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Provincial Library • 9 •*TpTTp RLAND ISLANDER With which ls consolidated the Cumberland News. TWENTY-NINTH YEAR—No. 47. CUMBERLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1920. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. Conservative Candidate, Comox District W. E. ANDERSON, of Quathiaski Cove WRESTLING MATCH WAS TAME AFFAIR The patrons of the wrestling match staged In the Ilo-llo Theatre last Saturday night went away somewhat disgusted. If promoters of wrestling desire to boost along the game and get patronage, a different showing will have to be made than was the case on that occasion. Two good preliminaries were down on the programme but only one took place, which lasted such a short time that the spectators thought it just a Joke. Andy Thomson and Benny Reecc, both of Cumberland, came together in the preliminary, Thomsoi gaining the first fall after one minute and a quarter of wrestling. Thomsoi gained the second fall after another minute and thus ended the preliminaries. The main contestants were then Introduced to the audience, Taro Mlyake being heralded as the champion Jul- Jitsu wrestler of the world, and Gene O'Connor as the catch-as-catch-can champion of Canada. It did not take long for these two to get busy, the Japanese throwing O'Connor In the first second. Gene, however, managed to break the Oriental's hold and like a streak of lightning had the jiu-jitsu champion at his mercy. The Jap, however, managed to keep O'Connor from doing any serious harm to him, aud after a lot more of give and take and flop sort of wrestling, the Japanese succeeded in obtaining an arm-hold, winning the first fall after 17 minutes of wrestling, The second period was practically a repetition of the first—"You throw me or I'll throw you." After 12 minutes of this sort of thing the Japanese got a neck hold and It wa3 all ovcr. The affair was poorly staged, there being no one to announce the wrestlers, no referee, no timekeeper, and had It not been for Chief of Police Bunbury acting as referee for the preliminaries and timekeeper for the big event it would have been an entirely disorganized affair. Andy Thomson officiated as referee for the main event. G.W.V.A. THANKS PUBLIC The Masquerade Committee of the G. W. V. A. desire to thank the public for the splendid support accorded them on the occasion of their annual masquerade, held last week. The affair was a great success and left a good balance after paying all expenses. Political Notes It Is reported that several members of the Presbyterian Church at Sandwick are withdrawing their support on account of the Rev. Thomas Meu- zles allowing his name to be placed in nomination for political honors. Further political rumors are to. the effect that a deputation of Indies are canvassing the Comox Valley In the interests of Mr. Hugh Stewart, the Liberal candidate, and finding themselves meeting with such little success are Informing tho electors that if they cannot see their way to vote for Stewart, not to vote for Menzles. A little rough on the clergyman. W. E. Anderson, the Conservative candidate In the coming election, Is now touring the southern portion of the district interviewing the electors and delivering addresses at various points. Judging from reports, Anderson appears to be a sure winner. The report that he employs Japanese fishermen at ills cannery ut Quathiaski Cove, opposite Campbell River, is absolutely false. He employs white fishermen and has not had an Oriental In his employ for the past ten years, MASQUERADE BALL OF INTERMEDIATE AND JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB The executive of the Cumberland Intermediate and Junior Football Club have now completed (he prize list for their masquerade ball, which takes place on November 30th. It Is an attractive und up-to-date prize list and should call for many competitors, it embracing many new features. Competitors and spectators arc assured of a good night's fun. See the prize list, select your character and get ready for the big event. THREE PROMINENT VANCOUVER CITIZENS SUED BY DOMINION OTTAWA.—Informations have been field in the Exchequer Court against Dr. A. R. Baker and Messrs. F. W. Foster and A. II. Sherman, three well known residents of Vancouver, charging non-payment of delinquent Income tax. The writs have already been served. "Male and Female" Big Feature at Ilo-llo Today "Male and Female," one of the most spectacular and absorbingly Interesting film productions thus far given to the screen, ls showing today al tlie Ilo-llo, matinee and evening. Wherever shown-thls picture has crowded the houses. It ls an adaptation of James B. Barrie's famous book, "The Admirable Crlchton," and ls produced under the direction of Cecil B. Dellllle, one of the world's most noted producers. Speaking of this picture, the New York Sun said: "The Paramount-Artcraft screen version of Barrio's play justifies the white hot public interest in it, for Director DeMllIe In addition to presenting the ordinary stage scenes with his usual polish and directness, has lavished additional effects impossible behind the footlights, but possible to a film Bclasco with all nature at his command. . . There are thrilling scenes . . and the picture moves with an artistic eye for the telling^ moments. . . Rabid throngs Burged around the Rlvoll imploring the ushers for a chance to get at the picture. . The San Francisco Call and Post said: "Splendid vistas of land and sea are shown on the screen; the wild dash of waves ou a desolate shore; thc luxuriance of the tropics, the prowling creatures of the jungle are there, and in this magnificence of nature a handful of poor humans live and toil and lose their social caste. There's a great lesson In thc picture." BOWSER AND ANDERSON ADDRESS DIG MEETING Despite Heavy Downpour Many People Turned Out to Hear tho Opposition Leader and Conservative Candidate Lay Their Views Before the Electors—Most Enthusiastic Gathering. Tliour.li tbo meeting was called us early as seven o'clock, and tlie rain was descending in torrents, a big crowd of people, including a largo number o, iadies, tilled tlie Ilo-llo Theatre ou Tuesday evening when the Hon. W. J. Dowser, Leader of the Conservative Party, and Jit*. VV. K. Anderson, Conservative candidate in the Comox district, addressed tlie gathering on tho paramount issues of tlie day. This was by far tlie most successful political meeting held in Cumberland lor many years, and gave great encouragement to tlu leader and the local candidate. Mr. Thos. E. Bato, President of the Cumborland Conservative Association, wus lu the chair, and others on the platform Included, Mayor D. It. McDonald, .Mr. Charles Graham, Mr. Geo. O'Brien, Mr. J. C. Browu, Mr. H. Ci. MeKiiinoi and Mr. J. L. Coates. Owliig to the speakers arriving alspects. To the ladies present I may little late from Merville, where they|W _tjg* '.""A!" j'««*"^ of Mothers Had addressed a meeting lu the after noon, the meeting was dolayed In commencing, and in view of the very Inclement weather, tlie selections played by the City Band whilst tbe people were walling were appreciated. The chairman, in his introductory remarks, referred to Hon. W. J. Bowser as "your Premier to be," staling tliat as their time was limited, he would introduce Mr. Anderson, the new standard-bearer of the Conservative party, to the meeting before calling on thoit leader to give his views on some of tbe more important questions of the hour. Mr. Anderson, be staled, was not very well known to many of those present, but after election day. as their representative lie hoped they would have a better opportunity of becoming acquainted with him. "Mr. Anderson," the speaker said, "In a type of man who will stand—the* better you know him the more you will like him." Mr. W. E. Anderson. Addressing the audience, Mr. Anderson said: "I am very pleased to see so many people gathered here tonight, as the weather being ao very bad I would not have been surprised to see a very much smaller meeting. I am not a platform speaker, as I suppose most of you know. I am coming before you not as a politician, as I cannot yet call myself that, bul as a plain business man, who is going to look after your interests, if elected, in a businesslike way. As perhaps many of you do not know—becuuse 1 am better known In the northern part of the Island than lu this particular district—I have spent quite a considerable number of years in British Columbia, some eleven years or so, following active business luterests, In addition to my experience In other parts of Canada, t may say that as a business man 1 have always been successful, and I a| personally of the opinion that a great measure of my success iu the various undertakings I have taken up has been due to my habit of going around the country and becoming acquainted witli the working linos of other enterprises of a similar nature, d storing thc knowledge thus gained to he drawn upon as occasion required. 1 think a great deal can he gained In this way—by going about from place to place, observing conditions and taking mental notes of what is gooil and what is lacking ln these nditions. I know I have found It so Iu conducting a practical business enterprise, and I see no reason why tiie same method, if applied by a member of a constituency to his work for the interests of the people lu that district, should not have equally beneficial re- rults. Member Should Visit District. A man must go over his constituency frequently and see what the needs of the people really are, before he can fully undrstand what his guid- g line of action in regard to help for tlie people can be. I may say thut if elected as your member, this ls what [.Intend to do- to travel over my constituency, see what It needs und do my best to give you guidance and help In regard to those needs. No matter what the politics of the people are—I believe In serving every member of the constituency to the very best of my ability, and I Intend to do so. _n regard to your old member, Mr. Stewart, I may say that 1 think in tills particular respect he has been somewhat neglectful. From all I have been able to learn, Mr. Stewart does not appear to have covered the district personally to the extent necessary to keep in touch witli the people. In my own neighborhood 1 think In regard to his visits that we were more fortunate than most of you, as he did really visit our neighborhood twice In one year; but most of the remainder of the district 1 believe he only visited at election time'. Supports Legislation for Women. On looking round this hall tonight I am exceedingly pleased to see so many ladies present-especially as the night Is so Inclement. It shows the degree • interest thoy are taking in the affairs Of the country. I have always been a strong supporter of women's franchise, wliieh is now happily a thing of the present and a factor to be reckoned with at this election. I have always telt that there were the best of .reasons why women should have equal rights with men politically and In other rc- I'ensioos, also Old Age Pensions, and will consistently work to bring about these tilings and other reforms in llioii interest. liiJi'crnhiont .Neglects Hospitals. A word on the hospitals of the dis- trlct. I think our hospitals have had far too lilfie support from the govern ment. 1 ilo not know exactly how you are situated here- I have not been In Cumberland as yet very much; but 1 know that our hospital ut Campbell -liver lias had practically no support .roin tiie government whatever. This .s a matter which should receive more attention than it lias done in the past. Tlie Compensation Board allowance is not "enough, so that It has to be supplemented by the community of the district in which the hospital is situated, which I think is not fair. The 'hospital allowance as not beeu in- 'ereased In proportion to the higher coot of living since tlie war, and aa your member 1 would use my Influence to bring about a better state of conditions In this regard. Heads lu a Shameful State. Then as to the roads. I need scarcely enlarge upon this matter, as you are fully aware of the condition the roads are in. They are in a shameful state, both here and perhaps especially iu the northern end of the Island. On our Island—It ls not a very large one—I can state that for the last two years, not counting the present year, the government has spent upon these roads one-third of what I have paid them in taxes alone. Where has the rest of the money gone? The monc^valsed in taxpa for this, .purpose? It seems to me that we have much need to wake up aud see what is being done 'with our money, as there Is certainly something wrong. Not until this last fall did they start to do any repair to these roads. Our leader ls going to speak to us, and so I will not detain you longer this evening, but I hope to have other opportunities of addressing you in tiie future, and if you see fit to elect me as your representative on December 1st I promise you that it will be my earnest endeavor to serve your best Interests and help to satisfy some of your needs. Hon. W. J. Bowser. On arising to address the audience Mr. Bowser was accorded an enthusiastic reception. Expressing satisfaction at seeing oo large an audience, he said: "While you may not agree with my politics, and while some of you may disagree witli some of Ihe actions I performed while a minister, yet I know Hint on tlie eve of an election, you are all taking sucli an interest In public affairs that you want to beat* questions discussed by men holding different views in politics. You heard the Right Honorable the Premier last week, and Mr. Mclnnes also, I understand, has addressed you, so that I think it is only fair you should hear from those holding Conservative views. This election lias been called rather hurriedly and at an inclement season of tiie year, with Hie result tliat those holding opposite views to the government may not all have an opportunity of going before the different constituencies lo discuss these views. There are many places where it would be Impossible to get the hullol boxes in before thc first of December. It certainly would be impossible for the candidates to reach very many large bodies of electors living at far-away points. Consequently the government has been very active for months past, thinking they had their guns primed. So In order to meet a portion of tlie electorate I am forced to speak two or three times a day. I do not complain about that, because I wish to intelligently discuss with thc electors of this country our present condition. My honorable friend, the Premier, has been laboring on tlie financial question and stating we had deficits every year, and would leave the suggestion that they had no deficits since they came into office. It is true we had deficits which were incurred lo build roads and bridges and to encourage and help fanners and setli'lcrs and the development of our natural resources. We built public hull-flings, assisted hospitals, built schoolr, and roads. These we left behind to this government, and I do not have to tell you the present condition of the roads which we left them as magnificent monuments of our term of office. Government Has $11,11011,11110 Deficit. Tbo Premier says they have no deficits. This year their expenditure (Continued on Pago Two' Leader of Conservative Party of B. C. HON. W. J. BOWSER INTERMEDIATES FROM EXTENSION ON SUNDAY The Cumberland Intermediate Football team will play the Extension Intermediates on the recreation grounds tomorrow, commencing at 2.110 p.m., in an Upper Island Intermediate League fixture. The Cumberland team went down to defoat at Ladysmith two weeks ago by Ihe small margin of 2 goals to 1. The boys put up a pretty good exhibition of football, and as Extension say they are bringing a good team along, fans can be assured of a good game. JUNIOR GAME NEXT SATURDAY. The High School vs. Cumberland Juniors game which should have taken place last Saturday but was postponed owing to bad condition of the grounds, wlll take plaro next Saturday. WHIST DRIVE AND DANCE ON TUESDAY EVENING The Men's Club of Holy Trinity are holding another of their popular whist drives and dances on Tuesday evening next. These affairs are becoming very popular and are largely attended. On Tuesday the whist drive starts at 8 and dancing at 10.30. Admission ls fifty cents, refreshments provided. BURNS' CLUB MEETING A meeting of the Cumberland Burns' Club will he held In Firsf Aid Rooms on Sunday, November 21, at 4.30 p.m. A full attendance of members is requested and anyone wishing to enroll can do so at this meeting. It is hoped to have a successful season and this can only be attained hy the members interesting themselves in the objects of tlie club. New members welcomed. COURT BEVAN. A.O.F. MEETS WEDNESDAY Court Bevan, No. 9830, A.O.F., will meet in the Fraternity Hall on Wednesday, November 24, at G.30 p.m. All members who hold contribution cards are asked to take them to the meeting. HOSPITAL AUXILIARY MEETS ON FRIDAY The regular monthly meeting of I lie above society will bo held on Friday next ot 3 o'clock III the Anglican Church Hall. AMY B. CLINTON, Secretary. TWENTY-TWO PHASES OF POLITICAL OPINION Twenty-two variations of political thought in British Columbia are represented in tlie nominations made to the returning officers for the next Legislature. Tlie 158 persons nominated include 155 who wlll have to proceed to an election for the forty-seven seats, one since elected by the withdrawal of his opponent and two withdrawals to date. By parties the candidates may be scheduled as follows: Government, 45; Opposition, 44; Liberal-Conservative, 1; Independent Liberal, 3; Independent Conservative, 1; Independent (including 5 soldiers), 17; People's Party, 1; Conservative- United Farmer, 1; Independent Farmer, 2; Farmer, 2; Soldier-Farmer, 2; Soldier, 1; Farmer-Labor, 1; United Farmers, 1; G. A. U. V. (exclusive ot candidates with Soldier-Labor), 3; Federated Labor, 10; Labor, 1; Independent Labor, 1; Soldier-Labor- Farmer, 8; Labor-Socialist, 1; Soldler- Labor-Independeut, 1; Socialist, 7; O. B. U., 1. 6000 UNEMPLOYED IN VANCOUVER VANCOUVER.—At a meeting of live members of .Mayor Gale's Immigration committee this week It was generally agreed that there were at least 6,000 persons unemployed In the city. This estimate is greater by 1,000 than former calculations. Church Notices HOLY TRINITY CHURCH Rev. W. Leversedge. Siimlny, Not. 21, Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Trinity. 2.30 p.m.—Sunday School. 7 p.m.—Evensong. GRACE METHODIST CHURCH Kev. <*. II. Kinney, II.A, F.H.G.S. Morning Service, 11 a.m. Sunday School, 2.30 p.m. Evening Service, 7 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES .lames Hood, Pastor. Morning Service at 11. Sunday School nt 2.30. Evening Service ot 7. Enthusiastic Meetings in the North Strong for Anderson (Special lo The Islander.) ALEUT BAY. Nov. 1!).—Wherever meetings are held In the district north of Campbell River the election of W. E. Anderson, tlie Conservative candidate, is. assured. At a meeting held at Alert Bay on Thursday evening the gathering mm strong Tor Anderson. Capt. Endacott, A. M. Wastcll and R. Bertcau spoke for the popular canneryman. McINNES CREATES BAD IMPRESSION IN NORTH. The chairman invited Mr. W. W. B. Mclnnes to the platform, and he spoke for thirty-live minutes, conflinlng his remarks almost solely to the liquor question, and created a very unfavorable impression. Ills votes in the north will lie very few indeed. The chances of Hugh Stewart and Thomas Menzles are hopeless. SAYWARD— W. E. Anderson, the Conservative candidate for tlie Comox Electoral District, held most encouraging meetings at Rook Bay, Crawfoyds Anchorage and Shoal Bay. Thc audiences were very lavorably impressed witli the businesslike manner of tbe candidate. Tlie Indications are that Anderson will have a very large majority in tills piwtion of the district. Captain Endacott, of the original Flr.il Battalion, spoke at these meetings, •vi-rcly arraigning the Ollver-Farrla Government. Tw6 THE CUMBERLAND ISLANDER November 26, 1920. THE CUMBERLAND ISLANDER Published every Saturday morning at Cumberland, B. C. EDWARD W. BICKLE . BEN H. GOWEN SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1920. THE PROVINCIAL ELECTION The Provincial election campaign is now well under way. During the past week we have had in our midst for a very limited time only the Hon. John Oliver, Premier ot the Province, accompanied by Mr. Hugh Stewart, the member for the Comox Electoral District during the past four years. They both came here in a hurry and left in a hurry, were in a hurry to give an account of their stewardship during the past four years—and It did not take long to accomplish that task. Premier Oliver takes great credit to his government for placing on the statute book the bill giving women the franchise. He neglects to Inform the people that this bill was Inaugurated by the Conservative Government, and that during the election of 1916 the electors by ballot demanded that the women of this Province be granted the franchise. Votes to women was the electors' mandate, and there is no credit dut to the Oliver Government in this regard—it was their only choice to put into force what the Conservative Government Introduced and submitted to the electors. In speaking of the Workmen's Compensation Act Mr. Oliver admits that it was one of the beBt laws placed on the statute book. This also was introduced by the Conservative Government. He spoke of the Prohibition Bill and said when it was referred to the people It had a majority of 8,000 in British Columbia, and takes credit for putting it into force because the people of the Province had declared in favor of it. Mr. Oliver, speaking on finance, said when the Government went to the' banks to get money they were asked what their policy was, and told the banks that they were going to impose a poll-tax, double the taxes on real and personal property—and then they got the money. That Is true. The Oliver Government received the money—Honest John, as he ls commonly known, told the truth on that ■ occasion. The farmers of this Province are well aware of the Liberal Administration's policy along this line—they have been carrying a burden of taxation that has been almost unbearable. Taxes have gone up one hundred per cent. Money was lavishly poured Into the Provincial treasury. We are taxed to death, and the electors of today are asking themselves the question, Where are the results? This district alone, it ls estimated, has poured Into the Provincial treasury the slim of almost 1(400,000. Automobile licences alone contributed $20,000, and the poll-tax another $15,000. Fifty-seven thousand dollars spent ln this district for roads, streets and bridges, and the Income was approximately four hundred thousand dollars. What became of the three hundred and forty thousand? Has It been spent ln joy-rides for Oliver and his officials, or transcontinental trips for Attorney-General Farris, or haB It all been spent in enforcing the Prohibition Act, which has been such a miserable failure under the present administration. The Premier has been traversing the Provlace during the past twelve months, informing the electors what he tried to do and giving evidence of his stewardship. He became so well (?) versed ln the affalrB of the Province that he even expected Prohibition to receive a majority, and was astonished when told that Government Control had carried the day. The voice of the people has been heard ln that matter, but the Hon. the Premier does not come forward and tell you what that Government Control will be, even on the eve of the election. THE CANDIDATES We have four candidates seeking election tn the Comox Electoral District—by the way quite a variety, one Conservative, one Liberal, one Independent, and the other who ls known, as we understand it, as the People's Candidate. W. E. Anderson, of Quathiaski Cove, opposite Campbell River, was nominated at tbe Conservative Convention held at Campbell River on November 5th, when representatives from all portions of the district were present to decide upon a candidate. They all had a voice tn the matter, Cumberland, Courtenay, Powell River, Heriot Bay, Alert Bay, Lund, Denman island aud all the other Islands, to select a representative for the Comox District, and finally decided upon Mr. Anderson, a successful business man. And naturally, seeing that he ls a successful man In his own business, It Is generally conceded that he would make a success as a representative of this district. If any portion of the Province needs a live man it Is the Comox Eilectoral District, with an eye to its development ln lumbering, mining, fishing and pulp mills—a man who will devote his attention to its requirements and above all to see that it is opened up by the necessary roads and bridges. That man ls Anderson of Quathiaski Cove. W. W. B. Mclnnes is the Independent candidate. He Is a citizen of Vancouver. We need not make any mention of his profession, that is generally known to all those who have resided In this Province for any length of time. Mr. Mclnnes ln seeking election in this district has been the cause of considerable comment. Why should he become a candidate ln the Comox riding when he ls so well known ln Vancouver, the metropolis of British Columbia. Mr. Mclnnes says he is here at the request of electors of Comox. He does not say how many—It may be 10 or it may be 100, but evidently they are residents of Cumberland. We did hear of a quiet meeting being held ln the parlor of a local hotel one Sunday afternoon. Perhaps Mr. Mclnnes was selected then. If so, those men must have had a nerve to ask Mr. Mclnnes to run as an Independent candidate when he could have posed as a shining light in Vancouver, among such men as Attorney-General Farris and ex- Attorney-General Macdonald. Hugh Stewart ls the Liberal candidate. He is a resident of Comox Valley aud has been our representative for the past four years. We are told that Mr. Stewart is a Bricklayer or Stonemason—he may be a Plasterer. However, he Is down on the Voters' List as a Farmer, and was selected as the Liberal candidate at a convention held at Courtenay at which the district as a whole was very poorly represented. Mr. Stewart was ln Cumberland on Saturday last and addressed the electors of this city, giving an account of the services devoted to this district. Mr. Stewart has been put ln the scales and found wanting, for he must have nestled himself In the quietude of Comox Valley for the last four years. We have seen him in this city once— he may have been here on two or three other occasions; If so, he was sent for. In travelling around the district we do not see any monuments to his credit. We are exactly in the same position today as we were tour years ago— no progress whatever. We heard our Liberal friends remark that when Mr. Stewart went Into office we would have a concrete road between the city of Cumberland and Courtenay. Mr. Stewart did not move any stumps out of the way ln making better roads. Mr. Thomas Menzles, ot Sandwick, ls the fourth candidate. He la a Presbyterian clergyman and selected as a candidate at Courtenay—the city noted for doing some wonderful things. Their latest effort ls to give birth to a party known as the People's Party, and to name Mr. Menzles as their candidate. Mr. Menzles' votes will be purely local—he Is not the man to give adequate representation to so large a district as Comox. REMNANTS REMNANTS REMNANTS A large assortment of Remnants of all kinds, Including SILKS, DRESS GOODS AND FLANNELETTES. Linoleum Remnants About 30 ends of 6-ft. Linoleum, from 6 to 12-foot lengths, at bargain prices. Millinery The balance of our stock of Ladies' Trimmed and Ready-to-Wear Hats at Half Price. Misses' and Children's Underwear Odd lines of Misses' and Children's Underwear, "Watson's" make, at less than half today's prices. Ladies' and Misses' Raincoats Ladies' and Misses' Rubberized Tweed Raincoats at a discount of 20 per cent. Ladies' Paramatta Raincoats in Navy and Fawn shades. $17.50. Sale price Regular $1245Q Men's Raincoats Men's Rubberized Tweed Raincoats, in Plain and Belted Styles, in Brown and Green effects. Regular (fcO'7 PC A $35.00. Sale price *PtU f at) V Men's Paramatta Raincoats. Regular price $25.00. Sale price $19.75 Men's Underwear Broken lines of Men's Underwear, all sizes, at SPECIAL SALE PRICES. Shoes Boys' School Shoes, sizes l's to 5's. Regular up to $6.50 values. 0 4 njF Sale price «?■*• I U Men's Black Calfskin Shoes, Balmorals, with receding toes, also Blucher styles. Regular price $9.00. (»/» Hf? Sale price <PU* I O Grocery Department Herrings in Tomato Sauce 2 tins 25c Macaroni, ready-cut, 16-oz. pkts 15c Tiger Cohoe Salmon, i/2-lb. tins 20c Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour, 4-lb. sacks, Sago 3 lbs. 25c each 60c Tapioca 3 lbs. 25c Peanut Butter 3 tins $1.00 VEGETABLES Rice 2 lbs. 25c ',„,„,„.. Blue Ribbon Peaches 4 pkts. 95c Turnips, Carrots, Parsnips, Cabbage and Small White Beans 3 lbs. 25c Cauliflower. Telephone 19 Cumberland BOWSER AND ANDERSON ADDRESS BIG MEETING (Continued from Page One) Is going to be $19,000,000; their revenue Is only 512,000,000 or $13,000,000, so that they will have $6,000,000 or-so of a deficit. They cover that up in this way: they say that the revenue they received ls sufficient to carry on the administration of the country, so that they are not spending any more than thev received and they charge the $6,000,000 of a difference up to capital account. In our time we did not have that kind of camouflage. When we spent more money than we received we simply stated that we had a deficit. Mr. Oliver says we had a lot of money In the treasury at one time- some $6,000,000 or $7,000,000. Well, we did with that as you wanted us to do, put it into capital expendtlure in order to assist In the development of this province, And nobody knows better than my honorable friend the Premier that we have left evidences of our investments ull over the face of this great province. He tells you In his manifesto that they have finally succeeded In re-establishing the credit of British Columbia in the money markets of the world. Let us find out how true that statement ls. Before we left ofllce In 1916, we lloated a loan in New York for one million dollars, in order to re-loan It lo farmers at a cheap rate of Interest. That loan we were able to procure at 6.02 per cent., while the war was on. which showed how good our credll was. No other province in Canada was in a better position than wo were under the Conservative government Government Pays Six Per Cent, and American Exchange Kale. The election came on In 1916 and wo were badly defeated. Tho Liberal government cume into olllce with 21 of n majority, almost a unanimous expression from tlie people that they wnnted them to carry on the publlc business, That should have strengthened their position, but we find that lu April 1917 they started out to borrow, and have been keeping it up ever since —but Instead of borrowing at the ratu we borrowed at, they had to pay 7% per cent. They have ever since been trying to get back to our original credit of 5.62, but have not yet borrowed at that rate and never wlll. They floated a loan two weeks ago In Seattle for $1,000,000 for three years at 6 per cent. Interest, nnd Mr. Oliver takes great credit lor that, and for selling their bonds in Seattle at 103. Afterwards, however, those bonds were sold at 93, a discount of 7 per cent., because the rate of exchange between Canada and New York was ln favor of the Americans. The interest on these bonds Ib 6 per cent, payable half-yearly. They must, therefore, transfer Into New York every year by way of interest $60,000. ] l,,.n, ..-;....: l , ,_. . every time the minister ot finance wants to transfer his Interest he must go to a bank and buy a draft on New York and cover the exchange, so you see what it is costing him to pay his (60,000 draft. At the end of three years, when they transfer their $1,000,- 000 to the New York clearing houses they will have to pay for that draft a premium of 10 to 15 per cent. These are the real facts of the case, and you people who are Intelligent know that that statement ls absolutely correct. Government Borrowed $27,500,0(10 and Sothlng to Show (or it They said In 1916 that we had given away the natural resources of thts country—our coal, fish, land and minerals, and there was nothing left for this poor Liberal party when they came Into office ln 1916. They tell yo« that our credit was bad. But what is the case? When this government came Into offlce we left natural assets behind us, but all they have succeeded In doing ls in borrowing 27% million dollars, and I want to ask you where that money has gone? Has It been spent ln building additions to your schools ln Cumberland? Have they given you extra money for your hospitals? (A voice; Yes!) Well, I am delighted to heart It. I have travelled all over this province and have had to *.ome to Cumberland to hear that someone hns seen tho color ot Mr. Oliver's money since he took office. (Laughter.) What have they dono for your roads in this country? Not a single thing except lay down a little dust aud gravel that has been washed away by the whiter rains. And you poor, deluded people have this dust and gravel thrown into your faces on the eve of the election. Why, my friend Mr. Oliver said at Pouce Coupe the other day, that I am politically dead—a political corpse, (Laughter!) and the only decent thing about me ls that I persist ln getting up and walking around! (Laughter!) As I said to Mr. Oliver, "I have a notion that I am a pretty active political corpse, but If I am so dead as you say, why do you take up the whole time of the meeting talking about Bowser?" (Applause and laughter.) Personal abuse ls his only text. So they tell you nothing about what they have done whilst they were ln offlce or what they are going to do If they are returned. $150,000 tor Joy-Hiding Automobiles. I have shown you what they have done in connection with civil service salaries. Let us take the Item of automobiles. They have spent $150,000 In automobiles for their staff. That would have spread a good deal of gravel on the road between here and Campbell River. And the result of that Is that you have joy-riding all over this country by these officials. There has been a most reckless expenditure since this government came Into offlce and the most unbusinesslike administration, with no beneficial results at all for the people. Municipal Revenues. Ten Men to ])o One Man's Work. They borrowed $27,500,000. Let us see what wc borrowed. We were In ollico for thirteen years and during that time put $44,000,000 Into public works, and we borrowed during that term of office $12,500,000. In less than four years tho Oliver government borrowed $15,000,000 more than we did. Our not publlc debt when we left office was $19,000,000. Today their debt ls $34,000,000—under the economic rule of John Oliver. (A voice: Civil Service salaries!) No doubt my frtend ls right. Slnoe this government took offlce they have ln four years voted $1,500,000 of an increase for salaries over and above what we were paying. (A voice: Are they paid too much?) No, not according to the high cost of living, but there are ten men working where there should be one man. Liberal Text: "Bowser! BonserP To proceed: I want to tell you what we are going to do. You have heard Mr. Oliver, and it you have not heard him I could have repeated word for word what he told you. You know what his text Is—everywhere In this country the Liberals sing only one Both principal and interest are pay-1 text—it is "BowBer! Bowser! Bowser! able ln New York, with the Msult that' (Laughter.) They know nothing else, I want to speak to you about your municipal affairs. You are a small city and have had a great deal of difficulty in thc past about financing. I know, because you used to send Mr. McDonald, Mr. Bate and Mr. McLeod down to Victoria to ask us to assist you. Your case Is like many others. There are many municipalities who have perhaps gone to a little extreme In the way of public investment during a growing porlod. Thnt was not the fault of the council, because the people passed these money bylaws. I am not blaming the people for that either, because we were all Infected with that go-ahead spirit, and If that spirit sometime led us a little further than we intended, there Is no use now ln crying over split milk. But now the municipalities without some further aid from the government cannot carry on. The government has taken from you the automobile licences, the picture show licences and the liquor licences, and as a result you are dependent on the taxes on your real estate, and If that real estate has no value, people often hesitate about paying their taxes or let their property go at a tax Bale. The time has arrived when the government must assist the municipalities and I made a declaration some weeks ago that we should take the profits from the liquor sales and the licences, such as the game and moving picture licences, and put them Into a fund, from which we would give back a cheque to each municipality of the province according to Its percentage of population. This should assist corporations not only to reduce the fixed charges of the municipalities, but also to reduce taxation ln the cities. That ls our policy; but I no sooner had declared this policy than our parrot-like friends—the Liberals—at once start to copy me, aud Mr. Farris, who is having the fight of his life, thought he must do something to improve on that, so he gets his friend, Mayor Gale of Vancouver, to interview him for publication ln the. Vancouver 'Sun, and he says that they are going to give a per capita grant to the municipalities, and even went so far as to mention $250,000 as the amount of the cheque to be given to Vancouver! What is that but a bribe on the eve of election? Five minutes after that declaration is made Premier Oliver meets a deputation of city fathers and they want to know what his policy Is goijig to be. What does he tell them? Ho says he can do nothing! The only statement he will make •is tills, that If his government ls returned In December he will call the cabinet together and see whether they can do anything for them or not. He evidently had not read the interview in the Sun with his henchman, Mr. Farris. The Moderation Act. Now as to the Moderation Act. Mr. Oliver asked in his referendum two questions—"Are you in favor of the present Prohibition Act?" and "Are you In favor of government vendors?" He must have figured out that one of these questions wonld have been answered ln the affirmative. So you would naturally think he had a policy to present, and when you went to tho poll on October 20, you surely thought that no matter which way those questions wore answered, the Legislature would be called together to see that the legislature you wished was put on the statute book. Why did he ask the people what they wanted if they were not going to put it into effect? And now he says they are going to leave It to the people. How are they going to do it? How ls your member for Comox to know what your mandate is when the Bill is not before you lor discussion? The government are responsible for carrying out your wishes and they should have the courage of their convictions and produce such a Moderation Bill- Soldier Settlements Unsatisfactory. What has this government got for all the money they have spent on soldier settlements in this province? Only a disgruntled, discontented lot of people. ikt Merville and at Creston they have reeklessly spent money for which they have got no value. It Is not only that the government had bad no experience, but they have sufferod from Uie class ot official they have put Into Oils business. The people ln Merville are in a most restless condition. The same ls true of the Lister settlement. Col. Listen*, who was appointed by this government to establish that area, became ao dlisguated at the reckless expenditure* of money there that he resigned fro In liiei.r service, and today I is the Conservative candidate for the Lister Settlement, because they wish to send a man into the Legislature who Ib sympathetic with the men and who will be able to bring pressure to bear upon the government to give better terms to the returned mn. Some of Best Men in Province Are Conservative Candidates. We have as candidates in this election some of the best men In the country, as a result of my Importuning and advising the people that 1 wanted as candidates from each constituency the best men these constitutencles could put up. Your candidate in Comox is no exception to that rule. He is a successful business man, and if we get men like that from all over the country we wlll have a successful government. Ten of our candidates today from farming localities are returned men, who have been to the front and some of them been disabled and wounded by their experiences. This is the kind ot men we have carrying our stnadard. Groups Not Wanted. And I want to point out that at this lection it Is either a question of selecting . Mr. Anderson to represent our party or someone else to represent Mr. Ollver'B party. We don't want groups In this province, and we don't want independents, becnuse there are not enough of them to form a party. We don't want personal bickerings with groups. A government that cannot enrry on without the assistance of a certain group, cannot bring down courageouns legislation, because It ls not sure whether that group will support It or not. They have that condition in Ontario, Manitoba and New Brunswick, and it is not good for public life ln any of those provinces. I would sooner see a governmeut 1 was opposed to with a strong working majority than see some government depending upon the whim or will of a particular group. If you appoint groups In this province you wlll set It back five or ten years. "nub" Government in Offlce. As to what my hopes are for the future. I am not following the example of my honorable friend the Premier by talking ancient history. That does nobody any good. You had our government in the year 1916 and the years previous to that and If we were remiss ln any of our duties, or If I personally was remiss, we have been more than punished by the verdict of the people ln 1916. 1 am not complaining about that, but since 1916 1 have been able to Improve myself greatly as regards the condition of this country, and I thank the people who retired me, because they gave me an opportunity to look about and to become better acquainted with the people. And as a result of my experience of 17 years In the legislature— as minister and 4 as leader of thc Opposition—if you send to my support a body of strong, capable, experienced, successful men, I am confident of being able to put into torce a policy that will be for the development and best interests of this province. We have a "dub" government In office now and we don't want a second one. I intend to carry forward a business government and surround myselt with good business men. I regret that I have not the time tonight to place before you a fifth part of my programme, I thank you for the attention you have given me and I hope when December 1st comes round to receive a message from this district saying that Mr. Anderson has been sent ln as my supporter. I have no hesitation in saying from what I have seen In going round the country, that we are going to defeat the Oliver government. There is a justifiable slump against that government and the people are willing to try another man, who with strong support In the legislature will carry tor- word a strong programme for the development of the country. TWO NOMINATIONS FOR COWICHAN SEAT In Cowlchan It is to be a straight fight between a Conservative and an Independent candidate. The nominated candidates are Mr. Q. A. Cheeke, Conservative, and Mr. K. F. Duncan, Independent. FOUR NOMINATIONS FOR NEWCASTLE LADYSMITH. — In the Newcastle riding there are four candidates nominated, these being John Bickle, Wm. Gilgert Fraser, Samuel Guthrie nnd Jns. H. Hawthornthwaite. Best selection of Christmas Cards now—ut Frost's. Neuralgic Pains eiva Way to Soothing Hamlin'* Wizard Oil Hamlin's Wizard Oil ia a safe, simple and effective treatment for both headache and neuralgia. Rubbed in where the pain is, it eases the tortured nerves and almost invariably brings quick relief. Keep a supply on hand. Wizard Oil is a good dependable preparation to have in the medicine chest for first aid when the doctor may be far away. Its healing, antiseptic qualities can always be relied upon as a preventive against infection, or other serious results, from sprains, bruises, cuts burns, bites and stings. Just as good, too, for sore feet, stiff neck, frost bite*, cold sores and canker sores. Generous size bottle toe. If you nre troubled with constipation or Blck heudacho try Hamlin's Wls&rd Liver Whips. Just pleasant little pink pills at drug-gluts for 30a, <*.*>* *A!*^SS' November 20, 1920. THE CUMBERLAND ISLaNdM Three STa4R LIVERY STa4BLE ALEX. MAXWELL, Proprietor Autos for Hire. Coal and Wood Hauling given very prompt attention. Furniture and Piano Storage if desired. Phones 4 and 61 Cumberland, B.C. A Series Of Talks on Music By PROF. C. C. LAUGHER Mus. Bac, Sarnia, Ont. When the Mistake Is Yours Help Correct It Sometimes as soon as you give the operator a telephone number from memory, you realize you have called the wrong number. The first impulse is to hang up the receiver, but you should wait and say to the other party, "Beg pardon for calling the wrong number." Then everybody feels all right about it. If you hang up the receiver without acknowledging your error, the operator gets the blame when she tells the other party that "there's no one on the line." British Columbia Telephone Co No. V.—Chest of Viols. The family of viols Is generally considered to be various slued Instruments played with the bow, by drawing II across the strings and causing them to vibrate, thus producing the sound. The most ancient viol on record Is the Karanastron, an ancient Hindoo instrument supposed to have been invented nhout 5000 years B. C. The Hounding box resembles the bowl of a pipe, and tho long neck, into which two pegs are inserted, the stem. It hits but two gut strings and ls played «illi a bow of hair and bamboo. ThU Instrument ls still, used among the Chinese and other Buddhist people. An Instrument of that typo that we do know moro about Is the robec. 1 liia Instrument Is mentioned historically as appearing In Europe In tho eighth century. It has a pear-shaped body terminating in a slender neck, also having three strings, and from the robec we have the viol. Tho first viol v/as originally the size ot a viola or tenor violin as used ln modern orchestras. The chest of viols is a huge case with two trebles, two tenors and two basses. All we now have left ln general use of the viol family Is the violin, viola, viotincello and the double bass. Viol da Gamba is an instrument ahout the size of the viallncello, but is no more used, as the viollncello displaced It. The gamba had six strings and bars or frets across the finger board. Another Instrument wns the Viol dl Bordone,' also having six strings, but below thc neck lay sixteen metal strings which were plucked with the left hand. Many Instruments of the viol family have been added from time to time, but were short lived. The Viola Bastarda waB an Instrument a little smaller than the bass viol. This instrument tell Into disuse about the seventeenth century. An Instrument called Viola da Brando was another Instrument oavlng six strings and was known as the arm viol, as It required to be held In the bend of the arm when played. Viola da Gamba mentioned above was called the leg viol. Owing to the size of the Instrument It was held between the knees when playd. It is now obsolete. An instrument called Viola Pomposo was a five-string viol and measured four feet in length, said to be invented by J. 8. *Bach. This Instrument was played like the viollncello. The violin of today takes predominance In the formative period of mod cm music because It has such opportunities for brilliance and melodic expressiveness. Sir John Hawkins tells of the early viol thus; "The viol was ln use only to accompany the voice and when madrigals and singing was In the decline gentlemen began to exoell on the violin and substituted Instrumental niUHlc In place of vocal. The com- posors therefore framed compositions celled fantazlas for the violin, these compositions having six parts answering to the number of viols in a set or chest. We have now traced the violin kind and noted the development right from Its rude beginning to its present perfection. It certainly makes one of the most Interesting subjects In tho history of Instrument making. Only one of the remaining bowed instruments used In the modern orchestra has retained the viol model. This Is the double bass with its flat hack and sloping shoulders. The violin Itself has remained unaltered for three hundred years, and no further Improvement seems possible. A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK Baby—I want my bottle. Mother—Keep quiet. You're Just like your father. 30S?SPiCOUGHS A Business Government PROVED AND APPROVED When the Oliver Government assumed ofiice four year's ago the credit of British Columbia was so low that it was impossible to sell British Columbia bonds except at a sacrifice which no business administration would possibly consider, a The Last Million Dollar Bond Issue of the Oliver Government which was put on the market in October, 1920, brought a premium of over $33,000, making the low net rate of interest 4% per cent, per annum, a better price than that received by other provinces for a similar loan. MR. A. G. HASKELL, a banker from Seattle, Wash., said in an interview with the Times, Oct. 16, 1920 "We sold the whole $1,000,000 worth of the last lot in an hour. British Columbia securities are now regarded favorably by investors from Seattle to San Francisco. They realize that the Hon. John Hart, your Minister of Finance, has put the Province back into a sound financial position. This Province, as far as outsiders who have money to invest can see it, is now in quite a different financial position from what it was in tt , the past. Careful management has brought back its credit." THE .LIBERAL ADMINISTRATION HAS PROVED ITSELF TO BE A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Continue a REAL BUSINESS Government at Victoria for the next five years by voting for Liberal Candidates, December 1st Fresh Stock of MOIR'S Chocolates In All Flavors. Large Stock of Nut Bars. Tobaccos, Cigarettes and Cigars. WM. HENDERSON CONFECTIONERY AND ICE CREAM PARLORS Marocchi Bros. Grocers and Bakers Cumberland and Courtenay, B.C, Paolo Monte Shoemaker Shoe Repairing a Specially. CUMBERLAND. B.O. •" GOOD EATS VENDOME Restuarant FOR QUALITY. Oysters, Steaks and Chops. Also Fish and Chips. BOXES FOR LADIES. Open Day and Mght, As a Christmas Present there is nothing more appropriate than a PHOTOGRAPH of YOURSELF Arrange your sittings early before the Christmas rush BARTON, The Photographer FORESHORE LEASE Nelson District, Vnneoiirer Mann". TAKE NOTICE that the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Limited, of Victoria, B. C, Colliery Owners, Intend to apply for permission to lease the following lands: Commencing at a post planted at high water mark three feet (3 ft.) t'.ast from the South-East corner post cf Lot 11, Nelson District, thence East sixteen hundred feet (lono tt.) to thc approximate low water mark, thence Southerly along the approximate low water mark to a point due East from the South-East corner ot the North Fractional half ot the South-West quarter of Section 32, thence West to aforesaid corner of said fractional part of Section 32, being' the original high water mark, thence Northerly following original high water mark, being the Easterly boundary of Section 32 and D. L. 28 In said Nelson District to point of commencement, containing In all nlnety-slx (96) acres more or lesa. CANADIAN COLLIERIES (DUNSMUIR), LIMITED, Charles Oraham, Agent. Dated October 4, 1920. LAND ACT NOTICE OP INTENTION TO APPLY TO LEASE LAND. In the Nelson Land District, Recording District Nanaimo, and situate one mile In a Northerly direction from Union Bay on Baynes Sound. TAKE NOTICE that A. E. Water- house, ot Port Alberni, Merchant, Intends to apply for permission to lease the following described lands: Commencing at a post planted at the south-east corner ot Lot 11, thence In a north-westerly direction following the shore Ave thousand eight hundred (5,800) feet more or lesa to the northeast corner: thence east five hundred (500) feet more or less, thence approximate low water mark; thence ln a south-easterly direction paralleling the shore to a point east ot the point of commencement, thence west five hundred (500) feet more or less to the point of commencement, and containing forty (40) acres more or less. ARTHUR E. WATERHOUSE. Name of applicant. K. B. Fraser, Agent. Dated 17th August, 1920. 10-47-NV12 P. P. HARRISON Barrister and Solicitor Notary Public CUMBERLAND - - B. C. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP TAKE NOTICE tbat the partnership heretofore existing and carried on at Bevan, British Columbia, between Arthur M. Hilton and Daniel Kllpat- rlck, under the firm name of "Kll- patrlck £ Hilton," Tbe Bevan Lumber Co., and The Bevan Lumber and Shingle Company, was on the 16th day of October, 1920, dissolved by mutual consent. All claims against the said partnership muat be presented to the Bevan Lumber & Shingle Co., Ltd., of Bevan, II. C, for payment. Dated this 16th day of October, 1920. BEVAN LUMBER & 8HINOLE CO. LIMITED. 4-47 SEE Wm. Douglas for Mill Feed Hay, Grain and Poultry Supplies Royston Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS OF ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER Slab Wood (double.load)__.$5.00 UNION HOTEL OPPOSITE RAILWAY STATION. First Class Accommodation. Heated throughout by Electricity. WILLIAM JONES, Proprietor. Cumberland, B. C. Appearances Count! If yotl desire a good appearance call at the CUMBERLAND BARBER SHOP A. 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TO THE ELECTORS OF Comox District Ladies and Gentlemen— Having been honored with the nomination of the Conservative Party in the Comox District, I feel that it is due you that some statement of my principles should be made. Owing to thc short notice of election given by the Oliver Government it is impossible for me to visit all polling stations in this large district and personally interview the electors or address meetings of the electors. I therefore take this means of placing before you some of my views on the issues of the campaign. In the first place, I will support in its entirety the general platform of tho Conservative Party as laid down by the Conservative Convention in Vancouver in September, 1919. In addition to this I stand for the following: ECONOMY OF ADMINISTRATION An efficient and economical administration of the business of this Province. The waste and extravagance of the Oliver Government has increased the cost of administration 100 per cent., the total cost of administration being 25 per cent, of the total revenue. No private business could exist with an overhead charge of this amount. NATURAL RESOURCES I should do everything possible to develop the natural resources of this Province so that by their development the burden on the shoulders of the taxpayers would be materially decreased. The reservations which the Oliver Government have placed on coal, iron, oil and other natural resources will be immediately removed, so that it will be possible to prospect for and develop these resources. FARMERS The Conservative policy of loaning money to farmers at the lowest possible rate of interest and on long terms should be revived. I believe the Government should supply powder at the lowest possible cost to farmers for land-clearing purposes. SOLDIER SETTLEMENT AREAS I propose that immediate relief be given to the soldier settlers in Merville and other soldier settlement areas. I would also advocate a proper and practicable policy of encouraging returned men to settle on the land. ROADS The roads of the Province today speak for themselves and are the most severe indictment of the road policy pursued by' the Oliver Government. We should not only maintain the existing roads in good condition but embark on a definite policy of permanent road construction. MODERATION I should support legislation to carry into effect the declared wishes of the people as expreesed in the recent referendum on liquor. At the same time this act must be fair and reasonable so that the Government will have absolute control of the traffic, and that there will be no abuse in the use of liquor. Heavy penalties' should be included in the act for all infractions, and the act to be strictly enforced. I will also advocate that every effort be made to have the Dominion Government, under whose jurisdiction the matter lies, to pass such legislation at Ottawa which will stop the importation of liquor into this Province by private parties, so that all liquor purchased and sold in British Columbia will be under Government control. AID TO MUNICIPALITIES I will advocate the Government giving assistance to the already over-taxed municipalities by paying them a per capita grant from the consolidated revenue, and also that a share of the profit derived from the sale of liquor in the Government stores should be handed over to the municipalities, so that the burden of taxation in municipalities may be reduced by this contribution from the Government. WOMEN I believe in equal rights to women in all things and will consistently work to that end. Any reasonable and practicable system of Old Age and Mothers' Pensions will receive my unqualified support. HOSPITALS I will work for more adequate support to the public hospitals of the Province. SCHOOLS I believe that greater assistance should be rendered to the rural districts and small municipalities for the maintenance of schools so that the children in these rural districts and smaller municipalities will have the same educational opportunities as those in larger centres. LOGGERS I will do my utmost to extend to the hand-loggers and small timber operators that measure of support to which I believe they are entitled. LABOR I will support any attempt that will equitably better and make more cordial the relations between employer and employee. I will also see that such legislation that applies to the general safety of the workmen in mine, factory and forest is rigidly enforced. While having subscribed to the general policy of the Conservative Party, I will feel bound that whenever any legislation is proposed that will tend, in my opinion, to promote the best interests of the Province as a whole, or this district in particular, to give it my whole-hearted support, I trust that the above principles will meet with the approval of the electors of Comox District, and if elected as your representative on December 1st, I promise you that I will do my utmost to carry them into effect, and on these grounds I respectfully solicit your vote and influence on that date. Faithfully yours, W. E. ANDERSON Maitland Scores Record of Attorney-General Farris His Handling of Findlay Case Subject of Comment—Speaker Declares that Oliver Sidesteps Questions on P.G.E. Affairs. VANCOUVER, — Charges that the Attorney-General, while willing to "pass the buck" to the city police In the enforcement of the Prohibition Act, wns not so ready to allow the police to handle ■ the prosecution of former Prohibition Commissioner W. I'. Findlay; that he even instructed Detective Denlng of the city police force to '"pay no attention" to Findlay when he returned to the city, nfter his stny In thc United States, that he refused to allow th city prosecutor to handle the prosecution of two government officials charged with misappropriating funds, and further that he had claimed credit for winning cases before the Privy Council in London, when this credit belonged to someone else, were levelled at Hon. J. W. deB. Farris by Mr. n. L. Maitland during ihe course of an address In the Interests or the Consklerative candidates in Vancouver. Mayor Gets Oft' Fence. Tlie Limerals had even got Mayor Gale to say what side he was on. If that was not the "height of frenzied accomplishment," the speaker wanted to know what It was. Another accomplishment he gave the Liberals credit for was in taking hold of a "slapstick comedian of a Premier and pos- i Ing him as a saint with a halo around his head." Yet this same Premier knew that M. A. Macdonald got the money and when he did not immediately act upon that knowledge he was as bad as Macdonald. I don't want to make Macdonald tlie issue, but remember this is the first time that he has come before the people since he resigned as attorney- general and I believe that the people of British Columbia, and more particularly the people of Vancouver, will not tolerate that sort of thing." He then directed his lire on the government and its actions with regard to the Pacific Great Eastern, stating that when the government said it was going after the contractors he believed it would go after them as hard as It went after the Canadian Northern—at least to the extent of $16,000. He said he was present in the House when Premier Oliver waved aloft a document and told the Speaker that he had in his hand a writ that had that day been Issued against the contractors, but nothing ever came of the writ. No Explanation From Premier. Touching upon the demand made by Mr. Hanes, the member for North Vancouver, for a thorough investigation into P. G. E. matters in an effort to get at the bottom of the removal of a million dollars' worth of equipment, he said the Premier had refused, and the only explanation he had offered was a few nights ago, wheu he* had shrugged his shoulders and said, "What if a couple of engines were given away?" Hotel Vancouver Not Larue Enough to Hold Farris' Appointees. "Now, I always got on well with Farris and I will welcome hlni to private practice after December 2, but 1 must admit that if he gave a banque: to all the friends he found jobs for since getting into offlce the Hotel Vancouver would not be large enough to hold them. "This same Mr. Farris as attorney- general, however, has few friends among tme moving picture theatre owners. Why, the Kaiser in all his glory, or the Russian lash with all its terrors, were not equal to the method used towards the moving picture theatre owners. 1 hold no brief for these men, but I do believe In Britisli fair play. The picture theatre men felt that through the heavy tax placed upon them they were being imposed upon, and sought to acquaint the public with the facts by using their pic- lure screens. They were told by Waller Hepburn, the moving picture censor, that he would cancel their licences if they displayed such matter on their screens, and Farris backed him up In an interview that was published." He charged the Attorney-General with incompetency iu the administration of the Prohlbitoin Act, the only excuse the Attorney-General offering for the failure of the act was, that he had left It to the police. Reviews Flndluy ('use, "He passed the buck, ns It were, but let me tell you, we had a Walter Chester Findlay here at one time, and Mr. Findlay got into trouble. If the police were responsible, when Mr. Findlay was in the tolls It was a wonder he did not tell them to go ahead. I with Detective Denlng of the city police force tried to clean up that prohibition scandal—and let me tell you this: Detective Denlng is as faithful, as sincere and as honest an officer as it is possible to find—but he phoned me telling me that the Attorney-General had told him that Findlay was coming back to the city and that he was to pay no attention to him. 1 asked Dening what he was going to do, and he said ho was going to work with me. "Findlay did appear In court and was charged by Farris, but the case was so weak when It first came before Magistrate Shaw it was thrown out. I was afterwards approached by 'Billy' Mclnnes, representing the hotelmen; but the Attorney-General did all in his power to block it, with the result that the warrant sworn to then has not been served yet. "That was not the only time the Attorney-General attempted to usurp the powers of the city of Vancouver. Two of his officials were charged with misappropriation of funds, and I, as city prosecutor, should have been given the task of prosecuting them In the police court, but instead Farris sent his assistant to handle the case. They pleaded guilty and Farris' assistant appealed to the court to allow them go on suspended sentence. I would be wasting time to comment further on that Old Smoker—Did you say your brotber sent these El Cucumbrlo slgs from Havana? Second Ditto—Yes. O. S.—He sure knows the ropes, doesn't he? Tanlac, the master medicine, at Frost's. BANK -WITH US= OPEN Your Account Today If You can afford to spend, You can afford to save ROYAL BANK OF CANADA f. a. McCarthy, manager Cumberland branch We have now a Complete Stock of NEW SEASON'S FRUIT VOSTIZZA CURRANTS. DELMONTE SEEDLESS RAISINS. GOLD BAR SEEDED RAISINS. WAGSTAFEE'S LEMON, ORANGE AND CITRON PEEL. WAGSTAFFE'S CUT PEEL, in car(,ons. NEW SHELLED ALMONDS. NEW SHELLED WALNUTS. ALL NEW FRUIT Mumford and Walton Grocers, Cumberland. Burnt Leather Goods Souvenirs of Cumberland CHRISTMAS CARDS Children's Picture Books Fancy Hand Painted China A SMALL DEPOSIT WILL SECURE ANY ARTICLE UNTIL CALLED FOR Frost's Pharmacy The Rexall Store Cumberland, B.C. Automobiles That Stand the Test WHEN considering the purchase of an automobile, be sure you select a reliable car—-one that will stand the test. We are agents for THOS. WEEKS of Nanaimo, and we carry the following reliable makes of automobiles: Chevrolet, Dodge, Chalmers, Hudson Six, Cadillac. We also specialize in REPUBLIC TRUCKS and "TRAILERS of 1 to 5 tons. THOMAS HUDSON UNION BAY, B.C. Prompt Service FIRST CLASS REPAIRS Full line of Accessories, including some choice AUTO RUGS AT REASONABLE PRICES Cumberland Motor Works if November 26, 1920. fclE CUMBERLAND ISLaMDeR Five Music and Photoplays "Maleand Female" Opulent scenes of a life of ease among the titled rich. Barbaric scenes of struggle with nature on a South Sea Isle. Splendor of gowns ln the drawing rooms of ultra-fashionable sets. Costumes of grass and skins In snt- age jungles of the tropics. Lady Mary, in bath and boudoir, In her ancestral mansion In England. Lady Mary, In rags, shrinking from prowling beasts on a storm-swept coast Beautlfnl yachting scenes on a placid summer sea. Shipwreck, terror, despair und lllirlls of heroic rescue. Intimate pictures nf below-stalrs life In wealthy British households. Pictures of lore and strife ln a primitive land where conventions and classes are forgot. Gorgeous spectacles in the palace of u king of ancient Babylon. Bevies of beautiful women; pomp of power; excesses of a profligate court. Humor, pathos, colorful drama, vivid contrasts, dazillng pageantry enacted by hundreds of players, with an all- star group of principals. "MALE AND FEMALE" A MARVEL OF REALISM Genuineness and absolute realism are two factors ln the enormous success which Cecil B. De Mille has attained as a motion picture director. These qualities are present In "Male and Pcmale," the famous Artcraft-Para- mount picture, which was adapted from Sir James M. Barrie's play, "The Admirable Crlchton," and will be shown today at the Ilo-llo, matinee and evening. It Is De Mllle's desire that every property or furnishing used ln his productions be the best that can he bought. Properties used ln this picture total thousands of dollars In value. One toilet set alone cost five hundred dollars, and the gorgeous gowns worn by Gloria Swanson, Lila Lee and Bebe Daniels, who are In the cast, are worth a handsome price. The story of Crlchton, the butler In the family of English nobles who waa wrecked with his mastor's yachting party at sea and become their leader, has long delighted thousands. Under the master hand of Cecil De Mille' it is a screen masterpiece. Thomas Melghau plays the leading role, and Theodore Robers, Raymond Hatton and Guy Oliver are included in the cast. ENID BENNETT, IN "THE LAW OF MEN" Favorite Seen in Delightful Play of the Bohemian Quarter in New York. Enid Dennett has tho rolo of a young sculptress In her Paramount picture, "The Law of Men," which Is showing at the llo-Ilo on Monday evening. The story was written by John Lynch. The scenes are laid In Washington Square, New York, and Miss Bennett, when the picture opens, has gained quite a reputation lor her work In clay. She ls loved by two men, and Is under the protection o( a guardian. The picture develops Into a strong drama, with a mystery element predominating. Tlie features of the picture are, among others, the role ot the star, as a modeler in clay, who also moulds several human lives; the romantic atmosphere of Washington Square, New York; a trap In a roadhouse near the city; a sensational murder trial and a dramatic confession. Miss Bennett Is declared to have been supplied in this production with one of the strongest roles se has ever had and her Innumerable Paramount admirers will lind that she is highly effective In the tense situations which call upon her for histrionic work of no mean order. Perhaps the most striking feature Is the Bohemian atmosphere of the Latin Quarter K>f Manhattan. 'THE GIRL WITH THE JAZZ HEART" HAS PEP Miss Gray, the Famous Shimmy Dancer, Specially Engaged For This Production. A picture that will appeal because It is strictly alive Is "The Girl with the Jazz Heart," In which Madge Kennedy ls foatured by Goldwn. She has never appeared to better advantage than In her latest picture, "The Girl With the Jazz Heart," which is show ing at the Ilo-llo on Tuesday next. She plays two roles, one that of the title, the jazz-hearted damsel, and the other that of a distinctly opposite type. She leaves nothing to he asked In either part, and the "Madge Kennedy fans" will be hard put to decide whether they like her better as a demure Mennonite brunnette or a dance- loving, action-craving blonde city girl. Tho story of "The Girl with the Jazz Heart" isn't intended to teach a moral, nor Is It a defence of "Jazz." So those who don't care for the tom-toms and rag-time needn't be alarmed. It appeals because it ls strictly alive from the beginning to the end. Famous Shimmy Ilnncer. To give realism to the cabaret scene, which is the big effect of the picture, the services of GUdn Gray were secured. Miss Gray became famous In "The Galties of ltflll," when she exhibited her shimmying powers to the public, and in "Tlie Girl with the Jazz Heart" sbe maintains her prestige. THEDA BARA PAYS STAGGERING SUM FOR HER WARDROBE Used in "Cleopatra," the Won- . derf ul Picture Which is Coming to Ilo-llo Shortly. A riot of gorgeousness and Egyptian splendor that, outrivals the time of the real Cleopatra is the predominant feature of the William Fox Theda Sara supcrplcture, "Cleopatra," which will come to the Ilo-llo In the near future, In which Miss Theda Bara, world- famed screen star, plays the title rolo of the enchanting Siren of the Nile. The costumes worn by Miss Barn throughout this spectacle are wondrous creations. No expense was spared to make this photodrama tho greatest ever produced and thrown upon a screen. The entire world was combed by his assistants to embody in this masterpiece every accurate historical detail which history describes as having graced the court of thc famous Cleopatra. Detail, the keynote to an artistic production, has been the point uppermost ln the minds of everyone having anything to do with the filming. Never before ln the history of photo- dramatic production has there ever been seen such a lavish and costly display of decorations. Don't have cold feet—get a guaranteed seamless hot water bottle at FroBt's. CHEVROLET Announcement The following statement has just been received from the Chevrolet Motor Company of Canada "We have no intention of changing the List Prices established for the Season of 1921, but in the event of an unexpected reduction in labor and material affecting the cost, and justifying a lowering of List Prices of Chevrolet Cars prior to May 1,1921, we will refund to every purchaser from October 4,1920, and during that period the amount of such reduction. Weeks Motors LIMITED Courtenay and Nanaimo, B.C. ILO-ILO THEATRE Saturday, November 20th Cecil B.De Mille's Famous Production Male g Female A Paramount Artcraft Picture starring GLORIA SWANSON Bevies of beautiful women; excesses of a profligate court IMAGINE! A group of men and women, suddenly flung on a desert isle. Master and man. mistress antl maid—now only males and females. Mirth. wealth, trappings, vanished. A new life, calling to a test of worth, where those who are strong, lead, and those who are weak, follow. Such is this great story. Ranging from the splendid home of an English earl to savage scenes in a tropical jungle, from nice conventions of the cultured elite to uncontrolled passions of ancient Babylon. An epic of love and struggle, vital in theme, stupendous in conceptions, amazingly dramatic, beautiful beyond words. All the passions and yearnings of the race, fused into an inspiring story that beats with red blood. Intimate Pictures of below-stairs life in wealthy British households Also an Extra Special Comedy Grim Trails of the South Monday, November 22nd ENID BENNETT — IN- " The Law of Men" It's a Picture you'd be sorry to have missed Tuesday, November 23rd Madge Kennedy In a dual role in THE GIRL WITH THE JAZZ HEART Wednesday, November 24th HERBERT RAWLINSON IN — "PASSERS BY" Also Episode 7--" THE DOUBLE TRAP " of "THE THIRD EYE" Six THE CUMBERLAND ISLANDER November 20, ldaOi Misrule of the Oliver-Farris Government .They have not abolished patronage as promised in the election They did not properly enforce the Prohibition Act. They have not spent money on roads to keep them in proper repair. They have only spent during their term $3,516,000 on Public Works, while the Conservatives spent $44,500,000 on Public Works during their term. Their first expenditure on assuming offlce in 1916 was to refurnish all the offices occupied by the Ministers, at a cost of over $9,000. They have expended in three years $150,000 in automobiles for officials. BORROWED $27,536,500 IN FOUR YEARS They have borrowed in four years $27,536,500, while the Conservatives during their 13 years of office only borrowed $12,405,000 The net debt of the Province when the Coservatives left office was $19,000,000, while the net debt of the Province today is $34,000,000, or an addition to the debt* under Liberal rule of $15,000,0.00. They have imposed on the people attending moving picture shows the sum of $345,985 during their first two years, and not a cent was given back to the Municipalities. They have collected in their first three years in offlce from motor licences $573,754 and expect to collect in this fiscal year $650,000 making a grand total of $1,123,754 and not a dollar have they paid back to the Municipalities nor have they spent any portion of their money on the roads. See the state of the roads today. In 1917 they took over the operation of the Frondeg Farm at Cobble Hill belonging to Griffith Hughes, the then owner of the Victoria Daily Times and a strong supporter of the Government, and in its operation they lost $8,718 and then gave up the lease before the time expired. They built a private bridge for Charles Doering on Cache Creek connecting his field with the Cariboo Road. It cost $2,45!). They put a gate on the bridge preventing the public from using it. This bridge is locally known as the "Hindenburg" bridge. The firm of Gillespie, Hart & Todd, of which firm the Minister of Finance is a partner, have been doing business with the Government in connection with Insurance and the selling of Provincial Bonds. The Pacific Great Eastern Railway, whose directors are the Premier, Mr. Oliver, and the Minister of Finance, Mr. Hart, and the Attorney-General, Mr. Farris, placed insurance on the railway in 1919 amounting to $2,249,970 with the firm of Gillespie, Hart & Todd, although they were not the lowest tenderers, and the insurance was placed with an American firm. In 1917-18 the Oliver Government spent $1,151,970 on Public Works and the cost of supervision was $119,972 or 10.4 p.c, while the Conservative Government in 1912-13 spent $4,124,042 and the supervision cost $137,907, or 3.3 per cent. In 1916 under tlie Conservative Government the total salaries for the Deputy Minister of Public Works and his assistants at Victoria was $855.32 per month, while in 1920 under the Oliver- Farris Government this same offlce is costing $2,254.00 per month, an increase in this offlce alone of. $16,796.04 per annum, or 2ti0 p.c. of an increase, and during that period the Oliver-Farris Government built no new roads. This same increase has prevailed all over the Province in connection with Public Works. You can now see why the Government "surtaxes" the Farmer by increasing his taxes three-fold and spends nothing on roads. OLIVER GOVERNMENT NEGLECTED ROADS When the Conservatives left offlce in 1916 they left over 15,000 miles of roads, 8,000 miles of trails and 60 miles of bridges, while the Oliver-Farris Government has failed to keep up these works by way of repairs, as all their money voted for district votes is spent in overhead salaries and travelling expenses of high-class officials. In the first three years of office the Oliver-Farris Government collected $214,136 for Game Licences, and this year they expect to collect $120,000, making a total of $334,000. And the game of the country is being slaughtered because all old game officials were dismissed and there are no officials to speak of attempting to prosecute under the Game Act. Dr. Baker, a practising dentist of Vancouver, was placed in charge of the Department and is now receiving a salary of $300.00 per month, and Attorney-General Farris purchased for him an Overland 5-passenger car costing $1,523, which is used exclusively by Dr. Baker in Vancouver and vicinity. The Department pays for the storage and up-keep of the said car. The Agricultural Credits Commission, brought into existence by 'the old Government for the purpose of loaning cheap money to farmers, cost $13,073 a year to operate, while the Land Settlement Board which took its place under the Oliver Administration in 1918 costs $28,860 a year to operate, or more than double the cost of the old Board, and have only loaned about $110,000 since they took office. Thia Board has spent $2,400,000 in connection with so-called Soldier Settlement areas, and everyone knows the most unsatisfactory results received from this work. This Board bought the Christian Ranch near Kelowna for a Soldier Land Settlement area for the sum of $34,543.52, and in addition spent $55,171 in development work, in all $89,714, and in July last the Government abandoned it because there was no water available to irrigate the land and the soldiers had to give up their holdings. Mr. Thos. Morrison, President of the Liberal Association at Rutland, obtained this property under option from the original owners and after having it for thirty days turned it over to the Land Settlement Board, making a clear profit of $9,000. The Board also bought a Soldier area at Fernie and spent $201713 on it, and then abandoned it, and the soldiers from both this area and the Kelowna area have now been scattered all over Ui*.' Province. When the Conservative Government left office in 1916 the salaries paid to officials in the Province amounted to $1,664,222, while today under the Oliver-Farris Government these salaries have reached the enormous figure of $3,202,482—or an increase in four years of $1,538,260, which is a quarter of the total revenue of the Province. ABSCONDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS Tlie record of absconding officials under the Oliver-Farris Administration has never been equalled in the history of the Province. Their first Attorney-General, Mr. M. A. Macdonald, was forced to resign owing to his having received $15,000 campaign funds from the Mackenzie-Mann interests. He was also involved in his first ele'ction in 1916 in the "plugging" scandal when Seattle toughs were brought over from Seattle under one John T. Scott, to vote absentees and dead men in the city of Vancouver. Scott was assisted in this work by a man named Cook, who was afterwards appointed by Attorney-General Farris to the public service and placed in .charge of automobile licences. Later on he absconded and together with Scott is now residing in the United States and has never been punished. Mr. Findlay, the Prohibition Commissioner, was also appointed by Attorney-General Farris and tried to escape but was caught on the U. S. boundary line and has since served a term in the penitentiary. Although the Mothers Pensions Act passed the Legislature last April the first payment under this Act was not made until the month of October, just before the election. The Minimum Wage Board has proved a failure as employers are allowed to evade its provisions. What The New Conservative Government Will Do If » Elected To Office 1. They will give you an efficient and economical administration. 2. They will reduce the great overhead salary list but not in such a way as to effect the Public Service, and at the same time pay reasonable salaries, considering the high cost of living, to those in the employ of the Government. 3. They will do everything possible to encourage and assist in developing natural resources. 4. They will try to establish, as they did in the past, more pulp mills in this Province. 5. They will restore our credit in the money markets where they left it in 1916. 6. They will follow out their original policy of 1914 in extending the Pacilic Great Eastern Railway into the Peace River and touch the great grain growing area of Western Alberta so as to divert that shipping into our Coast harbors. 7. They will ecourage prospecting in both minerals and oil and will cancel the reserves which the Oliver Government has placed on coal, iron and oil in this Province. 8. They will go into the money markets and borrow money at the lowest possible rate of interest and re-loan it to farmers in loans from 10 to 40 years. 9. They will institute a proper and practical policy of encouraging soldiers to go on the land. 10. They will give assistance to the Municipalities by paying them a per capita grant from the Consolidated Revenue, which will have the effect of reducing taxes. 11. They will encourage irrigation in the portions of the Province requiring it by assuming Government ownership and con trol of tlie water for irrigation purposes, construction of storage surveys and main canals as public utilities. 12. They will also assist the distribution of irrigation water by guaranteeing of bonds of water municipalities. 13. They will also give consideration to further necessary irrigating facilities by means of assistance to hydro-electric projects. 11. They will introduce legislation and carry into effect the declared wishes of the people as expressed in the recent referendum on liquor; at tho same time this Act must be a fair and reasonable one so that the Government will have absolute control of the traffic and that there will be no abuse in the uses of liquor but the same to be used only in moderation. Heavy penalties will be included in the Act for all infractions and the Act will be strictly enforced. They will also use every effort with the Dominion Government, under whose jurisdiction the matter lies, to see that legislation is passed at Ottawa which will stop the importation of liquor into this Province by private parties so that all liquor purchased and sold in British Columbia will be absolutely under Government control. 15. The Conservative Government will also hand over to the Municipalities a share of the profits derived from the sale of liquor in the Government stores so that the burden of taxation in Municipalities may be reduced by this contribution from the Government. 16. The above are only a few of the reforms which will be instituted by the Conservative Government should they be elected on December 1st, as they stand pledged to adopt a constructive business-like programme which will be administered by business men, looking forward to a more successful period in the next five years and with more results than we have seen under the Oliver Administration. Vote for ANDERSON and an Efficient and Economical Administration SILVER is becoming so valuable that it is fast approaching the point where it may be considered as a standard of value, and the discovery of it will cause to SPRING up instantly in the mind of the prospector delightful visions of afiluance long deferred, but the source of sure and real pleasure is a drink of good, refreshing Silver Spring BEER AT ALL THE LEADING HOTELS. Silver Spring Brewing Company VICTORIA, B. C. USE | Electric Appliances | No good housewife wants the little imps ot dirt, bad air, spoiled (ood, stilling heat, lost time and waste in her kitchen. She has only tolerated them because she didn't know how to get rid or them. The Electric Kungo has shown her the way. The minute It is Installed in her kitchen, dirt gives way to cleanliness, bad air to pure air. The food becomes better flavored, all the cooking more uniformly successful. The kitchen is a cooler place lu which to work, the housewife linds her leisure hours increased, and the bills grow less. Tho transformation is really wonderful; no .one who has ever known the convenience and comfort of electric cooking would ever willingly go back to other methods. You can have this range ln your kitchen. The cost Is very moderate in proportion to the service It renders. Once Installed, you will value It more highly than any household convenience you possess. There ls an Electric Range to Ht any requirement of large or small families, big or little kitchens. THE IMP OF WASTE With the high cost ot living an ever-present problem, the imp of waste becomes one of the big kitchen annoyances. Beside the waste of cooking failures, there is a big waste in thc shrinkage of food in cooking. If you could cook in such a way as to cut your meat bills 20 per cent, the imp of waste would begin to dwindle in importance and tlie saving in living costs would be an appreciable one. THE GOOD LITTLE FAIRY OF SAVING Economy is a boon to every home. Every penny saved counts greatly in these days of • high living expenses. The electric range oven Ib built on the tireless principle. The juices arc not carried off hy the air currents; the rich flavors are preserved. Meat shrinks 20 per cent, less; a four pound roast weighs just as much after cooking as a live-pound roast cooked in a coal range. This means a saving of from 25c to r,0c* on every roast you buy— und this is but one ot the economics of tlie electric range oven. CUMBERLAND AND UNION WATER WORKS COMPANY, LIMITED Whereas certain mischievously Inclined persons have tampered with, the valves on the mains of this company, thereby allowing a considerable amount ot water to run to waste, wo therefore wish to point out that It Is a serious offence to tamper with such valves, and should the offending parties be apprehended thoy will be prosecuted to the very fullest extent of the law. Cumberland Electric Lighting Phone 75 Co., Ltd. p. O. 314 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Charlie S.ing Chong Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Crockeryware and General Merchandise. CHARLIE SING CHONG, Cumberland HONG CHONG & CO., Bevan. New Home Bakery Fresh Bread, Cakes, Pies, etc. * Wedding Cakes a Specialty NEW HOME BAKERY J. HALLIDAY Dunsmuir Ave., Cumberland. If a bass drum doesn't make good music It drowns a lot of bad. Tanlac, the master medicine, at Frost's. In Ireland's national game the score- keeper is the undertaker. A bad memory is the skeleton In the liar's closet. .If November 20,1920. 1*7? THE CUMBERLAND ISLANDER Seven COMFORT is what the whole world wants. There's some people who won't take it when offered, they're so skeptical. THERE'S SOLID COMFORT IN HEATERS SOLD HERE We have them with duplex grates. This is the most modern type of grate for coal. The firepot is heavy and is corrugated, to give additional strength. THERE'S A HEATER HERE FOR EVERY HOUSE. Call and get yours. P. 0. Box 279 T. E. BATE CUMBERLAND Phone 31 NOTICE Aa we are catering for the big Masonic Ball on Thursday next, this Cafe will be closed from 9.30 in the evening. "CUMBERLAND, B.C. !LLYkS "THE HOUSE THAT QUALITY BUILT WALKING DOLLS GIVEN AWAY FREE BUY WHERE YOU GET MOST FOR YOUR MONEY Shelled Walnuts, per lb 70c Jordan Almonds, per lb 70c Desiccated Cocoanut, per lb 30c Sunmaid Seeded Raisins 3 pkts. $1.00 Sunmaid Seedless Raisins 3 pkts. $1.00 Eating Apples 3 lbs. 25c Cooking Apples 3'/2 lbs. 25c Onions 4 lbs. 25c Heinz Bulk Pickles, per lb 50c Peanut Butter, per lb 30c Pure Lard 2 lbs. 75c Ayrshire Roll Bacon (not Shoulder), per lb 60c Side Bacon, smoked, per lb 70c Old Dutch Cleanser, per tin 10c Sunlight Soap, per pkt 35c Fels Naptha Soap, per carton $1.25 Christie's Arrowroot Biscuits, per lb 50c Walking Doll Contest A Coupon Given with Every Dollar Purchase Carried Away from the Store. Save Coupons for Doll Contest. The Corner Store W. GORDON, Proprietor Phone 133 Cumberland FINANCIAL WORRY ABOLISH YOUR LIFE A CANADIAN GOVERNMENT ANNUITY WILL DO IT Gives a larger return for life than is obtainable from any other form of investment with absolute security. Free from Dominion Income Tax. Any person resident or domiciled in Canada over the age of 5 may purchase, to begin at once, or at any later date desired,an Annuity of from $50 to $5,000, to be paid in monthly or quarterly instalments. Any two persons may purchase jointly. Employers may purchase for their employees. Apply to your postmaster, or write, postage free, to S. T. Bastedo, Superintendent of Annuities, Ottawa, for new booklet ond other information required. Mention age last birthday. Premier Oliver and Hugh Stewart Visit Cumberland Although the Liberals had the City Band out to stimulate Interest, when Premier" Oliver commenced his speech in the Miners' Hall on Saturday last there was probably less than 100 people present, though as the evening went ou tlie number swelled to twice that number. A large percentage of those present were ladles. Mr. Oliver spoke at some length, laying particular emphasis on the legislation put through in the last four years affecting women and children. Forty por cent, of tho names on the voters' lists, said tlie premier, were those of ladles, which together with those of the newcomers represented fully 50 per cent, of tho voters. He made a strong appeal to those people. Mr. Hugh Stewart, Liberal member, i Izing tliat tlie cities were up against it. briefly outlined what he had done for j Passed a law last session to assist municipalities with a population of 1500 or less. Mr. Stewart had an- the district during his term of offlce. In the first place, he said it was through Ills elTorts tllat they hail a life-saving station established here. Ho had not been their member for one year before they hud tliat established. The next thing lie had done for Cumberland was lo enlarge the school area. The next help ho had secured for them was at the time of the "flu" epidemic, when he again approached the provincial secretary, as a result of which the government paid the whole amount the city had Incurred as a result of the epidemic. Then about a year afterwards, Dr. MacNaughton and Mr. Chas. Graham had approached blm In regard to obtaining help for the purpose of installing un X-Ray apparatus ln the hospital. Eventually he succeeded in obtaining the $1500 required. The next Item was assistance to roads. The present government, real- proai'hed the minister of public works lu tills connection and was Instrumental In obtaining this assistance. Through Mr. Stewart's representations In regard to the financial difficulties of Cumberland, the government was building this school entirely, and it was not costing tho city a doliar. In regard to the Minimum Wage for Miners, the minister of mines had put through an act appointing a minimum wage board, consisting of three commissioners—one uppoiutcd by the government, one by the company and one by the men themselves. This board was given power to go into the mines, examine all mines and conditions and adjust wages. Mr. Stewart asked the electors to consider what he hud done for the good of the district and to vote for him If they thought he would make the best candidate. The Use And Dangers Of Electricity As Applied to Mining Paper by A. R. Stacey, Chief Electrician of tlie Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd., read at meeting of the Canadian Collieries St. John's First Aid and .Mine Rescue Association, November 7th, 1920. 1. Electricity Is generated lu the majority of cases by the use of steam or waetr power and distributed from a central station to the various points nt which It ls used by means of substations. The transmission of electrical energy may take place at a high voltage nt the generator and transformed to a lower, or generated at a low voltage and transmitted at a high voltage, and again transformed to an ordinary working voltage. As applied to mining, electricity has many uses, such as haulage, coal cutting, pumping, drilling, lighting and shot-liiing, etc. Electricity has many peculiar properties and possesses great power, which, If realized by those handling it, the greatest care would be exercised when so doing. 3. The use tu which electricity has been put for mining purposes lias greatly increased iu recent years on account of the ease with which it can be transmitted and the way It can reach the Inner workings from the surface, us lu the case of local mining through bore holes. 4. The ordinary working voltage for mine work is usually 220, 440 or 550 volts, and may be either alternating or direct current, up to 50 or 60 h.p.; above that a voltage of 2200 is considered more satisfactory on account of keeping the amount of current as small as possible and thus reducing the initial cost of copper cables. One great drawback ls, tllat It cannot be seen except when it flashes, as In lightning or an arc. The ordinary person is apt to look upon a cable or wire as a dead thing. Tho dangers of stationary apparatus nre slight; once the parts are properly I Installed there ls very little liability : to break down; It ls in accordance | with the Electrical Inspector's rules tliat all motors and electrical equip- ment be properly grounded, In case the Insulation becomes defective the leak- j uge will pass to earth, thus mlnlmiz- Ing the danger to life. The danger with coal-cutting ma- j chines ia damaging thc trailing cable, | whicli carries tlle current to the con- trailer and fuse box. If this cable be- j comes damaged aud comeB If! contact i with the machine, the latter wlll be- come alive. The machine runner J should have all cables promptly re- paired, as men have been killed through accidental contact witli Ihe machine and the ground wires being j broken. I The danger of ordinary insulated transmission lines within the mine is slight, except In cases where there Is a great deal of moisture and the rallies become damp. A person may feel an uncomfortable jolt by touching a live insulated wire; where the Insulation Is defective tlie current passes through It. Another danger of electrical apparatus is thut of fire damp. Flic damp Is llkelv to enter the interior of machines that have openings of sufficient size to permit the diffusion of the methane with the air. This dlffpslon may readily take place If the apparatus is allowed to remain in a room tilled with fire damp for several hours. Diffusion is not the only way in Which lire damp may enter thc Interior of apparatus. The metallic parts of a machine are subject to variation of temperature (luring periods of rest nnd operation, consequently the atmosphere within expands and contracts, creating an unbalanced pressure with the atmosphere outside. This difference of pressure tends to become equalized by the transfer of gases ln and out of the casing of thc machine. Thus lire damp may be* drawn Into the Interior of a motor or other electrical apparatus through very small openings. The basic conditions that bring about a mine explosion having its ignition from an electrical source are as follows: The presence of lire damp in the immediate vicinity of the apparatus, tho penetration by diffusion or otherwise of the fire damp Into the apparatus, and the ignition of the fire damp by an electrical spark, flash or other means so that II is very necessary iu the case of closing down the ventilating system that all necessary switches be opened and no electrical apparatus started up until a duly qualified person Is satisfied that everything is clear after the ventilation ls again restored. There being no rules and regulations In this province as to the use of electricity lu mining, all machinery and transmission lines are, as far as practice will allow, taken on the intake airway, which eliminates to a great extent any daugcr whatever. The writer would suggest that everyone engaged iu the upkeep and maintenance of electrical machinery bo especially careful wheu handling or repairing the same, that as far as practicable the parts may bo made dead, as a slight shock may prove total to anyone having a weak heart or who ls otherwise not physically strong. In the treatment of a person having received an electric shock, Schofcr's method may be used. The Immediate and continued application of the same is essential. HERBS GIVE RELIEF FOR ACUTE DISEASE Reliable Treatment for Asthma, Rheumatism, Stomach Complaints, Etc. Every reader is familiar wilh the use ol* herbs by the housewife or mother and few will gainsay the wonderful medicinal properties contained in these herbs or the effective manner in which these home remedies ward off disease. Trained herbalists have done lu a wide manner what has beeu done in a limited planner in the home. Going lo the four quarters of the earth they have discovered herb specifies for practically all human ailments. These herbalists huve then prepared formulas which cover herb ingredients capable of doing the greatest good for humanity. Wonder Health Restorer, now being sold in Cumberland, is an Illustration of this form of treatment First prepared as his private prescription by a grent Scottish herbalist, It has for years been doing wonderful work. Cases nre on record of its success in treating Asthma and kindred complaints, Rheumatism In till forms, Indigestion nml Stomach troubles, Kidney complaints, Female troubles, Nerve diseases, Skin diseases, Piles, etc. Sufferers from any of these com- ! plaints should nsk their druggist lor i a copy of "The Road to Health," a j booklet which tells all aboul hcrli | treatments and gives Instance after | instance where Wonder Health Re- j storer has afforded relief. Wonder Health Restorer is for sale In Cumberland at R. E. Frost's Drug Store. Call and enquire about the remedy and the wonderful work it docs, CUMBERLAND BAND BALANCE SHEET Christmas Comes But Once a Year and if you want a merry time you must be well. Keep your feet dry and warm by wearing a pair of our SOLID LEATHER SHOES. Then you will stand a good chance of being well and strong this coming Christmas. Don't be foolish, put good strong shoes on the children's feet. Our STRONG SHOES are cheaper than Doctor's Bills. We have just received a shipment of Adams' Welts for children. They are high priced but good, and the cheapest in the long run. _ LECKIE CHROME PIT SHOE $8.00 HIPRESS RUBBERS $7.50 NICE FELT SLIPPERS FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY Cavin's Cash Shoe Store FOOTWEAR ONLY Next Door to Waverley Hotel CUMBERLAND TASTE is the TEST of the DRINKS THAT ARE BEST Buy the products of the BRITISH COLUMBIA BREWERIES, LIMITED Ask for the Brands that are the Best Alexandra Stout is sure to satisfy. U.B.C. Beer The Beer of Quality. Silver Top Soda Water £ffc* Pure Cascade Beer The Beer Without a Peer. UNION BREWING CO., LTD. NANAIMO, B.C. I Tolal Income for year ending November, 1920 $1831.60 Total expenditures for year ending November, 1920 1832.62 Balance in bank 68.98 Liabilities 38.35 The Gift Season Is Approaching We submit the following list for your consideration ALUMINUM WARE. PYREX UTENSILS. DINING-ROOM SUITES. BUFFETS, CHAIRS, TABLES. LIVING-ROOM SUITES. PARLOR SUITES. EASY CHAIRS IN MANY STYLES. DRESSERS, DRESSING TABLES. SIMMON'S BEDS, SPRINGS AND MATTRESSES. RESTMORE BEDS, SPRINGS AND MATTRESSES. EIDERDOWNS, BLANKETS. PHONOGRAPHS. HEINTZMAN PIANOS. A. MacKinnon CUMBERLAND, B.C. Balance $19.63 A. WINNINGHAM, CHAS. McMILLAN, Auditors. DR SUTHERLAND IS ACCLAMATION MEMBER The honor of being Ihe only member of the British Columbia Legislature returned by ncclamation has fallen to Dr. W. II. Sutherland, of Revelstoke, Irom the contest. Government member In the last Legislature. At thc nomination last week the Opposition had the name of Capt. Fitzsimmons ready, hut In a wire received at Victoria this week it is stated that Capt. Fitzsimmons had withdrawn. Sight IHE CUMBERLAND iSLANDER November 20, 1920. SPECIALISING INFANTS WEAR INFANTS' FLANNELETTE GOWNS, in a good fine quality; most desirable $1.75 INFANTS' FLANNELETTE SKIRTS, well made of a nice fine material. Price $1.50 INFANTS FLANNELETTE BARRICOATS, splendidly finished. Price $1.50 INFANTS' FLANNEL BARRICOATS, made of a strong, hard-wearing quality flannel. Price $1.95 INFANTS' FLANNELETTE DIAPERS, full size, good quality. Price, each 60c INFANTS' FLANNEL BANDS, ready for use. Price, each 50c INFANTS' ROBES, in a choice of several qualities, at reasonable prices. INFANTS' BONNETS—A very large selection to choose from, both in knitted wool and also in silk. Prices to suit your purse. INFANTS' WOOL VESTS, in Ruben style as well as button front; 95c. $1.50 and $1.75 INFANTS' WOOL OVERALLS, nicely made Price $1.75 INFANTS' HAND-KNITTED OVERALLS, beautifully made; a real choice article. $3.75 WOOL MITTS, in two qualities. Prices 40c and 95c Personal Mention Mrs. W. A. Owen will not be receiving until after the New Year. -SERVICE IS OUR MOTTO- If we haven't in stock what you desire, give us an opportunity to procure it for you. If it can be got we will be pleased to get it for you. DRYGOODS &JGENTS FURNISHINGS STEFANSSON GIVES FASCINATING LECTURE VANCOUVER.—Mr. Vllhjalmur Stef- ansson, F.R.G.S., the world's foremost Arctic explorer, hero of ten winters and thirteen summers Inside the Arctic circle, and the man who, as a result of his recent five years' sojourn in the polar regions, has added more than one thousand miles of new coast line to Canada's northern hinterland, described some of his achievements ln a lecture here Monday night. To hear Mr. Stefansson's Interesting comparison of temperatures of sub- Arctic locations, which he showed were no colder than the average winter climate of Manitoba and northern Alberta, and then hear his description of vast areas of open rolling prairie ln summer, covered with blue grass and where dandelions and bluebells bloom with a temperature that rose as high as 100 ln the shade In the summer, completely knocks the average conception ot the polar regions out of one's mind. Stefansson almost convinced his hearers, if It were not for the mos<- quitos ln summer—which he admitted were pretty bad—that the polar regions were a land flowing with cheap meat and free Ice cream—without the flavor. Especially Interesting were the ex plorer's description of the vast herds of reindeer, or domesticated cariboo, which he estimated at ten million in Canadian territory alone, and between thirty and forty thousand musk oxen. VOTE FOR ANDERSON and a Solid, Sane and Progres sive Administration. WHY? THIS SPECIAL 10 DAY OFFER To obviate the Christmas rush, to give you prompt and efficient service, we are making this special offer. Our offer is: Call in any business day between November 20th and 30th, choose and decide what make and style you like, then pay a little cash each week until Christmas. We will make delivery the day before Christmas. This spreads your initial payment out and will enable us to give you careful attention and service. Fni^fiN DIAMOND AMBEROLAS IliL'lOV/ll DIAMOND DISC PHONOGRAPHS SOINOKA PHONOGRAPH CECIL1AIN PHONOGRAPH Columbia and McLagan Fill in the enclosed Coupon and we will mail Catalogue without obligation on your part. Name Address.. P.O. Box.. If you have a Phonograph in your home place a cross against the make of Phonograph you own—this will enable us to give you Improved service. Columbia Victor Kdiitot. Disc. Edison Cylinder Bonora and all needle IntitruMenl - W you.live out of town, write for complete catalogues, which will positively be mailed to you tbe same day as enquiry is received. Then choose your outfit and send a deposit. We will deliver to you before Christmas. We guarantee satisfaction on delivery or your money refunded. You run no risk. A TICKET WITH EVERY DOLLAR PURCHASE— $250 IN PRIZES OUTFIT No. 1 Mr. Edison's Latest Diamond Am- berola—Style No. 30—with a guaranteed genuine Diamond Reproducer and twelve selections, $72.80. Here are tlle Special terms— $1.50 Cash and $1.50 Per Week until Christmas. Then we deliver it and you pay the balance weekly or monthly, ns you wish. OUTFIT No. 2 Mr. Edison's Latest Diamond Am- "wrola—Style No. 50—with a genuine Diamond reproducer and double spring motor—complete with 12 selections, 4112.50. Special terms— $2 Cash and $2 Per Week •until ChrlBtmas. The balance weekly or monthly, to suit you. OUTFIT No. 3 Columbia, Sonora or Ceclllan, complete with 12 selections. This style Is a full length cabinet with space for 75 records and Is a style that Is very pleasing to the eye. Our terms are $2.50 Cash and $2.50 Per Week until Christmas. Balance arranged. OUTFIT No. 4 The famous Ceclllan or Sonora, In a 'beautiful, full length cabinet, complete with 12 selections. Our special attractive terms are $3 Cash, $3 Per Week until Christmas. Then we deliver and you tan arrange the balance conveniently for yourself. £. FLETCHER MUSIC!!. COURTENAY and CUMBERIJ-iND, B.C. Thomas Graham, General Superintendent of the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd., accompanied by Mrs. Graham, returned from Victoria on Tuesday. Mr. E. D. Pickard left for Victoria on Friday. Mrs. A. C. Lymn and daughter left for Victoria on Tuesday and will not return until December first. Miss Janet E. Graham returned from a visit to Victoria on Thursday. Miss Blanche L. Dando spent the week-end in Victoria and returned on Monday. Mrs. Charles Graham returned from a visit to Victoria ou Thursday. Mrs. F. Baun returned from Seattle on Wednesday, after spending a few days' vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Stewart. Conrad Reifel, of Xanalmo, manager of the Union Brewing Company, arrived on Thursday and returned on Saturday. Mr. C. Low, of Nanaimo, arrived on Friday and returned on Saturday. Charles Graham, District Superln tendent of the Canadian Collieries I Dunsmuir) Ltd., left for Victoria on Friday and wlll return on Sunday. Dr. G. K. MacNaughton, James Dick, C. J. Parnham, D. R. McDonald, A. R. Stacey, Fred Pickard, Thomas Mordy, J. W. Cooke, John Walton and several other members of Cumberland Lodge ••Jo. 26, A. F. and A. M„ motored to Victoria on Friday to attend a special meeting of the Vancouver Quadra Lodge No. 2. The party will return on Sunday. \ UNION BAY NOTES Messrs. Bloedel, Stewart & Welch, of Union Bay, entertained their loggers and friends to a chicken supper on Sunday evening. A very enjoyable time was spent by all present. Dane, ing was carried on until the early hours of Monday morning. Miss Davis and Mr. Anderson of Union Bay cycled to Courtenay on Saturday afternoon. PUNTLEDGE NOTES Ed. Thompson, an employee of the Gwllt Saw Mill at Puntledge, had the misfortune to have one of his lingers cut off on Tuesday. A grand dance will be held at Puntledge, In the No. S Mine School, on Wednesday, November 24th. Good music; refreshments will be served by the ladies. Admission, ladies 25c, gents $1. Everybody welcome. FOR SALE FORD CAR, 1916 MODEL, IN FIRST class condition. For further particulars apply Cumberland Barber Shop. BUILDING AND LOT ON CORNER of Fifth Street and Dunsmuir Ave. Lot 6, Block 15. Building contain Ing 16 rooms, store, cellar, barn, two garages and other outhouses. For further particulars apply C. Mussatto on the premises. 4-46 LOST LOST—PLAIN GOLD NECK CHAIN. Reward given upon returning same to The Islander Office. HELP WANTED INTELLIGENT HIGH SCHOOL GIRL, good reader, to read to advertiser one or two hours several evenings tt week. For terms and particulars apply ABC, c-o Islander Offlce. D. McLennan PRACTICAL CARPENTER ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS Kstliiuitt-s anil Approximate* Furnished. ADDRESS: P. O. or UNION HOTEL Cumberland. NOTICE. IN THE NANAIMO COUNTY COUIIT, HOLDEN AT CUMBERLAND, II. C. In the Matter of thc Estate of Siuiilioft' Simdovskv, deceased, anil In the Matter of Ihe Administration Act TAKE NOTICE that by order of Judge Barker, made the 10th day of November, 1920, I was appointed administrator to the estate of the said Stankoff Sadovsky, deceased, and all parties having claims against the said estate are hereby required to furnish same, properly verified, to me on or before the first day of January, A.D. 1921. And all parties Indebted to the said estate are required to pay thc amount of their Indebtedness to me forthwith. Official Administrator. WESLEY WILLARD, Dated this 18th day of November, 1920. U-48 Watch Grocery Window For Prices Which Will Save You Money Sugar iO-lb. sack $1.80; 20-lb. sack $3.60 Whole Wheat Flour 7-lb. sack 60c; 49-lb. sack $3.50 Graham Flour 7-lb. sack 60c; 49-lb. sack $3.50 Split Peas, per lb 10c Dried Green Peas, per lb 10c Pearl Barley, per lb 10c Small White Beans 10c lb.; 3 lbs. 25c Speckled Bayo Beans 10c lb.; 3 lbs. 25c Cream of Wheat 35c pkt.; 3 for $1.60 Olympic Pancake Flour, pkt 50c Buckwheat Pancake Flour, pkt 50c Kellogg's Corn Flakes 15c pkt.; 7 for $1.00 Macarroni, cut or long 15c pkt; 2 for 25c School Biscuits, per lb 40c Venetian Biscuits, per lb 50c Empress Sodas 35c pkt.; 3 for $1,00 B. 6i K. Oatmeal, three kinds—Fine, Medium and Coarse; 10-lb. sacks 90c Boulter Corn, per tin 20c St. Charles Milk, family size tins 2 for 25c Maple Leaf Milk 15c tin; 7 for $1.00 Squirrel Peanut Butter 35c tin; 3 for $1.00 Lowney's Breakfast Cocoa i/>-lb. 35c; 1 lb. 65c Lowney's Baking Chocolate, i/>-lb. cake 30c Mott's Baking Chocolate, V4-lb. cake 15c 2 for 25c Hipolite Marshmallow Cream, per jar 45c Pure Plum Jam, 4-lb. tin 95c Wagstaffe's Pure Strawberry Jam, 4-lb. tin $1.50 Empress Marmalade, 2-lb. tins 65c Keiller's Marmalade, 4-lb. tin $1.35 Empress Raspberry Jam, 1-lb. jars 50c Australian Pure Honey, 2-lb. tins 75c; 5-lb. tins $1.75 Rogers' Syrup, 2-lb. tins 40c; 5-lb. tins 90c; 10 lbs. $1.75 Edwardsburg Syrup 2-lb. tins, 15c; 51b. tins $1.00 10-lb. tins $1.90 Pride of Canada Pure Maple Syrup, quart tins... $1.25 Libby's Extra Sliced Pineapple, 1-lb. tins 25c 2-lb. tins 50c Libby's Pickles, 12-oz. bottles, including Gherkins, Sour, Sweet Mixed, Chow and Sweet Chow, and Sweet Relish; per bottle 25c Canned Apricots, small size tins 25c; medium tins 45c Large tins 60c Goblin Hand Soap 3 for 25c Silver Foam Soft Soap, 1-lb. jars 25c; 5-lb. tins $1.00 Sunmaid Seedless Raisins, 1-lb. pkt. 35c; 3 for $1.00 Sunmaid Seeded Raisins, 1-lb. pkts 35c; 3 for $1.00 • Currants 25c pkt.; Bulk, lb. 25c Bulk Cocoanut, cut medium 35c lb.; 3 lbs. $1.00 Wagstaffe's Cut Peel, 1-lb. box 60c Bulk Dates, per lb 25c Dromedary Dates, pkt 30c Fresh Ground Coffee No. 1, 70c lb.; No. 2, 60c Braid's Ideal Tea 1-lb. pkts. 70c; 3-lb. pkts. $1.85 Fancy Eating Apples, Wagner, per box $3.85 Fancy Eating Apples, Kings, per box $3.75 Cooking Apples, per box $2.85 Russet Pears, per box $3.50 DUY POTATOES TO STORE FOR THE WINTER Yakima Netted Gems, best keepers, 100-lb. sacks $3.50 Full Stock of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Simon Leiser &Co. Phone 38. Limited rooo. McnaiMnuu. ClOIWNC. DOCTORS. run. nuuu. HOSmUACOOMMOMTKW. TvnwS,.COUUHrTI0a1|. UaMl-KaV— v!m"«c!>U,U "oka -m ■ nr^- TniaMMM-an.m-oaMiji.Mfi Ojmjrliliuom a ■mas-a* mi nom an ■ so met nun*-) aimar ma, mrr nurviu. MAINE. IH SOSK VIILWSU M1J IB!** Rentu ar rm sun 1 Europe's Triangle of Suffering 2,500,000 Children in Central Europe Starving or Underfed- Campaign Throughout B. C. Next Week Under the Red Cross. Another—and perhaps the final— effort to eld Europe to get on her feet is now being made by relief organizations ln the British Empire. Appalling conditions, brought on by starvation, effect the lives of 2,500,000 children ln Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czecho Slovakia and Germany. According to Col. Robert E. Olds, Commissioner to ■urope for the Red Cross, who recently returned from abroad, a whole generation Is In peril. Central Europe presents a ghastly picture of suffering childhood, with only a few bright spots here and there," he said. "Economic reconstruction has not begun ln many places. The political situation Is far from stabilized. In Lithuania 6,000 children are wandering in the woods, eating berrieB and leading the .lives ot stray doge. The other week 2,000 women stormed the Central Charities Building ln Budapest, demanding food for their hungry babies. Hospitals and orphanages are closing because of empty larders. Not a child In Poland, Austria, Lithuania or Czecho Slovakia ls getting what a Canadian mother would call a square deal," The British Columbia Red Cross, through Its local societies, is next week appealing for funds to Inhabitants of this province, which will be used for purchasing milk, lard and medical supplies. These supplies will be used ln children's hospitals or typhus epidemic centres. Send ln your contribution to the local Red Cross or Provincial Red Cross Society, Vancouver. The fund closes November 28.
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