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}X [EW TAXES WILL SYNDICATE FRAUDS tX MAYORALTY "i„~-< ~\ I NOT BEAR HEAVILY ARE CAUSING STIR IN ON THE INDIVIDUAL WARMING EASTERN CANADA "s f- r.,

'' The,word "Tariff" is derived from Tarifa, a Vancouver is^ once again in the throes of a anything and that are not at present"1 olutely Several eastern publications have long held i>ort in Morocco, from which, in early times, a civic election. Two candidates are in the field esBcn-ial to our well-being. •' XvX up Western Canada and particularly British )and of pirates used to levy dues on all ship- so far, and if reports be verified to-morrow there Columbia, a* the region where fraudulent will be only these two nominated—Walter Hep­ --'' Vtneftuver and British Columbu.muVt Yearn ling within reach. Many people are still of the to* pi&duce. The attempt- to live and 'flourish, on schemes abounded to the detriment of the good Jinion that a tariff is in the nature of a hold- burn and L. D. Taylor. reirenue or borrowed capital has ended in dis­ . name of Canada, and whieh alio resulted In the i /<&xx to, hut at the best, no one likes to pay increas- . Walter Hepburn stands frankly for retrench­ turning- of large amounts of investment funds ment in every possible way—L. D. Taylor fori aster. "> Jd taxation,/least of all at a time when the in- to other channels. In a case of a.financial upset me' of most is restricted. It is, therefore, a "the full 'dinner pail" and full, sail in every X. Tjtylor advocates a continuance of that policy other direction. and Mthough it is definitely certain thdt he can- of any sort in the West, it haa been the general of the times that the additional burden ngjt .tart? it out because he ,cannot {iossi|)iy 6b- [faced upon the general public and the special For'any "one who has Vancouver's good at rule to rant heavily on the damage done gener­ ,ta$nj,the money to do it, yet there are many ally to the prestige of the country. fixes imposed upon commercial activities should heart, there should be no difficulty in choosing who-carried away by the promise of "a full *s (ave been accepted by the Canadian people with­ who to vote for this time. dinner pail" will vote for him. And this vote Whilst searching' for possible exposures in out a grumble, almost without criticism by the ^'Without any exception every hbme'in Van­ will .come out almost to a man. the West the home field has been overlooked until ijditical opponents of the government. couver has had to retrench—the evidences of too late, and now there has been given to the this are on every hand. ' There were 9000 votes cast' against L. D. Nevertheless, it is hardly correct to label the Taylor at last election. Surely there are enough public °the) ftory of what would appear-to be The man or family who has 'not ordered re­ ^ditional taxation "war taxes," for in fact they thoughtful voters in this city, t6, defeat an 4m- one of the largest schemes of wholesale robbery 4 * ;**k ! trenchments these days may be classed with the possiole >Slicy and the advocate, thereof; .But ,te not, and the revenue derived from them will 1 ever unearthed in the Dominion. --AX: M be applied for payment of expenditure upon near-mad, and this applies not only to Vancou­ they must come to the polls. The credit of our nlitary or naval participation by Canada in the ver, but to'every part of this earth to-day. city's sanity is at stake. On the charge of "conspiracy to defraud,"

iiar. The expeses of the war are being paid. And our city is only an agglomeration of For the refet, we would say that the policy which cnarge in the eyes.of the law covers^a -"••I If Canada from loans provided for the purpose families., There can be no good-reason why the of producing on Greater Vancouver's vacant multitude of sins, the celebrated McCutcheon r ,r I IV Great Britain, and further loans for the con- policy of retrenchment that Is good for indi­ cleared property is not being carried out at all. brothers, four in number, together with Mar­ V-X [tauance of the policy have been promised from vidual and family life is not also good.for our* Nothing of consequence is being done. ;No or­ shall A. Cook, all real estate butchers, have e same source. city. X - , • ganized effort is in evidence, and yet there is been passed along through the Toronto Police Canada will, of course, have to pay the inter­ Walter Hepburn represents the policy that scope 'here to employ profitably every idle Court and will eventually be tried before a High im on these loans, but the burden does not fall every family in our city and in .the whole world hand., ,CJourt Judge and jury. R_ our shoulders to-day. The -necessity for the has already adopted. L. D. Taylor represents We are bringing chicken feed from South Tltat Police Magistrate Dennison should' find lposition of new taxation arose from the dim- the policy that would class aa madmen the indi­ Africa and importing butter from New Zealand against these five men and Send them on for' hed returns from existing taxation, due to the viduals or families that to-day adopted it. andV eggs from' China, whilst our, muscles .are trial is,, under the circumstances, not surpris­ *'C ^pressed condition of trade, and it would have- Nor does the retrenchment policy mean either softotimg and our vacant landmJying idle and dur ing. Their wild and weird, realty, antics, their, gen imperative for the Dominion government > stagnation or starvation. It means a temporary demifcogueB tempting us with the siren cry of utter disregard for the truth of their written or I have raised additional revenue by taxation "* full dinner paU." cessation from all unnecessary non-productive' 4 V ( spoken word, added, to the fact that they solid fen though Canada had not actively participat- work, the cutting off of expenditures fromrev- ' Oit out Vancouver, on the 13tii of March real estate to which', they had no legal right or fit, J_ in the war, The actual JForm of taxation mat­ enUe or capital that do not immediately produce and vote this nonsense ont of .tight. - title, and in consequence of which the deeds ure little, as it is generally believed to he. of a Tor the same at^J not forthcoming, is a story riporary nature, and although in the oJ>jnjon all brought ouf^^jtmdfnae* experts some of. the minor dippct; taxes may jjove more irritating than profitable, they are Instance after in*fonce waa given whereplote TAYLOR PERSECUTION piE LA80RSTRKE o£ land, worth approximately $2,500 or, 99,000, lit" unjust, and will bring home to those who were syndicated and ottered to the public it Ihy at home in comfort a mere shadow of the 1 aL . that Ii. D. Taylor has been'unseated is a fact. k One can hardly understand thr'ttrike.on the $40,000 arid up. Othar lestir^^^^^^'* *^i#5"- ^^9W^9W9***w9' ^T^^" __ ijfca.'SSW^y&J! jrd willing to sacrifice their lives. We think Mr. Taylor's assertion is unfor­ Western towns were given- a ;]jcMt*IB#'frwf^ • lives and success of the troops in the trenches proximating dozens of times the real tame, arid A recognition of the necessity of imposing tunate for him and for the city which he appar­ depend. It may be that the destiny of the race ently desires to serve. We imagine the plea of then sold to syndicates to be again sold to the fesh taxes to raise additional revenue does not, and the future history of theivorld may depend public. " - \ Wever, blind one to the fact that in drafting persecution to be undignified on the part of Hvlr. upon them. That men should stop this work t te customs tariff changes better attention migh Taylor, and detracting as to the fame of our to wrangle over a personal interest no matter Some idea of the widespread business of these city. subdividers and syndicators may be gathered ^ve been given to the effect on Western in- how great or small for the moment it tuayl-be from the fact that they fathered, in one way or stries of the changes in duty rate.^The gov- Our law requires that any candidate for the seems strange. If it is as it looks if,would, another, according to their own admission, no unent express the view that the 1% per cent. seat of the mayor shall own clear above register­ rank with the action of the men in former wars less than forty syndicates and that six of these Urease will undoubtedly be of benefit in stim- ed indebtedness, real estate to the value of one who sold fortresses to the foe for gold- organizations alone involve upward of $800,000. [feting home production, but its effect upon cer- thousand dollars within the limits of the city. If it is as it seems to be, it would be worse The total loss to the people, great and small, Jin British Columbia industries is exactly tbe Certainly this qualification is not excessive. The than the soldier who deserts in the face of the by the McCutcheon blunderbund in England, Nrerse. law could scarcely require a less amount than enemy.. . ' ° panada and the United States will probably one thousand dollars in itself a purely nominal It Ms gratifying to note that the move is amount to upward of $2,000,000, or more money sum. contrary to the unioh orders. We sbali not say than was sunk in the Union Life wreck. Many have thought that the qualification is further, but hope tbat things are not as bad as Tbe local syndicate boards which flourished TO WAR not sufficient, indeed, if the purpose of the law is they seem. throughout the smaller cities and towns of On­ to require A positive money qualification this This may be said* if the workers are true to tario and which finally took over these Mc­ How jtimes jure, changed! In _1876 the Jtus- thought, would be justified. As__we understand Cutcheon properties^after many of them hadbeeri it, however, the law strikes deeper than this. the Empire in this time of crisis, there is no m army was at the Gates of Constantinople reasonable demand they make later that the boosted from an acreage value of say $25 or {d D'Israeli halted them with 10,000 men tand- The emoluments of the office of Mayor are ublic will not assist them to obtain; but if they $50 per acre to many hundreds per acre, to in Un Cyprus and the British fieet in the Bos­ such as to be a matter of consideration to such etray their country and the lives _of their coun­ turn be boosted in price by the local syndicathes, porus. , as.are in financial need- S were chiefly composed of dummies who knew trymen at this time, which we believe the work­ nothing of realty values in the Canadian west or To-day in order to halt the Huns on their ers as a body will not do however, then God The influence attaching to the office is such 1 apparently anywhere else. These syndicates rch on Constantinople England has organized as to react under certain circumstances on the help them and His for the conflict will be on gave gave the necessary local color, which, ac­ Slied and equipped an army of 3,000,000 men, rivate affairs of the incumbents of the office, indeed, and there can only then he one endx companied, by a pretty name, for the raw land, [Itside of Indian troops, and'•» the combined fleets ?hus, Timothy Tugrautton may have little jn- The Indian rae%areshowingythewelye s men. such as Mayfair, was sufficient to' interest the l.il the Triple Entente are blowing the forts on fluence and less credit as an individual, hut may * The Japanese have shown themsielveivto-be boobs of the immediate neighborhood. This was |\e Dardanelles into pieces, whilst the Huns are. have considerable of each as the mayor of a true allies. •• X-;' ' X ' yj the secret of a little town like Bowmanville It a thousand miles away from Constantinople. ; 'large, ;city;}V:X4' • -.When peace comes they will .demand'"..to. dumping $46,000 of money into one of them, and f The interest of. the week has undoubtedly cen- •/TpV^rdVagaiiuit an effort on the part of share in full the benefits of the empire they what was done in Bowmanville was true through­ f'ed on the struggle between the land fortifi- financially submerged men to make the chair : have assisted to defend. out rural Ontario. .tionand the fifty battleships in and around a means of relief from personal embarrassment , rflf then the workers have betrayed their trust Some of Magistrate Denison's remarks,at the .e Dardanelles. Here the greatest battle fleet therefore, the law has required that the candi­ in the meantime, how shall they be able to termination of the preliminary hearing which er engaged in the world's history, has been date must be in a position to shew one thou­ claim that the lines of industry be kept for Ottering at Ports that have been deemed im- sends the McCutcheons and Cook on for trial 1 sand dollars ,only ( on the right side of the them alone. Will it riot be seen that to keep are worthy of repetition. &gnable to' nava assault. So far, however, the ledger free from incumbrances before he can these lines for them is to trust the fate of the I naval guns have conquered and although "The evidence shows," said the Magistrate, qualify to hold the position. And to provide Empire to men who are, in a small part, to-day "that there has been a widespread fraud. It fj straits are not yet entirely freed, yet evi- against a snap balance being shown for nomina­ proving themselves untrustworthy. ice accumulates that another few days win tion day the candidate is required to show that may have been cleverly concealed by syndicates the allies fleet in the sea of Marmora, and We want a white Empire, served by white , and otber schemes, to cover up their tracks. But 11 balance in his favor clear to the Land Registry V fill of Constantinople will be in sight. Office for thirty days'prior to nomination. men. But the white men must be trustworthy • people paid their money, and got nothing for it." as a part of the Empire. , , r > .. Vhile the desperate battles have been fought This is, all very reasonable and necessary. -Ninety nine out of every hundred1 _a;ie':so!: The «t in Poland, Galicia and Panders, still it was THE ISLE OF MAN Jje Gate to the Orient, Constantinople; Asia Mr. Taylor had not this balance clear. He workers should see that the small minority are inor, the Levant and Suez Canal that were knew this, but took the risk. whipped into line,;, or compelled to give place to those who will fall into line. The Isle of Man has a code of laws entirely Mly aimed at in the, Teutonic advance through jrvia to the Mediterranean. They had got Just demands will be granted, and the de­ its own. The island has never been ruled by the j}ay with Bosnia nnd Herzegovina by rattling THE NEW GRAIN ROUTE mands if necessary be" made retroactive, but, as laws of England. These happy islanders have P\e saber and making faces and without' any Lloyd George said, there is no time for labor no armed forces to maintain; no income tax, f>ubt the Teutons really believed that Britain In line with the new order is the commence­ adjustments now, arid any one who tries to profit death, estate or stamp duties to pay, and their pd"gone stale" and would never pay the price ment of the new grain elevator now in progress by the German and Austrian armies to obtain customs dues are in most case* on a lower scale fat a war with Germany would. cost. They of construction. What the grain industry is to benefits will disgrace workers forever.' than in the United Kingdom. Manx women, j^oned without their host, and now that Brit- Fort William we may certainly expect it to be too, have special privileges. Every female adult, 1% has got the Teuton stalled in Polish and t6 us> and more, as we have the advantage of widow or spinster, in the Isle of Man, whether r1bn_ish.mud,'she and her allies are settling the an open port all the year round. APOSTACY AMONG THE JEWS she be owner, occupier or lodger, has a vote for |{ar east question in their own way. the House of Keys election- Every widow en- These and other things lead us to say, take We quote the following from the Gospel Her­ joys'half of her husband's personal ^estate, and If The possession of the Black Sea and the heart, Vancouver- Perhaps the blackest months ald- "There are in the city of St. Louis, 50.000 has a life interest in Ijis real estate, and she Iputh of the Danube will mean much to the d are already past. Certainly they soon will be, Jews- But according'to^ a local rabbi, less, than Cannot be deprived of this by will; whilst her l^npaign in Servia an Hungary as well as and thien we shall have the busy hum of activity 6,000 of' these are members of the synagogues. written consent must be obtained to all trans­ rWer the-price of wheat'to'the allies. again. He also declares that of the millions of Jews in fers and deeds affecting her husband's property. The settlement of the near-east' question in- It is well that our press should give due em­ New, York city not more than 100,000 are mem­ On the other hand, no married woman can legal­ Vlving ,as it does, Persia, Asia Minor, Pules-' phasis to these signs of cheer and well being bers of the Jewish church. He complains fur­ ly own in her own right either money or pro­ )'ae';and the Euphrates Valley, in other words, ahead for us: ther that the churches and synagogues have be­ perty in the Isle of Man; she can have no separ­ lifc cradle of the human race, its legends, lan- And it is well that we should see that the come clubs rather than churches and that mem­ ate estate unless specially protected before mar­ lages and religions, is one of intense interest. turn of the tide, which may be very sudden, does bership is more or less determined by social riage, and can make no will without the leave of Continued on page two not find uf unprepared to take our opportunity. standing.—Reformed Church Messenger. '.'•'. her husband.—London Chronicle. THE WESTERN CALL Friday, March 5th, 1915.

*******4***4,**4***4*4***i . WAKE UP CANADA! • •«•* •«•••••»•••«•«•«•» •••••••••» »«»»«^»«+» + »»iJ» >•«>«»•»•«•«•*•• •••*•>»»+*•••••» <> . ' ' 4> - 9,898,000 German Soldiers » 4* London—It has heen announced in parliament < > ! A Few Reasons 4* by Under Secretary of State for "War Tennant • > 1: Why you should buy at j; that Germany's total army of both trained-and 4* untrained men consists of 9,898,000 soldiers. • » • > 4* Independent <> The village of Kitty Brewster, near Blythe, ,44 Northumberland, has the most remarkable re­ < > 4* | Drug Store;; cruiting record in England. The village com­ . < < prises about 60 dwelling houses, and out of the i* <[ Cor. 7th & Main f sixty males in the place no fewer than 56 (96) < >

-•• • • per cent, have enlisted. 4* Vote for i > «l» £ 1—We vare close'to your * Canadian-Born! Line Up! < i It should not, in all fairness, be marked up i* •; home. < > .. 2—We have as big a.i against us here in Canada that, at the outbreak 4* of the war, we failed to* immediately appreciate* i> *} stock as any other + the gravity of the situation,' and to feel it our i< 4 * j Drug Store in Van- •, imperative duty to enlist. >> We are not a military, people. We live on 4 / * * couver. o • > a Continent where we seldom think of war 4* *' 3—We have two expert < • whereas the people of Europe always think of < > ]| Prescription Drug- X war. Naturally it took time for us to realize 4* what waB happening—to grasp our own intimate < i ;; gists. ^ ji- 4* connection with this stupendous tragedy. • < •', 4—You can phone your . * << But now, after more than six months of the 4> i > ,, wants and obtain the j * most desperate and deadly fighting, during which 4* i • i goods. «' practically our whole attention has been centred 44 upon its origins, the issues and the probable < > consequences of this frightful conflict, we can no 4* for ; Marret & Reid !'. longer plead lack of understanding as-an excuse 1 Phono Fairmont 999 « for any failure on our part to do our fair share. 4*.*+******4*4*4*4 »•>•••»•• Compare what we are doing with the efforts of our kindred in the British Isles. There they Phone Seymour 9086 have some forty-five million inhabitants. From these forty-five millions, they are planning to se­ 4 cure three million soldiers. Indeed, when we • reckon in the regular army and the men'per­ forming arduous duty in the navy,' they. have now three million men with the colors. When • MAYOR their present plans are completed they will have more. Count Canada as possessing eight million people. On the British Island scale—one to of Vancouver every fifteen—we should have at least a half- million men in uniform. The humiliating fact is that we are now only working u_fc toward our first hundred thousand. And how many of that hundred thousand are Are You a Spender ? —or will bo—Canadian born? The figures of' If BO, do you realize tlie fact that the first contingent and the "Princess Pats" yoa are throwing away the bricks were a most disquieting "cold douch" for our with which you should be building Canadian pride. Here was a case in which we '- **4*4*4***4*4*4*4*4*******+**4***************4**+*+4+4+******4*4*4*4*******4*4* your futuret It's -worth considering! did not hang out the shameful sign—" No Eng­ Start a Deposit Account With Us lish need Apply!" The English—the British- COMPULSORY EDUCATION IN RUSSIA South Vancouver Undertakers ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 4 per cent, interest on deposits, sub­ born generally—did apply in numbers out of all Cor. Broadway and Prince Edward ject to cheque credited monthly. proportion to their share of our population; and Services—Morniag Prayer at 11 a.i were aratefully accepted., The; announcement that this will be immedi­ Hamilton Bros. Sunday School and Bible class Beferences: Dunn's, Bradstreets or any p.m. reliable Financial Institution in Van­ When we read now of daring deeds perform- ately $ut into force is a most momentous de­ We are foremost in our line Holy Communion ••try Sunday at 11 couver. edTat the front by "Canadians," we have a dis­ claration. Day has dawned alright for our Rus­ for Moderate Priced Funerals Evening- Prayer at 7:50 p.m. quieting fueling that they may have been done sian allies. The decision of the French govern­ and 1st'and Srd Suadays at 11 by men not of Canadian birth at all. When we ment to, mobilize the unemployed of France by 6721 Fraser Street. Pbone: Fraser 19 Rev. O. H. WUaon. Rector search., fori the next-of-kin of our "Canadian" the gqjJKrnment, and that they shall be put at , killed and wounded, how often do we find them profitable'labor in rebuilding France at once, *4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*****4**************************t\ Dow, W Jrost tp living in some British Jsland town or hamlet? and that they will be paid a larger wage than MQ. 8." Means Quigley Branc / 122 jjAwnros ST. WJJST Lately. the Canadian-born have been doing they were earning before the war is marvellous news. McKay Station, Horosby better; but there is still much and insistent Sweater Coats. room for improvement. Again, it can fairly be Government Organisation of Labor in France "Q. 3." Means Guaranteed, Un­ pleaded, that the native-born Canadian has not breakable Welt Seams, ^H^P^ww*' been accustomed to think of war as one of the " This is government control of labor. Not as imminent possibilities that menace his country, government, but as employer. Truly sociological M and something which it is.his patrotic duty to events are happening with such startling rapid­ "Q, B." Means "Wade ia 3. 0. - face." The European—the, British Islander—is ity that our friend Pettypiece and bis°associates by WWte Help* much more accustomed to calculating on this w;ill have to move quickty or they will be run danger and this duty. So we might be a bit oyer hy the march of events. tardy at first. But hy now tbat excuse is long How, small these paragraphs look do they The Vancowrer Knitting Co., |44^ worn out. not. Biit ths import of the matter is infinite. >»»»t»»«»«»«»»»»t»+»»**«»»»»t»t»t»»»»»»»t»»»»»+»^ Our brothers in the British Isles have bad 4*4*******4***************************************< another advantage over us. There have, from the first, been systematic and impassioned cru­ THE WAR 3tr*wbtm*--50 varieties. sades among them to induce recruiting. Jn Can­ (Continued from page One) Baspbtrriff—w varieties. ada, no educational campaign worthy of the One. of, the boldest plans of the Kaiser was ; JJNQUE POT CQA.U _._ 8ee4 ?oUtoe*-10 varfBttw. name, lias been undertaken. XWe have been left D^cripttTt Catalogue FBEE the planting of -five million- Germans in -the almost wholly to our spontaneous appreciation Euphrates Valley and the rebuilding of Babylon. "TEH *.4*J3 VJSW FBTJIT FABM" of the obligation pressing upon us; and we are WIW, WBPUOi! YOUR FTOJ. WW. J*. IA. MCOONNBU- * SON To this end very, many millions of dollars have —__gg_vBw-tU - - Ontario precisely the people, detached from Old World been expended in the building of railroads i WOBE HEAT. IASTS WNOHBB. TOY A TOJU conditions, who might quite properly have asked through the Balkans;; Asia Minor and right down - Ottawa, OSWMU an educational campaign. to Bagdad, only to find Britain ensconced at the PJUW0I.ll * OUTHRIE But whatever may have been neglected in the mouth of the Euphrates and in full treaty pos­ wm? - - - $7.00 •Barristm soft «olicitor» past, this is now another day. We see at last session of every possible outlet to the Indian - $6.60 Olive Pringle. 2i. G. Guthrie. with vivid and even startling clearness that the ocean. There is little doubt but that the check NUT - - - Parliamentary Solicitors, Departmental British Empire is going to need every man she at the Persian gulf was an important factor in N?UA - - - $4.00 Agents, Board of Bailway Commissioners can get to win this war. The seventh month of. deciding the question in German councils as to Mr. Clive Pringle is a member of the - $3.50 Bar of British Columbia. the struggle is closing; and yet the Allied na-. whether she would wish war with Russia or no. SLACK- - - - Oitistn Building, Ottawa. tions have not been able to turn the Germans out Now the settlemet of ail lthese questions are BRIQUETTES - • $6.00 of Belgium, have not been able to wrench -from on, and we believe and hope they will be settled TIMBER 8AU3 X 356" their grasp some of. the fairest provinces of right. Sealed Tenders will be received France, liave not been able to keep them from The question of the Far East has also been ,; WOOD—Choicest Dry Fir Cordwood $3.00 per load.j

by the ''Miffifcter of Lands not later crushing Russian Poland under their brutal occupying the minds of the world's diplomats. • • '.••''•• '.•'•• ' ,-•.'•' tahn noob On the 15th day of April, heel, have not been.able to even hold that por­ Especially has the United States been on the 1915, for the purchase of Licence X 85.6, to. cut 14,203,000 feet of cedar, tion of East Prussia which the Russians have so anxious seat as to Japan's demands on China— hemlock and balsam, on an area pluckily invaded on several occasions, have not and it is proper that she should be concerned McNeill, Welch & Wilson, Ltd.' adjoining Lot 928, Gilford Island, been-able to capture their fleet or establish a for in a world where force has become the one Range' One, Coast District. decisive military superiority at any point. great factor she has quietly put on her coat Seymour 5408-5409 Five (5) years will be allowed For months Russia has been pouring out her and sat down declining all responsibility, even »»»*•••»•»•••»•••••••••••••+•»••»»••«•••••»•«»* t»« for removal of timber blood like water. The reckless daring and self- for the hellish conditions, even in Mexico, just Further particulars of the Chief sacrifice of that great Entire has been the mar­ across her own back fence. It won't dp,Uncle 'r*****.&***** *********4 Forester, Victoria, B. C. vel of makind. For months, France has been Sam. And you need not pull faces when those holding her own battle-line at tremendous cost. who have sacrificed blood" and treasure to save TIMBEB SALE X 860 We are told now that her "reserves" have been" a world's liberties settle matters without con­ abolished—that is, have been incorporated with sulting you. , Baxter & Wrigtttj ;••';.''. Sealed Tenders will be received by Tier army and are all in the field. For months, Japan has used such wise judgment and up­ " the Minister of Lands not later than COMPLETE HbUSE FURNISHERS noon on the 12th day of April, 1915, Britain has been -hurrying her troops into the held her end of. the stiek with such prompt and ^ for the purchase of Licence X 360, to breach; and no man. dare think what might have capable action that the Allie* refuse to be cut 4,933,000 feet of Douglas fir, hem- happened if she had. been perfunctory in her stampeded over her present negotiations with . lock and cedar, on an area being ex­ pired T. L. 37126, Port Neville, Kange efforts, or tardy in her preparations. China.. One, Coast District. Surely it i« time for Canada to come up Germany's paper blockade has resulted so far Cash or $40000 Three (3) years will be allowed for with contributions worthy of her high spirit arid in an almost complete fizzle, but in'return the removal of timber. ' X her great abilities—with efforts which will prove four gates of admission tb the German empire, Stock to 7 Further particulars of tlie Chief that she. appreciates how.•'.complete, will be the Gibralter, Constantinople, the English. Channel Easy Forester, Victoria, B. C. catastrophe if the forces of freedom and demo­ and the North Sea, have been slammed tight shut Choose cracy fail. We have lagged behind the British by the Allied fleets. Islanders long enough.. .We have permitted the Field Marshall Nicholas sits tight as to his Payments From TIMBEB SALE X 866 Briitsh-born in our midst to bear vicariously our main positions, his great "flappers" have again Sealed Tenders will be received by burden to an extent which we will not like to re- ' lured the Germans in the north and Austrians in the Minister of Lands not later than member when the war is over. Let us throw the south to destruction. noon on the 12th day of April, 1915, ourselves heartily and loyally into the fray at It is true that in retreating from East Prus­ Come in and talk it over when looking for furniture. for the purchase of Licence X 366, to eut 5,800,000 feet of spruce, cedar, hem­ last; and let the Canadian-born-BOW flock to the sia, Russia lost a lot of men, but so did Prussia lock and balsam fir, oh Lot 1101, lying colors in such overwhelming numbers that the in the attack, and Russia can: afford to lose west . of Kwalate Point, Eange one, Canadian Government will be genuinely embar- men. Prussia cannot. To-day the attack is Coast District. . " ; assed in preparing them for the front—and the everywhere receding an dthe Austrians in Bako: BAXTER & WRIGHT Three (3)'years wilL be allowed for hard-pressed men of the motherland tremendous­ vina are.in grave danger of being cut off. removal of timber. ly cheered by our native-born enthusiasm and n Phone Seymour 771 416 Main Street Farther particulars of the Chief For­ In Flanders and 'i France all reports are rester, Victoria, B. C. determination—From Montreal Star. favorable and cheerful. , •.•4"K"H"K-* '**** ************* •X^H^HW-i^-H^W'H'fr! : '. X' /'^•ik/yy •^V'X.iVVv *'X'!" 'jy/>X;V; : "•'',•• •'"•* yk '•':/•/„ ^/yy ...Jl!,;-. 41,-.:! yjyj :.VX iijy/k yy W/J /Mr/ X'V W£&j' .. »'/r;; j.; •>".' jm'mkkmjkmi^mmmmmj mjjyyjmmkMmkmmmm^M tv Friday/M^ THE WESTERN CAM/ 3 UNCLE PHIL'S STORY ^•••••••••••••••••••^•••••»>»»»>»«»»»»»»>»<»<»»»e»>»»»i4n»>»Hi>»«»imi>»>»»4s^44» HOUSEHOLD GOODSANDQFFICE FURNITURE \ *** Tell us a story, Uncle Phil," said Bob and Archie, running to him. SNIDER BROS. & BRETHOUR, CONTRACTORS 1- - >i "What about?" said Uncle Phil, as Rob climbed on his right v v * knee and Archie on the left. ->•»•••••••»•»•••»••*•»•••>••••»••••«•••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••^••••»* B> FXPERT PACKERS USING ONLY NEW CLEAN MATERIALS '' Oh, about something that hap­ pened to you," said Rob. CAMPBELL STORAGE COMPANY "Something when you were a MOVING - PACKING- STORAGE-SHIPPING little boy," said Archie. "Once when I was a little >.. PHONE SEYMOUR 7360. OFFICE 857 BEATTY ST. jg| .boy," said Uncle Phil, "I asked Imy mother to let Roy and my­ self go out to play by the river." Q..i» mill I »n« II II llllllll lllllllll ».i« • •!««»• *~* ti I 1II| IQ "Was Roy your brother?" asked Rob. Phone Sey. 1076-1077 "No, but he was very fond of playing with me. My mother said yes; so we went and had a Coal« Fire Wood great deal of sport. After a while I took a shingle for a boat and sailed it along the bank. At ff •••••XXXXXv ;: •., last it began to get into deep water, where I couldn't reach it J. HANBURY & CO., LTD. with a stick. Then I told Roy Oot*. 4-thAvonmo and GranvlUo 9t. to go and bring it to me. He " Wellington Coal, Cordwood and Plainer Ends almost always did what I told I * " ' -•'- -A. him, but this time he did not. IQ« » « * i i ni mm i in * im IIMII M in i in »i t mm .I.»I.im «n»i > •ii»..«..»nt » ».» iQ '*Then I was angry. I picked up a stone and threw it at him as hard as I could." V X "Oh, Uncle Phil," cried Archie; The Comfort "Just then Roy turned his Baby's head and it struck him.'' "Oh, Uncle Phil," cried Rob. IS Morning Dip .r "Yes. He gave a little cry and a r__.OODNESS lay down on the ground. M KNOWS," "I did not go to him,'but wad­ says the Comfort ed into the water for my boat. "But it was deeper than I Baby's'Grand­ thought. Before I knew it I was mother, "what in a strong current. I screamed The New Detention Building, Vancouver. we'd do without as it carried me down the stream this Perfection but no men were near to help The new Immigration Building, which" completed, will cost well on to $300,000, is now Smokeless Oil* me. under construction by the well known Vancouver firm of contractors, Messrs. Snider Bros, and Heater. "But as I went down under the Brethour. All the partners of this company are Native Sons and have1 already erected in .Victoria deep waters something took hold and Vancouver probably the largest number of buildings of any contracting firm in the country. "If I'd only had one of me and dragged me towards when you were a shore. It was Roy. He saved baby, you'd have been saved many a cold and my life." THE HOUSEWIFE orange and cracker mixture with one cupful of orange juice*/and croupy spell." the. creamed eggs; butter and the rind of one orange. Cook in For wanning cold corner* and Isolated upstairs noma, and "Good fellow. Was he your co- sin?" asked Rob. Orange Pudding—One cupful sugar and pour the whole into a a double boiler. Bake the crust, for countless special occasions when extra heat is wanted, large pudding dish holding two and put in the filling. Cover 70a need the Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater. "No," replied Uncle Phil. of cracker cruthbs, or soft bread crumbs, one and a half cupfuls quarts. Butter the pudding dish with a meringue made of the "What did you say to him?" of granulated sugar, one cupful and dredge it lightly with, sugar whites of the eggs, two table- TION asked Archie. 1 of water, two scant/ tablespoon- before putting in the pudding. spoonfuls of soft sugar, and a lit­ - ** ^' PERE -"I put my arms around the fuls of bu.tter, the rind, of three Bake it slowly for one hour. Then tle of the rind of. the orange. SMOKELE HEATERS dear fellow's neck and cried and 7 take it out of the oven and make < The Perfection is light, portable, fhcspensiv* California seedless oranges, and Orange Pie (2).—Grate the rind asked him to forgive me" the juice df six and a half dozen a meringue of the-whites of the to boy end to use, easy to clean and to re- . "What did he say?" asked of two oranges (being careful not wick. No kindling; no ashes. SmokeleM- eggs Soak the cracker or bread three-eggs remaining, mixed with to grate below the bright yellow •nd odorless. At sll hardware and fenersl Rob. e •tore*. l«ok for tbe Triangle tradeojsrk. crumbs in the water for an hour. *^ three tablespoonfuis of pow part, as the flavor would thereby "He said, 'Bow, wow, wow.' " Grate in the yellow rind of the dered sugar. "Return the pud- be made bitter; thia ia also true lists IBCSMAS "Why, who was Roy, any­ three oranges, and squeezing in ding to the .oxen, leaving the of lemons) into one-half pint of ROYAUTC OH. iff bertforaUmw way?" askecl, Archie, in great also' the juice of. six with the door partly open for about 20 water, and bring it to a boil. Beat astonishment. < / bread, crumbs. Beat two table- minutes, or until the meringue together one teaspoonful of but­ "He was my dog," said Uncle *<****!. J"^**!'. f n*\V *—"^fc..f .P'M^^IIWUM spooMuls of butter in'a warm is perfectly firm and slightly col­ ter,^ the yolk*; of two eggs-and W\9^nWnM*y ^•Mpa^B^PVl T^W^wW^Ft 4**W**9A999* W4"»%*WW Phil, "the best dog I ever saw. bowl, and add the sugar to it. ored. Set the pudding away one' cupful of sugar (granulated) I bave never been unkind to a Beat in the yolks of the siz eggs and let ^t become perfectly cold until light; add ont heaping table- dog. or to any other animal since, and the whites of three after they before serving. 1 spoonful of flour, the juice and and I hope I never will be." are light and foamy. Stir the Orange Pie (I)—-Take one cup­ pulp of the oranges, and blend ful of sugar, three level table into the boiling mixture. Pour •FJtTOJNCr TJOS BQWW spoonfuls of flour, the yolks of j this into a pie-tin lined with pie three eggs, one cupful of milk. J crust. The; Agricultural College at If Ithaca, N. Y., publishes a bulle­ >>************************* *******y\>***************** tin in the Farmer's Reading ^4i,4 4 4*4*4*4*4*4*4+4+4+*+4-*4***4*4*4*4***********'k*****************.*******\ ., A. |3. HARRON J. A. HARRON G. If. WIUJAWSON . % % Course on "Feeding the.-Horse.'•' v RHP 0*088 00N0IWT ' • Rule Britannia " (by Miss Great will: involve changes in the boun­ It saya: ,." •.-•-.' Harvie) Mr. R. if. Hewitt thanked daries of many of the existing Under the auspices of the the performers on behalf of the electoral districts. The importance of regularity in everything that pertains to Jrandview Subsidiary branch of Red Cross Society for' the ex­ There is a clause in the bill HABRON BROS. cellent . entertainment. The sing­ the management of. the horse can­ ithe' Red Cross Society of Canada, providing for a sessional allow­ not easily be overestimated. This FUNERAL DIRECTORS ANP E¥PAL¥ERS in entertainment was given in the ing of the National Anthem con­ ance of $1,500 for the recogniz­ cluded the entertainment. The applies particularly to feeding. Britannia High School auditbr- ed-leader^ of=the Opposition in-adr Whatever ~feeding-stuffs Xire^ em? iim> m Friday leyieainjir last; The he^|»iro^eds^b1iijrt ^55XwilT be — VANCOUVER NORTH VANCOUVER dition to the usual sessional in­ ployed in the ration, the horse Office & Chapel—1034 Granville St. Office SB Chapel—122 Sixth St. W. program, which was arranged l>y handed *oyer to; the Red Cross Society for the purchase of ma­demnity as a member. This will should be fed regularly and uni­ Phone Seymour .3486 Phone 134 ifr. Wm. C. Paterson and Miss apj ly to the present session W formly at all times. The horse ^Marie Isdale, was very high class terials in, connection with that .^t^S**}..!' * * ****** ********* *** *******.*,.* ********* laudable work. the legislature. anticipates the feeding hour, and nd the. large audience fully ap­ becomes nervous if it is delayed. preciated the various numbers, The redistribution bill will come into force upon the dissolu­ He neighs and coaxes his food A^^^^^^^^•^•l"l^•^•^..^•^^^^•lH^^I^^l^^'i1'»»'^^»1^»^»^>^'^»^>'^'^1^1^»'^^^•»^^^^^l^^^^»^^'^^•l^'l^^^^^l^^l^^^^^ ^he fancy dancing by the Miss- REDISTRIBUTION WW- with great regularity. The horse's * res Isdale and Lowe, and Messrs. tion of the present legislative as­ digestive system and his vital vAcheson, Cook and Lowe, was The redistribution bill, entitl­ sembly. activities become accustomed to [executed in splendid style, and ed "A Bill to amend the Con­ a certain order which must be JOS. H. BOWMAN the Misses MaeRae are worthy of stitution Act," has been intro­ WAR OQO WEP ON DUTY followed if one is to be success­ 'special mention for their very duced in the legislature and given ful. graceful Highland dancing. * a first reading. It provides for 47 members in the next legisla­ Rifle Fire too Deadly for Men, Since the grain of the ration ARCHITECT , Mr. Billy Oswald, of the Eng­ So "Marquis" Responds lish Bay versatiles, was a host in tive assembly of British Columbia is rich in digestible nutrients, it as compared with 42 at present. should stay in the stomach as himself, and kept the audience A dispatch received from Dun­ ai fits of laughter. The Chinese The new districts are made up Ion? as possible, for the digestion 910-11 Yorkshire Building:} by the following changes and ad­ kirk, Prance, announced that of one of the most important of. (:;ong and dance by Miss Marie "Marquis," the regimental dis­ JLsdale and Mr. Wm. C. Paterson ditions : the nutrients is more complete Seymour Street Vancouver, B. C. J Vancouver city will have six patch dog of the Twenty-third there. Fffom this it would seem * * Vas screamingly funny and their French Infantry, had been men­ ****<^tt************^ "make-up" excellent. This num­ members as compared with five that the horse should be given tioned in the orders of the day, water first of all and that should ber is worthy of repetition at at present. t A new electoral district to behavin g fallen in duty at the bat­ bo followed by hay, the grain be­ f*>4****+*+4*4*4*>**4*4*4***4*************** *********+* ;*ome future entertainment. Miss tle of Sarrebourg on the Belgian ing withheld until at least part Sthel Beswick and Miss Ruth Ma- known as North Vancouver is created and will return one mem­ frontier, of the hay has been consumed. ;;heson merited the applause re­ There are, however, very serious ceived for their beautiful sing- ber. At this action it became neces­ u A new electoral district to be sary for an officer to send a re­ objections to this practice, as the Figures Tell the Story j fing,as also did Mr. T. G. Lewis, port immediately to his superior, horse is unsatisfied, is anxious 'or his rendering of "Mona" and known as South Vancouver is . . . + c created and will return one mem­ but at the time the German fire and very nervous till fed his The MinstreLBay," was too intense to allow a man grain and should not be compell­ During 1914 the B. C. During 1914 the total rev- • \ Mr. J. S. Pearse possesses an ber. • .. . !i" Cariboo, which formerly under to cross the»fire zone, and "Mar­ ed to wait for the grain. A mid­ Electric paid the City of enue of the City of Vancou- + ^exceptionally fine baritone voice, quis" was charged with the mis­ dle ground should be taken by i-^ind his vocal number, "Rose of that title returned two members, Vancouver the sum of ver for licenses was f is now divided into two electoral sion. watering first, feeding the grain >)my Heart" was sympathetically sprinkled with a small allowance '•* • •••• 11 districts to be known as Port Off he ran, across the fire- $129,353.65 I George and Cariboo, each of swept zone, and arrived nearly at of moistened, chopped hay, if $130,160.75 t The entertainment concluded possible, and watering again af­ for the privilege of operat­ This sum covering licenses of ? Swith a musical tableau, "Britan- which will return a member. the objective point, when a Ger­ The electoral districts of Ymir man ball struck him in the right ter the ration has been' eatc-n. • ing its city lines. every character. rtria,'' represented by 40 young 4 ladies and gentlemen. The spec­ and Skeena as such disappear and side and brought him down. He The work-horse has a hearty struggled to his feet, though los­ This payment does not In this total is included • tacle was exceedingly pretty and are replaced by Trail and Prince appetite; a vigorous digestion and • c take into account payment liquor licenses, automobile (received unstinted applause. Dur- Rupert, respectively, each of ing a great deal of blood, and rp-pov U. : as does 1.0 other animal :f_ng the tableau the following | which will return one member. dragged himself up to the posi­ to intelligent care. He should be of general taxes on Com­ and chaffeurs' licenses, pool Okanagan, which at present re­ tion where the officer was direct­ 4 |songs and dances were given fed liberally and frequently, the pany property used in con­ and billiard room licenses, • turnlil s one memberM , is divided intm o ing a section of. machine guns. amount given being regulated by • Pr< Our Jack," Mr. J. Gilmour;.;!: "° 7« ^'."^f ™ • nection with the tram lines. etc. wo eleeto dls ts h He let fall the order, reddened by the size ^of the animal as well as • X'Tommy Atkins" and "Tipper- * ^ ^ /° * his blood, and breathed his last. • .ary," Mr. Wm. C.'' Paterson; |known. as North and South' each the amount and kind of. work he * The above statement shows that last year the B. C. • r His soldier comrades are rais­ is required to do. In general, Electric paid the city more for the right to operate its city • "'There's a Land," Miss Ruth Ma-! etnrnmg one member. • fV|heson; Sailor's Hornpipe andi A. new electoral district to bein g a fund for a monument, on the horse should be supplied with • lines than did all other classes of business taking out • Irish Jig, Miss L. Isdale and Mr.jtoown as Omineca is created. It which is to be inscribed, "Mar­ something over two pounds of licenses. • provender daily for each 100 lbs. [•R: Lowe; Highland Fling, Missesj ^ ill return cne .member. quis—Killed on the Field on * Honor." of weight. iMacRae.' After the singing of) Thtv ere?.ion of tb? new stats 4**********************»4*+4*4***********4*4*******4* THE WESTERN CALL *U* Friday, March 5% 1915. Canada, however, is hampered .with the bank­ THE GROWTH OF THE SUBMARINE great things ""from our'submarines,' if not; the ing system devised to meet the 'needs of the/ feat of Lieut. Norman Holbrook, V.C. (son of country before these large matters caftae to the^| By W. A. Ellis 1 Colonel Holbrook, late proprietor of the Ports­ front and the system has not been'broadened at ' The statement of Sir Richard McBride in the mouth Times, and Colonel of the 3rd V.B. Hants all, while the actual machinery,and'.equipment prbvincial house, that the submarines purchased \ Regt.) '.will have shown the world what "they !| H. H. STEVENS, M. P. of the system is not much enlarged, from what by, him for Canada .were " submerged off Flat­ ?can do. , Editor-in-Chief it was a quarter of a century ago/ But in the tery three days after they had been bought," meantime the enterprises which * Canada is now t would, lead one to believe that it was an easy PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY putting through has increased many fold. matter to digest the intricacies of the machin­ THE PIRATE KING BY THE This state of affairs was possible' because ery, and in adding that "they were manned Canada was being financed, not by our banks by Canadian boys who had never seen a sub­ J. TERMINAL CITY PRESS, LIMITED but by British and Continental money. £nd this • marine before" he would suggest that they (the 'E cares not a cuss, for.you, me, QJL-US, money' was brought in largely -through other boys) were phenomenons compared with their 'E defies all the laws of creation, BEAD OFFICE: agencies than the banks. brothers of the British navy who take many 'E bullies an' shouts, an' defiance 'e flouts But now that this source of supply has failed years before, they have a thorough knowledge' In the face of all civilization. 203 KINGSWAY, ViLNCOUVER, B. 0. Canada finds her banking machinery, while ab­ of this line of business. ' 'E murders our women an' violates maids v Telephone: Fairmont 1140. solutely safe, yet ineffective to carry the load. The submarines were not submerged off Flat­ The child an' the aged are 'is victims , The result has spelt, and is spelling disaster to a tery three days after purchase, and were not sub­ To pillage an' burn 'e will instantly turn SUBSCRIPTION: large proportion of. the business community. merged in the harbour of Esquimalt until a long An' all must bow down to 'is dictums. Needless, therefore, to' say that there will time after that, and >yhen they were submerged, One Dollar a Year in Advance. have' to be a rearrangement of the banking they were in charge of competent officers and system in tins country,, . - X higher ratings who knew their work, all from Why! Judas, the traitor, was an angel, comparedn $1.50 Outside Canada. the British navy with the exception of a few Wiv' this imp o' Satan, the worst ever rared mechanics. Always talkin' of peace, an' preparin' fur War, CAPITALIZE CANADIAN RESOURCES (I shall swear in a minute, I'm only a "tar")— fl If you do not get "CALL" regularly, L have before me a copy of the Ninteenth 'E- tears up 'is treaties an' violates states Century, year 1900, in which a well known naval it is probably because your subscription Many' thinking men believe that the..gold Says the world must 'submit to what 'e dictates officer says: "I look upon the submarine as im­ Wiv' 'is submarines now all our commerce 'e'll' is long overdue. Renew at once. If paid standard has entirely broken down. And it possible as an, effective fighting machine." He up, phone or write complaint today. surely has. A laboured argument would be out gives his reasons, the main objection being that bust of place on the matter. - But v as a matter of it is impossible to keep such a vessel in any That's always supposin' 'e isn't down fust. practical .politics this matter should be carefully sort of trim under .water. studied by those who lead Canadian thought^ To-day the submarine has to its credit some i III. What shall take the place of the gold? stan­ I can quite understand 'im 'aving a go of the greatest successes, both of the "British and At anything British, to strike it a blow, THE BANKING SYSTEM dard. . x - German sides of naval warfare, and it has done It is not necessary that anything 'should take We're fightin' the pirate—but what beats me| AMD THE PRESENT CONDITION • far more tha nthe press have allowed the public its place. Let it remain as a convenient part to know. blue, r of the basis of currency. But because there is Two of our submarines have been right into Why sink ships of neutrals an' murder 'em lo?_j This is too big a theme to be handled in short not in the world enough .gold, or anywhere, near the German harbours, and have, doubtless, Believe me ,this business ain't goin' to be fun ° newspaper .articles. Yet there is not a matter it, to represent all.values according to the pre­ brought to the Admiralty information which is "Davy Jones" will be busy before it is done. • more vitally affecting the welfare of. the Can­ sent purchasing power of gold, • it stands to of the highest importance. Are the neutrals all scared that they don't give! adian, community, material of course, than this reason that there must be other values accepted Our newest'submarines the Es, are the most a dam? one. ' as standard. . •"' deadly. The Ds are of. 600 tons and Es are What'8 wrong with ye'r "gas bag," my dearj Money is not being loaned by the banks for Silver for instance. Bryan' was so far right larger still. The latter travels 16 knots on the Uncle Samf any purpose, except with the greatest coserva- , in hia fight to include silver in tbe money surface, and 11 - when submerged. tism. . " standard. To reinstate hy-metalism would help IV. These have two periscopes instead of one in " 'Is Islamic Majesty"—'tis the pirate's ne\ The man on the street thinks, if he thinks much and instantly. Canada especially would the other classes, and these can be shipped to at all, that this is because money is scarce. benefit as it has much silyer available, and we an height of seventeen or eighteen feet above name, Perhaps in sums of many millions it is scarce. might again .see the melting down of, plte to the conning tower, and can ve revolved so as to Satanic's more fittin'—surrounded with flame But locally money is not so scarce as the said transmute the metal into money. Hardly though, cover every point of the compass. "A movin' 'is arm"—'twill be one of the sights] because of the great amount of silver produced (Lor what a tale fur'Arabian Nights). man on the street would imagine. The Ds carry three torpedo tubes, the Es I 'ave read many tales of a bloodthirsty blend Deposits ire piling up in the banks and are and in the mines awaiting the call. four; and the latter type is of great displace­ Public Domain. That made me cross-eyed, an' me 'air stand onj being held there. - So much so is this the case ment, and can remain under water for no less s that there is reason to expect that the, banks Against "this great but now dormant asset the . than forty-eight hours on end. end, will take the step of reducing the amount of country ^should issue scrip. Place, say millions But William'8 the greatest of all these greatj So far from being smooth, water craft, they frauds interest paid on deposits, small as that, amount of acres of the public domain at the disposal of. can stand more wind\and sea than-the average the treasury. Against this issue scrip at from In ther' chamber of horrors—at Madame Taus- ' at the present- time-is compared with the in­ destroyer. ,'X . sauds. terest the borrower has. to pay. , five to ten dollars an acre.' Make this scrip The old A class could only carry fuel for •- " Why* then, are the banks not lending,more, legal tender. Issue government notes based upon a trip of. about 400 miles, the Ds have a radius" —W. A. Ellis. freelyt .' X" X / it. .This' would again relieve the pressure. of about 4000 miles. The Es could cross the At-, For one reason, .'whereas, still active although Canada's Unmined Gold "« lantic and come back again without taking on THE METHODIST FOLLY IN LONDON • the cause is past for it, namely the desire and the Of all the gold output of the world, ^the fresh supplies.. Empire produces about fifty-six pep cent. In "the . need, of. the banks showing a good, amount of The strength of these ciraft are away and "' "God^'dwelleth not in temples, made witl ready money."on hand at the,end of tbe yew., ' rivers and the mountains of B. 0. tbere is kn»Wn ahead of those of eight or nine years ago. The : v hands." It was' against cathedral building,] when the, last annual report was, made, the to be large amounts, but there is a lack of -Cap­ old As used to leak at the joints when submerg­ XPKWt momentous report .ever, made hy the banks ital to> take it out. Moreover the government, ed in an, alarming fashion when they sank-to amongst,other>things, tbat Wesley, of sacredl perhaps. But that report has-been made., regulations and scale of fees retards the 'shat­ any great depth. memory, made bis protest. The above building! Another reason and, a vital one has been ter, as of course they must. Now the 'govetfct-. Our new submarines are ;q* dry as bones sub- rbst.|5,opftoo9;;.:;;:^.: ; v. the need of the banks to be ready. rwith :liqui4 ment could" take stretches of tbe rivers. ' Ttirn | merged in a hundred feet or more. I have been the streams without having to account for flood­ <" cashin'.case any;of the.;various'Wattew'which: told that one of our new craft has been dc.vn GERMAN-miaH VOTE CONTROLS , have been up should develop into; a scafre and ing unoccupied lands, etc., and while it could' to the two hundred feet,level with perfect safe­ . 08J0AQ0 aUYORALTY NOMINATION! should result in a run. Fortunately the,confi­ tbus create, great hydro, powers capable of pay­ ty, and the United States government, always dence,in the safety of .tto Canadian system of ing for tbe euterpriserrjof the, belief, of all, who going one better, announced lately tbat their v backing has been enough to avoid that danger know be well founded-^-could take, raw gold) in Fl, whicb is very similar to our best submarines, The German-Irish vote has retired. Career Har­ and perhaps the likelibaod of that baa passed sufficient quantities ^to finance tbe great enter­ had beaten the world's record by descending to rison jr., five times mayor of Chicago. For some] away. But witb the German bluff of- the sub- prises of the land. «i a depth of 283 feet, and travelling there for ten years Mayor Harrison has been'yielding to,.tbf - qjwrine,/war, etc., ,it was,well to be refcdy. It is time for bold but wise statesmanship! in minutes at sjx knots an hour before rising tb reform influences and bis1 administration tende« The present reason is, perhaps, the desire on these matters. . ,. ,. the surface. '' towards a cleaner city:. One- by one his ;ole t^e part of tbe banks to see the depositors be- About one year ago, off Leban, a Russian henchmen fbfebok him and in the battle at4be , ginning to take tbe responsibility of using their submarine sank in eight fathoms—that is forty- primaries just past "Hinky Dink Boatbbusc own money. ' J ' l " VAN00UV1BR eightJfeet-r-at the time she had 18 men $n ^board- John,", and all powerful head of the Irish vbte,| For what tbe banks are doing tbe individuals ii c It was three in the afternoon when' tbe ac­ Roger Q. Sullivan* Were lined up solid againstJ ,, It is rather amusing when two editors, j coyer him foj-.tbet.GeVman. candidate. The majority! are doing in greater measure. People will, not i# cident happened. She was raised at midnight, at this time use their money, much Jess invest {tbe same ground in one paper. The one gives and her crew, barring that they were suffering against Harrison was nearly 80,000, and ratheri it. Tbey ,will not even pay their debts." gravely reasoned arguments on certain subjects from the effects bf, chlorine gas, were alright. sad to say, 20,000, of that majority was made ujft| - *-- It is surprising bow many are paying fancy leading to certain conclusions, and the, nat­ This in spite of the fact that she had gone down by the women's vote. ; " interest on money overdue from them while their ter seems to be settled. ' \ -i- .head foremost owing to a defective ventilator. The Democrats will, doubtless qlose up tbeirj own_ money, is drawing- for -them only, savings. ,-,-__But-along comes. EditorrNo._2,Iand haying - -Submarine- crews still earn-extra-pay ^ or - ranks- now- and- vote solid- for the Democratic interest. read an echo' of his colleague's reading in' an-, "hard laying" money,Xbut^hey now sleep in .nominee, in which, case Scheositzen's election in When these lead the way in drawing their other sheet, having' in the meantime no i4ea hammocks, -while air locjof and safety helmets assured. And this means a wide open town once money-out and paying their debts, and in .using where it originated, he takes up the cudgels give them'all a chance of life .should accidents more. and announces WE REPUDIATE certain ideas. occur. it in otber lines, then the hanks will begin to The true facts of the case and thus, and not Suffragettes, politics make strange bed­ loan. It would be dangerous for them to do so I look forward in the near future to hear of fellows! t before. otherwise. [ X . What, then, is wanting. Not .money,,. but Maijy such funny passages are to be found confidence. Vancouver has enough idle money ' to-day in the various journals which' have a gen­ j eral' staff busy fighting out the various cam­ to relieve "^he local situation, and so have the paigns of the war, and I suppose we have all WAR COBHESPONPJ2NTS HAVE other communities. When confidence returns ; , and individuals begin to loosen up there will be laughed over them. " , a quick return of activity. ii » DIFFERENT VIEWS OF WAR! In the meantime the banking system must Although there is a continuous cry of "back come under review. to the land" for the working man in these trou­ Messrs. Irvin Cobb and Sam­ serious indiscretions when such a. ways thought of as.pleasure-lov­ The United States developed and used a uel Blythe—two gentlemen well nice, kind*lot of fellows as ther ing, inefficient, easy-going—I hadl blesome times, the man who is already on[rtbe banking system which appeared to meet the re­ land attempting to wrest a living from the soil, and widely known in American German soldiery, who snend their seen this people, I say, aroused,] quirements of the country, while the- business finds that many of his sources of revenue are journalistic and magazine circles time singing ballads about Santa resourceful, unafraid and fight-/ was of a local character. .But when the lajrge being diminished by enormous importations,-, —have spent a jjreat deal of Claus, would shoot them and burn ing, fighting, fighting. Do yoi national organizations came into existence it which in a great many instances, are passed off time'and space telling the public down their homes. wonder that they Captured myj was found that the banking system was inade­ as the product of his labor. Dairymen have.had what a wonderful machine the Now comes Mr. Alexander imagination, that they won mj quate to handle the large business of. the coun­ their troubles in trying to compete with the .im­ German army is, now wonderful Powell, who is the special corres­ admirationf I am pro-Belgian;." try. ;The banking-system was, therefore, revised porters of butter, and during the past winter its men; also what nice fellows pondent of. the New York admit it frankly; I should! be| and, new plans laid which matured last year. the egg market has been brought down to a los- they are. Atrocities—bless your "World" in Belgium, and who ashamed to be anything -else;"- heart, no! Mr. Cobb spent Wany. Already the results are manifest. Had this not 'ing proposition'by the huge shipments of Chinese enjoyed most unrivalled oppor­ Mr. Powell then goes on :to .tell| 1 weeks with the German arriiy in * ••• been accomplished before the. present War there egge Which ate brought here and sold as new^ tunities, for seeing every" phase bf the things which he saw ii would have been a sad story of panic and loss in Belgium, and he saw no atroci­ of the situation,; being given prac­ ! ; ; laid local eggs. Complaints are being made. Belgium and which his camera] >' the Statete. ' ,X.' - " X''"'" from poultry men throughout the province that ties. Naturally, if there had tically a free hand in both .the man, "snapped"—things whicl Canada has on hand more large"'-enterprises', if. this continues they .will eventually be driven been any he . would' have' seen German and Belgian armies. have caused American newspaper-] than any other people of anything like her num- but of the egg .business. These eggs are import­ them. It is true that Aerschot Though an American, and a man man to write lof German^ brutal­ .-- bers. . • •"' '"' •'•'.'. .._.'-. " , ed for as low as ten cents,per dozen and retailed, and Louvain were .burned down who started out without pre­ ity with white-hot anger." Therej from thirty-five to fp'rty-fiye cents. The con­ and a number of civilians killed, judices, Mr. Powell has become is, for instance, the destruction of *********J&~2»*4^ sumer has the supreme satisfaction of securing but, so far as Mr. Cobb could as pro-Belgian as King Albert Termonde, despite the fact that his1 favorite breakfast food at a more reasonable discover, this had been done for himself, because of what he has the Belgians had evacuated it the price at this period of the year than ever before, good and sufficient reason. pAnd seen of German brutality and the day before the arrival of the GerJ BE PREPARED! but he cannot be satisfied as to the age. Sugges­ then what; nice, obliging chaps suffering and heroism of Belgium. man -forces. The vandals spray-J tions have been; made that all imported eggs th'e officers were, and what ex­ ed the houses with petrol from al Every Canadian should protect himself and cellent ' American they spoke!," ' "When I left Antwerp after should be -labeled as such, to be distinguished the German occupation,'.'.•••; he motor .car equipped with a tank! * family by carrying a policy in from the "LaidXn B;C.^ quality. It would VVAs these two gentlemen address writes in his preface, "I was as and a pump, and then set fire- tol seem that the proper system here would beVto a very large. audience—oyer two pro-Belgian; as though I had been them. German efficiency!: Mr.' MUTUAL LIFE OF CANADA stamp the^ local eggs with the date laid, aiid million subscribers a week, ac­ born ufider' ther red-black^and^yel- Powell visited the ruined town;] and gives a terrible picture of] Eat«btlah«d 1869 where shipped from. If there are any advan­ cording to the claim of the cir­ low banner. I had seen its fer-: ; tages in Co-operation, then the poultry men of the culation, manager—their state­ tile fields strewn with the corpses what he saw. " CANADA'S ONLY MUTUAL." 1 : .«s» • V • province • should get together . and formulate., a ments had considerable effect on of what had 'once been the man­ "" "Despite the scowls of theJ scheme of. publicity which would 'eventually.' the public mind. People gener­ hood of the nation; I'had seen its soldire I, attempted to talk with! $ For. rates and full information see our bring the housewife to the realization that when ally began to discount' the stories women left husbandless. and ; its some of the women huddled, in] %agents, or . she buys eggs'without some distinguishing mark pf German brutality so heavily, .children '"left fatherless; I had front of a baker waiting-for W. J. TWISS she is taking chances on quality, even though that soon the charges were alto­ seen Whjat was once a Garden of distribution of bread, but'.-th. t the quantity ..be the same. As long as the mid- gether lost to sight. It was even the Lord turned into a land" of poor' creatures were too terror- * District Managar , * dle-rapn can sell inferior goods on the name of felt in certain circles—not neces-r desolation;, and I had^ seen its stricken to do more than stare at J * 317-319 ROGERS BUILDING local'first-class ."quality, so long will the producer sarily pro-German—that the Bel­ people—a people whom I," like us with wide beseeching eyes J * • . • be searching for a market. ( Continued on Page 5 )> .. •• -:»r<<<.*********<~AH-****^^ gians must have been guilty of the rest of the / world, had " al­ iSbs35 * mm 0mm , m, mm

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mi 1 i i w4ao&A«omr X- &igft Our Vancouver Kipli^ ,- r .fv w-Xv^"^ Governing timber .on Dominion lands .1XV". ' in Manitbbe, SMkatehewmiv AlMHCL^v r^XX" ', - North Weet Territories the JUUway J - TO MAJOR GENERAL SAM HUOHES- Belt In the Province oTBritlsh CotUm- .„ s Ji < bte. end tho tract ot¥h*y**M;*y,Wt.k^J -" I. iMillion then PwcAcrees RiverLocate"d )»y Ute^PotofiSen v -J < --•]- Columbia' . — District inSMtShTX | Venter, Vensttp aad SM ..*_ f II. Permits maybe granted In the PieV' It ain 't the fust time at the Motherland's call vlnces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan 'ant Alberta, to. owners Of portable' s#w-" You have marshalled an army together, mills, to cut over a definitely described tract, of land nor exceeding one' sonars' You seem to shine brighter an' work all the more mile' In extent, on payment of dues at When the enemy shouts "dirty weather," the rate of SO, cents* per thousand feet, B.M., and subject to payment of natal, But the way you 'ave worked inVthis latest affair at the rate of flOO per square mile, pec If yer friends an' yer foes all speak truly annum. > " Has won fer yer, Sam, all the Empire's regard Timber for Any occupant of a homestead Quartet* Excuse Sam—fur it ain't meant unruly* section having' no timber of his own' sultable~for the purpose may., provided he has,not previously been granted free HI. allowance of ^timber, obtain « free-per­ mit to cut the quantity of building and Your lads take their place in the bitter cold fencing timber set out in Section ftl of li * trench the Regulations. ' W. ,W. CORT, An' better men never were born, sir Deputy ot the Minister of the Interior. They're showin' they're equal to any I ween Of their conduct I'm sure you'll not mourn, sir, So go on, old war horse, an' gather 'em in, mroras os> OOA& Fur the cause they are fightin' is worthy, *B0VUL*IOm. Coal mining rights of th* Dominica, Let politics fizzle—The Empire's at stake In Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta, Show -'em plain that no kultur is fur thee. the Yukon, Territory, the Northwest Ter­ ritories and In a portfn of the Province of British Columbia, may be leased for IV. a term of twenty-one years at an annual rental of $1 an acre. Not more than Let yer enemy's'haggle an' noospapers shout 2669 acres will be leased to one appll- ' 4 It won't make yer die any sooner cant Application for a lease must be made If you blunder at all, then ye're blunderin' well by the applicant In person to the Agent or Sub-Agent of the district In which You're heart's good an' true, you're no the rights applied for are situated. "spooner' HASTINGS STREET, LOOKING'EAST. In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal sub—di­ You're duty seems plain, you're doin' it well visions of sections, and In unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be An' Canada's with yer fur ever. to, England knowing that the Brit­ hoped that he will follow up tbis staked out by the applicant himself. Go hang with yer views, you're .just Old Sam WAR CORRESPONDENTS HAVE Bach application-must be accompan­ ish secret-service men would first book with others as the war ied by a fee of $6, which will be re­ Hughes DIFFERENT VIEWS OF WAR search him and confiscate any goes on, and-that'his work will funded if the rights applied fojr ar* not An' we'll never furget ye—no never. available, but not otherwise. A royal- < (Continued from Page Four) $ra^ they found. He had never be given the widest possible pe­ ty shall be paid on the merchantable out­ Those eyes will always haunt me. put of th* min* at th* rat* of-I cents —W. A. Ellis.. seen the countess in his "life be­ culation. I would certainly like I wonder if they do not sometimes fore, but the, won her, over. par ton. 1 to,, think that copies have been The person operating the min* shall haunt the Germans. But a little i"The countess finally consent­ sent to Messrs'. Cobb knd Blythe, furnish th* Agent with sworn returns m episode that occured as we were accounting for ,th», full quantity of mer­m ed, but suggested, in return and such other brilliant war cor­ chantable eoal mined; and pay th* iroy-' leaving the city did more than for the danger she was incurring respondents as have spent weeks alty thereon. If the eoal mining right* ______.._.._.._.. •_..•_•--_._..__. -..-...a.---.------.------*.. _L.--.A..a.-_- anything else to bring home the are not-being operated, such MtpnuT that Thompson lend her aV thou­ in Belgium and have seen no­ should b* furnished at least ofte* * year. WiSAX> i horror of. it all. We passed a 1 ,. The leas* will lnclud* th* cMialt mining sand francs, whichshe would re­ thing but the'marvellous provis­ rights only, but th* lessee may b* M£ l\ little girl nine or ten, and I stop- mltted.to purchase whatever avttliM* turn as soon as she ;reached lion- ion of the German military au­ w *444************'******44^i^4***-4444*444*4***4*44*4*4*\ ed the car to ask the' way. Instant surface rir** " ,don. As he had with him only thorities for the comfort and effi­ sary ~ iliiilil ly she Held,both hinds above her ciency of their troops. Mr. Powell *»t* head and b&gan to scream for %WQ hundred and'fifty francs, he PAid h«r. the balance, in United m mercy. When we had, given •her seen other tltinmthingsi thatliA.t ar»Me» vna*wl_*!?vastly _^__*B^l5t«^n_10^wp,_9r> , r Our Business his feci built up bv merit alone some chocolate and money, andj Cigar Stores coupons, 'some > of Sn' more important to-the world at had assured her that we were not which be chanced to have in his v $gcket-bopk, .and which* .he ex- large; and be has not hesitated mSEK & CO.; [Germans,* TSlit' f Americans and 1 • ^ iDeputHJIlhlste^ the Intfrlor. piained, Was American t^ar'cur-' to- describe, these otfceir ' things,. -_.?*• ^.--TUnatithoriied pubUcatJon' of Heating engineers. ' '• friends, she t;an like a frightened rency. * He' told me that he gave But,then perhaps his paper has a tills advertisement will not ha pwd for. 1095 Homer St. Sey. m : deer. Thai little child,,with her her almost enough to get a brier different editorial policy—a pol­ fright-wide eyes and her hands pipe. At Boulogne" he was ar­ icy Which does hot .prevent a war- raised in,supplication, was in her­ rested, as be had' foreseen; was corresponding telling all the in­ nr TW_nurwf ew ran pony* \ self a terrible indictment of the, stripped, searched, and bis cam­ formation be has gained. •vnr *%*7f 4jni AtwwKVQie Germans." era 'opened, but as nothing wasj •PT* What Mr: Powell tells" of. the found he was permitted to eon-| Established in Vancouver in TAKE NOTICE! that The MacPonald- sacking' of Aerschot—because a Gddson Company, Limited, intdnds to tinue to London, where he went 1890. apply at the expiration of one month boy of fifteen shot a German of­ from the date of the first publication to the countess' hotel and receiv­ of this notice to the Registrar < of Joint ficer in defence of. his sister's ed his films—and, IXmight add, Stock Companies that its name be honor is too ghastly to quote here. changed to "IfacDonald Bros.", Engi­ BORDER THAT his money and cigar, coupons. neering Works, Limited." He also.'paints terrible pictures Two hours later, having posted Yorkshire Dated at Vancouver, B. C, thl* ««th of what occured at Louvain and his films to America, he was on day of November A. p. 191*. elsewhere. W8 way to Belgium." a. 9. fto«*te* Secretary - Fortunately there are passages Mr. Powell -also has nerve-^- Guarantee 413 Oranvllle'Street, TOIPHONENOWi nerve in its way as great as Vancouver, P. C ' in a lighter vein to relieve these Thompson'8. And he gave signal an4 Securities and make sure of getting your name in the distressing recitals. Even in war evidence_of. itjwhen he dared^to there arehuroorous incidents and U\l a Prussian general to his face Corporation JLt4. WATO iro.no* humorous characters. One of the of the atrocities of German most attractive figures in the KE NOTICE that Jptepb Astley, MAYPmeCTORY book as that of Ponald Thompson, troops. He asked General Von whose address is 4423 Slocan Street' the little photographer from Kan­ Boehn frankly why it was that Paid-up Capital, fl,327,450 rVancouver, p. C, will epply for a The Book with the largest circulation, in he chose to wreck his vengeance license to take and use five cubic feet sas, who wore an American army on women and children. per second and to store sbont 250,000 Vancouver shirt, a^ .pair ,of British riding gallons oat of an unnamed ereek to be - v- •* \ breeches and a Highlander's for­ " 'None have been killed,' the henceforth' known ua Astley Creek, I general asserted positively. CHBJWUU. IWANOTAI. which flows south-westerly and drains age ' cap, and carried a camera into the sea about 1% miles north of \ • The Telephone Directory has an issue of over ? the size of a parlor phonograph. " 'I'm sorry to contradict you, ACM5N0Y the southern point of the west coast ;; 100,000 copies per annum, and is being referred to J Thompson is a little man built general,' I asserted with equal Mortgage, Loam, Ileal Ertate, of Texada Island, Province of British like Harry Lauder; hard as nails, positiveness, 'but I have myself Columbia. Tbe storage dam wilt be j., every hour of the. day. •Insurance . located- on or near- the north-west tough as rawhide, his,skin tanned seen their bodies. So has Mr. corner of Lot 339,, Group 1, on«the .. • > to the color of a well-smoked Gibson, the secretary of the Amer­ Trustees and Liquidators said Texada Island. The capacity of meerschaum, and his face perpet­ ican legation in Brussels, who the reservoir is not yet determined. Estates managed The water will be diverted from, the ually wreathed in what he call­ was present during the destruc­ stream at or near the north-west J The Next Directory Closes I ed his sunflower smile. He affects tion'of Louvain.' corner of Lot 339 aforesaid and will riding-breeches and leather leg­ " 'Of course,' replied General be used for mining, steam, power and gings and looks physically as well storage purposes upon the. land de­ von Boehn, 'there is! always dan­ INSURANCE scribed as Lot 339 aforesaid'and else­ • < March 13th as sartorically, as though he had ger of women and children being where. This notice was posted on the been born on horseback. He has All kinds of Insurance ef­ killed during street fighting if fected in reliable Board.Com­ ground on the 14th day. of December, •' Changes of Name, Address, etc., and all adver- <' more chilled-steel nerve than any they insist on coming into the 1914. A copy of this notice and an man I know, and before he had panies only, giving you abso­ application pursuant thereto, and to ;; tising'copy must be in on or before that date. ;; street. It is unfortunate, but it is lute protection. the Water Act, 1914, will be filed in been in Belgium a month his name war." the office of the Water Recorder at became a synonym throughput '•'But how about a woman's FIBE, LIVE STOCK, PLATE Vancouver, B. C.,, Objections to the th^army for coolness and daring. body I saw with the hands and GLAtt, AUTOMOBILE. application may be filed with the said He reached Europe on a tramp Water Recorder or with the Comptrol­ j; Special Terms Now Offered feet cut off? How about ACCIDENT .AND SICKNESS ler of Water Rights, Parliament Build­ steamer. with an overcoat, a the white-haired man' and his ings, Victoria, B. C., within 30 days toothbrush, two clean handker­ son whom I helped tp bury out­ EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY, after the first appearance of this chiefs, and three large cameras. ETC. notice in a local newspaper. The date side of Sempst, who had been kill-, of the first publication of this notice He expected to have, some of ed merely because a retreating' is 13th January, 1915. them confiscated or broken, he Belgian soldier had shot a Ger­ General Agents in B. O. for British Columbia Telephone explained, so he brought along man soldier outside their house? Yorkshire Insurance Company, JOSEPH ASTLEY, r three as a measure of precaution. There' w ere twenty-two bayonet Limited, of York, England Applicant. COMPANY LIMITED His cameras were the largest size wounds in the old man's face. I made. 'By.using a big camera counted them. How about the Accumulated funds exceed LAND ACT 4*.4*4*4***********4*4*4*4**4*4*4**+*+*+*+* ********** no one can accuse me of being a little girl, two years' old, who was $13,000,000. spy,' he explained ingeniously. shot while in her mother's arms / Established 1824 New Westminster Land district, j*+*4***+*+*4***+*+*+*+*+**)f *****+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+***+ His papers consisted of an Ameri­ by a Uhlan and whose funeral I District of Texada Island. can passport, a certificate of attended at Heyst-op-den-Berg* AKE NOTCE that I, Joseph Astley, membership in the Benevolent and How about the old man near Vil- Also Agents for T of Vancouver, occupation engineer, Protective Order of Elks, and a vorde who was hung by his Home Insurance Company, of intend to. apply for permission to lease i BRITISH COLUMBIA WATERWORKS SUPPLIES * letter from Colonel Sam Hughes, the folioiving described foreshore for • LIMITED hands from the rafters of his New York docking, purposes: Commencing at a- Canadian Minister of. Militia, au­ house and roasted,to death by a post planted about one and a half Gate Valves, Hydrants, Brass Goods, Water Meters, thorizing him to take pictures of bonfire being built under him?" Assets exceed $32,000,000. miles from the southern point (on the Lead Pipe, Pig Lead, Pipe and Canadian troops wherever found ; Altogether this is the best piece Estaby hed 1853. east side) of Texada Island, (thence Thompson had a series of ad­ following the shore line in a north­ 'PipeFittings. v of reporting we have jseen of the 1 westerly direction to the head of an ventures such as few men come war so far. It is what Will Ir­ R. KERR HOULGATE, Mgr. unnamed bay (henceforth to be known V* Railway Track Tools and White Waste through alive, *but his resource­ win calls "illuminated report­ as Astley Bay), thence following the C^crete Mixers and Wheelbarrows. fulness was almost as great as his ing." Mr. Powell tells what he YORKSHIRE BUILDING shore line around the bay to tbe east nerve. On one occasion he even side, thence south-east for about 750 has seen and only what he has 526 Seymour Street feet. _fhone: Sey. 8942: >11Q1 Doininion Building. managed to persuade a Russian seen, but he had taken care to countess to smuggle his films in­ Phoes 6188 and 6189 Bated January 20th, 1915. * - •••••••••••••••••••••••••^••••••••••••••••••»»»»»»»»A see a great deal. It is to be JOSEPH ASTLEY. THE WESTERN CALL Friday, March 5th, 1915. Like a summer shower coming out - >frfrj,,l,.;,,Ii,t,,j,,|i,{,ifr.S,.».V.fr.}.if.>fr^ BRITAIN'S FINAL WAR largely seems also to be sure. That the fear^of of a sky whick iras but a moment being so left out will bring hXltaly and Rou­ •Map- •»A*^»w"fl}'*, ago perfectly clear—unheralded and *'-aa ' Mr. John- Steven's meetings held in the mania and at the last, Bulgaria, seems to be unannounced—the "jitney" bus expected, although leading papers in France and has made its appearance on the .Strand theatre Sunday af.ternoon and evening streets of Vancouver. And, like \ every Sunday in connection with the war, are of Britain are saying that if they can be allowed a summer shower also, this new great interest. Last.Sunday Professor Odium to stand pat and not trouble, the settlement method of city transportation has among the allies will be the easier. brought problems which must bo in the afternoon, gave an hour's address to a solved, these being of a character very large audience on the subject, "Britain's Suppose, however, that there is too much at such as we never considered when Last War." His subject consisted of a Bible stake for Italy, Greece and Roumania to allow the ordinary use of the auto was reading from the prophet Ezekial, where such a them to stand idly aside much longer.. in mind. The settlement of this question according'to Whether the "jitney" has come conflict is evidently predicted clearly in connec­ to stay as a factor in the Van­ tion with the final settlement of the eastern ques­ the speech by Premier Asquith, as quoted in a couver transportation field is a ques­ tion. letter appearing in another column, will have, a tion which only time will answer. The large audience, chiefly men, followed the great influence on the population of Europe. We Whether it will be "economically predict that this new Asiatic British Empire will possible' , on the basis of a five reading with absorbing interest, and showed cent fare, to operate an' auto 18 marked appreciation of the marvellous theme. be a great competitor for European immigration. hours per day, accommodate loads \ In the evening Wm. Faseoe Goard gave a sim­ beyond the rated capacity of the !: Mount Pleasant Livery car, meet operating costs and the ilar audience an hour's address on the subject, heavy maintenance charges incident "Shadows of Coming Events." The subject con­ A NEW WORLD CAPITAL to continuous running of a strenu­ TRANSFER sisted' of a reading and an address founded on ous type, make proper provision for depreciation charges of an abnor­ Furniture and Piano Moving one of the passages immediately succeeding "Prof. In the light of the elsewhere quoted speech Odium's theme of the afternoon, and the addreSs mal amount because of the heavy Baggage, Express and Dray. Hacks and Carriages . of. Premier Asquith as to the great Empire com­ work placed upon the car, pay, a was really a continuation of that of. the pro­ ing apparently to Britain as a result of. this war, living wage for the driver and pro­ at all hours. fessor. vide, interest on the investment re­ it appears that there will be a new world cap­ presented "" by the car—these and ' Phone Fmlrment 845' The strange thing about it, however, was that ital down about Cairo or therebout. kindred queries present questions neither of these gentlemen -know what was in­ A glance at the map will show how wonder­ wihch cannot be fully answered ',! Corner Broadway and Main , A. F. McTavish, Prop: I \ tended by the other or what were the views of fully the lines of communication and. transporta­ at present. Time only will give the the other on this particular matter. Each had answer to each individual now en­ HMIIHIIHHIMH «••••» * II HI IIIM ****%****%***** tion have been heading in that direction and how gaged in the "jitney" bus business. been requested to name his subject, and thus well such a capital will be served by both sea And it is quite possible, judging they dovetailed into each other. and land. * by remarks now being made by the Next Sunday these two are to take the plat­ The Suez Canal makes both the Red Sea and drivers of ''jitney", busses, that form in the same order again. - the answer will not be quite so sat­ the Mediterranead, opening out into all the isfactory or of such a roseate hue THE TAR SANDS OF ALBERTA oceans, tributary to it. ' as was the case when the "jit­ As to railroads, the Cape to Cairo railroad, ney '' first came to town. Their Use for Roadways—En­ The-bituminous sands may also THE SETTLING OF the trans-Siberian railroad, the Cairo-Bagdad-In­ Whether'the "jitney" has come trance of Railways to the Dis­ serve as a source of pure bitunten, to stay or not, however, it is cer­ THE EASTERN QUESTION dia railroad, etc., and the already existing Euro­ tain that it must be placed in a trict Will Hasten Development. which may be extracted either by pean railroads, are either built or well under niche all, by - itself in the field of disulphide of. carbon, the lighter With the forcing of-the Dardanelles the last < way. . ' — . ,, autodom. A "jitney" is no longer r Here is the new city the old Hebrew prophets an auto in the ordinary sense of the The existence of deposits of bi­ petroleum distillates, or by the step in a war which has been waged against the word as it has entered the field of tuminous sands in the McMurray use of hot water and steam. Turk in Europe will have been taken, we hope. foretold, with the prospect of running a strong public transportation in a sense far race with old. London as the clearing house for district of Northern Alberta has Among the many uses to which The Turk will have crossed back at last into different from that occupied by ei* - been known for many years. The the World's products. ther the taxi-cab or the auto offer-/ this .extracted bitumen may be Asia. Moreover he will there be at least placed ed for hire. And, having entered absence of transportation facili­ Perhaps the vision of the lonely New Zeal-, upon a new. field, it must take; applied may be mentioned: floor­ under restraint and we may hope to see the ander standing on the broken arches of London ties has, however, prevented the Christian populations of Asia minor allowed to upon itself responsibilities which do ings for/ many classes of build­ Bridge sketching the ruins of St. Paul's may not not devolve upon the auto in ordin- utilization and even the prospect­ live in safety and encouraged to develop their ing of these deposits. ings — such as mills, hospitals, prove to be wholly unjustified, although we ima­ • ary 'use.' \ •, V,'.; resources without the certainty or fear that they gine. Lord McAuley had not much faith. in his The regulations wtiich apply to Anticipating the building of schools, skating rinks—for foun­ will be -robbed. ordinary motor vehicles will not dations which require to absorb suggestion when he wrote it. the Alberta and Great Water­ Germany planned and entered this war that apply to the.'' jitney" and, from vibration and jars, as in elec­ the standpoint of the public, meet ways railway into Northern Al­ she might have the right to dictate the terms the conditions. It .is ~ imperatively berta, a preliminary examination tric power plants, for lining and of that settlement. It seems now certain that necessary, for the good name of the of the deposits was undertaken damp courses for cellars, -reser­ while she is enmeshed in this war of her own automobile world, that regulations- by the Dominion Mines Branch limiting and definitely fixing the voirs, etc., for insulation of pipes, creation, the Allies will have settled the matter responsibilities of the "jitney" in 1913 and continued in 1914. without her. The fear of this, and that she will should be established. Meanwhile, the construction of and as a source of asphaltic oils. 7 be excluded from all voice in. the settlement will Draft regulations covering "jit­ the railway, which' will open up Attempts in this direction have be a strong inducement for her to sue for an neys "" ate now being prepared, not and render these deposits avail­ been made for the past twenty immediate peace. Whether her pride, will al­ oniy in . Vancouver, but all along able, is being rushed, and its com­ years in the United States. No low her to do so or not cannot be said. But the coast. Just at present the re" pletion is, expected in 1916. industry, however, has been esta­ suit of the deliberations of the that there will be great pressure on her from a authorities is in doubts Whatever blished and no extracting plant section of her diplomats to end the war and so may be the outcome, however, it is The investigation revealed'the is now in operation. The cause fact that the tonnage of bitumin­ get into the council of Europe again before the certain that the legislation will 'ire- for the failures is not far to seek. final settlement, is sure. cognize the "jitney." in a:doss: by ous sands in the McMurray area In California extracted bitumen, itself entirely apart from the auto is very large, and, although much That the neutrals will be left out in the cold as_ ordinarily used—which is as it at $12 per ton cannot compete should be. • ot the material is low grade, and, with petroleum residium at $6.50 in some cases, the overburden so to $9.00 per ton'. In Alberta, k*********************************4*************4*4* heavy that mining by open-cut is however, bitumen extracted at impracticable, it is found that $12.00 would comlete with im­ NEUTRALS SCORED HEAVILY • some 20 per cent, of the mater­ ported refined asphalt, costing ial, representing many millions of $27 to $34 .per ton, delivered. tons, may be considered as of By Richv4 Warding Davis commercial value. v Before such an industry, how­ Richard Harding Davis, in the the combat, smoking a cigar. But Bituminous sands have for ever is attempted, all available New York Tribune, states some stll he yells "Foul! "and threat­ information of the results of , number of years been used in the pain truths about the neutral na­ ens, the referee. WhyT. Because many years' serious and often tions in regard to their silent con­ construction of various classes of he is in danger f No, because he avements in the United States, costly experimentation in the sent when Germany was breaking United States should be consult­ treaties' and every international des»res fair play, and insists that Lhe extent to which the material 1 fj SheUy'sAX Bread is so delicious flfo kiddies are ' has been Used appears to have ed.—Pr. Haanel, at the Annual law enacted by civilization with a the rules of the game be re­ tested to swallow it in chunks.* ; gave them been largely determined by the Meeting of tbe Commission of view to at least, humanizing wr. spected. freight rates. The greater por­ Conservation. We append the closing sentences che^r ttieir bread, as weU as ptheA ; tion of the bituminous sand used which amount to an indictment If, at the start of this war, 4 X 3rea4 is Tich in gluten, thus its nourishing '•>. at the present time in California of the policy of the United our government and those of for paving purposes comes from The working man's wife can States. South America, Italy, Spain, value. It is sweet and delicious. Try. a slice and the Santa Cruz quarries, and is, keep her husband on the pay-roll From the moment she broke way, Sweden, Denmark, Holland* c^ew it for nourishment and flavor; M in many respects, similar to the by buying goods made in Canada. her word and entered the neutral and Switzerland had jointly pro­ Alberta material The bitumen territory of Belgium the rights tested to Germany against the f Phone Fairmont 44, and ask us to deliver to your '' contained in the McMurray rock >f every neutral were in jeopardy. outrages she committed, against door, or, ask your grocer. XI is, however, much softer. Jt is While the Canadian contingent The man who is false to one will her breaking all the rules of civ­ believed that, with proper manu- is doing its part at the front and be false to another. But the ilized warfare, they might not pulationrsuch as heating, and the the -Canadian-business man-is do­ neutral powers could-not see that only have prevented the :destruc- addition of hardening flux, the ing his part at home, it remains Balgium seemed so far away. tioJL* n of__» !live• s and1 of__> cities•__* '''__, bu' At. . penetration'of the bitumen can be for the t Canadian citizen also to And »n the United States we even might have brought the war - reduced to meet the requirements do his part. It is patriotic and were so entirely surrounded by to a close. of 'Standard specifications for its it is good business to buy goods, water, so comfortably safe. So, 44******************4*********4***************4*4*** successful employment in the lay­ first, that are made in our own although as joint signers of. the "Think of America first!!' ing of pavements in substitution town, second, in,our own coun agreement made at The Hague it Spoken by Holland or Switzer- of imported asphalt. try, and third, in our own British was our privilege and duty to,land or any neutral nation that Empire. protest we said nothing. Nor is small and weak, that sentiment ' In view of the fact that the did any other neutral. And, em­ might be understood. Coming bitumen contained in the tar sands boldened by the silence Germany from a great and powerful na­ of Alberta is softer than the bitu­ REELECTED PRESIDENT one after another broke all the' tion of a hundred millions it is men of the California material, rules of war. most unpleasant. Nor do I be­ AT HOME arifengements have been made by BOARD OP TRADE All war is wasteful, unintelli­ lieve the American people are as of an experimental pavement in selfish as that. I also like to the Mines Branch for the laying Mr. Jonathan Rogers, who was gent, indecent. But steadily for president of the Vancouver Board several hundred years the effort think of America first, and: had the city of Edmonton with the she made protest against the out­ Alberta material, the city gov­ of Trade last year, will again fill has been to make it less inhuman to limit the death and suffering it rages of Germany in behalf of ernment having agreed to con­ that office this year. Yesterday r Mr. Alfred Shaw, who was vice- entails to the actual combatants. the allies as effronts to humanity struct the concrete foundation. and civilization, when this war Upward of sixty tons of suitable president last year, and who was The effort has been to get away AT THE HOTEL nominated for the presidency this from the days of the Huns, wbo is over she would have stood first.. piaterial has been assembled for But now it is too late. transportation to Edmonton, and year, refused to allow his candi­ sacked, -looted and raped; from it is expected that the pavement dature to proceed in opposition the days of our Indians, who When the burglars are finally will be laid next summer. to Mr. Rogers. burned villages; from the ethics driven away the man who Ask for of Raisuli, the Moorish bandit, thought of himself first and The City Commissioner states The office of vice-president was and the Mexican cattle thieves, crawled under the bed is not that: "if this work is success­ also filled by acclamation. There who, with threats of death, hold given much consideration. , fully carried out it will be of had been four nominations for up non-combatants for money. greater value to the city of Ed­ the office, but Messrs. James Bam- But to the days of * these out- Wilkinson's monton and Alberta generally say, Gilbert Blair and W. H. Mal­ Tages Germany has returned. Anniversary services will' be than the bringing in of half a kin retired in favor of. Mr. Geo. held in Mount Pleasant Presbyter­ dozen industries .... at the Instead of neutrals setting the E. Graham. standard for war they allowed ian church on Sunday next. In present time, we are absolutely the morning Rev. E. A. Henry, of suffering for the lack of. cheap Germany to set it. They have al­ lowed her to drag it back eight Chalmers church, will preach and pavement and for the lack of DEATH OF MR. J. J. 0REG6 dispense sacrament, and in the good road material, whereby the hundred years. And guilty as she is I cannot see that those evening Rev. E. Leslie Pidgeon, farmers may haul their products The death took place yester­ of St. John's church, will occupy The Health-Giving: to the city oh well built roads. who stood by while eBlgium was day at the age of 45, of Mr. John desolated and children and wo- the pulpit. The solution of this problem will James Gregg, ;6 14th Ave. west. n Natural Mineral Water be worth millions of dollars..." me were, killed by bombs, and Mr. Gregg was a member of the mines- were spread in the open At present, all asphaltic pav­ Mount Pleasant Methodist church sea that belonged to all of them Saving the Poor Horse Refuse Substitutes ing materials used in Canada are and of its quarterly board, in the are not equally guilty. At the railway station a nice imported from foreign countries. affairs of which he took a deep . old lady left the train and got In 1913-14 the value of-these im­ interest. He belonged to the firm What Might Have Been into a cab. The cabman said, ports reached a total of nearly of Gregg & Munro, 3586 Commer­ If. you go to a fight at the Gar­ "Gimme your bag, lady, I'll put SOLE $900,000 and the consumption is cial Drive, and was . connected den and one of the men strikes it on top oj the cab." THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY IMPORTERS rapidly increasing. The value of with the Loyal Orange Order below the belt you will hear from "No. indeed!'' answered the* a cheap and satisfactory paving and the Canadian Order of For­ several thousand spectators. No dear old lady, "that poor hoss material in Western Canada esters. A widow and th»ee sons one is'hitting him. He is com- has enough to pull, I'll jist hoi' would be very great. | survive him. 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MT. PLEASANT METHODIST Gentle Lark," and at the conclu­ v CHOIR CONCERT sion was forced to respond to re­ peated recalls. Taken in all the concert waa The' annual concert - of the Mt. 1 Pleasant Methodist choir was a splendid success and a fitting held on Tuesday evening of this tribute to the careful tuition by .week' and 'proved, as usual, a Madame Tulisse, one of the best decided anccess, _surgasging all musicians of her day., Madame previous. efforts." Madame" Tul- ^Ttdisse has sung-as prime donna isse has gathered together a choir in London, Eng., and has appear­ of over sixty voices and tbe work ed with Sir Bejyy Woods' or­ done by them at this anual evet chestra, the greatest orchestra was indeed a tribute, to the energy in the world. Ill-health has com­ and ability of their leader. Spe­ pelled her to' reside on this coast cial mention must be made of and British Columbia's musical the unaccompanied choruses ranks are greatly enhanced by "Hymn to Music" (Dudley Buck) her presence. Her encore num­ and "Britons Alert" (Elgar). In ber to the lark song on Tuesday lighter vein was given "The night was "The Ivory Gates and Goslings," by Sir F. Bridge. Golden" and was exquisitely ren­ The ladies'; chorus (36 in num­ dered. .,'•'-',. .'' ••!;•• ber) gave an excellent render­ The choir and Madame Tulisse ing of "The Snow^' by Elgar, are to be heartily congratulated accompanied by pianos and vio­ on the splendid entertainment. VANC0Uy»|t TWSNTY-SUV^N YJSAIfcS OW) lins. The duets and quartets Miss Bertha Hartwell and Prof. deserving of special mention. , Ainsley acted as accompanists. by members of the choir are also

-XMr^Har^:G^ At; the home of^ Mr. and Mrs. pears. Russia will hot on|y own did foirto and won recalls for M. Scott, of 20th Ave. East, a Correspondence the Constantinople shore of the both: hisV numbers. As usual, Mr; W. Calder large gathering of friends "sur­ Bosphorous and the sea of Mar­ F. Chapman Office Telephone: Sey. ••'JjJJ Harold kelson gave his readings prised" Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mc- The following letter is interest­ mora, but both sides. V Great in a most masterly manner. Mr. Kinney on Friday evening last, Britain will take over, not mere­ t>an Green delighted, the audi­ ing as showing where the minds and after an enjoyable social time of thinking menare turning for, ly Egypt, by absolute annexa­ % ence with bis harp solos, .Miss presented them with a beautiful an explanation of the great tion; which she is now entitled Merchants Cartage Ga Louise Conley, a young pupil of clock as a remembrance of their to do, but Arabia, Syria, all the Madame Tulisse, proved a sur­ esteem. Mr. and Mrs. McKinney movements of the day. German railroad concessions and ; EXPREffi, TRUCK AND PRAY prise to the audience, and gives are well known in this locality sphere of influence in the Eu­ great promise of future success. The letter was written by one Orders by Jlail Or Telephone Promptly Attended to. and are much esteemed by their of our leading barristers to one phrates Yalley, all Asiatic Tur- Madame Tulisse was given an many friends. They propose ey to the frontier of Persia, mak­ ovation on her appearance to sing moving, shortly to their ranch on of our learned judges. It ap­ ing a continuous British Empire Feed and Sale. SUbles: |46 Wftter Street her solo number "Lo, Here the the Delta. peared to us to be of such inter­ from the Italian frontier of Tri­ 716 Cambie Street Phone Sey. 3073 VANCOUVER, B. C. est that we begged a copy for poli in Africa to Siam, for sou­ the Western Call. When writ­ thern Persia is merely a protecto­ ten it was not intended at all rate, and Beloochistan is no more." for publication. 1451 6th Ave. W., If the theory of. Anglo-IsraeL S is correct this declaration looks Vancouver, B. C, like the fulfillment of the prom­ March 2, 1915. ises made to Abram. t I take great pleasure in writ­ Yours sincerely, YEAR ing the following two quotations relating to the subject of war in X WM. SAVAGE. by presenting your good relation to prophecy concerning which we had a brief conversa­ wife with an up-to-date tion recently. - SCOTS HOME RULE LEAGUE motor washing machine and Gen. 15-18: "In the same day The annual meeting of The In­ For Fresh and Cured Meats ball-bearing wringer; one of the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed ternational Scots Home Rule go to this Old Reliable Market ours will 4 please her. have I given this land from the League was held at 1127 Gran­ river ofXEgypt unto the great ville street on the aftei'noon of, We have a complete stock river, the river Euphrates." Thursday, 24th February, Vice- It is nol excelled for Quality or Prices in Vancouver h Pres. Mr. Wm. Thomson presid­ of Clothes Dryers, Wash­ Now, I think it may be fairly ing. . Officers were elected for boards,. Wash Boilers, Tubs said, as far as our knowledge of the ensuing year as follows: Pre­ history goes that the whole of This is the Oldest Established and Clothes Pins. sident, R. C. Campbell-Johnstone. that territory has never up to MME.; vice-president, T. Shankiej the present been governed by the Market in Vancouver, an example We deliver promptly. 2nd vice-president, Mrs. Taylor; seed of Abraham: treasurer, A. G. Dickson; secre­ of "The Survival of the Fittest" The next quotation is from tary, J.- Grant. The usual com­ Mr. Asquith's speech at the Lord mittees-were appointed and ar­ Mayor's banquet, October, 1914, rangements made toXneet again Place: Corner Broadway and Kingsway as published in Wall Street Jour­ at an early date to inaugurate a W, R. Owen J Mor risonnal: campaign for increasing the "The entry of Turkey into the membership. Three delegates Proprietor: FRANK TRIMBLE l'>' The Mt. Pleasant Hardware war, means the death knell of were appointed to attend the Ottoman domination, not only in meetings of The United Scottish Phone Fair. 447 ^337 Main Street Europe, but in Asia. As an in­ Societies, now in course of for­ Phone: Fairmont 257 dependent entity Turkey disap­ mation. i\. -rt*<«rJ _j^^,\ w» _, _M- uuH T/ -v«j _* >

8 THE WESTERN CALL Friday, March 5th', 1915.

•»•»»•>•••••••»••»»»••»•••••••••••••«•«•«•»•••*•••»;• THE UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM Can this be done? Can the twenty thousand workers in the I SOCIAL AND PERSONAL industria1 establishments of this province remai11'' breadwinners? ?»•*•••<•••••»••••••••»•••••••»•*•••••••»•»•»•••••••*•• Can the tens of tens of thousands ANNOUNCEMENT General Assembly, addressed a of industrial workers in Canada large meeting of. presbytery on continue to support themselves The management of the West­ Tuesday'" morning in St. John's and their families? ern Call is desirous v>f. making church.1. In the afternoon the call The answer is yes, they can this paper a select home paper, from Mount Pleasant congrega­ contihue in their employment in to be read with interest by every tio^^n tvo ^Rev^ . „„„»„Jame„s Wilson„MBW , of nearly as large numbers as be fore the war if. every Canadian member of the family. Itsi cir- TorontVwas susteinedVinTwrn E wish to announce a complete change of business management in culation is largely south of False go on to the Toronto presbytery. wjll realize that every dollar sent Creek and in the Mount Pleasant out of the country for products - the TERMINAL CITY PRESS, I/TD., and THE WESTERN , district. We ask all those who which can be obtained of home W have items of interest to this manufacture is reducing the em­ CALL. New equipment has been added to our printing plant, community to send them in for Rev* J. C. Craig, recently in­ ployment of some Canadian fac­ 'publication not later than Wed­ ducted into the pastoral charge tory, and so far as we are con and at the present time we are able to compete in quality and price with nesday evening- of each week, and of Westminster Presbyterian cerned in B. C." every dollar'sent the management will take plea­ church, 26th and Sophia, preach­ out of the province unnecessar­ any printing organization in British Columbia. sure in inserting them in the ed his initial sermons in that ca­ ily is helping to swell the ranks * current issue of the call. pacity on Sunday last. Rev. Mr. Craig has an enviable record in of the < half-times and out-of THE WESTERN CALL is now undergoing; changes, which will bring Central Park, and should he] a works, "i -. ' '- ' X Mr. F. J. McKellar, of the T. splendid successor 'to Rev. 4re&J it to the front as a qietrdpolitan weekly newspaper for the home. The M. C. A., has returned from Vic­ Ireland in the South Vancoiiy^r WHERE THERE IS . toria, where he. was doing relief church. There is a wide fietd NO COLOR LINE Western Call at all times has stood for cleanliness and morality in public duty at the Willows '***.» and much work to be done. Ebenezer Baptist church, Chi and private life, and a clean defense .of the rights of the people. The cago, one of the largest negro Jtev,( P. T. Pilkey, of:Fort Western Call will forge ahead on merit and not through sympathetic or George, was in the city this week The,Gaelic society do not often congregations there, is conduct­ the guest,of his uncle and aunt, advertise a special concert, but ing'an extensive charily for the partisan methods. If you are interested in advancing these policies, let us Mr. and Mrs. John McAllister, when they do, the program is us "down and outs." in which it Shaughneasy Heights. naljy a good one. Thursday even­ draws no "color line." The' have your practical support. ing at the Pender hall the large charity is a free dinner at the church-five day* a week,' at Rev. Dr. Sipprell, of Mount number of the public present were which.an average of fonr white We are located at 2(53-7 Kingsway, where We will be pleased to serve * Pleasant Methodist church, is entertained w'th a musical pro- unfortunates to one colored' con­ conducting, special meetings in SI*1? of- a W order. Pipers D. om* patrons, renew old acquaintances, and rectify possible past errors. Maclver and/J. Begg opened the stitute the racial ratio' of bene­ North Vancouver Thursday and ficiaries. The • expense, which' * ) Friday evenings of this week. program with soul-stirring °otes. The' purely "Scots" part was averages dost to $20 in cash per If you are contemplating the use of fine printed matter; see our sam­ ably-sustained by Miss Mollison, day, in addition to donations of Rev. W. F. Kerr, of New West­ Miss Jaffray, Madam Lillian Da­ groceries, is borne by the congrer ples and, get our prices. Our Telephone is FAIRMONT 1140. minster, addressed the students vie; Mr. David Macleod and Mr. gation. Last year 3,752 white of the city in Mount Pleasant A. G. Dickson, while the. Gaelic men and 1,002 colored men were Presbyterian church - on Sunday part was well looked after by fed. evening last. Mrs.- J. Mackenzie, Mr. D. J. s Macdonald and Mr. D. McAulay. REST PERIOD FOR CATTLE The Ladies' Guild of Mount Miss Nettie Nicol amply sustain­ THE TERMINAL CITY PRESS, LTD. Pleasant Presbyterian church are ed her reputation as a highland Longer Than, Usual Last Year busy making preparations for i dancer, and little Miss May Keith and Problem Now is to' fix- ^ 203-7 KINGSWAY high-class concert to. be held' in was simple captivating in her tend Work Period. the school room' (W^fte' evening comnc singing. Mrs. M. Ogilvie In. the fall of 1914 many .dairy tof St. Patrick V Vm*& lfbi-ol played the accompaniments and cows dried off somewhat earlier, March. '"'"* ' "'* Mr. John ML Ross acted as M.C. than usual on account of scarcity at the dance with which; the of feed. Others stopped milking Rev. T>r. Herridge, of Ottawa, evening's, enjoyment was conclud­ because their owners have let TAX THE WELL-TO-DO -moderator of the ' Presbyterian ed. them get the habit of putting up their shutters at the same time Editor Western Call: that the cheese' factory boarded In regard to the war tax which •4itii><"i"i"iiit"t"i' i-i"t',i"i"i"t' iiH"t l<"l"<"i' ii..i.i|i.|-i_ ^•i..s..>.i..i..s..t»i..i.^..;..|";":":":'^^' >u p its windows. However long the government is about to- put » - * •- > 4 » ihe period 6f rest may have beeji in force, I do not wish to crit­ six weeks or four months,»cows icize the course they "have taken, will "soon beT "ready for business for I know that the expense to as usual during 1915. Now tike which the country has been put point arises, can the period qf must be met, and I believe that ot Bouts work' be extended? That means the people of Canada will accept 4 careful preparation in a variety the same in the right spirit. But , I I " of ways. ' (' may I ask is it' fair that the tradesmen and the working men Are you going to One item may well .be noted be called upon to bear this^ bur­ by the dairyman who has not y^{ den when business is so bad, and wear tWs winter? endeavored' to shorten that rest thousands of. men have been cut period. Jt does not follow that in their salary or put on half if cow giving, 1200. lbs. of milk time, and iriany have been laid * -" or so during fyer first month wiU off indefinitely? Sir, should not MOUNTED TROOPS Of THIRD CPWTINOlWT give as much,'during the whole the men who are holding high po- season as the cow that gives only sisions bear some of the burden? mm Why 800 lbs. the first month. The first What about our premiers, cab- ' 4 one may be dry in a little over, seven months and then settle inet Ministers, members of parlia­ down to extended repose, while ment, tjne mayors ofs pur. cities, AgHlNPTPNtft-Pt the second cow will be producing md our city solicitors; yes, and ^SHW-jJJ-IL- /:\i • -*?y&< T i teckfc's, of Course fo rten months, enabling her own*, £ might mention the ministers of er to take > advantage of goodsom e of our city churches, and zMt*.r- c i J u. > .•;. ~ --'- And I am going to see that my wife buys them prices in'fall and winter. Ob­ many others wbo are drawing lor THE BOYS too. They are the best to from $2,500 up to $10,000 a year. THE HOUSE Of AMERICAN IDEALS viously, therefore, correct judg­ Ape they willing to.show their wear and are made in Vancouver. ment' as to a' oow's production is to- pe based on a knowledge,, loyalty, and_ patriotism^ by _ lead­ #OTEi.P0W.HATAN **»*S,^'t»**<4>1"'l,,I' 't* 't*^* 'S*^' *!' 't1'?''?''?' 'I' 'I' 'S*^1 'I* 'I"!"!' '8*«!'»!' »t* '1' '{"I* '1' 't* 't* *!' 'I' 'I' 't* >i_^"?' 't' *t' 'I' 't' 'X' '1' 'I' 'I' 'T' 'I' 4* ing the way,_and take a reduc­ of thetotel weight for the season, tion in salary and by-so doing " IS 9V! not for the best month or two f* only, for that period of rest is a help a litt'e ? NEW. JWPHOOF. EUBOPPAN. very vajriable factor. One Who Would Like to Know. IttSTrW. PWIam JKASOIUftU. Keeping track of the weight Rooms witli 4^NM Nft, f 1.50 \m*Um PJione Seymour 8l7t given by each cow is simplified ftQ DECLARATIONS NUEDBD by using the forms supplied free Mr. Andrew-Stewart,1 liquidator flOOlJlf wftfc yrinft MA, k}2.Q0f*t*Um by the government. Write- to for the Dominion Trust Company, the daily, commissioner, Ottawa, has announced that depositors STOREY & CAMPBEU- for samples bf the record forms need not file statutory declara­ BooUtt flc Map es rt*n»»t. •; 518-520 BEATTY ST. VANCOUVER, &.C. for three days per month, and tions with him ' to establish the those for daily weights. It will' validity of their claims. All they 0. OWEN be still better to take samples as have to do is to send in their Manager MANUFACTUKERS OF well as to learn by the test how pa^s books to be compared with much fat each cow gives. J the records in the company's . i tight and Heavy harness, Mexican ———*——^•^m ——— books and when the depositors Saddles, Closed Uppers, t*eggins, etc. EFFECT 07 MEADOW WEEDS sign the slip presented to them, accepting the statement of the A large stock ot Trunks and Valises always j; Weeds, growing in -hay crops balance as being correct, this is accepted by the liquidator as a . on hand. may actually increase the ton­ nage., of cured hay. But if. .far­ claim by the depositor for that BUGGIES, WAQONS, Etc. mers had .pqrts; of plants of 'amount. ' This arrangement has Hfrprmseed; mustard, false flax, been made to lessen the expense' . Leather or all kinds. ' Horse Clothing. 'shepherd's purse, mayweed, etc., necessary to the depositors. finely ground and mixed with ,» —-.—^————.—-^-^- Use fuel OH their porridge they would better We are the largest manufacturers and ; v Regular Service on P. O. E. importers of Leather Goods in B. C. appreciate why dairy cows or Starting next Monday the P. horses toss • weedy hay out ofG . E. Railway will put into effect WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. their mangers. Some inconsider­ a regular mixed passenger and and Save Money ate farmers chop weedy hay in a freight service on the completed ••»•»••••,••»•»,•.»••••••••,»i»; cutting box,^ thus preventing sections of its road to Lillooet, If you are interested in reducing your Fuel Bill, their stock form picking it over 120 miles , north of Squamish, see us. We are saving money for others, and can and avoiding the weeds. They, Trains will be operated each way do the same for you. do not seem to realize that mtfny three times a week, connections We supply and install Ftiel Oil Plants of all .•>•»•*•>•<•>•>•>•>•>•>••»•••••••>•*•>•••••»•»•»•»•»• such weeds are unwholesome or being made both northbound and even poisonous, and that when descriptions. We do not advocate a cheap plant, FLOUR IS CHEAP southbound with the boat from but we can satisfy you when results are considered. forced to eat them animals fail Vancouver. 98 lb. Sack for $3.50 to make gains, or yield a small We have a large number of plants now in opera­ No. 1, the northbound train, tion in hotels, - offico buildings, apartment houses, quantity of badly-flavored milk will leave Squamish at 1 o'clock WE GUARANTEE THIS TO BE NO. 1 BREAD FLOUR. and become generally unthrifty. schools and colleges. Only a Few Sacks Left. Order at Once. in the afternoon on Mondays, If forced to eat such feed they Wednesdays and Fridays, and We have just received a carload of Shuswap Timothy will consume only sufficient for Hay. This hay is fxesh and green and equal to Idaho. No. 2 southbound, will leave on their existence. The most eco­ Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Our Poultry Supplies are a revelation. We welcome your nomical gains are obtained from afternoons at, 2.15 o'clock. The enquiries. feeds which are not only highly Fuel Oil Equipment Company boat from Vancouver leaves at LIMITED nutritious from a chemical point 9.15 o'clock in the mornings and 1 - Fm T. Vernon of view, but are also relished by * 713 Pacific Bldg. Phone Sey. 3727 Vancouver, B. C. J tints Ftlrant S7WM X 255 Inaiwaj Eut > returns at 6 o'clock in the even- »••*•••••••••••••»•»••••••••••»»••••••••»•*•*•••••»•» the stock. *••••• •'•-''• ..;...... -..-X. "v •.... i ni i-1 * it :ii 11 HIM i**4********.n I** ***** inmn 111