"bfa859e9-db7c-4848-b9ed-c11457467650"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2017-02-07"@en . "1921-10-15"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/cumberlandis/items/1.0342533/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " Provincial Library\nTHE CUMBERLAND ISLANDER\n4\nWith whlcb ls consolidated the Cumberland News.\nFORTIETH YEAR\u00E2\u0080\u0094No. 42\nCUMBERLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1921.\nTrain Service\nUnder Discussion\nBoard of Trade Would Curb Activities of Peddlers Who Are\nNot Genuine Farmers\nA well-attended meeting of the\nCumberland Board of Trade waB held\nIn the Council Chambers on Tuesday\nevening, when several matters of importance were dealt with. President\nMacKinnon was In the chair. The\ntrain service, soldiers' settlement,\nItinerant peddlers and dealing wltb\nlocal merchants were questions dealt\nwith.\nThe Train Service.\nThe following communications were\nreceived from Mr. (3eo. I. Warron,\npresident of the Associated Boards of\nTrade, and Mr. A. Gordon Scott of the\nVictoria Chamber of Commerce:\nVictoria, B. C, Oct. 6, 1921.\nJ. Walton,\nSec. Cumberland Board of Trade,\nCumberland, B. C.\n\"Acknowledging receipt of your\ntelegram of September 28, I beg to\nadvise that immediately upon receipt\nof same I made a trip to Vancouver\nand had a two-hour interview with Mr.\nBrodie, the General Superintendent of\nthe C. P. R. Subsequent to my interview with Mr. Brodie, the committee from the Victoria Chamber of\nCommerce had a long Interview with\nMr. Beasley, the General Superintendent of the E. & N. Railway.\nThe result of both these Interviews\nbrought forth the fact that the C. P. R.\nand E. & N. are at present operating\nthe daily service to Courtenay at a\nconsiderable loss, and the ollicials do\nnot feel justified in continuing the\ndally operation of the trains when\nthey are losing so much money. They\nhave, however, agreed to continue the\ndally service for another month, or\nuntil November 1. If at the end of\nthat time business does not increase\nthey simply will be obliged to curtail\nthe service for the winter months.\nMr. Brodie emphasizes the fact that\nno business organization would desire to continue operating at a loss.\nI hope that efforts will be successful\nand that at tbe end ot the month the\ncompany will finally decide to continue the dally service to the end of\nthe winter.\nTrusting that this report is satisfactory, and assuring your board that\nlt is our aim to give every service\npossible to the individual boards of\nVancouver Island, I remain, yours\nvery truly,\nASSOCIATED BOARDS OF\nTRADE OF V. I.\nG. I. Warren, President.\nSouth Wellington\nPlay Here Sunday\nSouthern Team Has Been Considerably Strengthened and\nGood Game Anticipated.\nAn important Upper Island League\ngame will take place on Sunday on\nthe local grounds, between Cumberland United and Soutb Wellington.\nSoutli Wellington have considerably\nstrengthened their team and a ding-\ndong game ls anticipated. The final\nselection of the local team will not be\nmade until just prior to the game, bul\nthe following players are asked to\nhold themselves lu readiness: Boyd.\nMortimer, Campbell, Stewart, Irvine.\nConti, O'Donnell, Bannerman, Milligan, Brewster, Sutherland, James.\nHltchens, Plump, Harrison uud Hunden. The klek-olT is scheduled for 3\no'clock prompt. x\nSUBSCRIPTION PRICE: TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.\nCUMBERLAND JUNIORS\nPLAY UNION BAY SUNDAY\nGame Starts at 11.30 So As Not\nTo Conflict With Senior\nGame in Afternoon.\nProceedings Of Masquerade Ball\nCity Council Monday, Oct. 24\nPasses Resolution Asking That\nDaily Train Service Be\nContinued.\nFrom Latest Photograph of\nHON. ARTHUR MEIGHEN -|\nPrime Minister of Canada.\nThe Cumberland Juniors travel to\nUnion Bay on Sunday to play the\nUnion Bay team iu a Cumberland and\nDistrict Junior League game. This\nshould prove to be an oxciting game,\nboth teams are very evenly\nmatched. Tlie game will have to be\nplayed in tlie morning owing to the\nsenior game, Cumberland vs. South\nWellington, in tlie afternoon.\nThe game Is scheduled to start al\n11.30, and the following players are\nrequested to meet at the Post Office\nat 10.30 prompt:\nLewis, goal; H. Strachan and Walker, backs; Lockhart, Mitchell (captain) and Farmer, half-backs; E.\nStevenson, Robertson, Bond, Stewart,\nFreloni, forwards. All other players\nreserve.\nFIRST AID AND MINE\nRESCUE ASSOCIATION\nUNION BAY JUNIORS\nWON GAME ON SATURDAY\nVictoria, October 1, 1921.\nJ. Walton,\nSec. Cumberland Board of Trade,\nCumberland, B. C.\nIn reply to your wire \"of September\n28,1 have wired you today and wish to\nadvise you of the action taken by the\nVictoria Chamber of Commerce.\nln pursuance of a resolution of the\nBoard of Directors of the Victoria\nChamber of Commerce, a strong delegation from the Chamber waited upon\nMr, H. E. Beasley on Thursday, 29th\nSeptember, and urged upon him the\nnecessity of maintaining the dally\nservice on the E. & N. Railway between Victoria and Courtenay.\nMr, Beasley pointed out to our delegation that there had been a marked\ndecrease ln the number of passengers\ncarried by the railway each month this\nyear, and that the service was being\nmaintained at a loss to the company.\nThe members of the delegation used\nevery possible argument lu favor of\nthe continuation of the service, and\nwere assured by Mr. Beasley that the\nservice would not be discontinued, at\nleast before 1st November, and that If\nthere was any possibility of operating\nwithout a change, no change would be\nmade.\n' If'you will communicate with us we\nwill be glad to receive from you, and\nplace before Mr. Beasley any further\narguments which would assist us in\nour. effort to have the present service\nmaintained indefinitely.\nTrusting that this action on the\npart of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce meets with your approval, and\nthat we may be further successful in\nhaving the present service continued\nwithout alteration. Yours very truly,\nA. GORDON SCO^T,\nGeneral Secretary.\nOne member present stated that he\n(Continued on Page Two)\nADDITIONAL BOXES FOR\nPOST OFFICE\"PLANNED\nMr. Wm. Henderson, District Resident Architect for Dominion buildings\nln B. C\u00E2\u0080\u009E was ln town Wednesday on a\ntrip of inspection of the Post Office\nHe came up by motor and was accompanied by Mrs. Henderson,\nIt Is likely that an addition will be\nmade to the box accommodation at the\nPost Office, as the present equipment\nls altogether inadequate to meet the\nrequirements of the growing population.\nThe Union Bay junior soccer team\nvisited Cumberland on Saturday last\nand met the High School boys In a\nleague game, which was well contested throughout, the visitors winning by\na scoro of two goals to one. The\nUnion Bay team scored their second\nand winning goal In the last minute\nof the game.\nMr. James L. Brown gave every\nsatisfaction as referee.\nBASKETBALL TEAM\nGOING TO DENMAN\nThe Cumberland basketball team\nwill go to Deninau Island tonight (Friday), to play a game against the boys\nthere. After the game a dance will\nbe held, at which tbe music will be\nsupplied by the Courtenay Orchestra.\nThose intending making the trip are\nreminded that the launch will leave\nthe Union Buy wharf at 7.30, and will\nmake a return trip after tlie dance.\nThe team from Cumberland includes\nBill Kerr, R. Robertson, J. Pringle,\nA. Denholmc and Joe Dallos.\nCorrespondence\nWhy Was the Cumberland and\nBevan Junior Game Called Off?\nOfficers Elected for New Term-\nInteresting Paper Read by\nPresident Quinn.\nThere was a good attendance ol\nmembers of the Canadian Collieries\nSt. John's First Aid and Mine Rescue\nAssociation in the Athletic Hall on\nSunday last. The first business of tbe\nmeeting was the election of officers\nfor tho new term, the following gentlemen being elected to All the various offices:\nMr. James M. Savage, Hon. President.\nMr. Thomas Graham and Mr. Chas\nGraham, Hon. Vice-Presidents.\nMr. John G. Quinn. President.\nMr. T. W. Scott, Secretary-Treas.\nMr. A. J, Taylor, Publicity Agent.\nExecutive Officers: Messrs. Chas. J.\nParnham, W. Devoy and Wm. Beveridge.\nPresident Quinn Rend an Interesting\nPupcr.\nAfter the election of officers, the\nnewly-elected president read a paper\non maintaining interest in First Aid\nand Mine Rescue work, which was\nlistened to with great interest by the\nmembers present. Applause greeted\nMr. Quinn at the conclusion of his\nvery able paper, and a hearty vote of\nthanks was tendered to him. The\npaper is published in another part of\nthis issue.\nMr. Scott gave a report concerning\nthe International Conference held at\nSt. Louis on the question of standardizing mine rescue apparatus. His report was of great interest to those\npresent.\nGRACE METHODIST CHURCH\n.A Congregational Rally to take the\nform ot a Pie Social will be held on\nWednesday next, October 19, commencing at 7.30. A good programme\nhas been arranged. Instrumental\nmusic, songs, recitations and games\nwill be Included iu the programme.\nAdmission is 25 cents.\nEditor Islander.\u00E2\u0080\u00941 saw by youi\npaper last week that the Cumberland\nund Bevan Juniors were supposed to\nplay at Bevan lust Sunday, but somehow or other the game was called off,\nyet neither the Bevan or Cumberland\nclubs had any hand iu lt.\nWe were all very much disappointed, because most of us followers of\n,'ootball in Cumberland have taken au\ninterest in tlie Junior football games\nlately, as they are worth seeing, and\nquite a number of us Interested in-\nended to go and see this game, but\non Saturday niglit we wero told that\nhe game bad been called off because\nit was likely lo Interfere with the so-\ncalled challenge game of the seniors.\nNow, this junior game could have been\nplayed and finished before the seniors'\ngame started.\nIt looks as if the seniors were\nafraid it would hurt tho collection al\nthe senior game. I assure you many\nif us felt very hostile over this action,\nas we want to see the juniors encour-\niged instead of being knocked as they\nwere last week. The juniors all feel\nhurt at this action and I hardly think\nthat it will be forgotten for some\ntime,\nI hope that the parties responsible\nfor this will be more careful in future,\nas the interest in the seniors will soon\n:ie lost if this kind of business is\nillowed to continue.\nYours for fair play,\nJAMES T. BROWN, JR.\nPARENT-TEACHER\nASSOCIATION MEETING\nAll Parents and Others Interested Requested to Meet on\nMonday in High School.\nA special meeting of the Parent -\nTeacher Association was held In the\nHigh School on Monday evening, at\nwhich a good representation of members were present.\nTbe meeting was called to hear th i\nreport of the committee appointed to\ninterview the School Board and con\njointly go beforo the City Council to\nlay the claims of the children for better facilities in the school grounds.\nThe matter was discussed very fully,\nquite a number taking part, and lt\nwas unanimously agreed that, the\nParent-Teacher Association find out\nthe night of meeting of the School\nBoard and have an Interview with\nlliein relative to these matters.\nSeveral parents from Royston dis\ntrict were present and requested auy\nhelp that could be given to secure\nconveyance for tbe Royston children\nduring the stormy weather,\nThe regular monthly meeting of thi\nassociation will be held on Monday\nnext, 17th inst., to whicb a cordis\ninvitation is extended to all parent\nand those interested in the upbuild\niug of conditions which will help out\nboys und girls to make them bettei\ncitizens.\nThe fortnightly meeting of the City\nCouncil was held on Monday night,\nMayor JlacIJonalil being In the chair\nand a full attendance of aldermen\npresent.\nThe proposed reduction In the train\nservice was discussed fully and a resolution was passed asking the E. &\nN. Railway to continue the present\nservice.\nAn application was received from\nMiss Geoghegan on behalf of the\nHuman Catholic Church for a refund\not this year's taxes, which were paid\nunder-protest pending the appeal to\nllie Privy Council. Tho City Clerk\nwas instructed to write to other municipalities to see what action they are\ntaking In the mailer. It was slated\nthat Commissioner Gray of South Vancouver had absolutely refused to refund such taxes.\nSome weeks ago the City Council\nreceived a request from the Children's\nAid Society of Vancouver asking for a\ntag day or some such method of raising money for the society be held In\nCumberland. The City Council asked\ntlie Women's Auxiliary of the G. W. V.\nA. to undertake the work, but this\nbody has replied that they are unable\nto do so The City Council at Monday's\nmeeting decided to request,the W. A.\nof the General Hospital to undertake\nthe work.\nA letter was received from the Board\nof Directors of the General Hospital\nthanking the City Council for the\ndonation for a sterilizer. One had been\nordered which was to cost $825, and\nthe board asked the council to donate\nthe balance. The request was granted.\nThe council also acceded to the request of the Union of B. C. Municipalities for a special assessment of $5.\nThe Light Committee reported that\nstreet lights will be needed shortly\ntor the new bouses, also that water\nwill be wanted there in about three\naeks.\nAid. Francesfcinl of the Health Committee made some pointed remarks\nconcerning the unsanitary condition\nof the City Park.\nAid. Parnham reported that the\nCourtenay Council had requested that\ntiie Are truck, six (lremen and 400 ft.\nof hose be sent down to Courtenay\nfor demonstration purposes in connection with the turning on of the\nwater supply on Wednesday. The re\nquest was granted.\nFirst Fancy Costume Dance of\nSeason Will Be Held By\nJunior Footballers\nDOUGLAS FAIRBANKS\nAT ILO-ILO TONIGHT\nFIRST AID WHIST\nDRIVE AND DANCE\nOn Friday, November 4, a big whist\ndrive and dance will be held in the\nIlo-Ilo Dance Hall under the auspices\nof the Canadian Collieries St. John's\nFirst Aid and Mine Rescue Associa\ntion. Thia is always a very enjoyable\ndance and there should be a big attendance on this occasion.\nNUMBERING HOUSES\nThe work of numbering all the\nhouses of the city is well under way.\nChief of Police Bunbury has the work\nin hand and given a few tine days he\nwill soon complete the work. The improvement will be a decided convenience to the public.\nPeggy's Pierrots Will Pay a Return Visit on Tuesday of\nNext Week.\nDouglas Falrbands, \"the great hurricane of joy and excitement,\" will appear on the screen of the llo-llo tonight in \"The Mark of Zorro.\"\nHe brings to the screen a wholesome, gingery mixture of melodrama\nand vigorous comedy, crammed with\nwhirlwind action, thrills, suspense\nand Irresistible funny angles.\nFairbanks is always a big drawing\ncard and good houses should witness\nthe picture Friday aud Saturday. The\nregular price of 35 cents \u00C2\u00BBfor adults\nand 15 cents for children will prevail.\nThere will be a matinee Saturday at\n2.30, when the admission will be 25\ncents for adults and 10 cents for the\nchildren.\nOn Monday niglit the famous stage\nplay, \"The Witching Hour,\" will be\nscreened.\nPeggy's Pierrots Return un Tuesday.\nFollowing the delightful vaudeville\nentertainment put on by Peggy's\nPierrots on Tuesday last, the management announced that they will pay a\nreturn visit on Tuesday next.\nA full house greeted them on tbelr\nlirst appearance here, and everyone\nwas delighted with the visiting entertainers.\nOn Monday week, October 24, the\nlirst masquerade dauce of the season\nwill take place in the llo-llo Dance\nHull under tlie auspices of the Cumberland Iiilermediate und Junior Foot-\nbull Club.\nPreliminary arrangements are now\ncomplete nnd a good list of prizes has\nbeen prepared, the value of which Is\n$175, divided into 19 classes.\nDancing will commence at 9 o'clock\naud judging at\" 11.30. Llddell's Orchestra will provide music for the\noccasion. The judges will lie selected\nin the hall on evening of ball.\nTlle Prize List.\n'llie prize list is as follows:\n1.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Best Dressed Lady, $10 cash, j\nalso special prize of half-dozen photo-'\ngraphs donated by Mr. Barton, value\n$(1.00.\n2.-Bost Dressed Gent, $10 cash,\nalso special prize of half-dozen photographs donated by Mr. Barton, value\n$6.00.\n3.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Best Sustained Character, Lady,\n$5 lu value and $2.50 cash.\n4.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Best Sustained Character, Gent;\n$5 in value and $2.50 cash.\n5.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Best National Couple, Lady\nand Gent (each must represent a different country); $6 In value and $2.50\nin cash lo each.\n6.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Best Flower Girl, gold brooch,\nvalue $5.\n7.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Best Hobo, box of cigars, value\n$6.00.\n8.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Best Comic Lady, $5 in value\nand $2.50 gold piece.\n8.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Best Comic Gent, $5 in value\nand $2.50 cash.\n10.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Best Advertising Character,\nconliued to local advertisements; $5\niu value and $2.50 cash.\n11.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Best Clown, value $8.\n12.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Best Old-Fashioned Couple, $5\nvalue aud $2.50 cash each,\n13.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Best Comic Group, three or\nmore; $2.50 value and $3 cash each,\n14.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Hard-Times Costume, Lady;\nvalue $3 and $2.50 cash.\n15.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Best Original Character, Lady;\nvalue. $5 and $2.50 cash.\nIC\u00E2\u0080\u0094Best Original Character, Gent;\n$5 value aud $2.50 cash.\n17.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Best Artistic Costume, Lady\n(variety of colors considered); $5 in\nvalue and $5 vash.\n18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Gent's Consolation Special\nPrize, goods value $7.50,\n19.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Special Competition, confined\nto Junior Footballers in the district,\nany kind of costume, but must be\nmarked \"Footballers' Competition;\nprize, pair of football boots.\nSeating accommodation will be pro-'\nvlded for dancers and spectators.\nPrize Drawing: ln Connection.\nA prize drawing Is being run in\nconnection with the masquerade, the\nprizes for which are numerous and\nthe tickets ten cents each. Tbe drawing will take place immediately after\nthe unmasking. A morocco leather\nsuit case and china tea set are among\nthe prizes.\nChampions Beaten\nBut Not Disgraced\nBill Walker's Challengers Get\nOnly Goal Scored in One of\nBest Games Played Here\nBURNS* CLUB ANNUAL\n, MEEUNG TONIGHT\nThe annual general meeting of the\nCumberland Burns' Club will be held\nIn the Lecture Hall of the Cumberland Literary and Athletic Association on Saturday, October 15, at 7\no'clock.\nPHEASANT AND DUCK\nSEASON OPENS SATURDAY\nThe open season for shooting cock\npheasants comes in Saturday, October 15, and closes November 30. The\nbug limit is 6 for one day or 25 for the\nseuson.\niaturilay also opens the duck season whicb will extend until January\n3ii. Bag limit for ducks Is 20 for one\nday or 150 for the season.\nG. W. V. A. WHIST DRIVE\nAND DANCE TONIGHT\nOur readers are reminded of tiie\nwhist drive antl dunce to be held In the\nMemorial Hall tonight (Friday) by\nthe Women's Auxiliary. There will no\ndoubt be a good attendance, as these\nladies arc noted for giving a good time.\nHALLOWE'EN FROLIC\nOn Hallowe'en night, Monday, October 31, \"something different\" in the\nivay of a Hallowe'en celebration will\niie put on by the Women's Auxiliary of\nHoly Trinity Church.\nThe fun will commence at 8.30 and\nthe ladles say there will be \"something doing\" until 1 a.m., at which\ntime, no doubt, the Old Lady will leave\nor her home until next year. Dancing, music and all kinds of old-time\nfrolics will be Indulged in.\nMISRVILLE CONDITIONS\nUNDER INVESTIGATION\nThe commission consisting of Col.\nLatta, for tbe Land Sellement Board.\nHev. Thos. Menzies, M.L.A., and Mr.\nChas. Rogers, for the settlers, have\n:ieeu making an investigation of conditions at Mervllle and have not yet\ncompleted their labors, but they will\nprobably do so this week, and the report turned Inlo thc government.\nIt is upon this investigation that the\nreport Unit Is to be Issued which will\nletermiiie the course to be taken by\nbe provincial government at Mer-\n,'llle.\nSome deplorable conditions were\nomul to exist In the farming settle-\nncnt, the lack of roads to some of the\narms being a great handicap.\nMr. Menzies is striving hard to get\nthe government to put off the first\npayment due on loans to the men for\nlive years, so as to give them a chance\nto get on their feet. It is impossible\nfor the men to meet tills payment\nnow, II being said there Is not one in\na position to do so.\nRETURNING OFFICER\nAPPOINTED FOR COMOX\nTelegraphic despatches from Ottawa\ncontain the Information Unit Mr. Geo.\nBuseonibe of Vancouver has been appointed returning ollicer for C'oniux\nin connection with the Dominion elections.\nThe football game staged last Sunday between BUI Walker's Challengers\nand the Cumberland United, Champions of B. C. ror the last (wo seasons,\non the Recreation Grounds, provided\nsome sensational play\u00E2\u0080\u0094and also a big\nsurprise to the champions,\nHow tbe niighly have fallen, The\n\"has beens\" beat the United team 1-0,\nand what is more, fully deserved their\nwin. All the players on Big Bill\nWalker's team played the game as\nthough tbey meant it, and after the\nlirst 15 minutes it was quite apparent\n(hat the United were a beaten team.\nPlay had not been iu progress very\nlong when a penalty was given against\nSammy Gough for a deliberate trip,\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2ight In the penalty area; Charlie\nHltchens took thc kick and drove tlie\nsphere straight at the Penalty King.\nNeedless to say Walker had no difficulty in saving and punted clear.\nThis appeared to put a lot more\ndash in the \"has-beens,\" They carried the ball to Boyd's end, Jock\nCampbell, Mortimer and Boyd having\nall they could do to keep the opposition from scoring, Boyd being kept\nbusier than be has been for some\ntime. He proved equal to all demands\nmade upon him, being in tip-top form.\nMidfield play followed for some time,\nwith tbe \"has-beens\" half-backs keeping the United forwards well iu check,\nMcWhirter, Carlo and Sutherland\nmaking a splendid half-back line.\nHalf-time was drawing close and\nboth teams made desperate attempts\nto gain the lead. Gough and Stewart,\nhowever, were playing magnificent\nball, and never allowed the United\nforwards to get a shot at Walker,\nwithout hampering them. The United half-back line became very slack\njust before half-time, owing to Conti's\nerratic play. He plays the man far\ntoo much to do his team any good.\nAnother bad fault of Conti's is punting the ball out of play after he has\nbeen penalized for fouling a man.\nPlay the ball, Conti, old man.\nJock Irvine and Paddy O'Donnell\ntried hard to get their forwards going on several occasions, but to no\nI avail. Half-time arrived with no\nscore, the players being quite ready to\ntake a well-earned rest.\nChallengers Score Only (jloul.\nThe second half opened strongly in\nfavor of the \"has-beens.\",. Tucker\nJames trying to go through on hia\nown was fouled by Conti, the resultant free kick being easily cleared.\nPilling next tried to go through on\nbis own, but was well stopped by Carlo\nwho was playing a great game at this\nstage. Brewster and Milligan next\ngot going, playing some pretty combination; they carried the ball right\ndown to Bill Walker's goal; Gough\ncleared them out at the critical moment. The ball quickly travelled to\nthe other end, where through a misunderstanding between Campbell and\nBoyd, the ball wus rushed through by\nKerr, giving the challengers the first\nand only goal of llie game.\nThis put the crowd in a jolly\nline humor, and they boosted for Bill's\nlearn for all they were worth, and\nright well the players responded,\n.igain carrying the ball to Boyd's cud,\ni corner resulting, which was well\nplaced by Harrison, and equally well\n-lenreil by Mortimer.\nCarle and Pilling next colho into the\nImelight, paying far too much attention to one another, detracting from\n.heir play. The United were hunill-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0apped at this stage of llie game by\nirewster having to leave the Held with\ni bad knee. Conti next got into\nrouble, Jimmy Brown, the referee,\nlaving bis work cut out to control\nilm. Conti at this period In the game\ndiowed more of bis temper when he\nnarched off the field to \"smash\" some\nine. Had it been a league game he\n.vnuld probably have stayed oil*\u00E2\u0080\u0094and\n(or more than a game.\nPlay continued fast until the final\noot of the whistle, and when the\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0eferee called time the score stool 1-0\nin favor of the \"has-beens.\"\nFor the winners it would be land\nto single out any individual player,\n)Ut Sutherland, who was about thu\niest half on the Held, Gougli and\nStewart made a good defense, Bttn-\nlerman and Harrison, Ihe iwo nulsldo\nmen, showed lots ol* speed, and aie\n(forth a place on any lenm. For llie\n'osers. Boyd, Mortimer, Irvine and\nTDonuell were nboul the pick. Joi k\nCampbell got a nasty bump in the first\nlalf, which put liliu out of action for\ni time. The forwards were all disorganized; Brewster and Milligan\nwere about the pick. two\nTHE CUMBERLAND ISLANDER\n6ctoW is, mt.\n!W\nWHEN YOUR\nCAR WANTS\nA new lire\nAnd y\u00C2\u00BBu Phone 4.G\nCourtenay and\nThe man says\nWe keep tires of\nAll sizes and\nHe puts one on\nFor you and the\nCar rides better\nYou Must Be Pleased\nCorfield Motors\nTIRES OF ALL MAKES AND SIZES\nTHE FORD GARAGE COURTENAY\nSpecial\t\nCRYSTAL\nWHITE SOAP\nTEN CENTS PER BAR\nsJgpSPECIAL ADVERTISING OFFER\n\u00C2\u00A3\u00C2\u00A3 FOR ONE WEEK ONLY\nWe arc instructed by thc distributors of this line to\nGive Free\nOne Bar of Soap with each Five Bars purchased\nbetween October loth and 22nd\nMUMFORD'S\nGROCERY\nT. H. MUMFORD\nJ. WALTON\nWe are Sole Agents in Cumberland for\nFINDLEY UNITY\nRANGES\nOne of the Best Kitchen Ranges on the Market\nThey have polished steel six-hole top, duplex grate,\nlarge oven with thermometer, nickleplated trimmings\nand legs\u00E2\u0080\u0094a range that would grace any kitchen and\nwhich the particular housewife would be proud to own.\nTo advertise these\nRanges we have priced\nthem special at \t\n$80 Cash\nConvenient Terms Can Be Arranged\nWe have also a large and well-selected assortment of\nCOAL and WOOD HEATERS\nTo suit any room in the house\u00E2\u0080\u0094marked at prices that\nwill please you.\nWe have the\nBAPCO PAINT AGENCY\nand carry a full line of Paints, Varnishes and Stains\nROOFINGS, TAR SHEETINGS AND A GOOD STOCK\nOF GENERAL HARDWARE TO SELECT FROM\nA large stock of Ammunition\nand Fishing Tackle\nHargreaves & Smith\nSuccessors to T. E. Bate Hardware Co.\nDunsmuir Avenue Cumberland\nTRAIN SERVICE\nUNDER DISCUSSION\n(Continued from Page One)\nbad read In a Nanaimo paper the\nstatement that the train service was\nto be continued as at present. The\nsecretary was instructed to write to\nMr. Beasley for confirmation. Failing\ntills, another meeting will be called\nto deal with the question,\nI I\nSoldiers' Settlement.\nA communication was received from\nthe Courtenay Hoard of Trade asking\nendorsntlon ot tbelr action in seeking\nto have tlle loan repayments of soldier\nsettlers delayed for somo years, so as\nto give the men n chance to live. It\nwas stated lhal nol a single one of the\nmen at Mervllle is in n position to\nmake the lirst payment, which in the\ncase of stock has to bo paid for in\nfour equal yearly payments, a condition impossible of fulfilling under thc\nconditions of tiie men at Mervllle.\nThe request of the Courtenay Board\nwas unanimously endorsed.\nFood nnd lirug Act Resolution.\nA communication was received from\nthe Victoria Board of Trade asking\nthe local board's endorsation of the\nfollowing resolution concerning the\nsampling of goods carried by retailers:\nWhereas the Food and Drugs Act of\n1920 holds the retailer responsible for\nthe content of goods, over which he\nhas absolutely no control;\nAnd whereas the manufacturer or\nproducer of such goods is in a position to analyze the contents before delivery to the trade and should be held\nresponsible for same.\nBe It resolved that a protest he\nInitiated by the Victoria Chamber of\nCommerce protesting against the\npresent system of taking samples of\ngoods under the Food and Drugs Act\nof 1920;\nAnd that recommendation be made\ntbat samples bo taken at the source\nof production or manufacture, or nl\nIhe point of Importation;\nAnd that copies of tills resolution be\nsent to various Boards of Trade and\nChambers of Commerce In Canada\nasking their support and co-operation.\nThe above resolution was endorsed\nby the Cumberland Board of Trade.\nt'nlgary People Want to Locate Here.\nA letter from a Calgary man wns\nread, asking for Information looking\nto the purebnse of a poultry and fruit\nranch near Cumberland. If he locates\nhere, he says two other families\nwould probably also come. Secretary\nWalton will put him in touch with\nparties who can supply his needs.\nPeddlers Under Discussion. \"\nThe question of the number nf peddlers of meat, fruit and vegetables in\nCumberland was brought to the attention of the meeting. It was pointed out that those men pay no licence\nfoe or taxes whatever. They arc al\nlowed to sell goods of their own pro\nduction, but it is claimed some purchase goods and re-sell them.\nOne member said these peddlers\nshould tako out licences, more cspoci-\nilly peddlers of stocks, some of which\nwas of a very doubtful variety. A stilT\nlicence fee might act as a deterrent\nIn some cases.\nMr. Bate brought up the question\nof purchnhlng goods out of town. He\ncontended the people should try and\nbuild up the community by dealing\nwith local merchants, who pay heavy\ntaxation towards the upkeep of the\nstreets and city. But how can tbey\ndo this and become lending citizens if\nthey are not supported?\nLast year, said Mr. Bate, the Council\nspent thousands of dollars in tarvia\nand cement, which was purchased oul\nof town. Mr. Bate said the local merchants should have had an opportunity to supply tbe material at say a 5\nor 10 per cent, commission. Tlie merchants lived here and spent the money\nIn town, and as long as they were\nwilling to do the right thing they\nshould be patronized.\nMr. Sutherland thought there was\na point where a line had lo be drawn,\nIt was the corporation's duty to do the\ngreatest good to the greatest number\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094If by purchasing goods out of town\nthey can save large sums to the taxpayers he would not disturb that procedure. The benefit of all the taxpayers should lie considered, and not\na 10 per cent .commission to an individual.\nMr. Bate wanted the people to help\neach other and work hand In hand\nfor the community's good. Tlie merchants were expected to beautify th(\ntown and they should get the public\nsupport.\nMr. McCarthy reminded the meeting that the dollar should be spent In\ntown\u00E2\u0080\u0094one man gets it, another gets\nit, and the dollar Is still here; send it\nout of town and it is gone for good.\nA resolution was carried that the\nquestion of purchasing goods out of\ntown be brought up at the next meeting.\nThe peddler question took up considerable time, being discussed from\ndifferent angles. It wns agreed that\ntbe board should take action looking\nto the placing of a \"blue law\" on the\nstatute book stopping the peddling of\nwildcat stock.\nLOSE EDITORS BECAUSE\nOF GOOD HEALTH\nVANCOUVER.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Quite often an editor quits because of poor health of\nhimself or his paper, but here is a reversed condition. The Tranquilllan\nis tlie organ of the tubercular sanitarium near Kamloops, 11 has a new\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2ditor in II. R, Farmer, who editorially explains his coming with the\nstatement that his predecessor left,\ncured, leaving Mr. Farmer to follow\nlu the palh of other editors who took\n.lie job on convalescence ni.s* even-\nual cure.\nThe Tranquilllan takes occasion to\nexpress gratitude to Chinese and\nlapiiuese who have, 11 seems, given\ngenerous support voluntarily, De-\n-.pite the atmosphere of morbidity lhat\nme might suppose would linger\niroiind nu organ of the kind, the\niiltercular patients' paper is ehoor-\nul and breezy.\nYou'll Laugh\nAt The Rain\nWe have a complete line\nof new Rubber Goods . in\nstock, including\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nLADIES' RAIN COATS\nMEN'S EAIN COATS\nCHILDREN'S RAIN COATS\nCHILDREN'S RAIN CAPES\nMEN'S HIP HOOTS\nMEN'S KNEE-HIGH BOOTS\nBOYS' KNEE-HIGH BOOTS\nMen's Mackinaw Coats\nMen's Mackinaw Shirts\n10\nPer Cent. Discount\non all Merchandise.\nW. Gordon\nPhone 133\nCumberland\nESTATE IS TIED UP IN\nSEARCH FOR OLD COAT\nUntil nn old coal is found, llie os-\nlato of tho late .Martin Bernard Davis,\nn Fraser Valley resident, cannot bo\nprobated. A son, Martin lt. Davis, Jr.,\nwent to Vancouver to witness the\nFuneral, and bought a new suit for\nihe occasion, lie left tlie old raiment\n;.t the store, which sold it to a junk\nman. The second-hand tailor, in turn,\ntold it the samo day, not thinking Die\n\"old papers amounted to anything.\"\nHe could not read. Now the heirs\nseek the old coat and offer a reward. |\nCertain features of tho last testament\nmake it impracticable tn settle tho;\nestate in regular next-of-kin order.\nThe Rexall Store\nFor Rexall Quality\nNeilson's\nBulk\nChocolates\nNuts, Fruits, Creams and\nHard Caramels, special\n60c, per lb.\nFrost's Pharmacy\nTHE REXALL STORE\nHIGH RENTS CLOSE STORES\n' High rents arc closing snme big\nstores in Vancouver. Closing sales\nsUinnunccnients take tho public into\nthe confidence of distressed merchants who say: \"No use; we've got\nto close up. Rent is too high.\" Five\nstores on two principal streets ore\nclosing out for this stated reason.\nOne store on Granville Street has\nbeen asked to pay $1000 a month;\n.everal otlier small stores, mado out\nof an ordinary-stzed store eut in two,\npay $500 each per month. Is it any\nwonder the price of goods is high?\nLOST\nNEW VETERAN PARTY\nTO ENTER CAMPAIGN\nVANCOUVER.-Reports current in\npolitical circles hint ut the organization of a now veteran party to take\nnn active hanil in polities;. Details\nare enshrouded in secrecy at present,\nhat, it is said, the now soldier party\naims at certain concessions for the\nreturned man, with demands for employment of veterans in every possible\ngovernment job.^and also bonus reforms.\nThe veterans say they arc not Belling their rights, nnd accuse certain\npolitical leaders oE double-crossing\nihem with pledges Hint aro not Intended to he carried out.\nGOLD SIGNET RING LOST IN Cumberland, with initials \"A. J. W.\"\nSuitable reward. Apply Islander\nOllice. 1-40\nSPARE TIRE EOll CADILLAC CAR,\nbetween Courtenay and Cumberland; size 3(1x4%; belonging to\nPeggy's Pierrots. Finder please\nnotify Tlie Islander.\nU. S. AGENTS VISIT B. C.\nON JAPANESE QUESTION\nThat the United States evinces\nanxiety on the Japanese colonization\nof British Columbia is proven by the\nvisit o[ American investigators who\nare sounding the sentiments of Japanese residents along the boundary line\nlately. Several prominent Japanese\nbave been approached by Americans,\nwho have interrogated them closely.\nNorwegian scientists claim Greenland Is moving slowly westward at the\nrate ot 10 yards a year.\nWaiter, this coffee Is nothing but\nmud.\"\n\"Yes, sir; it was ground this morning.\"\nFOR SALE\n1900 MOTOR WASHER; ALSO PinE\nScreen. Apply Mrs. E. W. Bickle.\nHOUSE AND LOT ON ALLEN AVE.,\nnow occupied by Mr. Prior. Por\nfurther particulars apply A. MacKinnon, Furniture Store, Cumberland, or Mrs. Simms, Galarno Ranch,\nCampbell River, B.C. 4-43\nONE PAD-SEAT ARM CHAIR AND\nRocker. Apply Box 573, Cumberland. . 1-40\n1920 CHEVROLET, $450 CASH. IN\nfirst-class condition; model 490. Can\nhe seen at the Cumberland Motor\nWorks. * 2-40\nFRESH VEGETABLES, DELIVERED\nto your door. Green Tomatoes, Jam\nMarrows, Carrots, Potatoes, Cabbage, etc. E. C. Eddtngton, Calhoun\nRanch; Sandwick, P. O. 2-40\nPIGS AND POULTRY\nHIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR PIOS\nand Poultry. Kwong Ylck, Chinatown, Cumberland. Telephone 5-F.\nP.O. Box 282. 13-52\nJames Gardner\nMens Tailoring Specialist\nALL OUR GOODS ARE HONEST IN PRIQE\nWORKMANSHIP AND QUALITY\nWE HAVE ALSO A CHOICE UP-TO-DATE STOCK,\nOF READY-MADES THAT WILL STAND COM-\nPARISON WITH ANY ON THE MARKET\n'Prices cR^nge from\n$25.00 up\nCOME AND SEE OUR NEW OVERCOAT SAMPLES\nThey Are Dandies'.\nCleaning, Pressing, Alterations\nand Dyeing\nI ^,.^uujj.'fi.M -^jp.*R^Jl^i^^ \u00E2\u0080\u00A2'.\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2JMiiHBEg'\nI nIW i ij.IJPi.jpi. J'.\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094^^PPWMHU,i j \u00E2\u0096\u00A0^WPWC\n' October ItS. 1921.\nTHE CUMBERLAND ISLANDER\nt\n'i'hree\ntf\nHUSBANDS MADE\nHAPPIER\nLET'S SUPPOSE your husband's name is Jim. We\nknow he's a likable chap (particularly so when\nwell fed). Does he come home after the day's toll\nfeeling fine or feeling fagged?\nWhy should YOUR Jim be allowed to come homo\nfagged\u00E2\u0080\u0094If it is jUBt a matter of diet? Would you mako\nhim happier\u00E2\u0080\u0094'tis easily done.\nTbe appetizing dellclousness of home-made bread\nfrom\nROYAL STANDARD\nFlour will cause him to Bmile and smile. You of course\nknow Royal Standard ls the famous Made-in-B.C. flour\nthat supplies more energizing nutriment per pound\nthan meat. It gives you bread that sustains and keeps\nfolks happier and healthier, too.\nTry It and See\nVANCOUVER MILLING AND\nGRAIN CO., LIMITED\nCampbell Highet, Local Manager\nCourtenay, B. C. Telephone 33\nFAMILY SHOE REPAIRER\nSERVICE, MATERIAL\nan WORKMANSHIP\nGUARANTEED\nRUBBER HEELS\nFixed While U Walt\nPHILLIPS' MILITARY\nSOLES AND HEELS.\nS. DAVIS,\nDunsmuir\nAvenue\nPaolo Monte\nShoemaker\nSkM Repairing a Specialty.\nCUMBERLAND. B.C.\nVOTERS' LIST\nOctober 31st is the last day for the\nregistration of Householders, Boarders, Roomers and Holders of TradeB\nLicences to get on the 1922 Voters'\nList. The list closes at 6 p.m. at the\nCity Hall on Monday, October 31st.\nA holder of an Agreement of Sale\nmust lodge a statutory declaration\nthat he is the last registered owner,\nbefore 5 p.m. on the 30th day of November in order to be registered on\ntha Voters' List.\nT. MORDY, City Clerk.\nLiddell's Orchestra\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 la \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nOPEN FOR ENGAGEMENT\nfor Dances and Social Function's\nof all kinds. Any number ol\npieces supplied. Apply\nG. LIDDELL\nBarber Shop .. ..Dunsmuir Ave\nRoyston Lumber Co.\nMANUFACTURERS OF\nROUGH AND DRESSED\nLUMBER\nSlab Wood (double load)...$5.0(\nYOUR TEETH\nHINTS ON THEIR CARE\nW. A. Brierley, D.D.S., Denver Col.\nIt is fast coming to be an accepted\nfact that good health depends largely\non good teeth aud a clean mouth.\nA well known life Insurance company recently issued a letter to Its\nemployees from which tho following\nIs an extract: \"As the healthy and\ncontinued life ot tlie whole body depends upon the air it breathes and\nthe food it assimilates, and ns both\nof these are directly affected by the\nconditions of the mouth, it is not an\nexaggeration to say that many of the\nIlls of mankind will be banished as\nsoon as the teeth und mouth receive\ntlie care and attention they require.\"\nDecay of the teeth is seldom classed\nas u disease, it should be considered\nas such, as the decay from broken-\ndown teeth Is of a particularly virulent character, for tt is connected with\ndisease of the bone. This diseased\nbone being in the mouth is mixed with\nthe food aud swallowed every time the\npatient eats. If this pus matter and\ndiseased bone were outside of the\nmouth one would never willingly or\nknowingly cut it, yet that is what\nhappens when people neglect their\nteetb.\nIt has been found that eighty per\ncent, of all children have decaying\nteeth. It a child has decayed teeth it\ncannot properly chew its food. Improperly chewed food and au unclean\nmouth cause bad digestion, and consequently poor general health.\nParents can greatly aid the children\nby seeing that tbey cleau their teeth\nregularly, and that they are kept supplied with clean and serviceable tooth\nbrushes,\nDR. R. P. CHRISTIE\nDENTIST\nOffice: WILLARD BLOCK\nPhone 116 Cumberland, B. C\nPACKING HOUSES ARE\nJAMMED TO ROOF WITH\nAPPLES IN PENTICTON\nNOTICE\nWarehouses of the Co-Operative\nGrowers Contain 25,000 Boxes\nAnd Tide Just Set In.\nMaintaining Interest in Mine Rescue\nAnd First Aid Work In Coal Mines\nA Sho* I, Paper Head hy Mr. John G.\nQuinn nt ix Meeting of the St. John's\nFirst Aid and Mine Rescue Association, Cumberland, October 9, 1921.\nThe person or persons who by being prepared to meet such emergencies as arise in the industrial field\nwill, without doubt, draw upon himself the plaudits of the multitude by\nhis outstanding ability to render\nassistance while he Is engaged ln tbe\ncarrying out of Ills effort. However,\nwithout his preparedness he would\nhave simply been ln tbe position of\none of the helpless and astonished\nbystanders.\nThis period of preparation represents a long and continuous portion\nof Ills spare time and is usually performed without any thought of remuneration other tban the rather lofty\nIntention of alleviating unnecessary\nsuffering and probably saving the life\nof some fellow creature. There is\nnothing of the spectacular In this preparation to cause any people to gather\naround and encourage his effort. You\ndo iiot Hud the people generally taking tlie keen Interest in the relative\nmerits of First Aid or Mine Rescue\nmen or teams that you do in the\nathletic world. The ability of tht\nFirst Aid man Is not measured in batting averages nor ln the number ol\ngoals he has scored. He Is not the\ngod of the little children nor the idol\nof the gentler sex. In short, there It\nuo glamor about his work that attracts\nattention, except during an accident,\naud then for a brief period he is the\ncentre of attraction, and when his\nwork is completed he ls promptly\nforgotten.\nWith so little to encourage or enliven liis path lt ls to be wondered\nthat men are to be found who will\nendeavor to fit themselves for this\nwork, lt ls pleasing to note, however,\nthat this work Is appealing to an increasing number of men and women\nwho are willing to sacrifice a considerable portion of their leisure hours\nthat they may be enabled to act\npromptly and intelligently in case of\naccident.\nHaving admitted that there ls nothing of excitement in this training, let\nus consider what may be added to encourage the students or by what means\nthe general public may have their attention directed towards, this important movement and their assistance\nobtained.\nThe various operators have been\nquick to recognize the value of this\nwork and have as far as possible encouraged and fostered by material\nassistance, in the shape of financial\naid, construction and maintenance ot\nsuitable meeting and lecture rooms\nand committees, specially detailed to\ndetect dangerous conditions, and by\npromoting competitions among tbe\ndifferent classes and centres; all of\nwhich have gone far to attain the\npresent standard which exists among\nthe comparatively few who have undertaken this work. Tbe troublo ls\nthat tlie work Is not sufficiently attractive to the average person unless\nthere call be added some other interesting features. In looking Into the\nmethods adopted by some of the most\nsuccessful districts, we find that the\nsystem of competitions is the best\nmethod of creating efficiency in the\nwork. This entails some expenditure\ntor such prizes as may be awarded\n,or these events.\nSocial events such as dances, whist\ndrives, open to such members as attend the classes, are held at regular\nIntervals aud many are induced to attend the lecutres for the privilege of\nattending the dances, and thus are\nbrought Into first contact with the\nwork and very often become interested in a subject which at first seemed\nunattractive.\nDebates can be arranged covering\nlubjects within the scope of the work\nund ideas brought out as to the best\nnethods of treating accidents and\ndealing with problems of Mine Rescue.\nPapers can also be submitted at such\nmeetings showing how accidents may\nbo prevented, because, after all, pre-\nParties having houses or camping\nliltei on Comox Lake are requested to\ncall and sign a lease at the Companies'\nOffice on or before October 1st, 1921,\notherwise the Company will take\npossession ot the property.\n' CANADIAN COLLIERIES (DUNSMUIR), UNITED.\nIts packing houses heaped to the\noof with thousands of boxes of rosy\n.ed apples, Peuticton is this season\niiandling more fruit than ever before\nii its history. More thau 250 persons\nire at present employed In the can-\nlery and the four packing houses.\nIt is said there will be 40 per cent,\nnore apples than even In 1919, the\nbanner year. The 1921 output will\nbe 100 per cent, greater than last\nseason.\nNearly all the packing houses ex-\noect to keep operating until Christ\nnas. At present they are running\nlight and day to keep up with the\norchard harvest pouring ln on them.\nPrices are also holding up reasonably well and unless conditions very\na great deal the growers' returns for\nthis season should be excellent. Last\nseason the net returns to the growers\nfor apples averaged about $1.50 or\n$1.60 a box. This year the average return will be from $1.20 to $1.30.\nvention Is the primary object. Useful\nideas are thus brought to attention\nand demonstrated when they would\notherwise be overlooked.\nOne of Ihe greatest fields for thc inventor lies here, and attention may be\ndirected to some of the world's most\nsuccessful Inventions which have been\nadopted solely because of tlieir bearing on the prevention of accidents;\namong these may be quoted the West-\nhouse brake, the box coupler for\nrailway curs, the electric mine safely\nlamp, electric shot-firing devices, the\nmine rescue apparatus, and others too\nnumerous to mention, many of which\nhad as obscure beginning as such ideas\nas may be brought out at these meetings. Some member may havo a good\nidea, hut is not quite certain as to\nsome point in its arrangement, but hy\nbringing his idea beforo Ihe meeting\nhe may receive just tlie necessary\nsuggestion to perfect his apparatus.\nOn the other hand, he mny have some\ndefect pointed out which he had overlooked or in which his Idea was erroneous.\nUnless meetings are made entertaining as well as Instructive, all the\nfinancial aid that may be expended\nliy interested parties will be of little\nlvall. Let us strive, therefore, to enliven and brighten the meetings by\nbringing our Ideas forward for discussion, so that the best suggestions\n'liny be given a practical trial and our\nMine Safety Association be a llvo and\nuseful body and fulfill the purpose for\nwhich lt was created.\nMONEY TO BURN\nThe savings from years of hard\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0vork went up in smoke for Alex.\nNedwecky, a Kenosha, Wis., man,\nvhen his three children found his\nnoney, $2500 in hills, hidden away In\ni handkerchief In a mattress, and af-\ner playing with it a little while threw\nit Into the kitchen stove to see it burn.\nThe mother arrived just in lime to see\nthe last Bickerings of the flames.\nThe youngest child, Edward, less\n(ban two years old, Is said lo havo\nthrown the money into the fire while\nhis brothers, four and five years old,\nwatched. Nedwecky had feared banks\nand for years had kept his money\nwrapped in a red handkerchief and\ntucked away under the mattress.\nFIREFLIES LURE FISH\nAnyone would have supposed that\nfish were Immune to demoralization\not modern scientific progress, but even\nfishing is coming under the sway of\nadvanced and entirely original ideas of\nbait and fish hooks. Izaak Walton\nwould have shuddered at the thought\nof using the storage battery in the tail\nof a firefly to lure the wily fish at\nnight, yet a contrivance has been used\nto good advantage by Wm. P. Osborne\nof the New York College of Forestry.\nBy imprisoning fireflies in a small\nglass vial and rigging the container\nwith an Ingenious arrangements of\nhooks, black bass bave been found to\nsuccumb to* the scintillations of the\ninsect and to swallow with great\nrapidity hook, line and sinker. An\nordinary tubular pill bottle Is fitted\nwith a harness to which are fastened\nthree pronged hooks, two on the sides\nand one on the end. The bottle Is\nthen equipped with a swivel similar to\nthat used on a wooden minnow. Four\nor five good sized fireflies are placed\nin the bottle and the bottle sealed.\nHe saw the bridge\nAnd tried to duck it;\nKicked flrst the gas\nAnd then the bucket.\nEverybody knows\nthat in Canada there arc mora\nTempleton'a\nRheumatic Capsules\nSold than all other Rheumatic\nRamediea combined for Rheu-\nmatiam, Neuritis, Neuralgia,\nSciatica, Lumbago, etc.\nMany doctor** prescribe them,\nmoat druggists cell them. Write\nfor free trial to Templcta.i, Toronto.\nSold by R. E. FROST.\n. FOR THE CHILDREN'S\nSUPPER\nthere's nothing like Bread with\nmilk.\nGive the kiddies food that will\nsatisfy their appetites; food that\nwill digest easily; substantial\nfood that will build up their\nlittle bodies.\nBread is that kind of food.\nActive days! And dreamless\nnights!\nThese are nature's priceless\ngifts to children who eat.\nBread is your Best Food-\nEat more of it.\nHALLIDAY'S BREAD\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094the Bread that Builds\nTHE NEW HOME\nBAKERY\nJim & Sacki's\nPOOLROOM\nHeadquarters for\nFootballers, Baseballers\nand other Sportsmen\nWatch our\nBULLETIN BOARD\nfor the Latest Sport News\nJim English Sacki Conti\nProprietors.\nSTAR LIVERY STABLE\nALEX. MAXWELL, Proprietor\nAutos for Hire. Coal and Wood Hauling given very\n. prompt attention. Furniture and Piano\nStorage if desired.\nPhones 4 and 61\nCumberland, B.C\nSAVE BEFORE YOU SPEND\nLet your Bank Account be your\nfirst coucern.\nIt will more than repay you In\nlater years.\nA Savings Department\nat every branch of\nHi THE ROYAL BANK\nW OF CANADA\nF. A. MCCARTHY, Manager Cumberland Branch.\nVictoria's Famous Beer\nNOW ON SALE AT\nThe Local Government\nVendor's Office\nSILVER SPRING\nBEER\nAND\nXXX STOUT\nEven better than in pre-war days, and brewed on\nVancouver Island. Made from malt and hops only.\nDemand Silver Spring\nABSOLUTELY PURE\nThe most wholesome Beer brewed in B. C. Try it and\nyou will use no other.\nWM. DOUGLAS, DISTRIBUTING\nCumberland and Courtenay, B. C.\nAGENT\nPhone 60L\nSILVER SPRING\nBREWERY, Ltd.\n1850\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ye Olde Firme\u00E2\u0080\u00941921\nPatronize your local merchant. It\nwill be of benefit to everyone in the\ndiatrict.\nJ. H. HALLIDAY\nliunsniiiir Avenue\nCumberland\nFOR\nWINDOWS, DOORS, FRAMES,\nINTERIOR TRIM AND\nGENERAL FACTORY WORK\nwrite for prices to\nTHE MOORE-WHITTINGTON\nLUMBER CO. LTD.\nOffice 2020 Bridge Street, Vlctoriu, IU.\nMADAME MELBA!\nMADAME TETRAZZINI\nThese two great artists have purchased HEINTZMAN & CO. Grands; Mme. Melba for her home in\nAustralia and Mme. Tetrazzini for her castle in\nRome.\nHEINTZMAN & CO. PIANOS ARE SOLD ON EASY\nTERMS\nHeint\nzman\n& Co.\nGIDEON HICKS, Manager\u00E2\u0080\u0094Bon 233, Vlciorla\nCumberland\nVICTORIA\nNanaimo\nmmsmssm Pour\nTHE CUMBERLAND ISLANDER\nOctober 16, 1921.\nTHE CUMBERLAND ISLANDER\nPublished every Saturday morning at Cumberland, B. C.\nEDWARD W. BICKLE Manager and Publisher.\nBEN H. GOWEN Editor.\nSATURDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1821.\nRECIPROCITY A MYTH\nWe bave beard a lot from Mackenzie King about the\ngreat benefits Canada will derive from so-called reciprocity\nwith the United States, and that in spite of the damaging\nfact that thc Fordney tariff which has just been adopted\nacross the border gives thc Dominion an undoubted slap\nin the face. Judging from past records, \"All hope abandon\nye who enter here\" might well be erected over the portals\nof Canada If Mr. King Is to be allowed to try his prentice\nband In carrying out his theories and In pandering to tbe\nUnited States.\nIn bis speech at Portage-la-I'rairlc, Premier Meighen\ngave a review of recent tariff history In this connection,\nlt Is for the voters to say if they will be guided by that or\nbe beguiled by tho meaningless phrases of thoso who seem\ndetermined to make Canada an appendage of the United\nStates.\nThe United Slnlcs offered Canada free wheat and flour\nif Canada would admit American wheat and flour free,\nexplained Mr. .Meighen. This was reciprocity on a small\nscale. The offer was accepted. Hut what happened? About\nsix months later, the United Stntes put a duty of 35 cents\na bushel on wheat and 20 per cent, on flour. Mr. Meighen\nadded that In consequence .the sale of Canadian flour ln thc\nUnited States had practically stopped, and very little wheat\nwas now going over there.\nPIONEER IN MINE RESCUE WORK\nAt the International Mining Convention, Hon. Wm. Sloan\ntook credit for inaugurating a mine safety meeting to\narrange for the standardization of mine rescue apparatus\nand training. The standardization of training is all right\nbut the standardization of apparatus is all wrong. Mine\nrescue apparatus is in its infancy, aud there is yet much\nto he achieved before it is developed to a standard to meet\nall requirements under all conditions. It is yet far from\nthat stage. Why, then, should an Imperfect thing be\nstandardized and treated as the limit of human endeavor?\nWhat is wanted is the encouragement of continued im\nprovement of existing types of apparatus, with government subsidies if necessary to aid Inventors in attaining\nthe high degree of successful development which is desired.\nRobt. Strachan, Inspector of Mines, has been circularizing\ntho Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in sup-\nport of standardization of apparatus, but the unwisdom of\nthe suggestion has been forcibly pointed out by Mr. Thos.\nGraham, General Superintendent of tbe Canadian Collieries\n(Dunsmuir) Ltd. Mr. Graham is the pioneer in mine rescue\nwork in Canada, and one of the highest authorities on the\nsubject.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Mining and Engineering Record.\nJOE MARTIN A FARMER CANDIDATE\nJoseph Martin is seeking nomination as Parmer candidate in New Westminster. \"Fighting Joe\" Is no more a\nfarmer thau he is a horse thief, and as a factor in politics,\nsays Falrplay, he has had his day. The votes cast for him\nin recent yenrs have been so few that they could hardly\nbe said to affect the general result. His seeking nomination is merely one more exemplification of his supreme\negotism. Incidentally, his charge that the government of\nCanada should make it impossible for this country to\ncreate millionaires sounds rather amusing, when one considers that it is not so very many \"years ago since Mr.\nMartin himself was reputed to be in that class, or very\nnear Iti But time, and the bursting of real estate booms,\nbrings many changes.\nELEVATING PUBLIC TASTE\nThroughout all modern musical history there has been\nan endless striving to elevate the public taste to where\nthe works of tbe serious minded musician would be appreciated. So long as composers remain true to their inspiration and tell us In their language the great stories ot tlie\nhuman heart, that long will they find followers thirsty for\nthe best tbey can produce and eager to interpret their\ngospel of good music to those who have enjoyed lesser\nadvantages; nnd ln the forernnks of these musical missionaries Is that great army of earnest, conscientious teachers\nwho are onco and all the time devoting their energies to\nthe improvement of the musical taste of tlieir respective\ncommunities. To these teachers frequently comes in\nsomo form the question: \"Can all learn to enjoy or appreciate classical music?\" Interpreted, this Is equivalent to\n\"Can everybody learn to appreciate good music?\" For, to\nthe untutored mind, whatever rises above the popular\n\"slush\" with which the market is flooded, is tagged as\n\"classical\" regardless of the nice distinctions of the\ninitiated as to the classic, romantic and so-called futuristic\nschools of music.\nIn British Columbia tlie Chinese have a monopoly of\nmarket gardening, the Japanese control the salmon fisheries, and the Hindus have all but cornered the firewood\ntrade. We may accept such things phlegmatically, but It's\n\"Up and at 'em\" when the Chinese football team gives the\nRoyal Bank boys of Vancouver a terrible drubbing. Once\nwe lose out In sports we might just as well pull up stakes\nand hike for Alberta.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Fair Play.\nTHE TWO VANCOUVER HARRYS\nFrom a sporting point of view, the bout In Vancouver\nCentre promises to be the best ot Its kind in all Canada\nIn tho coming free-for-all political contest. The rival\nparties each met in solemn conclave, and each chose a\ncandidate. Each candidate was unanimously selected, each\nhas never tasted defeat at the polls, they are about of an\nage, a height and a weight, each is an experienced politician and each is named Harry.\nThe Honorable Harry has tlle advantage of Cabinet rank\nand ten years of Ottawa experience. He has been a diligent member and no harsher criticism of his recent\nappointment can be made than tbat it should have come\ntwo years or more sooner. . . .\nThe Worshipful Harry has the advantage of being Mayor\nof the City of Vancouver\u00E2\u0080\u0094for the fourth year in succession\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094and of templing fortune at a time when he is at the\nhight tide of a popularity which extends all tlle way from\nCoal Harbor to the Palace of St. James. He has been an\nexceedingly diligent lirst magistrate and may be countaM\nupon to carry the light to his opponent.\nThe Honorable Harry led oil last night with some clever\nshadowwork designed to lure his opponent into the tariff\ncorner where some Indecisive interchanges only could be\nexpected. The Worshipful Harry is a craft ring general\nhimself and will doubtless insist ou making the fight In the\ncentre of the ring on the more substantial matters con\nnected with the port development and the enlarging of the\ntrade of Vancouver. A very pretty contest Is now to be\nexpected. -Vancouver World.\nTwo Brigadier-Generals are running in tlie political\nrace in Vancouver constituencies.; one as a National-\nLiberal-Conservative and the other as a straight Liberal.\nChicago aldermen pay periodical visits to British Columbia to investigate the \"cost of living.\" Strange that these\npilgrimages should have started after this province established government liquor stores.\nA Wisconsin banker is charged with sending a threatening letter. The outcome of it will be watched with interest\nby those who are 111 the habit of receiving the stereotyped\nnotice.\nMany a man will get out and crank his head off on a\nflivver but when bis wife asks him to wheel the baby buggy\naround the block he yells likell.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Rosenburg News-Review.\nAnswer was recently made to an enquiry as to the pos\nsibllities for trade betwen this country and Arizona, that\nIn that state they gave preference to goods of their own\nproduction. If British Columbia would follow tbls example\nthere would be no unemployment.\nProfessor Gregory of Glasgow told scientists\u00E2\u0080\u0094they\nbelieved him and you should\u00E2\u0080\u0094that the earth now Is already\neight thousand million years old. lie arrives at his figures\nby calculating bow long it must have taken the ocean to\nbecome as salty as it is now, hy gradual washing down of\nsalts from the Innd to tho sea. Tbe curth has lasted eight\nthousand million years, If Professor Gregory Is right. Darwin and Kelvin conservatively figured only 20,000,000. Anyhow, we have thousands of millions of years more to go.\nNothing could he more exciting nnd Interesting, If it be\ntrue that we come back hero and continue to murch along\nwith the earth and Its Improvement Where we go from\nhere we don't know, but that must he interesting.\nAs a result of a squabble between two newspapers in\nVancouver, citizens of that town are just beginning to lind\nout how wicked they are on Sundays. As a consequence\n\"blue laws\" may be enforced.\nSome of our provincial candidates have no objection\nwhatever to serving another term. Mayor Gale, of Vancouver, in fact, being quite willing to stay in any number\nof terms. But there are others who are opposed to this.\nThere is distinct opposition to even a second term by\nresidents of Okalla.\nWilliam Jennings Bryan, persistent presidential candidate, famous political farewellist and known as \"The Peerless One,\" is coming to British Columbia, to aid in exorcising the Demon Rum. Somehow it would seem that Mr.\nBryan has now earned a new title of affection, say, \"The\nDlsappearless One.\"\nSpecial Showing this Week\nTHE FAMOUS \"ST. MARGARETS\" BRAND SWEATERS, JERSEY SUITS AND\nKILTIE SUITS\nJERSEY KNIT DRESSES HOSIERY AND HALF-HOSE\nJust Received the Newest Creations in\nGEORGETTE CREPES, TRICOLETTES AND CREPE DE CHINE WAISTS\nMisses' and Children's \"Sailor Maid\" Serge Dresses and Flannel Middies, in Navy,\nScarlet, Rose and Gold.\nSPECIAL VALUES IN SERGE MIDDIES AND BLOOMERS AT $1.75 EACH.\nMEN'S DEPARTMENT\nOUR FALL AND WINTER STOCK IS NOW COMPLETE IN\nMen's Overcoats, Suits and Raincoats\nSPECIAL VALUES IN BOYS' SCHOOL SUITS AND ODD BLOOMERS\nJUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF INVICTUS SHOES\u00E2\u0080\u0094\"The Best Good Shoe\nfor Men.\" Made on the newest lasts, in Black and Browns.\nGROCERY DEPARTMENT\nWEEK END SPECIALS\nBlack Cherries, in heavy syrup, large size\ntins, each 35c\nFamily Sodas, large pkgs 30c\nRogers' Syrup, 2's tins .'.. 2 for 5,5c\nSeeded Raisins 2 pkgs. 45c\nBulk Currants, per lb 25c\nSt. James Coffee, I's tins; reg. 70c for 60c\nVan Crimp's Pork and Beans.... 7 tins $1.00\nHorseshoe Salmon 2 tins 55c\nSquirrel Peanut Butter, tins 25c\n;\nlllllllllll!\nThe Studebaker\nLight-Six\nVancouver husband's salary as a government employee\nis attached for his wife's millinery bill. Oh, well, that's\nthe way of it. A man can get along with a hat that looks\nlike a bird's nest and never be noticed, but some wives feel\nhalf naked unless they spend friend husband's shekels on\nheadgear that looks like a Christmas tree.\nBritish Columbia is honored by the visit of another royal\npersonage In the Princess Alicia of Montenegro. She Is\nsaid to be the tallest scion of royalty in Europe, being\nnearly bIx feet in height. No doubt that is why they call\nher \"Her Highness.\"\nOno of the sights ot Skagway, Alaska, Is tho line collection of trained lish owned by a couple of old sourdoughs\nwho work for^ the Whlto Pass & Yukon railroad. Their\nllsh, trout, if you please, are hand-fed nnd the greatest of\npets. The spotted beauties come thero each year, \"with\nthe tourists,\" one of tlm owners declared, and make their\nhome under a spring-holrse that Is used for the storage of\nfood. Hero the fish stay, depending on tbelr hOBts for\nsustenance. As soon as one of the old miners enters the\nhouse the fish swim around to a can in the water in which\nis kept ground meat, and dart from side to side when the\ncan is opened, scenting their dinner. The meat ls held in\nthe water In the hand and the llsh come up and snatch it,\noften taking hold of the host's lingers In the operation. It\nls a rare sight and experience, but tbe old owner of the\npool has another oddity on exhibition\u00E2\u0080\u0094his smile. His\nentire set of front teeth are gold, made from nuggetB that\nhe dug from the pay sands of the Yukon himself.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The\nPortland Oregonlan.\nWe nre evidently In the midst of a process and the slowness of God's processes In the material world prepares us,\nor ought to prepare us, for something analogous in the\nmoral world; so that at least wo may bo allowed to truBt\nthat He who has taken untold ages for the formation of a\nbit of old red sandstone mny, be limited to threescore yearB\nand ten for the perfecting of a human spirit.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Thomas\npraklne.\nIf you happen to be one of seventeen people walking\ndown Dunsmuir Avenue, consider yourself entitled to an\nautomobile. At least that is the way ofllcinl statistics have\nIt\u00E2\u0080\u0094one motor car for every 17 persons in British Columbia. If you haven't got the car that Is your own, look out,\nfor statistics have done the best tbey can for you.\nSpeaking of autos, a Victoria man has invented a distilled fluid to take tlie place of gasoline. Boy, page Mr.\nPussyfoot Johnson.\nProvincial ollicials are worried to know where all the\nbootleg \"hootch\" is coming from these days, it being perfectly apparent all of it doesn't come from the Liquor\nControl Board.\nIn Gary, the steel city, all prices are coming down with\nwages. Restaurants, landlords, clothing merchants, nil cut\nprices. Doctors' visits nre reduced to $2. Lawyers have\neven cut $50 off the average cost of divorce. \"Supply and\ndemand\" continues at work. It Is the old system of finding\nout how much a man has, then getting that. When he has\nless, you take less.\nTHE NEW STUDEBAKER LIGHT-SIX was de-\nsigned and is produced to meet the world-wide demand\nfor an efficient, durable and economical light-weight\ncar. It is a real achievement in advanced automobile\nengineering for\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094refined and improved design, with exact\nbalance of weight.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094quick acceleration, flexibility and power\nper pound of car weight.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094ease of operation, quietness and freedom\nfrom vibration.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094economy of tires, gasoline and oil consumption.\nWeeks Motors\nIt is said that the Government will ask the Legislature\nto sanction the turning over of the Income tax to the municipalities, and at the same time abolish the tax exemptions,\nmaking all wage-earners liable for payment. It Is also\nsuggested that tho Government will make a per capita\ngrant on the basis of the number of children attending\nmunicipal schools Instead of assisting the school by the\npayment ot $10 a, teacher.\nLIMITED\na WALLACE STREET\nNANAIMO, B. C.\nil\nllllllllllllllllllllllll ^^^^^^^^^^rn* KsJjBBjJB^'-jy^CTJil\n'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'ii ' ll11\n'\u00C2\u00BB PH\nIWPPWWPI\n(til\nOctober il, 1921.\nfrHE CUMBERLAND ISLANDEfi\nFive\nTHERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A\nRattling Good Car\nCUT OUT THE RATTLE\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nOr rather let us do It. We know how to make your cur behave,\nand will give you a lot of free advice on tlie subject if you ask us.\nHARLIN6 & LEDINGHAM\nTelephone 8 Cumberland P.O. Box 349\nFIRE PREVENTION\nPeople of Dominion Urged to\nReduce Tremendous Annual\nLoss From Fire\nAncient Order of Foresters\nTlie next meeting will be held on\nWednesday, October 26th, at 7 p.m.\nVisiting brethren cordially Invited.\nHUGH M. DAVIDSON, Chlof Ranger.\nF, EATON, Secretary.\nFRANK SLAUGHTER, Treasurer.\nFemale Court\nA few names are still needed to enable a Female Court of tho Order\nto be opened in this city. This iodge will be a real benefit in caso of\nsickness, and dues and foes are very low. Think this mattor over\ncarefully, then write to F. G. Eaton, Secretary A. 0. F., General Delivery, Cumberland.\nMeeting Provincial Needs\nThe great increase in tbe number of telephone stations in this\nprovince means that the telephone subscriber Is able to reach\nmany more people by wire, and consequently his service Is of\ngreater value. During tlie paBt year or two, expansion bas beeu\nmarked In all parts of Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland, but adequate facilities have been installed, both iu regard\nto outside plant and inside equipment, to meet tlie needs of the\nvarious communities. The object of the company is to give a\ntelephone Bervlce second to none. The B. C. Telephone\" Company, being a British Columbia concern all through, haB a real\nluterost in provincial progress, and every effort Is made not only\nto meet the needs ot development but to anticipate tbem.\nBritish Columbia Telephone Co.\nFOR SALE\nAcreage on Royston-\nCumberland Road\nPrice $30.00 *\"\nAcre |j\nAPPLY\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nP. Leo Anderton\nNOTARY PUBLIC\nPHONE 22 COURTENAY, B. C.\nFINANCIAL AND INSURANCE AGENT\nBy Royal Proclamation, His Ex\ncellency the Governor-General of\nI Canada has been graciously pleased\n' to designate the week of October 9 to\n15 as Fire Prevention Week. The\nobject of the period thus set apart fot\nj observance Is to reduce the tremendous fire waste of tbe Dominion, especially that which is directly due tc\ncarelessness and avoidable causes.\nj Fire causes in Canada the annua\ndestruction of the alarming amount ol\n$28,000,000 worth of property, besidet\nhundreds of lives.\n| There ls an old saying that \"fire if\na good servant, but a bad master.'\nI Fire cooks our food, beats our homes\nIn winter, makes steam to drive oui\nengines and serves us ln a thousand\nv. ays. But it is also fire that burns\ncur houses, stores and factories, destroys our forests and every year cost!\nI many people their lives. Fire cannot\nbe trusted. There Is no flame so small\nbut what it may become a disastrous\nconflagration If careless people forget\nits danger. Here are some interesting\nfacts:\n(1). In Canada, during the past ten\nyears, lire has destroyed property\nworth more than $200,000,000. Even\nmore serious than that, however, is\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Ibe fact that over 2600 persons were\n: burned to deatli and thousands oi\n! others severely injured by fire.\nI (2.) In the year 1020, Canada's fire\nloss was $76,700 dally, or Over $60 per\nminute. While in European countries the average annual loss by tire\nis less than 33 cents per head of the\npopulation, In Canada, our annual loss\nexceeds $3 per bead.\n(3.) Canada is made this much the\npoorer by lire. Burned buildings and\ngoods do not replace themselves. Fire\nlosses are not paid by the Insurance\ncompanies. The companies merely\ncollect premiums from everybody in\nCanada and pay a portion of the\namount collected to the person .who\nsuffers by fire. Fire taxes every one\nand none can escape. The cost of insurance, which represents the cost of\nfire waste, Is added by manufacturers\nand merchants to the price of their\ngoods. Fire Increases tbe cost of\neverything, food, clothes, furniture,\nrents, and all the necessities of life.\n(4.) Saddest of all, fires ln Canada\ndestroy many lives. In 1916 there\nwere 563 persons burned to death, 235\nin 1917, 261 in 1918, 239 in 1919, and\n2S4 in 1920. About sixty per cent, of\nthese fatalities occurred in dwellings\nand tbe large majority of the victims\nwere children under twelve years of\nage.\n(5.) In 1920 there were over 19,000\nfires In Canada. Seventy-five per cent,\nof these were caused by carelessness\nand could therefore have been prevented.\nSafely Itnles for Stoves and Furnaces.\n1. Place stoves, furnaces and pipes\nfar enough from walls and woodwork\nto avoid overheating.\n2. Cover the nearest wooden surfaces wltb sheet asbestos, sheet iron\nor tin; ll Iron or tin is used, leavo an\nair space behind it.\n3. Where stovepipes or heating\npipes pass through walls, enclose the\npipes in galvanized Iron, doublewalled,\nventilated thimbles at least twelve\ninches wider than the diameter of the\npipe.\ni. Protect the floor beneath the\nstove with sheet metal, and have il\nextend forward at least twelve Inches\ndirectly beneath the door of the ashpit.\nSurround the base of the furnace\n with brick, stone or concrete.\n== 6. Make sure that all pipes are free\nfrom rust, and that all joints and connections are sound and tight.\n7. Fix a guard about the pipe in the\nattic so that nothing may be stored\nagainst it.\n8. Never pour coal oil into a coal or\nwood stove, even when the fire is out.\n9. Never put ashes into wooden\nboxes or barrels, have a strong metal\ncan.\n10. Study the drafts and dampers.\n11. Do not let tho stove or pipes become red hot.\n12. Keep stoves, furnaces, flues and\nchimneys clean.\n13. Inspect the chimneys and flues\nto be sure that they are sound.\n14. Do not dry wood in au oven.\n15. Do not hang wet clothing too\nnear'a stove.\n16. Keep curtains away from stoves\nand pipes. /\nPERCOLATIONS\nTaking the course of least resistance is what makes rivers\u00E2\u0080\u0094and some\nuen- so crooked.\nAmbition Is a feeling that you want\nto do something that you kuow you\ncan't. '\nBetter borrow from a pawnbroker\nihan from your friend.\nAlways keep your temper; it is\nworth more to you than it is to anybody else.\nAll quacks are not hatched from\nluck eggs.\nWhen a man begins to argue with\nits conscience as to whether a thing\nis right or wrong, the chances are\nthat It is wrong.\nListeners bear as little good about\nithers as they do about themselves.\nWhat this country needs Is a blind\nasylum for people who are blind to\ntheir own best interests.\nFew men ure\nconvictions.\nas brave aB their\nNo attention Is paid to a chronic\nliar when he utters an occasional\ntruth.\nTbe opportunity of a lifetime seldom conies heralded by a brass band.\nThe banister of life Is full of splin-\nlers and mankind slides down it with\n'onsidcrnhlc rapidity.\nIf otlier people didn't make mistakes\nwe would have but littlo cause to\npride ourselves on our abilities.\nNORTHERN TRIBES CEDE\nTERRITORY TO CROWN\nAs a result of the work of the government treaty party, which has been\niu the north land during the summer,\n372,000 square miles of territory has\nbeen ceded by the various Indian\ntribes to the crown, and about 1900\nIndians who hitherto had not been\nreached, have signified their willingness to accept the government bounty.\nH. A. Conroy, Federal Indian agent,\nfrom Ottawa, went as far north as\nFort Macpherson ln the Arctic, travelling iu a specially constructed house\nboat. This vessel was pushed by the\nHudson Bay Company's gas boat Hu-\nbaco and the new method of travel\nwas quite satisfactory, states the Indian commissioner.\nCOAL FIELDS GOOD FOR\n500 YEARS IN ALBERTA\n225 Car Loads Turned Out Daily\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Yearly Payroll Amounts\nTo $4,000,000\nThere 13 suflicient coal In the Drum-\nheller fleld, Red Deer Valley, Alberta,\nto last the trade for 500 years, according to estimates. The output of\nthe 25 mines in operation (here today\nwill reach 1,400,000 tons this year, an\naverage of 225 car loads per day; and\nwages paid will exceed $4,000,000.\nThirty thousand acres have been filed\non by tbe mining companies. The coal\nis distributed by the Canadian National Railways throughout the prairie\nprovinces as far east as Winnipeg.\nUnderpinning Unnecessary.\nThe Boon coal mine at Drum-\nheller. Alfa., has been equipped\nthroughout with electrically operated\nmachinery, and has been developed\nto an output of 1500 tons per 8-hour\nshift. Above a five-foot seam of coal\nthere is a solid roof of rock, making\nunder-pinning unnecessary. The mine\nproperty covers 4000 acres.\nDon't kick about your home town;\ntho other fellow's might be worse.\n\"THE FELLOW THAT YOUR\nMOTHER THINKS YOU ARE\"\nSmall Bank Accounts\nMany people put off opening a Savings Bank Account\nuntil they feel they have a large enough sum to make\nit worth while. This is why they never learn the habit\nof thrift.\nOpen an account with us by depositing $1, and add\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2$1 weekly or monthly until you can increase the\namount of your periodical deposit.\nWE WELCOME SMALL ACCOUNTS\nTHE CANADIAN BANK\nOF COMMERCE\n- $15,000,000\n- $15,000,000\nJ. GIlAINUEIl, Manager.\nPAID-UP CAPITAL\nRESERVE FUND \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nCUMBERLAND BRANCH\nBROWN'S\nTOBACCO, CIGAR AND\nCONFECTIONERY STORE\nOood Selection ot Pipes, Cigar and\n1 Cigarette Holders.\nFootball Results Every\nSaturday Night\nJames Brown\nCumberland\nWhile walking through a crowded\ndowntown street tlie other day,\nI heard a little urchin to his comrade\nturn and say:\n\"Say Jimmy, let me tell youse, I'd be\nhappy as a clam\nIf I only was de feller dat me nuidder\nt'lnks i am.\n\"Gee, Jim, she t'lnks dat I'm n wonder,\nand she knows her Iiltle lad\nCould never mix wld notliin' dut wuz\nugly, mer.ii or bad.\nLots er times I sits und t'lnks bow\nnice t'would he, gee whizz.\nIf a feller only was de feller dat Ills\nmudder t'lnks he is.\"\nMy friends, be yours n life of loll or\nundiluted joy,\nYou can still learn a lesson from this\nsmall, unlettered boy.\nDon't try to be an onrlhly saint with\nyour eyes fixed on u star;\nJust aim to be the fellow that your\nmother thinks you are.\nFall\nAnnouncement\nNOW SHOWING A FULL RANGE OF\nFall Underwear for Men & Boys\nIN STANFIELD'S, PENMAN'S AND JASON'S\nThese are all marked at the new prices, which are\nfrom 25 to 40 per cent, lesu than a year ago.\nStanlleld's Men's Winter Weight, garment $1.50 to $3\nStanfleld's Men's Combinations, per suit $3.00 to $0.00\nBoys' Underwear, in Penman's, just the thing for your\nboys. Reduced irom $1.50 garment to $1.00\nBOYS' SUITS\nEXTRAORDINARY VALUES\nDirect from the manufacturers, at our new low\nprices of $6.7.5, $7.50 and upwards.\nMothers will need to see the beautiful tailoring in\nthese suits\u00E2\u0080\u0094to feel the splendid wool fabrics\u00E2\u0080\u0094to\nrealize what really extraordinary values these suits\nare. Come in nice dark Winter Tweeds and Serges.\nSee Our Nice Assortment of Boys' Pants, in sizes to\nfit boys from 6 to 10 years, at $1.50\nBoys' Bloomer Pants for the Bigger Ones, 26 to 34.\nPriced upwards from $1.50\nSHOE DEPARTMENT\nThe most complete and up-to-date stock of Shoes\nin the city, which we are still offering at Sale Prices.\nBoys' Sturdy School Shoes, Winter weight; sizes 11 to\n13, per pair $3.25\n, Sizes 1 to 5s at $3.90\nLeckie's Strong School Shoes at $4.90\nTHE MODEL CLOTHING\nAND SHOE STORE\nPhone 152\nF. PARTRIDGE\nP. O. Box 343\nTHIS TAKES FIRST PRIZE\nSeven years ago a farmer hung his\nvest on the fence In the barnyard. A\ncalf chewed up the vest, in the pocket\nof which was a gold watch. Lust week\nthe animal, an old milch cow, was\nbutchered for beef, aud the watch was\nfound to be lodged iu such a position\nbetween the cow's lungs that the cow's\nbreathing had kept the watch wound\nup, and the watch had lost but four\nminutes in seven years! That beats\nBill's fish story all to pieces.\nFarmer: 'Ave yer seen a wild bull\nanywhere?\nHunter: N-n-o.\nFarrier: Well, if 'e comes arter yer,\njust run this way, will yer?\nPossibly the apex of sarcasm or\nsomething was reached the other day\nwhen a man took his flivver to a repair shop and asked the man there\nwhat was the best thing to do with it.\nThe repair man looked the car over\nin silence for several minutes, after\nwhich he grasped the horn and looted\nit. \"Yop've got a good born there,\"\nhe remarked, quietly. \"Suppose you\njack it up and run a new car under\nit?\"\n\"A bigamist is a man who has married one wife too many.\"\n\"And so is a monogamist at times.\"\nDon't expect to find a groom liko\nthe collar ads.\u00E2\u0080\u0094or a brido liko tho\ncorset ads!\nDAMONTE &\nMARCHETTI\nGENERAL DELIVERY\nCoal, Wood aud Goods ot Any Kind\nDelivered to All Forts of District.\nRubbish and Ashes Cleared Away,\nMODERATE CHARGES\nFILIAL ADMIRATION\nTELEPHONE PO TELEPHONE\nor Leavo Orders at Vendome HoteL\n\"You have acted In a decidedly un-\ngentlemanly way, Augustus.\"\nThus spoke the ful her of Augustus\nwhen he found his son hud stolen jam\nfrom the larder.\n\"It may not seem n very great\ncrime to you, Augustus,\" continued\nbis parent, \"but little things lead to\nbig things. The child Is father to the\nman, my boy, and the little petty theft\nof today may be the great crime of\ntomorrow. Besides, Augustus, you\nwere disobedient. You were forbidden to tuke jam, and you took it. Disobedience, Augustus, is the root of all\nevil. Remember that, my boy, and\nyou will rise in Iho world to cast off\nthe blur of commonplace duplicity.\"\nAs his father paused for breath\nAugustus turned a beam ng face to\nhis mother: \"Oh, mamma!\" ho exclaimed, \"Isn't pa Interesting?\"\nIn the far Arctic, summer brings a\nspell of continual sunshine, heat and\nmyriads of Insects, and there, for a\nmatter of ten or twelve weeks, bird\nlife is more plentiful than anywhere\nelse ou the earth.\nCHINAWARE\nNew Goods Just\nOpened Out\nTEA SETS\u00E2\u0080\u009421 pieces $9.75 and $10.50\n22-piece \ $18.00\n40-piece $18.50\nFANCY CHINA CUPS AND SAUCERS\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n2.5c each, or 5 for $1.00\n30c each, or 6 for $1.50\nSOc etch, or 6 for $2.50\nDRINKING GLASSES\u00E2\u0080\u0094per dozen $1.25\nDINNER SETS\n1 only, 42-piece Dinner Set, gold and white $15.00\n2 only, 97-piece Decorated Dinner Sets, each $25.00\nA, FULL LINE OF\nFurniture, House Furnishings\nBeds, Bedding, Heaters\nand Ranges ^\nA. MacKinnon\nCUMBERLAND, B.C. Six\nTHE CUMBERLAND ISLANDER\nOctober 18, 1921.\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nBy David Warwick in the Canadian\nNational Railways Magazine.\nThe present-day development of\nBritish Columbia had Its beginnings\nin Oriental interest in the skin of tbe\nsea-otter.\nTbe caravels of tbe peaceful Columbus were followed to the new world\nby others bearing men of different\nstamp\u00E2\u0080\u0094able Spaniards, restless of\nmind, bent on subduing the residents\nof the newly-found lands antl diverting tbe riches of a continent to the\ncoffers ot' Spain. Early In Ihe sixteenth century nationals of that European race had established sovereignty\nover the Pacific coast from what is\nnow Oregon lo Cape Horn. Cortes\nconquered Mexico in tB31; Plzaro,\nChili anil Peru In 1686, The former,\nabout the time his adventurous compatriot was subduing ihe Peruvians\nany Chilians, had three ports, an\narsenal and a shipyard on Iho Mexican Pacific coast, and was. in person,\nexploring what is now Lower California, which name was, in fact, conferred hy Ihe Spaniards. In 1543\nFerills attained to ihe neighborhood\nof the 13rd degree of latltHde. About\nI thirty years later, Elizabeth of Eng-\nj land, whose destiny it was to reduce\n> Spain's maritime prowess, began to\nhe interested in those overseas activities of the Spaniards. Her Investlga-\nI tor was the famous Francis Drake,\nj who, it will he remembered, was not\ntoo scrupulous as to the rights of\nSpaniards no matter where such\nSpaniards happened to be.\n1 This intrepid English sailorman\nj sailed up Ihe west coast of America\n'some forty-three years after Jacques\n| earlier made his memorable voyage\nI up the St. Lawrence to the site of\npresent-day Quebec. The northern\nlimit of his voyage has been stated\nvariously. Some thought he went as\nfar as tiie 48th degree; some that the\n43rd degree was the limitation. Anyway, the cold and fog diverted his\nmind from any further attempt to\nlocate a north-eastern passage back\nto the Atlantic. He turned back, made\na landing at a \"fair and good bay\"\nsome distance north of San Francisco\nof today. There be remained some\nlive weeks, and, before lifting anchor\nfor tbe return to the Old Country, he\nset up a post with Ills name and the\ndate thereon and an English sixpence\nNot to use Newspaper\nAdvertising is to deny\nyourself the most powerful trade promoter given\nto the Use of Man\nCanada Needed Armies\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nShe advertised in the newspapers.\nCanada Needed More Munitions\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nShe advertised in the newspapers.\nCanada Needed War Loans\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nShe advertised in the newspapers.\nCanada Needed Patriotic Funds\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nShe advertised in the newspapers.\nCanada Needed Food Conservation\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nShe advertised in the newspapers.\nCanada Needed Immigrants\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nShe advertised in the newspapers.\nAND ACHIEVED SUCCESS\nFry's Wanted Cocoa Business\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThoy advertised in the newspapers.\nPears Wanted Soap Business\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThey advertised in the newspapers.\nFord Wanted Car Business\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nHe advertised in the newspapers.\nWillis Wanted to Sell Tanlac\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nHe advertised in the newspapers.\nMassey-Harris Wanted Implement\nBusiness\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThey advertised in the newspapers.\nWrigley Wanted Gum Business\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nHe advertised in the newspapers\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nAND ACHIEVED SUCCESS\nWhen Far-Sighted Men want anything\nin Trade or Commerce that it is\nwithin the power of the Public to\ngrant\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThey advertise in the newspapers\nAND SUCCESS RESULTS\nburied beneath it. On this post be set\nforth the declaration that the country\nhad been taken possession of in the\nname of Elizabeth of England, and\nnamed it all \"New Albion.\"\nDrake probably took this action In\nense the Queen of England might take\nan interest in tlie matter. Evidently,\nhowever, she did not, or perhaps her\nroyal attention was diverted elsewhere, for the records of our western\ncoast contain no more mention of any\nImportant visits by English sailors\nlor almost a hundred and fifty years.\nDuring that long period, the power of\nSpain on the coast had been established firmly, and the Spanish- claim\nwas of tlie \"blanket\" order\u00E2\u0080\u0094intended\nto cover all the lands along the Paci-\nlic from frozen Arctic to tempestuous\nCape Horn.\nSlur of Spain Iii gun In t'nilc.\nIn 1728, Vitus Bering, the Russian,\nsailed through the strnit that connects\nPacific and Arctic waters between Asia\nand America. This marked the first\nreal shifting of the balance of power\nin tlie Pacific. For thirteen yenrs, until 1741, when lie was wrecked on\nBering Island, this Russian pressed\nforward witli his explorations for his\ngovernment. Ho perished there, but\nhis work and his record remained, and\nsoon fur traders from his country\nwere actively engaged 111 the buying\nup of furs for re-sale in Europe and\nChina. The brilliance of the star of\nSpain was beginning to fade.\nTlie traditional control ou the western coast which that country had exercised for so long wns endangered\nby the Russians from the north, and\nby the rapid growth of English power\nthroughout the world. In 1776, Captain James Cook set out from England\non his third and last voyage around\ntlie world, arriving off our northwest\ncoast two years later. This famous\ncircumnavigator had been commissioned by the British government to\nexamine the North American Pacific\ncoast from about 45 degrees north\nlatitude to the Arctic Ocean for\nalleged large inland openings inward\nI to the eastward. Because of the bad\nweather prevailing In March of that\n| year, he passed, unnoticed, the strait\nI named after Juan de Fuca nnd con-\n! tlnucd up the coast of Vancouver Is-\n| land, establishing himself at Nootka\nSound.\nCaptain Cook Met Dcnth.\nCaptain Cook discovered Prince\nWilliam's Sound and Cook's Inlet, and\nentered the Arctic through Bering\nStrait. Considering the north-east\npassage as impracticable he returned\nsouthward on bis homeward vokage,\ntouched at the Hawaiian Islands and\nmet death there as a result of an altercation with tbe natives of those\nislands which lie had named Sandwich. But his expedition returned to\nEngland and his record remained.\nAgain the anxious Spaniards returned to the northwestern coast and\nan expedition under Captain Quadra\nadvanced the Spanish claims to the\n68th parallel.\nThe records of Captain Cook were\npublished In 1784, five years after his\ntragic and untimely death In the\nSouth Seas. The report contained a\ndescription of the sea otter, the skin\nof which was said by him to he the\nequal of the common otter. The sea\notter was abundantly in evidence ail\nalong the coast, and adventurous\nspirits were not long in responding\nto the lure of the easy money to be\nsecured from their skins. At that\ntime, the East India Company had a\nmonopoly of the trade in the Chinese\nEmpire, where these sea-otter pelts\nhad a ready sale. They were soon in\nthe new field. Success led to emulation in other quarters, and it was not\nlong before expeditions were litted\nout In Marseilles, Boston and Bombay,\nto mention but a few points, to engage\nin the new opportunity. This sort of\nactivity inevitably led to further exploration. The Queen Charlotte Islands were discovered. So was a large\nportion of the mainland. American,\nas well as British vessels were familiar sights around Vancouver Island.\nTrading was proflitnhle and was\nbriskly carried on.\nNiuilka Sound Scene uf Act iv Ily.\nThis sort of thing, ot course, could\nuot prevail for long without some sort\nof coniiict developing wilh thc Spaniards, who, it will be recalled, asserted soverignty over all tbe coastal\nwaters ot the Pacific side of the\nAmericas and Mexico. Soon tbey\ncame to Nootka Sound, which was llie\nchief centre of activity of the fur\ntrade, and, seizing some Uritish vessels, projected the Nootka affair in\nthe international politics of that day.\nEngland demanded satisfaction. Spain\npaid an indemnity, ami restored British rights and properly. But before\ntills settlement was effected) or rather\nwhile Captains Vancouver and Quadra\nof the British and Spanish governments respectively, were wailing for\nan agreement to be reached, the\nformer carried out a three-year exploration of the waters surrounding\ntho Island. Doubtless in graceful\nrecognition of his work, tlie island\nwas named after him. in later years,\nso was the city of Vancouver, and\nthero was, nnd is, another thriving\ntown iii the American State of Washington bearing the name of this well-\nknown navigator. And his statue may\nlie noted by the observant ou the dome\nof tho Legislative Buildings ut Victoria.\nSpain Concedes Xoolkii ns British.\nEngland made substantial gains, as\nfar as the control of the coastal lands\nand waters were concerned ot the\nNootka convention. Spain recognized\nthe Englisli riglit of tradu and navigation on the north Pacific coast, and\nabandoned claim lo a monopoly of tbe\nNorth Pacific. England agreed not\nto found any trailing station within\n30 miles of a Spanish post. Captains\nQuadra and Vancouver worked out the\ndetails. By the Treaty of Madrid,\nSpain recognized Nootka as an English post.\nSo it was that Vancouver Island became British. The mainland was\nnominally Spanish, but the Napoleonic\nwars ami the movement for freedom\nin the American colonies kept Spain\nfully occupied and prevented any\nworthwhile attempt to colonize the\ncontinental tract. In duo course, the\nRepublic of .Mexico replaced Spanish\nauthority to tlie south. The Republic\nwas not interested beyond California.\nThe way was open for complete British occupation, especially since Canada had heen ceded to the British\ncrown. And it was not long before\nlhat occupation became a fact.\n(To lie Continued).\nTHE BEST BEERS\nCASCADE and\nU. B. C.\nBRILLIANTLY clear and sparkling, with a flavor that satisfies,\nCASCADE BEER is just what you want. There is no purer beer\nmade. It is brewed with all the care and experience of a\ngreat plant, the culmination of thirty years' progress in brewing British\nColumbia's favorite beer.\nUnion Brewing Co., Ltd.\nDistributors\nNanaimo, - - B. C.\nGOOD EATS\nVENDOME\nRestuarant\nFOR QUALITY.\nOysters, Steaks and Chops.\nAlso Fish and Chips.\nBOXES FOR LADIES.\nOpen Dny nnd Night.\nCUMBERLAND HOTEL\nWM.MEBUIFIELD, Proprietor\nGOOD ACCOMMODATION\nEXCELLENT CUISINE\nGREAT BOON FOR\nSMALL CAR OWNERS\nDnnlop Rubber Company's New\nStraight Wall 31x4 Cord Tire\nUsers of cars taking 3tlx3V<, rims\nhave now available a Straight Wall\ntype of rim, which allows tho use of\na 31 x 1 Straight Wall Cord Tire, re-\nsently developed by the Dunloy Tire\n& Rubber Goods Co., Limited.\nThis 31 x 4 Cord Tire, as previously\nstated, is made to lit the new Straight\nWall rim in 3iix3Vt> Blze, and Its introduction at this date is particularly\ninteresting because the 31x4 Straight\nWall Cord Tire represents au extension of the Straight Wall principle in\ntire-building to the smaller car tire.\nThis makes II. possible for owners of\nBrisco.\" \"Chevrolet,\" \"Ford,\" \"Gray-\nllort,\" \"Maxwell\" or \"Overland\" cars\nto use the new Straight Wall Tire\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nif Ihey so wish- -by converting their\npresent Clincher Kims into Straight\nWall.\nltlm makers nre now supplying\n30x3% Straight Wall Kims to Interchange with 80x8$ Clincher Demountable Kims or Solid type 3(1 x 3%\nClincher Rims.\nThe new 30x3% Straight Wall rim\nis exactly the same as the 32x3V3\n.-straight Wall rim except that It is\ntwenty-three inches in diameter instead of twenty-live,\n\"31x1 Straight Wall\" introduces\na new size in Cord Tires, one that\nundoubtedly will be very popular because of the records it will set for\ntremendous mileage.\nOne Car linker has already adopted\nthe now Dunlop Cord Tire for equipment purposes, and Ihe prospects are\nlhat others will follow the example\nImmediately,\n31 x4 Straight Wall Cord Is supplied\nin both \"Ribbed\" and the well-known\n\"Traction\" tread designs.\nSurround Yourself\nwith the liost quality onto accessories\nif you want RroaTcst satisfaction and\neconomy. Those we sell are made by\nnationally known manufacturers who\ncannot afford to brand flimsily made\nthings wilh their names. Let your\npurchasuM be investments. We can\nhelp you to jmlivious purchases.\nCUMBERLAND GARAGE\nA. R. Kierstead, Prop.\nThird Street Cumberland\nDunsmuir Ave.\nCumberland. B. C\nShe was just a little girl, dresed in\nshort skirts of Alice blue, apparently\nsearching for something sho had lost,\njust near tbe Corner Grocery. Chief\nof Police Bunbury saw her from the\nhack and in his kindly way, asked her:\n\"Is there anything I can do for you,\nlittle girl?\"\nThe \"little girl\" suddenly rose to\nher feet, brandishing an umbrella.\n'I'll have you understand I'm 22,\" she\nlaid, \"and I think it darned funny\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2vlien a girl can't fasten her garter\nwithout sonic fresh guy butting in.\n.Now beat it!\"\nD. Campbell's\nMeat Market\nPhone "Title Note: \"With which is consolidated the Cumberland News"@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Cumberland (B.C.)"@en . 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