@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "25d7f7f7-f3c3-44fd-ae6d-8a3da8e8e176"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2013-01-23"@en, "1921-06-23"@en ; dcterms:description "Okanagan Commoner is merged with the Enderby Press and Walker's Weekly."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xenderby/items/1.0179298/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " if* (���������������������������VW*'.'-*^/ w ^ *jun t&piy IN WHICH IS MERGED THE ENDERBY PRESS AND WALKER'S WEEKLY. Vol. 14, No. 12, Whole No. 690. Thursday, June 23, 1921 Subscription $3 per year Local News and Comment on Men, Things and Events Mrs. W. A. Behrend, of Chicago, is resident of Revelstoke for 35 years, visiting her sister, Mrs. Speers. [died of heart failure. Born���������������������������At the Enderby Hospital,,) A prominent Western Judge says: June 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold \"It Is time to revert to the good old Bawtree, a daughter. ' Dr. Sumner will be in Enderby next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, at King Edward Hotel. 'Arthur and Herbert Teece left this ��������������������������� week on an auto trip to the Fish Lake country, back of Kamloops. ' Mrs. Jas. Martin and .daughter, are going to Orillla, Ont., for the holidays, leaving Wednesday afternoon. - Mrs. A. Rogers returned ��������������������������� from the East last week, where she .has been visiting her mother several weeks. Paradise \"is a place where- people write short, interesting news items to the paper and- always sign their names Nowadays Ayhen a girl tells her fellow that he mustn't see her anymore, it's a tip for him to turn out the light*. Of course,':England and Ireland\" are principle cf punishment in the home \\ and then there will be less punishment to be done in the courts.\" One economist suggests governments reducing expences Instead pf raising taxes. This is slightly revo lutionary but interesting' withal, as a new idea is always interesting. E. Robertson is prepared to give estimates and to do any job ol brick and stone work in Enderby and district, and in a card ��������������������������� in this issue of the Commoner is soliciting orders. On Thursday next, June 30th, that being the last day for payment of taxeB at par, the collector's office, at the City Hall will be open till 6 p.m., and again in the evening till 9 o'clock. \"Please sir, I lost my mama,\" cried a wee daughter to a Vancouver police- both civilized, but if they ^yere not, ,man. \"Poor child,\" sympathetically, what else couldthey do.to each other? \"why didn't you hold on toner skirt Advertisements should be-like the styles in skirts; short enough to be attractive, but long enough to cover ,4the subject. In a crowd like this?\" \"Please sir, I couldn't reach It.\" \"-'������������������������������������ *'The strawberry social to have been given by the ladies of the Catholic It is no great consolation to the j church last Saturday evening on. Mr. gardner to. know that the neighbor's Measure's lawn, was postponed until chickens that scratch up his plots are purebreds. North Enderby will hold a school picnic Friday afternoon at the old- time picnic grounds, along the shore of Folkard's* lake. Monday eyeing on^ account of. rain, and proved a very enjoyable affair. * Members of the Glow Girl's Club, of the Presbyterian... Church, are going camping next week' at Okanagan -lake, being chaperoned by Miss Ferguson - N. H. Kenny returned last Thursday���������������������������-.The; y. will be joined at the.lake by from the East, whither'he went early membbrs bf the: various pGIow; Girl's in March,, accompanying Alex. Bilsland 'clubssof the Valley, to Cornwall,- Ont. . ,!*He���������������������������\"What did your father say when you told him that my love for ballbts'af the lasf provincial /election Monday next, June 27,is.the last day ,on .which'J citizens who \"did not easl you is-like a gushing-brook?\" ���������������������������He said, \"Dam it!\" She can have \"their, names- re-entered on the provincial list. The names of all Twenty years ago the women wore those who did, not vote at the general their skirts to their shoe tops on rainy j election last December have been days.. It sort o' looks now as if they stricken from the roll. were getting ready for a flood. - An average- cut of 12- per cent In A, school girl was required to write 200 -words about a motor car. - ��������������������������� She wages will he made on 104 American I submitted the following: \"My uncle railroads on July I, cutting $400,000,- [ fought a motor car. He was out riding 000 from the railway wage bill. I jn the country when it busted going Now Js the time to lay in a supply Up hill. The other 400 words are what of sugar for canning. It is now down (my' uncle said when he was walking i'n price, the price paid by retailers to back to town, but I know you wouldn't wholesalers being $10 per 100 lbs. / A wealth of smiles is in store for Enderbyites next Monday and Tues want ro������������������ to repeat them.\" i - Animal lovers are shocked by the statement in tho'House of Commons day nights when \"Fatty\" Arbuckle is, by Winston Churchill that the reduc- to appear in \"Brewster's Millions.\" jtion of the British forces in Mesopo- Go right ahead and criticise the laws tamia means the sentence of death on and call the,officers, numbskulls���������������������������that [30,000 horses, which cannot be used is the only way to make a safe place for any other purpose, and will not to live in. U>ok at Russia, f'rlnstance. be left bvthe war_departmenl to the ill-treatmv3nt���������������������������tfiey-wSiild-be^sure^to\" \"Father doesn't believe-that mother does any work until he gets up some morning when mother is sick and has to dress one of the children all by himself. It is surprising how somc otherwise excellent citizens of this town love scandal. What they really ought to have is shock absorbers worn on the ears. Every farmer should name his farm; paint the name on a becoming sign board with his name atached aiid place it at the gateway or entrance to the farm. We read in the paper the other day where some' who thinks he knows said that a woman- is as old as she looks and the man as young as long as he looks'. Work was begun on the building of the operating 'room addition to the Enderby Hospital last week by contractor Hawkins, and the job is now well underway. ' - As son as Eve ate the apple she wanted some garments less diaphanous than the salubrious ozone of Eden Aparently the women of today should eat more appfes. If all of us would bear in mind that happiness is from within and hot from without, there would be a wellspring of joy in every heartland the sun would shine forever. While bear hunting on Monday, \"Sandy\" McRae, one of the best- known old-timers of the Interior, a get from the natives. Tbe citizens of Armstrong are bidding for the pleasure of seeing \"most of tbe people of Enderby district there July 1st. While they promise no big- money attractions, they have prepared a good program of sports and promise all a big day of enjoyment. Thoy are preparing a cinder track for bicycle racing, and are making this an important feature of the celebration. Tbe Dominion government mosquito man, who Is endeavoring to reduce the mosquito evil In B.C., made a survey of conditions in the vicinity of Mission City some days ago, just to see how the pests were coming along as compared with last year. He found that, whereas last year the Fraser Valley meadows assayed 600 mosquito eggs to the foot, this year the number is 3000. The Prince of Monaco, now in the United States, notes* two surprising and contrasting effects of the war���������������������������it has made the serious-minded persons more serious-minded than before and the light-headed more light-headed. \"Everywhere I go,\" he adds, \"people are dancing wildly and other people are hungering after science and learning. Two reactions are running through our life, the flippant and the spiritual.\" A branch bf the. United Farmers was organized at Quesnel last Friday evening. Mr. \"Copeland, president of the organization, said that he held largely-attended meetings all through the Lillooet,. Chilcoten and Cariboo districts, locals being formed at every settlement. * You tell me that there are many unpleasant things troubling you in the place you work. If.you can answer without betraying a .secret, would you mind telling me if you ever heard of velvet being used successfully as a substitute for sandpaper? The unpleasant, the hard, the trying, the temper-testing, are the sandpaper aids that smooth you off, that fit you to shoulder bigger responsibilities and to resist more trying troubles later on. So be thankful fot- the sandpaper. Kingston, Ont., girls of twelve and thirteen years\"of age, it appears, have been going to school wearing socks that ..leave their legs bare above the knee. This gar^ has been the subject .__ much comment on the part ot tne teachers, and last week in one of the public schools the principal requested that the larger girls come to class Ihore modestly garbed. This request raised the ire of .some of the parents, who intimated' that it was their 'business and not that- of the principle h������������������w their daughters were clad when tbey attended school. The Farmers Sun gives' a list of members of parliament who shared, as directors of companies, in the sale of goods to Roumania and Greece for which the Canadian Government advanced the money. *< Ten-members of the commons, and .the senate were in this . Norris G. Carefoot * 3b. Christian H. Walker . cf. Brayce T. Folkard r.f. Hurlburt K.- Brunham l.f.. Balcomb The Olympics started out with three runs in the first inning, and followed in the' 2nd with three more; then in. the 4th and 5th added one each time to . i bat: , ��������������������������� The visitors were' outplayed at all points, scoring once in the 5th inning. Enderby took. to , Kelowna last Thursday for the league game the strongest' aggregation of players they have been able, to gather together this season, in the hope of winning the game aiid thereby getting back into the running for first place. And the game was well played,\" but, they found themselves no match for the Kelowna team, five of whom are said to be/ players from the coast cities. The score stood 8-1 in favor of- Kelowna, and this score is said-to be an accur-��������������������������� ate measure of the playing qualities of the teams. LACROSSE TO-NIGHT TAKING THE CENSUS BASEBALL LEAGUE SCHEDULE. June 23 June 30- Julyv 7- July 14- July 21- July 28- ���������������������������Kelowna at Vernon. ���������������������������Kelowna at Enderby. -Vernon at Enderby. -Enderby at Vernon. -Vernon at Kelowna. -Endorby at Kelowna. . . v? - Censustakers.throughout the Okanagan are reporting a heavy increase In population in all districts coverefl. It Is certain* the result of the enumeration will be a \"surprise to everyone. Jn this, the Enderby district, Mr. G. ff.1 Smedley finds a surprising Increase. In the Deep Creek section, especially,. the growth in population and development- is most ��������������������������� marked- ft' is peopled by thrifty settlers each and all intent upon making the most out of their opportunities. He finds very^ few people on the farms who are able to give anything like an accurate accounting of everything required in' an effort to fill out a farm statement. A lawyer's fee for filling out one of the enumerator's forms for even the smallest farm, would be at least $10, but the enumerator has to do it for 30c/ One--of---the=questions=to^which=-an- answer must be given, asks' the number of eggs layed by .the flock, and the. number eaten by the family and how many sold. \"It is no wonder our taxes are high when the government sends men all over the country to find out what we bad for breakfast a year ago,\" was the criticism of one lady of the house on a local farm. However, aside from a little Joke on the department now and then, all enumerators report being well received and sympathetically helped in the worlj they .have to do, and, with the exception of the foreign-born residents, little difficulty is being experienced in getting all information required.. Through the persevering-\" efforts of \"Nic\" Koury, Wm. Blackburn, Geo. Jones, and other lacrosse fans, Enderby has finally got a lacrosse team that. promises to make an interesting showing against any team they are pitted against. They have practiced faithful- . ly some weeks, against grassy odds, Y and now they have a game on against the Armstrong team.to be played at Enderby this (Thursday) evening, at 7 - p.m. The recreation ground has l>c*m . \" n1 poor condition for practicing, owing to the hay crop coming along, but this, is ��������������������������� now to be cut, Mayor Barnes\" concluding that if the recreation ground is to be kept for recreative sports it must be kept in playing condition. Therefore, the lacrosse boys assure us that the game to-night isvgoing to. be a fast one, aiid they.would appreciate'everybody turning out tb see th'ei game. A collection will' be taken at;. the; gate for the'team funds,' so-youV are advised tb take^your purse-along.--;'; Remember-the time,\"7= sharp. \"'JJ' ,~ V SOME WHEEZE THIS! JHONSON-HARTRY WEDDING A. happy event took place in the Salmon Arm Methodist parsonage, on June 16th, when Miss Margaret Hartry and Mr. Fred Johnson, both 'well known residents of Enderby, were united in marriage, Capt. Rev. J. G. Gibson performing the ceremony. Miss Tatcher of Salmon Arm attended Miss Hartry as bridesmaid, and the Rev. J. Hobden acted as best man. The bride was beautifully gowned in gray travelling costume with hat and veil to match. After the ceremony the happy pair took the train for Calgary, where the honeymoon will be spent. My auto 'Us of thee, short road to poverty, of thee J chant- f tyew a pile, of dough, on yaw three years ago; now you, refuse to go, or won't or can*f. Through town ant? countryside, yon were my joy and pride, a happy day. f Joved the gaudy hwe, hut you're down and out for true, jJn#every \"way. Jo thee, old rattle hox, came many hum|ps. and knocks, for thee f grieve. Padly the top is torn, frayed are the seats and worn; the whoop -cough affects thy horn, f do hetieve. Jhy perfume swells the hrepezc while good falks choice and wheeze? as we pass hy. f paid for thee a price, 'twould huy a mansion twice, now everyhody is yelling \"ice\" -| wonder why? Thy_moto_r_ has the grip., tjie spark pliigs. have thc pip, and fwoe is thine. I too have suffered chills, fatigue and kindred ills, endeavoring to pay my hills, since' thou were mine. Gone is my hank roll-now, no more 'twould choke the cow as once pefore! Yet, if | had the mon, so help me John��������������������������� amen, I'd |niy a car again, and speed some mo-re. Asks Bid for Operation v I Charley Harris, of Fort Worth, in the printing busines, got slightly peeved at a letter from a doctor who wanted bids on several thousand letterheads, different sizes, grades and different colors, and wanted the print- form held standing, so Charlie took his typwriter in hand and wrote: \"Am In the market for bids on one operation for appendicitis. One, Two or ether���������������������������also ��������������������������� with or without*\"- nurse. If appendix is found to be sound, want quotations to include putting same back aud cancelling order. If removed, successful bidder is expected to hold incision open for 60 days,, as I expect to be in the market for an op-' eration .for gallstones at that time- and want to save the extra cost of cutting.\" ' '>���������������������������.. When motorJng in this district, you frill enjoy taking dinner' at the King _5dward. \"* ... OKANAGAN COMMONER Thursday, June 23,1921 ������������������fcanagan Commoner In which is merged The Enderby Press and Walker's Weekly Published every Thursday at Enderby, B. C, by tho Walker Press. S3 per year; 11.50 ������������������ix months. H. M. WALKER at (Member of the United Typothetae of,, America) o Advertising Rates Contract or Regular���������������������������40c a single-coHfunMi inch up to half page; over half-page, 30c an inch each insertion. Transient or irregular���������������������������50c an inch; cash to accompany copy to insure publication. Wiaii/t Ads���������������������������20c per line first insertion, 10c per line each subsequent insertion. Count G words to line. Water Notices���������������������������150 words and under, $10.00; each additional 50 words, $1.00. Land Notices, Timber Licenses, Certificates of Improvement, $10.0-0 for 60 days, $7 for 30 days. ������������������ Local Notices���������������������������20c per line; Local reaciers, 10c line. Cards of Thanks, $1.00. Thursday, June 23, 1921 How Costs of Administration Have Soared Has Provincial Government a. Settled Policy? A circular recently issued J'rom Victoria gives sonic startling figures showing salient points ancl comparisons dealing -with the Liberal administration since 1916. Somc of these figures are here submitted i'or thc consideration of our readers. . Tn 1916, under Conservative government���������������������������a government criticised lor its extravagance���������������������������thc salaries of paid civil servants amounted to $1,664.- 222. Tn 1917, under Liberal goycrnmnt. thc salaries of civil servants jumped to $1,714,003. In 1918, under Liberal government, they climbed a little higher and totalled $1,980,203. In 1919, under Liberal government, thcy soared to $2,885,- 000, and estimates for thc fiscal year ask for no less than $3,681,205 for salaries of civil servants. These figures startle one. But listen: In 1916 British Columbia's public, debt3-was $19,777,908. On March 1st, 1921, British Columbia's public debt had increased to $46,616,436, an increase in four ycars of $26,838,527. And this borrowing was not on account of thc building of thc P. G. &. E. railroad, as only $14,400,000 had been loaned by the government to the railway up to that date. Tliis year thcy havc passed legislation authorizing new borrowings of $7,550,000, and in addition to this amount thc government has authority in prior legislation to borrow over 12 millions, or $19,550,000 altogether. Hero is another wav to put it: In 1917:our net debt per capita was $49.31; today it is $93.23 per capita, against $40 per head for thc province of Ontario, and $22 per head for3 thc province of Quebec. Hcrc'a'anolhcr (hi-illcr: Although the Provincial revenue has increased. Ihrough taxation and licences to nearly three limes what it was when the extravagant Conservatives went'out of office, the Liberals, who promised so faithfully- a policy of retrenchment, have borrowed an additional 31 millions in the past four years. Only 12 millions were borrowed by the Conservatives in thirteen years of their administration. Let these figures and comparisons sink in. The issue will have to be met some day. What will the electorate say then? Nothing can be gained by criticism unless it be constructive criticism. No party or the leader of a party, can achieve anything worth while if he is to be torn to pieces by his political opponents at every step of the way, and his legislation and policy ridiculed before thej' have been allowed to become operative. This one fault of our Canadian politics has been responsible for more political corrpution in our federal and provincial politics than all other faults combined. So eager arc wc to laud our party leaders and at thc same time discredit thc leader of thc government���������������������������or thc Opposition, as thc case may be, that wc fail utterly in giving thai support that all constitutional government requires and is justly entitled to receive. For-this reason, wc believe, good men have come up and gone down in our political life in Canada, disgusted with thc support given them as compared with what should havc been given if real results were to be looked for. Following thc visit of the Hon.E. D. Barrow, minister of agriculture, to Central British Columbia, comes the announcement that fuller assistance for settlers will bc provided by thc Provincial government. It is to be hoped that this announcement will bc followed by definite action. Thc minister, it is said, is working out a plan whereby it is hoped to furnish settlers with improved machinery and \"progress loans,\" in cases where sufficient progress has been made to warrant thc expenditure. The fullest encouragement is to be given to thc formation of \"cattle clubs\" throughout the Province. Government creameries will be established at points wherc thc settlers havc sufficient cows to support such an establishment. Danger Ahead Must Control Immigration. Tt now seems probable lhat thc Anglo-Japanese treaty will bc amended so as to give lhc Dominions control of their immigration laws. Premier iUfighon. now in London lo attend the conference of premiers, has stated that this must bc conceded Canada at all events, and Premier Oliver, in the name of lhis Province, is urging that the province =sha.lLhtx_ve___coj.npJclCL_jurisdiction_over .lands_and public works conlracls. A decision was recently given against this Province by thc court of appeal, thc finding being lhat the Province could not exclude Orientals from holding lands nor could Orientals bc kept from working on public works. - The marked increase in thc number of registrations of Japanese and Chinese births in British Columbia has led to a desire for control. Last year there were more than 600 Japanese birth registrations and it is expected that this year lhere will be 900. Complaints from farmers all over Ihe Province havc been most bitter, the contention being lhat much of the besl land is falling inlo Ihc hands of Japanese and Chinese, whose standard >.A' living is such lhat whites cannol compete with Ihem. and whose practice is to \"bleed\" the lands held lo lhe lasl remnant of productive powcr. II is a debatable question whether our Orientals are gelling hold of much of the best land in thc Province, or that lhcy \"bleed'2 thc lands held by them. In the Okanagan, while in sonic districts Chinese and Japanese are holding what is now considered very valuable land, the facl is that at the time Ihese Orientals first took up lhc land it, or verv much of it, was then considered of very little value. They themselves proved lhe value of lhe land and have steadily increased ils productiveness while it has been in their hands. While Canada must have control of this question of Oriental immigration', in considering thc question it is onlv reasonable that wc be just to Ihem and \"give 'the devil his due.\" For the most part they have, made the lands cultivated by them morc productive each vear, and have increased the-output of the Province hundreds of thousands each year. Let it not bc forgotten that if month after month were allowed to slip by without bringing any considerable, increase in employment, winter would bc upon us and would unquestionably bring unemployment conditions such as one does not care to contemplate. This point need not bc enlarged upon, but it should bc taken into, very serious consideration by every thinking citizen. This thought is offered to the Federal Reserve Board in thc United States by Forbe's Magazine, New York. It is something our corporations in Canada cannot afford to ignore. ������������������Similar conditions of unemployment exist here, and things can not be allowed to drift from bad to worse. Thcrc isn't any use pointing thc finger of scorn at what some delight to call Bolshevism, Socialism, or what-not. Tliis will not cure thc disease, of which thc present labor unrest is only^a symptom. To create lhe disease and then point at thc symptom and, damn it will not get us anywhere, fundamental conditions in Canada are sound, and the laborers, of this Pominion arc quite as intelligent and as desirous of bringing Canada into the right way of progress as any of. our men of capital ancl power. To ignore this, and to refuse to consider thc rights of labor to demand food ancj raiment and a house to live in, is not wise nor just. What Forbes says of conditions in the money market in New -York applies wilfo equal force to conditions in Canada. \"True,\" says lie, \"Discount rates havc already been lowered a little, but it is at least debatcablc whether money should not be made available for all legitimate purposes at still lower rates and in larger quantity. The danger of such a policy bringing about \"secondary inflation\" is extremely remote. Any, possible danger along this line is not to be compared with the importance of restarting thc wheels'of industry at a reasonable pace, thereby affording millions now idle opportunity lo earn lhcir daily hreacl.\" XWeUPnTd Waller Money asks no questions, it demands no references, il never inquires into one's moral character, does nol care whether onc is a preacher-man or a porch-climber, never hesitates to help, neither has il lhc habit of looking thc other way. When onc wants anything it straightway'goes and gets it. whether it Is a prayer book or a tin of tobacco. When onc is hungry it gets one food, when thirsty il gels that which satisfies: when onc is cold it furnishes clothing, when shelterless it furnishes a home or a lodging place: when weary \"it pro- vides a resting place; when travel and' change of scene is desired it provides a comfortable scat in a luxurious train and good sleeping quarters; when amusement is craved for money will bring any kind of pleasure desired: when onc goes hence to bc no more seen.it brings out the brethren to ride or walk behind the occupant of thc hearse, and places flowers where thc party honored cannot see them: then it sets up a headstone covered with doubtful compliments calculated to make the folks at home feel good. So���������������������������put money in thy wallet. Only the incompetent heed be poor. Must some of us plead guilty to the charge of incompetency? As sure as taxes, when the time comes that the bottom drops out of things, and we begin to go around from good-fellow to good-fellow trying to cash in a little of the goodfellowslup we've bought so dearly, we will obtain nothing more than a large gone feeling in the innards, and will then realize that for the man without \"fifteen dollars in his inside pocket,\" this is a cold and cruel world. jH������������������CIVICf PRIDE. _ - - 0 r Wj?oSe pome-rang^ \"Seldom. I&iL; He ^oes to b^ti> JtasLwpere pe*S a,*L; egn'L d&L by mail! BUY WHERE VOU LIVE LETTERS OF CREDIT a * NO nutter in what part ofthc world you may travel, you can find money at your disposal by carrying a Letter of Credit issued by die Bank of Montreal. Particulars may be obtained from any branch of tbis Bank. BANK of MONTREAL ESTABLISHED OVER 100 YEARS Capital Paid up J22.0O0.0OO Rett #22,000.000 Total Asset* in Excess of $500,000,000 . _m.^i>. ____������������������������������������������������������ ������������������������������������������������������ aa V'.iiiiini 'iisiffv'jri There are many reasons for the popularity of joint accounts between husband and wife. One of the niost important is that in thg event of the death of either party the.money is at ,the full, disposal of the survivor. Open a joint account in the Bank of Hamilton for yourself and your wife. BAN* Af HAMIUQN JXO. 8������������������f AHT, J*K������������������J M������������������������������������