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r'L'egislatiyei'IJibrary .' ;,'r-;'. e Valley Orchardist $1.00 PER YEAR 17TH YEAR—No 27 GRAND FORKS B. C, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1918 into what almost might be termpd peditionary forces for the last thirty- space; that is, that it travels to a eight months. This unit has had the position so high above the earth SENSATIONAL FIND verv closest touch with your institu- i • J that the atmosphere almost ceases tion, and'we have undying memor- to exist, or is so thin that it has ; ies of the late Capt. Oscar Irwin and practically no frictional retarding Capt. Harry Whiteman, as both of power on the shell in its flight. these splendid fellows made a last It is now known that a 24 centi ing impression with this unit." Reported That Chrome Is District Farmers' Institute City Presents Certificates meter shell—about 8£ inches—is Lieut.-Col. James Kirkcaldy, used. They have then chosen a ISA- Found Running High to Meet in This City Canadian infantry battalion: . "To ... of Service to Returned inch cannon, the length of which is pioperly. appreciate the true work in Value Next Week Men From District fifty times that of the calibre, in of this splendid organization one has other words, nearly 66 feet. Iu the only to visit the coffee stalls where gun they have placed an inner tube A valuable body of chrome ore hot coffee and refreshments are A public meeting was held in the with a calibre of 8-^- inches; thus the Representatives from the twelve has been discovered at the Laurier served free to men returning from Empress theatre at 3:30 o'clock last gun has an enormous charge for the Farmers' Institutes in the Grand the line, cold and wet—to visit the mine, according to a report from Sunday afternoon, vfben the city's weight of the shell, and has enor Forks district will mret in the farm advanced dressing stations aud there that phce. There is an expanding handsomely lithographed diplomas mous strength given it by its thick ers' room in the court in this city to seethe wounded men as com demand for the ore, which is used of honor were present to the soldiers barrel. This would give room for a next Wednesday afternoon at - 3 fortable as possible—to attend one in hardening and toughening steel. who have done their'"bit" at the charge of 836 pounds of powder, o'clock for the purpose of electing a of the many nightly concerts in the It is among the war materials for the front and have returned to the city; and the-projectile could receive a member to represent the district on area further back- and see the men development of which the United and to the relatives of the men who propulsive power of about 40,000 the advisory board of the provincial thoroughly enjoying the splendid Slates government has been asked have fallen on the field of honor. metric tons, giving a muzzle veloci institute. The Grand Forks institute entertainment provided—to watch to appropriate 850,000,090. Mayor Acres presided, and the pre ty of 6,500 feet per second to the will meet a few minutes previous to our men at games—football, base The discovery was made by Cam sentation of the diplomas was made shell. At a height of 12A- miles at this meeting to select its delegate. ball, etc., all arranged by the Y. M. eron, Myers, Brinskill, Kidwell and by Lieut. Whittaker. The house mospheric pressure is as low as 42 British Columbia is divided into C; A:" McCormack, residents of Laurier, was crowded with citizens, much of millimetrss, and the air resistance nine districts., Grand Forks being in Lieut.-Col. Acting 0. C. 9th Can. They sought a rare mineral, but did the standing room being occupied. is sunk to about 6 per cent of the District JNo, 9. Each district ap Inf. Bdg.: "Before we return to the not recognize it, so staked the de After the presentation Lieut. original resistance. When under points a member of the advisory forward area I want to express to posit on general principles,confident Whittaker gave a splendid address, these conditions the projectile is board, and the advisory board trans you, and all those associated with they had something worth while, in which he gave a graphic account conceived as being fired to a height acts the business of the institutes younn your good work, on behalf of sayB the Laurier report. They cov of the work of the Y.M.C.A. at; the of 25 miles by the method described with the government. our men, our appreciation of your ered the mountain with claims, front. He was follow'ed by Rev. Mr. above, then it will be plainly seen Wednesday evening, in the bid efforts. To my mind the healthy which are observable from the Lau Eslabrook, of Victoria, who is ideu: that the air resistance will be a opera, the local institute will enter sport and amusement which you rier copper mine, five miles south titied with Y.MC.A. work. He minimum and the shell can continue tain the visiting ' delegates. Cards have provided for us go" a long way west, which is owned by residents urged the people at home to do their to travel in a forward directionuntil and other amusements will be pro towards keeping up that spirit of of Spokane. duty to the men who are fighting the earth's gravity draws it back vided. On the following day the cheerful optimism which is such a An option on the group /vas taken the battle of liberty at the front. into the atmosphere again. visitors will be taken for a drive valuable asset at this time." last winter by a man identified with The following returned soldiers The idea recalls the imaginations through the valley. the Salts deposit at Oroville, Wash., received diplomas of Lotion of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. THE WEATHER for S5000, it is said, but silence on Pie. Edgar Gambler, Canadian the discovery aud the option was, Army,Medical Corps. CUSTOMS RECEIPTS "Y." Work Is The following is the minimum maintained'until recently, presum and maximum temperature for each Pte. David II. M. Harkness, 54th ably so that an investigation might R. R. Gilpiu, customs officer at Appreciated day during the. past week, as re battalion. first be made. The Oroville man is this port, makes the following de corded by the government thermom Pte. Albert Potentier, Princess said to have given his option, to a eter on E. F. Laws' ranch: tailed report of the customs receipts That the Canadian Y.M.C.A. is Patricia's Canadian Light infantry. Victoria, B. C, syndicate. .Max. Mm. at the head office in this city aud at playing a big part overseas in the Pte. William C. Mclnnis, Cana April 26—Friday.....>.. 70 27 the various sub-customs offices, for The departing snow is said to have winning of tbe war, by virtue of its dian Medical Corps. 27—Saturday .... 71 the month of April, 1918: revealed deposits of the mineral, of work among the C.E F., is amply 28—Sunday 76 34 Pte. Harry Sale, 54th battalion. which a large quantity has been borne out by the following extracts 29—Monday 78 36 Grand Forks 82,747.00 Sergt. William Say ers. Phoenix 1,052.07 broken in surface mining. The oc of letters written to "Y" secretaries 30—Tuesday 78 40 Pte. W. Collins. 40 Carson .;-.- 177.5S currence is in serpentine, as usual. by officers connected with Canadian May l_Wednesday .. 78 Diplomas were a so preseuted to Cascade 10.01 2-Thursday..... 79 47 The extent of the body has not been units fighting in France: a relative of each of the following determined, but a valuation of S40 Inches Total 83,986.66 Lieut.-Col. Sam Sharpe, com Rainfall ........; 0.00 soldiers who have fallen: to the ton has been placed on the manding 116th (Ontario county) Corp. Timothy R. Allen, Royal With regard to the arrangement material broken. Canadian infantry battalion; "From "Unless the German drive is Canadian Dragoons. instituted whereby correspondence Chrome is usually found in small my experience of the work of the stopped by July 1, the war must be • Pte. William Baker, 1st Machine of a private aud family nature~can deposits, according to an engineer. Y.M.G. A., both in England and in won by the allied havies," Senator Gun Company. be forwarded from individuals in Clean ore contains 32 per ' cent iron France, it can not be overestimated. Lewis declared in his speech on the Pte: H. Dalling Barlee, 196th Canada to persons in enemy and oxide and 68 per cent chromic iron. I find that the Y.M.C.A. is an ex Overman empowering bill in the (Uuiversity) battalion. enemy occupied territory through Its uses include the monufacture of cedent organization, of which I can United States senate on Saturday. bat- Pte. Robert Dinsmore, 54th the medium of Thos. Cook & Son, chrome bricks, used as refractory not speak too highly. Its social and "Unless we can not only stop, but talion. 530 St. Catherine St., W. Montreal, in furnaces, electric batteries, calico moral influence is very great, and' turn the Germans, by that date, the bat- Pte. S. Wilson Fleming, 1st diffieulty is being cause owing to printing and pigments, but a greater all ranks of the battalion are a 'unit war must by transferred to our un- talion.