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THE CUMBERLAND ISLANDER" ' *' tl'lslk .kUh In kaiisaIUo^ tho sf'umhjiolanil Nana With which Is consolidated the Cumberland New*. ffi ii FORTY-THIRD YEAR—No. 12. CUMBERLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1924. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM Local Telephone Complete Revision Rates Reduced Of Fall Fair Prize List Decided On New telephone rates and new method of telephoning is now effective between Cumberland and Courtenay. Formerly loug distance only was employed, whereby the name of tho party wanted was given, and tbe caller hung up the telephone receiver and waltert. Now the two-number rapid fire s.-sioni ls in use. the party calling waiting for the answer as In ordinary telephoning. This improved system has been made possible, us additional copper circuits havo recently been built by tbe B. C. Tele« phone Company. With the new system comes a reduction In rate. Under tlie. old style. tlie rate was 15 cents, but with the two-number system the rate Is 10 cents for live minutes. Committees Have Been Named lo Revise ull Branches for Directors' Approval BOARD OF TRADE TO PUT »*»*»»*«**«»***«««»»«*♦♦ CUMBERLAND DISTRICT ON MAP SOCIAL EVENING A social evening was spent at the home of Mrs. Andrew Clarke on Wednesday evening for the benfit of Court Cumberland A.O.F. During tbe evening a box of chocolates was raffled and won by Mrs. A. Clarke. WHIST DRIVE A wlhst drive will be held in the Fraternity Hall on Thursday, the 3rd day of April .under the auspices of Court Cumberland, A.O.F, A cordial invitation ls extended to all. Whist commences at 8 p.m. Admission 25c. On this occasion the regular meeting Count Cumberland will commence at 6.30 prompt. Why Not Have A Queen Contest For 24th Of May As you are aware, May 24th is only two months away and nothing hns been done yet In the way of arranging anything for tbe holiday. Of course there is ample time to arrange for the sports but if a Queen Is to be selected, well, we bad better start something. In the past most of the larger cities have been running a May Queen Contest and have found that It Is a very good method of selecting a Queen. Now, cannot something like this be arranged for Cumberland? Most contests have been run on a system like the following and we think that lt would work out very satisfactorily In our City. Two or three popular girls would be selected, their photographs taken and printed on cards, same cards to act as votes, selling for ten cents each, each card given having a value of ten votes. The young lady getting the highest number ot votes would be Queen and the less fortunate competitors Maids of Honor. A large float could be made and the royal party would ride ln state in the parade to sport Held, as last. year. This, we think, is a mucli better method than has hitherto heen used in thia city and the money from the sale of tickets would easily pay for Uie expenses of running the contest. How about it, May Celebration Committee or tbe Ladles Organizations of the City? Why nol. act on this suggestion? A suggestion has Just beeu made io us that the Auxiliary of the Hospital take over this matter and use the proceeds for the benefit of Hint Institution. COURTENAY,—In preparation for the fall fair of tlie Comox Agrlcul- j tural and Industrial Association com-' mittees have been named to completely revise the prize list. This has heen doue on a recommendation of the secretary. Mr. Felix Thomas. Each division has been entrusted to a com- inlllee of two persons, members of tbe Association. ; The revision of the horse section Is hi charge of William Duncan nnd Wil- Ham Urquhart; the cattle and swine division Is In charge of Thorold Smith and William T. Wain; tbe poultry division has received a thorough revision under the supervision of W. J. Qunn and M. S. Stephen.); Oeorge Edwards and A. H. Herd have been'asked to bring the garden vegetable section up to date aud the fruit and Held crop division has been placed ln the capable hands of H. P. Allberry and G. R. Bates. The (lower section will be taken care of by Mrs. W. McPhee and Mrs. Theed Pearae; Mrs. W. Brown and Mrs. William T. Wain are ln charge of the revision of Ihe cookery and preserving section and Mrs. McPhee and Mrs. Thomas have done excellent work on the needlework section. It is hoped lo have the revision complete and ready for presentation to the next meeting of ihe board of directors for approval. At the annual meeting Of the Cumberland Board of Trade, with John Sutherland ln the chair, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: I Oeorge W. Clinton, President; Rob. [ert C. Lang, Vice-President; Edward j W. Bickle, Secretary' and Thomas H. i Carey, Treasurer. Execeutlve Committee—F. A. McCarthy, D. R. MacDouald, Capt. John C, Brown, Alex. McKinnon, C. H. Tarbell, John Sutherland and T. He, land. i Fnlnnce Committee oppolnted were: iMessrs. McCarthy, T. Heyland nnd MacDonald. The G.W.V.A. will be asked to appoint two representatives to the Cumberland Board of Trade. ENGLI.SH CATHEDRALS SUBJECT OF LECTURE A good attendance greeted the Rev. R. 11. Trumpour of Vancouver, at tho Anglican church Hall on Saturday evening last, the occasion being an Illustrated lecture by this renowned speaker, who took for his subject: "English Cathedrals". Mr. Trump- our's address was profusely illustrated by means ot slides thrown bn the screen showing cathedrals from Carlisle to Truro. The audience was very attentive, tlie lecturer delivering his address in a very Interesting manner. A hearty vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Trumpour at the close for his most interesting talk. SUPREME CHIEF VISITS NANAIMO PYTHIAN SISTERS FALSE RUMOR OF FORMER CITIZEN'S DEATH Recently a rumor was current In Cumberland that one of our former Lucy McQuague, the Supreme Chief of the Pythian Sisters Lodge, was a visitor to Silver Leaf Temple. Nanaimo, on Monday, March 17, where representatives of the Vancouver Island Lodges gathered to entertain her. Grand Chief Irene Stein of New Westminster end Kate M. H. Davies, Supreme Representative for B. C, accompanied her and took part In the entertainment given at night in tbe Lodge rooms, when songs nnd speeches took place and an Irish sketch was presented by members of Nanaimo Temple. Many Sisters from all over the Island were present, Benevolence Temple of this city being well represented by the following members: Mrs. A. Walker, Mrs, M. Stewart, Mrs. G. Shearer, Mrs. J. Horbury, Mrs, F. Jaynes, Mrs. H. Wilson and Mrs. Ecolt. Communications from the Agent General of British Columbia, In con nectlon with the British Empire Exhibition were ordered received and filed. The committee appointed to Investigate the Increase in water rates reported that all complaints had been adjusted to the satisfaction ot all concerned. Accounts were referred to the finance cotntnitte for payment. It was decided to restuest President Sutherland to render an account of ten dollars: for car hire while attending the convention of the Associated Boards of Trade. This Mr. Sutherland declined and said it was a pleasure to attend tlie convention and donated the ten dollars to tlie Board of Trade. On motion, It wns decided to.appoint a Publicity Committee and put Cumberland on the map that the beauties of Comox Lake might be made known ' and our surroundings fully described. With that in view, E. W. Biokle, R. C. Lang and George O'Brien were appointed by the meeting. The Publicity Committee was also Instructed to establish mile posts along the Island Highway, Informing the tourist of 1924 how many miles to Cumberland and Comox Lake. Rangers Enter Scotch Concert Final For 0. B. j One Of Merit Allan Cup Defeat South.End In llnrd-Fonght Game by 3-1—Marshall Stars For Itaugers Last'Saturday Baw one of the most Interesting football games, either senior or Junior, that has ever been seen The regular mujnthlly nteetlng ot ion the local football grounds, when the Board of Tarde will be held on the second Tuesday of each and evory month. The Finance Committee was requeued to collect the annual membership fee of (5.00. It was decided to interview the City Council and ask for a donation of $250.00 for publicity purposes. The secretary will write Thomas Menzies. M P.P., the Hon.. the Minister of Public Works and Hon. William Sloan, Informing the government of the deplorable condition of the Highway from Cumberland to Comox Lake the Cumberland Rangers met tlie Na nairao South-End In the semi finals of tho O.B. Allan Cup, emblematic of the Junior Championship of British Columbia. A large crowd of spectators were on hand when referee A. S. Jones called the two teams together sharp at 4 o'clock, many Nanaimo supporters coming up with their team while practically all the soccer loving fans of Cumberland and Bevan were out to cheer their team on to victory. Captain Courtenay, of the visiting team, won the toss and decided to do- The Board was* of Ihe opinion tbat It j fe"d lhe wei" Kral wlth tlle s,m should be graded at once and iu tho event of an Injured man being brought to tlie hospital from No. 4 Mine, he may at least ride in the ambulance without being shaken to death before he arrives. Our Dominion Representative will be asked to oppose any Dominion appropriation towards the building of coal bunkers at Vancouver. It will be pointed out to bim that we have deep water and excellent loading wharves and It Is lo the advantage of deep sea vessels to steam over to Union Bay and take on their bunker coal. The Board of Trade will meet again on Tuesday, April tlie 8th. Upper Island Cup House On Trent To Be Presented Road Is Burned After Game To The Ground The Cumberland United and the i l'hursday evening at 8 p.m. the Dnverport team ot Nanaimo will meet j hoUHe of Mr T Eccleston on Trent on Sunday iu tlie concluding game of! , , , ., .. ,,,,,. . , , i Road was burned completly to the the Upper-Island League schedule. The result of tills game will have no j e"
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