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WSuv* CHINOOK T A Half Million in 1917 Vol. I, No. 33 SOUTH VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1912 Price 5 cent* Candidates Are Looming Up For Municipal Elections ��� ^ i Possibility That Fight For Reeveship May Be Three-cornered Prospective Candidates in the Seven Ward* There is a possibility that the fight for the Reeveship in South Vancouver elections which will be held on January IK next, may take on a three- cornered turn. Reeve J. A. Kerr and ex-Reeve W. A. Pound have definitely announced that they are in the field, and there is a rumor current that Mr. Jeihn Armstrong will enter the contest. Mr. Armstrong is a resident eif Ward VI. and while he has not made a definite statement his friends are confident that he will consent to enter the lists. For the position of Councillors there will be a contest in each of the seven wards. In Ward I, Councillor Robinson is out for another term His supporters held a meeting last week when arrangements in connection with his campaign were ma.iped out. There promises to be quite a spirited light in this ward as Mr. J. J. Wilbers has been selected to oppose Mr. Robinson. Mr. Wilbers is an old-timer in the Collingwood district, and several years ago served on the Sclioeil Board of South Vancouver. In Wanl II the lineup of prospective candidates is not yel complete. It is definitely announced that Councillor Frank Elliotl wil! retire this year ihough his friends are deiing all in their power to have him run feir another term. There is a likelihood that ex-Councillor John Dickenson will go to the people again though he has mit yet made a definite announcement on this score. Two names are mentioned in ce>n- nection with the qouncillorship foe Ward 111, Mr. T. McN'eish and Mr. Ralph Humphreys. There is a chance that there will be one or two either names added tee the above. Councilleir John Third and Mr. W. A. Winram are the only two name* mentioned in connection with the light in Ward IV. There is a possibility that there may be others in lhe field, but from the present outlook it seems that Councillor Third and Mr. Winram will be the only twee men to enter the field in this Ward. Councillor Thomas will have op. position in Ward Five in the per V)ll eef Mr. J. L. Grcenley. This shemld resolve itself into a keen contest as both are well known in that Ward. Another big tight is promised in Ward VI, and there are now three certain starters in the race there. Mr. W. H. Day has been in the field for senile time, and a few days age> Mr. J. D. Millar announced himself as a candidate. Mr. Millar is president of the Ward VI Ratepayers' Asso- ciation, and has large interests in the wanl. Mr. R. Mcllride, who is one of the best-known men ill that ward will bc a candidate for the Councillorship, having decided to run for that office instead of feer the Reeveship. While Councillor Campbell has not announced his intentions as tee running again, there is a good chance lhat he will be in the field once more. Mr. R. Roden has been named as a Candidate, SO the probabilities are lhat there will be quite a light ill lhat ward. The nominations for the offices wil! take place em January 13, with tlie elections on January IK. COMMISSIONER CREHAN j COUNCILLOR THOMAS MAKES STATEMENT ASSOCIATION CANDIDATE Explains that His Report Must be Made to Government Commissioner Crehan has made the following statement regarding tlie publication of his report : There seems to be an impression among the ratepayers that my investigation is completed now that no public sessions of thc enquiry are being held. As a matter of fact, the public part of the enquiry has entailed the least amount of work. We are at present working on the tax roll, which has required a good deal of time and trouble; but 1 am pleased to say the tax roll is beginning to get into good shape, and the office staff is now better able to cope with the work. So far as the publication of my report is concerned, as Reeve Kerr stated, I can only report to the government. Ward Ruth Morton Memorial Church Rev. J. Willard Litch, B.A., pastor ��� if the Ruth Morton Memorial Church, will speak on "Conflict and Con- ejiiest" at the morning services on Sunday. Topic for'the evening address will be "Gone, Another Year." The ordinance of baptism will be administered during the evening service. V Ratepayers' unanimously Pledge Him Support The Ward V Ratepayers' Progressive Association have adopted Councillor Thomas as candidate at the coining election, and Messrs. J. D. James and J. C. Campbell as candidates for school trustees. The association's new bylaws were approved and adopted, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mr. James C. Campbell; Vice-president, Mr. C. Manuel; secretary, Mr. F. Way; treasurer, Mr. A. Messenger; auditors, Messrs. James and Grout. The adoption of a candidate for the Reeveship was left over till the January meeting. Kalenberg Hall Dance The weekly dance at the Kalenberg Hall on Friday night of last week was well attended, the prize winners being ; First, Miss DcMac- yer, Seymeuir Rooms, and Mr. W. Young, 28th Avenue; second, Miss Alexander. South Vancouver, and Mr. J. H. Swallow, 526 Howe Street. Vancouver. The judges were Mr. A. R. Lewis, Mrs. Carlton, and Mrs. Hall. Around the Municipal Hall BY SCRUTATOR As there seems to be a dearth of watch hospitals in South Vancouver, iIle vagaries of the various timepieces were no small annoyance to owners. In the morning and at meal hours, whether by the action of a sympathetic chord, or the pressure of a mil pouch, several timepieces had Ihe habit of going sleiw. This often icd to disputes. The Council, tee show their appreciation of the efforts of the staff to keep good time and to remove all imputations as to the regularity of the variems timepieces, have bought a clock for the Hall. By ils dictation all time must now be regulated. * * * At this season of the year when peace and goodwill arc supposed to reign everywhere, on; shows appreciation of their various relatives, friifld-s, acquaintances, employes, by gifts. From certain sources it is taken as granted that gifts must be both given and received. Under such circumstances it becomes more a duty than a pleasure, but where one receives a valuable gift from an unexpected source, there is a feeling of pleasure, of pride that neither tongue nor pen can describe. Happiness and pleasure given to us by another are epochs in our journey that we never care to let slip from our memory. * * * All members of the staff of employes of the Municipality were paid the day before Christmas instead of the 29th December. This enabled everyone to purchase what Christmas gifts and dainties they desired. * ��ie * As the new police patrol wagon was being put into the garage on its arrival there was a telephone call that there was trouble at Twenty-fifth and Main Street. As a policeman wis standing by at the time away sped the car, and the record established ���or a quick answer to a call will stand k long time before it is beaten. In Scotland, the last meeting held by a Council previous to an election is termed the "Greeting Meeting," meaning the Councillors are shedding tears at the thought of losing their seats. At the "greeting meeting," those of the Councillors who stand for re-election make a speech and say that they hope to head the poll and be back "in their old place again. + C * Christmas has coinc and gone. Another mark has been made on our journey, when the debit and credit smiles of Life's Ledger will bc made up. The man or woman who at this season of the year gave a quarter or a dollar to relieve the wants of sonic .me in need did more for the upraising of humanity than those who kept tight purse strings and went to night watch meetings, and prayed for the coming of a new era for the dawn of thc great millenium. * * * While it is but natural that employees should not take too active a part in thc public meetings of the forthcoming.election, yet it is human nature that they should take a keen interest in all that goes on. Their rights of citizenship has conferred the vote upon them, and it is up to them to use their vote as their conscience dictates. However in school matters there are, and can be no restrictions to an employee giving his opinion on any public platform. Next year Mr. Whelpton requires good practical men to assist him in the building-up of the new schools, and the ratepayers should see that in the election of trustees that men with good knowledge are returned. * * * To the new comer from the Old Country South Vancouver presents a strange contrast t-i a town of a similar size of 35,000 il habitants. In taking a walk in the forenoon along (Continued on Page 10) TO THE RATEPAYERS AND RESIDENTS OF SOUTH VANCOUVER / take this opportunity of wishing you all a Happy ana Prosperous New Year. J. A. KERR, Reeve of South Vancouver. Plebiscite on Annexation To Be Taken on January 18 Momentous Question Will Be Submitted at Time of Civic Elections���Courts of Revision. J. D. MILLAR Who will be a candidate for the Municipal Council in Ward VI Matters Municipal ihe Municipal Audit To the Editor of "The Chihook": Sir,��� In "The Province" or December 18 last, there appeared what purports tei be a statement made by Municipal Clerk Sprinford. He states that some ratepayers are under the impression that the audit should be sent out broadcast em January 1. They do not consider that the bank balances on December 31, must be taken into account, and a statement prepared and printed, which makes it impossible to issue a statement on January 1. The latter part of his statement is possibly correct, but why should we have to wait until nomination day, January 13? In the hands of an efficient officer, and an up-to-date department, run in business methods, there is absolutely no reason in my mind, why the statement should not be in the bands of the ratepayers on the fourth or fifth of the month. This woulil give the candidates running for Municipal heinors a chance of making themselves acquainted with the finances of the Municipality, and during Iheir candidature educate the taxpayers as lo the exact position of affairs, ami possibly awaken in them a desire lo take a livelier interest in matters municipal. Here is an opportunity for Reeve Kerr to carry out the wishes of a large number of ratepayers, and at the same time establish a record for South Vancouver.���Yours, etc., F. WAY. South Vancouver, Dec. 26, 1912. A Question for Candidates To the Editor of "The Chinook": Sir,���You might grant me space in your valuable paper to ask tlie gentlemen who are running feir Reeve, why they arc taking such a delight in running down South Vancouver. As far as 1 understand, both gentlemen made all their money here, then why do they seek to give her a black eye? Perhaps I am wrong, but as far as I can see the whole matter is a real estate gamble. Thanking you in anticipation.���Yours, etc., EDWARD WHITE, Ferris Road, Dec. 24, 1912. The Sewage Commission To the Editor of "The Chinook": Sir,���I noticed both in "The Province" and the "World" newspapers a report of Engineer Lee submitted to the commission appointed by Vancouver, South Vancouver, Burnaby and Point Grey on the sewerage. As I have only been here about a year I don't know anything about this commission. I was at the meeting in South Hill and heard ex-Reeve Pound speak on the sewerage. Surely he was trying to bluff the meeting when he said South Vancouver would get sew- A plebiscite on the proposed annexalieen of South Vancouver by tlu City of Vancouver will be taken on January IK, at the time of the civiv elections. Such was decided at a meeting of the Council een Friday last, when a bylaw tei that effect was reael a third time. It was reported by Assesor West lhat it would be impossible to bold a eeetirt of revision for the Westminster Re.ad paving before the first week in February, after the municipal elections, and it was resolved tee h\ Friday, February 21, as the date of the eeetirt, to bc held in the Municipal Hall. It was further resolved that the Court of Revision for the voters' list be held at the Municipal Hall on Monday, January 13. be fixed for the nominations for Reeve, Councillors and School Trustees, the elections, if necessary, to take place on Saturday. January IK. with Mr. J. Ii. Springford as returning officer, The polling places were fixed as follows : Ward I, Carleton Hall: Warel II. Cedar Ce.ttage School; Ward III. Tecumseh School; Ward IV, corner eif Twenty-fifth Avenue and Main Street; Ward V, Municipal Hall; Ward VI. Sexsmith School (Ontario Streel I; Ward VII, North Arm School, Fraser Avenue ami River Road. A general polling booth feer ratepayers from any ward will be placed at King Edward Streel and Main, anil ratepayers of Wards VI anil VII, may. if they wish, vote at the Municipal Hall. Il was reseilved lei write to the Hoard 'if School trustees asking that the' schools in lhe municipality lie available- fur meetings during the period immediately before ihe elections, The Warel V Ratepayers' Association wre.te asking that a Condensed rep'Tt of the audit commissioner's investigation De prepared and issued before January 1. to a- t" be in thc hands eif tin- ratepayers before the municipal elections. Reeve Kerr stated that the- Ceiun- cil had no authority over the Commissioner, who wa- appointed by thc government, am! his report must bc in the first instance presentee! to Ihe government. lhe yearly audit rc- peert nf the Council wouhl, heiwi^vcr, bc ready for publication on nomination day. The communication was 'entered to be filed. The Council agreed o. a recommendation of lhe chief eel peilice that Constable Lee, of Collingwood, bc pro��� moted to the rank of acting-sergeant Councillors Elli.ett and Thomas were appointed a committee with the chief eif police to select two men for appointment as constables, and to> bring in a recommendation to the next meeting of the peilice committee. Councillors Third and Theimas were appointed as the representatives of the municipality "li the Council 'ef the Half-Million League. The repeirt of the Smith Vancouver branch eif the Victorian Order of District Nurses was presented by the secretary, ami mi the suggestion of the chairman e.f the finance commit* u-e it was agreed tbat the Victorian Order bring in a request i" the next meeting showing what money was required eluring December, ami what will be required i'>r January. It was a!-" agreed that the- Council in future be supplied with a written repeirt nf the wurk e,i ilu nurses in the- municipality each month, instead of a verbal report. PRINCIPAL RESIGNS FOR INSPECTORSHIP erage quicker through being annexed. Now anyone with common sense knows that if there is a commission neither Vancouver nor South Vancouver can move till these main trunks are in. 1 have not maele up my mind whether to veete feer annexation or incorporation as there are a lot eif things I don't understand, but 1 want to tell the candidates that I do understand when a man wants to try bluff. Along with many others, 1 have learned a good deal through lhe papers, so cut out the rot abemt the finances of South Vancouver and give us exactly what will be the benefits from incorporation or annexa- ! tion.��� Yours, etc., THOMAS McKENZIE, South Hill, Dec. 21, 1912. L. J. Bruce Secures Position on Government Staff Principal L. J. Bruce, of the Van lleirne School, having secured a position "ii the staff of Government Inspectors of Schools, has sent in his resignation tei the South Vancouver Board of School Trustees. The resignation was accepted at a meeting of tlie board. Chairman Whelpton saiil that while regretting Mr. Bruce's resignation, the board was pleased In think that one of their principals had secured a position as government inspector. Chairman Whelpton on behalf of the bieard, welcomed Mr. McArthur back tn thc board after a Iein~ illness. TO SUPPLY WATER NEEDS OF MUNICIPALITY Superintendent Mullett Makes Some Recommendations Water Superintendent Mnflett at a meeting nf the water ceemmittecr suggested the during of another welt on the corner of Victoria Ruad and 44th Avenue, as they conhl not leiwer the water in the present well, which was a- goeed indication there was plenty eef water on that particular property. The approximate cost we mill be $6,275. which would include tlie building and machinery. Ile also suggested that the property of the- C. P. R. be further developed f.er water, as the Council must prej- vide in seeme way fur the corning summer. To Medical Men Circulars are shortly to be sent eiut te- tlie various medical men practicing in South Vanconuvcr asking their assistance in thc proposed hospital scheme so that it may be brought to a successful issue. May Run for School Board Announcement is made that Mr. R C. Pierce will he one of the candidates for the office of Board of School Trustees in the forthcoming election. Mr. Pierce has taken a very active interest in matters municipal in Warel I for some time. The Reeveship of South Vancouver To the Editor of "The Chinook": Sir,���Several times 1 have seen my name mentioned in the press as a candidate fir tlie Reeveship of South Vancouver at the forth-coming elections, and in reply thereto, lor the information of those interested, 1 beg to state 1 have no present intention of running for the Reeveship, as I am not prepared tee bargain for support, on the usual lines followed in South Vancouver for this office. However. 1 may say. I intend to offer my services to the ratepayers of Ward VI. ami if elected I am prepared to give my time to the work. I will support annexation on a reasonable business basis, the opening and rough grading of all mads and lanes in the municipality, the permanent pavement of trunk roads, and other matters of general interest tei ratepayers. ROBERT McBRIDE, South Vancouver, Dec. 16, 1912. Westminster Road Paving Mr. Nelson May Run There is a probability that Mr. James Nelson will stand for a place on the School Board. Mr. Nelson is a resident of Collingwood, and his friends have waited upem him requesting him to stand for the office. Mr. Nelson has not yet given a defii- nite answer. Thank You To the Editor of "The Chinook": Sir,���Of your issue of last week you ought to feel pride. I am pleased to think South Vancouver can turn out such a piece of art. I wish your paper every success. Though I am a subscriber to your paper, I will now do all I can to help you. It is up to thc people of South Vancouver to encourage such a good newspaper. ���Y'ours. etc., ERNEST JONES, 27th Avenue East, Dec. 23, 1912. Tei the Editor of "The Chinook" : Sir.��� Being extensively interested ill property in this section, I have naturally watched with a great ileal of interest the controversy Upon the different feirms of pavement that have been aelvocated feir the Westminster Roael. As a result of the arguments advanced I have taken upon myself to thoroughly investigate their merits. Therefore 1 take much pleasure in publishing through yeiur columns the opinions of seeuic of the most prominent municipal engineers of cities of Canada and thc l'nited States. Engineer J. T. Child, .ef Calgary, says lhe wood block has the advantage of being easily taken up and re- plaeeel, whieh is a consideration in a new town where mains, etc., have to be laid, iu many cases as an after- thought. Felix A. Norden, engineer of the City of Chicago, is on record as saying, "Wc have paved some of our down-town streets, upon which there is heavier traffic, wilh creosoted woeid blocks, and so far this pavement has given entire satisfaction." Street Commissioner J. C. Travilla. of St. Louis, states : "As to the durability of this pavement compared with creosoted wood block. I do not hesitate to state that wood block is more scrvicablc. and has a longer life than than any other paving material that I know of. Our experience with wood block pavement has been extremely satisfactory, and they are favorably commented upon by everyone who drives over them." Ellis R. Dutton, Assistant City Engineer of the City .of Minneapolis says : "In reply, would say that we have not used either of the classes of pavements that vou mention. Most of our pavements are of creosoted wood block, which we have found satisfactory, and consider it the best pavement that can be laid today." From Pittsburgh, Pa., Superintend ent of the Bureau of Construction^ N. S. Sprague, states that they arc prohibited by law from laying any- patented pavements, but have. how- evcr, used considerable creosoted wood bleick pavements, ami this coming year will contract for quire a large- amount of pavements of this. type. The wood block pavement is- for heavy traffic and ilat grades "here the element of noise must be con- sielered. It is the meist durable of of any eif the pavements which yon mention, but like the eeth.-rs, judgment must be exercised in the selection of the street upon which it is proposed to use it." George W. Tills, .n. Chief Engineer of New York City, states the same conditions exist regarding patented pavements as in Pittsburgh, and goes on to say that wood block has been in use here feer seven years on heavy; trrffic streets with practically no- repairs, and 1 believe, will last for tern or twelve years at least on medium traffic streets without repairs;"' Joshua Atwood, Chief Engineer of Boston, Mass., says : "As to thc durability of these pavements compared with the creosoted wood blocks used on our streets, I would say that none of them has been laid as longs as some of our wood bleick pavements laid in 190(1 and 1901. and subjected! to heavy trucking traffic: Tests rradt after ten years in thai city show a decrease in depth of the blocks. at one-half inch. We are well satisfied with thc wood block pavement that has been laid here." During September and October, 1909. Aids. Crowe and MacMillan, and Mr. Clements, a committee appointed to visit the big cities of the United States, reported in part as follows;:: "For streets in the business section not exceeding three per cent, grades,, we consider that a pavement constructed of wood blocks of the large- size, on concrete foundation, has more- (Continued on Page 10) TWO GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1912 I BURNABY IN D. L. 94 We can sh.ew you the most charming s ,-nery in the whole of Greater Vancouver, and the best hind. Tins beautiful spot is m..st easily reached by wav of the U.C.E.R. to Royal mik Station, then up Royal Oak Road to Deer Lake Road, thence east. A most excellent way of returning is by way ol our new great road that runs through from the Westminster Roael. just east of the Royal Oak Hotel, tej Deer Lake Road, Thi* way you will be able to see all around and through and ihrough I). L. 94, and be able to appreciate what very beautiful homesites it offers. You will find that the view o\er Deer Lake-. Burnaby Lake-, anel fe.r miles beyond is unparalleleel. We are selling hen FULL QUARTER ACRES at $650 and $700, on very easy terms eif $50 CASH and $10 A MONTH. Long before this can be paid for, values will double, at the rate improvements arc going on in this district. This ntw re .ail alone, which has cost us an immense sum, has increased the value Immensely; but, for the moment, we have not put prices up, though this is in contemplation. A day here will be well spent, and you will be aide to appreciate that many of the best things in *he world are right under your nose. We can give you maps, plans md other details, and it will bc a pleasure for us to do so. ALLAN BROS. Phone: Sey. 2873 Phone : Bay. 586 510 Pender Street West Kitsilano Office���Fourth and Larch WALKER BROTHERS REALTY AND INSURANCE BROKERS lla\e helped sun-kissed Burnaby and South Vancouver develop from virgin forest into busy districts of homes. They believe Burnaby possesses all the factors necessary tei make her one day the hub of the peninsula. VANCOUVER: Dominion Trust Block, 341 Cambie Street EDMONDS : Edmonds Station, Burnaby A. McFEE REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE Phone 1038 Edmonds, B. C. I have the exclusive sale of large lots on Salisbury Avenue, close to statics. $1,000 each; on good terms. See me about them. PATTERSON & FISHER REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE 6l/i acres in Edmonds district, near Power House and facing on Vancouver Road. All cleared. Price $16,000.00. $5,000.00 cash; balance 6, 12, 18, and 24 months." POST OFFICE BUILDING, EDMONDS Phone : No. 664 WARNER, BANGS & CO. REAL ESTATE AND COMMERCIAL AGENTS PHONE 1024 COLDICUTT BLOCK, EAST BURNABY SEND US YOUR LISTINGS LOANS AND INSURANCE Acre Blocks in NORTH BURNABY Just the Place to Build Your Home HAVEN'T YOU ALWAYS ���Had a longing for freedom? ���Wished you had room to turn round? ���Wtvnttd a playground���at home���for the kiddies? WELL YOU CAN'T GET THIS ON A SINGLE CITY LOTI CAN YOU? You probably pass fine homes daily, with large attractive grounds, and envy the owners' "good fortune." Vet what was their "good fortune?" They did what you sh"iilel now do. They Looked Ahead Saw how land values wouhl rise, and that buildings would soon surround them, AND BOUGHT BEFORE THE DISTRICT WAS SETTLED 1 have a few blocks in North Burnaby (each block the size of 8 City lots'), with sidewalks, water, electric light, telephone and a good street. There will be a carline on both sides of this property in the near future, so prices will never be lower. At present, one of these blocks will cost you what you would have to pay for an ordinary 33ft. lot on the outskirts of the City. 'Phone, write, or call and make arrangements to let me show this property. PHILIP M. RAY 537 Pender St. W., Vancouver Phone : Sey. 6315 )��' ye HI The Settlers' Association of B. C. P. B. BROWN, MANAGER Phone : 664 Applications invited for Homesites, Investments, Loans, Mortgages Auction Sales Conducted Property for sale on easy terms Hall, fully equipped, to rent for Concerts, Dances, Meetings P. B. BROWN AOUNTeOOS ftOfeNAftYS (jONNie Banks** Brass "Brixton Burglary" The first re.el threatrical perform. I n lie- held ill iln l'eUIIKlli.v'1'llblic Hall was held un Tuesday evening last, when ihe Si. George's Amateur Dramatic Society presented Fredrick VV. Sidney's farcical contedy'"Brix- i..n Burglary" under iln auspices e.i tin- Burnaby Branch of tin- victgrian Order of Nurtes. Tin- ipadobs hall was comfortably filled by a wry re-. presentative audience, win. had heard | of ihe good work "f this company, Il would be unfair lee make special mention of any one "i ihe cast as each member carried out their pan with lhe ease anil grace of a pfO- ��� fessional. Before the performance began, and during the interval be- , tween the acts bIx dainty little Misses in while, wearing lhe badge I eif ihe Victorian Order sieiei homemade candy tu the evident relish "f I the audience, anel as a result some ]$15 was added i(e the exchequer of I lhe tinier. The ladies expect lo clear ;il>�� >nt $100 from the concert. | Word has been received from the headquarters at Ottawa that a nurse lis now "li her way here-, and will ar- i live in a few days; Another will j leave early ill the New Year, when the Burnaby Branch will undoubtedly be abb- tee meet any demands made Uliiin them for the services of these angels of mercy. .i spirited ballot Councillor Wayiu was declared tin- choice, he having the lafjTsl number >ei wBtet. Hour* ever In- will have i" light f.er ii as Mr. Jas Murray, who wd( a runner- up in the batlotfttj! ffhtfoflheed lb.it" h. would��be a candidate al any rate- Twee candidates (eer the vacant posiJ liun- i.n Ilu- Sell..eel II..aril were .'in ueiuiiced. Thev an- Mr. Donald Ross and Mi. Um. Russell. Box 556, New Westminster or Edmonds, B. C. H. SWORDER EDMUNDS RELIABLE REAL ESTATE MAN SPECIALIST IN BURNABY PROPERTY INSURANCE One acre close to Cut Off, $2000. Easy terms Opposite Power House : Lots 50x120. 54 cash; 6, 12, 18, 24 mths. $525 Another $450. $100 cash; $10 per month HOUSES AND LOTS TO SUIT ALL BRING ME YOUR LISTINGS Burnaby Municipal Politics The candidates for Municipal honors for the coming year are gradually getting into line. On Tuesday evening last meetings were held by the East Burnaljy Progressiva Ratepayers' Association and Ward VI Ratepayers' Association. - At East Burnaby ihe Foresters' Hall was taxed t'i its limit with ratepayers who came 1" hear the report uf Councillor Madill and others who were 1" be Candidates, and then to -elect candidates for the Reeveship and Council. Chairman Kerr first called upon Councillor Madill tei give an account of his stewardship. He quoted many ligures t'i show the amount of Improvements he had secured feer Ward 111. He gave ligures showing the rapid growth "f the .Municipality, slating that the population had now reached the 15,000 mark. The chairman Ihen called upon Mr. B. n. Walker. Mr. Walker stated that he had been invited t.e attend as a candidate feer the Reeveship, and was delighted on this, his lirst appearance in this capacity to tei see the interest taken by the electors. In order that he would not bc misrepresented he wished to read the following conditions upon which he accepted lhe nomination, and the policy he intended tei pursue in' the campaign ami in Council should he be elected. In accepting the numerous requisitions presented tu nie with reference to my becoming a candidate for the Reeveship of Burnaby 1 desire to make lhe followin statement as the ground uf my acceptance. 1. The contest will be conducted on my pari in a dignified businesslike manner, free from all reference lo whoever else may in the field. There will be on my part, an entire freedom from personality. 2. 1 intend to hold certain meetings fur my suppurters who may desire tei hear me, but I dp not intend 10 lake pari in any joint meetings whatever, as I regarel them as useless ami unconvincing. 3. I am a supporter of lhe progressive policy initiated and maintained ley Reeve Weart in so able a manner during lhe past two years. 4. I shall look with confidence to those gentlemen win. have supported, rn- who may support my candidature, iu use every effort anil i'e exert every influence necessar) t" endeavor t" place nie al the head tti the pull. 5. Me greiiind fur appealing tu the ratepayers fur tin- bestowal ol the highest honor in their gift i�� solely l,;i-.'d upon my work during thi- past eight yens in developing and maintaining lhe pre-eminence- uf Burna- bj among ihe municipalities eef British Columbia, ami upon me pther ground whatever*. The watet now used was procured through tin- pe-rs..mil effort of Mr. Walker, he having secured ihe- water rights feer the Municipality from Sey- iii. .111- (.'reek before any of the others began thinking eef a Municipal water lystem. li was chiefly through his labeers that a large percentage eif the property holders around Burnaby Lake anil Still Creek had petitioned lhe Council tee hiwcr the lake and dredge the bottom of it. thus retaining a large amount of land that is iiuw a mark and at the same time make Burnaby Lake suitable for pleasure launches. He then took up the matter of the Joint Harbor Committee, of which he is chairman, and stated that the bill authorizing the appointment eif a Harbor Commission for the Xorth Arm of tbe rrascr was prepared and ready for presentation to the House of Commons as soon as they reassemble after the holidays. .Mr. A. V. McPherson, candidate feir Council for Ward II then advanced his policy and platform, and Mr. T. P. Morrison, a member of the School Board gave a summary of the vein's work of this body. The chairman then asked if they wished to hear any other candidates, but was requested to proceed with nominations. Mr. Walker received tbe un- animous nomination for the Reeveship and ex-Councillor T. D. Coldicutt received a majority over Councillor Madill and Mr. Peck for the position uf Councillor for Ward III. Mr. Coldicutt then came forward and received an ovation from the audience. In a strong fighting speech he denounced what he termed "The Vancouver Ring," and announced that he would support Mr. Walker and his "llurnaby Policy" in opposition to the "Vancouver Policy." The Ward VI ratepayers did not teeuch the Reeveship. but took a vote on candidates for Councillor. After ��� in Thursday evening the Kate- payers' Association met anil e-neleei-s. ed the candidature of Mr. I). C. Me- Gregor for the Keen ship ami Cenin- clllor McDonald was again the chuice at Councillor feer Wanl V. It was decided not tei endorse any candidates for Ward 1V at present. This matter will be taken up al a later date. Mr. IluIdem reported that they wcre making excellent progress with the proposeel nieitorbuss proposition. Pledges t.i the extent of $3.(100 had been secured anil they intended approaching lhe Council tu ask them lo make necessary repairs along thermite, At Edmonds on Priday night Mr. W. S. Ruse' was nominated for the peisiti.ni uf School Trustee. A large number uf ratepayers and several uf the candidates fe.r Council delivered speeches. Mr. S. Stride was the unanimous chuice fe.r Councillor fen- Ward I. Delegations were present from North Bdrnaby anil Warel VI Ratepayers' Associations, and it was decided to shortly call a meeting iu the llurnaby Public Hall at which the three candidates fur ihe Reeveship, Messrs. McGregor, Walker ami Patterson will be asked tu speak. Board of Trade There was a very large number e.f the members of the Hoard eif Trade present last Wednesday evening and several important matters were discussed. The committee that had charge of the ball reported that as a social function and as commercial enterprise the ball was an unqualified success. Il was also decided to make this ball an annual affair. Secretary Coldicutt reported for committee appointed to interview thc B. C. Ii. R, with regard to the service on the Cut Off, agent al Edmonds and also light rates. He staled that the joint committee of the Council, Board of Trade and Edmonds Ratepayers' Association had arranged to meet the officials of thc company, but that the Cut Off had been put into operation just at this period and they thought it advisable to wait and see how the present arrangement would work. Several suggestions were made of possibly better service, and it was decided to add the name of Mr. D. C. Patterson to- the committee from the Board and ask this joint committee to arrange for a conference with thc company as soon as possible. .Mr. A. Scott, manager of the Burnaby Lumber Company brought up thc matter of excessive freight rales, and also unnecessary delays in transshipping from the G. X. R. tee the B. C. E. R. A committee consisting of Messrs. Scott, Rose, Coldicutt, Patterson anil McCurragh was appointed to take this matter up with the Great Northern Railway, ami if necessary to assist Mr. Scott in placing the matter before the Railway Commission! Other important matters dealt with were the requesting of thc Cottncil to introduce a bylaw dealing with the adulteration of funds anil also regarding weights anil measures. That the Council purchase necessary sites feir lire halls such adequate halls and equip them with an up-tee elate apparatus was alto recommended to ihe Council mi motion eef Messrs, McPherson and Jackman. The inadequate post&l facilities of several hee-al eitl'iee-s were discussed, and a committee appoiuted id con. ler wiih the Inspector ��� of Post Of. Picture Postals as Puzzles Children who like to have something on hand to entertain their friends whenever several of them come in to spend a mfornltrg or aflenioon with them can make a variation on the popular picture puzzles with picture postal cards. A good deal of fun can be had with these cards and quits a contest may bc made of trying to see who can put together the most pictures. Ptom a dee/en tee twenty picture postals should be used, all different of course. They must bc cut up into pieces of various sizes and many intricate shapes. All the pieces are put into one box and thoroughly mixed up. The best way to cut them is to mark with a pencil one back of thc postal the shapes in which you want thc pieces and cut by these lines. The more shapes you can think of for your pieces the better, but it is well to repeat the different shapes several times on different cards. That will increase the difficulty of putting the cards together. When several persons are going to work over them at once, it is best to spread thc pieces out on a table. If left in the box they are more likely to be broken by handling and, once made, these cards can be used many times if they are not used roughly. They make a specially good amusement for a day that is either too hot or too rainy for outdoor sports. 'Why docs Miss Schrcvchc, close here eyes when she.sings?" "Perhaps she has a tender heart." . "I don't quite understand.*' "Maybe she can't bear to see ItC'V wc suffer." One way to compliment a pretty girl is io call her sensible. There .are lots of people in the world who pose of paragons of purity who would hate to see some man invent a mind-reading machine. North Burnaby Acres "liny acreage near a growing City," was James J. .Hill's advice when asked what lie considered tlie best and safest form of investment. North BuFnaHy acreage is undoubtedly the best Investment close to tlie growing City of Vancouver. We own sonic of the very choicest Acreage in North liiiriiaby, and will ,<ell same in blocks of from five-sixths of an acre to one ami a half acre. It is Impossible to enumerate here the many reasons why. this property is a gilt-edge investment. We may say, however, that our prices are not a dollar higher than you would have to pay per acre for 40-acre blocks, and wc give you 3 years in which to pay. Call on us for further information. Latimer, Ney & McTavish LIMITED 419 Pender Street W. Exchange Building T. D. COLDICUTT REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE Coldicutt Block, 4th Ave. and 6th St. If it ia in East Burnaby, we can sell it lor you Telephone 719 East Burnaby, B. C Fraser & MacLean, R. B. LINZEY, Vancouver, B. C. Highland Park Acreage We have a number of SMALL ACREAGE PARCELS on and near the new cut-off line of the B. C. Electric Railway. 1 acre, just off Railway, $2100; quarter cash, balance 6, 12, and 18 months. 1% acres, on Railway, $3500; quarter cash, balance 6, 12, and 18 month*. E. W. MacLEAN LTD. 142 Hastings West "'Twas the Night before Christmas "��� It will not be long until wc all can say it without quotation. The question now is, have you started to buy your New Year's Groceries, have yem visited enir store? Yuu will find that K'end groceries very reasonably priced are here. FREMONT GRAPE JUICE pint bottle 25c LIBBY'S MINCE MEAT per lb. 20c CHOICE LAYER FIGS per lb. 20c STOWKR'S LIME JUICE bottle 35c McLAKEN'S CREAM CHEESE pound 30c LIBBY'S ASPARAGUS TIPS tin 25c MARASQU1N CHERRIES jar 25c LIBBY'S FIGS IN' SYRUP bottle 60 STUFFED OLIVES jar 35c F. & M. SPECIAL BRAND COFFEE per lb. 4*���> SWEET SPICED GHERKINS jar 35c New Raisins, Dates, Currants, Peels, Nuts, Spices. 26th Avenue and Main Phone: Fairmont 784 Heaters for the Winter The cool long nights are nearly here. We have a complete line of heaters. Cartridges The shooting season is on. You don't need to go lo the Cily to buy your ammunition. See us. CD CC ADIUCV Formerly Manitoba ��� Di rLMrVliCT Hardware Co. HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, STOVES, RANGES, ETC. Joyce Street, COLLINGWOOD JEWELLER Repairt my Specialty 25th and Main, next City Heights P. O. Cambie Street will eventually become the leading thoroughfare between the Noi Arm and Burrard Inlet, and today there is no better investment on the market. A brief study of the map should convince you that our statement is correct. We have a few choice lots on Cambie Street facing West. Price $1625 each; icash; balance 6-12-18-24 months These are between Sixty-sixth Avenue and River Road. We have also a few choice homesites from $500 each, that are worth investigating. Wm. H. KENT & SON COLLINGWOOD EAST Phone : Coll. 18 Branch : Cor. River Rd. and Ash St. Ernest D. L. Maxwell EXPERT PIANO TUNER Specialties : Player Pianos, Repairs, Ton. Regulating 184 BROADWAY WEST, VANCOUVER Phone : Fairmont 1125 South Vancouver Dairy 4005 Fraser Street GOOD MILK GOOD SERVICE HAMILTON BROS. Embalmers and Funeral Directors Parlors and Chapel: 6271 FRASER STREET Phone : Fraser 19 (Day or night) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, I'M GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK THREE DIAMONDS A Gift of & piece of Diamond Jewellery sei with one <n' more <>t our First Quality Perfect Steel Blue White First Rivers Diamonds will make the holiday season very much happier. Buy one today^ There is still time. Our Watch, Cluck, Jewellery, Silverware and Cut Glass Departments stocked with a magnificent assortment of useful and artistic Christinas Ciifls. Special Discounts of 25 to 50 per cent, during our Removal Sale McMILLAN, the Diamond Specialist 541 Hastings Street West Next Door to Spencer's Ltd. Commencing fanuary 2, We will he at our new location, 566 Granville Street "IT IS THE MAN IN THE OVERALLS WHO IS BUILDING UP VANCOUVER" Every Clothier Sella Them We Build Overalls WHALE BRAND SIZE���STRENGTH���ENDURANCE Made in Vancouver in a UNION shop. Every working man in Greater Vancouver should equip himself with Whale Brand garments. They are built for wear and tear. A. WADDINGTON -:- 22 Water Street Phone : Seymour 8425-8426 Western Plate Glass & Importing Co. Limited Registered Office: 318 Water Street, Vancouver, B. C. PLATE GLASS WINDOW GLASS LEADED ART GLASS Thorne Metal Store Front Bars, Bevelling and Silvering, Store Fronts Glazed ALL KINDS OF GLASS Fraser Bros. & Co. We carry Special Lines of the finest GROCERIES AND FLOUR W'e also carry Hay and all kinds of Feed' Phone our store (Collingwood 25), or call. Our delivery service is prompt. COLLINGWOOD EAST SOUTH VANCOUVER'S POPULATION HAS INCREASED 35,000 IN SEVEN YEARS It contains the choicest Residential and Business Property on the Peninsula COLLINGWOOD Is the heart of this thriving Municipality. We have been established here since 1905, and invite correspondence regarding investments. We can place money on first mortgage at 8 per cent., and transact all financial business. References ; Royal Bank of Canada, Vancouver, B. C. Bank of Vancouver, Collingwood, B. C. The Workers' Page Edited by J. W, Wilkinson, tee whom all COllllllllllic.'ltiiellS slleeulll be addressed, Riieim 210, Labor Temple, Vancouver, B. C. ai lisu ��nl be tji en in tin- spring with a view 1,, bringing ifie carpenters H'agef more into line wiih the price d{ living in Vancouver. * * * Mr. Robert Foster, thi pn ��ident of lhe coal miners of Vancouver Island w;e^ mi Vancouver laal week, and itai rd that ihe international office "i Hie 1 mi, el Mine WorUoi - nf America is now financing the -trike on th�� I land, and that although man) of tinmen are being turned oul oi their houses, thi:- action has only furthei company, thi* action has only further embittered th�� men nuel they Me standing firm. + ss * In the election* der-the Storthing, the Norwegian Socialists have gained thirteen ueati from the Liberals, the party in power, who have slso loil twenty-eight seats te> the Radicals. The total number eef Socialists now in the Norwegian Parliament is twenty- three. * �� * There is a mass of seething unrest among the miners in the Old Country, which is gradually breaking through the surface. One of the chief causes of the trouble is the difficult problem nf the non-union man. It is anticipated that during the next few weeks the non-union men employed at the Pendlebury pits will have joined the Lancashire anil Cheshire Miners' federation, but the whole of them are required to join if a strike of the union men is to be prevented. Notices have been sent to the owners of pits in Pendlebury, that the union inen| will cease work in fourteen days if the non-union men do not join. Similar action is to be taken in Smith Wales by the anthracite miners, where notices are to be tendered at six collieries where four thousand five hundred miners are employed. e(e ef * Glasgow is cnjeiying three strikes at once. Fifteen hundred electricians employed in the shipyards are still out. Between three hundred and tout hundred girls employed in the cotton mills nf Messrs. Grant and Sons Lid. are i'lit, while a hundred pottery workers ft-eem Messrs. Cochran and Fleming are on strike for an increase of wages, From advices received freun various parts of the province, there is general dissatisfaction at the personnel of the Lalieer Commission as recently ap- pointed by Premier McBride, This commission is largely due to the efforts uf the 1!. C. Federation of Labor, which lias made numerous represents-1 The United Brotherhood of Carpen- tions to the Government regarding ters and Joiners held a giant social and the industrial status of the workers of Ljance at New Westminster on the the province. After the last conveii tion eif the federation, which took place in Victoria last January, the executive of that body appeared before I the cabinet, with a list of demands having for their object the improvement of the conditions under which the workers of Hritish Columbia earn their bread. They were assured hy Premier McBride, on behalf of the Government, that their requests would receive "careful consideration." Later the Federation was notified that the whole of these matters would be ubmitted to a Royal Commission, vhich the Premier was tee appoint. The Federatieeii immediately asked thai one or more of its members shouhl he included in that Connnis- n. This was very natural, considering that they make a continual and special study of working class problems, and if Premier McBride is genuine in his desire lee inquire into these matters he should be glad lei avail himself of lhe specialized knowledge f such man. By many it is regarded thai the commission is a farce insofar as its membership is concerned, whilst il is little slieirl of a tragedy Conisdering the fact that its findings will he very closely associated with the very life and death eif the workers of British Columbia, There is not one member of the commission wine has lhe enilorsation or approval of the organized labor movement of the province. * * * Mr. Alphonsc Verville, the Labor member in the Dominion Parliament. intends i" again introduce into the House a hill providing for an eight- lieinr elay <>ii all public works. The Government is never tired ol point, ing eeui ihe superiority "f Canadian methods over those "I lhe' Americans, and since the eight-hour elay his be. come law in the Stales, this w ill hi' a good chance- for ilu- Government to -lie.\v whether they are iii came si ol II.el. e> * e�� The amount collected hy ilu- I'., C. Federation for I,alien- for tin- striking miners "I Vancouver Island now totals over $600, and money is -till coining in. + * * The effect of ihe (rouble in the halibut fishing industry is, that all iln- men engaged in that weirk. anil in fishing generally, are now holding organization meetings at the Labor Temple. The halibut fishermen have heen refused the half-cent per pound rise which they asked for. There is no sign of settlement yet, but there is every likelihood eif a serious shortage of halibut this winter. BAILEY, TELFORD & CO. LTD. Financial and Estate Agents Fire, Insurance and Loans 317 Pender St. W., Vancouver, B. C. Collingwood East, B. C. 11th inst. The Oddfellows' Hall was packed anil a great lime was spent ley all, including a big party which went from Vancouver feer Ihe function. e|e * * It is announced by Mr. W. Churchill, First Lord eef the British Admiralty, that Increases in wages will he paid t.e seamen anil olhers ill lhe navy after the new year, and also that sume of the degrading and childish fierms of punishment for breaches of discipline will he abolished, ||l * * Mr. Sidney Webb, .the well-known writer on social questions, speaking at Ruskin House, Creiyden, recently saiel, "Parliament arians were so husy lhat they seemed to have little time to remedy lhe gross evils under which the greal mass of the people ill town anil country lived. Of the fifteen to sixteen million wage earners in Greal Britain, only three millieins were in trade unions, and most of them were loo downtrodden to combine effee- tively in any union," + + * The conference of the British Labor Party meets in London een January 29th next. A resolution freem the Bristol Labor Representation Com- mitiee- io he presented at tin- confer. ence- reads as follows: "Any member of an affiliated organizati on being elected to the House of Com. nieins, as a member '��f tin- Parliamentary Lalieer Party, shall he- prohibited from holding an office of any kind that prevents his regular attendance at thc House of Commons, or interfiles wiih tin- effective discharge of his parliamentary duties." This is to prevent Labor members holding of. liit- as ilu- secretaries "i unions., or other like- offices, * * * The local tilelayers report thai trade prospects for ile- nexl tow months an good, anil all members are working. Us., ihat they Intend to hold a smoking concert in the- near future. + * * 'lhe- French General Federation of Labor is attempting to organize a one day general strike against war. The oiiler Issued reads, "Only by the complete- cessation e.f lhe means of production ami locomotive am! weirk of all kinds, can Labor strikingly de. monstrate its firm determination t ��� > refuse co-operatieeii with lhe work of death which is contrary to the ideas I of preigress and humanity." The ideal is. to discover if it is possible to use the general strike in the interests of internalion.il peace, and if it is successful, it will do more to kill the secret scheming of the chancellories of Europe than anything else. The marble cutters helpers have just been on strike, supported by the Marble Cutters' Union, for a rise in wages from $3.00 to $3.50 per day of eight hours. They have secured the rise, and are now back at work again. ei.ei.ef A mass meeting of carpenters was held ill thc Labor Temple on December 12, at which the question of a rise in wages next spring was the principal item under discussion. The average wage of a carpenter in Vancouver works out at about $17 per week the year round, if he is lucky enough to get fairly steady employment. He has to furnish and maintain a very expensive equipment of tools, and loses a lot of time in the winter owing to bad weather���also a lot of tools owing to had men. It was pointed out at thc meeting, that five years agei in 1907���the carpenters were getting four dollars and a quarter per elay eif eight hours, which is the wage they arc getting now. Meanwhile the price of living has gone up forty per cent., which means that the wages of carpenters have gone down forty per cent, during the last five years. The meeting was a large one, and the question was discussed from every point of view, and it is likely that some A strong agitation is being conducted in New Westminster with the object of holding the 1914 convention of the British Columbia Federation of Labor in that city. A large delegation from the Royal city will be at the forthcoming convention in Victoria on January 13, 1913, and there is a strong fighting chance of the Westminster people attaining their object. In any case, it is not likely that the convention will meet in Victoria again for some time after next year. A Woman places great faith In her doctor, but a man always thinks an M. D. has half an interest >n an un- d.cttak'iig establishment. * * * "He is sorry his wife is bigger than he is." "Why?" "She takes the sporting page away from him easily." * * * "Am 1 all the world to you, Jack, dear?" she cooed. "You are certainly a fair portion of it," he told her, and so made the classy double play of pleasing hcr and keeping to exact truth. CHIC. Authorized Capital Assets - - - Money Loaned at 5 per cent, simple interest. Ten years six months to repay $1,100,000,00 $ 350,000.00 cr repayment can be made any month of whole loan or any part without extra cost or bonus PER ANNUM THE LARGEST AND OLDEST CONTRACT LOANING COMPANY IN CANADA Business written lo date in aSMM of $12,500,000.00 Officers and Directors : J. K. Seymour, Pres., A. McKechnle, Isi Vice.-Pn-s. and Cen. Mgr. I-'. A. Brodie, Secretary lle.n. K. K. McKcchnic, 3rei Vice.-Pres. J. J. Banfield Canadian Home Investment Co. LIMITED Second Floor, Pacific Building, Vancouver, B. C. B.C. OFFICES: Victoria, N'cwWcslininstcr, Nelson, Kamloops, Prince Rupert Local Representative, W. J. STOLLIDAY 34 32nd Avenue East [OITKT. OPEN EVENINGS UNTiL NINE O'CLOCK; F. J. Rolston G. IL Batcheler Good Old-fashioned Meals for Hungry Men Prompt, courteous service in the cleanest, daintiest dining-room you could imagine. HARD BY THE MUNICIPAL HALL, ON FRASER STREET Special attention paid the palates of civic officials and employees. UNIQUE CAFE G. II. Batcheler, Manager Comer Forty-Ninth Avenue and Fraser Street. FOR SALE Five-room House, fully modern, on Thirty- sixth Avenue, one block from Victoria Road car. Price $2,500; balance on monthly terms. This Snap will not last long! J. A. KERR & CO. Real Estate Brokers 3332 MAIN STREET Phone: Fairmont 822 GEO. SNIDER & BRETHOUR GENERAL CONTRACTORS 909 Dominion Trust Building, Vancouver, B. O. ESTIMATES FURNISHED Telephone! : Office 8497. Works B203. Works 9328. Works 9179 SNAP, KNIGHT ROAD Full-sized Lot, north of Home Road, $1200. One-third cash; balance 6, 12 and 18 months. $100 cash handles Building Lots close to Knight Road. THOS. Y. LEITCH REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE Cor. Knight and Westminster Rds. Vancouver, B.C. Phone : Fairmont 1653 Two Propositions No. 1. Vou rent a house at $25 per month. In one year you have paid out $300, for which you can show no results. 7 per cent, interest on $300 is $21. So in the year yem practically throw away $321. No. 2. You bring ine in $100, for which I give you a 6-rooni Modem House, on Lot 33x125ft. House has fireplace, etc. Balance is $25 per month. Total price is $2,600. No loan. In one year you have an equity of $400 in your own home. Compare proposition No. 1 with No. 2, then call at my office and see this house. R. J. McLauchlan 4123 Main Street Phone : Fair. 1607 MACADAM & COMPANY GENERAL CONTRACTORS 418 Winch Building Vancouver, B. C. Wood Block PAVING FOUR GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1912 13^*CHINOOK PUBLISHED Every Saturday by the Greater Vancouver Publisher! Limited HEAD OFFICE : Corner Thirtieth Av-nue and Main Street, South Vancouver, B. C. Gtorfc II. Murray, President and Managinf Director. Herbert A. Stein. Vice-President and Man��|ini Editor. John Jackson, Buaineaa Manager. TELEPHONE : All departmenta Fairmont 117/ SUBSCRIPTION RATES : To all pointa in Canada. United Kingdom, Newfoundland, New Zealand, and other British Possessions : One Year 12.00 Sil Month 1.00 Three Months 50 Postage to American, European and other Foreign Countries, 11.00 per year extra. TO CORRESPONDENTS : We will not print anonymous letters, though inviting communication on current events, to be published over the writer's signature. w THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ITH the holiday season over the attention of the people of South Vancouver will be directed towards the election of a Reeve and Council for the year 1913. While several of the candidates have been working for their election during the past few weeks, the real work, which will count in their election, will only commence from now on. To a large measure the ratepayers will be asked to pass upon the accomplishments of the past Council, for it is now almost certain that with possibly one or at the most two, exceptions the old Council will go before thc people again. The forthcoming election gives promise of being fought with a good deal more interest than all elections in the past. South Vancouver is rapidly filling up, and it is only natural that there should be a growing interest in matters municipal. Election time is a period when all ratepayers assume the privilege of publicly commending or criticizing past or present councils, and when elected, representatives arc asked to give an account of their stewardship. To a large extent their re-election depends upon ability to balance the books on that occasion. The outcome of thc election will bc watched with unusual interest too, next month, owing to the fact that the incoming council will consist of a Reeve and seven Councillors. The present council consists of a Reeve and five Councillors, but owing tie the great demands upon the time of the members and the rapidly growing community, this year's civic board decided to increase the number of wards from five to seven. Not only will this give iach Councillor a smaller territory over which to have supervision, but it will also give two additional men on the hoard, and the duties will not he so onerous. Owing to this increased representation there will, of course, be added expectancy in the outcome of thc election. Another matter which will come before thc people is a vote on the annexation of South Vancouver by the City of Vancouver. The pros and cons of this question have been argued out lo a large extent, and they will no doubt consume considerable time of the candidates in their election addresses. Every ratepayer is urged to give this matter careful attention and to mark the ballot on this question when the day of the election rolls round. We believe that the council moved wisely when they decided that this issue should be voted upon at the time of the elections to municipal office. Many will vote on this question now who, under other circumstances, might not have felt inclined to take thc time to record their opinion. THE FESTIVE SEASON IN B. C. H~)W many persons are there in British Columbia at the present time who spent the Christmas of 1911 in the old land across the Atlantic? It would be a matter of difficulty to give a correct estimate, but that there are several thousands, is a certainty. Though they are far from the land that gave them birth, it is safe to say that their thoughts extend back to thc hills and dales of thc homeland as they celebrated the season this side of the Canadian Rockies. After all it makes little difference where the festive cheer is consumed, and in what part of tlie globe the celebrants are, provided they have made good. That is thc ambition of almost everyone who comes out to this last great west. They have come here to become citizens of one of the finest countries in the world, if not the finest. Those on whom fortune has smiled arc not in thc position of having any misgivings of the future, and few of the old country people who come out here ever return or regret that they have made the journey. Still England, Ireland or Scotland is home, and Human or woman is not yet born who can relegate to oblivion the country in which they spent their early days and in which they formed associations that one can never forget. Thc same thought must run through the minds of everyone, be be the stolid Englishman, the volatile Irishman, or the canny Scot���they arc all the same kith and kin, they have lived in the same kingdom, and it is their character to look upon those small islands to the west of Europe as their home. Though it does not fall to the lot of everyone to pay a flying visit across the water cither at Christmas or any other season of the year, there are many who have, in years past, enjoyed that privilege. And in the years to come others will follow their example. The rest remain here on the Pacific slope and help to make the season as merry a one as is in their power. When one comes to consider it from every point of view there are just as many opportunities here as there are six thousand miles away for enjoyment and good cheer. No one looks on this as a land flowing with milk and honey. There is one thing on which they can depend ���that if they have the desire and the inclination to tackle anything that comes handy to them in the form of a job, they will get there. To the credit of ninety per cent of the old countrymen who come here that is where they have the pull over arrivals from other countries. They come with a purpose���of getting to the top of the ladder, and though all may not reach thc top rung, they have a good hold far ���up. This holiday season finds them in the West assisting in the building up of Canada, doing their utmost to make this a land that will be an ideal place to live in, to scatter its fame broadcast through the English-speaking world, and to raise it to the level of one of the mightiest nations on the face of the earth. They arc with us now, and we intend to keep them. We cannot afford to lose them. They are too valuable an asset to the Dominion and especially to this province. WAGES IN CANADA f"\NE has often to turn to an old country paper to ascer- ^"^ tain the rates of wages that are being paid in Canada. According to the stories that are being circulated in England, this is a land where the wages are sufficient to keep a man and his family in luxury, if not opulence. To some extent this is true, but not to the extent that is conveyed in the letters that are appearing in some of tbe English newspapers. Here is a sample of what thc working class are asked to digest on the other side of the ocean : The laborer���and by tbat I mean thc man of no trade, I but willing lee put his back into the work given to him, either in the factory or the field���can earn 6s. to 12s. a day and upwards. I have purposely here put the figures lower than has actually been given to mc so as to make no mistake on the exaggerated side of the question, but as a matter of fact bricklayers in Winnipeg get 24s. per day (3s an hour). The porters at one of the hotels where 1 stayed get j 50 to 60 dollars a month and their keep. With tips they bring their earnings to $125 to $150 amonlh, which, in many cases, they save entirely, as they get everything they need included. At the end of two or three years they buy a farm or a small business and they start for i themselves. In that same hotel is a boy, a grown-up boy of twenty, whose work is to take care of gentlemen's hats and open [ doors. To my great surprise I was told that he owns j two or three of thc taxi-cabs at the door of thc hotel, and that the chauffeurs are his own employees. He saved enough money to buy one motor-car, and with the money made out of it bought another, and so one. He makes about $80 a week at this little game, besides his earnings and tips. The writer, who signs herself "Beatrice Stanley" goes on to state that even newsboys are able to buy lots and bunch up to the extent of a couple of hundred dollars, and all this with the approval of their parents who perhaps do not earn that amount in three months, considering that they may be out of employment during thc winter months. Then the girls have a word all to themselves. Here is what the writer says : "That girls get their opportunity at every turn, although they mostly end in getting well married and making a home for themselves, One of the girls I spoke to had come to her position willing to do anything. Willing! I wish I could put that word in letters of lire so that they burnt themselves in the brains of all those who want to go to Canada. Well, this girl looked refined and gentle, and the people who engaged here were at first afraid lo take her. She, however, assured them that she would do anything in the way of housework. They took her. Someone else���the manager of a big hotel���saw her and heard of the nice way in which she was doing her work. He gave her a situation as housemaid, then assistant housekeeper, and finally cashier of one of his establishments, where she gets $50 a month and all her keep, and is, of course, treated as nicely as any gentle- woman could desire." There is one sensible remark that this writer makes when she refers to persons having to start at thc bottom rung of the ladder. "There is, however," she says, "no golden way to success. There is hardly any exception. They all have to start at the lowest rung of the ladder and plod their way up through grit, perseverance, and pluck, but then there is an "up" for everyone. There is something to think of and work for. It isn't always that work and grind for daily bread and nothing else, which is thc worker's lot in this country." ���'. f ���I ��� WASTE FROM FIRES /""MTIZENS of all classes are interested in preventing if ^ possible, and in minimizing so far as may bc found practicable, the destruction of valuable property hy fires. For this reason the Canadian Manufacturers' Association has earned the gratitude of the community at large hy taking up this important subject with a view to discovering some means of reducing the number and lessening the destructiveness of conflagrations. It is somewhat humiliating to have to admit that, iu spite of the inventiveness of the present generation, the waste from (ires is not materially less than it used to be when fire-extinguishing appliances were more crude than . they arc now. One reason for this is that while houses are more costly they are not less destructible than they used to be. Another is that thc use of electric energy for illuminating purposes has increased to some extent the danger of setting houses on fire. By making houses fireproof, or at least slow burning, and by adopting more effective methods of installing electric lighting apparatus much might be accomplished in the way of preventing waste from fire. The whole subject has been raised feir discussion, and it should not be allowed lo drop ont of view until some practicable reform has been achieved. TAXATION OF LAND AND PROPERTY "THOSE who object to thc tenants of today mortgaging * the real estate of the city for years by voting on borrowing bylaws can join with those who favor that anomaly in rejoicing that tenants can vote on the proposal to shift taxation from buildings to land says a writer in the "Toronto Globe." This is a real and not an imaginary issue for tenants as well as for all producers, industrial, commercial, and financial. Under existing conditions, if wise borrowing confers benefits on tenants hy public or other services they must pay proportionately to thc owners for what they get. If the borrowing is foolish and confers no favors thc tenants pay proportionately less. The gain through wisdom or the loss through error falls to the owners. But the shifting of taxation from buildings to land is a reform directly in the interest of tenants. The tax on buildings is an obstacle to building. As such it enables the owner to shift it to the tenant not because he wants to, but because the resultant scarcity allows him to do so. The tax on land is an obstacle to the withholding of it from use. The owner cannot shift it to the tenants because, however much he might like to, the resultant abundance of availabe land frustrates him. The tax on houses mikes them scarcer and dearer, while the tax on land makes it more abundant and cheaper. The removal of taxation from houses lessens their cost and price, while the placing of taxation on land lessens its price. The War Breeders. (Toronto Weekly Star.) The mass of the people do not want war. Until they are hurrahed into it, the people of every civilized nation are averse to international conflict. But there are those whose business it is to inflame public opinion. The makers of shot and shell, the builders of warships, the creators of armaments���they are all more willing for a national conflagration than they would be if they were in some other business. And there is one type of man who thirsts for war, because it supplies him with an opportunity for the exercise of his misdirected talents. He his commonly known as the grafter. War is a grafter's game. Only tlie Other day the Turkish army found that its boxes of "reserve ammunition" were filled with soap, and many of its cartridges blank. "Some one had blundered," was the epitaph which Tennyson wrote upon lhe dead of the Light Brigade. "Some had grafted" is just as frequently applicable when war's victims arc counted. It is so in Turkey today. It was so in the Crimea years ago. It is worth while recalling the experiences of the British troops during that campaign, Large consignments of boots arrived, and wcre found to he all feir the left foot. Mules contracted for were deliberately delivered so that they would fall into the enemy's hands. The meat contracts were so shamelessly carried out that Punch sarcastically remarked that "one man's preserved meat is another man's poison." A nation in the throes of a struggle for existence is peculiarly at the mercy of the birds of prey within her own borders. And the grafters are vultures who never sleep. Tennyson once appeared to hold the view that war is a cure-all for internecine strife. therefore they encourage it. It is said that unscrupulous undertakers sometimes use the distress of bereaved customers to extort unreasonable orders for funeral expenses. Certainly thc grafters utilize the distress of nation to ply their wiles. The Crimea proved it. It is being proven in Turkey today. "Gulling the British Public." (Toronto Globe.) Mr. G. T. Somers, President of the Toronto Board of Trade, who has recently returned from a visit to Great Britain, says the way in which Canadian real estate men arc gulling the British public is disgraceful. This of course, does not apply to all real estate transactions, but to the operations of the boomers, who are buying farm property miles from the center of relatively small Western cities and selling the land, when subdivided, as city lots. One specific case is given where lots ten miles from Rcgina are being sold for $250 each. Someone with a turn for statistics recently calculated that over a million Canadian town lots have been put on the market during the past few years. For a country that has only about a million and half families all told, in town and out, this is a ridiculously large figure, and the probability is that hundreds of thousands of the lots will lie unused for a generation . Mr. Somers' chief concern seems to be that the British speculator in Canadian town lots should get a run for his money. To the Canadian financial concerns that depend largely on British capital for the funds with which to finance legitimate business enterprises it is most important that the British investing classes should not be gulled. "Once bit twice shy" is especially applicable to the money-lender. The interest of thc Canadian people as a whole in the tremendous inflation of land values now in process is somewhat different from that of the land speculator either at home or overseas. It should be the aim of business men everywhere to keep land values down by transferring to them as large a share of civic taxation as possible. Land values do not represent tangible wealth. Central values merely represent in capitalized form the amount that thc business men of the community arc prepared to pay for the privilege of doing business where there is a crowd. If thc crowd���that is to say thc people���take every year in taxes a large share of the annual value of the land, business of all sorts will be more lightly taxed. A few days ago it was stated by a witness before the Assessment Committee of the Legislature that while assessed land values were "less than $500 per head of the population in Toronto, they were over $1,500 per head in some of the Western cities. If "rent" on these land values at 5 [icr cent, is allowed it means that in Toronto, the average annual payment for the privilege of using the land for the erection of dwellings and places of business is about $25 per head, while in thc West it is $75. Of course upon much of the "speculative" Western values no rent at all is paid as yet. The figures, however, indicate that others than the British public are being "gulled," and that business in Western Canada is being subjected to a very heavy drain to meet the charges made upon it as the result of the undue inflation of land values. Because a Court of Revision has been fixed to sit to :onsidcr the question of property values on Westminster 'toad is no indication that the paving of that thorough- are is to be abandoned. Rather does it clear the way 'or the paving. A woman always gets mad when her husband buys a new suit that looks like the one be had before. * * * All the same, lots of men would be more successful if they would stay at home and send their wives. * * * If a woman is anxious to see het husband as other people see him, she should induce him to run for office, then read the opposition papers. * * * "I've got a letter from a girl" s'.ld th'.' young man. 'but I can't completely understand it." ' Maybe you ottjht to read between Ihe Una," sttgg-s'.ed the friend. "I'd try to," answers the yoilliR man, "if I could locate the lines.' The People's Trust Co. LIMITED 49th AND FRASER STREET (South Hill Post Office, Sowth Vancouver, B.C.) BANKING DEPARTMENT We conduct a regular Banking Business. 4 per cent, paid on all deposits Encourage the children to save their pennies in one of our Savings Banks. One Dollar starts them on the way to wealth. Money Orders Issued and Cashed Drafts Collections Checks on the Corporation of South Vancouver cashed. Business hours : 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (the hours that suit the working-man). REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Fraser Street, close to Forty-ninth Avenue, 33 feet; $2,600 cash. Cleared Lots, 33 feet, high and dry, $550. $50 cash, balance easy payments. One Cleared Lot, close to Fraser, facing south, 33 feet; $850. $100 cash, balance easy payments. Page Road, high location, facing south; easy. $100 cash, balance INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Let us insure your buildings in the strongest Board Companies. We can also insure your Life, your Automobile, Plate Glass, etc. All kinds of Indemnity Insurance. Get one of our Accident, Health, and Sicknes3 Policies, and draw a revenue while yor are in any way incapacitated. If you want an Indemnity or Surety Bond, see us. Bring your Conveyancing to us. PROMPT ATTENTION QUICK SERVICE We will make your Will Estates Managed Money Loaned Rents Collected South Vancouver Builders' Supply Company Dealers in Sand, Gravel, Fibre, Cement, Lime, Plaster, Vitrified Pipe, Tile, Fire-clay, Lath, and Brick of all kinds. Offices : 51st Avenue and Fraser Street. Phone : Fraser 36. Main and 29th Avenue. Phone : Fairmont 1940. Fraser Street and North Arm of Fraser River. Phone : Fraser 84. Coal orders taken at all offices and delivered to all parts of South Vancouver. A Large Stock always on hand Liverpool Dairy and Coarse SALT A Large Stock always on hand California Dairy and Half Ground Hide and Rock Salt EVANS,C0LEMAN&EVANS Phone 2988 Limited Ft. of Columbia Ave. B.C. EQUIPMENT CO. MACHINERY DEALERS CONCRETE MIXERS, STEEL CARS. ROCK CRUSHERS, ELECTRIC, STEAM, AND GASOLINE HOISTS. WHEELBARROWS. TRANSMISSION MACHINERY, GASOLINE ENGINES, PUMPS, AND ROAD MACHINERY Phones : Seymour 7056-7818 Offices : 606-607 Bank of Ottawa Bldg. VITRIFIED SEWER PIPE AND AND FITTINGS C. Gardiner - Johnson & Company Johnson's Wharf Phone: Sey. 9145 HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY SOLE AGENTS FOR B. C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1912 GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK FIVE THE BANK OF VANCOUVER HEAD OFFICE, VANCOUVER, B. C. Authorized Capital $2,1)00,000 Subscribed Capital 1,169,900 Paid up Capital 840,000 Special attention riven lu savings accounts- Interest paid at the highest current rales Yieur account very cordially solicited, L W. Shatlemj. Gaaafsl Msnsger W. E. Jaidine, Ant Onrisl Manas" collingwood c. BRANCH. K. X. llaweerth, Manager. HEATERS Tlie cold weather is coming and you will require some Stoves and Heaters to keep your home warm. We have heaters from $2.00 up They are of the best quality, and we will put them up for you. Don't forget our line of RANGES. We have a few Pioneers left. FOX'S PIONEER HARDWARE Fraser and Ferris Roads T. Fox, Prop. Phone : Fraser 87 LUMBER Eburne Saw Mills Limited Manufacturers and Dealers in all kinds of FIR, CEDAR AND SPRUCE LUMBER Shingles, Lath, Sash, Doors, Turnings and House Finishings PROMPT DELIVERY BY TRAM, WAGON OR SCOW PHONE: EBURNE 14 R EBURNE, B. C. ���Bgfcs THI5 IS AN 010 ONE BUT- A teacher in eenr eif the primary grades en the puhlic school had nei- ticed a striking platonic friendship thai existed between Tommy and Utile' Mary, two of her pupils. Tommy vrai a bright enough youngater, hut he wasn't disposed tee prosecute his studies with much energy, anel his teacher said thai unless he stirreel himself before the end eef ilu- year he wouldn't be promoted. "Veen musl study harder," she told him, "eir yen: won't pass. HOW Would yem like le. stay hack ill this class aneitlier year and have little Mary go ahead eif you?" "Aw," said Tommy, "I guess there will he either little Marys." * * * Dr. Busby, whose figure was beneath the common size, was eme day acCOSted in a puhlic coffee-ruom hy an Irish baronet 'if colossal stature with, "May I pass to my seat, O Giant?" When the doctor, politely making way, replied, "Pass, () Pig- my!" "Oh, sir," said the baron it, "my expression alluded to the size of your intellect." "And my expression, sir," said the doctor, "to the size of yours." * He * Frank Krause, a Cleveland philan- tropist, has established the Thirty Cent Egg Club, and hopes, hy means of a club boycott, to bring down the price of eggs to a reasonable figure. Being complimented on the hard anil unselfish work he has given to this movement, Mr. Krause replied: "Unselfish work, work that doesn't pay, is what this country needs more than anything else. Wc are all too mercenary here. I once said (o a little newsboy: "'Have you an aim in life?' "'Yes, sir. I have two aims,' he replied. "'What are they, my son?' " 'The first is to become a millionaire.' "'Aha! And the second?' " 'The second is to become a multimillionaire.' " * * * Lord Byron, in reference to a lady he thought ill of, writes: "Lady has been dangerously ill, but it may console you to learn that she is dangerously well again." * * St The jury, after long deliberation, seemed unable to agree in a perfectly clear case. The judge, thoroughly exasperated at the delay, said: "1 discharge the jury." One sensitive juror, indignant at what he considered a lebuke, faced the judge. "You can't discharge me!" he said, with a tone of conviction. "And why not?" inquired the judge in surprise. "Because announced the juror, pointing to the lawyer for the defense, I was hired hy that man there!" "Dolarway Paving Makes More Paving Possible" *I Dolarway Paving is now being laid in South Vancouver, on East Victoria Drive, by the South Vancouver Builders' Supply Company. ���I Every teamster and every laborer employed on this work lives in South Vancouver. ���I We believe in patronizing Home Industry. What the Mayor of Kent, Wash., things of Dolarway: un Kent, Washington, Sept. 21, 1912. To Hon. J. N. Clarke, Mayor, Moscow, Idaho, Your wire twentieth. Dolarway pavement complete appears satisfactory to officers and citizens. Action under traffic satisfactory and improves with age as stated by Dolarway people it would. Would recommend for further use here. Have maintenance contract for two cents per yard per year. , . i (Signed) E. W. BEREITER, Mayor. South Vancouver Builders' Supply Tommy went Iuuik' one day "ilh a nice new golf hall. "Look at tbe lost hall I Found on the- links, father!" he said. "Hut you are sure. Tommy," saiel Mr. Traddles, "that it was ;i losl hall really?" "Oh, yes," said lhe hoy. "1 saw the man anil his caddy looking for it" ... A Swede was being examined in a ease- in a Minnesota town where the defendenl was accused eef breaking a plate-glass window wilh a large sleme. He was pressed In tell how big the stone was, hut he could not explain. "Was it as big as my fist?" asked the nervous judge, who had taken over the examination from the lawyers in the hopes of gelling results. "It ban bigger," the Swede replied. "Was it as big as my two fists?" "Il ban bigger." "Was it as big as my head?" "Il ban about as long bul not So thick!" replied the Swede amid the laughter of the court. ��� ���' * "Ah!" said a conceited young parson, "I have this afternoon been preaching to a congregation of asses." "Then that was the reason why you always called them beloved brethren," replied a strong-minded lady. * * * The nighl watchman of a large hotel saw an apparition in while moving along the hall at two a. m. He hastened his steps and tapped on the shoulder what proved to be a man. 'Mere, what are you doing out here?" asked the watchman. The man opened his eyes and seemed to come out of a trance. "1 beg your pardon," he said, "I am a somnambulist." "Well," said the watchman, "you an't walk around these halls in the middle of the night in your night shirt, no matter what your religion K Cincinnati man who was trying to "boost" his city was talking to a friend from New York. The conversation turned on the police department. 'Well," said the man from thc Queen City, "you can't deny that our police department is all right. Why, look here," he urged, getting more enthusiastic, "there was a murder immittcd here a few days ago, and four hours afterward the police knew all about it!" "Oh," drawled the man from thc East, "that's nothing. There was a murder committed in New York a few days ago, and the police knew all about it four hours before." * * �� A newly rich woman, who was anxious to make a favorable impression to her neighbor decided to show her collection of antiques to the bishop when he called. The time came and one by one she displayed the whole ollection, giving him the history of each piece. 'There," she said, pointing impressively to an old yellow teapot, "that teapot was used in the Boston Tea- Party." * St * "My friends," declaimed an orator in the Congress Hotel during the Republican convention���"My friends, I say to you that this great republic of ours is standing right now on the brink of an abscess!" During the war in the Philippines, Gen. Charles King one day while resplendent in his uniform, whieh was made especially brilliant by several rows of new brass buttons, came upon a raw recruit. The latter was on post duly and failed lo salute the general. "Are you on duty here?" asked the general, with a show of anger. "1 guess so," said lhe recruit. "They sent ine oul here, anyway." "Do you remember your general orders?" asked the general. "I guess 1 do���some of them," said the recruit "We'll," said ihe general, "don't you know thai you are supposed to sal- ule your officers?" Don't you know 1 am the general of this brigade?" "You the general?" said the new recruit. "Gosh, no; I didn't know it. I thought you was the chief of the fire department * * * "Do yeiu believe in heridity?" "To some extent, yes." "In what way, for instance?" "Well, I believe in inheriting money." * * St "My husband won't believe a thing I tell him any more." "Why's lhat?" "I can't explain it all. It started right after 1 told him a woman wrote A Song Without Words." "It's a good idea when angry to count ten before you speak." "True! Also, when 'touched' to count a thousand before you lend." Me * * Lives of great men may remind us that it is sometimes better to remain obscure. * *t * "A woman of forty according to nature's laws, should bc more beautiful than a woman of twenty-five." "Maybe so Hut the woman of forty that I know would prefer to he less beautiful and have you think them twenty-five." * * St When a woman lies to save a man it often happens that all the man remeinhres about the incident is that the woman is a liar. * * * "Father," said thc young man, "I cannot tell a lie." "In that case," sighed thc old man, "I don't believe you will ever attract any attention politically." The Work-Shop of Santa Claus. J'or many generations the inhabitants eif St. I'lrich have fashioned playthings f<>r the children eef all nations, ToUriatS wandering OUl of the beaten tracks of their kind, occasionally come to a little village in Austria which presents the aspects of a corner in loyland, The name eif the village is St Ulrieh, and nearly all of the inhabitants are toymakers. Each household, too, has ils specialty. One old woman has done nothing hut carve .wooden cats, dogs, wolves, sheep, goats and elephants. She has made those six animals here whole life long, and she has no idea of how to cut anything else'. She makes them in two sizes, anil turns out as nearly as possible a thousand of them a year. She has no model of any kind to work by, but goes on steadily, uiierr- Ingly, using gauges eif different sizes and shaping mil the animals with an amount of truth to nature lhat wouhl he clever if it were not utterly mechanical. This woman learned from her mother how tti carve those six animals, and her mother had learned, iu like manner, from her grandmother, She has taught the art to her own granddaughter, and so it may go on feir generations. The Magic Egg Once upon a time there lived a Ma^ie Egg. And its magicness was this: Whenever it was put near thc water it began to get alive! And it got little legs, and eyes, and a smile, and everything! And it went on being alive until it was taken away from the water, then it would get quite dead and ordinary, like any other kind of egg, and looked as though it was only meant to be cooked and eaten. And it wasn't ever cooked for breakfast, because you can't cook eggs without water, and when the person, who wanted to cook it brought it near the water, it would begin to get alive, and it would smile with its mouth and kick about with its legs. Then the cook used to gasp for breath and used to put it back in the hen's nest very quickly, and hurry away as fast as she could. And there lived a little boy called Peter, and he knew all about the Magic Egg getting alive. And he used to sit down by the side of a stream and put the Magic Egg on his lap and watch it getting alive and play with it very happily for a long time. And the Magic Egg didn't like being played with at all and it wished very much that it could he alive for always and always. So one day, when the little boy called Peter was sitting by the stream and playing with it very happily, the Magic Egg said: "Little boy, if you will make for me a very strong and beautiful boat, and if you will put me into it, and send me down the stream, then will I send up to you all the great and shining fish of the water for you to play with as much as much as ever you like!" Then the boy called Peter clapped his hands and was very glad, and he made a very nice and beautiful boat, and he pul the Magic Egg on to it, and he sat on a big boulder and watched it sail away down lhe stream and he thought how nice and pleasant it would be to have all the great and shining fish of thc water to play with. And be wailed on the boulder for the great and shining fish, hut they didn't ever come, and presently he began to get very cross and he went away. Hut all the time the Magic Egg sailed away down the stream. It had never fell so happy in all ils life, because it knew it was too far away from land for anyone to take it and put il back intei the lien's nest. And it smiled to il self in joy, and ils nice and beautiful boat went sailing on down the stream. And it laughed to itself about the fish, and it made up ils mind that it wouldn't ever go near the land again, and that il would keep on the water and he alive for always and always. Smut, the Stray Cat. Smut is always waiting for me on the doorstep when I get home from school. As soon as he sees mc he begins to purr, and when I pick him up and carry him to the nursery and give him a saucer of milk he makes so much noise that we can hardly hear one another speak. Then he jumps up on my knee and sits there all the time I am doing my lessons. I think he must be so fond of mc because I saved his life. This is how it happened: One morning last winter, when I was on my way to school I saw a lot of dirty little street boys trying to fasten a tin kettle to the tail of the darlingest little black kitten. I rushed across the road and I caught up the little black kitten. "How dare you?" I cried to the hoys. "You wicked boys!" But they only laughed at me. "You've frightened the poor little kitten out of its life," I said. "Miaow," whined the kitten. "Is it yours?" I asked. "No, its only a stray," answered one of the boys. "Then I shall keep it," I cried. "Miaow," purted the kitten, as I walked away with it tightly clasped in my arms. But what was I to do with it? I was on my way to school, and if I waited to take it back home I should be late for school. So I decided to take it with me. I made up my mind I'd-call it Toronto Furniture Company Furnish Houses at Very Moderate- Prices Call and See M. H. COWAN, Proprietor 3336 MAIN STREET Phone : Fairmont 1660 DR. A. J. BRETT DENTIST S.E. Cor. 2Sth Avenue and Main Street Phone: FAIRMONT 2056 SOUTH VANCOUVER PRIVATE HOSPITAL MEDICAL, SURGICAL, MATERNITY Twenty-eighth Ave. and Main Street Misses Hall and Westley, Graduated Nui ��� Terms Moderate Phone : Fairmont 2165 IF YOU ARK SICK, CALL ON Ernest Shaw, D.C. (Doctor of Chiropratic) 25C 22nd Avenue East, close to Main Street Hours : 1.30 till 6. Consultation free Chiropractic succeeds where medicine fails. For all complaints, whether acute or chronic, Chiropractic is just the thing. Patronize the Province Renovatory South Vancouver's Pioneer Dry-Cleaning and Dyeing Works Work and Prices Right 4136 Main St. Cor. of 25th Avenue SOUTH END CLEANING CO. First-class Cleaners, Prcsscrs and Tailors A trial will convince you. Trices Reasonable Open Evenings 4375 Main Street . South Vancouver MACK'S HORSESHOEING AND GENERAL HLACKSMITHING SHOEING A SPECIALTY DAVID S. McKAY, MANAGER South Hill P.O. Box 105 Phrenology ana Palmistry Mrs. YOUNG (Formerly of Montreal) GIVES PRACTICAL ADVICE ON BUS! NKSB ADAPTATION, HEALTH AND MARRIAOR son & Company Phone : Sey. 9145 began. He kept beautifully quiet until Miss Jones came to give us a French lesson. "What is the French for cat?" she asked. "Miaow," said Smut suddenly, before any of the girls had time to answer. Everybody laughed except Miss Jones, who was very cross. "Who said that?" she asked. Then, of course, I bad to get up and tell her all about Smut. That made her quite nice again, and she wasn't a scrap cross with me. She made Smut sit on her knee for the rest of the lesson, and he didn't interrupt again, but went quietly to sleep. I took him home with me at tea time, and so I've kept him ever since. And 1 always think he is much wiser than all other cats, and I believe it can only be because he's been to school. SIX GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK SATURDAY. DECEMBER 2*. 1912 DOORS ARE CHEAP W'e have about fifty doors in slock sizes thai we want to sell. We have too many on hand, and have decided to sell just fifty of them. We Guarantee every one of them. They will not last long at tlie price The King of all Gamblers C; all or $1.95 Phone, Pair. AT ONCE 1659 McGibbon Hodgson Lumber Company CEDAR COTTAGE, B. C. Phone : Fair. 1659 Hilton & Webster's BILLIARD AND POOL PARLORS Headquarters for the South Hill Football Club. An ideal place lo spend a social hour. Fraser Street, between 46th and 47th. CEDAR COTTAGE FUEL SUPPLY For Coal and Wood Phone Fair. 4(14 Order Office : .1418 Commercial Street, Cedar Cottage (Adjoining e.:ir terminus) Terms Cash C. M. WHELPTON BUILDING CONTRACTOR ESTIMATES GIVEN Phone: Fraaer 34 - 46th Ave. nnd fraser GREENE & MERKLEY UNDERTAKERS SOUTH VANCOUVER OFFICE AND CHAPEL, I61I1 AND MAIN STREET DOWN TOWN PARLORS : 305 PENDER STREET WEST Phone : Sey. 340, Day or NiRht In 1720 a man died ����� the- name t.i Je,hn Law, witlii.nl doubt, thc great* "ii record. 1 le had take n advantage ��� if tin- extraordinary peculative mania ni iln tun. i and twindled a mighty pUbliC eelll e.i lllillieiHS eel < t ��� J11; 1 I -, He gambled in greal limit;,, and he naui- bled in liule- things involving no meere- than tli*- turn oi a card for a irani-. Hut he died iu circumstances eel I>"\ e-I I _\ , ���, 1 la I g I | \ CnOUgfa his IV iii'wn noi lirinuiiiH forward iln- help eet the usual brother in distn is li i- tin- remarkable steery nf this Jeelin Law wilh whit li I now have- t.. 'le-al a Cal e I I . -.lee-llt in getting "III- 1 people's money with a facility past all belief, lie was born in Edinburgh in I67L His father had been a bank er anel lefl In- soil an heir early m life. During his school education young Law showed wonderful proficiency in mathematics and afterwards in the business of banking he proved something ������:' a prodigy in the intricacies "i clever financeering, He also became popular in society! he was an extremely handsome youth; witty and continually nf a happy eli--- position. It occurs to me, although I know lien li'ew. thai lie: was ili-orilii.il a- iull eif abundant laughter, always showing glittering teeth. Sometime after his twenty-firsl year lie removed in London ami was ai mice made a member of Bcveral fashionable, and even t!ii very exclusive clubs, ami almosl in immediate reputation as a leader in the most notorious gambling episode in the club we,rid. He was given the social title eef lie an" Law. Ill 1694 he was pre. cipitated in a quarrel with another "Beau" by lhe- name nf Wilson, and in lhe duel which followed the later was killed ami Law was tried fur murder and sentenced tei death. Ile was pardoned within a year, but the brother e.f Wilsmi hael him detained in prison for several months afler nil appeal, Then Law escaped and fled tn the continent, spending several years in studying the banking methods ami stuck schemes in various countries, lie returned to Edinburgh for sninc reason unhampered, and at a time when the celebrated Darien scheme���in which a Scottish colony had been ruined���was agitating the public. Had Many Plans. Law conceived many plans to enable tin- kingdom tn withstand that crash, ami fortunately, lie it said, he wa- nol listened to, although they he ire upon their faces sincerity and reasonableness in purpose. Then he again maele a tour of observance, this time visiting Belgium, Holland, France and Italy and won a reputation for being one of the cleverest mil with and one of the most successful gamblers ever known. lie- was indeed the mildest mannered man that ever scuttled a ship, lie met and became intimately acquainted with people of high pnsitie France, particularly with the of Orleans. Among his great schemes was one in connection with ilu- use- of paper currency which he proposed In the King nf Sardinia, then the Duke of Savoy, but the reply was that be was toee poor a potentate to be ruined, yet lie believed that thc French were the very people he could 'ay his game with. Law seized the 1 Melrose Nursing Home ;>ecial attention given to Maternity isos. Terms moderate. Mrs. Edgerton R25 25th Ave. East���Phone : Fair. 987 s Ke Fift. Flowers foi CHRYSANTHEMUMS, CORPORATION OF SOUTH VANCOUVER NOTICE TO THE RATEPAYERS OR OWNERS OF REAL ESTATE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SOUTH VANCOUVER The Government A.iditing Commissioner of the above-named Municipality will have his office open from 10 to 11 in the forenoon ol tach day (except days on which the Public Inquiry is being held) for Ihe purpose ol passing accounts; and any Ratepayer or Owner may he present and may make any ohjection to such accounts as are before the Auditor. JAS. II. SPRINGFORD. ^ ��� C. M. C TANKS Wood water-tanks, wire wounet^ wood pipe and continuous stave pipe made in all sizes. Municipal Construction Co. Ltd., 319 Tender Street, Vancouver, B. C. k ;sssssssssa hint, took up his residence in Paris, in the Place Vendome and got into the best society. The following year, 1715, the Duke of Orleans became regent, when lhe national debt amounted to 3,111,000,- 0(10 livres, and the country was on the verge of ruin. It was at this crisis that Law came forward and offered to save it with his scheme of paper money. Ile declared that in a country where there existed bo circulating medium but gold and silver its riclu-s could be greatly augmented by the introduction of paper money. lie- proposed tee establish a national bank issuing notes on the baa- "i landed property and royal revenues. He filially did Start such a bank himself, which eventually became a royal bank w iib Law as i lirector i " in ral, ami -'������, eral branches "i it established in other towns. After three years it became more of a commercial company. In 1717 Law instituted a gigantic "Company "I the' West." popularly known as iln- "Mississippi Company," a grant being made of all the tract oi % land "ii the American continent through which the Mississippi flowed, ibis being, then. French property. lhe stock consisted of 2011,000 shares at 5(10 livres ($125) each. So.ni it was changed to the "Company of the Indies," wilh tin increase of 50,000 shares. Law became then lhe director and manager of the colossal organization: he was now, iu face, the most powerful man in Francel The India Company was not only the excitement of the nation, but of all Europe. The public was crazed over the get- rich-quick proposition that it seemed to be. Everybody went into it; priests and peers, princes and plebi- ans, and even ladies vied with their maids and cooks in the scramble lor shares. The stock rose lo 1,000 livres. Then it rose to 5,000. In November, 1719, it was valued at 10.000 a share. The people became delirious in 'heir desire for wealth, and the stockjobbers were almost mobbed by the crowds that were riotous in their clamoring. Houses in the vicriity of the Rue dc Quinquempaix that had been rented for 800 livres a year now- got lO.oi'O a month, A shoemaker who had been counting his cash at not ni'ire than two livres a day now earned 200 a day hy letting men and women sit in his little shop, furnishing them with chairs and stationery. Indeed, there was a story of a humped-backed man making a fortune of 150,000 livres by allowing the jobbers to make use of his deformity for a lucky writing desk. A Mad Race. Every manner of man and woman were now taking up the mad race for wealth. The crowds assembled in Venice bv the street became too vasl and who was, India i'-' itie -ii ii- ndqui t gamblei nerc n 'iee'- 'I to in.- I'laci Vendomi , .onl .-een thii l.-oe. square proved tin small. Finally Law bought the I leete I de Soil ions and en ctcd pai >l ioni 'ii the gareb-iis l ie- was now the important personage in th( kingdom, pursued by bishops, judges anil peers ,,i ile 11 tlm The womi n v. - e. mosl ii. ii ell ik. in ile ir lust for Hn- gold, giving enormous bribes i" sei vants io be- admitted into tbe pi es i i ie , ,,i the m, in y.king. liul tie ' ichemi r, fake >r, an absolutely i, ncclesi ma t, assumed a haughty demeanor, the very attitude of which reassured the applicants for st, ,', . and he would keep his visitors, in. matter whal their quality, needlessly wailing hours f.er an interview. ( In , ,n, occasion hi admitted the liuke- of Vrgyll into his office-apart- in,-nt and k.-pt him waiting an hour n nib- Ii -., ,-ine-,! to be busy inditing important dispatches, which papers turned oul to ha\i bi i n merely let- lers lei his garde ner about planting cabbages! It was by such charlatanism thai l,aw\ poses accomplished what they did. Bul among other amusing incidents of ihis timi was one in which Law was worsted by a distinguished woman who determined to have immediate audience with him. She had instructed her coachman to upset her carriage by a quick turn on the first occasion ol meeting Law on the streel. When the- opportunity came the accident seemed SO serious that he was the firsl to fly to her assistance and have her conveyed into bis hotel. She purchased a block of stock as Soon as she revived, Law selling as a reward for her cleverness. Enormous fortunes were being made in two or three days. The state conditions were most surprising; lhe nation was apparently prospering as it never was before. The commodities were selling at a hundred per cent, advance; never was the cosl of Living so high, yet the people who had comprised the "smart set" were so well off thai the advance was met felt. A pound of coffee had risen from fifty sous to eighteen livres. Paris was crowded with visil,,rs seeking to buy stocks, in November, 1719, 305.O00 strangers were temporarily residing there, many of them being housed in lofts and granaries. In order to further assert himself and obtain further control Law made it known publicly that he had gone over from Protestantism io the Roman Catholic re- ligiem. This removed an objection to any political alliance and he was next declared general comptroller of the public finances. lie then made < large presentation tei the Catlnelic Church, was elected honorary member of the Academy of Sciences. Next he purchased sixteen large estates for his private- use, paying 7.000.011(1 livres, und nex! the city of Edinburgh sent him the "freedom" of that city enclosed in a gold box! Finally, George 11 helped the thing along by dabbling openly in the stock. The Great Bubble. The great .Mississippi bubble- was now full blown. France was announcing itself as proud in giving birth tee such a genius as Law. Suel- ilcnly some people began to have .suspicions thai was ;iii was not as it reasonably should be, and began to sell out, changing the paper tee gold and silver. The Prince de Conti, having been defended by some transaction with Law, demanded material for his paper and it took three wage n loads to carry the money from the bank to his house. Law's cashier sent 40.0110,000 livres to "tiler countries and then defaulted for the amount. Many stock jobbers lent awav millions in money, something like 5oo.ONO.iioo livres, oul of France. Every attempt was maele by the Re- ge-lll to slop the OUtfloW of spe-e-ie-, and lastly in desperation it was for- bid that anyone should have more than 500 livres in his possession! But the big bubble bad i xpanded until the- outside pressure m,oh- il burst. With a decree ordering all payments to be made with paper, new metes were issued in the amount of 2, .noii.iioo livres, while the value- of the specie of the country was only half or ihis. Then the inevitable happened. Notes became wast. paper; loo.ooii livres in the pocket eiuilelii'i buy a loaf of bread. In his endeavor to keep the scheme afloat, desperately attempting a survival of the India Company, si range to say. Law himself became a bankrupt. He was ordered out of France; somehow he became deluded with the idea that his scheme was a good one, and he maele one more attempt to save it by issuing .10,000,000 perpetual and 4,000,000 life annuities, and, it he he met with a response he looked for, 2,000,000,000 of notes would have been gotten rid of. Hut it was too late. There was first a panic, then a riot, and then various tragedies in the outcome. Law went to England and turned to as a gambler for anything and everything. Mc supported himself in this way brilliantly at times and precariously at other times. He ended up in Venice as I have already stated. =^\ ' er eet sand only a few inches in thickness, v ashi el up, -n the eelge eif ;t marsh will bear all tin- pounding and beating e.i Iln- sea in a storm, ami be made all ib, firmer by what it has to endure Ami yet tin -.un, -ami, w lu n 'be ,|ry. will drifl before tin wind like snuw, anel will see in as poorly fitted Im akwater as would a snow bank All along iln Atlantic coasl .ne- i,, be i I beaches similar iee thosi ,,i ,; oast of England, w hieh ie -i upon s,,it mud Tin means iln- n.i',:��� of lie I,, a, li, I I'll, 111 for pi, ie i ving these an- as simple as ill grow in ilu- land, and nowhi re i Ise, oh e tin- only protect i, ,n tb.it can be f- iund, and in mi -si instances all tin- protection needed, 'The- variety grown is called marum ���i - iu England. Tin name ei ident- ly means ica grass. This grass i- u , ,1 , by lhe llutcl iln land hills that \ line their seashore; ami it is altogether likely thai the practice of sowing ii was introduced ini��� ��� England from Holland in very early times. As nature provides very simple means for holding tin- water and the Band, so tin- banks an- threatened from a quarter freun which danger would hardly be expected. When the water is low tin- rats pierce the- banks wilh their holes, and these quickly enlarge in lhe soft sand, so thai a single rat-hole may prove lhe dc- struction of miles of embankment. One feature lhat is not sufficiently taken into account by theos, interested in eliking and reclaiming marshes is that the peaty soil settles, upon being drained, and brings the surface much lower than before. Artificial dikes must be made wilh this result in view. Duke The Invasion of the Sea There arc portions of land along the seaeoast where the waves arc always fighting for dominion. Thc erosion is very rapid unless these places are protected by artificial dikes or by natural embankments of sand. On the east coast of England startling changes have been wrought with a fed hundred years. When lhe old maps of that ceiast appear incorrect, showing capes where there arc now bays, the wanl of accuracy today is not due to any fault of thc old map-makers. Tin- shore line has greatly changed, and towns have disappeared or arc now to be seen under the waves. The most wonderful feature of all this is the slender means whereby the power of thc sea is resisted. A lay- The Thomson Piano House Most people are interested in pianofortes. 'I',, ih,.- wealthy they remember it as being an article of furniture in their mothers home, but by many it has been a thing tee be desired, and until within the last few years seldom attained. Mme pain and energy have been expended in the make of ail action for a piano than in tbat of a steam engine-. The largest pianoforte firms are in London, United Kingdom, although Berlin, New York, Paris, Glasgow ami Chicago run very hard, but there an- more pianofortes made in I,"ii,!,,n than in any other city in the world. As a pianoforte centre, therefore, London can claim to be the place where not only the mosl pianofortes are maele-, but no piano can compare with them. Some of the makes are the Collard & Collard, Brismead, Broadwood. It might be added that all tbe pianos are built afler the model ,-l I'm- British piano. It is often said that the British piano cannot stand tlu- Canadian climate, ami in a sense- it is true, but the pianos are maele to suit the different climates. When you spe-ak about the British pianofortes not being-able to stand the climatic conditions oi Canada, one would require to specify what particular climate is meant. Canada, covering a vast territory nf land reaching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, naturally has many climates. For instance, Nova Scotia has a <lii- ferent climate from Eastern Ontario. Then again Ontario is different from that of tin- Prairies, while the- Prairies an- again different from that of British Columbia. As liritish Columbia appears to be a climate similar to that of Britain, ii stands tee reason thai a pianoforte made le, stand the climate of Britain will suit the climate in British Columbia. In this respect wc might say that Mr. Thomson lias made an exceptional study "i ihe climatic conditions of liritish Columbia, finding oul tin- weak points, ami modeling tin- pianoforte to tin- climate aftei thi Thorn son scale, which will stand the cliJ mate-. More- than anj other piano made by other firms. Tin- Sherlock Mannii g is ., piano thai ranks with pianos -,l world-wide faun-, having that beautiful rich sonorous bass, ��iib an unusual qualitj in the centre parts, which gives it a rich singing quality, unlike anj other pianoforti in Canada. Yem can send a girl tee colli you can never educate her into Ihi b, li, i that a heavy union .-nil w ill ke-ep her as warm I fur - Mr pr. Mi- lxiehl���I dreamt last nighl that pose-el to a prcttj girl s Pert���What did I say? The Black Sheep The hoys who used to punch the cow, On ranges wide and breezy, All fuller different callin's now��� Old Pecos finds life easy A-clippin' coupons. Our cook, Slim, Is somewheres East, a-teachin', But poor Wild Bill���don't mention him��� He's preachin'. Missoo now owns a dandy ranch��� He's makin' lots of money,��� And Billy Bowlegs and Comanch' Are findin' milk and honey Up in Alaska. But say, pard��� For handkerchief I'm reachin'��� Poor Old Wild Bill���the news comes hard��� He's preachin'. Tex Jenks has got a gamblin' lay Somewhere along the border, And 'Brasky Smith's plumb rich, they say��� He alius was a hoarder; The hoys arc all a-doin' fine, And pardon I'm heseechin' 1'or only poor Wild Bill, whose line Is preachin'. lie promised most of all the lot; Nei round-up hand was slicker; He'd keep a brace of six-guns hot When he had took his likkcr: He was a lively lad���his jokes Would set the whole camp screechin'. But now ��� somehow this collar chokes��� He's preachin'! ���Arthur Chapman, in "Puck." For Sound Investment Buy Lots in RIVERDALE At the corner of Boundary Road ami Kiver Road. There is no better located property in South Vancouver���at the price on the terms���with the wonderful view���the beautiful southern -!��� die perfect contour CLEARED tbe- possibilities and assurance e,| DEVELOPMENT AND PROFIT I'i ne s.::i). Terms $1S cash. $15 per month, ur with an in creased cash payment wc will make- tin.- deferred payments quarterly, half yearly, or yearly, a- desired bv tin- purchaser. P. CHATHAM Room 105, 25 Hastings Street East, opposite Holden Building Phone ; Seymour -'_''*] Collingwood Homesites FOR THE WAGE EARNER Every thinking man should realize lhat in continuing to pay rent he is not providing for thc future of his family. For a very small cash payment a splendid Homesite may be secured in our Collingwood Terrace Subdivision. This subdivision runs from Westminster Road back to the Central Park tram line, Aberdeen Street being the western boundary. There being no building restrictions, any purchaser may erect a modest cottage to suit his circumstances, Thc Lots arc ready to bc built on, are high and free freun water. Electric light and City water are available, l.e,is may be purchased for $30 cash and $10 per month. Ask lor full particulars. National Finance Company Limited Phone : Seymour 9560 Corner Pender and Hamilton Real Estate Department Private Exchange Connecting all Departments CANT BUY BETTER All Grocers Kelly, Douglas & Co. Ltd. VANCOUVER, B. C. Stove Wood BUY "AT HOME" Stove Wood���14 inch Lengths $3.50 per Load COAST LUMBER & FUEL COMPANY LIMITED Comer Bodwell Road and Ontario Street Phone : Fraser No. 41 Mail Address, Box 22, City Heights Donaldson & McDonald Dealers in HAY, GRAIN, AND FEED All Kinds of Chicken Feed 4213 Main Street Phone : Fairmont 1514 THE BEER WITHOUT A PEER CASCADE THE VANCOUVER BREWERIES Limited PHONE: Fairmont 429 **m SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1912 GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK SEVEN Electric Household Appliances MAKE Appropriate Christmas Gifts They are USEFUL HANDSOME INEXPENSIVE Look over this list: Electric Ranges Toasters Heating Discs Teapots Washing Machines Immersion Boilers Warming Pads Utility Outfits Foot Warmers Coffee Percolators Chafing Dishes Electric Irons All are operated from an ordinary household socket SEE THESE APPLIANCES AT OUR SALESROOMS Carrall & Hastings Streets 1138 Gran, vllle Street (Near Davie) Vancouver NOTICE- The undersigned having severed all connection with the firm of Simmons & Senecal, at 4140 Main Street, I beg to announce to my numerous friends and patrons that I have opened Dressmaking Parlors at Findlay Block, Suite A, Main Street, where I will be pleased to welcome old and new customers. MRS. M. C. SENECAL Findlay Block, Suite A, Main Street, South Vancouver. South Vancouver Subdivision of Portion Block 15, D. L. 330 and 331 Fronting on River Road and Sixty-ninth Avenue. Prices $450 each lot and up. Terms, fifth cash, balance 6, 12 and 18 months. FRASER RIVER FRONTAGE River and B. C. Electric Railway frontage, 89.57; Victoria Drive frontage, 187.84. Price $9,000. Terms, $1,000 cash, balance over three and a half years. London & British North America Co. Limited With which is incorporated Mahon, McFarland & Procter Ltd. Corner Pender and Seymour Streets Insurance Money to Loan Agreements For Sale Purchased Limited 1136 HOMER ST. SIXTY DIFFERENT KINDS OF BULBS A fine lot to choose from���all in fine condition NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY FOR PLANTING Keeler's Nurseries Fifteenth Avenue and Main Street FAIRMONT 817 RITCHIE BRAND CO. The Art Florists 723 ROBSON STREET Phone Sey. 1892 -:- Vancouver, B. C. (S^THe LA0Y of we HOUSE What You Can Make Handkerchiefs From things,' anil Those Coburgs are not 'popular ibroadj the Russians hate I them.' I then said, who was llicre A pretty embroidered linen Jabot e|ler \\> enumerated the various upon close inspection proved to bc Princes, ..f whom not one, I said. made from a handkerchief. would do. I;or myself, I said, at pre. Many lovely designs can be picked ,.sm Iny (.-Hing wu <juite against up at sales for a mere song. fVrr marrying You will have little difficulty mak- Decision is postponed for t<X ing the jabot if these directmns are I months, and then her cousins b in? closely followed: Place the hsndker. gggjn over her,., |()Ve grows apace, ss chief flat e,n the table and turn one these separate entries sohw: point under tee f.erni a straight teip fori ������) s;,j,i M.eing them had a good deal the jabot. Now, using the point oppo- ! changed my opinion (as te, marrying) site as a centre, fold the sides into al���| that I must decide s.,.,n, whieh pleats until lhe jabe.t is the desired WM a difficult thing. ���Vou would width. Haste the pleats in place and u^t. a,���,,her week,' said Lord M.;j press with a heated iron. When the I'certainly a v,.ry fine yejung man, very i bastings are removed you will have, K,������i looking/ in w|,ich I most readily a jabot pretty ene.ugh le, please any agreed, and said he was so amiable! one. The embroidered handkerchiefs 14n(j good-tempered, and thai 1 hail with edges of handmade lace are such a bad temper; <��f my heing the especially lovely when used tor jabots. I fir,t ���ow l(, ,)W1) ,he advantage ..f Pour bandkerchiefi can he joined to beauty, which, L<,rd M, said limiting, form a dainty tea apr.,n. \\ hen these , ne had told me was not to be despised are sewn together by hand they form I in spile of what I had said le, him a large square. Arrange this with one about it. Talked of my cousins being point foruling a bib, and run a gather- | religious. 'That strong Protestant i ing string across the front, so that feeling is a good thing in this coun- the apron fits properly at the waist , ,r>.,' ge sajU| 'jf jt isn't intederant'��� line. Stitch a band of lace insertion which I assured him it was not." over this and run ribbon through to I ''Talked of my cousins having gone fe.rin thc apron Strings. nut shooting. After a little pause I The Scenic Highway Across the Continent THROUGH TICKETS ISSUED FROM VANCOUVER TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD The Popular Route to the��� OLD COUNTRY HAWAII AUSTRALIA ALASKA CHINA AND JAPAN Up-to-date Train Service Between Vancouver and the East. All trains equipped with Standard and Tourist Sleepers. J. MOE, C. P. A., 434 Hastings St., Vancouver. C. MILLARD, D. T. A., Vancouver. H. W. BRODIE, Gen. Pass Agent, Vancouver. A PRACTICAL SOLUTION FOR THE High Cost of Living One step in the right direction is to equip your home with a Pease "Economy" Furnace. The furnace without a rival. If your heating plant needs overhauling, ring us up Hodgson Plumbing & Heating Co. PHONE : SEY. 2412 Flowers for New Year CHRYSANTHEMUMS, CARNATIONS, NARCISSUS, VIOLETS, ETC. Jardinieres, Plants in Pots, Bulbs in Bowls A large assortment to select from HOLLY���Extra Well Berried���75c per lb. MISTLETOE���Finest English���$1.50 per lb. RAIL TICKETS TO ALL POINTS General Agency Transatlantic Steamship Lines H. G. Smith. C. P. 4 T. A. Phone : Sey. 7100 W. E. Duperow G. A. P. D 527 Granville Street The apron is finished hy a narrow edging of Valenciennes lace. Attractive bureau scarves and a table cover feir the bedroom can be made by using the handkerchiefs as medallions and joining them together. Border these with an edging of lace. Queen Victoria's Love-story The love-story of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert takes on a new meaning as it is told, in part unconsciously and always with artless simplicity, in the Queen's early diaries, just published. The Queen was seventeen when her cousins, the Princes Ernest and Albert of Saxc-Coburg, visited England with their father. The visit is responsible for these entries i'i the diary: "Albert, who is just as tall as Ernest, but stouter, is 'extremely handsome; his hair is about the same color as mine; his eyes arc large and blue, and he has a beautiful nose and a very sweet memtli, with fine teeth, but the charm of his countenance is his expression, which is nuest delightful; e'est a la fois, full of goodness and sweetness, and very clever and intelligent." "Both my cousins arc see kind and geiod; they are much metre formes and men of the world than Augustus (another cousin); they speak English very well, and I speak it with them. Ernest will be eighteen years ejld on the 21st of June, and Albert seventeen on the 26th of August." "Dearest Ernest and dearest Albert are so grown-up in their manners, so gentle, so kind, so amiable, so agreeable, so very sensible, reasonable, and so really and truly good and kind- hearted, They have both learnt a good deal anel are very clever, naturally clever, particularly Albert, who is the most reflecting of the two, and they like very much talking about serious and instructive things, and yet are so very, very merry and gay and happy, like young people eitight to be. Albert used always to have some fun and some clever, witty answer at breakfast and everywhere." Lord Esther's introduction argues against the idea that it was a case of love at first sight, attributing "the marked preference that she showed Prince Albert, to her loyalty to her Uncle Leopold, wdio desired the match in opposition to the <>Kl King at Windsor, who had a candidate of his own in the younger son of the Prince of Orange. Three years later���April, 1839��� there is record of a conversation with her Minister and confidante, Lord Melbourne, on the choice of a suitor: "Lord M. then said, 'Now, ma'am, for this other matter.' 1 felt terrified (foolishly) when it came to tlie point; too silly of me to he frightened in talking to him. Well. 1 mustered up courage, and said that my uncle's great wish���was���that 1 sheiuld marry my Cousin Albert���who was with Stockmar���and that I thought Steiek- mar might have told him (Lord Ml so; Lord M. said No���Stockmar hail never mentioned a word; hut that I had said to my uncle, I could decide nothing until I saw him again 'That's the only way.' saiel Lord M. 'How would that he with the Duchess?' he asked. I assured him he need have no fear whatever on that score; then he said, "Cousins are not very good said tej Lord M. that I had made up my mind (about marrying dearest Albert). 'Vou have?' he said. 'Well. then, abeiut the time?' Not feer a year, 1 thought; which hc said was too hing; that Parliament must be assembled in order to make a provision fur him, and that if it was settled 'it shouldn't be talked about,' said Lord M.; 'it prevents any objection, though 1 don't think there'll he much; on the contrary,' he continued with tears in his eyes, '1 think it'll be very well received; for I hear there is an anxiety now that it should be; and I'm very glad of it; I think it is a very good thing, and you'll he much more comfortable; for a woman cannot stand ahine fe,r long, in whatever situation she is.' Then 1 asked if I hadn't better tell Albert eef my decision soon, ill which Lord M. agreed. 'How?' I asked, for that in general such things were done the other way ���which maele Lord M. laugh." "At about half-past twelve, I sent for Albert; he came to the eh,set where I was alone, and after a few minutes I said to him that I thought he must he aware why I wished him t'i come he-re, and it would make me! too happy if he would consent to what I wished (te, marij me). We embraced each other, and Ile was so kind, so affectionate, I told him I was quite unworthy of him; he said he would be very happy 'das Leben mit Dir zu zubringen,' anil was se, kind, and seemed so happy, that I really felt it was the happiest, brightest moment in my life. I told him it was a great sacri- fice, which he wouldn't allow. I then told him of the necessity of keeping it a secret, except to Ilis father and L'ncle Leopold and Stockmar, to whom he said hc would send a courier next day, and also that it was to be as early as the beginning e,f February. I then tedd him to fetch Ernest, which he did, and he congratulated us both, anil Seemed very happy. I feel the happiest eef human beings." The last chapter of the Girl-Queen's story ends with the appropriate seeund of wedding hells. The pomp and ceremony is eever, and then: "Dearest Albert came up and fetched me downstairs, where we took leave e,f mamma ami drove off at near four; I and Albert alone." APPLES! APPLES ! ! APPLES!!! Jonathans Wine Saps $1.35 per Box $1.25 per Box LAING & FIDDES GROCERS 28th AVENUE and MAIN STREET "The Home of the famous Ayrshire Bacon." TERMINAL CITY IRON WORKS 1949 ALBERT ST. PHONE : HIGHLAND 530R ENGINEERS, MACHINISTS AND FOUNDERS IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS FIRE HYDRANTS AND SPECIALS REPAIRS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS The Robertson-Godson Co. Ltd. Wholesale Plumbers' Supplies, Water Works Supplies, Corporation Brass Goods. 572 Beatty Street Vancouver The Voters' List The recent deputation tn the Attorney-General in regard t', the voters' list appears to have had a good effect as several property owners whose certificates 'if registration had not come to hand, tlitis depriving them of their votes, have now received the necessary documents from thc lands registry office. This applies to quite a number e,f property owners iu the Municipality, and it will increase, tee seeme extent, the number of voters which,, prior to interview with the Attorney-General, was alleged to he only 41) per cent, of the ratepayers. It is going to be difficult to get women to quit judging other women by lhe furs they wear. * * * Mabel���"Hut how dei you know he b.vcs you if he hasn't told you so?' Margery���"Oh, I can tell hy the way hc looks at me when I air not looking at him." "A South Vancouver Industry" W. L. GOODWIN SUCCESSOR TO ROBERT NISBET LUMBER, SASH, DOORS, MOULDINGS, SHINGLES, LATH, AND A COMPLETE LINE OF BUILDERS' SUPPLIES Campbell Road Station On the Eburne-Westminster Tram (Foot of Inverness Street) Phone Fraser 109 R P.O. Box 16 Let me figure your bills. Open Evenings. MARIE RICH Of the Harry Rich Company, appearing at the Panama Theatre BULBS! BULBS! BULBS! For Christmas flowers in the house, plant the following bulbs now : Roman Hyacinths, 35c per doz.; $2.65 per 100. Paper White Narcissus, 25c per doz.; $1.75 per 100. Freesias, 10c per doz.; 75c per 100. Brown Bros. & Co. Ltd. FLORISTS AND NURSERYMEN Phone Sey. 988 and 5727 SASHES and DOORS We have the latest machinery for the manufacture of doors and sashes. We make them any size and any style to suit purchaser. ��Ur a'm 'S to Please every patron, and our work is of the best We are prepared to do work at the shortest notice. Let us give you an estimate. Our prices are right. Carleton Sash and Door Factory (Opposite Carleton School on Westminster Road) EAST COLLINGWOOD J5ATURT5A~Y, DECEMBER 2&, 1912 GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK EIGHT A Mild Smoke Orahp, r^-SPoenNeARENft Arrangements nual bonspii 1 ������< ing Association SOLD for thi ��� cond an- i lub ��ill !>'��� difl the Vancouver Curl- which made such a bid ire being forwarded, championship lasl summer. IThe bon spiel >mI1 !>,��� held in March number of ne�� men will next, and an attempt ��ill he made (o uniform ol the Beavei . interest m mail) outside mil., a^ pe,^-' tibh Lasl year's bonspiel, which wa tbe initial \ -ii 1111 e of the Vancou- i ei club ��ss .1 pronounci el im and efforts are being made t(3 make' the second session bigger and 1"'''' The following committee li;t-. the bon- ci#cDw����uirr)ir !l"el arrangerrienT* in hand; EVEKYWHtRE Messrs. F, G Cri-,.. W H. Whalcn, nnrM 1"A preuaem ana a X /-'/-�� \l I 1 members. ssJl l���il 1 M-~f ..... \��� invjtatlon Messrs. li. E. Brown, I. G' Ulloch, Wm, Hates F, C Lewis and A. G. Hal- stead, with the president anel vice- president ami secretary ai ex-officio has president A PLEASANT EVENING AT THE h,"m. ,hc, Curling Ass FairmOnt Pool RoOm M'.".l:'.'u,'s t0 tneif 81nu8' sWMpM, MUfardi was never regarded iciation, been received f the St. Paul inviting repre- training In speaking of hi^ wander- and observations Holway says:��� "li there was not so much be l would be more g 1 athletes in Gn ' Brit in today. A professional runner wastes half bii career tryi .1 ih. handicappi r ane (or tin m;erk that lie li to '.'. in comfoi tablj I always live- e,,- tlx hk,- that in I ' Irilnlil'.'ip, tl U ill lie' ; un limit, ���>> 16 yards, �� hen he should j be allowi '1 ie n. The ��� handii ipper says, 'V\ -II, In re- i, a lael thai has in ver won i i hi- limit i- fixi d .ei lo ,ards ii 130 S<<iiie iine must he- on that mark anel the l< ratcll man has me chance, A man may have a couple e.i runners, and ii there is ne>i much betting, they are' saved for another year and sometimes two years, and they get so used t" nol trying that does nol contend that the game has theV ncver Be( ,,, ,���. good runner,l lost n> charm for amateurs, lo do Here is ,,,,. .,.,...,, ,,,- the American ,., would be absurd, because there are .,,|,|,.,,.���. succeM, h,. j, always trying, more people finding recreation in btl- [,, England the athletes do not try, haul- today than ever there were he-;.,,,,, i include both amateurs and pro- '. ; 1 sport the and Bob Hrown and his nun will he' as serious . ,,nie ihI.'i- foi thi pennant as thi y have been in yeat I past �� * e. A writer in Badminton expresses the opinion that ihe game Df billiards i-, declining in pi pular i ivot in spite eei the fact that it is the mosl attractive indoor game in the world. Hi ion-. with tact The falling off in respect iee billiards As far as Canada is intere-l IS fcssiona Is���< 111- (Bryant Block) 20th AND MAIN ST. The best tables iii South Vancouver. Everything new. Personal attention by the proprietor, D. D. Dcn- man. Cigars, Tobacco and Candy bad as the other. - a -pi' - gjmply because one amateur athletic concerned meeting has given a $100 watch anel ;(1 in this cbain runners wait f< >r this prize. . light. Ntne people out of ten who play ..] likl. England and was used very lhe season was Inaugurated this the game would rather amuse them- wen by every one. They are very nos. week, and with a great deal of niter- selves, cue in hand than be mere spec-1 njtable The reputation of all \m est in the great Scottish game Its tU-1 taleirs at a contest between masters. I (..in a,n] which commence! on January 2D. "TAXICAB 411. ABBOTT ST \mmmij Special Rales lo Municipal Hall and olher Soulh Vancouver points. tun- iii Vancouver promises big |��� England, however, billiard matches ; things. between professionals have been rank- * * * ed as eme of the chief attractions of Judging by the large crowds at- the winter months. One author finds tending the hockey matches in Van- j lhat the public is tiring of the sport, couver the great winter game is rid- and he places responsibility on the ing on a very popular wave iii that I shoulders of the great experts, George cily. While the sport is new lo the Cray in particular. '('.east, owing !'��� the fact that up to. Cray is in some respects the great- last winter there were no facilities est player who ever lived. He is an j for playing the game, there are many Australian and a mere youth, as se, at the Ceiast who are keen hockey enthusiasts through early training in j the East, ami their interest has not ; diminished. Then lhe game has caught on with those who up lee last winter were nol familiar with the spent. It is safe I'i say that it is as closely watch- re! a- in any other part "i the coun- li'le- AUCTIONS Sale of Fancy China, Crockery- ware, Furniture, Household Effects, Christmas Toys and Dolls. Also a quantity of Bookkeeping Rooks, to be sold at what they will bring. AUCTION ROOMS Corner Main and 17th Avenue Every Night at 7:30 p.m. FURNITURE SALE, Saturday, 2 p.m. W. M. Gibbons AUCTIONEER I try. Ii is no secret that it is the' ambition 'ei tin' Patrick Brothers to bring |thc Stanley Cup t'i the Coast, ami with that in view the clubs lure are being built lip to lhe greatest pos- alble strength. At the ch.se of the present -rasmi it ie- very likely that ihe champion team will go East in an effort t" lift the mug. and ii the team is imt successful, well, ihe chances are the Patricks will keep eiii trying until tiny get a team which will turn the trick. After a week'- layoff, owing to the holidays, the clubs will get down to business next week when ihe New Westminster ami Vancouver clubs dash in the Arena in Vancouver. Tlu Vancouver team is sailing along in line trim at the present time, hut lhe champions have not yet struck their proper stride, ami some glial hockey is promised when they come together next week. * * * Although the baseball season is months off, things are stirring in thai line, and with pow-wows of the' hie guns eluring lhe- past few days lhe- possibilities eef the season eef 1913 are beginning to assert themselves, The incoming 'if McGinnity, who has taken over iln franchise of lhe Taeoma club, senilis t.e have in- stilled all the' other managers with a desire te, corrall as much likely looking timber as possible, ami while' the different managements will probablj gei a lung way towards infusing new hi I into iheir teams il will possibly be i" the' best interests uf all concerned. There will lie changes ill all lhe' clubs in the circuit. The' Vancouver many masle-rs eif the' game have been. As an all-round player Cray is mediocre, Probably there are players ill Montreal win. could defeat him in a game wilh Cray's particular stroke barred. Certainly there are hundreds of better all-round players. Gray, however, is a past master eef one particular shot. That shot is the losing hazard into thc side pocket. With thei me hall in balk. Cray glides into tin siele pocket off lhe reel ball. Ili> Stroke is see beautifully gauged that the red ball travels lo lhe top eif the table ami rebounds until it returns to the exact speit near the- side where it rested for the first shot. The str.ike is repeated, the white ball going intee tin- pocket and lhe red travelling lo tbe head of the table and back. Il is a common thing f'er Gray t" make 1,000 points on this stroke alone. In fact, he can score aliii"-! a- often as be likes, ami when once he gets the red ball in the proper peesition the name is practically over. Te, see Gray manoeuvre fm' ihis position is a delight t" lovers eef tile' game, bul lee see ihe same easy -h"i made several hundred times pa" , verybi idy who di ics not ne liny oil the gallic reputation ot all Ameri- bave when in England is shown thus: The English will say. 'We can back So-and-Sol these Americans are always triers,' and I have always felt proud te, hear that said. "Now, in Austraia and Xew Zealand professional athletes and professional or amateur. The climate is superb fe.r athletic-,, and when one considers that there are' mure people in Greater New Yeerk than iu Austraia, New Zealand and Tasmania combined, I think it is a wonderful country to turn out so many good athletes, "Every eme loves sport in general and there are very few that do not in- dulge in some pastime. I think the Australians are the biggest hearted people in the world. They certainly like- Americans, and I find in many things copy American methods. "In Se.uth Africa lhe climate is very hot. 1 could not produce my best results consistently although at times I ran iaster in Johannesburg than 1 ever ran in my life. Without a doubt in that city, where it is fi.OOO feet above sea level, a man can run two 'I yards faster in a hundred than he r i ���.....i.i :.. i.*..- ..,.��� ... SASHES AND DOORS the Wc have a reputation for supplying Sashes and Doors of finest quality and at the shortest ineticc, at Prices that are right. We have experienced men who can supply any need in the line of Sashes and Doors. It will hc worth your while to get our prices before placing your order. It will cost you nothing, and will save you money. Collingwood Sash and Door Factory Clements & Tufnah Dealers in Sashes, Doors, Frames, Sheet Glass, etc. C611ing\vobd West Station li witli Before having yuur House Wind get in touei J. TRIPP Electrician, Collingwood E. and Central Park All orders promptly attended to The price is right Bulbs for the Cottage Bulbs for the Villa Bulbs for the Mansion HYACINTHS, CROCUS, TULIPS. NARCISSUS. ANEMONES. IRIS, ETC DAFFODILS. , ETC. SNOWDROPS, Our carload ot the cream of the Dutch bulb gardens has arrived, and we arc booking orders now. This will be one of thc finest shipment! of bulbs that lias ever arrived here. They have been thoroughly grown and matured -in Holland, and are in every way perfect and unlike early and immature bulbs, which give no satisfaction. These bulbs, with their long season's growth in Holland, wilt be found perfect and sure to give utmost satisfaction. Place your orders now and ensure the tint choice of these bulbs. Bulb catalogue, with cultural directions, will be mailed free on application. Note the address��� Royal Nurseries Ltd. Office, 330 Drake St., Vancouver. Nurseries, Royal, Kerrisdale P.O., B.C. Hughes Bros' Big Liquor Store 105 HASTINGS STREET EAST, VANCOUVER, B. C. Phone : Seymour 330 We carry everything in the Liquor Line No order too small, and none too large for this popular Liquor Store Free Delivery to all parts South Vancouver leaving our Store every Friday morning at 9 a.m. therefore, soon had its curiosity satis. fiejil about Gray, and declined to pa- tronize his exhibitions. Before the advent of the brilliant young Aus. tralian great crowds used to assemble tn watch liimaii. Stevenson, Diggie and other experts, bul after seeing Cray run 1,000 it declined i excited when one of the others ran 4HI) or 500, ami so interi -t in all exhibitions waned. In order in revive enthusiasm, billiard promoters resorted t'i thv use- e,i "money i latches." The public was led tee believe that large sums eef money were at -take' on the games, ami that the players were backing themselves for $500, $1,000 or even $2,500. li was not long, hnw.. ever, before iln- average patron of the ..-ni.- saw through tin- artifice. Knowing tin form of tl e leading players, and seeing one man presuraa I; b l ting $2,500 on his chances of beating another man. who was twice as good a player, the- patron of the billiard Imatches became disgusted, concluded iln- whole game was a swindle and stayed away. The writer in Badminton admits that Gray has done much for amateur billiards, though he has injured lhe professional name-. He has shown tin possibilitii - of one shot, and has emphasized the facl thai the losing ha/are!, that is to say, the pocketing ��� of the cue ball after striking the red, i- the backbone of English billiards If an amati tit n ere to specialize on one shot, paying no attention to the otl i rs, his :; w ould speedily improve bj one hundred per ccnl Vears ago this lesson was taught bj !��� hn Rob, ii ii. ��� ��� ke, namely, the potting i'i th. red ball in "���>- - ihe- top pockets from the -i1 it Ro he-its could continue this shot almost ;i> indefinitely as Cray can continue his side shot, ami the- result wa- that iln- makers "i billiard rules barred ii m competitions I: is possible thai Gray's success wiih iln- Bide pocket shot may lead i" the barring e.i this stroke also. However, there is plenty ..I' time tier the amateur tn master it. Only by specialization nil the pari e.f the amateur will the great sap be spanned which separates his game irenn lhat of the professional, and probably there is no sport in which there is greater difference in feerm. Tlu- best amateur in England, Mr. 11. \V. Virr, would he beaten two in one en- three te, one by Inman. the professional champion, and the longer they played the greater would be the percentage in favor of '.he professional. * * * Charles E. Holway. the American professional sprinter, who has donned spiked shoes and competed in various countries, declares that if there was met se> much betting in England there would be better athletes in that country. English professionals, he declares, waste time and energy trying to fool the handicapper ami this spoils them in the long run. Holway has met and defeated some of the best professionals in the world and has much information concerning athletic conditions the world over. Some day. he says, Australia will produce an athletic team that will surprise the sharps. Thc climate there, he declares, is just suited f��� >r athletics anil only the small population prevents it from keeping abreast wiih lhe countries which enter teams in the Olmpics. In his travels Holway had an excellent chance tee observe conditions and the methods e.f various athletes in ivhl in Europe en- America, probably due to the more refined air, I should imagine the same results could be duplicate in Denver from what I hear of il. "During my travels in the last four years I have studied every branch of athletic sport, studied different athletes and their methods of training and have learnt by experience the best thing to ihe under certain conditions Travelling is educational, no matter stand i" win wna| tne subject may be, and 1 have The public, been abb- tee pick up a knowledge of things that the average coach trainer will perhaps never see.' At Christmas. Time At Christmas-time I don't mind much Unw< become Tokens Ami But X Icome and misguided gifts; eh signed the heal I to touch books whose atmosphere uplifts; ne dire fear hangs o'er my heart. ��� will be quenched by mere ; avowals��� I dread tln.se latest worka of art. Those hideous, j_; 11 a -11 y ems S-Sl i I eh ' 11 iwelsl Atrocities of bronze or brass I've learned to lake with smiling faee; For gold-bedaubed Bohemian glass 1 gush my thanks with artless grai e I'll even stand hand-painted plaques Or gilded and bcribboned trowels; Or plaster casts or monk pipe-racks Bul nol those feai ful cr is stitch towels! The V havi di signs in re Is UK blues, 1 If men bizarre and e USe. s queer; Strati je landscape ��� i il hue - III --1 1 -. 1 - 1 Am 1 children that are "'!> anil and "dear." Oh, 1 nd any sil ; le 1 A 1 H .\ ot sweets .1 b - II - -k lb w- \ .1 ���1.rale-el ball of But save me' from stitch towels! lli- - cn eSS ���Carolyn Weill in 11 rpt ��� '- It's might) in e: im 111 -im 8 that e -ei it, oesn '- gi\ - dy Ilu worst , !������:������ Paul J. Rainey and two Colobus monkeys captured by him, shown in the motion pictures of his African Hunt at the Imperial Theatre, one week, commencing Monday, December 30 HOTEL EBURNE A RESTING PLACE ON THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MOTOR ROUTE ON THE PACIFIC Special attention given public and privite banquets. Beautifully located, restful surroundings, unexcelled dining-room. We will be honored by South Vancouver patronage. A. G. Halstead EBURNE, B. C. Hotel Headquarters, Vancouver Automobile Club Gladstone Hotel First Class Wines, Liquors and Cigars H. G. BROWN, Proprietor MONEY���If you want to borrow money on your deed, agreement of sale equity, life insurance, automobile, boat or chattels, call up Seymour 2583 ARENA Ice Skating Band every Evening and Saturday Afternoon Three Sessions Daily 10 a.m 25c 3 p.m 35c 8:15 p.m '... 50c Children 15c BITULITHIC PAVEMENT , i^BB^P^r .tlA .. r':' ' i \* J?Jf'���'���&��� .'"�� ^ Granville Street South, Before Pat This has the following attributes : ���I Durability; sure footing for horses; resiliency ; noiselessness; easy drainage ; dustless- ness; economy. ���1 Bitulithic approaches more closely than any other the ideal of a perfect pavement. ^ Its notable durability makes it more economical than any other paving. *3 The Vancouver thoroughfares paved with bitulithic are an impressive object-lesson in fine paving. fi Bitulithic has been adopted in over 200 cities in the United States, and 15 cities in Canada. ��� ��� t t ' 1 ���pFn |j�� H - $ w ����� M Granville Street South, Alter Paving Columbia Bitulithic Limited 433 Granville Si. Vancouver, B. C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1912 GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK NINE Geo. B. Howard, Mgr. AVENUE THEATRE Main and Harris l'hone: Sey. 7012 Weed of December 30 Matinee* Wednesday and Saturday , | THE DEL. S. LAWRENCE STOCK COMPANY In Sir Gilbert Parker1! ramoua Play PIERRE OF THE PLAINS Dramatized ley Edgar Selwyn PRICES : :5c, 35c, and 5C'c MATINEES 25c any seal CHRISTMAS DAY MATINEE REGULAR EVENING PRICES Hgfes p* AT VANCOUVERS LEADING PLAY HOUSES- PIANOS- GREAT ALTERATION AND XMAS SALE We positively must get our floors cleared. The tradesmen .are in. and carloads are coming in, for Speedy clearance. No reasonable offer refused. Cash or terms WILLIAM THOMSON 1127 GRANVILLE STREET Phone: Seymour 2832. Near Davie. Imperial Theatre The i emai I able motion pictures taken by the Paul .1 Raini \ i pi di 1 tion to the- center of British East I Urie.i. whieh ��ill In- the attraction ni the Imperial Thi atr* be ginning . Monday, I >. > ��� mber 30, for i me wi ek i with matiaew are laid to demonstrate thc value of this invention, ���>��� >i only ai an entertainment, but ai ;m aid to science and education, li ii human nature to believe whal een,' sees and in these pictures it is claimed there is ritual evidence of the manner in which the wild beasts conduct themselves in the iunglci and on the veldt The characteristics of the many animals seen al the water-holi and on the chase arc laid t'e be indelibly ! play I ee.rel in ei;. I nit, il Stat ly produced l.y Mi Waltei in NV'.i crn theatrical scon d ' and this was re] 11 ������ i; coast of Mail , i iiii-ii. it 11 nenible ii pari that not el i i Cha le Dickens "Dai id Copporlield." and many of thi ��� actere, are similar li the.- contained in thc book, There are man) very thrilling situations, and a gi at di al home of comedy I lie ending of thc third act, rrec! on the o] en sea, will bc thc he -��� effect ol ii- killil e yet Offl reel Pt till- I 11 ell I i'i'. Till' i entire company will appear. printed on the minds of the ipccta-l. tors. Above all, the pictures demon, strati the value' of the American, bred dog as a hunter of l>iu game These pictures have proved a veritable sensation wherever Bhown, and come t" Vancouver direel from four weeks' success al the t'- >rt Theatre, San Francisco, when' they played to the largest receipts of any exhibition iti the history "i motion pictures. A well informed lecturer will call attrition ie. the gem i I cal matters of interest. tnel techni. How About Those Photographs Promised Last Christmas? FOR MAKERS OF FINE PORTRAITS SEE THE WESTERN STUDIO 424 MAIN STREET THESE ARE COOL MORNINGS And you need a quick fire in a heating stove. ROSS & MACK AY CORNER 51st AVE. AND MAIN ST. Carry a complete line of heaters and are prepared to deliver them on short notice. We are featuring Coal, Wood and Oil Stoves, and the prices are from $2.00 up. Avenue Theatre "The Country Boy" at the Avenue all tiii^ week has packed them in, and ii" more delightfully played attraction has been seen "ii Vancouver boards this season, li would be difficult i" overpraise thc work of the Lawrence Players in this brilliant comedy. Every one e,i the company was well placed, and where all eliel *<. well it would be invidous, perhaps, tee particularize, but one cannol retrain trom mentioning ihe admirable acting of Del Lawrence and Marion Ruckert as the country 1 ,��� ���>��� Mid his sweetheart, and ihe- two extremely I clever characterizations contributed by Alt' Layne and Howard Russell. ; Both of these fine artists excelled themselves. Ed. Lawrence doubled, and in each characterization made a decided hit. The business for thc week has been enormous, and "The Country Boy" will take its place as one of the greal successes "i tlu' Avenue season, Yielding to the requests of a legion of patrons, Messrs. Lawrence ami Sandusky announce for next week, starting Monday evening, December 30, a repetition i>f the bill with which they opened their engagement at tin Avenue, the famous play of the Canadian Northwest and the mounted po. lice, "Pierre of the Plains," without any question the greatest of all purely Canadian plays. In this wonderful stury nf Sir Cilherl Talker's, eeiu- can see Camilla anil its pioneers as it was. and still is. in s.ime sections. It lacks nothing in its dramatic form that is needed t" make a great play. a splendid love motive, bright and original comedy, a coherent and clever plot, and an interest sustained and cumulative t'e the fall ni the last curtain. The figure eii Pierre, picturesque, masterful, with a reputation none too clean, but lovable and gallant always is one of the linist attractive ever put upon the boards. There lias never been a dissenting neete' as tn Del Lawrence's delineation nf Pierre ���it is as near perfect as human ail car] make' it. In it he. sinks his own identity), arid is. as one; aide metro- peelitaii critic has put il. I'ierre himself, Mr. Layne ami Mr. Russell will appear in their original roles e.f ihe father anel son, ami iv blow in favor of English for English-speaking audiences, a- he dwell upon ihe themi al ur.-at length anel in a manner whieh was convincing to -. bo bi ard him. "We lingers," hi' went 'en to lay, "have been in- julting th.' intelligem ��� of English- speaking audiences foi iiie past hun- ��� Ire-.l years and ii i- about tim< ���'���' I ,',. i tan '.'. Bei ausi a ill n< >l I* am English, it i- ie - fa- 'ii why we ihould be compelled to learn tin ir> jet in inti liigi itt cot lo tiiur '""'������"" ' programme ��� ��� citals iui h as 1 am about ti i di - lit er tonight " Unfortunately, hundreds of thou- sandi i I hiimi - in Canada and the' I iMtii] Statei are limply litteri 'I with rag-times arid musical comedy efforts that are demoralizing in the extreme, - t'���. thai otherwise are quitt ri spectable." Remarks eef ihi~ strong character, coming freim one of the mosl eminent artisl- America has ever pne- duced, and the expression of views which do met eminate freun any laek of ability on the pan of David Bispham '" sing in other languages ihould have a wide- reaching influence 'en beeih the arli-i ami the concert-goer in all, parts "i the- world in whieh the English li:ii^uuL.'e- predominates, Tim] demand for an intelligent comprehension "f le.lh musical and souk recitals is ever on ihe increase, and with such champions i- David Bispham anel others, ii"t only will singers !����� compelled t'e sing in English in English-speaking audieneds, bul al-.. pianists ami violinists will be called upon t""; as tar as possible lend i'e a further enjoyment of the program by some explanatory reman--, either of personal inspiration or simply historical value, pertaining i.i iii" music aboul to be inti rpreted EMPRESS Halting* & Gore Phone Sey. 3907 BEST RESERVED SEATS 25c, 50c To-oight 0.15 Matinee S��l. 2.15 This Week Uncle Tom's Cabin TEMPEST TOSSED PANTAGES Unequalled Vaudeville Means Vaudeville Pantagci CHRISTMAS WEEK SHOW START5---2.45, 7.15, and 9.WP.m Engagement Extraordinary Ned Way burn's Surf Bathers ���i���OTHER BIO ACTS���4 FIVE FULL SHOWS XMAS DAY ffAr/itn DAILY f m muse ki; "N. TW03HOW5 NIGHTLY A OF EXITS [GRffil xnfiin Blnrrnon | SULLIVAN s- CONSIDINE re. i ('Ae?f. ��� KrsiBEurubB.] DlMPLt-TriEiLTON^AMEmcaN < MISS DIMPLE KELTON One cf the charming members of the Lawrence Stock Company, at the Avenue Theatre Panama Theatre The Panama Theatre will have an extraordinary goud play ���. 11 New Vcar's week. li i- called "Hey Rube," ami ulU a storj "i home "ii the farm. The show i- one of those lively e.nes lhat will keep thc audience in re.aels nf laughter from the rise till ih.- fall of ihe curtain, ami in it every member "t the splendid company '..ill have a line pari. Their will hi' ten big singing and dancing numbers, ami as a holiday bill it is exceptionally g 1. A line stage setting has been specially painted, ami there will be Iwo big electric effects. As usual there will be three performances, with an I way extra matim N ew Yea The Dell's School. A.la hail only three -hells. They were rather nice ones, but she was rathe-r grieved that tbcre were ii"' more of them. The reason was that she wanted to keep a dolls' sehe>��� >1. After thinking over the matter feer some time, Ada resolved i" make' some more il"lls herself. She drew I them as well as she could "ii thick paper, then cut them out ami maele little -ilk -bin- for them. Then she made seats out of ceittem reels and thin pieces "i wood, ami when the paper dolls were set in news upon these seats there was the school com- plete. j You would perhaps have laughed if vou had heard Ada teaching her dolls. i luce I happened i" be in the room and heard what she said. These were here words: "My dear elolls. our lesson this morning is about Being Good. If you want t" he good 1 will tell ye ni "lie eer two ways. For one, you must look at the best people you know���your fathers and big sisters���and watch whal they do and try to be like them. For another you must read in beeeiks about \\ eek 11' ginning I lei embi I 23 Another Big Weber >\: Fields' Girl Acl Fun on the Ocean 15���Selected Weber .V i ie] Show Girls���IS JAMES RENNIE & COMPANY Pre -'tiling a Screaming 1 entith '1. "1 I lie ��� ��� " 4���OTHER BIG ACTS���1 "Vancouver's Live Wire" PanamaTheatre (36 Hastings Street) For the Whole Family Day. | people that are gejod and kind and try to be the same. That's all now about Being G I." \\\'ll. that seemed t" be- a nice les- son feer a little girl tee give. Dein'l you think it was!' Week C' ii mmencing December 30 HEY RUBE" 2 Shows, 7.30, 9.15, Nightly���15c, 25c, 35c Matinee Daily, 3 p.m.���15c, 25c Seng in English. An importanl feature of a recent seeng reeilal given by the famous American baritone', David Bis_pham,| ���' ��� ��� in Vancouver, vvas his mtroSuctory Ardent Suitor "1 la comment. The recital itself, aside at \our feet." from this comment, wa- an artistic Fair Lady "Your fortun success; bul Mill more important to know you had one" Grand Theatre niv lee/luile I didn't LUBELSKI MUSICAL COMEDY CO. American audiences were his astonishing admissions in a few well-chosen words, made immediately before the' n-eilal proper te, those assembled iu Dominion [fall "ii thai occasion. The' comment wa- in pan as follow-- "Tlu- English language is g 1 eit'eiigh I" interpret ilu- melody ami iiH'animr pf music. The English Language set tee iriusic is ��ever bad- u ii I, ss ii be' bail Kngh-h. I believe Anient Suitor���"Well, it isn't much of a fortune, but it will look large' beside those liny feel." offense, but the supply never grows less. Prices 10, 15, 25, and 50c Holiday Suggestion What Holiday Gift could be more acceptable to the family than An Extension Telephone in that Sewing Room, Library and Den? What steps it will save during 1913. AND IT COSTS A LITTLE OVER 3 CENTS A DAY���ONE-FIFTH THE COST OF A GOOD CIGAR Call up Seymour 6070 - Contract Department British Columbia Telephone Company Limited two Galbraiths, father ami son Marion Ruckert will assume that ..f thai English-speaking singers shoiiW lei, Culbraith. Tbe support will be W8 io.%gl>sh. Moreover, pongwrit- 'sli'e.ilg in every particular, ami lhe '.V" ,'"!' ���,:"' * ���""'l'"^- slwpjd I -ante' beautiful stage settings will be shown as iii ihe former production, Holiday matinee Wednesday "Pa, why s a fool an .1 his ���i: pai li di "So thai a Y. 1 - , gttj c in liv ..ut working, my boy. English.1' 11 is quitf e\ iei i .intends to that this ejm Mrike a 'ie . i- M"St men beileve t'ha! V devoid 11 o'sc e i lumber are mn. 'I In y regard man but are' airaiel to laugh for will greew Tat, money ��� with. omefl "re Hut the\> is a j"Ve>, tear tlleV uary 1. Empress Theatre That famous .play. "Uncle Tee Cabin," is packing ilu- theatre every performance. Such an elabon- at.' production ha- not been Been qt, this theatre tin- season. Sixty men, women ami i hildren are utilized, ami ihe song- ami dancing is a great attraction. This version wa- dramatized bv Mr. Walter Sanford, ami is entirely different t" all other version* The' lirst aet ..pens in l'ncle T.ein's Cabin, showing (he slaves holding a prayer meeting. Mr. Shelby, the owner 'ef Uncle Teem, sells him be Sim..ti l.egree, and he is torn from his wife and children. The next scene takes place on the old Pike Re.ad. and then shifts to a scene on the Ohio River tilled with cakes of ice, over which Eliza escapes with her child. This is truly a magnificent stage effect. The second aet occurs on the Mississippi Levee, and shows a steamboat with double decks. Here Uncle Tom and a gang of slaves are on their way down the river. The meeting of Little Eva with Uncle Tom occurs, and the pur- ehase of Tom by Eva's father. The third act shows St. Clair's plantation and a stage full of happy darkies, succeeded later by the death of little Eva. The last act occurs at Sinueii Legree's plantation, and shows the .death of Uncle Tom from brutal treatment. There is a final scene showing Eva in Heaven. Walter Sanford is ideal as Uncle Tom. and plays the role with the art that seems reality. Dulcie Cooper excels as Kva. acting with a sweetness and patlu'S that wins all hearts. Simon Legree. George Harris. Topsy. Aunt Ophelia, Mr. and Mrs. Shelby. Eliza. Cassie. and all the other familiar characters are beautifully played by the company. There is a quartette of colored performers that add greatly to the sueeess of the presentation, rendering quartettes eif , plantation songs and dancing characteristic of the slaves. One of those thrilling plays with a great mechanical stage effect will be the bill next week at the Empress Theatre. This is "Tempest SUCCESS Business College "The School of Certainties" COURSES IN BOOKKEEPING, SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING, CIVIL SERVICE AND ENGLISH Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded DAY AND EVENING CLASSES HARRIS BUILDING Corner Main St. & 10th Ave. Phone : Fairmont 2075 DENTISTS Drs. Howie & Hall H.ivr opened up new and iip-t-j-Jate Denial Parlors in thc Williams HIoc'k, Corner Granville and Hastings We have installed ail the latest and best appliances, and are prepared to Rive you the best there is in the dental profession. A share oi your patronage is solicited. Gas administered for the painless extraction of teeth. P. O Howie, DD.e Wm. 8. Hall, DD.S. Phone Sey. 3266 for appointment Nance Uraania Palmist and Astrologist Astral - ordained Clairvoyant NANCE URAANIA : She not only calls you by name, but calls your departed relatives by name, and tells you Just what you call for. Reveals everything as though seen with the naked eye. Do not delay to call on this gifted woman; she has a message tor you. ��� Kindly bring this ad. with you. 108 HASTINGS STREET WEST MR. DEL S. LAWRENCE- ��� ~ -: ��� Of the Lawrence Stock Co., appearing at the Avenue Theatre Geo. Jones HORSE SHOER Lame and Interfering horses will receive special care and attention. All kinds of hand-made shoes, running shoes, running plates, toe plates, etc. AH horses entrusted to me will receive every care and' attention. GOOD WORK GUARANTEED 571 Beatty Street TEN GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1912. LOCAL JOTTINGS The Finance Committee has decided that the ceeiiimittee lias no power to pay the legs] costs incurred by Chief Jackson in defending himself against the accusations recently brought against him by ihe brothers Clarke, who are at present awaiting their trial e>n a charge e,f perjury. ��� * ��� Special Christinas services were In Id in nu est e.f the churches in Seeuth Vancouver on Sunday last. * �� * The Council will Inspect the waterworks system of South Vancouver some time between Christmas and New Years. * t st Tlie Council has authorized additional are lights to be placed at the corner of Seventeenth and Quebec Streets, Seventeenth and Manitoba; Seventeenth and Columbia; Twenty. nineih and Quebec, and Thirtieth and Sophia Streets. st st * The peilice combination auto pa- treel and ambulance wagon, which was ordered sume weeks ago, on thc recommendation <>f the police committee, has been delivered, and is now at the service of the police when required. ele * e�� At a special meeting of the Municipal Council the Council unanimously decided to defer the special franchise bylaw submitted by Mr. Walter Thomas for the Hritish Columbia Gas Company, Limited, which it was proposed to establish on Eraser. ��� * * A stove-pipe through the roof of a kitchen at the back part of a house on Euclid Avenue and Earl's Road, Collingwood, caused an outbreak of fire at 8:25 on Friday morning of last week. The firemen attached to No. 1 firehall, under Captain Eberhardt, responded to an alarm and extinguished the fire. Several linemen on the H. C. E. R. gave valuable assistance. Thc damage amount! tee about $50. * * * Councillor Elliott and Clerk Springford have been appointed a committee to wait upeiii the B. C. Telephone Company in regard te, telephone rates in the Municipality. AROUND THE HALL (Continued from 1'age ll Fraser Street everything had the appearance of a Sunday. Some people were seen going to church, others, like myself, were out taking a walk. Not a single person was te, be seen under the influence of liquor. Ne, merry bands of youths and maidens were to be met anywhere. Song and laughter were Conspicuous by their absence. Yet in the faces of those you met were smiles of contentment and happiness. If the rough, jovial hilarity of the Old Country was wanting, in its place there was contentment with life which only a satisfied mind can bring. *t * * To our Scottish readers we wish a Guid Xew Year. "Hogmanay" will bring many memories to those who have stood below the "Old Tron" as its hands neared the midnight hour and heard that hush that fell over the vast crowd as the lirst stroke of the New Year fell and the song of welcome rose from that great audience. While we cannot join in the darling and fooling that will flow through the country the first days of the year, yet at our Ingle Nettk here in South Vancouver, we can teeast the land which will aye be dear io us. Wishing eeiiv and all of our readers a Happy New Year. * * * Smiles were seen everywhere e,n Tuesday as it leaked out that the Finance Committee had granted several advances in salaries. The ques- lioii of salaries has been shelved from time to time during the year. Pre- vieeiisly it has been the habit e,f the new Council to grant the various increases, but the present Council took what we believe tee be the wisest course. An outgoing Council know heal ihe merits of various employee! and therefore il is up lo lhe Council then in power to grant an increai. where merited. YEAR'S WORK OF POLICE DEPARTMENT South Vancouver Remarkably Free From Crime The work eef the police has greatly increased, but the municipality as a whole has been remarkably free freem serious crime, is the text of Chief Jacl son's annual report Commenting upon the year's weirk. Chief Jackson slates that in March last the police brought te, justice the perpetrator of the Central Park Hank outrage. On the second occasion when this bank was held up the criniialn escaped through Ihe failure eef an automobile at the critical moment when P. C. Wales came in contact with the desperado. There were during the year 442 charges and .128 convictions. 298 licences were issued, and 978 dog licences were issued as well as 338 lor female dogs; nine fatal accidents, three suicides, fourteen com. milted to an asylum, and eleven sudden deaths. PROPOSE TO BUILD INCINERATOR HERE Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Day, who are visiting in the East will return on January 6. South Vancouver Council Considers Taking Care of Refuse Councillor Robinson and Inspector Pengelly, as a result of their investigations in Calgary reported in part io the last meeting of the Health Committee as follows : "We have come to the conclusion that the only method of disposal giving satisfactory results from an eco. mimical and sanitary point of view is the destruction of refuse by lire in specially constructed incinerators. In the eoure of our investigations we have ascertained that the choice of an incinerator must be made with Krcat care, as there are certain essential characteristics that it must pOSSCSS in eirder to give economical and satisfactory sanitory results." The report was adopted. Staff Get Increase Slight increases to members of the .Municipal Hall staff have been granted by Ihe present Councillors. Having worked with the Municipal employees for a year and become cognizant of their true worth the Councillors considered it wise to depart from the past policy of leaving the revision of the wage schedule to the incoming Council. The increases become effective January. Christmas Prize-winners The Christmas drawing for thc handsome prizes offered by G. E. McBride Co., took place on Tuesday, when Miss Margaret Lally, of "The Chinook" drew the lucky numbers as follows : Electric iron, Mrs. W. A. Woods, 2741 Scott Street; safety razor, Mr. J. W. Sashaw, 6410 Wind- son sireet. Both winners expressed themselves as greatly pleased with the generosity of G. E. McBride & Co. the Hilliker SIR WM. VAN HORNE SCHOOL This South Vancouver school bearing the name of one of Canada's greatest financiers, is situated in tile heart of C. P. R. property, tens of t housands of dollars worth of which has heen sold during the past few weeks for homesites, WESTMINSTER ROAD PAVING (Continued from Page 1) desirable qualities for use in Vancouver than any other pavement. It has a good surface for traction, is easy on horses and vehicles, is less noisy than other pavements, does not require a costly plant for making repairs, and when worn out can bc resurfaced with other materials. From Bridgeport, Conn., City Engineer Maurice F. McKenna writes : "We have laid considerable lire-clay and vitrified leaving blocks, but abemt Jive years ago there was a general demand for wood block. We laid half a mile of this wood block pavement on one of our main arteries, and it has given such general satisfaction that I do not think we will consider any either kind of pavement ���at present at least. The block pavement laid carefully, on not too severe a cross section, makes not only a very beautiful, but an easy pavement for horses." Now against these opinions of men, some of whom are recognized the world over, a* authorities on such matters, we have to place on record that expressed by Mr. Fellows, Engineer of the City of Vancouver, who was quoted by one gentleman as stating that it was hard to keep the blocks from bulging, and that they cost more to maintain than any other class of pavement. These statements were denied by other gentlemen present. It is generally allowed, however, lhat before anyone can pose as an authority on a certain subject a little practical experience is of some slight value. The actual experience gained hy the engineer of our neighboring city can best be judged by his application for admission to the Canadian Society of Civil W. F. Farrow Walter Graddon Phone : Collingwood 32 ��: ^ COLLINGWOOD EAST STATION ' " ABC Real Estate, Insurance and Financial Agents WE ARE SPECIALISTS IN OUR DISTRICT We also control nearly 400ft. of deep waterfrontage on the North Arm of the Fraser River in the City of New Westminster with trackage on the B. C. Eiectric Railway. Price $125 per Front Foot Happy Christmas atj^^^^^^^^ Home No where in the broad Dominion of Canada was Christmas Day more merrily marked than at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Hilliker, corner of Fraser Street and Fifty- lirst Avenue, South Vancouver. Mr. tud Mrs. Hilliker are from Woodstock, Ontario, and the twenty guests they entertained were natives of the County of Oxford, who have found prosperous contentment on the Pacific Coast. Among those who sat down tei dinner were Mr. and Mrs. David irvlna and .'.'r. W. i!. Irving. Mr. and Mrs. William Sylvester and two sons, John Sylvester, Charles Sylvester, John Sylvester, }���:.. Miss Sarah Sylvester, Lyon Larway, Mrs. Larway and son, Percy Larwav and Mi. Nelson Mulvin. Then; was dancing and remtrts. Mr. de Forrest Ililli- tile general enjoyment an occasional number much music, cencing, and ker added to b\ lenderti'g on tiie pive. IMPORTANT To MARKET GARDENERS, POULTRYMEN FRUIT GROWERS, AND HOMESEEKERS GENERALLY Choice lands near cities of Vancouver and N British Columbia Electric Railway Helt, suitable ing, poultry raising and fruit-growing purposes, lots. Many of these properties possess the great open roads, accessibility to markets, postoffice, porta don. Wc have instructions lo offer these lands at sent market value, and special inducements will settlers. For further particulars call at our offices and Agreements for Sale Purchased and at Current Rates ^^^^^^^^^ The Yorkshire Guarantee & Securities Corporation Limited 440 Seymour Street Phones: 6188 and 6189 R. Kerr Houlgate, Manager ew Westminster, in for market garden- For sale in any size advantages of good school and trans- greatly below pre- bc made to actual ask for Mr. Shayer. Money to Loan Armstrong! Armstrong! who is ARMSTRONG ? Donaldson & McDonald Dealers in HAY, GRAIN, AND FEED All Kinds of Chicken Feed 4213 Main Street Phone : Fairmont 1514 Engineers, which came before that body during the current year, and which reads as follows : Fellows Frederick Lyn, of Vancouver, 13. C. horn at Ottawa, December 11, \SC0. Educated at Upper Canada College; 1881 on Dominion Land Surveys New Brunswick and Quebec. 1886 to 1889 under articles of apprenticeship for D.L.S., acting as transitman and leveller, waterpower and sewerage plans; 188�� to 1891) assistant to C. Tl. Keefer and II B. Aylmcr, Construction of Hay of Quinlc bridge; 1890 to 1893, deputy town engineer Toronto Junction (pop, tipprox. 601)11 under J. M. Bridge in charge of sewers. pavements, subways, etc.; 1892 to 1899, in private practice in Toronto, 1900 to 1911 town engineer for West- mount, I.'. Q. (pop. approx. 10,000, with nn creosoted block pavements). Now, when one considers the weight of evidence, and investigates for himself the twenty odd miles of creosoted blocks laid in Vancouver during the last twelve years under the experienced advice of Col. Tracy and Mr. W. S. Clements, it must be conceded by most reasonable men that our Councillors, beyond all shadow of a doubt, acted in the very best interests of the Municipality in their determination to pave this important thoroughfare with this most desirable and durable material, which will undoubtedly carry the severest kind of traffic for the full length of the life of the bonds, as against the five year quaranteed pavements advocated by inexperienced men who have not taken the trouble to go even so far into the matter as to discriminate between the streets in the neighboring city of which there are, unfortunately, several, which were pointed out to me as laid with a bleick dipped in a preserving preparation and the poorest quality of mill-cull- ed cedar.���Yours, etc., RATEPAYER. DOMINION Creosoted Wood Block PAVING Wood Block Pavements always attract traffic wherever they are in use. The reduction in the noise accomplished by the use of Dominion Wood Blocks greatly improves the value of stores and offices, facilitates the transaction of business, frequently brings about higher renting values and higher assessment values. It attracts pedestrian traffic as well as making the streets a more important thoroughfare for vehicles. Wood Block Pavement has the extreme advantage of noiselessness and great durability under heavy traffic. Competitive tests have repeatedly shown it to be superior in durability to granite block, which formerly was the most durable pavement known. On streets like Broadway, New York; Dearborn Street, Chicago; Tremont Street, Boston, and Market Street, Philadelphia, it is now demonstrating the superiority of its resilient resistance to the hammering of heavy traffic. Hospital Accommodation Reeve Kerr and Councillor Robinson, chairman of thc Health Committee, will on Friday evening at 8 o'clock meet the board of the Vancouver General Hospital in the board room to discuss the hospital problem, and particularly the matter of a contribution from the Municipality towards the maintenance of Sonth Vancouver patients while in the hospital. An invitation has also been extended to representatives from Point Grey and Burnaby to take part in the conference. 11 Dominion Wood Blocks are Manufactured in South Vancouver by the Dominion Creosoting Co. Limited ��� ���W.i* South Vancouver BRITISH COLUMBIA Where the possibilities are the same to-day as they were in Vancouver a decade ago. Where Greater Vancouver's only freshwater harbor can be made. Where Greater Vancouver's industrial centre will develop. Where the working-man still has a chance. View from Mitchell's Island, opposite Municipal Bunkers. The North Arm calls for industries HAD Nature left the west cuast of Canada without the great, placid harbor of Burrard Inlet, and had there been no City of Vancouver, the fourteen and a half square miles upon which has been builded the community of South Vancouver would have possessed all the big features necessary to tlie building up of a metropolis. But on Burrard Inlet the pioneers found the most convenient place for the car and cargo to meet. At that point was Vancouver founded. Scarcely had the place been named before there began to be exercised upon the city the greatest force that could be conceived���a focusing of the weight of the marvellous development of the Canadian West. Five years ago South Vancouver was but a wilderness. The land was heavily wooded, and along the banks of the North Arm stream was a country of primeval grandeur. South Vancouver's advance has been similar to that of the City of Vancouver, only, proportionately, it has been ten times as intensive. South Vancouver in five years has been transformed from a wilderness into a happy homing community where 35,000 people live and thrive. Tn one month this year the building permits issued in South Vancouver totalled $310,995.00. Statistics show that during the year 1912 the total value of the buildings erected in South Vancouver reached approximately $3,000,000.00. . During the year the great majority of the permits were for buildings ranging in value from $500.00 to $5,000.00. These buildings wcre chiefly homes. In the past twelve months some thirty stores and apartment houses were built in South Vancouver; six saw mills and lumber yards; five churches and four new public schools. Assessment for 1912 was $39,176.84. In 1912 South Vancouver spent $900,000.00 on road building; $100,000.00 on sidewalks; $325,000.00 on waterworks; $495,000.00 on schools. There is a splendid water system in South Vancouver. In the past two or three years nearly 200 miles of mains were laid throughout the Municipality. Some $275,000.00 is being spent this year on permanent paving throughout South Vancouver. Fifty-five miles of plank sidewalks were laid this year. There are thirteen public schools in South Vancouver. Approximately 5,000 pupils attend daily. During the year the increase in the attendance was 1,150. The increase in Vancouver in the same period was 1,000. One million dollars is invested in public schools and school sites in the district. The value of South Vancouver churches and the property upon which they are built is approximately $2,000,000.00. Nowhere throughout the world has the progress of South Vancouver been equalled. From a forest to ;t city in five years is its record. Its site is not less beautiful than thai of the parent city. South Vancouver's climate approaches the ideal. Towards the North Arm of the Fraser, the Municipality slopes. And at the top of thai slope is a view on either side that is magnificent. Look to the north and the mountains across the Inlet, with their snowy tops, frown down upon you. To the south you have a splendid view of the big sleepy Fraser Kiver as it slips into tlie salt expanse of the Gulf of Georgia, and beyond, the smiling productive agricultural acres of Lulu Island. On a clear day, the great, silvery Gulf itself can be viewed to the east, while to the west are to be seen the mountains across the l'nited States border, in the State of Washington, outstanding among which is hoary-headed old Mount I laker. So South Vancouver is the place where families coming to the coast find ideal homesites. Nowhere on the Peninsula can land be purchased more cheap ly than in this district, and the fact has induced the middle classes to settle in the community. While South Vancouver offers much as a residential district, it is destined to become a great manufacturing centre. For five miles and a half on the south runs the North Ann of the Fraser. On the deepening and widening of this stream the Dominion Government will spend some six millions of dollars, transforming it, from Westminster to the Gulf, into a great fresh-water harbor. Today, scores of smaller craft ply hourly up and down the North Arm to Westminster, and when the improvements have been wrought, great steamers may rest at anchor in the river, When that time comes, South Vancouver will share with the city proper the great portion of the shipping of Hritish Columbia. There are few industries along the North Arm today. In fact, the shores of the stream are practically grown up with brush and limber. lint men are beginning to realize the importance of the land fronting on the river as manufacturing sites. Here, in fact, is the only waterfrontage on the peninsula that is available for manufacturing sites. In five years' time, Greater Vancouver will have a population of half a million people. And when that time arrives Smith Vancouver, with her cheap land for homes, and her cheap land for manufacturing purposes, will be wrought into possibly the dominating unit of the greater city. Her five miles and a half of fresh waterfrontage will support a smoke-stacked battery of industries when the city is builded up from Burrard Inlet to the Fraser. The Dominion Government will make the North Arm of the Fraser one of the World's most Important Waterways FOR GENERAL INFORMATION COMMUNICATE WITH Mr. Kenneth Lamond, Acting Secretary, Board of Trade MUNICIPAL HALL, SOUTH VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA
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