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L-V? *** .vSWr7t,m������&f''tf^ '���������'..'.-. THE HEDLEY GAZETTE, DEC. 16, 1915 Come and let us help you prepare for Xmas. We have a perfectly fresh stock of Fruits, including: Raisins, Currants, Dates, Figs, Jap Oranges, Lemons and Bananas; also all kinds of Nuts, both whole and shelled. Fresh Chocolates��������� Paterson'iS!-^ Fry's and Mooney's��������� \"the kinds you like/' in bulk and fancy boxes at all prices. Fresh Eastern Oysters Next Week KEREMEOS Mr. W. H. Armstrong of Vancouver spent a few days at his home here last week. Mr. T. W. Coleman motored to Princeton on Thuisday returning home Friday evening. There will be a. turkey shoot in town on Saturday, Doc. 18th. Mr. Tweddie, provincial assessor Avas a visitor to Keremeos for a feAV days. Mr. J. J. Armstrong was a ' *' i visitor to Penticton on Thursday going by way of Princeton. Mr. W. M. Frith, Inspector of Customs, was a visitor to Oroville on Friday going down by special train. D. J. Innis is busy hauling lumber from Fairview with two four-horse teams. Miss Bessie Richter and Miss Ruth London were passengers out on the special train to Oroville on Friday to attend the Hospital Ball. P. J. McCurdy has a crew of men building a bridge across the river to Daley Island. Mrs. E. M. Crooker of Similkameen spent Saturday and Sun-, day the guest of -Mrs. E. Furgo. Our barbershop is open once again and H. Brewer, the barber has been kept very busy the last week. Mr. F. B. Gibson, our genial postmaster returned home from the prairie after being absent for two months. We are very, sorry,to report that Mrs. Harold- Quant.iscon- fhied to her home ,with a bad attack of LaGrippe. Faith, Fortune. 'A hearty invitation is extended to all. Preacher. R. G.Stewart. Miss Cameron, after spending a year with' friends and relative's on the prairie, is back'again with her sister, Mrs. W. Cameron, to'spend .the winter. A very pleasant surprise party was held at the home of Mr. t and Mrs. Aliss on Wednesday evening, it being the anniversary of Mrs. Aliss' birthday. ���������at the large number of articles in our stock which' would make suitable gifts: Ilifles���������Knives ���������Cutlery; besides household goods; also Gramophones. ��������� COME AND SEE ��������� Mrs. W. D.. Moore and child of Douglas, Man. is here on a visit with her:parents,' Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Armstrong. THE HARDWARE MAN Miss Ramsey, our teacher here and Miss I. Wood..of South Keremeos school are leaving on Saturday for Yancouver, where they will spend their Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs, 0/Damel left on Tuesdays train . for Spokane, where they will spend a week. Mr. O'Daniel being called there on business connected with the Great Northern Railway, Mr. and Mrs. T.Dedey, Messrs W. Daley, G. Cawstoh, D. Caw- ston and Constable Bowen attended the Turkey shoot and Dance at Fairview on Thursday. They found the road over the summit in a very bad condition. H. Oag, of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, left oh Wednesday to enlist for Overseas Service. Mr. Oag'has heen with us for over a year and-he :\"iyiil be very~much missed by'his\" many friends. Divine Service will be conducted on Sunday Dec. 19th. Morning Service in the Church at llo'clock Subject:���������The voice of Jesus in the storm. Afternoon Service at Taylor Ranch at 3 o'clock Subject:���������Care's cure. Evening Service in the church at 7.30 Subject:���������Failure, A Christmas Tree Entertainment will be held in the Town Hall on Friday evening by the Sunday School!-.' The children are having excellent drilling which will no doubt make it a great-success.' * The Similkameen Womens Institute acknowledge with thanks the receipt of $2.65, from Mr. R. J. Armstrong of Chopaka for. The Red Cross Fund, they also wish to thank him for his former donation to this fund, the proceeds of his raffle of the pig at the W. I. sale at Keremeos B. C. last month. The Womens Institute, is today sending .$100.00, to the Canadian Red Cross Society for the Prisoners of War Fund. - ** Christmas Tree Entertainment ifelfc KEREMEOS CENTER Our stock is replete with articles which would make good and serviceable presents, and we have put the prices where they are within the reach of all. Only Seven More snowing Days! HOTEL KEREMEOS Opposite Station :-33a������-*-:e ��������� Autos from all points connect with this first- class family hotel. ;'\" A /.choice' selection of. Liquors and Cigars, always on hand. '������������������\" Pool Ilooms and good Sample Rooms. MRS. n. F. KIRBY ;,/.;,t^w^pROFRIET'RESSi ->*������������������������<���������r ': The Similkameen Womens' Institute held their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. E. M. Daley on Thursday, Dec. 9. All business for the year was closed. -Of .the money that was :.t(tken in7utf.the sale of work it was decided by tit's\"meeting to send one hundred dollars to the \"Prisoner of War Fund.\" The meeting was brought to a close by singing God Save the King, after which dainty refreshments were served by the hostess. The annual Christmas Tree Entertainment of the Keremeos Sunday School, will take place in the Town Hall on Friday evening December 17th. begin- ing at eight o'clock. An interesting and amusing program has been prepared by the Children and young people. With so much distress in the land this year, it was thought best that a \"Giving\" Chi-istmas should take the place of the old \"Getting\". , Christmas. There Avill be the decorated troos and the candy for the children as in the past, but there will be no other presents. Instead Santa Claus after distributing tho candy will receive the money which has been taken in at the door as well as. the personal contributions of the children. Tin's money will be sent off tho next day to Vancouver, whero, through the agency of the Salvation Army, a number of children who would not otherwise have Christmas cheer will be given'a happy surprise. All arc invited to be present. .* The young Folks' enjoyed a few hours skating on the river on Sunday afternoon. We hope! that the rink will soon be ready so that the hockey team might get in practice and hold their ��������� second as they did last winter. T*i 1 k about the Gazette. . Let us send-a copy to your friends in the Old Country. j^Mtk SO YEAtJS Lj'b'iS-itV.rf'a . Send in your personal items to the Society Editor and help to make the ocal paper interesting. SADDLES HARNESS MAKER Buggy Trimming Done. 'Buggy 7Cushions Made to Order. Shoe Renalrisig All kinds of Leather Goods kept in- stock. Traiae WI/'.hks Ofeigks Copyrights &c . Anyone sending a sketch end description ma; -ulckly ascertain 'our opinion free whether an Invention is p-obably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken throiiBh Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, intha Scientific JhnericaiL-' Abandsomely Illustrated weekly. J.nreost clr- dilation of any scientific journal. Terns, JS3 a rear; four months, 51. Soldbyall newsiloalere. l^llNNSCQ.361Broad^NewYorff Branch r>Klcf\\ t>% V St.. Wasbinetnn D. C. Where Are Your Interests If Are they in this com-, munity ? \"il Arc they among the people with whom you associate ? 1\" Are they with the neighbors and friends with whom you do busi- business ? If so, you wnnl to know what is hap pening in this, community. You want to know the going*, and co-nings of the people with whom you associate, the little new.-, items-of your neighbors and friends��������� now, don't you? ��������� That is wlui i this paper gives you in every issue. It is printed for that purpose. lb represents your interests and thc interests of this town. Is your name on our subscription lists'\" If nob yoii owe ib to--yourself--to' see that it is put there. To do so Will be to Your Interest SING LEE Laundry, Contracting of all kinds, Ditch digging, Wood Sawing, Clearing lana, Cooking and all kinds of Chinese Labor. Keremeos, B.C. V)WA,'A������AnA'AWAWA'A,W I The Central H LESLIE HUTCHEON, Prop \",.\" \"B''7\"C.' x H K x x x . x X X X X X X' *������ X H X Special Attention to Tourists and Commercial Men.-- Large, airy and comfortable Rooms.-���������Headquarters for all Stage Routes.��������� Livery Stable in Connection.���������Free 'Bus to and from all trains. X ���������X X; X I KEREMEOS CENTER x x X X X X X X X * X X X -* % % X X X X ���������2 X X X 5 X ���������: British Columbia j .*,uM .1 AND SIMILKAMEEN ADVERTISER. Volume XL Number ^8, HEDLEY, B.C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 191-5. J. 00, In- Advance Armstrong will have anewciby hall. And, now the latesb fad is auklo watche--. Vancouver night schools have over 2000 pupils, -* * In New Brunswick ;'recruiting is brisker than ever. \"'. . *; .. \" Dad Simpson would like to see a shipyard at Victoria. It. A. Fraser is the-'n'ew editor on the K.-iinloops Standard. The l.tdies of Boswell \" are quite sic-' tive in the work of the Red Cross. A \"Jumble\" sale at Kelowna netted the Hospital something over $400. Five hundred people attended a church bazaar held at The Pas recently. Thei i: are 150 men employed at Waldo, B. 0., by the Ross-Saskatoon Lumber Co. A Trail brewer met death by asphyxiation while working in one ot his own Viits. According to an officer of the healbh depaitmeiit, Vancouver's mortality rate is very low. Foxes are in abunnance at The Pas and on account of the shortage of rabbits wolves have become bold. The B. C. Dairymen's Association will hold its annual meeting at New Westminster on Jan. 27 and 28, 1916 The employees of the Queen mine have subscribed $100 a mouth to the Salmo branch of the Patriotic Fund. Incorporation notice of the \"Creston and District Women's Institute\" appeared in the last issue,. *$the B.C. Gazette. New Westminster Operatic Society are working on the production of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera \"The Mikado.\" New Westminster has just dispatched four young men to McGill to join the University Corps which is organizing at Montreal. According to the Pas Herald the country aboub Athapapuskow Lake seems to be getting a lot of attention from prospectors. Summei-land is sending six more recruits to swell the number of the Canadian soldiers who are fighting for Kingjmid Country. Victoria is aboub to have a school for instruction in the making of munition of war. The capital city is certainly a credit to the province. ��������� ��������� The Democratic National Committee have chosen President Wilson for re- nomination. This certainly is wise iu view of World-war conditions.. 4 THE KALIEDOSCOPE ������ Short, Pithy Paragraphs as Recorded by'the Papers of the West, Rehashed for Our Readers New Westminster is engaged in a jitney war. They have a hockey league in the Slocan country. _ - Creston is debating the problem of a high school building. Children of Victoria have contributed over $1000 to the Red-Cross. Knights of Pythias at Princeton donated $30 to the Red Cross fund; Creston is slated for a County Court, to be presided over by Judge Forin, of Nelson. The first hockey game of the season at Rossland will be played on New Year's night. Two more French-Canadian regiments will be organized in the Province of Quebec. A three-year-old girl at Grand Foi ks met death last week by falling into a tub of boiling water. Armstrong-Agricultural Association will buy the local creamery and work it on a co-operative plan. Cuiling at Rossland will be a popular sport this winter. No less than 38 rinks have been organized. At a recent meeting of the Nelson Board of Trade the question of taxing Doukhobot-s was seriously dismissed.; The miners at the St. Eugene at Moyie, gave $56 towards the patriotic fund during November. It is estimated by the yard master at Sirdar, that the C. P. R. is handling ten times as much freight through that transfer point than they did last year. Eighteen of the Czar's subjects left their jobs on the H. B. railway, near The Pas, Manitoba, and are now on the way to join the colors and do their bit against the hated Teuton. Raising of cattle at Kaslo is on the increase. The Pas. Manitoba, has sent 200 men to the front besides 50 Italians and 350 Russians, There are between 10 and 50 men at work at Grand Forks installing the evaporator. Kelowna has sent over 500 men to the front, this is about one-sixth of her population. Among the curlers of Phoenix we nee the name of the versalils- editor oi die Pioneer, who \"skips,\" one of the sixteen rinks. If Brother Kay \"skips.\" as well as he ''pencil pushes\", his i'ink will be at the top all the time. Judge J. R. Brown of Grand Fork* recently held a session of the county ouurt at Penticton. He was given addresses of welcome by Magistrate Guernsey and Mr. N. F. Turn bridge senior member of the legal profession m Penticton. According lo The Ledge, the Copper ���������Star mine, 17 miles from Merritt, is snipping ore to the Greenwood siuei- tei'. Four sets of four are hauling Lhe ore to the station at Merritt, aim from that town it is shipped by the Iv. V. R. to Greenwood. ry Entertaining Letter Home The editor of the Grand Forks Sun \"got out\" an edition \"while in a ball- dead condition\" the result of la grippe. For a semi-corpse he managed to sup one over on Col. Lowery,\" huwevei, and all those machine-owned papers ot* the pi evince. Those left hand siaps from The Sun are not to 'je des- pised. lo Avow lire Danger^ ana Have a ws ircD Miss A. Innis of Keremeos received a letter from H. C. N. Etches staling lie saw both her brothers Bob and Ll ill who are also in the ircuches. Somewhere in France, Nov. 19, 1915, Dear Annie: The weather was too bad for any iii.ul lu get to the line, Out on coining oub received your letter. How we do ii)ok for our Canadian mail. Biuy opied your brother Bob pasoing last .nyhl with Uie Royal Canadian ftilles, wieu laLer on in tne evening lie came over Lo see us and stayed a couple ui uuurs. We were ct-rtaiuiy glad to sec- iiim, he is looking Hue and gelling tat. ijllly and 1 were- Uguring ail day, now we cuiiid gel a past, and go out to st-c some of the (J. M. R. boys, just auoui biireu o'clock���������winie in our mile com uug-uiit, we heard a voice say ��������� ���������'vVhere does .billy Hope stay?\" j. looked oub and here were Mr. Brown ���������mil Chailie Armstrong, another gouu jg NEWS NOTES OF THE I WAR, FROM EXCHANGES One of tho slogans in Great Britain is \"Save and Serve.\" Its counterpart in Germany appears to be. \"Slave and Starve\"���������Daily News. The Labor party in South Africa attributes its poor showing in the recent elections to the fact lhatso many miners were in khaki.���������Halifax Herald. Fifiteen of the New Denver boys at lhe-front will receive Christmas parcels sent by the Ladies' Patriotic Society of that euergelic little burg. The Victorian says that the lumber industry in the Kootenays is on the upward trend. Twelve of the mills in that couulry will be busy this winter. A Grand Forks man has bagged three deer in one day, this is the limit of the seasons catch as far as he is concerned and he may as well hang the rifle up over the kitchen door. Grand Forks is installing an evaporating plant. Her citizens are to be congratulated on the enterprise which takes hold of all resorces and turns them to marketable commodities, Burnaby council will appropriate an extra $1000 in order to employ heads of families in the two weeks preceed- ing Christmas. This seems to have the right ring for a Christmas announcement. No wedding bells have rung in the bailiwick of Bro. Hayes for five long months and on the same page of the Review appears an ad exclaiming in 36 pt. Caslon, \"Tempus Fugil\". Britain now has a small army ol shell girls, engaged in the manufacture of the amuuition which is used to hold back the Teutonic invaders. At Birmingham one shop employs 2000. An Ottawa despatch states that the eyesight test will be reduced. It is claimed thousands of men in Canada were refused because of slight defects in eyesight. They will now be eligible. ' The Trail News has changed hands. W. B. Willeox is to be the new man to stter its destinies. \"We congratulate him for his shrewdness in picking a winner and wish him abundant success. Over at Waneta, the Pend d' Oreille Farmers Institute with $100 in the ti'easury, decided to give two-thirds to patriotic and Red Cross purposes. That sounds like a good brand of patriotism. Craiibrook enlisted 41 recruits in ten days for the 102nd Overseas Battalion, vVilh the record Craiibrook has already made in the matter of sending recruits to the war, this is a very fine showing. Cliilliwack is to have a 9 o'clock Curfew law. Victoria should experiment with a twelve o'clock Curfew law. It would get some of the young ones home iu time to build a fire for breakfast.��������� Victorian. Nakusp Board of Trade held a special meeting to protest against the reduction in service on the Arrow Lakes They have figures to prove an absolute loss through the curtailment of transportation facilities. At the approach of the Christmas season a word of warning may be given iu regard to the hazards of Christmas decorations and entertainments. . It is customary to decorate homes, storfes, churches and schools. Decorations take tire readily and spread tire rapidly. The dangers can be avoideu oy carefulness in the selection and'arrangement of material, and by watch- fulntsss. Carelessness may cause loss of life as well as of property. IT IS CARELESS��������� To tamper with electric wiring to produce displays. ' To hang inflammable material where it touches or n'l'iy be pushed or blown against stove-pipes, -steam- pipes, lamps, gas or electric lights. To allow the inexperienced and thoughtless to do the decuraling. To allow paper anil rubbish to accumulate owing to pressure of business. To allow smoking where there are flimsy decorations. CHRISTMAS TREES: Don't put cotton beneath the tree to represent snow. Use mineral wool or asbestos. Don't use celluloid ornaments in decorating. Don't allow children to light candles on a tree, or touch the tree. Clothing is frequently set on lire by permitting this. Dou't leave matches where children ' can get them and undertake to light candles. Don't remove gifts from the tiee while the candles are lighted. It is safer not to put gifts on the ' tree. Watch the tiee. Be piepared for emergencies.\"' PORK FOR SALE First class grain fed pork on the Similkameen for lie and to any station on tho Okanagan, Kettle or Kootenay Rivers for 16c. On every order of 100 pounds or more I will put lcent per pound in the Red Cross fund, ������c hi the town where the order is takij-n and -{,-c in Keiemeos. R. J. ARMSTRONG, Chopnka. .-.urpiise. We all went down lo Set. jjoti liugg, Air. Jtjrown and Charlie ���������lad to leave soon so we walked down (jHi-t way to tneir camp with them. , a nard initiation lor new troops. Bui such is lite here, we laugh and joke through it all for we are here to do our nan for A\\.nig and country and we tire going to do our best. The Colonel came through our lines and said as he passed us: ���������That's right boys' slick toil.\" l'h tell you what 1 think of you all when vve come out.\" So today he is goihy lo give us a-talk'. The air is full of oiieils; two badly wounded last night, Fred Atkinson and Frank Price. Ten itobt. as he knew both Lhe boys. Mother sent me a dandy parcel so .billy and 1 had a hue feed since receiving it. Tf 1 pull through a while lunger will get a pass and go home fur a few days. \" VV hen the war i.s over\"'this the liie life then laugh. Last night the Germans, over some oig shells and the third one got four ol our boys. 'We' get, 1 believe tlnee or iuttr Gentians to every uiic of us lhey get, bill nevertheless we go down one oy one and many an old face is missed. The 5th and 7lh B. C. Battalions did a nice thing the oilier night. The Germans had been bothering llieiilrench- es and getting quite a few men. They started across, gut through into their' trench taking 12 prisoners, pulling forty or Mt'ty out of action, it was all done so quicklv, lhe Germans threw up their distress signals and their reinforcement came up bombarding their own trenches lieiciy, but outbids were safely back and only lost ono man. Word came that a German aeroplane landed behind our trench by mistake but we have him now. Just culled lo help at the Battalion Post Olliee, regular man away for awhile. Seems good to read the Hedley Gazette again. Good-bye and best regards to all. HARRY \"We always take a gloomy joy in self-depreciation,\" says Mr. Balfour of the English people. But if any foreigner should daie to affirmatively, echo our criticism���������My word!���������Montreal Star. breath. A fiction writer, who , would invent such an incident would be accused of overdoing his work;���������Colonist It is with deep regret we announce the passing in action on the field of battle in Galiipoli of Lieut. Frank Coffee, of the Australian Expeditionary Force, a late editor of the Nicola Valley News, and one of the best known aud capable newspapermen iu B. C.��������� Nicola Valley News. Canadian aud Australian soldiers with a spriukling of British Territorials broke up a meeting last week in London, of the \"Union of Democratic Control\"' aud turned the gathering into a recruiting meeting. They drove the speakers from the platform and passed a resolution that\"- there must be no peace till Germany was properly whipped.���������Victorian The ladies of Nicola recently despatched to .the front a number of attractive parcels containing Christmas gifts for Nicola soldiers at the front. The parcels contain articles that should prove both \"remindful\" and comforting to the boys of Nicola who, in the words of a Ideal\" patriot:-\"have their backs to Belgium and their rifles turned towards Berlin.\"���������Nicola Valley News.\" The Serbian Spirit ., ��������� <��������������������������� The spirit of the Serbian people is' shown in this letter from Monastir to a friend in London:��������� \"We are going now through the most sublime moment in our Serbian history, Encircled by- her enemies and traitors, Serbia is cheerfully fight- i ing. Not one of us is tired, nobody fearful, nobody pessimistic. \"Amongst our soldiers there is now going on a real competition who will die more beautifully. Come down to us; that is a great day, which never repeats m history, King Peter is resolute to die with us. He said that, and his word produced a frantic en- thsiasm even for death. He is a saint indeed, like our King Lazare, who died on the field of Kosovo. \"This is probably my last letter to you. Tonight I am going towards the Bulgarian frontier. Be sure I am as joyful as if I am going to a wedding. The only regret that fills my heart is that you cannot die so beautiful a death. Adio, my friend, I am going to a true life. Serbia cannot be lost! Be so kind and tell that to the whole civilized world where you are living. Adio!\"���������Province. Came 8,000 Miles to Enlist Son Also Wants to Join Mr. Ford's party is unanimous against the Presidents message, which was delivered as soon as Mr. Ford's back ,was turned. Instead of sending wireless messages forward the peace party is now sending wireless protests back home. Perhaps if;'the Oscar II would come back Mr. Ford would come .-back Mr. Ford might get the President out of his trenches by Christmas.���������News-Advertiser. When King George was hurt in, France some weeks ago he was taken to hospital in a motor ambulance which was the gift of 'women of Btirmah, India. In the hospital he was attended by an English nursing sister and on the trip across the Channel to Buckingham Palace. His Majesty was looked after by a Canadian nurse. Three cheers for the Empire. ���������Province. Do you Christmas shopping early. Read all the ads. Come in ami see the samples of Christmas greeting cards. We have the veryi latest and piotticst styles. We will -pihit your name and greeting and give vou an envelope with each card. Prices to suit your pocket. Hedley Gazette, No fewer than 25,000 women are working on the railroads of France, according to the Railroad Age Gazette. In an article under the title \"The Efficiency of French Women as Railroad Workers,\" the women of France are praised for their adaptability to all sorts of employment. The assertion is made that but tor the women it would have been impossible to keep the French munition factories going at the present high speed.���������Province. A very touching story comes from Malta. Miss Alway, of Toronto, is a nurse on a hospital ship. She was told there was a patient of the same name as her own, belonging to an Australian corps. She hurried to his bedside to find that he was her brother whom she had not seen for seven years. She only had time to tell him who she was aud kiss him when he passed away, uttering her name with his last After passing through many perils on an S000 mile journey to enlist for overseas service, Major S. A. Huntington was recently appointed to the 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, being raised at Vancouver, B. C. and has returned to take up his duties. Major Huntington came from the uppermost corner of Alaska, crossing the Naziua glacier with dog teams in record time. He was engaged as secre- tar-y-to-the-late Henry Bratapbeiv the famous consulting mining engineer of the North, who represents the Gug- genheims of the United States and the Rothchilds of England. The famous - engineer was ill, and when Huntington signified his intention of enlisting, his superior requested the secretary to bring him out. The trip was successfully made, although five other boats that started before and after the party, were crushed in the ice floes, and their occupants, two women, and eight or ten men, were drowned. SON WANTS TO SERVE TOO Eager to secure a place in the Canadian overseas forces. E. F. Huntington a son of Major Huntington, sergeant in the Washington National Guards and revolver shot champion, left Taco- ma yesterday for Vancouver where it is understood he hopes to enlist in the same regiment as his father. Young Huntington has secured leave of absence from his ttoops in Tacoma with which he has been associated for sis years. Last year he . won the ttate individual i evolver shoot and two years Rgo the Mark Davis trophy for the bestgeneral efficiency. He is regarded as one of the brightest citizen-soldiers of Tacoma. Although born.in Canada he is a naturalized American citizen. His father, Major Huntington, was formerly assistant secretary of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce.���������Province. ' Fifty-two miners from Vancouver Island have been sent to the mines lit prow's Nest where work, haa been [rand for them. THE HEDIEY GAZETTE, DEC. 16, 1915 mm and Similkameen Advertiser. Subscriptions In Advance Per Year .'..' $2-00 \" (United States) .....2.50 Advertising Rates Measurement, l'i lines to tho inch. ; Transient Advertisements���������not exceeding one inch, 81.00 for one insertion, 25 cents, for each subsequent insertion. Over one inch, 10 cents por lino for ilrst insertion and 5 cents per lino for each subsequent insertion. Transients payable in advance. . Contract Advertisements���������One inch per month . ������1.25; over 1 inch and up to 1 inches, Sl.00 \" per inch per month. To constant advertisers taking larger space than four inches, on application, rates will bo given of minced charges, based on size of space and length of timo. ..���������''.' ' Certificate of Improvements ��������� ��������� .S10.00 \"', (Whoro more than one claim appears in notice, 52.50 for each additional claim.) . A. B. S. STANLEY. Editor Our Christmas We take pleasure- in presenting this.'week-, our first Annual Christinas, number. One of the objects we had in view is to make this number, a link in the chain of \"Buy at Home\" and \"Made in Canada\" articles which we wish to present to our readers as the weeks roll on. The force* of the argument this week is in the advertising columns, which are replete with reasons 'why. you should not send away and why. you should Buy at Home. ��������� Although the business conditions are not. all that we would like in . presenting���������; a venture of this kind,/ we thought to impress upon the public our sincerity in this \"Buy at home\". campaign by putting out this special number even at a loss to ourselves. If it meets with your approval tell your friends, if not tell the editor. the report was made before the Albertalaw (?) became effective. What then is the conclusion ? In bur opinion the conclusion is that although public sentiment throughout Canada is gradually working towards reform and retrenchment in the use of liquor, there still are a great many people who desire the -right'to use it when and how they so desire.' Are they not entitled to be heard ?'.'������������������ Ottawa, Dec. 4.���������That the per capita consumption of spirits has fallen to a lower level than iu any period during the last five years is shown by the annual report of the department of inland revenue. It indicates that Canadians per head consumed .872 gallons, as compared' with \"1.061 ��������� the year previous., Of beer, 6.071 gallons per capita, were consumed, its compared with 7.200 in 19M, and of wines, .084. as compared with .124 gallons.. Of tobacco, .3.4-27. pounds, were consumed per head;or- less than in 1914, when the average was 3.711 pounds'.' Winston Churchill- Prohibition The following despatch taken from an exchange, is certainly suggestive at the present time. It suggests first that the forces of prohibition are barking up the wrong tree. It suggests, second, that the argument of Sir Richard McBride w.as largely correct and very reasonable when he stated that he did not think the time opportune to push on the province a vote on this question. It suggests, third, that the charge is false which claims that the men at the front are the men who have been the mainstay of the liquor business and the returns will show that the decrease is not in propor- tion to the decrease in population on ' account of the men going to the front. We are prepared to meet the advocates of prohibition on this phase of the question. They cannot raise the argument that the physique of the men has been affected by the use of liquor, because only the very fittest of the. physically fit men of the country have been accepted. Then the conclusion is that the men at home are those who are responsible for the consumption of liquor. The report shows that of then- own accord they have reduced the amount they have used quite considerably. ���������' The abortive form of prohibition as inflicted upon the people! The British love of fair play is proverbial but nowhere more apparent than iu the attitude of the press. The man who today meets with their disapproval, tomorrow does something which' appeals to their sense of right or of honor and immediately the love of fair play manifests itself in the change of their attitude towards him. A case in point is that of Winston Churchill, who resigned from the cabinet. The papers handled him somewhat roughly at first, but when it became known that with true British manhood, he had immediately* gone to the front to assume his share of the dirty work, they change their attitude and as Churchill, the soldier, he is a greater man than as Churchill, the politician. The following editorial note from the Colonist justifies these poor remarks of ours: \"It is reported that Major Winston Churchill is to be made a brigadier-general. He has assumed the ordinary duties of his rank without any allowance being made for the fact that a few months ago he was Ruler of the King's Navee. From a comfortable office in the Admirality to a damp, dark dug-out in a dirty trench was what might be called \"some change\" and then some but Major Churchill accepted it like a \"little man\". Let us say what our big contemporary overlooked, namely, as long as British statesman are made of the stuff that Winston Churchill is made of, British soldiers Avill be invincible in the field. The men whom Brig. General Churchill leads will follow him with swelling hearts and proud because he resigned from a position of comparative ease and safety and took up his share of tho danger at the front. them'for-some time to come. His attitude is one that all Canada admires. Addressing the Young Lib- eral Club in Montreal-'the other day Sir Wilfrid vol. ol a strong belief in the righteousness of the British cause,, in the great war and an eqxially strong opinion in its ultimate outcome. He took occasion, incidentally, to give tho Nationalist a rap, saying: \"Any man who 'would not defend his own soil would be worthy of the indignation of everyone.\" Touching federal issues, he said: \"You have heard in Montreal the question: 'Why have the Liberals not fought the govern-, ment?' W h y? Becau se I tun th e chief of the Liberal party and because as long as I have the honor of presiding ''over the' destinies the Liberal parly it will' not triumph by, taking advantage of the situation at present existing.\" '���������-.,. Those sentiments are worthy of the great statesman who uttered them. They will be published from the Atlantic to the Pacific and where true men think they will work out their guerdon to the undying honor of the man who gave then! utterance. What a, contrast to the heelers who Avould like to add to the complexity of the situation by, thrusting upon us an election with its uncertainties and its' upset. emancipation, of.. millions to whom the Pope's word was more than the call of duty or honor or anything else. There is hope for the world if this accomplishment is to be added to the other benefits received as a, result of this terrible war. Editorial Quotations Church Union has obtained no majority in that great Presbyterian centre, the Presbytery of Toronto. The Presbyterian vote in that field is nearly a tie. -���������News-Advertiser. Don't SendMleu in a Letter \\^/HEN you send:subscriptions to magazines, or order : * T goods out pf>tpwn, or pay small accounts at a distance, do not place'the actual cash in the envelope. Thousands of dollars are lost-every-year through .-fire,-robbery or mis-direction. Use the Bank Money Orders, issued by this bank. They are payable in Canada and the United States in any sum up to fifty dollars. Their protection is well worth their small cost. .58 Every man who is in position to judge, is emphatic in the opinion that British Columbia will be an harvest field for opportunities when Limes turn again to\"tho normal.���������Victorian. 78 Years in Business. Hedley Branch Capital and Surplus $7,884,000. ... C. P. DALTON, Manager The action of Oliver Asselin, Quebec Nationalist and editor, in agreeing to organize a regiment for overseas service is a striking contast to the poltroonery of Lavergne and Bou ra'ssa.-���������Province. It is evident that Moses B. Cotsworth is not the Moses who is destined to lead the Lower Mainland Ministerial association out of the wilderness, nor the Grits into the land that flows with milk and honey.���������Slocan Record. You Men Who You're Underpaid 1 ������ III ink Don't \"cuss\" it on the boss, is that t' The Gazette was somewhat seriously taken to task by the editor of the Star, because we inadvertently referred in jocular terms to the winter at Princeton, Everybody knows it is no joke and therefore should not be treated as such. Star evidently, in the hurry of \"settling down\" to housekeeping only gave the item in question a very cursory reading, or he would have seen that the reference was tp the praise of the climate of the Similkameen. And we ask when did not the Star regard the coal town as the very center of the Similkameen? When. Star refers tp \"Hole-in-the-wall\", \"Snakeville,\" etc., we will have to ask for an interpreter, Star's seniority in B. C. journalism gives him the advantage, we know not what he means. In eight months Dominion revenue under the war budget has increased by $14,000,000 and expenditures have deceased $13,000,000. The financial policy of the government, introduced during the early months of the war, is justifying itself and confounding those who criticized it in the house of commons.;���������Daily News. your luck because your pay i.s small. Don't blame Don't think that (he reason others ���������.;(.������t more pay \"iiey liave more \"pull\" because it isn't so! The men who get big pay are those who are trained to do work that is worth it. You have no special training, and you have to do work that any man with two hands can do; therefore your pay is small���������and you, only, are to blame. YOU can earn more���������YOU can work with your head instead of your hands���������YOU can give orders instead ot taking them No matter what you do, where you live, or how old you tire, the International Correspondence Schools can come to you and train you for a better job. Every year moro than five thousand persons take thc trouble to write to the I. C. S. tli.it their salaries have been ineie.-isi'd through this training. These who i'cpoi-t iii-e'hut a handful���������tens of thou.-auds of others are bineh'lcd. For 24 years the I. O. S. have been training men having no education other than ability to read and write, no more time than the odds aiid ends so commonly wasted, and no more money than the little that could be. saved out of small wages. If you want to be a high-salaried man���������to be somebody���������prove your ambition, Mark the Coupon and Mail it Now The Colonist says, the Postmaster-Gen- thinks of issuing a three-cent stamp. Better do it without thinking any more about it. When the war tax on letters wras imposed there was a general idea that some track ought to be kept of what it realized, but time has shown that to be unnecessary. Give us a three-cent stamp and save one lick of the tongue for each letter. Complete Mining Engineering Fire Boss Metal Mining Metal Prospector Complete Metallurgy Hydrometallurgy Milling Complete Coal Mining Complete Civil Engineer'g Surveying and Mapping Bridge Engineering Structural Engineering Concrete Construction Architecture Automobile Running Chemistry Commercial Drawing Electrical Mechanical . Steam Marine and Refrigeration Engineering French, Spanish and Italian taught hy Phonograph INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS, Scranton, Pa. Please inform me how I can gain a money-earning knowledge of the subject marked X, or named below, and send me catalogue containing description of course and letters from successful students. The Penticton Herald in its issue of December 2nd had a three-page ad from one firm and one page from another. This shows tho confidence Penticton men place in their paper and is a tribnte to the efficiency of its management. May its shadow never grow less. Sir Wilfrid Laurier We take this opportunity to congratulate Brother Fred Smyth, of the Star, and Mrs. Rena Bradbury, on their recent marriage and hope that as the years record each volume of their lives, their columns may be filled with double-leaded prosperity and happiness. The Cheering word comes from Spokane, says the West Summerland correspondent of the Pentiction Herald, that Summerland apples have again cleaned up most of the prizes offered at the great apple show there. In packing as well as in the quality of the fruit the district distinguished itself. A few more years of this high grade of production and the valley will come into their own in the world's fruit markets.��������� Victorian. Name '........Address. Age.... ..Occupation Employed by Course Wanted (if not given above) Remarks -. RALPH KENDALL, Agent Box 598, KELOWNA, B. C. Greetin We have just received complete now samples of this season's Greeting Cards. The assortment is large and prices will suit any pocket. Leave orders early so as to catch the Old Country Mails with Hedley Gazette A great man is greatest in emergency. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, leader of the Liberals, has never been a greater power for the good of Canada than he is of Alberta cannot receive any today, when, as far as his party credit for this decrease, because] is concerned, there is no hope for J leading as it ought, to Pope Benedict complains that the restrictions placed upon him by the war deprive, him of the liberty necessary to the government of the church. The world at large ought to receive this news with rejoicing, the Widely divergent lines in all sections reflect a sustained growth in business movements and volumes. Manufacturing operations still broaden, with overtime in force in many instances, while retail distribution steadily enlarges under the stimulus of increased pay rolls and continued low temperatures. As the season advances, holiday goods become a more conspicuous feature and there is every indication that results in this particular branch will prove exceptionally gratifying. With money circulating more freely, collections show further improvement and the commercial mortality diminishes fewer failures occurring this month than in October.���������Dun's Review. A British Answer Papers have been published proving, if they be genuine, the extraordinary attempts made in Germany to induce Irish prisoner of war to form an Irish brigade in order to fight against England and \"liberate\" Ireland. The help of Sir Roger Casement and an American priest was called in. There is nothing suprising in this, but the splendid answer of the Irish soldiers, is worthy of the traditions and the real patriotism of their race. A letter to the Emperor drawn up by the N. C. O.'s acknowleges the exceptional ti'eatment given to the Irish prisoners���������better food and less work than for-the other prisoners���������but begs the Emperor to withdraw these concessions unless they can be extended to the.pther prisoners. \"In addition to being Irish Catholics,\" say the signatories, \"we have the honor to be Bri tish soldiers.\" The answer would appear to be the true solution of the Irish problem, and it is entitled to the careful attention of all propagandists. The Emperor must have been somewhat taken aback by the answer to his e.ndeavors.���������Province, t THE HEDLEY GAZETTE, DEC. 16. 1915 AN EPITQpE OF\" MINING NEWS Being a Series of Short Reviews Culled From Many of the. Leading Mining Exchanges of the Westr Name of Which Appears at Head of Each Series (From Mining and Scientific Press)' The d'scovery of asbestos in Arizona has created interest; it is of good quality with a long fibre, being found near Glebe and in the Grand Canyon. One of the largest blocks of claims was transferred recently. The cost of producing an ounce of gold at well-known gold mines is given ai follows: Alaska Treadwell $11.85, North Star $11.08, Yuba dredge '$6.26, Camp Bird $7.65, Portland $15.94, Homestake $13.72, Goldfield The population is 3,000,000, of which. 73,000 is in Caracas, the capital. For twenty years a direct line of American steamers has run regularly between the United States and Venezuela, and this line has a mall contract with the post office department, yet the steamers are said to bo slower and inferior to those of the French and Royal Steam Packet lines between Venezuela and Europe. The monetary system is on a sound gold basis and no po* per money is used as legal tender. All interest on the public debt has been an assay made in the provincial mineralogist's office gave 237 ounces silver, 2 per cent, copper and a trace in gold. At the Star mine, Sandon, ore is being stoped from a five-foot vein on tho 9 level. This is the vein they have been drifting* for for some time. Owing to shortage of water thc Galena Farm concentrator is only rim ning one shift daily. A gasoline engine will be installed as an auxiliary paid promptly during the trying time power. is cheering enough to feel mighty good oyer, and sufficient to give, the property a great value; - Manager McChesney and Superin- tendent^Boyd are'..to be congratulated upon~rat7 last .demonstrating .the continuity of ledges in this country. They have carried on mining along systematic lines followed in districts where mining has been made profitable, and it is the first instance where a mining company operating in northern Okanagan county has kept right on in the face of all obstacles and carried out the object for which work was originally inaugurated. Without the old Ivanhoe ledge tho proposition was a success in tho matter of uncovering well mineralized leads, hut the finding of the chief ledge makes the Ivanhoe a mine in fact as well as in name. The strike will be of inestimable benefit to this upper country. It proves that the mineral is in the mountains if those who hold claims with favorable surface indications will only go after the ore ni the righ way. Jf thc Ivanhoe makes a producer, and there now seems to be no doubt on chat score, there is bound to be a great revival of mining in this vicinity, and a revhal of investigation will make more mines. .Moreover, the making of a few producing mines will do more to building up this part or Okanogan county, and especially Oroville, than the successful promotion of any other single industry. Short Review of Origin of the Now Famous Nickel Plate \"Mine By The General Superintendent Aa Appeal for Promotion of the EsoriorniGs of ������oa! Milling Hedley, B. C, Showing Reduction Plant and Part of Nickel Plate Mountain Consolidated $11.93, East Rand Proprietary $13.41, Mysore $8.39, Sons of Gwalia $14.84, \"VVaihi $12.20, Yukon Gold (Dawson dredging) $9.76. The figures do not include any amortization, nor interest on principal, and are not all for the same financial year. Taking the population of the world at 1,732,000,000, the average use of copper per capita per year is 1.3 lb. Europe is using an average, of 3.2 lb., United States 7.7 lb., North America 6.2 lb., while Africa, Australia and Asia combined use only about 0.008 lb. per capita per year. of the war. For the fiscal year 1913-14 the United States was the largest customer of Venezuela, and also supplied a larger share of the imports than -any other country. A tube-mill and cyanide plant are being erected at the Relief mine near Erie, at a cost of over $20,000. A. D. Westby,- the manager, states that the 10-stamp mill recovered 65 per cent, and 90 per cent, is expected from the new equipment. About $100,000 of old tailings is to be treated. -y During,'th^e ten rhonths ended October.\"'the Trail -smelter has received '599,070 tons of ore, against 325,631 tons in 1914. The Rossland district is responsible for most of the gain, while Nelson, Slocan, Ainsworth and East Kootenai show decreases. Work on the new electrolytic zinc plant at the Trail smelter is being hurried. Current for the plant will be supplied from tho Bonnington Falls station at the West Kootenai Power & Light Co. It is estimated that the energy required will be from 8000 to 9000 horsepower. , Names of many minerals have the termination \"ite,\" and a correspondent wishes to know its meaning. According to Dana the ending \"ite\" or \"itis\" (the original of \"ite\") was used, according to system, among the Greeks and adopted from them by the Romans for the names of stones, it being one of the regular Greek suffixes. It was added (as \"ite\" at the present day) to the word signifying quality, constituent, use or locality of the stone. In 1783 Werner introduced personal names into mineralogy; these also have the suffix \"ite.\" (From the Phoenix Pioneer.) A pessimist is an optimist gone to seed. The general run of mining camp humanity will tell you, with painstaking and profane elaboration, that the so-called \"mining expert,\" the man ���������who gives a mining district the once or twice over and a technical report, is a pessimistic concentrate ��������� whatever that is. He may be all of that, and more. Far be it from us to express an opinion at variance with such a time-honored conviction. But if he be this \"pessimistic concentrate,\" this cyanide sour ball of geological intelligence they would have us believe, why, then is it, that in British Columbia he is not running true to form? For of the many mining engineers who have of late subjected the province to the acid test of an.expert examination, we have yet to hear of one who has turned it down. In fact most of them are decidedly optimis- tice regarding its future. (From thc Slocan Record.) Last week Thos. Avison and .1. H. Cory finished rawhiding the season's output of SO tons from the Idaho to Alamo siding. Louis Scaia will continue work all winter at the mine. re nstration of ivaon Vein at Depth, far-ReaeliinQ Benefit to Upper Country (From Oroville Gazette) After long and anxious waiting for an opportunity to make the announcement the Gazette is at last able to report that the Ivanhoe ore has been encountered in the big tunnel at the Ivanhoe mine, the goal\".that the management has been steadily working to reach for two years. The extent of the ledge is not known at this writing, but the important fact that the Ivanhoe ore has been cut proves that the ledges on Palmer and Ellemeham mountains go down to depth and that is what no operator in the past has gone far enough to determine. Several ledges and stringers have been encountered in driving the tunnel, but the quartz was altogether different from that taken from the shaft on the Ivanhoe lead years ago, Editor of Tho Hedley Gazette, Hedley, B. C. Dear Sir,���������Answering your numerous requests for a contribution to the mining column of your paper, I will say that I have never aspired to Journalistic eminence, and after a perusal of the following, tho reason will be obvious. One must bo at a great disadvantage indeed, who cannot find some interesting subject to talk of, in Hedley. Hero we are, surrounded by gigantic mountains, with only an outlet through the Similkameen valley. This, as is often stated, may appear desolate, but we who arc fortunate enough to live here, realize that it is a beauty spot, with a climate second to none, and a population composed of energetic people, living as one great family. Here we always have a kind word and a spare dollar to assist the needy, whether it be a member of the community, soldiers at the front fighting our country's cause, or sick and wounded, irrespective of their nationality. Any prospector or mining man, passing through the valley and seeing the promising formations of tho mountains must surely become enthusiastic over the possibilities, as did Wollas- ton and Arundel in 1898, when they, after a strenuous climb, without roads or trails, started in to prospect. They were rewarded, as the result of their efforts was the finding of the outcrops which are now known as \"The Nickel Plate Mine.\" Soon after this, Mr. M. K. Rodgers, after investigation, having a good nose for ore, decided it worthy of further exploration. As the representative of Marcus Daly, of Butte, Montana, he bonded the property and set men to work. This proved satisfactory and mining began. At this time the town of Hedley was a flat, . covered with boulders. In 1900 the town was surveyed and some buildings were erected. Representatives of the Marcus Daly estate, about this time, also decided to erect a forty stamp mill in the'vi'1 cinity, to be connected with a tramway to the mine. The tramway and mill were completed, and the actual turning out of gold bullion bars began in June, 19.14, and has been continuous ever since. This, like most mines, has had a somewhat varied experience. So much so that in August, 1909, the Daly estate sold the property to what is now known as the Hedley Gold Mining Co. The new company started extensive hundred horse-power. At present further additions to the mill are under consideration. The several properties, in the immediate district, surely have promising showings and perhaps only require work to show payable ore, with quantities sufficient to warrant the installation of another plant There is rno quesion but that Hedley will be an Important mining town for many years to come, and with a little paint and attention-to gardens in'the spring will be one of the most up-to-date \"localities in the West. Before concluding, permit' me to bring before your notice the amicable condition \"of affairs that has existed between the company, its employees, and the townspeople in*\" general, for which we are all greatly pleased. It is also pleasing '.o know that when many nations are at war, representatives of those nations residing here are giving and getting -a square deal, and living in peace and harmony. A merry Christmas and a Happy New,' Year to all. G. P. JONES. Agrlcolturol DqMGiit Issues Intereslf no Bulletin imi B. C. Potato In its edition of October the .Mining, Engineering and Electrical Record contains the following editorial note: We have been hearing a great deal about conservation of natural resources and our governments boast about what they are doing in this respect. One of the great opportunities which they are neglecting is the promotion of the economics of coal mining. Western Canada is one of the richest countries in the world in coal Yet there is not a coal mine in the West operating under successful business conditions. The reasons are due to the unhampered importations of a foreign fuel product in California oil, and want of facilities for by-product development. Addressing the New York section of the American Chemical Society, I. F. Stone pointed out that benzol, a product of coal, has become a serious competitor of gasoline as automobile fuel, .giving 25 per cent, more motive power. Aniline dyes.fr.om the same source will take care of the entire national demand. Carbolic acid, another by-product from coal, is manufactured in large quantities. The production of napthaline has increased from 2,500,000 lbs. per annum to &,- 000,000 lbs. The wasted by products of ���������, _.��������� _ ���������������������������.*.���������_ New York in 1911, where British Poi- the coal mines of British Columbia and the plant with the most modern ma- ,1TY1'������,lo- ������������������* t -, flnusn tpi. umola potatoes, in competition with Alberta represent a national loss of j chinery. This work proved highly sat- sixty competitive displays from all about $-*.\"',000,000 annually. ,'isfactory and fortunately opened up a parts of the United States and Can- The Department of Agriculture of Victoria, has issued a booklet for the purpose of bringing before the housewives of British Columbia.the dietetic value of the potato,\" as well' as' to show the numerous ways in which it may be prepared. Booklets may be obtained by writing to the Horticultural Branch, Department of Agriculture, or to R. C. Abbott, Markets Commissioner, Vancouver. It contains some very helpful' hints to housewives, and we highly recommend its perusal to our readers. .:������������������ It contains a tribute to the B. C. potato as follows: \"The British Columbia potatoes are as famous for their quality as the British'Columbia' apples.. \"'*\" Annually,' from 500 to 1,000 carloads are shipped to the prairie provinces, while to Australia and New Zealand large shipments have already been made. Large quantities are also being ordered for shipment to Montreal and Toronto. But not only commercially is their surprisingly.fine quality recognized. At, many competitive exhibitions they have carried off first honors. The most, outstanding was the winning of the Stilwell Trophy (the $i\"000\" cup pictured on the cover) at the Ameri exploratory work and also equipped ������?n Land ligation Exposition held in Venezuela has an area of 393,970 sq. miles, which exceeds that of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas combined. At present the Rosebery concentrator is only running one shift daily. Last month the Lucky '.Jim mine shipped between sixty and seventy cars of mill feed to the Rosebery; concentrator. J. II. Thompson, manager of the Echo mine reports excellent results -from development on the ore body. The ledge is about forty feet wide of concentrating ore, but it is hoped that development will uncover a body of clean ore such as that in the 4, 5 and 6 levels of the Standard. . J. G. Ryan .of-.Three Forks ..was in town recently. Smelter returns from the Black Grouse gave $568 net, for 11 tons. On the Evening Star, which he has been developing\"the past season, there is a 12-inch vein, on which 1. Central Station en Gravity Tramway, Nickel Plate Mine. 2. Mctropolilan Claim of Kingston Gold-Copper Mining Co. 3. Florence Group 4. Mouth of Twenty-Mile Canyon 5. Stamp Mill cf Hedley Gold Mining Co. GENERAL VIEW OF CA^P.-HEDCEY, TAKEN FROM THE GOLF LINKS and which carried such high values as to pay to ship the concentrates many, many miles to railroad transportation. The quartz just reached in the tunnel is identically the same as that taken from the shaft. The strike was made at noon on Granby Employees Get Increases:-, in Pay Owing to Rise in Copper \" ' (From Grand Forks Gazette) Again the Granby has advanced -t-he pay of its employees with the-rise'in Wednesday, at a point about 4,400 feet j the 1)ricc of copper ab6-,0 * eight(,en from the portal of the tunnel, and at J centg a pound^ TWa addg nmab fo Qle a vertical depth of 1.558 feet, or some j gradually* increasing prosperity of the 2,000 feet following tho dip of the I Boundary district, and is further aug- vein. The extent of the ledge matter j mented by the statements of copper . . ., tiiif^iii experts'that the present price of con- is not as yet known, but tho fact that pe^m ^roli-abl������- ^ ^4^-^ f������. large reserve tonnage of payable ore. Further additions to the plant, at the mill, were made and the tonnage increased, so that a thirty per Cent, dividend could be maintained. The policy of the president and directors of the company has been to keep the plant up to its highest efficiency, consequently still further additions, last year, were added and a two- thousand horse-power hydro-electric -^ ma������y ^m largC th������ ' ta he Ivanhoe ore has at last been found many\" months. plant on the Similkameen river installed, which has been in continuous operation since, developing fifteen ada, obtained first place. *. Whether for baking or other forms of cooking, the British Columbia potato easily leads. No other area is eg free of potato diseases. Our British Columbia climates and soils seem especially suitable for producing high- grade potatoes. ;'* At the present time the land devoted to potatoes in British Columbia is approximately 15,00 acres, with a total production of 90,000 tons. The.normal consumption of potatoes in the province is about 53,000 tons. While no doubt that the consumption could be materially increased if our people were more generally aware of the true focrfi value of the potato.\" THE HEDLEY GAZETTE.TJEC. 16. 1915 How Presidents of Past Enjoyed Christmas Holidays. wnn'* ������\\i* t������ j - *��������� .������. How to Avoid ConHion Brought About by Ov-. .ating. N..TH0MPS N PIIO*\\*K SEYMOUR 5913 MOK. WESTKItN CANADA' Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Steel Manufacturers Sheffield, Eng. Ofllcos and Warehouse. 8I7-(W Uoatty Sti-eot Vancouver, B. C. i A. F. & A. M. ���������%pQ^r REGULAR monthly meetings of /\\y\\ ��������� Hedley Lodge No.-13. A. K. Ac A. M., ' ' ^ x aro hold on the second 1< nrtoy in each month in Fraternity hull. Medley. Visiting brethren arc cordially invited to attend. A. CREELMAN, W. IY1 S. E. HAMILTON Secretary L. O. L. The Kee'ilar meetings of Hedley Lodge 1714 are held on the first and third Monday in every month in thc Orange Hall Ladies meet 2nd and 4 Mondays Visiting brcthorn are cordially invited A. J. KING; W. M , ��������� C. P. D ALTON, Sco't. No Celebration by John Quinoy Adams Because \"i Regarded Religious Festival as a Foolish Extravagance A' R. FV BROWN British Columbia Land Surveyor ; Tel. No. 27 P. 0. Drawer 180 PENTICTON, B. C. P. W. GREGORY CIVIL ENGINEER and BRITISH c- COLUMBIA LAND SURVEYOK, Star Building - Princeton lA/alterClayton Barrister, Solicitor, Etc, MONEY TO -LOAN 'PENTICTON, B. C. H6di6u Opera House ft. I. JONES, Manager A large, commodious hall for dances or other entertainment. Bow EeeJLaundry Only First Class Work Laundry Delivered Anywhere Hedley's Tonsorial Parlors For a Good Haircut and Shave BATHS IN CONNECTION R. MILLIARD = Prop. KBREME0S-PENT1CT0N 110YAL MAIL STAGE Ant.- Leaves on arrival of 9.30 and 4 o clock trains. Baggage arranged for. TWEDDLE'S AUTO STAGE Cars Call at all Hotels ine Nickel Plate oarOerStiop . -7N!Tf\\Ry iu. otRVit,t, .. .-,lio,> il equipped with Baths and all the latest ��������� Electrical Appliances, W.T.BUTLER, - Prop. PAINTING PAPER-HANGING KALS0AUNING TERMS MODERATE CCORDING to history the only president of the United States who did not celcbrrto Christmas ibecause he regarded it as a foolish extravagance) was John Quinoy Adams, \"the most economical man known in public i'fe.\" Mrs. John, Adams, the wife of the second president of tho United States,- had a moat discouraging time trying to make merry in the White House during the Christmas holidays. (She was the lirst wife of a president to celebrate Christmas in the executive mansion in Washington, for the president and Mrs. Washington were always at Mount Vernon for the holidays.) She had no dominating sense of economy, but it was the White House itself that was shabby, and ������ Christmas ,raception given to the members of congress by the president proved, from her point of view, to be a ghastly failure. President Jefferson was a widower with four daughters, and during his Becond administration Martha, the eldest, was the head of her father's household, and made Christmas the happy and festive occasion it was designed to be from that time when the star stood still above the manger in Bethlehem. There were trees, and decorations, and all sorts of entertainments for the children of the official families, as well es gifts for the poor of the capital. Although the Madisons did not spend all of their Christmases in the White House, on account of the little historical interruption by the British, when they occupied other quarters for a time, the brilliant Dolly managed a record for holiday hospitality and merrymaking that has never been sur-, passed. When Andrew Jackson came to the White House he was bowed and broken by the death of his wife and depressed by political animosities. He had neither heart nor the slightest inclination for holiday celebrations, yet he pulled himself together at Christmas time, and saw to it that the day meant something happy to those in the White House. In the meantime the Monroe administration was marked by nothing in the way of holiday celebrations be-- yond what was conventionally prescribed, and after President Jackson's efforts at keeping the spirit of Christmas in spite of his own personal sorrows, President Harrison did not live to see a Christmas in the White House. Mrs. Tyler lived to celebrate only one Christmas in the White House. After his second marriage the Tyler administration was noted for its brilliant entertainments. Whether it was Christmas or any other time of the year, hospitalities were dispensed in the old Virginia style, and there was po stint of merrymaking at the White House. The Polk administration reverted to the grim and practical idea of John Quincy Adams. Perhaps it was not economy that changed the Christmas celebration at the White House; it is difficult to define the reason why President Polk did not make the holidays a festive event in the executive mansion; it may have been the temperament of the chief executive; perhaps it was because Mrs. Polk did not believe in the gay and festive way of celebrating the holidays, as, according to intimate history, she did not. President Zachary Taylor, brilliant figure in military history, who had no chance whatever in the social history of the \"White House, because he died Jn little more than a year after he had taken his seat as president of the United States, and spent only one Christmas in the' White House, bequeathed his administration to the Fillmores, people pitiably distinguished by sorrow and in no way adapted to the social obligations of the great national responsibility of ���������sustaining the political and social obligations of the White House. \"Shortly after becoming president,\" Bomeone writes of President Fillmore, \"his wife died, and a year later a daughter, an only child, passed to the great eternity.\" A CHRISTMAS HYMN No tramp of marching armies, No banners flaming far; A lamp within a stable ' ���������:-.- -Ana: In-,the sky a Star. Plenty of Vigorous Outdoor Exercise Will Help Digestive Organs Assimilate Food���������Better Than Doctor's Prescription. IT-'M-fV. h\\ m How the Festive Seasun Is 0b served Aboard Ship. By IRENE WESTOM. O MANY people habitually, reel more or less out-of-sorts, for the few days following Christmas that Christmas ailments have come to be recognized as a necessary aftermath of the festivities. ' Of course, the children will always' overeat themselves; if they were not allowed to eat all sorts of indigestible things, they would feel they were being cheated out of half the joy of the tgay Christmas season. As a matter of ���������fact, it is not the children at all who make up the bulk of sufferers from jChristmas complaints. It is the grown-ups who, simply through carelessly .'neglecting to subscribe to one simple 'rule of health, frequently find themselves more or less unhappy inside, and more tired and run down physically at the end of the Christmas holidays than before them. Of course, chifdren do overeat themselves more often than grown people. They rejoice, however, in the possession of powers of recuperation which grown-ups, even in the prime of life, can only look back on with envy. Too much plum pudding, too many sausages with turkey, too many sweets between meals, may bring on a sharp .digestive upset, but in a few hours all traces of it have disappeared, and the one-time sufferer is soon eager for ;more of the rich foods which caused him pain. With grown people, after-Christmas ailments are not so much due to indiscriminate eating of indigestible foods as to an utter neglect of any precautions to adapt their systems to the 'new conditions which reign during the 'Christmas holidays. Take the case of the average father ���������of a family who leaves all office work ���������behind. How does the change affect him? In the first place, the dull rao- .notony of his days is broken in upon land his brain can relax from the high pressure of the office. This much, of 'course, is a change in the right direction. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy physically as well as mentally. At the same time, however, staying at home has drawbacks of its own, for it means less exercise, which in its turn should suggest a cutting down of the food supplied to the body. Too much food and too Tittle exertion are almost certain to upset the digestion and clog up the various organs whose duty it is to separate the waste matters from the good in the food we eat and rid the body of those poisonous products. The remedy is perfectly simple. There is no need to stint yourself of the good things of the table. Eat, drink and be merry, within fair moderation, of course. However, you must help your digestive organs by taking plenty of vigorous outdoor exercise. A two hours' walk before the midday meal, a round of golf or some other outdoor game with the children in zuidafternoon, and a brisk two-mile walk in the half-hour before the evening meal will be found worth more than any amount of doctor's prescriptions directed towards relieving the first symptoms of' biliousness, the mental irritability, disturbed sleep, sour taste in the mouth, loss of appetite, etc., which are such a common aftermath of the Christmas holidays. Not Much Work Is Done���������Athletla Sports, Traditional Dinner and Evening Entertainment Features of Occasion. Men In the Trenches Now' Feel the Rigors of Winter OWIIERB in all the world is the \"spirit of Christmas\" entered into more whole-heartedly than on board the ship3 ot tho United States navy. .',.'��������� Observance of this chief of \"all national holidays varies, of course,, in form with the. location of the fleet at the time. Into each of the continental \"home ports\" (headquarters of certain individual vessels) the big gray monsters come dropping in by twos and threes till, in New York and Philadelphia, and Norfolk and Frisco, it looks almost like a naval review. According to long established custom, they are there to give the boys in blue a run on the beach (\"liberty,\" as they call it in the service), and every man jack who is not actually undergoing punishment is allowed and encouraged to take his look at the bright lights���������go homo on leave or uptown for fun or anything else he likes as long as his money lasts but away from the shij- in any event. This custom applie,'- not alone to the enlisted men, but U the officers as well and, when Clirii\". mas morning dawns in a home por' there are not likely to be many mo- persons on board any man-o'-war tli- the regulations call for in the mi: mum. The few \"shipkecpers\" cannot. ��������� der such circumstances, make a * successful e'Tcrt toward inerrim Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan wr; in the National Monthly, but they lack in numbers they in ���������> make up in other >,*ays, cne o ways being the complete snti. ��������� of the inner man. Abroad and at sea, though, il 1 together different -\"--cry so*'' A Christmas Concert on Boai. ************************************* * ������ Unselfishness is the key to * Christmas happiness. * * * ENVIOUS. DALY AVE. ���������HEDLEY, B.C. Hedley Gazette $2 per annum ,** J -: Their hymns of peace and gladness To earth the angels brought, Their Gloria In Excelsis To earth the angels taught; When In the lowly manger The Holy Mother Maid In tender adoration Her Babe of heaven laid. Born lowly in the darkness, And none as poor as he. The little children of the poor His very own shall be. No rush of hostile armies then, But Just the huddling sheep, The angels Blnglng of the Christ And all the world asleep. No flame of conquering banners, No legions sent afar; A lamp within a stable And in the sky a Star! -Margaret \"wXkJy. \"Do you ever wish you were a girl?\" asked the visitor. \"Only at Christmas time,\" answered the boy. \"Why do you wish it then?' \"Because of the stockings they wear.\" Cultivating the Christmas Spirit. \"Alas!\" sighed the moody man, \"there Is no gladness for me in this joyous season.\" \"Tut-tut!\" said the optimist. \"Surely there is a ray of sunshine for you, as there is for all of us if we but look for it.\" \"No,\" replied the moody one. \"I have not a single friend and no relatives with whom I am on speaking terms.\" \"Cheer up, then,\" advised the other, with a shade of envy . in his tone. Can't you bo glad because you will board, from the usually sod- officer and the more or lc-.;;' proachable first lieiit-'-mr-.' \"Jimmy-legs\" and tlit- the messenger bo; tutes himself a co ....:;;. see the thing through in 'o . fashion, and even King Nopti;--. he comes on board on r-ro: .- line\" to douse every nayse-���������,.. landlubber, has a formidable ri the \"spirit of Christmas.\" It matters not much -whether ship be anchored off tVern plowing through the Pav:,c v the distance from home a.ul frl- makes it incumbent on all to do .:. level best to make at least a b/ave i for \"Merry Christmas.\" Routine drills are entirely suspended; and, except for cleaning ship (cleanliness in the navy being deemi not only akin to, but actually neck and neck with godliness itself), not a lick of avoidable work is allowed to be done by anybody. \"All hands\" are called, to be sure, on scheduled time, but many more men than usual are allowed to \"sleep in,'' and, after the tiniest minimum of tidying up, preparations for the day's festivities are gotten under way. There is a varied athletic program that begins in the forenoon, and after an hour or so off for dinner at \"midday, continues well along toward sunset. Sailors are ta;;g't to be thorough. So they go at their potato races and pie-eating contests and tugs of war and jumping contests with the same fervor that they show when trying for a 13-inch turret gun record or stamping out a Caribbean revolution. There is no lack of interest. That can be depended on. And when call is soimded they are a tired lot. Toward sunset the various contests have been completed (or not unusually called off \"on account of darkness,\" as the baseball people say), and, after an early supper, a stage is rigged up on the quarter-deck and the crowning event of the entire celebration is on. Sometimes it is a minstrel show, another time a vaudeville performance, but without exception there is plenty of music and near music, and no such entertainment would be complete without the inevitable and inimitable Cakewalk. Some of the improvised costumes are fearfully and wonderfully made. But they are striking and, for the most part, very appropri ate, while the pirouetting and gyratin. I' tho. ���������������������������r*' -,\"-a''-er~ i-h\"msolvo������- France, Nov. 10th, 1915. C. P. Dalton, Esq., Man. Bank of B.N. A., Hedley, B. O. , Dear Sir: I wrote you since 1 have been in Fiance but the censor returned it to me us I gave too much information about what we were doing, etc. I una not allowed to put, my address at head of Hiivelope but have to write it in loiter: No. 107338, B Squadron, 2nd C. M. R., let. Brigade, 2nd Division, O. E. F., Fiance. This address will always get me; don't forget the number. \"We have been in France now nearly two months; our casualties have not been very heavy up to now as we have (inly taken over the trenches for five days, hub we are going in again in a lew days now. We the 2nd Regiment were in the firing line before so I expect wc will be in the reserve for the lirst five days, then we go into the .supports for five days and then into the 1st line or firing line for five days; after this we take five days' rest and then start over again. In this weather men can not stand the trenches for very long at a time, as you are wet through all the time; some places the water is over your knees, and all the dugouts are all caving in because, of the water. We have been up till now going'out every day to the trenches doing repali'r work; some times we work at night and some times in the day time. We don't take off our clothes foi t'liir or five days at a time, but I have .-iood it -.yell as yet, I think largely through frequently changing my ducks. In Victoria we were considei en a particularly clean and smaib appearing regiment, but now we are plaster ed with mud from head to foot. We have been reinforced lalely b*, .iieii from our base in England. Dannj Dolleinore, is one; he has been placed in the same squadron as me. Things .,ie very quiet on this front now; bj quiet, I mean that there have been u> ���������ig attacks lately; of course there i- .triillery action going on all the time, ,nd often bombing attacks etc., but nothing of enough importance to be mentioned in the papers. The people need not be afraid thai lhe Germans will ever break through n this front; if it was not for th. alkans the Germans would give ii| ,ii-fiire the end of the year. You should see some of the villages near the trenches; they are shelled to pieces. There is one village that I ui- ten pass through, that has not g-ol a house left whole. I see by. the Hedley Gazette that Hedley has done finely by contributing men to the Canadian forces. I will try and write you a letter later on after , we have been in the trenches again. Yours very truly, Marcus H. L. Jacombs. No. 107338, B. Squadron, 2nd C.M.R., 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, C. E. F., Fiance. Kelowna Has Organized a New Agricultural Ass' Kelowna, B. O. November 26,1915. Editor: . Dear Sir: We have formed here The British Columbia- Agricultural Organization Association, the paramount purpose of this Association, which is ..-non-part-: izah, is to draw into one comprehensive organization all the boria-fide fatmers only of the Province, both men and women, and to bring about by their mutual study of their mutual problems common action of them all for the. solution thereof, and to promote the interest of the farming community in an honourable and legitimate way, and, knowing something of the magnitude of the problem which we are facing, have decided that local organizations of hona-fide farmers only should be established throughout the Province at all points where an interest can be created, . and then locals should each send delegates to -a convention where a central executive representing them all should be elected. \"; A campaign to organize local Association throughout the Province has been started and local Associations are already formed and officers duly elected. As this work has to be undertaken by voluntary workers, and it is impossible to do it throughout the whole Province, by the individual efforts of Organization Committee,\" we would be glad if every active farmer . is his district would appoint someone to lepresent them to communicate with the Organization Committee at Kelowna. We shall be grateful to you if you will kindly insert, this letter in your next, issue. Yours obediently, J. L. PftlDHAM, Chairman Organization Committee. Read lhe ads. See din-samples, of Christmas Greet ing Cauls before deciding on Xmas ������������������resents. These an- inexpensive gifts and suitable to any. We .also carry a line of Xmas and New Year Post Cards at Gazette Office. ������ ���������'Rough on Rats\" clears, out Rats, Mice, etc. Don't die in the House. 15c. and 25c. at Drug and Country Stores. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Services every -iln-mate Sunday at 7.30 p.m. Pastor, R. G. STEWART Hedley Methodist Church frank stanton, b. a. Minister Services will be held the Firstand . Third Sundays of the month al7.30 p. m. Christmas greeting Hedley Gazette. cards at the E. Sangster, in collier's nvl havt=������ tv buy any Christmas pres- smi\". ���������vhiic at worii. at iliivy urf l-u-jy u.*.- Synopsis of Coal Mining' Regulations C-jAIj mining rights of the Dominion, n Manitoba, Siiskatchuwaii and Albei-tu, the Yukon Territory, the North-west Tom lories and in a portion of tho l'l-ovitioe of Bn- , isli Columbia, may bo leased for a term u, t,wenty-one years at an annual rental ot $1 an iu-i-0. Not moro than 2,860 ueres wi be leased to ono applicant. Application for a lease must bo made by the uppiiunut in person to tho Agontor tiulj-Ageiit oi itie district in which tho rights applied foi are situated. in surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal sub-divisions ol sections, and in unsurveyod territory tho tract applied for shall bo staked out y the applicant himsolf. .liuoh application must bo accompanied by fee of $5 which will bo refunded if tho rights applied for are not available, but not other wise. A royalty shall bu paid on the merchant able output of the mine at tho rate of llvo contH per ton. Tho person operating tho mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the full quantity of uuerohantublo mined and pay tho royalty thereon. 1 coal min ing rights avo not being operated su returns nhould be furnished at least once a year. Tho lease will include the coal mining rights only, but the lessee may bo permitted to purchase whatever availablo surface rights may be considered necessary tor tbe working of the mine at tho rate of $10.00 an aero for full information application should be made to tho Secretary of tho Denartmont of tho Interior. Uttnwa. or o any Agent or Sub- Agent of Dominion Dands. W. W. (JOKY. Deputy Minister of the Interior. Sea-on tickets for sale as follows: Gentlemen, $400, Ladies, $2.00; Man and wife, $5.00; Extra, adult in family, $1.00 each. Children, $1.00 (under 15 yeais). General admi^ion, 25o and 10c. No skating Sundays after 6 p.m. Tickets may be purchased fiom PI. G. Fi'iem-iii. Hedley Hockey and Skating Club Travel by Auto... Call up Phone No. 12 11 A good stock of Horses and Rigs on Hand. 11 Orders for Teaming promptly attended to. WOOD FOR SALEI N.B.-Unauthorized publicati tisoment will not be paid for. this advo I) 6m PALACE, L>ivery, Feed & Sale Stables Phone 12. HKDLKY B. C. D. J. INNIS Proprietor SEE THAT IT IS Made In Canada ���������-,VV THE HEDIEY'GAZETTE, DEC. 16.1915 OOK StOf We Can Show You��������� A great many practical reasons why you should not send away for Xmas goods. We have the reasons right | here, on our shelves and in our show cases. Come in and LET US SHOW YOU !! SEE THE LARGE STOCK OF AT- ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������&&$ f TOWN AND DISTRI6T Meet me at the Opera House Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Read all the ads over twice. HEDLEY, B. C. WE HAVE IN STOCK��������� V Victor Victrolas Kodaks and Brownies < Wedding hells and Christmas bells are due to ring before very long. Mis. Soukup and Miss McKinnon . will not receive again until March. Theie will be .service in Si. John's Church next Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Riley the placer miner of the Tulameen, has gone to Chopara to look over the field there. S. Roper, roadrnaster for the G. N. R., was in town between trains Tlitns- day. The Toronto News says \"It is a pity that Henry Ford and W. J. Bryan were ever equipped with self starters, Sydney Hall, of Vancouver, arrived on Tuesday's train to install the plumbing for the addition to the school house. J. Walker and B. Laughren, of Van- cuivei,' arrived Tuesday to work on the installation of the electric lighting at the addition to the' school house. The matron at the Hospital acknow ledges, with many thanks, the gift of eighteen Huckaback towels which were kindly sent by the Hedley Sunday School. At a meeting of the Hospital board the other evening it was, decidad to hold the annual Masquerade ball on Fiidtiy, Janimry 21.' Last week R. J. Amstrong kindly donated a quarter of pork to the Hedley Hospital, which was greatly appreciated by that institution. Old Timer O'Brien, of Keremc-o.-*, was in town Saturday, looking up old friends, He has been working at the Epsom Salt Lake near Oroville, and left for that city thc same day. ������ -- Owing to the. difficulty in delivering parcels to the men at the'front l he limit weight for parcels addressed m members of the British and Canadian Expeditionery Forces in France and Flanders has been reduced from 11 i.o 7 pounds. ������ ������ ������ ������ ������ ������ ������ ������ ������ ������ ������ }������i& UNION OTEL HEDLEY, British Columbia Rates---$1.50 a Day and up. First-class Accommodation. Bar stocked with the best brands of Liquors & Cigars. * ������ ������ ������. m ������ ������ ������ ������ ������ ������ ������ ������ ������ ������ A. WINKLER, Proprietor S ������ ������ ������ ������ The Hedley Hockey and Skating Club held 'mother meeting the other evening and made final arrangements for the. work of getting the rink\" in shape. They also adoptcd'a schedule of prices and hours for skating. , Geo. French will have, charge of the rink and already some work has been done on it. Tl* we only could get some frost now, the surplus from some of the nearby towns which have .more than enough, we could have skating, See the ad in this issue for prices, etc. Stop the Rig A. S, Black and R.N. Adams, of J in Princeton, came in Friday evening to attend the meeting of the Masons, returning home Satuiday morning. W. P. Keui ns, of \"Vancouver, representing the B. C. Life Insurance Co. arrived in town Tuesday. He is just recovering from an attack of appendicitis and is combining business with pleasure while recuperating in the incomparable climate of the Sunny Si milkarneen. J. Fraser of Aimstrong, represent- g the independent growers of that place anived in town Monday for a few days. He reports crops as very fine this year in that section of the country and he is here in the interest of a market. would remember the fact that the time between the t-t-.ce.ipt and departure of mails is. exceedingly limited and to handle the ordinary mail is a big job alone, much more so when the Christmas rush is on. . The mail closes at 10a. 111. going wes'c and -it 1.'45p.m. going East. A little fore thought will sometimes make it possible lo pm- chase money orders or to register leL- lers before lhe rush of mail day begins. Just at this time there is a congos- tion of mail going into and out of the post office. The Postmaster and hi.- assistant have really more than enough to do and the public could make it a great deal easier if they There will be a patriotic meeting on Monday evening in the Opera House. The meeting will bo address-rid by Mr. F. Nation, Secretory of the Provincial Branch of the Canadian Patriotic- Fund. Make it a point to be there. If above the creek bed and when on the little foot bridge near her home she slipped on the frosty walk and fell to the creek bed below. Tier head was badly cut and her bodv bruised and only b\\* a narrow mai-gin she missed falling into the water. The children going to school heard her cry and went for Mr, Simon-, who fortunately wasaL home sleeping. He rushed to help her without shoes or stockings, and succeeded in rescuing her but received some cuts on his feet. The lit lie one is in the hospital and is making as good progress as could be expected nuclei- the circumstances. Stop the rig with the bell and put your order in for some choice grain-fed pork. It will put you in mind of your youth when you -lived on the farm. R. J. ARMSTRONG The British Example Little M.-n-gatet Jones who broke her nriu this Slimmer by falling from you can't go, help those who have I a rock, repeated the operation last gone or who will go. Get \"More Money9' for your Lynx MUSKRAT, FOXES, WOLVES, BEAVER, fISBER, WHITE . . WEASEL and other Fur bearers collected in your section SHIP YOUR FURS DIKECT to \"SHUBERT\" the largest house in the World dealing exclusively in NORTH .AMERICAN RAW FORS a reliable���������responsible���������safe Fur House with an unblemished reputation existing-for \"more than a third of a century,\" a. Ion jr successful record of send ing Fur Shippers promm.SAT.IS FACTORY AND PROFITABLE returns. Write for \"(Zbt &tjul>ert ������>Iripptr,\" the only reliable, accurate market report and price list published. ���������Write for it���������NOW���������it's FREE A R -55HIIRFRT Inr 23-27 westaustinAve, A. D. OnUOl^'tS.l, inc. DeptC107CHICAGO,U.S.A, The public is warned that it illegal to use Holiday stickers to seal any package, or to put them on lhe face of a letter. If yon have to u������*e them, put, them on the back of letter or parcel and do not let them appear on the fold of the wrapper, to inlei-feie in the least with the inspection of the puree Little Katherine Hossack, Ed. II. s- sack's girl, met with what might have proven a serious accident Friday morning when on her way to the store. Slie was going along lhe'path Thursday. While playing up near the biidge this side of lhe. Hospital, she fell off the sidewalk, which is high there and broke the. same arm only a little above. the old break. Dr.. McBwt'ii bad only left town shortly before and was well on his road to Oroville, so Dr. McOalfrey, of Princeton, was railed, lie arrived .-ilnml mi .m'^lil ami si t I lie injnied member. The little girl showed remai ka!>!e fortitude under the trying eircunis-tan ces and made a very quick recovery, she is going to school as usual aiul- eNpects thc kind old patron -saint of X.,;:i** to'ea.ll'at her house as usual. Sir Robert Borden is prepared to hold the Federal elections as usual. But if the term is to be prolonged, as they are doing it in Great Britain, the Premier suggests that tiie British, example be followed throughout. The British bill cuts out 'tiie war period altogether, and continues the term for the same length of time after the Avar that it had yet to .run when the war began. This is a simple and intelligent proposition, and supposes that the*-' Parlitunent- ���������iry term does not run in war time. It is. a modern interpretation of Cicero's dictum, \"Silent leges inter,, arma.\"��������� News Advertiser. SUNDAY DINNER ��������� at the ��������� Similkameen Hotel At (j p.in. HEDLEY GAZETTE JOB DEPARTMENT WHEN YOU ARE IN NEED OF Letterheads Billheads Envelopes Statements Meal Tickets Milk Tickets , Ball Programs Dodgers, Dates Circulars Invitations Business Cards Bills of Fare Memo Heads gutter Wrappers fie? ket READ- Then Think! .- ��������� Now that you have commenced to read this article, just . keep right on to the end, and then you will have absorbed meat of .the cocoanut. What has this town ever done ' for you,: It has fed you, and clothedyou, and housed you, -.and given you. employment and kept the wolf from your door for these many years. It has done more. It has furnished you recreation, and enjoyment, and has. guided you safely over many of , the stones that beset the pathway of life. It has. praised your good deeds and has thrown the mantle of charity oV6r - your questionable ones. It has been, and is, YOT7B HOME. But what have YOU clone for the TOWN? You are making you inoxiey here -but where are yo\\i spending it? Are your buying goods frdDa the local dealer, who pay's and otherwise contributes liberally to the upkeep of tb& community and your home, or are you sending your mosey away to. some catalogue house that wouldn't lend'.yoU a five cent piece to save' y*6*u'r soul from purgatory?\" And now ymi have reached the point where we want y'oii to stop and think, and think hard, and to a sane, si������nsib}\"������ and patriotic purpose..' BEEF Posters I Visiting Cards TRY US - WE GIVE SATISFACTION m ADVERTISE IN THE GAZETTE VEAL AND MUTTON POULTRY of All Kinds FISH OYSTERS J. ED Slllll������IIMIII���������*wia\"m''^\"UMItaBgi'ai^^ UNDER Rooms all Thoroughly Renovated. Cuisine under direct control of the Manager, who has had twelve years' experience in theQld Country. None but the best brands of Liquors and Cigars. J Your patronage respectfully solicited GOOD SAMPLE ROOM ���������*w vtv^cliV*aAwv-trw.^., A.- fefttff.iigft! ���������^va-jA'-'j .**���������-���������,. 1W il *!!&Hf g&foft wmMw wm w ^';'\"&tt*\"iS3 W> WmDm .-MM -wmt ''W ,*** ���������������/* <������F a-.v9'6*'^ ^m '* V THE HEDLEY GAZETTE, DEO. 16, 1915 Yc>ui?.:..:X'rrias Wants Supplied ! We have anticipated what you would most likely need for the Festive Holiday Season. Our stock is complete. It would be impossible to mention everything in a small ad. but wo make a few suggestions, mainly to show you it is not necessary to send away for anything \"\"IsSsSIss rfli For the Little Tots Teddy Bear Suits $3.25; Sweater Coats 2.00 up; Bearskin Coats $3.00 up: Wool Caps Sac; Crib Blankets 1.15; Velvet Coat and Hat 8.00; Silk Dresses 3.00 to $5.00; Cashmere Dresses 1.50 up; Felt Slippers 75c to 90c; Mittens and Booties 20c. up; Baby's Bibs 15c up; Hair Ribbons all colors.; Tools make good presents for the handy man or boy. See om's| Buy at tho Big Store Men and Boys ,. Sweater Coats Boys 1.25 up; \" \" Mens 5.00 up; Fancy Ties 75c to $1.00; Handkerchiefs. Silk and Linen 25c to $1.00; Silk mulllers $1.75; Gloves woollen and leather 50c to $2 00; Suspenders 50c up; Armlets, 25c to 75c.; Hockey Caps 00c; Felt Slippers 75c to $1.50; Gillettes' Safety Razor $5.00 up; Pocket Knives 50c to $2.00; Skates and Skating Shoes. Groceries All New Stock, Fresh and Clean Hein/. Plum Pudding 50c Peels, Orange, Lemon, Citron, lb, ������m '������& ������������. ������>TO oj 0 Pocket Cameras, Gramophones and Records, Papeteries, Cigars, Cigar Holders, Cigar Cases, Pipes, Tobacco Pouches, Boxes of Candy, Sub scriptions to Magazines, Etc. To Mo EU I in Kum Where Kash Kounts! ? ��������� We have just opened a Large Assortment of Shoes for Men . and Ladies, Boys and Girls. An Especially Fine Assortment of Shoes for the Baby. COME IN and look over our Splendid Stock of Men's Top Shirts, Underwear, Sox, Handkerchiefs and Notions James Stewart*, Groceries ! All Staple lines of Groceries. Everything for the Christmas Dinner. Nice new Goods. Our Stock of Biscuits and Cookies cannot be beaten in Hedley. Extra. Special ! Dont sleep till you see our Candies for the Holiday Trade FAMILY Q&OCJXIR. '���������\"5\"*. ���������^N If ,'���������������>������ - ,-' MM #\"*$ Cbe 6reat IRortbern ��������� ���������IboteL* Jobn Jachson, [proprietor B Rates Moderate H First Class Accommodations. Comfortable Rooms, Table the Best Our Bar is Equipped with only the Best Lines -^ ,w of Liquors and Cigars Special Christmas Dinner 4 iona Fide dosing Out Clearance Sale You've only a few days of Christmas shopping left, and have you seen OUR CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS -, ' We have just received the finest range of Xmas neckwear in all the latest stripes and colors ever shown in this town and they, are all marked -down-at sale prices |������^Sg2f We also have a fine line of. Silk Scarfs, .Handkerchiefs,���������������������������*������������������'. i^P^I ^^^S House Jackets, Fancy Vests, Collar Boxes, Etc., Etc. (M&Sii) Come in and look these oyer before its too late. Our Prices mean DOLLARS SAVED Wishing you one and all a Very Merry Xmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year H. G. FREEMAN MEN'S FURNISHER HEDLEY, - - British Columbia iltv dopj ^���������\"^���������\"������^'������-\"������'\"������&-������@'^^'TO ������ ������ ������ ������. ������ ������ ������ ���������������:��������� ������\\ ������\\ ������! ������ ������ FRUITS o UR Stock of Dried Fruits for the Christmas Cooking is Most Complete, including All The Best Brands in the following lines: SEEDED MUSCATEL RAISINS $ FANCY ������������������ SULTANAS 4 4 SUN MAID \"CLUSTER\" TABLE RAISINS 444. FIGS AND DATES J\\ F'ine Assortment of Can dies for Christmas Entertainments SEE OUR WINDOWS FOR FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES \"Op*/"@en, "Print Run: 1905-1917

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