@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "b2af36c4-9ac3-4488-8683-c1dc5f08cb83"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2015-11-26"@en, "1908-04-18"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/penpress/items/1.0211942/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ & tCvv VOL. 2. No. 40 PENTICTON, B.C., SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1908. $1.00 Per Year In Advance. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO ESTABLISHED 1807 B. E. WALKER, President ALEX. LAIRD, General Manager A. H. IRELAND, Superintendent of Branches Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000 Rest, - - - 5.000,000 Total Assets, - 113,000,000 Branches throughout Canada, and in the United States and England BANKING BY MAIL ��s Business may be transacted by mail with any branch of the Bank. Accounts may be opened and deposits made or withdrawn by mail. Every attention is paid to out-of-town accounts. Penticton Branch - . J. J. HUNTER, Manager. ! Flume Lumber ( I Just arrived, a scow load of 1x6 [ j and1ix6. 1 : Get your orders in as it is going : I fast. / j S. C SMITH LUMBER CO., LTD. i f ^^���r^mm.tf^mm.tf^m~t+f^m~tf^m*tf^m*t^**+^ J wmmwwiam^Kaa&naammma&K&ammmmammtmammmwmwK GENTLEMEN : What about a Spring Suit that will keep you cool ? We have them from $4.00 up to $30. Now is your chance to get a good selection to choose from. NORMAN HILL, The Up-to-Date Ladie' and Gents' Furnisher. JUST RECEIVED A large consignment of Single and Double Light and Heavy HARNESS Express and Driving KENT & SON r��^r/\\T/vT/vT/VT/ VY/ KV* W* W* WW \\^a I COMMERCIAL Livery, Feed and Sale Stable DIGNAN and WEEKS, Proprietors. fttttt2��2�� If you /ant a Stylish Outfit, this is the place to come. You can always get teams just when you want them. We make a specialty of keeping good horses, safe rigs, carrful drivers and also saddle and pack horses. We are also putting in Hay and Grain for sale, and as we buy for cash we get the best rates and our patrons get the benefit. Special Attention To The Wonts Of Commercial Men. A/A%^A>*A>^A\\*AN*A>rf'A'%*'A'��rAWA*/,A'> 'AX'AV'AK'AH'AV'AX'AH'Ati'AK'AV:* Penticton Stage and Livery Stables. Stage Connects with Steamer "Okanagan" at Penticton, with Great Northern Railway at Keremeos, and with stage to Hedley and Princeton. Pianos and Furniture moved to all points, and a general Draying Business transacted. Saddle and Pack Horses. Top Buggies, Four-horse Rigs for Commercial Men. W. E. Welby, Prop. Penticton. f Penticton Store Established 40 Years. Alfred H. Wade, Prop. Dry Goods, Gent's Furnishings, Boots and Shoes, Groceries and General Merchandize of all Sorts L Agent for Goods delivered through the town. PENTICTON, GIANT POWDER CO. OKANAGAN FLOUR MILLS CO. Prompt attention to orders. B.C. A Local and Personal Born���On Tuesday, April 14, to Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Hatch, a son. M. C. Kendall returned from Kelowna on Wednesday much improved in health. D. W. Crowley, of Crowley & Co. Kelowna, spent some time in Penticton this week. G. H. E. Hudson, photographer of Kelowna, spent several days in town this week. Quassia chips, whale oil soap, Paris green, for spraying, at Main's Pharmacy. Norman Hill has greatly improved the appearance of his home by having the property enclosed by a neat fence. Welby's stage leaves for Keremeos on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6 a. m. instead of at 5 a. m. as formerly. J. F. Tupper has moved his house to the front of his lot on Ellis St. and is having a two storey addition built to it. The time has now arrived when a meeting of the Athletic Association should be called to make plans for the summer sports. A first class Gerhard Heintz- man Piano for sale at greatly reduced price if taken at once. Owner going away. Apply, A. E. Bennett. Remember the Grand Ball in aid of the Penticton Athletic Association on Easter Monday evening. Lunch, (not supper) pro- j vided by the ladies. Geo. E. Winkler left on Tuesday for his coal mine at West- bank. He may locate permanently at the new town on the west side of the lake. The Dominion Exhibition will this year be held in Calgary, Alta., the dates being fixed for June 29 to July 9. This will afford a good opportunity to visit the city of the foothills. A party of Salvation Army immigrants arrived from the old country on Monday. They were the first contingent to arrive of those for whom situations were secured when the Army's agent was here a few months ago. The stone foundation has been completed for a handsome residence which Mrs. S. J. Bradshaw is having built on Winnipeg St. A sister of Mrs. Bradshaw will erect another near the same location during the coming summer. C. E. Houser returned at the beginning of the week after being absent for several days in the lower Okanagan, having been south twenty - five miles below Oroviile in the interests of Crowley & Co's butcher business. L. T. Roberge has secured the services of W. J. Sharp, baker and confectioner, recently of Brandon, Man. Mr. Sharp will bake, not only bread, but all kinds of confectionery as well. Mr. Roberge will immediately begin the erection of a new and larger bake house, and also a new brick oven so that he may be in a position to meet the full requirements of the trade in his line. L. W. Gould, of the Okanagan, Vernon, visited Penticton Monday evening. While here he paid the Press a fraternal call to chat over matters pertaining to the printing business. Mr. Gould was the founder of the Semi- Weekly Okanagan, the Liberal journal of Vernon, but has recently disposed of his interests in the paper, and expects soon to open op a printing offise in either Revelstoke or Golden. Duncan Ross, M. P., was in town last Saturday, having driv- on in from the south that day. He attended a local meeting of Liberals in the evening, at which a reorganization of the Liberal Association took place. F, H. Latimer was elected President, S. W. Mutch, Vice - President, and Henry Murk, Secretary. A. 3. Smith, R. Wilton, F. H. Latimer and S. W. Hatch were appointed delegates to attend the nominating convention at Vernon on the 14th. Bargains in Nursery Stock to clear up block of land ; fine 2-yr. )ld stuff. 500 Belle DeBaskoofe, 500 Salome, 400 Gano, 300 Peas- ��oods Nonsuch, 200 Mann, 400 Stark, 300 Yellow Bellflour, 300 Princess Louise, 1000 Ontario, 1000 Northern Spy, 400 York Imperial, 400 R. I. Greening, 230 tVolfe River, 300 St. Lawrence, 100 Hyslop Crab, 100 Gen. Grant Grab, $12 per 100, $100 per 1000 P. O. B. cars here. First money takes them. M. J. Henry, Henry's Nurseries, Vancouver, B. C. W. T. Shatford, the manager of the S. 0. Land Co., rerurned on Wednesday looking hale and hearty after several months spent in touring throughout eastern Canada, the United States and Mexico. Mr. Shatford particularly enjoyed his visit to the med- ievial Spanish scenes of Mexico which carry one back to the days when Spain was at the zenith of rter glory. The wooden plow is still used in Mexico as it was in Egypt three thousand years ago, and other implements as well as customs remain uneffected by modern civilization. Every city and town has an ancient appearance except the city of Mexico, which is modern in every respect. Naturally, land and land cultivation would appeal to one interested as Mr. Shatford is in the, subject, and he states that, although the country is one of the richest in the world, not more than two per cent, of the land is under cultivation. On the other hand the natives in places cultivate patches high up the mountain sides where the slope is at an angle of at least forty-five degrees. Meeting re Incorporation. The public meeting called on Tuesday evening to discuss the question of the incorporation of Penticton as a city municipality was not as well attended as it should have been in consideration of the amount of talk that has been current upon the subject during the past months. In fact many of those who have been loudest in advocating the assuming of the responsibilities of local government did not attend the meeting at all. It had been advertised, both through the Press and by circular that several persons would give addresses upon the subject under discussion, and to make matters worse two of them were unable to be present. This placed the burden of the meeting upon one speaker. Between forty and fifty people having gathered, A. H. Wade was elected to the chair. Mr. Wade after a few remarks opened the meeting. W. J. Clement then took the floor, and during the next three-quarters of an hour endeavored to point out the advantages that would be derived from incorporation, baaing his remarks upon the experiences of Kelowna and Summerland. He dealt with the subject from an economic standpoint, giving an estimate of the amount of, and sources from which, revenue would be derived, and the approximate amount of expenditure for administration. In this his estimates were based upon the present assessment, and he was of opinion thai; taxation would not be increased, and pointed out the fact that in Summerland taxes have been greatly reduced since incorporation. E. W. Mutch next spoke in opposition, contending that the place was yet too young, the orchards not yet producing, and, in his opinion, the burdens incumbent upon incorporation would be too heavy for Penticton to bear at the present time. H. W. Main followed in a short address, taking up pretty much the same lines of argument, after which J. A. Nesbitt spoke briefly favoring incorporation, stating that while he and others on Ellis street had for years been tax payers they had been obliged to build a bridge across Penticton Creek and do other improvements at their own expense. A vote of the meeting was then taken on a motion by Messrs. Mutch and Main. It read, " Resolved that the time has not yet arrived for Penticton to be incorporated either as a city or as a municipality." The motion was lost by a large majority, only five voting for it. The feeling of the meeting was, unquestionably, in favor of incorporating, as well as is that of the majority of the residents of the town, but, as yet, considerable apathy exists, and it will probably require a season or two of bad roads to make them thoroughly in earnest. As a petition signed by a majority of the property interests of the town would have to be sent to the Provincial Secretary before the 13th day of June in order that incorporation might take effect upon the first of January, 1909, it is doubtful that the work could be accomplished in the time. ' -That anything further will be done this year is, therefore, doubtful. However, the objects for which the meeting was called were accomplished. The subject has been talked over; so much educational work has been done, and next year the matter will go through without any difficulty, but, between now and then, if people want sidewalks they must build them themselves. No cemetery, no park, no recreation grounds, no waterworks, no electric lights, until after Jan'y 1st, 1910. The Tennis Club. The local tennis club this week completed the purchase of one- half acre of land from H. J. Huycke. Four courts are to be laid out, two of which will be seeded in grass this spring. Shade trees will be planted, and a club house erected during the summer. The nets and outfit, which have been ordered, are expected any day, and the courts will be in shape for playing by the first of May. The club is certainly displaying a good deal of enterprise in its efforts to make life pleasant in Penticton. Duncan Ross Nominated. At the convention of Liberals for Yale-Cariboo which was held in Vernon on Tuesday, Duncan Ross the present member for this constituency was unanimously tendered the nomination by the party. No other name was I brought before the convention, | and Mr. Ross consented to again contest the riding at the forthcoming Dominion elections. A large delegation of Liberals was present from all the Okanagan towns, those from Penticton being A. S. Smith and R. Wilton. It is hoped that the Dominion Government will see fit to bring on the election in Yale-Cariboo upon the same date as the other elections are held, and thus give both parties an equal fighting chance. SUMMERLAND. Mr. Gillespie was over from Naramata Monday on business. Jas. English arrived last week from Manitoba to visit his brother, R. H. English, in the livery stab'e here. Mrs. D. Williams is convalescent after a somewhat serious illness. At the monthly meeting of the Ladies' Mission Circle held at the home of Mrs. Jas. Ritchie last Saturday there were twenty-four ladies present. A special feature of the meeting was a very interesting paper on the South Sea Islanders by Miss M. Smith. A Bible reading by Mrs. Sawyer, and the reading of the new constitutions by Mrs. O. E. Tomlin were also helpful and instructive. The sum of thirty dollars was voted by the ladies to assist educational work in India, and other good work was discussed. The next gathering will be held on the first Saturday in May at the home of Mrs. H. G. Estabrook. The spring opening held last week, Wednesday, was an affair not soon to be forgotten by ladies of Summerland. Early in the morning the clerks were busily at work arranging laces, curtains, etc. in tempting display on shelves, counters and show cases, and before morning was far advanced they had adorned the store, as one lady was heard to remark, equal to any eastern bazaar she had ever seen. The store was crowded all day with visitors admiring the beautiful displays of the various lines of spring wares for sale. In the afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock tea was served to all comers, Mes- dames Robinson, Gillespie, Welband and Moreland catering to the public want���for who could say that a cup of that delicious tea could be done without? Music was not lacking; Mrs. R. Sinclair presided at the piano in charming style. The day throughout was a success, and Manager Moreland is to be congratulated on the splendid showing made. A very pretty baptismal ser- ice was conducted at the lake shore by Rev. H. G. Estabrook last Sunday morning, the ordinance of baptism being administered to one candidate. While riding in the Peach Orchard last Saturday Miss Evelyn Brown had the misfortune to fall from her horse and break her left arm at the elbow. The accident was caused by the horse stumbling. Both horse and rider fell, and the animal in an effort to suddenly regain its feet struck Miss Brown upon the arm with the result that the limb was both crushed and broken at the elbow joint. The injury will be a long time in mending. Miss Evelyn's many friends will, however, be glad to learn that she will not lose the use of her arm. S. B. Snider, who has been in Summerland for the last two weeks, made a trip to Kelowna last Thursday on business, returning on the following day. He left for Penticton on Thursday morning of this week. The children of the Primary Department of the Summerland Public School gave a very pleading little entertainment to the friends of the school on Thursday. The program was a credit both to the pupils and their painstaking teacher, Miss A. Elliott. A blessed assurance that in this fair province of ours "saloons must go" follows the work (Continued on last page) THE PENTICTON PRESS, PENTICTON, B.C. APRIL 18, 1908. THE PENTICTON PRESS ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY AT PENTICTON, B.C. BY W. J. CLEMENT. Subscription $1.00 Per Year in Advance. Advertising Rates: Transient Advertisements���Not exceeding one inch, one insertion, 50c.; for each additional insertion, 25c. Lodge Notices, Professional Cards, &c. $1.00 per inch, per month. Land and Timber Notices���30 Hays, $5; 60 days, $7. Legal Advertising���First insertion, 10 cents per line; each subsequent insertion, 5c. per line. Reading Notices in Local News Column 15c. per line, first insertion; 10c. per line, each subsequent insertion. Contract Advertisements���Rates arranged according to space taken. All changes in contract advertisements must be in the bands of the printer by Tuesday evening to ensure publication in the next issue. have a local option bill presented at the next session of the Legislature. PEACHLAND. KELOWNA Mr. Ireland, of Summerland, is in town, having secured the contract of a building to be erected for the Royal Bank. Mr. Calder, one of our merchants, is having a building erected beside the telephone office, which he will use, when completed, for a store. Chas. Burtch, of Summerland, returned home on April 10, after spending a few days renewing old acquaintance in Kelowna. L. A. Hayman is again in town, having been for a short time at the coast. John Dilworth arrived home on April 8th from the coast where he attended the Farmers' Institute meeting as a representative of the Osoyoos District. Many concert companies have visited Kelowna during the winter and spring; so many, indeed, that something was on almost every night. These companies were usually of the vaudevilk t/pe, lively, but far from elevating. The Liberal Association, of this district held a meeting in Le- quim's Hall, in order to appoint a delegate to the convention held in Vernon. Mr. Jackson, of Okanagan Centre, died April 8th, having been ill five weeks of spinal meningitis. Mrs. Jackson, his widow, has the sympathy of the community in her sad bereavement. The Mountview Methodist, church was opened Sunday, April 12. Rev. Mr. White, Superintendent of Methodist Missions, was present. Miss A. L. A. Murcutt, lecturer and writer, gave an address in the Methodist Church on the 10th inst. and two on the 12th. On the 10th her subject was "The White Slaves of England," which was an account of the sweating system of that country. On Sunday the 12th her subjects were "National Righteousness" and "Local Option." Miss Murcutt spoke eloquently on each occasion to large audiences and was very favorably received by the people of Kelowna. The fourth annual convention of the Okanagan Sunday School Association was held in the Methodist church on April 8th, 9th and 10th. Mr. Stuart Muirhead, General Secretary of the Provincial Association, was present, besides seventy delegates, a n imber being ministers from different points of the district. The programme, which had been arranged some months previous, was carried out with very few changes. All departments of Sunday School work were brought under discussion, many excellent papers and addresses being given. The missionary and temperance departments also presented reports of work done. A new executive was formed with Mr. Wallis, of Summerland, as chairman, and the next convention will be held in Vernon. It was decided to request the Premier and local member to Rev. Mr. Mclntyre preached to a large congregation Sunday morning. He returned to Summerland in the afternoon, accompanied by Mrs. Mclntyre and Master Bruce. Mr. Wm. Douglas, has been suffering from a lame knee for the past week, but is now able to be out again. Miss M. Smith, M.A., of Summerland, spent the greater part of last week here. During her stay she had some remodeling done at her cottage, which is to be occupied immediately. Mr. Dimmoch, proprietor of the hotel, purchased a big flock of chickens last week, all choice Plymouth Rocks. A. and J. Johnston, entertained the bachelors of the vicinity at their home, Thursday evening. Mr. A. E. Bennett, of Penticton, but formerly one of our best citizens, was renewing old acquaintances last week, having driven up in the round-bound time of four hours, a distance of thirty-five miles. The large number who attended the S. S. Convention at Kelowna, returned Friday, each with renewed enthusiasm and energy for the coming year. The fine large library arrived for the Methodist S. S. last week and will be ready for circulation in a week. The lectures given by Miss Murcutt were enjoyed and appreciated by large audiences. A number of homesfiekers are in town at present and they are very favorably impressed too. Dr. and Mrs. Mathison of Summerland spent the past week here. They were the guests over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Douglas. Miss F. White left for the coast Tuesday morning. The Girls' Handicraft Club, of which she was a member, presented her with a dainty ebony handkerchief box on the morning of her departure. She carries with her the best wishes of the Club. Mr. Town, who is now in Winnipeg, sent orders, lately, for the building of a tank of 80 barrels capacity on his property. Mr. D. Kirkby has the contract in hand. Miss Sutton, accompanied by Mrs. Town, left for Winnipeg Saturday morning. GREEN MOUNTAIN L. A. Clark was appointed delegate from this district to the Conservative convention at Vernon on the 23rd inst. It has been bright and warm here the last few days. Duncan Ross, M.P. for Yale- Cariboo passed through this district on Saturday on his way to Penticton. J. L. Deardoff, road superintendent, was looking over the roads in this neighborhood last week. G. A. were at week. Mrs. R. L. Allen spent a day recently with Mrs. W. H. Crook, of Maroon Valley. R. L. Allen spent a portion of Monday last with John McLennan and family of Okanagan Falls. Clark, wife and Okanagan Falls son, this THE Penticton Bakery -FOR- Good Wholesome Bread, Cakes and Paltry. GIVE US A TRIAL AND WE WILL PLEASE YOU. L. T. ROBERGE. WA Main's Pharmacy Main Street, Penticton. ,, LARGE STOCK OF a, \\\\% m~rmf\\m~m/Kin%/ ~A b? WE CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OP Drugs, Druggists' Sundries, Rubber Goods (Sick Room Utensils), Stationery, Post Cards, Magazines, and Photographic Goods. . _ WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OP PRESCRIPTION WORK k , . a SAVE WRITING LETTERS To distant friends by sending them The Penticton Press A subscription only costs ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR And the paper makes a specialty of furnishing information Of Interest to Outsiders. The Press has been largely instrumental in bringing many settlers to Penticton; so If you want your friends to come here send them the paper. Now is also a good time for you to subscribe or to renew your old subscription. It Pays to Advertise In a paper that is widely circulated. The Penticton Press is read by practically everybody in the district; consequently good Results are Assured To advertisers who use its columns. The merchant who gives most attention to his advertising is the one who will eventually do the leading business. This is the season to lay in a stock of JOB PRINTING For the coming year. The Penticton Press Constantly carries a large stock of Stationery to choose from, and is Up-to-Date In All Its Work. We guarantee satisfaction or no pay. Prices moderate. JUST ARRIVED. BSHHEsasisaci ;3sic icsaonsarcaa^a ARE YOU BLIND To the fact that you don't always need SPECIAL LENSES���which, in many cases, are simply ordinary lenses with a special price-and that fifty years' experience is not necessary for a person to get a thorough knowledge of the eye and its uses ? And yet people will pay a fancy price to travelling mechanics, when they can have their eyes examined and corrections made with the best appliances known to optical science, here in Penticton. My stock of optical goods is of the best quality on the market and very complete. I guarantee every lense. HARRIS, The Jeweler *���>��- .tf .tf .tf ��#*��- .tf .tf .tf HORTICU ^ E. J. CLAYTON and C. M. JOHNSTON will shortly < open up a store on Main Street as Nurserymen, j Seedsmen and Florists. SPECIALTIES Farm and Garden Seeds, Bulbs, Cut Flowers, and Horticultural Sundries. Sole Agents in B. C. for j B. C. for DANIELS BROS.-Seedsmen to H. M. King Edward VII.��� Norwich, England. fc RICHARD SANKEY & SON Nottingham. J i ) ���tf*^e~.tf^to��.t**'^m.*f i, Royal Potteries, J .tt ^Hfc-o ��^�� ������ LAYTON'S ARE THE LOW7 **rn V IN TOWN. HOUSES TO LET Several Acre LoU���planted MONEY TO LOAN Real Estate agent, Notary Public and Conveyancer AGENT FOR PHCENJX of London ; LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE; and ATLAS Fire Insurance Companies. i ��� i ��� ���: ���: ���: ���: ���: Call and get prices at the OKANAGAN NURSERY CO. LIMITED. ON ENGLISH WALNUTS, HORSE CHESTNUTS, CATALPAS, LILACS, VIRGINIA CREEPERS and other Ornamental Shrubs, Trees, and Climbing Vines. Ready for immediate delivery. Penticton, British Columbia. Capital Stock $50,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 R. H. ROBERTSON, President THOS. TODHUNTER, Vice-rres. E. CURTIS, Manager. W. F. H. SWINTON, Sec-Treas. ���: ���: > /rA> XA> /A^ **> ���m)3> *">���> g* *A> <��� ��� /-A>^A> ���A>*\\ 'AtZ'A < tl). H IU a a 5 z o H O H Z a -S'O-r -��� o B3 I 2 r* Jill -go u goo o 5 5 ��? ���H _" ������* -T3 oT3Ja <�� m +-> c * to O m * a> o -c'"^~-: ��� ������ THE PENTICTON PRESS, PENTICTON, B.C. APRIL 18, 1908. (X \\ Miss Mabel Rowe Teacher of Piano, Organ and Theory. ���PENTICTON - - S- C Dr.CAJACKSON DENTIST S. O. Land Company's Block PENTICTON, B. C. 'Phone II. CHAS. WERE Accountant & Auditor, Notary Public PENTICTON, B. C. R. B. KERR, BARRISTER & SOLICITOR Notary Public. KELOWNA, - - B. C. W. H. T. GAHAN, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public. MURK BLOCK. PENTICTON, - - B.C. 'Phone 17. PRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, Full Line of ENGLISH CIGARETTES AND TOBACCOS C. E. POMEROY. Geo. E. Winkler, Penticton Agent Westbank Town & Fruit Lots Kierstead & Steele Builders and Contractors ALL KINDS OF JOB WORK IN OUR LINE. . A Card Will Find Us. . M. T. Kierstead - R. Steele PENTICTON. B. C. Harris nursery co., Penticton. Beautify your lot with some of our shade trees. We have Elm, Ash, Maple, Catalpa, Mulberry, Black Walnut, and Ash Leaved Maple. Some perennial shrubs and apple trees left. D. W. Crowley &Co. Wholesale and Retail Butchers Goods Delivered to any part of the Town. WE GIVE OUR PROMPT ATTENTION TO MAIL ORDERS C. E. HOUSER, Manager. TELEPHONES. DwelllnffH-Indivirluul Line . $2.00 per month. ��� Party Line 1,00 HuHiriiMM -Individual Line .. 2.50 -Tarty Line 2.00 Free inKtallntion within three-quartcra mile of office, when one year contract (riven, Outside three-(|uaiteiH mile, add coat of labour to install. When no contract, or contract for 1ph�� than one year ffiven, cunt of labour iu inatall i�� charged at time uf iriHtatlatiun. C. F. LAYTON, - Local Agent. Lakeshore Telephone Co. RATHVON & CARLESS CONTRACTORS an a BUILDERS Plans, Specifications and Estimates Furnished for all Kinds of Work. L. A. PATHVON, ���I'ho.iL- White 1 CHAS. L. CARLESS, ���I hnnc White 2 FOR SALE Canadian Bred Shire Stallion; 8 years oil; perfectly sounl and gentle; weight 1,700 lbs. Will ixchange for wcrk horses or drivers. Apply S. T. ELLIOTT, 38���tf. Kelowna, B. C. LITERARY COLUMN. The Poetry of Matthew Arnold. Setting aside the insetimable gift of perfect bodily health, probably no one thing conduces so much to the happiness of an individual as the love of books ; and the keenest pleasure that books can give belongs to the person who is fortunate enough to have a real taste for poetry. Whether this taste is often acquired after one has outgrown two years before the death of Lord Byron. After his preliminary education at Winchester and Rugby, Arnold went to Baliol College, fall into the depths of despair or W" bear the burden and the heat Of the Lng day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern." Let anyone who is tempted to Oxford, where he took a high degree in classics. He was elected Fellow of Oriel College in 1845. He drank deep of the traditions and loveliness of Oxford, and in a famous passage in one of his essays, he has almost risen to poetry in speaking of the Oxford of his university days : " Beautiful city, so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged by the one's youth is questionable; but, fierce intellectual life of our cen fortunate is he, who, in the days when his mind was fresh and un- tired, was admitted into that realm of eternal spring which the poets create. Many a one, on looking back on his life, will realize that he was first attracted by the rythm and music of words rather than by the thoughts they suggested ; then, as time went on, new meanings gradually unfolded themselves from the familiar lines, which became an inspiration in time of discouragement or distress, a consolation in the hour of adversity, or the expression of feeling too intense for one's own words. The function of poetry has, in every age, been a question of discussion. Some have thought that its object is to give intellectual pleasure���no mean object, by-the-way, ���to others its chief interest seems to lie in its relation to conduct; and in one of his beautiful essays Matthew Arnold has claimed for it a still higher and nobler power, that of bringing the soul of man into touch with the soul of nature. "The grand power of poetry," he says, " is its interpretative power; by which I mean, not a power of drawing out in black and white an explanation of the mystery of the universe, but the power of so dealing with things as to awaken in us a wonderfully full, new and intimate sense of them, and of our relations with them. When this sense is a- wakened in us we feel ourselves to be in contact with the essential nature of these objects, to be no longer bewildered and oppressed by them, but to have their secret and to be in harmony with them ; and this feeling calms and satisfies us as no other can To awaken this sense is one of the highest powers of poetry. The interpretations of science do not give us this intimate sense of objects as the interpretations of poetry give it ; they appeal to a limited faculty and not to the whole man. It is not Linnaeus or Cavendish or Cuvier who gives us the true sense of animals, or water, or plants, who seizes their secret for us, who makes us participate in their life ; it is Skakspeare, with his ' Daffodils That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty.' It is Wordsworth with his ' Voice heard In spring-time from the cuckoo bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the far-off Hebrides.' It is Keats, with his 'Moving waters at their pries'like task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores.' Most lovers of poetry know all three aspects,���the keen delight of some felicitous word or phrase, such as Tennyson's 1 Water lapping on the crag And the long ripple washing in the reeds' or the mental tonic of such a line as ' We always may be what we might have been. Matthew Arnold, the subject of these remarks, was well known to the writer in his youth and he can therefore bear personal testimony to his worth, for a more pure-minded, noble, manly and at the same time modest man it would be difficult to meet. In personal appearance he was tall and dark with broad shoulders and a strong, masculine, though mild and gentle face. He was the eldest son of the famous Dr. Arnold, headmaster of Rugby and was born in the year 1822, the year of Shelley's death and tury, so serene. And yet steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the middle ages, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling us nearer to the true goal of all of us, to the ideal, to perfection, to beauty, in a word to beauty, which is only truth seen from another side." In 1851 he was appointed Inspector of schools, a post which he held until 1886. During this period he was for some years professor of poetry at Oxford, and was several times sent a- broad by the government to enquire into continental methods of education. He died suddenly on Sunday, April 15th, 1888, of heart disease. The strongly marked characteristics of his style, whether in poetry or prose, are wonderful lucidity, severe simplicity, great .strength of conviction combined the most complete self-restraint, which led him to abhor extremes whether in literature or conduct; and, very often, underlying it all, that haunting 'sense of tears in mortal things' which strikes every one who ponders over the wonder and mystery of human life. Arnold has never been a popular poet which may be accounted for by the fact that his poetry appeals to the reason and intellect rather than to the emotions. He rises above the pain and fire of passion into a calmer and purer air which reminds one of the serenity of the Hebrew poets. He is, however, essentially manly in his fearless outlook on life, and never attempts to ignore the evils which confront him. Yet while endeavoring to destroy the complacency of the self-satisfied and to rouse the unaspiring, he never indulges in noisy declamation or outsteps the self-restraint of thought and style which are such marked features of his work. He rather attempts to reach his end by quiet suggestion or humorous irony. Over and over again one meets in his poems with this sense of calm and moderation. "Calm soul of all things, make it mine To feel amid the city's jar, That there abides a peace of thine, Man did not make and cannot mar." During Arnold's life he was often accused of being an atheist or infidel, yet no one can read his works without realizing that he was a man of deep religious feeling. It is true he had little regard for many of the religious opinions current in his day, but his protests were directed against the theology, that, attempting to define the undefinable, narrows the conception of the Creator to the limits of its own mental horizon, and not against the true religion which is a life instead of a hollow creed. He realized that something more is needed for the peace of a soul than passive resignation or meaningless creeds and catechisms: "Calm is not lire's crown, though calm is well" and that the really good man is marked by the active doing of right. Who saw one clue and followed it. His religion showed itself in his idea of duty, that spirit of morality which can bring the highest motive to bear on the smallest action, and which follows right because it is right "In scorn of consequence." " With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone ; lapse into the luxury of self-pity read his "Self-reliance" and see I if his feet are not strengthened and his soul braced to face the! worst that Fate can do: "Weary of myself, and sick of asking : What I am and what I ought to be, At this vessel's prow I stand which bears me Forwards, forwards o'er the starlit sea. "And a look of passionate desire O'er the sea and to the stars I send. Ye who from my childhood up have calmed me, Calm me, oh compose me to the end. "'Ah! once more,'I cried, 'ye stars, ye waters, On my heart your mighty charm renew; Still, still let me as I gaze upon you Feel my soul becoming vast like you.' "From the intense, clear, star-sown vault of heaven, From the lit sea's unquiet way, In the rustling night air came the answer: 'WouHst thou be as these are? Live as they. " ' Unaffrighted by the silence round them, Undistracted by the sights they see, These demand not that the things without them Yield them love, amusement, sympathy. "'And with joy the stars perform their shining, And the sea its long moon-silvered roll; For self-poised they live, nor pine with noting All the fever of some differing soul. '"Bounded by themselves, and un- regardful In what state God's other works may be In their own tasks all their powers pouring, These attain the mighty life you see.' "O air-born voice, long since, severely clear, A cry like thine in my own heart I hear : 'Resolve to be thyself; and know that he Who finds himself, will lose his misery.''' No one, indeed can read Arnold's poetry without having his standard of life raised and his ideals exalted, and, after all, what we aim at, rather than what we really attain to, must be our true measure of life. ' 'What I aspired to be And was not, comforts me." New Spring Styles in Boots & Shoes MEN'S A good assortment of styles in all size?., including Oxfords, in tan and black. 20 per cent, off all heavy working or plow shoes. LADIES' Patent leather, swing last, Blutcher cut, a new and very stylish shoe S.s.oo Velour calf, Blutcher, new and stylish $.1.50 Vici kid, patent toe caps at $3.50, S.ZS, .'.OO. BOYS' A 20 per cent, discount on all boys' shoes, sizes 8 to 5. MISSES' Vici kid, Blutcher cut, patent tips $2.oo pair Tan Dongola lace $2.25 pair A good assortment of children's and infant's shoes. Purchase now before the sizes arc sold out. W. R. KING & CO. 'PHONE 25. THE ELLIS ST. STORE. gjHELF HARDWAHK Saws, Axes, Wedges, Striking Hammers, Table and Pocket Cutlery. PENTICTON HARDWARE CO. W. 0. w. Okanagan Camp No. 261. Meets 2nd and 4th Saturday in the month at 8 p. m. in Woodmen's Hall, Ellis St. Visiting Sovereigns always welcome. JOHN POWER, C. C. R. WILTON, CLERK HOTEL PENTICTON. First-Class Accommodation For Tourists or Commercial Men. RATES $2.50 PER DAY A. Barnes PENTICTON. B.C Prop. DOMINION ELECTIONS Yale Cariboo Electoral District A Convention of the Liberal-Conservatives of Yale-Cariboo will be held at Ellison's Hall, Vernon, On Thur.,April 23,1908 for the purpose of selecting a candidate to contest the forthcoming Dominion Elections in the interests of the Liberal- Conservative Party. Local Associations are requested to meet and appoint delegates at once. Representation at the Convention will be by delegations from the Provincial Electoral Districts of Grand Forks, Greenwood, Similkameen, Okanagan, Kamloops, Yale, Lil- looet and Cariboo. One delegate will be appointed for each twenty or fraction of twenty votes cast at each poll. Accredited delegates may vote either in person or by proxy, but not more than five proxies shall be held by any one delegate. Chair will be taken at 2 p. m. All Conservatives are invited to attend the Convention, but only accredited delegates will be allowed to vote. PRICE ELLISON. Pres. Yale-Cariboo Conservative Assn. J. A. McKELVIE, Sec. Yale-Cariboo Conservative Assn. Peterborough Skiffs & Ganoes Spring is Coming and Here is Your Chance to get a Canoe or Skiff. 17 foot Canoe=Skiffs--Painted Basswood, 2 pair Oars, 1 Paddle, Bow and Stem Seats $57.50 18 foot Canoe-Skiffs���Painted Basswood, 2 pair Oars, 1 Paddle, Bow and Stem Seats 65.00 15 foot Varnished Cedar Skiffs���Clinker Built, Ribs 4 inches centres, 1 pair Oars, Bow Seat, Rudder 60.00 16 foot Varnished Cedar Skiffs���Clinker Built, Ribs 4 inches centres, 1 pair Oars, Bow Seat and Rudder 65.00 Canoes of all sizes, painted and varnished, basswood or cedar, from $40.00 to $50.00. Further particulars on application to H. J. MOORE, Penticton, B.C. Sole Agent Okanagan Lake. WM. HAUG, Wholesale and Retail MASONS' SUPPLIES . . PORTLAND CEMENT, HARD WALL PLASTER, COAST LIME and COAST LATH Orders by mail promptly attended to. BOX 1��6 - KELOWNA, B. C. THE PENTICTON DAIRY Daily delivery of Fresh Milk to all parts of the Town. MILK 10c. PER QUART. H. M. McNeill, . Prop. Galarneau & McKenzie BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS C. P. R. LAND FOR SALE Choice fruit lots, improved and unimproved. FIRE INSURANCE The Sun of I,, n don, Eng., and Queen. Why not insure in the best; they cost no more. A pplv to ' J. R. MITCHELL. When you think of Look us up. Building ADOLrHUSGALARNEAU W. A. MCKENZIE Lake View Poultry Yards FRESH EGGS FOR SALE ii si q PURE-BRED WHITE LEGHORNS M O A tn "1 O W EGGS FOR HATCHING $1.00 to $1.50 per setting. I. KENT, Propr. |3 g S IS I Now is the Time -TO- Get a Motor for your Boat or Launch I handle the goods. Write for Catalogue and prices on the size you require. B. L. HATFIELD, Oas Engine Expert, SUMMERLAND, - B. C. PENTICTON & OROVILLE STAQE Via Fairview Leaves Penticton Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6:30 a.m., arriving at Oroviile the same day at 6 p, m. Through Fare - $6.00 W. HINE and S. M. SNOW FAIRVIEW. B. C. EATON'S PRICES Plus the Express -AT - H.OLIVER'S SHOE STORE. E. J. FINGH Painter, Paperhanger and Sign Writer Picture Framing a Specialty. WALL PAFER Carried in Stock. Box 196. Main St, Subscribe for The Penticton Press THE PENTICTON PRESS, PENTICTON, B. C, APRIL 18, 1908. SUMMERLAND. (Continued from first page) of Miss Ada L. A. Murcutt who is now travelling throughout B. C. giving a series of most interesting lectures. Miss Murcutt was in Summerland on Monday and Tuesday of this week and both evenings gave very stirring addresses in the Methodist church here. The lecture on Monday evening was well attended. Prof. Sawyer occupied the chair and in introducing the speaker of the evening showed a deep interest in the work she is carrying out. The subject on which Miss Murcutt spoke was ' 'Japan and the Japanese.'' With a few introductory remarks the speaker plunged into the heart of her discourse carrying us away back to the early religious history of the island empire and bringing us back over the difficult path of the missionaries who planted the seed of our religion in that then dark country. She carefully compared the conditions of that island thirty years ago with those of the present day, and showed the marked progress that Japan has made during the past three decades. The lecturer related many interesting incidents of her travels among the Japanese people and this brought us face to face with the every day life within that much talked of nation. The lady then explained how the accursed liquor traffic had gotten its hold upon the lower classes in Japan and convinced us that our liquor is better known there than our religion. ' The subject for Tuesday evening was "Russia and its Island Prison Saghalien." It was evident that Miss Murcutt had kept the best till the last. She pictured very vividly the horrors of that Russian convict settlement as seen by her own eyes on the occasion of her visit there, In closing her address the speaker dealt with the liquor traffic and laid before us the course being taken by the W. C. T, U. in this province, in whose interest she travels. Two resolutions were moved by C. S. Stevens and seconded by J. M, Robinson and J. W. Logie. The first one embodied a vote of thanks and an expression of the appreciation of the Summerland people of the work being done by Miss Murcutt. In the second a most hearty vote of thanks was tendered the W. C. T, U. for the work they are undertaking. We feel sure that their efforts will be rewarded in the establishment of local option legislation in British Columbia in the near future. A young man named Basil Bateman, recently arrived from England, had the misfortune to sustain a severe injury to his left hand at Jas. Ritchie's mill on the 7th inst. Dr. Smith, of Summerland, amputated the last joints of the third and little fingers. OKANAGAN FALLS A successful and well-attended meeting of local Conservatives was held on Saturday, 11th of April, at Okanagan Falls. Mr. Matheson was elected chairman for the meeting and the follow- i ng officers were then chosen by acclamation :���Dugald Gillespie, president; John Matheson, vice- president; S. M. Snow, secretary, and C. F. McKinnon, treasurer. Messrs. Neil McLean and Dugald Gillespie were then appointed delegates to the Conservative convention at Vernon on the 23rd of April. It was resolved to hold another meeting after the return of the delegates from Vernon on Saturday, May 2nd. W. B. Hine, representing Okanagan Falls, left on Monday's stage to attend the Liberal convention at Vernon. People are hereby notified not to interfere in any way with the flumes or ditches. We cannot permit the boring of holes in main flume, or the blocking up of same for the purpose of taking water. People are warned against the starting of bush fires in the vicinity of the flumes, as this may endanger the whole system and cause serious damage for which the offenders are liable. Any pollution of the water in the flumes and ditches, or the infringement of the above regulations will render the offenders liable to prosecution. Holders of water agreements are required to have their distribution flumes in order before making application for water. All applications and complaints are required to be registered at the Company's office. The Southern Okanagan Land Company, Limite NOTICE FRUIT TREES-Well-grown stock. Large quantity of apple trees for sale, only few choice varieties grown : also small stock of ornamental trees. Apply for varieties and price to Manager, COLDSTREAM ESTATE CO., Ltd., 15-tf Vernon, B. C. NOTICE. Similkameen Land District, District of Osoyoos, Yale. TAKE NOTICE that Lydia Droutskoy Fraser, of Kew Gardens, England, intends to apply fur permission to purchase the following described land :��� Commencing at a post planted about 2 mites in an easterly direction from A. Ford's P. R. No. 3260, thence south 40 chains: thence east 20 chains : thonce north 40 chains ; thence west 20 chains to point of commencement, and containing SO acres, more or less. LYDIA DROUTSKOY FRASER, By her agent John Robert Fraser, Captain. Dated March 7th, 1908, 34-8t FOR SALE. Bronze Turkev Eggs, for hatching. $2.50 per setting of 11. Apply to C. F. RANDOLPH, 38- Penticton, B. C. FOR SALE Five Horse Power Gasoline Engine, Circular Saw & Crosscut Saw. All in good condition. Cheap for cash. Apply, J. R. MITCHELL, Penticton, B. C. FOR HIRE. Good Work Team, and Driver, for summer. Scraping, plowing, or harrowing. Apply 39- W. E. WELBY. WANTED. Oti- to do housework. Apply Mrs. W. R. Kino, Penticton, B. C. LIQUOR LICENSE ACT 1900, AND AMENDMENT ACT 1908. NOTICE is hereby given that one month from date I intend to apply to the Superintendent of Provincial Police, at Victoria, B. C, for a renewal of my Liquor License for the premises known ana described as the B. C. Hotel, Penticton, B. C. 88-4 W. H. TAPLEY. Penticton, B. C, March 24th, 1908. HOW ABOUT THOSE Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Seeds, Bulbs, Roses, Shrubs, Etc, You are going to plant this spring ? The best is what you want. I have them at right prices. Send for catalogue. DAVID GEL.L.ATL.Y, GELLATLY, - - B. C. JUST ARRIVED == CAR LOAD OP Extension and Reversible Discs The very latest up - to - date tools for Orchard Cultivation. Descriptive matter sent on application to S. T. Elliott, KELOWNA - - B. C. Subscription $1.00 Year. 18 Acres OL MAIN STREET. Two and One=IIa!f Miles from Town. usiness ON MAIN STREET. Near PRESS office. 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