"31a0fc0d-1766-4dea-9a83-89773df4b11c"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-12-18"@en . "1917-06-09"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/cumberlandis/items/1.0068619/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " /\ntfi\nTHE ISLANDER estahli.\nVOL. VIII., No. 12\nWith which is Consolidated The Cumberland News.\nTHE CUMBERLAND NEWS established 1894\nCUMBERLAND, VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C., SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1917.\nSubscription price, $2.00 per year\nEVENTUALLY, WHY NOT NOW.-Rochester Herald.\nSoldier Receives Parcel\nSometime during the latter\npart of the year 1916 a Christmas parcel shower was held at\nthe home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.\nCooke in this city for the soldiers at the front. The following acknowledgement has been\nreceived by Mrs. Robert Hender-\nson from the recipient of one of\nthese parcels:\nFrance, April 6, 1917. Dear\nElla and Mrs. Henderson:\u00E2\u0080\u0094Your\nlovely parcel received through\nthe Canadian Field Comforts last\nnight, and many thanks for it.\nI appreciate your thoughtfulncss\nvery much and will never forget\nyour kindness. Your parcel was\none of the nicest I ever received.\nThe socks, handkerchiefs and\nlaces are things we need every\nday and the cigars, cake and candies are a rare treat to the boys\nover here. Little Ella's treat\nwas lovely, and I appreciated it\nvery much coming from a little\nCanadian girl. The kindness of\nthe Canadian women and girls\nwill always be remembered by\ntheir boys at the front. When\none thinks of the dear people at\nhome it makes you more determined than ever to see this awful\nwar through so that we can get\nback to our own clear country and\npeople.\n. Mv address is No. 624439, Pte.\nS. B*. Lucas, A Coy., 8th., Bat-\nl\ntalion Canadians, B. E. F.,\nFrance. If you care to write at\nany. time I will do my best to answer. We dont get very much\ntime to write these days but I\ntoll send a card if nothing else.\nI hope this finds you all happy\nand enjoying good health as it\nleaves me at present.\nThanks very much for your\nkind Xmas wishes. They came\na little late for Xmas, but the\nspirit was there. So thanking\nyou again for your great kindness. I am, Your Soldier friend,\nSAM LUCAS\nThe Spirella Corset is made to\nyour measure and fitted by an\nexpert corsetiere. Gives modish-\nness, style, refinement to dress;\nperfect comfort and freedonrof\nmovement; retains its original\nform permanently. The Spirella Service provides a trained corsetiere to serve you in your home.\nShe will submit styles, fabrics\nand trimmings for your selection;\nshow you the exclusive Spirella\nboning and advise with you without obligation on your part.\nAppointment at your convenience at\nMrs. Roy Rideout's\nMillinery Parlors,\nDunsmuir Ave. Cumberland, B.C.\nJ6AvSYooA>tYTH!lt4, ,\nJ#<&&\nIS IT IRELAND OR ENGLAND THAT HAS BEEN FREED'\nACCIDENT VICTIMS\nLAID TO REST\nLast Sunday, June 3rd., an explosion occurred at No. 6 Mine,\nwhen the survey party, comprised of three men and the fire\nboss, lost their lives. The surveyor, George N. Bertram, who\nwas a young man, leaves a wid'\now\and four little children. His\nassistants were Louis Murdock,\nwho lived with his parents at\nCumberland, and John Brough,\nwhose home was in Nanaimo.\nFrank Bobba, the fire-boss, leaves\na widow and one child. The party of four were working in a section known as Fat Sing's level,\nwhen some gas which had ac\ncumulated in a pocket exploded,\nA rescue party were quickly ori\nthe scene and everything was\ndone with all possible haste to\nfree the men and restore them,\nbut they were suffocated before\nassistance could be given them,\nAn inquest was held last Wednesday night, when the jury\nbrought in a verdict of accidental\ndeath caused through an explosion of gas, and advised that tio\nnaked lamps in future be allowed\nin No. 6 Mine.\nOn Wednesday the interments\ntook place. John Brough was\ntaken to Nanaimo by morning\ntrain at 10.30. Frank Bobba was\nconveyed to the Catholic Cemetery, and In the afternoon a joint\nservice was held over George N.\nBertram and Louis Murdock, at\nwhich Rev. H. Wilson and Rev.\nMr. Alder officiated. The band\nplayed very appiopriate selections. There were many floral\ntributes and a very large company of sympathizers followed\nthe remains to the Cemetery.\nThe bereaved families have the\ndeepest sympathy of the Cumberland public.\nCARD OF THANKS\nTo the friends who came to us\nin our hour of trouble and contributed all that human kindness\ncould suggest, to help and comfort, we return most heartful\nthanks; and although such devoted friendship cainot remove\nthe sad memories that linger\naround our vacant chair, it brings\ninto view the brightest side of\nhumanity and throws the pure\nlight of an unselfish friendship\ninto darkened homes.\nMrs. Bertram, Mrs. Watson\nand Family.\nThe following is a list of the\nfloral tributes:\nSprays: Mother, Mr. and Mrs. John\nGillespie, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Nunns,\nMr. and Mrs. R. H. Robertson, Mrs. Nor-\nris, Nanaimo, Mrs. A. C. Anderson, Nanaimo, Mr. and Mrs. Merrifield, Mr. T.\nRichards and Family, Miss Ellen Reese,\nMr. and Mrs. J. A. Fraser, Mrs. George\nRobertson and Family, Mr. and Mrs. T.\nE. Bate, Mr. and Mrs. J. Baird Mr. and\nMrs. A. D. McKenzie, Nanaimo, Mr. and\nMrs. J. E. Spicer, Mr. and Mrs. P. P.\nHarrison, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Tarbell and\nFamily, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bickle, Mr.\nand Mrs. T. H. Carey, Miss Christina\nBannerman, Mrs. Marocchi, Mr. and\nMrs. J. Liddell, Mrs. H. Creech, Foon\nSeiu, Misses Hayman, Mr. D. Hunden,\nand Family, Mr. and Mrs. Larson, Nanaimo.\nCrosses: Mr. and Mrs. Parks and\nFamily, Mr. and Mrs. H. Murdock and\nFamily, Mrs. H. Reese and Family, Mr.\nand Mrs. Frank Sawford, Mr. and Mrs.\nD. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. A. Carrigan,\nMr. Jas. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. T. Ben-\nnet and Family, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Clin-\nMr. and Mrs. McKenzie and Mrs. J. H.\nMacMillan,\nWreaths: Office Staff, C. C. (\u00C2\u00A3) Ltd.,\nMr. and Mrs. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Rideout,,Mr. and Mrs. F. Dalby, Miss Phoemia\nBrown, Mr. B. Andrews, Mr. and Mrs.\nGeo. E. Norris, Mr. and Mrs. Cessford Jr.,\nMr. and Mrs. W. H. Anderson, Cessford\nFamily, Mr. and Mrs. T. Caldeshead, Na-\nCARDOFTHANKS\nMr, and Mrs. H. Murdock and\nfamily wishes to take this opportunity of thanking their many\nfriends who expressed their\nsympathy in the death of their\nloving son and brother, Lewis J.\nMurdock,\nThe following is a list of the\nfloaal tributes:\nPillow: Family.\nWreaths: Lexxie Shearer, Mr.\nAndrews, Office Staff, C. C. (D)\nLtd., Ladies Aid Presbyterian\nChurch, Mr. and Mrs. T. Cessford, Mr. and Mrs. F. Lefley,\nCessford Family, Mr. and Mrs.\nF. Dalby, Mr. and Mrs. T, D.\nMcLean and Miss Hannah Abbot, Laura and Robert Robertson,\nMis. and Mrs. H. Creech and\nFamily, Mr. and Mrs James\nWalker.\nSprays: Mr. and Mrs. Fraser,\nMr. and Mrs. Thomas McMillan,\nMr. and Mrs. C. H. Tarbell and\nFamily (2). Mrs. Bertram, Mr.\nand Mrs. Rideout, Mr. and Mrs.\nBaker, John Biggs Jr., Mr. and\nMrs. P. P. Harrison, Mr. and\nMrs. Mumford, Mr. and Mrs.\nJ. E. Spicer, Mr. and Mrs. F.\nDallos, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.\nWhyte, Hannah and Chrissie\nLockhart, Mary Gibson, Mr. and\nMrs. W. Bickerton, Union Bay,\nKate Scarvarda, Maggie Richards, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bickle,\nMrs. Ethel Brown, Mildred Hal-\ncrow, Mr. and Mrs. W. Merrifield, Mrs. Thos. Bennet and\nFamily, Aileen Baird, Miss Rush-\nford, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Bate,\nMr. and Mrs. L. W. Nunns, Mr.\nand Mrs. John Scarvaida, Mr.\nand Mrs. John Marrochi, Mr. and\nMrs. J. Gillespie, David Renwick\nJr., Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Campbell,\nMr. and Mrs. T. Hudson, T. H.\nCarey and Family, Mr. and Mrs.\nHunden, Misses Hayman, Miss\nHenderson.\nDouble Sprays: Mrs. Leith-\nhead, Mr, and Mrs. W. Walker\nand Family, Victoria, Mr. and\nMrs. C. H. Parnham, Mr. and\nMrs. J. Liddle.\nCrosses: Mrs. J. H. MacMillan and Mrs. J. McKenzie, Mrs.\nD. Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. D.\nWalker.\nBasket: Mr. and Mrs. Alex.\nCameron.\nLATE WAR NEWS\nFrench official. Heavy fighting south of St Quentin. We repulsed attacks between St, Quentin and La Fere.\nGerman official, Our forces\nhave withdrawn from salient\nwestward to prepared positions\nbetween canal and bend north\nof Hallbent and the Douve Basin, two kilometers west of\nWornton, (this is the salient\nBritish smashed yesterday).\nMajor-General Pershing, U. S.\nA., reached British port today\nand proceeded to London.\nParis Matin says additional\nAmerican flotilla to co-operate\nwith French warships in channel,\nexpected shortly.\nReported from British line in\nBelgium this morning over 6000\nprisoners passed back.\nBritish took several German\nbatteries practically intact.\nNight passed quietly on British\nfront in Belgium. All gains held.\nLondon, June 8.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Italian statement says Italy now faces two-\nthirds of entire Austrian army,\nas result of withdrawal of men\nfrom Russian front.\nEnemy losses in counter attacking British terrible. British j\nput three German planes out of\naction near Dixmude. j\nRussian congress of peasants\ncalls on army to submit todiscip-j\nline and defend Russia.\nIt is better to have universal\nservice than to have universal disaster.\nTDE TRUTH\nIS SUFFICIENT\nThere was no need of such\nflash head lines as some of the\nBritish Columbia dailies contained in the early part of the week,\nconcerning the unfortunate accident at No. 6 Mine of the Comox Mines on Sunday. One paper said \"five men were instantly killed by a terrific explosion\nthat wrecked No. 6 mine of the\nCanadian Collieries Dunsmuir,\nLimited, and Cumberland felt\nthe heavy shock of the explo\nsion. Owing to the fact that\nit was Sunday there were only\nfive victims in the mine at the\ntime,\" and so forth.\nThe residents of the town of\nCumberland mourn the unfortunate acpident of last Sunday, but\nit does not call for such flash\nheadings. There was a small explosion of Gas in the Machine\nsection of No. 6 mine of the Canadian Collieries Dunsmuir, Ltd.,\nlast Sunday morning which caused the death of George Norris\nBertram, John D. Brough. Lewis\nJ. Murdock, of the Survey department and Frank Bobba, a\nfireman, at the same time. There\nwere other men doing work that\nmust be done when the mine is\nidle, who did not know that any\naccident had happened until they\ncame to the bottom of No. 6\nshaft, The scene of Sunday's\naccident is situated just outside\nthe City limits of Cumberland,\nwhich covers about forty acres\nof land, and the residents did\nnot know that any accident had\noccurred until they were told.\nResidents who reside within 200\nyards of the mouth of the shaft\ndid not hear any noise, and the\nfact that No. 6 mine was ready\nfor work the next day proves\nconclusively that the damage to\nthe mine was almost nil. The\nComox mines today are under\nable and capable management,\nabout the best in the Province,\nwho take every precaution for\nthe safety of their employees,\nbut such accidents as happened\nlast Sunday will occur in coal\nmines accasionally but serve if\npossible to spur us onward to\ngreater precautionary measures.\nAlthough you will always find\nmore or less gas in coal mines,\nNo. 6 mine is just as safe today\nas ever it was in the history of\nthe Comox mines, but as a matter of protection Thomas Graham, recently Chief Inspector of\nthe Province, and now General\nSuperintendent of the Canadian\nCollieries Dunsmuir Ltd., putthe\nmine on safety lamps on Monday\nlast and did not need any recommendation from a jury of farmers who were selected to act as a\njury on a coal mining accident,\nwhich needs no comment.\nA cloud of gloom and sorrow\nhung over the city of Cumberland on Sunday, and during the\npast week we all mourn with the\nrelatives the unfortunate accident of last Sunday.\nPoet nor artist has ever been\nable to portray the grave in colors of brightness and beauty.\nBryant in the \"Hymn of Death\"\ncould not make the subject\nbeautiful; and yet the cemetery\nwith its marble and dead, the\nchair that has no occupant, the\nfancied echo of the silent voice\nand the vacant place in home,\nsocial and lodge life, are mellowing and uplifting in their influence. They bring the best of\nhuman nature into the fullness\nof vigor, crowding hack the selfishness and imperiousness of\nmen, and impressing them with\nthe duty of recognition of the\nvalue of friendship. It is the\nTOWN TOPICS\nKillam Bickle: At Vancouver,\nB. C\u00E2\u0080\u009E on Friday June 1st, 1917,\nby the Rev. Mr. Wilson, of St.\nMichael's Church, Louisa Jane,\neldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.\nThomas Bickle, of Cumberland,\nB. C, to Arthur Sanderson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert\nKillam, of 915 23rd Avenue West,\nVancouver, B. C.\nService in Holy Trinity Chu-ch\nSunday evening at 7 o'clock,\nWANTED:\u00E2\u0080\u0094A second hand cooking range and couch, cheap. Apply to Cumberland Dye Works.\nFOR SALE: A five room house\nwith hot and cold water. Apply\nWilliam Potter, Cumberland.\n- George Wilkinson, Chief Inspector of Mines, and Henry Devlin, Inspector of Mines for the\nDistrict, arrived in the early part\nof the week and attended the inquest of the four men who lost\ntheir lives in the No, 6 accident\nof Sunday.\nWANTED-Second hand Fotd\ncor for cash. Must be in good\ncondition and a snap. Apply to\nH. W. Bayley, Comox.\nThe Cumberland Follies wish\nto thank the people of Courtenay\nand Cumberland who assisted\nthem, by loan of cars, etc., in\ntheir recent trip to Qualicum\nConvalescent Hospital.\nIn the list of honors for Canadians announced in a recent dispatch, the Military Cross has\nbeen awarded Lieut. A. H. Macfarlane, son of Mr. and Mrs.\nDavid R. Macfarlane, of this city.\nEdward Jones, of Bevan has\npurchased a new Chevrolet automobile.\nMr. and Mrs. John J. Weir\narrived, from Victoria on Saturday.\nMr. and Mrs. P. P. Harrison\nreturned from a visit to Victoria\nSaturday, by auto.\nDan Kane has purchased the\nhorses, wagons and teaming outfit from young Quey Hing, and\nwill carry on a regular teaming\nbusiness.\nF. A. McCarthy, manager of\nthe Royal Bank of Canada, returned from a two week? vacation on Tuesday.\nThomas McMillan, of Revelstoke, was here during the week\nand attended the funeral of the\nlate Louis J. Murdock.\nRobert Webster, of Portland,\nOregon, is here on a visit to his\nparents.\nMrs. A. MacKenzie and family, of Victoria, arrived on Thursday. During their stay in this\ncity they will be the guests of\nMr. and Mrs. G. C. Baker.\nJames M. Savage, general\nmanager of the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Ltd., accompanied by Mrs. Savage, arrived\non Tuesday.\nAid. A. Milligan who has\nbeen under treatment in one of\nthe Vancouver hospitals returned\nhome on Sunday.\nMr, Gideon Hicks, of Victoria,\nrepresenting the Heintzman Piano Co., is a visitor to this city.\nMr. A. S. Killam arrived here\nmi Friday evening and will return to Vancouver tomorrow.\ngloom of the church-yard thai reveal to ua%nore clearly the beauty\nof life. It is the broken ties at\nthe grave that prompt us a fuller\nappreciation of the tenderness\nof the ties that are not yet broken\nand so while we mourn the Infs\nof our dead, we may rejoice that\nthere is no cloud so dark that\nthere is no light behind it. No\nsorrow so poignant that there is\n| not a balm for the wound it inflicts. THE ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B. 0.\nBE OF GOOD GKEEF,!\nVICTORY FOLLOWS\nTHE FLAG.\nI':\n5!t? Jfilatttor\nblished every Saturday by tin- Islander\nPublishing Company .u Cumberland,\nB.C.. Canada. Telephone 3-5.\nSubscription: One year in advance, $2.1 0;\nSingle copies, 5c. Foreign subscrii tions\nto countries in Postal Union, $2.00\nSATURDAY, JINK 9, 1917\nJOYFUL SACRIFICE.\nWe all know that there is\nsomething higher, better, and on\nthe whole, more satisfying than\nself-indulgence. To sacrifice inferior desires, appetites or passions to the superior dictates ol\nreason or principle whenevei\nthey clash; to give up selfish\nwhims or gratifications for the\nhappiness of others: to resign\nany personal good, even to life\nitself, for a gtand and noble\ncause are all duties which we\nacknowledge ought to be fulfilled\nand those ol'us who are conscientious often succeed in fulfilling\nthem. But to do these things\nwith a glad heart and a joyful\ncountenance seems to most of us\ntoo much to be expected. We\nknow that they are necessary to\nthe welfare of mankind, but to\neach of us individually they seem\nstern necessities which we must\nbear as heroically as we can, but\nin which we cannot hope to find\nany other joy than that which\ncomes from the consciousness of\nhaving performed a hard and\ndisagreeable duty. Now, although\nthis conclusion is vastly preferable to the selfish thoughtlessness\nthat consults only momentary\ngratification, it is on a much lower plane than the spirit which exults and rejoices in the opportunity of doing good, even at the\nexpense of pain and self-denial\nil is a great thing to have ac\nquired the power of self-sacrifict\nwhenever duty demand! it, but\nil is a no- greater tiling to havt\nacquir' ii (he power of finding\npleasure in ii. He who with ,\n.-.. :, reluctai uy itsign- his cher\ni-hed desires, either al the call o\nduty or for the sake of others,\nmourning and grieving all the\ntunc thai it must be so, merits\nrespect for his conscientiousness,\nwhich will prove the nobler character. It is not, however, only\nthe individual who is thus benefitted by a joyful spirit of self-\nsacrifice, but also his work. |\nNothing is ever done in the best\nmanner that is done without delight. The self-denial that is\nperformed as a burdensome duty\nis far less valuable, for its life\nand spirit are crushed out. The\nstranger who takes charge of a\nchild may rigorously compel himself to undergo whatever self-\ndenial he thinks necessary to the\nchild's welfare; but let the mother come with her full loving\nheart, and the sacrifice she makes for its good, without a shade\nof regret or hesitation, will outweigh a hundred times in real effectiveness the heaviest self-imposed burdens of the other. The\nsame is true in every kind of\nlabor and in every relation of life.\nThe finest results can only be\nobtained when a joyful spirit has\nanimated the worker, when no\ntrouble is deemed too much, and\nno denial too great to accomplish\nthe end in view as perfectly as\npossible. If, then, the character\nand happiness of the individual\nand his power for valuable work\ndepend so largely on his ability\nto make sacrifices with a glad\nheart and a willing spirit, it becomes a matter of the utmost\nimportance to discover how this\nability may be cultivated. It certainly can never be developed so\nlong as we look upon duty as a\ndrudgery and seek for our pleasure elsewhere. We must realize\nwhat is, indeed, a living truth\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nthat duty of every kind has in it\nthe elements of pleasure, and if\nwe do not find and appropriate\nthem it is our own fault.\nIf we study the principles\nof our life work, dwell upon its\ndetails, and strive to perfect it\nas much as possible, we shall insensibly learn to love it, and to\nfeel no sacrifice for it a burden.\nSo in our relation to our fellow-\nmen, if we can get into sympathy\nwith them, and come really to\ndesire their good, we shall soon\nwork for it with a pleasure and\navidity that will make self-denial\neasy and natural. Indeed, pain\nand pleasure are so intimately interwoven in our human life that\neither alone seems to be incomplete. It is fonts to accept them\nooth. not for their own sakes,\nbut for something higher than\neither, that we have at heart,\n.mil that will make all sacrifice\neasy, and all burdens light.\nTHE LESSONS OF WEALTH.\nPeople of wealth and rank tan\ncommend good habits by showing\nthat they voluntarily choose them.\nToe great mass of thoughtless\nand ill-taught people are sure tt\ncovet what they see is sought for\nand pity lor his. disappointment, \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 by {hoge who havfj means Qn(|\nbutwecannotgivehimthehearty ]eigm,eat thdl. contl.0|. A wise\naimiration and approval that and exflct economy fa gfc |east ag\nHow naturally towards him who deg|rable ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E the management of\nspontaneous y and gladly makes 1 revenueofthoU8and8 of pounds\n:*,,\"\"i \u00E2\u0096\u00A0i'-nI' :i!' ^\"\"^\"^ as in the outlay of a weekly wage\nof a few shillings. Thrift and\nIn accomplish higher purposes\nand nobler ends. The latter has\nunfailing sources of happiness,\neconomy are not merely special\nvirtues for the poor \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 an erro-\n,-uch as tte si li-indulgent n. ver neou8,dea ()f them whicn springs\nknow. Whnei er has a motive so\nstrong, and an end in view so\nabsorbing as to sink intocompar\nfrom the false conception that\nthey mean little beyond the not\nspending money Nothing is fur\nalive insignificance Ihe privation titer from the truth. Economy\nor sniveling necessary to accom- d\u00C2\u00B0?s m\u00C2\u00A3 mean keeping money,\n,.,.., ,. , n \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \"lit exchanging it tor its utmost\nphsh it, htts found a well-spring vah|t, n\u00C2\u00A3 ^ t|)jng3 nf |ife\nof delight. Look at the young are jiuman love, physical health,\nman, living for himself, to wHoni' mental enlightment and freedom\nevery self-denial that he makes of action, and in so far as money\ncause's a hitler pang, and look at \u00C2\u00AB! lau'ollt to fcurt' tllesef>lef\n, . ' , '. . , i sings tor ourselves or for others,\nhim a lew years later, living tor; t is n(lt gpenti lmt jnvested at\nwife and child, continually sacri- the most usurious of interest.\n(icing his personal comfort fori Now, it happens, as a matter of\ntheir sakes, and rejoicing that he cpurso that rich people are often\ncan do so. Who can doubt at:tn\"^ wh\" J*ve U?e 'acuity of\n., . ,, ., , \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ,i making, keeping and saving mon-\nwhich period he was the happier qey a facl,]tv, nke all others>\nOr take two men engaged in pub-; likely to he hereditary. A sen-\nlie affairs: one if whom is plod-1 sible woman once said: \"I go to\nding and scheming for office or m.V rich friends and learn how to\nemolument, and yielding up the save, and to my poor friends and\nThe Possibilities\nof the Telephone\nThere is an excellent instance in Vancouver\nof how a suburban merchant built up business by\ntelephone. Two morals adorn the tale. One, that\nsuch a possibility is open to every shopkeeper;\ntwo, that with the telephone in the house one\nnever needs to travel, even as far as the corner\nstore. And the telephone is just as effective in\nreaching outside points. No matter where you\nwant to go, the telephone will take vou. No time\nwasted, no travelling expense.\nBritish Columbia Telephone Co., Ltd.\nTHE CANADIAN BANK\nOF COMMERCE\nSIR EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O.. LL.D. D.C.L., President\nOIIN AIIID, General Manager. H. V. F. JONES, Ass't General Manager\nCAPITAL, $15,000,000 RESERVE FUND, $13,500,000\nSAVINGS BANK ACCOUNTS\nInterest at the current rate is allowed on all deposits ol $1\nupwards Careful attention is given to every account. Small accouuu\narc welcomed. Accounts may be opened and operated by mail.\nAccounts may be opened in the names of two or more persons, with-\nirau .tls to be made by any one of tfiem or by the survivor. K50\nSAVINGS BANK:\u00E2\u0080\u0094This Bank pays interest at 3# per\nannum on all deposits of $1 and upwards in this department.\nSmall accounts are welcomed.\nCUMBERLAND BRANCH. A. J. BURNSIDE, Manager.\nleast hope or disappointment with\nacutest regret; and the other\nbent upon serving his country\nand Beeuring her interests, laying\ndown chance after chance of personal gain without a murmur. It\nneeds no prophet to foretell who\nhas the happier life in store, or\nlearn how to spend.\" Nor is this\ncontradicted by the fact that\nmisers often have spendthrift\nsons. A spendthrift is only a\nmiser in the bud -the root of mi-\nserhood and spendthriftdom being identical to wit, the seeking\nof our own selfish pleasure instead of our duty, and the good\nof others,\nMaMMMMMMOai\n=11 Wallpapei\nDELIGHTFULLY REFRESHING\nU.B.C.Beer\nThere is no other drink that will relieve fatigue\nlike good wholesome beer. When you have just\ngot through a hard day's work and you're hot and\ntired and thirsty, it's a glass of good U.B.C. Beer\nthat will revive and refresh. It will do you good;\nmake you feel better.\nDrink Beer with your Meals\nBeer improves health and appetite. Ask for\nU.B.C; it's the beer of Quality-none better.\nBREWED BY\nUNION BREWING CO., LTD.\nNANAIMO, B.C.\nBeauty may be only skin deep;\n\u00C2\u00BBlS but don't buy your wallpapers\nbefore you have examined our stock, ranging in price\nfrom 15c! a double roll, to the best ingrains.\nDUNSMUIR AVI-.NUR\nCUMBERLAND, C.\nPhone 14\nA. McKINNON\nTHE FURNITURE STORE\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 \u00C2\u00BB \u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 \u00C2\u00BB\n\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB.\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB>\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\nUNION TAILOR\nU. WATANABE, Prop.\nLadies' and Gents'\nFashionable Tailor\nCLEANING, REPAIRING AND PRESSING\nDunsmuir Ave. Cumberland, B.C.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0a> \u00C2\u00BB \u00C2\u00BB a> a> a> \u00C2\u00BB \u00C2\u00AB \u00C2\u00BB \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 '\n< a>\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BBa>a)\u00C2\u00BB>a)\u00C2\u00BBa)\u00C2\u00ABi\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BBa>\u00C2\u00AB tfi>\nTHE ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B.C.\nTHREE\nCharlie Sing Chong\nGeneral Merchant\nDealer in\nDry Goods, Boots and Shoes, and\nGeneral Merchandise, at the\nLowest Prices.\nChinatown, West Cumberland,\nAnd\nHong Chong & Co.,\nBevan, B.C.\nFeature Films Coming Soon\n- at the -\nILO ILO THEATRE\nWeek of June 11th. \\n11 The Crippled Hand.\" - Ella Hall.\nA Bluebird Photoplay.\n\" Great Expectations.\" - Jack Pickford.\nFive-Reel Famous Players.\nThese Films are From the Best Circuit\nunion hotel\nOpposite the Railway Station\nWM. JONES.\nThis Hotel has been renovated throughout and is now a' strictly first-class Hotel\nin every respect. The best and finest\nsupply of Wines, Liquors and Cigars.\nSee The\n\"Girl From Frisco\"\nEvery Thursday\nAt Ilo Ilo Theatre\nWhen in need of a car ring up\n80L. Nanaimo and return the\nsame day. Terms reasonable.\nFire wood for sale. Apply to\nTHOMAS PIERCE. ,\nPhone S6 L. Happy Valley\nFOR SALE.\nPure bred White Wyandotte\neggs for hatching, $2.00 setting.\nGEORGE BOOTH,\nUNIONBAY\nFIREWOOD\nSiab Wood for Sale at $3.00 per\nLoad. Cash or. Delivery. ?hone\n95 L.\nRoystonSawmill Co,\nLtd.\nThis is to urge you\nthat you get your Suits Cleaned, Repaired and Pressed for\non'i month. Then form your\nown conclusion. If it leads to\nbetter spirits, better health,\ncontinue it. If it does away\nwith dirt, improves your appearance, continue it. Remember a well-dressed man always\nwants the best.\nAlso you must get your shoes\ncleaned; and don't throw vour\ntan shoes away because they\nare old\u00E2\u0080\u0094have them dyed.\nAsk for the Monthly Rates.\nLocal agents for\nThe Victoria Hat Works,\nVictoria, B.C.\nCumberland\nDYE WORKS\nWEIRD VISITORS TO\n- CABINET MINISTERS\nMM\n0^tM*im*\u00C2\u00BBamm*mi>m*rG+;soi.*sme**lk^>^\nSCOTTOfi \"PASHA* j\nCranks and Invtntors of Many lortt\nAra Irata Whan Sarvanta Rigidly\nKaap Tham Out\nYou have bard work Indeed to (at\nInto the War Ofllce nowaday! whan\nyon wlih to aee anybody Important\nthere, eaya an English Journalist. For\na hoat of (uarda ot one aort or another hare to be satisfied, paaaed, and\npropitiated ere you come to the man\nyou want to aee. Nor la this provision unnecessary, tor every day sees\nan eccentric man or womai. trying to\nget an Interview with some notability\nIn tbe various Government ofllces\nabout Whitehall.\n\"I want to see Lord Kitchener,\nthat's what I want!\" exclaimed a\nvisitor to the War Ofllce Indignantly,\nwhen he was stopped by a burly\npoliceman. \"No, I haven't any pass.\nBut I've Invented something which\nwould drive all the Germans Into\nBlack Forest In a fortnight! What la\nIt? Never you mind what It Is, ycung\nman!\" went on the Irate visitor.\n\"Just take me to Kitchener's room,\nthat's all! I can't see him? And this\nIs called a tree country! Well, then,\nI'll Just go along to Buckingham Palace and see King George, and tell\nhim about It, that's what I'll do!\"\nWhether the angry m\u00C2\u00BBn went to the\nPalace or not the smiling policeman\nnever learned. But It is certain that\nhis chance of interviewing Lord Kitchener without some very special appointment was about as likely as his\nseeing In the flesh the present Shah\nof Persia!\nLunatic Almost Did It\nAnother crank did actually get Into\nthe Home Office some few weeks ago,\nthough how yet remains a mystery.\nHe must have smuggled himself in\nsomehow amongst a number of clerks,\nabout nine a.m., when there was\nquite a little crowd entering. Anyway\na clerk found thlc stranger in his\nroom, and was blandly told by the\nvisitor that he was waiting to be taken to Mr. McKenna, with whom he\nhad an appointment. Luckily, the\nyoung official quickly grasped the fact\nthat this man in his room was a lunatic, for he began to say things as to\nrouse suspicions. So the clerk did a\nvery smart thing. Instead of raising\nthe poor fellow's temper by refusing\nhim he quite calmly asked the man\nto follow him, and led by devious corridors until he found himself shown\nthrough a side door into the strct.\nWhat the demented one said when\nthat happened the clever clerk did not\nwait to hear.\nOnly If you have a letter on you,\nshowing the actual appointment made,\ndo you get admission to the room of\na Minister at the House of Commons.\n\"One man came a month or so back,\"\nsaid a policeman on duty, \"and told\nus he must see Sir Edward Grey. It\nwas Imperative, as he could put him\nup to a tiling or two which would\njust about make all* America immediately \u00E2\u0096\u00A0end' thousands of men to help\nthe allies at the front! When we\ntold the man he had better write the\nSecretary for Foreign Affairs concerning It he got wry much annoyed, and\nfinally wanted to know whether England wished to' win this war or not.\nThen he tried a .new tack by vehemently declaring that I was preventing\nEngland from winning It by my stopping him there; and, anally, I had to\nsummon another officer to remove him\naltogether outside Palace Yard.''\nSome Wonderful Schemes\n\"Beg pardon, can you tell me if\nthis la Mr. Lloyd-George's house, sir?\"\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0aid a lady to me in Downing Street.\nI happened to be going myself. \"Yes,\nIt is, madam,\" said I. \"Oh, are you\ngoing to aee Mr. Lloyd-George?\" asked she. I nodded.\n\"May I come in with you? I very\nmuch desire to tell him something\nabout the drink question I think he\nought to know, as it Is extremely urgent.\" I had to explain that It was\nquite Impossible for me to ask her\nIn with me; that she must ring and\nask for an Interview on her own account. Whereupon she got very angry\nand called me many names.\nIt Is rare indeed that any unauthorised person does actually get Into the\npresence of a Cabinet Minister In\nthis way. But it has been done. I\nrecollect one of the former secretaries\nof a Prime Minister telling me how\nhe found a perfect stranger In a room\nclose by where the Cabinet was holding a meeting at No. 10 Downing\nStreet. The stranger quite politely\nexplained that ho was a stranger\nfrom the United States visiting\nLondon, who had thought he should\nlike to see the famous house,\nand found the door open, strolled In\nto ask someone if he might look\nround, and had walked from room to\nroom, never meeting a servant till he\nhad come across the secretary. But,\nof course, that curious chance could\nscarcely happen once In half a century at ordinary tltueu. let alone when\na Cabinet meeting was In progress,\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A00 thorough are the precautions which\nare taken against unofficial intrusions\nAmong th* fighting Turks a writer\nIn th* Wtakly Seotsman suggests that\nthere mar be desoendanta of a little\nScottish jrammtr boy who was taken\neaptlve by th* Turk! at Routt*, In\nEgypt, In U07. No adult prisoners\nwar* taken, th* army being p'.rjttcally\nwiped out and It 1* not known why\nth* boy's IU* was spared, But he net\nonly lived, but prospered, and visitors\nIn attar years who visited Jeddah, In\nAsia Minor, found him possessed of\nlarge properties, living as a Turkish\n\"Pasha,\" outwardly conformed to the\nMohammedan faith but Inwardly\nmindful of his different origin. He\nhad forgotten his Scottish name, but\nthrough all his adventures he had\nclung to a small Bible which he had\nwith him in Egypt. On its flyleaf\nhe bad written in a boyish hand:\n\"J.M. is my name,\nScotland is my nation;\nPerth is my native place;\nAnd Christ Is my salvation.\"\nSHARP BELGIAN WIT\nBalling Weapon Freely Used, Admit!\na German Paper\nGermans are complaining that th*\nwitty people of Brussels are making\nthe invaders the targets of their ready\nshafts. \"The ptople of Brussels,\"\nwrites the \"Frankfurter Zeltucg,\" \"resemble the Parisians very much and\npossess the same kind of 'blague.'\nTheir wit is exuberant and naturally\nthey make the Germans their victims.\nThe word 'boche' Is now used with\nthe diminutive ending by the people\not Brussels. 'Bocheke, hocheke tut\nt'en Ira' (little boche, little boche, you\nwill soon have to run away) sine the\nohildren of Brussels and when you\nhear It sung in a fresh girlish voice,\nyou can't really get angry. Born oppositionists, as they are, how could\nthey suddenly drop their opposition to\nus? They obey all the order or the\nGovernor in the moat correct manner\nbut their wit I occasionally very\ngalling.\" The paper perhaps referB to\nthe Incidents of tlit- people of Brussels\nsolemnly saluting hearses anil garbage wagons, pretending that the German Governor might he inside, when\nthat official had ordered them to salute\nhis carriage In the street\nDR. ERNEST LUDWIQ\n(lustrum Consul to Cleveland, Ohio,\nwho Is said to have played a prominent part, particularly In the neighborhood of Detroit, In organizing the\nconspiracy which brought about the\ndemand for the recall of Ambassador Dumba.\nFRANCE ADMITS DEBT\nWhy Britain's Llnea Extend Slowly,\nFrenoh General Explains\nAn officer of the French general\nstaff visiting London assures me, says\na writer In the English presi, that\nFrench officers have absolutely no\nfault to find with their English allies,\nthough he doea not deny that some\nFrench people are growling. \"We understand perfectly well,\" he aald, \"that\nwhen Marshal French preferred to establish his front In depth rather than\nextend It to th* sides, It was because\nhe -wanted only successively to bring\nth* newly-trained men Into the first\nline that they might gradually become\nused to the actual fighting, which at\nthis time haa become a war veteran'*\ngame Indeed. Let me emphaaise this,\nhowever, that Marshal Frenoh In no\nway doubts the valor ot the young\ntroopi sent from England, but at during his former campaign he haj always been used to handling an army\nof professional soldiers and to commanding men In whom discipline In\nface of the gravest danger has become an instinct, bo considers It necessary to complete (he training o.' the\nbodies by a long apprenticeship In the\nthird and second lines.\n\"Now he has accomplished his purpose and he may send the men who\nnow constitute his rear lines Into\nbattle anywhere and at any time.\nThey will stand as firm and attack\nwith as much swiftness and strength\nas their professional comrades who\nform the nucleus of the British armies.\nThe same may be said, In fact, of the\nsoldiers now coming over from England after a longer training\u00E2\u0080\u0094they are\nable to march direct from the transports into battle. As a matter of fact\nthe maps I have seen in England\nshowing a bird's-eye view of the British front were perhaps quite exact\nmonths ago, but they are no longer so.\nAs for the reserves, itlll In England,\nI am not permitted to say anything,\nas the British War Office desires to\nkeep the exact number secret, rightly\nasserting that the unknown Is very\noften an important factor of success\nIn war.\"\nSynopsis ol Coal Mining Regulations\nClULuiUilliu il^lils ol tile Doiilli iul\n111 Manitoba, Sn-kHtchuwHi) al'd Albert...\nthe Yukon T. rriioiy. the Northwest Terrj\ntunes and in a portion of ihe Proviuce ol\nBritish Columbia, may be leased fur a term\n\"I: twenty-one years al all annual reiltal <>t\n$1 an acre. Not mure than 2,600acres\nwill In- ltMst-d to one applicant.\nApplication for a lease luusl be inacif In\nthe applicant in person to the Agent or sub\nAgent uf tlit- district in which the right\napplied fur are situated.\nIn surveyed territory the land must be\ndescribed by sections, or loqal subdivisions\nof sections, and in unsuiveyed territory\nthe tract applied tor shall he staked out by\ntheapplicaiit birnself,\nEach application must be aoeompMiited\nby s fee uf $5 which will be refunded il the\nriphta applied forare not available, but not\nutherwise. A royalty shall he paid on the\nmerchantable uui put uf the mine at the\nrate of five cents per ton.\nThe person operating the mine shall\nfurnish the Agent with aworu return-ac\ncounting for the full quantity uf much\nantablecual mined and pay the royalty\nthereon. If the coal miniag rights are\nnot beiitL' operated, such returns shall be\nfurnished at least once a year.\nThe lease will include tlie coal' mining\ni iglits only, but the 1. Bsee may be permitted to purchase whatever available sur\nface rights may be considered necessary\nforthe workinuuf ihe mine at the rate uf\n\u00C2\u00AB10.00aliacie.\nFor full informal ion application sh -uld\nhe made tu the Secretary of the Department uf the Interior, Ottawa, or to any\nAgent or Sub Acmt ofDotiiinton Lai)da.\nW. W. CORY,\nDeputy Minister of ihe Interior.\nN.B- Unauthorised publication uf this\nadvertisement will nut be j aid for.\nTHOS. E. BANKS\nFUNERAL\nDIRECTOR AND\nUNDERTAKER\nCUMBERLAND, B.C\nSplinter In the Heart\nAn operation unique In the annals\nof surgery, the extraction of a fragment of hand-grenade from the heart,\nwas described at the Paris Academy\nof Medicine by Professor Armalngaud,\nof Bordeaux. The patient, a young\nParisian sergeant, was wounded In\nthe Argonne. A splinter lodged In the\nheart, where It remained four and a\nhalf months. Then Dr. Maurice Beaui-\nsenat undertook to extract It. Once\nthe heart was laid open the difficulties began. The fragment was very\nawkward to catch and slipped from\nthe forceps several times before It\ncould be extracted, hut the heart continued to beat all the time. Although\ncomplications were feared, everything\nwent well, and the sergeant could be\nconsidered cured a month after.\nAgent for tiie\nNANAIMO\nMARBLE & GRANITE\nWORKS\nAlex Henderson, I'roprfi'tt.r\nEstllilfttea .mil I>im;mi - fit minimis\nmi Application\nThe Spirella\nMade-to-order Corset, of\nthe finest quality. Every\npair guaranteed.\nFor further information apply to\nMrs. JOHN GILLESPIE,\nWesX Cumberland.\nKing George Hotel\nVICTOR BONORA, Prop.\nFirst Class in Every\nRespect : : : :\nTerms moderate.\nDunsmuir Ave. Cumberland, B.C.\nMAROCCH I, BROS\nGrocers and Bakers\nAgents for PlLSENER Beer\nCuMBERtAND CoUHTKXAY\nE. L. SAUNDERS\nPRACTICAL BOOT AND\nSHOE MAKER\nOrders Receive Prompt Attention\nRepairing a Specialty\nWest Cumberland\nSEED POTATOES FOR SALE.\nI used the last of 1915 crop on\nthe 5th., Sept., 1916. These are\nthe greatest yielders and the\nlongest keepers 1 have grown in\n17 years. 3 l-2c, lb., or 3c. by\nthe sack. Phone 86 L.\nTHOS. PEARSE.\nCUMBERLAND HOTEL\nDUNSMUIR AVENUE\nFirst Class Hotel at Moderate Rates\nWILLIAM MERRIFIELD, Proprietor.\nBE PREPARED\nfor high prices. Don't eat out of a can. Plant\nour PREMIER SEEDS and \"WATCH THEM\nGROW. CLEAN, STRONG, TREES, SHRUBS\nAND PLANTS in large variety. WRITE FOR\nCATAOLOG, or Mr. A. H. Peacey, Cumberland,\nwill give your order careful attention.\nDominion Nursery Company\nVancouver, B.C.\nCumberland General Hospital.\nStatement of Receipts and Expenditures fur the year ending\nMarch :'>lst, liUT.\nWhere Boxing Is Popular\nMany British soldiers' letters contain appeals for boxing gloves. The\ntraditional English sport Is more popular than ever and most of the regular\nregimental or brigade entertainments\nbehind the lines take the Bhopn of\nboxing tournaments. The officers encourage the sport ns promoting fitness.\nRECEIPTS EXPENDITURE\nBalance on hand April 1. 1916.. .$ 272.30 Salaries :\nProvincial Gov. per capita grant. 5768.00 Maintenance\t\nFees paid by patients 3470.40 Ughl\t\nWater\t\nRepairs\t\nEquipment\t\nDrugs \t\nHauling Coal\t\nMiscellaneous\t\nSundries\t\nInsurance \t\nDoctors' percentage from Royston\nSawmill, Fanny Bay Shingle\nMill. TJrquhart'a Sawmill....\nBalance on hand March 31, lilt 7.\nMONTHLY EXPENDITURE\ni April $7-18.115\nMav 857.2-1\nJune 594.81\n, July 7;j:;.tosiOi^!O!iC39ios!o;iO>*cs0;to>>i\n! FIRE INSURANCE I\n5 , *\nfi Queen Insurance Company, \\n8\n(Fire and Automobile,) and |\nNational Fire of Hartford, j\n8\nFOR RATES AND PARTICULARS APPLY TO fl\nEDWARD W. BICKLE \u00C2\u00A7\nOFFICE: THE ISLANDER BLDG.. 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