Council Holds All Day Session. ^ Garnett Valley Wants School
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l.EGlSur^' DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SUIÄMERLAND, PEACHLAND AND NARAMATA Vol. 5, Nò. 28 SUMMERLAND, B.C., FEBRUARY 7, 1913. Whole No. 236! Council Holds All Day Session. ^ F^ RecitaL Fruit Growers Talk Garnett Valley Wants School The people of Summer! and look Marketing; forward with a great deal of plea• .'".'• ••:..' .'v' V •• . • . • \ ; A most successful meeting of the Will Oppose Granting of Further Privileges to Ok. Tel. Co. sure to the various entertainments Building Only This Year For Manual Training. given by members of the College, fruit growers was held in Camp• throughout the year. Those who bell's Hall last, Monday evening when Mr. R. M. Winslow, Secretary were present at the Recital givep Change in Route 5. Estimates for the Year. Electric Light Matters Discussed. Many Communications Dealt With. by members of the Faculty, op' of the Farmers' Institutes for the Plans For 1913 Talked Over. Thursday evening of last week were Province, • addressed the growers. well repaid for attending; Every Much of the. evening was given The Board of School Trustees said, the Trustees won't make the over to a general discussion, princi• item on the program- was thor• 7 held its regular monthly session on contractors fix nor fix themselves; A special meeting of the Muni• of-'dollars below any other quota• oughly; enjoyable.. To praise, one' pally on the-question of marketing. Monday morning with all present The Chairman promised that cipal Council was held on Tuesday tion.: Mr. Taylor was given a good of the performers, and be fair, * Mr. *,Winslow went fully into the except Dr. Mclntyre. Much of the this petition would be used with in the Council chamber. It, was hearing and promised., that if. he would mean to praise all. reasons for the unsatisfactory prices morning was taken up in. the dis-i the Department with a view to not until 10.15 that the meeting were- given the contract the plant -.Miss Higgin, as always, showed which have prevailed this fall and cussion of the relation of the opening the school next fall. His, was called to order. Every mem• would be all installed and com• herself to. be an artist. Her ren-r winter. Many of our growers are Central. School > to the outlying idea of the Central School was that it ber was present. pleted within the contract period, dering, however, of the Baclj disposed to put all the blame on, the districts, and the advisability of should be second to the ward Some 'delegates were listened to, either October 1st or November 1st,: "Aria" surprised, perhaps,: even local, selling agencies, but it was using the ward schools for primary schools, where the primary grades and quite a bunch of communica• as the Council might; specify. It those who knew how well she always pointed out that there was, with the work.1 The occasion of this dis• should be taught. tions read. Much of the day was was pointed out to Mr. Taylor that plays. It was par excellence/ ; Her exception of Australia, a universally cussion was a petition from Garnett Trustee Shields: promised to do taken up in discussing a policy for second selection, the Brahms Hunt large crop of apples, which tended Valley asking that the school there all he could ,to have the Garnett v the Council could do nothing until to hold, prices down,-but worst of the current year. the bonds authorized, for; this garian Dance, was seemingly more B be re-opened. Conveyance came in Valley School open, and said that., Immediately after the reading of expenditure were marketed, where enjoyed by the audience,, and ; in all lor the .C. fruit grower was for some discussion, and considera• he believed: that if the people had the minutes a delegation, from the upon Mr. Taylor said that it was response to an encore, she played the disorganized condition of the ble time was devoted to Manual understood what they were voting " morning-side " district of Ward not improbable that his company Gounod's '' Sing, Smile, Slumber,'I growers . of the western states," Training. for they would not have voted for IV. were listened to. These were would take Municipal bonds in pay The College is to be. congratulatec where much fruit was sold for less the present school system. ' , J. 6. Robertson, R, Pollock and W. ment of their account.' He left with in having secured Miss Higgin";á¡ than the freight charges. Instances GARNETT VALLEY A. Caldwell. Through their spokes• teacher. were quoted, one, being that of SCHOOL. SUNDRY a promise to furnish further par• a vWashi ngton grower ..who took man, J. G. Robertson, these gentle• ticulars, and would let the Council Miss Hurschmann. played for thej Immediately afters the reading of COMPLAINTS. men asked for the construction of a first timé in public since coming.tq several carloads of apples to At the last meeting Trustees know shortly if it were possible to Chicago, where he finally sold, them the minutes a petition, supported road across Giant's Head; or more take bonds in payment. Summerland. She proved herself by the presence of four ratepayers Mclntyre and Shields were ap• for half of the freight charges.' As : properly speaking, immediately an excellent pianist. Her playing from Garnett Valley, asking that pointed to see Mr. , Ritchie in south of Giant's Head proper The COMMUNICATIONS. of the Prelude and Ftigue ,by a result of this disorganized condi• reference to the completing of the tion, and in an effort to hold up the ;school there be re-opened, was site had been, gone over, and. the Communications were then read Mendelssohn 'deserves special men read. This petition "was sighed by last.;.conveyance .purchased from grades considered, and measure• tiori. To bring out the different their own markets, many carloads him.;' Mr. Adams,wanted to know These included a telegram advising of fruit were dumped into the W. R. Ely, W. E. Ward, H.' Duns- ments taken, and the .gentlemen that the Telephone Co's. bill would voices requires not; only technique don, W. J. Smith, J. Duhsdon, what had been done, about it. : themselves were surprised to find come Jup for discussion at Victoria but concentrated thought and under-? Canadian \ markets. It was the •Trustee Shields said, that the rig general opinion of those present H. S>i; Gallagher, J, ,R. Campbell, the road could be built with such next Tuesday; a letter from Hon standing. Miss Hurschmann pl&yed Mrs. 'Merrihew, • Wm: .Atkinson, was away when he and Dr. Mclntyre i easy grade. it with clearness and distinctriessi that something should be done to went to see it, but'that Mr. Ritchie Price Ellison acknowledging receipt prevent this.practice. S. .H. Adams, R. F. Theid, A. of a. communication.- from the Prof. Moore's singing is always Stewart, Yi A. C. Wright and J. had promised to have it made enjoyed. He is familiar to us all . What were the. best plans for the right. A NEW Council in reference to the Okan- future were considered,. and, a num• Thompson. The reasons given in ROAD. agan Telephone. Co's., bill, and a yet never have we heard him so support of the petition were sub• The same Trustee complained of pleasingly, as in the . Songs from! ber of suggestions made. ..- Several lack of rugs for the town rig.^ The deputation's proposition was .similar, letter from the. Premier. were disposed to appeal to the stantially, as follows: to start the road at the shale pit, Another letter from-'.the Minister Eliland. These songs are part of First, that the children are not Mr; Adams again referred to the referred to the alleged shortage on the, story of .a monk who so pities Provincial Government to establish moral standing of the Central going through the 'property of v a central selling agency, with ware-" receiving the better education it last year's.road grant, which letter a young nun, forced to take the was claimed they .would receive by School, and remarked that the Messrs. Page, Robertson, Pollock* veil,- that, he falls-in love with her, house and cold storage facilites, children learned too much" devil• Ritchie, etc., coming down to was: accompanied by another from •Mr. Winslow/ would not hold out a consolidation of local schools, r Supt. Hamilton Lang. Several and composes songs. for. her. until Second, that it is detrimental to ment." Peach Valley, connecting with the compelled by his Abbot to stop his much encouragement, but thought ' Complaint was again madedf the matters in;, reference; to,, .health the health of young children^—they road .allowance next to Mr. James' foolish song-writing. They are full the growers should organize; :not teachers forbidding, the younger property. They pointed out that matters were-embodied in a letter only locally but the local orgariiza having to, make. 1 orig journeys.in all from Dr. Smith, A legal firm at of dramatic action as well as pathos, weathers^'in order to attend: the pupils to use the main hall of the construction also would be easy, demanding payi Í' Wie bistdu meine Koenigen" by tions should co-operate and establish Consolidated School where a stove much7 of the road,- particularly the Coast wrote one,channel for, the disposal of thei r consolidated school. :..!<• ment at the.v rate of $400 per acre Brahms; while, perhaps a finer song Third, that the school 'is over• had been.put UD. ' that -Across the top of the hill; was not so well understood as 'the fruit; It was learned at this meet Mr.