nConstable Xillam, of Grand Forks.\nJimmie Moran entertained the\nlocal '?Irisli\" on tbe night of'tbe\n17th (St. Patrick's Day). Irish\nstew was ths priacipal dish. Someone eaid Jimmie was an expert at\nmaking Irish stew.\nHugh McKee Dies x\nFrom Injuries\nDr. H. E. Griffin, of Trail,\nwas iu town on Monday.\nMrs. Jack Ryan, of Nelson, is\nthe guest of Mrs. A. Sater. l\n'Thos. Jenkin, of Trail, spent a\nfew days in town this week.\nE. S. Reynolds, of Grand Forks,\nwas a visitor in town on Tuesday.\nService will be held in St.\nJude's Church next' Sunday , at\n7.30 p,m.\nMrs. J. W. Clark and son left\non Wednesday via Spokane for\nVancouver.\nA. C. Mesker, of Spokane, was\nrenewing acquaintances in town'\non Monday.\nRegular meeting- of the K. of\nP's will be held next Wednesday,\nMarch 25th.\n. Mrs. Chas. King left for Vancouver on Tuesday morning for a\nmonth's holiday. '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nDan. R. Docksteader^has succeeded A. E_ Savage as chief of\npolic^of Grand Forks. -\nMrs. A. N. Mowat left this\nweek on a two months visit to\nVancouver and Victoria.\n\\y .\nMrs. Thos. Moore left on Monday for Nelson where she will\nvisit Mrs. H. C. Nichols.\nMrs. Walter]Murray, of Trail,\nis .the guest of Mr. aud Mrs. H.\nMurray at their ranch up Boundary creek.\nChas. Davis, of Reno, Neva'da,\nwho has been visiting his sister,\nMrs. T. M. Gulley, left for his\nhome on Tuesday mornfngT\n_T. R. Wilson, representing the\nGiant Powder Co., aud Harry\nJohnson, of the Canadian Explosives, were in town last night.\nC. T. Fenner will be away for\na number of days having been\ncalled to Summerland through\nthe serious illness of his father.\nMr. and Mrs. S.\"'G. Mills, of\nNelson, were in town on Wednesday to visit Mr. Mills' father who\nis in the Greenwood District hospital.\nVictoria Hockey team defeated\nCalgary by 2 to nil .on Wednesday\nevening and earned the honor of\nplayir.g theCanadiens, champions\nof the east.\nE. W. Thomas, M.M., who had\nbeen relieving manager of the\nBank of, Commerce during Mr.\nMuir's^bseace, -left-last\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThursday for Nelson. .. -V-7. ;. - WV\nMr^and.Mrs.. W..A.\"Hanrahan\nhave' returned, to Rock Creek,\nafter spending the winter in.Van-\ncbuver. : ...Mrs... Hanrahan ; has\nfully recovered from her7 bpera-f\ntion.77_ f .'W \" -\"~ - \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*. XX?\n.'I'vesuch a pain here!\" Very\nwell,. then; _a_. good\" laugh will\nsurely relieve it. Go. to the\nVaudeville: Entertainment in. the\nGreenwood .'Theatre fori Friday,\nApril.3rd. 7.7-7 ' ' W- ,; Xy -.;;\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nThe.sad news was received\/ in\nGreenwood on. Saturday of the\ndeath, in Trail; of . Mrs.; Dock-.\nsteader, mother . of John Dock-,\nsteader, after a; few weeks illness.\nBurial : took 7 pi ace ih Trail on\nMonday. The sympathy o.f all\ngoes but to the bereaved, family.\n, * The drivers' licences have.now\narrived at the. Government office.\nApplications can. be 'made to the\nGovernment Ageut,7 Greenwood,\nor to Constable Stewart, Midway.\nAll drivers of motor vehicles\nmust provide themselves ..with, a\ndrivers licence\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-the\/ cost is $1,'\nTHe driver must have his licence,\nin Ms possession when driving. -:.\nOn Saturday 14th,.Harry Clark\nappeared before Stipendary Mag-\nP.-'H7\/McCurrach charged with\nstabbing- Walter Clark with a\npitchfork. He was'*- found guil ty\nand fined $50 and. costs or two\nmonths in Nelsoti gaol with hard\nlabor. Notice of appeal was\ngiven by Mr. Pincott. On the\nsame date Walter Clark was\ncharged with assaulting Harry\nClark. He pleaded\" guilty and\nwas fined $10 and costs or one\nmo>nth in Nelson goal with-hard\nlabor. Walter Clark paid the\nfine. A. F- Crowe appeared for\nWalter Clark and G; P*. R. Pin-\ncott for Harry Clark,\nSad indeed are the circumstaur\nces surrounding - the death \"of\nHugh McKee who expired in the\nGreenwood and District Hospital\nat 1.20 Thursday, .March 19th.\nWhile pulling down aa old barn\nnear his home on March 4th the\nbuilding fell on him and he\nsustained fatal injuries. In spite\nof all that medical, skill and aid\ncould do he never rallied to full\nconsciousness, and passed away\non the above date.. His devoted\nfamily were constantly at his bedside. * .x\ufffd\ufffd. .\ufffd\ufffd\nHe was one of the real pioneers\nof the province. Bom in Ireland\n62. years ago, migrating to\nOntario'and coming to B. C. 42\nyears ag'q, first to the Cariboo\nthen to the Okanagan and Similkameen and finally settling' in\nGreenwoo.d in 1895. He owned a\nranch on the No. 7 road and. formerly ran a livery stable. At the\ntime of his death he was in the\nwood and coal business. He took\nan active-part in the affairs of\nthe community and at one time\nwas a member of the City Council,\nHe was married in Greenwood to\nMiss Rose Carroll in June, 1897.\n-The deceased leaves to mourn\nhim besides his loving wife, one\nson, Daniel Carroll, of Chilliwack and onedaughter, Josephine\nof Qualicum Beach; also three\nbrothers and two sisfers -in Ireland.\nThe late Mr. McKee wascwfell\nliked and everybody admired his\nstraightforward dealings. Honorable in business, a loving husband aud father and a good\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdfriend to all, his death leaves a\nvacancy impossible to 'fill. To\nthe bereaved wife and children\ntl^e sympathy of the entire community is extended..\nThe funeral service will be\nheld in the Presbyterian Church\non' Saturday, March 21st at 2\np m.,_ Rev._\\W. R. . Walkinshaw\noffiiciaiing.\nFarmers Convention Report\nThe United Farm Women and\nMen held a joint meeting at Rock\nCreek lasfe Saturday, to hear the\nreport of E. F. Keir, who was appointed delegate this year to the\nConvention, held recently at Revelstoke. There waa a large attendance, including four of the Midway\nLocal. Mr. Brace took the chair,\nand called on Mr. Keir to give^ap\naccount of his stewardship.\nMr, Keir opened hie remarks\nby informing those present of the\nfine reception given fehe delegates\nby the\"City_of ~Revel8toke77and Tof\nthe ski-ing and iee? games held in\ntheir honour,7 ,of ' theVbanquets\ngiven by the Board of Trade and\nthe\"X Farmers . Local.V,. He*.then\ntouched on the- resolutions,passed\nduring theseesione, :\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd viz, revaluing\nthe \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-. Soldier Settlement . farms,,\ncheaper freight,, rates, the.,.Oriental,\nquestion etc. -A-. new flight was\nshed on the Oriental question by\nthe. speaker who.; declared that\nmany parentsfare now,bringing'up.\ntheir children,;f not to work;: that\nparents are doing* chores- that, the\nchildren: should . do, . in .order to\ngive, the children ':.-&' better education, which -eventually, leads them\ntof despise .- manual, labor. ' _As\nmanual labour ;has to-be done, the\nOriental is brought in to do it.\nThe speaker also gave eotne.accodnt\nof.the steps being taken to amalgamate the various farmerassocia-\ntioiis and attempts beiug made, to\nhave! one \"central representing all\nbf them. . A hearty vote of thanks\nwas accorded the speaker7for.his\ninteresting address. ' 7 \"\n7,-Thp farmers decided., to . hold a\nsale.of work, sometime in the Fall;\ndate tb be decided later. . XX y-'i\nProposed Farmers' Halt\n;... Midway.\n;A Fancy.'Dress and Masquerade\nDance <\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd (music- supplied by Bush's\nnew four piece, orchestra) will,be\nheld at Rock Creek Co-Operative\nHail on Easter Monday, April\n13th, 1925, commencing-at 8.30\np m=, for the J>e\"nefit of the- New\n\"Farmers' Hall, Midway. Prizes\nwill be.awarded for best dressed\nlady, best dressed gent, and\nbest comic. Tickets including\nsupper* adults $1 and children\n50c. All welcome to the cat.ch;\nof the season.\nKettle Valley Notes\nMiss Winnie Whiting left on\nMonday for Kelowna to visit Mrs.\nG. Lee.\nA Service will be held in the\nAnglican Church on Sunday,\nMaroh 22ud afe 11 a.m.\n._\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nThe last visit this season of fehe\nBaDff orchestra will be at fehe\nRiverside Hall on Thursday, April\n23rd.\nThe ladies of the Womens Institute, and United Farmers, are\ncontemplating equipping the four\nschools of the neighborhood with\nbasket balls. So that interest in\nthis game might be stimulated in\nthis vicinity, would some enthusiasts of the game consider giying\nan . exhibition match in or near\nKettle Valley.\nA very successful Dance was\nheld at the Co-Op Hall ' on St.\nPatrick's Day in aid of the Kettle\nValley-Rock Creek Football Club.\nA.fter the expenses are paid fehe ,\nproceeds will amount to just over\n$30.00. Mrs. E. Richter and Mrs.\nB. Gane desire to thank all thoBe\nwho helped in the kitchen, and\nalso the donors of cakes and other\ncommodities.\nLibieral Ladies Club 7\nSocial Great Success\nThe social gathering given in\nthe Greenwood Theatre by the\nGreenwood Liberal Ladies Club\nlast Friday eveningVas a most\nenjoyable affair, it being somewhat out of the ordinary. Everybody seemed to be in* a nappy\nframe of mind and consequently\nthing went with a pep and the\nsocialibility was real. It is\nestimated that there were over\n200 present, the ladies, being in\nthe majority and people came\nfrom Grand Forks, Boundary\nFalls, Midway, Rock Creek and\nKettle Valley... Owing to the\nlarge crowd, cards had to be\nabandoned, the hall cleared and\ndauoing \"was'the- order of the\nevening, interspersed with the\nfollowing programme, which was\nenjoyed by everybody:\nSolo by Mis? Silvia Price accompanied by\nMiss Rente Skilton.\nSong \"The Girl That Men Forget\" by\n- Henry Bakke\nSong \"The Singer was Irish.\", by\nMrs. H. Pannell\nHighland Fling by Miss Helen Bakke.\nDuet by Miss R. Lytle and Miss R. Axam.*\nSong \"Cal^ me back to your heart pal\nof mine\" by H. Botwright.\nFive minute social talk by D. McPherson.\nJ. Shannon filled the chair in a\nmost pleasing mariner.\nSomething new in this district\n..was:the-eliminationdance,-which-\ncaused a great dealof excitement\nand _ merriment. Eventually,\nhowever, N.-E.. Morrison and\nMiss R. M.7. Lytle. won out amid\ngreat applause.\nThe\" music was supplied by\nMrs. W. A.: Ritchie at the piano;\nGeo. Clerf with the drums and\nDr..A; Francis -and* H. Whiting\nrelieved one 7 another with the\nviolin.\nff At midnight refreshments and\nice-cream were served after which\ncommunity singing and dancing\ncdntihued. until 2 a.m.,- when all\ndispersed to. their hbmes feeling\nthat one of the most, enjoyable\nand profitable evenings had been\nspent. l.\nVaudeville Entertainment\nThe event of this season will\nbe the. staging of a Vaudeville\nEntertainment- in the Greenwood\nTheatre, on Friday, April 3rd\nunder the auspices of the Ladies\nHospital Auxiliary. The show\nwill start promptly at 7.45. The\nentertainment starts with a comic\npicture entitled \"A Circus Cowboy,\" after, which there- will be\nsongs' and choruses with local\nhits, drills and folk dances. Mi9s\nLillie Pickthall, a well known\ncontralto, is coming, from-Trail\nespecially for the concert,\n' The local songs are a' scream .\nand if you are in trim for laughing, here is your opportunity to\ngo the limit. Get your,-reserved\nseatsvat Goodeve's Drug Store.\n1 A dance in the Masonic Hall\nwill follow the concert and supper\nserved by the ladies. ' -\nhedge Ads. Bring Results\nThe Pythian Sisters Daace\nplanned for May 1st has -been\npostponed-until 15th May on account of other attractions during\nthe first week in May. - THE LEDtfE, GKREES!WOODt H. ft\n^\nHEADACHE. BILIOUSNESS\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMmi^Gtsmomxyxy\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdXi^W^MtlS&yX$.\nProsperity Around\nThe Corner\nEarly\nSir George Paish Predicts\nRevival in Trade\nSir George Paish, leading Brili.sh\nfinancial authority, interviewed in\nToronto, expressed tho. oniuiou that\niho greatest trade expansion in history was about to coniraencc.\nAsked for tho evidence upon which\nhe-predicted a great trade revival and\niho coming of unparalleled times of\nprosperity, Sir George said: \"The\nevidence is the more reasonable mentality of the governments and peoples of all the countries. Kvery gov-\n\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffduse\nIt contains\nno alum and\nleaves no\nbitter taste\nMeals Served By Electricity\nModern Restaurants In United States\nHave No Waiters\nElectrically served meals are obtainable in some.of the modc-nw'eslaur-\nants in the United States. The diner\nenters tho restaurants, selects bistable, notes un thc menu tho food ho\nrequires, drops the menu through a\nslot Jn the^ table, and waits a minute\nor two. Presently there is a humming\nnoiso, and in (he centre of tho table,\non a four-poster tray, appears the food\nhe has ordered. When the menu is\nslipped into the slot it drops to, tho\nkiloheti below; the server there attends to tin order, presses a button,\nand the food is on Its way to the table.\nWhen the diner has finished his meal\nhe takes thc bill,.which has also been\ndelivered by electricity, and pays at\nthe usual cashier'^ desk.\nWorld Record In Radio\nChimes of London's \"Big Ben\" Heard\n-* In Borneo -\n\". Big Ben, London's most famous\nclock, on the Houes of Parliament, has\nmade what is called a world record in\"\ntlie radio, i(3- chimes having- been\nheard in British North Borneo, 8,523_\n.miles away.\nBig Bon .stopped ticking recently\nbecauso its machinery had bceomo\nclogged with'soot and rust, and workmen labored for several days taking\nout thirty pounds of refuse. H was\nafter this that the'ehimes were broadcast from station 2LO, and word came\nback Jrom an Englishman in Borneo\ntliat\"lie\"lind heard\" the~oId clock strike.\nFirst Rublic Dispensary-\nThe first public dispensary was established in Egypt about 4C00 B.C.\nThe \"attendant received the equivalent\nof about $500 a year, whicli was five\ntimes the amount then paid a skilled\nlaborer! \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd -\nMany Jap Children Suicide\nA marked increase in child suicide\nin Japan Is revealed by the psychological bureau bf the department of \ufffd\ufffd.-du-\ncation. ln the last ten years 2,316\nchildren have taken their own lives,\nand for the year just ended there \"were\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd127',\n__\ufffd\ufffd, ,.,-. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd _ \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd *_\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd , . ____.\nFOR,\nA hot water bottle has been invented which can,be fitted about the neck\nand throat of the user. \" \" ,\nTln'-re is no plfrasur^ la loafiner unless j'Ott have something to do.\nDANDRUFF\nMinard's cleans\nthe scalp,\nopens ihe pores, stimulates the-\nroots of the hair to new activity. Rub Minard's into \"the\nteal? four times a week-\nMetric System For Russia\nA French scientific inissldn has arrived in Moscow to study the a|>pll-\ncation of the metric system to Russia.\nThe mission has offered the concessions committee of the government to\nundertake thc ovjjanization In Rus.sia\nof factories for the making of metrical scales, weights, measures and\nother appliances.\nBoost Or Get Out\nIf you can't boost the town j ou live\nin, then, move to a town you can\nboost. A man who i_> living ia a town\nhe can't help along, and do something for, is out of harmony with\nthings, he is losing time. He ought\nto move.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdCarlcton Place Central Canadian.\nThe early bird catches the worm.\nand that ought io fill the bill.\nHypocrites are men who pray wiih\ntheir fingers crossed. - i\nProved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for\n' Rheumatism Colds '\nHeadache Pain\nNeuralgia Toothache\nLumbago Neuritis\n\"Accept only \"Bayer\" package\nwhich contains proven directions;\nHanay \"Bayer\"' boxes ol 12 isMel*--\nAlso bottles of 24 sad JOB\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdBraggigtu.\nAgpitia if lis traSe esuje (ttStsttni ia Ouiaa*) off Barer Sttarrfsrlurs \ufffd\ufffdf WtnceerVte-\nBd**t\ufffd\ufffdr or SalieySifacid (Acetyl Filfcylfe Jteld, \"A. S. A.\"). WWIe It la w\ufffd\ufffdU Xavsa\n&*t Aspirin mnEE Ssyer mgBUfaetarr. to atsint Out psblie igsitart Snaiiatks.-i- ttw; Tablet*\n#* Bj\/wr Cteapsay \ufffd\ufffdiH frs lUcsprd irSiSi SSielr rsaef*! tr\ufffd\ufffd3o osarfe, lte\ufffd\ufffd\" \"Beyer Gross,\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd TEE LEDGE, GrJEl'XWOOP, B. (X\nrt\nPREMIER KING\nSAYS PROTOCOL\nJS UNACCEPTABLE\nOttawa.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"We do;not consider it iii\n'the;interest of Canada, of the British\nKmpire or ofTthe League itself, to re-\n. . commend to parliament adherence to\nWhe [irot'ocol, and particularly to its\nrigid oprovision i for' application- of\neconomic and military .sanctions in\npractically-every future war. Among\ntlio \"grounds for this conclusion is the\nconsideration of.the effect of thcjioik\nparticipation of 'the United. States\nupon attempts to enforce the sanctions, and particularly iu the case \\\nof contiguous, countries like Canada.\"\nPremier Mackenzie King, in the\nHouse of Commons, summarized in the\nabove paragraph the attitudo of the\n* Dominion Government in. regard to the\nGeneva protocol for the pacific settlement of international disputes. The\nparagraph was quoted from_a dispatch\nsent by the premier to Sir Eric Druin-\nmond, secretary general to the League\n- of Nations, a few days ago.\nAlberta Legislature\nEndorses Senate Reform\nEdmonton.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-The legislature en-\n. dorsed a resolution by W. H.-.\nDavidson, Independent member for \"\nCalgary, urging senate reform,\nand also supporting tho suggestion made in the speech from the .\nthrone in, the Parliament of Can- .\nada, providing that this body be\nempowered lo amend the British\nAmerica Act. Tliere was no active opposition to the resolution.\nAil speakers agreed- that some\nform of senate reform was necessary. Some oven went so far as\n.to advocate abolition of tlie seiu\nate entirely, while others suggested a limitation of powers.\nUrges National Unity\nStrife Will Not Make Canada Great\nSays Minister of Justice\nToronto.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdOutlining the tenets of\nLiberalism here, Hon.s Ernest La-\nrointe, minister of justice, emphasized the need for national unity, so that\nthe various parts of Canada could ho\nassimilated into a harmonious whole.\nNot strife, not haired, nor quarrels\nwould make Canada a great nation.\nTliere must be justice and tolerance,\nwillingness, to grant to others what\none claimed'for himself. He said he\nhud unbounded faith in what-the Liberal parly could achieve.\nAirmen Converse Over Radio\nPlan Is Not Favored\nScheme to Settle Retired Professional\nPeople in Dominion is Frowned ,y\n7 ' 'f \ufffd\ufffd\"7 \" 7 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\"'\nLondon.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-It is doubtful whether the\nscheme to settle retired professional\npeople possessing fixed but compara:\nlively small, incomes, in the different\ndominions on thc community principle\nproposed by Sir Roland Bournet-and\nothers, will bo. seriously considered.\nTho idea is that retired civil ser-\nvants aud general professional folk,\nwho now take themselves to a modest\nEnglish or continental-resort, would\nwelcome the opportunity of dwelling\nmore or less closely together in the\ndominions.\nIt is suggested that 50 to 100 of\nthese families could establish com-\nlr.unitiespwiih.a clubhouse for meals,\netc.\nMany critics suggest lhat it would\nbe pretty \"cool\" to expect the overseas settlement committee to provide\nfinancial assistance for helping those\nwho have .made their life's income\nfrom the Briflsh Government to\nspend their' retiring allowances outside the country.- ._ _ :\nSays Danzig Well Armed;\nParis Correspondents Report City\n' Arsenal-of Rifles a.nd Machine\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"Guns '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd V yy-- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nParis.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-\"Danzig is like ' a 7 powder\nmagazine,\" says the correspondent; of\nLe Journal, who, with thc representative -of. Le .Matin, went to that. free\ncity to investigate 4he difficulties between it and Poland. \"The day Europe blows up it will be because Danzig exploded,\" the correspondent continues. \"Two Prussian artillerymen\nawait, one at Koenigsherg and the\nother.at Berlin\/fuse in hand, ready to\nact when the lime comes.\" -\nLe Matin's'representative says Danzig, with its German population of a\nthird,of a million,;can arm 60,000 men\nat the iirst call. Ho adds that the\ncity-is a regular .arsenal of rifles and\nmachine guns. -\nWas Choice ofConventioii\nFlying at Rate of 120 Miles an Hour\na\ufffd\ufffdd Five Miles Apart\nDayton, Ohio.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdFor the first time in.\nhistory, according to aniiy- aviation\noilicers here, two men several _thous:\nand feet in the air and mote than five\n-\"miles apart held conversations.\" Flying in ships, equipped with broadcasting and receiving instruments,' (he\nmen talked with each other with perfect ease, while going through the air\n* at 120 miles an hour indifferent directions. It is said the equipment is\n~-still iu'VIio experimental stage..\nBeet Growers Organize\nIn Southern Alberta\nTo Attract Tourists\nOttawa\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-.-Extensive advertising lines\nfollowed\" by Switzerland, should bc\npracticed hy Canada to draw tourists\nand residents of the United States to\nits unsurpassed beauty spots, in the\nopinion of Dr. V. E. Doolittle, president\nof tho Canadian.Automobile Association, who'gave a lecture here on a recent trip across Canada- by automobile.\nPropose Bringing In Russian-German\n\"Families to Work in Fields\nLethbridge, Alta.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdOne hundred\nbeet growers of Southern Alberta have\norganized\" the Southern \"Alberta Beet\nGrowers' Assdciatiou. Representatives of all irrigation districts were\npresent at the meeting with T. George\nWood, manager of the Utah-Idaho\nSugar Company, and means of financing and finding labor to handle 6',-\n000 acres of beets, this year were considered. An effort will be made to\nbring in Russian-German. families for\nworlc.in thc beet fields, and a representative of tho C.P.R. was presentrto\noffer co-operation in this regard. Japanese-labor is also-being considered.\nFinancing the growing of the crop is\nnow being discussed with the Bankers'\nAssociation.\nNAVAL PROGRAM\nFOR CANADA TO\nDEFEND COASTS\nOttawa.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdA resolution proposing\"\nthat \"Canada should consider the\nquestions of defence of our sea coasts\nand of our ocean-borne lines of commerce,\" was introduced in the Houso\nof Commons by A. W. Neill, Independent, Comox-Alberni.\nMr. Neill introduced lhe subject by\nsuggesting that the question be taken\nup in a non-partisan spirit. He suggested that a small committee of the\nhouse might be formed to consider the\nmatter, with the aid of technical exports. A policy might be evolved or\ndefence under the name'of the \"Canadian policy.\"\nMr. Neill urged the necessity for\ndefence of coast lines and shipping.\nThe dry dock\" at Esquimalt, which was\nto be 'finished shortly, would be of\nvital importance to-any British naval\noperations in the Pacific. Today, it\nwaa particularly open~ to tho world,\nwith only a few obsolete \ufffd\ufffduns to protect it. Mr. Neill quoted General Mc-\nRrlen as stating that the next war\nwould be in tlie Pacific.\nTlio value of public works in Vancouver and Victoria was estimated at\n$200,000,000, and a coast line of 10,000\nmiles was absolutely defenceless.\nMost important of all was thc defence\nof * shipping. The greatest damage\ncould be-done there, and the object of\nany enemy would be a blockade and\ndestruction of shipping.\nCoarse Grain,Pool\nFor Saskatchewan\nRegina.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDecision to operate\ncoarse grain pools when 50 per\ncent, of the four-year average\n. acreage sown to rye and flax and\n33 1-3 per cent, of tho four-year\naverage acreage sown to oats and\nbarley have been signed up, was\nreached at. a meeting of the Saskatchewan. wheat\" pool directors.\n. This decision was taken ou instructions from the.recent delegates' meeting authorizing the\nboard Id proceed with the organization of coarse grain pools immediately. The board took\"the\nview that it was vitally Important that the pools should control\ntho major portion of the marketable surplus of coarse grains.\n- - W. A. AMOS\nFor third successive year chosen to\nhead Canadian Council of Agriculture.\nHe Is also president, of the U.F.O.\nDid Extensive\nExploration Work\nof\nAlberta Deficit\ncivil service Dr. Sun Yat Sen Is Dead\nOttawa.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDuring \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthe_ycar7IS2j, tho , ,____ _\t\ncivil-service \"commission appointed j(China's Man of. Destiny Passes Away\n1,571 civil servants to fill vacancies\ncaused by death, resignations, or\notherwise, and inclusive of 251 additional appointments, It was stated In\nthe House of Commons in answer to a\nquestion. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-\"\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTakes Oath of Office\nBerlin.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDr. Simons took the oath\nas acting president o'f tho German republic to succeed, the late Friedrich\nfiberr.' The acting president promls-\n\ufffd\ufffd1 to hand over the oflice unsullied to\nhis successor after administering it\nwith impartiality.\nShut Out Ja panes*\nTopeka, Kas.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTho Kansas Senate\n,* has passed a Japanese. Exclusion Bill\n. which prohibits .persons from that\n, wuntry owning or leasing lands in this\nKtate. The bill now goes to tlie\ngovernor. - . - x - '_\nMarriage License Biff\nToronto.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdCouples about to be married in Ontario must secure their\nlicenses at. least three days before the\ndate of marriage, under a bill introduced in the house.\nAt PeKing\nPeking, ChinaT\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDr. Sun Yat Sen, on\nwhose head tlie Manchu dynasty fixed\na price, of $S 00,000, when Dr.\" Sun was\ncampaigning for a republic in China,\ndied here from cancer of tiie liver. Ho\"\nwas 63 years old. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nCalled.\"China\"'* man. of desfitry\" by\nmany, Dr. Sun was identified with almost- every ptyase of public life in his\ncountry. He .was \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd first president of\nthe republic, created in 1912, and In\nrecent years he had maintained an administration styled the Southern Government of China at Canton. iiThis de-\nclining years ho opposed thc central\ngovernment at Peking. ; Dr. Sun was\nstricken when he arrived liere late in\n'January as' a delegate to a conference, Jiftving for its purpose the unification of China.\nExplorers Killed In\nBritish East Africa\nKnocked Down and Trampled By\nWounded Rhinoceros\nLondon.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdA* dispatch to the Daily\nMail from Mairobi, in the Kenya Colony of British East Africa, reports\ntliat Mrs. Green, a noted Irish explorer, from Dublin, and Captain Atkins,\nhave been killed by a rhinoceros. Mrs.\nGreeny was_abaut\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd to _climb Mount\nKenya when she .encountered -the\nrhino at Nauyuki. The woman fired\nand wounded the animal, which thereupon charged upon and fatally injured her. - , \"~\nCaptain-Atkins, accompanied by his\nwife, arrived later on the scene, and\nthe rhinoceros charged upon- them.\nThe captain shouted a warning to his\nwife, \"and tried to blind the animal by\nthrowing ills coat over its head, but\nwas knocked down'.and trampled to\ndeath. Mrs. Atkins made-her escape\nand brought back gunmen \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd to Jhe\nscene, who shot and killed the animal.\nWill Conserve and Develop Natural\nResources in the Interests of\nthe People\nEdmonton.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdIn his annual budget\nspeech in the Alberta Legislature,\nHon. 11. G. Reid, provincial treasurer,\nforecasted a deficit of if36S.632.51 on\ngeneral income account for tho year\n1925. The deficit last year was $620,-\n841.12. __\nHon. Mr. Reid announced the intention of the government to re-enact, in\na different form, the Miner Alright tax,\nwhich was disallowed by. thc Dominion Government last yoar, but no item\nis included in the estimated revenue\nfor this tax.\n\"We \"are confident,\" said Mr. Reid,\n\"that the natural resources can be\nmore economically administered by\nthe province' than by the Dominion\nauthorities. It will be our duty to see\nthat these resources are conserved and\ndeveloped in tlie interests of the people.\" * .. i\nFeatures of the budget speech are\":\n' Estimated increase-in rewnue for\n1925, S778.2C7.16.'\nEstimated increase in expenditure\nand controllable expendilures between\n1921 and 1921,, $1,171,861.1-1. No new\ntax methods forecasted.\nManitoba Drug Addicts\nSeventy-Know\" Cases In Province Is\nReported'ln-House . \"\nWinnipeg.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThere \"are 70 known\ndrug addicts in Manitoba, according to\na return tabled in the Provincial\nLegislature by Hon. 1). L, McLeod,\nmunicipal commissioner.\nEstimates ranging from i00 to 800,\nincluding Chinese, tho return statesT\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdare mere conjectures, and comprise\na largo percentage of persons known\nin police circles a.s \"floaters.\"\nThe report suggests control is not\na questi on \"of public health. .It declares efforts\" toward suppression,, of\ntlie\" trallic inTTiarcotic drugs are more-\nlikely to -produce Healthful results.\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Director of Geological Survey\nCanada Dies at Ottawa\nOtlawaV-Dr. William Mclnnes, formerly director of'geological survey of\nCanada and director of the Victoria\nMuseum, Ottawa, 'died ln a local hospital here after a lingering illyess, I'd followed,\naged 67. lie did extensive exploration work in all parts of Canada and\nseveral geological reports compiled\nby. him will remain monuments of his\nefforts. He- was a native of Frederic -\nton, N.D., whero he was educated a!\nthe University of New Brunswick.\nDr. Mclnnes' first geological work-\nwas 'done in his home provinco of\nNew Brunswick, and later he spent,\nconsiderable time in exploration work\nin Northern Ontario and Manitoba.\nEstenpivfe explorations were made by\nhim along the Severn and Albany Riv-\ners, while he' also spent a long period\nmaking geological explorations\" along\nthe proposed route of the Hudson's\nBay Hallway.\nWOEDHAVENO\nAPPEALS FROM\nSUPREME COURT\nOttawa.-r-Legislatlon to abolish appeals from the judgments. of the Supreme Court of Canada, is sought in\na resolution of which notice has been\ngiven by A. R. McMaster, Liberal,.\nBrome, who. .wIIl\ufffd\ufffdmove in the Houso\nof Commons that \"n committee he\nnamed for the purpose' of considering\ntho advisability of dec-hiring by legislation that no appeal shall he brought\nfrom any judgment or ruling of the\nSupreme Court of Canada to any court\nof appeal or authority by which tho\nUnited Kingdom appeals or petitions\nto His _ Majesty in Council may bo-\nheard.\"\nThe object of the resolution, Mr..\nMcMaster explained in an interview,\nis to \"make lhe-supreme court really\nsupreme.\" \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"\nIt would never be really completely\neffective, he said, as long-as anybody\ncan appeal to some other court from\nits judgments. Mr. McMaster cited\nthe- example of the Supreme Court of\nthe United States as the example to\nNorthern Telegraph Upkeep\nAppetite Keen\nt\nYou can relish your meals without feai\nof upsetting your-livef\noar slemscb if you will^\n. pat yoar faith inf~\nCarter's Little\nt(v*p PlHa.\nFoul accumulations tfcst\npsfioa the\nfeteod ara ex-\t\npilled from the bowels and headachy\nd&dness aud sallow skin Are fdfe^ed.\nI\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdSss*a itae*-\n- Professor Of Chinese Dead\nSundown. Eng.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdSir - \"Alexander\nHos!-*, professor, of Chinese at Oxford\nUniversity, died recently, aged 72\nyear;!. He-was the British delegate\nlo the Shanghai international- opium\ncommission in 1909, and was the author of a number of works on tho Far\nEast. - \" '\nFrench To Explore Arctic\nNorwegian Will Conduct Expeditiento\nFranz Joseph Land\n-Oslo, Norway.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdCaptain Oito Svc-r-\ndrup,' Norwegian explorer, has. con-\nsen ted to conduct the French Arctic\nexpedition'* ship to' Franz Joseph\nLand. The expedition, under Lieutenant Jules Depayer, probably will start\nthis summer, and will be gone a year.\nAirplanes will be used, and it is pos~s;\nsble an attempt will bs made to rt>ach\nthe Pole, but the main objects of the\nexpedition are scientific. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nExtend Time Under Highway\ufffd\ufffd Act\nOttawa.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe\"time within which the\nvarious provinces may tarn .and be\npaid grants under the Canada Highways Act Is to be extended for a further two years, under a government\nbill to be introduced by Hon. G: 1\\\nGraham, minister of railways.\n. Will Attempt Channel Swim\nWeymouth, Eng.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMrs. E. Craven,\nwho is 30 years of age and a grandmother, Is the latest, person to signify '\nher intention, of swimming the English Channel this summer. Ry pfo-\njfessioa Mrs. Craven is a nurse, anti-\nWork Will Se Costly \"\nLondon.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe announcement of i he-\npartial closing of St. Tauls Cathedral,\nenabled the i.ublic to realize the magnitude and the cost of work which\nwill require to be accomplished \"before the edifice is made secure' for ihe\nyears \"to .come. No exact estimate\nof the expense cab yet be made, but\nthe work extending through years wii.l\nmake large demands upon the public\nfor support.\nGermany Is Disarmed\nRetiring U.S. Ambassador to Germany\nDenies Reports Circulated to*7\nContrary\n- New York.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAlonso- TI: Houghton,\nretiring United States'ambassador to\nGermany, and the new ambassador to\nGreat. Iirtlain, who* arrived on- the\nA.quitania, emphatically denied to interviewers thai, munitions, were being\nstored In large quantities in Germany.\n\"Hero or there,\" ho said, \"may be\nfound some crazy \"men, or a few.radi-\nculs, who may have stored a hundred\nor more guns, but I can mxy Germany\nis disarmed.\" '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd .*\nFRANCE MAKES\nTHREAT TO FORM\nA JAP ALLIANCE\nLoudon.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTho French are threatening an alliance with Japan and Russia,\nin the event o\" tlio failure to secure\nfrom Britain the strong pact of security which thcy are demanding. Tlie\nbasis of the proposal U'a grant of permission to Japan to use Iiuio China\nportsf in the event of ,war with ihv\nUnited States or Uritain. ' *\nFrance's posilion now is that bollf\nthe Geneva protocol and Anglo-French\npact, proposals are dead. The protocol was killed by the opposition of the\nDominions and the, pact was undermined largely by tile publication of th-j\nChamberlain . memorandum. This\nwas published widely in tho British\nfind Dominion press -and so aroused\npublic opinion that tho cabinet was\nforced to take_actioit detiiiiiely_oppo.s-.\ning the. plan. Austen Chamberlain\nhad to tell Premier Herriot while passing through .Paris recently that ir\nwould be impossible for Croat Britain\nto carry, out the plan he had suggested.\nThis loaves only oiii? plan\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthat proposed by Germany, bul the French\nare opposed-to thiss, both because they\nfear it. would help re-establish Germany, and becausu thoj are lied by\npromises to Poland.\nGovernment Lines In Northerrn Ca\"-\n-ada Are Operated At a'Loss\nOtiawa.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdHalf a- dozen telegraph'\notfice.j operated bv the Dominion Government In. Northern Canada.cost, lor\n>ipk<\ufffd\ufffdop. .'n 14 years, $t\ufffd\ufffd-l,27-i more Ihan\nthey u.irnod. This Is shown in a return tabled iu tho house, which give.--*\ndetails ot\" receipts and expenditures\nfor six offices in the Peace Itivcr\ncountry. Of these.only one. Grande-\nPrairie, came near to paying expenses,\nwhich were ?27,P39 for the 14-yeai*\nperiod; while its revenue totalled\n$22,8S9. l\\\nPeace River, in \"the same period,\nearned \ufffd\ufffd31,249 and cost in upkeep,\n?G7,512; Spirit River earned $11,275\nand cost $24,226; Dunvegan carawl\n?3,063- find cost \ufffd\ufffd6,743; Reaver Lodg-i.\nearned ?2,291 and spent $15,51-1; and\nWatorhole earned \ufffd\ufffdJ,377 and c4,15*> acres arc-\nclassed under exchange*liecot'int.\nThe above information was furnished hy the government in reply to a\nquestion in the house.\nNo Discrsfnination Shown\nOttawa.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAfter a comparatively\nbrief-discussion\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd during tho\" course\" oT\"\nwhich Hon. Charles Murphy, post-\nlnaster^general, assured the House of.\nCommons that no discrimination\nagainst the Canadian Na tional Railway! in the carriage of mails was biting practiced, a resolution opposing\nsuch discrimination* wort withdrawn by -\nits mover, W. J. Ward, Progressive,\nDauphin..\nPermits installation Of Radio V\nBueliarest.--Tho Rumanian (Jovern-\nmeat is preparing a' bill, permitting\nthe installation of wireless receiving\nset's in private res-ideuces. - The bill\nwill limit tljo ^issuance-of- HcensjeM >o .\nRumanian-subjects ottly. and \"provide:\nthat the government - may >Hze all.\nradio.apparatus in case of mobiliza-.\ntion. ' .,'.\"' \";-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nGet Titles To Land\nSwift- Current, riask.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.Ninety-liy.-.\nthousand acres of Mennonite landfv\nwhicli have bei-n tied up in court sim\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd_\ntho inception of the big arid now famous law suit which went all Use way\nto the imperial privy cduneii. are now\nlease'd by'order of the court oi appeals*..\nAutomobile Thieves in Cafgary\nCalgary, Alta.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAutomobile tlihrvc-s\nwere responsible for ?S1,300 out of the\n?2 K03S worth of property \"stolen in this\ncity during February, according to thc\nmonthly report of the Calgary detective department. Of 16 cars taken,\nall but one were recovered during the\nmonth.\nOpening Ira Aprii\nSault Ste. Marie, Ort\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdGiv\ufffd\ufffdj fai arable weather, local shipping men expect navigation this yc-ar will corn-\nise-Ece aroint thc latter part of April.\nLarge Shipment Of Chinese Cotton\nVictoria.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdWhen the liner Empress\nof Australia arrived recently \" from'\nYokohama, her cargo included 1,500\ntons of Chinese cotton, tho largest\ns-ingle shipment of this clir.racler ever\nsent from China to Canada. She also\n\"carried nearly 3,50 some time,\nand that the reopening of tbe\n..property was contingent almost al-.\n... together on an advance in the pir^ce\nof copper. -It was officially, reported some time. ago that 'the\nproperty could be .profitably bperr\nated with copper at a price, of\n13i cents?, and as that inetal ie now\n. .well bfy.ondfthatr.figure, mining\nI men very thoroughly familiar with.\n, the operations\/ of the company,.\n, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd confidently7, express 7 the .opinion\n. that the. great property, will be run-\n...nittg before the summer is oyer.\" \"\n\" Many years'ago the late Robert\nWood'drove a tunnel on the Sally\nMineral claim; following 'a; narrow\nlead for .a very considerable dis-\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd tance and then . discontinued - work\nss the showing wan hot sufficient\nUf warrant, any-1? farther 5?ork.\nYery. recently-Edward Fordman,\neuperintfindeotfof this mine, drove\na crosVcafcin this, tunnel; for a disr\ntance of ten feet,aiid encountered a\nfine vein' of ore.- '';- -:* \"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd -V . VV V\nHenry Lee, Mv E.j was ia town\ntbis week, Mr. Lee left foi* Beaverdell on. Wednesday. morning where\nhe will superintend the erection of\nbuildings on the Hoy-land fractional\nmineral claim.\nP. B; Fresland, dielrieS government ieinisg engineer, inspected a\nnumber of mines: in the,.diafricl\nthis week-\nH\nere an\ndTh\nere\nIn conjunction with the .furthet\nloan of \ufffd\ufffd3,000,000 for colonization\nto be authorized by thp Quebec legislature this season, it is also intended to raise the bounty to settlers on the acreage cleared.' At\npresent the government gives a\nbonus of $6 an acre. It will be\nraised to $8 an acre. The province\nspent $30,000 in this way in the last\nfiscal year.\nCurling Club\nThe Ross cup has beeu found.\nAll members who have not yet\npaid their subscriptions are requested to do so.without delay.\nSweet young thing (driving\nthrough suburb)\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"Would you\nlike to see where I was vaccinated?\"\nHe (with enthusiasm)\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"Sure.\"\n8. Y. T. (Pointing towardB\nhouse which they had just passed)\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"Well, right in there.\"\nThe itinerary of the \"All Blacks,\"\nNew Zealand's wonderful rugby\nteam, hitherto 'unbeaten, in their\ntour of Canada, was announced by\nthe Canadian Pacific, recently. Landing at St. John, N.B., on January\n31, from, the company's steamship\n\"Montlaurier,\" the team will proceed across the Dominion .via Canadian Pacific lines. They will make\nshort stays at Montreal, on February 1; Toronto, February 2; Niagara Falls, February 3; Calgary,\nFebruary 6; Banff, February 7-9;\nVancouver, February 10-21, Sind sail\nfrom San Francisco ' on the 25th.\nCalgary is giving them a ball and\ndance lit the Pallisei*- Hotel, they will\ntake part in the Banff winter carnival, and will play teams from Vancouver and Victoria while on the\ncoast.\nThe amount of butter exported to\nJapan v through Vancouver during\n1924 was nearly twice that of 1923,\naccording to figures supplied by\nthe Japanese consulate at that point.\nThe report shows that in 1924 the\nquantity was 476,454 pounds, as\ncompared with only 299,695 pounds\nin 1923. Total cheese shipments to.\nthe same destination last year\namounted to \\ 2,685 pounds, a.*\nagainsit only 40 iri 1923.\nA recent analysis of immigration\naccording to occupation of immigrants arriving in Canada since 1920\nshows a steady increase in the ratio of agriculturists and domestics towards all others. In 1921\nthe figure was 35 per cent. It was\n44 per. cent for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1922,* 47 per cent for\nthe fiscal year 1923-24 and 51 per\ncent for-the nine moriths_ April to\n.December, 1924.\n. One of the outstanding features\nof the Grain Commission Board's\nreport, for the season 1922-23, was\n,the tributa paid .to the excellent\nt service rendered by . the Canadian\n.Pacific Railway in handling the\n.western crop. Though the company\nhandled 105,000 cars of grain, it received only six complaints about\nlack of cars from the railway and\ncommission combined. In 1923-24,\n.with an even larger-number handled,- there were only eight fcoiri-\nplaints...:-,..., 7''. '-.X.y\nf Orchestras from the Canadian.\nPacific steamships-*r \"Empress-.. o\ufffd\ufffd\nFrance\", and; \"Empress Vof Scot-\njlarid\",. when \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd they ; arrived recently\nat. New York and before sailing on\ntheir 7round the world and Mediterranean cruises : which-the company\nstarts .'.annually - from that *. port\n-broadcasted through. WZ a ..forty-\nfive minute programme of selected\nScots, Engliah, Walsh, Irish, and Canadian airs, while the \"Mpntroyal\",\non her return from the company's\ncruise to the West Indies, .broadcasted British and Spanish music\nthrough WJY of New York. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd V\n.Information furnished\/by ' j;'.\nFrank Callbreath, packing contractor and general merchant, shows\nthat during the '1924 hunting 'season;: parties; secured 12 moose, 26\n-caribou, 26 goat, 31 sheep, 16.black\nf bear and 11 grizzles.- in the Telegraph Creek district of. British Columbia. Of the caribou,.the largest, shotby Jf -J. .Sartori\/of Brook-'.\nlyn,; N.Y.,' has a yspread. _ol47-inches\/\nfis '39% inches .long .and :Jhas : 27f;\n.points.- -The-, largest sheep' horns\nwere 41% inches long, with a spread\noff 31 inches; and were secured by\nA.' I); 'Stewart,* of \"New- York,' \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n.' The third annual. Eastern Inter-;\nnational Dog\"\" Sled: Derby, run', off\nat Qiiebec on February 19, 20 and\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd21, was a tremendous,, success..\n. Twenty rtw.V: mashers.;.' .ahd X their\nf teams'- 'frorrff many- parts ;of Canada\n.'-andVthe-'7'United'1- States competed\n' over the 120-mile' course,, the race\nfeeing \"won by Emile St. Goddard, of\n...Le' - Pas,\" Man., ..who, also. won this\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdyear's .\"'.derby at that place. -The\nlast- day's-. - lap\" was run \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd through -. a\nblinding snowstorm, which gave .the\nthousands, of - sports' visitors from\n-Canada and thc- United States.:\"w&o\nwitaeised it, a vivid impression of'\nnormal\" conditions \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd expsEieacso, oy-\nthese outfits, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd. -:--;;-\"V*-.- --.- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd .-.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*.', W->\nVery heavy summer travel is anticipated by the Canadian Pacific\nRailway during- 1925, especially to-\nconventions on the Pacific coast of\nCanada and the United States, C. B.\nFoster, passenger traffic manager\nof the company, announced recently.\nCanadian and American railroads\nexpect 150,000 persons to \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd attend\nthese conventions, some of' which\nwill be very large. At least thirty\nwestward bound special trains, and\nas many eastward bound, will .be\nprovided by -the Canadian Pacific\nto handle the delegates, Mr. Foster\nstated, and Banff and Lake Louise\nexpect great seasons, as so.many\nof the travellers will stop off-' at\nthose famous mountain resorts.\nThere will also be a very heavy\nmovement to conventions'\" in eastern Canada and the eastern United\nStates, j\nCONFEDERATION\nLIFE ASSOCIATION\n1924 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Record Year 1924\nTHE MOST PROGRESSIVE OF 53 YEARS\nSTEADY GROWTH\nExpense Rale Decreased ' , Lots Mortality Ratio\nLargest Surplus Earned in An}) Year\nNew Insurance written and revived....$ 3-1,161,916.00\nTotal Insurance in force Dec. 81, 1924.... 181,480,802.00\nTotal Assets _._ 40,(i25,4\ufffd\ufffd0.00\nTotal Income ..._. V......... U,186,548.00\nPaid Policyholders and Beneficiaries.... 3,539,198.00\nTOTAL AMOUNT PAID AND HELD ON POLICYHOLDERS'\n- ACCOUNT IN 53 YEARS\n^3\ufffd\ufffd|_^ \t\n~G\\ix.:> ^ cyt\ufffd\ufffd\nm\n$88,785,886.00\nC. S. MACDONALD, f$0$$\nGeneral Aianager. ^S&M&'i\nFull Annual Reports are on the press, and will be sent on application.\nHOWARD FARRANT, CHARLES KING,\nDistrict Manager, Rogers Building, Vancouver, B.C.\nAgent, Greenwood, B.C.\n.\nNOTICE\nAn examination for Forest Rangers will be\nheld at Grand.Forks on April 8th, 1925. Application will lie received up to'noon of April 1st, bv\nthe District Forester, Court House, Nelson,\nfrom whim application forms and fuirparticu-\nlars may be obtai tied. Fee $1.00.\nCandidates must be British subjects, not\nmore than forty years of age, resident iii British\nColumbia for at least one year, of good character and physical condition, with woods experience and familiar with the practical side\nof logging, timber cruising, surveying and\nforest protection, with knowledge of the Forest\nAct and able to\\organize tfork and handle\nmen. *\"-\nThis examination is to establish an eligible\nlist for the next year from which appointments\nwill be made fts rangers are required. One\nranger is required -immediately.\nW. U. MacINNES,\nCivil- Serjice Commissioner,\n-,'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'. Victoria'; B.C\nNOTICE\nIf you want to be with - the\ncrowd get your seats early for- the\nVaudeville Entertaiomeat. Reserved seats 75c. Admission 50c\nand 25c.\nSYNOPSIS UF\nLAND ACT AMENDMENTS\nPRE-EMPTIONS\nVacant, , unreaerved, . \ufffd\ufffdurve\ufffd\ufffd-obtained fr*s ot.dhargd,-\nby . addraailnr.. tha Department of\nLarida, Victoria, B.C, or to a,ny'.Gov-\nornmant Agant. '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ''< \"\"''.-.\nReoords will' ba . granted'*'..covering-\nonly, land\" suitabl* for agricultural\"\n-purpoaaa,- and:-which ia not- timber-\nland, . l.a.,. csxrylriy \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\" \ufffd\ufffd*v\ufffd\ufffdr 5,000. -board\nfeet par acra waat pi thd Coast Rar_s\ufffd\ufffd .\ntuid '8,000' faet par acre east of that-\n-Rangtt. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd- .-.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd .. \" ,..' .... V\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Appllca.Uon8 for pre-emptions. aro\n10 ba addresiad to'the. Land Com:\nmlealonar. of.'tha' I^and .RocordiiiBDi -.\n: Vlalon, ln which tlie land applied- for\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdIs iltuated,-and are made on.printed,\nforma; _ copiea- \ufffd\ufffdf . which ca.n be ob-\ntalnad from th* Land: Commissioner\nPra-emptloha must bo occupied foi\n.five* yeara _ and. lmprov\ufffd\ufffdm.ont8. made\nto v^lue of |10 p\ufffd\ufffdr aero7lncluding\n. clearing and cultivating-* at least Ave\nacraa, before, a Crown-Grant-can bo\" \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nreceived..\n' For mora detailed .'information see'\nthe BulleUh \"How to. Pre-empt\nLand.'- : .\nPURCHASE . f:\n. Appllcatlona are\" received' for pur.,\nchac*-* of vacant &nd_ unreserved'\n.'Crown landa, not' being:. tim'berland\ntor agricultural purpoaes; uninlmum\nprio* cf firat-olaw (amb!\ufffd\ufffd) land la $5\npar acre, mid aeco&d-ola^a tgr&zlng)\nland |J.50 per acre,- Further Information . ragarding ' purchase or' lease.\nof Crown' lands U \"given in Builettn\nNo. .10, X_and gariea. \"Purahaae and\n, Leaae of Crowe I*Jida.\" *-.-:.\nMill, factory, or industrial, sites on\n. timber land, not exoeedlng ,40 acres,\nrraS .b\ufffd\ufffd puroSt&aed or leased, the con-\n.ditiosu . .including payment: .of\nitusapage.\n7;-7HOMjE8ITE'' t.EASES7:'X )-)\n. Unaiirraye* \ufffd\ufffdx*m, not exceeding 26\n&or\ufffd\ufffda, may. be leased a* homeaitss.\ncoodltlssal upon .a dwelling .being\nerected* in tb* first year, title being\nobtainable. after raaldence; and \\m-\n. proyement oondlUonts are. .fulfilled\nand.- iajnd' has\" been -surveyed.:' '-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,-\n7 ' LEASES ;\nFor gr&xfng and. induvtiri&l pur-\npoiM ar*aa sot exseeding. 840 acre_>\nmay b\ufffd\ufffd les\ufffd\ufffde4 toy \ufffd\ufffda* person or a\ncompaajr.\n. Un\ufffd\ufffd*r tbe Qru&x* Ant tiie Proviso* i\ufffd\ufffd divleed Stale gnsHag dietricU\nand Hx* raase aeaialtttnA under n\nGr*9ia$ \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd . Osxasilssionar. Annual\ngrasiiif permitJ art i\ufffd\ufffdra\ufffd\ufffdd based on\nnumbsrs ruiffed. priority being giver,\nto ssta^Ueiea owa\ufffd\ufffdni. Stock-owners\ntnay fcria fMK.oaiat_Ion__ for rang*\n' naaag6ni\ufffd\ufffda\ufffd\ufffd. 3*r*a, er -partially fr*\ufffd\ufffd\nc-ermila ar* \ufffd\ufffdt\ufffd\ufffdU&^L\ufffd\ufffd itj settlers.\n..cauauwrs sj*ft tn.r^I\ufffd\ufffdra. np to tes\nbead. , :\nla the matter of tbe \"Trustee Act\"; and in the\nmatter of the Estate of David Addason\nTerhune. Deceased. 0i \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nNOTICE is hereby given that Probate of\nthe Will of David Addason Terhune, late of\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\\Vestbribg-e' in the District of Yale, Farmery\nwho died on the 20th day of November, 1924, has-\nbeen issued to Samuel T. _uarsen, the Executor.\nAll persons havinR-claims aprairrst the estate\n^ire requested to semi full particulars tlrereof,\nduly verified, to said Samuel T. Larson, Peu-\nticton, B.C., on or before the 21st day of March,\n1925, after which date the Excctrlor will proceed\nto distribute the Assets of said Estate anions\nthe persons entitled thereto, having regard only\nto claims - of wliich he shall then have had\nnotice. f,\nDated at Green wood,, B.C., February 19th,\n1925.\n1 I. H. HALLETT,\nSolicitor ioi-the. Executor.\nDR. A. FRANCIS\nPhysician and Surgeon '\nResidence Phone 69\nGreenwood\n\\\nDR.\nA. J. DORMAN\nDENTIST X)', \".\nOffice:\nMcCutcheon Residence\n. .- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nGreenwood\nThe Ledge for Job Printing\nAdvertise in The Ledge\nGrand Forks - Greenwood\nElectoral District\nNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I shall,\non Monday, the 6th day of April, 1925, at the\nhour of 10 o'clock iu the forenoorr, at the Court-\nHouse, Greenwood, hold a Special Sitting of\nthe Court ot Revision for the purpose of revising' the Ijist of Voters for the said Electoral\nDislrict, aud of hearing and determining aay\nami all objections to thai retention of any\nname on tire said List, or to the registration\nas a voter of any applrcauCfor registration;\naud for the other purposes set; forth in the\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'Pioviricial Elections Act.\" .- -\nDated at .Greenwood, B.C., this 23rd day of\nFebruary, 1925.\nP. H. MCCURRACH,\nRegistrar of Voters for the\nGrand Forks-Greenwood\nElectoral District.\n-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd_'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd_- \" '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd '\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd -\" \" ' \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd _.\"\"''-i\"-\" t. j. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd a*1\"\nL\nGreenwood Laundry\n7 .Now Ocen EotBusiness7\nAll whlterHelD :\nX-X \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Give us a trial . .* -\nSWANSON & VIGOR',Props\n'..*: Swayne House, Silver St. 7\n\"Do you; ;know?\" You should\nbuy seatseariy forthe.Vaudeville\nEntertainment;iis the Greenwood\nTheatre on April 3rd. 7 V\n\"The Old Polks At\nHome\"\nOne of the finest uses to which -\nthe.,long-distance telephone can be\nput'is the bringing of good cheer to\n\"the old folks at home,\" Sons and o\n\"\" daughters living miles away, can\ndelight their parents with a long- *\ndistance chat every now and then\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nperhaps every week-end.\nBRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY.\nTlie Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co.\nof Canada, Limited\nOffice,1. Smelting and Refining' Department\n.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-'\/ . TRAIL; BRITISH COLUMBlif ' ....\nSMELTERS AN& REFINERS\nPurchasers of Gold, Silver, Copper, Leadand Zinc Ores\nff .Producers oi Gold, Silver, f Copper, Pig Lead\" andf Zinc . .\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd:' 7 '* '- ''\" ''TADANAC' BRAND \"V W. -\"V'7' \"\"'.'-\"\"\nThe Mineral Province of Western Canada t\n'y'y xy --w \/X0:BND:;pJFfiDECEMBER,;19^ 'xx--^\nHas produced Minerals as follows: TPlacer Gold,- 876,962,203; Lode\nGold, $113,352,656; SiWer,'|63,532,f655; Lead.858,132,661; Copper., \ufffd\ufffd179,046,508; V.7\nZin . \\\nFall information, together with Mining KeporEs and Maps, may be obtained\ngrati..'by'addr^8ing~ ..... -~ *'-'-.. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n- X - ' \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd * -\nTHE RON. TBE MINISTER OF MINES\nyx-.yx'x;\"'- - \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd VICTORIA. 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