"caaf7170-14fc-4cba-9f30-a30c872d9144"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2016-07-15"@en . "1927-09-15"@en . "The oldest mining camp newspaper in British Columbia. ; The Ledge was published in Greenwood, in the Kootenay Boundary region of southern British Columbia. The Ledge was published by James W. Grier until 1907, and was subsequently published by R. T. Lowery (1907-1920) and G. W. A. Smith (1920-1929). The paper's longest-serving editor was R. T. Lowery (1906-1926), a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. The Ledge absorbed the Boundary Creek Times in April 1911, and was published under a variant title, the Greenwood Ledge, from August 1926 to May 1929."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xledgreen/items/1.0306351/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " J*\n1_s\n*\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nir\ni t\nProyinciar Library\n\\nVOIv. II .\nGRBDNWOOD,.B.C./THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1927\nNo. 7\nif'\nWe Carry a Large Line of\nHardware\nincluding\nMcLary's Enamel, Galvanized and Tinware\ni McLary's heaters\ninspect our Stock'\nT. M GULLEY & CO.\nSchool Supplies\nExercise Books 5, 10, 15, and 20c each\nBigger than ever\nPens, Pencils, Rulers, Etc.\nPeaches, Pears, Prunes, Cantaloupes\nNOW IN\nFor quality and value order from\nPhone 46\nGREENWOOD GROCERY\nFresh Fish\nEvery Thursday Afternoon\nPlace Standing Orders with us and\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD . be sure of supply\nTAYLOR & SON\nRhone 17\nUnder New Management\nPACIFIC HOTEL\nGREENWOOD, B.C.\nFirst-Class Dining Room in Connection\nJ. H. Goodeve\nProprietor\nTel. 2\nMEAT MARKET\nGREENWOOD. B.C. Box 39|\nHome killed\nBeef, Veal, Pork, Lamb, &c.\nhome Made Sausage\nRanchers Note: Pigs and Sheep Wanted\nMcMYNN'S STORE, Midway, B. Vancouver company that\nhas taken over the group.\nG. Rose, inspector'for the B.C. Fire\nUnderwriters Association of Vancouver,\nis spending a few days in town surveying the City for re-rating purposes.\nW. Allan Dowman, representing the\nCanada -National Fire Insurance Co.,\npf Winnipeg, called on Chas. King, the\ncompany's local agent, on Monday.\nReeve Cornett and Mrs. Cornett and\nMiss Campbell, of South Vancouver,\nwere the guests of Mrs. J. Hallstrom\nthis afternoon en route to Rossland.\nHarold Mellrud who has been employed at Chelan-during the holidays is\nspending a few days at his home here\nbefore returning to resume his studies\nat th'e Washington State College,\nPullman.\nA large new 'sign adorns the front\nof The Greenwood Ledge office. There\nwill be no excuse now in not being able\nto locate this office The sign was\nmade, painted and lettered by A. E.\nMcDougall.\nDon't forget to keep. open, the date'\nFriday, September 23rd for the Hospital Dance. Everyone should come to\nGreenwood this night. Bush's orchestra, Auxiliary Ladies Good Eats,\n'nough said!\nA. C. Hamilton, of Golden, was a\nvisitor in town on Tuesday. .Mrs.\nHamilton who hast been visiting her\nmother in the District Hospital left\nth'e same.day with Mr. Hamilton on a\ntrip to the Coast.\n.Remember the Auction Sale at the\nWindsor Hotel on Saturday, September\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD17th; _A useful list .of'articles will be\nput up for sale including bureaus;\nwashstands,, bedroom, furniture, chairs\nand , a number of' good carpets. A\nBrunswick Pool Table witli fixtures\nwill also be sold. Prices will be. reasonable.\nMrs. Royce's rink received the peaches they won last winter. The less\nfortunate ones would like' to thank\nthese ladies for thcir great generosity\nin letting them all have a taste of the\nlovely peaches. As they will of course\nbe the winners next year they will not\nforget you! Now get the broom and\nkeep~your eye on it.\nDuncan Mcintosh, of Beaverdell, accompanied by his daughter, Irene, of\nVancouver, were visitors in town during the week-end.\nThe Misses Cynthia and Betty Docksteader have returned to their home in\nTrail after several weeks visit with'\nMrs. R. Williamson.\nMr. and Mrs. Frank M. Bubar and\nthree children, Margery, Beatrice and\nCharles, of-Kettle Valley, were visitors\nin town on Tuesday/\nOn Monday evening, Sept. 12th,\nRonald Brewster, son of Mr. and Mrs.\nS. B. Hamilton was baptized by the\nRev. Andrew Walker.\nB. Norris, G. B. Garrett, W. Huffman\nand F. Scott of Grand Forks, were in\ntown on Monday, evening and attended\na Free Masons meeting. _\nJohn (Fernstrom appeared before S.\nB.: Hamilton, S.M., at the Greenwood\nCourt .House on Friday, Sept. 9th\ncharged with being drunk in a public\nplace at Rock Creek on Aug. 12th. He\npleaded guilty and was fined $25 and\ncosts.\nDick Moore of Victoria, 1927 Amateur\nGolf Champion of B. C won the Victor\nSpencer Cup, a B. C. open event\nat Penticton on Labor Day. Stormy\nweather seems to .suit Dick as when\nhe won at the Coast in the spring\nhe played in a snow and hail storm\nand while in Penticton hc played part\nof the game in a heavy downpour of\nrain. Dick's many frierids here were\nvery pleased to hear of his success.\nCity Council\nThe City- Council held its regular\nmeeting on Monday evening, Mayor\nGulley occupying the chair and present were Aldermen King, Tayor,\nPeterson' and Forshaw.\nBusiness was. chiefly of a routine\nnature all committees having satisfactory reports to present. Aid. King\noutlined the survey being made in the\nCity by the B. C. Fire Underwriters\nAssociation with a view of establishing\na new fire insurance basis which in all\nprobability will be at a cheaper, rate.\nJames Hallett and R. C. Taylor reported, examination of the fire apparatus, recommending some slight\nchanges which same they undertook to\nmake. The' engineer of the Underwriters Association, is> expected, to visit\n.here in a few days to test the. hydrants\nand put in a fire alarm for the pur- -\npose of getting' the' time from the\nalarm being sent in to the hose and\nwater being in action. The volunteers '\nhandling this call will be paid the\nusual rate as in the case of an actual\nfire.\nA vote of sympathy was passed to\nAlderman Portman in his unfortunate\nillness and the Clerk ordered to communicate same to Mrs. Portman.\nThe Clerk was also instructed to extend to the Hon. Dr. MacLean in his\nattainment of the Premiership of the\nProvince.\" Dr. MacLean was Mayor of\nGreenwood for two years and has\nalways kept a keen interest in\" the\nCity affairs more'especially in connection with the schools.\nBeaverdell Briefs\nTommy Temple, of Nelson, was a\nvisitor in town on Tuesday.\nMr. and Mrs. Gilbert Prideaux, of\nPrinceton, are guests at the Beaverdell Hotel.\nLouie Nordman returned on Monday\nfrom a , motor trip through the\nOkanagan' Valley.\nMiss 'Annie McCutcheon, of the\nBeaverdell Hotel, spent Sunday in\nRock Creek visiting relatives and\nfriends.\nDuncan Mcintosh returned from the '\nCoast .on Sunday,\" having motore'd up\nin-a snappy riejv'Buick roadster- He.^\nwas accompanied by ' his ' daughter\nIrene.\nFrancis Cousins left on Monday for\nGrand Fork's where his marriage to..\nMiss Isabelle Pittendrigh took-place on\nWednesday. After a \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD motor trip' to\nSpokane Mr. and Mrs.. Cousins will\nmake their home at the Bell mine. .\nMark Smith returned from Penticton\non Friday night with his bride and on\nSaturday evening was given a rousing\nreception by the citizens of the town.\nMark, evidently did not care much for\n-the-brand-oHazz-the^boys-were-put^\"\nting up with their tin cans and cow\nbells, because he lost no time in\ninviting the crowd in.\nTom Crowe, no fixed address, appeared before J. A. McCallum, S.M.,\nat the Greenwood Court House this\nmorning charged with soliciting alms\nfrom place to place. He was found\nguilty and was sentenced lb six months'\nwith hard labor in Nelson jail. The\ncard that Crowe uscd was worded as\nfollows: \"Kind-Frond.' I am all in\nand out with T. B. and try to get back\non my feet again and ask you kind\nhelp. Please.\"\n\" On' Tuesday evening Mrs. G. S.\nWalters entertained about forty ladies\nto five hundred. The rqoms were very\ncharmingly decorated with sweet peas\nand many other flowers. The prizes\nfor five hundred were won by Miss\nC. Caldwell, first prize and the booby\n'went to Mrs. C. J. Carlson. A\nspecial prize was won by Mrs. Francis\nSr. A very dainty lunch was served\nand. when the time came to go home\neveryone declared it was one of the\nmost enjoyable of the season.\nMidway News\nL. E. Salter returned on Sunday\nfrom a visit to Spokane.\nBorn.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAt Midway to Mr. and Mrs.\nChas. Bing, a son, on September 8th. '\nMr. and Mrs. Oscar Johnson and\nfamily returned from Spokane on\nSunday.\n. Mrs. J. R. Jackson and Miss Gladys\nJackson were visitors to Greenwod on\nMonday.. . . ;\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nCASH SPECIALS\nSaturday and Next We^k\nBananas\nCoffee Special\nMacaroni\nBroken Cookies -\nSingapore Pineapple\n15c per lb.\n40c per lb.\n3 lbs 35c.\n20c per lb.\n2 cans 50c.\nBROWN'S STORES\nMidway\nand\n.Rock Creek\nOn his way back after conducting\nreligious \"service in the Christian\nValley School .on Friday afternoon the\nRev. Andrew Walker had the misfortune to encounter a rotten log which\nhad'fallen across the road near Canyon Creek. The Ford Sedan \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD broke\nthrough. the rotten wood after Mr.\nWalker had stepped' out to block the\ncar and went over the embankment.\nE. L. Steves assisted by some of the\nneighbors pulled John Henry back on\nthe road; and after a few connections\nhad been made by W.E. McArthur, he\ncame; into Rock Creek ,on his: own\npower. ' \"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD; \"'yX'X'XyX'-z\nMrs. P. Angrigon, a resident of New\nDenver for upwards of 30 years, left\nthat town on September 5th to live\namong relatives in Norway and Sweden.\nMr. and Mrs. Joe Richter and Mrs.\nE. Hawkes motored to. Greenwood on\nTuesday.\nGordon McMynn *\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' is back from a\nholiday in Vancouver, Seattle and\nother cities.\nW. Gilbert, of Murrayville, was\naround during the week-end judging\nthe stock of the Junior Pig Club.\nDon't forget the Benefit Dance in\ntho Farmer's Hall on Friday, Sept. 30.\nBush's orchestra will supply miisic for\nthe occasion. ' \" -\nMr. and Mrs. H. A. Nichols and\ndaughter Aleta, have returned from, a\npleasant vacation spent in Penticton\nand. Coast points.\nCustoms officer R. D. Kerr and Mrs.\nKerr are spending a holiday visiting\ntheir .daughters, Mrs. .R. M. McMillan\nand Mrs. C. K. McArthur in Denver,\nColorado.\nMiss Emily E. Clever, teacher of\nIngram Mountain School, was called\nhome to New Denver on Tuesday, having received word that her father,\nHermann Clever liad died on Sunday\nat Rochester, Minn., where he was\noperated on at the Mayo Institute last\nweek. The late Mr. Clever was the\nproprietor of the New Denver Meat\nMarket. The funeral will be held in\nhis home town (the Lucerne ^ of\nAmerica) where he had lived for about\n35 years. '!\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDHJE OREENWOOD LEDGE\ng tests we are con-\n-; Now packed only mAluminum*\nWild Life Of Western Canada\nNoL (oust among rhe attractions that Western Canada lias I'or many\npeople, whether permanent resident, tourist or sportsman, is the abundance:\nand yariety of Us wild life,'and now that .the. hunting season is at haud\nit; is opportune io'make-something more than a passing reference to. ihe\nvalue of this'great asset to all of * bur Western Provinces.\nJudged from any and all standpoints the wild duck and geese, prairie\nchicken, partridge., and other game birds are of immense value to this\ncountry. Thoy constitute n picturesque \"feature of Iifo on the prairies and\naro a constant source of-delight to' the lover of nature. What gr.uater pleasure\ncan be had than to witness the flight of duck iu the early dawn or as the\nsun sinks lo rest! A man must be of a very stolid nature indeed \"wlio does\nnot get a thrill' as he watches thorn winging their way across the sky.\nTo' the hunter our same birds offer tho best, of 'opportunities for Uie\ndisplay ol> fhe keenest markmanship, coupled with the best sportsmanlike\nqualities. And. finally, Ihey provide a welcome addition to our food supply \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\na delicacy appreciated by all. , '\nLater in ihe season comes the opportunity for the big game humor to\nmatch his craft ancl skill with the deer and moose. In a word.&lhe wild life\nof the West is a drawing card Cor thousands of people. Withoul these g;uno\nbirds and animals the West would not be the West which attracts and holds.\nBut. human nature being what it is, it became necessary for Governments\nby legal enactments to protect these friends of. man from man himself. As\na result, lhe open season for shooting has had to be curtailed, and the siae\no'f \"bags\" greatly restricted in order to save birds and animals I'rom\nextermination. And il. is only through the strict observance of these laws,\nand a rigid compliance with all regulations,- that a further curtailment ot\nprivileges now enjoyed can be avoided. Laws have been passed and rogun-\nUdns are enforced by Governments, not for the purpose of depriving hunters\naud citizens generally of ihe privilege of shooting,\" but in their own interesls\nthat i(. may bc preserved ancl continued to them.\nThere are still some individuals in this world, who wrongly stylo themselves \"sportsmen,\" who consider it sport and something to Le proud of and\nboast about (o shoot, au inordinately large number of birds in a day or a\nseason. These individuals revel iu having their photographs taken, gun in\nhand, and, wiih their \"Uiil\" displayed around them. The real sportsman, and\nthe. true cil.iy.en, looks upon all such exhibitions with* regret, ancl a loathing\ncontempt. 11 is one thing to shoot for food, or for an hour or two of tho real\nthrill (hat comics lo the\" true hunter, but quite another to engage in a worse\nthan useless orgy of wanton slaughter. The man wlio will kill and kill for\nthe mere joy of killing and, in order that he may boast of his \"bag\" is no\nsportsman; on the contrary.* lie is the enemy o'f all sportsmen, ancl, in the\nfinal, analysis, his own enemy. In the language of the old fable, he is d-osi roving the fcoosc Iliac lays the golden eggs. c\nThe vriier of this article has no desire to preach; hy is noi a killjoy.\nBut hcvwoiv'd, even on the sordid grounds of self-interest, not to mention\nmore .lofty motives, urge all the people of Western Canada lo constilulo\nThemselves unoflicial game guardians,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDto fully and loyally observe ihe spirit\nand letter of lhe came laws themselves, and see to if thai oilier people do\nlikewise. i.\n- North Best For Whites\nTropics Only Suitable For Colored\nRace Says Scientist.\nThe white race's must eventually\nturn toward the polar regions in\nsearch of new homes, Dr. - R. N. Jl.\nBrown, president of the Geographical\nsection, told the British Association\nfor the Advancement of Science at a\nmeeting in Leeds, England. -_'..,\n\"There is no real evidence that ilie\nwhites are suited, for permanent residence in the tropics,\" Dr. Brown, declared. \"All evidence that is conclusive suggests tliat the colored races\nwill \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD eventually occupy the warm\nlands. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ,. .\n\"Eventually (he tide of white settlement will definitely, set northward,\neven to ihe Arctic seasv and in its\nflood desiroy ihe present inhabitants.\"\nRemoves Touchy Corns\nBrings Solid Comfort\nActs like; -magic\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtakes out all the\npain\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmakes aching corns feel comfy\nin a few seconds. That's how.' Putnam's Corn .Extractor acts. You will\nnot bo disappointed u'ith \"Putnam's\"\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDit never fails lo lift out corns or\nremove painful callouses. Get 'Tut-\nnam's Exlntctor\" from your druggist.\nKefnse a substituie.\nAnother Evolution Theory\nBritish Zoologist Thinks Man Developed From Jelly Fish\nIf you are musical, like dancing, or\nhavo poelical insiincts. you may\nthank your jelly fish progenitors o'l\naeons ago. in the opinion of Dr. G. P.\nUidder, Uritish Zoologist. Dr. 'Bidder\noutlined, his theory that man developed from the lowly jelly fish in an address nt Leeds, England, before, the\nHritish Association for ihe Advancement of Science, and added:\nOur appreciation of dancing, poetry\nand jazz music'-is duo I.o'the metabolic rylhm inherited from our \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDflagellate forefathers, and. shows that we\nare still flagellates at heari.\"\nBest of nil Fly Killers\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD10c and\n25c per packet at all Druggists,\nGrocers and General Stores.\nOperates Restaurant 'Plane\nAdded To Paris-London Service- By\nFrench Aviation Company\nA \"restaurant 'plane\" has been\nplaced in daily operation' on tho air\nline between Paris and London by a\nFrench aviation company, tho Air-\nUnion, according to advices to the\nDepartment, of Commerce from W. H.\nKelley, automotive trade commissioner to Europe.\nA cold luncheon is served, including hors d'oeuvres, lobster, cluck,\nveal, ham, salad, cheese, fruits and\ncoffee, with wine, water or tea. In the\nnear future an electric; stove will be\ninstalled for preparing warm food.\nTlie 'plane carries a pilot., a radio\noperator, cook, waiter and Len pas-*\nsengcrs and their baggage. IL is one\nof the fastest' in Europe, covering 3J-55\nmiles in two hours. ,\nLike a Grip at the Throat. For a\ndisease Lhat is not classed as fatal\nthere is probably jjoue which causes\nmore terrible suffering than asthma.\nSleep is impossible, thc sufferer'becomes exhausted and finally, though\nthe attack passes, is left in unceasing dread of its return. Dr.- 3. 1).\nKellogg's Asthma Ilo'iiiedy Is a \"wonderful remedial agent. It immediately relieves Lhe restricted air passages\nas thousands can testify. It is sold\nhy dealers everywhere.\n71-Year-Old Triplets\nAbraham, Isaac ancl .inebb Waggoner, seventy-one year old triplets,\nclaim Lho. distincilon o'f being the oldest triplets in Tennessee and. possibly\nin the Uniied Slates. They have\nlived all thcir lives v.-'nhiu ten miles\n-of\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD oiio.-aiiothc-i'r-have-nevei\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbeen\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDill=\nenough Lo require ;i doctor's services\nand do not smoke, chew or drink.\nAviation Enters New Era\nThe recent \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDinauguration of a country-wide system of air express marks\nI the passage, of ayialiou from.its pres-,\n; ont era of stunt sluiT wiih ils inevitable high co'st in human life, to the\nj comparatively safe and sound basis\nTOP=every=da:>\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcommercial-user^in-tho-\nj opinion of ]{. 13. i\f. Cowie. president\nof Lhe American Hail way Express\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Company.\nA French watchmaker lias uivenl.ed\na watch that tolls lime without hands.\nA moving dial turns inside a stationary rim. The iniiiiil.r-s appear.on the*\nrim and Lhc hour is shown through\nan opening in the dial.\nAccording to British research experts, London's smoke \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD cloud excludes nearly two-thirds, of the beneficial ultra-violet rays .of sunlight\nfrom that city.\nStatistics pro've that while, on an\naverage,' women are now marrying at\nan earlier age than formerly, Lhe age\nof the bridegrooms is proporlionate.y\nolder.\nXoiliing makes a nioLhor more\ngrateful than a benefit conferred upon her child. Mothers everywhere\nwho' have used ]_al.y's Own Tablets\nfor their children speal; in enlliusias-\nlic terms of them. Por instance, ulrs.\nZepherin Lavoie, Three Rivers, Que.,\nwrites:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \"Baby's Own Tablets ai'o a\nwonderful medicine for lilllf ones.\nThey never fail io roguhuo the baby's\nstoma-\"-h am!, bowels, and make him\nplump and well. 1 always keep a box j\nof Lhe Tablels in ihe hoiido and -would :\nadvise all moi hers lo do likewise.\" |\niMost. of tiie ordinary 'ailments of :\nchildhood, arise in the stomach and\nbowels, ancl can be quickly banished\nby Baby's Own Tablets. 'These Tablets relieve constipation and indigestion, break up colds ancl simple fevers, expel worms, allay toothing pains\nand. promote healthful sleep. They\nare guaranteed lo be free front injurious drugs and are safe even for\nthe youngest and most delicate child.\nThe .Tablets are sold by medicine\ndealers or by mail al 25c. a,box from\nThe. Dr. _ Williams'.. Ali'dieine Co.,.\nnroclcvil'iL-, Onl.\nIn Abyssinia, a telephone message\nmust firsi be writ I en and handed fo\nIhe operator, who in turn, 'shouts it\ninfo the tr.uismiiler, no oue else being permitted lo use the iustrunienl.\nShc\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"I've, been married Hi roe\ntunes\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand eacli time my husbands\nhave been Williams.\"\nHo\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"I'll say you're a' clover Bill\ncolleclor.\"\nDial numbers have' been, converted j AnoLher experiment to hasten.\ninto raised numbers to'unable' blindX. trans-Atlantic mails is being made,\npersons to tune in different, stations j p\iinCi_ wiUovortakc'and drop mail on\non the radio- receiver.\ni liners far out to sea.\nMOTHER:- Fletcher's\nCastoria is especially prepared' to relieve Infants in\"\narms and, Children air ages\nof Constipation/Flatulency.\nWind Colic and Diarrhea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and, by regulating the Stomach 'and Bowels', aids the\nassimilation of Food;-'giving healthy and natural sleep.\"\"_'\nWorms in children work havoc.\nThese pests attack- Ihe tender lining\nI of the. intestines and, if loft to pur-\njsue their ravages undisturbed, ' will\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ultimately perforate Llie wall, because\nI those worms are of the hook variety\n: that cling to ancl feed upon rhe inier-\nI ior surfaces.-Willer's Worm Powders\nJ will not c niy exterminate these\nworms, ol whatever variety, but will\nserve, to repair Lho injury,,ihey have\nclone. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nFrench Scientist Poorly Paid\nEdpuard -Sranly Has Worked Fifty\nYears Under Trying Conditions\n' Edouard liranly is \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDciled by news-\npares as typifying the struggle of\nFrench scion Lists lo work under miserable conditions. Branly is inventor of the .condenser.: France* calls\nhim Lhe \"father of iho wireless.\"\nBranly has as his only assistant\nin a ramshackle \"laboratory\" an\naged woman who ekes ,'out a living,\nby doing extra hours \"of housework in\nother homes. This maid of all work\nis now \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD tlio. scientist's - .\"laboratory*\nchief.\" She was intelligent ancl the\nprofessor trained her in his work:-.\nFor. fifty years \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Branly; has\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD worked\nunder these conditions', drawing, a\nsalary of about 575.'a month as professor and supporting his family1 by\noccasional practice as a physician.\nThese facts are told by French papers as illustrating the need to pay-\nwell men 'who give their lives to\nscience.\nThe speediest bacteria can travel\nonly about four inches in 15 minutes.\nProposes Scientific Holiday\nBishop Of Ripon Would Drop Work\nFor Ten Years\nFeelings ranging from amazement\nto amusement have been aroused in\nBritish circles by the suggestion from\nthe lit. _Uov. Kdward Arthur Burroughs1! Bishop of llipon.\" for a ten\nyear scientific holiday.\nSir Daniel Hall, scientific advisor\nto the Board of Agriculture, is iiuoted\nas terming the proposition equivalent\nto asking tlio business man wlio' fincta\ndifficulty in keeping up his end commercially to slay in bed for a certain\nlength of time in order to save money\nancl expense.\nThe Duchess of Atholl, president or\nthe Education Session of the British\nAssociation for Advancomeni of\nScience, remarks: \"Wo may bo\nbreathless and. feel tired in the race'\nto secure knowledge but we cannot\nsettle down and do nothing i'or ten\nyears. That is cjuile impossible.\"\nSir Oliver Lodge said that if Lhe\nBishop's criticism referred only to the\napplication of science he might agree\n-witli-hiui.-A.4-exa!iiples,-ho-mentioiied.\ntelevision and. aviation. Any stoppage\nin Lhe advance of knowledge however\nw.ouldd be a very serious thing. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n'Sir Oliver added that \"although\"\nwe are now living in a groat, period\nof scientific advancement, rather Ihan\nsainlless and philosophy, Lhc era ot\nphilosophy will dawn again \" and I\nthink we may Luke heart.\"\nCable Business Not\n-Affected By Wireless\n* ':' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \"'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:\".';*;W. )\" y\nProphecy That Its Days^Were* Numbered Proved Rash \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nWhen, twenty-six years 'ago, Marconi first succeeded in sending wireless messages from Newfoundland to\nEngland, ' many people .prophesied\nthat the days of the submarine cable\nwere numbered.\n. The rashness of 'this prophecy Is\nproved by tbe'fact that during the\nflrsL four months of this year, the\nvaluo of tho submarine telegraph and\ntelephone cables sent out from the\nUnited Kingdom amounted to \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD315,-\n753. Even this sum, thoughts, far\nbelow the average, owing to the fact\nthat the trade has not yet recovered\nfrom-the effects of the coal strike. ,\nAlthough the parly l cables were\nslow, the invention of wireless telo-\ngrapliy and telephony spurred the\ncable companies to fresh effort. The\nresult .was the discovery of a now\nalloy nickel and. irb'n which;, treated\nby a secret process, proved to have\na conductive power thirty times greater than that of the best soft iron.\nThe now metal, was named Permalloy, and it's efficiency'is'shown by the\nfact that il. is possible Lo send mo'ro\nihan two thousand .letters a minute\nthrough Lhe newest trans-Atlaniic\ncable wound, with permalloy. This\ncompares with a speed of about throe\nhundred letters a minute through\nother cables.\nNew developments havo so greatly\ncheapened cable' tolls that they can\ncompete successfully with wireless.\nWorships God Of Waterfall\nJapanese Hermit Was Discovered\nNear Honolulu By Engineers\nA Japanese hermit, worshipping\ntho god of a waterfall in Kahuama\nst'roam, was discovered near Honolulu recently by engineers .on, a survey trip. Thoy came upon a big cataract ancl found a man with a long\nboard standing in- the middle of the\nfalls, waving his arms ancl murmur-\nin a strange manner. lie lives in a\nsmall ten I hidden in the woods and\ncomes Lo town to buy food. lie al--\nways has suilicient money to make his\npurchases, but no one; knows how and\nwhore he gets it. Kamaainas (old\nLimcrs) here say thai there wero\nformerly two hermits, bul no one\nknows what became of Lhc other.\nscoffs\nEMULSION\nis orQreal Value*\nFinest selection In Canada. Complete supplies for all kinds of\nhunting trips. Write (or valuaito\nIllustrated catalog\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfrco.\n69 KING ST. WEST '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD TORONTO\nAiMnS\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD>riU>iii<.MIn.Un4rHl' >'2T\n* -,*.-*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD''\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-.\":\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD* \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDr*\. \"\"ir;' z'-ii-X: :'.-r .- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*..-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\n3427\nCHOLERA, CRAMPS,\nPAINS m THE STOMACH\nRELIEVED BY\n>wC\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt)S*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\nWould Sell Canada\nTo the Canadians\nUsed by physicians\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMinard's Liniment.\nA Professor of Psychology claims\nthat brown eyes are an indication of\na weak will Ho .might also add that\nblack ones are., au Judication of a\nweak defense.-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDJudge. .\nIt is estimated that\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 5300.000,000\nworth of automobiles arc stolen annually in the. Uniied Stales.\nMrs. D. Loavilt, Back Bay, N.B.,\nwrites:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"Livat\" 'summer my children\nwere very ill with \"cholera and suffered\nseverely from crumps nnd pains in their\nstomaclis. 1 tried several remedies, but\n.. nothing-secmed_to_do_-_lheni_uny_goofl._\nA friend of niino fold me to try Dr.\nFowler's Extract of Wilcl Strawberry. I\ngob a bottle ancl gave thorn a few doses\nand tliey soon found relief. Now I will\nnever bo without it in the summer\nmonths.\"\nDon't Accept a Substitute\nThis preparation has been on the market for SO years; put up ouly by Tlie T\nMilburn Co., Limited/Toronto, Ont.\nDriving became dangerous in tho\nold. days when the horse felt his\noais! now it's when the driver feels\nhis rye.\nThe Oil Of the People.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMany oils\n| havo come \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand gone, but Dr.\nj Thomas' -''Eclectric' Oil continues to\nmaintain its position, aud increase its\nsphere of usefulness each year, \" Its\nsterling qualities\"hiivo brought\" it to\nthe front and kept it * there, and it can\ntruly bn called the oil of tlio people.\nThousands have benefited by it and\nwould use no otlier preparation.\nCitizens Do Not Yet Realize Greatness Of Dominions\n\"Lot us sell Canada to ourselves,\nfirst, then let us sell it to everybody\nelse,\" urged Howard Stutchbury.\nTrade Commissioner of Alberta, who\nspoke in Toronlo al the Alberta\nluncheon, given in the Women's\nBuilding, C.N.Em by the Ontario Department of Agriculture for representatives of the various provinces\nof llie Dominion who wero in charga\nof the exhibits In the Women's Institute wing.\n\"Adopt that as your slogan and\nin len years we will have Canada oc-,\ncupying Lhe place she should occupy,\"\n-was-Mi-.-Stutchbur-y-3-iadvice,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDas_ha_\npoinLed out Lho active purl the Women's institutes could play in such a\ndrive, \"IL is a crime that, we have to\nadvertise oth- goods us \" I'roduced-in-\nCanada,' and it shows only Loo' well\nLhat we are noi ourselves sold to\nCanada.'\"\nA robin built a nest ou a mop on\nthe back- porch of the home of a\nChicago woman. She 'secured another mop and. left the robin undisturbed until a family of six were\nreared.\nTo avoid imitations, always look for tlie signature of\nAbsolutely Harmless.;- No Qgiatw. Physicians everywhere recommend it\nMinard's Liniment eases sore feet\nW.: N. U,. 1698\nECMHIID\nAWIDEAL\n._, #\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^_. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nOver Face, Neck and\nHands, Cuticura Heals,\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD .\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD . : .;'.- .-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\n'\"Eczema broke out all oyer'iny\nface, neck and hands.- It was in\nblisters.and itched a great deal. My\nskin was awful sore and red, and\nsometimes the blisters would break\nand water would come from theni.\nI was not able to do my work, and\nlost a lot of sleep. The trouble\nlasted over six inpnths. \\n7\" I tried many different remedies\nwithout success. I began using\nCuticura Sftap and Ointment and\nafter using four cakes of Cuticura\nSoap and three boxes of Cuticura\nOintment I was completely healed.\"\n(Signed) Miss Laura J.' Brine, Bots-\nford Portage, N. B.\nQive Cuticura Soap and Ointment\nthe,care of your skin.\nSa___ra!e \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD&?__ Trs, by Mill Address Canadian\nDepot: \"Bfcn&mw, Iti. McairaT Price, Sosp\n_Sc. Ointment 25 and 60e. Talcum ESc. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD...'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nSBST* Cuticura Sharing Stick 25c.'\nThe Good Natured Scotch\nThe Scotch are all right. But the\nScotchman is thick-skinned and he\n'can take a joke, and therefore, the\njokes about him grow apace. Jokes\nabout the Jews and -the Irish have\nvirtually been ruled out of our theatres because of 'organized.- protest; Not\nso with* jokes about the Scotch. rrhe\nScotchman chuckles at. the stories\nabout .'.his^.penuriou^\nat tlibso.,. excellent .-.golf, stories 'Which\nusually permit hiin; only* one ; ball in\nhis bag. ., And, after' all,' it is better.\nto laugh, with the people who laugh at\nyou: 7 -xy..Z_:. ' :\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:':[.XX[yzyi'[i[.i-\nThe only thing iu, Lhc four Gospels\nto which Hindus invariably take' exception is the killing of the fatted\ncalf. This is because they regard the\ncow its sacred. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nDon't get in with people who, are\nalways falling out. ;\nFoot Weary and Sore ?\n> .. Bathe and rub 'well with\nMinard's. Soothing . and re-\n'- licving. '.-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nu\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD /, Flour, Exports 7.\nDuring the first six months of .1927,\n10,819,328 barrels of flour were manufactured in Canada, a little more than\nhalf of which was exported from the\ncouutry. In the twelve months ended June 30th, Canada exported ?65,-'\n101,-152. Exports to the United. Kingdom \" increased from 3,219,212 barrels\nworth ?21,6D3,s62 hi 1926 tp 3,552,755\nbarrels worth ?24.085r189 in 1927.\nT; ADIES- WANTED TO -DO PLAIN\n1J and \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD light sewing: at home, whole\nor spare time; 'work _ sent any distance ;''charges';paid. Send stamp for\nparticulars. National Manufacturing\nCompany, Montreal.\nTHB NEW FRENCH REMEDY.!\nTHERAPIONN0.1\nTHERAPIONN02\nTHERAP1ONN0.3\nKo, 1 tor BUddtT Catarrh. Ho. a for Blood \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nSkin DWiatei. Ho. 3 for Chronlo Weakncuefe\n? Sold bylaadlng Chemists.oreltii'.r No.ret i'nim-ill ft uni\nDR.LeCl.EKCMa.l-Co Uaveritoclc Kd..S'.W.5.r.^ailoa\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt Mail 8I.10. talifht pjehrte fnr S3. CO', trom \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nS), J hum 1 St\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa*r t*si-. ToitouiO. bcu CioaJ* \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTHE GREENWOOD\" LEDGE\ny)\nY\ni\nwi,\nWhat a Bumper\nCrop\nChurchill and Nelson\n*\nTremendous l.mpetus Given To the\nProsperity Of the Country\nIn a recent editorial on Llie crop\noutlook in Canada-ono .of the loading\nOttawa daily newspapers stated in\npart:\n\"Unless sonic chance misfortune\nintervenes within tlie next throe\n. weeks Western Canada will yield one\nof tlie greatest, crops that Canada has\nharvested in years. The most competent and conservative observers on\nthe'prairies arc 3io\v confidently predicting a harvest of 425,000.000 bushels which would bo one of thc greatest\nin cur history.\n\"For five years in succession Cau-\n;ida has been blessed with rich harvests, ff, as now seems probable,\na sixth is lo bo added, a tremendous j\n. fmpeLus .will be given to Lhe prosperity of tho country. JTor, iu the last\n.analysis,'there is no factor so potent\npr} v\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDC j West Coast Of Hudson Bay Possesses\nOnly Two Large Harbors\n' ln view of the rush of consl.rucl.ioii\nto coniplele\"\"the Hudson Bay Railway\nLo tidewater and decision as to terminal facilities, the following remarks dealing with conditions, on the\ncoast affected, as taken from a report\npublished by tlie Natural Resources\nIntelligence Service, Department of\nthe Interior, Ottawa, on the resources\nof the Hudson,.Bay Railway Bell, ancl\nHudson Bay, may be of interest.\n\"The only harbour facilities on the\nwest coast, o'f Hudson Bay suitable for(\nrailway terminals are the natural\nfacilities of Churchill and the partially consiructed harbour at Fort Nelson.\n\"Churchill harbour is % completely\nlandlocked, by rocky points and con-\n| sists of a relatively small lagoon 30-\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD10 feet deep with y_ square mile -in\nwhich ocean going vessels can anchor\nand with,a bottom of hard pan filled\nScientists Still Puzzled *\nSo Far Havo Failed To Find Origin\nOf Strong Rays\n. Eeiore an audience ihat packed the\nlecture hall, al, Leeds. England, Professor It. A. 3UT.-_ikairof the University of 6.alii\"ornia, described his late\nstudies of cosmic rays. Professor\nCockcl, .Swiss physicist; lless,_ Austrian, and Koehlersl, Gorman, independently sour up measuring instruments iu bullous Lo determine whet lier rays, came from Lhe earth or the\nstars. Millikan lock up the work in\nli)23 and measured, rays on Pike's\nPeak and in balloons al a height of\ntea* miles. Thc higher the insrruniout\nrose tlhe more powerful Lhe rays became. No doubt was left of I.he rays'\ncelestial origin by .Millikan's experi-.\nments of 1035, which, attracted worldwide attention.\nMiliikan now reports th\nExperiments of more than\nthirty years have proven that\nAluminum is the best container for tea. Red Rose Tea\nis now packed only in Aluminum, and every package is\nguaranteed to be in perfect\ncondition. 2T\nLates Idea In Novelty Revue\nA Novel Idea Is Put Across At the\nCalgary Exhibition\nAmerican producers of theatrical\nrevues looking for new ideas for fairs\nand exhibitions may profil by an original novelty recently offered at the\nCnlgary inhibition and Stampede.\n'J'bo leature of tho evening program\nin front of Lhe grandstand was listed\n'is a \"Grand Novelty Revue.\" At tlio\nfirst performance the- audience expected to soo ii bevy of prolty girls on\nWiil Return War Relics\no results K. .\nor studies ho and, Dr. C.uneron macic I . Uio.curtain went up1\n1 ior the\n! with boulders. The channel approach\nIn the material progress of a nation '... s]_ort .m(] ,,m foo(_ ^..^ vqU Jn.\ndicatccl and with a depth of GO to 100\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiis u rich agricultural prockicLion.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"Today Western .Canada is exper\nieheing an astonishing prosperity. A '\nfeet at the harbours' entrance. The\n, current is 5-G miles per hour at ebb\nwestern harvest Lhat puts moro than ld(f ^ |h(J U[]c ... uni[onnly ^.12\n$400,000,000 inlo the pockets of west- j fe?t a[ Jtg mnsJmunli thc ]larbour bc-\nj ing approachable af all its stages, but\n1\nern farmers must necessarily mean a\nvast deal lo the Indus trial east. It\nmeans a rich new home market for\nour manufacturers; a consequent, increased employment for Canadian\nworkers; traflic for Canadian railways; Lrade for Canadian ports. Us\n}-offect. indeed, can hardly be measured.\n\"Canada,'truly, is being blessed\" by\nProvidence. Tho forests and the\ni mines pour out their riches in mount-\nI ling-volume; our trade with the world\n(1 grows; bank^deposits increase: national revenues surpass all predictions; unemployment is negligible.\nWhile much of the world is in turmoil, while, economic difficulties and\n| social unrest plague so many of iho\npeoples, Canada remains o cozy cor-\n'rier of the world., its I roubles comparatively notthing.\"\nRiel's Rifie In Vancouver Museum\nAccording to tho Vancouver '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDProvince\" days of the historic Northwest\nRebellion and. Louis Kiel, rebel, arc\nrecalled by Lho addition to Lhe Vau-\n/fcouver Wuscisn o'f it rifle carried bj\nthat outlaw during lhe stirring 'days\nof\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDlS8.r>. A he.^vy repealer, one or\nthe first manufactured, it. is still in as\ngood working orde as it _was when\nip closed by ice covering 7, month's of\ntho year, from November ,1Sth Lo Juno\n19th on an average. The river freezes about a month earlier. There is\ngood anchorage and a vessel of 2'l-\nfool\" draught can approach within 150\nfeet of the east side o'f Lhe harbour.\nDockage could) be easily added.\n\"The1roadstead of Lhe Nelson River\nhas been partially converted into an\nartificial harbour by fhe engineers of\nthe railway. It is a V-shaped estuary\nwith a\"long and twisting approach\n1,200-3,000 root wide, 17-20 feel, deep\nar low wafer and 20 miles long 'ancl\nwith natural exposed anchorage\navailable some distance fro.ni ,tho.\nposl. The harbour works consist of a\n17-spnn -bridge .'!,500 feel, long leading from Lhe shore, to an artificial\nisland paralleling the channel. The\nisland is built of Tilled, limber cribs\nwith docks. The anchorage will be\n30 feet deep al. low water and 50 at\nhigh waler with a wicllh of 300 foot.\nTides range between S ancl 20 feel,\naverage spring lidos being 10 feet.\nin Bolivia last summer aj. altitudes\nof 15.-100 t'eot and in Arrowhead Lake,\nCalifornia, with a new apparatus)'\neight times more sensitive Ihan heretofore used. Tho new findings tins\neven more striking than the old.. So\npowerful are these strange rays, they\neasily penetrate a hundred and twenty feel of water, equivalent lo eleven\nfeel o'f lead, and lead, bo it remembered, is metal used, by X-ray operators Lo protect themselves against\ninjury.\nAVlionce.do the-rays come? Millikan cannot answer. An entirely now\nfield for physiographer is opened. The\nrays that come from some, undetermined point in space and are more\npowerful and. penetrating than any\nman can produce must have somo\neffect, on lhe human body and more\ninfluence on human life and happiness. .\nSocialists Opposed To\nCapital Punishment\nBill To Be Introduced When French\n' 'Parliament..Convenes\nAgitation in Prance 'in .favor of\n.Sacco ancl Vanzelti has provoked a,\ncampaign in certain liberal sections\nof ihe press in favor of the abolition\nof the death penalty its advocated by\nPierre Uenaudel. Socialist leader and\nmember of tlie Chamber of bopulies,\nwho has announced thai as soon as\nParliament convenes for Lho Fall session he will introduce a bill lo eliminate the guillotine and. all otlier forms\nof capital punishment. .\nA life sentence would be substituted I'c\n'Grand Novelty llevue.\" Instead they saw. some of Llie aristocrats of the live stock world of West-\ntern Canada. Then followed a series\nof scenes Illustrating the progress of\nagriculiure in the Canadian West\nfrom the Lime of the passing of the\nherds of buffalo down to' the present\ntime. The pure bred stock Lhal took\npart in Llie revue seemed to be conscious that they were expected, to \"do\ntheir stuff\" well and Lliey did it. The\nrevue was staged witli elaborate\nscenic and lighting effects and was\na'popuiar suecessfrom tho start. During the week Lhe exhibition was on\nthe revue-drew capacity audiences\nand throughout the week a record attendance was registered at the\n\"dressing rooms\" of tha principal actors and actresses. Tlie revue showed\nthat thc fame of Western' Canada\ndoes not rest only on the fact that it\nis one of the world's principal wheat\nproducing areas, but is an important\nproducer of every kind of live stock.\nU.S. Colonel Has Large Collection Of\nGerman and Austrian Souvenirs\nA man- of 52, whose diffident manner and youthful face belie'his age\nand his attainments, sailed from New\nYork recently, en route to Hamburg,\nGermany. Willr him a small wooden\nbox and & largo packing case.\nThe man, who is Lieut.-Col. Georgo\nGrouse Cook, K.C., U.S.A., possessor\nof a Conspicuous Service Cross for\nwork during the World War, will, if\nasked, refcrr. Lo Lhe contents of the\nwooden box and the packing case as\n\".limit,\" bu(. 'he has cherished that\njunk enough to have catalogued\" every\nItem of its 500 component parts.\nSpecifically, the sniall box contains\nsuch things as caps, epaulettes, citations, pay books, Iron Crosses, wound\nmedals, etc. all belonging to Gorman\nor Austrian troops who fought the\nAllies, a'nd 'picked up by Col. Cook\nduring his service in France. The\npacking case is filled with Zeppelin\nparts, pieces of shell, helmets and\nlarger, trophies.\nCol. Cook, for example, will try to\nfind Alfred Morten, of Golhia, Saxony. For in Lhc small wooden box-\nis an infantry cap and a. shoulder\nstrap which were laken from Merten\nby tho French at Uiachcs in Artois,\nJuly 9, J9 if. Col. Cook wants to restore the cap and strap and learn\nMorton's version of thc war.\nAnother item Col. Cook wants to\ngive back is a wound decoration, a\nstamped modal; finished -in silver,\nthiit was bestowed upou .Wlaclislaus\nJaglia of the Fifth Company, 4G3rd\nPrussian Infantry, for being wounded\nfour times at~lhe front. Jaglia was\ncaptured on September 30, 19IS, at\nMorningy.\nMothers, Your Health\nMust Be Up to Par\nhe death penalty. Discussing\nthe projected measure, M. Renandel\nsaid:\nAnother British Aviator Killed\nYoung Officer Was Fortieth Victim\nThis Year\nFaial casualties in the Uoyal .Air\nForce ihis year rose to forty when\nPilol Ollicer Harold C. Kelly, twenty-\nthroe years old., died in a-hospital\nsoon after his single-seater Wood---\ncock fighting plane had fallen at the\nAvon Wiltshire airdrome.\n- Strychnine was administered to\nlhc flyer as axes ancl wire-cutters\nwere used, to extricate him from the\nwreckage- of tlie mac-lime, which, sin\ngetting inlo a rail spiii at -100 feet\nand then\nLittle Helps For This Week\nYc aro all thc children of light and\nthe children of the day.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1 Thess. v.\n5.\nThe Sacco-Vanze Iti case.\ncorkcrewod three times\ncrashed into a nose clive.\nKelly was still alive when lifted\n11 though | from the cockpit, but died shortly\niL had no connection whatsoever with\nFrance, demons!rated onco more tho\nhorror which Lhe dearie penalty provokes among oivilis.ee!. peoples, especially when justice seems in fittest ion\nFloating ice. driven by tides and | am[- wh(?]1 u;n I)a,!i;iliLy ol-judgori ap.\nwinds across fhe (hits, will carry\naway buoys during August, and after\npears to supersede the absolute facts\n\"Our own nation for (wonly years\nand Or.\nit. was surrendered. It came into j open half of the yet\nhhe^pci'.vsePsion.oLLhe^hite-CoI.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDT-.-II^i-[jelfof-iho-Geologicir\nTracy and. was presented lo the mu- j thai, during Lhe winter of 1S7.)-S0 il\nafter his arrival al Ihe hospital.\nITo had been in a similar accident\ntwo years 'ago, bolh arms and one\nleg' being broken, but ho was1 undeterred and conliiiuod his flying exercises in view of qualifying for a (lying\nofficer's ccrlifjciiie. fi was the fifth\nfatal accident associated wiih this\ns.\nIhe ISth ol Oclohor.- Solid ice breaks ; lms bocn f..(.od v..fh the pof.,ibiii.y ()f I ,lirAmmQ lu s,x wock6\nup about Juno 1st. The estuary is |.m innoconL m.,n lm.hlg bccn pui u, | \t\nsnrw^p^rjf-^\n1 N'> vim \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiiicli :i .r.rril.l,. ...=;.,- ^\'e So-\nsetim by his widow\nTeaches Glass Blowing\nThe University of Pennsylvania is\ndid not freeze across \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD /or some 10\nniiles above lido water. Vessels approaching the harbour get in touch\nby wholes... ancl pick up their pilot\ntho only large .school in the, United\" 20 miles out from the inner anchor-\ni'states which offers a course in glass j.ago. Thcy can only enter the harbour\nblowing. Tho Professor is Frederick; at high Lido, and in severe weather\ni\nSWagner. one of the few glass blow-\n[ers left in Pittsburg. He has four slu\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDJenlK.\nLetter Tells of Wonderful\nRelief After Taking Lydia\nE. Pinkham's Vegetable\nCompound\nConiston,\" Ontario.--\"After a se-\n(ivere operation and a three weeks' .\n|stay in a hospital\nI returned home\nso weak that I was\nunable to move a\nchair.: For /our\nmonths I \vas almost frantic witli\npains and suiier-\nmguiitillthought\nsure there ; could\nnot be: any help\nfor me.. I hadrery\n:evere pains in my\nand.suf-\nIc ft side j\nered agony evexy month. One day\nvhen I was not able to\"get up my\nMother begged me lo try your med-\n:ine. Myimsbuid got mc a bottle\nf Vegetable Compound at once and\n. took it. I &tai ted a second bottle,\nf nd to my suipriro and joy the pains,\n\n my side left me completely and I \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n.m able to \"do all my work without\n.elpj^.I am a farmer's wife, so you\neel can't be idle long. In all, I have \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nakdn six bottles-of Lydia [E. Pink-\nam's Vegetable Compound, five\noxes of the Coinpound Tablets, two\nottlesof Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood\nledicine, and have also used the San-\ntive Wash.\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMrs. L. Lajeunesse,\nat 103, Coniston, Ontario. o\nW. N. u. ir\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD98\nare obliged to remain at sea..\n-\"While Hudson Hay is not entirely\nfreshen over during win I or, ice-cover\nis formed for,CO\"to 70.miles from the\nshores on the oast coast often const i-\nLuting ;i bridge between tho islands\nand the mainland, and in other parts\nof the bay, whore tlio shores arc flat,\nsolid ico extend.-?, to sea for from one\nio five miles.\" \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:'.'.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD '.*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nGood < For Many Centuries\nSun Will \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDHeat\" Earth For 150,000,000\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD . More Say Scientists\nHow lung\" will, tho sun continue lo\ngive out Its heat, as ij^ does, at present.\nUntil unite recently, according to\na scientific writer in Le Matin, Paris,\nsome experts pul tho figure :il t0,-\n000,000 years, while geologists generally say 200,000.000 years.\nIt appears bo tli these estimates are\nthe rankest pesslsmlsm. M. Henri\nPoincare, an eminent scientist, and\nbrother of the present French Prime\nMinister, devoted, says -lho article,\nmuch of his time before his death to\nthe study of this tremendous problem,\nl'y a .\"jtudy of the internal energy\nof the atoms, lie isrrived at an infinitely more optimistic estimate of the\nsun's life; and scientists, having followed up his theory.-'..believe tbat the\n.sun'will'.; provide''tho world-with heat\n.as at present for the vast period, of\n150.000,000 centuries.\nfo run such a terrible risk,\ncialisls therefore, demand tii-'it Parliament abolish the dc-alh penalty.\nBofore^lt^=-Thci'e are\nmany who have been adlicted -with\nsores and have driven them away\nwiih Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil. All\nshuMarly troubled should lose no time,\nin applying Ihis .splendid remedy, us\nthere is nothing like it to be had. IL\nIs cheap, but its power is in no way\nexpressed by its low price.\nIf one looks upon the bright side,\"\"\nIL is sure la be the right side,\nAt least that's liow I've found it its\nI've journeyed through each clay.\nAnd it's queer how shadows vanish,\nAnd how easy 't is to banish,\nFrom it bright side sort, of nantre\nevery doleful thing away.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAlary D. Urine.\nThere are souls in Mia world who\nhave the gift of finding joy- everywhere, ancl leaving il behind them\nwhen ihey go. Their influence is an\ninevitable-gladdening of Lho heart.\nThey give light without moaning to\nshine. Their bright hearts have\ngreat work to do for God.\n--Frederick W. Fabei\nLondon, Ont.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"During one of my\nexpectant periods I was so weak and nervous I could not get around, my head\nached, I felt heav}*- all the time and suffered with sick stomach. 1 was advised\nto take Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, ancl after I began taking it 1 got\nalong fine. It relieved me of all tlie bad\neffects, made me well and strong, my\nnerves were good, and I kept so well I\ncould do all my own worlc and I had a\nfine healthy'baby.\n\"L also find that Dr. Pierce's Pleasant\nPellets keep the stomach, liver and\nbowels in perfect working order and\nnever cause distress.\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMrs. James\nCampbell, 109 lnkcrinau St. (picture\n-above) All druggists.\n.Scud LOc to Dr. Pierce's Laboratory in\nBridgeburg, Ont., if you desire a trial\n?kg. Favorilo Prescription tablets or\nlcasant Pellets.\nDetly: Have you a green .lipstick?\nShop Assistant: Green lipstick?\nBetty: Yes, a railway guard is taking me out tonight. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nTHE TONIC THAT\nGIVES STRENGTH\nthe. best\nr\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD..-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD: \".The,, habit,of looking at\nside .of, any event is'.*worth far/ more\nthan*a-thousand pounds a year.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD '.* v \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-Samuel Johnson\nCorns are painful growih\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. IToIlo-\nw.'ty's Corn Keinover will remove\n(hem.\nOffer Is Accepted\nFollowing (ho announcement liiade\nby Sir Arthur Keith thai fhe Uritish i\nAssociation for the Advancement, of'\nScience intended to acquire (he home j \t\nof Charles-Darwin, al Uromley, Kent, ' Scientist Discovers Proces\nWould Avert Oil Famine\nDr. Buckston Brown telegraphed |\noffering lo buy the home for the na- -\nLion.-, The association has accepted\nLlie offer.\n3 To Get\nMore From Wells\nAn impecunious government scientist has developed a process which\nwill penult nearly 100 per cent, of the\noil supply Lo be Laken from oil wells\ninstead of 15 per cent., which is lhc\nThe discovery that. Lhe fiber oi' Hie\ncocoon spun by (lie silkworm could present average.. _\nbe made .inlo cloth is ascribed to Dr. P. G-. Nutting discovered that by\nSe-Lii\g-She,. it Chiuese ciusen who j lho simple use of washing-soda this\nlived about. I'orty-seveu centuries ago. 'elusive Sf> per cent of hidden oi! could\n7 1 be dissolvovd and. extracted from lhe\n. City VisHor\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWhy do boys leave I sand.\nlhe faum? ! Laboratory tests were 100 per cent.\nDiscouraged \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDFanner\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-I'-ecauso they J perfect, but. in actual field operation\ncan't'race trains ro a orossin g witn j the results may not be so great. Oil\na mowing machine,-1 reckon. j experts say if it goes 10 per cent, it\n : will slave off for a considerable timc\nSome moddcinc Is. so disagreeable , ihc anticipated oil famine which is\nthar. one can't oven forget lo take it.\nScymo men's natural bont seems to\nbe\" pa Itemed after a corkslrew.\nA good man isn't, necessarily a desirable neighbor. .\nAnimals don't talk, which indicates\nthat Ihey think. If you'd stop .to\nthink yctt wouldn't talk so much. \"\nOur id?a or a foolish person is one\ni who argues with a friend. ''\nexpected to develop a! the end of six\nyears.\nEmployment Agency Manager\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD So\nyou'd, like lo employ n mason. What\nkind do you want?\nHi\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI'd like to have one of them\nFree Masons l've<( heard ' so much\naboti I:\n- The fire brigade of a -Kuropoan\nvillage clashed into the village inn\nland the chief - fireman said:\n\"Beer and sandwiches all around,\nplease, and hustle aip the order. We\nain'l got any too much-time. We're\non our way to \"a big fire.*'\nTablets fclund 'in ancient Babylonia\nand Assyria show that banking transactions were .carried on 5,000 years\nago. Cheques and notes were made\nof clay, which were then'baked.\n Ann I i e\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"Do y ou_o.ver-^-pl:i y\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwi I It-\nbad little boys, Willie?\"\nWillie\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"Yes, Auntie.\"\nAuntie\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"I'm surprised. Why don't\nyou play with good little boys?\"\nWillie\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-\"Their mothers won't let\ntne.\"\nSlot her Graves' Worm Exterminator will drive worms from ihe system wit bout, injury Lo die child, bo-\ncause iu action, while fully effective,\nis mild.\nIf, after years of toil, a. man'wins\nsuccess some jay is sure Lo come\nalong and tell hitn how he might\nhave won iL in half Lhe Lime.\nAfter Acute Diseases the Blood\nMust Be Btiilt Up Before\nRecovery Is Complete\nFevers and other acute diseases\nike pneumonia and tolluenza. leave\ntho patient weak; with thin blood and\nUnstrung nerves. The period of eon-\n-velescence is often Jong ancl trying\nand years of poor health have frequently followed ,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDo brief an illness as\nan attack of influenza or pneumonia.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Much of this sort of miscrv could\nbe avoided by taking steps to build\nup the blood so (hat it can carrv to\nthe, nerves and other tissues of'the\nbody tlie elements thev need to' restore their normal functional activities. 'I'o build up the blood antl restore It (o its rich, health-giving vig-\nor no other medicine cau equal Dr.\na | Williams' Pink Pill*. From flm Lo\niJast it is their mission to improve the\nblood and Uius restore good health\nand vigor.\nTlie value of these pills in conditions described, above is shown bv the\nstatement of Mrs. Rebecca O'Brien\nPembroke, Ont.. who says:-\"m Nov.,\nu~S, I was stricken with pneumonia,\nand at ihe lime but little hope' was\nheld out for my recoverw llowcvei\nwith Lhe besl of care I was able ui\nwallc%about after some months. But I\ndid not recover mv- strengtli The\ndoctor told me 'l was anaeimV My_,\nrew\nMinard's Liniment relieves backache.\n\"It's never too late to say dye,\"'\nsaid the red-headed girl.\n\"Yes. it is,\" said ihe bald-headed\nman.\nappetite was poor, I grew nervous\naud restless, I was d-cathlv pale and\npractically gave up hope of ever being\nstrong again. However, remembering that in my girlhood I had taken\nDr. Williams' Pink Pills with decided\nsuccess, 1 decided lo try them again.\nBy the time 1 liad used two boxes\nthere was no doubt lhe pills were\nhelping me. Continuing iheir use I\nwas soon able to all end lo mv household duties. I continued, raking tho\npills, however, until I had used twelve\nboxes, by which tinfe L was enjoying\nbetter health than at anv Lime iu Lhe\nprevious ten years. In gratitude for\nwhat the pills have done for me, I\ngivtt Ibis statement in lhe hope that it.\nmay point the way lo health lo some\nother weak, despondent woman.\"\nYou can get thoso pills from any\nmedicine dealer or by mail at 50 cts.\na box from The Dr. Williams'. Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.\nMen sometimes become wiser as\nthey-grow older, but they seldom become less foolish.\nProved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for\n> Colds Headache Neuritis Lumbago\nToothache Rheumatism\nPain\nNeuralgia\n0\nDOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART\nDrives away' pain\nmant '\nMinard's Lini-\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAccept only \"Bayer\" package\nwhich contains proven directions:\nHandy \"Raycr\" boxes of 12 tablets\nAlso bottles of 24 and 100\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDDruggists.\nSxi^^^''^'^*-\" ft--rss i ares:\n,i - wsass swan* a2\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD**sy*r%5s3 v.rv \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nyxs\nTHE GREENWOOD LEDGE\"\nn\nThe Greenwood Ledge\nPublished every Thursday at\nGreenwood, B.C.\nG. W. A. SMITH\nEditor and Proprietor\nSubscription: In Canada and to Gt.\nBritain, $2.00' a year in advance; $2.50\nwhen not paid lor three months or'\nmore have passed. To the United\nStates $2.50, always in advance.\nRock Creek and District\nMr. and Mrs. E. Madge and family\nspent a few days holiday in Wenatchee\nduring the week-end.\nADVERTISING RATES\nDelinquent Co-Owner Notices...$25.00\nCoal and Oil Notices 7.00\nEstray Notices 3.00\nCards of Thanks \". 1.00\nCertificate of Improvement...... 12.50\n(When more than one claim appears\nin notice, $5.00 for each additional\nclaim.'\nAll- other legal advertising 16 cents\na line first insertion, and 12 cents a\nline for each subsequent insertion, nonpareil measurement.\nBusiness locals 12^0 a line each insertion. '\nKettle River is again booming owing\nto the recent heavy rains. A big drive\nof telegraph poles are coming down the\nriver to McArthur's mill.\nMiss Hazel Johns, of Nelson, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.\nJohns at the Riverside Hotel.\nMiss Margery Bubar, of Kettle Valley, left on Wednesday for Vancouver\nwhere she will enter a business college.\nMr. and Mrs. Alex. Waddell, of the\nMain. Kettle River were in Rock Creek\non Saturday. All of Mr. Waddell's\nfriends were very glad to see him\nlooking so well.\nNo letter to the editor will be inserted except over the proper signature and address of the writer. This\nrule admits of no exceptions.\nThe blue cross means that\nyour subscription is due, and\nthat the editor would be\npleased to have more money.\nFall High Water\nTorriential rains during the weekend made the Kettle river and its tributaries rise. ___ At Kettle Valley on\nMonday noon the river was within six\ninches of the spring high water mark.\nThe excessive flow of water brought\ndown considerable drift wood. The\ntemporary repairs made under the\nRock Creek bridge recently were\nwashed away, making the bridge quite\nunsafe-that it had to be closed for\ntravel. This bridge will be replaced\nthis fall. .'*.-.-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nMilt Dresser, Rock Creek's . old\nesteemed friend, came in on Saturday\nlooking extremely well. He was the\ntemporary store-keeper at Brown's\nStore while E. Madge was away.\n' Mr. and Mrs. H. Douglas Hamilton\nare on a motor trip to the Okanagan.\nThey were'. accompanied by their two\nchildren, Doreen and Cecil, who will\nresume their studies in Vernon after\nspending the holidays in Kettle Valley.\nKettle Valley Golf Notes\nThe first round of the Annual Handicap Competition on .the Kettle Golf\nLinks was completed on the 11th inst\nwith the following result;\nJ. Richter beat.R. E. Norris 5 and 4.\nC. P. R. Pincott beat A. Lander\n4 ancl 2.\nChas. King beat P. Richter 4 and 2.\nS. B. Hamilton beat Mrs, A. Roberts\n3 and 1.\nW. Bruce beat Mrs. G. W. A. Smith.\nR. O. Leslie beat P. Roberts 6 and 4.\nMrs. H. Douglas Hamilton beat L.\nBrew 7 and 5.\nMrs. C. King scratched to P. Bubar.\nA. Roberts beat T. N. Walker G and 3.\nBilly Roberts beat G. W. A. Smith\n4 ancl 2.\nH. Whiting beat Mrs. G. S. Walters.\nE. S. Reynolds beat Mrs. P. Bubar.\nMrs. Thorburn scratched to PI. W.\nGregory.\nMrs. Moore scratched to Mrs. E.\nRichter. _'',\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nE. Richter beat G. S. Walters.\nMajor R. Gray beat Major F. E.\nGlossop.\nDr. A. Francis beat Miss Swanson\n5 and 3.\nB. W. Amoore scratched to Rev. E.\nA. St. G. Smyth.\nH. Douglas Hamiltort beat E. Whiting 2 and 1. ,\nG. B.-M. Gane beat J. Thompson\n4 up.\nVVVVTVt\"fyTfV'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfy7,T,*TTTT'>T'fTT'VTfVy,fTTTll'tTT1''*1*l7yffV\ndressing the Department of Lands.v.;\nloria, B. C, or to any Government;;]\nAgent. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. 'j\nRecords will be granted covering.1,/\nonly land suitable for agricultural pur-i:\nposes, and which is not timberland,f.\ni.e., carrying over 8,000 board feet per;,-;\nacre west of the Coast Range andi-.'\n5,000 feet per acre east of that Range;-;\nApplications for pre-emptions are to^\nbe addressed to the Land Commission-^\ner of the Land Recording Division, iiri\nwhich thc land applied for is situated.!)\nand are made on printed forms, copied\nof which can be obtained from thes\nLand Commissioner.\nPre-emptions must be occupied foi;-\"|\nfive years and improvements made tc,:'1\nthe value \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD of $10 per acre, including!\nclearing and cultivating at least fiv''i|\nacres, before a Crown Grant can bf.'a\nreceived. ,'jf\nPor more detailed information set'p\nthc Bulletin \"How to Pre-empt Land.; 9\n\ %\nThe Consolidated Mining k Smelting Co.\nof Canada. Limited\nOffice, Smelting and Refining Department\nTRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA\nFTJRCKASE\nJ.I\nSMELTERS and REFINERS\nPurchasers of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead and Zinc Ores\nProducers, of Gold, Silver, Copper, Pig Lead and Zinc\n\"TADANAC\"'BRAND\n'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD I\nApplications are received for pur!!-.'\nchase of vacant ancl unreserved-Crow; J\nLands, not being timberland, for ag'.<\nricultural purposes; minimum price fo.';\nfirst-class (arable) land .is $5 pe'.,\\nacre. Further, information regarding\npurchase or lease of Crown Lands i\]\ngiven in Bulletin' No. 10, Land Serieu\n\"Purchase and Lease of Crown Lands.-'*\nMill, factory, or industrial sites o:1'-\ntimber land, not exceeding 40 acre:. I\nmay be purchased or leased, the cori'.j\nditions including payment of stumpvr|\nage- ' - .- .|\nafter. residence and .improvement cor-.l\nditions\" are fulfilled, and'land has beej\nsurveyed.\nLEASES\nj!\nV\nK\nFor grazing and industrial purposfi\nareas not exceeding 640 acres may b;\nleased by one person or a company.\nGRAZING\nUnder the Grazing Act the Proving\nis divided into grazing districts and tl A\nrange administered under a Grazh'^\nCommissioner. Annual .grazing pe,\nmits are issued based on numbe.'\nranged, priority given to.- establish^,!\nowners. Stock owners may-form assif\nciations for range management. Fn\l\nor partly free, permits are availab:!\nfor settlers, campers and.travellers,-.vj\nto ten head.\nMarried men live on - the '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-- average\nfour years longer than bachelors in\nBritain, it was stated at a meeting of\nthe Associated Bodies of Life Assurance Actuaries. And that is liot all. According to Professor G. M. Robertson\nthe distinguished British \"medico-psychologist, insanity is three times as\nprevalent among < single men , and\nwomen as among married men and\nwomen. \"People should get married\nbefore they reach the age of twenty-\nfive,\" is the official advice.\nHas Authority to Inflict\nCorporal Punishment\nThe wisdom of the adage that \"He\nwho 'spares the rod spoils the child,\"\nwas endorsed by, the courts of Saskatchewan fot the first time in the history\nof the Province on August'30th. . In a\njudgment handed down by Judge\nOuseley in the Moose Jaw District\nCourt, it was held that a schoolmaster\nhas the right to inflict corporal punishment on a pupil. Legal authorities\ndating back 200 years were the foundation for the judgment, for they held\nthat when a- parent sent his child to\nschool he gave the teacher the power\nto punish the child if necessary.\nConviction of W. H. Metcalf, principal bf Prince Arthur * School, found\nguilty in Police Court of assaulting\nMona Soady, 10-year-old pupil, was\nquashed by Judge Ousely, who allowed\ncosts for the appelant, both in appeal\nand. city Police Court trials. In quashing the conviction, Judge Ouseley\nheld that Mr. Metcalfe had. the authority'to inflict corporal punishment\nand in; this particular instance the\npunishment inflicted on Mona Soady\nwas not excessive:\nThe Mineral Province of Western Canada\nTO THE END OF DECEMBER, 1926\nHas produced Minerals as follows-. Placer Gold, $78,018,548; Lode Gold, $126,972,318;\nSilver, $80,787,003; Lead, $106,976,442; Copper, $209,967,068; Zinc, $50,512,557; Coal and\nCoke, $284,699,133; Structural Materials and Miscellaneous Minerals, $50,175,407; making\nits mineral production to the end of 1926 show an\nAggregate Value of $988,108,470\nProduction fof the year ending December, 1926, $67,188,8421\nThe Mining Laws of this Province are more liberal and the fees lower than those of any other Province in the Dominion, or any colony in the British Empire.'\nMineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees.\n_ Absolute JTitles are obtained by developing such properties, the security of which is guaranteed by _ ('J\nCrown grants.\nFull information, i together with Mining Reports and Maps, may be obtained gratis by addressing:\"\nTHE HON. THE MINISTER OF MINES,\nVICTORIA, British Columbia.\nN. B\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDPractically all Britishv Columbia Mineral Properties upon which development work has been\ndone are described in some one of the Annual Reports of the Minister of Mines. Those considering\nmining investments should refer, to such reports. They are available without charge on application\nto the Department of Mines, Victoria, B. C. Reports of the Geological Survey of Canada.1 Winch\nBuilding, \"Vancouver, are recommended as valuable sources of information.\nReports' covering each of the Six Mineral Survey Districts are published separately, and are available on application.\nli\nfl"@en . "Published as The Ledge from 1906-05-10 to 1926-07-29; Published as The Greenwood Ledge from 1926-08-05 to 1929-05-23.

Frequency: Weekly"@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Greenwood (B.C.)"@en . "Greenwood_Ledge_1927_09_15"@en . "10.14288/1.0306351"@en . "English"@en . "49.088333"@en . "-118.676389"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Greenwood, B.C. : G. W. A. Smith"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en . "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en . "The Greenwood Ledge"@en . "Text"@en .