"f87f6ecd-1be2-41fb-944a-3c611fd2a229"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2012-09-14"@en . "1915-04-16"@en . "Published in the Interests of Greater Vancouver and the Western People."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xwestcall/items/1.0188550/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " ;1#*^ <0?: \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\ t. - ' i Published in the Interests of Greater Vancouver and the Western People Volume VL VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, . FRIDAY. APRIL 16, 1915. 5 Cents Per Copy. No. 49. MOBILIZE B.C.INDUSTRY THE Province of B. C. is rich in natural resources. But so it has always been. The . natural resources have been the same during the occupancy of the Indians. It was just as great in the period prior to the occupancy of the Indians, and there are evidences that at some such former period these resources were caused to yield profit to the inhabitants. The natural resources of the province are doing at this moment not much more for the Anglo-Saxon that they did for the Indian. The province is said to be in need of men to occupy its wonderfully rich coast, and its wonderful valleys. But the men we have are without employment in spite of the natural resources. X > Why is this? .;\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,. X Because of the need of the third factor capital is the usual answer. In measure this may be true. But it is evident, we think, at this moment, that the need of the movement is organisation of the personnel of the province and the direc- | tion of their energies towards the development of : the provincial resources. But who shall ido the organizing? The small capitalist, and the non-capitalist cannot do so. Every factor in the resources of the province is on such a large scale that the small individual cannot proceed. That avenue of advance i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDf, therefore, largely eliminated. The usual organizers of industry and finance are so engaged in protecting and directing their [ present organizations that they cannot undertake the matter at this time. XWhat remains', therefore? Government mobilization\".-pf industry andresources. 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Greater governments than | B. C. are doing such things, why not ours. . Think of the wealth in pur timber, and the niarkets open or rapidly to he Opened for it. To:, say that it Y is not the place' . to organize- our unemployed, thousands to prepare this for \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe market is to say obvious political f, econcny is not a practical field for. governmentalenergy. X Russia has undertaken the development of her agriculture in Siberia, doing the preliminary work and bearing the initial success for the I, settler. She builds the home and barn. She * breaks up half the ground. She'supplied seed,. [ feed, cattle, team, and supplies for the family for one, year. She gives the homestead free and charges for the improvements qnd supplies at cost with twenty years to repay without interest*. Why cannot our government issue debentures against ready-made farms; do this work and oversee the actual progress of settlers under such conditions? ^^VAsXt: is._no_ assistance., asdJlittle _ot^ jnent is given to the beginner in agriculture, and very many are the handicaps against him. Think of our boasted wealth of Ijsh, find |i that the only inducement our. citizen has to \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\u00BDundertake it is to run the gauntlet of a double license fee before he can begin, and of ruinous alien competition when he is working, both from I the fish traps of America, to duplicate which he is debarred, and from an alien population. Make the fishing free to every citizen unless he sells beyond the province. Erect public canneries or curing stations | which the individual without capital may use by handing over in payment a percentage of his catch\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\u00BDand so on. Think of the possibilities in our bays capable of breeding oysters. Think of the square miles of clam beds capable of enormous development. Our placer fields yield good wages in many places. Men could be set to work on this, and enabled to earn wages for themselves and profit^ for the government. The demand for copper is enormously increasing. Why not on behalf of the1 people, mobilize labor and attack ^the known deposits. -> If the amount spent in railroads annually \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\u00BDwere duplicated in these ways unemployment would be unknown. Neither party appears, however, to be thinking, on these lines. If. the politicians spent as much time and skill in organizing labor as they do in organizing their party strife, what might not be accomplished? Every one is still marking time as to the election campaign. When the chief returns no doubt there will be things doing; . The warning from England for the Dominion to organize to take care of the rush of millions of young men to Canada after the war is timely. We suggest to the government a commission to look into the matter of utilizing the public resources for this purpose until such time as private enterprises recover. t OF all the various processes which cloud the titles to land in the province of British Columbia the tax sale title is the Worst Here is a case: Certain lands were sold for taxes thirty-two (32) years ago. Title was issued in due course. The land was sold and duly registered subsequent to such issue. Later, the land was divided and twenty odd pieces were sold and indefeasible title was issued to each. Then the registry office awoke to some thirty odd years' old irregularity, and no more such title can be registered. , . :':'-\y/q.y..;;y/kJ. Therefore, besides breaking present owners, tax sale proceedings are made a menace to the ownership of parties a generation later. f X-;\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; Property owners should organize to handle, this hiatter. THE PULPIT AND THE PRESENT CRISIS THE question has been frequently asked of late, \"Has the pulpit lost its power?\" The issue of the present crisis will largely answer that. / From present appearance it would seem that the pulpit has largely and fearfully failed thus far to justify its claim to be the leading factor in the nation's devotions^ Mark you, we do not say in the people's thought. The thought presented by the* pulpit as a rule to the section of the people whc\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDittend to hear is good and it is high in ideal. But this is not the chief end of the ministry as we understand it. The chief aim or duty of the ministry is to be the leaders of the people's devotions. Now, \the services of the churches, protectant evangelical churches, has very little place for prayer, individual or congregational. The program of service, scarcely ever varied, - has place for one professional prayer by the appointed pastor, and an additional short one after the sermon. The greater part of the service consists of the sermon, and the next in importance is the choral service. Usually neither the one or the other are very devotional. The scope of topics handled in the sermons are largely literary. Concerned with the literature Of phristian thought it may be. But the effect is usually of a literary character, and the .scope of the subjects handled depends usually on what matters interest the -speaker at the \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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtime..\".'\" \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 , Occasionally the topics are announced before hand, but generally the theme is unknown until the subject is announced. There cannot be much of a focussing of the attention and of the worship of the congregation by such haphazard methods., And ^as to the arousing and focussing of the attention of the whole community, it is not to any great extent done. But of the prophetic insight into the great Gethsemane experience the world is now passing through there appears to be great lack. If there is a.man with a message of interpretation he is not making his voice very fully heard at this time. The man who is chiefly attempting this at this time is Pastor Russell. That he is not ^whollyfright irL_.h^ is attempting to build on .a great foundation of truth we believe. And that such a message is desired and required by the people we are assured by the great interest with which he is followed. The scriptures give great outlines to guide the preacher in the ways of understanding. J3ut we fear that the majority of the preachers are too mentally lazy to read the word and And the message. \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> I heard it said that the Christ would not ap-, preciate the magnifying of His personal physical sufferings on the Cross during the' past passion, when in the person of so many of the members of His body, He is, suffering such multiplied crucifixions in the various battle fronts and in the countries occupied bj* the invaders. Every study of the Cross this year should have been in Belgium, France or Poland, etc., and not at Calvary. At Calvary Jesus suffered, in these countries He is now suffering. The people were like sheep wanting to be led in devotion on the lines of the new Calvary for it could not be but that every Christian suffered during this passion year the people if. led at all, must be led to God. But that Grfd has said anything to bear on this condition or to throw light on what shall ac- i) tually transpire after it one would scarcely dream from the voices that lead in the: public services. Enough has been said to develop this point. It has been said on the streets and elsewhere, but whether the pulpit will rise to the occasion before the opportunity has passed who shall stay. If it does not, however, it will have failed in great measure to justify itself. , , SOCIALISM, COMPARED IN some form every, man is a Socialist. Each man realizes that' there are departments in his affairs which can be best handled in conjunction with his fellows. For. instance, no man desires to institute a private post for the delivery of his own mail matter. By the%co- pperation of all the community it<-is now his privilege to have his mail delivered, at any part of the world for a very nominal sum, less than a car fare down town. But there are many other matters which he believes he can best handle alone. Now, there is nothing new in all this. In fact there is not a development in Socialistic matters, there is not an argument which has been brought forward which is not as oldNas the communities of the human family. Where the conflict bf opinion between: the Socialist and, the non-Socialist comes in is just where the individual effort should cease and the community effort begin. The trades unionist has made a specialty of the industrial activity of. the individual. They have attempted to set the hours of daily labor, the. maximum of effort to he put out dur- ingV-that time, the, minimum wage to be received, and the conditions under which such industrial activity shall be carried on The Socialist has gone farther. He has endeavored to bring the possessions of the individual all into the common holding, and has asserted that Only when all property is held in common, and when ail labor Is equally divided that there will come the greatest good to men. The anarchist would see the community ownership overthrown where it exists, and especially would he see the community protection\" of the property ! individually owned removed, so that to the strong might come the prey. &e would have the savage order wherein the strong man keepeth his house until the stronger than he appears established. Now a word or two as to these grades of Socialistic and communistic efforts. THE WAR'S PROGRESS The unions in restricting the output of the rapid worker, and in the protection of the sluggish and unskillful have clogged the wheels of their legitimate progres. The unions should grade the workers within their ranks. Not all union men are first class workers. Not all union men are real mechanics at all. And yet the unions impose the burden of carrying them upon their unions, with all the privileges of time ahd pay enjoyed by the best men in the unions. Moreover, they use their influence and,power to impose the burden of the incompetent on the employer. This ought not to be. The obvious,thing would be to have ing the higher degrees should be entitled to degrees in the unions, and that the men hold- higher pay because of greater speed and skill. The unions have objected tp employers making this distinction. Well, perhaps the employees might at times abuse the privilege, but not often as the grading would be founded with them upon results. But the union could do this themselves and by the class of ticket issued define the grade of the worker. As to the Socialist idea of communal ownership, all history is eloquent with the failure of that idea. Every race which has adopted it has perished by its own lack-of enterprise-and why the present generation should be asked again to try that old experiment one cannot understand unless it be on the ground of the ignorance of the advocates as to what history has to say regarding the matter. Regarding the anarchist program, nothing need be said. It is self-condemned. THE DOMINIONS TO BE CONSULTED IN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS The announcement that the Dominions overseas will be invited to consult as to the terms of peace is an honor, and no doubt but that the invitation will be accepted. But that there will be much change wrought by the voice of the Dominions is scarcely likely. The matter may, however, develop into importance if the policy of commercial tariffs come to the fore as it may \do. Then the voici. of the overseas Dominions will be effectively required. It was one of the published \"ten commandments of. Germany\" prepared for the benefit of France, that there should be a most one-sided tariff in Germany's favor, and that there should be also a great re-arrangement of patent laws in Germany's behalf. It is a good guess that, when the chancellors of the allies meet, the arrangement to adopt Germany's suggestion, but the other way around, will be made. At all events, it is not to be supposed that Germany will be again granted free entry into Britain's markets, as she had before the war. In discussing tariff arangements we shall have full voice as to our own part in the tariff union. I T will be a relief when the time comes that this heading can be left out of a weekly paper. In the meantime, of all the human interests before the minds of men this continues to be the greatest, and there is no wisdom in ignoring it. Eight months of the grim reality has passed and-we have much to be thankful for that, there has not been more horror, great as the horror haa been/ Inhere will be much to encounter and to endure before the end is reached. Lives in great numbers will be destroyed, and the terrible part of the matter is that this can be said with some degree of \"matter of course\" expression. The world is becoming used to horror. In the meantime great things are being done. It is a pity of their lives that men capable of sacrificing as the young manhood of Germany is being sacrificed, had not a better ideal than that which causes them to waste energy and life for conquest. Especially will this seem so to them when they realize what a failure the effort has been. But there will be more lasting good from the failure than there ever could have been for Germany by success. In fact success would have damned Germany and have overwhelmed the world. It is glorious to consider the terrific sacrifices the Russian people are making now from week to week in this great conflict. Russia has had legitimate ambitions. - But ' she had not tried to gain the goal of her ambitions by needlessly plunging the world into war, and it is doubtful if she ever would have' done so. But having been called upon to draw the sword she is perfectly justified in taking the opportunity to fulfill her ambitions of reaching an ice free port, and of driving the Turk out of Europe. Britain, and the world, excepting her . rivals, are ready tp help Jier to do this.. , But in the meantime dver an enormous, front she is hurling a constant stream of men and supplies into the conflict. Suffering terribly she is causing her adversaries to suffer more. Long may the results of this conflict be such as to prove a blessing to this hearty nation which has ^ of late risen into newness of life. .,, .\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. \"We have had many misunderstandings with (Russia in the past, but it has been more in the way of fears than of conflicts. I mean that fears of conflicts arising out of conflicting interests. These fears are not all dead, but we may hope -'that the day is distant when that colossal empire shall draw its sword in a camp opposed to us. But the tide of battle will turn soon, and while the Russian army takes a much needed breathing spell the allies in the west will have to take up the running. There will be weeks of the most tremendous conflict the world has ever known on the western front. Sullenly resisting there are still millions of men in the camp of our enemies who have faced the fact that death is before them, and they will die, but dying they will sell their lives as dearly as they can. , How costly the conflict will be for us will ^depend Jargely on J;he artillery supplies.Be- cause Russia was short of artillery and equipment her men had to do their work by hand and the bayonet took the place of the bullet. But this is costly in men. kitchener's demand for all. the ammunition which can possibly be made is, therefore, wise and humane; every shell means less risk for our men. If \"an overflowing rain\" of fire and brimstone in the shape of Lyddite shells can be hurled upon the enemy outmatching their own artillery, there will be less for the infantry, and little for the bayonet to do. But even so, there . will be awful carnage to be endured before the end can come. \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 And this carnage will be necessary because of the mental difficulty of a nation which has committed its all to a wrong path. Nothing short of divine power can enable a people proul as Lucifer the son of the morning, was when committed to wrong in the heavens he plunged himself and his following into hell because he could not bend his pride to yield; nothing short of divine power, can bend the minds and the hearts of such a nation to accept defeat and its consequences, while they have a heart to resist or an arm to strike. But we believe there is still such power in Divine Grace that even this miracle can,be accomplished. We, therefore, without a thought of weakening the conflict or of abating one jot the determination to break the power of the haughty homicidical nation, say that while it is the undoubted duty of the nation to fight, it is also the duty of every person who believes in the power of prayer to pray for the influence of the Almighty to bring the erring race, back to might be said, sanity and truth. Volatile Joe fails in his effort against the seat of L. D. Joe should have known the limitations of the courts better by this time. But the ways of the courts are so fearful and wonderful that the oldest habitue may miss his way and find himself in a cul de sac, as has Joe. iVho was it said, as L.'D. knows in fact, \"Sport it is to see the engineer hoist with .his own petard.' Well, we think the city rather breathes more freely for it is not in a mood for fun at this time. I I THE WESTERN CALL Friday, April 16, 1915. \"Pride of the West\" \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=== BRAND 0VEEALI_5. SHIRTS, PANTS and MACKINAW CLOTHING MANUFACTURED IN VANCOUVER '\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\u00BDV. 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BB8BBVE NOTICE JS H3R3BT GIVEN that the reserve covering certain lands in tbe vicinity of LunS and other points on tbe' Straits of Georgia, by reason of .\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD notice pnbiisbed in tbe British Colombia Gazette on the 27tb of December, 1007, is cancelled in so far ss it relates to Lots 4174, 4178, 4170, 4178. 4179, 4180, 4181, 4188, 4184, 4186, 4187, 4188, 4189, 4190, 4191, 4192, 41?3, 4194, 4195, 4196, 4197, 4198, 4209, 4210, 4317, 4318, 4319, 4320, 4321, 4322, 4323, 4324, 4325, 4326, 4327, 4328, 4329 _and 4330, New Westminster District. The said Lots wil) be open to entry by preemption on Tuesday, tbe 18th day of May, 1915, at nine o'clock in tbe forenoon, i No Pre-emption Becord will be issued to include more than one surveyed Lot, and all applications must be made at' the office of tbe Government Agent at Vancouver. j B. A. BENWIC&, Deputy Minister of Lands. Department of Lands, Victoria, B. C, March llth, 1915. X \" _ THE HOUSEFLY CANCELLATION OF *8SB*V* NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tbat tbe reserve covering certain lands in the vicinity of Trail Bay, Sechelt, by reason of a notice published in the British Columbia Gazette on the 27th of December, 1907; is cancelled in so far as it relates to Lota 4292, 4293; 4894, 4296, 4297, 4298, 4299, 4300, 4301, 4304, 4305, 4306, 4307, 4308, 4309, 4310, 4311, 4312, 4313, and 4314, New West minster District. Tbe said Lota will be open to entry by pre-emption on Tuesday, the 18th day of May, 1915, at nine o'clock ,in the forenoon. No Pre-emption Record will be issued to include more than one surveyed Lot, and all applications must be made at the office of the Government Agent at Vancouver. ' . R. A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands. Department of Lands, Victoria, B. C, March llth, 1915. 45, 4T Ottawa, Canada PRINGLE & GUTHRIE Barristers and Solicitors Clive Pringle. N. G. Guthrie. Parliamentary Solicitors, Departmental Agents, Board of Railway Commissioners Mr. Clive Pringle is a member of the Bar of British Columbia. Citiaen Building, Ottawa. WAR WARBLINGS OF A BRITISH TAR\" Our readers will be interested to learn that \"the many bright and topical verses which have appeared from time to time in The Western Call will shortly appear in book form under the title of \"War Warblings of a British Tar.\" Mr. W. A. Ellis, late R, N., the author, has given us pleasing lines under the different subjects, and no doubt the limited edition will be eagerly sought after. Special copies will be on sale at The Western Call office, at 25 cents. The following ; advice from \"F'ood and. Cookery\" is timelyV \"Now that the summer is on us, and we are basking in the sunshine of those few brief months which bring Xus such welcome relief to the \"long and dreary winter, \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' we have the annual task of plotting ways and means to keep flies out of the household \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\u00BDor more particularly the pantiy. The housefly is an almost unconquerable pest, for- it seems that pur best efforts to keej>*it away are very meek by the side of its wily methods of finding its way into the house. We can, however, do our best,, and that best would be materially helped if every one would do their share towards a \"kill that fly\" ca^aigia. '' No dirt, no flies is a ye^y wisej and charmingly hopeietis sug? gestion, if people will not take the trouble to remove all pOssibile breeding sources. Flies : bregd on manure heaps or collections of offal, so ilLis. tip to^bje^Jipu^ bolder to see thaf he (Joes his share toward stamping out the evil. He will, anyhow, feel the benefit of. his effort\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\u00BDand, incid: entlly, may urge his neighbor to\" to follow his lead. It is by such action that the nuisance can be overcome. \"So first clean the breeding places, for the breeding capacity of a fly is prodigious. See that there is nothing in the way of collections of manure or rubbish that will afford them a field for sending thousands of their wretched species into the pantries and the kitchens. Keep your eye also on the dust-bin\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\u00BDa fruitful sourse of fly creation- have it thoroughhly cleaned at least once a week, and keep the lid fixed when it is in use. X \"Flies are capable of covering considerable distance, so you have the result of your neighbor's carelessness to combat. You must keep your windows open, so stretch j a piece of thin gauze over the open spaces, for they do not like passing through: meshes. It is also a good plan to rub paraffin on the sashes and bars of. windows frames, and on gas fittings and mirror frames on which flies may settle. A window box ot growing mignonette is said to keep flies from passing over it, as they do not like the sweet-scented smell. \"To kill flies in a room, pour oyer peices of bread placed in a saucer, and out of reach of children or pets, a mixture of two tablespoonfuls of formalin, half a pint of milk, half a pint of water, and a teaspoonful of sugar. This mixture, though fatal to flies, attracts them, and the pieces of bread are convient places on which they can alight and feed. Always keep food covered up, kill every fly you can.\" A railway line that runs steam trains over its first hundred miles and four-horse sleighs over the next three hundred miles is out of the ordinary in these days- of modern travel. The rail -part of the route seems only an introduction to a very long sleigh- ride, which takes one into the heart of the winter wilderness and keeps him there for nearly a week. Other roads there are that operate stage lines and motor buses for short connections or for local deliveries, but here is one whose stage division is three times as long as its main line This unusual railroad is one of the most northern in the world. It runs from Skagway, at the head of Lyn Canal in Alaska, to White Horse.: in the Canadain Yukon; and at White Horse the trains connect with the big sleighs for Dawson City, which is 330 miles farther north. Tickets from the outside world to Dawson from the first of November to late_May or June always read via the long sleigh-ride, for untill navigation opens in the river again that is the only -way of getting there. No other trip like this is to be had oute continent. ,\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 X X X':> \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 Going to Dawson or coming from it, over the winter trail is the ride to be remembered. It takes five and a half days stopping at nights, and the country covered in that time is some of Canada's wildest. The trail leads through the woods? up and down hills, around the base of mountains, across brooks and rivers, sometimes with long, straight stretches and sometimes with perilous crookedness. None hut careful and experienced drivers are entrusted with the command of these heavy sleigh-trains for sometimes they have as great need of nerve and! skill as the engineers on the steam trains. \"The chief danger is found in climbing the steep mountain sides, where at best the trail is narrow and uncertain. There are places where the passengers all lean to one side -to escape a turnover down the mountain-side vpr pre cipice of ice. But the 'united strength of the horses and the wonderful nerve of the drivers prove equal to the occasion, and accidents are rare. Not always, however, is the Yukon horse-sense to be trusted. On one of the trips' out. all four animals became alarmed at fire that bad been kindled at the side of the trail and broke away into the woodsX The passengers were thrown out; and and the horses were; finally brought to a standstill by becoming entangled in the trees. Thus the moire serious and adventurous dangers are sometimes safely avoided only to meet such very commonplace runaway accidents - as-occur= everywhere;--^=\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 At every \twenty-two miles along the trail fresh relays of horses are taken on and at welcome intervals \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD are stopping- houses, where the passengers rest over night. Despite the tedious- ness and monotony, the journey is made with fair comfort, for provision is always ma^e for below zero weather and possible storms. The sleighs themselves are strong, reliable and roomy, and they carry mails and express as well as passengers. In the short summer season the trip between White Horse and Dawson is made by steamers on the Yukon river, an easier or more enjoyable way -of traveling. A line of steamers seems, too, a more proper auxiliary to a railway than a line of horse-sleighs. Yet why not sleighs as well as boats? The railroad itself is ranked among the engineering triumphs of America. It goes by the \"name of. the White Pass and Yukon Railroad, and was opened in 1900 to connect* the North Pacific coast with the inland river system, as any map will show. The work of the men who built it is \"still spoken of in railroading circles with admiration. The fact that the road was located so far north meant that it was a thousand miles from the base of supplies, and every piece of equipment and every tool to' work with was taken up the coast from Seattle and Vancouver and freighted into the hills. Moreover, this was before the days of northern telgraphs, and the isolation of the road builders was complete. At the time some declared the project to be a piece of folly. White. Horse is at the summit of. the mountain tbat lies between Alaska and Yukon, and on the way there the grade of the new railroad was cut through solid rock. At one point a cliff two hundred feet from top to bottom blocked the way, and, the whole mass of it was cleared out with powder. Often the grade went up mountain sides so steep that the men were suspended by ropes while they drilled the holes for blasting. When it came to boring a tunnel the difficulties were multiplied almost impossibly. The machinary and .supplies were packed up a steep high grade that only mountain climbers could make, and it is doubtful if a railway tunnel was ever cut under greater handicap. There were difficulties, too, because bf the weather and the men who served as construction crew. Extremes of heat and cold are frequent in the North, and severe storms and blizzards, lasting sometimes for days, come up suddenly. Such a storm is desperately hard on the railroad builders. Bridge-building over wind-swept canyon, for instances, tries a man's endurance to very near the breaking point, but all these things were many times gone throngh on the way to White Pass. When the road .was being built the Klondike gold strike was at its height, and the fever to get away to the gold fields sometimes played more havoc with the men their work than did the weather.-;'1 J:k'J-: It cost one hundred thousand dollars a mile to build the White Pass and Yukon road from Skagway to' the summit of White Pass, which is' only a little short of three thousand feet above the, sea level, and a strong faith in the merit of the country w*s heededto justify the outlay. While the gold rush was on the traffc over the road was heavy; to-day there is less of boont business arid more of that which comes from solid and permanent development. After the rush of the prospectors and gold-seekers was over, too the road began to at-, tract the sightseers, and now it is a tourist route as well as a freight road to the gold fields. Trains run over this far north road every day throughout the winter, connecting with the big sleighs a;t White Horse. They rarely encounter more snow in the niouhtairis than they can themselves take care of, and they, make better time than might be expected. XOhe would hardly expect; either, to find such coniforts as observation cars in that' latitude, foif the consciousness that it is away up north never wears of. A trip over, this White pass road gives one, with whatever else of sensations and surprises, an appreciation of the courage and farsightedness of the men wha biult- it Jn^ pion^r ^ays. \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\u00BDOnward. natural ventalation is stopped the iron beams and sides begin to sweat and the. atmosphere becomes foiil and rank. Yet it is doubtful if in a general way the men trouble much about these conditions; cards and other games are played or sleep in wooed; the sailor now has a little motto of his own: \"More wind, less work,\" and it really works out like that when the upper deck is merely a mass of tumbling water. As a spectacle a modern fleet in a gale of wind is an imposing sight, and one hardly knows whether to give the palm to the stately leviathan or the perky torpedo craft. A battle ship can hardly be called an ideal sea-going craft; she is much to massive to be buoyant and too cumbered with top hamper to recover herself easily. So she staggers along butting at the seas but never trying to ride them; down will go her nose right up to the fore turrets, the, as she rises, hundreds of tons of water are lifted to be flung aft in great torrents. Andjyet ,iot some reason known only to itself the navy prays that when it goes into action it may be in a gale of wind. Our men beleive, rightly or wrongly, that no other navy has had so much sea training as itself, and that, therefore, the worse the weather conditions the better it will be for them in action. The small cruisers and torpedo craft have nothing to do with weather; their job at sea is to get from one destination to another as quickly as possible. How they live through it is a mystery, for very often the only things above water are the bridge arid the funnels; then one may see them poised on the crest of a wave with fifty feet of keel showing at each end. SLOW PROGRU6S (From the Philadelphia Ledger) A regiment of regulars was making a long, dusty march across the rolling praire land of Montana. It was a hot blistering day, and the men, longing to reach the next town. A rancher rode past. \"Say, friend,\" called out one of the men, \"how far is it to the next town?\" \"Oh, a matter of two miles or so, I reckon,\" called back the rancher. Another hour dragged by another rancher encountered. \"How far to the next town?\" the men asked eagerly. \"Oh, a good two miles.\" A weary half hour longer of marching and then a third rancher.' - ' ..: \"Hey, far's the next town?\" \"Not far,\" was the encouraging answer. \" Only about two miles,\" . \"Well,\" sighed the optimistic sergeant, \" Thank goodness we're holdin' our own, anyhow.\" Manager Rolston, of the Exhib- tion Association, has paid $5,000 of prize money to the winners. $11,000 is still to be paid. AQOUU THE WESTERN CALL \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\u00BDWHAT IS ITt e handle used for the test: Coffee percolator 3% Cents per Hour Electric Grill 4 to W2 cts. per Jir. Electric Iron 4 to 5 ccnU per hour. Electric Toaster 6 Cents per Hour Electric Washer 3 Cents per Hour N. 3.\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\u00BDThe appliances are generally wed, but a fraction of an hour for cooking. The total cost for .Tron and Washer depends upon tbe amount of wcrkvto^ The appliances will be demonstrated for you at our v salesrooms. B. C. ElECTJUC 1138 Granville 9%., near Davie Carrall & Hastings Sts. \"Q. B\" Means Quigley Brand Sweater Coats. MQ. B.\" Means Guaranteed Unbreakable Welt Seams. \"Q. B.\" Means \"Made in BO.\" by White Help. The Vancouver .Knitting Co., Ltd. MODERN SHIPS It . may be generally known that with nearly every new type of. ship the living space afforded to the men has grown less and less. This is due to a multitude of causes\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\u00BDincreased speed, increase in the size of guns, and the multitude of auxiliary engines with which a warship is fitted\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\u00BDso we no longer find the great, airy mess decks of even thirty years ago, but a multitude of iron boxes which, at the best of times, have to be kept well ventilated. When JINGLE POT COAL WILL REDUCE YOUR FUEL BILL MORE HEAT. LASTS LONGER. TRY A TON. 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Cheese cloth is a friend in need being soft enough to drape beautifully and dainty in coloring. Nalural colored linen is also excellent where a heavier material is desired. If one happens to have mo) e linen sheets than are needed and is not prepared to invest in even the choicest draperies these same sheets can be dyed any shade, and will fill the owner with pride They hang in beautiful folds and have a silky sheen all their own. They heed absolutely no ornamentation. If one can afford only cheese cloth and wishes it with a border or a sprigged pattern in color this is easily supplied with block painting. The pattern should be drawn on the smooth surface of a close-grained block of wood. All the surrounding surface should be gouged away leaving the pattern with a clean outline. This is then used tb stamp the goods. Of course spacing and position must be carefully decided before beginning to print. Many prefer cork to wood, because of the rather uneven coloring that results, giving the wood the handmade appearance dear to a craftsman. When using a cord cover the surface with a paper on which is drawn the pattern. Cut away as directed for the wood and than remove the paper containing the design. Clean well before using .Cover a ball of cotton with an old glove, into a firm ball and use to dab the paint on to the block. Before beginning to print select a perfectly level board. Cover with half a dozen newspapers spread smoothly and held in place by thumb tacks pushed in to the heads. Then cover the surface with a sheet of blotting paper fastening with the tacks. Stretch the fabric over this and fasten firmly. Everything is then roE^^oOhepnnting\"exci^t~the mixture. The following is recommended. Put one ounce of. oil of wintergreen or the essence into a pint bottle. Add one ounce of acetic acid and then fill the bottle with turpentine or kerosene Squeeze out of the tube on to a dish the color needed in oil paints. If necessary combine col ors for particular shades but re member that'long mixing dulls the color. Add from the bottle enough mixture to reduce the paints to the consistency of cream. For very delicate fabrics like chiffon, reliable brands of colored inks are best for stamping. CANADIAN-AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MAIL LINER \"NIAGARA'' WHICH LEFT YESTERDAY WITH A LARGE PASSENGER LI8T Sixty Years a Queen Picturization of Life of Victoria \"The Good\" on Monday and Tuesday at Broadway\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\u00BDSpecial' Afternoon Show for Children < Commencing' at 5.15\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\u00BDDrawing on Thursday Night. \ PRE-EMPTORS^^OPPORTUNITY Each year we celebrate the birthday of Queen Victoria as a fitting memorial to the life of Queen Victoria '' The Good,'' one of the British sovereigns whose memory will be kept green as long as the British empire endures. Permission was recently given by the Royal Family to picture the outstanding incidents of her life on the film, the data being supplied by the Royal Family and from the Queen's own diary. This has been beautifully illustrated under the title of 'Sixty Years a Queen.' Through a special arrangement, Manager Gow, of the, Broadway theatre, will be able to exhibit it to the patrons of this up-to-date theatre on Monday and Tuesday evening. It depicts with impressive realism all the chief personal incidents in the late Queen's life' from girlhood onward including siich, stirring events as the attempt \"on the Queen's life, Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, Indian Durbar, The Boer War Review of the Troops, Fighting in the Trenches, Storming of Cashmere Gates at Delhi, The Relief of Dadysmith, etc. \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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:.\" X-\" THEIR EMBARRASSING MOMENTS When Joe Martin heard the result of his petition to unseat Mayor Taylor on Wednesday. When a \"jitney\" driver has a \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\u00BDload and then a blow-out. When an out-of-work calls at the mayor's office with an empty dinner pail. When you have to explain the reason for a N.S.F. cheque. When Reeve Gold refuses to sign the South Vancouver pay cheques. When Bob Brown slips a blue paper to the aspiring spit-ball recruit. When Con Jones asks the Salmon bellies to put up a bond of $10,000 to live up to the schedule. When your wife still looks for that promised Easter bonnet. When the 18th comes on Sunday, and the phone bill, is forgotten until Monday. Six parts and 289 scenes are shown, and in order to give the children an opportunity to see it in full the first show will commence at 5.15 Monday afternoon, then at 6.45, 8.15 and 9.45 p.m. Billy Ritchie will be seen in a new comedy on Wednesday entitled \"Hearts and Flames.\" The usual weekly drawing will take place on Thursday at 8.30. This will include premiums as well as the .usual cash prizes. The thirteenth episode of the \" MastercKey\" on Saturday is as thrilling as the previous ones. It opens with Dore still a prisoner in the temple dungeon. Sir Donald continues to poison Ruth's mind with stories of. Dore's infidelity. Wilkerson and his friends plan to get the idol and disguise as natives for the purpose. The theft of the idol is accomplished under exciting circumstances. The caretaker, who is cursed with the wrath of Buddha for its loss, goes into the dungeon and jumps inta the vat of burning oil. In so doing he unconsciously allows Dore to escape. The latter then appears before Ruth and they take up the chase of Wilkerson and the idol. This is the best number yet and is full of exciting and interesting action. On May 18th at Vancouver, Albeirni, Fort George. Cranbrook, Ferrii and Quesnel the government Agents will open to pre- emptors about 700 parcels of surveyed lands which have been in reserve and have,been subdivided for settlement. The lands are located at points ranging from about 39 miles from Vancouver, near Sechelt, to Sunderland Char- nel along the Mainland Coast; on Malcolm, Nootka, Redonda, Cortes and Thurlow Islands; adjoining the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in the valley of. the South Fork of the Fraser ;.in Canoe River Valley, and at various points in the East Kootenay. On the Coast and Islands numerous tracts of logged-off lands, former licences, which, in accordance with the policy of the government to render timbered agricultural lands available to sette- ment as soon as the timber is cut, have been surveyed, into tracts averaging 40 acres' in extent. These will be opened to pre-emptors at the office of the Government Agent in the Court Souse at Vancouver on May; I8th.i These blocks of lots are situated near Sechelt, in the vicinity of Lund on Malaspina Peninsula, on Redonda, Thurlow and Cortes Islands are on Jackson Bay, Sunderland Channel. A pamphlet describing them has been prepared by the Department ofkands containing maps, and full particulars regarding these tracts. On Malcolm, Island 247 lots, each of 40- acres,, and 40 lots of 40 acres each on Nootka Island, will be opened to settlement on May 18th at the office of the government Agent at Alberni. Malcolm Island, a timbered/ low undulating plateau divided from Vancouver Island by Broughton Strait, was reserved in 1901 as a Finnish colony. The Colony continued for some years; operating and carrying/ on business on a community basis. Circumstances finally caused the abandonment of the community system, and the greater number of the original settlers took up land individually, others locating on Vancouver Island and various places in the vicinity. There are now Hying on the island about 250 people, chiefly members of the original Finnish colony. The main settlement is at Sointula, Where there is an excellent school, having an average attendance of forty-seven pupils,, a Government wharf, post office, and co-operative store. During the past summer*about 10,000 acres was subdivided, and is now being opened to settlers.. The lots on Nootka Island, where there has been much settlement during the past few years, are subdivisions of former timber licencence. At Fort George on May 18th about 30,000 acres divided into lots averaging 160 acres in extent situated between Guilford and Tete Jaune Cache adjoining or close to the G. T. P. VRailway on the south Fork of Fraser Valley and 39; lots, bottom land fronting on the river in Canoe River Valley, will be Opened to settlement. Last season some 80,000 acres, containing'about 550 pre- emptors, were /opened to settlers , on the South Fork of the Fraser. These lots, and those to be opened ' on May 18th, are in a belt covering three miles on either side of. the railway placed in reserve for settlement in 1907* some yeara priort to the construction of the railway. ' At the office of the Government Agent at Cranbrook about 12.000 -acres of logged-off lands, and at the office of the govern- j ment agent at Fernie, about' 1000 acres of similar lands, will,be opened to pre-emptors on May - 18th. The lots comprised are subdivisions of former timber limits in various parts of these districts, near Cranbrook, Kimb- erley, Fort Steele, Mayock. Ward- ner, Ryan, Toetyy, Colvalli, and Waldo. Last year, about 10,000 acres df. similar lands were opened in thia district. A lot on which the reserve has been lifted in Cariboo will be opened to preemption at the office .of the- Government Agent at QuesneV on the same date. X Pamphlets Healing with tho1 Mainland coast lots, with Mai-, colm and Nootka Islands, the South Fork of the- Fraser and Canoe River lots, and with those in East Kootenay. containing maps and detailed information, have been prepared by the department of lands and can be obtained oh application to the department or to the government agents in the several land recording divisions. - .;:->,, i-X*>C X\"'*X-&'_ it*, XvXI /X .-> PAmOTlSM^PROWCTttN Pin Your Faith to fclve Stock The one outstanding feature of the world's fanning ia that there will aoon he a great shortage of meat supplies. Save your breeding stock. Tbey are today Canada's most valuable asset. If you sacrifice yonr breeding stock now, you wiU regret it in the near future. Plan to increase your live stock. Europe and the United States, aa well aa Canada, will pay higher prices for heel, mutton, and bacon, in the very near future. Remember that live stock is the only true basis of economic and profitable farming. The more grain you grow, the more stock you can cany. The more stock you keep, the more fertilizer for your fields. Mixed farming is real fanning, not speculating. dition,tb* destructloaof live stock of eO kinds, breeding *nd young stock included, ia tbe war sones. Tbe war has merely hastened the meat shortage of the world. When it is om, me farmer with Hv* stock will continue to profit ia the world's markets, and, m addition to having helped feed oor soldiers at tho front, will be ia s position to reap \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 farther toward for having stayed with the live stock industry. Study thtotoble, which w,t\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDpr*p*r*d before the war. Only one country increased ita cattle more than it* poopie in me past tea years. Aad. ia H (Australia) is 1914 there waa a tremendous low of Ufa stock through aa unprecedented drought\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\u00BDe fact which th* table doe* aet show. Do you aeed any stronger argument than this table that mere is bound to he ea incoming demand for beef? Add to thl* coo- BEEF * * * * p*p-j-tfe\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Cattle Vnme*. Germany....... Ut bwtMM henut DacratM United Kingdom Austria-Hungary European Russia Canada\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 Argefctino Australia Hew Zealand... United States... 10 10 14 40% S3 M% 80% *\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** SHEEP. Canadian termer* *^^ have been losing great opportunities ia sheep raising and sheep feeding. Hundred* of thousand* of Sheep have been slaughtered to provide winter clothing for the Midlers of the different armies. Australia's losses, through drought in 1914. were very heavy. Canada na* been bn- grting frozen mutton from New island. In view of these conditions, wool and mutton should prove very profitable for Canadian sheep raisers during tho next few year*. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDS_2_&__3&^!S^ twine in the Canadian West in the past three months, the supply in 1915 promises to be little more than half of 1914. Add to this the fact that the British soldier is allowed J\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD lb. of bacon per day, and that sausage Is the principal meat food of the German soldier, and you wiU understand the outlook for the future. .Those who stay steadily with swine, year in aad year out, make money. Those. who rush ia and rush out, generally lose mono*. \"Boy when others are selling, sen when others are buying,\" applies to live stock as well as to Wall Street stocks. DAIRY. Mach cow. to- \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 ' creased in Canada from 3,408,677 in 1901 to 8,694,179 in 1911. This Increase did not amount to 8% and was less than one-quarter of the population increase of Canada.\" At the same time, the per capita consumption of milk by Canadians increased 30%. Is there any wonder we had to import 7,000,000 lbs. of butter from New Zealand? The exports of Canadian cheese have been steadily declining for ten years. Look at the market prices today. Do they not suggest the advantage of increased production? Through cow-testing, selection and better feeding, the average annual production per cow in Canada did increase from 8,860 lb*, per cow in 1901 to 1,806 Ita. in 1911, but this is only a beginning. Last year one cow ia Canada produced 26,000 lbs. The dairymen of Denmark who supply Great Britain with butter and bacon are not satisfied unless their herds average 10,000 lbs. per cow. Let Canadian dairymen work to increase the productiveness of the milch cow. Breed for milk. Test your cows. Save your calves. Select your milkers. Feed for yield. Read the Agricultural papers and Government reports and bulletins on dairying. CONFERENCES Now that you have attended the .Conferences, or have read about them, get together and talk things over. Also write to the Publications Branch, Canadian Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, for bulletins and reports on live stock and dairying. Canadian Department of Agriculture* Ottawa, Canada J2\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_ THE WESTERN CALL Friday, April 16, 1915. H. H. STEVENS, M. P. Editor-in-Chief V PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY J '';.\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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\" BY THE '.'.' TERMINAL CITY PRESS, LIMITED X HEAD OFFICE: 203 KINGSWAY, VANCOUVER, B, C. , Telephone: Fairmont 1140. SUBSCRIPTION: One Dollar a Year in Advance. . . $1.50 Outside Canada. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIJf you do not get \"CALL\" regularly, it is probably because your subscription is long overdue. Renew at once. If paid up, phone or write complaint today. SOCIALISTIC DRIFT OF THE NATIONS IN THE WAR TIME MANY startling things have happened since last August. Under the stress of the times measures have been taken by the various governments which would have astonished the world, if. the world has heen capable of greater astonishment than has been upon them. The British treasury, having laid its hand upon the. investment by its possessors of private capital, is one of the astonishing moves. The French government had done something of this nature sometimes before. A measure taken to avoid the danger of the ready cash of the French nation being attracted beyond its boundaries so that it would not be available in the coffers of her potential enemies. In which case she would be deprived of the use of the gold in time of stress, and also would be compelled to see her goldTised\" to equip her enemies for the attack upon herself. ' It could scarcely be said* therefore, that there was anything very socialistic in the measure of precaution France was taking before the war. Germany also kept a careful eye on the gold of. the nation, and directed its use. But t this was in view of the preparation she was making for the great war of conquest she had in mind. \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 ..XXV*X; Britain gave her people a free hand to use or squander as they 'thought best their own money.'.:.; XxXxX'Xv X \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\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:\".' Now, however, in view of the needs of the nation, she has placed her hand upon the investment of the privately owned monies to a certain extent, x X What has been started in all these countries purely as a war measure will probably remain as a measure of political economy, for by the direction of the great outlines of investment the best results to all might be expected. We shall wait with interest to. see how.this matter works out. ,- - The organizing of the industrial forces of the country to assure the maximum results from industry is the next great step taken. Probably this will turn out to be a greater step than the direction of the investment of. capital. The Jprces of the trades unions in Britain and America-have been directedrtowards^the- limitation of output. We take it that this is always a fundamental mistake and will be until all the world has been supplied with all usable requirements. Now the government has undertaken to direct these forces to the maximum . ' production. It aims to eliminate idleness, drunkenness, incompetency, etc., from the working staff. Not by the old method of dismissing the incompetent and replacing him with a more competent man. To this the unions have objected. And their objections would have been just had they bent their powers to transform the ' incompetent into the competent workman. But they only undertook to protect hira in his incompetency. But the government has bent its efforts to cure the incompetency by removing the drunkenness, and by improving the workman. How far this can be carried is hard to say, but the experiment is interesting. The taking over of the factories of the country is another startling move. Also the coal mines, etc. It has long been advocated and now the matter will have a trial. It should prove such a .success that there may be developments along this line which will endure. The war that is now going on will give place to the old time industrial war and the new system may be a factor in it after the present military war has passed away. The mobilizing of .workers into a semi-military government service is a another step. It is momentous and the experiment once tried will not be forgotten. - \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 We shall certainly have many new things when the war has passed, and we shall miss many things which may never return. FAILURE OF THE SUBMARINE BLOCKADE WE have had time now to test the submarine danger. At the beginning of the war there was much uneasiness as to how the battleship and the cruiser would stand up against this ..undersea' monster. Early events did not offer much to allay that uneasiness. But now it appears that having tested the powers of the submarine, and avoiding the danger caused by those powers, the battleship and the battle cruiser will still hold' its place in the fighting forces of the sea. X \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\u00BDthe dread of the danger to the merchant ship was the next fear and the enemy loudly advertised that failing to drive the! armed battleship \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 from the sea heV would at all events drive the unarmed merchantmen therefrohi. But again the dread has largely passed. It is safe toconjecture that thecost to Gerhiany in submarines has been as great or greater than the cost to Britain in merchantmen, and as the defences against the underwater raiders increase in area, this proportion will probably increase. It is encouraging to find that the overseas commerce of Britain in March was her banner month, not only during the time of the war, but it is stated in all her history. The failureV of. the Zeppelins as a general factor of the war also has been a surprise; It may fie that many of them together will succeed in once raiding England and in burning much property. But although long promised that, raid has not yet transpired. Still, even though it should, there is now enough known of the cumbrous machines to asure that they are not a permanent factor in war as the aeroplane has become. It looks, as though the promise was being fulfilled, \"No weapon that is formed against Thee shall prosper, and every tongue that rises against thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn.\" THE PEACE RUMOURS THE BELGIAN KING IS there any real prospect of peace coming in the near future? Many factors enter into this matter. Those who read the significant statements made' as to the dividends paid by the ammunition factories in Germany may' not have understood all this is meant by that statement. All the factories, which supply the govern- ' ment with the materials for carrying on the war are or at least the greater proportion of them,' are controlled by the immediate following of the Kaiser. They are essentially belonging to what is usually called the Prussian element. Commercial factories, etc., belong to the outside, but these to the inner circle. All munitions and supplies are paid for, we understand, in gold. Other commodities are paid for on scrip or fiat money. That is to say, are paid for in paper currency, the value of which rests largely on/the war indemnity the Gerv mans have taught the people they will levy on Britain. France and Russia / * Therefore, as all the* gold is being used for supplies from these factories so owned by the Kaiser and his following, it \"seems clear that into the hands of the shareholders of. these factories there will pass all the gold of Germany. The wages to the men in these factories is paid in scrip so that the gold stays there. Twenty per cent; and over dividend has lately been declared .by these factories. X It seems, therefore, that at the end of the war there will be little or no gold outside of this circle, and as the scrip will be useless in the end, the rest of Germany will be ruined, but, the inner circle bid fair to be the richest clique in the world. These things being so, there is little likelihood in any real plea for peace coming from Ger: many until this class has stripped the rest of Germany of all their wealth in exchange for the munitions of war. This is a very real factor in the game. ; That the German people will go on to the end: seems certain. The nation is hypnotized.. They cannot see that they are being exploited by the most piratical gang the earth ever bred. Who failing to plunder the rest of the world are busy plundering their own. They cannot see that the allies are striving* to bring them freedom from the military burden which- is destroying them. It is not likely that this generation will 1 see^thatrX ThereforeXHr seems^hopeless tonexpect^ that there will be any move from the German people towards peace That the allies will not make peace until the sword is laid aside by Germany or brokendn her hand seems sure. But there is THE KING OF KINGS. At the right time He will command, and the nations will return to peace. He, if we may hope to know the mind of the Infinite, will not so command until we have all learned the lessor! He is striving to teach us in these tremendous events. We may be very dull scholars, and it may take a lot of hammering to \ teach us what is His will. But with it all by the various processes which govern the event, we may expect peace to break out this year. ., ,\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\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\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 The sudden outbreak of hostilities at Ottawa has taken most people by surprise, and has caused most of the people to feel some humiliation. The charges against a man who has filled a large place in the eye of. the people as an ex-cabinet minister, and earlier as a leading cabinet minister are very grave matters. It may be that the matters are in themselves not of the largest magnitude. But the principal involved is a gr&at one. Otir public representatives are paid men, and their travelling expenses, etc., are met by the country. The ministers are better paid. No man claims that they are well paid according to the ability that they should possess to carry on the work. But they know the remuneration and elect to offer their services to the country. It is the ideal that these men should not prostitute their offices to make personal gain either for themselves or for their followers. Any man found doing so in any measure at all should instantly forfeit his position. And the sooner this method!of dealing with the matter is followed the better. But we hope that the matter is not so bad in this case. We would far rather hear that there had been no violation of the trust of the people, and from what we have known.of the person we believe this will be the case. \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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD It is to the credit of. the present administration that it did not begin its work by searching for matters to be thrown at the retiring party after the defeat of that party. Albert,, the present King of the Belgians, came to the throne as far as, the Belgian people knew^ little better than an untried stripling. At the time of the succession, says John de Courcy MacDonneil in^ his '' Belgium, Her Kings, Kingdom and People,''there was yet something of a boyish look about his long, slim figure, joined to his trick of blushing frequently, and this made this princely general of the Belgian army seem a boy in his teens,. As heir to the throne he had taken his seat in the Senate and had delivered speeches; but these speeches were far different from those his Uncle and predecessor delivered when he sat in the Senate as heir to the throne. King Leopold II., when Duke of Brabant, had already the wide views and the determination of the Empire Maker. Prince Albert's speeches, read with bashful hesitancy, akin to mumbling, dealt with somewhat waterish economic projects. Elizabeth, liave done much for the poorer classes. \"The King's desire for the advancement of. the interests of the working'classes is real. He takes a human interest in their lives. He is the great patron of the fisher folk and sailors.\" \" King Albert is the most popular King who has sat on the throne of Belgium. His.subjects know he is resolved to rule strongly for them. Already;he is acclaimed \"The People's King;\" It is not vain popularity he works for, but the real welfare of the people.\" . AMMUNITION ORDERS RECEIVED HERE NOT WAR MAD Until 1391 -Prince Albert had no expectation of succeeding to the throne, and up till then,'' had led the ordinary life of a continental princeling. He was educated in part at the military school, in part* by private tutors, but without any training in the difficult art of kingship. He is, or seems to be, the most conscientious of . men. The moment he found himself heir to the throne he set to work to improve what he considered his imperfect education. Daily he sat at the feet of Baron Lambermont, Belgium's great diplomatist, and learned the secrets of diplomacy from him. A liberal professor, head of the. Sociologist Institute, established by the millionaire Solvay, gave him lessons in political economy.\" \"He did not pronounce as grandiose a harangue to the chambers as eopold II .had done on his accession, but what he said produced the best effect. Special note was taken of and special pleasure found in his reference to art and literature, which he declared should be protected. In the previous reign financiers, rather than artists or men of letters, had the protection of the throne and surrounded the King. Yet Belgium is still aland of artists, the fatherland of great writers. King Albert, as, King Leopold II. before him always did, meant what he said. He has already given solid proofs of his interest in art and his intention Orders for the manufacture of 30,000 shells for the use of the Allies will be' distributed among eight Vancouver firms if the recommendation of. Col. David Carnegie, special representative \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDof the British government, and ordnance adviser to the Dominion authorities, is adopted. Following his invesligatidn of facilities here for making munitions he jmade an announcement to the above effect. No orders will be definitely let. he said, until the recommendation has been officially, endorsed. . The report that orders for shells have been placed in Victoria is a little premature, he stated, as the same rule is applied in all cities. The local orders will be distributed among the following firms: Vancouver Engineering Works, Letson & Burpee, Wallace Shipyards & Engineering Co., B. C. Marine Railways Ltd.; Vulcan Iron Works, Mainland Jron Works and the Heaps Engineering Company. The orders will provide employment for a large number of men for a considerable period. Three hours' work will be entailed in the shaping of each shell without taking into consideration the time and labor for drilling, sand blasting, fixing the copper bands and the other operations. ' Col. Carnegie inspected all the local shops while here, and also visited Britannia mine in connection with the establishment of a refinery for copper and zinc products. Eleven hundred skilled mechanics for work in armament shops on the Clyde in Scotland are advertised for in the American papers. 500 turners for engine lathes, 350 milling machine for operators, 100, operators regard to literature. That he should speak of and practice philanthropy every one knew.'' Both he and his wife, Queen. 50 planing machine hands. Applicants were told to apply ^by letter and were promised union wages, \"plus unlimited piecework and overtime.\" Benjamin Harris, recording clerk in the New York Country Clerks office, received from his uncle, Professor I. H. Hirsch, lecturer On phpsise and mathematics in King's College, London a letter giving the represent-:. taives Englishmen's point of view and attitude toward the Germans after six months of the war. The letter, dated at Hillel House, Cambridge, England, says in part: You ask me to give my impression of present conditions. To my mind the most striking feature of. the situation is still the the general absence of vindic- tiveness or even contempt for the German people. Englishmen are joining the colors by the hundred thousand, but not in the \"jingo\" spirit . You will perhaps remember the type of man one meets so frequently in Lancashire and Yorkshire\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\u00BDthe old Puritan type \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\u00BDthe man who goes to his work with the sense of dirty /dominan, doing his work throughly, not necessarily because he likes it, but 'beceuse the job is to be done. But few or more'like the job, but the job is there to be done. It appears to be beyond the mental powers of a German to understand, this. To him, apparently, war is part of his religion/ or it is nothing. He cannot understand that a nation should go to war because it is part of its religion to destroy the worshipers of Mars, the war god. It is fortunate for Germany that England is not war mad, for if ever the fighting blood of the country were really stricken with the lust for German blood, then God help the Germans. Personally, I am praying that the Germans will have sense enough not to repeat such escapades as the attack on Scarborough. Behind this grim struggle Englishmen have not lost the feeling that German flesh and blood are still human, and, therefore, they do not wish to inflict more suffering On German women and children than is necessary. For years the Germans have been mistaking English patience for weakness and decadence. Now they must be compelled to listen. If you hear that England is determined to crush Germany beyond redemption treat the report with contempt. We cannot crush seventy millions of people except at tp enormous cost, nor would it pay. The enemy is not Germany, but autocracy. ^ Every man in the Community should remember that spending his money in the district where he< does business is just that much more that he has a chance of getting back through the channels of his own business. Do you ever remember of making a sale to that Printer \"Back East\" to whom you sent your last order for PRINTING ? Think it J>ver, and remember, The Terminal City Press Ltd. has spending their money right in your day. employees- store every Terminal City Press Ltd. 203-7 Kingsway Phone: Fair. 1140 TC~ti?A4tEH ;\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; ./I' Friday, April 16,1915. THE WESTERN CALL \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'X' Our Yo/YUm^e^ Kipling \"THE GREAT WHITE THRONE\" In a million homes in our empire now There's a hush\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-that was ne'er before, X The pulse beats quick, and the face grows pale At the postman's knock at the door. 1 here's many a face that is lost for aye To the haunts that were once its own, And there's many a thousand earnest prayers Going up to. '\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' The Great White Throne.'' II. There are millions of men in the firing line. Who have\" left all that they hold dear, Just for the sake of the land they love, But sometimes\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\u00BDthey shed a tear; It is not the tear that is born of fear And to cowards it's never known It comes with a'prayer to a God they know Going up to \"The Great White Throne.\" III. , 4 There are millions of toddling boys and girls Who cry for their absent dad's, There are millions of mothers and sweethearts , too Who are proud of their,soldier lads, There are many who never prayed before Who will kneel when they're all alone. And endless appeals to the \"God of Hosts\" Going up to the \"Great White Throne.\" \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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' 'iv.-;'- \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\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 * Tis-4he lot of the chosen race of God, To fulfil which was fore-ordained The \"Father of Israel\" never sleeps, And the Book of His Word proclaimed. 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P. E. TERMINALS OBITUARY W. C. Gladwin The death occurred in North Vancouver this week of Capt. W. G. Gladwin, the Conservative candidate for North Vancouver riding. His demise occurred at his residence after a four months' illness. He leaves a wife and father, besides three brothers in different parts of the Dominion, and two sisters, one in North Vancouver and one in Eastern Canada. Deceased was a native of Halifax County, N. S., where he was born in 1869. He removed to the prairie provinces in 1888, but before coming west took a short course in the Boyal Military College. In 1891 he removed to Kamloops, and while there was a member of the police board for several years. In 1906 he came to the coast and settled in North Vancouver He was a member of the board of ferry directors for a number of years and was later fire warden for some time. ., \ \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\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\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 -kj.:' The death occurred this morning of Miss Gladys McMorran, only daughter of. Mr. and Mrs. A. McMorran,'2816 Sophiaustreet. the by-law was ultra vires, and the subscription thereby not valid. Power was given the finance committee^ to secure further legal advice if such were deemed necessary'after a thorough examination of the opinions already secured. The matter is to be laid before the directors at a special meeting shortly. Some discussion took place regarding the validity of proceedings of the board during the period of Mayor Taylor's disqualifications, but the opinion of Burns. & Walkem. solicitors for the company, was* that in no way was the acts of the board invalidated. COMMISSIONERS REFUSE BREWERY LICENSE The The Advance Agent of OOJP'Q&T ANP 00NVUNJHN0B . \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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD i \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 Forms a closer uniotx of Home, Business and Friends. H For a limited time, Business or Residence Telephones will be installed upon payment of $5.00 x Rental in advance. \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\u00BD5 For particulars call Seymour 6070. Contract Department. B. C. TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED r_ ' Commencing tomorrow Mount Pleasant will have something in the way of ice cream parlors which will be appreciated by those who have the sweet tooth. Messrs. Prochnau & Gates the energetic proprietors of The Fern and The, New Store, have taken over the premises adjoining The New Store in the Lee building, and have put in very artistic furnishings. A new fountain, neat boxes in Mission finish, and real service will go far towards making it the rendezvous of Mount Pleasantites. 25 prizes will be given away onSatur- tne opening day, coupons With every 10 cent purchase. 8. J. T. & B. CO. MEETING At a meeting of the Burrard Inlet Tunnel and Bridge Company on Wednesday it was decided to ask the finance committee to give an opinion on the validity of the by-law of the district of North Vancouver authorizing the subscribing of a certain amount of stock in the bridge company. Some of the legal advisers from whom opinions had been secured held that The city license commissioners had to deal with an application on Wednesday from the Empire Brewing Company from Nanaimo. for' the privilege of opening; a brewery in this city. The' matter came up at the regular meeting, and' on strong representations being made against the application by. the different religious bodies of the city, the commissioners refused to grant the application. It was proposed to locate the brewery at the corner of ,13th and; Slocan street in Hastings Townsite. The promoters are Nanaimo men, and it was claimed that they had a good reputation there for the past quarter of a century. The oldest investment on earth is the real estate \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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD mortgage. In ancient Babylon 2100 B. C, in the reign of Khammurages, money was loaned on mortgage, while the great Babylonian banking house of the Egibi family, founded about 600 B. C, invested large sums in mortgages^on both farm and city property. Mortgages were recorded on bricks, preserved Jn^the_contemporary_ safe de-, posit valuts\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\u00BDgreat earthenware jars buried in the earth\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\u00BDand dug up in our own day. \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\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 > . The infamous gambling casino at Monte Carlo is^suffering on account of the war. The annual report of its corporation shows a shrinkage of. more than two millions of dollars as compared with the receipts for 1913. This is a loss of fifty per cent. It will not be deplored by anyone except the owners and operators of this disreputable institution. Even its patrons will look with some degree of complacency on the situation. The victims of folly seldom pity the' instruments and agents of their madness. WASHING TON.D.C. BRITISH COLUMBIA WATERWORKS SUPPLIES LIMITED Gate Valves, Hydrants, Brass Goods, Water Meters, Lead Pipe, Pig Lead, Pipe and Pipe Fittings. Railway Track Tools and White Waste Concrete Mixers and Wheelbarrows. Phone: Sey. 8942. 1101 Dominion Building. MT. Vtf\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDM im \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnui( wtac THE HOUSE OF AMERICAN IDEALS HOTEL POWHATAN IS NEW. (FIREPROOF. EUROPEAN. RESTFUL REFINED. REASONABLE. Room* with detached tab, $1.50 per day ap ROOHIS with private bath, $2.00 per dap ap Booklet ft Hap eareqaett. TOMWJTOWN The town of. Barkervjlle, which sprung up with the original discovery of gold in Cariboo, is situ ated in the' bed of William's Creek being the most convenient place for miners to build their cabins. , -With the opening up of this hitherto is olated mining country, with railways, has resulted in attracting capitial in most roarlred degree. And as a result of the high values obtained in decided to move the entire town a distance of about two miles, to bench aover-looking the vll- ey, and which will prove to be a much more suiaable site, after which the entire valley of Williams Creek will be dredged. In spite Of the war depression capitalists are ever on the lookout with a keen eye for profitable investements, and that British capital which is being diverted to Europe on account of the war is losing a most valuable opportunity. But the Americans, who are the shrewdest money makers are wide awake to the opportunities which present themselves on account of the Northern Interior of British Columbia being opened up by railways, and the dearth of British capital caused by the war. The Guigenheims, said to be the wealthiest mining corporation- in the world, are large factors in the development of. Barkerville district, haying large holdings on Antler Creek, William's Creek, and also on a number of smaller creeks. While a number of mining companies of. less importance are apuiroing holdings preparatory to installing dredging and hydraulic plants. A plant costing half a million will be installed at William's Creek, and one of about the same size at Antler Creek providing the borings are satisfactory. Recently information leads to the bellief that they are. Those who are in the know pradict a busy season in this Northern niining district as well as a large output of gold. \"ROUGH ON RATS\" clears out rats, mice, etc. Don't die in the house. 15c and 25c at drag and country stores. tJf. Phone Seymour 9086 Are you a Spender ? If so, do you realize the fact that you are throwing away the bricks with which you should be building your future? It's worth considering! Start a Deposit Account With Us 4 per cent, interest on deposits, subject to cheque credited monthly._ References: Dunn's, Bradstreets or any reliable Financial Institution in Vancouver. .), Dow, Fraser Trust Co. 122 Baitings Street Wert and ' McKay Station. Bunwby i\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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^k/1^m \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\u00BDtfL' > 'At-'\" Application for a lease must be made by the appVcant in person to the Agent or Sub-Agent of the district in which the rights applied for are situated. ln surveyed territory; the land must be described by sections, or legal sub\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\u00BDdivisions of sections, and in unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by the applicant himself. Each application must be accompanied by a fee of $5. which will be refunded if the rightB applied for are not available, but not otherwise. A: royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of 5 cents per ton. The person operating the mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay the royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights are not being operated, such returns should be furnished at least once a year. The lease will include the coal mining rights only, but the lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever available surface rights may be considered necessary for the working of the mine at the rate of f 10.00 an acre. For full information application should be made to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent of Dominion 'Lands. , ' ' W. W. CORY. Deputy Minister of the Interior. X. B.-r-Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will not be paid for. THE WESTERN CALL Friday, April 16, 1915. Mount Pleasant Livery TRANSFER Furniture and Piano Moving Baggage, Express and Dray. Hacks and Carriages at all hours. Phone Fairmont B4B Corner Broadway and Main A. F. McTavish, Prop. NURSE INTERVIEWS GERMAN EMPEROR CANADA AFTER THE WAR \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD X * *W. Jules Batzkowski of Paris j Germany has used up all her and Cairo, expert adviser to the gold and her paper money is at French and Egyptian govern ments, has returned to Canada from the scene of hostilities and in an interview said: \"lam confident that in the rush of prosperity that is bound to follow the finish of thisc great world struggle, Canada will participate to a large extent. The boom will not come right after the conelusion of the war, but will take some time, probably two years. During this time emigration to Canada will be limited, because the men will be needed over at the other side. In two years' time, however, the rush to Canada will be enormous, and I firm? ly beleive that in five years' time, Montreal and Toronto and other . -cities will have a tremendous, increase in population. I nan interview M. Batzkowski ' said the war would kill the 1' Made in Germany\" cry, and her commercial standing - in the world would be destroyed for even. The allied countries and Canada especially would share in the trade that has up to this time been hers. It would then be a case of \"Made in Great Britain, \" \" Made in. France,\" and \"Made in Canada.\" X M Batzkowski spoke cheerfully of the progress of the war. He voiced the opinion that the great conflict now being waked could not continue much after the month of July. This is not only his own opinion, but the same opinion is expressed by the prominent people of France, and the officers of the French army. The war, according to M. Batzkowski, was not an ordinary war, but a giganitc siege, which is slowly but surely coming to a climax. a discount. She cannot continue long, because her vitality has been all used up. Another two or three or four months will see her end. In Paris there is very ; little general business being done, everything is set aside for the war.* The machinery manufacturers are, however, working day and night supplying the munitions of war. All the young men have gone to the front. Before leaving France, M. Ratzkowski paid a visit to some of the hospitals and had conversations with several of the/ wounded soldiers. He met many of them who had been wounded not once but many times, and it was not their first time under treatment. But they were not complaining one bit, all jolly and contented, and eager for the day to come when they could go back to the trenches and again help their brothers in arms. M. Batzkowski was much impressed with the deep sympathy that exists between the French and British soldiers, who fraternize just like brothers, sharing whatever they possess.. He said there was a bond between them that would' last for ever France appreciated to the full the great response made by -Can ada to the cause of the allies, and in the' time to. come Canada would be remembered by the French government. M. Bat- sknwski said that^fter the war his country would need enormous supplies of steel, iron, copper and products of similar nature, and the loyalty of Canada would be reeoginized to the full by her receiving a great share of orders for these supplies. THEWARTAX The post office department, having given notice a week or two ago in connection with the \"War Revenue Act, that all letters ahd postcards mailed in Canada for delivery*, in Canada, the United States or Mexico, and letters mailed in Canada for delivery in the United' Kingdom and British possessions generally, or wherever the two cent rate applied, should in addition to ordinary postage carry a one cent stamp as a war tax, and also having notifie'd the public that such war tax. while it should be paid preferably by the postage stamp marked \"War Tax,\" could, if such stamp were not available) be paid by an ordinary one cent postage stamp, is now issuing further notice to the effect that postage stamps may be used for the prepayment of war duties on bank cheques, bills of exchange, promissory notes, express money orders, proprietary or patent medicines, perfumery, wines or champagne, as well as upon letters and postcards, postal notes and post office money orders, the intention being to provide facilities in those portions of the country where excise stamps are not readily available. This in view of the fact that postage stamps may be obtained at all points over the whole country in many places where there is no collector of inland revenue and no inland revenue stamps could be obtained is a distinct convenience to the public and no doubt will be largely taken advantage of. White Bock, Apr. 13, 1914. Editor Western Call: Pear Sir,\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\u00BDAs I am a reader of the Call and notice the stand you are taking on tax sales throughout our country, I thought I would give you my experience; I bought 80 acres in Langley three years ago under agreement of sale for $6,800, paying all but $2,650, for which. I gave mortgage over two years, as I was unable to make the payments I had to give this mortgage. Now the municipality has sold it for taxes, amount $153, and if I or the man who holds mortgage does not pay this by the 1st of June this year, the party gets our land for $153. I have already paid $4,150 and the man who holds mortgage will lose $2,650. Now, this man is an English gentleman, who came out here with a. few hundred pounds and invested his money in this way, with the intention, I suppose, of going into business later on when he gets better acquainted with the way of doing business in. this country. Needless to say he has had enough already and will go back hove disgusted, and, of course, will tell all he learned in Canada of. how he lost his money here. Then people wonder what is the matter, why money is so tight. With a little more of this kind of advertising it will not surprise me to see it much worse. E. J. Weatherly. For Sale or For Rent Cards, 10c Each AT WESTERN CALL OFFICE The rather doubtful privilege of an interview with the Kaiser fell to the lot of a French nurse, who was taken prisoner with her ambulance, near Sedan. Threatened with execution as a spy, she wrote to the Emperor, and was received into the august presence at Charleville. In the France de Demain, M'. Hinzelin tells the story of . the interview which followed. The Kaiser had taken up his quarters in a couple of houses near tho station at Charleville. His bedroom was protected against, possible, hostile aeroplane a. tut ks by guns- mounted on pivots, and whenever he went abroad for a constitutional on horseback or in motor car he was accompanied by a strong escort. The lady was > introduced into the Kaiser's presence by an officer of his staff. Major Von Pies- sen. When she entered the s reception room she saw sitting at a table covered with maps and plans an officer in a greenish- gray uniform. At her entrance the officer rose, clicked his heels together in the German way, and said, \"I salute the ladies of France.\" > It was the Kaiser, through she had some difficulty in-recognizing him. He had not shaved his moustache, but cut it very close. There were heavy pouches under his eyes, and his skin was yellow and drawn. He looked not like the photographs, but like the cari- icatures of himself. As soon as she came before him he asked her to be seated, and with a strange, nervous rapidity set her a series of questions which he answered himself. It was rather a monologue than an interrogatory. '' Why did France insist on making war on us ?\" he first asked/ following up his question before it could be answered by .a second. \"Don't you know that France was the first to mobilize?\" \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\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\" . :._.., Half swamped beneath the torrent of royal words the nurse murmured something about the invasion of Belgium. The Kaiser caught at Belgium. \"They are probably reproaching us with that,\" he said. \"Just listen to me. At Brussels' we found absolute proof that a treaty existed between Belgium France and England, enabling the French and English to attack Germany through Belgium.\" . '\" Excuse me, sir,\" said the French woman, trying to stem the stream of. verbiage. \"I have come here to protest against a charge of espionage.\" But the Kaiser swept her interruption aside.- \"I'll tell you what I think of your fine England,\" he said, with growing fury. \"She is treachery incarnate. She has betrayed everybody, and me first of all. If I wished she would betray France to-morrow. How can France have made common cause with our secular foe ? I expected better things of you. Yet it is true that you are proving yourselves unworthy of your ancient fame, for you have sum-1 moned savages to your assistance. Just think, bloodthirsty negroes form the flower of your army!\" Here the Frenchwoman broke in: \"I have never heard, sire,\" she said, proudly, \"that our black troops massacre children, shoot down old men, burn churches and desecrate sepulchres.\" The Kaiser had not the time to answer this charge. It is doubtful whether he even heard it. At that moment the politic Von Plessen half opened the door of the audience chamber. \"Good.\" said the monarch hastily. \"It appears to us that you have been wrongly accused, and you shall be set at liberty, but do not fail to repeat all that we have said to you.\" BRITISH NAVY AND RAILWAY GROWTH The present conflict in Europe has demonstrated beyond the possibility of doubt that the maintenance of Britain's superiority at sea, and the expansion of the wheat areas in British Dominions, have been linked together as basic factors in the consideration of plans for imperial offence and defence. The lawmakers in London, as a matter of policy,, have allowed nothing to interfere with the building up of an all-powerful navy, and they have steadfastly ignored the protests of Englishmen who have contended that Great Britain would be in an impossible position if a war should develop with a powerful maritime power. There were numerous men in England who believed that in the event of an important European struggle involving Great Britain \"the hunger of London would dictate terms of peace.\" But the admiralty were convinced that the sea power, of Britain would keep all the routes open for foodstuffs. The lands in the British Isles which might have been devoted to the growth of more wheat were left as before, and the investors of Britain by placing their funds in the bonds of railways in> Canada, in South Africa, in Australia and in New Zealand,, where vast stretches of fertile country remained to be opened up, encouraged the production of a steady supply of foodstuffs Which might be called upon in case of emergency. The under-water craft of Germany have failed to throttle the shipping of Great Britain. Her ships come and go as they please; And the resources of wheat lands, in themselves many times the area of the British Isles are available for the need of the people of Britain. X The bulk of the supplies of Canadian wheat for export are drawn each year from the wheat fields of the prairie provinces. The total supply may be computed by a study of the carryings of the railways. During the. crop year 1913-4, the Canadian Northern alone handled the territory served by its western lines, 47,295,000 bushels. Estimating the increase this year at 29 per cent, the C. N. R, should haul out approximately the 56,750,000 bushels of wheat from the provinces lying between the Great Lakes and the Bocky fountains. That quantity of wheat, converted successively into flour, and into standard loaves of bread, would feed Greater London, with its estimated population of 7,252,963, for more than four and a half years.:.v According1 to the millers, a barrel of flour, 196 pounds, is made from 4% bushels of wheat, and^ according to the bakers, 187 standard loaves of 24 ounces each, are made from one barrel of flour. The anticipated carry- igsn on the Canadian Northern this season, then, represent 12,511,111 barrels and 2,358,277, 775 loaves of bread. If this were divided in London each individual in the Imperial City you divide the population of the capital into families of three, each family would be provided liberal supply of 4 loaves a week to each family would extend the foodstuffs over 244 weeks, or more than four and a half years. There is no need to carry the illustration further, so long as Britain holds command of the seas, the available supply of foodstuffs from Canada alone should suffice to overcome the handicap her critics maintain she imposed upon herself by producing but a quarter of what she annually consumes. In at least one city in Kansas the public school teachers give the children credit for work done in the home, such as washing dishes, cooking, sweeping, making beds,' and observing the rules of sanitation. Parents are required to make regular reports of such work. * \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 * One of the newest of the ocean liners has no steerage. In its place is a third class cabin. This does riot provide luxuries, to be sure, but is so far above the sodden liuman welter of the old steerage that it deserves to \"be welcomed as an evidence of the progress of civilization. Don't Procrastinate\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\u00BDPlant Soon \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\u00BDThe British Columbia Apples, in a world competition, captured thef Gold Medal Prize. This means, that the B. C. orchards will lead the worldi\" A word to the -wise is sufficient. V We are offering choice varieties of our one year old apple tree stocl at Ten Dollars per 100; two and three year old stock reduced accordingly;! Our other fruit tree stock and general nursery stock we give 30 per cent, off! catalogue price-, allowed in additional stock. Cash to accompany-order. .1' In our stock pf over .$100,000 we have everything you want to make? your orchards greater and your gardens more beautiful. Catalogues mailed,), free on application. Patronize home growers, and build up a home pay roll. ; ROYAL NURSERIES, LIMITED Head Office, 710 Dominion Bldg., 207 Hastings St. W. Phone, Sey. 5556 Store, 2410 Granville St., Phone, Bay. 1926 Nurseries and Greenhouses,, Boyal, on the B. 0. B. By. Eburne Branch, VPhone, Eburne 43 ^ J. Dixon House Phone: Bay. Office Phone: G. Murray House Phone: Bay. 1137L Seymour 8765-8766 DIXON & MURRAY Office and Store Fixture rianufacturers Jobbing Carpenters Painting, Paperhanging and Kalsomining Shop: 1066 Dunsmuir St. . Vancouver B.C. THE BIGHT SPRIT Rt. Hon. Lewis Harcourt's announcement this week that the Overseas Dominions will be fully consulted in regard to any peace proposals is acclaimed with favor by the masses of the United Kingdom and the British Colonies alike. And why not? Are not the colonies an integral part of the great Empire, and are we not quite as vitally interested in the outcome as our brethren in the United Kingdom. Now is the time for the laying of a new foundation for a greater empire than has been, for the welding together of the outposts of the empire into a, stronger bond of unity tha: the world has known. The press despatches quoted below will find favor in the hearts of all loyal sons of the empire the world over. ''Nothing less could well have been expected,\" says the Daily News. 'The creditable part the dominions have taken in this war of their own free will manifestly entitles them to be heard in its settlement. They have a right to claim that their own particular interests shall be adequately safeguarded when peace comes. AndAl they are sufficiently aloof from the main theatre of war to give their advice valuable impartial-1| ity. \"The question of forms and mar chinery by which an opinion of the dominions is to be obtained is doubtless more delicate.\" The Daily Chronicle regards' Mr. Harcourt's statement as memorable and admirable, and as forming a real landmark in the history of our imperial relations. The Daily Telegraph says: \"We rejoice at this pledge given to, the dominions, because the younger nations possess a clear vision of what is essential. The future is theirs, and they will be on their guard against any compact which places it in jeopardy. So, if the overseas peoples are pleased by this announcement as they will be, we in the mother couiitry have no less cause for gratification, in the knowledge that; they will assist powerfully byv their counsel to ensure that ultimate peace agreement which will alone satisfy our just expectations. \" ': VX Regina\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\u00BDAn interesting statement just prepared by the government shows that the area of occupied land in Sskatchewan has increased from 2,833,434 acres in 1901 to 28,642,985 acres in 1911. In 1901 Saskatchewan was sixth among the provinces from point of occupied land, whereas in 1911 it had attained first place with over 6,000.000 acres more ' than any other province in the Dominion. From . the standpoint of the value of the occupied land, Saskatchewan held sixth place in 11901 but had reached second place in 1911. The acerage value of occupied land in 1901 is giv- ee as $7.32 per acre, whereas in 1911 it was shown to be $23.10. These figures go to show the remarkable development which has taken place in Saskatchewan during the past ten years. ies Know 4X BREAD IS GOOD Tbe kiddies don't know tbat only pure ingredients, careful attention and absolute cleanliness go into 4 Bread, and is responsible for sucb uniforn>ity and all round goodness as it possesses. ^ But you know,it or can find out. All Tbey \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDuow\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\"It's aood.\" Phone: Fair. 44 or at all Grocer* AT HOME AT THE CLUB ATTHE HOTEL Ask for The Health-Giving Natural Mineral Water Refuse Substitutes THE HUDSON SOLE '8 BAY COMPANY ihpoiters sl. I- Friday^ April 16,1915. THE WESTERN CALL SPORTING COMMENT Frank Barrieau, the Vancouver welterweight boxer, is fast touring to the front in the [ranks of pugilism. Frank has J>een .away from his native city for upwards three months, and luring that time has met and lefeated no less than thirteen spirants for honors, nine of them being given knockouts. Barrieau has a way all his own >f coming out on top, and if Jie keeps coming to ,the front nor the next couple of years as lie has being doing, he will be me of the top notchers in the ighting game in this country, tumor has it that he will short- lly come under s the wing of |Harry Pollok, the manager of Freddie Welsh, and if this be Itrue, Vancouver will look for Ibig things from Barrieau in the \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\u00BDfuture. The Northernwestern League [baseball series will open here on I Tuesday of next week with the [usual ceremonies attached to the [initial day. Victoria will be the [first team to come up against [the champions of the league [this year, and 0 right from the [start there promises to develop I some lively ball. Vancouver has la host of youngsters working [hard for a permanent berth on [the team, and Manager Brown [is busy this week in the practice games weeding out the weak- llings. and will be right in line If or the opening of the season [with an exceptionally strong leup. Lacrosse down east is taking another turn. This time it looks like an amalgamation of the two rival leagues down there. A couple of seasons ago there was a big split up, the result being the formation of the new league called the \"Big Four.\" The new leagues stepped out on a heavy finanicial investment, and the salaries of the players soared skywards. The quality of lacrosse was no better than in the other league, the attendances were no larger, and the chance pf lifting the Minto Cup no better, so that no wthe eastern men are endeavoring tb come to some agreement with the object of bet- terink the game. \ Coquitlam football team an nexed the the championship of the province for the third time as a result of their win over the Victoria . team in the capital on Saturday last. The score was three goals to one and reports say that the quality ot the game put up by the mainlanders was a treat for the spectators. This is an enviable achievement for the Coquitlam football team, this being the third consective season for them to win this honor. The Ranchers are a splendid combination of players who play the game from start to finish, and they deserve this' honor and the congratulations of all the soccer fans of the province. The big leagues in baseball on the American side opened the season on Wednesday of this week under favorable auspices. The feature of the opening day was the defeat of last year's world's champions, the Boston Braves, at the hands of the Philadelphia team, the score being 3 toO. Frank Patrick, manager of the Vancouver hockey team, is authority for the statement appearing in the daily papers that Seattle will have an ice rink next season and a hockey team. During the season just closed Portland came into the hockey game and had a successful season. The enlarging of the league is a good thing; provided the brand of hockey provided is up to standard. I nthe event of one of the American teams winning the pennant, what would be done with the Stanley cup. This trophy most assuredly cannot leave the Dominion, and it looks like the discard for it eventually. SOMETHING ABOUT SALISBURY PLAIN Sovereign Radiators Artistic in design. Perfect in finish. Made in Canada. Taylor^Fori^s Co. umitrp Vancouver, 3. C. Events still point to the possibility of New Westminster being in the game of lacrosse again this season. Negotiations are now in progress to this effect betwen the manager of the Royals and Con Jones, and the probability is that the old league will be fixed up again, and that in place of Victoria the champions of the world will be back again. If. this be true, it is sincerely to be .hoped that New Westminster * will finish out the schedule instead of quitting cold in the middle of the season. On the other hand it might be well for the Vancou-^ yer team to live on the square as regards all the points of the game. Any attempt at dirty play or underhand committee room taetics will receive the just condemnation of the public, which is \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\u00BDsick and tired of this style of j athletics. If ever there was an I opportune time for a cleanup it is now.\"; .- . Where the Canadian Soldiers Spent Some Time Salisbury Plain is a fresh surprise to each Canadian who thinks of England as closely built up and laid out in gardens and parks. Mile'after mile one rolls along over the plains where shepherds watch their flocks, and birds fly up from the grass as one passes. A few men working in the hedges and ditches are met with, and some heavy wagons labor through the heavy roads. Far off there are groups of trees, here and there, but for long distances there is nothing to break the lines of grass and rolling ground. The mud of. the roads and the camps is like the evil quality of some small girl in a long forgotten instructive poem which \"like a cloud behind the skies, hid all her better qualities.\" It looms very large in the minds of visitors, and it sticks to their boots even more conspicously But even the mind has no power over the spirits of the cheerful Canadains who have been gaining eomplectiona and weight and experience V, during their several months' training in preparation for the front. YEAR WGHT. vv by presenting your good wife with an up-to-date motor washing machine and ball-bearing wringer; one, of ours will please her.' We have a complete stock of Clothes Pryewr ^wh- boards, Wash Boilers, Tubs and Clothes Pius. \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 .. . - We deliver promptly. W.ROwen Tne Mt. Pleasant Hardware Pbone Fair. 447 2337 Main Street A press despatch from Sask atoon intimates the decision of the Canadian Amateur Lacrosse Association in connection with the Mann Cup fiasco which has caused sa much wrangling of la^e. The decision is to the effect that the National Association has repudiated the Mann Cup and will provide another trophy for competition. In effect this will mean that the Mann Cup is now in the discard and Trustee Lally and his confreres will not be the arbiters any longer. According to the ruling pf the supreme body of lacrosse in the Dominion Vancouver Athletic Club are the champions j and any challengers for the amateur championship will have to play Vancouver for the honor. It is understood that on the strength of assurances froni Mr.\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\u00BDLally,-that-the Bramptonr Ontario team have challenged for the honor. Whether they will be more* desirous 'of playing for the lacrosse championship or for the Mann Cup, held by the trustees is yet to be seen. It is a most regrettable incident in connection with the game that such trouble has come about. It does seem on the face of it that some of tbe teams interested were severely at fault, and it will do the game little good, although it is well that the supreme body has taken the matter in hand. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD In many places the huts are being erected, long gray buildings which may be more comfortable lack the picturesqueness of the contingent are sorrowful oyer leaving the tents which have been their home for so long. In one tent lettersi are being sorted, in another lunch was in progress, and smart orderlies marched about with appetizing meat and floury potatoes/while we admired in respectful whispers'the handsome dishes and the cruets. In another big tent the men were reading letters and papers, and the latter were being sorted for the various companies. Winchester ^nd Salisbury are among the cathedral cities where and in etaointaointaoinaoinaoin the military element prevails, and in the later place Canada is naturally well to the fore. One heats the familiar accent in the streets bf. the old town, .and one meejs Canadain soldiers on foot, and in transport wagons coming in from '' The Plain'' or departing there with equal cheerfulness. In the music shops you see \"O Canada' 'and'' The Maple Leaf,'' and you read the notices of wel- comes to the soldiers, and enter- beaut lare-fuyse. .ec.careech lut tainments \" for soldiers. The beautiful cathedral is holding a special seven o'clock Sunday evening service which is hoped will suit the convenience of sold iers visiting the city . On Sunday morning there were many Canadian officers and men at the service. 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Next Colombia Theatre Pbone: Seymour 1770. n VANCOUVER, B. 0. r1- Are you goimto wear this winter? Leckle's, of Course And I am going to see that my wife buys them for THE BOYS too. They are the best to wear and are made in Vancouver. Phone Seympur 8171 STOREY & CAMPBELL 518-520 BEATTY ST. VANCOUVER, B.C. MANUFACTURERS OF Light and Heavy harness, Mexican Saddles, Closed Uppers, Leggins, etc. A large stock of Trunks and Valises always on hand. BUGGIES, WAGONS, Etc. Leather of all kinds. Horse Clothing. We are the largest manufacturers and importers of Leather Goods in B. C. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 0N_THEWAR Under the auspices of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Grandview Methodist church Rev. Dr. Sipprell of the Mount Pleasant Methodist Church Tuesday gave- a,n address on \"Germans, Germany and the War.\" The speaker divided his subject into three main heads; The German temperamentj the German teaching, and Gernjan politics or tactics. X There were two Germans, he said, the old German, the' German of. Kant, Beethoven and Goethe, and the modern German. Prussianized under the Hohen- zollorn dynasty. The temperament of today was one in which officialism ranked high. It was seen everywhere being carried to the minutest detail of the German life. There was a certain democratic element in the German life, as seen principally in the were conducted. Professors were paid a salary by 'the state of from $1,000 to $1,500 and an additional percentage of fees according to the number of students which the professor attracted. There was a popular ization of music. Under state aid the music halls brought the best in the music world to the masses of the people. Also the social life of. the. German was democratic in a sense that the average Englishman's was not. Their numerous parks permitted families to enjoy their holidays together^ In business life the Germans were accommat- ing. Although there was much beer comsumed in Germany Dr. Sipprell said he saw but two drunken men during his sojourn in that country. Above all the Germans were thrifty and genial.. But officialism has laid its hand on the free and happy life of the, German people. Officialism has come to manifest itself in way form of militarism. ' The soldier who could fight has come to be regarded above the man who thought. As the result of the teaching of their philosophers the very basis of Christianity has come to be quest ioned in_ the minds of a large percentage^ of the educated Germans. 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In his creed only the strong had a right to live, power was to be secured by efficiency. ' Tre^t schike, followed and carried into the realm of politics the teachings of Nietzsche. Bernhardi was of the same school with his theory of world politics\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\u00BDa \"place in the sun\" for Germany. A rapid survey of the political histoid of^Germ^y^^from the time of Frederick the Great to William II. completed the setting for the present world leadership of the military party thought her time to strike had come. LAWN SEED FERTILTZEB SEED OATS Early Bose Seed Potatoes Grace Darling Seed Potatoes Sutton's Beliance Seed Potatoes F. T. VERNON THE MOUNT PLEASANT FEED STORE 255 BBOADWAY EAST Two Phones: Fair 186 and 878 Try Our Own Diamond Chick Food for Beet Semite SUNDAY .SERVICES The citizens' Sunday services, .for several months past conducted by Mr. John T. S.evens in the Rex and Strand' theatres, will, commencing . next Sunday, be held in the Dominion theatre, Granville street, commencing at 7.30 p.m. The afternoon service will be discontinued for the summer months. Sunday's program will include organ recital from 7.10 to 7.30 bv Mr. L. C. Stevens; hymn, \"All People That on Earth Do Dwell\"; opening prayer; solo, \"The Holy City,\" Mrv Geo. O. Sanborn; scripture lesson; solo, \"O Lord, Rebuke Me,\" Mrs. Alexander McLean- prayer for our soldiers, sailorsnand empire; violin solo, \"Walther's Prize Song,\" Miss Marjorie Stevens; hymn \"O Gud, our Help in Ages Past\"; address, \"The Silver Lining to the War Cloud,'' Mr. J.--..S. Cowper; solo, \"The Border Maiden,\" Mrs. Alexander McLean; National Anthem; Benediction. Being dissatisfied with the untidy appearance of the streets, the women of the Civic League of a Missouri city applied to the merchants for the funds they usually paid to keep the streets clean. So well did they perform this work that when they offered to hand over the management to the Commercial Club the business men ^refused to consider the proposition, and requested the women to carry on the work with money which the men would furnish. A SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENT -One of the most successful entertainments of the season took place on Monday evening last in the Imperial Theatre, when the fourra^t comedy /'School,\" was presented by the Mount Pleasant Dramatic Club. A large audience Avas present, the theatre being almost filled, and the efforts of the players were thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish. The affair was under the auspices of the local Red Cross Society and was loyally supported by all those who are interested in that laudable work. The comedy is a light, airy little play, with plenty of scope for histrionic ability, and the features were well brought out in every act. It is descriptive of the life of an old country boarding school, and the many humorous incidents of these well known places of tuition were in evidence. This is the fourth dramatic entertainment by the Mt. Pleasant troupe, and it easily eclipsed the others presented to date. The players are thoroughly at home on the stage, and indeed, some of them are quite ripe for professional company. While all the company did well, special mention, ought to be made of Mr. A. De Twornickij in the role of Beau Farntbsh. His interpretation of the old uncle could hardly have been improved upon, and his makeup and actions all through were all that could be desired. Mr. W. Crighton as Jack Poyntz, and Mr. W. Strang, as Vaughan, were splendid and were accorded repeated applause. Mr. W. Leney niade a splendid villain and was admirable as his role of Mr. Krux. For the ladies Miss Ethel Riches as Bella, and Miss , Nada Johnstone as Naomi Tighe, excelled, and gave a splendid account of their respective assignments. These two young ladies should be heard to advantage in future affairs of this nature. Miss Do- wal as Mrs. Sutcliffe, maintained her well known reputation, pleasing her old admirers and making many new ones. The remainder of the cast/ gave/gilt edged support to the principals and generally speaking showed few weaknesses. \" - During the recess between acts Miss \"polet Bejates-Barbes entertained the audience, with some fancy dancing. Miss 'Belates- Barbes has mastered the art and was exceedingly graceful in her numbers. The flower dance by the school girls was one of the bright features of the entertainment. There is much more than inighVt be said of the entertainment; it was splendid and thoroughly enjoyed, and the hope of all those present (which was freely expressed) was that these same artists would be heard again in the near future. It would be unfair to give all the congratulations to the entertainers themselves. In this connection mention must be made bf the painstaking efforts of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Baxter, who have guided the destinies of this organization since its inception. Mr. and Mrs. Baxter have been loyal supporters of this class of work since coming to the city, and have spent much time and energy in bringing the Mount Pleasant Dramatic Society to its present state of. efficiency, and Ajery hearty congratulations are due them. In this the Call is pleased to concur. The proceeds of the entertainment were devoted to the material fund of the Red Cross Society, and that patriotic institution will be well rewarded for its pains in looking after the staging of the entertainment CHOIR CONCERT A very successful and ^enjoy- able concert was given in the Central Methodist church-- cor. Pender and Dunlevy streets, on Thursday evening by the Mount Pleasant Methodist choir under the direction of Madame Yulisse. The\" work of the choir showed careful training, and the/render^ ing throughout the program was marked by good expression qnd interpretation. Good balance and harmony was also noticeable in the unaccompanied work and in the massed chorus Hymn to Music by Dudley Buck. Solos were rendered and well received by the large audience ; present by Mr. Macgregor, Mrs. MacDuffie, Mr. L. McPherson, Mr. R. Sparling and Madame Yulisse. Readings were given by Miss Nina Porter in a very creditable manner, and violin selections by Miss Burton were excellently rendered and appreciated. Miss Hartwell acted quite efficiently as accompanist. PH. GOW, Manager .Pro-gram for Week Commencing April 19th. Monday and Tuesday\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 \"X \"Sixty Years a Queen\"; the life story of Britain's lamented Queen Victoria; 6 parts,, 289 scenes. First show for the children at 5.15 p. m., daily, 6.45; 8.15; 9.45. Wednesday- Billy Ritchie in a bathtub mystery; \"Hearts and Flames.\" Thursday- Francis Ford and Grace Cunard, in \"The Hidden City\"; Universal Weekly; Drawing for prizes at 8.30 p.m. Friday and Saturday-r- 13th Episode of \"the Master Key.\" Coming | THE BLACK BOX | | IN MEMORIAM \ X Richard Ross Caspell Richard Ross Caspell, the second son of Mr. E. Caspell, of Mount Pleasant, principal of the Simon Fraser school* died at.the General Hospital on Monday morning after an illness of two months. The young man . was taken ill with pneumonia some time ago, and his condition was quite serious for a time, but* after careful attention at the hos* uital it was believed that he was on a fair way to recovery, and jt was the intention of his parents that he should have returned home this week. On Sunday evening, however, alarming symptoms developed, and the young man's strength was not sufficient to enable him to rally, and he passed -away as ^bove stated. \"Dick\" Caspell was well known among the young people of this community. He was a genial, whole-hearted lad, brim full of life and fun. and his disposition endeared him to all who knew him. Among the boys of King Edward high school he was a great favorite, and will be much missed by them. He was one of the first athletes of the Comet Club of Mount Pleasant Presbyterian church and was always keen on things which interest that club. Deceased was 17^years-of age*- \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 -,X\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 ^__. STORE The Popular Shoppi Centre of Mt. Pleasanl Death under all circumstances is a- severe trial, but especially when a young life is called away, and the deepest sympathy of this community goes out to the parents and brother and sisters at this time. The funeral took place from the family residence; 844 14th avenue west, on Wednesday afternoon and was,very largely attended. Rev. J. S. Henderson, interim moderator of Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian church, officiated at the house and at the grave, assisted by Revs. Dr. Pidgeon and Dr. Sipprell. New fountain and tasty drinks at Prochnau & Gates' New store, Lee building. SUBSCRIPTION m Next Week Any Day Ya\ Can 0\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt the Popular Pictorial Review Magazine 4 Months for 25i Tlie regular price $1.25 a yeaxl Special Sale of Ladies! Waists ^values to $4.00, on sale a] each ....... X...........$XS)\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Four bargains in fine Embroidei Vies. Come in and see them. New Cinderella Ginghams, fas! r^colors; justahe,4hing4or Chiq dfren's and Ladies' Was^ /Dresses. Women's Roots, in lace or but J ton patent, Swede, Gunmetal oi Kid. Reg. $5.00 and $5.50] now only, per pair ..... .$ New- Curtain Scrims and Voiles hemstitched, fancy border. 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