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The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919.
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'.i 'a __M________K.|,s%*-f*-'.'rrf . t ..- " -. -- ^'*:A;AyAyy t ■ ' ;/" -y%y -• a^S?"-?' ■:V ial. Offifiial Organ of,.I)Wri^-Ko. 18/Tj/W?^7oir JL ^. R''!?»'"'W ■ «f i '■• AAA'VA^.%gC7^*^^ yy yyy „- a ) ' -' " ,:,>■• -,- X-'^S-'*' .. V **. - * 1 .- *-_■ /r__tf_i*.*fiL^^^ «* '? ' $1.00 'A, YXiJi;-* " 7-y .j:. .: y,W?*^' . -",!* CAVE-IN AT At Coal Creek--!]lie Dead andlwo lnjuretl--One a] Mart Missing 7 , A cave-la.,at. No. 1 South'Mine, Coal Creek/ took place early this afternoon, and as a result Wm. Whittle" lost his \l!fe,jand Wm.Corlet was seriously in- '' jured, having his- ribs, crushed, ind other ..bodily'-Injuries.1 ' Corlet's part-, ner, an Italian??* was working along - with -him, and, has, so far,.been unaccounted for. y It Is believed that he Is still .under the cave.- Another man",- whose name has not beea ascertained, has his leg badly crushed. *' The'accident occurred about the time the afternoon shift was ready to go to work, but on- seeing Whittle's body being brought out many of'the men-.turned back. The deceased was about. 33 ■ years of age, arid arrived from" I.an: caster some 3 years rago.. ■ , .We understand that the mea'work- ''" ing In 'this ■ mine ■ have, noticed many defects , in the *• roof, - and -■ have from " time'to tiine pointed it"out,to,the offi- ■' cials, but' no notice seems to have been,. taken by ' them to have - it ■ remedied. . . *. ,- ,7' : ' ; English Capitalists Fear Labor War .7 'Is Beglnnlntrof Rewalutjon ' - •* •,. J^^-^i^A , -' , * nrrrr"!*.••*-.• ^.,v"* -LONDON, March',25;—Alarm*;at-. the crisis caused by the'strike-of, the 1,-' 000,000 coal miners Is 'increasing, aud i'0 attempt is now made by the "upper classes' .'to~ conceal,their.'uneasiness over the situation A? Even the-Times, which'ordinarily.-'does.not get excised at anything, is beginning*to;iose.'its profound feeling'' ot ^calnt - confidence that the whole thing'will'fizzle' out and that no harm .will be done the privileged classes,'.. - - '• -j ' The"* Times, commenting today,in a leading'article '■ on the ; strike, 'concludes by * saying: "We fear that the worst time has-still, to come, whichever'way things'turn." s "- J -*" „From, the point of view^of the Times it Is not so much the danger of the present strike, but the recognition of th« fact that the entire' working class is. permeated wit&the spirit :'of revolt that is. causing'jthe, feeling "of disquietude among the" exploiting classes., '-_ The capitalists t_}_n_ck t.hat?the( present strike has beeri^io ordinary struggle .between men and masters,, but an attempt to force the national government to coerce capital into submission,to a labor,union program. , . Naturaly they regard this as almost revolutionary in character and are horror-stricken at the; appalling wickedness .of the" working class-in' thus daring to-use their power. „ , , , TOM MANN LET OUT ON BAJL - The complete election result's have not yet come to nand, but there'can he no doubt that the McBride Government has hypnotized the province with their "White B. C," and "Railroad' Po?' licy."', , So far as Is known it has been a clean sweep for them. -No Liberals have, been elected, and only oae Socialist, Jack Place, of Nanaimo, who got in by 43 over his Conservative opponent, and 247 over the Liberal. ' Parker Williams,' according to tho latest reports, w;as beaten by only four votes, but whether this' return is complete oi not,-ia not known., "Victor Midgley polled 662 votes in Victoria. As matters stand, therefore, His Majesty's'Loyal Opposition' will consist of ONE—Jack Place, Socialist: - Even Brewster,1 the only Liberal member in the last house, was beaten in Victoria. THE'FERNIE VOTE , 6 - Ross Davidson Fernie" 336 McDougal ...AA 24 Coal Creek.-. ." 77 Michel (Old) ..-'.'... 777 - Michel (New)';.,. ' 40 ASQUITH APPEALS TO ; A ' " THE MINERS , LONDON,-March" 28.—Premier .As- quith.thls morning.issued, an appeal -to the mlnersr.of Great'Britain to ac- ,*y ' "tit.tli^MinliiwrtrWa^BiUrwhTilv -,. he said, .would, effect largely, .what ,; ■ they, had Wgfo.'for.v The Premier' „ ,sald he recognised, that the agitation, y.,v& -far as - the '■ groatrhul__' of; the \pien *>ft«?w4reyconcome^AV«g^.-:'d^ •• . movement, , Now that their, grievance -';'' ' had'"beeh._ remove^ b^;the';eaYabiisfi| - ment* of J'he' '_)rinclple''6fva'minimum ' .. wage .withT machinery;.which .'cou'ld b^ A trusted to. fix reasoriabley rated, he > - \ strongly appealed In the name" of tlie' whole community for the resutaption ' *.. *' of normal '.'Industrial - condition... '"~; i -*.^ o -l <■ * i * " ,'' ... t1 v t ' ti "f-jir'j,,. j . - .■:, " —r-,——: 7 1 The monthly,tea given by the'Me thodist Ladles' Aid will be held at the \.' homo of Mrs. JohnyWoodhouse, i,on, i ' TueBday, April 2,.from 3 t6<ti o'clock. SALFORD,; Eng.,-.'March' 28.—Tom Mann,* labor leader, was today released on,$2000 ball, after giving a1 written guarantee-that,-pending his trial; he would not repeat his incitement to the •troops to mutinyA,-Ue,is charged with _.v.A_. ■'_ ..___.-__Lrf_fo__--_-Js__i.__aL;. . ,. . ■ ieiomous.jTTnB.rejeflBlyjajja^aavispu-y publishing certain' printed .matter, .endeavoring to *,p'ersua<le'' persons ;serv-: ing-in the forces of the*_Klng.'on land' or afa. from * their- \ duty,1, aad; allegiance Jtb;JIia.J(aleBtyV arid Inducing .said per- sons to commit treacherous and mut; in6W*acts.'.'!•*.',.. ■'-, '* \\ ,'.r._ ■??//•>. MINER8TO VOTE * '.... '/■: „'. ON ENDING STRIKE ;: LONDON, Marcli 27—The event-of the "day. In-connection with the-coal atrlke waB'the prompt decision* of the Miners' Federation to take a ballot, of' the-mon on the question of terminating <the strlke.-The ballot papor reads: .- "Are you'In favor of. resuming work pending the .settlement of the mlril- mum wages ln the Various grades by the. dlstrlot .boards to be'applied' under, tho coal mines minimum wago act?",, .■'.*.. Hosmer- .......... , 92. Corbin ..A;?.A.. t 35 White'Spruce .....'* 11 ' Crow's Nest- a ■ 33 Sparwood ;'....'..'.* 7" Harmar's Ranch . .* ■' 4 , Elko '< ,56' Galloway .:...... * 1^' Jaffray ...'...?..'. AlSB^ Waldo" Gateway .'."...'.'.' Fruitlands '.!.'.'.. Flagstone ...... Baynes'Lake ... Morrissey JTunct' Krag V. ... BuirRivef"..;-..". ?Dorr .......... 38 "io . 2 :'■ 33; yii \, 33 -yro* "" 12'^ -1074- c312 ,-, y 3 . 149 . 135_.. / .40 , ' . , 40 . X 28 , i i . ■■'*■'} \ ' 4* S ' - 6 7 4 ' 2 2 A •"' ". 1* " ,- 1^ 1 '.. - y y ■ i - . 'T«4 A ' ...Majority for-.Ross •„.'..,: ^. y.The foilowirig iniere'Btlng.' document' •has-A'lallen into our- hands"i~in,-iact,' 'it' fell-out *6I the;tiaUot'':'_)o_-'when'the returning, officer' ope'ried^aame to' secure his Instructi6nB,-a_fd.was'in tended in this particular? instance for that gentleman;," It is written'on a sheet of paper,,on the reverse of which is the printed letter-heading of* Ross' Central Committee'Rooms: i Now/you free and independent voters know that the returning officer was no Socialist —no sir, he was a free and Independent' person,-selected for those-reasons and those reasons alone, to'act in that capacity. The fact that this; particular returning officer has1'been'* "sucking" since he was,a baby; aiuHs still compelled.to "suck""to try arid'obtaln the "job" that is the Mecca of all political heelers, is of-no corisequence." Well here it is, and-the old,fault we find is with the heading, for it-should read: "INSTRUCTIONS TO THE RETURNING OFFICER."; - ' ' . . "- A' -AA- • ■* Instructions to Scrutineers ,. • 1. No person Ts_ allowed In the polling v booth,' but the .returning' officer', poll clerk, and agents'; of parties accredited in writing; .outside -of the4 voter and candidates themselves. , - 2.", If a voter, In favor of Ross presents .himself; who .'cannot' read- or write, he is entitled.urider Section 116 and 117 to have his ballot marked iri" tho presence of the'Returning Officer and'agents for-candidates. 3. If an"elector wishing to vote for Itoss finds that sorriebo'dy has.already voted*in his name,' he"is'entitled urider Section'118"to have a\ballot delivered to him, and marked as "tendered* ballot."',' : ' * . "a; • . ■■ 4. If an "elector Irv favor of Ross should through mistake spoil his ballot, and before ^placing same in box, admits that 'he"--' spoiled- 'the ' ballot, scrutineer should insist that he .be oiyeri_a7aecQndiball6t-F_'iinder_Section. _,i9. AA/'TC."'-',, .A" ■ 5. ,Any elector,wishing to vote; and known to bWa"Sbclalist,';and who is, in the, opiriioB,fOtv.the 7 scrutineer/ not entitled 'to, voW.ehpriwe challenged,' that is* fie shb«l(^^'t_i^!aetuming'OX-? fleer W. swear him. ' * --''A' • "6. The scrutineer, as a voter comes iu to vote, will strike his name?off the voters,list, and, at the same time, will .write his name'with his number on a slip, which-slip, from time to, time, will be forwarded to the Central Committee. The object of this is to show that voters have cast their votes, and at the same time to enable the outside committee to bring in all men who have not voted. , IMPORTANT ;All.voters who have this mark (x) marked opposite their names on the voters list, are to be sworn as they are reported absent from the Fernie Electoral District. ; Be careful that voters who are mark- ed as dead on your list, are not voted upon.' ' It is important that in cases where a voter is entered "twice oii/the list that only.one ballot is allowed,to he cast. All these casesrare shown on your list as repeaters. .. • " All names tmarked through In red* ori Voters List have been struck off the; list in accordance with the Supplementary List attached. SUICIDEAT GALLOWAY - -A-man by the name of Theauhault, sworking in;the lumber camp, at Galloway, committed , suicide -yesterday," The man had .been rather queer in bin head of late.' . • .,-'■- The official count in this riding will take place on Monday next. ■ ,,Fred Allan, "of Corbln, and Miss' Sybil Reading, of this city, were married at Macieod-on Saturday, March ,, - .The following communications were received by President • W. B. Powell, District 18, U. M. W. of A., notifying him'of his appointment as one of ,the three Commissioners to makeeijquir- ies into and concerning the Mining Law of "Alberta. *•*'.'.' *' , (Copy)".?, ..' * ' ■ ■ ' , Approved and ordered. .(Signed) G. H. V. BULYEA, Lieut?; " Governor. ** ' >.••-■ Edmonton, Saturday, Feb. £7,1912 \ Pursuant to the provisions of/'Chapter 2" of the Statutes ,-' of Alberta, 1908, being "An Act Respecting Inquiries Concerning Public Matters,".-the Executive Council adyise,'upon-'the recommendation of the Hon. the Minister of Public Works/ dated February 8th',.'1912, "that John Thomas Stirling,' of Ed- >" monton, William Baden Powell, of Coleman, and Walter Floyd* *4 .McNeil, of Calgary, be' appointed Commissioners to make in- K quiry into and concerning the Mining Law of Alberta, aud to '*■ embody in their report thereon any amendments tothe existing- law regarding the operation of mines for coal or other minerals .** which they may consider necessary.' n 7 A ■ A V" ;,l ," CSigned) ARTHURL. SIFTON, " „;. • , A •■ . 7 - .Chairman. • -" '. -. *'"' . .(Copy) 'v* * ': ■ 7- -.;;. >;. y y\ ■*. ", ■ •■ ,7 7 Edmonton, Mar^h 16,719127'; Sir,—I hereby attach-copy of Order in Council appointing'", you one'of the Commissioners to make inquiry into and" con-' cernjng'the Mining Law of Alberta? , .■■,'•" >A " -'A,? 7 . It is proposed that this Commission meet in, Calgary on •'.'" April116th, and.I jvill be pleased'if you would arrange accord'' mgiy. 7 7-"y ** -* •' - • , • ''A'; ''-- ■-.-Your obedient servant. 7 _ - yv-* ' •".;' '■" r% *<i:j '■' ' •'• F, J. STIRLING,;'? '-.' ", ' '' ';-. 7;": y . Provincial Inspector of Minesv-' William Baden Powell', Esq.'/1 Coleman, Alta.„ ? **, . y " ' .-X-- ATHABASCA, LANDING _T|jE For the benefit of- Creekites visiting the Theatre a Bpeclal train will leave fernie "on Saturday night at 11 o'clock;, * . 77, 77v,7"'. *. ' ' ■77-"We befreveythat Ross;and his party have'.madeva8*cleari^a fight as" t*fiejrj. interests "and'^cony^cti.oaB would '.per-* mltr-thatjofrorri'/thelrovvn. viewpoint.' Ou^Prophecy, THE ALLEN PLAYER8 v „ , AT THE GRAND BLAIRMORE ■ ' On Monday night about 11.30 o'clock tho people of Frank and' Blairmoro woro awakened by tho flro whistles, of both towns blowing, Mon wero to bo soon running ln all directions till lt wriB illscovorod that Main Stroot, Blairmoro, wna on flro nnd all went In that direction, 31 was acalm night and but for that fnct Blairmoro might rtavo^ccj) burnt down. As It was the flro got the best of tho small flro brl* undo forco that thoy lind at work nn.1 about half tho block was entirely enveloped In flames, Tlio Coamopolltnn IIolol wns nearly In rultifl. A llttlo lfttor Frnnk flro hrlgnrto npponred on tlio flcono and did Qxcollont work In holding down tho tire under the able londorahlp of Chief McOowan, and both brigades worked together rind mado nn ImproBHlon on tho blase, Tho train from (.oloninn ..rotif-ht that brlftado to tho spot, nnd the united effort*, of the throo brlgados Boon hud the fire undor control, Sovornl buildings woro burnt to the ground, the Cosmopolitan Hotel, tho Dry (lood Storo of Knlol Bros,, tho Itoyal .Bunk IHilldlng were amongst Mmm. Th« worn! .oritur., nf thn flro waB that a young man lost bin life, an-Itnllnn; it In Bald that ho was undor tho Intluenco of liquor nnd wna pullot! . out of the holol once, but went back again 'and wai not noon, alive again. Noxt tnornln*. his remains were taken .. from tho smouldering nslios and are being hold In the secretary's offlco at lllalrmoroj Largo crowdn from ovory town in tho Pbbb thronged the streets till the morning, A large audlonco witnessed tho pel* formnncoof 'Dlvovceona' nt tho Grand on Thursday night, Miss Folton Jn the leading role was up to her usual high standard, and tho largo company supporting hor llkowlso rendered ox- collont service. Tho play deals with the French divorce lawj,nnd Is a comedy above tho average, Tho scenic effects nnd.costuming was romnrked upon as being of^exccptfonnl bonuty, To-night (Friday) Loo Tolstoi's "Tto- Bsurrcctlan" 'will bo glvon; to*nior* row's matlnoo, "A ,Btrnni_er In" a Strango Lnnd," nnd tomorrow "TrnnogrojiBloii." , ' night, THE 1818 THEATRE Whilst politicians and cnrnpnifmon. wero biiBy during the wook flijhtlng tho electors of Fernio pnsnotl tholr time pleasantly' by visiting tho Tela Tho'ntre, nnd vlowlng tho boantlful plu* lures thrown on tho screen, Tho or* chostrn, too, nppenro to bo a great nt* traction. For to-night and tomorrow "Tho tWo MarrlngoB,"'a two-reel film Clnett Co, of Homo will be tho fonturo, and ls Raid to bo one of the best In tlio lino of lovo, intrigue nnd tragedy Othor plnturoB, to bo shown nro "Vlov.n of Oswego Falls," "The Fixer FUd.'' <l<*,,ll .... • t.PtH IW..I t..M« linl.B ....... M.4I4 fc.C». _*^.-J. L.J.... .- «...'J Tiromlrr-fl for nfl^'cnrly ripponrnTice. Tho mnnagomont la nlao offering free a.boautlful silver'spoon for two coupons FOIt 8ALTfl — I8f,gs for Hatching from Pure S, C, W. UKtiormi, J1.00 por doton, or 17.60 per 100. alio. No. I pen, |1.50 per down, oi; 110.50 per 100. . Apply, S. J.irarrinon, Warttaer, IJ. O. Admiral Klncumlll siiKWatB that Inntorn slides and lectures lllusl rating navy conditions bo employed to otlmulato popular Intorest ln tho Canadian naval aorvoco. Thia Is a hrll* llnnt Idea. The Canadian navy would Just suit the limitation* of a magic lantern, With a lino ot sentimental •on_.ii, lueh aa "The Anchor'i Weigh* ud," and "My Jack UetB Drunk To* day," qulto a bunch of bright young young men might be weaned from the farm and started on a llfo on the ocean wate. -'• T t,toWNVto~tIE_to- train Increased wages, to ?275,000 ?te_c-.', .:i . i.~ i^1_iut —n l~~.jtl .^n_ .1.. _ ,nt:7Wuiivcio ii_""incw— jLugmuu,- wao_utr-~ . The remarkable development of northern Alberta due, to.'the building of,several lines of railway Is a feature that has attracted. the attention of 'settlers'and investprs allke'for.some time past, but news of-the Impending completion of,the C. N7R. to-Athabasca Landing,has been the means of stimulating.'interest ln the'oppor- tunltles and Illimitable resources of the groat country of which the coming town of Athabasca Landing, ls destined to be tha centre. It does not require any -imagination to conceive anlimportant-commercial city becoming a concrete fact within a tew short years at the,gateway to tho wonderful Peace River country, whero millions of acres of.the richest land in Canada aro open for homo- Btoad,' The completion of the railway line will certainly be the signal for tho shipment of hundreds ot tons of freight, setlers' effects, etc, to Athabasca Landing, whllo th ecrentloo of this base of supplies with Its'excellent geographical situation will open up business opportunities of almost end less variety.—Advt, clared officially Off at all .the ihlllsMn Lawrence today, having accomplished its purpose, in the opinion.of the lead ers. That the strike has done -this, and " * more le acknowledged by several labor' " lea'deira* riotfatf illated/Wlth"' ^^Indus A?"' trial Wbrkers.of^he^orld/whlc'h dfr* .\ ected.the,Laurence labor, war^y'ja'B., / Whitehead, secretary .of. the? weavers' .' association of ^Fall River; declared to-, ,7- day that thia increase In' wages- which Is going Into the pockets of the New < England textile workers,ls tbe" direct, result of that two months' contest. 18?MINERS KILLED IN EXPLOSION (Special to the District Ledoer) *y: WELCH, Va., March 27t'h.—Bl8bty two men were'killed today by a gas explosion in the Jed Coal and Coko Company's mlno at'Jed, West Virgin* In, halt a down mlloB from horo. Only' cloven men escaped allvo and one of .thono died wjthin nn hour after j bolng brought to tho surfaco. To- MAN KILLED AT HOSMER Robert Doylo, n molormnn, wnH fatally Injured In the main tunnel, A Lovol, on Wednesday evening about six o'clock nnd expired In tho hospital nlioiil 10.1l. the same night, Tlrol'ar Doylo Is well-known and respected I ^ £,")o;,"|fifl ",;'ruro'bomMocnt,!ri and tli.oiii.hout the Pass by all who know |U)0 Y(,mmH nopo to have thorn out him, Tho greatest sympathy In ox* lomled to IiIh brother who orsldos at IIUlcroHt, nnd to 1i!.b father and Bistort, who ivflldo at Ilroxlnirn, Linllrh- gowHhlro. Saulliinil, THE ABOVE CARTOON APPEARED IN OUR ISSUE OP MARCH 23, 101!. TUTH ILL—DUDLEY A quiet wedding took pjneo Woilnm.* dny ovenlng, March 20, nt tho Mount Pleasant MethodlHt Parsonage, between tywlrt Hood Tuthlll nnd MIhh Lorn Hcnrlolln Dudley, both of Kernlc, II. O. Tho hrldn was altPiuleil by lwr slfltor, MIhh Orncn Dudley, and brollmr. both roBldoiiti In Vnnrouver; th« groom being Hupporled by Mr. Jiiiiioh Mayor, formorly of l''eriile, nml now of Vnncouvor. • The brldo'n pnronts nro nmnng tho nMf>nf nnrl mnat rooiwotoil rootdnntw nf Fernio, whnrn Mr.' Dudley hnfi lieon engngod for many years In tho employ of tho 0. N. V. Conl Co, Tho brldo and her slstor woro vory popular among tho young pioplo of thnt inountnln city, Tho hnppv couplo loft on Thursday morning for Victoria for jlliolr honeymoon before returning to Fernio. Tho ceremony was por- formod byr Rov, Lnshloy Hnll.—Dally Province. ' Hliortly. Exploring pnrilos will hnvo covered all of tho mine by 8 o'clock Wodnosdny morning, and expect to linvo nil tho hoillot. out nt noon. Snmo local mine mon are Inclined to regnrd It iih a physical phenoinonon. Tho fiinilllcrt of the (lnnd mini find Ihem- soIvoh In sons iitrnltii. Work hnB been vory alack nt lho mlno. Out- hIiIo nld will lio iiflkoil for. 105 MINERS KILLED Roicufl Experts Give Up Attempt! tn Enter Fire Hole in McCurtnln, Ok— Cnve-ln Chokes Shaft—Flames Follow Explosion and Air Force Falls In Fanhouae Collapse. END OF THE LAWRENCE STRIKE Increased Wages Granted to 27*5,000 Worker* ROSTON, March 28.—The grant Lawrence itrlko which brought In It* MrCUUTAlN, Ok., March 2-1 —Our. hundred and flvo llv-nt. Is accepted ns nu approximately correct oHtlmtuo of the liumnii toll tiilcon thin morning when Mine No. 2 of the Sans Unit. «?'onl Cornrmnv was wwrkf-il bv nn *>»■• plaslon, Of 110 men of the day shift, only olovon aro known to bo nllvo, while tho others nro entombed behind und bolow debris. In tho opinion of government ox* lK-rU nnd mini. offlilaU ttiey ar« dead, and a spectnl train which brought r>li)uI.Ihiih and tiureea from Vutt Smith, Ark., returned to-night, Flvo physicians remained with tht faint hope tbat some of the Imprisoned men might be found alive.' it y ~,\t .•?.■&-*- "\y «, s **»-■•**.-[ yyz S- :.:;***> ■•&- - ^ ■ i!7 J^^AVrf,. -. JtvJN. PAGE TWO THEsDIBTKIOT LEDGER TJIRNIE, B. C'iMABCH30,1912. .*>: _c*-v> ■ * ■>-;* -n, ... KENNEDY & MANGAN Jr r *! .« I We're Bound to Please \ ', anyori-e vfamlliar with the quali-' ties and .value of lumber. They ..can see"plainly that our stuff is sound j and, well seasoned; * and, they can* judge at once'how fav- . orably our prices compare with \ others. " 7 - A s „LUMBER FOR 'EARLY SPRING USE. * > should be ordered now. Pretty soon everybody will be wanting,5 _ some, all at the 'same time. , OFFICE and YARD, MCPHERSON AVE., OPP. a N. DEPOT,, FERNIE Hotel Michel Michel,. B.C. HEATED WITH STEAM Lighted with Tungsten Lamps Ostermoor Mattresses Clean Linen - ' Pure Food Rates $2.50 per day W. L. FOISY -- Manager HOTEL VENEZIA The New and Up-to-date Hotel Every,person likes to be comfortable. ''■ We have the latest design-,of-steam heating apparatus in every room. .Our menu is the best. We guarantee satisfaction. Two blocks from C. P. R. Depot. .Old and new faces welcomed. i < *-- ' , NewMichel,B.C. , P. Zorratti - Prop. s_.-4.4WJW.i--:. .'■ '",.--^-■ —^ fliir r I!',,,'. • . . Jl^t .received,, a shipment of EDISON'PHONOGRAPHS and VICTOR'.* GRAMAPHONE8. .Hundreds of latest Records, Violins. . Guitars, , Accordeons, Sheet Music," etc,,' etc.', : ■, *. MA0HIN__.8;80l_D ON EASY PAYMENT PLAN. KENNEDY'S . DRUG AND BOOK 8TORE, New Michel "THE REXALL 8TORE." . The Gash Grocery Hosmer B.C. Specials lloynl lloiiNi'liold A a pfl HobiiilIn.nl anil A J. hll purity I'lciiir U»JlUU OnuigcH, I'i'K. Wtc a dozen Now 25, 35, and 450 .liip Ociiik'*'*-, I" r Ihix: 00O Hulk Tea, i <>-_;. J.').' Now 25o I.\ery jmiTli/isciMif ftl.) ..vHvch A Bath Rug Froo Imi -T* i aT% aa a a ta a n_Min.#4_U 60 V__ARBr nXPBRIBNOB Trade Mahhi ^ DteiONB. OopvmaMTaAe. r • _k«t _ h and flimcriMUm mt onr niilnloa fna «hMli«r »4 t MaijurMiir fopd.nt-_OiSOWO** an (••tatite Mn« f.M. t/ldiiiaamt rjr_jTjH«arr*)«|NU*>iiU tyf-itliwtiM. viihoett AnrN.tM___.lf ffMOltf UPWUI: iiior ..^- jfr_.mifi# Scf.niifK Aw.. I car*. Ati_«fiKW_drl__iMUitx_4*_«k>)'. lUjvwt «_r« t_ii.U»"of jUf •_.«M1«« iMrnil. Tarmt for >.*jt_i-_« ., |itfi y*f, pumjn nwt-tM. BoMtf lft*ft^W«-_.-__rt'm._! WaJ. Cole BELLEVUE *■ o . Hair Dressing Pool Billiards Cigars . Tobaccos fc „i i i. Bowling Alley Drop In Southern H OTE L BELLEVUE, Alberta. Every . •o convenience and, attention - Meals that taste like, * mother used to coolc v , Best in the Pass William* Evans, Proprietor COLEMAN *_...*, i UquorCo. »'*■ *'" Wholcsalo Dealers iri.' Wines Liquors Cigars Mail Orders receive prompt attention *:' " .■..-- j .*> /.'." - '. ->. , ;-- •**■ c MinMtfM 7 *yy A "'-A"A «* f-^'n-' V*V *v*tfh Miners Sitll Diss at sifted-- Latest News From the Front y 150 CL.AMOFC;^OR'ONE:'y<&: Vf ■-«'-': .'..'•-.: '-A^'Ai-X-ASOLITARV'jdB -' z>-\ -^ .". (Special to the District Ledger) ' „ LONDON, Bng., March '27th.~The government's -, Minimum '. Wage. Bill, whose object is to put a stop to .the^ disastrous, coal strike will be the law- ol the land within 24 hours; ' Thus far, however, the end of, ther strike and of the distress and suffer- inglt Is causing to a million miners and over two million other workers and their families and 'dependents throughout the country is- not in .sight. Th© Miners' Federation met todaj-; to discuss the general situation and to consider a proposal for submitting to the miners the question of balloting as to whether the Minimum Wage Bill ihould be accepted. Mine owners also conferred, but tho result of their discussions has not been made public. The Cabinet hopes the miners will seize excuse afforded by tho enactment of the Minimum Wage Bill for returning to work. Even if this hope should be realized, it will be necessary to take measures to relieve the great distress, and lt" is understood the government already has decided on effective methods of carrying this out. Protection of minern' who resume work also must be provided for and it is thought this would neces-- sitate calling out of army service. ■It is also likely the government will establish national wages board with an independent chairman to consider and determine on.proposals for introduction of minimum daily rates of- $1-25 for men and 50c. for" boys on the understanding that with these two points settled1 all miners will return to work while negotiations are proceeding for fixed minimum rates for other grades of workmen. •' Already .troops are in a state of preparedness In JVales, and at any moment their services may be required to protect miners at Brynkinalle ■ Collieries, who- have been working 'for several days, and an attempt to interfere with ..what was .made last night. LATER.—This is a fateful day -in the history of the British1 trade with- the passage ....rough Parliament, by. a large' majority of the bill establishing .In legislation the principle of a-Minimum Wage in the country's most important Industry/*'' '. - -. .-.,'- •The Minimum Wage Bill passed its thir'd'reading in the House by.a'Yoie of-'213'to 48, amid scenes" of'great excitement. '* - The House of.Lords.re-' assembled-."at 2.50 - o'clock to "receive the .mill, and,on motion by Lord'Hers- chel it passed its" first reading. Premier-Asquith,' on leaving' the House of Cqmmons, was loudly cheered by all members. The miners' leaders declared their Intention to keep' up the strike until they have secured guarantee of? a minimum wage of flvo shillings for men, or .until the district boards, as provided by the bill, arrange acceptable terms. The government's persistent efforts to ttecuro an outside settlement collapsed In a most dramatic manner. Premier Asquith had tie greatest difficulty . in getting the .wners and the men to meet yestordky, and It was only finally on tho earnest appeal,of Sir Edward Grey, tlio Foreign Secretary, that the owners consented to confer with the -men's * representatives. The meeting lasted but a few minutes: The representatives of the Scottish" miners" put forth a demand for a minimum wage of five shillings and nine-pence for, men and two ^ shillings for boys, whereupon the owners, . protesting that they were always being faced by fresh demands,,, angrily broke up the conference and quitted the room, leaving-.Premier Asquith1 and' Secretary Grey, and' Chancellor Lloyd George thunderstruck and crestfallen at the unexpected turn of events. " ->■ It was under great emotion at the result of disappointment at this scene; that the Prime lilinister^ went immediately to the House of Commons to announce the failure of the conference* in a spee'eh.which evoked the sympathy of the house. What will be the next step in" the struggle it Is impossible" to-foretell. By Thursday-the Minimum.Wage Bill will'have received' the royal assentand become law. ..In the" meantime the miners will hold meetings, to< decide upon their future course.7, It is .reported that the government Intends to institute- a- national wage,,board with an indepen-. dent .chairman to endeavor to secure a resumptlon.of.work on a five and two shilling basis."- Advertisement^ .. Mali .Rettpoifded,to.:'byv Army of ^ * ' 'intellectual1? Proletarians A %» The, GloW,, notyaVSocialist^newspaper", recently, pr'inted-itne foiiowlng,:' .- "First onejcame^yhenieh.-theii fifty, then ,100| and "finally 150," rill.promptly and eagerly? '"These were intelligent -youngVmen..looking for. a. citua- tlon, , 'Unfortunately^ th^re wasP'only one ■ joti.to" go. aronnd. ■'-"* itk shows'what tlie pressure. Is in New York.;.A?7'. .^ -. "A New - York firm wished to* secure for .their ■'btficagoVoffl^ of a high class man of good'educatlon, 'pleasant address,-and' previous experience In meeting'business men."*' -.Their1 requirements ■ were" -not, unusual," -perhaps, but .they, .wer$-most "particular aB-to quality." - "-" ;,- ry .'7; A.*- " The-paper Btates'the'firm'advertised ln its columns and this Is what follow- «d:' ;A " A . >- A'7 -V . "The results \^ere prompt and Immediate. The point Is.that they would have been satisfied wlthx-half a dozen answers, pleased wlth! i_ dozen, surprised at fifty, .and dumfounded at 100. But they were almost - incredulous whon the 150th applicant walked into their office." r.%,-^1 General Dealers ? .*- ■ ■Quality &>-o& "'; l '" \^'Vand''.'.','-t'''^'v' Xiving^ PpMs .. u- Dry Goods,-BootJs, Shoes . -y vMen's Furnishingsy^/i- y.y y Groceries, Fruits andA " % ' A *> - ' ' - ^\ ■- iL" !-* -'T*t*_rkTTiet_r\tic*. ■> x.1} A Provisions '- > Bellevue, Altai BUTTE THREATENED BY ' BIG ^LABOT. STRUGGLES BUTTE, Mont., March..227-A big labor war threatens this .city as the result of the arbitary action of the'An-' aconda Copper, Mining Compay in discharging several hundred of Its employes because of their activities in behalf of the Socialist party, which elected Lewis J. Duncan as mayor last fall, and is ln control of the political situation here.. . - The Miners'-Union, which is composed mostly 'of, Socialists,' has called a special meeting to consider the *■"..•■ uation. Trouble is expected, and the Socialists d clare <that the wage contract ,with' the, company will be' terminated- April l.-'V" ""*•'. Socialist's have long been urging the miners to.demand .an increase from $3.50 to $4 a day.'* Stephen T.: Humble Dealer in Hardware, Stoves, Ranges Fancy Goods and Stationery BELLEVUE Alberta Bellevue Hardware & Furniture Co. y -•■ ^. . '*■„"" . - l» * • \ I-* >. , i ,*.» '** ' ■ "-a v , Headquarters for1,, , ■ , ', A House Furniture and Hardware SPECIAL PRICES IN FURNITURE ? , A Complete line of r '■ Look around, first SPORTING GOODS THEN BUY HERE Every day a Bargain Day Here ', A FIREMAN'S PERIL How Znm-ltnk Dollvcrod nlm. At 21l> 1'VftBor Avo,, Edmonton, Alta,, llvofl W. 1'. Mnliy, n former mombor ot tlio local llro lirlgiulo, who has won* tlorful caimo to bo tlinnltful for the t-itrntlvo powers of Zum-Bult, IIo says: "A eorlouu skin dlBonoo broke out on my face, and m>rond until I wan in a torrlblo ntato. Tho Npoln nnd llttlo ulcere woro frightfully irritating, and yot whon scratched or rubbed thoy bled nnd emartod. SlmvlriB cruised uo agony, and nomotimoB I -would havo to ko two wooks without a uhavo, 1 tried liomo-mrtdo romodlos, liorl) salvos, and vurloun othar ' proparutloiin, but the Boros got no bottor. Whon Zam-Duk «»« ™, .. 11 , t, a,* f 1,n,1 lln*^ MM 11.1 I It would lm ablo to do mo nny rood. My eriuo Buomotl ouch nn obattnato on*, I %a\'o It a fair trial, however, and the first box made mich a wonderful chance for tho bottor that It Kftvo mo en* courni.on.ont to continue I did ae, and to cut a lonr. story short. Zam-Duk, .u mt* (..ia, (juUo (uriiil Hit). My lace la now clear of all traces of the ter rlblo dlieaac, which troublod me for to lonn." Thousands of Buffercrt from eczema, blood poison, ulcere, chronic aoree, piles, ringworm, cold torea, cute, burn* and akin Injuries, have been re* Uevc-d and cured, ao waa Mr. Moby, by Zam-Duk. Aa a balm for al! akin la* Juries and diseases lt la without equal All drucfilsta and storoa at COo box, or poat free from Zam-Duk Co, Toronto, for price, lUtuto haraltol tuUUtDUo. . - By William ;it-estelle Shier . ' The workers want high wage's. The employers prefer to pay low wages.," The workers want short hours.. ;The. employer^ Insist on long hours, ?"- ■'; ;* The workers want, large airy, .well- lighted, sanitary establishments- In- which to-labor. The employer'crowds their "hands','' Into dingy,, badly ypiitl lated ill-smelling shops in; order to icbep down expenses. ....'.. The workers want tho machinery to bo safo-gunrded. The employers object, becauso safety appliances cost money. ' . . y y.Tho woi'lfers want the omployera to compensate them ror Injuries while nt work. , Tho omployors resist, because profits are of more importanco to them than human life. ' , . The workers want all their co'mrad* on to have Jobs. The employers seek to flood the native labor market by promoting immigration. ' > . The workers want their children to be assured a liberal education in tho school.., Tho employers desire tho children to be avnllable for their ntoros and factorlos, n Tho workers want labor legislation to protect their Interests. Tho employers fight labor legislation becauso It Ib contrary to tholrs. Tho workorH aro determined to got what thoy wnnt. Tho omployors nre determined to prevent them. Tho workorH organize into unions. The employers organize Into'nBHOCln* (Ions. Tho workers ronort (o the boycott nnd tlio strlko, The employers resort to lho blacklist nnd lho lockout. Thero Is wnr, civil wnr, bntwoon thoHd two great IiohUIo forces In so- doty, In thlH wiib tlio ciiiployors iiho n wonpon that the workors hnvo not' yot Icirncd how to handle, Thoy ubc the lcKlolaturo to piibb laws favorahlo to them nnd unfavor* nblo lo tho mnssofl. Tlioy ubo tho courts to Interpret the laws' ns thoy wnnt thorn Interpreted. They une the Judges to hurl Injunc- ntrnlnlnr Ihem from jili-.tc-lhii", imui pnylnjt strlko benefit fl. from publish- inj. tho nnmoa of "unfair firms," from doing nny of tho things thnt lend to1' victory. l***V.rt«, .tr,,. -V... nMIM. . 1 ,1 , i» . ' '■ •_ ' •■ *!»'» i'lrfl.'.* to crush the strikers nnd drlvo them bnck to work, , They nro nblo to do these things because tbe workors hnvo voted them Into power. Conservative nnd Liberal parties represent the Intereata of business m<*n. Their members nro' mostly bualnf as men. They depend for tbelr Ledger Ads Always Get Tfiera _,\_A* y\ p - '' ,. * campaign, funds exclusively upon business men.'.';?"A ^ .'„, ' '? . Yet' the workers support theso par-" ties-at election times, and, then won-. derv-why tlie goyernment is always for"-the rich andineyer for the poor;, . ItAshould be^ as plain' as dayilght that'before we cnn have the enactment and;'Wforcementt of<• working class laws,;" we ;must ,!haye -administrators, leglsln{orp'"and' j-a'dges -who havo'.the working 'class !pbi__t,"of view, who have been eloctod.to joffico under the auspices of n,,working class party and- who are pledged,to obey the mnndate of a" well dlsclpilnel' working class organization. .A 7 ' Onco • thb' workers "'organize politically they can Whip tho bosses to or standstill. ,.■'■' ' ...Once thoy vote togothoi" as solidly niiHhoy strike together, tlioy can have everything their own way, Onco thoy gain control of tho various brnnchoB.ot tho government, thoy will have no trouble obtaining higher wages, shorter hourB, bettor "working conditions, compensation acts, old age ponslons, Btato employment of tho un- employed, more liberal education for their chlldron and tho other things thoy want, Aye, thoy can got nil thoso things nnd moro, Thoy can put tho million* nlre class complotoly out of business. They can tako tlio mlnos nway from tho mlno owners, tho rallronda nwny from tho rnllrond ownors, tho big fnc« torlos nwny from tho big factory owners nnd vost tholr ownership In tho liuiulH of those who actually do tho work, How? lly pushing tho prlnclplo of public ownership Into tho domain of nil highly orgnnlzod Industries, Not until this Ib dono, not until tho workorB own tho mnchlnoB, not until tho whole product of labor belongs to labor, will the class war como to an end. ThlB Is tho mosBttKO of Soclnlhim to tho world. Tlio floclnllst. Pnrty Ib striving to glvo this mosnngo concrete, doflnlte oxpr-CBslon. Tl In n.. !. - . I I 11 , ..-■ .►..„ v, ..»*.... «»«*.».. «*_,w, -/..V t<»-t_ vrtu Rhrml.1 ni-ifly thoro..f-h.y. for the floclnllfit movement 1« bound In tho noar future to nffeet your Income, your rights nnd your standing In tho community. Whothor advantageous- 1v nr Tint mn ».,„«» »>» >\.r. i...i«» .... ... ., ^ . . -,., Do you condors* iho foregoing Idonsf Aro you willing to fight for tho cm* anclpntlon of your class? Shi/ohb Gun RHEUMATISM CAN BE $1box UREDl FREE Write today! Send no mo«ey' Dr. UeK«H, n*x p, FraakHo Centr*. Que, Canada. FREE. TO BOYS , Rubber Type, Printing outfit' com- plet-e^-SplendW magic lantern (wit?i 12 slides): Steam engine (nearly one foot high)' with* whistle, flywheel and every thing complete for . running;'u solid. Gold Signet Ring, or Guaranteed Watch free to any boy.x -Send your name" and we will send you 30 sets',of beautiful season, birthday and,"other post cards, to. sell at ten cents aoet (six cards in a set). -When sold, send us'-the money, and we''wilKse-_d',.you whichever prize you choose..-'For sell- ing,40'sets we will give you a Simplex Typewriter, or a."Daisy" Air Rifle: We, prepay.all charges. Address, HOMER WARREN Co.",' Dept. 128,' Toronto.'Ont. Looking at Property is not an easy task, and that is why wo suggest yonr allowing us to find you, such real estate as you desiro. Just tell us what kind of • An Investment you seek. Perchance our list docs not contain a suitable proporty, wo will search until wo find you something. • ti You'll make no mistake, but }vou will save monoy by dealing with us. M. A, KASTNER Solo Agent for Fornlo Hillcrest, Alta. ^ ' ' X: ' '■■<), Glean and Comfortable Ta^sty Meals; v Choice Wines,/Liquors and Cigars, H; J. CUNNINGHAM,; Proprietor , - "', A;;.I> BLAIS "''■A'.-'.Grocer XX: . .fcv !' * y, 7/y;„r.,. We carry a.full lino-of,"/- ■:,--/ '.-" ; Red Feather & Tartan Canned Goods Prices Ri^ht A Satisfaction guaranteed or money back Phone 103 :*: Frank, Alta. IF YOU WANT THE BEST And Nothing but tho Best In Fresh and Smoked Moats, Fresh and Smoked Fish, Dairy Produce, Poultry Etc. Etc., go to THE 41 MARKET CO. 8AM GRAHAM, Manager PHONE 41 PORT ALBERNI 1*1 _r»!i. 1 licit T __. Pi j-Nftft. ft I Tt oit'ovR invofltinonf. pnr o.xc.oIIcmh'o for tho xmnM investor .with a certainty of good results. Lots aro selling at $300, all bleared, 88ft x 138ft. Call or write for our maps and literature. o The Union Land Company, Ltd. NATAL, B. C. ) -> A( 1 'I m 1 l ■•«£.;•..!-." -".'J." y -y.-:..' - .-»}- . .-A . *!.,-\C 'P.' V-.- .- '*V *v*vV-. y . .. * ??7- ^"-''. ;THE DISTRICT-LEDGER, F___RNIE,VB? C., MARCH SO, 1912, "''. PAGETHEEE •Vs.. Alieri &;$ens6nkyiJeidls ^ozver^fiilly ■;■ xWUh^he^Cosiy^ syX-y yblem^y 'VVfi y^-Xrx'yy ~y;$egttfdiiqnyX-y \yy>z~:-- y ■ . , .-/_:•, •? • .*v! '' ,--'. ,.-'s ". s' ,,.;*. -:,- -ThlsiB the fifth "year .of hard tlm«B - '(Mn-A-n«rlca!.,.and:rio.""dne/.knowa- how .yjmuch'J longer. ,they will last."' -Timei. A -.'are haVd in .England/hard'In'France, '. f hard' inGermanyj andhard in Austria. . ' lylnf all "of!.' th'qse places,? the" "rain has '■.fallen;-the. sun has'shone, men,have " A? worked?" the /earth', has ; yielded, - but **.A still-It'is'becomingincreasingly dlffl- v 'cult to keep alive.' ... Every Where,*'the ■ cost' of living is .not' only' high, but ' .becoming higher.'. Work is hard to A get, but it is no harder'to'1 get than .food?-. ',' yy, ■' *,* . 7*.A ' . .- The .situation in America la no less ..distressing. I was told.atthe Bowery yy Mission'in New York'that-.within a' * ",-radius of a'half mllo'from'the mlaslon ' -j.were ,50,000 Idle men who'could find '.- :no worki.io.000 of whom were absolute ly homeless: Nobody knows how many 7 ,Idle*.- men there :are in'the "country, , though in Europe, they keep track of - ; 'such facts? - Some estimates place the ~ ^number of unemployed men-and wo- 7" ^ men as"high' as'5,505|000,,but* tb?ey are ■"-«..■ only'estimates. All we know .isthat '. "the number must run Into, millions. 7 \, .Yet, in theface .of such conditions, jthe?cost of living g-K.s steadily up.- "- ' y ,The Flimsy Crop Excuse; . *■' ,,,j -The'official ^excuse for the lifting of ■ i.prices.Is, of course,, the 'shortage of 'y crops at: home, and .abroad. .'How -fa'm- - iltar- this *, old excuse" sounds. ' Was ', > there never; a time, judging from the ■ ...trend of retail prices, when crops were . not.short? When-business is boom- 7 '. ing^and crop-records are broken, "we . ." are-told that the'coat of living must .''..' be high because there Is so much pros- .'* " *perity.in the country^ But when there . -A is-no prosperity in the country, we are i-' -\ :told n that we may have lower. prices. •r .On.the,contrary, the"flimsiest excuse --.- '7 is seized upon'as justificktion 'for still ',.further" increases.. - This' year, food- '-, 'prices must go. up because "of short -' /crops.'*- The"1* Department/of Agricul- 'y |ture" early lent Itself to* the'movement, , ■_„ "to*.increase prices. . 'As long ago as -1 y September, a. bulletin .waB Issued to' y .prepare the people.to?pay more. Crop's y.\were short and therefore prices" must 3/]>e"Tilgher.' -AndTpricesiTare higher. ..'They.have risen! jfet the same depart-. A ment" Issued another.bulletiri in No- ° . vember.'after all the crops had .'been ■ harvested, In which the shortage, as compared' with-,the ■-average - for-''the last five years, was fixed at four-tenths of one per centA.y ,. ", - ,'-. y"7"'' •'^Europe'is noVnearer' a- just1;famine than'? we -are." '■ Even ;■ in*.-• Germany, where the anxiety of the,masses is,so great, there was not a shortage of anything' except .vegetables, in the same dispatch in which a Berlin correspondent of the New -York*,Evening.. Post pictured the. wolf at the, national door, he' said: _ '' y . J -y *• 7 ■ "The cereal harvest in this country was about normal this year. There are no Indications of a' shortage of wheat*or, what is, much more important for the food of the German people; rye." '? Hunger, the problem with which we are dealing, ls therefore, a world-problem. - Its causes can never be understood unless It'be considered as a world-problem'. The same ' causes that make ' prices high in America make prices high everywhere else. Mr Morgan,*'Mr. .Ryan/ Mr! Rockefeljer. and other similar American gentlemen have little or nothing to do with the cost of food in Germany, yet, according to the Post's Berlin correspondent, it,\can be statistically shown that '"a marked increase in the cost of the ne-. cessaries-. of life ■ began . about ten years "ago,,and-that prices have been rising ever since." - The cost of living," therefore, began 'to increase in' Germany about the time that it began to increase everywhere else.' N Now, let use see what we can do toward getting at the .'causes:of these successive world-wide increases.'Great causes always, run. far back. .-.Let us therefore.go far back? - ' Men*do business today in order that they make a^ profit" upon",the capital that they invest in the busines. That there is no. other, incentive is-proved by" the fact that-no one t puts capital into a' business in which he believes he" can make no- profit( or. continues to keep capital in a business'after he ,is convinced there is' ho" profit in- it. .This'system of! making and distributing goods is called the capitalist'system, becau&e it is dominated by capitalists. "■ A l.'-.-"'"'"., - °, ? Yet the" world" has"' not - always cm- ployed, this system of making and distributing goods. Since nistory began, the ■ world has t employed • several systems. ; The capitalist system "of making-goods for profit is'comparatively competitive' forerunners.^ 0il7[ls;: .cheaper Bince the *3/011 f,Trust' came/ Freight charges, and^passenger fares are less than\tliey,';were before"tbe mew:V It may roughly'be said to'hkve ?oitro1 °? aH the'railroads came^itht begun? about the time of ^'.French mi.a Iew hands- -The amount, that Revolution. ' Prior. to. t'hat->:'l;i_ne. the system ;of making _md7'diBtr»utl__g goods;was called the feudal system. Feudal lords owned all the lari'dA-The working people /were , serfs.. • .They! .were put to death, if they? dared to Jeave the land' upon which .they were born. Their, only - compensation/was as little food and, c_6tnlng7a's's't_iey needed to keep them ' allyeA ■ ."And,* when one feudal lord became embroiled-in a quarrel with another, .the^busi-, ness'of their respective serfs' was'to go'out.'and kill each other. A '■■ '- *' ",.,' . .' . f, v ' «, ... The Economy'1 "Trusts.'" *, -The feudal system,was'an Improvement upon * savagery and barbarism, but it did npt last. It did not.last for the same" reason that savagery and barbarism•*did- not .last—the people outgrew it. - Feudalism,,when lt hud done all It could for them, had only prepared tfien. for something better. It had only led them to the top of one Mil to enable them to see a"fairer valley and a higher,, hill beyond. Then came capitalism—not' at,' a leap or at a hound, but gradually—and the conversion of serfs Into freemen. But human nature did not change.. Tho strong still wanted to live off the weak. A few wanted to ride the backs of the many. And, so, when the feuda'fform of exploitation ceased, another form of exploitation took its place?' Capitalists hired the freed serfs to work for them and paid them wages." In order to make a profit upon,, the/labor of the wage-workers, the capitalist" did not pay them as much as they earned. They paid them as little as they could. So great was the competition among the work- ers_:for jobs that it was unnecessary to'pay. them more than enough to keep them alive and enable, them to rear children to take their places. . ; Now the capitalist method of producing' goods has changed a- great deal since that early day." In the beginn-' ing, 7 capitalists competed with , each other for trade._. Competition certainly prevented'great.extortion, but it also.'made. the cost'of production so high that retail prices were necessarily relatively high, _*.*■ As competition became fiercer, the cost'* of- selling, goods-became--so great that it-threatened the elimination of all profit. " ". Out of,this situation, grew the'trust, By ceasing to , • compete, capitalists saved' the -.great- cost ,'o'f •* competition. By producing-on> a'great'scale, they reduced the,. cost"? of production. "Im- proved methods'"' of-- manufacture have still further reduced . the i, cost. ■ So great .have been tbese economies that trust'prices,- although they .represent a tremendous profit/ are nevertheless usually lower than the prices of their the public pays in excess of. the .cost of production is the, amount out -of which the public, is gouged—the ".sum that represents no kind of value; only profit. * A/£"-7 - -y.'i -. It is the money-rthat a'nation or.-aiv- individual spends -for ;?nothing that tends to'make the hationor individual poor. , - '?".;' ' We pay something for nothing as long as we can, but periodically times come when the system breaks down. Such a' time is called ah industrial depression. The whole game goes, to smash." Mr Morgan cannot bring good times. Mr. Rockefeller !cannot bring good times. Nobody can revive business, because, nobody wants business revived except upon tlie old profit- basis. ■ If we were willing to eliminate the profits for a few-capitalists, business could be revived at once, because we havo millions of idle meneager to work and plenty of'machinery and land upon whlcli'they might work. But nobody" Is permitted to work with machinery unless the men^vho own tho machinery think they,can see a profit ln his work. - : - ' Right here I would call attention to a very alarming development in the capitalist system.- The,'capitalist'system, let It be explained; is like everything else—it is evolving and changing. Here is the development. Centralization of!business has so concentrated the control of the necessities of life that ,t_4 coming' of an industrial depression the cost of living. When the trusts business of the country so firmly in their *> grasp, an industrial depression that put millions of was' accomplished by a substantial reduction In the cost's pf food, clothing and s shelter. ■ iywas ,so In 1893. It was so in 1873. It jwas not so in 1907 and it is not so now. Prices are going up instead of down. ' This development, means that the capitalist system has evolved to- the point where it places In the hands of a few capitalists. absolute power of life and .death'over the.rest of the people:--0.Industrial' panics,,came upon - us because Jof so-called * over? production."!' But' the trusts make^no mistake.- They.know from day to day how much'" the country, is buying and produce only what Is required. Now, when1 the*" something-for-nothing sys-. tem'.'breaks .down the shelves of the manufacturers' are.bare. .Nothing is thrown.on the'market, for what it will io longer reduces did not hold the f^You; will, have difficulty in /overestimating the' seriousness *; oif - this 'development. It has in it,the seedt. of a revolution more bloody than that which deluged France. 'It-gives a "■'*'*, i . . • few men the power to control the food supply of the nation. It consigns mil-'; lions upon'millions to hunger'and actually starves thousands to 'death. Millions .can';be; starved for a time,-and starved with' safety to the starvers. So slowly does" the human mind act. 'But'such power carries .with it* the seeds'of Its'own destruction. It will riot'alwaysbe safe to,. keep. millions hungry.'- * Unless the system is changed,, the day bf reckoning will come. These hungry 'men, will, demand a right to live. ' They will "stop at noth-* ing to secure this right. -' And they will get it! - '■ ; •■ A ' Bloodshed -is not pleasant - to' contemplate, but it is' less unpleasant before It happens than afterwards. I don't expect it—I fear it. I don't expect ltrbecause l»believe the people wll} apply the remedy before it is too late. ' The Co-Operative Fallacy What is the remedy? Is it In buying co-operatively? Some persons believe so. A Brooklyn woman and five associates who have learned that by buying co-operatively they can get 10 cent lettuce > at 2% cents a head, 5 cent' radishes at 1 cent a bunch, and a few" other things in proportion are loudly proclaiming their discovery as the solution of the problem that plagues a world. As' well might one who had seen a baby ride wagon-like on a roller skate proclaim that a roller skate was the proper vehicle upon which to cross the continent. The cooperative plan of buying is good on'y in the sense that it suggests the good. It minimizes a few profits, but it is a child's .weapon. ' Let there be .enough co'-operative buyers seriously to threaten profits and they will quickly discover' that they get no' reduction. A profit system that has robbed a world for more than a century is not going" to wilt simply because women choose to change the manner of their buying.' That would be too easy. Dealers., would . simply , change the manner of their selling and we should be where we started. ^ Nor can' the problem-of the hie;., cosl of living be universally and por- mamently.'settled by municipal buying? , , The greait, staples, of life, it could ■ only buy from the trusts. Ii could-not even* buy,.wheat from the farmers, because the government has no'- mills jto - grind the wheat., ,, The government,'could buy from tho fanners'."only" vegetables "and small truck. bring.'. Everything that is put,on the market, Is "• made to; bring all that can be wrung'from .the .people.' That is why prices-, are high today, notwith- standlng'ttae.to'ct'that this is the fifth' year .of hafdtimes and little work.- ■*> y?The trusts,'having*no* other custom-" er'ibut the-government, would immediately, .change ...their exploitive methods-to fit the occasion. Wholesale prices wpuld'go-out of existence, Nothing but retail prices would be known _Those..retail! .price., then as now,- won.d be''the highest the .trusts, be-' lieved they could collect .without a riot. , \ 'A* . '- : .'. '*' ' In short.Yf the United States government itself, were to undertake to buy" everything that every citizen needs or wants, most" prices would be no lower then they' are now. and ln five years prices would be no lower than, they, are now. Business would simply adjust' itself to^.the hew conditions and exploit the people collectively instead of exploiting them individually. On the other hand, what good would- It do, so far as reducing the cost of living Ib concerned, if we were to destroy the trust.s?and restore the compe-' tive condition.) of 1S70? Mind' you, it seems as improbable that we could do this as it does that we„ could remove the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic seaboard,-but If'we'could, would it do any good?' Were times so good iri 1870 that wo can never forget them"? Wages and the cost of living wero, both low. And then, as now, the masses wore facing, hunger'all the time while the cream then went to a few. Why" should we believe the situation would be much different if we were" to restore the same conditions? ' . - Then there are gentlemen like old Uncle Jiramie Hill, who believe the remedy for the high cost of living is In living more simply. Uncle Jimmie with a mansion in St Paul and another in New York, ls in a highly advantageous position to suggest such a remedy. _ . Who Holds the,,Loaf ', Quite fortunately, nobody wants to go back to the old days of the.log hut and the, razor back.' Human nature does not work that way.. jThe more things human beings see,' the more they want. The trusts, by spreading before them a great variety of manufactured articles; have 'shown them how easy it is' to produce wealth. Thank the trusts for that?. They have put a?peg behind the standard'of living past'which it will-nevel*'slip. ,Wnat we .have we shall hold. An-i we shallget more. , ■ ' " What then, is the remedy for the high cost of living?' 4*. .. * Let me lay some facts, before you and then see If you' cannot'' answer the question yourself? '" .*!'*- Every remedy heretofore mentioned in this article and a great many btjbers proceed upon the assumption that .In settling this matter about the, loaf of .bread we should always let. the other fellow hold the "loaf. .,- ■ ■ " . < , Would* it-change the nature of this struggle If-, we were to hold the loaf for a while? - 'instead of talking about had.spent thu.-money-for wheat lands' and; flour mills? fA- '*:• A ■' ' • 7 We have plenty,of money the government has." We are wasting '$300,- 000,000 or $400,000,000,a year to, "support-an army and"riavy. that the/rich want'to use when, they become-embroiled with rich men "of other "na-, tions over markets,; tracle.'ahd profits. Suppose we were to use this and other , money in settling the Itrust question. When a trust became-particularly'ob-, noxious, suppose rwe were to settle it once, and for/all-by, having the government build a big plant and become a competitor? .If the government can build warships'and the,Panama canal it could also, If we,wahte<yt to' make' shoes and weave cloth. It c6uld also bake bread and run trains."" Nothing that we do is too "great or too little for the government to do. The government can station a uniformod soldier in Madison Square, New York, to lure homeless men into tlie army, The government could just as easily tell tnis ruin to bake bread or make shoes _ . To Relieve Conditions Do you believe that millions'of citizens who are confronted by such con-, ditions in .cities help to make this republic a safe place in which to live— that they will. always consent tb starve," decorously, noiselessly and in an orderly manner. ', . . Maybe you k believe the government could not be trusted to hold the loaf. Maybe you believe the crooked politician would get In and meBS every? - thing." Who would "elect crooked politicians to office—you? Who elects them now—you? Why, of course not..' Our dear old friends, the' trusts elect them to do their bidding and keep the loaf' in their hands. But tell me,!, who would be the flour trust's senator If the government were the flour trust and you "were the government?. Did you ever think of that? ■ Will you please think of it again- the next time you hear someone say the government could not be trusted to malte^flour or shoes?. ' ' - - • - ''Get Hold of the Loaf! The other fellow-has held it long enough.' To give one man the' bread that another man must eat, places too much power In the hands of the man who' holds the bread. " He 1?; almost certain-to misuse' it. "The temptation i stoo strong to make the other man a slave.*-* Tlie men who are hold- - lng the' loaf today are abusing their power. - If you and, I were' In their places wec should probably? misuse it- just as much. ,It .places too great, a* premium upon wrong-doing. * It is the - wrong'way to live. - But until we'are prepared to take over the-loaf, what ?is the use of -crying 'out against tho collective buying through clubs, cities, or even states,, suppose we were to talk a little ./while" afcout collective manufacturing. Suppose the government for "instance, instead "of spending $437,000,000 for the Panama,canal high cost of living? '*." .What we are *. 'getting lsMthe .logical result;of our acts. • If -we tell a man,that.he will, make him a multl-mllllonalre If he will - starve ub hard enough*; we cannot i much blame him if he' doeslt. . ' * „ • " , * Big: Profits in Our Real Estate MAKES no differences how largo or hpw small your capital come to me and I'll show and provo to' you how and wliore your investment will make you big* profits iii buying lots. OPPORTUNITY seldom lingers—always*on the move. What can you say about your opportunity—you've missed some good chances, horo its coming your way again Reg in a, Moose Jaw, Medicine Hat, Swift Current, Calgary, Burnaby M-M-Ji 0m% N-ftMM ' RniNni 0fm%\ WJMt .puto PWfcB. -j-Mk W H W mwJi (MM* MHM. _t_Mt m MM 0tk\. 1f_Mh, i m i iwicliiiij. a*c;tnr naLCiiuii^ Fort Fraser, Macieod Are.tho big; money makers of the .future. Big growing towns and cities with healthy indications and a sure source of wealth and fortune for tho investor, largo or small. BETTER buy now and share in tho profits that's bound to come, Nothing to-day niakos tlio monoy as fast or so suro pavos tho way to independence and affluence as "good buys" in real osfnto. . -.I "There is a tide in tho affairs of men; Which, if taken at tho flood, loads on to fortune." Maps,, plans and descriptive circulars and illustrated booklets for tlio asking. Write, 'phone or call. Open evenings. See me first. have a fair proposition to offer. Agent for Tl £____- I >*£? Xf* mf\ _J_ 1 l»V> VU1I tallV Wl WCftllC&VtCt Ono of tho Oldest, Safost and Bost. Firo Insurance as woll >uii'in [I u i ■'UJil'.'l-iH-.l-'JJ sans afaaa. "_ „"J"W.fWl''J ■!"''U!H.._ ■■■■._■■__ Li J .'"_**■ M. A. KASTNER - Real Estate - FERNIE !«MaaB»i8aq3*5^T;em»rr?a-:^^ iim_pj*hiii«i<^iwm.«—JWMMyjwiii in" :■-.?• ^'.•,'•■?,-,*. .,.-'*tO ^i., ,*vl,-', " - ',«_* - -: . , ..• a--(* * • >, , «- ■-. "i - . - ~ i. . .«"*-!;"'".■!'-•>' i '-- '*' ■"-'.. >-■■ --. '- " <• . • '-* ,i* .*?T -'.''. 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AdyertK- -' -' ?■ .mjr^^tes.on'appUcala^ executiongof -, . alt^^fi.book;^^^ v, A* "at^iionf'.^d-lres's^aU'c^ ---T^eph6ne'No.48.' H.P. NERWICH, Editor. ^,:!;P<_3t6fficei Box No. 380 THE "EtECTION-^THE AFTERMATH 1^-WHAt NOW? N i OTHINa<jan1b'e inore gratifying "than the Vote polled in Pemie City for the cause of freedoin. \ Neither should we forget-the- intelligent vote of' Coal Creek' and Michef. In these three places the workers have had an.opportunity to studyvtheir..po&itidn-and in educating^ them t$e, corporation that rules^theB^caings JiJ^s played quite an ini'po'rtant* part. ' AVe Socialists thoroughly understand that the best sympatKy.and.education for the worker who will not see is-the administration .of. several kicks—this is - the -' 'kindest'' - sympathy,- and we know only too wqlHhat with^he present majority in .the House at. Victoriarthe- worker ..wijl hp-fi nothing to"; grumble abOut-^-he will get all the "sympathy'' he needs—either from the police baton or the blacklist. And after all; he should not" complain • for if he should get two kicks, let "him be thankful that he has not -jjeceiyed half a dozen :-'and if'he should "be discrimina*ted a'gain'stTletChihi be thankful that they have not jailed him'!- •<' * '■ A brief analysis of the-returns'reveals some.remarkable increases in those particular districts that' have always been regarded |as' "preserves""by our friends"the-cnemy-ywe"do not"know whether it" is correct to call them "preserves'! or-"pickles," but let it pass—it is of small, moment. vBut to those .who-are-inclined-to ■ judge tbo harshly the denizens of these localities, we would*say': Temper your remarks with some kindly thought for the conditions aiid surrbuhdings - urider .which these poor,backwoods men are compelled to liye.^ Most • of us, have seen the. notice that is-'passed'around'* among ..the lumber me^^the faty ainotice that compels themto work for'six months without a cent of pay; which compels them to accept these conditions or starve. True, the companies will provide them with the neeessar- ( .ies of life and clothing,..etc., the latter is always .obtainable at the ' companies'-stores, while the fact that they are'" debited' on their •\vages prices about two to-three hundred percent greater than they , would pay had they the money to purchase elsewhere is merely in- , cidental and good business'—for the lumber corporations. , Now, just. 1 !..■____. xpr a moment; you who know the condition's urider which these men are-compelled, to live,,think how eloquently the "Conservative • platform" must appeal'to them when "put up." No, gentle-reader, spare a kindly thought for them. . When you were.a child,'-and had ■ an opportunity, of attending'a Sunday school treat," the very last quek- 7 tion that occurred'to you was who was'-runnirig the .showyand it.must '^ always be the same with these individiials, removed as they" are "from '■civilization; living; in many instances,-m huts'-Jrid"surroundings3that y~dis"pace^hTMtiWfompouFdiTf'"SbT^^^ A No, the Socialists polled the solid, educated;,intellectual'Socialist vote-^nothing? more( 'nothing {less;, And ,yet we claim;victoi. y7for we • rknows*that it is only"by' defe&t that we can hope to gain victory? > ... -!"Ve have nothing to lose. "We-have no "suckers'* to feed; we have .no jobs to; give; we have,'no son .to follow in. father^} footsteps and ■' consequently-r*'niir_ie.'r^ther't-'-jpb—we Iiavc^bixt the, INTELLI^ • >GENCE Ot1 THE" *WORKER TO APPEAIi TO. * And we have to educate the worker. That is the whole of Socialism—nothing can '. ?be accomplished-until.the elector THINKS FOR HIMSELF!, y y We'cannot .feel, any/'disappoiritirierit" at! the result, for while it H ,our duty to encourage our'party by. every, honeBt means, we Jsnow -jonly too well 'what wo are up against'* we'know' that,,the, worker.will be compelled 'to become educated,' and with, thia education comes em- . aricipatipn..,' Never, we .venture ;to say,-have the' unanswerable facts of Socialism been forced-upon! the people oi! the City of Fernio more than they ■liavo during-til is election, No'Conservative has dared, f.) take the platform against'us; with the exception of'the candidate.; 1 In spite of the fact that the Conservative party claim all tho brain, in this-.city, not one single individual has had sufficient courage to, vonturo to contradict the Socialist doctrine .or debate, its most eleinen-, tary teachings. ' 'What an cxamplo of INTELLIGENCE! • "What massive brain power'they must possess—oh, how proud you should feel, Mr. Workingman of your masters! A ' , ' The old cry has worked! "The town', will be put on the bum!" Tlio old 'rippeal has worked—even*among tlio Liberals!—the opponents (?) of the Conservative Party! Oh, how amusing it has beon in the past to see how'the dear old'partios snarled at ono'another I Well, now, Mr. Liberal, they have taken*yotir last-bone! Now, you, friend of the workingmari, of course, .will havo to start on tho stunp and preach tho pcrfidity.of Consorvativism—or )ay.down and,wait for tho scraps thoy throw you! Well, you have earned it—So bo' it. A InRt word.. You have absolutely nothing to' feci diRcourttgQd' about, and, uf course, yomvill not bo discouraged. You aro hero in the fight still; you must remain in it. Our_ is tho only winning cauae—a cauao that cannot bo inf luonood by tho return of tho McBrido a\ou .is.qwo.no... spjSaj ou 0A*nn I ooiBop wonurafl <n\% ni wtonnuoAOfl " and always— > > "Tho mill it canliot turn with tho wator that is past." Bo strong; got busy again, nnd romombor—Leaving all .hinp.fi be* hjnd, look forward lo lho future, Socialism is not built on vai'i rogrolK-FOR THE FUTURE IS OUHS! ' PROSPERITY ■BB. PttTOIgT L1DQBS, gBBIilB, B. C, MASCH 30,1013 Iand,of_9jppori]^ity:i;..A^^^ capitalism more .rapidly, than any other-country in the. .world?' A Itk workers-are perhaps the most productive-on, the face- of .the_ globe, and-what do-we find.' , After producing, .in such .abundance thev lpa've tbiRSyast wealth'foivthe privilege of jep^eati5g?'the same' process m^tllln. 0/ill«+1.'ir'",iii'tTA- in °nna' rxt +Vi 'nn»nDV**)Snnti.'a 'Aini-i.^r.^ «*.il,;Lv' .1 failed*to'realize'for what purpose the machine was introduced. 7 All machniery is for the purpose of saying.labor; v^nd .y-etjnjth'^twentie. 1 century^e findk_'tfie workers slavjng7_iway7_tieir.liyes_.fbr tW-noble purpose of making* a'few individuals^rig^V Yet .ypu -hear .men talking about1 the dignity of.labor ond^he prosperity of the laborer.-'-. - .'.In Europe capitalism has deyelbpedHo"such an extent that wVmay get some-idea--what-it raeans:to the workirig.'class.' Below .we reprb: duce*a cutting which presents the benefit's accruing 'to^ the workers of Germany: ' A X''. ' -A. A'A-AA i ..*'A?,,'\ :X--X'' . y: POVERTY AND .WEALTH. GROWINCf IN PRUSSIA''"'' Out of a population'of 39,145,535, in tb|' Kingdom;of,^Prussia, ■ 8,199,181 persons, with' a total 'of i6J68',i54 relatives depending upon them, earn less than $20-a month, according to,statistical figures given put in 1912. *■* ,,,';'7;"'....,' ... .„,, „ \-A->" -. "' . There are 3,937,110 persons with an in coi_ie„of apprbxiiriately $7 ■ a week, and 3,893 with an income" of '$60,'000 a yearArr^lSiD^therp were thirty-one persons in Prussia with, an annual income'pf $250,« 000 or more, to-day there,are. 145.',,' .. (The following appfared in our flpoeial l.Iwtion Edition) DuHmj.' tlm prosont polltlenl ffimpaign out cnn hiiyt' 'ie. n assailcl by the well-worn cry of "Prosperity." Tho Mcl.rido Govornmont r. .i thoir support..rH are ho crammed full of thin talk that I hey onnn .1 >?ivo you any time to discuss the matter. When in Greenwood t\,« Premier was ashed to extend to Ilcnthorlon, tlio Socialist candidate, wie priviifgo oi.Uio Conservativo pliitl'oriu. JJowever, tho Hon. Kietinni Aleiiride launched forth into nlmiio, ovidontly. thinlcing the voters of that riding wero sufficiently ignorant to accept such talk as refuting tho practical aims of the Socialist Party. Wo venture * vny that tho workers of Greenwood will resent such an insult on ]» AtMU __-■?.■.. iiniiTotio pdhcicK nmi i'mspcniy neci. houio explain-j./, nnd the .workers have their own viewpoint on those matters which af* feet them vitally. Let us uce what splendid prospects aro before tlie workers along lines of prosperity. Wo l.now that just at the present time this Province .ia* not beon thoroughly exploited by capitalism. Tlu Conservative Party is anvious that this should happen, and tho only way to-induce cnpital in here is to show thnt big returns ean be ex* i.rftetcd.from the workers who apply their energy to developing the, natural resources. The matter of reel etUte upeculatio., is nlso pre •entH, wnd the workers are led to believe that increased property value* are going to do wonderful things for them. U must bt. borne in mind that Canada is no* the first country that haft been coloniiied, but that the United State-. ha« been through ,the mill, and the citizens of that Und of liberty are now pouring into t'hm . - ■ ' -"-' A. . .»••>*« .\a-c-, '^J ** ^>w-.^r.'» -.".^ v.Vt.t-H'-J**.'-'-*;! ■-. Equally enlightening statistics can be shown for Great?Britain and Prance". \ .L^^M^y^'Mo^^liLo^g in" .these^countries ? *■ Are* tliey .-_i..„i^'a'''„'^?i'^i?.lai:.-_-i- ' «;_-7 . - __ _j_.^l. - ■" ■ » •"■ ..._-»7i- ,-■. :av.i_ The'pbliticians of this coiWti7;wduld''try;to persuade you'that ciipi talism is g(-?ng Xo^ develop4albng altogether ^different*5 lines "in this '.JFair Dommip^^Ho^tbig-isfgon'g to' Be'dohg'th'e^''do not attempt explain."1 Wh'en'"th'e?S6'ciaHst_s^rSde&^ things'the" paraBites "of-the", cap^ tions and'talk of rihe^'pessimism V o^.these^aija^chMts.-and. indulge in. futurities. ., Hbweyery- We Vsay. tb .thesej:.?wKat'- optimism- do7ybtt represent ? and.the politicians'-answer; with Railroad "pdlieies^'more* work for the workers,';- and^en^A^?-^,. :Yes','- and' then*?.. On',thc, other hand we are emphatiC(m:,bnr''statement.th_.t,the'iSbcm^ merit is intensely Vp'imiatic'an^.the questionvof_tl\e future depends upon how"sbbn'the.workers "realize, their power. -• -'Wlien'the workers sayrthat the ownership1 of* the.means of ._ife.°shall be'-in",their hand*.5 thev shall'prosperity be the lot of the'workingfj'class. . Do you undjr- sUiid^io'w why. a: Vote for; for Davidson Ys^afVot'e for Yourself, and a'vote for Socialism" is a^vote.,for progress .ancl. prosperity. ' Let the *^i rl.eiy of Fernie Riding, make tb.__aprrpw1,a,;red letter.day in the-HisV tory or this Province by marking their ballots for Wm. Davidson, the r<j,jesentative of the workers.'^ ■'.*.-.* * ■•- • - - • - •■ VS)*'* 'ii^-v*! (fct-jAji^'f^-*' J. 'v-. M.*' ■ti*' '•** **r '■ ~y^^ij^£aJf'4Z"& e^^i ■A i'v.-."- »*_ j." . '"" S^.-'P --,!ii.,V\'' • fi"''-.' i - = J :.' .*■'__'-. f,'- -■*::'-'--'."- ' _ ~ ' r^^T^KfA^ 'y.i >."*? ;, ',,. '_!■ . Vs' >T:'.'V One:y.Q.f. the ; ?BH\&t7: /» _C;\y, ECKST0RM ; :PP(|p; « Lethbridfeej Alta.^ ADVERTISE IN THE LEDGER OR Tonight (Friday) The Alleb Placers Present ■By the late . Count Tolsti Tomorr^: (Sat^day) *-..»'i:..v-.A: Matinee Sattifday Afternoon A Stranffer itfi StranSe Prices: Evening, 25c, 50c, 75c. , lNatinee, 25c, 50c. . : Plan ai:,Suddaby!s * ''..*'•'' '■•!.''-'.!"., ' , , ;. -> • , ..'',, *y ,■'.. •' plT-REFORM has grown gre»< by doing thine* in a better way —hvflvlnpynii (h^l-icf Styles, the beat variety, the best service, and better va.ucs than you can eel anywhere else tn this olty. HOW do you like these F.t-Rpform Spring Styles? These arc but three of many new ones. Gome in and sco them all. . VOU know Rt-Reforrt* As the largest high class tailoring organ**' tratlnn tn Cfinfirlfi—*ir*,*l you probably know*.hy" we are the largest. ll net —these Spring: Styles wMtell you. > CM LYONS and Ldaris Money to Xoain on first class Busi^ ness and Residential property^ V ISits; and Sews X .A^^Siferk^^'- v**A* -':;':"'J^il4!-_;;l>v'^'^ "WkA,^?* > .•yy--ii**VAA ." I.. ".' ,-' As Washer ^„ ■• ?. f -•> \-.-. -^r ■*y-t^ Get aWate^:M6£or'Waih6F' - . . i " ' *. " *, i ' 7 " ■ •' - ', **- a; *,v and:^Be^'H%^^ i J1D. QUA^IL V Hardware A FERNIE Furriiture1 '.<» va ** People's Popular Picture Playhouse Friday and Saturday Program ; ^Br>» »* - .. .1 The Crow's Nest Trading Ca By Oines Co. of Bome Love Intrigue, Tragedy *MaMuiiawn---__»raM-__--_M_i Views of Oswego Falls, N. Y. The Fixer Fixed * . _ ... Comedy Mutt and Jeff Comedy Free lo Lady Patrons-Beautiful Silver Spoon For two coupons, issued Tuch., Thuro., A Snt. Matinee Coming - East Lynne Two Reels—A Drama > 4 M si Wanted y, * * J* WANTED t>jr th« HHlcrcit Co-Opera* tiro Society, Ltd., ctpabl* mantg-tr (or /..rami tlow; alM Uusroaghlf quallfl* -.rl n/.rtV."(ro*_wtf. Apply, "Willi wf«»r* •nee* and _»Urjr «uip«cU<J, lo John 0. Howie. Bec-treai., HlllcPCKt Ulnei, Albtrtt. A. VAN WIISISWAT.D XHO0. W. COBBAN Membert of the Victoria. Re&l XiiUto Eichange , ti ' i _n--niir..iii ' * WriU tw for infonnntion about honiM and iny««tw«i_tii in viot^rif. I». 6. Bot 800 Cor. .Tort and Qnndra BitrMti. .1*. aumiaa mm ________■___■ ^Vs-S-'..**'*rJ Af ■:-*^.A3.--'J A4s7- j.-:- ■/-s . '. A"1:-is.1' «*i" -'.^i'-f.Vj- . s.«s..v-^r-''"?,\ ss'sWi s. .--^V-^-. V i--._»»--u.--"vl; li -..***<__*- * _- . K.^a. .^>»«>>..l« *7* -«e .... ..V-.AJ-. s..-.--;. C./M^H 80,1913, PAGITIVB ..l.-c-rt -C*_**--'■• -* \. . £ . w*\. .'-. ,*■■-«' - - .o*.- ■;}|7A>" " " _■ '. , ,.l . ■ ■■■ I ' '■ "•••"* .' ■ . .1 .' 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"MiiWalter McLean la-busy around ;. * the Bchoolhouse, these day*B. Mr.* Mc* <, 4- ^ean *■ "Pilte an^ artist;-, haying been' ?.- ' the recipient* of handsome Sprites :for " his work. ,We'congratulate* him oh' ? .his success. Several local artists ''. -we're competlBg'agalnst"him??:,i!Uch as' . -Brown,. Ciuffy, • KellyyMcPball and ' .. othera.,.,.,,-. T.:r.« ,_ 7.^f.' Mrs. T.,Smith, wife of the treasurer . of v;the"company; ria 'confined' to "lied.' y-W«'hope'"th'at").he'wnri_o6n be conTa* "*'- /lescent.. . t-^; ""»-■'"••f.""V%A"w\t?- ,?.. . A . - A kind of photography m.ania.iHtruck '-*? our' town last1 Sunday, when' a niim* . .7 ), ijer of young men ..went arouad taking ; b "y pictures of the town., ;We.would ad- .., • vise the .same party not, tbi-haye ihelr 7. posers take . up the Btumps - as we 7 - haven't got many here in town, and It ' -- .-. don't look any too good: v- S7''"iSS -? ■ ,- Mr.' Jeff Scott, of*'Fernie1;' wsb' In -7 town here last week In company with l-V ■■!' :'7'.some real estate men.'•" Mr. Scott was |l " yy surprised "at the growth'of the town, / 7 and^stated that'Hillcrest looks- good to " "? him, .and he has Intentions of-opening j-'- np business", here.' 7- \7*."- - '*'- ' •'. -,-,■' '-.. __ Mr. ,J. Mcrjonald,. of-Coleman, 'was1 .,v ; in,town last week looking aB .chirpy as --• 77 ever." . A ' 7 , '"•" ;?' .Messrs. Fryer and Sinclair are busy, 7' putting ,in fixtures for,-the Co-Opera*. "'/' ■-.. tlve Store.'?' A- -'" * . ■ . *•" The Union "Bank pfT Canada .is starf ing to'build hereyalso'a r«_iresenta- tive'of the Bank' of'Montreal hWbeen looking over, the' town. ,y N6„ "doubt Hillcrest;will toe the Pittsburg of Canada*5 as describediby..C.'P. Hill,; many years ago7 '.,...' .V-.-A1'/' - ■ A * "* -Mr Frank'Earp has'started excavating for'building an-addition"'to,the store. This;speaks'.for itself.'• .The management-Is-using every effort to push along the-development work, altbough'.they- have* beea hlnd- ered a litle with water owing.to the soft1-' weather lately, the \york Is proceeding, steadily day'and night.' It is expected, by the middle ot summer that'lots of men will be employed, and an Increased' output will follow. At present great difficulty Is'experienced la-filling orders. The* Hillcrest "Coal ls used; exclusively for the passenger trainftof the C. P> R., as Hillcrest coal wll produce moire* heats units to the ton than o__y other'coal in the went. J.-Burke, of Bellevue,.and *__ few frlt-ads*--were over Sunday-looking over our^hall? , The Bellevue boy's were well pleased and stated it was a credit to the Hlilcrest Local, and they should be.proud'o*_ it. ' One of the company was It. Livett, who was the first pre1 sldent, of. Hillcrest Local when first organized and they held their meetings ' every Sunday under the trees. was, proud of the. progress the Local has made. - ■, , '■ ' - f Dr. McKay, of Frank, paid a visit this week. ' A" ^ * y A... ■ ■ aA meeting to organize-a football club .was held, this "week. We ought to have a good club here, as Hillcrest has been' f'a_nous..i.or. their- "k_ckerfl"—not "knockers." ', • , The dances^every .Saturday "night in the-Miners' liall are,1 au_te'a success. Many" visitors from surrounding towns are in'evidence. Everybody-is well satisfied with them.A The'benfeflts go towards defraying, the expenses fit. the hall. Admission, 50e.-' •'■..?? . If Is the intention ,of the. committee to continue them all'summer, every Saturday from 8 p.m. till 12 p.m. 7 " A party of 24 are. coming dowa.from Coleman-to attend the next'Saturday dance, March* 30th. We are always pleased to see the Coleman boys. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ *-♦*<♦ ♦ , -.ELLEVUE ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦'♦♦♦♦.♦♦♦ '^ ♦ ' "We are pleased'to see Ike Hutton round again after being sick the greater pact of last week. ... ,,,7 V-'*~ Mr? Peter? Ratcllff and Luther Goodwin . epent the week-end- with friends up at Ferale. * ° The business of Mr. John Raynor has been sold over to Mr. Blals, of Frank, who will commence business In the near future. -... *- The Bellevue Sketch Club paid a visit to Blairmore last Wednesday and. gave two sketches in'aid of the Ladies' Aid of the Baptits Church. *. Mrs. James Ford, of Coleman, spent the week-end with Mrs. George Bate- man. > , . • .'* Mrs. J. Ellison, of .Monarch, spent three or four 'days with her friends at Bellevue. ■ ' * The Bellevue Band are expecting to-make their first, appearance"'be-, fore the public .on Easter Sunday afternoon on the old football ground. We all' hope .that.-.the'' weather' Will be fine for, that 'day;' *" *" ' An athletic - meeting" was held, on Sunday afternoon at the Southern Hotel, presided over by Mr. George Bate- man. -Business .did! ot run very smooth between, the football and baseball enthusiasts, andjlt was.decided to hold a baseball meeting on Tuesday and football meeting on Wednesday. . .''■-'' 'j' „ " s Professor Ferguson'started, a dancing class "In the Socialist Hall on Monday last,,.,^' ,'X'' A ■■ A? dance was" held jn the. Socialist Hall, on Wednesday last for the benefit of the'new-dancers,' when "a fancy cushion was given by Mr. Furguson. The lucky one.„beJjng!sMr. Lunn,. - The. Union; gank,,,xif..Canada- have opend a ■ branch In the , Bellevue Hardware Store; •- J The' Rev. W.;H:-;Jrw_p'-p*eachea.o» the subject of '"The^Remedy foi" Poverty."- . Another'•Sertrion*''1 will be preached on the same subject next Sunday night.. Tie music' fas' given by Mr, George Gqodwln, who played the cornet." ,-. s I A meeting was ware Store on Monday last for the pur pose of forming a the first shoot will president; Mr. W dent; and Sergean ed as secretary-treisurer. held lri the Hard- gun club at Belle vue. A good crowd turned out and be April 3rd.' The officers elected were* Mr? J. C. Allan, Evans, vice-presl- ; Bowers,,was elect- ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦<►♦♦♦♦♦♦ FRANK '. Is a Guaranteed SAVI^G.UN^ ; A-^Trial Order.Will-Pro^ ' . , a Wiiy; Biipjport Mail Order Houses J^liose-Met^hods-itnderm Labor? "-),: : ; a. s-yy , .v,.. , A ^-,? .-•?•■ '^\* '•<■.. ■... '*;, >:' ■*:v V- Villi *,,-_ •Su^port^'the;ca ;y '.■ £ y :■, yy Stores that belong to the. People , '-Fair Conditions and at least, an AlPEound^Saving to You ■ ih cost 1 "' ''-6t l/'TEN"-*. OMtS ON'- EACH •■■ '""DOLLAR.*-- "o : ~ .• *>-r-' NOTES ■WMN«!!**> S_Go-Operative, Goleman£,a_S Trading ♦ ♦♦♦♦•^♦♦♦•♦* •♦'♦:.♦ Mr. Scott has'ceised to be manager of the Imperial Hotel, and Mr. Meyers-takes his .'"place. .The regular meals have'beencut off, and the dining • room js.- run on* the? short order, system."*'- y- ;.".,',? ^j. '. ,7 , ,-'', The'Frank Gun Club met-pn'-Wed*, ne'sday. afternoon- for:-practice. ■ * ■ •' " The expert, engineer appointed.by the C. P/R: to examine Turtle Mbun?* tain.fahd' see?if it will be possible to blowthe toj. off,-arrived In _Frank,the^ "other "morning.- W. J. McGowan and- T..McDonald-accompanied him up tbe' mountain Bid^to ttAtJ_)blnt that/every citizen of Franfc has ja'apite; fbri'-commonly*, knowtt'as th^ North?-Peak." No repp^tj^gj. lii^priqJfli.pn's; have been given yel?* .* but we anxiously., await them.- ■ If he reports, that-it cannot be removed by dynamite, then • Goldsmith's 4 "Deserted, Village'!. can In a short time."? be "'fittingly applied-,--to Frank. But if it can be blasted, then the people,of,Frank will all return to .the old place,' and it will* become the* most.prosperous town In Crow's Nest Pass. There Is a great attractiveness about Frank. Once a person* lives here they always want to, and although many have left ur in- years gone by, like Noah's -dove "they found no rest for the sole of their foot" tIM thoy returned again. .,..-,. ... Goods are N but slightly Prices down v.Last Saturday, the report that a'woman'had suicided the night before was spread around town." On Friday nigh., when, the.men were"-coming off th«>, eleven o'clock shift, on the foot bridge, coming but from the old. mine they found a woman's apron and shawl.' It was 'spon reported to the local police, who did all In their power to discover the owner, but failed. Eventually, Mr. Pirlot,.a miner, who also came along, looking for his wife, recognized the clothes as belonging to her. Early next morning the body of Mrs. Pirlot was found by the police about ten feet from the foot bridge on the sidewalk. The coroner was called at once, nnd a little later a jury was appointed, .composed of-MesBrs. A. S. Blals, P. Seville, H.rRoberts, __,;• Ryan, "who brought in a verdict that "suicide was committed while temporarily Insane.!' The funeral took place on Sunday morning at 9 o'clock. . . ' A very' sad death occurred on Sunday morning ln Frank, when Mrs. M. Depolt passed away. On Saturday an operation was performed in the hospital, and all was well till a' late hour s_> that night, when she got worse and passed away at 4.30 in the morning. Mrs. Depolt was only 32 "years 0f age and leaves three young children to mourn the loss of a mother. Her husband and-' family, as well as her brother bave the sympathy of the people in their great loss. The' funeral service was held'at the house on Monday* afternoon by Rev. W. S. Young and representative of the Slavonic Society; who also' read their burial service?in the Bohemian language, after which a large crowd of friends and neighbors from Frank and other Pass towns, followed the remains to the place of interment, Blairmore Cenetery. y ■ -Mr. Allan Moore, who had been manager "of'the* Frank'Lime" .Works for 'some time previous to. this winter, re-> turned to town from Ontario this week, and will • remain a few" days. He Is accompanied by his bride: . < - F..E.-Hinds, of Blairmore, has been running ah' automobile over the Pass roads this past week, and judging by the way he drove through the funeral this week, he la_not_afraId-of-BcarIng- horoes. On Tuesday he succeeded in scaring a team belonging to" W? Murr, of -I^Coleman.^hich :.ranaway. *and had. aynarrow es'caije while crossing the crooked bridge .^between Frank and Blairmore, 'as>, Mark? Sartorns'"" was ori the bridge with his horse and rig. A .The worst,runaway that, has, ever, been' known^ In Crow's Nest Pass occurred qn?Monday last, when the fun? eraT reached Blairmore. The team that, carried- the coffin was being turned-in n,steep place to start homo, and.tho?rig was.crampednat .the *ow side" whlc_i""made lt posslblo for the wheal to get-under the box of. the riu- This lt did,'and-when the horses started'up It upset. The horses dashed through the crowd of men and women that wevo,on .tholr wny up tho hill to the graveside, but nono wero hurt. Tlio driver, got run ovor and rolled along, but ho ls nono the worse for It, 'Outside of tlio gate nil tho other team, worp hitched, and whon tlio runaways rushed Into, them thoy upset sovornl rigs and Btnrted nil tho Iioibcs running In tlio meantime the first' team got upset and hnd to atop, bronklng tho polo In bltH. Another of tho livery toamr getting rid of tholr driver, stnrted .•'.. home, followed by Crow's Nost Hnrd* wuro team nnd Bonumlcn's horso*-., which had got rid bf his buggy by smashing It to bits. The horsoB crossed the bridge whoro two ladles with baby cnrrlngos woro stnndlng an,l never touched, them, thon on throw.it tho town nnd homo, Crow's Neat tonm wnB stopped otifnldo of Blair- mow nnd hnd broken nothing, but tho llvory team continued on Its way till ■stopped In Frnnk. Thoy hnd wrecked rnthorbndly tho now Surroy thnt thoy woro hltchod to. It Ih n miracle thnt no llvos woro lost, nnd no parson hurt. Mrs, Carruthors nnd family loft for PocohontnB on Wodnomlny mornlng'ii flyor, whoro she will moot Mr. Cnrru* thorn. •V, The Rockjr Mountain At the Famous Sulphur Springs , ; .;* y y ■ FRANK, Altk, Fitted throughout with every modern convenience SULPHUR'TBATHS. BUS TO AI.L TRAINS5 The Frank Wine & Spirit Co. -',,., Wholesale Dealers?in -■"' - ' • Wines, Liquors and ■ cigars \ ylVly FERklE :BEER ALWAYS IN STOCK 0" Phone 83, Frank, Alta. . We have the largestand most up-to-date A !" A Hardware and Furniture Stock A A, , in the Pass. Everything in ■ "A. Stoves and Ranges . Furniture, Granite & Enamelware Carpets and. Rugs Plumbing aad Heating:, r Special Attention to Mail Orders Crow'Vfet Pass Hardware Co., Limited , > . ' / _=>A_y___ _^L-_j - > ' y^ "v. ,i " ' Phone I7'] FRANK, Alti i|>;o.:Box90 New Michel General Merchandise Co. '■*.;,* - •• Iniporters.of •'•■'-"' ' ""'•'' '"- yy ■lTKhtMy7^koii^t^y y and Dealers in „. ■■ A Domestic Groceries 7 - *■ Agents for Steamship Companies.' New Michel, B.C. T.M.BURNETT Dealer In Dry Goods, Boots 8c Shoes Men's Furnishings Groceries Fruits, Flour & Feed Hardware, Tinware Etc. Best Goods at Lowest Prices Hillcrest __f%lUctt i Y- _•..., damaged, to the vanishing point. w id go for what ii will brinp: A rare chance for some Ettster novelties. ♦ CORBIN NOTE6 By "W«rblep." HOSMER INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION Limited DRUG & BOOK STORE Thoro la qui to an oxoiIuh of mlnnr." from tills cump on nccount of short* n-CBa o( work, two dnyg por wook be- InK tlio nvornr.0 limt now ot Mum-*- thoro nro tho "fAvorod fow" who oI.Hr* eil tlio company by throwlntc whnt III* Ilo prlnclplo thoy porhohhciI to lho four winds d.irln*. tlio Htrlko porlod nnd thoy cnn put In an oxtrfi shift ocert* ilotiolly. DIk In; you'll «*omi« In tifindy u;(iilii, por),rum, in tho nenr futuro. Mr. HiiRh TUjII, 3,V„ will moon bo lonvin*. un, Horry to pnrt with you, TTiifihlo; hut you enn't beat working for No. 1. They'll mlti you at tho Unnr-fi. fJood luck to you. Mr. StPdman. of the Kootenny Hotol, Michel, was up liui.i on liuMn.-flH Innt neo). nnd wm tho Ku«»t of Mr. nnd Mr*. O. Spenrw. htn of Michel. Humor !.«• (Ithnf thin company's ■'captor*" 1«»t t-ammor In tho pit low 6fT">Tim<-!rt l> rw.r.j. hlmnelf a decid* fl-f *.**irjnWrMn, (.n-i la "cn>Jv_.rluK" l»l»«* iclf to all around him by hli (.(.norou* nnd unnRNumlnK dlipotltlon. Kvttry- on* h«.r« hnowH what an adopt h* I* (Cont,lno#d on pace I) Let us know your wants. All Orders Receive Our Careful Attention. Slater Shoes Wo Imvo jiiHt oponcd our lmjro sprin/j; whip* nicui \n \>l' tl.v.M- iinuons KJiinss and have the bost rimgt! of $4.r»0, -$5, and $0 shoos over hIiowii in Ifo.smcr. Soo tho now stylos dis- I^layod tin's wook in moiiiIi .window. A. MIXXS «i SON Hosmer B. C. Grand Union Hotel . COLEMAN, Alta. Best of Accommodation We cater to the workingman'$ trade G. A. CLAIR ;-; Proprietor ■SW'S-^.^Tt^S*^ »_SiT!m«'' ■".*- *...,'-._. A'-- *.... - jj**^V> ■* - ..c--."-.'^ \. **".' ■* *i - -v- • r- ;.. *? ■ - --".i..,-.-. ■ ;v.«*-- yyy. ywwf^Z^^i^y:-- ■yyiy^f.•"-• 7 .*"- *X; -- .-7.1*'?'^ '^«<^v>'*l~% .' '. *,-'.i\\ :"- *' .' - Ai" ' _-!-V;, f.'-'-.y^.T:'.-. !_-.', V .*•-,-. - - . ... ■yr ■ .-*.'. ',t--i<-.,-* .':*---,--, , - .. .>,-**• *-.* *,'. .- '( »l 3. f. . * Iff il » J.!l it if. ir i <**■-•.. *I AA- A.^ j-^TA'A ,._/ ■') THE DIflTRIOT LEDQEB, PKBKIE, B. C, MARCH30,1»12 <yy>y THE A. B. C. OF .SOCIALISM *>_*'«', <*-**_■ .*. - - * * '-.- "*■ ■- ■ *'-,t_.-<,-> Private Property 77 By John.M.. Work. A tombstone1 In an English churchyard hoars the following inscription: -- "Reader, I've left a world.to you, In which I had a world to do;. Fretting and sweating to get rich, Just such another fool as you." . Tlie rage for private property\.n the part of a certain minority of the peoplo at the present time reminds one of * ttie above inscription., t They waste °t__e'ir lives fretting and sweating to get rich, accumulating all manner of private property swhlch they cannot* use and which Is in reality a detriment,to them.. ., .*■ , - But this inscription has no application to 'the great majority of the peo* .pie, who lack the most essential pro- -perty and who fret and sweat and stay poor. Capitalism Guilty of - Charges Against Socialism Made . The most remarkable feature about the opposition to Socialism is that Socialism and the Socialists are charged '..with being,guilty of all the evils of , which the present capitalist system ' is in fact guilty and which Socialism will "prevent, . ... , For example; we are charged with .Wanting to divide up, whereas we want '. to' prevent the dividing up that is now , going on. - \ '■' *, We<are charged with wanting to des- ' troy ' incentive, ->when in" reality we ''want to abolish the system which has jail'the people? —already-destroyed-incentive-and-inti-id duce one which will restore it. property the things that-others must . * We are charged with attempting to Use "to make a living?'-' Such'private, 'destroy individuality,-and reduce the ownership is the sole and only cause 'people to a dead'level', but the truth j of,-the present'. industrial slavery of ia that the present system has to'im the masses of the people and .the pro of "thorn being renters already. Capitalism prevents the useful many from owning proporty and permits tho useless few to own vastly more than they need. .Socialism will give everybody , i chance "to own _ private . property in sufficient abundance. Not *the kind of private property that can be used for the purpose of gouging other people, however. That's the rub. , Collectively Used Property Should be Owned Collectively The few useless people who "loudly proclaim that Socialism proposes io abolish private property are afraid they will lose their graft,"which is due to the fact that they own as private property the things "which the working masses literally have to use in order to make a living. Their private ownership of these industries makes the workingmen ■ and working^women dependent upon them* for, an opportunity to earn a living. They therefore have the power, because of their private ownership of the" industries, to compel ttie workers to work for' them for a mere fraction of the value of their labor. . They keep the remainder themselves ;without earning it? No wonder"they object to halving the private ownership of these industries abolished.- ' _ ; , ,■ It is the great merit of Socialism that.It*will abolish'the private owner-, ship of-these exploiting industries and make" them the "collective -property of Q. What is a Socialist? A. ;A * Socialist js' ^a" human being .like yourself.- 5 -77 A 7? Ay ■ . Q. ,What do Socialists propose doing? ,,' 'X A'*' '.A-*- A"'' A. Socialists •purposes\to <i.° the same thingsthat are. now. being'done —plow the earth," plant,' '-cultivate harvest and , garner ; food stuffs, slaughter animals;" cure and distribute meat foods, operate .factories and mines,'- conduct transportation- systems, etc. "7 - ' ' ' Q. ' How do Socialists propose to do these things? -. . A.. Socialists propose to do these things' as they are nW being done with sucli added improvements as may be invented froni time to time. ' * , Q. What then is the difference be- twee nthe present capitalist system and Socialism? 7 . A. The difference is solely in "the ownership of the tools and machinery for the production of wealth and tho distribution of wealth. Socialism demands that the tools and machinery for . the production and distribution of wealth shall be owned collectively by the whole people instead of being qwned by individuals and corporations. Q. Why do Socialists want the tools and machinery lor producing and distributing wealth to bo owned and operated collectively instead of by individuals and' corporations? A. Because it,, is individual and corporate ownership of the" tools of production and the machinery of. distribution , — railroads, steamships, elevators, docks, warehouses, etc. that gives them the power to rob the working class of over three-fourths' of all the wc-.lth it produces. Q.' Does Socialism propose to divide the wealth now in existence between all the people? A. Socialism does not propose to divide ' a single dollar's worth of wealth' or anything else between all the people or any part of the people. Socialism proposes to destroy the present system under which a few individuals compel all the farmers, mechanics, .miners .and the whole working class to divide,up with them and give up to them more than three-fourths of all the wealth that their labor produces. Q.' How do Socialists propose tb do this? A. By and through the public or collective ownership of' the 'machinery of production and distribution of wealth that, the working class creates. . Without the individual ownership" of the' machinery oi" production __iri_*1 _HefT»U.iit _<\t_ !-_f iwaol+li fli-a panL talist class have no power to rob < the working class and would, themselves, their living at some ^N»^^\\*.^S^^^ ..■"•! "*A >' . SK.'V* ^-S/N^N^^^^^VN*-* anxiety on Bral^Tfetfy^ 'K'St CREAM ing \ySrSmVm\%jX^e^L, . 7-A * >! 4 L-i.i-A" *-,■**"s '■• , "! l '' : Ji- ■' I ^>- j _tfk_. .'-.'_?, (Jennings, Proprietress Rates•fl.5Q.and up . '". * Hot"1 and*Ccld Water ,.^Electric"Lighted : :f_ A 7« Steam Heated. y}'. i'*-9*..0*?0 'P every room. < A Sample Rooms on Main .'«".' ' * ■ Business Street. JOHN "BARBER,- D.D.S., U D 8^' , •..*? ;.' " vAA :''DENTIST',-"\ ,7 y>t;»; *■* ■ / ■ ? " v* n t =: - vv^*1 *^ '- y^> 7 * '""S'\ ■ Offlcei1,HtndWaon;Bloc_k,:Fernle,;B.&:. ;' fy?Hoi(r8:-8.?pitoJ".'2 to ■■- ;A^ , ' Residence:,21;-Victoria'Avftauo. -Af r' 0*- M J.r In w I No A?mm I -.- "A- IIU"-: ■LimePhospk.' ^\\\N\\\\\\^\\\i^^N!»S^ ,ures ligni. ole s brae food I A pure\Cream of Tartar | Powder 1 m Meal tickets, $6.00 . ?*'-'*,° . ■ ,- ■'- -■ A Special Rates by the week and the month and to Theatrical par* * ties., Try our r . Special Sunday Dinner 50c ' ./'•'•'L.'P;ECKSTEIN.-.V>.:' 7- ^v , ' '», .».'. --",- -*c ."'. .*.■*.', -.*',- . Barrlster-at-Law, .Solicitor..;. ;;" V * ^,■ v ' •■•*i$K!'i\it'^-* ""-."i " ' '* - - "• - 7 :." 'i.-7v-; <.•?'■•-•■• ---.: ECKSTEIN BUILDINGS,"Fernie,,B.C. F.'b. LawV ' ' Alex;*I. PI»hor ? 'y', ..-LAWE *, FfjSHER J • '"''•.- *_'.-• ATTOENISYS " ' H -' ; Fernie, B. C.«. --;• '■ la L. H. PUTNAM The finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars served by competent and obliging wine clerks.,, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, etc. BLAIRMORE, 7*7s rALTA.'-' TT" COAL MINING STATISTICS Examination of the advance tables issued from the Home Office shows that last year there was an increase in the' output of mineral under the Coal Mines Act of 7,490,072 tons, the Increase in,the'number of persons employed being"-17,806. ■ In the.result rather more mineral per person -employed was recorded than in the ..previous year',-but the 1909 average was not reached by'some six tons per person. The output of coay alone was 271,878.924'.t6ns, an increase of 7,461,- 336 tons,'made us as follows:—Scotland, 383,031. tons; Newcastle, ,2,156,- 138 tons; Durham 1,814,303 tons; .YorJ*; and North,Midland, 1,195,546 tons'; alarming degree destroyed Individuality and reduced the masses of the people to a,dead level, and we want to destroy that dead level and give tho peoplo a chance" to develop their Individuality. .We aro charged with having designs to ruin the homo, which has already been ruined by the present' system, and we are trying to elevate and purify.lt. A-'1 Wo aro charged with stirring up claBB hatred, whereas tho present system ls tho sole cause of class hatred, and wo propose to abolish classos and thereby abolish class hatred. Wo aro charged with standing for an Impracticable system, when . tho prosont systom has conclusively demonstrated by Its own workings t'.iat It Ib impracticable and Socialism Ih tho only practicable wny out of tho mess It has got us Into, N And so forth. sent bitter extremes of luxury on the one hand and poverty on-the other. Socialism will make the exploiting industries collective property, owned by all the people and run for the benefit of all the people, ' Then the few will no longer havo the power to rob the many, but tho men and women who do tbo necessary and useful work, mental and manual, will receive tho full value of thejr labor. Whother any particular piece of property should bo collectively or privately ownod depends upon Ub ubo. Privately Used Property 8houlcl be Capitalism, not Socialism, Confiscates ■' the Private Property of the Workers. Following up this peculiar cuBtom, tho enemies of Socialism charge vs with wanting to abolish prlvato property. Tint tho truth Ib that, for tho mnBBOB c the pooplo, the piosunt capitalist oyBtom has already ahollflhod private jroporty. Capitalism confiscates tho hulk of tlio earnings of tho wnso worker. TIiIb mulioH it impoHulhlo for tho nvornito wago worker to own IiIb own homo, or anything oIho worth mentioning Ilo linn tho chonponl. houHfthold furniture, IIo I)wi tho choapoHt clothing: for hln family, IIo hnH tlio chonpoHt food .or IiIh tnhlo, Ilo Ih not ahlo to afford tho things cHsontlnl to lho development of tlio higher fnculllcs. All of IiIh -import y put toKPther Ih not worth morn than a hundred or two of dollari.. In fact, It. Ih not fit for Junk. CnpllHllHrn prPVonlH hlni from p«» ROHHlnr. prlvnlo proporty. In tho cUIoh and towns ot tho United hom.'**,—-or nllnp'Pd homr-n. Of thoHn ovor bIx million nro occupied by ronton.. Of tho romnlndcr over ono million aro mortgaged. Of it.** t-.rt.lY'r. t.iirn*b.*>r 1*>«* thnn otip. third aro ownod hy tholr occuprmtn fioo of encumbrance. Tho numbor of .enters Ib constantly Incroaslng. Tho porcontngo nf mortRaROB Ib nlno conslanMy Incromlnt.. lt is needing* to Ray that th.t* own whfilmlni. mnjorlty of homeless famines fontlRti* of tho ramllir-i ot tho working elrtss. ' Even the farmers aro grsduslly tx*- Ing st ripped of property, ovc-r a third Shiloh* Cure STOPS COUCHS UIJcL"""*.i»f J Owned Privately If proporty Is used by an Individual or a family for personal purposes, or for tho purpose of making a living without exploiting othors, it should ho privately ownod, Socialism will enormously incroaso that sort of prlvato ownership among tho masBOs of tho people, by giving thom tho full valuo of tholr labor and thoroby fur* nlshlng them with tho whorowlthal to socuro such private proporty. Hut If tho prlvato ownership of property roBult.8 In tho prlvato owner having tho powor to exploit* others who havo to ubo lt to earn a living, H Bhould bo collectively owned, Howovor, I do not moan Hint B'>* clallam will forbid anyone owning'and runn'ng any Industry he plenties. But HoclallHin will own and run IndiiBtrlos Itnolf. It will glvo tho workorB tho full valuo of tholr lahor. It will anil tha productb nt coHt, Anyono elm. cngaglnB In tho Bamo'lnduBtrlofl would thoroforn, In ordor to compoto with tho public IndtiHtrlos, hnvo to glvo Iho wovkorH tlio full,valuo of tholr labor and noil tlio products at cost., Hut ho couldn't nmko any profit thai way. ■..oiiHOqunntly Ik* wouldn't do It, If tho IndiiBtry worn of such a chnrnclnr that ho could curry it on hy IiIb own labor nlotm, ho rnuld do bo. Hut ho would not ho exploiting anyono oIho then. "Uut," I hoar Mr. CnpltalUt com* plalnlnK, 'will thoro bo no way In which I can lnvoBt my monoy bo that , I can draw an Incomo from It without miMif... ! wnrklns mVBolf?" N'o, you will poaltlvnly hnvo to quit | Ht(Miling. Socialism Makes Private Property Ponlble for the Workers BoclullHin will onablo all tlx. peoplo to liavo tho prlvato ownoruhlp of com- fortnhlo nnd honlthfij] hotnoH, If thoy wnnt to—not absolute, private* owno;*- «lilj», luiwovor, for thorfl Ib no «uch thing, tint ovon now. It will nlno on* nhlo th4>m to hnvo tho private owner* ft 1)IP of -uhBtantlal, bouutlful nnd, nt* tvartlvv fun.ls.Uls.i.a' for tlielr homci. llut. best of nil. It will tnnblo them to U.ivti lh.t ptl.al.. owucuMp of nil U.oi_«_ things whlrh nro necessary for ox* pandlnr. (uKun. and a. wholftsorrx., healthful llfo. In othor words, Socialism will finable ovt-ryon* to own all the private property ho ntnAt, for bU own u»*. It will abolish both luxury and poverty. have ,to earn kind of useful* work. Q. How do Socialists propose that the public, W'people, shall becoino possessed bf the machinery of production which.Is now legally owned by the capitalist class?,, A. By whatever means the majority may deceldo upon. The people can not take over tbo factories, mines, shopB and railroads and other utilities necessary to their economic liberty and welfare which the law now recognizes as belonging to the capitalist class until a majority of tho voters decide In favor of such a course, and when a majority alono can decide upon the method' of doing it, and It matters not what mothod may ho* decided upon, tho majority will rulo. The mothod Ib a minor detail, easily determined whon onco the majority has decided that It Ib necessary to froo themselves from a robbing and enslaving systom such as now prevails. Q. Would. Socialism deprive tho small farmer of his homo nnd tako his quarter section, away from him? A. No; Socialism would not tako an aero of land from any man though ho might owno a million acres. ThlB, howovor, must bo kopt ln mind, No man could cultlvato a soctlon of land, much Iobb a million acres and to cultlvato oven half a section tho owner would havo to employ holp, nnd undor Socialism, whon ovory worker would receive tho full social Yaluc of IiIb labors, which could not. hy nny poftBlhlllty ho Iobb than six dollars n day, nny mnn owning moro land thnn ho could cultlvato ond enro for within himself nnd family would havo to *vm* ploy holp, no ono would ho bucIi a fool oh to work for anothor far loss than thoy could got In othor InduBtrloH —honco tho big land owner would havo lo pny lo IiIh hi roil help a wngo equal to tho full Hoclnl vnluo of all tho wealth tho help could croatn, In short tho big land ownor would no longer ho nhlo to exploit tho laborer, and would voluntarily relinquish to tho Btnto nil nurplus land, In short Socialism In rt scientific Byfitom to prevent nny oik. man from robbing nny other man ot tho frultB of his labor. Manchester and .Ireland, 25,763 tons; Liverpool- and"-'North Wales, 2271055 tons; South'Wales, ' 1,500,745 tons; Midland and Southern, 157,755.' Thus all the inspection districts contributed towards the ' increase, which works out at, the rate of 2.82 per cent., the increase in the" number of persons employed being at the rate of 1.70 per cent. In the.,Manchester district, it will be' noticed fewer persons were employed although the output exhlbit- ed-?an up*ward tendency, ' - '" Regarding accidents, 1911" was a record year. Compared with'1910 there were .516 fewer persons killed, and as*" a,, consequence the death'rate per thousand employes* fell from 1.69' to 1.18,' whilst the deaths per million tons of mineral declined, from '6.37. to 4.4. ," ,vFrom the point of view of persons employed this is the lowest death Hre^e^dfdl^tlirBIufTiooirfofmT one,year7a' feature that should afford considerable satisfaction to" the .whole community.—Science and Art of Mining. -'.-'■' , -' FERNIE Cigar Store tt " f' ** * - ■■■ - ' •" * L - Lunch , -**. .; Counter Is Now Opened • Clean, Cosy and very. f ; r inviting, y A Just the place after the shd*w;fbr from the rink. . , y j' j' - .t * c . - .^- Frejd/ArmstPO^ / *-«" - * ,*, -""» ,. /.;;.;.'., Proprietor * 7 . THE FERNIE Manufacturers of and Deal- ers in all kinds of Rough :- '"' 'e ■ 7 < " 7 and Dressed Lumber? ' ' /" *" •" '- '7-., '. ,7 ' '* ' •' y Send us your'orders,, >•. . ' Remember this, that the owning of property,and a home does.noc guarantee you freedom from wage slavery. If the workers reached such a stage of independence the capitalist system would fall to pieces. It is essential to capitalist production that,men should be dependent upon those owning,the means of production and have to apply,to them for permission to work, y ' '" , • ",,''' '*■'** ', ' ' . The prosperity of a country is reflected .today in the opulence of tho ruling class. Tho conditions under "which vast .multitudes of our fellow men live in sucli prosperous countries as Great Britain and the United States should get the workers thinking.' - This is the meaning of capitalist prosperity. The Conservatives of this Province stand for tho prosperity of.the capitalist class. Tho Socialist Party stands for the prosperity of thoso who produce the wealth of tho world— tho workers. Aro you sharing the prosperity of this Province to any great extent, and if not why not. KMS ROY^L Bar supplied ^with - frhe best. Wines, Liquors and Cigars DINING ROOM IN CONNECTION To fallen humanity our Father said That food and bliss should not bo found .unsought That, man should labor for his daily bread, But not that man should toil and sweat for nought. W. MILLS, Prop Follow workers, unite I gain. Wo have nothing to lose, but freedom to Nervous Debility OVR.NEW METHOD TREATMENT will euro voi yau, Under (is JnlluBnco tlio.hr.ila __oapiuoHH.3l.vo. tlio bloc «lmpleR,.'.o.o_*e»nr.C- uleershnal upi tho nerves Moorno Bt hi nnd rniO-O a itinn of ' purlll-il so that nil Dr. os »toc|, so thnt •and f&Urs rob you ol your hard evood doll irs. brlKlit, tlie nnd mental tho systom, 1 lot quacks Luxury and poverty nro both ovll. Boolnltsm furnlshci tho doBlrabls middle ground hotween tho two ox* trun.c8-~-lho golden ii.c-i.ri__—tl.o happy medium—-tho rendition wherein thoro •will be luxury nnd .icwrly for nono, hut plenty for nil, And Hie Amplest opportunity for iihyxlral, mental, moral and spiritual development. UT NO NAMES USED WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT THREATENED WITH PARALY8I8 JVter JS, Bummers relates his Axperlencoi "I-vM troubled with Nervous Dotllit/ yhVli Imaffli w Inters vera shskj*. ajo» Xlurrod, hair oom, memory poor.^Ux., Numbnetiln iinornpDO BlurrM. Large Airy Rooms & ■ Good Board Ross & Mackay!!» Bar Unexcelled All White Help Everything . Up-to-date- Gall in and see us once JOHN P0DBIELANCIK. Prop. Nowhere In the Pass can be found In, such a display of Meats We have tha best money oan buy of Deef. Pork, Mutton, Veal, Poultry, Butter, eggs. Pith, "Imperator Hame and Bacon" Lard, Osusages, Welners and Sauer Kraut. PHONE OP CALL Calgary Cattle Go. Phone CO P. Carosella Wholesale Liquor Dealer mrnmmmmemmamafmmssmKmmamm Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes Gents' Furnishings BAKER AVENUE BRANCH AT HOSMER, B.C. '%yj^. ph. , ,- fao-nth*. but recclred WHSind.iioed.to «"««««««» SS&Stoft am. •«»«.•« $100 Reward. $100 Tb* rt«il*r« nt tbU pt|*r will tm pl«*J"<. to t,i»rii thut th.irn t* ,if r„inf <)«'• i(r»,i,l,,il ilninw lb*l iHlrnr. lia» bi-in iiliU* (u ivra In All il* »liri-», ant] itml \* Cutitrb Halt* «'«U*Tfc Cars |_ tb» milf iirMltUn run- not. Inionti In ltir> met)- tr-nt fritrrrihr «nurrb l»-ln_ ■ nm«nimk.i»- i)l»i'««i', rut.uln'B u i'()i]>iiliill»ii«l (.I'.luiitit. IUII'i r«l_nb Care I* nkc*« Int.rruUr. tell** -Hrtr.l!" ainx. ti* I.KkI and MnnMf wrftM-t) »f i\ir ....i-ifi, liii-MV)- i1,Mn.;tn_i a_,f> futniAtitun f.f th* iH«<-»»*, rn>1 *t.iri_r Ihe fi«tirnl •rmtdll !if btiiMlitir np ft-* i*iinii|turi.iii «n.» n»«l»tln* *.»- tnr* In .l-itnr in v** ib* i>rt-,Ti^<<vr_ !>»♦» »» nark ftlib N H* wiilr* j^tm lUtl tb*r ttfftt tin* llur_.'iv>| II..IIU. C« mt nitit th4l it fill* t>> «•■• N.-*nl f«» 'i«f «. lt*t'm*nMi, MVtmt r. T nirsrv h cr», •^J^«^*, t>. H»14 *T ill nmf».|*. ■*> 1_-_ .un*. VimUy V'U« to* TOiuiU^lkn.. doc! or*, •WTedmyllfe. Dm nerve*. Iwssouj J CUREf OUARANTEIO OH NO PAY "■ rtaiU «. A"0 „__„., JUssiiB l>#cit_U_f ia Melt* CONJCLTATfOHFRrt BOOKS fWEt UwsUsUssllwriUfsfaQsMltoa Blu__:lsrH-«MTrMlM«ab ___ DrsKEHNEDY&KENMEDY Cor. Michigan Ave, and Orlswold St, Detroit. Mich.; ^m_____MftmttfmWf All lettetifroM Canada unit be address**! HHp^llll I IO_L to<wr Cwwdki. Cotretpondesce Depart* HP^^pr mmmmmmm mM,t in Windsor, Ont. If yon desire to aee ns netsotttll f call at cor Mtdkal lattltuts in Detroit u we see and treat »» »atU_s In W Wiadsor offices which ire lor ConMpotwlence and "Uhoratoty for CaasdisB bssiaeu only. Addttu all Utter* a* ioUow. __*«*. IWiiHtDY Sa tCCffiDV, Wladsur. Oil. _**a fw ewatltitls s-ilissa * *. - - " , ■ Second Hand Store Victoria Ave., Fernie All kinds t-f Household Furniture Stoves, Tools, etc. Bought and Sold 6. Radland Fernie FERNIE UNION DIRECTORY Lizard Local Qeneral Teamsters No. 141, Moots ovory Friday night* at 8 p. m. Minors' Union Hall. W. A WorthinRton,' PresldoTil; IC. J. Good, Bocrotary. Bartenders' Local No. 5t<l: Moou 2nd nnd .th Sundays nt 2.30 p.m. Secre Lary J. A. aoup.ll, Waldorf Hotel rk|..i.i..., . ...» »j» nil* It •• \H h MflMs ftnrt'nnrt *lth Ttmrsrtnv Mlnnre Union hall. Thos, Uphill, soc. Typographleal Union No. 855' Meets Inst flnturdny In each tnotiith at the Ledger Office. A. J. Buckley, Soo* rntnrv Local Fernie No. 17 8. P. of C. Meet! In Miners Union Hall every Sunday at 7.45 p.m. Everybody welcome-, I). Psion, Secretary-Treasurer. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jolrturt.—..flr-fil T3_!0. D. J. Evani., President; K. II. Shaw. Secretary. ASSAYER . B. Vf, W1DDOW80W, Asssyer an* Ctiemlst. Bo* JO Jl**, K«l«on, », C Oflld-SllTir, or fli.wfead, — " r other mnftitu: Cnrtf, analyses pa applies.-. t euslAta aa**r ctftta uu fl tseli. rjtce. for , Mreelay s The {surest eem.nt,, In British Cotumb1 LUMBER CO? -.-7, ',.*•* ; ' . 'Is'- -' * a . ,..*.'+, ,' "■" "• _ ' ... . -,i *. '' •., * tj ' A A '' i ' j - y , ■< . A.McDoiigall, Mgr/ ' y/ .'-. • -"J - ',•.<' -,t ■*.- *-av y\ . *" \X *>] i I*-.-*, ^t?; y - ,,; ,&}'-*' THE,.DI8TBI0T7LEDGER, FERNIE/yB, C„ MARPg';3Q. 1912. PAGE 8EVEF The* .rial; 7 ■!*!'.'* IpBlyy Genuine Beware of Imitations Sold on the Merits of Liniment ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦"♦♦♦«•> . ,2.1 I ^RESH,MJLK A delivered . to 'all. ;.*■' : ' parts of tlie town " -' :' '■-• '■■ '■'■ "• } vy..* Sanders & Verhaest, Brothers., *■---'., A •■' Proprietors '*".' ."",'•■ . Livery, Feed and Sale Stables «y First class Horses, for Sale. Buys Horses on Commlsion *■ '^ -"7 . ' ■ -' ' . . George Barton Phone 78 W. A. INGRAM" v . "VSlioIesale and Hei^ryv?. . ..->■. > , a y._*„-••' Tobacconist BarberShop / \, Baths Shoe Shine Billiards and Pool Coffee and Sandwich Counter , , Hazeiwood Buttermilk Victoria Avenue FERNIE,, B.C. Phone 34 -■ft? AAA A A AAAAAAAAA A A A kkirfi-Airkit «' _B»; i-sh fif-B-"it.:ri !■*_> ■ ^-"* " ■• * ._ *■- • ( ';■_. <e --. MACHINE Passburg - Hotel You're always welcome here Clean Rpoms, Best of - Food and every „ attention'" :, t THOS. DUNCAN ; Passburg ::* ^ItaiiartSY-*-:! A ,7 "■ 'Syy^^J^^S^y -.""■'■■ " '" ■" *-J_.-'i_ *". ,■*"*>.■*. „e" A* UA. GUERRA,?d;}CLA88A y^i; WM; ■l" * >-";''<J"'. -™ -' *■' -^ •" BARTON Asrent -Fertile Branch ■ t •c ■t ■c • c ■ c ■f "t ; jlj'i^MMf'-****^ Pellatt Ave. North y".'-';-Da ^William Reotelle Shier^y/;- • "''L'operai vogliano fiita. giornata'.-'.' I superior! preferiscanb dl pagare."bassa• giornata. \ , -.,--. :_ ,-...-, .-'. a* - •, * ■ *•. ■. .*■---' ■' IVoperai vogliano ore,c6rte?;.yr,s>u. pefiorl insistano" ad^reJungher^-A.- ; L'operai vogliano grande, ariose;"bene lostrose, eatahilimenti'sanltarl- in.-che deb'ijona lavorare. .'I superloiri' cpn'le "mano" tutte unite? dehtro"--'ve__tah-;- zioue" male,-Tadore 'di'lirialattta' nelle fattorie In ordine di "m'antere abbasso le spese. 7 -'■ - ,. """At"'.' "A , L'operai vogliano i macchini^imi- di essere hen gnardati. I guperio'i no» vogliano .perche quello che guardono costa moneta. - ,"[■ - L'operai vogliano ,i' superiorl dl compenzare quando loro si fanno male, mentre che lavorano. • ' I superiorl non vogliano,' percna H profitto e di piu importanza a* loro della vita umana. L'operai vogliano tutti i loro compagnl per avere lavoro. I superiorl provaho d'alluvidare il mercato dell' operaio nativo con promatare emigra- zlose. L'operai vogliano,ilo^p figll dl essere sicurl d'una libera educazlone nelle scuole. I superiorl desideraco i fanciullldl essere valebblli per i loro stori e fattorie.' L'operai vogliano legislazione oper- aia dl protettare loro interesse. I superiore combattano la' legislazione operaia perche e contraria alia loro. L'operai sono dl ter'mine a prendere quello che loro vogliano. -* I superior! sono di termine a preventarll. L'operai organizzano nell' unione.I superiorl- organizzano"dent'ro l'ossocia- zione. . L'operai risortano a far sangue ed H sciopero. I siiperiori risortano alia lista nerae di guardarsi. •VI e guerra, guerra civile, fra queste due grande forse in societa. ., '? ' In*"questa guerra i, superior!, usano l'arml che l'operai ancora non anno insegnato maneggiarli. Loros usano' legislature di "passare legge fav'orevole a loro e non fayorc- v'ble alle mesas.'" Loro usano' la corte ad interpitare le legge come loro vogliano interpitare. Loro usano i, giudici di andare contro l'organlzzazlone operaia ristre- ngehdo loro dl ■ pagare benefici del sciopero.: pubblicando i noml del di- positi in'"qiustizia,;. dl fare'ogni cosa posslbile in: modo che porteranno la vittoria. "-.- * v' "«? . B GERMAN TOWN7,DOES NOTA-A ?•? HAVE TO LEVY'tAXES TH18 YEAR , •; .v; * ',;■£*.'m;.; ' CASSELL, Germany, March 25.—In the much-vexed:'German empire there is just one town which has, declared Itself free "from1,taxes for theV year 1912. The?'town ,of;Bad-orb, lnl/the' Grand Duchy of Hes'sen Hassau?" h.'aye notified theresidents of the place\that the finances'of the''t_.rifty_little town are in A; , .;.liapi_":that no taxes need be levied for ■ the ensuing year> - During the year several citizens' of Bad-orb died, leaving Lav considerable amount of their-wealth'to the town. Now the authorities have sold a large tract of land tb the'imperial government for military purposes,, receiving about .1,000,000. It iij doubtful whether any taxes will be-needed for several years. j - * < ANTI-SOCIALIf-iT VACCINE DISCOVERED AT LASTI Here is another cure for Socialism. Its inventor is a gentleman who is interested In the advertising' business,' and the new cure was made public recently at a meeting of the newly organized "American Spciety for 'he Promotelon of Efficiency." The discoverer of the new anil-Socialist vaccine is Melville W. Mil. He said: "It Is as much a part of the duty of the administrative department to pay its labor a wage that vill enable lt to live according to American standards as it is to provide tle'capital. concerned with an adequate "It is inefficiency allowing a decent creating a-spirit of inrest and growth of Socialism, which marked a feature ii at .the present time, tain' a proper wag breach of trust nol ployed, but* also to isfaction,,and unrest wages invariably eventually a " far capital *■ than a slight lowering of the dividend fate." return. of this sort—not ■wage—which ia are becoming so our national life -Failure to main- standard is a only to the 'cm- capital. Dissat- which inadequate ciuse will, become graver menace to . 4.; -Honor good men, be courteous to all men, bow, to none. ,• 7S . J>. .. Do not hate or speak evfl of ,ahy one;-do not be revengeful, .but" stand up*for your rights and'resist oppres* slori.7. . t- , ^ i * -, ;■--?_ ! 6. rDo.not.be cowardly, be a friend to. the *vveak and love justice/ :","7., Remember, that all the good things of;-the earth are produced'by labor; "whoever enjoys them without working for them is stealing the bread of the workers.. ■ 8. .Observe and think in order' to discover • the truth • do not believe what is contrary to reason, and never deceive? yourself or others. 9. Do not think' that he who loves his.own country must hate or despise other nations, or wish for war, which is a remnant of barbarism. 10. • Look forward torthe day when all men will be free citizens of one fatherland, and live together as brothers in peace and righteousness. ■•-CANADIAN BANK AJTOf COMMERCE A -.SS\n EDMUND WALKER. CtfO.. U_.D., b.C.___, PRESIDENT ,; ALEXANDER LAIRD, GEwm*L Manage*. , 7 A ;cAPitAL,X_5.iaoo6fooo..v..-- REST,- $8,000,000 DRAFTS ON FOREIGN COUNTRIES; Every branch of Tbe Canadian Bank ef Coumwca U equipped to iisue drafla «. the principal citiea io the fa-latrine coaatriaa without delay: *--*■-" - N«r __o_J____l Africa • ; C«_. Gnm ' N«v__a____c_l " Stb___» Arabia \C«__a UO____l Nanrar Soudaa Arg-cnU'ao RcfwUic Dantik Icclaa4 ' Fiuu > South Africa Australij - , __OT< " I»««. ' P«*__B /Spain Auctiia-Huacaqr Faroetghaii Intual Fern -' _ -; Strain. Belc-un , Raima Itaif/ n*tri— Uaada S«_4e_i' Brazil Tiwum , .. Upa ■ Partapd - SwiUerfaad . Bulrana Hnao* ~ lava Kaunuaa Turkey Cct-m _V«_i Co«i_a CWaa MaJta ' Kaau ...-,, UaiUdStatH Chili fiamiauy M__xfcau_a Serria Urocoay China Groat OnUta Meno* • ■ Siaai Wcat ladiea, «te. . The amount of these drafts is atated in t_» ■Mney of tho country where they are payable; that is they are drawn in a.er__nj.i fraacs, .oaariu, lire, kronen, florins, yea, taets, roubles, etc., as tbe case may be. Tins encurec tbat the payee abroad win receive tbe actual amount iatended. ' , A__M FERNIE BRANCH L,A. 8. DACK, Manager. i, -. SHORT If'you want coal,' * » - "It is a long road yhich has no turn ing." Fernie-Fort.Steele, Brewing Co., Ltd. Beer/.' • and Porter Bottled Goods a Specially Coleman Hotel W. H. Miirr ;-, Prop. We are in TALK own the mines. • ,_ ho bend. 4 L. E. McDonald HORSESHOEING GENERAL BLACK8MITHING and CARRIAGE BUILDING Exprait and Delivery Wagon* a Speciality LIVERY Elko, B. C. Ab I nm, continuing my Into husband's buslnci.s, I would ask for tho continued patrrnngo of,all old custom orp, and regretfully eollclt tho trad', ol all. Best of Rigs and Horses Phone No, 10 MRS. A. SHERIDAN ADVERTI8E IN THE LEDGER Tho, Fornio Stcftm Laundry and Dye Works roport business improving, nil tho timo. Thoy,arc mnlcing n reduction in prices on Dyoinjf nnd French Dry Cleaning for tho spring trndo. Also n chenp monthly Inuudry rnto for nil ..Hi'liclors will bo given. A trial is nil thoy nsk to convince you they nro 0. K. List of Locals District 18 NAME SEC. and P. O, ADDRE88 llnnkhend F. Whentloy, Bc.nl.hond, Alio, lleftvor Creek P. Ciauehton, Beaver Creek, via IMnchtr Bollovuo "J, Bnrkn, BaIIavii-a. FrnnV. Altn. ' iilntrmoro ... i II. J, Chaso, Blairmore, Altn. .j'a.iij.»..,., ,. Jo_. Uerbyshlro, Uurmla, Attn. Carbondalo J, Lonaberry, Carbondalo, Colotnan, Alta. Canmore N. D. Thaehuk, Canmorfl, Alta. CoJoman W. Orabam, Colomnn, Altn. Corhln R. Jonei, Corbln, B. C, v.M...ot.__ Mines .... 1». Kflly, Dlomond City, Alta. Diamond City Albert Zalr, Diamond City, Lethbridge. Fornlo Thoa. UpMU, Pernio, B. C. „ Frank. O. Nlcol, Frank, Alta. 14D7..Hosmer W. Bnldaratono, Hoimer, B. O. 1058 .interest J, O. Jones, WHcreat, Alta. IsthbrtA** L. Sf-joM, «0<. CHcenth St., North ^fethbrldgo. I^hbridfa CollleHea Frank Baringbam. aee., via., Klpp, Alta. ■»•*«» Tf, L. Bvaua, LllUs, Vmik, Ail* MsplaLear....... 0, Parker. Uaple Leaf, Bellem, Alta. Michel ; M. nnrrall, Michel, B. C. Monarch Mine..... 8, Mooreroft, Mnnarch Mine, Taber, AJta. Paaaburn......... J,Kluaearlta, "Pasihnrjr, Alta. Royal Vkw Tfco*. B, Tialtr, Itojal CoHterlM, UihbrUg*. Alta Tab*f A, FtMmati, Talier. Alto. „i<J. 39 431 131 bit... A-*./. mi mi :033 2S77* i[_4. .3178 2.114 1163 ^~Loro, usanoAa mellzla ed. I poliz- zottl costrlngendo I scioperantl e mina- cciarle indietro ar lavoro, . Loro sono abblli'di fare queste cose perche l'operai anno votato a\ loro nella forsa. ' .. ... - *- . - ■ II partito Conservatlo . e Llbernle rappresentano l'lnteresse del negozl- antl ■ I loro membri sono' quasi tutti i. negoziantl. . Dip«~n<iono a lor_. es- cluslvl dl pagaro' tutte le' spese ,che farino nel loro.viagglo dl'.campngne, Ancora l'operai nl tempo delle-elo* zlonl danno sopporto b. questl partlti, p dopo-yogllano sapere perche il .governo e se'mpro per i rlcchl o mal per 1 pover<5.;Dovessl essere como 11 chonro dol giorno prima che hoi abblamo rinforsninento, dollo loggl lavoratoro, non dobbiamo 'avere nmmlnlstratorl loglslatorl e * gludlcl cho tengono In .vista.dl punto lavornlore cho furono olottl, all'offlcl sotto l'osplzlo del partito classa lavoratoro o che sono preg- glntll dl obbodlro,d'una buona descl- pllnnta organizzazlono dollo classo la- voratore, Una volta oho l'operai organIzzi.no una polltlcalo, possono stnffllare i loro boast- como nlentl, Una volta cho votoranno tutti nsole- ml como loro fanno 11 sciopero nnu'eml, posBono nvor tutto cobo al loro com- ando, Una volta cho prondono pos* bosho dol brnnclo dol govorno non nnno dlslurho dl ottonoro alto glornato oro corto, mogllorl condlzlonl dl lavoro atto dl componztono, penzlono per I vecchi improgatl lllwra cdiicn- zlono por ,1 rngnezl, od nitre conn olio loro vogllnno. B'l loro posBono prondoro tutto questo cobo, o plu ancora. Possono mottoro'l mlllonnrl complltnmonto fn* ori dl negnzlo, Possono prondoro lo minloro dollo mnno dol patron I, Io .or* rovlc dollo mnno dol pnlronl lo grniulo fnttorlo od InvoRtono loro patrotilRlmo alio mnno cho nttunlmonto fnnno 11 lavoro. Como7 SplnRondo II prlnclplo dl pntronl puhhllol donlro 11 domnno dl tutto Ie nlto IndoBtrlo orKnnlzznto, Non flncho Quosto o fatto, non flnche fli.1 I'oiioral son pntronl dcllc mac* chlno, non flnrho tutto 11 protlotto di'H'opornlo nppnrtoimn aH'opontlo. vorrn a flnirso, QuohIo o 11 mosngglo dol noclnllHino nl momlo, It prirtlto sonlnllwlo vor* llnno dnro qucnto mossnggfo, c»\wti- Mi-inn tlvlli R' \in mo«Rn|r.r;1ft lm*M*,r'**.*i'''\ nnri cho dovoto studlnrla oBaitnmonlc*. per- cho II movlmonto socialisto vorrn tie! futuro di sffetto a vol vostri deritli «■ aloto nolln comunltn, Ia hrantnretnmnrnoriin n j.i.«« -,:> Vui .lovo'o ossor-o 11 gludico. Flrroate vol queste Idc«t 8kie volentloro dl combnUoro per remand* pnzlono dolla vostra eiassa! . "Wages','' are bribes given to fools so that they -will remain slaves. .,,*** . - Never mind ,.what your ancestors were; what will your offspring be? -,>'"*'*.-** "What are, we going to do when' we get-Socialism?" is the question. * Go- hi.s, toji ve. Aaith c'^r*,'°".'?r. CRIMES OF CAPITALISM' * WHY? WHY can no honest and Intelligent man h_ave any objection to woman's Buffrago? WHY must the wife and cbllren of the worker go in rags while there is an overproduction in clothes? WHY are the corporations and trusts employing, Plnkertons and thugs te mix wllh the honest workingmen and to break up their labor unions? . ' WHY" are the Conservative politicians heart and soul with the capitalists and anarchists in their fight against the Socialist Party? WHY is the Socialist Party the onlv political party" in the land that stan-ls unqualifiedly and unreservedly for the interests of the working class? "■ WHY Is the Conservative party so" determined to keep up'sham battles for the purpose of fooling and hoodwinking the working people? WHY, is '.it that, we . have today people out of. work and starving, while* there is an overproduction in al' the means of life and our warehouses are filled'With .he products of labor? ■',. , , ' WHY were the capitalist politicians all over the United States in a general state of excitement when the working., men of Los Angeles deposited over 52,000 votes for Job Harriman, the Socialist candidate for mayor? WHY do the Conservatives find it necessary to distribute bum cigars and beer during, election. time." WHY do the Conservatives oppose the demand. of the workers for the fu'I product of their toll? Head Office HAMILTON Capitai. Paid, Up ..' 8 2,870,000 Reserve and Undivided -Profits..". 3,500,000 Total Assets .V.. 44,000,000 It ls not in Its power to purchase that the greatest value of money lies. * 'The feeling of independence, and of security against the effects of adverse fortune' that a reserve fund gives you, is Infinitely more satisfying than tho passing gratification which you' would obtain by spending it. -, " . ' ■ y Small amounts—which you ' will hardly miss—deposited regularly, will gradually,-but surely accumulate to a sum large enough to insure against the effects of business rever-J ses or loss of employ meat.' * ,".'"' i '"' - - - . . ' * J. Jt. Sloan, Asren-c Tbe ChBdren's Hair nu 1189 l»M im w* 14 ,:k2 tm 19S9 102 Tatar............. J. Cooptr, Taber, Alta. John M. Work > *- > The present capitalist system of industry,. Is a' failure^ * It Is impracticable. It has divided' the people Into warring classes. 7-y It has reduced the wage worker to slavish dependence upon the capltallat for an opportunity to earn a' living. It has reduced the masses of the people to poverty. It compels the masses of the people to work all their lives for, a hare living. . , , _, It deprives tho masses of tho people of tho bonoflts of the marvelous improvements In production, and hands those benefits over to the useless i'o>w. It bars' tho masses of tho peopl-3 from the higher things of lite. It drives thousands of mon and w.* mon to Insanity, It drives hundreds of thousands of mon and women to crime- It drives hundrods of thousands of womon to prostitution,'because thoy aro unable to mnko a living any othor way. ' • It drives millions of men to drink. It puts a premium on graft and corruption. It makes lt to tho financial Intoroat of mon to adulterate food and to por- potrato all tho othor villainous fraudu and deceptions which Burround us on every hand, It cnuBCB tho death or Injury of mil- lions of tho pooplo hy provontnhlo nc> ddentfl. It blights tho lives of tho child Blnvos. It bars a majority of tho children out of school altogether, nnd compels most of tho romnlndor lo loavo nche .1 Just whon tholr education Is ronlly bo* ginning. It Ih InfnmoiiHly unjiut to llio iiiunn* ployed, cmiHlnK ImndrndH of tlioiiHMPls of thorn to hocomo trnnips. (t Ih nn -enemy to tho family, It cniiHos hundred* oflithounnnilH of dlvorco*. It ik'Hlroya Individual initiative. It hns rodured tho masses of the pooplo to a dond lovol, It hat. mndo It Impnslshlo for tho MHIHUCrl Of III.) pooplo to llpVOtOp tllCll' Individuality. > it ijhh ninuo it I'ii.'OshII.Ii. tor ttif „_..',.... u_ .,._; \,\.uli!v tu u*u any pri* vat.* [.roiM-ily north .j.oi'.fonlriK. It mak*.* It hnrd to Ao right ani enny lo do wrong, lt mnkPs It Impossible for tho pooplo It promotes disease. ll brings premature dnatb to nil the peo.de. Frwlnllsm la tho nature), and tbe only remedy for these evils. h Little Extra Care Now May Save _ After Years of Regret ' ° 7 Children play to bard, tbat th« ho*d perspires and the hair ha., a tendency to'mat and get sticky on the scalp. Soap and water doesn't seem * to remove it. bat tbe- hair must breath* to be'healthy.-, Just try' Nyal'a Hireu- tone., Rub lt into the roots of the hair with tho balls, of the Hneera. The children like It. and will ask you te use it- Hirsutone loosens up the'accumulated dust and perspiration' and the hair and scalp can then bo easily and ' thoroughly cleaned. After It Is dried" give another application of Hirsutone. ,. After you have used It for a while you will admit it Is the best you have ever used. Your Nyal Drug Store will cheerfully guarantee Hirsutone to do all that is claimed for It a Imperial Bank of Canada Capital, Subscribed Reserve Fund .>..: HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO 6,000,000 Capital Paid Up .....5,996,900. 5,996,900 7 Total Assets ........ . 72,000,000 A" D. R. WILKIE, President A HON. ROBT,JAFFRAY, Vice-Pres. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA" * ■% Arrowhead, Cranbrook,,7Fernie, Golden, Kamloops, Michel, Moyie, Nelson, Revelstoke,'Vancouver and Victoria.1 . , ' SAVINGS DEPARTMENT- Interest allowed on deposits at current rate from date of deposit. FERNIE BRANCH , ' GEO. I. B. BELL, Manager ^rHOMEigs 'to rn MAGISTRATE'S STORY What He Owes to Zam-Buk. Mr. C. E/'Sanford, of Weston, Klnga* Co., N.S., a' Justice of the Peace for the county, and a deacon of the Baptist Church ln Berwick, says: "I havo usod Zam-Buk for piles and found It a eplrmdld remedy." It cured me." Mr. Thomas Poarson, of Princo Albert, Saek., writes: "I must thank you for tho boneflt I haw received from tho uso of Zam-Buk, Loot eum- mor I had a fover, which loft me with piles. I otartcd to ueo Zam-Buk and found lt gave mo rellof, so 1 continued with It Aftor using throo or four botes It effected a comploto cure." Za_n-*Bulc -will alflo bo found a sur* euro *or cold oorce, ohappod bands, (root blto, ulcors, ocsoma, fclood- potaon, varlcoBO soroe, ocalp soraa, rinrworm, inflamod patohoe, babloa' eruptions and chapped placos, cuts, burn*, bra-Hoe, and akin injuries,ron- omlly. All drugglota and ntoros sell at EOc, box, or poet froo from Zam-Buk Co., Toronto, upon roeeipt of price. You are wnrnod ogalnct harmful lml- UuLIoi.a and sub-it.lutes, Boo the registered name "Zam-Buk" on ovary package boforo buying. A-BSO?KM» of CANAliA. How a Bank Protects thePubKc , "Few persons appreciate tlie'mariy services a Chartered Bank renders the public in general. Besides affording facilities for paying and rcceiv- -. ing money, and distributing funds to keep tlie rate of interest equable, in all parts of the country, a bank provides a safe repository for private funds and earnings, and, thus removes the incentive to robbery that was so common in tho olden times .whon people hnd to carry their money about with them, or leave it concealed in their houses. , m Head Office J. F. MACDONALD, Manager. TORONTO Branches and connections throughout Canada Fernio Branch. r.. Electric Restorer for Men|TEN commandments PhOtBhOHOl»««««««*»*r_'n«f«-iJ_Hh#'Aftr!».i OP _.A{.lAt,.4M '" "" w-Af*. . .niton t rettortt i itur«d£»r4«d«U««jcii«J w_- riM_Blw»-at Vl.fl > iu 11 wU' - r"Brtl Tins »»4 *ni>hi waataam imied it Mr*.' riMnk^._V ?«lSt*J.°? 5f*""*"•:_ •*«»J>ajAo, i» ' n«, c«i rat talc at fllsstdsir* proa ator* 1. lx>vo your school fellows, who ( r,*/l»lll tm jonr fallow workmen In Ufa, «*r.-7t7.-*m*n'r''^ HV.N'Ol'MIH OK CO A I, MINIMI) I.U.JU-.A'ri'.NM COAI. inlnliiB rlitliiHof Hie Omnln- (on, In Munltobii, HnNkiiicliowan ami Altiortn. Hi**. Yukon Torrltory, tlm North W<*n* TorrltnrlcM nml In a (kimIoii h( Uio rrovliifo of Urllluli Col urn hla, limy hu IixihdiJ for t\ torm nt twenty-ono y.•nrt. Ml nn nnnunl ri*ntnl of 11 nn iicn*. S'(;t inurt- lht.it _,_C0 acr.a wll ho ll_>^c(_ to mu' fippllcruit. Apiillrallon Tor ii I mi mi id tint lm tnniio by tlm iiptillt'tMit in pui'HOli tn llio i ABciil or Suli-AKcnt of th" illHtilei In which tho rlirhiB applloif for nro . Ituiit- I In luiivi-ycil ti'i'iltory Mm ImihI iiiii**t l-o , (1*.«< iIIi.mI hy iBi'cUonH, or losrnl Hiil»*dlvl- »|iiiim nf Hi'isiluim, and In i_nmirv»'y«-'l j lorrllnry tho tract applied for nlmll ho i -4trtV-*t1 onl liv tho nonllrHiit hitn»»'1f l t.m ii «i«<i»t.i>o inu«« im tii.'(-oiii|>iiiilt;>i , liv n f'-ft ff tf> which will hn l-nfonili-il If .nu nKiU't iipiiiu-n kor itru nol uvniinhii, > lint nut otlii-nvt*.'. A roynltv nlmll l"- ' ti.ilil mi il," i-ierctiantnlil'* output of thoi rtilntf At thn rnto of flv*. ro-u** por i»><. < 'J ho pun-on opfrntlni. tho mine Khnll | furiiltli I lm Aitnnt Willi hwoiii ikIuioh nrcoontlntr for th« full f|ui*in»lty of jncr- rhmit»li!i- ron. mln-*-.! nn dpnv (lift rnv- ' 41,,, , .i ..... _. ^^.^ ^.A.A. .t,k,t,,,r^ r.Klitu urn not ImltiK oporulid. «ncii rrturriH »lioiild bo furnlMhed At Ir-.tnt opro a ye«r. .. Th** Ifimn will Inel«i1#i tti«. conl mlslw. right* only, hut lho Iricoo nmy he p.*-r- ml tt mI to purnhrn* whtinvitr avitUhl*) lurfuff rlffhln may hn ciMiiMon <l no- Ofinary for tho *worVtli.B of tho mlno ■1 1 In- rati* of 110.00 an fler**. pnr full Inforitiatton uppllnitliin (Ctiouii. 1>« riirti.o to tho hf-rfptiirv "t 1»>" D«*pirtmi«nt of thn Interior, Ottawn, nr to any Ar.nt ot Suh-Agrnt of riomtn- U,i. I..UU'... W. TV. Cory, n.puty l!lnl*t»r of tTio In!*rl'.-. S.n'-t't.ivlhorlcrd r,«t)lif«ti£in of thli TXTHEN Winds Aro Nippy hero is tho toilet lotion vv that typifies tlie true perfection of all toilet applications. Swoot, dainty, not greasy, and of oxtra special valuo in tho euro of tho skin. Aftor a walk or an auto ride BENZO ALMOND CROWN cleanses tho pores, restores tho circulation romovofl all of the ill ell'ects of tho wind. Never hositate or fear to go out for an enjoyable "con Rtitution.il", or to t.tko healthful outdoor "exorciso ..0- oauso BENZO ALMOND CROWN.will always tako care of you.even if you havo on extremely delicate or sensitive skin. Ladies appreciate it. 25c a box at Bleasdell's Drug Store V* Lst a Ledger Atf. work for Vouf Lave learnlnic, which la the food nt the mind: b+ a,« rmlefol to y«sr ttachrr aa to yoar iMrenta *t Mako every day holy by (rood. nnd riMftiJ dAAdrt and kindly acllotiit. Dr. Kelley Cures Diseases of Men By Modern Methods <_» * ,*,,..v,1... wi.uuiiiiu idi (itnor (tiiii-iinuH ot rrii-n; .Nrroua \\>_iknf_i»f», Vnrlroat* Vi-liin, ll><lro.'<-l«-, IIIiuhI uuii Jiklu l>u»rjrr«, hor.N 1,'lrrra, HIJ- nry, llladilrr nml llrvul DUontfr*, tu>., n»<I VnmlrnH** .*.IIm*>-_(«. I'rutlHir t.l«ml liiriniiiiimllou, Ul.l Cbroulc, (.'<iu rill Ion*, Museum *%f An^tosny lu UiIh Urtat Sliurum In uliowii by llfo »l«« nwwl.ln, moi.»troiiliU», normal ami «liruinn*l ronilltlonn of tli«, v.nrlou* pant of the ho Jr. Illua- tr.Ulnj. fully hoth unit* unci Plironilf «1Ih-*_.i.«-<_ of in»n. Free Consultation! and Advice my sf-.rr.ii ut'if'H, i.AKTiivfi {.|iaiunti'i:m rtnr.i. at muiikiu ATK CII»T. t'.tpcrl Mrillral Kiamlnalton Vttr, l-'rr«> l.tnnilnallou of L'rlar wh*« atfHiirr, Cantali Mr—l'llKK. Ilort't l>#lari DaUya arc -laa-rrrs-.-,. fall nr mW.o, l-'ref fluoh, IJ.ci-}lblui_ fu_*.U«_>iUl. llwurai a •.*«. in a p.nt.i Momlara, 10 a.m. ta I p.m. Dr. Kelley's Museum, 210 Howard, Spokane SM/oJSfh Gurs nwtavf itb»i twmm. etm-ta eotoa, tUaU TMt IHhCaT MO IVWi ** Ctfif "grs1: The Ledger for Job Work *-.;, v.u"v *-T '-',»-?. * -- 7^ 'v/- V *'■', -^.'''"iV ', 6 PAGSHOWT V?-$.°IS$*X''Z'' . ". ■ ^-A^fA ?^7-^yf^ ■._._ :;,y~?:y,;-~,« , "■ -? ?.'-;■ - ~ y?''-'?.*.'7-v*-•-..-•■A '■/.,*' -<■ "'-. **■*'-y-y, --*v A? j> * -• "- ■ ? ,~ THB PMWMCS JJPCBHt, gBBKlE, B. P., MAKOH30,1912 ' ' "V*-*'V "" ■--"*- ■'--V A»,-. yti^-' -AA? 7'7---"-'- ■» A«7" :, .j .. -1 v . . r**T-- -^. r-..'sV,t"-.s*-v*.'- e Suits .ft-..;-. 4^A-Y -.,^7A Blue 8c :Bls|clc?Serge ,&»?■•.- These Bine Sevgo.suits are made from v all wool serge in.the most popular• stiad.es, Light,' Medium ;and Dark Navy. 7 We guarantee _ these garments to he good fitting and shapep sustaining. Fine or heavy Twills ean be had. Special for Saturday SlDiOO See our Window Display for \this SPECIAL •<_.' U . 1 1-. '.".*,-. t If you want a hiffti;class Hand Tailored 7 ,. y , _ ,A 7a y.'-S yy;, y-A *. - . A," ,",suit in Blue, or^^Bliac^-A^e ;can supply * you from our stock of 20th Century Brand garments.' These garments embrace all the latest tailoring features and are guaranteed to be the best and most up-to-date clothes on the market. Prices from $22.50 --$35.00 We make clothes to order, and guarantee our-garments to be perfect fitting, to Keep .theii^ shape till worn: out, and to have a style that distinguishes 20th Century Hand Tailored Garments. Good dressers are demanding , hese garments more every season. Mothers We have just opened a large shipment of very stylish Reefers for children' from. 4 to 12 years of age The colors;are" Grey. Navy, Fawn & Mixed Tweeds. A •*■'■* ,_ - - -."Prices range from $2.00 to $16.00 ." SATURDAY GROCERY SPECIALS Carnation Wheat .Flakes, per pkg. ■_ .A .40 Corn Flakes, 4 pkgs for Rolled Oats, 8 lbs. for Tetley's Cocoa, % lb. tins each . ? Braid's Best Coffee,-freshly ground, 2 lb for Tetley's Tea, 3 lb. tins, Blue Label,.'. .Lombard Plums'; 2. tins 'fot. -......... i Blueberries,"2 tins for ...;.......- v. Table Figs, per lb. • V...'..'.''..:.'. ,, ?Navel,Orariges, 2 doz. for '.'.A .?..'". * Bruce's,Kippered, Herring, 2 tins .for '..' .25 .25 .35 .85 1.25 .25 .25 .15 ?35 .25 sacks .:"— y lb.'pkgs, 2 for Lethbridge Flour, 98 lb. Purity Flour, pancake, 2 C. and B. Jam, 7 lb. tin Lamp Glasses, A.niid B sizes, 3 for Lard, ,3 lb. pails........; j Smoked Ham',- -per^lb. '. I. *. Fancy Fowl,' per lb.*-;." 7i Lemon and OrangeTPeel,; 2 lb. for -MixedNuts,perjbr .S..S. Black Jack Stove,Polish,', per tin . Pork and Beans,'!' lb:' tins.-4.for ■■ 3.25 .25 1.00 .25 .50 .18. .25' .25' -.20, Ladies Shoes Sugar, 20 lb'sack ? ::.'.". ?......■ 1-40 Twin Bar Castile Soap, 4 for ... ....,.'. .*..,*;'-25 White Swan Washing Powder, per pkg. .!..-' .20 Fancy Toilet Soaps, regular .35 and".40, box. v.25 Welsh's Grape' Juice,'quart'bottles'jeach'.A. ■ .'657 Holbrook's, Malt Vinegar, Qts.'each 7....... ' .25 Turnips and'Carrots,'12 lbsy. .7 ... .;..•'..• • •: ;>*25 Light-house Cleanser, ^-itins for* A :■... S...^...... y$f^ ;" We have a.'free.Ldembnstration of Tetley's higK-^ 10 =. grade Teas and Cocoas in o5ur Grocer^p.epartment' jy re'g§ $3.75^$4!pQi-JS31'pO 25-7 Saturday and every day during.the following week? . -' .'*■• -:'Ayy^>i SA __•_/__*__.__!h A Special Clearing Sale, of . high class American .Shoes ih three, styles; Patent, polt, Vice Kid" "and Gun . Metal J high cut and. Oxford m shapes. 7:R'eg. $4.50:&.,$5.007 '/to cLear $3.60 ! CORBIN (Continued from page o) at addressing his more "unfortunate" brethren, in the. "choicest", English conceivable, but of late he has assum- * «dthe role, I hear, of instructor to a Wood-chopping brigade organized by himself;* and a few of his flrebosses for tho purpose of Instructing these "unfortunates" in that noble, and un- ' der the circumstances, honorable and edifying art. It ls said numerous competitions are hold from which English-speaking men aro strictly barred. Judging by tbe amount of wood lying around tho houses occupied by these officials the venture has proved a decided success, and anyone desirous of seeing "sucking" and woodchopplng blending harmoniously togothor should not fall to visit Corbln. We certainly' have It horo to a nicety. ■Tho weather la lovely this last fow d^ys, nnd ovoryoi.o scorns Intent on hitting! the ties In the direction ot No. 0|lJrldi_e. Not a few' malco McGllllv- rfiy thoir target, tholr pockets being lighter than tholr spirits, Ah, well; you will voto for lt, ■ ♦ COM. CREEK every camp voted the same as this one there would have been a different tale to tell today, as it ls we are defeated again, but in no way disgraced (nor disheartened, remember) and our tI_norn_UBt come, sooner or later; for we' are not now, nod never ,wl'l be downhearted. The fallowing,Is the lesult.of the,ballot: ■; „ • Davidson, A... 141. Rosb ........ 77- 8].oIled '..'.' P . '.•■ctal 33i ' W. C, Millar, omploycd nt lho hot torn of No. 1 Nort])(il!icllno, got two of hla fingers broken on •WedncHtlay afternoon through gottlng thorn might botweon tlio bumpers of tho car. 'TournnniontH ore again In full swing nt lho club, anil norno vqry oxcltlng comjMilltlonH aro going"on in tho differ ont games. Three nnweomord arrived inst wook from Wlngato Colllnry, nnrlinm, 15ng.. lliolr lianios aro .''rod T.nko, (lrorgfl Wood nnd ThomoH Illgglolon. Mrs. Jas. Maddlson, Wm Partrldgo und Win. Harrison wore visiting frlonds nt Hosmer last .Monday. , , Tho mlnos woro nil Idlo up horo on Mondny, so ns to troat for tlio boys tho Fornlo Fort Steolc ftrewcry aont, flvo kogii of Mutnlno up'for a smolcor, This was hold In the nftomoon, and IjUJU. tlii ».i<ju;ui'iu f'lti.f. n<ii> tumtit. Ju 1... M(-t..pflk'l Hninh on Ooofl Friday. April tho nth, n sorvlcft of song «ntltlod. Tlio Llttlo Violinist will ho fjlvon by tho oholr; also n grnnd toa. Thts will certainly be a raro troat, nn 4.\.i . r, .i J.- ... A* t ff"......... .. WJV*.* *,.s*^.^.,.», t u*—* *"1*- *^.* . . ... ■.; h- -, pie. .Mrs, noa and family, and Mr. nnd Mrs. James Flood, loft here this wcnto to lake up their residence In Fernie. .Election day passed over vory qulot* !*/ up here this time, although th* number that voted was larger than fttW before, nut this was due to a large trcwd of Fernio men who were trtjj here working casting their voles here. Mr. D. F. Martland acted as deputy returning officer, and perform* •4 his dutlet very aatlsfa*£torlly. Dud* lay Michel acted aa poll clerk. Ha-4 ♦ HOSMER NOTES. ♦ ♦ By "Antlblllrosser." ♦ *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ W, Partridge and W. Harrison, of Coal Creek, woro renewing old acquaintances ln Hosmer this week. ■ Still some moro old tlmorB'leaving the town. Wo hoar S? Si m Is loav* In., tho company's'bom ding houso and Is going to Itoglna. Thoro Is talk of IT. A. Marx", head of tho offlco staff, leaving tho ond of this month and going Into tho roal estate buslnoBB at Kdmonton. Wo wish him tho liest of luck In his now sphoro. Tho stork Is making ITosmor n ro- tMluv calling placo ..ow that the striko Is ovor. It vlsltod tho homo of Mr nnd Mi'H, Albert Coubort on Monday and loft a flno baby girl, Twenty ! pounds, Dutch nnys, and his exaggora* tlon In as great as his ndmlratlon. .Tlm Ullchto linn quit tlio wnah-houflo nml In having a royal time now getting his fitcfl black, ills placo has boon taken by tho opora house plcturo show operator, who koos a chnngo of films ovnry day. Harry Ilulsnn mado tho final rally nt Fornlo on WodnoBday. did not'proce?ed any fiirther wes't,'"and I feel sure that he had no intention of coming to Pocahontas on'leaving' Edmonton." ' If he had Intended coming his chances were'equal with those of any other person as far as organising this place. He said we wanted an organization of our own, which I may say is -iulte true, but for any material benefit to me personally Is far'from true. ', If he had come up here and called a meeting of tho men he would have learned the true facts for himself. And as for Mr. Garner doing all these' th'ngs for othor people's' benefit and' leaving himself out, I never read ln any Sunday school literature whero anyone was asked to follow Mr, Garnor'B foototeps. I' may fur thor state that as for as tho feelings of the men nre concorned thoy aro all ■willing to bocomo organized into tho IT. M. W. of A„ but not undor the juris* dlstlon of District 18, as thoy think t\\u\ thoy aro capable of protecting tholr Interests much bottor themselves. With regard ' to Mr. G*iWh Btr.toniont concerning * condltlotm at C'f.ril.'J'f. I may, say that tlwo aro mon at Pocahontas from Cardiff and Mr, Qiirnor's .statement nnd theirs do,not agree. Furthermore, If Mr. Garnor wishes a truo roport as to who repeatedly violated tho Cardiff agreement, T would advlso him to Inquire of Vice* Vrfisldont O. Stubbs or District Hoard Mombor McNab, as both thoso porsonH wero Jn that flold at, tho tlmo thia ngroemonl was being violated. Trusting yon wU If Ind space in your valuable paper ton'this fetter, •_ ■ ,.; . I remaln_.youre_-ln the struggle.., "* A*- 4 - • -.-'-.■"_*• -or-JOHN'.MCSWATN.'.;,, - - . - ',-w'*^.' - .-«8<:vx_,'. t* ,- , ^;' y. ,"»**..., You may ; never have a ' chance to . see the clothes that well dressed men ln clt- , Iob wear—but you can have their expert tailors make ' your clothes, You can select your cloth from the aamo, beautiful patterns as they chooso from— and your clothes will fit and look as well on you, Our ' Campbell's Clothing Special order system bi Ings the city tdllor'to jour clo-ir. Tho cost Is Icbs than your tailor chargoB nnd tho rosult Ib satisfactory beyond com* . parlson.- .-- • Lots in; the New* ^o^.M '*,' ^ Fred. Johnson FERNIE •': '1* tH-V wj-1-; - Will be sold at auction in thfe; .t0^tty6f Coleman, Alberta, Monday, April 22,%912 Invest Above Ground . THIS MAN 8ATI8FIED WITH POCAHONTAS Pocahonlas, Altn., Mar. 20, 1012 To the .editor, District ledger Doar Sir,—-In roply to Mr. Chas. If < T» .-.I I' M.r r>r ,',.r >.•"", Tl ........... .,.,... ... -. ',.*-"' v ■• ' "I ' mny ».i.v thn. tVoi*^ nro rVi'.nln rfmnrUt. that arn not true In regard to thn mm- puny grinding tho men hero, As for mysnlf, I shnll bo qulto a whllo longor, unloHB I wish to leave of my own ac* fn,*,* Vr-ii- "*n .lov*. Trcm uh *>i/irn wim nro broad*mlndad enough to know when tho grind Is put on. Tn regard to prices nl tho storo, we nro willing to admit they ffro a. llttlo high com* pared with prlcos at Edmonton, but I havo no doubt that If we hnd freight ratos to Pocahontaa as eUowhero tn the country wo ah'ould got thom at rev sonablo prices. Ho If Mr. darner wquld call on the Railroad Commissioner at Edmonton ho might holp'lho p«opl« consldortibly hy so doing. Also, la Mr Garner's roport wo soo that ho got off at Edson.^nd to my knowlodit. W, M. JEFFRIES Jewelery Repairing a Specialty Engraving High class selection of Watches, Clocks and Novelties PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES In a town whoso succoss is guaranteed by a numbor of great and grqwing.industnbs » An invctetmont hero, is in my opinion, ono of tho safest, surest and mbs.tv profit-, ablo thatycould bo entered into. * , , - , .'A ; '"'••■' : <•* It is sa'for than a savings bank, as it is not subject to pnnio,.'while, tho prospective profits are infinitely greater, It is sure, becauso as a matter of history, proporty in.ljowns baekocl by great industries has always paid its owners handsomoly. :£'X '-;.,' ' * Tlio low prions and easy torms offorod on EAST COMMAS lots; givos tlio wage earner an opportunity which lias hitherto .boon enjoyed only by tlioso having ' largo capital, ' ' ,'": ,•',.-" Lots $50 and upward according to location For particulars a__.o._ xhotjs. Crahan, New. Michel, B.C. Ollicos will bo open in COLEMAN boforo tho' sulo FOR IIKNT-- Kour-ltoomod Cottngo; moat, kltoh.on, clothes closet, \wntor, sink-nnd oioctrlc light fixtures, Situ* a to, noxt block to public school. Pel* *.,i < I,r. Kr.^.. «»^. n„;i^A Special Sale of Flatware Ilonu-linndl-id Ten or Dinner ICnlvoR, at f 1.25 per half dot, 18"tr* Wu|Iaco Tiros. T.n or Dlnnor knlvos, $2.00 per half doz. % Doer only Dlnnor Knives, beat plate, f 1.76 % Do«. only Toronto Sllvor Pinto Tea Knlvos, $2.29_ 1847 ItoKfrd* nros. Dinner Knlvoi, $2.00 per half dot.) -Uo«*.rr' B'J«t Platod Tahb Spoon? at -15c. each*. Wm. Itogera and Son Table Spoon $1.76 per bait dos, 1847 TtoKcit.' TTroR. Table flpooni, $2.7r. per half doz. 1847 Uogent" Tiros. Ueggort Spoonw $2,60 per half doi, ,lTca and Dinner Forka, beat plate, $I.7f» per half doi. Wn». Jiftger** nnd Son Dlnnor Porta, $i.6d per half dot. '•'*•"•." Wm. Itofton' and Son Al Te* Forha, $1.76 por half doi- <> - A.C. L1PHARDT, JEWELER «:; t'i* FOIl SALE—Houao, 7 rooms, bath and pantry, connected range; block 47. McAvoy Street, Contrnlly located, All foncod and palntod. ' $21.00, tortnB. C_ifc_tj» lot tafeii, Apply, L. U. ku>f_n, Box 138. __. QIRL WANTED—An oxporloncod flonernl Sorvnnt wanted, First Claaa wnK^B. Apply, Mra.'A. H. Oreo, How. land Avo. . IIOUBT3 FOR RKNT.—Two-roomed plaitored IToubo; toilet, water, conl shod attached, f Apj.iy ;_v WrJutxt, W«t Fornlo. ••' POU UENT-Storo tn tho Bokitoln Tllook, Apply, CrAo nnd Moffjitt. , B.i'C. Pur»*Brod'.BuK'WllhorB^ Bcir* tor hatching • from l»»t pon for |5 por 13. flocoad pen for ,18 por ll, II. O, Wlliott, Droedar. ForSl*. O, O. POR 8ALK PUREBRED liVW' ORPINaTONf Hen and 20 Cbloka. $0.00, ; nUJTP, ORPINGTON HEN nnd IB Chtoko, 16,00. Auutuut nul\ rxuu it, v-._s.k», .in*., Alio ISO CHICKS, 3 day> old; will ■oil In any number* roqulrod, ALBERT DAVIS, Annex Extotillon, Flornlo. . ,. , , ' . ■.v'..!"'. .-"'*• '. '"-* :— A CHANGE OP A LIPS TIME ' Two lota for mIo in tho riilngtowu o£ Burnabr, D. O, Twonty mfniitftfl walk from the Now Weitmloator nockii^' Will aoll>ohoap.'V,Noed*.iho mondtbadlf/ Apply, Dlitrlct I_ed|ter, BABY OAfeRUpB fOf **!•,. eh«p- F1r*t^f_».A*<.IU&n, Ap^ly V. A. I.lclioa, oornor Jaffray St. and Dalton Avb THREE-ROOMED SHACK for Ront «._ tut >>a.u, Y***_i_,L *'uiiiMr, oirifc'7; ' i*.yL/L) tUI. FOR SALT.—Throo car* flrat-clasu balod OAT HAT; prlco $0.00 f. o. U. CoMdaW''"ThU l« rich stuff wltb „ . -,, *y -ii.'. - ,-ri.... *-- if. A >..*„,... n.^M any„olher^a'y. Will tend aample.**- T, W,.'.Djik4, Coaldalo, Alta, WANTED—PIT BOSS wltb papor* at onco for, how mlno, Good wagoa to right man. Apply, with foil particu* l$r« to Mr, Eaton, P, O. Drawer 1878,, Calgary; Alta, _a»_' Sftifoh'sGint JhutoMiv •root eou-M*. cuato eotoo, -nw TtMoar «no u/moo. m cura. .*-._.*■■ n>.
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