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^Puve^CHIINCKXC I. No. 13 SOUTH VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA, SATURDAY AUGUST 10, \'>\2 Price 5 Cents Municipal Council Lends Aid to Harbor Scheme for the North Arm Civic Fathers Contribute Towards Bill Providing for Harbor Commission The South Vancouver Municipal Cuncil was Ihe first local Council to ni to contribute to the promotion of a Bill by the joint municipalities (or the creation of a harbor on the Veerth Arm of the Fraser River. This important step was taken last Monday, when an influential deputation wailed upon the Council and explain ��� ii the course proposed to be taken. Front what transpired it was evident that the matter has been tackled in real earnest, and that thc Bill will be pushed through with the utmost speed. A Far-reaching Sesolution The fi.llowing important and far- reaching resolution was submitted by the deputation and adopted by the Council : "That this Council, having heard thc report of the joint committee of Councils and Hoards of Trade of South Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond and Point Grey, appointed to consider the question of the crea- tion of a harbor on the North Arm of the Fraser River, hereby expresses Its approval of thc recommendation now submitted by such joint committee, and in accordance therewith will apply, in conjunction with other interested Councils, for the passage of a ���Hill by thc Federal Government, constituting a Hoard e,f Harbor Commissioners, to have jurisdiction over the- whole of the North Arm eif the Fraser River, from the western boundary of the City of Xew Westminster tee the Gulf of Georgia. And further, this Council votes the sum of $350 (with further advances if necessary, hut the whole not to exceed $500) Inwards the expense of obtaining the emu tment." Mr. 11. G. Walker, president of the Hiirnaby Board of Trade, was sup ported hy Mr. R. C. Hodgson, chairman of the South Vancouver Board oi Trade, Mr. T. C. Coldicutt, secretary of the Burnaby Board of Trade, Mr C. Harrison, secretary of the South Vancouver Board al Trade, ami Mr. S. Churchill, president of the Point Grey and Richmond Hoard of : Trad*, The Programme to Be Pursued. ���Mr. H, G. Walker, in an address to the Council, urged that now was the appointed time to secure joint action with a view to developing thc North Arm of the Fraser for the benefit of the Municipalities bordering upon it. He explained at some length that there were three ways in which this could be done. The first was at the expense of the municipalities; but they were already sufficiently burdened by the necessities for building roads and sewerage systems in new districts, The second was by private enterprise and through companies. This, however, constituted an alienation of the public interest that could not bc considered. The Best Method The third and last method was that proposed by the joint committee, and embodied in the resolution given above, naming the enactment of legislation by the Dominion Government, constituting a Harbor Commission, which, being government appointed, could go to the government and borrow money, at a nominal rale of interest, to carry out a comprehensive harbor scheme. In continuing, Mr. Walker urged that the Bill should be drafted at once, so that everything might bc in order to get the necessary legislation put through at the next session at Ottawa. To do this money was required, and he and the other delegates were there to ask the co-operation and help of that Council. He asked the Council to vote at once their share of the legal expenses in getting a Bill through, and appoint a representative on the joint committee. The cost would probably be about $1500, and a vote of $350 with more to follow if necessary up to $500, would provide South Vancouver with its share of the expense and representation. Finest Harbor on the Pacific In conclusion Mr. Wa'ltcf pointed to the great possi'"1 ties of the scheme, and said that in the Fraser River waterfront they had the possibilities of Ihe finest harbor on the Pacific coast of the continent, and it behoved them to be careful and go very carefully into the initial stages of its development, and thc most sure and careful way was to secure a harbor commission. After the resolution had been carried, and Councillor Campbell appointed on the joint committee, Mr. Walker congratulated the South Vancouver Council and the Municipality on having led thc way tor thc other municipalities in the first real step towards securing the much desired Harbor Commission. FIREMEN'S SPORTS AT CENTRAL PARK Arrangements Completed for Big Field Day on August 24 \ meeting of the South Vancouver 1 re Department was held ou Monday "tht, at No. 5 hall, to complete arrangements in connection with Ihe furthcoming sporls on August 24. I hief Wand presided. It was decided ' purchase thirty-two shirts at a cost Ol $64 bearing the monogram "South * "couver Fire Department," with Hi number of thc hall. No. 5 hall re rued that they had an additional 5 inwards thc prize fund, and more niscd. Thc music committee re d that the South Vancouver 'ens' Band will bc in atte-ndanc ��� lie sports on August 24, and will during thc day, while the or 11 ira will play in the evening if re- " d. The programme committee ���I.eel to arrange for an extra ��� for the band, to race with in intents, each competitor to play instrument from start to finish of race. 'he members of the various fire halls were asked lee obtain as many " lunteers as possible to safeguard municipality during the absence "; 'he firemen at the sports. It was ci decided to ask the Council for 1 use of the Municipal Hall on a ' between August 24 and 31, for 'in purpose of presentation to one of 'he firemen, the Reeve and Council 'lie invited to attend. I he pleasing announcement was made that the B. C. E. R. had offered '" exhibit advertising matter in the cars running on the main line on August 22, 23 and 24. The chief has "i hand another advertising scheme which it is hoped will make this, the mst firemen's tournament held in Hritish Columbia since the days of me Vancouver City Volunteer Fire Department, a great success. The ( hief was authorized to obtain a banner to go across the entrance to Cen- 'ral Park, bearing thc words, "Welcome to our guests." Invitations will be sent to the members of all paid departments, and the Reeve and others arc expected to deliver short addresses before the commencement of "te sports programme. The lcttetj were read from the members of No. 4 Fire Hall, thanking the volunteers *ho attended at that hall on the occasion of the picnic to Bowen Island. During blasting operations on 41st j*nd Main Street on Wednesday a large sUlrnp fen on ti,e roof 0f an un_ occupied bungalow and did considerable damage. LEGAL FIGHT OVER ROBINSON PROPERTY Application to Set Aside Certain Conveyances to Councillor's Wife An application of the Corporation of South Vancouver anil eif thc Heiarel of School Trustees of South Vancouver to set aside certain assignments and conveyances of properly made by Mr. Spencer Robinson to his wife, Lily Robinson, came before the notice of Mr. Justice Murphy in the Supreme Court Chambers on Wednesday. The court is asked to set aside thc assignments on the alleged ground that they arc fraudulent and void as against the general body of creditors of Mr. Robinson. Mr. Hamilton Reael, solicitor for Mr. Robinson, opposed the graining of the eirder, and asked for a stay of line week, asking that in lhe meantime tlu- South Vancouver authorities show cause why the lis pendens tiled agalnsl lhe properties cannot be removed on payment of security. "My object is to get time to make certain payments that are due and which must be met at once to save the properly," said Mr. Read. The order was deferred for one week as requested. Collector's Assistant's Protest Mr. Janes, tax collector, last Saturday posted a notice in his office to the effect that during a stress of work the clerks in thc department would have to work from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., instead of from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 'during thc next two weeks, while tax notices are being issued and rates collected. It was explained that one member of the staff had not turned up that morning at 8 a.m., and had stated that he did not intend to work overtime. Mr. Janes wanted to know what he was to do in such circumstances. The Council told him it was up to him to get thc work of his department done, and gave him power to discharge anyone who refused to work as requested. The marriage of Miss Jeariette Allan Gray of 3114 Prince Edward Street, formerly of Glasgow, Scotland, and Archibald Reid Montgomery, also of this city, took place at the manse of Westminster Church on Thursday morning, the Rev. George D. Ireland officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery will reside at 3042 Sophia Street. 1 m ��� Mr. C. W. Whelpton, chairman of the School Board, left South Vancouver on Monday for Agassiz. :: Advertising South Vancouver :: Government Audit and Position of Spencer Robinson Freely Discussed Board of Trade, South Vancouver, B.C. August (>. 1912 Proprietors, Greater I 'ancouver Publishers Limited : Gentlemen.��� Please dispatch weekly to thc various Public Libraries and Chambers of Commerce in Great Britain 250 copies of "The Greater Vancouver Chinook" for a period of six months. Yours truly. CHARLES HARRISON, Secretary. Ward III Ratepayers Take up Topics of Interest ���Councillor Thomas Speaks The foregoing is a copy eif an e.fficial order received by the publishers of "The Greater Vancouver Chinook" freiin ilu- Semlli Vancouver Board of Trade, passed by resolution at the last meeting e,f that body���another indication eif the value of "The Greater Vancouver Chinook" as an advertising medium for South Vancouver. SECRETARY TO BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES If ^j r M U< . MR. WILLIAM KIRKLAND A sketch of whom appears on Page Two :-: A Storm in a Teacup :-: Statement that Municipal Council has Misappropriated $28,000 not Substantiated If the Municipality has diverted $28,1)110 into thc wrong channel, then Ihe School Board is the richer by lhat amount. A meeting of the School Hoard was held em Tuesday evening, and much time was occupied in Interviewing and receiving deputations in regard to Ihe proposal to erect new school offices at South Hill. The result was that a letter sent by Mr. J. B. Springford. municipal clerk, was not read until very late. Mr. Springford asked for a Statement of the Hoard's finances, and in the letter pointed out the need for care in the expenditure on new- schools. Appended is a copy of the letter sent by Mr. J. It. Springford, which was dated August 1, and which was as follows : "Dear Sir,���Confirming our Conversation of this morning I have to advise you that owing to the condition "f the money market it will be absolutely necessary for your Board to curtail thc extraordinary expenses as much as possible, as we only expect to receive $1,000,000 out of $1,- 820,000. Our fiscal agents state that it may be possible that the money market may improve in the latter part of the year, but at the present time the situation loeiks ratln-r serious. Therefore 1 would ask that you give me every assistance in ki i p ing within the bounds of available money." It was upon the above.- let- ter and a statement made by Mr. Mc Arthur thai a misapprehension appears to have arisen. We are informed that Mr. McArthur did stale lhat there was an impression conveyed lo him to the effect lhat it was just possible $28,000 had got into the wrong account, but thc question uf surcharge was not mentioned. One thing is certain, that no demand has been made, and no nol ice uf surcharge given lo the- Council. Il .'il1 pearl that ihe previous Council, ami not the present one, applied the premiums received from the sale uf certain debentures In general revenue, instead of to the School Board funds as required by Statute, The whole question has still to be gone into before the merits of the case can bc determined. Asked on Thursday morning regarding thc matter, Mr. J. B. Springford, Munincipal Clerk, said he knew nothing whatever about the matter. On Tuesday evening a very largely attended meeting of tin- residents in Ward III. was held in the Schoolroom, Fraser Avenue-, tee eliscu--. amongst other mailers, Spencer Ke.li inv<n"s position on the Municipal Council, and the audit now being conducted by Commissioner Crehan. Councillor Thomas, the representative of lhe Ward, was present. The chairman said certain statements had been made with regard t'i the action eif Commissioner Crehan and that the meeting had been called to give theise present an opportunity of expressing an opinion upon that and other matters. Mr. R. James proposed thc lirst resolution, and said he concluded lhat the Ratepayers' Association in that ward stood for purity of government, retrenchment and reform, and in spite of much opposition the Association had obtained a government audit, They all knew the way in which evidence had been given before Mr. Crehan. He claimed that ratepayers had as much right to look into the affairs of the Municipality as if they were sitting on the Council. The result of the audit SO far was well known, but Mr. Crehan now saiel that he found himself against a stone wall in regard to the obtaining of evidence. From the last meeting i'i lhe Council he found that the Council were just beginning to think whal evidence they should give at the audit. In his opinion it was aboul time they did something meire than think. He advised those present that if they got mulcted in $50 by the Commissioner, to stand up and face ii like men. lie- concluded bv moving Ihe following resolution : "That wc, residents and ratepayers eef Seiuth Vancouver, wish lee place on record our appreciation of the manner in which Commissioner Crehan, in the lace of enormous difficulties, is conducting the investigation of municipal affairs." Mr. A. Messenger seconded lhe resolution, and said he was surprised atthe treatment Mr. Crehan had received. Public feeling had been in favor of an audit, and now the present Council, instead of assisting him, were doing all they could against him. The unly remedy the ratepayers had was to insist upon Mr. Crehan having a fair show, Ile considered il was a crying shame that thc Council did noi give Mr. Crehan all the assistance he needed. The resolution was then put and declared carried. Protest Against Robinson Acting. Mr. h'arris saiel they had met tee preiicst against Spencer Robinson silting on any board to which he had been elected whilst ilu- present cloud was hanging over him. He considered it was a disgrace t" the Municipality thai Mr Robins en should bc allowed tee sil fe.r any ward, ami when at the Council pro- nouuee judgment "n some and criticize others. He proposed : "Thai, as Councillor Robinson does nol see his way lo resigning his position on ihe Municipal Council, the residents and ratepayers "f this portion eif the municipality arrange- a monster peti tion tee be presented t" the Attorney- General requesting thai iln- Councillor be removed " Mr. Kigli-y seconded, and said tinman in lhe slreel could See whal was going on in tin- Council As re-c.ml eel Spencer Robinson, In- had no ! in. eral respect for himself or any : one else, and no language- was strong | enough I" use in asking lhat he be removed, The Chairman said a statement had gone forth that fifty per cent, of the tli-i-t.irs were- ill faVOr e,f S-petleer Robinson. Such a statement was an instill in iln- Municipality, He- el<-nii_<l that Robinson had ilu- ratepayers at his back, and it was something plorable thai In- should place- I -��� If in the pe.sitiem he hail. Ile contended thai Robinson's conduct was giving South Vancouver "a black eye." If Robinson went t'. the poll In would not get UK) votes in the warel. but he was imt the einly one in the ire.utile, and that made him feel much stremg- er in his position. The electors proposed to force Robinson to an election if be did inn resign. Mr. Bailey severely criticized Spencer Robinson's conduct, and said the ratepayers ought to insist upon his resignation, Mr. Hilton suggested thai the At torney-General had no power t.. remove a Councillor, and askeei the meeting to give Robinson a square deal, although lu- admitted that Robinson's treatment e,f Councillor Thomas was dirty. Whilst disclaiming any friendship f<>r Mr. Robinson, Ik- advocated Hritish fairplay towards a man who had "ot been found guilty. Mr. A. Campbell here interrupted the speaker, and hammering the table with his list, shouted : "If a member of tlie Council forged a paper for $5. where would he be?" A Voice : "Behind the shutters." Mr. Campbell : "He has been humbugging the public long enough. Tlu- resolution was carried, Mr. Campbell proposed: "That the residents and ratepayers of Ward 111. desire to express iheir deepest jym pathy with Councillor Thomas in the malicious and vindictive charge brought against him by persons wh.-. by tlu-ir actions in this regard, are damaging the best interests e.f the Municipality." IK- -aid lu- was sorry lu lost his i.-mpcr when Mr Hii ton was speaking, but he believed every man should be treated in the ; same way. He- (Mr. Campbell) was an Englishman, and if an Englishman treated him as Robinson had treated Councillor Thomas, no words would be too stre.ng to condemn him. Having referred te. the valuable- services rendered by Councillor Thomas in the Council. In- contended that the government audit was granted by the Council In the Face of Fear. Whatever the result, it would damage the financial credit eif the Muni cipality. They must get at the bo I torn of this infernal corruption. Then it was contended that Councillor Thomas hail accepted a bribe of $2n. and he said Io the man who told him that : "YOU musl have been elrink- ing." Councillor Thomas would not dee anything ol ihe- kind if he was as peeeir as Lazarus. The man who tried i.i gei ai Councillor Thomas thai way was like a pig Willi his nose in the mud, and there was no doubl that Robinson hail been instrumental in getting that dirty piece of pape-r out. Mi. Garden seconded the resolu lion, and saiel wlu-n In- saw certain Councillors arm-in-arm in the ear it did not look very g I to him. i Laughter). The resolution was declared cat I le el Councillor Thomas addressed thc meeting at some length on ihe- action commenced against him by Mr Baird, ex Councillor McDonald .en.I others. He believed Robinson was .ii iln back .-I ii all. .eii.l thej were doing behind his back whal the) would met elan- to do before In- face. At the close e.f Councillor Thomas's speech, the meeting terminated NEW WESTERN LAND CO. SCHOOL BOARD FINANCES MOUNTED POLICE, PATROL WAGONS, TELEPHONES Chief Jackson Secures One Out qf Three At a meeting of the Police Committee on Saturday Chief Jackson presented a special report, in which he asked for the immediate purchase of an auto patrol wagon; the equipment of six mounted constables; the establishment of an efficient system of telephone cal|s; the appointment of a poundkeeper and the building of a new pound. He also directed the attention of the Council to the resolution passed by the Board of Trade in regard to the need for mounted police. A resolution was also read from Ward I. Ratepayers' Association, recommending that an auto-patrol wagon, which could bc used as an ambulance, be procured; that mounted police be employed and that an efficient telephone system be installed. Councillor Elliott recognized that all these things were necessary, but he did not sec how the Council could afford them this year. Mr. J. B. Springford said he did not see how the expense would be met. Councillor Campbell agreed that all the chief asked was necessary, but it was, he said, a question of funds. Councillor Thomas: "I believe the police should have them, too." The matter was left over for future consideration, except in regard to the telephone, which the chief was instructed to have connected to the house of every constable and his own residence, the Council expressing surprise that the chief had no telephone at his house. Rev. and Mrs. Bctts, of Mountain View Methodist Church, have returned from a vacation spent at Boundary Bay. Mr. Bctts is much improved in health. * * * Mr. Francis Bursill, of thc Bursill Institute at Collingwood, has increased his library by 1,000 volumes, making a total of about 3,500. Mr. Bursill has just completed negotiations for the latest instalment of books, which will be composed of volumes of fiction as well as those of research. British Canadian Land Settlement Corporation, Ltd., of Winnipeg A. strong aggregation of capitalists - is behind a new western land com- j pany, of which notice of Federal in- j corporation is given in a current issue of thc Canada Gazette. The) company is the British Canadian Land Settlement Corporation Limited, of Winnipeg. Its capital stock is $2,000,. j 000, and thc provisional directors are Sir William Whytc, A. M. Nanton, i J. A. M. Aikins. M.P.. K.C.. Sir Ed- \ mund Walker, Col. Sir Henry H. Pel- latt. Sir Wm. Mackenzie, Wallace Nesbitt, K.C., and John S. Dennis. The company is empowered to carry on a general real estate and improvement business, to conduct experimental farms, etc. BEARS IN SOUTH VANCOUER Up on Little Mountain, scarcely six blocks from "The Chinook" office, boys have discovered a young bear. They have gathered together a majority of the dogs in the Little Mountain district, and the dogs are being urged to run the cub down. The brave huntsmen, however, manage to stick pretty close to the outside rim of the wood where the bear is supposed to be. Heavy Demands Ahead���Municipal Finances Discussed. At the Municipal Council meeting on Monday, the question of School Board Finances was raised and discussed. Councillor Ellieitt, Chairman of the Finance Committee, asked how the finances of thc School Trustees stood. He pointed out that there was a likelihood of heavy demands being made on the School Board shortly and the Council must be careful not to impoverish the Municipal Finances in order to hand money over to the School Board. Municipal Clerk Springford said he had written to Mr. Kirkland, Secretary to the Board, for a statement of the Board's finances, and asking that a clause be inserted in thc new contracts, giving the Board thc privilege of stopping work at a certain stage if found necessary. A brief discussion took place as to the position of the Municipal finances, and thc Chairman said he thought the Clerk had done all that was necessary in asking for a financial statement from the School Board Secretary. A report of Thursday evenings benefit concert will appear in our next issue. [ " -��� TWO GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1912 :-: PEN PICTURES :-: AN EVERGROWING PROBLEM THAT MUST BE MET Mr. WILLIAM KIRKLAND William Kirkland, Sccreiary to the Hoard of School Trustees, South Vancouver, has gained more notori ety within the last few months than he ever had in his previous career. Il is, therefore, with a certain amount of curiosity that the ratepayers wish te. know something ..i the man who occupies a central position in tin- inn sulfation st present taking place. II. i~ a man of inielille- age-. ItOUtly built, fi medium height, florid com plexioii. lull I.ni-, clean -haven, anil hair gray; usually dre -scil in a light sun and ueaiuig a light soft tweed hat; always smiling, speaks with a Glasgow ae-e-e-ui: Scotsman stamped on hiin from lhe creewn of his head I., tlu- -eib-s e.f Ilis feet : such is a description of ilu- subject of the sketch this week. Ile was born em ilu- farm ��� >f CorneyGroats, in the Parish "f Avondale, County Lanark. This is the county famed lor ils waterfalls, under which is the cave- in which Sir William Wallace te.ok refuge from ihe English, ��� �� �� He was educated at the local school and evening classes in Glasgow, and served an apprenticeship in Ihe dry-goods business with Messrs. Arnott & Co., Jamaica St., Glasgow. He remained with this firm for five years, afterwards receiving an appointment with a wholesale clothing company. For nine years he acted as traveller and salesman on the road for them. He was then offered a situation by one of the Scottish tweed manufacturers on thc borders, to represent them in England. This he accepted, making his home in the city of York, under the shade of the minster. While in this situation he travelled all over England north of London. This firm, having sustained serious losses through thc export trade failing to meet their obligations, were wound up. He afterwards transferred his services to R. C. Murray. Bristol, and remained with them till thc year 1890. Becoming tired of the road and of being continually away from home, he decided to come out to Canada. �� * * On arrival at Montreal he straight way accepted a situation with William Ewing & Son. He acted as traveller for them, but after being with them for three months they suspended payment. He at once obtained a new appointment with C. D. Anderson and came West, but when he reached Winnipeg he received intimation to do no more business for them, as they also had gone under; so with his belongings he was stranded there. For some time after he worked as a commission agent. He then received an appointment as District High Secretary of the Canadian Order of Foresters and Superintendent of Organization for the district lying between Port Arthur and the Coast. This position he held for nine years. In lhe year 1901, on account of his wife's health, he removed to British Columbia. After again acting for seven months as Superintendent for the Organization of Foresters, he took up thc commission business for a produce firm. Misfortune once more dogged him, for the mill he represented was burned down. He now join ed a draying business, acting as sec- retary and treasurer, Inn with the characteristic nan ..i tbe Scottish race he wanted to be a "boss" for himself, so sonic lime later be itarted the Terminal Transfer Com ' pany. In ihis lu- was fairly successful, but having a severe anil prolonged illness, his medical advisers considered n Inst lor him to give up liu-in. -- lie- told "in three years past last November, He rested on his eears for a time, but later did fairly well in real estate �� * �� When ihe vacancy i"r secretary to 'the Sclieeol Board occurred, and after ilu- earnest solicitation e.f his friends, he put in his application, Since his i appointment his services to the ratepayer oi South Vancouver arc well known. His organization, methodical weirk. honesty of purpose and correctness, and his unvarying strictness to duty, have earned for him a reputation greater than riches. The j trustees have found in him a man they can rely on, and thc ratepayers feel that he is one who will neither Ik- coaxed nor bullied. Thc ratepayers' sympathies have been and will be with him through thc present troublous times. Every dark cloud has ils silver lining, and it is well known that the darkest hour is before the dawn. So the dawn of easier times and less worry already looms high. Neither the ratepayers nor thc trustees will forget the work he has done. He found a bad system : no books, no records, and chaos reigned everywhere. What do we find today? Everything properly tabulated, a system of bookkeeping introduced, and data being prepared and put away for future reference. He has a bureau of scholastic information, so that in a moment's time he can give you information in regard to any of thc schools, as to costs, attendances, etc. Thc department under him is being worked as near perfection as is possible. * * * He is a keen and enthusiastic Freemason, and is also a devotee to what at one time was considered a very fashionable habit, but which has now fallen into disrepute���viz., snuffing. It is still very prevalent among commercial travellers in the Old Country. . . He has a married daughter in Vancouver, Mrs. Gillespie, who was, previous to her marriage, well known in musical circles as a professional pianiste and music teacher of no small merit. At this time it would be injudicious for us lo comment on the work of thc investigation that is at present taking place, but from the beginning Auditor Crehan has shown in unmistakable manner the confidence he has in thc way Mr. Kirkland keeps his books. * * * The offices of the School Board at present at Cedar Cottage will in the near future be transferred next to the Municipal Hall, and will no doubt bc laid out in such a manner as to materially assist both the School Trustees and the Secretary in carrying out their work in a less laborious manner than at present. A short time ago the Municipal Council inaugurated a system of garbage collectiem which has worked Wonders in promoting and enforcing cleanliness in the Municipality. All garbage is collected by lhe Health Committee, and now Mr. Pengelly, the health officer, finds thai he is up against ihe problem of the disposal e.i ilu- refuse, which has become a ] serious matt or. Ile suggested t'e the Health Committee on Saturday lhat Ian incinerator e>r refuse crematory be- erected 'en a lite he named, which I belongs to ilu- Council, Officer's Report Mr. J. Pengelly, health Inspector, reported to lhe Health Committee on Saturday that the list of patrons lei the garbage system was increasing, about 120 having been added during Ilu- month, and 50 official notices to remove rubbish and garbage had been served and the majority had readily complied with thc request and availed themselves of the service of carts. I The report continues: "The extensive opening of lanes in Wards 111 and IV has facilitated thc collections, and at thc same time disclosed thc extent lo which lhe uncleared lanes and lots have been used as a depository for general refuse. During the intervals between the regular and special calls for service the carts have been employed picking up this legacy of the lenient past, also collecting considerable rubbish strewn along the principal thoroughfares. This work, being of a public nature, has been productive of no revenue, and will only bc continued at thc direction of thc Health Committee, but the results of the system are apparent. The difficulty of disposing of the collection is an ever-growing problem and must eventually be met and faced by the Council and dealt with in a manner satisfactory to all concerned. I would suggest that the Municipality be congratulated on its bill of health, only three (3) cases of scarlet fever (in one house"), which was brought into the Municipality by new comers, and one (1) case of diphtheria. Amount received for garbage collections during the month$194.80 Amount previously received.. 200.65 a DRAMA a PROPOSAL TO ERECT NEW SCHOOL OFFICES Strong Protest Against Removal from Cedar Cottage School Hoard business at a meeting em Tuesday evening occupied the Board for over four hours, and a large portion e.f this time was de- ve.ie-il lee deputations againsi the pro- posal to remove- the School Board offices from Cedar Cottage p. Fraser Avenue, near the Municipal Hall. Mr Clement, president "i lhe- Wesl Collingwood District Improvement \ ii lation, presented a resolution passed by the association the pre vious evening, which was also sup ported by ths Cedar Collage- Improve mem Association. Tin- resolution protested, on behalf ol the ratepayers against thc removal oi the School Board offices on the ground thai Ce-I ���lar (.'"Hag.- i\;is the more central, ami also thai mcfa a procedure is il-1 legal. Urging thai tin- centre ���>( the School population was Cedar Collage-, which, wilh C'ellingw 1, represented at least fifty per cent, eif ihe number e.f ichool children, and forty one out of 85 of the teaching staff, Councillor Spencer Robinson submitted a table of six reasons why thc Board should not build offices at South Hill, these being in effect thc same arguments as were adduced by him at thc last meeting of thc Council. Messrs. Clement, representing the West Collingwood Ratepayers' Associations C. F. Broadhurst, of the Cedar Cottage District Ratepayers' Association, and others substantiated Mr. Robinson's views. The argument brought forward by the trustees was that much of the financial business of the Board necessitated the attention of the Council, and Mr. J. B. Springford, the clerk, said it was essential that the offices of the municipality and School Board be close together. Mr. C. F. Broadhurst and other members of the deputation endorsed the remarks of Mr. Robinson. Mr. J. C. McArthur, in the absence of the chairman of the School Board, Mr. Whelpton, assured the deputation that thc Board would give serious consideration to the arguments submitted. They had no wish to do anything illegal, and if the offices could not be moved legally they would not be moved from Cedar Cottage. Trustee R. H. Neelands said the reasons which actuated him in supporting the proposed new building were, briefly, that it was desirable to have the school playgrounds as large as possible, and not to put any more buildings thereon; and as the work of the School Board was closely allied with the work of the municipality it was advisable for thc offices to bc near the Municipal Hall. Thc West Collingwood deputation asked what was to bc done in regard to a two-room school for infants on lhe West Collingwood site. Mr. Michlcmorc said thc Hoard had inspected thc two cottages which it hail been suggested should be converted into a school room, and had conn- !������ lhe conclusion that they were nol suitable. Mr. Robinson said llierc was about $1,000 left from lh.- ..bl bylaw, and he suggested tin- Board should consider whether a new two room school could not be bull) ai Wesl Colllngw I be- foil- ihe- uinter lets in. Tenders Numerous tenders wore received for dealing s.l I littS, anil tin- e-e.n trails were awarded as follows ; I'd- ris Reiael site- clearing, Missis Mc Kay ami Donaldson Hi-..lifers ,u $700; Ferguson Road sile, Messrs. \\'. Williams & Co., iii $975; Mackenzie ad eliiion to sei I grounds, Messrs. W. Williams & Co. at $.'-.0. The- Contracts for clearing the grounds of Sir Wm Van Home and Lord Selkirk schools were awarded to Mr. A. C. McDonald at thc rate of $7 per day per team, and to Messrs. Hall & Bowyer for clearing the grounds of Waller Moberly school at thc rate of $7.25 per team, eight hours to constitute a day's work. Mr. W. H. Tyrell was appointed to the position of superintendent of grading school grounds at a salary of $100 a month. Mr. R. H. Sperling Goes to London Mr. R. H. Sperling, general manager of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company, and his wife, left for London on Thursday evening. Mr. Sperling will be away for thc remainder of the year, and while in London he will confer with the board of directors on matters affecting the company's interests in this part of the world. During his absence Mr. G. R. G. Conway, acting general manager, will be in charge of the negotiations with thc several municipalities. Westminster Road Improvement An appeal was made at a meeting the other night of the Westminster Road Improvement Association that all interested in the prosperity of the thoroughfare should not cease their efforts to secure thc improvement and widening of the road, even though their endeavors were so near fruition. Fifty-one per cent, of the property owners had signed, but it was good to show the goodwill of all the ratepayers in the district to the proposal. Total to date $395.45 Councillor Campbell said he was in favor of the suggestion of the Health Officer, but thc Council had not the money. The report was adopted and the officer instructed to bring the matter of thc provision of an incinerator forward at a later date. . LOCAL JOTTINGS Mr. McClcary has been granted permission to use the Municipal Wharf for loading and discharging scows. * * �� Tuesday and Wednesday were Municipal pay days for the fifteen days ending July 31, and $50,000 was paid out in wages for road improvements and waterworks. * * * Mr. E. E. Thurreson, plumbing inspector, did a record day's work on Monday, Eighteen applications for permits to install plumbing were received, and 53 notices to inspect plumbing. * * * Thc Smith Vancouver Football League are forming four or five teams for a cup competition in South Vancouver, There will bc a South Hill team selected to join thc City League in thc near future. * er * On Tuesday the work of clearing ihe Municipal recreation grounds was commenced, at a cost ot $1,000. Tin- brush will be burned, when rain falls, under the supervision of the fire department. �� * * Wiring Inspector Morris slarted another busy week on Monday when IX pel mils were issued. For tin- year ending August 1. 3,01)0 wiring permits were issued, and during the i nli of July, 274. * * * The Fraser Avenue cars connnenc ed on Monday to run Ihrough the cily io Robson Sin-ei, via Richards Slreel. Winn Hastings Street is opened for traffic the cars will run via Cainbic Street lo Robson and return by way of Richards S'reet. * ��� ��� On Wednesday thc police found a big. heavy dray horse, a light bay, wilh four white legs, straying on Page Road. The horse was taken to the municipal pound, where it will be kept until claimed by thc owner. �� �� * On Sunday a man named McNutt was removed from his home on the corner of Nanaimo Road and Twenty-third Avenue to the Provincial Asylum for the Insane at New Westminster. Dr. Buller of Central Park certified that the man was insane. * * * The tent hospital for infectious cases, ordered by the Council on Monday to be erected, was taken to its destination on Thursday, and will now be available for use. This is the first hospital erected in South Vancouver, and it will bc interesting to watch its development. �� * e�� The regular monthly meeting of the Rupert Street Improvement Association was held the other evening in F. Clement's office, Rupert Street. A deputation was appointed to wait on the School Board to protest against the removal of the Board's office from Cedar Cottage to the Municipal Hall grounds. Another committee was appointed to act with the municipal engineer in meeting the B. C. Electric Railway regarding the lowering of the bridge over Rupert Street, as the street is to be regrad- cd and widened. REOPENING OF AVENUE Next Monday evening, August 12, the Avenue Theatre will reopen its doors after a close of feiur weeks. This hael become absolutely necessary tei afford time for much-needed alterations and additions, which are now practically completed, and the patrons 'ef this popular playhouse | will be both pleased and astonished at iln- transformation that has been wrought in this short perioel. The entrance lobby has been doubled in size-, and the handsome marquise ex- lended tei cover same. An entirely new box-office has been built, taking the place of the old balcony exit. Two sets of double doors give access to the foyer, and here a pleasant surprise awaits one; in place of the old, narrow and tortuous approach to the balcony, the architect has provided a handsome marble staircase, rising from thc centre of thc foyer. Immediately under this will be feeiiud the cloakroom. Both lobby and foyer are paved in a handsome pattern of tcrrazo and brilliantly lighted. To the left of the entrance door and just in the rear of the box-office will be found the staircase leading down to the gentlemen's lavatories and smoking-room. From the foyer there arc three distinct entrances to lhe auditorium, making, when all doors are thrown open, seven large exits, rendering thc Avenue undoubtedly the safest theatre in the city. Thc patron will quickly notice thc rearrangement of scats on the lower floor; the pitch has been materially increased, and as the stage opening has been materially widened, every scat, it is confidently asserted, is a good seat. The seating arrangements in the balcony have also been entirely changed, every seat there having an uninterrupted view of the stage; nor has the top gallery been neglected. A great deal of work has also been done on the stage and dressing-rooms, which while not directly visible to thc auditor, will enure to his or her benefit in smoother and more finished productions. The piece with which thc Lawrence Stock Company will renew their acquaintance with Vancouver theatregoers is that greatest of all Paul Armstrong's many successes, "Alias Jimmy Valentine." Mr. Lawrence was most fortunate in securing this great play for the reopening. It will be admirably cast and mounted and will bc in actual fact a Broadway show at popular prices. Messrs. Lawrence and Sandusky have put in a large part of their time during thc lay-off in securing and arranging for thc nights to some of the greatest successes of recent seasons and never before released for stock. This is going to be a banner season at the Avenue, and friends and patrons arc earnestly advised to book their permanent reservations for the entire season at as early a date as possible. Get the Avenue habit. "So you say you're an old-time sailor. Did you ever have any accidents while at sea?" "Once, mum. I dropped a bowl of soup in an old lady's lap." is regarded by many as bis masterpiece, with Ireland's great-poet as the central figure. Next week he will bc seen in a magnificent product ion ��� if Boucicault's greatest play "Thc I Shaughraun." After Mr. Mack's engagement is ended the regular stock season of the Empress will be inaugurated, when the company will be seen as heretofore in the latest and best dramatic successes, wilh a change eif bill weekly. Il certainly speaks will for Mr. Sanford's managerial ability when it is recalled that the Empress Theatre has never closed its doors since it was opened as a play house ...ver four years ago. Ils success has hi-en phenomenal, all owing lo the experience and judgment of Mr. Sam feerd, who was born and brought up in thc theatre in the Eastern Slates. Greene & Merkley UNDERTAKERS fl Mortuary and Service Chapel 305 Pender St. W. Day or Night Phone : Sey. 340 VANCOUVER EXHIBITION The Exhibition grounds at Hastings I'ark presented a busy scene this week when thc many entries were being received, while the harness horses were in daily practice, con- ditieuiing for thc different events in which they are entered. The entry list for the dog section is also well filled, and includes many of the best dogs from many well-known kennels. This is the first time that a show in Canada has been held under American Kennel Club rules, which was granted in order to draw large entries from across the border, and also to enable fanciers to obtain more championships in a year for their dogs. Whether this action will meet with success remains to bc seen. Many running and draught horses arc already in their stalls, and five have already arrived from Mr. McCoy, of Oregon. The cattle department will be finite a feature, and the dairy cows quite an interesting lot. The dairy cattle appearing in any of these classes must have been examined for tuberculosis within the previous 12 months. The Exhibition will be opened by Mayor Findlay, and he will be assisted by Mr. McBride, of Victoria. An entirely new building has been erected for dogs, and the entries for poultry arc over one thousand. Show horses are well to thc fore. Mr. Laidlaw, of Spokane, will be on hand with eight handsome horses, four of which are from England. Mr. Laidlaw is a well-known horseman, and his animals are certain to attracl special attention. Mr. H.mlcrson, of Victoria, will have a large string, and Miss Winnifrcd Henderson, his daughter, will show a handsome pony 38 inches high. There will be free vaudeville shows, and no less than $650,000 worth of .automobiles will bc on exhibition in a special building. IF YOU WANT GOOD Slid: REPAIRING, TRY A. ROSS & CO. 3210 Main Street, near 16th Avcn Toronto Furniture Company Furnish Houses at Very Modct.t- Priccs Call and See M. H. COWAN, Proprietor 3336 MAIN STREET Phone : Fairmont 1660 CEDAR COTTAGE FUEL SUPPLY For Coal and Wood Phone Fair. 404 Order Office : 3418 Commer. ial Street, Cedar Cottage (Adjoining car terminus) Terms Cash Melrose Nursing Home Special attention given to Maternity cases. Terms moderate. Mrs. Edgerton 825 25th Ave. East���Phone : Fair. 987 EMPRESS THEATRE Andrew Mack is now in thc fifth week of his starring engagement at the Empress Theatre. Andrew Mack is an Irish actor who stands unrivalled in his particular line, and his delightful plays, only presented by himself, render his season doubly attractive. He Is one of thc finest actors and possesses a rare tenor voice. He has made the biggest hit ever recorded by any actor who has visited Vancouver. "Arrah-Na- Pogue" will live long in our memory. "Tom Moore," this week's piece, Nurses' Home for South Vancouver Thc new home for the accommodation of nurses in connection with the Victorian Order was opened on Thursday afternoon with a reception on thc premises in Fraser Avenue. Unfortunately the weather was not very propitious, but this did not deter those who take a real interest in Ihis beneficent work from attending. Foremost among these is Mrs. Dickie j and her co-workers, tei whom credit j is due for having prevailed upon the Municipal Council to make a grant which put the committee in a position j to secure a home. Many articles of i furniture and other useful articles have been contributed, and every en- ��� couragement is being given in the i work. South Vancouver Dairy 4005 Fraser Street GOOD MILK GOOD SERVICE Ernest D. L. Maxwell EXPERT PIANO TUNER Specialties : Player Pianos, Repairs, Ton: Regulating 164 BROADWAY WEST, VANCOUVEK Phone : Fairmont 1125 WEBB SHOE CO. FOR GOOD SHOE REPAIRS You'll say so, if you try us. 25th and MAIN 8TREET Legal Advice for Police Last week Ihe police raised a pi test against being left without b -. 1 aid in the framing of charges ami - conduct of c.-ses coming before M istrate McArthur. This week anotl case cropped up in which legal el was desired by the police, bul which no fund was available-, i Jackson, seioncr than the case sli collapse for lack of a lawyer, en gaged one, and paid the cost out ei his own pocket. This appears rather hard upon Chief Jackson. VANCOUVER Special Rates by Rail and Steamer August 10 to 17, 1912 MOTOR SHOWS INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITS SPECIAL MINING DISPLAY BLOODED STOCK HORSE SHOW DOG SHOW CAT SHOW 33 HARNESS RACES��� 21 SADDLE RACES MOTORCYCLE RACES Grand Fireworks Display every night, "The Conquest of Mexico" 7 BIG DAYS BRIMFUL OF FUN AND AMUSEMENT See the Big Midway H. S. ROLSTON, Gen. Mgr. . mm SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1912 GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK THREE YOUR RENT MONEY Will BUY you a home under our easy-payment plan. Small casb payment, balance easy monthly instalments; no mortgage to assume. Our houses are fully modern, artistically designed, and close to car- line, school and stores. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT A Savings Account may be opened with any amount from $'..00 upward. We pay 4 per cent., credited quarterly. Each depositor is furnished with a check book, in a handsome seal-grain leather lover, and is privileged t j issu: checks against his or her account. Get into the habit of paying all your household bills by cheque. It is the safest way. Bankers Trust Corporation Ltd. 166 Hastings St. West RACES! RACES! The Summer Season of Racing is now under way at MINORU PARK Special trains leave over B. C. Electric double- track system from Granville Station at 12.30, 1 o'clock, 1.30 and 2 o'clock. Seven Running Races Daily Over 400 of the best horses ever brought to British Columbia to be seen under silk. Admisson including Round Trip Tram Tickets $1.25 Gladstone Hotel First Class Wines, Liquors and Cigars H. G. BROWN, Proprietor Plan Your Eastern Excursion OVER THE Canadian Pacific Railway THE SCENIC ROUTE OF AMERICA Special low Round-trip Tickets on sale to all points East on various dates during the Summer months. For a most delightful trip during the warm weather take a trip on the new fast SS. Princess Patricia Now making two trips daily between Vancouver and Nanaimo. For rates, reservations, and further information apply to : C. MILLARD, Depot Ticket Agent, Vancouver. J. MOE, C. P. A., 434 Hastings St., Vancouver. H. W. BRODIE, Gen. Pass. Agent, Vancouver. Vancouver Brokerage Ltd. REAL ESTATE AND FINANCIAL AGENTS Fifth Floor Holden Building, Vancouver B. C. Phones : Seymour 4245 and 9167 GOOD BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE Homes built to suit purchasers, on easy terms AGREEMENTS FOR SALE PURCHASED Road Work and Its Cost The Municipal liejard of Works had a busy day on Saturday, and at thc afternoon meeting several matters cef special import were dealt with. Municipal Engineer's Report Mr. W. A. Clement, engineer, submitted a repeert in which he recommended that plank walk-, be laid on various streets at a cost e,f $1KII1. Westminster Road and Knight Street The following is a copy oi a letter received from the Engineer of Vancouver, with reference lei constructing a concrete- culvert at lhe inter section e,f Westminster Komi and Knight Street, i would recommend that thc municipality of South Vancouver join with Ihe Cily of Van couver in the construction of thc culvert, and lhat ihe City of Vancouver be permitted lee earry out the work and bill ihis municipality wilh its share -if the cost : Dear Sir,��� In connection with the permanent pavement of Westminster Road, from 15th Avenue to Knight ��� Road, ii will be- necessary for the 'City to reconstruct the culvert across | Westminster Road, just west of [ Knight Road, and in deiing this I > consider it would be aelvisable to j straighten out the ceiurse of this cul vert, providing yeeur Board would agree i'i paying the cost of a permanent culvert where it creisses South I Vancouver property. I am enclosing j herewith a small sketch plan showing I the present course of this culvert and j the proposed course of the new culvert, from which you will see that about sixty feet of this culvert conies within thc limits of South Vancouver. It is proposed tei build a culvert four feet wide by three feet high at an estimated cosl of about $7.51) per lineal foot, which would mean a cost to your municipality eif about $450.(X). I understand your Hoard are considering the permanent paving e,f Westminster Reiad in the near future, when it will be necessary to carry cmt this work. 1 shall be glad if you can see your way to join with the City in carrying out this desirable improvement at the present time. As the contractors are now at work on this street, I should esteem il a special favor if this matter could be brought before your Hoard tomorrow afternoon, in order that the construction may not be delayed. Yours truly, I*. L. h'ELLOWES, Supervising City Engineer. Per. C. Hrekinridgc THE "CHINOOK" GARDENING GUIDE Border Carnations There are many types e,f carnations seetnc ot which are suitable for hardy garden culture, and rubers that must In- grown under glass. In the latter I category come the handsome and .showy perpetual flowering varieties and Ihe Malmaison clas-. iln- may j indeed In- planted outdoors eluring, iln- summer, but musl In- wintered in i greenhouse Tin- garden carnations have nol lhe size ��� <l" Ibewe-r e.i the pel petuals "i the- Malmaiaoni; still, in every other respect they are their equal Although the bloomi are much smaller, Ihey are ye-t large -neiugh ie, make striking and beauu inl Clumps in the mixed border; whilst, so far as coloring is concern -el, salmony pinks, pure heliotropes bar yellows ami all the- choice ihades are now obtainable, Tin- i��� > 1 iage, too, i- similar 1���� ilu- larger growing, indoor pinks, but items are {tenderer and leaves smaller. Outdoor Border Carnations Included in outdoor border carna- tieins, tin- ordinary person places doves, picotees and Margaret carnations. The carnation proper has the most lovely colorings, and its list of varieties runs into hundreds. The chive is more robust, the foliage is of stronger and larger habit, and the flowers themselves are a irille bigger than mosl carnations. The clove ia particularly famous for its sweet and powerful scent. Picoteel are- vigorous plants, their noteworthy feature being the picotec margins : upon the flowet leaves. Margarel Fire Brigade Work Chief Wand Goes to Los Angeles to Meet Fire Fighters. l-'ire Chief Wand re|,.,rteel tei the Eire Committee em 'Saturday 'hat ,ix fires hael been attended by the eiig.iele eluring iln- pas) fortnight, ami lamage to iln amount of aboul $2,1X1(1 had been done. An alarm e i fire wa- given lee Ne. I In. Hall at .' 10 a in . f.,r a lire .n II ,j '-'��� ..I Mam and -H'tl Avenue, in the hardware store ol Messrs Towc Brothers. The bnihl ng wa- all ablaze- when ihe- alarm hum gi\e-n. Two streams e,f water ore- u-,,.1 |e, subdue tin M' .lllfl sltr rounding property. The hydranl iressun wai about 75 Ihi t'i the iquarc inch "" ke nozzle. On July 20 an alarm wa- turned ,n to S'oa. .1 ami 4 Fire Malls, al '.4; im., ieer a ire in tlu- residence "f Mr. McCuaig, on the corner "i Ty ion Road and Bodwell Si r.i-t The Department used two line- of hose it ihis Tire-. The- basement was gut- of the Terminal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Howe Sound Route ������. BARAMBA leaves Evans & Ciltman'i lock every Monday .. 9:15 a.m. Friday .. Tuesday . 9:15 a.m. Saturday Wednes. .. 9:15 a.m. Sunday Thursday . 9:15 a.m. o- Bowen Islan !. Anvil Island Slate anel Squan.i h. ���trivial back in ouver about 7:15 p.m. every cveniag. Meals served on board. 50 cents. Fare to Bowen Island. 50 cents each way. tpttitl excursion tickets, good lor day ol ssue only, Si 00 round trip. 9:15 a.m. 9:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Britannia Van- not mm this trip, the ted and pan ol the ir house. Damage, $(500.00, The- Chief recommended : Thai a nevv wheel feir No. 1 ''hem ical be- purchased as one of the- wheels hail been repaired, ami wai liable lo collapse at any moment That .,iie oi iln- present Captain- be given thc title e,f Assistant Chief, j to as-i-t Ihe Chief if necessary at fires, anil while he was absent from ilu- Municipality. Captain Eberhardt, of No. 1 Eire j Hall requested iln- payment of $10.00, fe.r the use ..f Mr. Latta's automobile Tourists should inest on the coast. ss. BRITANNIA leaves Evani & Cole- nans dock evcty Mon-lay .. 9:15 a.m. Thursday . 9:15 a.m. Tuesday .. 9:15 a.m. Friday .. 9:15 a.m. Mttlntt. . . 9:15 a.m. ' or Great Northern Cannerv, Caulfields Land- nf{. Fisherman's Bay. Porteau, Britannia di-ieh, Squamish. Newport. Mill Creek: ar- ' iving back in Vancouver about 5:30 p.m. On Saturday and Sunday the Britannia vill only go as lar as Bowen Island, making hree roun.I trips to Bowen Island on Satur- !ay. leaving Vancouver at 9:15 a.m., 2 p.m., ind 6:30 p.m.. last trip leaving Bowen I��- and at 8:15 p.m. During camping season the Britannia eaves Evans eSr Coleman's dock every Monday . 6:30 p.m. Saturday . 6:30 p.m. Wednes. .. 6:30 p.m. Sunday .. 6:30 p.m. Thursday . 6:30 p.m. or Bowen Islanl and way points. leaving 3owen Island lor Vancouver every Monday Tuesday 6:30 a.m. 6:30 a.m. Thursday Friday . . 6:30 a.m. 6:30 a.m. are nicely perfumed and I'�� **he the chemical engine to Vivian blooms. Their principal l<":"1 vnl1' '""r firemen, Petitions for Road Improvements A large deputation from Knight Road asked that the Council proceed at once to make a (j6-foot road from Fifteenth Avenue tee Thirty-fourth Avenue, with a view eventually of an eSO-feieit road. A contract has just been let for a 45-foot road, and Councillor Robinson suggested that thc contractor would probably carry out the extra widening at the same price. Thc contractor was afterwards Interviewed and agreed to thc suggestion. Councillor Elliott pointed out that the telephone company was at present putting up poles, allowing for only a 43-foot road, and the engineer was instructed to communicate with the company at once, informing them of the Council's intention to make an 80-foot road eventually. Councillor Third suggested that the deputation sheiuld consider whether it would not be advisable, in view of the probability of a car line along Knight Road very shortly, to leave the rocking of thc road until the car tracks have been laid, and in the meantime a plank road would be laid. The deputation agreed to bring the matter before the next meeting of the Knight Reiad Association, on condition that the road-widening proceed at once. It was also stated that thc deputation had ready tei hand over to the Council the necessary deeds for a 66-foot road, and they were prepared to hand over deeds for an 80-foot road as soon as the Council was ready te> do the work- Motor Cars and Dusty Roads Apropos of a recent statement in the "Globe" that cattle wcre being made sick in some parts of Ontario by the clouds of dust scattered by passing motor cars, the "Ottawa Journal" makes an excellent suggestion, 'There is no need for elust," says the "Journal." "Some residents of the Ayliuer R'ead have been putting a little oil occasionally em a quarter of a mile of the road. Motor cars come along, raising a cloud of dust ami trailing it behind them half a mile, and reach the oiled bit eif road���and the dust stops short as if cut off by a knife. Of course it costs the residents something, but why should it? The motor cars shouhl pay." Why should the motor cars not pay? Some time ago it was proposed by certain broad-minded motorists in Toronto that a special tax should bc levied on motor owners throughout the Province for the maintenance in part of the good roads that are now being built over wide stretches of country, and that will be ripped to pieces in a very short time by powerful touring cars whirling over them at high rates of speed. Constant repairing will be required under any circumstances, but there would bc much less rapid disintegration of the roads were they kept weil oiled. If the motorists as a class are unwilling to pay for the upkeep of the roads they would at all events be well repaid for any money spent in oiling the main roads of the Province by the resultant freedom from dust. Toronto sprinkles many miles of macadam roads every year, and finds that it pays to do so. The farmers along the more frequented main roads of the Province would be much less hostile to the motorist were he to Hash past unaccompanied by a cloud of dust that obscures thc road and injures every growing thing within its range. Who will lead the owners of motor cars in the direction of dust- less roads? Ribbon velvets, in all colors are a marked feature of the summer costume. carry sizable DIOOms. 1 Heir | merit, however, is thai they flower within several memths of the elate- when the lirst leaves show above the soil; so if raised in heat during Eeb- ruary, ami bedded out in due season, the plants will be in full bloom by August. Then there are otld varieties of the great pink family. The following are among the must easy to grow of all the groups before mentioned : Excelsior, Her Majesty, Mrs. Sinkins. Progress, and Sam i Harlow. These kinds are besl pree- pagated by root division during the j spring. Tricky to Grow Carnations are supposed I" be "tricky" things to greew. In cold and wet seiils they cannot bc treated as a hardy and robust perennial. Hut. they can be grown successfully even ill heavy ground. The sites f..r border carnations must be light and open, and free from se.il pests. Given these conditions, lovely pinks are a certainly. Let us consider how success may be attained in a heavy, sticky border. To start with, elig deep anil wide holes for the reception of plains or cutting*, Remove the soil from the openings. Line the bottom of the holes with a half-inch layer of "Vaporite," or other insecticide. The excavated mould should then have coarse sand, line gravel. or "pure" road grit mixed into it, together with some "Vaporite." Return the soil, and you may plant carnations without fear. Layering We have just described how to make new planting in heavy ground. Now, layering is one method of propagation. The sole advantage layering has over cuttings is that a layer layered early in autumn will flower freely the following summer, whereas slips take quite eighteen months before they are strong enough tee carry a full number of blooms. The manner eif preparing slips is to select the young shoots, make a cut a little below a joint and half-way through that eye, and strip the foliage from the portion of the shoot tei go beneath the surface. I'lant the cuttings several inches apart, and two inches down. Let the base of thc slip rest upon the bottom of its hole, and firm the soil about thc neck of the future plant. Tei layer a carnation it may lirst be necessary to dig "Vaporite" and sand or gravel into the toil around the parent plant. A layer is "a cut- ling not .separated from the parent .plant until it has pul out meets for jits own rapport" It is Immaterial ! how many stems per plant are- laid down, or how lengthy they are The portion tee be buried might I', be ���tripped. The cut shouhl bc made lowards lhe top of the stem, ami mi the underside, see that the- wound shall be three inches beneath the soil. Make Ihe cut as with a culling commencing beyond one joint finishing half through the next An important point when pegging down the wounded stem into the ground is to keep the wound open; for if it closes root hairs cannot be emitted. A small stone between the tongue��� the cut piece of stem���and the stem will serve the purpose. Transplanting might be done during April Of May. When we are asked tor thc chief points in carnation culture around their flowering season wc answer : Stake and tie the flower stems, prevent the calyxes from breaking, protect from insect foes, and disbud. Each stem of buds must be separately staked and tied. Nothing mars the appearance of a clump more than tying many stems by an outer circle of sticks. Each stem ought to be tied in three places. Secondly, it is a great disfigurement to see part of a bloom bursting through the calyx ���the outside covering or cup of thc flower. This may he prevented by placing a small rubber ring around the blooms, and shortly before these blooms arc about to expand. The rubber bands should come just beneath the Mower leaves of a fully- opened bloom. Thirdly, green fly and cuckoo spit can be got rid of as advised from time to time in these articles. Slugs and snails may be destroyed by some such preparation as "Slugenc"; while a circle of "Slu- gene" around the clumps will effectively defend them from these pests, which protection will need renewing occasionally. Earwigs, also, may have to be trapped and killed. Fourthly, disbudding for exhibiting means one bud only to each stalk; but, for garden decoration and cutting for the vases, between three and six flowers per stem may be allowed to develop. nd tin ier vices e.f an automobile le. take the hose reel to 47th and Stevens Road, one inilc-and a -half, as n����� hose was available at the time to cover this distance. Captain kingre.se of No, 4 Hall -larie-ei on his holidays August I, anel Fireman Jenkins replaced the Captain eluring that time. Ile re greted the resignation of Relief Captain Price. Fireman Grey temk of fice in his place as relief captain. The Vancouver Rubber Companj reported the goods In transit f. >r the Fire Department as being destroyed in a wreck on the C. P. K��� and the eirelcr had to be duplicated as a rush order, Having trie-el an alarm k"'"w on No. 1 Fire Hall, and finding ii eliel neet answer the purpose required the Chief ��as eii opinion thai a church bell was all that could In- utilized for alarm purposes in Collingwood. and that would be- too expensive at the present time. Mr. Wand reported In received an invitation tei attend the twentieth annual convention of the Pacific Coast Fire Convention at 1."- Angeles from September () i" 15, and he was granted $100 toward the cost I ol attending the convention, lie was also empowered to appoint an assist ant chief from among the captains. to act eluring his absence. arriving in Vancouver at 8 a.m. Sailings Subject to Change Without Notice iVANS, COLEMAN & EVANS, LTD., AGENTS Evans & Coleman's Dock Phone : Seymour 29S8 North Arm Steamship Company Limited ROUND TRIP SI.00 Meals and Afternoon lea Served on Board till Bj^o3 ��l I TUT. S.S. SKEENA The large, comlortable stern-wheel steamer refitteel entirely for ihis run will make a DAILY TRIP to TIUC NORTH ARM, Burrard Inlet on week days (except Saturdays) at 9.15 a.m., Saturdays, at 2.30 p.m.; Sun- elays, at 10.30 a.m., calling at Roslyn Fark, Lake Huntzen and Inelian River I'atk, arriving back in Vancouver at about 6 30 p.m. Steamers sail from Ferry land���Foot of Main Street. Commercial Drive and Commercial Street A deputation from Commercial street asked thai lhe council '.pen up the I! C Electric Railway track between Commercial Drive anil Commercial Street si i as to make a continuous thoroughfare from Cedar Cottage to the city. It was pointed out thai the City Council is opening up an 80-foot roadway t" Sixteenth Avenue along Commercial Dri\e. ami it the B. C. E. R. track was opened up the same width il would be a great improve-1 Splendid bungalow, on beautiful lot SPECIAL ment, It wai decid company, notifying I l.e write to thc ! dose it of the Coun- oil's intention to make a roadway through from Commercial Drive to Commercial Street. A representative- from lhe Rupert Street association stated that 911 per cent of the property owners were willing to give thc laud ucec-sary for an 80-foot roadway, and In- askeel that an appropriation be made tn carry ..ut lhe work. The question was poit poned till i later Council meeting Mr Robert McBride wre.tc reminding ihe Council thai the) hail "partly agreed" i" ..pen up a roadway from Rivei Re.ael weal through to the City via Cambie Street bridge-, on condi tion thai the C. P. R Hu> a righi m wa) Mr McBride pointed mn thai the eompany had often .1 a ngln "f way e.ver Columbia Avenue, anel ilu residents in ihe River Road ��� 11-1rict . now askeel lhat ilu- thoroughfan be opened up before ilu- rain) and ietl in The C U icillor for the anil Ihe Engine r were requei look nilo the matter. Mr Robert Nisbel asked thai tub division of Block 5. D. 1. 7.15. he opened up as Soon a- possible, m fail ing. that Fifty-sixth Avenue (No. 2 roadi could be opened from Victoria Reiad west. He pointed out that D, L. 736 is the only section mi Fifty- sixth avenue that is met subdivided,, and he stated that thc owner. Mr. Ercmlin. is willing to gh e a deed for the necessary road allowance of 66 feet. If this was done, Mr. Nisbet said it would enable the municipality to have a reiad from the west boundary to the cast boundary. The matter was deferred until thc owner of D. L. 736 had handed over to thc Council the necessary deed evanl ' eel to to Main Street. $100 cash secures. Balance very easy. D. W. Grimmett 3324 Main Street, Hillcrest Judiciously Spent Money is That Put In Homes Because dollar lor dollar we do not believe there ih anything elte on earth that brings the same pleasure at a home And again, by investing right here in votir home community you are dealing in values you understand, and with people you know; hence the risk of loss is completely eliminated. What you don't know about lumber we are here to teli you. and we may be able to help you avoid many of the mistakes that are frequently made in the selection of lumber unsuited for different purposes. Some lumber is O. K. (or outside uses, and not worth a cent for interior finish, and vice versa. We know just what is best for most purposes, and have it in stock to show you. Drop in and let's talk it over. 'There's No Place Like Home' I Indemnity Reduced for Non- attendance Councillor S. Robinson entered a protest at Monday's Finance Committee against the action of Commissioner Crenan, who had deducted $50 from Mr. Robinson's indemnity on account of his absence from several Council meetings, "Why." protested Mr. Robinson, "am I treated differently from other members of the Council? If I am penalized for being absent, why not they?" He explained that it was not for the sake of the $50 he protested, but on principle. The incident did not evoke discussion. McGibbon Hodgson Lumber Company CEDAR COTTAGE Phone : F��ir. 1659 IF YOU ARE SICK, CALL ON Ernest Shaw, D.C. (Doctor of Chiropratic) 250 22nd Avenue East, close to Main Street Hours : 1.30 till 6. Consultation free Chiropractic succeeds where medicine fails. For all complaints, whether The numher permitted to remain will depend upon the strength of the particular stem and the constitution of the plant; and whether the plant has heen recently fed with artificial or acute or chronic, Chiropractic is just natural fertiliser. the thing. ""** \m\\\m%%%%%\%\m\*\\\WiW FOUR GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1912 TJ^uve^CHINOOIC PUBLISHED Every Saturday by the Greater Vancouver Publishers Limittd. HEAD OFFICE : Corner Thirtieth Avenue and Main Street. South Vancouver. B. C. George M. Murray. President and Managing Director. Herbert A. Stein, Vice-Prcrident and Managing Editor. John Jackson. Mechanical Superintendent. TELEPHONE : All departments Fairmont U74 SUBSCRIPTION RATES : To all pointej in Canada, United Kingdom, Newloundland, New Zealand, and other British Possessions : One Year ��2 ��0 Sn Months 100 Three Months s0 Postage to American, European and other Foreign Countries, tl.00 per year extra. TO CORRESPONDENTS: We will not print anonymoi ��� ''"era, though inviting communications on current events, to be published over the writer's signature. 77//; LAXD WE LIVE IX EACH season has its peculiar charms. At this season, when the year is rounding into the rich fulness of autumn, and when the communities on the Pacific seaboard are husbanding Iheir energies for dealing with the annual increase of business which follows the ingathering of the Canadian harvest, the guodllness of Canada as a land lo live in is self-evident. The crops are ripening on the broad prairies and savannahs of thc north and middle west. Nearer home the orchards are bending beneath their loads of fruit; the river, in its widencss, has something of the majesty of the mountains among which it was born and of the deep canyons that marked its later course. Burrard Inlet is witness to the might of the ocean whose ceaseless tides have worn it in the rocks at the feet of the swelling uplands. Stanley Park, with its miles of forest beauty, lies at the door, and English Bay, lipping its sandy beaches, shows Nature in milder mood. No wonder the West is strong in imperialism, or that South Vancouver should be the Mecca of immigrants, alike from thc East and from the Old Country. "Doth not the same sun warm us and them," there and here, thc same traditions nourish us, the same aims and ideals inspire and nerve us to effort, support us in all our enterprises and undertakings? The seasons of the circling year bring us, each one in its turn, a similar guerdon of natural beauties, similar testimony to beneficence in Nature; and why should it not be with mingled regret and pride that we recognize that at the present stage in human affairs, in the changing round of world politics, when the paans of peace alternate with the alarums of war, Canada's growing greatness "floats," as Earl Grey has said, "on the British fleet?" British Columbia has been richly dowered with natural beauty. There is a proverb that runs : "The morning has gold in its mouth." But it is only when one rises before the sun and watches the purple eastern sky fade to cold gray, and then warm with the crimson glow at the horizon which means a new day, that one realizes the full beauty of the saying. In sickness or in health; when the tides of industry and commerce are at their flow, or when in easeful moments of relaxation they arc at ebb; when the web of individual experience is woven of brilliant colors, or when it runs off into lhe dull and gray, thc hills tell out to the toilers of the lowlands their never tiresome message of endurance, permanence, and power. They stand conspicuous emblems of vast natural forces held in a repose that is almost sublime. The preacher may point to them as rebuking and forbidding inordinate selfishness, ambition and pride, as witnesses to the littleness of man. Men, nations, empires, and races have risen and fallen, while the mountains stood. Nor are the mountains of British Columbia all frown and might and menace. The snows that crown them carry life and sustenance to the lands below. The pines that clad their slopes are alive with the mejvement and the music of the whispering winds. Every wood wanderer knows that a whole orchestra of soft music plays all the long summer day. The magic and mystery of foresf and mountain, of lake and stream and sea arc near neighbors to the cosiness of homestead! in British Columbia, lu Greater Vancouver thc householder may leave home, or store, or mart, and by the expenditure of a few cents transport himself to scenes of natural beauty of the finest. Who that ever visited Capilano Canyon, for example, grudged the cost of the geiing, or failed to form the purpose of repeating the visit? Vet Ihe waters of the Capilano minister to thc domestic needs of the people. Who, looking around him, does neet feel the heart glow with hive for lhe land vc live in? INCORPORATION "Till', question of the annexation of the Municipality of Si,uih Vancouver lo tlie City of Vancouver is not a burning question these ilays. Residents of the municipality wait in vain to bc shown what substantial benefits, if any, would accrue to South Vancouver from immediate absorption in Vancouver. The advocates eif annexation, so far as advoc-.cy is heard, are content to "stand pat" by the letter of the law, so to speak, and to insist that the Reeve and Council stand by their bond���by the ticket on which they were elected to office. Without regard to the change in popular opinion since last election, and without recognizing the fairness of constitutional steps being taken to ascertain what the condition of the public mind is at present on this question, they demand of the Reeve and the Council their pound of flesh. There have been signs of a disposition on the part of one or two annexationists to go a little farther than this- farther in the same direction. They have stated that the present incumbents of municipal office are SO enamored of place and power that they seek to maintain the status quo because annexation would mean the extinction of the offices they hold. Thc incorporation of South Vancouver as a separate urban municipality, say those supporters of annexation, would mean not only the retention of the present Councillors in power, but would add unto their offices honors that are mayoral and aldermanic. It is to be hoped the day is distant when in any part of Greater Vancouver men who are elected to public office will be little the dignity of the position and the importance of the duties with which they are entrusted. Those who engage actively and seriously in the great work of city building may leave idle criticism and cavilling like thai to opponents whose attitude is ill-judged, or who are too timid to seek success at the polls. The Reeve and Coun cil were elected to office for the express purpose of giv ing effect to the will of the electors, not necessarily of acting on a declaration of that will as it was a year ago and which, it is contended, does not reflect the populat will as it is today. If annexationists consider the popu lar will on the question unchanged, why should they ob ject to a plebiscite being taken? Beyond these considerations the people of South Vancouver are still waiting for the advocates of annexation to bring forward one strong, reasonable, weighty argument in favr eif the course they have espoused���some sound, practical consideration, something in addition to the unpopular, unkindly pound-of-llesh argument. Residents in the various districts of South Vancouver and in the either districts of Greater Vancouver desire to see in municipal affairs, in this question of annexation versus incorporation, and in all eithers, a course followed that is conceived and is likely to prove to be for the general good. They recognize that abuse of an opponent is no argument, that adherence tei an exploded or impracticable course of procedure mi a public question of the first importance and affecting thc whole municipality is not to be commended, and lhat tenacity in such circumstances is more likely te) be mistaken for mere obstinacy than Commended and applauded as neible consistency. Consider the situation. Let it be granted that when Vancouver was little, South Vancouver was less, and that South Vancouver has grown mainly because Vancouver has grown. But that is not all. Why should it be forgotten that the meeting of the Council of South Vancouver in Vancouver City, in the days when both city anil municipality were smaller, has been discovered bul now to have landed South Vancouver in a most uncomfortable and disagreeable legal position with regard to sundry tax sales and titles to valuable properties? Let there be no bickerings and no dispute as to whether Vancouver or South Vancouver has the more ancient and more honorable ancestry : both city and municipality are too busy becoming ancestors themselves : but against Cordova Street and Water Street in the city, may be set certain well-known and established highways running through the municipality, bearing testimony to thc fact that Souj.h Vancouver and that part of Greater Vancouver reaching out to the Fraser played a part in the development of the city and district in the days of the earliest old- timers. Fairness and wisdom, not virulence, should characterize all deliberations and utterances on a question which must be settled without delay. Preparations for the extension of trade that will follow thc opening of the Panama Canal are already under way. Is South Vancouver to be dismissed by the governing authorities, Dominion and Provincial, as of no account, except as a backdoor, opening Vancouver to the Fraser, or as a rural municipality in two minds whether it should be content to be swallowed up by its bigger neighbor? Or should it require and receive consideration as a community raised by incorporation to the status of an urban municipality? In the governing of cities and districts which have had time to grow and in which ample opportunity has been had for determining the course and character of settlement and development, standing arguments may bc found in favor of such a course as annexation. Other things being equal, centralization of civic administration and control has been feiund to work well, but in Vancouver and in Greater Vancouver other things are not equal. The time is not ripe for the annexation of South Vancouver to Vancouver. In older communities conditions are established, and bounds and limits are set with more or less delinitcncss. So far from this being thc case here, the City of Vancouver is still trying to find its own centre and a suitable site for the City Hall. The right thing done at the wrong time becomes thc wrong thing. To add South Vancouver to Vancouver municipally at the present juncture would be to pile Pclion upon Ossa. Does any resident of South Vancouver seriously con sider that municipal affairs would be better administered in South Vancouver if the municipality were to become a ward or be broken into parts and handed over to two or more wards of Vancouver? If she would not gain mater ially or financially or in efficiency of administration, in what respect would she gain? If the municipality were to stand pat by the decision of last election, she would stand to lose, and that would bc sheer folly. Vancouver would get the pound of flesh that is called for���the heart of South Vancouver. With thc Pacific on the west, and its arm, the Inlet, on the north as impregnable obstacles, the tide of popula tion has set south and east. In a year or two the City of Vancouver may be in a position to hold out inducements to annexation, such as are to be found in the choice of location of public buildings, in the attainment of a high standard of efficiency in the administration of municipal affairs, and in some other respects that are equally de sirable, and at present equally absent, which will entitle her to invite and justify urban municipalities in accepting annexation. South Vancouver may at present bc "without form," but why should she voluntarily become "void," like the world before creation? Instead, let her assume the form of a civic municipality by incorporation. Letters of Meredith LET MIGHT EQUAL RIGHT IT is remarkable evidence of the strength of the law abiding instinct in lhe private citizen and of the con lidence which thc existence and the exercise of the forces .���I law and order in Canadian communities engender, that the annals of banking in Canada should contain even one episode like that of the robbery of thc Northern Crown Bank at Central Park a week or two ago. Two men, both armed, entered the bank at thc lunch hour and surprised the acting manager and a junior clerk while the latter pair, in separate rooms, were snatching a hasty lunch. Caught thus singly, with odds of two to one against them, neither of the bank officials yielded to the demand of the law-breakers. Their confidence in the power of the law, at a juncture when all the power which it was at all easy to imagine the existence of, lay in the firearms held by their robberly assailants, did not desert them. It is a tribute to the credit of the repute of Canadian bank officials, to the confidence which the administration of the law in Canada inspires in the law-abiding, and to the wholesome dread it inspires in the evildoer, that on this occasion the two robbers had come prepared to meet just such a contingency as the spirited conduct of those two officials confronted them with. Afraid to use firearms because of the noise arousing the neighborhood, the burglars had come armed with a murderous-looking piece of metal piping, which they used to put their captives beyond the power of offering immediate active re- sistence. The robbers narrowly escaped with comparatively scant booty, and at this time of writing they are still at large. An odd collection of circumstances that were more directly related to the robbery and the subsequent pursuit than they were to each other contributed materially, and, so far, effectively to the escape of the robbers. The occurrence will doubtless lead to increased precautions on the part of the authorities and to improvements in the equipment of the police department. The very fact of the reliance placed on the department by the two officials of the bank, in circumstances which demonstrated its thoroughness, must stir the authorities to endeavor to justify it. A rare glimpse into thc inner life and thought of a great man is afforded by the "Letters of George Meredith," which, since his death in 190��, have been brought together and prepared for publication by his son. Scribner'i Magazine" has secured the right of printing a selection from the letters, and lhe first instalment makes interesting reading in the August number. Not Superman He who looks fur traces of the human in the records oi the really great will find early evidence of it in these letters. Superman, in spite of all that George Bernard Shaw may say, or appear to say, in favor of his imaginary product, would be a monstreisity. Meredith was sensitive to criticism, provided it proceeded from a source which he honored and esteemed. He waits on thc pronouncement of the "Saturday Review" on his work, with a solicitous- ness which in the light of his assured eminence cannot but he flattering to hat organ of English educated opinion. Writing to his friend Captain Maxse, a Crimean veteran whe> had been naval A.D.C. to Lord Raglan, and in later life contested Southampton and Middlesex in the Liberal interest, he says : "The notices of my book arc scarce worth sending. The 'Spectator' abuses me. The 'Athenaeum' mildly pais nie on the back : thc 'Parthenon' blows a trumpet about me : the 'Saturday IV makes no sign." No need to remark that the great novelist's deepest feelings were hurt by the silence. Nor was he entirely superior to something approaching jealousy in his admiration of contemporaries. Take this remark regarding George Eliot, which he makes in the letter just quoted from : "I shall send you the first 'Corn- hill Magazine' next month. Adam Bede has a new work in it. I understand they have given her an enormous sum, eight thousand pounds, or more. Bon Dicul Will aught like this ever happen to me?" The Divine Passion But Meredith's sense of his own greatness was only growing. Possibly, however, he never did acquire indifference to criticism, never did develop thc pachydermatous hide which is the last envelopment of the body which houses a sensitive soul. Of course, being a poet, he was not immune from thc divine passion. It is in letters to a clergyman, the Rev. Thomas Jessop, that he reveals his affection for the lady who afterwards became his wife. It is plain that the passion hit him very much as it hits ordinary mortals of the male persuasion. He says, "he loves a woman as he has never yet loved, and she for the first time has let her heart escape her." This part of thc letters tell a story that most people have heard before, that the male half of humanity writes and the female half reads. Glimpses of the Great Then, there are glimpses of other great ones. Writing to Captain Maxse, Meredith says : "I return Ruskin's letter, a characteristic one. I am chiefly glad that you should be in correspondence with a man who will appreciate and stimulate you, glad too that you seem to see where he falls short, or, rather, aims blindly. It is the spirituality of Car- lyle that charms him. What he says of Tennyson I too thought in my boy's days, that is, before I began to think. Tennyson has many spiritual indications, but no philosophy, and philosophy is the palace of thought. Mill is essentially a critic; it is his heart, not his mind, which sends him feeling ahead. But he really does not touch the soul and springs of the Universe as Carlyle does. Only, when the latter attempts practical dealings he is irritable as a woman, impetuous as a tyrant. He seeks the short road to his ends; and lhe shorl road is, we know, a bloody one. He is not wise; Mill is, but Carlyle has most light when he burns calmly. Much of Ruskin's political economy will, 1 suspect, he stamped as good by posterity. He brings humanity into it. This therefore is not the political economy of our day." MUNICIPAL SOLICITOR Police Handicapped for Want of Legal Advice. An animated discussion took place at a meeting of the Police Committee of the Municipal Council on Saturday, when the question of appointing a solicitor to attend to the legal business of the Council and police was raised. It came about this way : Last week a case was tried by Magistrate McArthur in which a man was charged with stealing rugs, and although he was convicted, he was let off on suspended sentence. It appeared to be a case in which the quality of mercy had been liberally applied, because the man's wife and family were on their way to Vancouver from the Old Country. P.C. Winter was anxious to secure a solicitor to prosecute and offered to pay the cost out of his own pocket. This gave rise to Saturday's discussion. Councillor Robinson said it was desirable that a solicitor should be appointed to look after the police and other business. He pointed out that the police were frequently handicapped in the prosecution of cases for lack of legal advice, and in order to meet the technical points raised by smart lawyers acting for the defence. He quoted the case referred to above as one in point where legal assistance was needed, but not provided. The committee, having discussed the question, decided that nothing could be done at present. Jones : "Why don't you consult a doctor about your insomnia?" Smith : "WhatI and run up more bills? Why, it's because of what I owe him now that I can't sleep." The People's Trust Co. LIMITED 49th AND FRASER STREET (South Hill Post Office, South 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 Business Lots a specialty. We have best listings. Snaps in Building Lots. Lot on .ruth Ave., and one on 49th Ave , first block west of Fraser St.; cleared; $850. Lot on 56th Ave., first block west of Fraser St., $650. Several high, dry cleared Lots, close to Fraser St. and Victoria Drive, $550. $50 cash, and $10 a month. 4, 5, 6, and 7-room Modem Houses, close to the carline, frem $2,000 up, on cash payment of $150 and up. Monthly payments. Modern Houses to rent, $15 to $25. 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 Sickness 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. Mountain View Fish and Fruit Store 28th Avenue and Main Street FRESH FISH DAILY. ALL KEPT ON ICE The Pioneer Fish Store of this district, which has an established reputation for sending out fish absolutely fresh and gooel. TRY US! $1���"Cut it Out"���$1 INTRODUCTORY SPECIAL This advertisement, if presented with an order tu tune or repaie your piano or organ, will be valued as ONE DOLLAR on a tuning, or ten per cent, on repairs. This offer is good only o". orders received during August, 191-' and only one coupon will bc accepted on each order. Satisfaction guaranteed. MAIL IT AT ONCS Please tune or repair my piano, as per above advertisement. Name Street address P. O. address Regular Price of Tuning, $3.00. Special, $2.00 and coupon Earnest D. L. Maxwell Expert Piano Tuner 164 Broadway W. Phone: Fairmont 1125 Chinese and Japanese Specials We have reduced the price of our entire stock of SILKS, DRY GOODS, DISHES, NOVELTIES, etc., for a limited time. Here is an opportunity for every purchaser to buy right and save money. JAPANESE DISHES (different kinds) : $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, and $4.00 a set. BRASS JARDINIERES, FANCY FLOWER POTS, at greatly reduced prices. JAPANESE SILK, PONGEE SILK, CHINESE PONGEE SILK, and JAPANESE CREPES. JAPANESE KIMONAS, new styles. CHINESE TABLE CENTRES, EMBROIDERED TABLE COVERS. HOSE, TIES, PURSES, etc. See our Japanese and Chinese Novelties TEIN WA SING^"* to Furniture st��re^ MAIN ST., Cor. 19th AVE. Phone : Fairmont 2070 ������������ SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1912 GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK FIVE W. A. BELL 301 50th Avenue East South Hill P. O. PAINTING, PAPERHANGING, TINTING, GRAINING SIGNS Estimates Given SOUTH VANCOUVER B. C. South Vancouver Transfer EXPRESS & BAGGAGE J. WILLIAMS Cor. Ross and Bodwell Rd. Res. Phone . Fraser 116 BASEBALL Northwestern League Vancouver V. Victoria AUGUST 9--10 Weekday games 4 o'clock Saturday afternoons, 3 o'clock LACROSSE Vancouver vi. New Westminster-1912 VANCOUVER HOME GAMER: August 17, August 24, and September 14. Season ticketa for abote games, entitling holders to the same seats for every game, are on aale at Harry Godfrey's Sporting Goods Store, 132 Hastings Street West. Grant Phipps (Successor to M. Jenkins) ELECTRICIAN. WIRING AND FIXTURES Estimates given JOYCE STREET COLLINGWOOD EAST Cariboo Rediscovered 'Devil Wagons," Railways and Telegraph Wires invade Famous Old Goldfield���B\) Harold Sands, in the "Canadian Collier's." i )ue- e.f the clanici e,f the Weil is the tale of the Cariboo miner win, threw twenty dollar gold pieces at the big mirror in .1 victoria rcitauranl and le.lel lhe- proprietor le, keep tlie,- ibower ni double eaglei to pay fur the damage, The- miner was one of many who K,,t rich epiick. He made $.111,1100 at the mine-, in one leaton and wenl in Victoria to enjoy himself < >m- nighl he treated everybody in tbe restaurant to all the champagne be could make them drink. Thc vintage frieiu Prance, which had been sent In llrilish Columbia all tbe way around the Hum, held nut longer than the capacity of the miner and his "lilli cuius." Thereupon he ordered all the glasses in the establishment tee be filled and placed upon a table. Willi one granel sweep of his cane he sent them all ipinning. Still the champagne held out. To win a victory over the lasl hamper he jumped upon il and tut his shins. After having paid for his "fun" the miller still hail a handful i'f gold pieces left. He walked up lei Ihe long mirror worth several hundred dollars, which adorned one end of the room, and, "to prove lhat gold is sovereign of all tilings," he dashed the twenty-dollar pieces into the face of his own image. A year later he was working as a laborer. That happened exactly fifty years ago, at a lime when ragged miners came to the coast staggering under the weight of their summer's accumulation in (he gold tields. Men were paid from $20 to $50 a day to bring down to Victoria from Cariboo gold which the owners had not strength enough to carry. In live years in thc early 'sixties Cariboo placer mines yielded more than $10,000,000. A few years later, when the placers appeared to be worked out, the creeks were practically abandoned to thc Chinese. Not a few men who now occupy positions as leading citizens in the old home towns in the Flowery Kingdom have attained their dignities after diligent washing of the gravel which white men spurned "to monkey with." A New Day Xeiw, however, that the Grand Trunk Railway is opening up the country, automobiles���"devil wagons" the Indians call them���are travelling aleing the old Cariboo road and lhe Dominion Government telegraph lines afford communication with the outside world, Cariboo is being rediscovered. Quite a little capital, both Canadian and American, is being invested there. Statistics recently prepared by the liritish Columbia government show that more than three hundred placer-mining and one hundred and ten mining claims are "in good standing," to use thc words of the gold commissioner for the district. Moreover, over $200,000 in gold was produced last season, and the chances are that the output will grow with the increased development. Of course nobody, not even the mosl sanguine promoter, expects a return of the palmy years eef "the days of old, the days of gold," but I there seems to be no legitimate rea son why lhe Cariboo should not yield abundantly once meere. The days for smashing mirrors in Victoria with twenty dollar gold pieces are gone by, bul perhaps successful t'anlieu, nun of the neu age' will be building handsome residences 'en Sbaugh nessy Heights or �� ��� of the othei aristocratic lections e.f Vancouver one "i these scaioni. _ Probably few persons in liritish Columbia are meere- than dimly aware [of the amount and importance of the weirk now going em in lhe Cariboo mining district. Large hydraulic plants have been installed, capable of moving, in the aggregate, hundreds I eif thousands of cubic yards of auri- i'-r.ius gravel during lhe COmpara j tively short mining season in the ; country. In addition the-re have been con- 1 Itructed mile after mile of ditches, flumes, anil pipe lines as well as sluices lined with Cottonwood blocks or high-carbon steel plales. There ! are remarkable elams lej conserve 1 the water supply, batteries of air compressors, Keystone drills, sinking pumps, Cornish pumps, and pumping engines. These latter are needed because in j the Cariboo water is as important as gold) without the one the other can- , not be recovered. One company, in- i to which New York and Philadelphia capitalists have put more than $1, 000,000 in cash, has spent I in tinding water before about going after the gold. who are backing the big knejw thai gold occurs in a fortune troubling The men enterprise the gravel deposits, bul they also are aware that it must stay there unless they obtain sufficient water for liydraulicking lhe gravel on a large scale. To gel water, then, was their lirst task, and in this they have succeeded. Not alone is the mining man re- | discovering Cariboo. Thc farmer I also is finding that the way to auto- meeliiles and porterhouse steaks I passes alongside lhe Fraser from Seida Creek to Fort George. The Cariboo district includes the Ques- ncl division for purposes of official description, and Quesnel has been compared with Ontario's mosl favored farm districts. It is a fact that men who teieik up sections and less in lhat region a few years ago now are able to spend their winters in Southern California, where also Hock real estate agents of Vancouver and fruit growers from the Okanagan. Farming always has paid in Cariboo the man who is willing to work. Not all the men who got the gold fever came out with big "pokes," as they say in the Klondike. As a matter of fact, indeed, the Cariboo proved anything but the promised land for lhe majority of adventurers who struggled for nuggets. Those, however, who went in for farming and supplied the gold diggers with garden truck and raised feed for the pack mules not only became landed proprietors, but citizens with solid bank accounts. GO WITH THE BUNCH TO THE BRUNSWICK POOL ROOMS I;or Quality and Purity come to the SIDNEY ICE CREAM PARLORS Corner 24th and Main Z. Aheroni, Prop. HOUSEHOLD HINTS well into thc pieces of cucumber, and make it feerm a cone een the le,], of each piece. Scatter chopped parsley over Iln pieces, and bake for ten minutes, Serve with while same,, flavored with tarragon vinegar anel cayi un.- pepper. * �� * Currant Jelly Wipe ilu- currants with a <lry cloth ami pul, them over, ihen weigh them ami allow hall a pound of granulated tugai i" 1 very pound "i fruit Plai e a tew -.I the currants in a pan and mash iln ni with a potato masher till then 1- lufficienl juice in lhe pan to pre venl liurnhiK. Tin n add the m mainder eel the fruit, boil for twenty minutes, stirring occasionally, strain through a muslin into aii earthenware vessel, and when strained return to Ihe pan and boil for one or two minutes. Al loon as the sugar has dissolved, Ilu jelly is done, and should he placed immediately in the jam p.ils prepared for il. Th. s. should he lied down wilh preserve papers as s.ieiu as the jelly is cold. ��� �� * Fish Cutlets Take half a pound of any cold fish, remove all skin and bone, and chop the flesh up finely. Then melt eeiie- ounce e,t butter in a saucepan, and stir into il imoothly an ounce of flour, add a gill of waler, and slir lhe mixture over the fire until it will have lhe sides of the pan in a ball. Then add Ihe fish, a teaspoonful of ciiopped parsely, and a seasoning of sail and pepper. Mix well together, then turn out on a plate, spread it out evenly, and leave lo cool. Beal up an egg wilh seime fine breadcrumbs, then take a slightly floured knife and 1 divide the lish mixture into eve-n- sized pieces, making each piece the shape of a cutlet. Hrush over each cutlet with egg and breadcrumbs, and fry in fat. Drain on kitchen paper, and stick a parsley stalk inte, the end' of each cutlet. BATHING In endeavoring to build up a good constitution or to keep in condition one that is already good, thc question of bathing habits is of prime importance. Health may be lost or found, as they are foolish or wise. Like most matters of personal hygienics, bathing reseilves itself on examination into a matter of plain common-sense, and above all, a recog nition <��f the truth that what agrees with one individual may kill another. It may bc accepted as an axion at the start, that everyone���young or old, rich or peior, sick or well���needs a daily hath al least! but il does not follow that a feeble or aged person needs the same sort ol hath as the vigorous young college athlete. e'RPORATlON OF THE DISTRICT OP SOUTH VANCOUVER WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS THE USE OP WATER for lawns, gardens, ntrceu and sidewalk sprinkling is strictly prohibited. Any persons violating this rule will leject themselves to having the water turned of! and leave themselves liable to be charged with wilfully wasting the water supplied. J. MULLETT, Waterworks Superintendent NOTICE TO THE RATEPAYERS OR OWNERS OF REAL PROPERTY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SOUTH VANCOUVER The Government Auditing Commissioner ol the above-named Municipality will have his office open from 10 to 11 in the forenoon of each day (except days on which the Public Inquiry is being helel) for the purpose of passing accounts; and any Ratepayer oi Owner of real property may be present and may make any objection to such accounts as are before the Auditor. JAS. B. SPRINGFORD, C. M. C. CORPORATION OF SOUTH VANCOUVER Health Department NU'lICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that tags i'i the collection of garbage can now be pur- chased from the health inspector, Municipal Hall, corner Fraser Street and Forty-third Avenue, as provided by the bylaw. Box 1224, South Vancouver. When making pickles add a pinch of celery seed and boil it with the other spices. * * * To remove fruit stains from Ihe hands, rub the hands with lemon- juice or a slice of raw tomato. * �� * A little bran placed al the bottom of a cake-tin will prevent the cake from burning. * * * Tei remove smoke marks from tin ware, rub lhe tin with a solution of common baking-soda and boiling water. �� �� �� Afler washing tiles wipe them over with paraffin and they will remain clean much longer. �� * , lo keep a smoked ham, pack il in pulverized charcoal, lu this way it will last good for a year. * �� �� When preparing apples for cooking do not slice them. Peel, core, and if very large cut each quarter in two. �� * �� A corkscrew can bc made in an emergency by attaching a piece of string to an ordinary screw. * * * When boiling rice put a lump of butter the size of a walnut into the saucepan. This will prevent the rice from boiling over. * * * Zinc-covered tables she mid be cleaned with powdered bathbrick mixed with soap and polished with dry whitening and a chamois leather. * * * When making icing for cakes add one tablcspoonful of cream for each unbeaten egg. This will prevent it from cracking when cut. * ��� * When roasting meat turn the joint with a spoon instead of a fork, as the latter pierces the meat and allows thc juices to escape. �� �� �� Turnip peelings should not be thrown away; they should be well washed and added to soup to which they give a delicious flavor. * * �� Biscuits which have become soft through being exposed to the air can be made crisp again if placed in the oven for a few minutes. FOR RENT���Three rooms, same floor, unfurnished, close to carline; suit grown-ups, housekeeping; $15. Apply "Greater Vancouver Chinook" office. To blanch almonds place {hem in boiling water for a couple of minutes, then throw into cold water, and rub with the bands. The dark skin will then come off quite easily. To clean a colored straw hat. brush thoroughly, then melt a small piece of butter, and with a scrap of velvet rub lhe butter well into the straw. �� * * Cheese Fondu Grate sufficient cheese to measure three table-spoonfuls. Then beat up one egg and add it to the cheese. Add to Ibis three tablespoonfuls of milk and pepper and sail tei taste, Butter senile- fireproof china saucers, fill them three pans full of this mixture, and hake a light brown. Serve hot. * ��� ��� Cream of Tomato Soup Take one quart of milk and put it in a saucepan to boil, then turn a pint tin eif tomatoes into another sain e-pan and slew for fifteen minutes, Rub together a tablcspoonful of butler and two of flour. Slir this into the boiling milk until it thickens. Press the tomatoes through a sieve and add a teaspoonful each of sugar and carbonate of soda. Then add the boiling milk. Do not place on thc lire after the milk has been added to the tomatoes. * * * Gooseberry Fool Take one pint of gooseberries, wash, and stew with four ounces of sugar and one gill of water, till they are quite tender, then rub them through a hair sieve. Mix two ounces of cornflour with a little milk, add to it one pint of boiling milk, and stir over the lire. Put in the gooseberry pulp, and boil all together for three minutes. Allow it to cool. Beat up two eggs with an ounce of castor sugar, and add it to thc oilier ingredients. Mix all together, pour into a piedish, and serve cold. * * �� Seed Cake Line a Cake-tin with three layers of greased paper. Then cream together half a pound of butter and six ounces of castor sugar. Add four eggs, one at a time, beating well; (hen sieve together one pound of flour, a teaspoonful of baking-powder and a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt. Stir the flour lightly into the eggs and butter, and add half an ounce of carraway seeds. Put this mixture into the cake-tin, and bake for one hour and a half in a moderate oven. * �� * Stuffed Cucumber Peel a cucumber and boil it till tender, then cut it into two-inch lengths, and remove the seeds. Arrange the pieces of drained cucumber upright on a china baking-dish, and fill thc centre of each with veal and ham mince, flavored and moistened with a little white sauce. Press the stuffing DIMPLE KELTON One of the prominent personalities in the company reopening George B. Howard's House, the Avenue, August 12 When eene is ill in bed one's daily bath is attenelcd tei hy a nurse or such olhcr person as may lie in charge, and ; is naturally tempered to the needs of thc case-, generally taking the feerm of a sponge hath This form of bath is well adapted nol only to the ^i��K. bul also lo lhe very ohl or \ cry feeble, because ii accomplishes its object without undue fatigue Ol exposure, Hut when thc question becomes one eif the regular bath foi Ihe well, and especially for lhe young eif either sex, whose habits in this regard, once established, will probably prevail through life, it is a different matter. There is no doubt that, when it can be taken, a courageous cold plunge each morning on getting out if bed is the best thing. "When it can be taken" refers entirely to physical effects. It can always bc taken if it is followed by a quick reaction. Never mind how little you like stepping in and the plunging under; gasping and shuddering will do you no harm if, on stepping out, the brisk use of a rough towel is immediately followed by a delicious sense of revival and well- being. Many persons maintain that they cannot react after a cold bath who arc perhaps honest, but quite mistaken. They have never done it properly. They hang about and wander round and "shiver on the brink" until all the warmth of the bed has been dissipated and their vitality lowered. Let the bath follow thc stepping out of bed as quickly as possible; let the rubbing process bc rapid and hard enough to redden the skin; fed low that up with a few deep, slow breaths and a minute or two of resistant exercise, and you will start your day with a brisk circulation of the blood and a sense of well-being that will last you all day. One word more : A cold bath docs not necessarily mean an icy bath. although there are many healthy persons who take it that way. Most persons, however, do wisely to experiment until they react most quickly. Reaction is thc whole thing���proof, goal and reward. The Industrial Trust Company LIMITED 405 DUNSMUIR STREET Phone ; Seymour .3187 II e have opened a department for South Van- i outer and District. Scud or call with your Listings���Acreage, Lots, Houses. ��� ������emails of Sale purchased. Mortgage Loans arranged. Rents collected. A. Meston Ceir. John ami 30th Avenue Manager South Vancouver Department. Protect Your Health This is thc season of the year when every precaution should be taken to preserve health and conserve energy. Protect your doors and windows bv adding serviceable SCREEN DOORS AND WINDOWS, minimize labor and exertion bv using ELECTRIC IRONS, ELECTRIC STOVES, and COAL OIL STOVES. Our lines of Screen Doors and Windows, Electric Irons, Electric Stoves, Coal Oil Stoves and Refrigerators are unsurpassed, at prices that are right. G. E. McBride & Co. 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Get ready for your Screen Doors, all sizes, from $1.25 to $2.50 each, and Hinges and all Fixtures. Screen Windows, 15c to 60c, all sizes. Screen Wire, to repair your old Doors and Screens, in all widths. GARDEN TOOLS: RAKES, SPADES, SHOVELS, DIGGING FORKS, LAWN MOWERS, etc. Martin-Senour's 100 per cent, pure Mixed Paint, in 40 different colors, that will never fade. International Stains and Varnishes Corner Fraser and Ferris Road T. and S. G. FOX, Props. W. H. IRVING, Mgr. The pink and lavender enmbina-1 Picot edged taffeta ribbons have re- tion is one of the color notes of the ' turned to favor along with the pan- season. I nicrs. six GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1912 WILLIAM AND I Being a Discourse with an Indian Concerning the Hudson's Bay Company and the Trappers Along the Bay FRASER By R. J- table the strictest eiieimy William and I were wailing f"r tbe fall uf the tide in order to gathei the rest of the fish. "Well, William." 1 laid, "are you guing t.i trap again on Owl River this winter?" "No," be grunted, bending over the pile of silver wliilclish. The nlel Cree anel I were stretched out em a few boughl strewn aboul the lire. A clump of willows, backed up by the stunted spruce woods behind, gave us senile shelter from the north breeze that stirred the embers, fanning the dull ceials to a glowing red. It was chilly for early fall. A rawness had crept into the air that made the companionship of the burn ing driftwood very welcome. The cause of eittr detention In this uninviting speit lay at our feet���a dozen Nelson River whitefish. Stretching out a distance of thirty yards into the receding waves hung the gill net oil a row of stakes, native fashion. The Indian raked the spreading coals together and built up thc lire to more agreeable proportions. "Why not?'' I asked. "1 go to Limestone River this winter," he replied. "Why? Isn't there plenty of fur at Owl River?" "Yes, plenty. But company say, trap at Limestone me, Plenty fur there, no plenty Indian! By-an'-bye come white trapper there; catch all the marten, beaver, otter; they no good to company. Company want fur." "Yes, the company wants fur all right," I observed. "But wouldn't you rather go back to the Owl River where you have your winter wigwams and your trap lines?" "Yes, Owl River good. Plenty beaver, plenty deer���no hungry at Owl River. Limestone, no plenty deer, no good. Maybe Limestone me starve." "Are you going alone? Are there any other Indians going to thc Limestone from New York?" "Yes! Maybe ten, maybe twelve. Plenty York Indians." "You all take your families, don't you?" "No. Maybe six. With squaws and children, maybe thirty, maybe forty go to Limestone. No good? You think no good?" "It's no good all right, William, if what you say is true. But, perhaps, you are mistaken. It may bc better at the Limestone River than you think." "No, no good Limestone. Me know. Limestone me one winter, maybe six years ago. Deer no plenty, me hungry many times." "Do the other Indians want to go?" "No; too far from York. Deer no plenty; all hungry all time. Maybe Indians starve." With this last assertion William rose and went down the beach to the water's edge. About half the net was already dry, and, safely entangled in its meshes, three or four "keemasao" were struggling, to the detriment of the net. The Indian deftly extricated the catch from the fine twine mesh and, returning to the fire, added the spoils to the little pile at our feet. "Not many fish, William," I remarked. "No; too late. Fish all gone now. Plenty next year in spring. No plenty now." Which was true enough, but spring was a long way off. A silence elapsed, during which the Indian replenished the fire from the pile of driftwood at his back. 1 turned over in my mind the old Cree's pessimistic predictions. I had been in the "company's land" long enough to appreciate thc situation. Many a hungry Indian had been fed at our camp, and many a tepee had I been in whose larder was far from welt slocked. Dried fish or deer entrails had often been the family dish���the only dish���on these occasions. It required no strain on the imagination to picture what the condition of these people would be when they wcre "all hungry all time." "Why do you go to Limestone?" I at last broke the silence. "If it is as bad as you say, why don't you remain on your old hunting grounds?" It was quite some time before he answered. The old Cree appeared to consider my question with more than his usual gravity. Not a muscle moved in the lean, brown face before mc; not a nerve twitched, as he pondered deeply, collecting all his limited English for a suitable reply. He selected a glowing ember from the heap and held it to the briar I had. given him. When the tobacco was well aglow, he slowly replaced the brand in the fire. And still he hesitated over an answer. Realizing that my question touched on a subject that, with a "debt Indian," always calls for diplomacy, I waited. For several minutes the old man puffed away in silence. I had almeist given up hope of an answer, when, in a tone of mingled resignation and dejection, he finally replied : "We must go. Thc company say: 'Go hunt at Limestone,' and wc go. Indian say 'No'���company give no more debt, flour, tea, powder, shot. Indian starve. Company big, much big, Indian small. Go to Limestone me." It was sufficient���I understood. How true is this the case with the northern Indians, thc Crces and Chippewaians. How sadly true I Like that of all his red-skinned brethren, William's livelihood���his very existence���depended on what fur he could trap for his master. His father before him had trapped fur for that same master; his grandfather���yes, and his grandfather's grandfather had hunted the fox, the marten, and the beaver, for that same liege lord. Generations ago the white trader had come into the land of his forefathers, bringing with him semi-civilization. A state of semi-civilization it is still. Hill ii i^ such a -laic lhat the Indian cannot now exist without ii. He' has become to dependent em his white lords, at, "indebted" tei the company, that were the latter sud ilenlv swept eeitt of existence the Indian perforce would follow. While- I was thus ruminating, William had made another return trip to the net, with but poor success. Two fish only were added to the pile. Still we hail considerable lime lo wait, as the last (out stakes were yet below water. Building up lhe fire once more, the Cree resumed his place alongside Ihe blaze. From Ilis pocket he produced a half plug of black tobacco ami commenced culling edf a generous pipeful. A confidential mood seemed now to have taken possession of him, "You know Split Lake?" he asked. "Yes, 1 know Split Lake. What of it?" "Split Lake Indians all York Indians. Go to Split Lake maybe fifteen, maybe eighteen years ago. No Split Lake before then." Here, thought I, is a chance to learn interesting Hudson's Bay Company history. The Split Lake district, I was aware, had been added comparatively recently to the company's territories. Never, though, had I learned the circumstances of its founding, and the tale, as unfolded by the ex-chief of lhe Swampy-Crecs, was startlingly real. The more so when one considers that the circumstances related here took place less than twenty years ago. I shall not attempt to tell the tale as 1 heard it, in a mixture of broken English and Cree. This for several reasons, chief among them being, consideration for the reader. In the summer of 1892 Facto): Matheson, who for several years had been in charge of thc company's post of York Factory, left for England on the ship Prince Rupert. Ile took his family along with him. In charge, pro tern., he left a certain Dr. Milne, who for the past five years had held the office of thc medical surgeon at York and throughout the neighboring district. 1 have heard the question asked: "What kind of a man was Dr. .Milne?" "He was a company's man" and a suggestive shrug of the shoulders were sufficient answer. I, tpo, shall let it go at that. After Factor Matheson's departure, affairs at York began to prosper rapidly���for the company. Each year thc shipment of fur was larger; the profits in three years had almost doubled those of the previous factor's time. At headquarters was shown surprise, wonder at the change. But no investigation was started, no inquiry made. Dr. Milne���thus reasoned thc company���musl have devised some new method of dealing with the Indians. It was surely a profita. le one, and interference on the company's part might have proved untimely, causing loss. They let Ihe matter rest. Now the secret of the new factor's phenomenal success is to be found in an entry in the daily journal of the post, dated May 19, 1894. It reads as folk.ws: "Shipped Ihree families across. They have been starving for two months and are reduced to mere skeletons." This was the ,<cy tc the story. With the departure of Factor Matheson from York there began a veritable reign of terror. Even today thc old residents, recalling those stirring times, speak of the period in such terms. Thc price paid to thc Indians for fur was reduced to a minimum. "No fur, no debt," was the order, and the unfortunate Indian trapper and his family were turned away from the post, hungry and destitute. An unsuccessful Season's hunt meant not bo much a slum]) in the trader's profits as it did a year of starvation to Ihe natives. Even among the immediate employees of the post, the half-breed servants, it was a period of privation. For instance, the rations issued to each man detailed to make the summer trip by canoe to Oxford House, a distance of two hundred and fifty miles and return, consisted eif one pound of tea, one plug of tobacco, a was practised���seven pounds of Hour a week were allowed Ihe cook with which tei bake for lhe factor, storekeeper, clerk, and himself. The only opposition to Ihis system was that offered by lhe resident mis sionary. Ile fought continually to have a steep put to such'oppression and did what lu- could lo relieve the wants of the native*. Ilis petitions that the factor be removed ami the wrongl "I the natives be redressed wile' e.i no avail���limply because liny were unheeded. Ile finally hail oi abandon his position and leave Dr. Milne- in undisputed sway. For seven years after his departure from the post there was ne> missionary at | Yeirk. The Rev. Mr. Lofthouse, now i the bishop of Kccwatin, was at lhat lime stationed at Churchill, and now in addition le' his band of Chippewaians. he had six hundred unfortunate, almost destitute, Creea added to his Hock. He did what he could to fill the gap lefl by lhe vacating missionary. He fought strenuously against "company methods" and their brutal treatment eif his lleick��� both in the field and in the seats of the mighty, hut lei no avail, lie, too, had to abandon the struggle. With their former ally and his successor the lot of the Indians grew from bad lo worse. They were now completely at the mercy eif the factor. Each spring pestilence broke out among the members of the tribe. Iu their starved and emaciated condition tlie sickness wrought havoc in their ranks, and the little burial ground of York Factory gradually liad its borders extended, Matters reached a climax about, 1896���according to William's calculation. All their efforts, through outside influence, to obtain a release from what had now become a state of servitude proved in vain, and the Indians elected to take matters into their own hands. They saw but one course open to them, and they took il. After a spirited debate in council ���between seventy-live and eighty families, three hundred people all told ���nearly one-half of the tribe decided to leave York and seek pastures new. Some of the younger hot-bloods advocated a recognition of their rights by force of arms, but older and wiser counsellors, headed by the chief himself, voted down the warlike idea. Their people, the Crees, said he, had always been a peaceful tribe, and the days of thc warpath wcre long past and gone. So, like a certain ancient people, they prepared to leave their state of bondage and seek a promised land of plenty. That same summer they struck their tepees, packed their canoes, and bidding farewell to those who had chosen to remain, they turned their back on York. Then commenced the long toilsome voyage up the Nelson River. For two hundred and fifty miles they paddled and portaged their frail craft inland. At last they came to a large expansion of water known as Split Lake. About its shores they pitched their tents, and in a year's time had opened up to the fur trader a new and fertile territory. Thus, according to my Cree friend, was the Split Lake district founded. Irony of ironies, in another year "the company" had a post established in the neighborhood, but a rival trader also went into business there, and, in spite of violent opposition, stayed. A police district was formed and a detachment of Royal Northwest Mounted Police installed. Owing to the closer proximity of civilization and competition in the fur trade, the Indians obtained prices for their fur far and above what they had ever received at York, even in its best days. This exodus of nearly half the Swampy Crees from York worked materially toward the betterment of the condition of thc whole tribe. It brought about the emancipation of those who had elected to remain under Ihe bondage of Pharaoh. For this meive on thc part of the persecuted Indians could not pass (in- noticed. Inquiries outside were made, and the much delayed investigation could no longer bc put off. Dr. Milne was relieved of his duties al lhe post. By the time William had finished his talc the fire hand burned down to a little heap of graying ashes, which Ihe rising wind was already beginning to scatter. ���"Canadian Collier's." foreign child, temporarily, perhaps permanently, blinel through an ac< ciilent. She found her alone; the mother had had to leave her tei go lo work. Rather helplessly toe visitor seeught a receptacle for the flowers. "Here's a tomato can." she saiel. "Shall I put I hem in that?" "Yea, bul don't tell me," answered lhe- little girl. She added. "If I jusl smell and don't see, I can think lo match the smell." DAISY D'AVRA With the Del S. Lawrence Company, reopening at the Avenue Theatre August 12 package of matches, and four fishhooks! Should sufficient game be found along the route, well and good. If the contrary were the case, it was���unfortunate; Indian canoemen were far from scarce, and the ranks could easily be filled for the next trip. The prices set on the bare necessities of life, which could he obtained nowhere but in thc company's store, were of the highest. At the factor's What to Take on a Camping Trip IN THE DARK An American who a few years ago was living in Holland made lhe acquaintance of a charming old Dutch lady who had in her youth been the near neighbor and friend of the late Madame Runner, the famous painter of cats. Little Ilenriette Knip, as the artist then was, was the daughter of a painter who, his own career having been destroyed by the tragic failure of his eyesight, had centred all his hopes and ambitions upon his little daughter. She was a gifted child, and he saw to it that she had thc best artistic schooling, and that she worked��� worked���worked. Literally from sunrise to sunset she was occupied with her tasks, with only intermission for meals, and at noonday two precious hours; but those hours her father, tenderly stern through fear born of his own experience, compelled her to pass in a dark room, resting her eyes. Once her little friend ventured to sympathize. "Not to play at all���it is terrible!" she declared. "Anyone can understand you must work hard, and much of the time, if your are to be an artist ���but not all the time. You ought to play sometimes." "But I do play," little Henriettc protested loyally. "When?" inquired her friend. "When I want you to play with me you arc always busy." "When I am alone in the dark," explained Ilenriette. "When I can't see anything, then I can see anything! And when I can't do anything, then I can be doing anything! And when I'm not talking with anybody, then I can talk with anybody!" Less gifted children are often equally imaginative. A settlement- worker carried some roses lo a little Camping i^ a splendid experience for all beiys, and the less equipment they can get along with the more practical gemd they will gain from the trip. With careful planning, the amount eif equipment can always be cut down to a minimum. The handy beiy will think of hits of things lo make while in camp, and he should not fail to take along an axe, hammer, saw, jaekknife, nails eif several sizes���including a supply of spikes���tacks, screw-hooks, screw- eyes, staples, wire, cord and rope, for tools and working materials. Nails, hooks and staples may be carried in tin cans, but they will pack with less waste space in small bags made of canvas, denim or burlap. These bags should be provided with drawstrings. Unless a small sheet-iron camp stove is taken along, you musl build an open fireplace. Two logs are placed upon the ground side by side, with one pair ot ends about one foot apart to form the sides of the fireplace. By slanting the logs in this fashion, small utensils can bc set across the logs at the narrow end of the fireplace, and larger one at the wide end. For suspending pails and other utensils over the lire, a horizontal pole, known as the lug-pole, should extend over the fireplace from one end to the other, upon whieh to hang pothooks. One end of the lug- pole may be spiked to a tree and the other end supported in a crotch of a pole driven into the ground. The pothooks may be either short pieces of tree branches, with a fork left on one end large enough to hook over the lug-pole, and one or two nails driven in near the other end upon which to hang utensils; or they can be made out of wire. By making wire pothooks in short lengths, it is possible to hang your utensils at any height above the lire that you wish, and you can hang cooked food at the right height to keep it warm, without burning it. The camp crane furnishes another simple method of suspending food over a lire. Oftentimes a small sapling will be in such a position that it can bc bent over for such a crane. The end of tbe pole can be notched to catch the pail or kettle handle, or a small wire hook can be fastened to it. Here is a good method of preparing a camp cooker. Dig a hole in a high dry part of your camp ground, about two feet square and two feet deep, and line the bottom and sides with stones. Then batten several boards together to form a cover that will slip part way down into the hole and fasten four pieces of wire to it for handles. Your pot of beans, kettle of potatoes, oatmeal, mush, or whatever you intend to cook in the cooker, must ic started upon your camp lire. While it is cooking, build a good wood tire in your cooker pit, and allow it to 'Mini down into hot embers. Then quickly transfer your cooking utensil, when ready, into thc cooker, raking r hole in the embers for it to set in, ind lill in around and over the utensil with coals from your large fire. The wooden cover should be fitted lown over the top, and thc space letwecn this and the ground level Should be filled with earth. A little creek is often in the vicinity if a camp site, and a handy crossing s not always found. If this creek s not very wide, it is a simple matter lo throw two logs across it at the desired point of crossing. Boys do not require a railing on such a bridge, of course, but if girl visitors are expected it is a good plan to provide a railing. The end railing uprights should be driven into thc ground, and these and a pair of stakes driven into lhe ground on the other side of the log ends should be spiked to the logs to keep them from rolling. Use the water for your refrigerator. Drive a few nails into the side of thc pier or creek bridge, and to each of these nails fasten a piece of stout cord with a snap-hook tied to its end. The cords should be adjusted to the proper lengths to allow pails to become partially submerged in the water. A stone placed upon the covers of thc pails will keep them from bobbing around and upsetting. The snap-hooks will do away with having to untie the cord from the handles when removing the pails. Could anyone imagine a smarter trotfeur suit for the beach than Bernard's latest model? It is made of white agaric (or Turkish towelling)��� finished with imitation pearls on the front of the jacket, fastening high at the neck, with long white silk cords and tassels, the skirt showing thc very newest tunic idea, yet preserving that slender silhouette line so desirable in all up-to-date creations. ��� lih ��� A quite chic suit for morning wear is made of cameleon taffeta���Cher- uit's latest idea in the very new and pretty pannier. It has an extreme cutaway coat, brought together in front high up on the bust, with a cabocbon of self material. The coat, collar and cuffs, as well as the long, pointed postilion back, are finished with a narrow box plaited edge of taffeta. The pannier is gracefully drawn in at the back of the skirt about a foot from the bottom, and finished with the same quaint plaiting of taffeta to match the coat. ��� m ��� "I don't understand you, Linda. One day you're bright and jolly, and the next depressed and sad." "Well, I'm in half mourning; that's why." 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 Thome Metal Store Front Bars, Bevelling and Silvering, Store Fronts Glazed ALL KINDS OF GLASS The Extension Telephone = In the Home== An Extension Telephone once installed proves its value. It earns its way every clay. With an extension telephone upstairs you do not have to go downstairs to answer when the bell rings. If you are upstairs you do not have to go downstairs to call someone. The service costs only a little over 3 cents a day, with no charge for installation. Call CONTRACT DEPT., Vancouver; Telephone, Seymour 6070 British Columbia Telephone Company Limited Port Alberni Town Lots and Alberni Lands We handle nothing else Write or see us for information and prices The Manitoba Loan & Investment Co. 309 Dominion Trust Building Distinctive Printing When in need of printing, why not put your zvork in the hands of the printer who can give you neatness and attractiveness and a general tone of refinement which is to be found only in high-class productions? The presses of the Greater Vancouver Publishers Limited produce work which compares with thc output of the best printshops on the Coast Bring your printing troubles to thc offices of the Greater Vancouver Publishers Limited, and let us prescribe for you. You will bc satisfied. Wc arc prepared to take care of any kind of job printing at short notice. Phone Fairmont 1874, or call THE Greater Vancouver Publishers LIMITED Corner 30th Avenue and Main Street iWWJeyiWWlilfWIWWIMlHI^MMIt SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1912 GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK SEVEN BANK OF VANCOUVER Authorised Capital, $2,000,000 A general banking business conducted at all branches. Special attention given to savings deposits. Interest allowed on savings accounts. Cedar Cottage Branch THOS. Y. LEITCH REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE Cor. Knight and Westminster Rds. Vancouver, B.C. Phone : Fairmont 1653 Phone : Fraser No. 41 Riverview Realty Co. We believe in the destiny of South Vancouver. We believe that Fraser Street is the natural commercial centre of South Vancouver. We will give you our reasons for this belief if you call upon us. J. L. EVANS, Manager Corner of Fraser Street and Ferris Road COAST LUMBER & FUEL COMPANY LIMITED Corner Bodwell Road and Ontario Street "BUY AT HOME" Lumber, Shingles, Sash and Doors, etc. Stove Wood���14 inch Lengths $3.25 per Load; 3 Loads for $9.00 Mail Address, Box 22, City Heights South Vancouver River Road, Ontario Street and B. C. Electric Railway Trackage. .Lots all cleared and graded. Terms : One-sixth cash, balance over three years. ft SOUTH VANCOUVER River Road and Government Road, subdivision of the southerly portion of Block 15, District Lots 330 and 331. River Road Lots, $800 each. Sixty-ninth Avenue Lots, $500 and $450 each. Terms : One-fifth cash, balance 6, 12 and 18 months. For Plans, Price List and Particulars apply London & British North America Co. Limited With which is incorporated Mahon, McFarland & Procter Ltd. Insurance Money to Loan Agreements For Sale Purchased House Property in West End, Fairview, Grandview, Mount Pleasant and Kitsilano DID YOU EVER HEAR THAT SONG "It's not the house that makes the home It's thc love that is inside." I'll supply you with the house on easy terms���viz,, $300 down and the balance monthly, to suit your purse. JUST THINK! I supply the house and you supply the rest���love, etc. RESULT���HOME Prices range from $1,000 to $8,000 R. J. McLauchlan 4443 Main St. Phone : Fair. 317 Cedar Cottage Sales Stable EXPRESS and DRAY David McMillan ��� ��� Proprietor Are You Going Away? You want your Household Goods packed and shipped, or stored. You want first-class work at reasonable cost. YOU WANT US. Phone Seymour 8316 or 5221 and end your worries. Cummings Packing & Forwarding Co. Office : 1130 Homer Warehouses : 1134 Homer and 852 Cambie Cedar Cottage Comments The Young Man and His Franchise Addressing a large gathering at Cedar Cottage oil Friday evening, Mr. H. II. Stevens MI', referred to the fact that many ol tbe young men in the district hael neglected te, get their names on the voters' list. Mr. Steven, said any man who was a citizen of this Dominion and cared IO little for his franchise that he would not go to the trouble of getting his name on the voters' list was not worthy of lnini^ recognized a^ a citizen of the country. It was the duty of the Clubs to get thc name e,f every man e,n the voters' list. Bush Fire on Victoria Road For two hours on Sunday afternoon the men of Xo. 2 Fire Hall, Cedar Cottage, assisted hy some men from No. 5, were fighting a bush fire that raged in the bush of D. L. 736. There is a small shingle mill near Ihe corner of Fifty-Second and Victoria Drive. The brigade made a successful effort to save it. Fortunately there was an ample supply of water. It is feared that some shingle bolts wcre destroyed in thc fire. Anyway, considerable damage was done. Councillor Elliott was one of the firelighters. Legal Work of the School Board Mr. C. \V. Whelpton, chairman of the School Board, appeared before the Municipal Council on Monday, at thc request of thc Board and asked that a municipal solicitor be appointed for both the Council and the Board. Councillor Robinson gave an expression of opinion that the Councillors were favorable to it, and it was only a question of time before one would be appointed. It had not been suggested, however, that the new solicitor act for both the Board and the Council. After some discussion on the matter, a committee was asked to report on thc feasibility of having a lawyer who could spend all his time in the Municipal Hall. Mr. Whelpton asked that the matter be settled as Boon as possible as the Board had dispensed with the services of their present solicitor, and would appoint another themselves if the Council did not do so. Reeve Kerr said the matter would bc attend ed to. Mr. H. H. Stevens, M.P. and the Borden Policy Last Friday evening, Mr. II. 11. Steveni MI', addressed a large gathering at the Cedar Cottage Conservative Club. In the course of his ipeech be referred to Canada's naval peolicy and said he did not think it was ��im' e,r right e,r curtcous fur anyone iii public life tei try at the present time tee forestall tbe statement of lhe Premier of the Dominion, Mr. Borden knew what be was about and tin- people in the Old Land realized that. They should leave in his hands, therefore, tlie- pronouncement eif a naval policy for Canada. The government, continued Mr. Stevens, had gone through one session triumphantly and they could rest assured that Mr. Borden would be able lej bring forwaid a policy that would be heartily endeirsed by al! the pee pie .jf Canada. There had never been a Canadian statement that had received more attention from thc people or the press of Great Britain. Every class of people had shown its appreciation of Mr. Borden's part in the Empire's affairs. He was not seeking effect. His words were dignified, He was in England to deal seriously with Canada's problems, and Canada should be justly proud of the man who represented her. Mr. Stevens, in conclusion, referred to the improvement decided upon by the government in regard to Burrard Inlet, False Creek and the Xorth and South Arms of the Fraser River. During the past six months, he said, Vancouver had received from the government $2,200,000 as compared with $920,000 given by the previous government in fifteen years. The minutes of a mass meeting were read, referring to a request that Councillor Robinson resign. It was explained that, although lhe request had been sent i tei Mr. Robinson he had ignored! it, and hail not yet given thc answer j he promised to the deputation which waited upon him. Councillor Robinson was present at the meeting, but! did not explain, and the next busi- j ness was proceeded with. Mr. James Rawdon, wiring in- i spector. has been appointed a special! I j constable. ' THE COUNCIL NOT A BENEFIT SOCIETY. DISFRANCHISEMENT VOTERS OF A Fight to the Last Ditch. At thc meeting of thc Finance Committee on Monday, Reeve Kerr warned the Council against creating the impression that the Municipality was a sort of mutual benefit society. They should be careful, said the Reeve, not to give the Engineer the idea that he was to turn off the young men, and keep on thc inefficient men merely because they were ratepayers in the municipality, Councillor Thomas said there were men working in his ward, who were living live or six together in a shack, and he would tight to the last ditch that these men be turned off, rather than the men who owned property in the Municipality and wcre paying taxes, and the Councillors agreed, but it was generally con- ceeded that due regard must be paid to efficiency when reducing gangs. The workmen's payroll for the various wards during the past fortnight, as passed for payment by the Finance Committee that morning, was as follows: Ward One, $11,384; Ward Two, $11,265; Ward Three, $11,387; Ward Four, $10,656. Deputations to the Council On Monday afternoon the Municipal Council was occupied two hours in hearing deputations from different pans of the municipality, and Councillor Elliott entered a strong protest against so much time eif the Council being wasted at the Council meetings by deputations. He pointed out that some time ago the Council passed a resolution lhat all deputation! should come before the Board of Works. The Reeve said one delegation was present by special arrangement, and Councillor Robinson also said that there were special reasons for the numerous deputation! present on that occasion. Reeve Kerr said the proper place for deputations to attend was the Board of Works, and he hoped the press would publish the fact that in future this rule would bc adhered to. Councillor Elliott Reports on His Visit to Victoria On Monday morning Councillor El-' liott reported to thc Municipal Coun- | cil on his visit to Victoria where a ! conference was held with the Attor- i ney-General in regard to the legisla- j tion on the voters' list. Thc deputa- tion had directed attention to the fact that the work in the lands registry; office is so far behind that owners of i property who had registered their j property at least eleven months would be disfranchised at the next municipal election. They had asked, added Councillor Elliott, that a spec- J ial staff be employed to bring the | voters' list up to date, or, failing that, thc deputation suggested that a ihort act be passed at the next ses-1 sion of the legislature legalizing the VOte! of all property owners who had registered their land at thc lands'' registry office. The Attorney-Gen- i eral, said Councillor Elliott, assured the deputation such a course would not be practicable, and he (Council-1 lor Elliott) wished the ratepayers to i know that if they found themselves | disfranchised at the next election, it was through no fault of the present Council, who had done all ihcy possibly could in the matter. The fact was South Vancouver had progressed at such a rate that it was impossible to keep pace with it. I Plumbing Permits Show Large Increase Inspector Thurreson submitted an interesting report to the Health Committee (3ii Saturday, which gives a fair idea of the rate at which plumbing work is increasing in the Municipality. His report was as follows: No. of Plumbing Permits issued. 130 No. of Calls to inspect new Plumbing 266 No. of .Fixtures inspected 1072 No. of Calls found not in accordance with by-law 45 No. of Calls to inspect Septic Tanks 178 No. of Septic Tanks O.K'd .. 100 No. of Septic Tanks ordered to have cement tops 41 No. of Septic Tanks to be altered, or connected to plumbing 68 Amount of Cash received July, 1912 $ 338.60 Amount of Cash received to date (Total) 4,300.40 Cash outstanding 44.45 A unique shirtwaist is fashioned of Turkish towelling, much heavier than ratine, says the New York Times. It is made in sailor style, with the collar, pocket and cuffs of pink linen; the sleeves are short and rather full; the whole waist has a heavy, uncomfortable effect, and a fairly large price is charged for it; this fact, added to its appearance, may keep it from being popular. The Water Pipe System Mr. J. Mullett, waterworks superintendent, submitted his fortnightly report which stated that the municipality has now 166 miles eef water pipes, 121 new services had been j installed in the past few weeks, j making a total of 6268. The follow-1 ing report on the wells in the munici-1 pality was adopted in ils entirety : Well at Central Park closed down owing te, machinery getting out of iirelcr, thc well at Victoria Road down about 340 feet, thc new well at C. P. R. is not in use yet owing to a rush of sand coming in at bottom of casing, but expect to have this in order in a few days. Everything in general fairly good with the exception of Collingwood District, and I expect to have this in better shape in a few days. I beg to ask for a telephone at C. P. R. pumping station. The above repoit included labor and materials. A Legacy in Which Religion is Barred. A deputation of two attended Mon. day's Council meeting in regard to the case of Mrs. Harding, the wife of a former municipal employee who is now an inmate of the provincial asylum at Westminster. The Council granted Mrs. Harding $20 a month, but at thc last meeting of the Council this grant was stopped by special resolution of the Council, as Mrs. Harding had secured a similar grant from the Stevenson estate fund for women who did not bele^ng to any church or religious denomination. When the Council made thc grant there were no conditions attached to it. Thc deputation in a somewhat dictatorial speech now asked that the grant be renewed. Reeve Kerr assured the lady speaker that thc Council had no feeling whatever in the matter, but they had to look after the Council finances. The Council decided to ask Dr. Doherty, of Westminster, if Harding was mentally fit to resume work. Phone : Fairmont 1514 MacHaffie & Good fellow HAY, GRAIN AND FEED A Full Line of Chicken Feed Corner 26th Avenue and Main Street Vancouver, B. C. South Vancouver FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE, 5-room Bungalow, near Main Street. Cash $300; balance $30 per month, including interest. ONTARIO STREET : 6-room House, in good district, at a snap price for a few days. Cash $800; balance to suit. 23rd AVENUE SNAP : Fine Lot, close to Ontario Street; size 33x148ft., to lane. Price only $1,500. One-quarter cash; balance 1, 2, and 3 years. MAIN STREET : 44 feet, near 16th Avenue, at a snap. Cash $5,000; balance 1 to 5 years. J. A. KERR & CO. Real Estate Brokers 3332 Main Street P. O. Box 40 Phone : Fairmont 822 BITULITHIC PAVEMENT ��� jjjgl i \^^^^^ tBpS&' 1*M jftr'-SjB flRtfS llmx Granville Street South, Before Paving This has the following attributes : " Durability; sure footing for horses; resiliency ; noiselessness; easy drainage; dustless- ness; economy. fl Bitulithic approaches more closely than any oilier the ideal of a perfect pavement. ��� Its notable durability makes it more economical than any other paving. 9 The Vancouver thoroughfares paved with bitulithic are an impressive object-lesson in line paving. ���I Bitulithic has been adopted in over 200 cities in the United States, and 15 cities in Canada. Granville Street South, After Paving Columbia Bitulithic Limited 433 Granville St. Vancouver, B. C. The Beer Without a Peer CASCADE THE VANCOUVER BREWERIES LTD Phone : Fairmont 429 EIGHT GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1912 Wm. H. KENT & SON Real Estate Agents COLLINGWOOD EAST���Joyce Street \fY hen you're out to speculate, |-| ouses, Lots, and Real Estate, If eep your weather eye on "* KENT: |T ase expense, STOP paying rent. |U ow's the time to choose your site��� "|" rade with us��� our terms are right; Jfc our Poultry Ranches, too��� g urely they look good to you! Q pportunity is knocking, N ot to heed is simply shocking. Nice 4-room house with furnace, plumbing, electric light, leaded light windows and painted. Complete $2150, $100 cash, balance $25 a month. If you are looking for acreage we have some of the choicest. 5-acre lots in Langley, close to car, on easy terms. It will pay you to enquire about these. A limited number of lots, $500 each, on our Bridge Street property. Will pay you to drop into our River Road office and buy one of these. Phone: Collingwood 18. P. O. Box 2, Collingwood Branch Office : River Road and Ash Street, Eburne J. D. Fraser & Co. We carry Special Lines of the finest GROCERIES AND FLOUR We also carry Hay and all kinds of Feed Phone our store (Collingwood 25), or call. Our delivery service is prompt. COLLINGWOOD EAST We can sell you a fine corner lot on Westminster Road, near the Earls Road for $1850, Terms, $650 cash; balance in 6, 12 and 18 months. This is a money-maker. We have for rent a brand-new 5-room Bungalow on the Westminster Road, near Ferguson Road. MONEY TO PURCHASE AGREEMENTS OF SALE Black & McDonnell 418 Abbott Street Phone : Sey. 637? Branch Office': Westminster and Wales Rd. Phone : Collingwood 52 LARGE LOTS No. 1 Road and Grant (Close to Park) $100 below any other property in this vicinity. Small cash payment. These lots are cleared, and some have been resold at nearly double the price originally bought at. Westminster Road Double corner on Westminster Road, near Park Avenue. Cleared. Splendid Business Site. Away below market value. The widening and paving of Westminster Road are now an assured fact, and prices will soon be on the jump. Get in and buy now. J. B. Todrick & Co. CORNER PARK AVENUE AND WESTMINSTER ROAD Phone : Collingwood 13R Screen Doors and Windows Add to thc comfort of your home and save doctors' bills by equipping your house with screen doors and windows. Our stock is large, and prices right. COOKING UTENSILS Furnish your kitchen from a large shipment of cooking utensils which have just been received. Formerly Manitoba Hardware Co. HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, STOVES, RANGES, ETC. Joyce Street, COLLINGWOOD C. B. FEARNEY SASHES AND DOORS Wc have a reputation for supplying Sashes and Doors of the finest quality and *��t the shortest neitice, at Prices that are right. We have experienced men who can supply any need in the line of Sashes and Doors. It will be 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 & Tufnail Dealers in Sashes, Doors, Frames, Sheet Glass, etc. Collin,gwood West Station A. ROBINSON Corner ALMAS & WELLINGTON AVENUE COLLINGWOOD EAST Pioneer Transfer Co. PROMPT DELIVERY Phone: Collingwood 32 : Hands Across the Sea : Paragraphs on the Fusion of Interests of Greater Vancouver and the Home-land Braw Caledonians stern and wild made Ihe welkin ring lasl Saturday night after they had had a feast during the afternoon <if the sports thai are peculiar tee thc Land o' Cakes There was Mayeer Findlay himself, one of the clan Findlay, and the Mc Phersons and the McGregors, The skirl of the pipes and the Scottish accent, not to mention the tartans eef the Urquharts anil the Stewarts, were enough lo carry e>ne back in imagination to the land <>f brown heath and shaggy wood. It was a great day for Scotland. Hoots mon. * * * There can bc no question that the city council of Vancouver and the councils of the adjoining municipalities have a problem to tackle that will test thc administrative ability of the fathers who arc at the head of affairs. Like private individuals, cities and districts that arc growing and developing want motley, but the trouble that has arisen at the present time, and which promises to become larger than a man's hand, is that the kings of finance in London have suddenly become mighty tight-fisted and the statement has been made that if Canada wants more money from thc Old Country she will have to possess her soul in patience and wait until those who have hold of thc money bags arc willing to disburse. Not that the credit of this country is not as good as ever, but that the men who control the finances of the United Kingdom want a bigger return for their money. In addition to this, other countries are magnetising the aforesaid financiers. Once let these countries get their clutch in in (his connection, and the Dominion will have a tough tussle to hold its own. Canada is only an infant ��� yet, in many respects, but a husky big infant at that, and if thc proper men are at the head of affairs, there need be no fear that she will weather the fiercest financial storm that may come her way. But she has got to bc prepared. The race is not always to the swift, but in a matter of this kind speed will tell as much as stamina. * * * Peculiar views have been expressed by Sir George Reid, the Australian High Commissioner, who has departed from England on a visit to Canada. In effect, what he is reported to have stated was that thc stronger the tics, the more slender the union. In other words he advocates that too close a relationship between the Colonies and the Mother-country is not the proper way to promote loyalty. Of a truth, a bold saying. If Sir George is right in his contention, how is it that Canada is permeated with loyalty and devotion to the United Kingdom, and why is it that at every festive gathering in this part of the world the refrain is thundered out "By Britannia's side, what- e'er betide, unflinchingly we'll stand?" Extraordinary beliefs that some of these public men and politicians hold. We wonder if Sir George will make a speech to the Canadian Club on those lines when he makes his debut to the members of that organization. It will be worth while to watch developments. * �� ��� It's a sure cinch that there arc people in the Old Country who have as much idea of conditions here as they have of the formation of the planet Mars. This is no reflection on the immigrants who are daily arriving in Canada. Simply a statement of fact that he who runs may read��� likewise he who skips, if they wish tee anil profit thereby. These remarks are due lo an interview we had wilh a Scotsman who has unly arrived from his native heath. Hi was a shining light in Ihe legal profession away baek. but his knowledge of Canadian law being eef a limited character, he is perforce obliged tee do whal in him lies In make both ends meet. Likewise he is a captain eel volunteers ami a charming man in every way. Bul he is up against it, and he knows it. Like many others, he entertained the idea that nice, fat jobs were waiting lo he picked up here'. He is a sadder and a wiser man now. But his luck will turn if he can manage lee make it turn the corner. 'Tis pitiful to sec men coming out here wine have not the slightest conception of what the conditions are���men who have received a very line education, and who were somebody in the land of their birth. Still, if they will make the journey to the Last Great West they must be prepared to endure hardship and buffeting. But the point of these remarks is that if only a little more Information were imparted to the classy ones before they decide to cast in their lot with this land, it is just possible they would think twice before they made the leap. * * * Lord Strathcona! here's to you, and many of them. Hard work and a vigorous constitution have landed you to thc ninety-second milestone on life's journey. Today you are as fresh as a man of fifty-four���or even less���and judging from appearances you have not the remotest idea of throwing in your checks. This grand old Canadian statesman is one of the men who have made the Dominion what it is today. He has seen the overthrow of many ministries. The development of the country at such a rapid rate has always been a source of infinite pleasure to him. And today he stands on the threshold of the grave���may he stand there for a long time���looking hack with justifiable pride at the results of his handiwork. We raise our hats with reverence and regard to ye. Once again���Hoch. * �� * "Kinsmen across the seas," in effect, declares Premier Borden. And thc statement expresses the views of the eight million odd inhabitants of Canada. The delegation from the Dominion went to England, not as politicians, but as brethren of the men who have made England what it is today. One in hand and heart, one in sentiment and loyalty to the throne of the British Empire. But what about all this matter of the navy? And why is the Premier so shy of airing his opinions? No one wishes him to give state secrets away, and no one believes that he will ever be so foolish as to do so. But at the same time the Premier owes a duty to the people who placed him in the high position that he now occupies, and that being so, isn't it his duty to take those people into his confidence and give them an idea of thc work and the responsibility that are before them. That Canada is anxious to make a substantial contribu- tion to the Imperial navy cannot be doubted. That Great Britain will welcome any assistance in that shape is also a matter on which there can bc no two opinions. That is the situation as it stands at present. What is the use of making a secret of the whole tiling. Perhaps the First Lord of the Imperial Admiralty will have some light to throw on the subject when he comes out to the Dominion in the course of a few months. :: Collingwood Notes :: Road Making and Water Supply. Collingwood is looking after its own in the matter of expenditure on roads and water supply. At a meeting of Ward 1, on Friday last, the water supply was discussed, and it was decided to call the attention of the Council to the fact that the tank on No. 1 Road has been standing empty for some months and is falling to pieces. Thc recent decisiem of the Council to lend money from some wards to others which have overspent was criticized, and a resolution passed that Collingwood needed its entire appropriation for roads in the district this year. It was decided to ask the Council for a statement of thc assessment in each ward and the amount of money spent in each section. It may bc added that this document appeared in detail ill our last issue. Accelerated Mail Service On Monday Mr. Gibson, of the West Collingwood Ratepayers' Association asked the Municipal Council to take immediate steps to have the names of streets posted on the corners thereon, so that the petition of West Collingwood ratepayers to have house to house delivery extended to that section might be fortified by the report that the Municipal Council was doing something to forward the project. Reeve Kerr said he had heard unofficially that a mail delivery was to commence between Sixteenth and Forty-third Avenues on Wednesday in that week, but he could give no guarantee of that. In regard to the street names and numbers, that matter was in the hands of the engineer and was being proceeded with. West Collingwood Station Crossing A West Collingwood deputation urged to the Municipal Council on Monday, when a profile of the widening and grading of Rupert Street was submitted from the Engineer's department that the thoroughfare be improved, and they contended that it I would assist the B. C. E. R. in doing away with the present unsatisfactory condition of affairs at the West Collingwood Station crossing. The railway said it would have to move its present station building to thc other side of the track, so that the regrad- ing work would obviate the chance of accidents. The matter was left with the Engineer. New Offices for the School Board��� Expenditure Questioned Mr. C. W. Whelpton, chairman of the School Board, asked thc Municipal Council on Monday on what part of the municipal property at the Municipal Hall the new offices were about to be built. Councillor Spencer Robinson, ex-chairman of the School Board, suggested that the trustees obtain legal advice as to the legality of spending money in erecting such a building. He was of the opinion that the Board could not spend money the purpose of which was not set forth in the money bylaws. The councillor objected also to the project of moving the offices from Cedar Cottage to South Hill, inasmuch as Cedar Cottage was central, was the home of the largest school, on thc grounds of which there was lots of room to build offices if new ones wcre needed, and the impending annexation would make a long-time lease of municipal property to thc School Board useless because annexation would result in the moving of School Board headquarters from the municipality to Vancouver City. Mr. Whelpton replied that he had not come to thc Council to discuss the administrative policy of the Board, but merely to ask where they could build their new offices in pursuance of a previous resolution of the Council giving them a lease of certain land at a rental of one dollar a year. Reeve Kerr and Councillor Third were appointed to confer with the members of the School Board in selecting a site to suit all parties. Tan-colored leathers are the correct thing for street wear. * * * Coat and dress sleeves arc frequently finished with a frill. Are you looking for a Home or Business Site in Collingwood "The Most Prosperous Suburb of Vancouver?" Why not consult a reliable linn specialising in that district? We put on the first subdivision in Collingwood, and have been in business there ever since. BAILEY, TELFORD & CO. LTD. 317 Pender Street Phone : Sey. 5294 COLLINGWOOD EAST Phone : Col. 5 �� GENUINE BARGAIN SALE AT Powe's Furnishing Store JOYCE ST., COLLINGWOOD EAST On account of limited space, we are sacrificing our present lines of boots, shoes, hats, and caps AT COST To make room for a large line of new goods soon to arrive. COME WHILE THE BARGAINS LAST J. Shaw E. Chell Shaw and Chell LUMBER MERCHANTS All Kinds of Building Material Dealers in Lumber, Brick, Sand, Lime, Gravel, Taeoma Plaster, Satin Spar, Etc. CENTRAL PARK EAST COLLINGWOOD Carleton Sash and Door Factory (Opposite Carleton School on Westminster Road) Equipped with up-to-date machinery. Every order receives our prompt attention. First-class work done. CITY PRICES FOR SALE A House and Lot, close to Patterson Station, for $700. $100 cash; balance over 3 years. Lot close to Central Park Station, close to School and Post Office. Size 70x165ft. Price $670. Terms, one-fifth cash; balance over 3 years. This is $300 below value. Acreage and Lots. Best buys can be obtained from GEORGE HORNING & CO. CENTRAL PARK STATION Beaver Lands Ltd. Successors to the Collingwood Land Company Real Estate and Insurance Head Office 505 Richards St. Branches Collingwood East 2653 4th Ave. W., KiUilano Before having; your House Wired get in touch with J. TRIPP Electrician, Collingwood E. and Central Park All orders promptly attended to The price is right South Vancouver Council and the Special Commission On Monday morning Councillor Elliott asked the Finance Committee what steps the Council proposed to take to bring recommendations before the Commissioner, in the commission that had been appointed by the Government to look into the working of the Municipal Clauses Act. Reeve Kerr said the commission would hold public sessions, at which the Councils, representing the Municipalities, would give evidence and make representatives. Councillor Elliott said no Council was in a better position to give evidence as to the working of. the Act than South Vancouver, and he thought they should begin to consider what evidence to offer,. The Committee agreed and decided to consider the .question. Infectious Tent Hospital for South Vancouver On the application of Dr. Murphy an infectious diseases hospital is being rushed for the reception of cases that may occur in the municipality. It transpired that Dr. Murphy had at a previous meeting of the Council been authorized to establish such a hospital, but he now stated that the tent assigned to him was worn out and falling to pieces. He now stated that he would require a new one, and submitted an appropriate estimate of the cost of furnishing it. This ran to about $100, exclusive of a supply of linen and blankets. The officer was authorized to make the necessary expenditure and establish a tent hospital. The simple one-piece morning frock of linen is more charming than ever. SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1912 GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK ������ ��� -' NINE REBUILT :: REMODELLED REARRANGED MOST UP-TO-DATE PLAYHOUSE IN VANCOUVER Phone: Seyenoui 7012 AVENUE THEATRE MAIN ud HARRIS GRAND REOPENING. Week of August 12. Matinees: Wed. & Sat. The Del. S. Lawrence Stock Company in PAUL ARMSTRONG'S Gieate.1 Succe��: "ALIAS JIMMY VALENTINE" Price. 25c, 35c, 50c Matinees 25c any seat Week ol August 19 "NEVADA" SPORTING COMMENT EN PASSANT ���RIVERCREST Foo7?o'rTH8irnt Deposit $500 and move today to the new cosy and attractive 5-room Bungalow at 52nd and Eraser Avenues. Large and airy rooms, Entrance Hall, Living Room with Portal Wall Bed, Built-in Buffet, Built-in Bookcase, Tile Fireplace and Glased Brick Mantel; tivo bedrooms. Panelled 'walls and beamed ceilings. $3,800, and we give you four years to pay. Phone us for an appointment and look this over. Bungalow Finance & Building Co. Ltd. Phones : Seymour 3204-5-6 Pacific Bldg. 416 Howe St. Bliss & Brandt Mining, Real Estate, Timber LOANS & INSURANCE Phone: Fairmont 218 4215 Main Street, City Heights, South Vancouver, B. C. W. C. McKim A. Hamilton Phone : Fairmont 801 G. Hopkins McKIM, HAMILTON & HOPKINS REAL ESTATE BROKERS South Vancouver Specialists CORNER 25th AVENUE AND MAIN STREET City Heights P. O. SOUTH VANCOUVER, B. C. C 1 reel sporting Me>e,el still runs. freely at the' Coast. After in-iir mountable difficulties, ie, all sppetar ances, had made the breech a ser ie.us e.ne between tli��- Vancouver anel New Westminster dubs, the nan agements ge,t together, anel with k^1 anel lake e,n either side, buried their grievances almoest as qutelcly as they hael cropped up, with thc result that the lerfes of games for 11 j ��- Mini', Cup ��ere resumed al Vancouver on Saturday lasl anel the public once more had an opportunity of witnessing tin- struggles for the posse ssi i the piece of silverware which history Iwill record ai among the: greatest inj Canada's national game, After all, the amount of respect any team may gather is measured large!) by its capacity to take defeat, In doubtedly both the Vancouver and j ' Westminster clubs hael grievances which were- open tei adjustment, audi it is a happy augury for the future eif the game at the Ceiast that each club fengeit their private differences, and decided to continue the series. Wc may now l""k fur a continuation eef those matches which have made the game famous on the Coast. The defeat of the Vancouver club by thc New Westminster club on Saturday last seems tei indicate that there will be- a change in the resi deuce of the Minto Cup during the- coming winter months. Westminster is the choice for the cup just now, though the Vancouver club is neit altogether ele,wn and emt. Con Jones' club still has a chance to hold the silverware, but with thc loss of the match a week agei there is no denying the fact that their chances were seriously impaired. Knowing the tenacity with which the Westminster club hold to any advantage, it will be a hard task for the Vancouver club to break down a lead which is quickly approaching a turning point in the guardianship <��f the cup. On the other hand, Cem Jones has in thc Vancouver team one of the- greatest lacrosse organizations that has ever been gathered together in Ihis country. With a reputation e.f pulling games OUt of the tire, when lo all appearattees their chances are nil, the present situation gives the club its supreme opportunity. Safe to say no other club playing the Cedar Cottage Pioneer Agents OFFICE AT STATION Wilson Rd.���$500 cash. Wilson Rd.���Near rear Tecumseh School, $450. Terms. Knight Rd.���$750. 4-room Bungalow : $1,600. Nanaimo St.���Next block to Bodwell, $750. Goddard & Son Ltd. 'Auction Mart," 123 Pender West and Cedar Cottage Sale of TUB DRESSES Marked down for speedy clearance, this lot consists of Child's Gingham and Muslin Dresses. All our own make, and the materials will wash and hold their colors. Sizes 1 to 4 years. Plain Gingham Dresses. Regular 75c for 40c Fancy Trimmed Gingham and Swiss Spot Muslin Dresses,"/5c to $1.00 lines at 50c BUY NOW Oxford Cash Store Cor. Knight and Westminster Roads Sunnydene Sub Office i home in South Vancouver, lie would be a very valuable mar, for .iny of lhe three teams in the Se,uth | Vancouver league, lor U-- would ""t ������uly prove a big asset see far as play i.iliiv t,"><-^ but his experience mighl be- uied t<e ge,.,e| advantage in ��� inanagerial capacity, Tlu- race in ihe Korthwastcrn Bass ball League t^ getting keener with the ition uf tin- summer months. At the time e,f writing th'- Beavers .!!��� rlghl at the- teep Ol tile- I|e-,|]|, ,'i!|e| unless tlie unexpected haopens they ihould : nish in that place, Spokane i^ the- only really serious rival the Beavers Have tee tin- championship, and th.- Indians should nol be able tee heal lieel) BrOWn'l t'.elll lilt of a ������e-e-einel championship. Ii��� ��� l�� hai fortified lii~ team tee a greal extent elur iny tin- past couple of weeks with iln- addition of llyrani and Schmutz to the pitching staff, and his box! artists now appear to be the best by a considerable margin in the circuit.. Seattle, which made a temporary bid feir the- championship, has hit tin to boggan and thc Giants will be lucky i if they finish in third place. Port- lanil, Victoria and Taeoma as pennant possibilities have long since been out of the running. * * * Vancouver fans as a result of the! splendid team Hob lireiwn has gather, j ed together is witnessing stellar ball, j Not only are thc veterans of the club; performing in great style, but the youngsters are showing class, and the visiting clubs are meere- or less imbued ' with the same spirit when they strike I thc home eef the champions. That the fans arc appreciating the brand of | hall may be seen from the manner in which they are attending the matches, which only goes to show! that the ball manager who can pro- ] duce a winning club gets the crowd I every lime. When the Westminster hockey] club won the championship of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association last winter they also won thc right to challenge for the Stanley Cup. Owing to the fact that thc championship was not settled until late elates, both at the Coast and in the East, the proposed series of cup games 1 last winter were called off with the I expectation that the champion team The postman is sometimes wel- come and sometimes otherwise. He may bring good news or bad. lie- that as it may, pee,pie always wish io receive their letters at the earliest poilible moment. There are thout- ands m South Vancouver from the 'ild Country who await the delivery uf their mail with considerable anx- iety A thousand and one things may have happened since they left tin: "i'i folk, at home. Up till ne,w the dc- livery of letters in South Vancouver has, In say tin- least, been very er- ratie-, ami therefore disappointing CHURCH NOTICES Church officers are invited to send in for free publication under this head such announcements as they desire to have made of services and meetings for the current week. To ensure insertion on Friday, notices should be received at this office by Wednesday evenine. Westminster Presbyterian Church, Corner 26th Avenue and Sophia Street (one block east of Main) : Minister, Rev. George D. Ireland, B.A, Resielence, 275 Twenty-third Avenue Hast. Services at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. The Minister will preside at both services. Sunday School and Bible class. conducted by the Minister, at 2.30. When addressed toCity'fieTghts posi Wt'(?n"day Service at 8 p.m. Y. P. ��� ti.-- they l.av,- been delivered at the | c- E-< M0?���?' 8 P-m- I-ad,cs' Ald Winnotts post office ^"ety, third fhursday ot the month, River K...,.1 at 46t1i Avenue anel Main Street, and there they lie until called for. It follows, therefore, that if the letters ever get tei their inte-neli-ei destination it is by a mere chance. It is t', be hoped that the lieu system, if not so general as desired, will in part remedy any further serious miscarriage of correspondence. at 2 30 p.m.. President, Mrs. James Esslemont; Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. Jeihn Mouat. ��� He * Knox Presbyterian Church, Carleton Hall, Collingwood : Services : Sunday morning, 11.30; evening, 7.30; Sunday School, 10.30 a.m.; Young People's Guild afler Evening Service. Minister ; Rev. Geo. C. F. Pringle. Residence : School Road. An official announcement was made! on Monday that Mr. R. G. Macpher- \ se.m, postmaster, had received instruc- | lions from Ottawa for the inauguration of the service. The extension of the daily delivery to South Vancouver is largely due to the efforts of | Mr. II. II. Stevens, M.P., who passed j the claims of the municipality in this I connection on the post office department fe.r some months. The headquarters for the postal delivery will be the post office on Main Street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth Avenues. At the outset there will be two deliveries daily, and seven carriers will be employed. In time as sidewalks are extended and houses numbered, the service will be extended beyond the boundaries of the district which is now to be served. The boundaries of the territory to be cov- j ered by the delivery service now in operation will bc south of 16th Avenue, west of Main Street to Bridge Street, south of 19th Avenue, I west of Main Street to Ontario, south j of Twenty-fifth Avenue, east of I c .i. um u , �� ^u l. r r\,o..r;. ,��� so.u \ I i r\ South Hill Baptist Church: Fraser Untario to 59th Avenue, east of On- i c ��� n j 7 10 ,.,,.; , u. ... a .,. c Avenue. Services, II a.m. and 7:30 tano lo rraser Avenue, north of c _, c , 1 i n . ; p.m. Sunday School, 3 p.m. Pastor, Rev, W. H. Redman. Residence, 523 Fifty-third Avenue East. St. David's Presbyterian Church, Winser Street, near Bodwell Road: Service at 11 a.m.; Sunday School and Bible class, 2.30 p.m.; Evening Service at 7.30. All are invited. * �� �� South Hill Presbyterian Church, Corner of 48th and Draper : Services at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. A cordial invitation is given to all. * * �� Methodist Church, Westminster Road, Collingwood : Services : Sunday morning, 11 a.m.; evening, 7.30; Sunday School, 2.30, Epworth League, Monday, 8 p.m..'Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 8 p.m. * * * St Peter's Church, Main Street : Services: Sunday morning, 11 a.m.; evening, 7.30. Sunday School, 2.45. Holy Baptism, 4 p.m.; Holy Communion every Sunday at 8 a.m. Vicar : Rev. G. F. C. Caffin, M.A. Residence, 144 39th Avenue West. 40th Avenue west of Windsor Street tei 28th Avenue, west of Knight Road to 28th Avenue, south of 16th Avenue east of Knight Road and Victoria Drive. For a Good Meal or a Rest, call at Unique Cafe 49th AVE. AND FRASER Ice Cream, Sodas, .and Sundaes Meals 25c "Nothing But the Best" Thanks for Services Rendered At a special meeting of Ward I. Ratepayers' Association, on the motion of Mr. R. Telford, seconded by Mr. Nicholson, a resolution was passed expressing appreciation of the services of Reeve Kerr and Councillor Thomas, -during the time the Ward was unrepresented in the Council. It was pointed out that Reeve Kerr had received every delegation with the utmost courtesy, and had dealt with all matters brought forward with painstaking consideration, and he had been ably assisted by Councillor Thomas. Thc increased car service of the B. C. E. railway on Fraser Avenue, which commenced on Monday, is being much appreciated by residents in that locality and the public generally. The Fraser Avenue cars now run I through the heart of the city to the corner of Robson and Granville, thus tapping the main office and business district. The extension of the Westminster-Victoria Road line to the corner of Powell and Main Streets St. Margaret's Church, Agnes Road, Cedar Cottage : Services : Sunday morning, 11 a.m.; Evening, 7.30. Holy Communion : First Sunday in month, 11 a.m.; third Sunday, 8.30 a.m.; Vicar Rev. Wm. Bell, M.A., Churchwardens, dessrs. C. Williams and F. W. Tucker. Organist and choirmaster, A. R. Pearson. Ferris Road Methodist Church, 51st Avenue, one block west of Fraser : Sabbath services : 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m.; Sabbath School and Adult Bible Class, 2.30 p.m.; Teacher, Bible pr all ��rs, instead of merely doing\cht thc Pastorp Epworth Lcague, I i ', "'SO,,m"C aPP,rCC;''' Cd Monday, 8 p.m., Mr. Frank Harford, It is stated that other important line extensions are in contemplation by the company. * �� * At the Council meeting on Monday several applications from officials of the Council were put in, and the only one acceded to was that of Health 1 Officer Pengelly. This fact is not ; stated in order to draw any invidious I distinction. Thc chief reason why I other advances in salary were not! granted is explained by the fact that! just now the municipal exchequer is i low. Thc Council came to the con- j elusion that Mr. Pengelly's was an ex-! ceptional case, and that the special i services rendered were worthy of special and immediate recognition. It was stalcil that the work in the Health Department is very efficient and thorough, owing mainly to thc energy and ability of the health officer. onday, 8 p.m., president. Prayer Services, Wednesday, 8 p.m.; Choir practice, Friday, 8 p.m.; Choir leader, Mr. T. Coltart. Ladies' Aid meets first Wednesday in every month, Mrs. John Pye, president. * * * Gospel Hall, Gartley Road, Cedar Cottage: Services: 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m.; Sunday School, 3 p.m.: Wednesday Bible Studv, 8 p.m. All invited. * * * Cedar Cottage Hall, Baptist Church Services : Sunday 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m.; Bible Class, 2.30 p.m. * * * Cedar Cot.age Presbyterian Church : Services : 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m.; S.S.E. Bible Class, 2.30. Pastor J. C. Madill. DEL S. LAWRENCE Who leads his own company, reopening in the Avenue Theatre on Monday next in "Alias Jimmy Valentine" national game in the vveerlel would dare to stack up against such a proposition as now faces the Vancouver club, and it is yet to be seen if the cup-holders are equal to the task. Last year in a contest for the cup, which see-sawed throughout the entire season, the Vancouver club emerged only after an extra game. With the Westminster club considerably in the lead at this time of the year, thc Vancouver club will have a harder task than a year age), which members of the team will admit was hard enough even then. Today the scene of action will bc transferred to Westminster, and the result of this match will be watched with a good deal of interest. To keep in the running it will be necessary for thc Vancouver club to score a win in this fixture, while a victory for the New Westminster twelve will strengthen their position materially. The Vancouver club must be able to win not only the balance of their home games, but they must also be able to take the big end of two of the four remaining games to be played in Westminster to break even on the series with the Royals for the cup. Thc lacrosse season this year has been full of surprises, and there may be a great number more before the large cup games of 1912 are over. By the way, South Vancouver lacrosse enthusiasts have an opportunity to get in touch with a first-class player in thc person of Harry McArthur, son of Magistrate J. C. McArthur. This husky defence player was with the Victoria club in the Intermediate League last year, and before that played for a number of year with the Intermediates in Xew Westminster. Recently he arrived on the Mainland and is now making from the Coast weeiild make thc trip to Ihe East in the middle of the coming winter. Now the word has been sent out that Ihis trip will be abandoned, and that the Coast champions of 1912-13 will go at the close of the next season. To send a team to the East at the time that the Coast season would be nicely under way would undoubtedly seriously affect the schedule and would also to a certain extent interfere with the season's play of the different teams throughout thc season. The Patrick Bros, kneiwing that, have wisely decided to call off the mid-winter series and pin their hope on bringing the cup to the coast on a series of games after the season's play, and when the winning seven would he in a better position to give a better account of itself. The fans, too, will not be inconvenienced with a break in the regular playing season. Although the season is a long way off considerable interest is being evinced in the possibilities of thc great winter game at the Coast next winter. TEMPERANCE LECTURE According I" J. A. Kerr, Reeve of South Vancouver, the drink evil will be solved when the fact is hammered into the heads of all young men that ! the man who takes alcohol is a weakling, a second-rater, an also-ran, and a candidate for election to niember- 1 ship in the down-and-out club. At Westminster Presbyterian, Rev. Mr Ireland's church. Mr. Kerr lectured on Monday night before the members "i 1 lie Young People's S"- ciety eef Christian Endeavor. He dealt with the liquor question from a cool business standpoint. The Reeve said that through education lhe drinking evil would be solved. He made particular mention of the part young ladies arc in a position to play in keeping boys sober. Rev. Mr. I-eland is one of the leading and at the same time popular temperance men on thc coast. Through an organization being work, ed at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Mr. Ireland is accomplishing much for the cause of temperance. Thc Y'oung People's Society of Christian Endeavor, Westminster Presbyterian Church, meets every Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Young people in South Vancouver should join this society. The young people of Westminster Presbyterian Church are going in for athletics. The church board has given them the use of the basement under the new partition of the church. This basement will be filled up as a gymnasium. The new Baptist Church building being erected for the South Hill Baptists, is Hearing completion and promises to be one of the finest in Vancouver. At a meeting of the Men's Baraca Class on Tuesday night it was decided to set apart a room in the new church for their work, which will be furnished in a suitable manner lUr that purpose. This will be a congenial place to spend .; pleasant hour in the evenings, where suitable rending will be furnished and everything will be done to add to the health and happiness 0 those who desire to take advantage of such an opportunity. River Avenue Methodist Church liele! ,-\ successful musical day on Sunday at which the collection towards the Organ Fund amounted to $38. Mr. Wood, of the First Presbyterian Church, Vancouver, sang "If With All Your Hearts" (Elijah) exceedingly well. Anthems were rendered by an augmented choir, the most effective being Christopher Mark's "Thc Dav Is Past and Over." Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dickie celebrated the twentieth anniversary of their marriage by holding a lawn party on Saturday afternoon. These pioneers built the first home on Nineteenth Avenue, and a lovely home it is. One of its chief features is its floral adornment. * * * A quiet wedding was solemnized at the Manse of Westminster Church, 275 Twenty-third Avenue, on Sunday, August 4, by the Rev. George D. Ireland, when he united in matrimony Miss Annie Holden, daughter of John Holden, Brighton, England, and James William Edwards, of 1593 Fourth Avenue West. Cashier' Absconds The police of Vancouver have been asked to trace Frank J. Arnold, formerly cashier with the Cummings' Packing and Forwarding Company. A week ago last Saturday night Arnold cashed a cheque on the company for $263, and left immediately for parts unknown. He was traced as far as Victoria, but on reaching that point all trace of him seems to have been lost. Arnold left the employ of tin's company several weeks ago, but did not fill in thc blank cheque and present it to the bank until the Saturday in question. i^i "Now this," said the salesman,��� "this is a sixty-horse car " "But I don't want a horse car," said Dubbs. "I want an automobile." APPLICATION FOR LICENCE August 6. 1912 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that thirty days after dale I intend to apply to the Licence Commissioners of South Vancouver for a Bottle Licence on the premises situated on Lot II, Block 49, 1). L. 36 and 51. JAMES CHAPMAN. CORPORATION OF SOUTH VANCOUVER Licences To Whom it May Concern : TAKE NOTICE, that licences are now due by all hawkers, peddlers, express and draymen, doing business in South Vancouver. Any hawker, peddler, express and drayman found doing business of this nature within the Municipality without a South Vancouver Licence will be prosecuted as provided by the Trades Licence Bylaw. WILLIAM JACKSON, Chief of Police. Dated July 31, 1912. TENDERS, Etc. SEALED TENDERS, marked "Tenders for Eire Insurance," on three brick additions and four new brick Schools, $25,000.00 each risk, addressed to the undersigned, will be received up to 12 o'clock noon on Tuesday, August 13, 1912. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. For full particulars applr to WM. KIRKLAND, Secretaryv SOUTH VANCOUVER BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES P. O. Box 59, Cedar Cottage P. O. TEN GREATER VANCOUVER CHINOOK SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 191? IS �� British Columbia calls for British Brain and British Gold C| On the western rim of the greatest empire that has been, a marvellous city is in the making. CI Vancouver's story is more wonderful than that of any fabled city of the East. C[ South Vancouver adjoins this commercial outpost of Empire. (J To-day the sunny slope on the North Arm of the mighty Fraser offers the same chances to investors that Vancouver offered ten years ago. (J South Vancouver calls for three different types of Britishers���manufacturers to build factories on four miles and a half of deep fresh-water frontage in its primeval state; merchants with a few hundred pounds to go into business; and honest men and women who will work. (J South Vancouver has splendid rail and water transportation facilities, a population of 35,000 prosperous householders, cheap homesites, and the best climate on earth. CHARLES HARRISON Secretary, South Vancouver Board of Tracje Box 63, Hillcrest P. O., B.C. J
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