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VOL. V., NO. 13. ABBOTSFORD, B. C, FRIDAY,. AUG. 2, 1912 it' "V » ', 8 $1.00 PER YEA

r.WHrjnMia R FRASER VALLEY LEAGUE iBBOTSFGRD. POULTRY SHOW Makers to T. M. the, King and Queen JJ MEETS AT MISSION Cin! The Abbotsford District Poulti-y • and >- Pet Stack 'CA-ssocia-tion ,w-ili, •At the' next meeting of the Fras­ hold, their firs t annual show this er Valley- Publicity Bureau, held fall. The objects of the association m in .Mission City, it is expected thai are to encourage interest in breed­ organization will be completed. It ing, to- promote the improvement m is to be hoped that a g^d at­ in the management of poultry, pig - tendance will be present. Every eons and pet stock, which may 'on By Appointment citizen of the Fraser Valley .is en­ attained by exhibitions, the distrio' Municipality.; to, Establish titled1 to attend the meeting and utiop of awardisand'the gathering, new 160 Acre Park on listen to the aim's and objects oi and disseminating .of reliable 'ana Mt. Lehman Road the bureau, and while only .repre­ practical information relative there * sentatives of^the' various council > to. k,At, a meeting o,f the direct­ and boards of trade will be able tij ors of the association; held recent­ The regular' monthly meeting o£ vote • on the proceedings of the ly, it- was' dec.V.ed to hold the first PURE BREAKFAST the council was' held in the Mun- bureau, the meeting will during, annual poultry and pet stock us. icipal Hall on Saturday, July 27 Lh. the course' of the day be "thrown hibition at the St.' Ann's Poultry ». Reeve Merryfield, Councillors Bell, open to, the expression' of opiniou Farm, . Abbdtsfiard, Friday , and of any who can offer good advict-. COCGA AND Lehman, Roberts, Ware, with Mi- Saturday. October 25th and 26th. or new ideas. The one main ob­ The first day is to> be devoted to' James Gibson clerk, ipbeing pres­ ject of holding the meeting in Mia the -judging of the exhibits, and . i CHOCOLATE ent. The minutes of the previous sion City in August is to get th'''. on" the show day, Saturday, the meeting. being read and confirm­ people of this district intereoL&d exhibition will be open to the pub­ '^1||PfAll flavors. We have a large Assortment and ed, the communications were read in .the bureau. .' lic, free'of charge.' All b'.rds are to by t'he clerk. V: " It is likely the.next meeting will, be in place before noon on the day Prices Right '••Prom Mr. C. D. Rand' of Van­ be held on the south side .of the of entry and may^no't be removed couver, -stating. with preference t-) river—perhaps Abbotsford ,-or at before ,6 p. m. on the show, ,day. subdivisipn o'f N.7JE. % Sec. 5, Tp. Chilliwack, or any other place_thai- Suitable coops for "showing will oe, 4, that a, contract*. ha'd";been given might-desire the gathering-of .pio­ provided by the association and all • ™ - -""^..T?^ " i «.^._*;- 'r"-^j-« *'-i r 'for-'slashingxroadr^tli'el'fein^ arid- th S neer advertisers; •.,-No.wsis>sth.a^Limo; •b*h*da^viii:;.life^ * work of making the roads would to get busy and send in invitations during the time of the exhibition. be proceeded with immediately. ' to the secretary of the bureau for It was decided to/.fix.the entrance Lehman-Bell,, that the .plans be the place of meeting in Septem­ fees at 25 cents fo;r a .single entry, accepted when "taxes in full have ber ' ; and 50'cents fojr, a pen, a pen to been paid. -'The next meeting of the Board consist of five females an3 one From Henderson & Taylor en­ of .Trade will be held on Monday male bird. The sho.w will be gov­ I^i closing plans-.of Barker subdivision next an'd it is the intention" of the erned" by the British Columbia S. B.'X Sec. 16, Tp. 16,.and Bourkc Board to appoiiint a delegate to Poultry Association rules. - ABBOTSFORD and HUNTINGDON, B. C. subdivision of 43J£ acres in the 13. the next meeting of' the Fraser The prize lisft and entry forms % of U Sec 16, Tp. 16, both being- Valley Publicity Bureau to, beheld have been left to Messrs Wardell found correct. Ware-Roberts, that in, Mission City on Friday, August and Mallalue and the energetic the.plans be received . 16th. An endeavor should be.madc r secretary Mr. J. H. H. Nelson to From Mr. W. Bailej , Vancouver, to, hav ethe next meeting on thi3 prepare and it is now up to the in place of one previously refused side, jof the Valley and there is uo poultry men of Abbotsford and by council an account of none of better place than Abbotsofrd. It district to get busy .and make the the roads being opened up. is centrally located and the accom­ first annual show a complete suc­ Roberts-Ware that, the t^ans of modation is all that could be da- cess. subdivision of part of N. W. qualer sired. A full attendance of the •Sec. 13, Tp. 13, south of Peardon- .Board is'requested as there is oth­ Road. be accepted, provided the er important business to some up. GOLD WATCH FOB or a road on the south; and east line be left 33 ft and the road marked on'- ! GIVEN AS A TROPHY plan be opened up, rough graded LABOR OAY SPORTS 12 feet amd slashed 40 feet. The members 'of the Gun Club * From Matsqui Lumber Co. ask-: TO BE HELD SEPT. 2. turned out "in full force on Wed­ ing for permission to haul logs by nesday afternoon and the conse­ rheans- of a donkey" engine and (From the Fraser Valley Recoidj. quence was that a very exciting cable across the Matsqui-Mt. Leh­ A meeting of j the Labor Day shoot was held at which there was man Road, which the council grant Sports Committee was held on cliu more sport than has been the good ed subject to the Company keep­ the first o fthejweek at which it fortune o fthe members for some Noted for Fresh Groceries and ing the road in repair, and a line was decided to carry out the lor- time. man on guard. mer arrangements, and have tin.- The Dxx Pant Powder Company From the C. P. R., whom the sports in the exhibition grounds are giving a trophy for the club Choice Blends of Teas council have requested to length­ on September 2n'd. to qompete for. The gold watch en the crossings on the Fore and The Mission City .Band has ueon lob is indeed a handsome gift Lo Page roads, replying that after engaged and will be in attendance the club and is well worth dischaig- communicating with the depart­ 11 day. ing a few shells. It is guar­ ment of public works, and find­ The new skaitjng rink has be".:i anteed as .14 carat gold and valued A Full Line of Dry Goods, ing neither roads have been gaz­ engaged and a dance will be giv­ at $2. This Deleware po,wder com etted, the Company can do nothing en in the new building that eveil­ pany must think that the 'boya in the matter. Councillor Bell has ing. Just think what that flooi here are good shots as 100 biius Boots and Shoes at the matter in hand for further con­ will mean to those who enjoy .the straight have to; be broken in or­ sideration. ' tripping of the light fantastic. der to. win the trophy. With the Special Prices From Langley Municipality , a- All the committees have been up- present trap this" would-be an,al­ greeing to co-operate with Mats­ pointed and are working faithful­ most impossibility but the new qui in repairing JBoundary Road in ly so that all arrangements

THE ABBOTSFORD POST of land covering some fifty or rfix ver asking return of sudbivision plan, the council . having insisted Published eve.ry Friday by the Post ty square miles of area. Plenty on roads being slashed and open­ 1 of room for the largest cjity on tlu, .Publishing- Compi" !'. ed up before accepting and sub­ A weekly Journal devoted to the Inter­ American continent. Uu'J why not division plan. ests of Abbotsford and suu Ending dis­ be one name >with one aim? • From Mr. J. • C. Steen, Bradner, trict. The farming community behina asking on behalf of several new­ AXLE.GREASEp Advertising Rates made know., n ap­ 'this large city is sure to form i\ comers to lh3 country, the proceed HARNESS* OIL,-, WHIPS, plication. very prominent part in the growth ure necessary for their names to CURRY COMBS,! /.LEGAL ADVERTISING—12 cents per be placed on the various voter's HALTERS, BRUSHES, SWEAT COLLARS, 'and also and support Of .its many citizens lists, to which the clerk will reply. line for first inHertlon, and 8 cents a una Then why should not both N::\v .BIGKRfORE'S GALL .CURE, which >vc warrant a satisfactory From Mr. J. J. Cambridge, Re­ Cnre for Galls, Wounds, and Sores npon animals. for all subsequent consecutive insertions. Westminster and Vancouver work gistrar of New Westminster, ack­ .' Our Shibboleth—Neither for nor agin' hand in hand in the development nowledging receipt of Matsqui rate the Government. of the Fraser Valley, ;jButi Isew By-Law 1912. Westminster has taken the initia­ "" From Mr. A. E. Austin of Van­ tive step in the welding. o,f thrj couver asking the value the coun­ Abbotsford, B. C FRIDAY, AUG. 2 1912 cil places on the old school house, Fraser Valley communities and and grounds at Jubilee. In this I.I.J 1L why should she not have all the- case the council are exchanging Thc next meeting of the Fraser honor that is due her? It is only the school house strip .of Land foi Valley Publicity Bureau to be held natural that the municipalities of a similar strip on the same sec­ Abbotsford tion to allow Mr. Austen to com­ at Mission City will prove an in­ the Fraser Valley on the .soutn plete his road on a new subdivis­ side of the Fraser should look to teresting meeting, and in all proa- ion ,on condition that Mr. Austeii Livery, Feed and Sales Stables ability a very important one to the Royal City as the agricultuiai makes an"'allowance for the log: the people of the Fraser Valley capital, but it is not altogether so building and clearing the strip Organization will undoubtedly b wisi. appointing Mr. John Catherwoud rca:.o:i then, judgment must be cal­ move on the part of the local Board of Mission City as his arbitrator, to led in, in dealing _with these com- of Trade to send a delegate to the. act with Mr. Nels Fore, the arbit­ CURRIE &•. MCKENZIE" n unities. The Board of Trade and rator appointed by the council, to meeting. If there is anything that, tne Council of NeAV Westminster decide upon the value to be plac­ this district requires it is to, inter­ must see to it that the train -serv­ ed on strip of land taken from Mr. est settlers as we have some of the ice fr.om Coquitlam Junction is the Page to complete' tlie proposed Smith-Jones Road. finest land in the Fraser Valley for best that can be gotten and sueh- ' fruit growing right clo:e to Abbots that those coming" in on the mam A deputation from Bradner at­ tended and Mr. Carmichael and ford. Of course we want a share line to Coquitlam will not have tj others addressed the council ask­ Removal Notice of all the good things that are go­ wait at that point but can go ngnt ing i'or . a further •reconsideration., ing. of their plan to have the Aberdeen" in to the Royal City. Every in­ Koad bridged across" Owen's gulch. ducement must be held put far the (From the Fraser Valley Recoidl The government, who are con­ people on the north bank of the structing the road,.propose to de­ I am now located in the Sumas State Bank Build­ The day of small things for tae.. Fraser to market in, New Westmin viate from the line to avoid the city of New Westminster an'd, the ing, Sumas, Wash.,, where I will be pleased.to meet ster. In other words if these peo­ gulle'y, but the residents wish to Fraser -Valley is past and. if the. all my patients and friends in the best equipped ple are lo make Ne.w Westminster keep to the line. At present the aims and objects af the Fraser Val - road .is wide, clear and straight their objective point when ttiej. Dental Office in the Northwest. ley. Publicity Bureau, are carefully, until it reaches the gulch and the leaye home it must be as easy to guarded.and 'systematically carried deputation consider that a bridge reach New Westminster as it is to out so that ho particular district, .over would not only keep their reach Vancouver. road straight, but newcomers driv of dll the different communities ry ing up from Bradner station.would Dr. E. J. Allen ceives more favors, than-the other It.is. pleasing to see that N,ew be impressed with it, more than if Sumas, Washington...... -•<•. .; - •' * Phone 1011 the pioneers in the movement will Westminster is awakening to a'' the road" left the line and wound in the course of-a few years see real sense.of. its true responsibility.' ar.o.und until the line was reached their ideas working with a vim I.t- may not.be too late to .retain again. It was arranged toj.ask Mr. and utility unequalled in the an­ [ that which was its own long yeais Cruickshank, the government road inspector, to confer with the coun­ nals oi' the, growth of any city and ago for the asking. The city, has cil- and the residents at an early country districts. ..It ia contended risen to the occassion in promoting date. Abbotsford Hardware . C.6. by the originators of the scheme, -a'..harbor scheme, that makes all Mr. Hayton of Matsqui Prairie, and we agree with them, that the eyes, turn to the Royal City.v From asked the council for a grant on district along.the Fraser Valley is 'the mouth of the Fraser to Misdion account of the ditches he had put in, which he claims drains many ABBOTSFORD, B. C. not growing in keeping„with...the City there are excellent water front acres of land and over 1% mile^ of cities of New Westminster. and for shipping .facilities. When tne public .road. The work has. taken, Vancouver. This is not due to any go.lden , grain. crosses . the Rocky dome years to complete and in all climatic or agricultural deficiency, mountains on its way- through the. he has received about $360 from all Builders' Hardware and Roofing but to a lack of proper advertise­ Panama "canal to' the markets of sources and he asked .the council for $80 which was a very small ment to the incoming settler.. This the Old World it is not likely that proportion of what the work had publicity bureau aims to attract those responsible for the sending .oot him. After considerable dis­ Harvest, Tools; the settler, placing before him Ehc of the. wheat by this route will use cussion the council decided that advantages and opportunities of any other than the harbor facihlied they could not entertain the ap­ Full Line of Haying Implements; nettling in a district close to i of the Fraser River. Then, if Neu plication. large city or cities. On behalf of the, Vancouver Pow, Westminster is to co,me to her own er and Light Co. Mr. C. Rumnel at­ The council's, ; boards of. tracle, she must lay, aside that old lime tended and stated that the domin­ and progressive associations, ahn prejudice, BO prevalent years ago ion government at Ottawa have Jas. Elliott Manager to take care of the railway 'trans­ on, the coast,, to new and modern written the company asking if they have permission.from MatsquiMun portation, shipping, facilities and ideas, or in other words "Wakeo icipality to erect their poles at the the development of the natural re­ Up" and carry out to a grana point of landing of the cable, from sources, but the object of the but- finale.the harbor facilities o-f tin. where it issues, from the. Fraser- eau is not to interest capital it) Fraser, the. welding of the Frasei river and crosses the dyke to.Riv-' developing the wealth of lumber Valley, municipalities, and the es­ erside Road, -at which point per­ and minerals of- the province oj mission is given by the Light and is a uy tablishing of a proper, Associated Power By-Law 1912. On the Mis­ of the Fraser Valley, but to sa\- Press centre in New Westminster, sion side no special permission has that a prosperous farming"com­ for careful publicity. In au thest. been required as the cable takea munity is established along 'the 6 1-3 Acres within, half a mile of Abbotsford if all selfishness is thrown aaiuo to the river from the Brad net- fertile land that fronts the mighty ranch straight off private property she will have the support of in,-, 2 Acres in crop; Owner says there are five tons of Fraser, so that its products shall with no roads to cross. Mr. Wil- Fraser Valley people. Potatoes in the Land, including a new house 16 x 20, be shipped to the city to feed Lne mot,the government dyke inspect­ or had assured the company that 1 1-2 storeys high; also a chicken house . hundreds of thousands who imd he had no objection to the wire employment in these great bus­ MATSQUI COUNCIL crossing the dyke. PermiEB'on was (Continued From Page One) ALL GOES FOR $1400 iness centres. There • is no que:/-, granted by the council, subject to the proper description of the.route t o.i of the growth of New West­ that nothing can be done thisyeai. Also will include good cow and heifer; 75 chickens; 12 being given. minster and Vancouver—and why This reply was also' ordered to be' Pekin ducks; Household Furniture for $1600 should it be called "Greater Van­ sent to Mr. A. Gillis and Messrs A. Mr. Owens, delegate from Mats­ couver"? Why /not call it New and S. Nicholson who asked for qui Agricultural -Association re-, Westminster, a name which could gravel to be put on the road. quested the council's assistance to­ For Terms see . From. MoKenzie & Mann of the embody all that "stretch of iari'J wards the prize fund , of the ex­ Canadian Northern Railway, stat­ hibition, proposed to be. held in from the Burrard Inlet "on."tho ing that they have instructed their September. Hex stated that the north, the Fraser on the south, the engineer, Mr. Swan, with regard to provincial government had not yet mighty ocean on the west and tU^tX^3*™ thistJes on *he made any contribution towards tho buildings, the association propoa- Fraser Valley on the eaat-ta tract From Mr. W. Upton of Vancou- Coiiitinued on next page „Ki^iuw{&M^i^atx'mwxAWZ£Cr**tifa ^'A^)^TJu7^iMi.vt^Vi^1t\a-iu^^*d.-^ 4.s<**^WVW^t^iW*vt«^'«**^^Mn^i.*WVTS aV ^

6000CXXXXX>00000000Orvvvv-if. 0) place where I had" the best Bleep "while I was away. Like the little girl in the poem, I knew nothing more "The Government reports say till itl CHAPTER XXVIII ! again it was day .- and what a day! compares favorably with the best coali <»» *Ten5 ff^riptftffi., Tne ton ol a'"' A Canndiau Climax. . ' During the night; we had been trans­ of the kind in Pennsylvania. It is a' ^e overhanging mountain feli -f„J Jane burst out abruptly, 'Oh! Judy, ported so quietly over fortunate thing that this supply ,6 soi buried houses^ p'pll IrtlZt how thankful we human people are> T M r to. that I had no* mTto? Z " ^ ^^ We used to see;' ° ^*rty feet beneath great boulders: that those stock ranges are being V< nd 0ften pafiBe 8tOD0 wavo 8 broken up into farms.' ' i1 . fcere we were at a mammoth"swTamU' c^rioadl ^ ° ?* ? *l ™f .. v. ™,.i«, u thUHTe 3mos muBt i extrextraa , the mf T, , 1 ' it going to the smelters, the entrancin™ " -~g scenery of KootenayKootena; "Th«n *" I •ordinary' thin~°g imaginable«>««»«»„.. Whervnen thtnee Judy wrinkled her eyebrows, while KABSEALL SAUNDERS, you Flrefly asked Anther of "Beautiful Joe" Landing. A most perfect valleVRM«yV hboun Ad '„,,„„ you passed right by coall mountain top nodded and felfl it mil curiously, "What h«« by mountains stretched before! mines, said Peanuts. - ed for a- longdistance, .then parTof r«u«*ta« to *> witn kininessto an^! )COOOCpOOC «v«» J_ i • B Y""""!.!!, , men Dart nf as.- We walked up and down the SOojpyright by Publishers Press, Ltd.) *lip 16 th S re l0 Men tor. a wMe, drawing in long iTiLf^? '° ' « ". ^ati W^'°* tie deBO]atIne"avatanch6 hid " ^° o™* «>«<= enormous & m -*'«•• some SPOtS WP «nw n.hn« _:._ -I dm^ln^l,, . " f-i»a.™+„ ~# i * _ ° 'couldn't,

It?" asked Jane. """" < &alled .^.Crowsnest Route. We soon' nZ[ ' ,etabi arye lar*e fully-developed, fam"y Had perished. There animals ino winterf , and thousands of "I think so. They can buv W ,eft ^ ^11r were frantdc wlll,mu Jvy aait sl ht e offdclails who are doing grand work in' .freez e mor" e quickl' *"*y" than th eaucks large;! fire!"Bot" h th\a ^..„t ^ " " ' ^ ShS t o°e ™" - *—* *--*" ' bodies oft0 waterbe , and thJ e poor ducks,' "Both th\a /»«II«^—• — * - Mda r they a most frightful ujthapplness the city. Then Punchie and iTl^, i™el, r *?' e feet ««* We* 6k»" *e ice by make ^ tremenZ * ^ °" flo T' '° ^Supposed them WW d COme wer me< the beautiful Beacon Hill pJ*^J. * !f*° * ^ted a lake' tremendous uproauproarr -ove^ r ,th^ o lost«t.- ThThae „«railwa„ y sen_.t a relief train S _ . _. «u. .TICWel"l — — Wt o at *^« iaaiwityBent a relief train continue my Journey which I really wu u« sKirtea a lake' lumbermen's axes,".said Firefly, "but once to the spot, and the superin- think, my dear patient friends,,I shall ««, ut»u-uiui Jaeacon Hill Park, si-, nvarniing wit h roun(ithes e a wilsecUod fowln , then' we burn up more-than they cut! tendent' finding that the Russian, finish «ita «—*— is exquisite, but the authorities don't 1°^ 1° *?*» J °* the; down." rl , __ ..»^iuu, finish this evening — after the- sun' understantuated bdy thrunnine seashoreg n zoologica. The l ^par~ ar-k' ^nA mnn Selk,r+^ ~- k Mounte ins. This was * Gree*•'"' *k and Italian workmen WP« «•"- - ' " a _ — - • ' • K -."Measures are being'taken were su- nen. The birds looked very unbanny • e farmtnK country, and we saw now to, Perstitious about remaining near the went down that evening, the Chinese prevent these fires," boy called us in to dinner in the snug One kind hearted Victoria woman told many ranches near the stations. At W U d S0 "reopleare8etMngtopaae7-- ^ ™~^ *-"*>• ^ ° ' little room beside me she was so sorry for the caged i place called Sirdar, a railway- trl-; frightful loss incurred over the long way off to sleep, asked his wife us., Just as we eagles who were trying to bathe in' ;ycle was drawn up on a track near' t.o. com^ve. two juruihim.. The heroic woman Were beginning it, a rocket went off Durs, and wo all ran laughing from "Our next sensation was Crowsneet &«"*«* to the place under our wheels. The man of the -their drinking, dish, that she went Duntain, one I had eagerly looked- etill falltng, soundingwher HKee rockreports swer ofe home and sent her baby's bath tub to the train, to seethi s family party forward to seeing. ' You --- ' J car went out, and reported that there freIght traln them where they now enjoy their sonsisting of an Italian woman M„. ,. v - --.remember, dynamite,'Jived in her hushflnrtWa^ ?** * doubling up' the car­ 1 hlU in front of u a splashes." rying a gun, a good-natured, grin Marigold, how in San Francisco one -and the workmen ashamed To T' °' « it was too a a aV e "Eagles ahould not be caged," aaid ting husband, and..four children'and mountainsees p, tu ~man ^woulo ^d stay^ , ^ gav!e nn o' *** to go on all at once. They had Jane. n S many thln fUPther troubl SlgUal f r Us 0ur traln i PUP. : We gave them some £aad7 eTen 11 T ° ° ling'^s further t e- An old Indian Who S? ^ ° * '<*- "The views from this park aro wd had a talk witwiih ..,the•«..m" ^f?lThfl v thn*"**f to CUpis , and 8au^rs, Well»~i, , liklikee kepkept t followinfoll< g her with wistful looks! dldn,t "** lL It upsets them , superb," continued Judy, "on one side the most cheerfi; " to have passengers delayed. • I used ible, and said they had left their earth in a most.abrupt fashion," two good sons text come to the town to pity the freight trains,, for I^have the great Pacific and the snow-capped with no an ber to Iook travelled on' them, and It is provoking Olumpiana, Mt. Baker, Race Rocks, a little farmr , and come in Vr"a d^'s ZZ. ^11™™™* ^ « «>* ^*t - Now they were haVe a strikln both oile to be forever pushed into sidings, to lighthouse and the San Juan Islands >utang.>utlng, . We looked at.'their basket "of S,, ^J^ * " « ^ - Mtny persons had had let fast trains go by." that Spanish name sounds like •unch. and I said to Punchie. erded together in some of our cities, pjain Tat Zan^SiiT* ^ ** ^ W&3 ^"'i*0 falI'and ™ writ-" ; ."Trains always carry "them as well city," said the Oalifornian eirl ; - • ' ^ ^Jp^> tenjo her son^ to leave the doomed W€ Ieft SM as. other signals of distress or In­ "Then there is Clover Point," Judy* nr, such a bonny love with the.maiden . TW^II «T . ' u telligence. This night ,'tliere "was a Went on, "where Captain VancouvS To* T^ "" *"* '*'"» ^ ^ "w^Sg; and Ten" his Bidl^Tl '** ^^ «*« fuse-e burning on the track for ten Sanded in 1792." ; « Creston,. and it advertised itself- daughter down into t£?w i !£ «T A. pSS°n taught us Was- ! S t0 Hve Under a minutes, another.. warning'';;to us to "A51! an eariy bero," observed FiTe- * ^ •<•*» P^form. -by means 11 earl ThllpS? o^t tolt ^ h f ^ ^ * wait.. There w,as always-a-'case slung fly. "I wonder; Judy, that you have' *lasa »»»» * deleotal»L>-looking: followed her, andPraised LXT?* "%?***?* »9™tain.'.' mIt 0ne &0Vernmeilt s at the .end; of- the:';'observation car MU eo .little of the good men a"d ^ to restrain <^self, ta rlble oommoim^downtelow '\^T -^ -veys the other with these things^n^ii-^Nmv'we were true who must have opened up this P from br«aking tha gjjiss to,get Great Spirit ordered Mm ' the Peaks of this range, now," said Judy " &t those appl<>s p come "however, to, take risks is common near .. that inter^tfng; Medicine' Hat wonderful country you have been - ' unchie,' I said, T back to earth. The enrage,, ^t«r,f .» mn.t „, going over." .ironM.llke a farm here. What does of "tore stuck his heL'^ ^ ^ US" I heard a mine owner = 2** ^^^^^^"ked so well. "They have been in my mind, all !and.^?' '^ ^ndml doHars 1 -— - - - ^ Sh°U'IderS "ay °UCe' tbat Wong," said , Judy earnestly, "but lcre''.'be. . - time would" fail me to tell you now .f™''11' ^Ve' to' »^ «P for" a while" Spirit, and he 'formed'" C^w^I^ Zu^^r^^ B°m6tMns of those early .he^es) who tramped "*>"*>. invest' Now my dear Mountain out of ZtnenhTZl ? on ' If vL§ ' "^ mu*th™-* b£ •te^,^stm Z 1 Vrl S tod rode over mountains and plains^ firIs' l,shaI1 not weary you with, a the beautiful Spirit of Water to sub we nassfd „ T* ? •^ ^^ '«*2or'«t^af a^^^f^? --who marked'out .this land for their •««**». of mountains on moun- due the -flames started bvL r &POt Where a part^' <* ' This- trabi hfiSon. !?^ f ^ ' CrUe11 descendant, who c^wned thenxselvl -^ «- -yons on canyons, as^' Spirit of FT •^Jl!f?J^^.S^^ : ^ ^ ^^^^^^^^ WiJth honor and glory, and who live Weat on our wa^ but I must say that' iforever. Then peace-reigned dered by Indians; thlny-five years -W~f"in ',Vu •" " -•-«-,—» — - 1 m ,grante Pu " ago.. We are nW leaving the moun-v£ f'-S- • + ? * • °chie bW In After and h - our"hearte"andln our recorda^forV--—ind- rearing- **', an*?"-**d champin *g H."* ™* wer"'e "turn^TZh^ ?l ih°UfflltS telns''^ «nding our "way" • -. ; \ ad, one to ourselves. It was tver. As it has been Soon S!fS Deat ^ wax« no Plush upholster- Soon we vlnir, but ,leather jnst^ States so has i+ ho^ •» r. ^ — . • winners, is a close rival versatio For summer on weather, -it. would be. cooler than a nome of the first-class coach, and ever so much cheaper.". & flne In a district with deposit* of iron, and heard the conductor Sa7'S t n! ZtTx , T* ^^'^ ' "Hooray!" said Firefly briefly. IndiaU "Bid you go right to Moose Jaw?" translucent water stretches, we came chef, and look a^thi^ L wJ TT\ "^' *" ^"^ inquired Dixie. ta the middle of the afternoon, to^' *ar have yo^goton 'Is Z ?« toWH ?f Lethbrid^ with a CHAPTER XXVII We pass "Yes, there was no stop now. Pun­ crystal lake, with a side hill on whlchi kin pte^ef ^ ,^J"- -- " * ^ ^"^ " The Crowsnest pot ed 6ver one of chie wanted to get back, to his office, Is situated one of the largest silver me? «isrrt Y f i., ^ " ^ most notable steef aad to see his dear wife and those lead properties in. the world — the hand No. I stumbled with it in my bridges in the world, which replaced "It is a curious sensation to OS; blessed children." • tWenty ld W0 den brid bating and drinking civilized things! ««ut uugene consolidated. We look Loon TnAAtZTJ^ ^^ ^ ° ^ ^ over the Y H BeUy d ld rl "How long did you stay with In the heart of a wild country, with « up-the track to it and at *he wS i ^Sl^^Z*^ ?' ^ ° ^ ™*- P«nokie them?" asked Firefly. Ut t0 StatIon at . only these spots of settlements. I] men's houses near by. as we pW IT me ftS? 1 h TV*' * ^ ° ^ ™* ^~ mi c "Ten days then. As we sat round Always had a feeling that bears whoj an, and entered a pirk-like co^l du^ay t exisper'ion v T" FT."" ^ -tre, and while U Ve kfng Ut the Car the fire one night, I saidP "To-morrow are so fond of good living, were| where gold has been found. .' got vegtebles I T° i°° ° ^^^ I saw I must leave you." Then followed ' a bx^d val-' Si^Se SefT«it / ^ * *"* * man' wa^y, ' then he watching us from the trees as wo' jey "A'We have had a fine time to­ went along, and sometimes, I would] th between the Seltota «d a7dT too^^a hand T^*™™^^***0*0**™'***** e ther6 W U,dn,t X gether,' said Punchie. 'I wish it could hold up a etmwberry tart orr a wi-a - h **»»- * ^<* -re rAJS aid^c^T ^ 5S S" ^ ' "* ' ° be arranged that brothers and sisters raspberry'pie and say, 'Don ^1^ ^-^rms_^^o^s._an- d ought to W the WTS' aS I *& Z^JZ ^fT^ ^ ^d'—live near ea^^- the t could give you a piece.' Now, as goodHsIzed town of Cranbrook, have things correspond to the bill of seated on^ P'^n Jt? ™,H and.'they shouldn't die and leave each ! other.*" Christian says in Ms Pilgrim Pro- "where we were io spend the rest of •fare. He's "pig-headed-" ,T^tJ+ ^^ Tu, ?, ,.**£*' „ ' ^tful too7"•. l xkne^ i CWiorti r ar te u Knew Jt Then I made for Winnipeg, and had my flesh is stromr' saM P„r,„j,.„. _' rt„vn^. *v , - J ' r might do likewise' "- *"• »-«- » - * ' another enjoyable time there. A night . from there in the train, and a. part loss.' morniag what ,t . He Sported•' ooo^oaal gJtap,^ ^ ^ of a day, andi I was In dear old )s HJte {Iae d(acusaloii I gazed long |t to be a most plcture8QU9 „—™, w^",,™^ ^ £-? d^on. at ^ Oh1erMo„S"„', d^TC" 2"^. "^*-*» «"•*"«** he S^'^- ««*!*. 5* W*h- C^l SU^L'S: o^n^^A^i ^: *^ ?- H. .ooked orientXL^J ^ P"***A*** <• ^owIng tae,er habitants, good dnrchev.-Mtoota,; lion, o( do«tar, («-*£,'»; ,»•<«; Crorawrt occupied our attention flemt all enveloped aahe^LTS"' f<"i any westem »*«». but not aayl «reet cars, a big amelter. and aa bridges,-and .he 1. tailSta* afaut" ^'^^l^T^r V ^^ -^«L t^'S-Z'^ ^LT Tt ttb°U* '•lt' ^ ha™ S and up-to-date cities in the States, and H-nere are valuable mines. There was- vince." •, ' • which a fpw v^rp omi,„ t ! ' at last we lost him. We nfla^i I noticed that all over the Dominion the thoughts of many persons were ZJ \ i ' ™d intere*tt»K «- -to runii," sm^ mne. 'startling way. If death bP P^W lf - Were on -tte wing.'of'the wind turning to Toronto, as the final goal SSHoi^J""?*1" h°Ufleb0a*l ;"S^ ^-^ to Borne of the' ** .t^of ^^-^5 ^ome had pe •• Seven ea 0ne of their ambition. Here, I visited a jrwch .the railway loans to tourists. { ^fiWt uod«v«lonrf ^v»i «,_. .' mi^hf i» w.n *,. ,_ !_! ~ Persons, Bull'; woman's club which had dainty rooms minf wad s:Moi*w glad «t o« hear this,:. bu— t t—.—,o my.1 — - -world," continued Judy. ' other, but there ^something about in the Alberta red wheat district. in the heart of the city, and I was •fltart.. »d r.pres^a m^elz ^[ ^«^t^MJS®^:.^^^e.! "fie fate of Uie^e people ^dden. Formerly, all this country was one: wm a vast cattle range." entertained on two afternoons by my beloved Woman's. Press Club, w

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ooooo a WHAT CANADIANS • ARE DOING Which kind of a culvert OpOOOOCpOCrOOOOOOCKXXXXXJOC^ G6S your waggon cross I Dr. JOHN 1). REII). ,' Born In Prescott, — where he still OES the road you use \yjf.s over rickety,. resides, — on New, Year's .Duy.i of , dangerous wooden culverts,, that are icon-. 1859, ^Dr. Hold received his advanced '',-stantIy in need of repairs and'often washed education at Queen's. University, where he obtained tho degree of M.D., away entirely ? • Or is it carried safely across the low and returned home a full-fledged places by,modern, everlasting culverts?. Build your doctor, ready for practice. But the strong desire of tho people to-have CULVERTS OF CONCRETE him In Parliament after the lamented which not only cannot' be washed' away, but death of His fnthcr, Mr..,John .Reld, who held tho Grenvllle'sent'for many actually prow stronger with age and use.' years, changed his whole' course of Every farmer owes it to himself to insist that the life. In 1901 ho wont'to, his first money lie pays for road-taxes be spent to the best advan­ House of Commons with a'very sub­ tage. As a ratepayer, he is entitled to the best roads that stantial majority, and, he' has, been can be made wh\\ that money. When culverts arc washed going back every year since that tlmo. out, and the road rendered impassable, he not only' suffers A, speaker of natural ability,. ho..has inconvenience but may also he caused' financial - loss by steadily Improved with- constant prac­ inability to get necessary supplies in time for spring plant­ tice, and now he-is regarded ns-one ing-. And at best, with wooden culverts, part of the money of 'the keenest debaters ,in .the,house, that should be used to make better rbads must be spent a -man who has been given.a lot^of every year for repairs: CONCRETE the important work- to -do, and who Insist upon Concrete Culverts / has done it well. The doctor'Is a culverts are It will pay you and everybody else in your county. . .i • rousing speaker, who dearly loves" a neat,, safe, need no i, •.«.,. fight, and at his best, when, hitting Canada Cement Company Limited hard, he was capable of holding the repairs, and are attention of an audience as well, as 505 Herald Building, Montreal any man in the late House of Com­ 1 ever-lasting. mons. , xT L KT us '«cml y<>'« » TF you want in knuff Dr. Reld Is married. His wife-wa« [ cojiy of our free more alxnu Concrete Culvcrti, .write our formerly Miss Ephle .Labatt,: of Lon­ boolc. " What the don, Ont. He has one son, and.,one i Fanner' Can Do Information Depart­ daughter. Since'the'demands of par­ With Concrete." ment. liamentary life, would not permit of his ' practising, medicine, . he entered business with an energy,i and deter­ 1 mination that" spelled success.- • He «1 Was for seven years mana'gerof.tho \r H. B. .urns - >^-± • Mr. Ames, of Montreal, is taking a Matsqui MoM •chair a 'few paces to the rear of the ror front row these days so far as politics MISSIONCfTY, B.C. , are concerned, and.- a few years of icalmer life will' probably operate to ;" This'Hotel makes a' specialty of J the ultimate advantage of• the general Young Pullets S. C. W. Leghorns from six home-like comforts'fof Commercial public, and, incidentally, of Mr. Ames ; himself; • Travellers. Comfortable ' sitting- ' Mr. Ames was born In Montreal in- weeks to two months old. room and "best of hotel service i ,--••,'• * • • - • • - • • • ' M June 1.863,' his father being a .man ,i ..Cuisiii^U^excelJed. .,; .ot Massachusetts.. His educational ml days of early life were spent in These ^Chickens have been raised from! Rates: $1.50 to ^2 per day\,r m •private and- public schools of Mon­ treal, following which ' were added I winter layers. Price 75c up. W i.t '; f . I CHAS. E. DeWITT, Proprietor some sections-of a more advanced.in­ •A.. -!~ IV •>•-' telligence at Williamstown • and East- Some.specimen Cockerels weighing from 1 to 1 1-2,Jjbs. hampton, Mass., and at Amherst Col­ lege, . also Massachusetts, from ' the selected from morelthan eight^hundred chickens raised | 'Hi latter of which he graduated in 1885. Mr. Ames, -it will be: recognised has ,< in our big poultry yards. l: ;• even stronger leanings, towards The *^>.''it{F( States than usually come from the Price $1.00 tip study of possible Reciprocity ad­ m vantages to Canada. Minor honors include membership ^€

\.1 .'lip It has been arranged .to haye Tvyo ••)0 Abbotsford, B.C Sales Weekly ^._,.. .,.. Dr. J. D. KEID, M.P. .,, Proprietors . Popular Ontario Parliamentarian Wednesday and A Saturday at 10 a. m.. Edwardsburg Starch Company, and f secretary, EevT A. E. Armstrong, an* _; _•— "•'- -_--, -i-.«; Wovn de ':~'-.fj ~.c"" ' for. four years manager of the Im­ Growers will please arrange to. have m perial Starch Company.' . .- - -•'• Dr. MacKay is devoting .hi-s whole .u .yard. From London young Mi- He Is a member of the .Rideau Club time to the onerous duties' of his po­ rjrierley passed .aiong to.Har.ultO' their Consignments'forward the prev­ sition as head of the'church organiza­ where * much .office, experience wa.. and he Is also well known in Toronto, 5 tion. The-success of his new finan­ gleaned,*-" and In ' 1881,' in' con'junctib: ious evening.' We handle" Fruit; being a member of the Albany Club cial scheme is indicated by the fact vith others.-h'e' acquired the -St.* Tho­ Vegetables,-. Poultry,- :Eggs, > Meat, M and the Royal Canadian Yacht Club that the Toronto Presbytery has just mas Home Journ'al, of-'which, by th" of that cityA cheerfully undertaken to' raise the viy, he .ultimately-'became sole pro Etc. Quick Sales,. Sharp Returns, Bum of. $188,000, although this is pr'-d-thr.' The " Chatham ' Banner wa- Prompt Settlements.. . - -. • T. W. CItOTHERS more than double the amount raised added !ii 1894.' "But" Mr; Bri'e'rley aim*., i s**l v. •' In 1910. s-d-at higher gam'e-in'-the rie'wspape: Mr. Crothers only entered parlia­ field, ttnd:in.l896 taking advantage 1 '. In v!i ment in 1-908, as • representative.rof MISS JANET CAR?TQCILAX, of the opportunity .on offer, lie located East Elgin, and for a young member In' * Montreal 'as ""'vice-president, and Miss Janet Carnochan. of Niagara, mansLging d'ir/ictbr o'f The'Herald;-'dis­ now retired from teaching and greatly posing of : the'"Banner.'-but retaining c. the Journal-until a later" date. Interested in the . collecting- ..of,, his- • fl'i Since going ' to. -, Montreal " Mr- .Manager'; .Brlerley has"" taken considerable In­ terest" in public" affairs, in many con­ nections' :ah active • personal 'Interes." apart from that- of the newspaper H. B. AMES . ..' man,-...'ln-'-.'vWh5ch..; regard,'^ mention meaf or a uoaru of .dontroT at We Now Out of the Political Lime Light City Hall ana as a result a much more f efficient-handling of the public busl- of the Council of Public Instruction ness and the ratepayers cas'h.'r " v . for Quebec; "Montreal "Alderman-1898 Mr. Brierley * was • president ' of to 1906;- House of • Commons'1906-to -MomWeal Canadian' Club during' 191D, 1908. • Mr.- Ames is a -Presbyterian-, the. most prosperous year in Its his­ and a .director of. the Ames-Holden" tory" ,and. is. director of the Canadian Associated Press, and the Canadian Co. Ltd. Motnreal. Press Limited.' His lone recreation l|II^^BJ|lllli^H|i Is Bowling on the Green. . EEY. ROBT. P. MACKAY, D.D. Moderator, Presbyterian Church llliBiillllliyiii^^^H *•:•:•*•:•:»•:•:•: Assembly Rev. Robert P. MacKay, D.D., Mod­ Now Zealand's Sulphur Island erator of- the General Assembly of : > , , the Presbyterian church in : Canada, i: v. ?:'"'!>y Que of the most extraordinary is­ and author of, the scheme for raising m lands In the world lies in the Bay of a million dollars for the various Plenty, New Zealand. It is called schemes of the church in 1912, by al­ m White Island, and conslts mainly of lotting to each local Presbytery a-fix­ sulphur mixed with gypsum and a ed amount la a very fine .type of few other minerals. Over the island, clergyman and. church administrator. which is" about three miles in clr- Photographs of '.the Moderator might cumferhce', 'and rises between 800 and convey to a stranger the idea that he MISS JANET-CARNOCHAN 900 feet above the sea, there conti­ has more 'severity In his ^make-up Retired Niagara Teacher nually- flots an' immense cloud or "'.. T. W. CROTHERS,jii(j;). ,- vapor attaining an elevation of 10,00,0 than- he has. In reality ;every word J An M.P. watchful of expenditure he utters is marked by a gentle and- torical material, is a native of'the feet.' In "the centre is a boiling lake distinguished .courtesy. It. is .always Niagara peninsula. -She is as keenly of acid charged water,' covering fifty has done some capital work in the - acre3, and surrounded with blow holes a-delight to meet and chat with, him, interested in. educational', life. to-day interests of the country generally; A' .and to b'e his friend is-a privilege, in­ from • which /.steam and sulphurous man of .stern integrity-,- he, has - kept as she was when she,,began,teachlng. fumes are emitted with great, force keen eye on the spending departments deed. He has the confidence and af­ fection, of the ministers and members JAMES S. BRIERLEY and iiolse. With" care' a, boat can be of the Government," and sleight-of- navlgated'on the'lake. The sulphur/ 1 of his church throughout .the coun­ 1 •MM hand work was scarcely possible xA native of London; Ont.,' where'Jlnj from "White Island 1B very pure, but try, won by his personal charm Brierley was born In-1858; he served while the Elgin man was awake. Mr. nri his solid ability. ' •'"'" JAMES s, BRUERLET;./, - - little effort has yet been made to pro- . Crothers is. credited by expert judges apprenticeship in the Job-printing de- •cure it systematically. Dr. MacKay's work as secretary'Of- President of The Montreal Herald of the class to own a tongue with. 'partment of the Free Press, > so-that ,,j.t. more acidity to it than even that of the Presbyterian Board of -Foreign. when in later years he came to the George E. Foster, when the duty of ex­ Mission;?, has been .very successful. full estate of newspaper proprietor­ may be made of the prominent part posing wrong' was to- be done.- North- This''work during his term as Mod­ ship, he had the confidence of a man taken in the Reform movement which m port claims him as a birthchild and erator, is.beinc dr.>o hi* the. assistant ermed wjjth,._jhj. knowledge ofx^all .^li. &- culmination in the eBtabl<£ir ne practices law at St. Thomas. OnL r&4

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*tf $HE ABBOVSFORD *03T, ABBOUSPORD, B fi/ »s= asteSscas iU.J srssa L'l'L .1.'.— 1. 'JL' .. •_TT!!*SSf?!*.lL;";"• '.'J1.SnsKUr"ja*."V (Continued fro'rh Page Two) XJOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCXXDOOoi ooo requests the domin­ and better .milk atthe factory. 1 ABBOTSF.QRD, B. Q . ion government to grant -to* the • J '.Ziib^-J^^** - L'„, '• s "• TWho'{'takes *a great interest In Municipality of Matsqui iane-quar- Making Feed Go Farthest ' ; Agricul.ure. is Strictly,ofirsthdass in every respect;- The bar is ter-section on the Mt. Lehman-Yale Feed being scarce this^year and stocke&iwith.the best of wines, liquor ancfccigars, '-j-Road for purposes of a reereation high -in -price,. it behoves. each of us - FEED CUTTING PROFITABLE park. • ^ • - to make' all fodder' go it's full length by-managing the- feeding- of it to "the Cutting "straw for -both 'feed and RATES, $1.50 j'TO $2.00 PER DAY • Ware-Roberts, that the Western best' advantage. One -of the main bedding- is carried on in Ontario, and Canada* Power Co. be asked to quit points of advantage in getting 'the spread the /manure upon, the land. Anyone who has ever fed • cut straw digging holes and erecting poles a- most out of any fodder for live stock PEGKHAM & HUTTON is to have it palatable for that stock. would never be without it, especially long Riverside Roaid or any.other When; it- is purposed to-feed straw where fehere are milch cows or fat­ roads in the imunicipjality \un,til and dry ,corn fodder- in the-ration it tening steers to feed, as I have at further 'permission is -obtained, as helps much and;,makes the, feed: go- present. farther 'If it be cut and mixed with Mixed with grain, a little salt and the council do not ^.consideir that roots. The roots, of necessity, in this dampened, it is relished very much the company is keeping up to the ease-must-be pulped. and eaten up greedily. To make it -condition agreed'to: By mixing all-together-some-hours still, more palatable, roots and. cut hay may be used in the mixture if x 'Roberts-Lehman, that cement be in advance of feeding, dampening It with water' and sprinking a little salt they are grown on the farm, and If purchased for building ditch .on upon the' mixture, we have found that the returns justify this extra feed, .Boundary Road, to the amount of cattle relish- the fodders better than however much the added value of the when the straw and dry corn fodder feed may be worth, I believe the cost $125, and the said amount paid.to of cutting is fully covered by the even Henry Ship worth, on completion are fed^alone. And, too, in this case v there, is practically no waste — an manure, easily spread that results .of-the,work - important consideration' this year. from feeding and bedding my cattle with cut straw. - I know many will .Councillor Roberts having obtain To cut the .feed,-of course, entails smile at me for using manure in this ed.permission.of the.equncil to be extra work. But for this work we rich, new country, but I have two absent tor two-months the follow­ get ample reward. • This year,, with good reasons. First, it prevents my roots so scarce, it will be an addi­ ing- resolutions <- concerning his summerfalilow from drifting; second, tional advantage above'the'usual to it produces, I am convinced, a heavier eooerson & sayior ward were passed-: have them pulped, and-thereby make yield on the succeeding stubble.- I them, go as far as possible. .- (Associate Members Can. Soc. C. E.) " Roberts-Lehman, that the fol­ spread the manure on the summer- Eyeight Specalist fallow during the winter and spring lowing various amounts b© grant­ as a light dressing. Manufacturing Optician Civil Engineers, ed latr road work: ' : $25 on the road leading- to the i Cooperative Marketing Upheld Does the Finest Optical Work.r Ross property. $28 on.Conroy hill. The cooperative system of market­ Medical .mea'- and. others pay tri R.A.HENDERSON $200 on Ross. Road.betweeD Ross ing eggs as practised today has much , bute to his skill. B. C. LAND.-SURVEYOR propery- and Yale Road. $100 on to commend it over the old system, or lack of system. The waste through 793 Granvillej St. yanctiu. ei- Omec, next P. O. P. O Fc j LeFeuvre, Road, south of Hunting- bad eggs is avoided, the business is I don Road. $200 on LeFeuvre Road (tumour, ihat the Wrong Man Was carried on on a* cash basis, and we south of Yale'Road. $64 on grav­ Hanged audthat the Real are paid weekly by cheque. From our experiences we would advise farmers elling, in fro.it of George Taylor Culprit Was Spirited in other sections where a fair quan­ property ion Hurafeingidon Road; Away. tity of eggs are produced by all means $85.00 on Ross Road at Mur.phy to market them in a cooperative way. (By special cable) Poultrylng In Ireland. property. $50 on bridge on Tow- Through our egg circle we get from len Road. $150 for cutting down St Petersburg. — News comes from two to five cents a dozen in advance MONTREAL. Poultry raising is an Important in­ Wilna, and it is generally believed of ordinary wholesale prices. We dustry In Ireland. In the year 1909, hill at Phillips property. hire, that Dimitri Bogroff, the as­ have not yet marketed our eggs In fTHE STANDARD la the National In addition to the home consumption, sassin of Premier Stolypin during a this manner for years, but we are $4,171,933 worth of poultry and $13,- The council decided- that each of 5Veekly Newspaper of the Dominion theatrical performance of Kiev, is not very favorably Impressed with the 933,864 worth of eggs were expo'rted, the councillors were responsible dead. system and the members on the whole of Canada. It is national in all its and the Industry-is believed to be In­ 1 for the cutting of Canadian this­ If this is true the report circulated are well satisfied with the circles creasing. In many localities where method of doing business. We are aims, the soil is.too poor for crops farmers tles in their respective wards, to shortly after the assassination that Bogroff committed the crime at the all lending our assltance to make the* ' It uses the- most expensive engrav­ have found that the return from poul­ put men cutting.on the public roads movement a success, and we believe try raising has amply made up for the instigation of men high in power who ings, procuring: tho photographs from and where necessary on to privale promised that no harm would befall that hhe future of cooperative market­ lack of productive soil, and they are* ing is assured. all over the world. turning their attention more and.more property and charge up the ex­ •him. , Its ar.tlcles are carefully selected and to this Industry. England is the 'chief pense to the owner. The story goes that an execution market, and transportation facilities took place at the, hour named, but j VALUE OF A GOOD BULL its editorial policy is thoroughly to that country are such that quick The Matsqui Dyking District; instead.of Bogroff the man hanged It seems exorbitant and unreason­ independent. and cheap deliveries can be made. Water By-law 1912. was introduc­ was a revolutionist under sentence able to many farmers to pay from m A subscription to The Standard ed by Councillor Bell and read for of death • some time. This man was $150 to $300 for a good bull, and yet the first time. palmed off-for Bogroff. -& they do not seem to have, the same costs $2.00 par year to any address in Meanwhile Bogroff, in disguise, was sense of unreasonableness when they (Canada or "Great Britain. Bran Is one of the most useful of The council adjourned at 7;20 p spirited • out of Russia; Those who make other purchases. They will not feeds for horses. It acts as a very believe the story claim that Bogroff hesitate to buy a good horse, paying mild laxative, and if not used more m. to meet again on the last Satur m LTRY IT FOR 1912! da. yin August. is either on the way to the United from $200 to $300, and yet such a freeiy.flt can be used once or twice States, or already landed safely and horse can never be made to yield the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., weekly • to • good advantage. It has a . • - • living in some American city under profit on the Investment that a good very, beneficial effect on the entire Mr. Christie, Immigration Officer an assumed name. bull will. Moreover, the work a horse United, Publishers. digestive tract of the animal. was through ion his way to Sumaw does lasts, as a rule, but one season, F&H while that of the bull is carried on last Wednesday. .for years_jo^ come. • _..- • . - - TWB ABBOTSFORD POST, mgwnnuBmBBB The 5-acr echicken- ranch recc-nc- ly advertised by Mr. McCalluui has been disposed of. 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Mr. Lee's new "bakery has been completed. It is Mr. Loo's in ton- t,'o/i to get a delivery wagon and Our Services are Free peddle the staff o,f life in AbboLs- •'•' QUALITY is the-First Thing you Want il foi'd and vicinity. PRICE-That's the next thing you want to know, is —,-——^.»_ _ __ Phone your Order for Picnic Lunches Mr. Brooke returned on Saturday right. This is the store where it is believed fair to from holiday-miik'img in Vancou­ : : 1 ver a,nd Victoria. to the charge only a: fair price. Do you want to purchase a

Constable Lister of Mission Citj Bean Churns of was in to.wn last Wednesday, ' ™~ • ~ Butter AH Kinds Mr. Lou McPhee spent two. days at the coast this week on'busineod. ALBERT LEE, PROPRIETOR Builder's Supplies, Hardware, Sashes .'and Doors, or perhaps sitting room chairs. Try Mr. Downes of Mt. Lehman was im town this 'week. W. McDonald, New Westminster The following Is the score for Mr. Lee is putting up the refresh­ \V. Land, Vancouver. • Wednesday; ,. ments at the dance on Friday. \V. F. Cooksley, New Westmin­ 0. C. Clark • 17 ster. T. Yojrko 20 R. S. Mcintosh, Gilford. Coun. Roberts is about to take a T. Button 3 Geo. Benson, Vanapuver Hardware and Furniture two months1 trip up to Dawson L. Murray 16 Western, Canada Power Co parlv City, Yukon. The council have T. Walters n .vlcCarthy, Farley, Shognon, Bain, granted a leave of absence. . B. McElroy 11 Murphy, Mills, Kennedy,"Lyon. V. H. Wheldon, Mission City. M. W. Copeland o among the principal' topics of dis­ The Western Canada Power Co II. H. Hnwe \i cussion at this convention, and Mr. have a gang camped out at Clay- W. L. Longfellow •••» 10 Painting, Sign Writing COMMERCIAL Mason is of the opinion that as inr, burn station for the erection of A. Lee -, •••& as Lacombe is concerned all the G. Phibbs, Sydney, Australia. poles carrying high voltage power P. Elliott 5 legitimate objepts of the bomn General repair work W. Cherry, Mt. Leluna.ii. for Clayburn . works. • Dr. Swift '. 3 plan can be better secured by the W. B. Emery, Mt. Lehman. Who gets the leather medal this granting of trackage sites for fac­ H. B. Nixon, Vancouver. J. E. PARTON In the thunder storm of last time? ,. tories at nominal prices or at cost, T. Campbell, Chicago. Wednesday, which was one of- the A second 25 birds each were shot and without (he concession, of free Abbotsford - 8. C Geo. Phillips, Abbotsford. severest known, . the lightning- with results as follows; sites or tax exemption for long per struck a growing fir on Council­ J. A. Blair, Vancouver. G. C. Clark 19 iods of years. Mr. Mason repoita. lor Ware's,property, smashing the C. Kerr, Vancouver. Dr. Swift ; io that Lacombe was. well'represent­ Good Storage Room for to.p..ajnd stripping the bark all off W.<(Addingtan, Vancouver. H. A. Howe 18 ed during the recent gala days at .one side. , ' .- . G. Brewer, Vancouver. M. W. Copland •- 13 Winnipeg. George button,' super­ Furniture. • S. Harris, Vancouver. intendent of the Lacombe exper­ Constable" Israel*, of Mt. Lehman G. Fitzgerald, Vancouver. imental farm, attended the fair and FOR RENT—House at Abbotsford acted as one of the judges. La-, is to be decorated with the.insig'- 6 rooms, garden, good water, "i>l2 na oi' h',s office, the council having G... H. KeiT has been made ;J combe-bred live stock attracted decided to present him with a Justice of the Peace. special attentfon at the Winnipeg FOR RENT—Bouse at Abbotsfoi-d exhibition. , star. 5 rooms, good water, $9, MOUNT LEHMAN WANTED M It was recently stated with au­ Mr. McArthur is visiting .with Reliable men with selling ability thority that the greater portion of The re-shingling of the Mun­ friends in P. E. I. the high land oi Matsqui "Mun­ icipal Hall has'now been complet­ If your Grocer has not and some knowledge of the Iruic 'IK*. icipality at Mt. Lehman is in the ed. business or Nursery Stock,, td re­ There is rumor of another place oi ( hands of about half a..dozen .uf Coun'. Lehman, who is a greai present us in British Columbia a* real estate men or land companies horticulturist, has one of the fin­ business changing hands in" "a Five Roses Flour local and general agents. S-.v est shows ol* dahlias in the neigh­ short time. On hand you can get it at the - WANTED—Ladies to do pliin and borhood. Liberal inducements and per­ ••mi Feed the chickens up well—es~ light sewing at home, whole or "Mr. F. Dundas Todd, Provincial manent position for the right men. pecially the thoroughbreds—so as Abbotsford Feed and spare time, giood pay, work 3ent Bee Inspector, has recently been in Write for full particulars. any- distance; charges prepaid; the district as a guest of Council to! have them ready ,for the Poul­ •$ta send stamp' for full particulars. lor Lehman. try .Show. It is desired that it bo Grain Store t asuccesss. National Manufacturing ' Com­ Mr. A:.'Murray, who was recently J. J. SPARROW, PROP, STONE & WELLINGTON pany, Montreal. hurt by his runaway team, sustain­ The Fonthill*Nurseries. ing a broken shoulder, is now pro­ The barber shop alongside the (Established ' 2837) The blacksmith shop on Gladys gressing favorably. drug store has changed hands and Semi-ready Suits Avenue was the scene of an ex­ The lumber mills in the district is now as before in the hands of a To Special Older all report a good business being competent man. While .always F THERE It no Semi-ready store in citing fire this week. The bucket I your town-you may have a Semi-ready brigade turned out and did the a"i done. The Mount Lehman Lum­ glad to welcome the. newcomers, it suit made to your special order from pat­ HARRON BROS. is extremely hard for some to for­ terns. - Send (or ' King's Own" serge 01 quenching the flames. ber Co. are cutting about 30,000 ieci suits at $20, with style book and self- Embafmers and Funeral Directors daily, chiefly for building opera­ get the old faces. Eh? j measuring forms. Guaranteed. Sold at the same price everywhere in Canad'i. Vancouver, Office arid chapel Don't forget the dance on Friday tions in Vancouver. The Matsqui Have you seen the style book, " Sir! " One for you at iemj- ready Limited, . 1-034 Granville St.-, Phone 3486 night. Lumber Co. 'on the Matsqui-MouiH Montreal. The Abbotsford District Poultry Worth Vancouver, Office and Lehman Road is cutting ..about 15- and Pet Stock Association will >J . §imrf-r»abjj ©ailortog 000 feet per day. The mill of the ChapeK-116 2nd St. Phone 131, Smith & Abbott have removed hold the first annual show at the Thomas & McBaiii, Vancouver, B. C. •fro n the eld P on?er store budding Messrs. Ross & Sapp are also cut­ St. Ann's Poultry Farm, Abbots­ to the pool room, which makes.an >tin g and shipping about 15,000 ft. ford, Friday and Saturday, Oct­ STRAYED—Red yeai-ling heifer on- excellent store. daily. The district being well pro­ ober 25th and 26th. The first day , to my place on 3rd 'March, Own­ __•._ ,- vided with railways,, the B. C .E. is to be devoted to the judging of R. and the C. N-. R., no difficulty io er .can have same by pacing ex­ On Saturday evening the Foot­ the exhibits, and on the show day, experienced in getting the timDer Builder and Contractor penses, W. L. Barrett; odd Camp­ ball Club will hold a meeting of Saturday, the exhibition, will be to, market.- Nearly all lumber cut open to the public free of charge Estimates Given Free bell place, 'Cl'eairbi-ooik Road. representatives of the Valley ^pinis by, the mills finds a ready outlet Huntingdon is to have a glove Pihone Connection Mission City to form a Fraaer Valley League. at New Westminster and Vancou­ factory. The Parsons Glove Com­ NOTICE. ver. WANTED FARM *LAND-IH. ex­ pany qf Snohomish have purchas­ Mr. Bnooke has sold out his in­ change for toy $1150.00 .equity in ed the old McKay building ' and Having disposed of mv, business terests in the. Huntingdon ^store to Vancouver lots^^ Act quickly for will commence immediately to re­ Ml'ss E. F. Turn bull 01 Hunting­ THE GUN CLU.B a snap. R. A. Cooper, Clayburn in Abbotsford, all accounts"' owing don. (Continued from Page One) construct the building for factory B. C. A26. must be paid at once to me. Ail V. of birds broken out of 256 takes, purposes. accounts against me should be the gun case, which is also ..worth The new Customs building ai When next your watch needs; at­ rendered without delay and' they a lot to. a man who owns a gun. LACOMBE'S PROGRESS tention leave it with Campbell, the will receive my immediate atten­ the depot is nearing completion. There are now 26 members in the Abbotsford has become the I on SUBSTANTIAL Abbotsford Watch-maker. Shop tion. club and it is expected that short­ loteated in Clark's .Genta' Furnish­ M. L. McPITEE, of Customs for the Lower FraaeV ! ly when the new grounds-*re got­ Lacombe, Alta., July 25,—The ev­ ing store. Office of the "Abbotsford Post." Valley and points along the main ten and the new trap installed that idence accumulates indicating that line of the C. P. R. the membership will increase as it Lacombe's energetic publicity cam­ This is part of the -policy-of'tne Will-be no. trouble for the amateur paign is bearing fruit for the, de­ present government to have the to) "break birds." •ectric light customs offices -away from the in­ velopment of the district in no Electric Power T. Yarke, who scored 20 on Wed­ ternational boundary between two doubtful manner. With the in­ For the Residence, nesday, takes the silver spoon for For Factories and and three miles. It is probable rush io.f new settlers, the establish­ the week. '•Store" or. Office. Industrial Plants that all the manifesting will be ment of many new mercantile hous done here, which will mean a con­ Reports have come to town that es, the building of stores, ware­ siderable increase in the staff; some of the citizens of the Kil- houses, business blocks and resi­ more trackage will also be requir­ gardie' have installed a couple of dences, and the extensive amount Convenience Comfort Econorny ed to accomodate the cars, traps and are practicing during of railway construction work go­ all spare time, with the idea of ing forward in this section of tne ''.'•• ' " —— * — — ,,. coming down and surprising the province, the combined activities Attention will be eiven to all aDDlications lor service from our lines. M976L ARRIVALS Abbotsford team some fine after­ of Lacombe for the present sea­ Address all enquiries to noon. son are establishing a. ^ record. L, ABBOT8FORO. The mainber sof the local team H. Masion, publicity commissioner, J. H.McQuarrie, Vancouver. will soon be in a position to shoot has just returned from an exten3 Light and Power Department T. Carradic, Vancouver. with any other team in the Valley ive trip which included Winnipeg Henry T. Thompson, Vancouver and intend inviting some of the where he represented Lacombe at Holden Block, Vancouver. ' J. Williams, Abbotsford. crack gunmen of the other clubs the sessions of the industrial com-; W .T. Smith, Vancouver. to a friendly shoot at an early missioners' convention of Western rltlsBi Columlila EBei W. Gillespie, New Westminster date. Canada. The bouns question Was