@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "9573e7a3-27c9-4c36-b4c5-bf82f24e0c11"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:issued "2016-07-26"@en, "1912-02-17"@en ; dcterms:description "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."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/disledfer/items/1.0308846/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ 7; ■>, 7 ' "'** IhelRecar^fqrL^ Censures }ffi s/lBellevue^Disaster--Motion y*.'y*^7" ::;i"7;v , -*77-v.- '-*^>- ,. .--. ,,ry "7 . v Defeated'of% Course^ >S "*, ■£" EDMONTON, "Fob.-, 12.-i-;C.f- M.* MrSHea\\hcote,"was an*old;man;'' and V § ll: , •; O'Brien, Socialist mombor.for* Rocky * '- Mountain, establlshe'd-a-new record in -.' 7 the":provincial legislature TTtoday... He * -wrested frbm.R. B."Bennett thecham- . ; pionshlpMie latterJba's.held for;the last *. two' .years,"** any the "'.'longest , winded -"" orator,' of: - the" •> local, house; •,, • Qn7 the.' occasion yi-,bf yBonnet's 3 memorable . ,speech,7:h-e7 addressed » 7, the house,, for "five->and~ a7 half hours' , .(af the time of the A^and'G. W: \\dls- ',. cus'slony-yy* ']yy'.\\~yyr^'\\. * -"7, _ £-'V. Today.O'Brlen-started speaking,at ... T'half past four.-, Hehad the floor at six '/7'and resumed-at eight* and wassstill *"";;- speaking :when7JMr.'*-Sifton,'moved .ttio' -"^adjournment- of- the^house , at-*half- 7--. parvt twelve". ..Tomorrow,, he will con"-"- 7 ' tinue.' *'. / -><*-' '.y,: ;. .', i y^r Sr;~.~~..s ; -'<-y The- subject of "hls'spee'ciy Is tho * *"*"*.>resolution..he" has;moved7 censuring *'-ythe' government- for" not' havlng.^pro; '. - secuted-in:,the,case of-the Bellevue , ^mlne disaster, December 9, 1910rtWlien . y 31 men. lost,their lives., 7 'yy j; •>.'" y'". OlBrieii .has, his '"de"sk.'cover&i; with ,f documents'; and .'a' large" part\\of;! his 7*> remarks, consist.In the reading,.of -re- v . ports of Dominion ExpertsiIodso'n,'Pfb- i,.vinclal .Mine Inspector. Heathcote and . 7 "other-officials ln-connectlori*>vith'the * ■ Bellevue mine.*-,- He Is/also delving ' -into'the evidence, given-, at-.the core-' „ ner's, Inquest, held shortly, after .the tragedy. -" '* \\y: - ,<„-.-•' j :\\ -y >. . ,'' \\ Shortly before midnight O'Brien suggested the adjournment of the debate, .-. -*-but the premier, hoping- lo finish^ at .."" the'sItting*swould-not consent until it * ^'appeared that"it might require an all ,<'-'night session,.the.houso rose, y •„ - .."O'Brien's motion,* of'censure is sec- ondedyby-Johh Kemmls of. Plncher 7 .Creek. •*-,■);>y,\\ -:" ,.-\\*--i *,y ^-% ■ *.- Mr. -'O'BrlenJirral'gned ,the' premier '""■-.•who he, said'prophesied a coal mine 7 'commission" in ■ December,' 1910,* and 7 had,, not'yet appointed .that board. : * *, There. -was, no' reason why;, ttils' com- '"-''■mission;should,' not have* been.',ready • vj-to report'to. the'house before„the .pre- 7 vsent time. -"."Then the jiew mining" law could --**be • passed*. In- conformity > with' Jt- i "i— j ^<**m - -■ ■ ■ . __. .. 7. . • "^-iiieirTrecommenaations?13 ■■"■' ;;,-'-. Death.Rate in Albertav --,.;• ■ * He'quoted' f'lgrues to "show"'that "the ■ death.'rato for'underground* workers . "Ih Alberta'-"was greater .than' In B.-' C, , t-Nova"^'Scotia, -the .United'Statesyor, ;"" Great Brltajij^whilft modernjnacblnox'y was belng'BecuVed for,th'c'm6al1nlrit!'s; ** of AlbertaA modern, safety*- appllancos ,; were being'.-"neglected.;.yHe>; claimed" * .that the,,Crow's Nest,mine Inspector, -while competent," should not have been placed on the hardest Inspectorate ln tho province,* when younger men were available.-* - He "claimed that -, the amendments which he had offered to the "house in 1910, In. connection* with the'eoal, mine ach would have, remedied conditions, which he-alleged were the' cause'of'disaster. ,-. ** 7, ' - .- .*,. EDMONTON,*;,.Alta.; Feb. '13.—The legislature' this.afternoon' defeated the resolution of O'Brien,* the .Socialist member,- condemning the government for hot having "prosecuted the offenders (iu" connection with Bellevue mine "disaster/ -/.All the Conservatives'voted with the government, and the Socialist member *for -Rocky-Mountain "'was' the lone supporter pf tho motloln.' "7; '■ :'■ Tills' afternoon \\O'Brien''concluded his;speech of over seven hours', dura- ' tlpn;*:.'-'-In-hls* closing, remarks he said he did not accuse the. government of.-.falling to "prosecute -on account of politics, because' the ^mlne niariage- ments which he criticised .were Conservatives,-both in federal-and'provincial politics.- y a 7 -~ • • -,y •, Mr. Sifton replled^brlefly congratulating Mr. O'Brien,on the comprehensive presentation and work of research he had* done qn behalf, of his constituents. He could not agree, however, •with many of ,^his Conclusions. His speech had; unintentionally' proved that th,e inspectors-,were: doing their best to have the law-carried out, ,as , voluminous "correspondence showed. The premier quoted figures to show that in one year B.'C.'had many more mining disasters than -Alberta, despite Mr. O'Brien's,statement.'-'-The duty of the government was to ,take every precaution ta. safeguard the" lives, and this was done. • The Attorney-General's5 department had made' the .fullest Investigation ajj'd ,-had ■ even -held 'a secondytaquesl at-the request- of' the" miners.' -. • The premier .said he personally'had gone over all,the.correspon-, dence' and evidence and thereJwas nothing on,which tho Attorney-General's ;deB_a-*4tment^ould_*i'asftiaifi-harfee ~ british;mine owners^ \\, - challengeTa: fight ., Dry Stewart,. Lethbridge, eald .the premier's-replyiTyasr'salisfactory/!* He would like, to'kndw,-, however.7. why'a commissionvwas' not, appointed. - /*" <; The'premier replied that ^'dolay -was owing-,to -the strike*- last,;* summer." "Wftenever^he -house .rose -.th©/ appoints ments-would be*m'ado.,-'",7 V? -v***A' •' f. After Riley and.Tweodle had asked soveral questions,the vote.'was..taken and tho* resolution' was defeated. .,'-•' B. Ci FEDERATION.OR,LABORS MEETS PREMIER McBRIDE More Favorable ! Labor - - Sought- Legislation wm .-' Recently ^a ■ dolegaMon from tho B. C. Federation of, Labor .called-upon 'Premier McBrido in Victoria. Among ,.tho questions tnkon-up' with Premlor' McBrldo'and his 'cabinet colleagues woro: -, Bottor fncSllties' for placing " electors on municipal voters' list; abo- 'lltlon'i of-property qualification, for 'founlolpal office; nclult suffrage In nil elections , and abolition of .provincial oloctlon deposit; abolition of poll tax; . increase-In" remuneration of jurymen , to ?5 por day; a law making compul- «. sory payment of wngos ln legal.ton- dor; fortnightly^ pay day ln all lndus- trlos; compbnsatlon-for complaint ro long hours ot omployo'os on Intorurban lines of B, 0. E. Railway; law providing for examination for plumbers! raising exemption of - Incomo tax to $2,000; extension of froo text, books; amendment to school act to prevent minora soiling,pupors; -, Roparato schools for' Asiatics; commission for lnvostlgatlon-of working conditions ln mines andjjrlco of .coal; taking ovor of B. C, tolophono system; extension of health act providing for Inspection ot all foods; examination •for. electrical ond compressod. nlr on- glnoorn; uniformity lu construction of nil hoists; bottor safoty appllancos for foundries and' smelters; stricter enforcement of tho Boiler Inspection Act; protest against subsidised Imml- , oration, particularly tho Salvation Army; rules nnd regulations for - tlio .distribution ot electrical onorgy; redistribution boforo oloctlon; re-enact- mont of Natal Act; amendment to Inhoritnnco Act securing to widows n rightful portion of tholr deceased husband's ostnto; ondorsaUon of amond- montB proposed by District 28, United Mlno Workers mlno Inspectors to bo elected by tho minors; glory holes and open cuts to bo brought undor tho Mlnos* Inspection Aol. complaint of employment of Asiatics on Canadian Northern Railway construction; bettor enforcement of tinnUnry regulations In lumbor and construction camps; unemployed problem In British- Calun-w bin; extension of provisions of Work* i. r>. ... ii i , i i. m i . ' frlfls and to all building* roKardlnaa nf I case of'death from $1,500 to.$3,000'and weekly -Indemnity from maximum of $10 tomlnlmum of $10. .Jn tho course of a two-hour Interview with the'exe- cutlvo council. the members of tho Federation -executive spok'o \\ to " tho questions alloted. ■- In reply to President. Wilkinson, Premier McBrido "stated* that tho representations would bo" dealt with at a special meeting of "the government^ executive,, council and n' reply tendered ln writing In tho^courBo of n;weok. ' ' M SEND STRIKERS TOT8 TO-NEW. YORK height; Incroaso of compensation In j tlmo, Socialists Welcome and Feed. Children' ■ From Lawrence, Mass.—Crowds " , . "'Frighten Llttlo Tots , ,' -NEW YORK,. Feb'. 13.—An Innovation In labor war tactics was tried last night by thb" distribution horo of 119 children whoso patents aro engaged In tho toxtllo' strike at Lawrcnco, Mass. Tho arrival of tho llttlo totB had been hornldod as duo early. In tho afternoon but, owing to the failure to mako train connections at noston tlio children did not arrive until five hours lator, and during that tlmo a crowd of soveral hun'dred Socialists stood shivering (n tho Grand Central Station awaiting their arrival. t % ' Rod bannorH and ft-largo' tjumbor of Socialistic ombloms wero borne by tho crowd and when at last tho train arrived a band blared forth "Tho Mnrso- lllals," nnd mighty olioers wero glvon, A Uno-up of 20 policemen wns brushed nsldo llko so mnny chips as tho crowd surged forward to greet tho children. Willi difficulty tho children woro led to on elevated station and whisked nway to tho labor tomplo up town. On tho wny "many porsonB runliod forwnrd nnd seised thorn nnd carried them on their shoulders and tho olovntod sla- tloiis nnd trains wero packed almost to suffocation by tlio crowd, By tho tlmo tho children reached tho labor lomplo (ho majority of them woro na- tired and hungry and so frightened at tho nolfio of tho big olty and tho fusi that hnd boon mado ovor them that they wore all In tears, At nrooklyn, N. Y„ tho Ilutchor Workmen's unions havo won tho strug- glo for tlio nlno and a half-hour work- MM/, ii.feiit knot* unit uitu UWtl UU'.V nwny -with bv wnOsMnp tbo MnrMnp; To Allow Free Speech? Another 'Report Denies that, Thero Is ' Deadlock, Although Situation Is :. ^y -7 7 Complicated-*.,.'- ' 7 v, ,..**, ,-- ;>_^_ yy _y ..-.,;•, -;-LONDON,Feb. 13,—The" coal strike,' which many people had-thought'was definitely off,- became a-live factor today, followlng;thes.wlthdrawaj"'6f thb South Wales operators from the conference between the national workers and owners representatives;™'.'.--'"," This action by^the South "Wales owners followed, their realization of the fact'that the workers propose'to cancel all existing agreements;and-to conclude- -another -agreement ^wlth torms Identical, throughout the entire industry. , - ,*' - .- .- - .**. -, \\ There is'doubt that the conference will be resumed, In which event, if the government fails tb pull off a trick similar to the textile agreement or the railroad .cheat,- there" will ."be a strike. -Apart from tho action,of "the South Wales mine'.owners' In , withdrawing, tho conference today was without re-, suit.,; The. other mine owners "refused to grant the universal ".minimum rate of-wages demanded by the miners and. the latter refused-to.accept any other, solution'of the'present differ-- ence, *' ■ ■• ■ ■„; - ,-\\ -•,"'■ ,»^ ;" LONDON,, Feb. 13.—Despite gloomy prognostications -in' the newspapers that a national coal .strike is.'now in- evltable,7hopes are stlU > entertained among.those directtyJnterefcted. The leader^df the-miners-said to-day:' , ; 'The-,less -said '-.'about the "dispute just now; the, better.'.-It-, is not true that there' is a' deadlock, though 'certainly tlie. situation'Is'complicated by the - withdrawal of the.,South Wales owners from the National conference. The conciliation board has yet tb meet and right down to "the last we shall be pleased, and willing* to meet'the!owners." ' .* •'--' . . , -.- ; FERNIE'S. BID FOR ', ■ '', ; . JOHNSON-FLYNN FIGHT According to the Calgary Eye-Opener Fernie has sent In a.bid"for--the Joim- son-Flynn fight.-.; The'amount as stated by that authority is* $51,000; $10Q, cash, balance- 60,* 100,'ahd 1,000 years. (While -we hear a local journalist sport has thrown;;, iny a, couple .-,'of pups,' thoroughbred.. Na'styhaganbots.) ^ ' „ Among other offers are:- - \\- - Saskatoon:^ ;T«n dollars:(cash) and A-{\\f,r\\-l*.t.rt-lJ.—-C\\~—~Z T* 1-^ mi —j. ^,uvu ivtp iu-i-«nawnj-i-urii^,*.viLma~ine 50 mile circle.- .7- "y-.. - -..-'. * • t- Edmonton: , Optional off or. of* thirty cents or,a seat in Sift'o'n's cabinet'to winner. ' -. .r . , _ '-'.-*"' (.' -, • V„Bassano: New offer'.' .One million dollars. One'hundredv dollars' veal- mon©y+^'^ce''''stagiKmoi*©y at eight" per '.cent!, per "annum,"'' *'*' ,-°..":;- ,^..1. Calgary:' $60,000 In Bryden"ibafes.* Vancouver.: $75,000"; -, on • condition that Instead of fighting,"each.other, Messrs Johnson' and Flynn turn loose and belt hell out of some otthe coward ly ruffians on thoipollco force. • MAY FILE DAMAGE 8UITS ' ;A number of letters have pou'vud Into the off I-,'-*'of ine Vancouver newspapers tolling of tho high-handed methods ot tho police,' especially of the mounted Cossacks, Others have gone to tho pollco department and' many BuitB are- threatened against the city. J. T„ Ewlng, a well, known Minneapolis capitalist, who wns severely beaten, by-a-whlp ,in the hands of,,tho mounted constnbulory and whoso shoulder was • nea«ly**broken by being orushed against a .building by ono of therhorses, is contemplating such action. Othors. roport similar occurrences and,tho feeling Is running high. Tho> pollco evidently wero no respecters of,,persons.' . Tho chief of -the slugging commltteo ls trying to lay all tho blamo upon tho I, W. W„ but tho citizens of Vancouver know that tho attackiS woro unprovoked. DOCTORS , MAY GO ON STRIKE BRITISH • -V- Strenuous-Objection to Clause of insurance Act Affoctlng Them LONDON, Fob, 12,—Tho ministerial organ, tho Dally News, admits, tho roallty of the crisis which has ovor- tnkon tlio working of tho natlonnl Insuranco Act, owing to tho attitude of tho doctors. Tho noxt fortnight will docldo whothor thoro will bo a strlko of doctors against tho schemes and all partlos aro looking forward with great Intorest to tho mooting of tho British-Medical Association at' tho Guildhall on Fob. 21, About 31.000 doctors out of 37,000 havo signed a declaration saying thoy will work under tho act only at torms to bo approved by tho association, Tho Insurance Act requires doctors to attend persona carrying stato Insuranco at a roducod rato, A RAISE 18 RUMORED INDIANAPOLIS, Fob. 13—It Is ru- morod In anthracite cool circles that a surprise awaits tho repersentsllv<-s of tho minors whon thoy go Into confer- onco with tho operators In New York, Fob, 27. It Unclaimed that tlio opera- of 10 per contf In wageV, thValYdTngj aeu'e to roiuam aa at present. It Is nlm- stated thai the big coal companies aro roticlent about dlscu«ilng tho patter, LABOR RIOTS AT BELGIAN MINM Lsitcli Colirll • .* ' - .""■iH-,:*i" 3 AGREEMENT, entered?ll.alBetween ...District 18 of th! United^'line Work-' ers of America, of the'flri impart, and The Leltch Collieries,"^l d.}" of the' 'second-part. 7 >*■.-■, *!!% ~4' 7 , *'"" „. •.:1-r>'\\.',£i 7'S*.. ■-I- '' No. 'U8eama 3* "•- *, 11 --Angles, to- be driveniasfl -Ji^present system, 12.feet .*lde,-p'rlc760 cents ner mihln vnrii. - .** -y;"^ -?i. per cublq yard. - Pillars, 53. cents, ner. oubi'-- ^ard. ' -The above price to'jtnclf'de^tlmbe lng,'and chute buldjtng.'^j Counter tunnel a i per'^pf iseht practice, - 6 ft: - by. 6: f' .J"t$3.'5nj per,' lineal yard. .*; *.' y ir^M *%'. . Cross-cuts, G ft.'b/s6 f0(k\\tibe level, $3.50, perineal. yard,"fSi-W •< * - Cross-cuts,,6 ft. by.sfltf^M\\i the' angle, $3.00 "per lineal yafd7Ai .-'7" -," 7f , **No:,f.f^@/>^- - Angles to'be 'd*ft>#*s1"'|ffl|.\\e'j[--present system, .14 feet widefp-eUo'52% cents per cubic yard.,, vKH&p,-W% cents per- cubic yard., j ^hel/above • prices to include tlmbei?qg£an*fl j^ate build- " '"" ''*" "**:present _,.,,„..^., „er lineal yard; -■ .;• ■- • 77^:-$ tfifajjl . ■ y Cross-cuts, on tlioilevfl, -^Ift1 by 6 ft, $3.5Q^per lineal- yarflMI "i^"1' ;- Cross-cuts on they ft:,, $3.00 ;per-llhbatf*ird"^7|-. *.-It is,understoort4p|d*vagreed that the.above agreeme***''"^",f";"*- ,1lT—"*"- 31,-1915.'- " ' *. \\l , In, witness, when to have hereunto their proper offlceflSSJthiB 'twelfth day of February, • 19] 2iim ~."'&'AA, The^nlted^Mi^IWorkero' of America, District NoYm-^V^lX'f - ' ". * , 7'-''''.-""'*W#.*P0'WELL, w»„™'.' - ""l*''#P^?-^resident***l Witnesses: "Mt-•77.'i"* - , *> .•.T.;-srMPSON,%?t.,- y-*;,* -• ,T.:KLUCSARl^Zf. ' " '^ - - ; The Leitch Collieries, Ltd.:>- " ' *• ,,-.',' ,'.W.'iL. HAMITON, c;r, - ' ' .'"^"..-''^lOeneral,Manager. Witness:.-'.' ■■ ^7*■V . - , " -J. D." THOMAS"!! ' . . * ■ - ~ ■ ,f' oMft. by 6 1 expires March i mm jhe^pdrties here- the^ands of ■-IJI^t'W.W * * --""^ - * SCORCHED Loss Estimated at[$3.000—Will Close ." Downv,the7 Mines ■ , -.,' . CAMROSE,,;Feb.,712—The huge tip-, pie of^the Rourid^IJiil collieries,-.from II IJJIVU-U«*UJr-VVUD_VV>U»'.'r,'T'Cl ^""Q'C^lY'd "" ed in.the cars every day was destroyed by fire;'on Tuesdayimorning. -As far as, ckn;be ""'ascertained .the fire began in.the .weighlngi-roo-T-! and when discovered- it l-has.;galn?'d ■ such headway thar;notb|ne;;cbuldi'Kj„done .to cbecic Jtr^Cr-iVbeij loss,;w"njSpls-*i?stl-ma'ted «t: $3-,000 ls*falrly^cov,ered by insurance'," but .the'more serious .loss is the closing down* of ^he-mine,- which will be nece-jsary for" some time.. As soon1 as-the, froat Is out'df the ground a" largor* plant", will be erected \\by the company., * Some eighty men are temporary, put*'of em'pJoyraent. * .:V\\.—^ -~ ■ KAISER'S ANCESTOR A BARBER Onb'.of.tho features of the election contest jUBt cdncluclert"was the circulation' anonymously of .the ..first of Osgood's" cartoons ridiculing tho Kalsor as a descendant of n mediaeval barber. Tho Kaiser's pedigree reveals as one bf his distant forbears an humble barber who did business In a back' street In Paris some flvo hundred yoars ago. This historic fact was exploited to rid- Iculo tho Kaiser's "dlvlno right" to ulo absolutely without • parliamentary .control over. sixty, million , Germans and'thus to promote tho oloctlon of> tho Socialists, who demand tho abolition of autocracy., Whenever found the .cartoons aro confiscated by tho police authorities. The authors andt'publlshers of tho documents have not boon detected, but thoro Is little doubt that tho Socialists printed It socrotly—thoro aro several dozen ,8o- ctallc'dallioft In Germany—and distributed It with Blmllnr caution. At certain Socialistic meetings Held In celebration ef the olectorlal victory It ls bolng* asserted thnt tho Kaiser contributed n million marks (or $2500% 000) to nntl-Soolallst leaguos to help ln defeating the Socialist candidates throughout tho country. mine operators of , . ; ;alberta likely to appoint a commissioner , Instead "of.* having, their .business affairs conducted by, the president and executive of the association,as In years past, "the -Mine Operators' Association of Alberta and British Columbia, whose mines are situated ln the district con-' trolled by the officials of District 18, United Mine Workers of America, have decided upon a new plan, and have appointed a permanent commissioner to look after tholr affairs, and meet with the union officials to settle all matters that may be the cause of dispute between the two bodies. It ls understood that'W. H." McNeill, formerly general manager of the Can- more mines at Canmore, Alta.,-, and one of the best informed mine managers-in the country, is tb be the commissioner appointed, and that he will make his headquarters in Calgary, this city being the most centrally located and, the most advantageous for carrying-on his work., •President Lewis'-Stockett, of the operators' association, is in the city from Hosmer,**" B.C.; and it is understood that-while he ls here, he will confer ,wlth -.Mr. McNeill regarding 'the matter of the latter becoming the. permanent commissioner of the .association, y y ,. *- , • SCHOOL.GRANT The secretary, of the School Board is in receipt*of a "communication from the Minister*. bf Education notifying him that the Provincial Government has-agreed.to pay 50 per cent of the cost of the new .school building, the amount not-.to ^exceed $25,000. 12 KILLED IN s - s EXPLOSION " IN ONTARIO FORT FRANCES, Ont., Feb. 14.—It is reported here" that 12'men were-- killed" and,a.number more injured bV the premature explosion of a'"dynamite charge-in-blasting, operations at the construction -camp of Johnson and .Carey",'" railway-contractors, who have a contract for, thb Canadian' Northern. 7 ENGINEERS'- EXAMINATION ' There are fifteen' men now taking being heid7m-*-ernie~today~(Fri(lay>^ the. examine^ being'- Boiler Inspector Sutherland.', y,The; "results will ' be' knowtf-about--Monday."" The candidates are: yy*';i.y ' , * -, -*■-, ^'-.y'FEltlNIEr 7, -, £ '* Robert Grl§g,*.W.f* W.*, Brown,- James- •Stertingr. 14,—The Rlxly-fivo minors who wero entombed In tho Bunker Hill mlno near horo wero rescued alive. Nono of tho mon had sustained nnv Injuries and nil assorted that thoy felt no 111 effects from their long cont'no mont. ' FOR AND AGAINST OLDEST EMPIRE IS . BABY, REPUBLIC - PI5KIN, Fob, 13.—Tlio oldest em- plro In tho world Is todny tho'world's youngest republic, Tho signed edict announcing tho abdication" of tho baby ornnovor, Ib in tho hands of His Excellency Yuan Shi Kal, who will make It over to tho republic ns soon as tho final-, negotiations are closml for tho provisional govornmont hca'dod . probably by Prosldont. Sun Yat Son. It Is belloved that tho republicans in Nnnkln will permit Ytinn Shi Knl to act JolnUy.wlth Bun Ynt Son In nil- lng the country undor a temporary govornmont until tho national convention which Ir to bo held, linn had tlmo to draft a constitution nnd elect a prosldont, COAL MINERS TO QUIT Forty Thousand Employed In Derby- •hire Mines Hand In Notices Socialism Is for a froo world. Socialism is for equal opportunity for all. Socialism Is for tho emancipation of womanhood.' Socialism Is for free access of nil ppoplo to a clmnco to work and mako n living. Socialism is for tlio realization of tho droam of tho ncos, for real honesty and gonulno morality, Socialism Is for a syslbm which will onablo t*oplo to llvo Instead of luiv. Ing to dovoto nil their tlmo to making a living. Soclnllsm Is for stopping tho robbery of lho worker, and boliovcn that thia being done, poverty will disappear from earth, Socialism Is for Industrial domoc racy, for a rulo hy thn pooplo Instimd of by tho plutocrats, for property for all Instead of all for proporty. Socialism Is ngalnst peonage, Socialism Is ngalnst tyranny In nil Itn forms, Soclnllsm Is^ngnlnst whlto nlnvery and child slavery. Socialism Is against tho Incentive which loads to selling Impure foods for tho snko of profits. « Soel'illHm Is ngalnst tha wicked Men which nays flint poverty must, afflict tho rnro of mnn. flftMnllim lu nfnltiat tht* nv*tr>m | which makes almshouses, Jails and j iKiilh-nltAlU A i,K\\.*.bltiii) lO 'lUilft,: l.'.-l 1 victims. Socialism Is ngalnst tho murder of the workers In, war ni*d,UBiilnnt Miti uno or the Dcoplo'H money In preparation for this murder. will move, and .second a resolution-setting . forth the vca*» of the province for the cession of her rights to control of the domain. .',',' Protecting .Wage Earners" a". For the protection pf wage earnerB against .costly- lltlgatlbnV-to" secure redress" for, grievances against his-em-" ployers,- a""number- of amendmentsito the ..masters' and* servants' ordinance were"" effected, - ' - ■ ■ <- The-amendments will provide that, In the event of an- employee bolng successful in an action beforo a magistrate for wrongful dismissal tho Justice of the peace mayvgrant an ordor for the payment to the employe of his wages In full ,of a sum to what he WrLL DEMAND GENERAL . "ADVANCE INWAGE8 Shop Employees on All Roads West of the Mississippi Being Organized CHICAGO, Fob. 0.—Labor loaders aro secretly perfecting tho formation of a territorial organization of railway shop'employoos that wllllncludo ovory road operating west of the Mississippi Rlvor according to the Record- Herald to-day, ■ A mooting to place the finishing touches on tho organization will bo hold In Kansas City on March 4. As soon an the organization Is launchod domandB aro„to bo mado for a general advance In wages on every road. It Is the aim to unlto nil tho mochnn!rn] triiiles on one rnllrond, ho that concerted action may bo tnkon whon wago demands nro mndo. Demands will bo mndo on nil railroads ln tho samo territory nt the snmo tlmo so that nil railroads will bo Involved slmiiltnnoouHly if a strike Is called, Lnbor loadors say thoy discovered tho wenknoss of tholr former plana whllo tho recont disputes with tho Hnrrlmrin linos nnd Illinois Central railroad were on. nnd thnt tho nnxt tlmo they strlko It will bo on n broader scalo, Tho now- organization, If consummated on tho Hugh plannod, would In- oludo moro Ibnn 100,000 mon. VANCOUVER, n.C.7F«b, H.—The moyor and pollco commissioners today granted it/i hour's private conference to J. II. Hawlhornthwalto ond Mosars. Wilkinson. MoVoty, Mldgloy and McMillan representing tho Trades and Labor Council. Later the delegates •tnted that thoy bad asked for a de» tUuiU-u iii tu uu'-'i!n« wbo \\mo no dealro to meddle*'and g*i Into tro-ihl* sbonld ttay nway from these nRUSSEI^, Feb. 12..-Flore« riot- lng took place today at Mons, Fram- orles and Bouverlo, where the miners aro on strike. Shops woro looted despite tbe efforts of tho soldiers who fired several volleys at the rioters. Hurried re!nforrem<«nts w#»ro mvlvr-ii this Afternoon. The special trains will rush more troops to tho affected districts - - , , EXECUTIVE BOARD DISTRICT 1« TO MEET . . . - A mooting of lho District Hoard.will r-Mtwtofft ml tuna «• In natatafa' iwM In UihMSett on Sunday-next lng normal condlUont.-* February Wtt. «««K»»y o««. \\ LONDON, Fob. H.—A conference of roproBontntlvcs of ROO.OOO conl miners , t. T- »l 1 V.t .. .... w don today confirmed tho declnlon reached during the recent ballot to bring about a natlonnl stoppngo of work In the roa) mines on Feb. 20, unless tn (be mMinllme (bn mlno owners accept tho prlndplo of n minimum wage for nil men and boya employed underground. Upward-* of 40.A00 follleri employed In mlTic- In "Oerbvablrr* lhJ» rnomlntr hRndH in tholr notify* to quit work, and by >"eb. IR all men employed tn mine* tbrotiRbout tbe country will have (olio'A(>d Null. Thi"r»* ls still, however, a conaW-'Uln ctb«-r? i>rabl<> body of opinion Jhot a way | 1'aj or rourso we »m out of il*t» diffunity Hill be found be* i fori" •■"tfnem* nwitrr*"- /m* fiiftcn.* A BISHOP ON LONDON POVERTY At tho lnylng of tho foundation ot* tie ot the now clmrch of St. Rllna- (ho-Mnrtyr, nt Konilsii Town, by tho Prince*- LoiiIhc* of ScliIeiwIw-IIolBtclii. Dlsbop of Wlllnsdon (Dr. Pocnn, formerly of Victoria) said that In elghtcon yonrH spent In Ilrltlsh flc-liimljl.i lu- had novor seen such poverty ns he bnri mot with since hltt return lo London. Yonrs ago ho tmnl to think that nil poverty camo from nlm?i« drink, Ho knew trulriv Hint It wiih bocnuso of tho Impossibility nf finding work for mon fo do that thoy sllppod Into that mlmrnblo clnsH, the uiif'tn- BAPTISED A 80CIALI8T Little Girl Goes Through Curious Ceremony-at Coventry COVRNTItY, Fob, 14.—A curious baptism took placo horo today whon a four montliH* old baby of a Socialist wiih dodlcntcd to tho cause, Tho ceremony wns carried out In justice hnll, the meeting plnce of the llrlllHli Socialist pnrty. It Was conducted by Julian Taylor, a prominent, Socialist. Many comrades hnd been Invited to witness the novel corc-moiiy. and Monn Street, whero the hnll Ih Hllunted,* hnd qulto nn animated nppnnrnnco. Insldo thn hall men filled tho plnees with smoke* nnd merry voices. The poremony begun with a Soclnllst hymn. Then Taylor nr«KP nnd Hlgned to the girl In (he nudlonro to come on lho plntforni. Sho took the Infant In her nrmfl nnd I'n eel Ing on enn knee rwlted some linon to It. Taylor, taking the Infnnt Hold: "I name thin child C.Iml)t» Hose-wood, and I nm clnd to welcome It Into the. ranks of llhnrty, equality and fraternity." TIiIh wiih greeted with cheers. Thero Ih snlil to bo n great Rcnrclty of labor at coke operatlona In (he Klondike roRlon, Ponnsylvnnln. many (',..«..;> •/,.»*.ft, *»,4/j,...M ,|Ol«l 41,14 i.lUftV. which robs tho worker of (lm fruit of IiIh toll and gives It to the owner of the mnchlno who does not work. Sorlnllom Is against permitting a fow men to own tbe lobs nnd hnvlng Ir In tltelr power to keep tho mn«fieii from work and a chance to llvo.—Now Tfm'"* THAT ETERNAL QUESTION Willie: Pa! IM: Yes, Willi*-: TeactMlT any* we'r«» hr-n- to This Means You ■tx> tii*-; ituikv-tB nl L>iMin- \\o jut-nil *na* titkKM u lot til oitii'ti ih n ititd. to eacrlflro ihelr fellow mombern nt j Think this thing over, you men thnt the bands of a few of tl|piio small-' pretend to linvo n union prlnclplo. brained operators? If you nre going to allow them'to enter thn wedgo thin lime, look out on tbe next oc- Don't bo too hofflsh bopnuao you havo n Job yourself. The tmnr-ti that are dlHcrlmlnnt"] ngaltiHt lost tholr John i-.i; \\n <<>.,.m «ii urn. in-diitf iiinnifi in win iio an *n Willi*: W*U, what am the etl.cm tYe». qultn #o!t If «urh Iici-t' for? Cfifoneo jrcwu. (JI'Luj. mc uUu..cil iv> *v*;*L lU cnslon. Dlmtrkt ].S will find Jtw-lf through flghilng for your rights, along up against a problem that will tnko Wltb their own, and If this bunch bad son*.*. iMilvlnji", Wlmt ^SU .ii.. hn.d', i,i,i MVeii i.t.> pionilnent jmrt wbnt belike without officers? Then, ngaln.j would have b»en the result? I am whnt will Ir >.e HVe wltbmtt » ImriHi ' nfrnlt] ft unnf" h/i<-»» bverv time %'ou hnvo nsdon, he- would have cnld "Well tlone. Utile trouble, then It won't b«* longitl.wt k.wI nmi faltMul dog. «h»n ham l»efor« DUtfiM 1*( will lio all »hot trt»l.roi!K»st ml«*-ry ami ArfrvfaHnn tn i*fm-tttse mlncM of the Crone'a Kb. li*. Ii». - ,** L - • 'I •'I ill ''\\ 7\\: . i| ,t, I might have earned had he been re- ■ tallied .in-employment .between the date, when he"was dismissed and the , date of trial.of, action,'but not for a period of more than two mouths, and in_jif*rltH/'in_i^/lniY»aor.£,o_^^/i»i«i '. n * -■ —~ — -_-..«., -,cm»u..q-\\.u — ^,\\£uui —iu .ium weeks" wages.' > "7 ■ Should an order fail to establish his " caso in an action-,--for wrongful .dis-'" missal, though still "entitltfd*"to arvears , of wages; the magistrate may direct*' that he. shall have payment, for the.,... wbole^perlodldurlng which "he has beenr ■ktfpt waiting for the trial of the case. ;* v Kmployers "are to have the-right to * put ln a counter claim In hn- action* before a Justico bf the peace and tho, magistrate may direct, Hint,the amount' of such claim,-shall be deducted from nny- award that moybe ma'do ln favor , of an employee. ' > If the counter claim is In excess nf the amount of wni*-,efl shown to be duo, * employer may sue ln tho' district court for recovery. •» O'Brien Scoffa. „ Tho wholo obloet of the bill - Ib to cheapen law costs tb persons who have boon, or think thoy have been, wrongfully dismissed, Mr. O'Hrlen scouted the Idon that tho bill would ronfor nny real boon on tho working class. Tho fortnightly pay bill, snld ho, which ho expected to" press ton division today, would mako 11 ImpoHRlblo that bo Inrgo a sum as four weeks' wages should ever bo In arrears. An amendment to the Jndlcnturo ordinance provldea that tho attornny- gojuentl may appoint any person to fulfil the dnl Iob hitherto performa*] by tho inspector of legnl offices, nn offlco whleh hns, during the past yonr, been non-oxlntant. - - > v* ■-*■> J T '- -'-'V 7 ;■ *y-Cf^*,,|* PAGE TWO i'V i "j BELLEVtrB ""* * -o \\ ■» . Hair Dressing y , PoOl > .; Billiards, y -. Cigars,'" .- '";/■ Tobaccos , ' "c j. *. -^ Bowling Alley Drop In &>■-■*: Rates.... $2.50 per day W. L. FOISY - Manager0 -. *■ Southern HO T EL 4 ' ' *■- . . BELLEVUE, Alberta * ■ Every y-, convenience ; aiid - .attention, HOTEL The New and to-date Hotel Up Meals that taste like mother used to cook Best in the Pass William Evans, Proprietor Every'person likes to be coin-,- fortable. , We have the,latest design -of steam heating apparatus in every room. Our menu is the best. We guarantee sat-' 1 tsfaction. Two blocks from C. P., R. Depot. Old and new faces •welcomed. Ne^ Michel, B. C. P. Zorratti - Prop, 7The /citizens, of • this burg- are -not wanting-.for- a night's entertainment, Therey-was'-*" another "show started: in the" Opera -'"House' .last week, -conse- quently.'.the prices are lowered and some nights" free shows are given. It wilL be free drinks next,,and then we'll all go. • *'- . . •,- ' , -y "* The'pool rooms seem to-be a place of,rest just now, and some of the boys take their "cue" from that, while-others take "the."tip" and go.""',--. ' -- .* A. B. Campbell has been, busy the past" week building an ice-house-on the 'lot* adjoining his store. At -the weekly meeting of Hosmer Local 2497 a resolution was received from the Gladstone Local, and the de-, legates instructed to'vote the wishes of the meeting,. -' ...'.:, •W. - Gray,. Sub-Dlstrict - Board Member paid the boys a visit on Sunday. He-was pleased to see them and; complimented tbe officers on such,a good muster. He spoke ably and practically, on a matter ot great importance connected "with* this-local. -What was it?- You should have been there. '.'Can* an" honest man succeed' in Business," was the subject' for ' de--" bate'again on Sunday last." v / Mr. Steve .Lawson was' once more iii the affirmative, and A. .Willington and W. Gray took up the^gativc. Tbe affirmative was all cut and dried; but Brother Gray certainly'"damped^ it a* .bit* '" * : ',.'.•'■ „ 7 S Mr.' Editor, your's was certainly ' a fifty .meriv round, an•,*■<. .'Fred W in-town ai - jTack Be sale ofth pool rborJo chaser. Taber blockey,,fans are in. great, spirits juat now..-- The/-Cooks seem to be ln< Ijne Jor„the ch(lmpiQ*ishii). On Mondav afternoon the team accom-' panied byl all the town sports,- on 7a special train, went to, Pincher „ Creek, where thek.defeated "the coal team by a score bf seven'to three. "*In their first game fat Taber. the" Cook's also won. .The case\\iof Johnson," against the town i*oli'ce\\man; for the shooting, affair, was to Ibe heard on Tuesday, but owing to'thb absence",of-;the defendant's lawyer! the-.case was adjourned until. Thursday. ' *;* r ~ ■ '; . The regular meeting of Local 1959 was", held-o'nl Sunday. 7 .The regular "business waslgone through and a reso- *,■"*? ' ,\\'<*{\\V- V*; *- -. <►♦♦♦»»»'» "♦♦»»♦♦■»♦♦', A " -, s" ' V. "^ ^ -y -£j X^ + , FRANK NOTES .** *v.yy ♦♦♦♦♦♦^•^♦; 1 -7-. -, - * *** ,,"-*-r. '*--'* *~ i***-.,**•>*i.*.-- ' Jean Schnu'r,* who/hasJbeeniaway^ from on- a* visitsto'\\Walke"rtony Ont., for a. few ^months*', returned*^ to^town on Tuesday night.-.-.***He^ls^bacl*;>'at. his old job in A. Y. - ,r - - * \\ >. _ At' the* -council*'meeting-last- week" notice was given .that* a motion ."would be1" put at "the'"nexT'meeting * to "Introduce the-'-'Curfew* Bell"- into* the", town; Thus we revert to'the; system* of about the year 1066,- or: in-uother -words to Colemaii's method.-*^, " , , , „-"•>• "'7 -■ The Plncher Creek Hockey,,'Team, cam-by up- here"'on Wednesday"** Feb.' 7th. 7 A very "close game, of - hockey was-played,; when 'for the first time Pincher- was', "held*"'down by the^Frank boys. -■• "Up" to'-.the:*end of.the". game ^andr ,.^:;yy^ - *•• > X.-' M*y*.7-7 7 .. ^■i?-"?*.--*"-:• -.-s---\\,. v?$ry y- ,.,y--«v. ^c ,':*** "* yy y l*-~'" ■\\- "^ ,? - - < ^"> "I"'. ** i <%;*'i 7 74(^teries^Fruits-i^d77 s-pm^^^S'S'' s yysyy -;,.- ^"7 i, ..-Provisions:.^ "'-." -'.4->*. rJ-7v-- *^; *,-7" - *% -,,. ;\\C: *y.y./| rr >!C li'ilO^ "Dealer, in *■* * es; oH^dw^e^;yStav-esp:j " FaLriC5i7Gb6ds: and ^tatibhery ■>-fl BELLEVUE ''Alberta; striking. head-line in the"last'issue. |lutlon passed! asking Premier Sifton COLEMAN Liquor Co. ^TS^niolesaleJlealersJnl Wines Liquors -i *y Cigars- Mail, Order's receive prompt attention The Cash Grocery Hosmer B.C. Specials $3i50 Royal Household ltobin Hood aud Purity Flour 7_0i*ahges, rcg. 50c a "dozen ■". Passburg Hotel You're always welcome here Clean Rooms, Best of Food and every attention THOS. DUNCAN Passburg „ Now 25, 35, and 45c Jap Oranges, per box - _. ' 60c. Bulk Tea, rcg. 50c., ' Now 25c ' Every purchaser of $10 receives t, A Bath Rug Free E. F. RAHAL Can you-see your way clear,to printing if in .different languages and thus let all understand ' the whys and, wherefores". ""; (Ed.ywill do so in next issue.) *•-, ,y . . ■*.. ; f,- . On Tuesday morning an unpleasant surprise'awaited the first trip riders, viz, they had to walk up the-hill. Some of them were not very well suited.' - "Why -should some ride.up and others-walk up?, ...All ride-up or all walk up.' Who put the kick in? They were-justified In doing it. ' On" Monday next the ninth annual convention- of District 18, U. M.„W. of A.; will'be held in the Labor Temple,* Lethbridge. Our delegate leaves on Sunday'night so you, stay-at-home, if you have,any suggestions or want to hear what's" on the board; come up to the 'scratch - on Sunday at 2.30 pm., shaT-p; ". *• ' - -*"* ' •♦♦♦♦♦»»♦♦• ' ♦ CORBIN NOTES s. */♦ ond Archiev McLean,* the member, for thls-'distrlc'tf their:'attitude,on the M-, monthly-pay iill.■- -If they are in favor of; the: will ""the -resolution: asks them, to work If or its' passage in.- the' house at Bdmolnton.; y ', *' -"' 7,The boys aril- thinking there will be a lively time alt the convention.'-;' -'* -. ;. Sandy McRolWs, president of 1959,'. will represent-"tviat local; and no doubt will give-a" good account of himself." Local 1959 considers' that it has 'not been' treated 'falHy.-by the District :of-' ficials, and-therb -will.be some questions put at'the--convention. J-( "■?.•''' •■- The men in this vicinity think they, should have' a new sub-district created for the" Taber* Collieries. ,„ Conditions differ from-'Lethbridge, arid-as several, of-the, camps'are not orgarilzedythey claim" that'by having a-board "member on the ground it would be easy, to-organize, those-places. : ' "'*.,-, ]*\""" ii--* ., "v---^; ~' *",., .'?,'""> »»»♦*♦♦■♦'» ♦♦♦♦♦♦"♦♦i*. ♦ "-y.--y: ' -y , „ ♦.' ♦..;", 7 COLEMAN NOTES"- *■ ♦ ♦♦»»♦»»»» .The-Rev. J. Hamill conducted*ser ■vicg-o-n-P'"T^ay_laaLand_addressed^hls_ J Musical Instruments Just received, a ahl'pment of EDISON PHONOQRAPH9 and VICTOR QRAMAPHONE8. .- Hundreds of latest Recorda, Violins, Guitars,' Accordeorm, 8heot Music, etc., etc MACHINE8 SOLD ON EA8Y PAYMENT PLAN. f KENNEDY'S DRUG AND BOOK STORE, New Michel "THE REXALL STORE." . Coleman riots! W. H. Murr - Prop. Ledger Ads Always Get There congregation on the proposed unlon- of-,ttie Presbyte/ian Methodists and Congregational churches, of Canada. ' Tom" Evans, who has lately been work'ng at the Monarch Mines, Tabor, has returned here again and has ob- U'ncd w.ork In the ipines. , }v<*sident Powell vas here lasi week on business connected with our organization ond ,had a ' talk with the boys.' * Mr. Matt Ball and Lotser Langdon have left here for Jasper Park. Wo "wish them'success. , „ Tho mines are working short^tlme owing to a shortage of railroad cars. Mr. E. J. Roberts, general manager, of tho Corbin Coal and Coke Co., \\yaB hero on a-business visit,on Friday- last'and left the following day. Robert'^Strachnn, District Mine In-' spoctor, was hero tho early part of this' week and on Tuesday prosecuted four.men for having matches ln tholr possession whllo nt work In,tbo mines contrary to the Coal Mines'Regulation Act. Thoy all plondod guilty and woro fined $5,00 and coats. "Wo aro, glad to roport that Mr. 'Hugh Bell,' J.P., explained tlio seriousness of tho offonco to thoso mon nnd warned them ,that if they came boforo him again on a similar clinrgo thoy would receive the full pennlty of tho law, that bolng Imprisonment without tho option of a flno. ■ -■ ; ' George Gregory, of Mlchol,' arrived hero on Monday last, and Is tho. guoot of Mr and Mrs. George Sponeor. Richard Jones hns boon eloctod aa a delegate from tho Corbln Local Union and will attend lho District Convention nt Lothbridgo on Monday next; Mr. W. Ball, late fireman on tho ■R. B. and C, Unllwny, Is now engaged nt moro Important work .around'tho mines, - '* Mr. George Spencer Is now working bb fire bourn at tho camp known, ns the Big Showing under the «up<*rvlBlon of Tom Braco. - Mr. Joo Stevenson, of Colomnn, was lioio doing buBlncaa last Mick. Joe Is there with tho goods nnd gives all tho1 boys a fair, deal, ./ Everything *- is very quiet • around here.** "-i-'The"* Internajional Coal "and Coke Co.-..mines are not working very steady'en'account of shortage of^cars. Mcb alivrayo* Creek (coal mines r" are working steady.-. ' -^ . ■„ The" ladies, oft Coleman hockey "team played their-return game with Blairmore last'we^Jtand played them to a finish. * .Tbe iscbre standing 13 ,to 1 In favor, of • Coleman'. ■ Our girls are certainly,some-hockey players. Go after 'em ■ girls;, it's good exercise! (What JDOBS he .mean,) ' . -; " -1*, We are .sorry to-report that Harry- Drew, ,one'-of.our"jolly bartenders,-Is leaving here.y.We havenot been-Informed where he Intends going, but we wish him success wherever he goes. - The delegates,-selocted by Coleman and Carbondalo,-Local "Unions to*attend the convention at Lothbridgo are Henry-Jnmes, D, B.' Hyslop and Sam Hadflold. .-y-y . ., „ Tlio Coleman Hockey Club gave tholr annual ball on Wednesday night and there woro a numbor of nice valen tines In attendance. '-'-This bolng L'enpYoar there are rumors of many'weddings. The girls must be getting busy as the boys aro so bashful,- They-nro afraid thoy will get left on tho sholf. (Who? tho boys or tho girls?—Ed.),*'Keep nt It, girls, you will win If you try hnrd enough. ' Tho Ladles' Foreign Mission Society of tho ProBbytorlan' Church hold their first meeting on Wodnesdny. This society was organized hero a short tlmo ngo by Miss McGregor, orgnnlzer for Western' Canada, Tho Co-Operallvo Society, Coleman, aro now giving'toil' cents-off ench dollar on general orders for groceries, dry goodB and shoos. , Every article tho bost of Its kind'and sold nt the lowest prlco Jn tho town, Frank had the best tof It. the score being. 4—2,* but* a* few momenljs- before^, time. was" called5. Pincher ,-managed [ tof score two . goals,,- evening„ things'. up. As, the, train* was'on time it*had to'.re- main" that.-way^ there. being * no' time, to ■ play • it-7 off... "X* large number'of Frank and Blairmore "people watched the game. ''■ '-■y ""- ; ■/..-*'■ ! ' *"-" -'**'- . ,*Mr. ■'Guillaume'Evans,.o'f. Lille.'-left on ^Monday night yfor,.1-'-Lethbridge, where"he"*has-'got_work.* *- His-friends in town..will7.ro.lss"him.* •*,- *' 77 .'-' .-• - .The annual fancy,dress carnival was" held in .the Frank', Rink on Monday7 night) vwhen a large'- crowd gathered- to,*see'-'the,costumes and. to'-vote for those* taking part in)the events."'- -With good ice and excellent light everything was in* fine orde'f'and many very*original costumes appeared'on the ice. Or*e*'"of the -fair ' sex' represented, an arigel,..or rather one of'them had'the wings added to "completcthe representation.'^ ".(Wonder * whose angel "-"she wasZ) -The following were,the prize winners: For the" best .ladies' costume:, first prize, Miss-IB. Evans ;*"for, the-'best _ gents' comic costume,, first prize,'"Mr. H. .Seville; for the,, best boys', costume (Gold Dust Twins), first prize E. Thomas and G. Evaris;;for the best-' child's^ oostume,- first,.prize,-, J. Wilcox;.boys' race (under 16 years of age), E) Thomas; sack race,"for boys, E.'Blals; .girls'" race, Bella Steeneji mixed" couples,' Miss .McP.ury ,andr Mr/ Hughes."'"". ; - y ' •' .-■ ..'•'.y,'"-'- '7.r-7 Open. Council Meeting 77 ":-The --Frank• Council•;held'•■■ its first often Council meeting on • Friday, 9th of «J February" iny the * Public School Hall)7whlch being furnished .with' "foiir . =.\\.*'*- -.*. «>■'.liTSS:';*• -;^"-'.VHeadquarters'for:t\\H^^ ' *;:,-" ,-,;,*,»■■-. s, . • ,-, * ■■ - r . :.'7X,^\\- ^ .v.-;,. -, _ \\-"y*;f ,', s- . .0;- ■ $ iHbu^e7Flirhiture!'a^Har^^re^ :\\VSl€ciAI^t;PRICESV',IN,:^UR^ITURK^I :ACompiete linevof:" ; '*'^; -„;.„;:Lobk around;.first; -SPORTING: GOODS -J: _ ^ ^ f. THENyBy Y JHEjRE', ;>: :7\""" vi ;Ev-e>\\rdav;a'"Bari^iri-pay;H '■;'""•''%? Hillcres^Alta; Cleani-and^omfo^ "*■ s-,"' " '.**;-'- ""^'jcsf^^-i' .7''*'-".yyy ^ y^.-y-' * *- ; i XyFSsty^Meials a •-. ■".*-' '."■ ''■'•*—* -.. .• ..,-,«/,--'*:l. .:*•--'..', *»*-.-. ,' iri *-- i>/- -\\0 Electric Restorer for Men PhoSDhonol »•!?«• every narvs In tlie body vim anil viUlity, l'roniotuin ducov nm) nil iexua| ivcnkuciu nvorted nt ones. lMio»p]to«ol will 'nuke you ri new man. t'rlce »"! * box. 0. t wo lm ill Hnlldhnnnvn'MrcM Thi» HooluiU Uruy "o„ Bt, UAtluiriiici*. On*. For 8alo at Bleasdell'* Drug Store AwntN f«»>" , SLATER'S Invletus Boots * Shoe* Usefii AgentH for 8oml«Ready AHobborlln OLOTHINO IF You iiood n new Hat or Gap, Boots or Shoes hero is a chance to get them and save you money at .the samo , timo on Saturday the 17th to Tuesday, the 20th February. large.easy chairs-anda tableybasTbe- come-* the- Council ^Chamber'."" "j '".'". 7;-W. -J.* McGowan was • In .the /chair, IE* Murphy** J. ,Whiller and J..H.Farm-, er were also"present,.as*well as,some ,bf theratepayers,-who went to look on. "An interesting item of business was tbat regarding -the ice supply put in by'iiome'of the1 local men:-* Earlier in the year Ice' 'was", being ,*'provided tho" town from a hole of.water near the skating- rink that might' contain anything. '.A sample.-was-sent to-the Edmonton bacterlologlstlto be.tested, and tho "report was'that'they could uselt.lf they did not.allow it to,come In-contact with- anything" used for food,-or sell It to private parties. Tho secretary lias not!fled them.', '- ' , ifi Tho Councll-..placedvtheraBolvos. on record "as being in favor^of the "pro-, posed Crow's' N.est Pas's' Sjlectrlc Railway - on ' certain"' conditions, *- such, as starting -work ■ lri a "certain time hnd completing Insldo"of,five years.- , - '. The matter of.public halls was dealt with. It was decided that, all halls with only one'entrance must have* a flvo foot door, nlso'nll stairs loading to .balls-must havo n five foot railing, and all electrlcllghts in hnlls must bo turned .on nnd off .with a Bwltch; A licenso feo of three dollars will bo charged all shows hold In tho halls of the town,' . An attempt Is lo bo made to Improve tho electric light service In the town and tho secretary Is to write tho Coal Company about Bamo. '' Notice of motion was glvon for tho Introduction of the "Curfew Boll" at next meeting, which la to bo ho}d on March Ut' ; '-*' Tho union hold-a special mooting on-Sunday laat In the Minora' Hall, whon the election of officers wns hold for tho local union to,take the placo of Pros, Cnrrothors, nnd Secretary Goo. Nlcol, who have gono to Yellowhead. < The following were ol* ectod: President, Jean FurMoau; flecretnry, James Kennedy. H. P. Norwich, editor ot tho Lodger attend- cdfitho mooting and gnvo thoso pro- sent a good talk on tho benefits of the Ledger, for. which ho received quite a few subscriptions, Mr, James McOochlo has boon np- potnlod delegate to attend the minora' convention In LothbrldR-o, -« "■- j ^ " * ..■'... .•?- —:L—n ;^—^_^———^ Coleman - ■' ■': W- : 7ALL'STABlcoMPANyy"-, ,**- •"' •'•; QUINTETTE ^F^REAL ENTERTAINERS^'; • Presenting OrelibstiocSelections; .^Vocial Solos and' Duds, Humorous Headings. Featuring the Anvil Chows -New Costumes, New Music.' - '/.- >■, ".' • ;;*. >' \\' •> „ •' /■, -", PRICKS: $i.OO, 75c, and SO c. *, ' "...•■ * ','■''' Grocer Saturday and Monday 17 & 19, Cash Specials 5 Roaea Flour, $3.75 per„100 Ibe., " ,....»„,,. Royal Houishold Flour, $3,65 per 100 Ibi. .'''-' Red Feather & Tartan Canned Goods Peat, Beana, A Corn, 7 tint ILOOTomatoei, rag. 20oU, each, B for 90cti. Apple*, No. 1 Wai'hlnoton, $2.26 per Box 8wlft,e Hard Water 8oap, 6 Bare for 85 cente, - . ' ^ Phone 103 v: Frank, Alta, | Men's Hats $2 Hats for tvien i Deafness Cannot Bo Cured by i<>«u »'ip)if*i'>«**. u ii*r M«not nub rt* dl* »hj i«.n.j.i ui «iu tu. 'imn i« voir «**» «»v u rurn iMd.iw, »-id 1M1 U by «*»UHH*i*tJ r»M»dln, Ih-sf-u-* U Muant Dr *A mfUmMl modllkB el ih* itiumiK llntof ot ih* Kittuckuii T«t«. tkttm Mat •ub« u inOtmnl yon tan * rumWtBi wami m in- H»i-!«'l IviMW, aiul Vfll.nl It IX flrtlliwly MiMml. l>i*r- ■>(«> ii iim r.-tHjJt, iM ui.lrm a* iDflnaatuon «w lie • utMl out wd lW$ lulu mtuwnl ta tu mmm! n*4*>- tlMi. Iw^flmr will lm rtitlrojiMl lim-vi-r: «lii» i«»»rt (mt i,l im «f(- nin«ii bf i«l«nh, «hMW t* »•.«•*>* kut mi liillmiit'4 I'uiiiJ/llnii ul liir niuruuf »tilt«««. \\V> «ill Kir* Dm II«i4M IMUn Xtf Mr* «u> tt urtli) «h»t eutM hr rnmi l-tife. ntrx«_i nai;*-.j i>r fturrh) «h»t <-_-»u«< *>>r U_S>..Cr..-.nti |-i St'etM>n and Mallory \\M* in w»ft mh\\ stiff Fell, rcgulnr priccM $4.00 to $!i.00j Pay- ,Uv «nni*lnl $3.60 4 *v Men's Spring Caps Men'* Spriiiff Caps, in all atylc* ami patterns. KcKiitar"prffp, 1^\\ nmi ff.W. Vny-ilny apwial 60c. Men'M Roft and Htiff Pelt Hat«r in good Jvm«I(w, rcfjular pric«\\ -49.00, pay dny upccial ••'■ *2,0v Regal Shoes Men's Regal Hoota in tana, Matin ami patent loathon reprnlar price, $5^0 and 16.00;* pay-day apecialf. ». $4.50 ALBERNI l^ ^_ ££ b^^^^n^ ana art itt kK aw aM tm\\ as .^mmim aia ^** ^^^^^^ m^k M m ^^^'' ^^^^ Jj^ uJf ^L? '*m_L. *-_• *__•- )mf*tP xaT sSb *-mi_F « ' 1?* Lei a Letlp hi, work (or You Shirt* Collara Tiea STELFOX & GOWER Successors to A. J. White & Co. COLEMAN, AIU. - Glovaa Brftctt Overalls It oflfors investment par excellonco for tlie small investor with a oertainty^f good results. Lots are selling at $300, all aledred,,33ft x 133ft. Call or write for • our maps and literature. ". ■ ' i ■ i \\ i % # _ i The Union Land Com^ny) Ltd. NATAL, B.C. ______________■_■__■ m Mi ^ o -;._:. y i-^^x^v;; o-. •, '7^7ly^y:;S*iu -.--7 . '-■y-f'.v "yyvv.y . -'& ** .' * ." - f-^pri'S- -' 2~ >^7?y fy"'" *%."": V 7 WS3^#WSSS:y^7yy0,Sy;; THE-*DKTOIof^OBB; PEENIE"r|3B.-b., FEBRUARY 17,1912. . PAGE THREE l\\v SB-*,' j^_._*^- Li^r,>?ii-f'7*>,,57-S *:■*■*.- •--":"!*- -v- ■ift-'4'«,*. '"* t.V4*""--"-*"._ ■-'": :^_-*r -y^y ".-'« u<-\\ S-' Mv -:-; -".*,.* (Special -; to :-the _Djstrlct=. Ledger) - -"-"• ,-yr • y-'EDMONTONrFeb.^.—In^eoi-tmlttee ■Jy /of *" the' -;wh'6le,-j,BiU -No.-, ,877- entitled; 7;" -"An ;"Act"to..-Regulate Pool -Rooms,^ re-"1 ""*.„t,;>colVed".an,-unmercifulv trouncing'.'-at* ..., ,;>tho'«jbands7:of.*the Opposition- and Go- ".' „" t',. ■yernment* supporters*. alike,' **.The7fun 7 ..restarted with Clause 3,' ^hlch'-'prahlbits .- * -j,.}.. all Kldds of gambling, or the posting of ," -j , 'bets.' -/•-'-;" --* • ' - •"*: ,-, -..'./ ,*- -,. - -i, \\ -^ • y " * >, O'Brldh' criticized 'tho'-clause- on,the" ' -1, grounds of class legislation,'and otbe- * *"_■.. lug Inconsistent" with" the'present,sys- **. * tem,'which he declared was one huge y „ ; gamble;' i'for 7 instance, - the' - sale of. i,.7 stocks, bonds,"etc., couldnot:be class; ■_ ,-ed as-anything elselbut a gamble.-.7 * • 7-7."'Clause 5 * occupied, the'attentionT/of 77 , the.members for over an hour." O'Brien .v.' 'criticized "the"*, clause ",at* some length; ;y .*'asklng;,*the";government,-.why suchr'a y'' . "clause. sliould" be ;in*7the> bill, t S'it. I- 5"- ".am.-working'at.nlght,'-he,said; "I have' ■r" . Sto put up with the ppundingof a piano, and other noises, during theT.day, when ' -.■ " I wish td"Bleopl> Why-tlien'should,the"1 ,7.*-' ;.m"a'n*-who„w'ork's*by7day,.be prevented ■' ■ "7from'having'hls*'amus"ement'during:th"e ," "-'■y*night?sl;.'>-,;''''.'.'U',.,',". '•.-:', ", -*- O'Brien"' attacked- the'.bill^geherally.' The whole 1*111,*" he .'declared,' is'-rotroi !was- by;handicraft.'it; was,-not -neces-, Baryfor"thegi"to:be able^tb'-readj'and ^wrIte''and',have"aJ-knowledge of mathe^ niaticsy much'Jess,to. know anything *of7science77"But the /evolution'sof,-the hand tool*into"the machine,'the'Spin- nlng'wheel, into the gigantic "".looms of today, the hand plough drawn by oxen "or-horses into the steam^or-electically driven gang plough-of today, made de-" flnite^reasons' as-;to. why,,.the masses should be'educated;*,' 'Not only,-that, but in the days of handicraft the home, market consumed practically all of the produce of the country., vBut the' machine^ changed ..that,- .and*" merchants, .were'forced .to take their goods to" the four corners of the'i*flrtl)._Those ecbno'- rc.o "'chaiiges_'made' it, hdiperatlve'that •.he workers "should be educated- in'-.ord: ev that they might' move advantageous- "Jy- carry out-thel work1,, of .'their 'inast ters.' t,} The "sailors must; haye .'a know"-' ledge of astronomy.'of navigation; a,nd very' often 'of -mechanics' and the work-; ers'of all Industries'must have at least an,elementary,kriowl<*dge-to be of_*any value asta"profit-producing;animal..V . -'-England" was; one of, the." first, coun-", tries to,extend' to jthemasses an edu-' cation;IEngland_was also the-hbme" "of Capitalism.-, -'It- was In England'that Capitalism*,xt'his vast and'complex, system of 'commercialisnTmider which "we are"now- living,.had,-it's Inception) -con- sequently7lt;.was necessary for.theEng- "llsh-workers" to be educated to"fbe en: abled "to successfully" carry-,on,,"their masters','business. , That' they were enabled to' do' that,-'and that-it "\\vas" a" wise move'on the part'of'the m'as: ter class, is exemplified- by*-„ the -fact- that England very rapidly^became and .wafvgonerally recognized, tfs 'Tho'Mis-', tress--of _the* Seas." .-The.,.reason too. gr,esslve"in-7character."'"'" This*bill-'pro k.yffs ""ft'«»- «nn.B 'fown at moving ,ff Gorm!my ls such a ci6ie second'to .- ,;plcture theatre*^^ must, first,bo P?ss^-tEngland, Indeed many, authorities de- p upon by aboard, of censors; to^be ap- - ' .-.•'.....- ■:-'-" "pointed by the Lieut-Governor In Coun- 7: 'cil.*.,. The Idea, O'Brien ^declared*" that ;*a board of three.men,";no matter:how ,'rc.orhpetent they,"were,.7couldv'be In a' 7 - position to determine :what,sort"of> plc- ;7 ituro nil1 the "other, people,;b'f* the pro-' * 7. rvlnce Jdesired to ''see: was", absolutely " -ridiculous, i "The"",Attorney 'General, " "" the sponsor of the bill,* has enunciated 7" some Tefy..lofty;-sehtlments,,but I \\eta-, ■ ';-.*ture' to. say,";'said' O'Brien,"' "that .such' „->,._legislation as,!thls.is,"can neveivhave ;s"such"results.-"VThe'only way-in which {"such" results can be.obtalned,"he"sald, -"■■.' "is by -a* change. In! the"; educational- ln- *7stltutions '.of- the" "day,- •- Such' results' 7 -*• musfeand, can* only come* through^edu- ,' ..catloriy If^the patronage, of a,certain", *" UieatroHohoW-tliat-a certain class of- .—" «-_l«4.--^.j-f? ..tis^.. .l-^.r.__-0.-l' "* I _■"._-•■- ' l\\HrtV»*l^f/t1. ■^■_-*-j_f»Uil_t__l-« -J . m^-UVD-l WU|—nr^V»*X_i—'I-\\ix V*i*« ivfcv*- .:--should,\\be7'able-.to'-put.-.on 7thipso* .'^picture's-'*whlch'-his- clientele •;wished. 7 *?.The people,- themselves" are the., best" t . judges as to.what they.want.'- If-they do not appreciate tho kind of fare' dlsh- " . cd.up to them, at one theatre, they will ;' riot'patronlzo "it,-and as these theatres' *'aro commercial-Institutions,' built'and '/"rimifor the purpose,-of making pS-ofits, ywe can rest assured that the. proprlo- -'-,-"tor-Twill showvthose*pictures for"which •„"■ thoy-'havo-the" greatest- demand. - In *. this way the wholo of tho theatre going •" 'I"public aro,enabled,to please thomsel- - -*ves~a8 to.what thoy see.'-" ; '' v' .. ■'.". • ."This- bill" has,, no; doubt,", been ' brought to this houso becauso certain '," Influential mombor_i'.of..tho bourgeois .- class, a-small, narrow-minded ,minor- i.-lty," wish' to, forco .tholr'Ideas "upon -"•'the majority. *.' Such, a thing* losup- ■ •-, posed to'bo contrary to the theoretical 7- freedom of tlio British peoplo. I-shall '■'*-' certainly, oppose tho bill. " 0 Brlon Introduced a petition In fav- *' or of tho Fortnightly Pay>BUl from tl'O -. Trades nnd Labor Council of Medlclno y 'lint;'- ■>':.* *;.,.' .=' ■• .," iOn Tuosdriy,'.'13111 No.' ,22,' An Act ' -rer-pootlng, Calgary 'Collogo,- ciuna■■ up ' for -Its' second 'rending. ■ The -purposo '." of*this Act lu'iO'glvo.thlB collogo vho '■'powor of'coiitor rg dogreto.y ■ "".'.In ancient,tlmos"said O'Brlon (who "" Bpolco In" favor, of tho bill); tho govprn- , monta did not oxtond'tho education to i tho maa'soB. .-.^pwlng to'tho nnturo Of ' production of wealth carried on as It clare that she hns'.now first place, .is because she has-^extended- education to the' masses, not-"because-'the- masses, desired it, or asked for it'^but'becauso the' m.i«-ter, class'know-that,It was "to, thfir.fthe masters').lritefesf.that their slaves should'be'ediicated,'and so this projectX((the'Calgary. College) ,1s be- cause.heTecognlzefTthe value of education --from ,* a commercial :* .viewpoint. Lord _Strathcona)- captaln-of "industry, believes., in- competition'.among the, masses/he does not, .however, believe in rebmpetitlon.-;among -the. capitalist', class, as his' connection, with the Steel. Trust proves:- *,The reason the Opposition isjnterested ln'.thls;blll,;and'the reason, why .'they, are sb. actively' supporting-it is- because,.if--thls-blll-'is', passed lt: wlll,matorlally:*ench'ance^the, rvai_w^fTth"e~reaI_estate"Tih*-C6igaryr The leader of His Majesty's Loyal' Opposition'being'a successful ^real estate" agent of.that city ls, naturally,.Interested In a project that wouldhelp him- In' his business. Wero I In his .position! should probably be.asjnterosted for the same reasons as, lie' Is.yTho1 renplo of' Calgary, are ■ putting - ui>' this money\\to ask to'be.allowed to do'b:isl- neae* .Jtb- compete- with the Provincial "University. , They- llke^ cbcnpotltion;. evidently, they have not" yet found out that' to-operatlori Is'-muchmoro-bone-. I!clal;thari"competition," So, us they llko ccmpetltlon, ond aro mora desli-' oub oi' getting moro of It,-why let Ihem iMPt' li. ' If these small busiiic-*!* lueiV, agonts,' brokers and peanut sellers will, Investigate, however, they will-find thatco-oporatlon Is slowly but surely- ousting competition, but thoy aro about "100 years behind the times,' and. their slogan Ib still that "Coml.qti-' tlon ls„tho life of trndo,". so. I bollovo In,giving thoso.,people a treatment of tholr own medicine and lots of it. But who aro theso colleges Intended for? StatlsllcB «how that In Franco thoro nro over ono and a half million married pooplo .who havo no.offaprlng. Thb same stnto of affairs exist In Enfelnnd; tho."Unllod States,'and ovon In Canada,- nnditho pooplo among .whom the greatest percentage of' childlessness 1b known aro'tlio momberB ot tho capitalist clnBB.'" So whero dro'tho students who aro to grndiinto at theso educational Institutions to como from.' Thoy './■■-_,*,*» ■ i .,--•---.■**■ ,-;-j* *£?'$£' must1 come from the- working ."classjjj* iv/Fhero is a vast difference, between- the*master class of today.and the mas^- ter class of old,' Inasmuch;as'therpre? oentr-master class, do nothing''useful,* InHhe olden times.the, master' Cjass led their minions into battle.' they;h'el_K ed;.to "capture and control,.n'ew,fmarkets, they took thelr-ohare of-.tfie' h^rd-; ships .and risks of war,-but'If. th«fro was;a war-between Englarid^and.Ger- many„today, would King.George'j.Yor- Kaiser Bill lead their armies into..th6 fight?";*. We find these two nations ei> ercismg'-.every effort each.to'beat tlie, other In. the race to increase the'arma-i nients of the'respective countries/.-"^' ..* .What Is the reason, for spending v'bo much money'on armament?;'; "The r'ear son 'Is to enable them" to .hold their own,-in the world's markets," to protect their" commerce, which'.has-been brought about by "the, extensive educa-' tion which, hasvbeen forced "on the workers;-arid today,It Is' the educated "man who-has an advantage over his Illiterate .fellow workers, , -But- this education .which has,been given to the workers, although It is;one of the bul-. warks of the present system, will just sis "surely, prove to' be the means of overturning the,system.' -.The fact that the, masses "are being educated; to criticize; ,to*'analyse,. will give, them 'the. anayltical.'power to investigate tlielr social.condl.tion: * Thelr-mlnd Is being) developed? .'with- the" result that they- can,; grasp the meaning of-questions as "was shown by-'the Germans In'the manner-In which thej'tookhold of'sociological .questions m Germany, during the ".recent .elections. .. We,,find, -'for^ instance",','' that the members; of - the "Socialist -party-;are;', almost ".without ex- c'eptionVstudents- 7- of / sociological i and economic,questions." The slogan",of. the ",Socialist,.iPati,y, 'is "Educate*, and Agitate,'.'and'-as the work of 'education- proceeds, so)also'ln'greater volume will the'work'b'f-agitation,be carried;on,- and with an, even.greater measure*of success,.sinco'-tlie^ mind of the workers >vill.', bey able7 to" -- more intelligently grasp "the nieahhig of sociological questions,'and' his, own position in society., ■ -'.Tlie--following." resolution .was 'submitted 'by'jC/M.'.' O'Brien: .„„ "Whereas, a bill Has .been introduced Into the" Alberta, Legislature for the Fortnightly, Payment-of Wages; and - '/'Whereas much- hardship is caused to new. arrivals-in -the city having to wait one month for. wages'"; and - ■' '"Whereas,.merchants are also put to a-great deal of inconvenience through monthly payment of wages; therefore be.'it>-f-7.f.:T--y-y *.. -■■= '. . ■.- • .."Resolved that .-. the ^Medicine Hat Trades and'-Labor, Council heartily endorse said bill,, and7 that* a,)copyof this resolution be forwarde'd.td the hon. Premier Sifton,-Attorney-General Mitchell and C. M. "0)Brien, M.P.P." .- **kkAkkkk1".- v"'One of",the"'speciicies?/i'Nc9aJ inln- .lng' in • the "South' w_tri$ped; decently In the transfer* of threffihundjed convicts' from^one min j'tbMndrh'ei" owned "by,-tlie Tennessee Cb£lfJpd'.Iron Com- pahy..'"''The men w^m ushered into 'A-conference wlli^'ti*_iinJji1&Salford, England,'-.on ^Sunda^Ji'tst/flp'oking towards anyay than hasryet been adopted."'."Su'c'ri n magazine will undoub-Jedly-flll.-'a'long-fftit want as tlieta&k.'of dembllshivg the red spec-, tie has become to<-' di^icult for the National Civic Federation Review, American .Industries and similar periodicals, '-'.i '•' -:'•". _ ■ t ■ y * * • • ■A question has been asked as lo what'ls-thedifference between-chattel slavery,.,and "wago slavery. ') .There-is some' difference between the chattel slave.-of" days gone by and the wage slavo ,of today. The chattel slave had'a placo to-slcei*. was.furnished food regularly- wnB clothed' and whoii taken ill, had-thb services of a physician.'- ' Tho wage slnvo whon unemployed ls usually homeless, hungry, ragged'and when 111, is without modlcal attendance A master had an Interest 1n a chattel slavo, but a master has'no Intorest In a wago slavo, for his placo can bo. filled bo easily by tho victims of hunger and want. Tlio chattel Blavo wns owned, ,but no exploiter wanlB ownorshlp In' a wago .slavo.' Tho wngo slavo-,ot today,is a choapor commodity than tho chattol slave of a half century ago,-—Miners' Magazine. warn' I Follow ' i ■■ i i the Union Bank The Bank of Vancouver GRAND TRUNK -, , n , n . , , , *. pacific passenger andotliortaofinancial and bum- •aSaiDBvaaawv. noss ]natitutioii-s who bought t_MMl5»|C 0" tMM. V***_» .- ;-,. «-* : oentrally. located proporty i»» tho big« City "of Hazelton Central British Columbia on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway the Last Metropolis of Western Canada Lot UHUhaw-yon how -$10 u month invested in a coritmlly locitt.c_ind work- in modern mines., They would produce coal more cheaply, than' they 'were doing ■ at present, and. the ' output' would be .in-' creased rather.-.tha"n" diminished. '"It,.was said that.the output of min- eral's7pe"r person-"employed was falling very rapidly in'this .coun try, and that, no doubt, was :correct.:- The average prbfluctionrper^persdn .employed in 1910„.was 265 tons per'annum, but this low- oulputcwas due to a number'of strikes in the-.different,'coalfields. Germany-had rather a less produc- ticn.'ttfa'nj-wo.per'pprson employe!. In America tlie--output- per person 'employed "was, given* as"691 tons per person' per anhtmv but.he was quite certain"'these'.figure7were totally incorrect," for in. our"- Government returns the" figures,-were collected from many different "sources.y "All' the, coal that he had seen- come 'out of American mines consisted of .about 90 per cent of,7'77,-77^y:"'7, and 10 per .cent of- coal. It was, how- eve^ notorious that'at many-of the pits. no'".allowances whatever "were" gLven_;eveh^o=jnfii_7i_wboJiad—done—a- fair, day's -work?, and that there were thousands of, men'/:in .some districts who, - - after." -h-avlng.' done, an honest, day's ;wbrk,Myere" owing to abnormal place's, not*gejttln*g,4s.-.per day, sometimes even'less,, ;v 7,. y "" r -. .. ..'Miners Hate Injustice - If he 'knew.'anything about .miver*--;- it was • that"they hated Injustice, arid would not see;,thelr fellow, men .put upon-In this manner, even though,lhey tliemielvesiwerd ge'1!.i?- good' wnces/ and this, explained the result of the balloi'. ' "I. ennnot con-^tvo in tlio way the question was put lo the men, how, they 'could./have voted* any other way.".',. '■„ -; ' ■ I 'firmly believe that the proper course is'for you to first drive a drift Into the ranks bf the owners and split, them up, 'With few exceptions, tho mnjorlty of tho coal owners .chow that I admit tho gonoral principle of a fair day's .wage for tho honest day's work, and lt.'lB really only ti question of machinery to settle the mallnr. If. therefore, you could got. a majority of. Hi bwnors to glvo wny, tho owners In tlio same-district-will want no "hole- lug." JiiBt,,n little "pricking" nnd down thoy. will come, Tlio extreme' men say* "down • toolfi ovoryono, nnd llie strlko will not Inst a week." «*J bollovo absolutely lho contrary, nnd that if n unlYoranl strike once inkos place Ihl.-i .will tnt nblnsto a coiiflngrntlon the end of which,no man can foroson, Tor. , Appalling Suffering will fall, not. only on fhoMvell to do, or on the minors, but, on thd pooreot section of lho community. Mlioh hnd recontly boon said about tncronflcil cost of living, but ho notice (a not n (iinpornry ponco, nnd then wnr .l|4'*.ill, il 1st of "March, 1912. The Transfer Books will ,* be'closed from the 16th,--to' the 29fch February, prox,,-both' "days inclusive. ' ' - ','• ' "" '7 - » ... p - - By order of the Board, K JAMES MASON, General Manager. *rorpnt6,_17th__January, 19i2. . , »• . . . " ' -•-• ->' Head ., .• Office -. S\\ J. P. MACDONALD, Manager. 6C1 TORONTO Branches and connections throughout Canada Fernie Branch. WSMyEFFRIES Jewelery Repairing a Specialty 7 Engraving High class selection of Watchesy Clocks: and Norelties 7 . _m. ' . , li PRICES TO SUIT THE-TIMES Tr„ i"& r\\ l The Lady Sits and Sews while. the Washer goes Get a Water Motor Washer and Be, Happy j. D. QUAIL Hardware FERNIE Furniture JHJflOO. ,, MEN'8 VIUW OF THE COST T. (Iroonnll, nroiilrioiit of tlio I.niion dlilro and Chonhlro mlnon lu nu In torvlow mot anothor «r«umont of tho inimnuemont will bo cnmpollod to hoo to It thnt mon worldiiK In ordinary IiIiiooh hnvo fncllltloH for aoiidlnn; moro conl out than at- present, lionco limy will not moro wiikoh ninl onrn moro profltH for tlio omployorH Minn thoy nvo mnliliiK now In l.ttnonnlilro, MINER'S TROUBLED MIND Mr. Iliuold noRhle Ihiii boon down lo tho WoIhIi idIiiIiik districth, nnd, wrltlnK. to lho Dully Olironlcjo,,, ho HIiyH! "I do not, ffliow how hot lor to «>\\- PI'ohm (IiIh foniM.'iit nt work in tlo* Htorm contro or lho mlnliiK world Hum lo Hi»y (hut It Ib tho hoiiI of Un- minor moviiiK unwIllliiRly from IiIh anvloiil r-ollfflmiNiiAnfi lo n now nnd not yot wholly roftlliKHl materlnllMin which linlf frlchtoim nnd luilf nltrnotn IiIh iroiilil- oil nnd divided mind. "N./II', iollblhr Hi* U.M^li'" f'f :i 'minor who romoH hy trnln or olootrlo itrain Into Cardiff for a footunll.mirtoh, .Tlio WolKh minor of today has not only rncolvril nil llio ndvnntnison of n I wondflriiiMy offlolont odiir-ntlonnl «y«- I t/,.., tr» nl.r.n.1 tit H.«, Vni'llnli oVKt/*.m - hut ho is by nnturo a thinking man, n rcmllnR mnn, n rofloctlvo nnd nn Imnglnntlvo man. "Ho book Hplondid'nnd honnttfiil Cur- dlff. ho obsorvoM llio pronitoroun und cmidoyorn wwlnnt n minimum wrro by nomoHmoH fiwnKBorliiK lwoplo In lt» omtorvlws thnt "If thoro nro old mon floitrlililnR utr-witH, nnd ho n»K» lilm- M,hom tho *mpfoyvni my mnnnf do nn »"lf how thl iUU RKrocmonti for day wagemen, who j enrrlaRo* nnd motor onrH, all lho It*!*- already hnv* th« minimum wttn«». I'plnfM nnd proaporlty of thosf- Imppy, think It Ih qulto iwaalblo to arrange i w_-!Mr*Mc.l |t«.|«lo. And Ik- known ruVf «nd rfgiilntlona in regard tn tho-helior than any H«lftll»l onn toll him minimum wngo to covar nny <*ollIi'r> 'thnt Inn for atenm-fonf, Imf for iho In iU Unit'tom. With re/jard to the,mlno in tho itMn ftom whlrh he lift* [ti,*ivi*'.*--f rnnt. mv opinion f« f^t,' lo » ' I"'" own*-, Cnntitt nwiM tie ntlll a m-lli»an;iROil colliery It wouW not [small nnd xloop/ town, little plunder foM n\\M*> than from n hnlf»K*n?i\\ io than hl» own vlllaRO on tho mrtuntaln. n furdiliii*: per ton to pny fli\\ "He Iwglr.s to wondt-r whether lio U KOltliiR iptlto a fnlr uhnru of tho plundered onrlli—ho who tnkon HIh llf«> In IiIh hnnd ovory llino lio poon down In lho onRo, who tolln In n miioli-nwoni for Ioiik Iiohi'h iiiuli-rKroiiml. wim i-o- tut mh Ki lil« crowded, ilny, nnd hatli- lOHK OOltllRO III ll HtlllO HO IlllH'k 1111(1 Ri-lmy Hint hlH.wlf" i.m hnrdly wel- conio htm. Ilo wimdorn how It Ih Hint thr'to flno jieoph' In Cfirdlff, who never doKcoitd into die mliH'ti, who II*.n lui|i- pllv. hiiloly, and oliceifully In lho open nlr, enn mnko ho much moro monoy out or \\VYUh conl than ho, lho nklllod workninii, who oium mid rips ll from tlio ImwelM of lho onitli. lti> llllllkrt Hint, (hero Ik Homothlni? wtoiir. "Now, whllo n vnnt tiumher of hard- working nnd ihoiiKhtftil men feel tlmi thero in Komotliim; filiiilarnclitiilly nnd jw*rvi.»U«*ly wrotiR l» tha social ordi-r, ilvlll/ntlou Is In porll. Tho minora Jl...Jl llt> Il4i«,l4/ IliaUVtL 41 ,„ o.i, i,.»\\ «d workman hrood ovor aomethtnfj whleh they f«>el Ih Hhnmofiil nnd unfair, If oikIIohh con- f*-r*'iicvn nnd roncllinlloti ni^tltien foil io r-'imiv-- iJi.H dim, iniinno iumi im-ji- hurled tfotiKo of wrotiR, trouble niunt ho tho etui of thliif.8, pou co l» Irnpon- Hlhlo. "And HiIm Ir the proHCiit coudlllon of tli« WoImIi iiiIiiIiik world. Whbom havo ticon rnlixxl, enndltlona Improved, hour*i nhorlenod nnd yet tha aeime of HomothlUR wrouK lu llfo ahldcn llko tho hntinUnft of an unforKottohlo «op Ii«w. You wiiuitil m> .UuuilK H>v IliUi- orn or talk with iho_« who really know them In their homo life, without earning up -<#ai.i».t Ihlfc uhldStiK wnfce of «omethli)K wronit which hrooda over nil their thniightn. "To lmat'.ne tbht the f.T-r.par-Ar.ilA <»f SoclnlUm Ih alone refpon*ll)V for UiIk ftinte of mind I* to Tnt*", tho rc-rtn of the trouble. The hralu of the miner iH dlHttirlH'il Ih'i.'ium' his heart blla IxM-n loblwd of lt« rcit" --H V V *-,- >.*, |2h. \\ * PAGE FOUR THE; DISTRICT LEDQE^FERNIE, B7C4.FEBRUASY 17,1912; ,- ' " 7 7 *, " '' •'■ Published every Saturday morning al its offic«;* Pellat;,Avenue;.Fernie,:B.' 0;' Subscnptip'n $1.00 per7year-- in 'advance;-»• An. exceUent ^advertising medium. Largest circulation in the District.* 7 Ad- rertising rates o_i application. Up-to-date facilities ..for the execution ;bf.all-kinds of book, job and V color work. Mail orders receive special attention. Address all commiinicatioris to The District Ledger. : :H>.NERWICH, Editors . .Telephone No. 48. * " Post Offiw Box No. 380 THE B. 0. LABOR MARKET; AS IT SHOULD' APPEAR • • "There is a great demand for laborers andme- -chanicsin British Columbia. -,-v ;■ "Railway contractors have great-difficulty in • " "securing-men-. .j.The .tost of-living, is'approxi mately tie same" as it is in the adjoining United ' .States districts, and wages in B.C. are higher." ■> ' " The'above is" a copy. o£"an advertisement appearing, ine the. British .press!*' ''This was prepared" by the British Columbia Government in.' order to ' induce the ambitious workers tb emigrate into the heavenly conditions of railroad construction .7 camps and other desirable vocations in'this'promis- :' ing province.' ;-!_-. „->...-V" '» >h :•-.-*'' .",. From -the-, above- • it ~.would~'appearr- that.- unemployment is 'ait*-unknown' factor throughout the . province, "and tlie 'demonstrations' of Vancouver's ..unemployed'.was merely^fietitious.' The railway 'contractors have "great flifficidty/iri' inducing these . men to* work evidently "and'anyhow they would '■ not under any circumstances have to paint a rosy picture of the 'conditions under which-tlieir:men , workto get-suffi cient "men from this surplus labor ^ army: ■' They forget" to make any "mention of unemployed on the Coast, let alone in the interior. Merely an oversight, of course.. ' .' Premier McBride recently *took exception to - Parker' "Williams'" criticism of the wages paid a \\certain section,of men in this province. Tlhe.-pre-- nxier took pains to point out that under his able '* supervision.things--v^ould be looked, after all-right, X in'fact better than the labor men themselves.could take care of .the question. " He evidently"J.did not - know what "about the unemployed and the" adver- . tising for -laborers ih the .Old" Country. .-"Our ■ own '. representative in'the-Victoria .house is, also evident-' ' ly well posted on labor questions, and his, f ight J_or • -, 'the^.workers'he, represents ~(?), speaks, volumes; for its people a little/more .freedom *on'" Sundays, and now they .can at least"breathe' more freely without fear of being arresteid "for such "serious .offences as-sitting on their dopf:steps.-jl .TheyTare even", allowed to buy a'soft"dnnk"on.;fhe'.sacr'ed-day:."The* unfortunate part of all-this^'is'that whilst one part of the country is_begmnmg,'to'see light, an'other-y Alberta^a-provihce7uea"rer home, is' retrogressing. The Sifton government, when O'Brien lays off for an hour or.so,1 pleasantly.pass their own, and the time of-the members of" the house,, bringing forward legislation to still' further - morally reforni their'constituents.?, ■ They, certainly display a paternal interest in their f ellow'citiz'ens.* ' Not a day passes that does.not see more "fad"'bills sponsored by the government. - The latest freaks of this nature'are the Billiard and Pool Booms Bill, aiid the Theatre Bill, both worthy of a Gladstone or a Disraeli.', ..The former, evidently, aims at turning these resorts into fashionable ladies'- clubs and restaurants, tor -places- for,- mothers' , meetings, whilst^the latter would lend such an air of sanctity around moving picture houses that only fervent religionists would care to patronize. According to tli'e "Bill a board of three censors would sit in judgment upon-every pictures to be shown in the province'^ and" condemn'or approve as they see-fit. It-can "readily be imagined "-what films-would-be passed. ' Much, however," would depend upon tlie moral character and hypocrisy pf the censors, themselves. As O'Brien told the House,*-the people are the best judges as to'" what they want; to r see and what is good for themj. ■ Sifton,- on-the other hand, thinks that the public are'not the best judges,^and taking a glance-at the members of'the House and their party affiliations',we are. inclined'to believe that they do not know what is good for them.- Alberta at-the best ,pf times-is" mot the most cheerful sp'oi t6 spend a Sunday an, but with more drastic' mdral';laws for week-day. purposes, it'will become even worse. LThe lot of the people's* champion,- Charley O'Brien is not an enviable', one. Alonet he must plough his lonely-furrow and fight against a horde' of faddists. '" Although his" is but a voice in what appears'to beva wilderness, his indomitable'tenacity will yet bear good fruit, y 77 I j,*-.;- f, ■ ^ -•*■;,, otj «<' feC-v *-,* v.: - - J v . ' -> 11 -«■**- ' ■ A1" WORD TO-THE DELEGATES r t I I 0 THE Ninth /Annujii Convei^ion,, of": District ,18, *.,-' \\ V""-' ,-,,. . , ,'*U. M.W^of-A" takes v-lace in" LethbridgeSSS" .;■•"/ on Monday, next:- 7 Delegates of every -local- will.—-. 7 -y'^meet and discuss matters o£ vital mterestptp the.yt* .7 ■ ,! meri-ivhom they represent. ' Their discussions; and Ny."" ' ^a.'ctions are fraught -with much import.and-itlihercPy'■ V y Bore .behoves themJ;o "give suchmatters^carefuUde-; 77;;, 7" liberation. " As time"is a. great' factor and;7alA,alu---;77 •'iible7as'set.-no words,, should be lost. - Speakers'?'-:' /.hould,. confine-..themselves to the discussiori' in"/ ..'^ •MinesUon and ti void petty trivialities. ; The" main; ■. ■' <: thing is keep- to/the. point, be' precise aniiyprief.-^ *- * Another'point--that is well-to bear'in mind is bbedi- Sy cnco"trd."the chair.,.. Remember that, without de-,';,-,.., i- L'orum' and -system at meetings little headway, can 77' -be'made'. ** .The decision-of the- "chairman, - unless " V ., challenged, is ■final." •■ TO RBN^Cdncfete' block \\ House;' "6 rooms.« ;*\\_.pply"'Wm.*^M_j_.ton,Llnd- say Ayo., Mnei. his enthusiasnTfor the "welfare ■■./of the province 'We are being askedrevery day;-what are the prospects "for .miners, in Canada at .present, and 'while „we'-know-th'erev48 "room- in! Nova1-Scotia,* we would naturally prefer tp send them further West if we could do_so with' any guarantee" that they would find employment ,pn arriving."' .This, is-what emigration agents write enquiring as", to' conditions in the West. -They are supposed to be.woll informed on labor conditions -in,(Varjpus parts of the world—this 'is their specialty,.,' Yet they say "we know4here is room in Nova Scotia." We wonder whether'it was the operators or the'miners who gave them this valuable information. But Nova Scotia'is in tlie east whilst here in the West is the land of opportunity for the .miners, Whnt do we find in this the mining district of tho "Last Great West 1" No, unemployment? Thoso who are working well satisfied? Not' *at all, nnd yon know it only too woll. • Yet wo find the parnRites of capitalism tnlking about the "great'demand for laborers." They say we do not knowwliat we are talking nbout when we refer to a class struggle. If they'contend.tlioy know of theso things then- they aro guilty of deliberate misrepresentation, and emphasise the absolute necessity of the workers supporting thoir own press to present their sido of tho caso and rofuto such fabrications. '' , ' Go up nnd down the Pass and you will find men working Ihreo shifts a week, nnd in moro than one camp n largo'number of'idle men. This is,right after a strike too whon the demand for men is supposed to ho at' least normal. Of course, you sny why don't they try somo ot hor employment? Tho, government will mipply them with the noftOHHnry funds to got work elsewhere, porlinpR—-nol. The government represents tho peoplo, but who are tho pooplo, evidently not tlio miners Will tlio conl oponttorn gunrnntoo mc-ii coming from tlio Old Country employment on nrrivnl? Unvc thoy dono ho for those who aro alrondy hero? What a splendid picture, of contentment Hie worl. or from tho Old Country who comes In (his diNtfict will find. To bo loyal io tho powers that ho wo should hrenk forth into nn optimistic presentation of conditions in this Province. On tho contrary, however, wo ondoavor to proHtent conditions ns thoy oxinl, and our readers should know whether or not. thene statements are correct. PURIT-VNTOAL ALBERTA. RESPECTABILITY -.,•(■: ' —, » ■. «-___"i IT* ROM .time1-to. time. weVhear ;the. plaint of those *S- vwho -would-i.wish- toViriake •'the cause of the workers respectablejfas if. such a thing were necessary.. For a, worker to. bewail the, lack of respectability of his cause a£ .once-Betrays he is not class conscious... he. doesf/not realize that it his cause alone thab--is-worthy"the respect of any man claiming the^least, manhood'in his make-up. "The-fact of tbe.rmat'ter is that,,the worker who worries -him- Classifies Ads.-Gent a Word , WANTEDtio PURCHASE—Peerless or Cyphers' iicubators in. good condition; also OadianJtunner Ducks and Drake; and'20b White Orpington l?ul7-. lets., ^Albert Dkvles; Ferale, B.C. -'tf-24 .FOR SAL1 62;-, Annex.-".- 274 -Nanaimo, |House on Lbt^.-Block. ipply.R. Corner,: Box fi! C, or 482 Fernie. FOR \\ SALH.^-VNe'w Rayinond Cabinet'Sewing MaAhlne;.' noiseless■ and easy to' operate.! Cost, $75,, will'' soil- vef'y cheap .or'.excharige for good hand machine and cash balance. Apply, J. I. Rowse, Lot 7, Block 91, ChiEman- Avenue. ■ ",• *' ■ -"', FOR "SALE—Eight-roomed, modern House on Macpherson Avenue; all conveniences, etc.1; price SlJOO.for house on -30 by" 120."'foot lot; or "$2,000 for hous^on full lot (60 by 120). , Terms: $600 down,'balance as"rent; Apply, Cree-an"d"Moffatt. "; ■ " '■ ' THE vagaries of somo legislative, bodies nre ofttiuicH as ridiculous as tho laws they enact aro iniurions to the unfortinnate inhabitants who hnvo to abide by them. Those who nre given the power to legislate tor their fellow citizens not infrequently become imbued with tho idon of Improving tho moral tone of the community. That you cannot mnko people' good with drastic nienHures seems to be overlooked by them, as well as the fnct llinl Ntieh have been tried elsewhere and one and all resulted in igiiominouw failure.v * Tho old puritanical idefti'have long died out in older -foiiufri.'s aud where tried in newer ones sooner or later nieel with the N.'iine fade, Ontario, for one. i>t jiml be- (firio.nir, to realize tbi*. and i<( ffriulimlly eivnimr back to a normal stnto. By degrees it h giving self., over,;.this 'questionof respectability,is ^playing into the hands of his master,.;who has pretty well- imbued into him the;'sp"iritfof reverence for. things as'they exe.'" It is, pleasing 'to note that the', growing class-consciousness* of-..the workers is eradicating this Effeminate -trait""and. in. its" stead is;groW ing 'a railitant^and; revolutionary, spirit- that will, riot be dismayed by the scorn of the, professionally respectable. ._ - - . -In.thev'city of New York, "but a short time back, Wm.'D. Haywood addressed a large gathering of ■workers," stenographic reports of which are being circulated amongst the workers. This great revolutionary speech "was received by the capitalist press with a stroni of protest, echoed to some ex: tent'by 'members of the working class. Whatever opinion tlm working man-may have ns,regards, Haywood he must bear .in mind that this mnn is a miner who hns experienced in no uncertain manner tho4,bitter methods of suppression adopted by the. capitalists in their attempt to destroy tlio Wostcrn Federation of Miners. Therefore, whon he speaks of tho Class Strugglo it is no moro theory, but has boon'driven into tho vory fibre of jus being, and being a fighting man tho question of respectability founts for-nothing with hUn in, the war of tho classes. As ho says 'Tou enn't-soo tlio Class Strugglo through tho stained glass windows of a cathedral."• You can't see tho class strugglo through tho spcclaclcH of capitalist law, written by capitalist'roprcscntntives of tho interests of tho capitalist" class,' It is experienco right at the machine, "in tho mino, in the off ico, and whorovor you mny work-that must demonstrate tho forco of economic truths. That this speech was rocoiv- od with consternation by tho upholders of enpi- tirlism should drivo homo to the workors tho fact thnt tho spirit of revolution is permitting tho ranks of tho workers who nro atloRt realizing thnt thoy havo littlo to Ioro but a world to gain whon thoy unite in tlio struggle for control of nil thoy linvo produced ami tho mntorinls ncncNRiiry to continue the process of production. This may not bo ros- pootable,' but if tho workors themselves aro not resnocfnblo what nood thoy bother about rcspocta- bility. Thin quostlon of rcHpcctnblHty savors of capitalism, and when wo look, around us and sen tjioso who aro designated ns respectable citizens wc cannot sec in them a great forco for tho bono- fit of tho workers. This may sound harsh to the labor Bvtnpnthifter but it -mtmt hr» borne, l-n wind thnt the worker* "tire rwt eoTinidered reRpeetnblp however much politician)* and others mny repeat sueli nn empty phrnw» a* "The dignity of labor." Tt stands to rensnn thnt thoso who arc not class eonseioufi define re*nee,tnbil'Wv in the nrdinnrily accepted bourgeois moaning of tho term, and those whom they respect do no} call for any rcspoct from tho working elana. Tf you nro a worker, and a class conscious one, you are respectable. When nre you going to mnko tho other fellow respectable 1 • FOR SALE-^Hpuse, 7 rooms,;'bath and\\'pantry,...conn-?cted. range;,«block 47,-McAvoy Street." . Centrally located. All fenced and'pahi.ed. J2500,' termsv Cheap* for-'cash. .-.Apply, L.. G.-Evan," .Box7i23yy--;_y v ' * y ?> SALESMAN 7-"i-N?FEi^NIE>: Wanted' "to1, liaiidle"'meritorlus r real estate proposition's. ."'We are the7au- •*Jjoriz*d' selling a'ge'nf .of;{the,"Graiid Trunk Pacific" Railway, for one" of its main" "dne'divlslo-fal point towns. - We are the - ownera'of _ the*, original.1 town- site of'Nokomls,. Sask'., ".and close-lri property at'Bpw Island, Alberta. (The Bow v-Island. natural' gas field' is the largest"InHh'e'-world.) ,7 • "-" •■ •We'"can;show, a* man "of ability how he can make -from-$50- to ?300 weekly in-commissions- by representing" our company.*y-For complete information al.*°-. °H^PJ?*n. write plainly,to 7 xy " V Co.;: Ltd, 243, Somerset Bldgs, Winnipeg,. Man. * A^-Boston'" judge' has- ruled that-a- night watchman is not a workingman. The case/came up on a charge that a contractor'had violated the- state's eight-hour law by compelling the 'watch man to .work, excessive hours."' ""^This decision ought to .tickle night.watchmen,, who can now rap for actmlssion' to* the "select" Circles of, the' elite never- Iworkki on\\___e avenue. ' -, 'V"J 77 .WANTED-^-Dressmaklng • also plain- or (fancy "-sewing.111, Apply Miss John-] sbn.^HowIan^'Av^ue.',' ' ,n.t.-25 ,-- -"- -m.".*,1. 3 ,v - :-,' ■; - - fir. -FOR-SALE—Now-Is the time to order Day-old-CHICKS and Egga' for; Hatching from selected laying strain of Buff 'Orplngjton. Albert Davies, Fernie;* BlC- _ - - 25-4t." ■.'-> ARTICLE8 LOST "lady's 14k."" Goldf, Watch, lost In "fernie'on Tuesday. ' FInderMvlll.be rewarded by returning same to Mrs. Robert Anderson. < * < :-*-. .*::•- f-.^ft! w Ai INGRAM^ *■-■ '!>,.',"■*-■...— -*:',' ■ "'■ Wtipies.Ueliai.^Maii- ..< cconist HOUSE FOR RKNT.--Ff.ur-roon.od Cottage, moat kitchen, clothes closet, ,.walcr, sink, eloctrlc'light fixtures."cie*^ Apply, Wm. Barton^ .Singers' Agont." : HOUSE FOR RENT.- plasterod House; toilet, shed' attached, ' Apply Wost Fernio. -. - ' -Two-roomed wator. conl R. Wright, FOR RENT—Storo in tho Eckstein Block. Apply, Crco and Moffatt. — ■ -1 ' 'i ■ '■— SYNOPSIS OF COAI. MINING lllSOUIiATIONS COAT, mln Inn* rlirlits of tlio Dominion, In Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alborta, tlio Yukon Territory, tlio North Wont Territories nnd-In a portion of tlio Provlnco of nritlHh Columbia, may bo loanftl for a torm of twpiuy-ono yenro at un annunl rontn] of fl an iicr<\\ Not mora tlian ..BOO aoren wll bo leased to ono nppllonnt.. Appllcntlon for a, kusu mu_t bu mud. by tlio nppllcant In portion to tlio AkciU or t-bili-Airont or tlio dlfltrlel In, which tlio rlitbtH implied for nro Hlttint- »'d, ^ ' In Burveyort torjltory tlio lnnd muni bo (lOHorlhod by noollnn_, or lofral nub-dlvU hIoiih of Hoat.miH, nnd hi uiiHtirvnyoil torrltory tho trnr-t nppllod for Nlmll bo ntnl-od out by tbo nppllcant lilm*olf, lOnoli npllrntlon munt bo ncaompnnlod by ti foo of .5 wblcli will lio refunded If tlio rlirlitK npiilloil for nro not avnllnhlo, but not ntliorwlMP. A rnynlly nlmll bo litK npiilloil for nro not avnllahlo, ... ....: ntliorwlnc. A rnynlly nlmll bo pnld on tbo morchantnblo output of thn mlno nt llio rule of five contH pnr ton. _ Tho tioi-Hon oporntlngr tbo mlno nbnll furnlnh tho A«ont wltli nworn roturnH nreniinlln»f for tbo full qunntlty of mer- nhnntnbln rnnl mlnod nn dpny tbo roy- nlty tliornon, If tbo oonl mlnlnff rlitbtH nro not holnf. nporntcd, mioli rolurnn nboulrt bo furnlnbed nt lount onoo n yonr. y Tb/ Itni-c will Include tho coal ml»lng rlirbln only, but the l«n«nn mny bo por« inlttrd to purobMe whatovor avallablo Niirfnco rlKlitN may bo onniddoreil no- rpRiinry for the worlilnir of tbo mlno nt tho rnto of $10.00 nn aero.- , ror full Information application jliauld bo nmdu lo Ibe Hocrotary of tbe popnrtment of tho Tntorlnr. Ottnwn, or (i nny Aicerit or Hub-Agent of Domln- Ion [.nnd*. Vf. W, ftorv. «n V.1,,U,X Mtniitor of the Interior. N.n—TTnnnfhorfrKrt ncii .•imimxtanc- ^ wc liave !>een wiablo for th<* tj»if» hr-inj? lo en- law tl»> Lrdttcr, lull wc Iiopo lo xt few woolen. In llio in.-Aiilimc wo an* '•rowiHritf in n* mi»<*1i rwirfincr niAf-Mr ao pn«Kihl*» with Hinallor i»rint. , For Sale Bgea 4-5 yoara; ono ItegUtorad P«rch» •ron Stallion, ago 6 year*, welgfil abbot 1050 lb*. ONR Inrtro IIEnKSHmB 1.0AH. TWO Young HBRK8HIIIB SOWS, duo fn furrow In May. ONE young YOHK8UHH. flOW,*duo to furrow lu M»y, . AI«o, Puro Whlt« Ughorti ChickcnA, Apply S. J. ir«rrI«on, Wardn«r, IJ.C. BarberShop, .. ' \\' Bdths ' Shoe* Shine ., Billiards and Po617; Xofllea, and Sandwich 7 ' \\ 1 Counter* Hazef.wood Buttermilk B-mjium uili '' Victoria Avenue FERNIE. B. C. , Phone 84 Sri1.!1!. iTa,*& toooH» cur.r.o coto», HUM Tlir TMBOilf AND IVmtl, SB CCNTt Here Is a^ Square Deal unit TwincAfn*) il«»Mirtt«*'t<<*rw/«lt With a policy In our old lino *_uai(*rtii)-, jiou caii ko oft ou your vacation 6r visit tho ends of tho onrtli and you "know ll you're io- euro. Tho boit in > ■•' * * "«. Fire Insurance li nlwayn ch«ape»t nnd *ogpocl-. ally no whon It docin't cost hlRhor, Don', delay About thnt ronowfty or about that «xtra In- suranco you wnut hut, com« right In At onco and havo tt attended to, M. A, KASTNER Solo Agrent foe TArnta ;W^bre you can ^g the;ladi"3s>nd/thti;phildren., We keep/our;7 -.\\*T7 . ;;- '"house lighted during 'the' plcturtu. - . *.'' ," ■-■''■■ ,J , ,*a*,. Program for 'y- \\ -. ■A" Mix-up in.Suit Gases \\, Ovfer ths Hills;;: > •s ., f , - • ■■. ^ ' s a ,o ,, < '•I "-■' * "'\\ / .' Their Burglar P^the's Animated Gazette . ■" 7- -- -';•'-, Monday and Tuesday \\ 1 x; w?0™n/«0nrif0tt0 Bcnd th0 chUtlrontotho Saturday matlrioo nt 3 pk Wo wlll-taltQ caro of t,)otr)i „.,.,. _. ■-_«. ;* .s- CE LYONS Insurance, Real Estate • ' -and Loans Money to Loan on first class Busi- n^ss and Residential property: Ufrfo-date. Consult Me First : ^f «^'ln« yowr Spring Bowing dono km MRS. 18. L. CARD; Flint; cla«> Dreiimaiiing nnd p,n|n ftn(J pi||ejr Bow||)g fln||- ft ^cU^iy Prloea w.B»otiRWCi «, PisUott Avonuo,,7 -'' Specla| sale of Flatware S^llST1?a orwD|nn«f "««ve«, At $1.25 por half doz. 5 1*1*58.^i"1'" T2-tt,or' D,nn<* kn,v*«' WOO Per half dot. ll Do«L only mtnner Kn,v««. »M»t plate, *_.7& B S ^l^mTU^SmVJP- Wm Roger!" ?r, Eork?', bogt Pla,°- *''M >*r »»•>' «">*• "wm. imc-. ii n,,,, 8on Al Tftft Korki un pw hslf d<)^ A»C. LIPHARDT, JEWELER ii- '-i-i^V*-^ - '.-V-?^ "iC y -■ -■*>« ' 7%-r----.' if^ij ,*-.,'_ 'iU^'^V .«7_:i\\y:V<-- -/-:;*:, • i,^!^£$-_. ;V -f/j-.r,*.,. yyv 7- y';s:\\7 .-V7.. 1 THE pK^CT'lJBDGER,- FERl!riE,a;B..C.; FEBBUAEY:i7,1912. PAGE FIVE ;,fc" ;■ "'V ''-^i'>:»" ;".".•:' '''■', <*;:w,'^^ ■/ ,,+/::V'*?i-^8:-y;^i;'-'' ■, '. " • :y-7yyc:y- -.-■.•> 7- ■*.•'. y^yV"-*" -: 7 <- *., y.%-.■•'-y - y- r ",.■*!- y.-."*:.^yr r*»y flB_B_Bi .|_B___l*..'.-«.--v.*'-i!s,'-V"- "■-■-- "fr.g^vt^-^vjv.'-^rtx*' w,-..-..* A »*^'» VJ»¥¥¥^y¥»-»»¥»»'^»¥»y¥¥»yy»;» _t __>t ___«>> ityiiifYifUMXai.ifi-V^vyy yyYYY" V¥ VYYYY YT TYYYY YY YY YYYY Y yV.YVT" V TV 1" Y 7 V T f <-- -- rr? ii -*■ MIC H EL"' NOTES* V { CL- >V y, - - , > *, '-' > '."Jl".*' '!. - . •'■■\\< 1"1 ."'^" ".. if'' /'; V . .--- I ll * li " If ,/.>" , -7.Ernest Estafiroolc'was."&]'visitor to r' "Pernle^on Saturday last;* dropplng'ln 7X0'see""some-of the*' Ledger, staff.and' renew, aiild acQuaintanceo. 7,y;yr v ' 7 JPranlcNHariner, of the'.'Eik, River- «yalley- was a visitor iir-town, Monday.' '.7,'-Jack Tucker,', late-jcook" .at' .Es'ta- ' brook's, camp'is-now cooking for Mr. 7* Jas7McCool;at Orson." y.,-.?._.^s > A . • yTAre.'sorry,to learn that Richard Gas^ 1 , kill has" been; indisposed for *, the -past four: or.,five*;days with,"a severe at-' . -ta'ck;of la grippey-y^,- 7;:;--.y .,- .".,-'Early Friday _-.orning,^he"9th'inst., ' .afire started ln Melville Taylor's pool -ffroom.. The fire'-.did j considerable- /•damage,also to, the adjoining',stores? ,Mr: .Selgle^ who owns the^lock,;-.-we .'are sorry to learn.is out some-$4,000 - .by. the damage done,, as-he carried no '"Insurance.- y-^, ifi'^yi-l .;'*. X.,-,<; -.", •!. :-Davld :Shbrt;vaa old' timer-here, ls Jback again'loqjklng for work.7 A.poor , place to;come.to Dave, and we would advlse*,you to >lixik:.ior.'pastures new. ''^^^^^gladf'fo^yipoVt.^ Halko,» who has'ibeen.laid-'up.with ty-v ' ~," phold^la bnce-m'dre/b'-i'the.road to' re- . ^yipyyy^s-ys^y^.yyyf.y y- .x. r >■ ..Fred "S^lh'ch, wturrieV(to High River -Saturday.,.last,v,after..'hav^ng-spent a ' -few .days wlth^frferidsyv,..-y - . - '.'..Evans "Wllyllams,. master mechanic .. of:.C6rbln, 'was ~a" visitor "here"lttst ' -'weekr'-'1 "V* ""-,- ^~J: '\"""■• ■-••■■•■.' ;. yUncle Benny has at last received his ,. \\ certificate"-; of: competency ."as'"a^rnlnet",-. ^and.fls.once'i-nortf.eleglble to swing . ...'the pick.'y,y - y -:. ,;.-... ytt -...' .{". The'dance held In the Hotel Tenezla , 'on Tuesday night was- very poorly-, at- . . .-tended.'"-' ..yy. "'7y. y^y' ■- ,-7 . "■. Smoie^l/lsBuIrig^f rom tho Ib .iick l of . 'INo.' 8-boilers these days. - Wonder "whaPs'the'meaning of it.,--,■*«■.,-.' ^,-,; .7 Mrs. RobertHall and family 'arrived -"'iin,camp this week.from Lancashire to yjola^her husband." f 7■; --yy . -i William?Savage,-beUer7known as the Rooster, - left;, for ,the,; John Lunnywhilst returning .'from ' |New Town, met with a nasty accident, ' ,,on Montlay night. 7 He either" fell, off the sidewalk or the* walk-fell up and ,~7struck him.' .7 «',-."-_ " ' ','•,' yrjiOiOfflcera^elected--Jor4,th"e_i'f!che!, " - " V^-'r ,v-' vv^**vY *-' ••►♦^ *>7CQAL CREEK -.'.V - ^■**v>,<; The min'es\\were all Idle iip here-last' Friday;and Saturday, f "Worki.was.re- sumed'.at711-p.m."'on Sunday.^-' " • *. John iMylie?-;a;driver,7w6rklna. in No. 2 mine/.got severely crushed on Tuesday inofning.and was taken down to the Fernie Hospital by special train. "Jack Sewell, late of Mlch'el.'.nbw of Fernie,-was taking In the sights up here l^st Sunday.**;'- : ■'<"&'. 7rMr and Mrs. CanrTtchei'McNay and family are again taking'up-residence' here after.an^bsence^of.only.a few months.*'",J>'"'■,*•r., *-V:*' '.','- ;' - '- 'v0n*iWe_'hesday7 morning a miner hamed\\Jbh__-,. Arnold, -.working- In - No. 2,mine,*.badithe misfortune,to get his left leg fractured above the "ankle. He had just put his check.on'the'car* and •*as.turning.away; tb Btart and. load when" some56ther.7car8" came' into the place anoV'knock'Jd',hlB"offJtheitrack,, which caught hlm.7 He was'taken to the Hospital. ,'y 7 - " 7^-y -," % -,On Tuesday evening, Feb.";20th, the" Rev. H. W., Stevenson.-of* the-.Pr«sby-i terlan5 Church, Twill ^dve an Interesting lecture m.the;;dub'..Hall on what he saw, In South ""Africa .among/the" Kaffirs, .Zulus-and Hottentots. Chair to be taken at 6 p.m. by Mr. Jno."* Shanks'. A musical programme will be'given by Mrs, Stevenson-and some of the Sunday, School scholars.* ;A charge of twenty-five-cents will-be'made. Door open* at 7.30 to commence/at-8"sharp. On Wednesday evening,''Feb., 21st, ,th'e Ladles Aid ot the' Methodist .Church will give a. Potato Pie Supper In the church also 'a good musical pro-, gramme is being'arranged. , Every one who goes ,1s to bring-'a good' appetite and eat their fill, but do not fill your pockets. A charge of twenty.!ive'cents. will be made for the Ladles'Aid Fund. Supper to commence at 7. sharp. Con- cert at 8."'. Come arid bring* a friend. r-The.rope on the outside Incline of No. 1 East broke on Monday morning, causing,a temporary stoppage of work for a-, while. ■'■ The* afternoon-shift getting to ,work'alright. 77 y"7. A caye-lnbf-coal occurred at No. 1 South bn-Wednesday morning, causing most'of the men working to return, -home again..',. It •- w,as~\\ cleared away. ;n time for. the afternoon, shlf,t tovcommence,work;ir, ,' „--y~r '7 y. . . Mr^hnd Mrs. Bernard Caulfleld and two .children paid la ,"short'visit to friends up here last Friday afternoon. -Nearly all the men in,the mines had to return home again "on" Wednesday afternoon<■ shift, .and all, the mines were. Idle on Thursday. ' ': ■ "*" -' ' | ; -- Jack Chesters started night fire .boss in No. East this wee£ I I yand .District. Anglers' Association, are 7as .fbllowi. y Johh ,;Marsh;i- president;*' James DaVyyjvice-presyerit; * Qebrge '""-A.';Wilde,-, Becretar'y;. Thomas Yates", trea- -. .'surer; General Committee: .Richard - \\Gasklll, William Savage", Joseph Tra- n f>ls,-- Frank-;*Campbell and "Richard - Beard. ,'y - ->:. A formal Conservative" meeting was . "held in the Hall of'the Vehezia' Hotel,' ; "Monday night. ■' The meeting wbb well • attended:.'' There-ls to be another ln . .the noar.jfuture and a smoker, whon 7W. R. Rosa, M.P.Pywlll be present,to . address the meeting. -: ••*■• , '"" Mr. * Pete ■ Sandgerath, waB, a visitor , at the Northern.Hotel,1'Inst week, ro- -, newlng old "acquaintances with, his ,. friend Otto Melr. Ho believes Now Michel to bo a place worth investing t capital tn. --■ * ,,-,-, .,'•',, , /'Melville Taylor Is now.located*ln ,the bowling alloy. ■ "Don't4 forget tho ,. number. , -. '•»,- 7 - Mr and Mrs.-Alex .McCool arrived In ■ town-Wednesday from Montreal much to tho delight of their*many friends. On Sunday hiBt a.trotting match took plnco ;> ln - Now. Town between , Doctor Shaw'B famous ,ly>rBe and Jas' Davidson's -llttlo nrnro.. The raco,- whlch was,for about tliree-olglitH at a , inIIo,;wnB won by the doctor's horso ' by,two out of. Iho.three honta rtin. ,. Mr. John Todliuntor; of Fording Rlvor, wns In town Monday ,nnd .Tuesday . renewing old acquaintances. ,-. : Don't foi/et tho wrestling-match ; on tho,nth-In Martin's Hall," which by nil accounts Ib going to bo a good ono. A wrestling nhd two boxing preliminaries nro also billed. • *-" All wngo-plugB of Michel wishing to know wlmt usottio SoclallBts hnvo for - tlio stnto should nttond tho propaganda meeting of .Mlchol ,T_«cal, No,-110, S. P. of 0„ Sunday ovenlng, at 7.30 In MuIb'b Hall. Comrndo W, L,: Phllllpg, of ;, Fornlo, will bo tho speaker nnd tlio * BUbJect "Socialtam and tho Stato." ...SeverarCreekltes have" taken" the engineers'- examination.held In,Fernie this week.,. .*...""••"■.,-;- f.'T'y.. \\ '♦♦♦»'*♦♦-»♦■ »V»»V» ♦*'»<► LETHBRIDGE7NOTES i?. ♦ »».»,»'♦*»»» , , -;. J- -,rj. :--\\-t, ■ , Work at the mines In this'district is at ^a standstill practically 'speaking. As for the A. R. & I. their-.two-mines have only worked one, day'this* week as yet. There ls'no.doubt"about.it. as] P. L. Nairsmlth'of the-'company says, It Is to-.be regretted, ■ and many of our men "will feel .the pinch after our, long' struggle' last year.. ,v It only goes to prove that individual district suspension of work Ib In alii'cases;, as far as my, knowledge carries me back, results in* failure. Whilst the. other fellow may be helping you on the one hand he is in a sense' cutting your throat with the'other, and until tbe working men of the entire continent realize this and come under the'head of one industrial union, I say all strikes . are-'-fallures." -<■' It, is^'many - years since this has .been,preached In, Brlt- ainyatid it is pleasing, to -'see,5, by ;the present',-action'- of the-'mliierB' there, that it is golngto materially. . y For" some Ulirie-the aentimentsrof many .have'been the desirability of having-a,Co-Operative Store" amongst the. working people, ariS ,todayv..ber« .are''1 posters, scattered throughout an-v nounclng a, public'meeting .Iri the Miner's* Kallfor.Frldayrthe 16th, inviting all .workingmen. We sincerely, hope that; this meeting"will bear fruit as" it is, at least one step in the "right direction," for ari.Holyake,' the great pioneer'of the movement - once, said:'' ."That politeness,' as explained by that robust master: of definition,;Dr. Johnson, consists-in'giving atpreference to others rather'than to ourselves." " In this sense co-operation may be. defined as the: politeness; of -Industry In giving the-total1*of Its produce equitably to those-who'create it. By the .way-a few of the ratepayers of North-Lethb'rldge are putting up a greatlklck about-.the street railway having to go over the^overhead bridge instead of 13th street as at first mapped out, at a meeting of'the"ratepayers' association.*' -Some want the 13th street widened 'to,. 100 ft., that is an- other 34* feet;' some want ,17% ft. of each' side: ,sbme" wante'd It all- on~ the one sidd. - They'seem to-overlook the. tremendous loti'of money It would,take;to do It.either.way. , On the one side all the business places are close'. to the pavement,' and' it .'would.mean..the" buying-out-of the places, and even to take tt on one side It .wouldr entail a-heavy Item, In spite of the fact that-thejciost of this side is. private .'property. K There are also buildings ln' the: rbhte, .and the cement sidewalk Is or\\ both, sides of the street. As far as reports go there THE CEMETARY, NEW, MICHEL : Beside the lonely road they He, , * '. A mile out from the town'and mines, The ; south winds through tho valley •"■ '- v,"'sighs.,;-'-"* ', And sings amidst the frosty pines. -, Walking alone, Icme to see* - . . The name of each poor memory." - - iW r-<_ • . _ , * A simple stone Is raised to tell' 7 * • The sacred story of a grief. ■ So young! And here nnother fell . Before his manhood was ln leaf. Tlio victims of the racing car, The trcmch'rous roof and gasy Jar. " Poor wooden cross, with Slavic words, • In'pencil by a faltering haiflt Maybe thou and all there affords • *' A stranger In a forolgn land.- \\ And yot perhaps tho words may read', How, much a mother's heart can bleed. And horo from Italy camo one, . Too soon to.rest beneath the snows; Tho hard light of a northern Btm Shines on tho tomb no.parent knows. And'sho, ,bo far.across tho wave, *,v , Can placo no flowers on his qrnvor <, I turn to read tho rest, thnt Ho, ' Tho mute'reproaches of the codo- Thnt lots man's blttor grlof g6 by Ab diistupon tlio awlft enr's rond—- Whoro cold nmbltlon, Inst nnd prldo Tholr bloody Juggornaut'do rldo, '•' Alnsl but Blmplo moutl'ds nro thoy, ■ That loso tholr shnpo with snow nnd > ralu, ■ y . , . . , - It Boomed tholr builders stayed a day; Thon, If thoy mourned, camo'not again, A slick to mark tlio head, and all Ts done .or,thoi_c nono here recall. are a few who.seem to think they-rule the many,- and are< determined -that this aid©?doiwlthout,thenar.system, until' > the "building 'of ~''a frail way at 13th street. At this particular place about 100,.yards .from- the CV P. R. itrack, theKroadlon.bothtBldes has ai gradual Incline, which - the proposed' railway must be' according to the decision of the meeting. .But/which tb my opinion would bo" nothing more or less than a receptacle for the water which gravitates to that property, now In dispute for damages before the. City Council. Now for -nil. this expenditure Alderman Frayne, with tho wis- 'dom ot a Solomon, points out to the civic- fathers how this*money oiight to bo raised, tho city to pny SO per cent, thoso getting indemnity 40 per cent, and'the,others who-aro getting no benefit either way, 10 per cent. I'm rather afraid tl.-o,lfi00 or so other ratepayers would have something to say on those matters, first. .""-co sr, "Our Letter Box a Tho D.Btrio.-Ledger accepts no tesi/msi- bility £oy tho views exp-*es8_*f by itsta. 'respondents. Coramunicationlfw.il biijnsftted whether signed by tho'teal, nw&tftalitho ^vritcr or a nom do pluu e.'bft' the'-if ij tor's * .naiiio and address Jmwt-b9s-,rlven'*-'t«-! tho * Kditor n_? evidence of go- idtalj tu- Inmo.pose * will it* bo divulged withe ut o English, O'Brien/ Hamer Hesketh", .*;.- ■■-.. j*M ^-u«HiIton; 7-Reserve: Scranv.^ 7yjMfy " Linesman: "Ross.".?d£' '^"K^ •';' Colors: , Red;--" white**"!And\\bTti«. M.. B ' .. SOCIALIST COLLEAGUE Newly Elected President of Reichstag To Resign on Monday., * BERLIN'. Feb. ^13-^-Dr. Spahn,- iead- er of the. Clerical ...Center party", who was elected president of the Reichstag r yesterday",' announced today that he would resign the chair on Monday declining,to be.associated with a Socialist ,vice-president. Tlie first, vlce- presldent-of-the-Houser-wbo-was-also- chosen yesterday,- Is Phillip Scheld- mann, a Socialist. -• -* .'--■■ i ;,. '- i ,*■ rtt ■ i " .. Kansas require/, mines to be equipped, with telepbones, *,. A few days ago this * precaution will Instrumental ln saving the lives bf a'group of "miners who had'" met with °an accident 1,600 feet' back from "the, bottom of the shaft, ' ' l. UNIONISM AND ECONOMICS NEWSPAPER OONTROL , From nn Exchnngo from tho Othor Sldo of tho Globo.—Wo tnko thin vory well, of declaration: "Thoro is hardly n form of private enterprise- more vie* oiiR'tlian prosont day Journalism Whllo tho blofttod onpltnllst Ib (Ioh- troylng tho body of tho worker, tlio dnlly prosB is poUonlng his soul," Every cnpllallBt no\\yspapor rcprc- ' sonts nomo or twvoral cnpltnllit Inter «sts. ThoRo intorontn find It noces* sary to control tho minds of the mnoaoR to further their purposes. And so tho cnpltnllBt press, prnctlcnlly with out an exception, is engaged tn tho work not of helping humanity but in tricking It. No wonder tho pooplo flro beginning to blink thoir oyos opon, And yot, within tho winds that como From yondor mountain clouds of , ', snow, Volcos thoro ncom, not wholly dumb, Of thoso thin spot-will novor know, Rut who far off for lovor, son, ' Pour out tlio grlof that's novor dono. —Bernard Savngo, At Rnolno, Wis., 23 manufacturers, who employ 2*1,000 "linnds' (12,000 workorR) havo Instituted n I'ontrnl employment bureau, with tho uBiinl cary system, containing tbo' pedigree of ovory slavo, If any bocomo rambunctious, thoy nro duly marked, drlvon off tho plantation, and thoro Ib no ,maiRa sending out bloodhounds to bring thorn bnck. This IndUBtrlnl "froo- dom" is a wonderful thing, At Fairmont, W. Va., on January 1G, negro minors dynamited two houses occupied by-forelgn-speaklng miners. Ono mim wob, killed nnd.BOvernl severely Injured.' i .' i From.,-New York It Is reported thut tho Hnrrlmnn llnca hnvo lost ovor a million dollnrs lndlvIdondB on ncc/Hint' of the strlko of tho shop men. Tho actual losses are probably double tho amount, ns tho figures aro based upon only part of tho tlmo thnt tho men havo boon out, Reports from tho West Btato that tho roads aro ln terrible condition. .lust ono Instance In mnny; It required eight engines to haul a freight train ovor ono ,dlvl- i slon from Mojavo to Lob Angeles, Two ''died" on ono small noctlon. and.had to bo towod In by a third englno. Tho strikers aro standing true to tholr colors, but thoy need flnnnclnl nsslstanco, A British workingman enmo homo Into on Saturday evening. 111b fnre wns red. ,, His volco suggoflled Jollity and thoro enmo no welcome Jlnglo from his pocket. "Oh, I'vo hnd a flno tlrhe!"'ho «ald, "I'vo boon to nn Hmplro mooting, It wns grand," ITo consod anoaklng and thoro was nn ominous sllonco,' Ho looked around Busplclously, "What's llio matter with supper?" ho itBkod angrily, "Ain't It rondy yot?"* Ills' wlfo, who was sitting pooling potatoes and trying to quiet a crying baby nt tho tamo time, roso slowly and handed blm tho Infant, "Horo," aho said, "lake hold of your bit of Empire while I fry tho potatoes," Men and women who engage In the- work of mainialnlnp unions among tlio toilers'ilo-,-bo for a.cpcctfic purpose. They want > to make, their condition better and enable tlie workers to obtain more of the fruits their labor produce, Yet they simply scratch the .surfneo as It were nnd travel nbout the-odgeslof the real subject Instead of going to the middle of the, same and seeking a fair solution,. They nro concerned In tho main about.tho mat- ter of wages nnd '];'<> hours of lubjr They will seoura .lio*.' at an*-' c*.»»»* to tho public niul seoln. satUflod that thoy nro, the beneficiaries ln a small way nt Wast and do not tako Into consideration what they may happen to loso In another way. For instance,* the' mine workers' secured more-wages "and better working condltions-ln two strikes conducted in the anthractie'field. '■ But when the wages "of'the working men went up a trifle the cost of fuel to/the consumer in some" instances * was doubled. The cost;of .fuel to the" men.who were engaged in other lines-of trade having increased, ,they',' too,'1 raised' the price of the goods they sold, not even In proportion to the cost, but like the mine operator, they went.some better and lifted the prloe * high. then, when, the rminer\\ and • others went to the store tb buy the necessaries of life they found that;the price bf the same had,gone up and that the. Increase in wagesT they received was hardly as much as the Increased cost of the goods they were forced to buy. The operators are better, financially, now than they were before they gave the miners the. Increase they asked for, as they used the same as a reason for Increasing the cost of coal to the consumer over twice what they were obliged to hand over to the miners. -, It" Is the same way with other employers of, labor. Whenever there ls an increase' lri wages the employers usually send up,the cost of the articles manufactured and more than over the. labor increase In^extortlng from tho co-isumer. As the wage earners are the largest' consumers, it is easy to see that what- they get ln wages they surrender baclc^in the Increased cost of living.". This-Is the subject the wage .workers should , attack in some manner that would give them a clearer insight'into these matters. "Not only are these Injustices practiced" in, the. unfair, prices ofneces sitles,' but In1 the evasion of public duties by theBe corporations who evade payment of large sums In taxes each' year. ; Then comes the statement of-:the'auditor-general of. the state" in which he accuses the same corporations oJ cheating the commonwealth out of thousands of dollars a year, in taxes, making false statements wlth7'respect to -4helr corporation standing and,, otherwise setting aside the .performance, of the most essential of public duties: Again, the. national government accuses these ' corporations* of "deliberately violating law In the matter of maintaining an illegal series of. combinations. Because Samuel Gompprs and 'John Mitchell declared that'a certain stove corpora., tlon was., not worthy oft the patronage of organized labor when a certain judge" told "them that they should not do-ltXthey were, cited to appear ln court'-and answer the charge of con-' tempt. Yet this same stove company Is a member.of. a stove combination and a violator-of law in that connection. ■ • •-** ;*/-;: -, ■' • - Workingmeny should .^ not' .content .themselves-wlttiSimere-consSderatlon- bf the':-wages -.'and: labor' conditions. They should,-examine, deeper into-the subject'and see. where their interests lay beyond. They Bhould satisfy themselves as .to thft reason why life necessaries" are bo' high and what the remedy*1 for/ this'--ovll: "Would be.'1'"'" They should inquire'about the political,conditions that make, it Impossible for them to obtain"a fair deal in'the matter of .remedial,legislation and apply the remedy that lays In their hands. But some aro content to stand on the question of wages and'allow-conditions to prevail that will later rob them of„the'Incroaso and al) other money,' they, may get and not only nf- filet them, but all of tho working pooplo aB well." •'' - The ■ loaders of . organized labor ought-to study economic subjects so thnt they could advise tho rank nnd fllo how to - net, Tho question ' of taxation, that of living cost und genornl public conditions concorn all of tlio tollers In a very vital wny nnd thoy Bhould.be made acquainted with tho gonoral subjects In all of Its phases. What good /comes from Increased wages on ono end of tho denl tf thoy nro^robbed by, high food prices nnd high taxes on- llio othor?—Tlio WllkcB-Dnrro Independent '■'■-\\/ the Rocky Mountain ■ ,-■"",. v At the^Famous Sulphur. Springs '-.7 FRANK, Alta.- •.-; .7,- Fitted throughout with every modern convenience SULPHUR BATHS, BUS TO ALL TRAINS The Frank Wine & Spirit Co. Wholesale Dealers in. » j *-< Wines, Liqudrs and I.*"-";' CIGARS ''' '-. - ' FERNIE.BEER ALWAYS IN STOCK Phone 83, Frank, Alta. , y- 7 We have the largest and most up-to-date Hardware and Furniture Stock ',y*.\\ in the Pass. Everything in ., , Stoves and Ranges Furniture ,. Granite &^ Enamelware Carpets and Rugs Plumbing and Heating. : Special Attention to Mail Orders - * ' yy ' ■''•'" "'•"' 7° , "" -,' ■' ' -,. vJCrow's Nest Pass Hardware Co., Limited PHone 7. FRANK^ Alta. RO. Box 90 Letter on Industrial Unionism New^Micy=GeneTabfflerchandiseCloT : '.' ■ •/•.' y ' y' y{ -*"' • -' -• " ;. ,. . ■" • Importers of r '■ ,.• ,-':*." ,''".-* 77. .ITALIAN^ RODUfcxsyy 7 and t)ealers in Domestic Groceries , ' - "*•**'' - Agents for Steamship Companies. New Michel, B.C. '" \\ si u'VcuV^&4j r Hip's A Sip wle Workinpaii Kent Gardens $1 Down and $1 Buys a Calgary lot. C. N. R. Division Ml ' . a Week No Interest To tbo Kditor, District LcdRor: •Donr Sir,—This Is ■_.■ topic upon' which a groat don) of dlacuARlon will tnku plnco In tho noar future, and Inking hood of tho notion of tho U. M. W. of A, nt thoir Inot convention the rnnk nnd fllo will nood lo got n correct iindenitnndlni. of thin niiontlon' both pro and con, PollllcH i holiiR pormlnslb.0 In the dluciiHBlons on tho floor* of tlio various locnl unions It would not. ho out of plnco to consider tlio artlclo which m>- ponrcd lant wr«k In tho Pint riot \\M> Kor ndvocntlni. IiuliiHlrln) Unionism. Tho stnlcmonlH contnlnod therein nro BuhRinnilnlly correct and tho promUoi woll worked out, hut not far enough. Wo know thnt tho demonmrftted failure of craft unlonlftm and tho sectional Btrlko must forro tho worker* forward Into nn ownnlzntlon along class linos, or, as tho writer put It, "nn ln« dustrial orKanlzatlon." Now, Is this really possible? Tlm prpsent writer Iiub come to tho conclusion that It Ir not. A review of tho trend of modern industrial production clearly shown that the machine la Increasing tho Intensity of tho compotltlvo *tniR> Rio between men and lest, labor li ro- quired thnn formerly, Consequently tho army of uncinpioyea oecom«s iWilc-j .iiiil _;r.-fi1rrh n-nfl t*hry Tptto no smnll pnreentnBe of our population. ThW army Is over In dlroct competition ititfi th<5 cmr-'ioy^ tbreateolB* their livelihood nnd thereby runderlni. them moro submissive to conditions. * $1.00 Down No Interest Call or wrltb for our Maps UNION LAND COMPANY, Limited NATAL, B.C. $1.00 Down No Interest potty contrnctlnK, speculative Ipvost- menlB, etc,, which ko toward the mnko-up of the cnpltnllstlc ldenllsm of tho Indlvldiinllty of mon. This Is so often notlrpflblo on the floorn of locnl unions whoro tho workors' do not realize tlielr economic Intordcpon- iloneo nnd Iho nliBoluto economic lie- ce'sstly of orKnnlzntlon. A mnn com-^ plnlncd to ihowrltor of n stoppage of union dues to the extent of $17 in ono month, nnd snld thoy would chop his' head off beforo ho would Join the union again, This Is duo to tho Immediate economic environment, union dues rc-presontlnK so much of tho mentis of life. Thoy ennnot seo ho- yondt lliolr own Itnmodlalo interests, nnd tholr contentment and optimism are truly nmnr-lng whon wo come to consider conditions ns thoy exlut In tho world to-dny. Thoy hnvo boon thorotiKhly taught "Tako no thought of tomorrow." There are those who talk of the general strlko,- overlooking the suffering entailed, and thoso upon whom It falls, Wo havo seen the children of our class suffer nnd die In a sec- tlonnl strlko oven whoni'oiir brothern send us a cmst to mako their scabbing - n-rintftnl*. A w»n#»r»l *trik»» but enlarges tho scope of tho suffering, see- h)K ..l,1-). -...' WA_.'t T»ia ftrfit tricn.nnrtiitlri'll t«Hlttt1'i»« 7n "<-r'.» •♦«Mf» ~» «»«J .«.fi.«» t« Grand Union Hotel COLEMAN, Alta, Best of Accommodation Attentive Help, Pleasant surroundings G, W. CLAIR :-: Proprietor ensure tho Hix>cAy /■omix-tltlon of tho workers of other nations with thoso In the districts not yet suffering with n congested labor supply. With the help of Alluring literature tbeso throng* of laborer* aro Induced Into tho green fields and pastures of coun- frf** iindenrolnff th» proe*** of rapl- UlUt exploitation, brlnfflng with them a towr standard of living. strike.,, Who will secure to the unemployed and tmorganlM th« necessities of llfo to prevent them srabblnR —slarvlng men nato to nice dlstlnr- lions of ethics—and what of the funds to meet such demands? T»y a g^nrral vlke we do not eut off the supplies nf th* emp?ftrfn_r rlnna, tintfin tnt+r- iiAtlonsl. They hav« at tlwilr dls|>o«- capitalist system of MO.olUlloii. TIiIh explulns tho wnr nciir.-* so oIK'n brought beforo llio peoplo to kc«i> their minds off oconotnlo questions, tho study of which moans the overthrow of.capltnllHin, Armored trains would replace lho armored wnuoiis used In the recent strlko in Kngland, Do not think for one moment that the -employing rliiHH ls iKnoriint of tho trend of events or that they will refrain from. U-liiK .tfu-cluat methods of suppression, Might In right,! and. ,» ,. . « 11 ii i i , i» . i..».. tb« hlstei-y of the (inst and preaent and you will soon ho dtsillustonued. Organice by all means tlio,might of our numbers. Tlie factions In our ranks will automatically weld thorn- selves Into an Irresistible fighting forco agilnat capitalism. ' T.i© might ol llio jtr«'H.'-)t system rc.tii In tho stato, tlio executive com- nil toe of the ruling clasa, bolng -ilfct- ed through their ability to hypnotiso the mentality of llio workers. At only rlnss who nm nnd must and will. They imt iilremly opunilliiK tint iiieniiM of prodiic'tlon mid distribution, from tho slmplcHt to tho most complex ma* chine. Tho Industrial rovoliitlon l« already accomplished, tho publlo i-wi-4.rt.hlp bus yet to bo lie- rompllshcd, This can bo gain* od peaceably and quickly through lho IcftlttliiMvo uua-hliio by the elwllon of our own rcprosentatlvcs, mon drilled In tho (.-law. strugglo with tbo ethlci nnd Ideals of a class consciousness al- l/»..r«», rr ^tt C«-r ont capitalist para«ltes In thn leiHsla- lures. 1'oliUcal action by the worker* Mill disrupt tbe ItRallty of tho present methods of suppression, and the b*yo- net, rlflo and club will bo wrested from the hands of tho exploiters, Tho revolution wc hn\\t> to nrromn- Dn'n 1b i)it> cleiii-ltig ot the JtddU'd brains or tho slaves of foolish superstitions, etc.; to get tli<-m thinking clearly; to Instill class conscious intelligence Into them, nnd to teach how thoy can onjoy their disposal nro nil tho methods or what they already know how to pro- coercion, which thoy uso consistently,duce. In education lies our salvation, to maintain tholr privileges. Tbo [Now that the union* have discarded lights lor free r|k*ocIi nt Aberdwn nnrt jiVt«« niiit(|iiHtM«wrti|f \\triaek n'uiM* iA ttf •wa;«*!.o<)*.'« ur,'i)l v,n ,... ... 'n.it attain the atiindard of {W^ll-tnt*-*. Mi«m it** w*rM-Mcr f-T/-t»*^ tt* tf*,- pi? MM and dl)><*rlml»iillnn. whlrh mw» tt* < Hrnlrtfi thfir* nrftm many teewln^ty rrtf^f of coercion. Tkno'-v?n.f f il" •a-.llatuw oi'r too jil.tlnty that U Is tb<" ap(_Ar<*nt avenues of -fistajio from tho 7r..t tJi*1 d«-lrni.tl©««f th* wnlt* i,\\ tY* thruldom of »ftg« rlavc-ry, aurh a* vorkrrB only tt^mtt in lf>.v.-r.ur- u. Bpokano (Wash!) nit well aa that now j in the Union," g<«t your, local to hold Iu _).o_..e_a m Vimcuu-*cr.. Hlustratca V-tMoiMonn! ni^tlnfis «ci:I,Iy or often lho favor wllh itl'lih they "look ujion'-J'^ Oik»M«' nnd -/'(Jucatt', for Jn dlgcusalona of tho condition* of the > knowledge lie* emancipation. working el»*s by ro*.mt»ers of that despised etas*. ? In tht* dlsttlrl we have had the! iltlM Ar1. th*- Mthtttf/it, ..I*- Msfli Youra, ttr. PltOLETAIUAN. working fla*« who ar« lnttkr*M.I«rt! In niDoOnsr t.if iiNwnt lnc-qnnlUli-». The! ShHokh GitFe STOPS to".' •!HTtiKnn.f.t J5CK.VJS "4'Sx^v^^ y. at Lahausage Uy Day Allen Wllley. * A system of washing bitumlno.is coal noted for its simplicity and economy lias been placed in 'service' to work on Alabama coal at the minini. town.of Labausago in that state. liy< tlie method-referred to, the coal, as It conies from the mines, .is .not only washed and separated but is crushed •to "the sizes desired'for fovgo'"purposes. , The object of the plant is to • supply coal of a suitable'quality ami .size free from impurities,'for smithing and ' similar purposes. -. . " The vein of coal"mined, which' is "treated, by* washing, js located about 40 miles south of Chattanooga, near tho town of "Mento, and a few miles from a Southern lliiilway lino; connected, with ilie plant. Thus, tbe company has transportation facilities for , marketing all the coal mined ami washed. While the seam mined lias an average thickness of 24 inches, Mts'quality makes it especially suitable for forge and' steam fuel. It is slow buniiug.coal and not too pasty "high in fixed carbon, low in*- ash and sulphur. Tlie benefit of washing the coal is-indicated by a comparative analysis i inado'of the coal before and after being treated.by water. ■ • The washing* reduces the ash in the slack from 14.17 por cent to 9.4'. per 'cent, effecting a reduction of 33.45 per cent., and the sulphur is reduced 19 per cent, or" each 100' parts of sulphur In the unwashed becomes 81 - parts in the washed. Also 100 parts " of ash in the unwashed becomes CC^ parts in the washed product.- The coal-has a specific gravity-of 1.31, and has "been subjected to specific ,1,200 revolutions per mlnuto, with* 20> Inch pulley, and the latter a speed 'bf' 500, revolutions per minute and a ■IS inch"wood split pulley; the crusher belt travels at a spoe.d of 0,200 feet -per minute. This countershaft iss_, while the washing plant, ready, for service, cost $10,000 with complete mechanical equipment.— Mines and Minerals. * LABOR LEADERS ARE' PREPARED Arrests are Expected Monday or Tuesday " _ * ' "gfaWtyvsoiutio'-iyiMirwiiirririe^toiiow-- ing result. ' " -■ "Unwashed coal "contains 14.10 per cent of ash arid 1.20 per cent.'of sulphur. Specific-gravity solution tests show that this unwashed coal con- - tains 70 per cent ot material running 6.44 per cent, ash; 8.83 per cent, of * material running 19.80 per cent, ash; and 11.38 per cent, of material-run- ', nlng 52 per cent. ash. The total capacity of tho,washer, which is located adjacent to tho mlno tipple, so that it Is served by a chute, Is 350 tons,' Its equipment comprises ono double New Century jig, one- 75-horso-power engine, one SO-horsc- power holler, and one No. 2 Williams ■ crushing mill. After the coal leaves tho mining cars, It is delivered by a chillo to a 20-foot Jeffrey flight conveyor; this convoys or delivers tho rtin-of-mino product lo a crusher where it is criishe.1 to a slsso bf \\>h Inchon and under, and passing lo a Linlc-Tlelt continuous-bucket elovntor with 45- foot centers, it Is delivered to a relent ion bin, from which It. is fed directly by gravity to tho jigs. - • Theso jigs run nt tho rate of 1-15 revolutions per nihuil,o, each stroke roquirlng the equivalent of n 2»/_ Inch stream of water,' which is piped from n tnnl. near tho Jigs, The capacity of tha tnnl. Is lO.OOO gallons. Tho wnched conl leavcR tbo jigs with tho overflow, thence, by Inundor, lo nn elovntor with perforated bttekota for (lownlerhiK mid delivering to a settling bin, tbo littler having n capacity of 300 ioiih, Tho olt-vntorH hnvo n sliced of 12V_ revolutions per mlnuto. The cnuMmtillng nnd washing nm- cbliiory Ih driven by a drive of throo- strands of 1 Inch innullii triuiHmls- Hlon rope, I raveling 1,881 feot por inlnuto, The onglno speed Is 150 revolutions per minute. Tho crush INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 10.—Sir J.'T.'Butler, of-Buffalo, N. Y.', vice-' president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, conferred today with ' Mr, Frank M. Ryan, tlie-* president, concerning reports which-.Ryan said he had heard about'the;government's* Investigation of the dynamite conspiracy"; ■ ., , .. •. ,.. > -'.< i < -'We nre ready-for'any action-that may develop,"' said Mr/Butler. _ "L pToUaDly^will"-be-'at"T"s0me7~polnt~InT Ohio next Tuesday." ° Mr. Ryan had announced It had been reported to him that thirty of the forty or more indictments in the.-dynamite case were officers of the Ironworkers. Tho;arrests of tho men are to take place early'next week.. „ DIVORCE A.8YMPTON. The increasing number of divorces Is- looked upon with alarm by the Hannibal Journal. The editor calls it a "festering sore" and thinks the lnw should make divorce moro difficult. As divorce'Is merely, a symptom, not a cause, 11 Is clear that making di- vowo difficult, will jwU remove the eniiBo' of It. Whenever n-mnn nnd woman get to the dlvorco stagothero ciln be no good como of -compelling thorn to llvo together, Indeed,- it,,Is wrong to do so; It is immoral; 7 Divorce Ih a sign that men and women nro learning' to. rospoct thorn- solves, particularly tho women. As woman becomes moro intelligent nnd Independent' thoy will not longor con-, sont to bo doormiUs for somo man to wipo his foot upon when occasion suits him. Womon want to bo the equals and males of tholr hlishnitds —not tholr houso drudges. ",' When tlio woman of today finds herself tied to a domineering ^tnn,- who ronlly wnnts n'dlRhwnHhor, not a wlfo, she Is apt to I'osort to tho dlvorco court, Bocnuso she mndo ono mistake Is no roftuon why alio should mnko' n lifelong mistake. . Dlvorco Ih n symptom thnt men will have to mond somo of thoir ways nnd lnarii decency and veal morality, It Ih a sIkii thnt ub women bocomo more Independent thoy will forco rospoct Since "the -Liberal party returned to power in' 1905 -(says- a London "despatch)', and .-particularly since It. has depended, for'Its'political life on the support of "Labor and* Nationalist votes, morel", legislation of the kind advocated ..by-trades unions has been .enacted'.than in any similar period in the history of the country. Still labor at least the'Independent Labor Party; which is largely dominated by the Socialists, Is not satisfied and1 has arranged a program which as last year's president of the party, Ben Turner, said "\\ contains "" expectations ■ much greater -than the possibilities.' - Mr. Turner said that the -party had not done all that it should have done, .the fault lying ln that it lacked numerical strength,- Its business ls now, he added, to make itself the dominating controlling guiding and ruling party of tho state. ' , * -, .,' Much Done to Please Labor Men In the last few. years the __nbori.es have seen enacted Into law by.par'.la- ment, the Trades Disputes. Act which permits peaceful . picketing, during strikes; an act to provide lor the feeding of school children; .the Compensation Act", which provides for tho ..payment-, of persons injured while at work; a fuller adoption of fairi trades resolution, which makes obligatory the payment of government contractors of the union rate of wages-fn forSe In ihe district'where the work is to be doiie;_ an improvement in the position of 7 the .workers in the government dock yards,;, the provision of .work for the unemployed; the Old Age". Pensions-Bill; the* payment, of members of parliament, rWhich relieves'the trades .unions,, of the payment of members who represent their interests' in the house: the- establishment of labor bureaus where men and -women in search of work may register'and be supplied with information as to work obtainable;. and tho insurance against illness.and'.unemployment, which bill although it.-does not meet altogether wiih the "approval of trades unions lias been.accepted with the.understanding that an effort will be made lo improve it aiid if possible introduce a non-contributory'system. ', - - . „ ,. Plan -Railway Nationalization For'the"immediate future the party platform .contains planks looking to tho further, improvement of tbe condition of labor; a "right to work bill, that is.-.a-law ".making it .obligatory^ upon the. government to provide work for thos'o'Cdeserving it; the abolition of night work;as far as possible; a-land policy which'.would place, ttoe* workers on" the-land:until the-natlphallzatl_n of land couhi- be?acc6napHshc«l;7tha nationalization of-railways '.thymines ana,- bills; for*the impro\\ement"of-the housing bfiworkingmen.V 77'vy'*''' - . y .', v.:_ -y . -.- /s^yyy;-: - -, . -Socialists Strong y-.-,., -, -'- ' * ■ - ) I - >-'.. - -.-, t -&■" >--- The "recent jlabor conference-was-the 12th since j the .party'- was, organized.- There; were present- 500 delegates-je-, presenting lj,539,000, members ^drawn^ from the affiliated'trades-unions..The' Socialists. have only, -34,100 -'members' in the TJnltejd Kingdom- but they.*.practically domlinate7the. Independent "Labor party.".l This \\is 7largely, due to their leaders, among'whom they-num- ber J. Ramsay Macdonaid^,the. Labor Leader of^ the 'party in.thel-House, of Commons; ^Kelr Bardie*" Philip Snow- don, F. W.jewett* and bthei1 .members of parliament.': ",Arthur';*,Henderson, M.P., tlie new secretary. of the" party is not a Socialist,-but Socialists supported him showing" at ""present'the'So-" ciallsts are willing to work* with -the more conservative Labor, leaders. -* ' - The industrial unrest of last year resulted in great numbers of workers joining trades" unions and' Socialist bodies to.the satisfaction.of the leaders of-tlio strikes, every,one of which they say means more strength.to their party. A further impetus ,was given to the movement by'the success of the Socialists in Germany,-.whom .the Englishmen are hoping to emulate. The propagandists are busy iu this country rallying men to the"unIons and threatening to strike "unless non-unionists are prevented [working'-side by,-side* .with the trade, unionists. .This,,.was the only reason*^ for'the, late, strike in the ,colton°mlllS| bf Lancashire..;-.*. Seek Domination-of Parliament' .'Two Labor 'daily; papers are about to.make their;-.appearance;' One, the Daily Herald, is' to take the place of the"*Morning'Leader which'is to.be amalgamated--'with tho'-Daily News. The Leader.'was never an.official la-, bor'paper mityt generally supported, the party. The.Herald will be an out and out Labor paper; The second.pa-.- por is to be the Daily-Citizen and.it" will bb the,official organ of the'party. A fund o£*.$750",000 is being raised'.to make-a, start and the party has -subscribed. -5*30,000 toward" this end ;and, will-give both'financial and other s*ip-' port-in tlie. future. ' _-_'"••,. ■ The leaders-have set themselves, the task of increasing the" labor representation in'the "house from 42 to 142 nnd •with".his tliey-.believe the party will be, atfld-. Jo [-dominate not" only- home but'also'foreign politics. QUEBEC" PROVINCIAL NEWS er Ih driven by u, 12-lu doublo-biiithei* even from tholr huBlmnils. belt with cemented connections from Io "*"1'10", dlvorco moro difficult moans cruelty nnd euffeilng, nnd 11 liOllllliilhllilfl wllh 2d foul bull (til- Un-H. Tho crushor Iiiih n spued of What Followed i Cut, A Maglii.rft.o's Wonderful Kxporlone* Willi Znm-Iluk, Mr. J. 13, AitioKault, a Justice of tho Poaco, and otntlon maetor at Wellington, on tho 1'r.tnco Edward Inland Hy., ha« hud u wondorful proof of tlio Ileal* lug powor of /.itm-Biik. IIo says: " Four yeare ago, I had an aceidont I nllppod ln lho station and fell on t freight truck, niifllnlnlng a bad out on tho front of my Ion, I thought tblf would heal, but Instead of doing do it developed into a bad ulcor and lator into "a form ot eczema which aproad very rapidly and alno utnrtod on tlio othor lug. Both lo^a .bocarqo ao ewolloa and fioro that T could only rw about my •work by having thorn 'bandagod. My rlootAr hn Id T must, tttrtp work iwtd lav up. "._.Ju u\\x J-Jdiiilij ct ihls U'oulio I consulted another doctor, "tuit wUh no bettor roault I triad all tlio aalvot, .Iftiii-erMn and loUoris I beard of, but (tmload of gotting bettor I (tot worm " ThlB wim my condition when I got ri-,« «-.- ,. » •»._-. f)..i. ri-„..tl.,» 4» my dollght that flint box gave mo re* II of. I continued to apply It to the •ore*, and day by day they got bottor, I could tee that tt lut! bad let lold of aotnetblmr whleh would cure me, and tn tbe etd It did. "It U bow over a year itece Zam-, Batt.wortoirl a '■ 4, That In the caso of legitimate nnd natural children recognized as such beforo tho nccldent the employer, will provide for tholr wnnts until thoy hnvo reached tho ago of twenty., At prosont tho ngo Is fixed nt six-' teen. 7 ' At present llio nbovo law provides for tho fnmilloB only when tho victim Is tho nolo support. ,It Is desired thnt It. shnll nnply whon tho victim is the partial support, sir In the case of ono'or two or throo brothers, , '. "• 5. To chnngo thobnsls of Indemnity from $000 lo $800, nB tho caao of snlnrloH, undor $1,000, nnd to pny tho liidoniiiltlcn monthly, Instead of quarterly. fl. That the superior court' deal wllh nil appeals in connection with tho. prosont law, *« *- 7. That tho lnw apply to lahoforn employed In .tho lumbor industry ns well ns to thoso in other Industries. 8, Thnt IndomnltlOH ho pnyablo from the ditto of (ho accident In cuboh whuio InjuikiH aro, pormnnont, 'Othor rcBolutlons woro presented, fishing for compulsory education In Cntliolio schools; tho uppalntmont of mi liiHpcrtor of fnclorlos; tlimnxton- hIom of tho'liiHpeotorH' work lo cover ficnffnldlnf,-. nnd thnt thoy bn clionon from the'-rank's' of ".organized labor; the" granting, of "a > larger autonomy-to the, city, of ^'Montreal; an eight-hour day on*provincial" public works," and the abolltion;_bf the prpperty". qualification. 7 -. *■ »-*... -—^\\Ttu-ciA*v-uiiiWJiot,o-_-I \\T~UT_:\\.UilJllI,g~iii\\J>I^7" and .more-alive to their interests" and there are-great hopes for a favorable consideration of these requests by the government.,7 i*j >' -. - ALTRUISM OF.ORGANIZED'.l;ABbR By John B.Lgmonl- yS':y * Recently .whilo.,tray<3_jfi|jc"_.' gentle^, man I met itf', the!: smbter-iliad'much to say about1* the",r«xtremelyy selfish, spirit of - organized jlabor, -liow^w© never did anything rfor a .'human motive,-but always io serye'tbe" Interests of members only wlthoutjany regard to the rights/of .those'outslde.": I want to refute the" erroneous'-.idea ^by --giving a'brief story-'of-jatvlslt-made-in June to the mountains..'ot "eastern Ten-' essee. . ■ ,,,vy7,i*>y.*?,'-','s'-*,.- 7* > - As one representative^of-the'Amefij can Federation .of Labor^"Iv'went*.tb' Hale Springs to *"tal_e,%parf:;lri "dedlca-; ting the Tuberculosis'sanitarium and home erected'by the-Printing-Pressmen and Assistants',! Union, now'.near-, ing completion, • Some rumors of.wbat president Berry; was-doing'had" reached me, but the*,reality.;faTf-exceeded any - expectations. . Burns • br7 Longfellow never In; any_T„of, their.poems painted a landscapeTrtore charming f'or beautiful than we beheld Jon Teaching Hale Springs. A.valley beautiful, surrounded by mountains-'covered :wtth pine and other woods, with, ylnes^. in profusion, blackberries,*" mixed with- the' underbrush;, the Supreme. Architect of the universe might'pqssibly'have made a spot more beautiful and'grand, but. so far :as my travels have' extended I have never seen the beauties" of nature lr_ greater- profusion la any one' place,,- and here tho pressmen havebullded a home"" for the cure, bf . tuberculosis. With air, as, pureras-nature ,can make it, .with." cooling-sprlngs^lmpregnated with many different minerals,.with- the taste" of the pine and1 fir in the atmbs- phere*,- with ""* * -S&l'i ^^h".*■.*- vT-jl ' -^^i *■■**■*? V v!!|§8|i 'Mrs.'rsSj^iiin^7^Pr^rietress' •it Rates $iV5€^;andiup14! , ;-/-y • y7v ..----.«^ 7., . Hot' and .'Cold, Water; y yV Electric .Lighted yf_•'• ^A ;!' Steam Heated..'-' ■■■ , 7 •*v^ '. •Phone7ln 'every- rbomi'^ .- -Sample Rooms on Main ,*;-.^"Bu6lriess:.'St"reety - 7JOHN 'BAHBERJ"*B.*»^ < r - '-,v . . .. DENTI8T U_»S5"7C' ::.« £~f'j?l '-«.<-A_ b"f?lce:\\H*hde^ " ;^^V;*H*oure;^^:"[^ >:*S*wide-.ce:i: i;-yimh^w^7^y^i >m .ry f,l *J*a. s -t^,, w 77l\\LVP'.;ECkSTElN7 "\\-yyy. y;*-77 *:'-" "-' y^y-^yy-,'--'--'*' Barrrsto_'.a*H-aw._"sb!l^^^ ECKST£IN^BOILDINGSj'lFern1e,^B.C.;-: -li.,-,^, s-,* -^-^ . Meal ^Tickets. $6;00V" Special Rates by th'e.w«ek'v'and-„ themonth and-to Theatrical pa^V _ - v , . ■ » PC "ties." Try'our'7- .7 -,.,.-* - -•'■ *- ' . \\ ,7-y ' - ■ '■•■„_. v, c-"- ?'• Special, Sunday! Dinner 50c; ; 5 Trie 'finest ofywiftes, ..Liquors'. -'and'Clgars served,byucompetent" ,and obliging wine/clerks.\\ " ;r f.; C. "llawe 7';v., "\\y' Alex.7C Fisfwu: ■*•'?",-, -.-.-•-■ '.y -# ,- * - n „-.-. -.y-ss:-.- -7- .-I- r LAWE '*'" FISHER-' ry *-;^-; ;7 ATTORNBfs'.-y .74 Feriiie,-, B._ cS'y ■L. H.; PUTNAM- .-.,.-.,-- -,* ■•„,—,-j,.- sy$. Barrister, Solicitor,' Notary pubUV'etei BLAIRMORE, ' 7/ALTA.'-7' CANADA'S MINERAL , *,. / '' " ^PRODUCTION GROWS "..a m, FERNlt ■•>>.: "Answer: Rapid Increase' Commenced In 1904 7,' and Continues to Keep Healthy *7, Figures The total value fit the, mineral production In Canada In-* 1910,'according to revised statistics ' now complete, was $100,823,6287'' Compared with the previous year's production of $91,- 831,..1, that of 1910 shows nn increase of $14,992,182, or""lC per cent., and, says Mr. John MeLolsh, B.A„ In his roport to tho department of mines, Ottawa,^, ls the largest' incroaso that has been recorded In Canada's mineral production In any one year. - Tho production per capital litis nlso ine'ronsod from $12.82 In 1909, ,to $M.2C in 1910, nu ndvnnco of 11.2 por cent. ■ The Inrgest production por capita previously recorded was $13,35 In 1907. • . The year 1880 was tho first year for which complete statistics of mineral production for" tho whole of Cnnndn woro, collected, nnd tho production that yonr wit's reported ns $10,- 221,2")"., or nbout $2.23 por capita, In ten yonrs tho production hnd Increas- od over 100 per cent, to $221*17.l2">fl1 or $4,38 per cnplln, In .1890, At. this tlmo tho Yukon bognn to coiilrlbuto largely lo tho gold production, nnrt, during tho lioxt flvo yonrs, nn Increase of nearly 200 per cont'. Is shown, tlio total reaching a vnluo of $07,707,911, or $12.25 por capita In 1901. f. Tho noxt' throo years witnessed a slight falling off,-but from 100-1 tho production ngnln rapidly Incrensed to its present high record. ' - , 'Organized Tlabor" stands square on"Its"feet for,these things and will "not' retreat. "*. .'" -^Selfishness has .its,greatest'development amongy the. rich, and powerful. Real., altruism reaches Its highest lev-"- els among the poor.. * How often, have I:Been this demonstrated wh'en' the'.un. fprtunate-have„beeri kicked, and'euffed by, the mighty, and-then,be .taken'In and their,t,,wounds ■ dressed and' their hunger/appeased by the poor.--Tlie parable of'the Good Saniarltan'Js still applicable ln tho-.world, and -labor enacts neither the part* of the Priest nor Levlte who went by on the other side.' - .-;,,,". .,>>.., ', • ■ '■ This beauty spot in Tennessee, with that which haB there'-boen planted by tho trade union of tho'pressmen, will remain a standing example of labor's work and real unselfishness. yyLuricMSr ' *• , • 7*7' 'yr >:..'" 7'-' Is Now Opened .-*".:'.,•,- . ' -*■- ,,.- ' -_ y. 7Cleah;; Cosy and'ver-yy r" '-S ■ 7 Inviting Sy ; yI *'• '. Just the place after,the», 7 show of from the "rink/ .v""*' ** ' ~t - - - - ' "*- Fred/Ar;mstppn^^ A. McDougall, Mgr-.i ■"_ ^- PrbprietoFv Maiiufactureps ;of and Deal-7; '.; ^""V1, ■*- f.- "*■ ^ '*? '» **' -r "■/*1 ~* ersin all kinds of Rough iVj " and -Dressed Lumber^y' m \\-t. -,-!' Sejtid us your orders J liN^SylBlH -fr J&. WEfi . 77.. FERNIE '/" BIG 8TRIKE'IN1* AUSTRALIA "Soldom Soon" ls tho unique iiiuuo of a PonnHylvnnla mining town which lint lately conto on UiOfn.ni. hh nn Ir.i- P'utnnt conl prodiiRlngpInnt. Industrial Unionism DOMINION GOVERNMENT SEED GRAIN DI8TRIDUTION in ordor to mnl«» iiho of iifs->d grnln nvnllnhln In fromod dlstrlctH and to provide sood to tho liomoHl<»ndor nt lowest pobI, dlmlilbtitlon will lm dono nn followfl, wliorovor prncllcablo: Hvory 'homi'slondiH' n'riulrlnw,' Hrod ernln tinmt mnko nppllcntlon to Mr, T !•* -If- Tl H I , , »,.,»' .«..,.,,., *. t..........h. ,.i.tv., u, ItnmlRrntlnn, WlnnlpPt?, «tn«lii|i; tb*> kind nnd amount of grnln roiiulrod. If iuyd Kraln of lho kind tbo home- stondor roatilrPit of dPsirnblo nunll«y pnn bo purphnsod In'hlft tiPlghborltood, tho innn who lias this grnln for snlo will bo supplied with a lint of tho DIIH-ln lilt lf> t«l Ifit HWIMT WlUl II linn form. Tlio bomostondpr apply ing tn thnt neighborhood will cull on the mnn who own* the grnln, present n dupllfinto order from Mr. Walker, sign tho Hen nnd get tho grnln, Tho (teller will thnn sand tho signed Hon dulv executed and wltnomied, tn Mr. WalVmr, whdrtflipnn hndlly tifcn thnt In order io nvold dolny and dlsnp- iwlnlmont. It It vorv important Hint th»* jmpprg bo ftlmoIiiiAly c -wet In ovory dntnll. Knrmprs and grain il-*n]er*. hmvlng 'twtl grain for Ml«. nnd hnmmU-nfoT* who impnd to apply for Government _.ii,il "-liovilil uri.M Mr. V-.n-.Wv-. ul uncoibu u^kUy m*>u tl...t in ordpr that tho work may bo com- ph'K'd before weding limn.—J. fl, (.lark, Acting for IWnlulon Bccd Com- miMion. lly J, 11. King (.rnfl iinloiilsni Is lm.O'l ipou llio IdontlVy of Intoi'OHts.botwpon tho rob- bor and the robbed, mid a fnlr dny'R pny for a Tnlr day'H work, Grnft. tut* Innlsm orgnnlzPH the workorn Into bpc- (Ions. Tho workora nro groupod Into tho vnrloim hopHohh nccordlng to tho* tool I bey ubo. Cm ft Unionism fits In with nn flcono'mln rnndlllon long past whon production was carried on to* n gronf oxtont by hnnd; tho tools i ».*!.,' i r ,, . , entlv thprc woro few Prnfts, hut tho developments of tho modorn machines havo made nn ovcr-lucroafllng numbor of crnft« until todny tho In- duitrlnl army Ib divided Into l,lfl!l distinct neotlonB. ' Craft unionism dliwttt tho nttou- linn til inif **otttv*.*, ttinii iii*. umtn i»* tuo, nnd koopii thorn wrnnRlIng nmona tliomRolvoa ovor paltry mnttora, It brcodfl n spirit of hatred between tlio vnrlottB Boctlona, and broodb dlBson- nlnn ami makes unity of nctlon Impos- Blblo. It lognllKOB BCAbbory by forcing tlio various Boctlontt to sign con- IrmtB with tho li(»hM'i* i«xplring nt dlf- foront datP*. It divides a nlngta shop Into Bpvprnl wfitlnn*. Tf one flection goes oul on strlko for bol lor condi- tlonv, tho other nertlonB remain at IhPlr roachlnPB, and In many InMnnceB thoy tnko thn plnpps of-tholr follow worker** until the bona enn get tcabB tn lnkM-d to Krant ">th«m »h«»y rntild fight nil togeihor, and by flgbt- Iiu towtlwr tbpy would havo tho mluhi to for. n tholr demands/—Social . WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—On Jnn. 31 tho following 'cablegram was received by- Prosldont Gompers from TlrlBbane, AuBtralla.jirid Ih self-oxplnn- alory: ■' '-,. , - "Samuel Qompors,' Preslde'fit American Kodorntlon, of Labor,' Washington, D.C: Gone'rnl Btrlko declared; fifty iinloiiB out" defence principles, Involving hundred -thousand kouIb; first.BlmtiltanoouBntrlko world's history ;;compJoto'-Btoppnge of Industry; fiindB urgently needed; communlcnto your affiliations; prompt nHslstnnco nsBiiros cortnln victory. Molr, socro- Inry, Trados Nail." That tho strlko of tho laundry workers ngnlnst tho conditloiifl undor which thoy linvo .boon compelled to" work waa in ovory way .pusllfod wne tho roport mndo recontly to tlio Stato Do- pnrtmont of Labor by tho commltteo named to Invostlgato thin matter, Bur "supplicd.^vith the best Wines, • Liquors nnd Cigars ■ ' DINING-nOOM IN CONNECTION W, MILLS, Prop HAD TO TAKB THE BOHLE AWAY PROM HIM bono of cafvSuli*m. It doe« nol try Dcmotr.n, ,\\c-w 7/0»l«nd, A ploaBnnt-fnood llttlo -woman wn8 buying iiomothlng for tlio baliy - in a drug store, and linppcnod to notico a bottlo on (lio show ouho, "Did you nail my dim a bottlo of thnt ituff?" * ' _ "I certainly did, and hopo it helped blm." "Nolp Win? Why lio jiiHt holpa him- nolf thoso days, UhoiI to complain about roy cooking—said It wann't aa good aB wlion wo woro flrot mnrrlod. Ho liad only taken about linlf that bottlo whon I had to lildo it or thero wouldn't Iiavo boon a thing in tlm Iiouao for tho children to eat.' Ho simply donned tip every* thing in Bight at tlio tabic Qui tuo Btuff is all right—I can recommend it— nnd ho ovon thinks my cooking lias lm- Jim t-mtl onmplalnwl thnt lip vrnn over- workod-tHdn't got enough oxoroiso— had no appotile—was getting a bit eranky, nnd didn't rollsh and enjoy his meals, Tho drtigslut told Mm to tako Nyal's Digestive Tonic and forget his troubles. Jim dropped in just to tay thati bb iiM a great, ..iijiutiivy lor work thoie days—can aocomplish twico as much as beforo, . IIo wm no dygpopllo—juat a littlo off color. Lots of tin Just llko Jim. Hdttor try ft dollar bottle, It's worth while, If you try this remedy wo know you Will ho,pleased, Nyal Hemcdles we tin* ecstely believe to l« tho U»t me_» |i.__ a Ai %i Youp-Old Fri6nd G, lUtlland UrgN to Inform liU old nnd now fi'lendu thnt hn hna opctied tip IiIh Harlwr lltwinoAA nffftin at tho old stand (Qnepnn Ilotel) ami hopf* to gft their continued patronage. 0, Radland Fernie p, Wholesale Liquor Dealer Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Jjhoea • ■ Gents' Furnishings • - in hi' l i ' '««_ '. V in" nn i ii in ii BAKER AVENUE; , BRANCH AT HOSMER, B.C.,"' FERNIE UNION DIRECTORY Lizard Local General Teamsters No', ,J4\\, Meets ovory Krldny night at 8 'p. in. Minora' "Union. Hnll, W. A WorlhlnBton, Pro.ldcntj B,' Jf, Good, Socrotnry. ".,"». Dartender8»"'Local No.lJH! Mootn 2nd and .th Sundays at 2,80 p,m, 8eort»' *tr .ry >»r„» ^.,.» tt-- - aiadstone Local No, *$\\t U, M. W. A, - Moots 2*i(I and 4th Thutsday Minor*. Union hnll. Tho«. Uphill, sec ' Typographical Union No, GB5" Moots ' lost Saturday In each mouth'at tht. Ledger Olltce, A. i, Buckley, Boo- ^rotaryi ( ,-. ■* * "It , Local Pernls No. 17 8, P. of O. Moot* In Minors Union Hall every Sunday , at 7..5 p.m.- Everybody welcome. D. ' Paton, 8ecrotary-Troasuror. United Drotherhood of Carpenters and > ■ Jolners^-I^oeal 1M0. D, J, RVans, "President; K H. Shaw, fiocrotnry. < ». A9SAYER Vfr WIDDOWaON. Aaaayar and Ohprnln., Tlrtr C !1«». NMnwrt, Tf. f?. titiarttaai*-*.MA. Httvnr, I^«i1 or Oonper,-* II rueb. _ Oola-Hllvor, or Hllv*r-I^i<1, ♦l.BO, Price** for other metal*. Coat, eomont, rirorloy ntwlyiiPH on «pr>ll«A* l,o0- ...T_l'_."!^»•,,! ««»t°n» assay o«lc» (n I-.lt.tfa Colombia. THE DK^CTltEiJC-iSR, PERNIBf B. C., FEBRUARY 17, 1912. PAGE SEVEN * "_,vw. 'Beware-idf,- ■ Imitations.; S6ld?'on'-the •MeiHts.o^y i_, -',^' (-y ~, Minard's .Liniment >*.♦ ♦.♦.>'♦'♦.♦:♦♦'♦ .♦'«_•, ■ *.,'- I 'if/, _*♦' • -T-| ' .;->,.,.*>: - Italian ■t ** —•. !" - SOUTHsCOLORADO—E ..NON yDICO ,f. j.,a.v_ .'4rALiTR01-., • ''- " ...j., fESE^H^-MltKy"";; delivered 7 to V - all . *-. "i*-;-. -c -, v. ■- -y-. *, w/ .'parts. ■ of .the "town* 1".' Sanders & Verhaest Brothers.,; 7:*-. ■"■,-* Proprietors' ..,,'•" ' !',,-.♦" -7 '..-," .*';--■-.-,.-- <".- '. .v$ First class Horsei. for Sale. ' ■•" . 7 "-" ',- -'7,' '*'<*' '\"""". Buys,Horses on Commlelon I 9 ^George;Barton,; yJPhpne 78 g " " ^iIn*©: is" it: > I * )■ .">■ i-« 7«," ..'■* .*,-< -«;■«- .,\\._ *. , ,■» .„'■_- '■«. .■*•' ,. .< k w.i ng: MACHINE WM. BARTON ** -,. ".-'- 7-' v~ ."":i_____i_>' *.*:'. "'..-•7f''7-/;7 " 7 7;*.;.", "7777" ■ * SSSopris.* Colo.y 71 cruiniri,*7-i ruffiani,,l*cagnotti della- compagnia miii-erarjia- hannpS"messo''in giro r la.-* notizla ;ehe * siamo; vlcinl - alia* proclamazione "d'yuho; sciopero W.per ciq.'frra syfannbjn'quattrq per.prepar-' aWlropera del'tradlmento, ''".'jyXy-u ^Colore,"che ;-si'7Bonq-.gua'dagnata- la simpatia." del\\'c6printend"ente''^Charlle Chamber,* 16 fanno aglre"secqndo Moro" desideri.- 7 i Gll Hanno f qmlto una - lis tit dl'nonil dl.Indlvldui^sospettl,dlfresia antlcfumiresea, suggerendogll dl llcen': zlarll aIla-splcci'olata.v '^srcomIacto-.il due correpte col -l.conzlamci_.to''" dl .due uomlni.'": Io che,"causa un.forte raf- f reddoro,:. avevo * dbvutb _ astenermt-dal lavoro per una settlmana; non ho potu- to essere llcenzlatq*. prima 7del giorno quattro.;-.;Se non fossl. rlmasto a casa sarel stato licenzato.prlma.^Senza do,'o- l_lo,."lIrpac<.hr'p6stair'_e'.le' cqrrlspon- denze ,che rlcevo" hanno fatto sospet- tare che io sla* itn"or^anlzzatore., Rag- Ionefplucli'e sufficlente.per farml elen- curersulle'lJste'dl proscrl/iorio. , ... 7 '*': Un * p oliziotto". ml' pedlna ;'e. ml sorve- glla.giorno -e.-notto." '., -- __ *'* - ___". / 7 -';Ma:.-t6rhlamo":aL giorno del-mlo 11c- enzlamento. _ . ,..77 -, ' '■-' '-r'Appena'fuorl della mlnlwa chlesi al Bop'rlntendente.'" *- '• 7".. ' :• *y,y.Perche tnl liCeiizl? "•"- .-• .- .-'", i .\\ Ed'.egli: -. ,'„- . - ' "~y "J'—i Perche perdl troppe glo'rhato dl lavoro: ':* '. ' "-. :"• 7 *'""*"* *"- '^v -. Rospo. :;y^Ffcenth;-"-f- CONVENTION DES .MINEURS' .ybcateurs empioyea par les compagnies' de;devenir ofSclers"de^rbrganisatioii; rj-lib referendu-iuefle'mandat impera-. "tit ainsi que I'-ectlon des officiers-7tous les'-deux ans -.apres" l'election de 1912 fiirent adoptesy ta* convention natiori;. ale ne sera .tenue* que tous les-.deuic ans. - ' -yy ,'y'7 7 7-S^i -; Les membres'de "|a;Federatiqn^-Civl-( que ainsi que les "Bby" Scouts" ne^jfbuP ront pas etre ■eri"inlenie temps-mem-- brede l'Union""des-mineurs. ' -;iV* Le delegue, Herron, de,-:rilliiiois-,hde-' clara que les '"-Boy"Scouts" (organisa-. tion militaire) etalent,,'des vauriens' qt des briseurs' de- greves., - ■ y . .- II fut decide" de""pern_ITt*.re''-'au redac- teur du journal bffi'ciel d'eriiployer les colonnes du "journal a d'el-endre.les in- terets politiques.de" la"- classe-ouyrierc'. II fut demon tre;; que dans les-.camps ndii-unionistes les patrons de'minei. se serveut du pouvolr politique local-pour empeclier. les organisateii^s de l'Union, 'd'approcher .les ouvriers. :1 '" '- \\ ■Van .Bittner, le vice-president de l'Unibn.,du district de Plltsburg. fut au riombre de ceux qui oppbse-^ent.toutes les, resolutions. progressi>Tes7,y-.'I^ se- ralt mleux'a sa place allleurs qu'a la tete d'une organisation.oiivrlereT." ' ■• LE MOUVEMENTSOCIALISTEq "AarentkFcrnlej Branch. .Ave,,"' North m Pellatt F ernie-FdrfSteel.,' 7 7 ,. ,-v ■". y-- -^ -•- ■/ Briwing Co,, Ltil,; 7 »iM. ' *- _ i. •:Boor„"','•'y ■ 1 . I t - , f I , ' ' . , ■ Porter « .•'.'*■.*-' ''•,. ■ - .. i.. Bottled Goods a Specialty ) L. E. McDonald ,H0R8E8H0BINCl - GENERAL BLA0K8MITHING and CARRIAGE BUILDING . ! -., Bxproia and Delivery Waoom a Speciality ".~ ■ Come,' 95, soldi? rr, osserval. — Non'« glustb,rml spettano^2.40v:i •' \\Ed. 'egll.:-7rMa tti devl pagara-il dot- tore!,, '"'" •'. Jr „ ,\\- y 7 y yy y • II dottre? Non son tenuto a.pa- garlp"; perche tutte le," compagnle , del Colorado non passono trattenere nl- ente^ad un oijeralo che, non abb'la.an- cora guadftgnato1 $10. ■ Ma Je mle" furono -parole buttate al vento, perche lo scrivanq contlnuo a scrlvcre a ml consegiiopol un biiono'per ritirare'M 95 - soldi dl cupont. 7 .V;'. ,. ' I9 ,hon posbo caplre coinelo" Stato del Colorado :lascl 'cnlpestare. 16 sue loggi, lascl; rubaro vergognosamente ^Ia"'mQrcode-agll;onerai. Le autorltd locall Irivoco dl fa/rlspettnro 1 dlrlttl Sol clttadlnl,'danno-mnn forto nl ruffian] delle compagnle. , Co qui per esomplo, tin certo slgnor Monti' cue, nil sorvogllada tin meso. S*e porfino recnto dal fIgll del padrono , dl casa' dovoysono a" dozzlnn a chiodoro so sono ttnlonlsta ao posfloggd llbrl di bo- ciota, bo paiio dt unionismo 0 dl mas- sonorla, occ, Controlla tutta la cor- ilHpoiideiiza 0 tuttll pac'chi che rlcevo 0. adopora, tutti limozzl poeslblll 0' Immaglnabill per compromottermi. > Raccomando a tutti i compagnl dl fatlca cho hanno ancora un brlclolo dl coBclonzd dl'strlngorBl ln catena -errata por coinbiUtore" la grando battag- 11a flno all'ulttmo rosplro. '-. Drlzzlamolo schlone! ',7 ' Lulgl BbrDognonl."' - Quand. lea lecteurs ",de- 1'tJnlon' des Travallleurs recevrontco. numero du journal, 5la-''23e-_ Convention annuelle de'J'Unlon' Internationale de Mlneurs aura.pris fin depuis quelques jours. , > Cette convention ^marque ,n le commencement^ d'une nouvelle ere dans les' annates de l'union des-mlneurs." jContralrementeaux usages "du pas-", se.Jes dclegues assembles a Indianapolis cette a'nnee se sont occupes .da- vantage des' grandes-- questions so- cfalebetaonttrelegue a l'arrter'e ban les '"mesquliie"'_*";quest-ons -.personnelles qui "joualentunVsi grand>6le dans les conventlpnsT.prec'edehtes.. Les idees soclallstes ont' fait un progres" immense'dans'les "camps" miniers depuis quelques-annees et le resultat est que les '.nombre'ux' llelegues sociallstes assembles en. convention s'interessalent bien-.jilus' aux* importantes questions qui confrpntent la classe ouvrlere et demandent une solution qu'aux per- sonhalltes de Lewis ou'^de Mitchell. Loin de faire', uns-pas' en arriere comme l'esperairerit" les partisans de la Federation. Ciyique," la convention des mineurs..a-au contraife fait-plusl- eurs pas en avant.7", - 7 '-*..- (iUne> proposition "demandant que les mineurs" se retlrent 'de.,Ia Federation Americaihe' du, Travail "fut longue- manf_ /11ar.|ltAa.j^__lT3Ali^.jlA^:i^AlaO'lliiG«^^la^ Ceux qui'se mettent acombattre le mouvement^soclaliste eif ce mp'ment, et. lis sont nombreux, rcussisse.nt tout 'ati7pius ajfpousser leurs audlteurs a etudler la' question sociale. ~i;7'}-^ . v Pour7 arreter le^mpuvemeht* soclal- iste'- il. -faudrait que "ses detracteurs puissent o'ffrirun-remede a. la "situation. a'c.ueUe et e'est ce qu'ils'n'o peu- vent; falre sans discu.er la .'question ,'sociaie«et'7'aider le mouvement^ social- isteyy V ': "• , .- I y Dernleremerit, avec do.l'argent four- nl-par quelques mllltonnaires'Ml s'est fprmelltin nouveau mouvement rellgi- eux,, "The men - and religion' forward movement' 'qui a'pour but de mettfe des batons dans les roues du-soclallsme. ' 'Uri.de ses prlnclpaux orateurs, Raymond Robbin.s.-de Chicago,'se trou^ ve a Pittsburg depuis une semaine et donne .des confrences un peu partout. D'abord il'a ete'Oblige d'attaq'uer le regime actuel "'-..'... I DRAMMI DELE MINIERE . ' Staunton, 111. , Sahato' 0 corr, nella mlnlorn dl He Camp vonlvano Bopoltl aotto 11 "Snnd flock" duo Ititllnnl- I vonotl Glacomo Mnddalono 0 AiikoIo Fanol. Montro List of Locals District 18 .., .•vl, NAME 8E0. and P, 0, ADDRE88 89 Dankhoad ,,,,,,,.. F, Whoatloy, Banlthoad, Alta, 1 481 I-oiivor Creok,,,,,. P, Gaugltton, l.oaver Croolt, via Plnchor 431 Bollovuo...,,.,;,.. 3, Durko, Bellovtio, Frnnlc, Alta, .103 ninlrmoro....,",,,, B. J, Olmnn, Blairmoro, Alta, 040 Burmls,.'.,,,,,,,.. Job. ,Dorbyahlro, BurmlB, Altn, 3827- Carbondalo,,,.;.,, J, Loneborry, Carbondalo, Colomnn, Alta. SI387 Cardiff J. I'oolo, Cmlltf, Alta, . , 1887 'Canmoro N, D, Tlmcl.uk, Canmoro, Alta. 2633 Coleman.,..,.,,.., W. Graham, Coleman, Alta, M77- rtnrhln .. T., .Tonai,'f'nrhln, Tt fl ■ • 1120 Chinook Mlnos ..,,' Wm. Forayth, Dlnmond City, Alta. ' 3178 Diamond City...,. Albort Znk, Diamond City, Lethbrldgo. .314 Fornlo Thoa, Uphill, Fornlo, B, U. .1263 > Frank...' 0, Nlcol, Frank. Alta, e407.,HoHmor ,.,..,,.... W. Ilaldorotono, Hotmor, B, 0. .ORB Hlllcreet,. J. 0. Jonen, Hlllcrcflt, Alta, - 1.74 lothbridgo- L. Mooro, 004, Sli'.tocn.h St., North ^thbridfic. USD I/«thbrldgo Colllerloa Frknk Barlngham, ice, via., Klpp, Alto, II 1333 Lille ,,..., W. L, ISvan., Llllo, Frank, Alta - !; 2820' Maplo'Loaf., v,.. B. Phrhor, Mnplo Loaf, Bollovuo, Alta, 1334 .Michel M, Burr ell, Michel, B. 0. , H Monarch Mlno..., L, J, Thomae, Monarch Mine, Taber, Alta. 23".2 PaeaburK J. Kluacartta, Paeaburs, Alta. 78580 Iloyal View .,...,, Thoi. B. Fl»l.er, Royat ColIIorloi, Lethbridge, Alln 11)58 TalH-i- A. Pattt-rnou. Tabor, Alta. 103 Tabor 3, Cooper, Tabor, Alia. 53S8 Lidyimlth ......... J, J, Taylor, Ladjnmlth, B. C. 2290 Sumorland '.. Peter MoWlifn, Biimerland, B.'C. 872 Wellington v Thoi.'Ilarrol. Wellington, B. 0. ■ 3166 Nanlamo Jack Place, Nanaimo, B, C. fehdirent la tactlque de" Gompers et sa clique "de'dineurs^a'latahle des milllonnalres de, la. Federation Clvi- que et si la 7 prtfposltlon ne fut pas adoptee, e'est parce" que quelques de- legues esperent' qu'll est' possible de changer l'attltude de la Federation et 11 fut' decide- que les "representants de l'Union ' do .mlnours . a la ,prochaine convention annuelle do la. Federation auralent a falre leur" possible en favour d'une. forme iridustriello d'organ- laatlon, "SI vla tactlquo de Federation est mauvaise, dlt un des delegues," 11 faut changer cette'' tactlque, 11 faut iitottr*. la Federation sur nu. hoiitio vole, mnis'll he faut pour dotrulro und organisation qui coute tanto d'efforts de la„ part des ouvrlors." . " • Uno; proposition provenant do ' la locale do Manifold, Pa„ en favour do la nationalisation des Industries, fut adoptee,' ' Uno, proposition demandant mix "ouvriers do s'unlr sur lo terrain rtolltl- quo aussi blen quo sur lo terrain' oconomlquo fut adoptoo. '.-II fut decide i do donnorJ500-aux. provlstes dos manttfacttiroB do bou- tons, a Muscatlno, Iowa, Uno proposition ondossant lo pro- Jet do. loi penslonnnnt les vlolllardB ot' Invllant Bergor, non autotir, a bo proBontor a la convention fut adoptc. Berger no put vcnlr a IndlnnapollB, „Uno proposition. on favour do la form'o IndiiBtrlollo d'organlsntlon fut adoptoo. ' John Mltcholl ot W. B. Wilson, ox. prcBldont of cx-sccrctnlro do l'Union^ dos mlnourBduront.ua proacntor a la convention pour axpllqtior lour con- U'titto a Atalantn., ' Nl run nl l'nutro n'oBeroiit dofondro ottvortomont la Fotloratlon Clvlquo, II fut doctdo d'onvoyor $500 mix fnniUlou dos vlctlmoH d'uho oxploHlott dntiB ln mlno No, 4 n BubIo, Wyo. Dob olinngomonta lmportnnu dnns la nouvollo constitution montrcnt lo progroB qui s* fait alios, lea mlnourB, Dana Tavant-propoB do la vlollle con- Btltutlon II otalt dlt quo los mlnours avalont droit a wno' .itBto parto du fruit do lour travail. Quand cola fut l)t Ion BOclaHitoB furont hlentot sur plods proposnnt tin cltnnKcmont qui fut adoptoo ot malntonant on lira dann In nouvollo constitution quo los .tra» valllourB ont droit "a toulo la valour sociale do lour travail." Colul qui auralt propose unjjlol clmngoniont volla dix and aurait wta.huo par leu autto* delegues, Mala cela change. I■: . Les* ennemis di(-Soclallsme-ne'peu-, vent combattre ce mouvement1 sans concourlr a son developpemeht.—L'Union, des Travallleurs. ■ ■ do Jsmrtl .nan" bude spominat' s^odpo- roin. .' '-",.* * , ~"J ""-.'.''", ^...Ked.'- bol.posudeny negt'astnik'ved- eny -zo svoje]"- Romorlcy v_.znl5ne](> bil sa"'s- dozorcaml. Vedel.'Se je. to jeho ostatnacesta, a vzufalstyeanl'sl Tie^- l-bmyslel,- ie kazdy bdpor ,je;"inarny. Knazl ho'museli tisit' a ho napominaf, aby-'sa "podrobil osudu, ponevaB doz- orcl'su- ten' hrubyml vykonavatel'mi sudneho-rozkazu. UtiSil sa a.ne^ "chal; sa*-dovlest' az Kstollci; kde sa zastavll a zno\\*u prisahal, ze je nevinny" i_evrosudnu."ranu .vystrelil niekto Iny.* Nechcelsisadnut' do stolice. Musel do nej byt''nasilne posaden'y a pri- piaty7 ';*Ruval sa- s do zorcaml, a pbhl'adsna*-jtento "zapas.bol strasny. KoneCnebol-'premozeny, do stolice znovusuroye hodeny a pevne pripia- tyl. .-E5te.teraz reval, 2e je nevinny/ ze nezasluhuje smrt', ze jeho uevlna bude dokazana..- ^-Pro'slI, nadaval, mod- liysa.^boJoval sa, ho'voril a spominal vsetko.' Co mu • na jazyk prislo.- V torn bol "pusteny elektrlcky prua, telo sa- vyplaio, ,vzduchom'prel'etelo stras- ne a ".alostne skuCehle, ktore muselo otriast* i tou najotucileji-ou povahou. Zahonu a spravodlivostl bolo vy- hoveno, ale je tu otazka; Bola tu skutoCne ■ vykonana spravodlivost'? Nebola tu spachana hruba, surova, barbarskaa'nasilnayra-ida? ...Co, ked* predsa len bol tento Tallan nevinny? A potom, na clovek pravo vykonat' na clovekovl trestsmrtl.kto mu to pravo dal? Stalo sa ji.stava sa est© dnes, •Ze' l'udia su sudeni a trestani l'ud'ml,' ktorl by si skorej zasluSill trest, ne2 kl ho'zasluzt ten, ktoreho sudia.' « Druhy.pripad: Dnar-29, januara bol podobnym sposobom popraveny v New Yorku Albert. Wolter, ktory bol posu- deny.na smrt' pre" zavrazdenie l5-ro5- tie] Ruth ".Vheelerovej. --Tento sa sice neruval ,s dozorcaml, "isiel na smrt' kl'udne,,ale az "do posledneho okamzi- ku prehlasoval,' 2e jo nevinny, Ze on zlofcin za vlnu mu kladeny nespachal. "Som nevinny a„stal som sa obet'ou justlCnej' vra2'dy,"' j,ak prelilasll Wolter/" ei.te'1- ked' ■ u?. s(edel v elektricke. •stolid.' Pred poprayou napisal Wol-- ter dopisnosledujuceho znenia: Pone- vafi- som'teraz 'na* odchode z lohoto sveta, aby "som predstupil pred Boha, chcempodat* nasledujuce vysvetlenie: Svetma posudil, ale nag otec nebesky ktory VSetko vldi, ma ospravedlni. Chcem' dokazat', ze som nevinny v tejto,yrazde, pre ktoru musim zomret'. Dufam," 2e prijde doba, kody skutoCny vlnnik, "p.renasledovany svedomim, prijde* asa-.prlzna7 Je to moja najvre- lejSla'modlltbaj'-aby pravy vlnnik bol spravodlivostl vydany, aby meno moje bolo oClstenea l'ud aby vldel, ze sa ml" st'ala: krlvda,--2e som nevinny. -, Vsetkym,' ktorl* ma podporovall a mne doyeroyall, moje .najvrelejsie vd'- aky/;tym ale'ktorl ma prenasledovall a" uBmrtlli,./p'ra]em,' aby lm odpustil ,TlQW__A IjCp^fUnriXirnlt/ir U— ^^_— jurvr»_i.—A^ChT\\_.ft w~ »T •—TT v*bwi ■ '-r—i—■ — TH.eL.GANA-DlANi'-B'ANK' 7y QF TOMMERGEa ^ S:. 'S 7SIR EDMUND WALKER/C.V.O., LLD.; D.aL., President ''■-.- : . ALEXANDER LAIRD, GENERAL MANAGER . y,. CAPITAL;- $10,000?000 7 77. ■• REST. -, $8,000,000 7 DRAFTS ON FOREIGN COUNTRIES "Every branch of The Canadian Bank of Commerce ia equipped to issue drafts on the principal cities in the following countries without delay Africa.- v r- * Crete Greec* , New ife-Uai - "Stbcria-- Arabia'* ■• .'Cob* Hollini Norway V ' . Soudan Argentine Republic Dctunuk* Icela__t Panao_» ,. '•■' ■ South Africa -". 'Australia » Efypt India ^ Persia ■ *'." Spain - Austria-Hungary Faroe Islands Ireland Peru , Strait* Settlcmesla Belgium - , • .- Finland . Italy Bfaiil. -'.-„•'■ Formosa ,i Japan Bulgaria >""*■ Prance Java Ceyl-n . , ; Fr'ch Codatn China MalU Russa - ~ ~ United States Chili - - Germany - HanchwU Servia " Uruguay . China . Great Britain. ., Mexico . Siita i "West Indies, etc. j The amount of these drafts is stated in the »eoey of the country -where they are payable/that is they are drawn in sterling-, francs, marks,,lire, kronen? florins, yen,, taels, roubles, etc., as the case may be. Thia ensures that the payee abroad will receive the actual amount intended. - •. . "- • - A23-3 Philippine Wands -Sweden Portupal -".Switzerland Roumaaia Turkey ted; FERNIE BRANCH L. A. S. DACK,". Manager. Xapltai Paid Up .$ 2,870,000 Res. and Undlvid'd Profits 3,500,000 Total Assets - 44,000,000 > Many a* fortune can be traced back to tho day .its owner deposited the first dollar in a Saving Account. Tlie one,,dollar affords an incentive to deposit more—and, as interest is-added to, principal, the small' sum grows' moro and more rapidlyv) until it finally becomes a competence. One Dollar will start an account with the Dank of Hamilton. J. R.* SLOAN Agent, Fernie. Head Office: HAMILTON Slavonian BARBARISM HUMANITY -' ... •-, , Capital Subscribed Reserve Fund- , .\\. Bank of Canada HEAD OFFICE. TORONTO ' 6,000,000 Capital _Paid Up 5,996,900 5,996,900 * Total Assets " 72,000,000 D. R. W1LKIE, President -'. HON. 'ROBT-JAFFRAY^VIce-Prej.' -y , BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ' "Arrowhead, Cranbrook, Fernie, Golden, Kamloops. Michel," Moyie,'Nelson, Revelstoke, Vancouver and Victoria. . ' V .-SAVINGS'DEPARTMENT 0 interest allowed on deposits at current rate from date of deposit: FERNIE BRANCH - y" GEO; I. B. BELL, Manager ' Ilovorl aa, i-H. dneSna dolia je dobou clvlllsaclo, kullury a humanity. Je to na'zoi* klamny'a falosny, ponovnc to, cVdneSna i'utlska spolbfinost' paclia, nlo-J© ,nnl clvllisaclou, ani kiiltuioti a tym menej jo to lutmnnllou. MoBo sa nazyvnl' taka doba, v kloroj 61ovek otro5l,eidvolca, v ktorej nlokol'ko jo- dnotllvcov ma v svojlch rukach vSotko liohatstvo a blaliobyt v zeml, v ktorej Clovolt clqvcka vrnidl, nnzyvat' clvll- lsovanou, kulturnou a humannou? No- moilo. • Darbarlsmon dncSnoj ,,doby jo trest smrtl. «To to pozostatok z dob dlvoSa- tva, Jeto zbytok lmrbarlsmtt, a za- Itlnl' ton nebude zruScny, l'udska Bpolo- Cnost, nolmtlo mat' praviv nazyvdt' 8a clvlllBOvnnou, kulturnoti, humannou, ba mil krosfniisliou nlo. Jo v torn nlofio civlllenclo, alobo humanity, jo v torn kullUra alobo krosfanskoBl', kod' clilndnokrvno vruJdony Jo Blovok Cloved kom, m to, U spnchal zlocln, za ktory on ani zodpovodny-nlo Jo? Clovok Je ad.prlrody dobrym, a Co Ba z nolio noskorfilo stnuo, zn to jo zodpovodmi BpoloftnoBl', ktora liotnk vycliovnln, nu za to zotlpovodno poniory a okolnostl, v Jakyoli pntiieny 811. ' A preto by innl byl' trout smi'tl odHtrnnony. To hovorlmo' o liiidoch, kilo zlofiln RkiitoSno gpaclinny bq1.< Alo kilo zlocln1 flnnchany nobol, uspoii nlo tou oHoliou, kloroj na klmllo za vlnu ii na colkom novlnnom Cloyckovl jo Bimeh- mm JuullCna vrnJdn? TIbIco a tlalco prlpadov to bolo, Bo noprnvony bol colkom novlnny Clovok, tatlnl' Co okti- toCny zloSlnoc sa tcit.ll svobodc. V tlolo dnl tidnly na v Now Voorku a Tronton', N.J., dva prlpady popravy, ktoro Bllno krlcla po odBtranonl trostti 3tnrtl. Trvy prlpad Jo naslodujucl: V Tronton, N. J., 1>ol v tloto dnl po- prnvony 20-ro.ny Tnllnn Antonio Lu- ,' * . ' ' . . V I , , ¥ i'ln-Ul ovr-Jbo T-nn-mrlio v rporo o Inln Clnntku penazl. Do OBta.nobo okHmzl- ktt tvrdll tonto Tallnn, lo Jo novlnny, a proRll, nby mu bola dnnn mllout', Xo novlim Ba tntiBt dokftiat'. Mtloit' mu « ,.1,1*. Tli'i.'l*. tfi.w.wt V ***"■"' •**» Bpovoilall,. anallll •», «by poBudony (loiit-il mlloflt", tvrdlnc, lo poittdony Jo novlnny, bo Innk fjy hi. bol vposlod- noj tpovodl primal, alo I to bolo hot UKpocliu. I'orotn bo utt^ala vlnnym, poBiidlla bo na Rmrt' nn oloktrlckoj stolid, a ro-uii'lolt ma! byt' vykonttny. A tip?, a] bol, lento t*n, Vto ho vld«l, ,Anl v tomto prlpade nebolo ni6 dolia-" zanelio, len okolnosti nasvedfiovaly, Ze ."Wolter je>yra_-b_ri*.'a predsa bol popra^ veny.. A. tlslceprlpac^ov bolo, ie sku- to2rie..ne\\ini_l, l'udia , boll popravenl. Nlo'jeto dostat'oCn'a prlClna, aby trest smrtl, tento surovy zbytok barbarlsmu, bol ni raz;pre^vZdy odstraneny? ,.V Statnoj "zakonodarnl Statu" Now York bola u_.Tppdan'a predjoba I ii kona, ktorou sa '* zntSitje trest smrtl, Ale nlet mrioho vyhl'adu, ?.o predlolm bude zakonom.'ponevaC dne§nl znkonodarcl su takl, jaka* Jq'.aj doba. Zijemo v. dobe barbarlamu, preto 1 znkonodarcl su bar-bar!. Otasska tnto ale nebude nioct' byt'dllio odkladnna, Je to Imnebna fikv^na na tele l'tidskej spoloC- nostl,'.ktora skor-neskor musl byt' v nolio odstrnnona, nema'-ll nakas.lt' a znlClt' celo tolo,—Rovnost L'udu. KENNEDY & MANGAN - -or , " *■ *• i *■ =tumberfor= Polish Avototro nnnl dl' rosldenza Canada?, Sloto vol imtorallzzato? non stete porcho no? ' all purposes here ata any time and in any .. quantity. - You cannot --swamp " us with a large order, or give us so small a one that we will not attend to itv THERE ARE BOARDS,' BEAMS, JOISTS, SHINGLES, Etc. for> any kind of building you may lie at work upon. Have 1 us send you what you want when you want it. OPFICE and YARD, MCPHERSON AVB., OPP. O. N. DBPOT, fERNIE In So DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 8AY3: Wholesale prices throughout Canatl* during December woro on pnictlca)ly tlio' samo level as In tlio preceding month, according to tlio lndox number of tlio Deportment of Labor, Tho* numbor stood at 130,2 ln both montliB. Compared with December a year nso, a rlso of ovor 8 polntu Ib shown, These numbers ll will bo undorBtood, nro por- cent ages In <.ncli caso of tbo avorago prlco lovol pruvulllng (lining tho. du- catlo 1800-1000, nnd nro calculated from quotations of about 230 articles, „Tiio clilor IncrcnBCB during tbo |>iiBt yonr occurred In grains and fodder, dalty proditctB, flnli, lildeB nnd rnetnl, tli-.ro linvlng boon dorrcrmoH ln nnlmitlB avid meatB, toxtlloB, paints and oils. j IF YOU WANT THE BEST 7 __. m •_&■ a m m . m 1. XI. __ tf% ____ ____X I _____ Iff ■_• 4*. ^ L* And Nothing; but tho Best In Fresh and Smokod Meats, Fresh and Smoked Fish, Dairy Produce, Poultry Etc. Etc., «o to THE 41 MARKET CO. 8AM GRAHAM, Manager PHONE 41 SMIohb Cure OUICKLV •TOP* COUOMt, CURM COLT'S. Mi*t» .«_. lllhSH.1 U.0 IVM&«. ill CU.II Different motbodfl of employing pont nt fuol or powor nro uboiI nt prowont ono of tlioBe bolng to flro tbo furnnco with dried pont briquettes, nnd mi' other to distill tho peat lit tbe namo wny aB for coal so as to produce tain. Tho km Ib thon used directly ln gn» ongtne* of Btiltablo construction. Ac cording to n new Swedish mothod, the dried pont li first brought to a fine powdor and In thon blown Into tlio furnnco by,nn air fnn. The furnaro , . ' , t 1, -i.. i, 1 ,,,.» „.».«if. "iient ran Vr \\iH11rort hoVo. Tlif> flrlnf* Ib then kept up by tbo p<»at delivered In this way. It Is claimed that IR parts of pent glvo tho same hent ns 10 pnrts of coal. During tbo firing it >., nnny in ».*,».!l«tr> M>r> tinnr in thP right amount by adjusting the air food, n» well oh tbe powder supply. Inns- much ns no moro fuel Is burned ihnn Is needed, nnd the regulation enn be timilo vory quickly, good economy Is Rccured. DfTdc Vanf0 Female PHls A r-li-l*)- Vnnch rurulilori uevrr Ull». 71in_ pill, ai* «tC4Mdln«ly tnw.riul In irgiiUtlns tht _-r.vrr.li*. pnrllen«T(l<* f«n_lc ivnt-w. Krlutt bl ihrkp IwiUlioii. I>r, Aa VaaU _t« ► -1.1 «t • \\n |mv.nr tV«« Inr tit. M»'lf>i!ii)»?ir#iW r*« Th* utaiKin n.n* C«„ Si.fi_tti_irln«it. out. Ter Site at etfj.,'irtuu-nl in Windsor, Ont. If you desire to ■M. u» pcwnrilly call «t mtr Medical Institute In Detroit ns wc see nnd tr.\\U no ptiiont. in i»ur WiiuImji' uCCioi* *wlucu urc u««l for correspondence nmi Laboratory for Cunmlinn busmen only. Address all letters as follows: DRS. KENNEDY & KENNEDY, Windsor, Oat. Writ* fer our pft»_t-'*!<1 We have opened our first shipment of best quality English printed Cambrics'- These prints are positively fast colors and the best quality of material that can be bought at 15c. a 3rard. ' ' * NEW GINGHAMS l^/oc.arid' 15c. qualities in pretty checks,and " stripes. - Nothing^better for children's Tub Suits. ^- NEW CURTAINS .In Braided and Applique designs on .Arabian, vand cream nets. ,. Scrim Curtains in plain and cross-bar effects; natural colors and deep linen shades. ■New Curtain materials in Nets", Scrims and Madras, o . Curtain's • suitable for any requirement and at prices ranging from 20c. a yard. ^ " ,'. ,. ' ■*_"' *' - "" •'-.'• 'v- ' "L.- '* "'. --, iW- '■/ ~~ -- -"i' -7 V-1"'-1 ""•' '• * Ii\\alJ its . newest creations;., Nothing', overlooked; and the .prices are reasonable:. Every woiha_a7.^Je8y:ih-,hei;?clpthing ahd;ti^e;^ found everything' that her heafrtinay, wish for-^siinyly stunning.; /';: .. V> SATURDAY SPECIALS Fresh Chickens, per Ub. .'.. 7 .23 v Capital'Naptha Soapj 5 for *..'.... ', .25 •• -7 Flotilla Floating Soap, -.8 bars ^ for ....'." 25" ^.25,5 . . Soda .Biscuits, 2 lb. pkgs. ,..:..-..*.... 7. 20,, Quaker Oats, 5 lb. pkgs.;'with china ........ " .25-'. ' \\ * - \\ , .\\.\\ Quaker'Corn Flakes, 3 pkgs. for ".7 ......;... .25/,"-', Lowney's .Freslr Cream Chocolates,' per'lb. \\30y;-f Robertsons Cream Mixed Candy, per l]> ■ .15N ' . ** ,. t ," , * > ' , • 1 •' » ' -(r - * <■ Braid's Big 4 Coffee, freshly ground,^ lb. for .65 7 e.\\..y..... '.2o-/: *. ■> .Cowan's Cocoa,,y% lb. tin ** Lowney's TJnsweetened Chocolate, % lb:*cake .'20 y- Greengage 'Plum's, 2 lb. tins, 2 for Evaporated Prunes, large size, 2 lb. for Domestic , Sardines, 6 for Kippered Herrings, Smoked 2 lb. for,.'. v. s i 735" rt v.25 .25 .25 -7* -- y, "'..-'. • " " Chicken'Wheat, 100 lb. .. Lard, -5 lb. pail-. .*. " -**y , y "■ -. ,y Medium ■ Ham, per. lb..., *' .-Heavy Ham/'per lb.y*7 "7 . ■ ' ■ ' -. 7" • ■'Breakfast Bacon,.-per*1-11.7 .'. "-■ 7- -'. ■».,'-. 7 • --'-"' ■ -, y ■"• ■'.''- * ■A "Sherriff's Marmalade, 1 lb" glass-..-... "*)Sherriff's.Marmalade^,"2 lb.' glass*...... 77 '" / *' - '! ' •"- -" V . ■ "7 '■ 1 -*' C and B.. Jan.;4 lb*.' tin'7 /....'........ *. ' C. ""and B. *7. Ib7 tin' ........ 7..'.'..... _, Queen Quality; Pickles, 20 pz. bottle -. „ Wethey's Mince" Meat^ l's, 3 for . vy,7 , ,7Golden .Syrup1, lO.'s .:..-. Bulk Tea;; regular A0, 3* lb; for i ' Soaked' Pea^s,. 2 *lb..' tini 2-for ....'..,. 1 ,- r * * Canned Beets, 3 lb: tin •< -i > "? , i French Peas, "2 lb. tin';'. y . Old Dutch' Cleanser, '3 for '.'. "..'.■. .y.. .1.50 ■ .so -.,20. .17 y2°i >t J ^40 * V .60 M,oo; .25" '; .25 "' .'50 .1.00 -'.25 :'. :io' 7 .15 :. V25 '(; 7New" Spring'Clothing,'arriving-daily; ,r 7 -,7 - \\y y .7Inspect.'our-y '-,7'..; ^.; , f';' "y-7-; ~.*v7'77' !"'"'•;; -. .;', :■ 7 .New Patterns,. '•'V'.-".''' yy' .J' ^'' New Styles, y 7,...- Jy 7'" ^y ;'■■;.-... 7 *.y>'-\\S -177New Tailoring:Teatures.-y,, ; . --'-; , - y? ^"S r;y7Nfw Piic«|.'^y' '-:-^;'f ': ' ?">' ,/ ^We.c&rry the; celebrated 20th CenturyyBrandy -the highest" classclothing in Canada; "7 \\,y y.y .7 20th Century samples-for Special. Ordered. Suits " / for Spring 1912 now open for your inspection; se- '• .': lect your Suit before best patterns are sold out."; l, EXCLUSIVE PATTERNS 7., :.t ':f , 7 .; S ^THE LATEST TOUCH |N TAILORING ... ,v . PERFECT.PIT GUARANTEED. : .:■;,:■ /Boys' Clothing * / . -.'• ' „ , ■•"* '' '• 7 .- "' , • ', - " '"i; 'We are now showing the largest and" most up-to- - , 7' date stock of Boy.'s Clothing1 we,have-ever shown: ' ""IN V '"- " ' '- k '-" i "S:- ' , ^\\ 7 ' " ' Double-breasted" 2' piece** Suits,>plain pants. '•", Double-breasted 3-piece*'Suits',''plain pants. ; ...d"1" j.Single-l.reasted'2"piece Suits', plain,pants. .- .' ... " 'Single-breasted 3, piece Suits; y f, . - ' y .. '• .' , , -.*'"- v„*7-»- r, s 7.. y, • , yy- 7 y , 7". -;- y, ■>,', *, ; v:v:Spedal;:f6r:Bpys;f'\\\\^ - - y -*.y *.;* '- >"' -77' * "*- x" ° *"*-."'. •„, , y1" y" Lot l.-yTweed and Serge Suits worth up to $4.00 -'' - 1 Specif ."'*:"...Sy..)::>....•.."..,.,...'.*.s*7S'^.sb;*., ' JQot'2.—rTweed and Serge SuitsSvorth up to $6.00 -; \\ Special .\\..S ...-.'...- 7 7.'. \\.-. ..\\..::....... ■ $3.50 :> ; Lot 3.—Tweed and- Serge Suits worth up to $7.50, ■' Special ....'.:...,7.7-.:*-.*'.-::': : $5.00 ..' y.Our Special.Blue Serge Pants for. Boys "on Sale " 11 Saturday^and Monday-at)V50cr-pr.'-■-*__ v>. -. ,V -v •See our window for'PWces.on, High-Class .Clothing;;,. :-. -J « '*:■ "I, ■* 'i 7i S-WODD - /- - -v ,- y. S-' /L*F: •t. f f ) ,i '-- yy -■ ,' '/'■ '■' s ;f; il 1 1 f:.'vJ ■- >_ **• _.."' v .- \\ -■*■ S7- >j *.. _ J * v . V i*''' % 1 . '" * \\^ i i ' "-(j ' - m-" Il7 \\» a *^* -;#l > -v- fi /■ ' A i* *' i ^ "1lli " \\ - ! ..-'I* Here and There A visit to the Isis Is well worth tlio money. ' The TTernle Dancing' Assembly will give a masquerade ball on-February 29th. Suitable prizes will be awarded. BOX SOCIAL Deputy Game Warden Lewis was In tho city during' the .week. Mayor Bleascloll can be seen at llio City Hall every day botween 10 and 11 a.m. A marriage license was Issued during the week .to Andrew "Bower and Mary Dunlop,-both of Bellevue, Any porso# having copies of tho District Lodger of tho issue of Decemb.r 10th, I!)]., please forward to this office, for which wo will bs vory grato- ful. B. E. Wcstley, cashier at tho O, N. horo, accompanied by his son Ernest, loavo Saturday for Spokane and Vancouver, whoro thoy will Bpond tlio noxt two weeks visiting friends. His Honor Judge Thompson held 1.1b flrHt court horo on Thursday, L. P. Eckstein .senior member of tho local bar congratulated tho judgo on IiIb olovntlon to tho bench, to which lio appropriately responded, Tho Coal Crook night school has received a supply of free text boolm, It Ih rogetlublo to note that tho.nt- tendaiico Is not rogulnr, Tlio stii- dontfl to do Justice, both to Ihotnsolvon nnd tholr tulors, should tako moro In- teroBt In tholr work. Esther Itebokah Lodge No. 20 Ferule will hold a box social at their lodge room, K. P. Hall, on Friday evening next" February 23rd. Tlie ..proceeds frorn this affair are to be" devoted to the "Home Furnishing Fund" of the I. O. O. F„ a worthy object and deserving of hearty support. Tlio .lle- lickahs of Fernie are well known 'a-i ftocd entertainers,'apd tho forthcoming gathering will find thorn as good ■ns ever. Tho admission Is.only 25_'„ ho that all can afford to attend and spend a pleasant evening. Tlio fimorn] of Arthur Cnrllldgo, who mot wllh nccldontiil death In Calgary on Friday Inst, took place In tlild city on Tuesday n.tornoori, Servlco wiih hold In tho Methodist Church, nftor which a tutmhnr of frlondfl nnd tlio rolntlvos of tlio do«mnod,fo)lowod tlie bier to Its hint resting plnco. Under the auspices of tho local branch of, tho £5. P. of C, W. Mlnton will deliver nn address on "Reform and Rovoliitlon," .on Sunday ovoning noxt In tho* basemont of tho Miners' Hall. The following Sunday ovenlng the spoakor^will bo J. C. Turner on "Powor," or "Might makes Right." The local branch of the S.'P. of 0. Is in receipt of a number of pamphlets amongst which Is tho following: "Socialism: What It Is and what It Seeks to Accomplish," "Communist Manifesto," "Socialism, Utopian and Scientific," "Principles of Scientific 'Socialism," "Strongth of tho Strong," "Short Talks on Economics," !'Tho Social Evil," "Right to bo Lazy," Jack London's "Rovoliitlon," "Social and Philosophical Studios," "Industrial r.oblouiH," Anyoiii. duxlrliig to obtain .nny of thoso ploaso communloato with J, G; Turner, CARD OF THANKS Mi'H J. Cai'tlldgo nnd family take this opportunity of Ihnnklng tholr numerous frioiidH mid especially tho Rov. Mr. Dlinnilck, for tholr oxprcHHlons of Hympntliy nnd condolence In Uiolr recant hci'onvammit, Special For One WEEK V __»"HLXIf V Vf lUJTTKI. SCOTCH . (JOJ-1.1..-. NUMOHT8 MAPI..-. CHKAM8 .. VARSITY .H.I.I.J1.H CHOCOT.ATKrt. itr. 20c. a lb. PUHB IIOKKIIOUN'U, In lnrge Btlcki, Bpoelnl, por lb 85 " ,' Writing Pads Pnpnfnrfoi, rrrulnr ,!ir, nnd ,i'n !mv, flpw.nl. p^r bov ,. .* 2» Cambric Linen, regular .20' and ,!!&, Sjieclnl .15 and ,25 Meal, .!," jiri.J .-"J, SvyM , '. 10 nncf ,30 McLean's- Draff & Book Store ggJ^'S BEHINp THE FOOTLIGHTS "Emanuella" Is ,a Beautiful Comedy ' Beautifully Rendered. Ono of the most remarkable (por- trayals which has been our lot to seo, not only in this vast city of ours but in others, was that of .Miss Jennhe Russell ns "Emanuella" un Thursday last The-piece,- which >va. written eapeck-lly for, Miss Russell, gavo her ample opportunity to show her talent, and the concensus., of opinion is that sho ge. every ounce out cf it. Tho second act of the piece alone wns well worth the prlco of admission, A word of praise is also duo to Ray F. Brandon as "Ruff," the theatrical manager, and Miss Florence Morrltt as "Ronny.". Anothor ploco which the company appeared ln much better form than In "The American Girl," and "The Man from Home,' wns-,!Tho Thief," that sterling drnma by tho notod French novelist Henri Bornstoln, nnd In which tho doven members of tho company ap- ponrlng theroln seemed,to bo" qulto nt home. To-night (Friday) "The Devil," will bo seen, and Ray Brandon, tlie lending role should find no difficulty according to IiIb own statements, in portraying his Satanic Majesty nl,human form. "Charley's Aunt" to-mor-" row (Snturday) nfternoon, should find a right royal welcome ln Fornle, and "Tlio Half-brood," the conoludlng por- formnnco on Satuday night will bring a successful and ..onjoynble wook of tho Jonnno RubboII Co. to an end. • A'feature of the company Is tho vaudovlllo turns given by various mombors nf the- compnny during tlio acts, nnd which are highly, appreciated, Thoy conslHled of 0. Donald Orpy, MIhb Florence Morrltt, MIbh Tryna Snln- don nnd MIbh Kathleen Snldon. "DEAR OLD BILLY." , ThobOHt, all-round comedy that had boon Boon In Fornlo for many diiyn past wnu Hint, of Wm, Htuviroy'B In "I-cnr Old Rllly," played at tho Clrnnd on Friday ovoning Innt. .from beginning to ond tho nudlenoo, which nliould linvo boon lnrgor, wiih convulsed In ronro oflniigliter fit tlm gomilnn humor nnd funny nit mil Ions in which "Donr Old Rllly" wns led Into. Mr, Ilfiw.roy was a liont In himself, hul ovory mombor of the company nu> ported him In a most admirable manner. It In not. often that flrHt class. mon of the Hawtroy stnmp vlBlt Hiobo pnrtB, nnd It Ih, thoreforo, nil tho more regrettable Unit whon thoy do show up thoy do not, rooolvo sufficient, patron- ago to waiTiutl a return visit, " TMP !«*!«. .Jo-iiUo tlio •.'.ouiK-ur iitiiactdm at liio flrnnd IIiIh week lho Ih1« hn» boon ro- mnrknhly woll nttonded. Tho mnn- OKement Ih putting on pIcturoH which aro evidently taking tho public's tasto, nnd this fact, together with tho throo . . . i , . ,, , ^..~«.», !__*»».V-ft-ha, li-,> .4-0.4... UVA\\>uikt*A much for the big share of public pat- ronngo It Ib r«colvlng. The programme for to-night (Friday) nnd to- morrow, inntlneo nnd evening, Ih: "A Mix-up ln Hull Ciibob" (remedy., "Over tho Hlllft" (n romody of tho RooIcIcb), Pntlio'H lllimtrnted Onzotto, giving the world'n liapponlngn v/ook by week, '"Their HurglnrH" (romedydramn). SPECIAL TRAIN TO COAL CREEK '<<>_ .A.- - .•••**Wk^^A^****THr*#**^^ A gpcrlnl trnln will Unvo Fernie for Conl Crrek nn Rntiirdny night nt U o'clock to accommodate Creol.ttPH nt- trndlng the thenlroH. „■« -i , ■ c * ■t • t ■c ■{ ■t -( -< • c ■i •c ■ ( ■ - ■ t •< • c -t ■< • ( ■. • t -e • i • ( ■c ■< ■ t' -( ■( ' ■< ■c ■ < ■ _ ■ < -< ■ < ■ < • ( ■. ■< • - •< • < ■ ( ■ ( • ( • ( • ( ■ ( • ( • - ■ ( -< ■k •k -< • < • < ■( -. ■< • ( ■ ( • ( ■ ( ■( -. • t • c -( • t ;< •( •< •( ■( -( •I •I •t ■ . ■ _ •V • c • f The ComingYMetro- >-. >■ >-. ,)- , >-'■ >- ■ >■ )■ 3- >•' , , )- ')■ )■ )- >■- )- >■ )■ >■ , , >-' )■- >• '-)■ )• *-)■, >■ )• ,>" ' )■ >-, '. )■ )• >■ >■' )■ • )■„ r )■ )■ )-, . >■ >■ >■ )- ,)■ J- >• >! )■ ')• >■ »' '»' )• )- )■ )■ )■ )■ )• )■ >• )■ )• >• .- )' )• )■ )• )' )' >■ )■ >• >• 1- )■ >■ ' >■ )• >■ )• .- )■ )• u 1. )■ 1- >- ■J- >' - ■vl I 'WARE 80CIALIBM In the- dobnte on t.UBto and lnp^ Born In the Ottawa Hq)ido of Common**, Mr, Rumlinm, inomber for Potorboro, took occasion to remark: "Social- lam hovers near', nnd will romo (o pass BooSJp It thnt > ^enforced. un!o»9. tho nuthorltlOB tlm laws thoy ennct nre OthorwlBo tho pfoplo will take over to thomcelveB tho moans of traii«porta- tlon and production. In thnt wny .fthpy. will effect a juat ami oqultnblo bnlanco betveoon thoso who produco nnd thoso who consume. - ' > > A->VI-HT.MI-». IV Till. MJDOI-ll SMMM Gim STOPS COUGHS ySJiWfflS ADVI-IITINI. |.V 'I'lll. r.KiHimt"""@en, "Preceding Title: The Fernie Ledger

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