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kept down by the coyotes and the mated sphere that do not believe in i multiplicity of hawks and owls. The evolution, but surely we evolve from ' latter lived in the deep prairie grass one thing to another with surprising THE TOWN OF CARDSTON: in hundreds. The land was cleared alertness, and little did the denizen FOUNDING OF THE MORMON put and was doing nothing but grow­ of this district of 30 years ago imagine ing grass and waiting for develop­ that in the year 1918 he would be ment. Most of the living creatures playing golf on the Blood Reserve. were gone. Even the vegetation had on the confines of Cardston, and INTERESTING RETROSPECT changed in later years, for some might be using the same cute little CHDRCH IN ALBERTA flowers that were not numerous un­ cuss words towards his little golf ball der "old-time" conditions seem to be that he had been in the habit of ad­ dressing to his cayuse, when it The story of the rise of Cardston is sites and lots marked out to accom­ better enabled to stand the ravages dumped him on his head on the Seldom does the average person, arrived and on June 3, 1887, the main of " civilization," and others not so but a scrap in the history of the uni­ modate many of the most congested prairie, or when it accidentally put its gliding along by rail or motor car body of settlers, about eight families, areas of overcrowded Europe, but the well adapted, and many of them very foot in a hole and rolled over on him. from Lethbridge to Cardston, think encamped on Lees creek, where Card­ verse, yet it forms a very important I beautiful, have disappeared all to- ston now stands. scrap in the lives of those who have people were over there and not here It's the same prairie, though put to of the struggles and not a few hard­ | gether. The old-timer misses the different uses, and its size is almost The period of settlement, 1887 to taken part and may mean a vast deal and "real estate," except in the places I wealth of beauty in the spring flow- ships made and endured by those who that were really meant to grow, went unlimited. Golf in the days when 1897, covers a time of slow but steady more to generations that are coming. I ers that he used to enjoy. The Cardston was born had not yet left pioneer in any new country. Those progress. Cardston grew from a tent­ After perusing a recently written back to its original prairie. We know i march of man in a new country has a who have ed village to a thriving farm centre, now far better what the country is Scotland, and if it had would have Passed through such ex­ be-ok which speculates upon the prob­ ' devastating influence until later he periences realize what it has cost to from which other settlements began fitted for and we are aware of the been impossible to play on the pres­ able age of the world and gives min­ supplants an artificial beauty in make these extensive farms and com­ to start. fact that if we develop the country place of the original that nature her­ ent course as the bunch grass was ute calculations by many very scien­ fortable homes now taken as a matter To the west, some eight miles, the the towns will grow of themselves. self manufactured and took care of. too heavy and vegetation too rank till of course. family of Thos. R. Leavitt settled, tific men, we are left in doubt as to forming the village of that name. His whether certain periods of this was the first log house erected in the globe's growth occupied 20,000,000 village. years or fr^pi four hundred to five, South the village of Aetna had its hundred million years. Thus when beginning with the settlement of Mr. we are asked to write of "Old Times" Richard Pclling and family along the we wonder whether we have cheek St. Mary's river and Snake creek, where they were joined by Mr. Ge«. enough to call anyone an "Old-Timer" M. Hudson, Neils Hansen and others. in a region that may be so old that it To the southwest (17 miles) Moun­ is impossible to compute its age. tain View was the cattle ranches Suffice it, however, to say that village where another prosperous cen­ Cardston is very young, just 33 years tre began to thrive. Lumbering in •Id, for it was at the end of October, the nearby foothills also claimed at­ 1885, that the first homestead was tention at this point. taken up, just three-quarters of a Not until the year 18"8 did the col­ mile above where the town now onies begin to develop. This came stands, the pre-emption to this home­ about through the inauguration of the stead being now a part of the town. irrigation enterprise of the old A. R. So oUr remarks will apply between & I. company. This was undertaken the end of the little war of 1885 and largely through the initiative of Mr. the end of the "Big War" of 1914 to C. A. Magrath, who with President C. 1918. Even though this period is but V. Card, head of the Mormon colonies a scrap in t»be eternity of time, it is in Alberta, concluded an arrangement very important to us and it is very whereby the so-called Mormon remarkable that a piece of ground church undertook the construction of that may have been hundreds of mil­ the St. Mary's canal to connect par­ lions of years in construction, should tially by natural waterways with the have been left so long idle and sud­ City of Lethbridge and country east. denly taken up by the hand of man. Soem $45,000 worth of work was through the accidental wanderings of agreed to be performed on this pro­ fc ifa prisoners who plumped down ject by the church, for which cash onTjee's Creek and made a start to and land were to be given as pay­ mould the material left by the hand ment. of time to the uses and the benefit of With the undertaking of this work man in general, for when we grow a many settlers from Utah and Id.ihe crop and sell it, now-a-days, it is hard came into the country and villages to figure who will eventually eat it. were started at Stirling and Magrath As we sit dreaming of the older Temple of Latter Day Saints, at Cardston Southern Alberta in fending parties, all in silence and the teachings of the Saints or so- stacles, the construction work agree.! History repeats itself, for were we had, a great natural producing coun­ called "Mormons," he believed and upon by the church Was completed aot told when we came here, that the last 35 years and have now without fuss. The offending parties try and yet it has been kept back by emerged into the brick and stone age accepted them. Whether his previous through the faith and diligence of its nothing would grow but prairie grass, doubting "Thomases," home grown were then hoisted up to the limbs of people here. with our huge granite temple on an dried cotton wood trees and were to connections had any influence upon and nothing could exist but animals , Thomases at that. this decision or not, as to colonizing that could live on prairie grass, ber­ eminence and residences being built be seen conspicuously adorning the About 1901 the town of Raymond In 1906 it was debated in Alberta of brick and stone. landscape in the morning. in Canada, it is difficult to say, but was started. This thriving town grew ries and native vegetables. Wonder- today there are thousands of loyal Sully scientific were some of the newspapers, in all seriousness (i.e., 12 We might say that the lawn mower, The old-timer was brought up on the rapidly during the time of the erec­ citizens who bless the day that Presi­ tion of the sugar factory. The labot early Canadian officials in their en­ years ago) as to whether the harvest an innocent looking little instrument law of Moses, and when he went to dent Card was sent to locate a p|Q- deavors to keep this as a private in Southern Alberta, south of the C. in itself, marks quite an epoch in the Sunday school he learned the ten difficulties hampered the sugar in­ country for cattle grazers with a J P. R. main line, would yield 15,000 advent of civilization, for it shows commandments, one of which con­ | pie in so goodlv a land. This advice dustry. This scarcity developed "pull." It never seemed to occur to bushels of wheat or 150,000. The lat­ the bent of the mind of the possessor, tained only four words, "Thou shalt was given in the late summer of 188(> through the removal of llianj, of the most that the grain we eat is a grass . ter figure proved to be the nearer. viz., that he intends to stay "put" not steal." The old-timer had no and no time was lost in carrying into Raymond people to the homestead and that both grain and grass grow Two or three years later wc counted long enough to burnish up his quar­ doubts about what the four words effect the word of President of the country at Taber and Gr.issy l.ake M^eds and so go on from generation to 19 elevators in the 66 miles of railway ters and keep the front yard in order, meant, so these four words were suf­ church. districts east and to the Claresholm ^generation, and where one will grow between Cardston and Lethbridge, all instead of throwing his dish of slops ficient as a guide to his daily conduct From Spokane Mr. Card and two and Stavely and Champion district! and make seeds, the other will most handling more grain than was sup­ out of the front door to grow a fine and a basis upon which to treat his associates went northward up the to the northwest. probably do likewise, for it's only a posed to be in all Southern Alberta crop of greens (pig weed), easily, for neighbors' belongings. There is more Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, The further developments made by question of acclimatising varieties. three years previously. Even now summer use. When he invests in a circumlocution about advanced civil­ until Kamloops was reached in the the Morman church and people in "The fool that picks the locks that we are only in our infancy, for it has lawn mover he usually has started ization and it's much more intricate fall of that year. It was a beautiful more recent times are marked by holds the doors" thought otherwise, been computed that wtih the best of growing beans, cauliflower, celery, and not nearly so easy to compre­ country, but the valleys were small three important steps—the purchase so started in to experiment, and soon farming methods, and with all our peas and onions or tomatoes, the hend. We have advanced civilization and did not appeal to these experi­ of the Cochrane Ranch company's butter and cheese were being made in available wheat land under cultiva­ chickens are perhaps cooped up for now and it keeps us guessing to fit enced pioneers as affording facilities lands in 190o, the erection of the Cardston, and the cheese, by expert tion, we might produce in the coun­ the summer and the big put in the into its folds, after our earlier ex­ for good sized colonies. The old hun­ Knight academy in 19L' and the be­ dairymen in other parts, was said to try contributory to Cardston alone as corral, a picket fence replaces barbed periences and education in a simpler ters and prospectors told them of the ginning of the Cardston temple in rank with the best "Stilton," and this much as 8,000,000 bushels of wheat, wire and this same picket fence is philosophy. Buffalo Plains on the eastern slopes 1913. was in 1888, just three pears after the of the Rockies and they took the and produce a heap of butter, beef, later even painted. When that stage The negotiations for the purchase "little war" had ended, when all had mutton, wool and other farming ma­ has arrived the country is getting on. Early justice was simple and inex­ train to Calgary, Alta. From this been chaos and it was universally be­ pensive. Today we have a large stone point they outfitted for a trip south­ of 67,500 acres of choice lands held by terials, when we got down to more We may be said now to be running the late Senator Cochrane and hi^ lieved that "nothing" would grow intensive methods and take more swiftly into the advanced stage of courthouse in Cardston with several ward toward Montana. here. About the same time wheat cells in the basement; the intermedi­ sons were effected through Mr. E. J. pains and eliminate waste. civilization, for the Red Indian, who. It was a beautiful country—the Wood, the present leader of the Lat­ was planted and flour ground and Thirty-three years ago, as we drift­ 35 years ago, refused to use the white ate stages were the iron cages in the bread was made of Albert;, wheat, North-West Mounted Police quarters stockman's paradise and one he did ter Day Saints. The offer of the lands ed out of the Cardston bottom land man's plow and the white man's wag­ not desire to part with either. The was made in February and definitely and "a road was chopped to tomor­ onto the level bench above, starting gon and dumped them off high cliffs, which were placed in the living room, row from the land of yesterday." so that the prisoner was always un­ big cattle companies held everything closed by the church authorities in off to Macleod or Lethbridge was in when issued by the Indian agent, for under lease and settlers who expected April, 1906. This purchase afforded a many ways like looking out over the der surveillance and lived in the same Then eighteen years elapsed before the pleasure of seeing them smash to room with his captors, was fed and to farm were invited to move on. large tract of excellent farm lands for the first elevator was built in Cards- ocean, except that there was fewer pieces on the rocks below, very soon What is now the Claresholm country, settlement and some 31,000 acres have sails in sight; and we usually see more kept warm and lived in company with ton, in 1906, and Canada woke up, rub­ after travelled to town with his the jailers, only that he had to remain along Willow creek, appealed strongly been sold and largely brought uinL i bed its eyes and discovered that the ships in mid-ocean than we used to squaw beside him in a modern demo­ to these far-seeing pioneers, but the cultivation by the Mormon people oi see prairie schooners on the prairie in the iron cage, which was a room best "hard wheat" country in the crat, and now is hard to restrain in within a room and quite aesthetic as big cattle interests had it in their the two villages, Glenwood and Hill world was lying dormant in large when we first came and the ocean his violent penchant for buying auto­ grip and did not want any settlers Spring. Very fine homes have been was less lonesome. A grub wagon to comfort and surroundings. It was quantities right within her borders. mobiles. "His transit gloria mundi." really a better stage than the first, upon it. Everywhere it was the same erected in Glenwood by the farmer-, Able financiers, who had never seen left here to go to Medicine Hat in The Indian has kept pace with the until they halted on Lees creek, where located there as all have had more or the fall of '85 to load up rations for viz., hanging to a cotton wood tree by the country and who lived three march and has drifted through the a piece of rope that did not cost the soil, water and proximity to tim­ less capital for starting. A com­ thousand miles away, then ordained winter. On the return of said team, phases along wtih the white man, for ber again arrested their attention and modious meeting house or church has loaded, the driver was asked as to his much, and it beat the last which is they went to Lethbridge land office that everybody was to grow wheat or his sons have worn the khaki in the reposing in a stone cell all alone over- ! been fineshed at Glenwood and at Hill they could not have any money; not trip and what did he see. The answer war and the puttees and all the frills, to nd if thi s dis r ct was en for Spring a new church is in course of "Saw nothing on the road (distance night, and during the day, without' v , ^ i ?P , erection to cost some $13,000. About having seen the country it did not oc­ and have many of them a better any neighbors to talk to. The first | settlement. It had been under leas* 170 miles) except one Jack Rabbit and ! the werc M 1,000 people are located in and around cur to them that every acre was not knowledge of the war and what took stage was the most inexpensive as y \ > ^ the easy provi- s,olls as to ee s and these two centres, and what they now wheat growing land and much would he was lost." Those who live here place in Flanders than many of us the rope could be used again and the , * . stocking had not )ee need is a railroad. The lands lying have to be left and profitted by as now, and who did not know the coun­ who spent our youth in those self­ cottonwood tree cost nothing; but « complied with and they could pasture and hay land. Later another try as it was then, can try and pic­ same countries, but have not seen them ,ocate upon iL south are still held for ranching pur­ the end was very final and admitted poses by the church, but will be opt illusion struck the very conservative ture the difference. The buffalo, lately. The metamorphosis is spec- of no argument and the sentence was J Through Montana to Helena they minds of the financiers and they per­ that had blackened these plains, were tacualr as we sit dreamily looking ed for settlement as they may be re­ the same length of term for all, there • made their way and arriving in Utah, quired, though not so well adapted ceived that "mixed" farming would gone or were represented by bleach­ into the smoke of a camp fire and being no modifications. It went with , President Card at once reported to be the most unmixed blessing. So ing bones. The wolves that followed run back over the few years that are 4 for farming as the country fartlu-r the timos. "Yes" was "yes," and "no" President Taylor, who authorized the away from the mountains. money was allowed to be used to sup­ the killing of the buffalo and were gone by, which affords us a moving was "no." I taking of a colony to Alberta the fol- port a greater diversity of interests, poisoned for theit hides, had also picture of a country in the making First of July celebrations and large I lowing spring. Parties were inter- Education has always been a vital hence our more uniform and later gone. The badgers that had per­ from A to Z that could never be re­ gatherings in the 80's had to take viewed by Mr. Card and some forty prosperity. meated the prairie with interminable point with the Church of Jesus Christ produced by the best movie, thus the place in the open under the trees for families were listed and promised to of Latter Day Saints, and to this end holes also partook of some of the old-timer for diversion needs little the buildings were mostly log shacks ' l>e ready for the spring exodus. On In between we had the 'real es­ wolf poison and they were gone, too, A rl1 1887 onl a few hacl the hardl vast sums have been expended for the tate" boom, when fabulous prices but to turn on the tap and let his and the largest room would only ac- P »• . y " leaving the holes an ever-lasting momory run, i.e., if gifted with hood to 111ake the start about erecting of two universities at Sail were asked for town lots in burgs commodate a few. So the orators for . twelve Lake City and Provo, one college at menace to the range rider. Gophers imagination. the day had to get up on a^ stump or families being ready. that had no population to put on the were here in small number, evidently Logan, all in Utah, besides high lots, and when we had enough town- There are many people in this ani- [ i (Continued on Page Two) In May some three or four families (Continued on Page Three) PAGE TWO THE LETHBRIDGE TELEGRM—CARDSTON SECTION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918

sides dairy produce a great many thousands of beef cattle are shipped TOWN OF CARDSTON; INTERESTING RETROSPECT out tvery year and sheep are on the increase. This is not an arid district (Continued from Page One) and none of the land is irrigated, and though a considerable portion of the other convenient elevation and then as year rolls on are becoming better land is under plow, yielding fine crops M. A. COOMBS, pour out their orations to the people and better, in fact, the district is of wheat, oats, barley, potatoes, etc., and the wide prairie. Later schools rapidly shaping into a well organized, a good deal of land is also retained came into being,, then meeting houses thickly settled and prosperous lo­ for hay and pasture as the district is and larger abodes, till we finally cality. The preliminary rough work heavily stocked with cattle, sheep and HARNESS, SADDLERY, HARDWARE wound up with a $60,000 school in the is over and the multiplicity of autos horses. The main industry is farm­ centre of which is a large gymnasium, makes intercourse between neighbors ing, though thereis considerable local which is also fitted with a stage and easy and free. All parts of the dis­ coal being opened up and one large Gloves, Mitts, Robes, Blankets, Trunks, Etc. galleries and will seat many hundred. trict are easy of access by a motor boring apparatus is still prospecting The floor is also spacious and accom­ car, and where it used to take all day for oil. Copper shows up well in sev­ modates many dancing couples when to reach the remoter parts, the auto eral places in the mountains near-by the band strikes up. Electric light will do the trip in an hour or two. bun .., oniy awaiting capital lfor de­ When one hears the expression "They are Branch­ in 1907 replaced the old methods of The Glacier Park on the American velopment. The yields of small grain light and the river was tapped for side of the line, only 25 miles from per acre are perhaps one of the most ing out,*' 'tis usually an indication of Bigger Business, an inexhaustible supply of water Cardston, and the Waterton Lakes noticeable features of the district, for due to Business Honesty or Courteous Treatment. With which runs all over town. also in the Rockies on our side, are crops of winter wheat as high as 63 Thus do we keep building on and two of the finest public pleasure bushels per acre, on large tracts, have this store 'tis both. So in addition to the above we are 0 grounds in the whole world. When,! been grown, weighing 07 lbs. to the up replacing one thing by a better. bushel. Oats have run as high as 115 carrying enlarging accommodations as the the week's work is over in store or bushels per acre under ordinary cul- smaller become too small and ineffi- office the tired worker can be in the HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES, STOVES, RANGES, OILS, • "™. , GASOLINE and AUTO ACCESSORIES.

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Farming in the Great West. cient. Whereas Cardston in the fall Rockies in two hours, enjoying all the tivation and have weighed by the •f 1886 had for a population two men,-1 comforts of life and feasting his eyes measured bushel as high as SlY lbs. IN THE BACK-YARD ? two horses and one dog, she now has | on the most magnificent of scenery per bushel. a population of about 1,600 in the I and enjoying a cool Sabbath rest in Cardston won the trophy for the town, and in the district tributary, prospect for the next week's work. best district exhibit of agricultural 'Tis about as safe there, tho, which may roughly be said to consist Cardston is the jumping-off place products at the International Dry of about 700,000 acres, the land is on the C. P. R. for the lakes, and as Farming Congress three times and as investing it in clothing much of it cultivated, all may be said the business houses in Cardston are also the trophy for best individual CERTAINLY NOT! to be under fence and controlled by many and varied anything required farmers' exhibit three times, and for made by obscure, unknown some one. There are a few acres of by the resident and traveller, in rea­ four years in succession annexed the manufacturers. The firms we represent pay dividends in wear and in satisfac­ school lands still under the Dominion son, can be supplied on the ground. trophy for the best exhibit of grasses government, but nearly all the rail­ Cardston has developed rapidly as a and cultivated fodder crops, besides tion. road lands have been sold to private dairy district and two large creamer­ many smaller prizes for vegetables, parties, what are not sold are the ies have been erected in the town in threshed grain, etc., and then retired very poorest. Schools are scattered 1918 to replace the first one that on her laurels. Hence land has in SHOES—HARH'S FOR MEN; BELL A ND AM. BEAUTY FOR WOMEN. all through the district and the roads burned down in December, 1917. Be- the district been much sought after and has steadily risen in price. Mort­ UNDERWEAR—DR. JAEGER'S AND STANFIELD'S. gages have been extensively paid off

•_>^IH1IIMMU_.11.l:I1IMI1C-ltllMfIllflir_l.MIUJllllC_tIiIllJ FMii:_111IMllIlllC:-IM.MMfll.C]MlllTlil1fi__llininil.IC_lllllHllllIC_IIIIMlMirrC_MU(IIJtlMC_l(t = and very little fresh borrowing is taking place, and those desirous of SHIRTS AND COLLARS—W., G. & R. lending money on farm lands are hav­ ing to find their customers elsewhere. CLOTHING—C0PPLEY, NOYES & RANDALL. Red Cross work has been actively carried on in Cardston ever since the war started and a'Red Cross society HATS AND CAPS-STETSON AND EASTERN BRANDS. was organized in Cardston on August E. N. BARKER 19th, 1914. One of the distinguished features of this organization has been T. W. DUCE L. R. DUCE the large amount of good needle CARDSTON work done by the women of the dis­ trict, which consisted not so much in REAL ESTATE, LOANS, small things as wipes and handker­ chiefs, but in larger articles such as •.iiuiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiHiiinHiiiUHiiiuiumiiiiiitM dressing gowns, shirts, nurse aprons, surgeon's garments, etc. A large num­ INSURANCE ber of socks have been knitted both by the older ladies and the school children. This work will still go on The loving attention to the sick, the long night's vigil, fraught with hope for we have to do Red Cross work for and despair, and the last sad rites to the departed make these times of sad Justice of the Peace some years to come, and it is doubtful if this splendid organization will be memories: But the business of life must continue. This firm's name is a allowed to drop. As soon as the work for the sick and wounded lessens guarantee of honest dealing and courteous treatment there should be national work that the society could take up and keep on Cardston Alberta. its good work permanently. At Cardston is the end of a branch line and is surrounded by settlements and villages north, south, east and $M..!iiHiiimonMMiiomfln_tcn_nsre^^ west, the Cardston Branch of the Red W. H. STEED & CO., LTD. Cross society has to acknowledge «iiiiiiiiiiiii[iiiimiiiiiit.iiiiiiim_.ifflimuitnwM^^^ very material and valuable assistance from all of them, viz., Glenwoodville, Hill Spring, Mountainview, Seddon, Boundary Creek, Beazer, Harrisville, We Handle Almost Everything You Need Ye Olde Shoe Shape Est, 1893 Aetna, Kimball, Taylorville, Owen- dale, Woolford and Raley. GROCERIES HARDWARE F. W. ATKINS & CO. SWISS TRAVELLER THRILLS OVER COAST SCENERY AND DRY GOODS GLASSWARE CLIMATE. Gents' Outfitters. -:- Dry Goods. MEN'S WEAR, Etc CROCKERY, Etc. On that beautifulu boat trip from Victoria to Vancouver, B.C., a Swiss Solid Leather Boots & Shoes. traveller enraptured over the views he was abtaining remarked, "I have travelled pretty much over the world Before sending that order to the mail order house, and throughout my country—and no CARDSTON ALBERTA one who has been in Switzerland will | give us the chance to quote prices. dispute the beauty of the Alps—but for sheer mignificence, for nature run .V^M.Hr.mr^. iiiiiiir__im_nii_iii__n_inii_ninnmiim TrwninniM—— riot in chaotic splendor, I have never m Quality and Prices taken into consideration we can beat witnessed anything so inspiring as this, nor set in such a genial climate." | any mail order house. As winter vacation resorts offering every manner of outdoor and indoor recreation, few if any citie.s on this i CARDSTON ALBERTA continent can equal Vancouver or Victoria. Delightful bungalows may be rented £M(.miinumuTiMiUHiic.iMutuuiaifttnuim.mum^ reasonably, or accommodation may be CAEDSTON CREAMERY ASSOCIATION Ltd. had either in the Hotel Vancouver of <«.iimmiiiniinmjMra.iflmHnii-_iflnmHM that city, or the Empress Hotel at

_ — ___ ES Victoria, two of the largest, finest and The Largest Farmers' Co-Operative Creamery in the Province. best appointed hostelries either in Canada or the United States. LOCATED ON RAILWAY, SOUTH OF MILL i Thrilling scenery and comfortable ROF- travel through the Canadian Rockies is afforded by the trip over the main line of the Canadian Pacific railway, 1 FORD CARS FORDSON TRACTORS 1wit h stop-over privileges at Banff. FINEST CREAMERY BUTTER Two first-class trains operate daily on this system with a service and equipment par excellence. Consult ] I. H. C. FARM MACHINERY any Canadian Pacific representative, who will be glad to tell you all about Distributors for the Cardston U.F.A. Handling Preserving Fruits, AND ALL THE TRIMMINGS AND PARTS THAT it. GO WITH 'EM "Much bothered with tramps out Posts, Salt, Cans, Cheese, Etc. SEE your way?" "I was until I tacked up a sign on my gate." "Ahl 'Beware of the dog,' I sup­ pose." PHONE V© Central Garage & Machine Co. Ltd. I "Oh, no, simply 'Farm help wanted." FULL LINE OF TIRES, OILS, REPAIRS, ETC j The Suffragist—Tell me, my good man, would you go to jail for a prin­ COURTEOUS AND PROMPT SERVICE 1 ciple? PUBLIC COLD STORAGE.—The only one in the South. The Hobo—I once tried it, lady, but CARDSTON Phone 451 ..ALBERTA de experiment was unsuccessful De »_pmmium..MW-iimi HIM—II imwwtutiOMUMHWKMmasciMitmmioi MM* jailer made me work. ^:_a..-=.' THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918 THE LETHBRIDGE TELEGRM-CARDSTON SECTION PAGE THREE sisted often by their own ward people with various amounts. However, this FOUNDING OF THE MORMON CHURCH IN ALBERTA missionary work means sacrifice and (Continued from Page Two) service and among the Latter Day Saints every man should be a minister THERE IS ONLY ONE CROP OF LAND for Christ and there are no paid schools or academies at some thirty high council numbering twelve with preachers. Every member, male or odd points in the Western States and six alternates formnig the highest female, is subject to tlu call of the HARVEST IT Mexico. It was in keeping with this court of the church in »nj given stake church to preach the gospel at home policy that the church authorities es­ to whom matters may be appealed _._,_____-,.__•__——_—•._»__—__— and abroad. Missions with many tablished at Raymond the Knight from the bishops court of three. various sized congregations are now academy, costing $45,000, for the bene­ Home missionaries are appointed by established in Australia, Great Brit­ Cardston Investment Co. Ltd. fit of its Canadian members. This in­ the stake authorities to visit the ain, Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga. stitution was opened in 1912, and has wards two Sundays a month and all Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and been a great factor in the educational missionaries who go abroad are ap­ For Town Property development of the young people as Scandinavia, and before the war, in pointed by the high council and stake the Netherlands, Switzerland and well as proving a great asset to the presidency, at the suggestion of the town of Raymond, which gives prom­ Germany. Seven regular missions are bishopric and subject to the approval maintained in the United States at CARD & WILLIAMS ise of becoming a great educational of the president of the church. The centre as the Provincial Government Stakes of Zion are directly under the convenient points from which the la­ For Farms and Ranches will doubtless establish a demonstra­ authority and supervision of the first bors of the elders of the church are tion farm and school for the south at presidency (three) and twelve apos­ directed by mission presidents. Prior See us for C. & E. Lands, Hudson's REPRESENTING: that point. tles of the church, the members of to 1814 about 2,000 missionaries were continually in the field and some 15,- To the Latter Day Saints there are which latter body spend their whole Associated Mortgage Invest. Corp. time in travelling throughout the 000 men of the church in the United Bay Co.'s Lands, Best Farms few themes or principles which ap­ States have been engaged in the vari­ Canada Life Assurance Company peal more strongly to them than do stakes and mission fields, regulating and directing the work of the church. ous war services of that country up to those touching their temples and the October last. The Canadian Mormons Excelsior Life Insurance Company work performed therein. So when In the missionary labors of the and Ranches, Improved church, the elders and quorums of have also endeavored to do their bit Dominion of Canada Investment & the church decided in April, 1913, to in this country in helping this war to build a temple at Cardston, the joy seventy are especially active. These are called for six months, two years, gain for all men the right of religious or Wild Lands. Debenture Company of the people here in Canada could as well as political freedom. not be expressed in words. Action or longer, to go abroad and preach was taken on July 27, 1913, by the the gospel in all the world. They re­ No other people can better appre­ president of the church dedicating ceive no money remuneration and ciate the boon of religious liberty SEE US ABOUT FARM LOANS AND ALL INSURANCE BUSINESS the ground at the special conference buy their own literature for distri­ than can the Latter Day Saints, for held in Cardston for the express pur­ bution. The church pays their trans­ being established as a church in New Phone 92 or 161, or Write Box 168 pose of starting this temple. The portation home only, but they are as­ (Continued on Page Four) breaking of the ground was also begun on that date by striking several CARDSTON - ALBERTA furrows to mark the commencement of excavation for the foundation. £)llllllllllllt.lllllllll!ll.. IIIIIIIC)ll||IIIIIIM[.IIIUMIIIIIt.Mlltllli:i|[.lllllllllllinilllllllllH[.IIIIIIUlill(lllllllllllllt.llllllllllllC]IIIIIIIIIIIOH? *«^, •—»••••••-•——_——.-«» • ^^&W'^.^-^'M»»^lM"<.'>^ gg-gpsgraiCjMswrray^^ The work has proceeded steadily *immitmoiii!iiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiimtiiiiiiiiHiii(:n since that time, painting and decor­ ating and tile laying for the mosaic floors being now in progress. Some idea of the exterior of the building I P.O. BOX 172 Res. Phone 187 Bus, Phone 25 | may be gained from the accompany­ ing cut, but its real beauty can only be appreciated by inspection. The work as to its fineness of finish and artistic merit has never been ap­ proached in previous edifices erected D by the church for this purpose. H. D. FOLSOM To many people nothing sounds big = but dollars and to such it may be said CONTRACTOR that about $425,000 have been expend­ ed and the cost may reach the half million mark. So much for the mate­ Lumber Merchant rial side of the work that has been ac­ complished by the Mormons in Al­ and BUILDER berta. They now number between I | 8,00 and 9,000 people, who are divided into two complete church districts, SASH, DOOR, MOULDINGS, FLOORING, FINISHING, CEILING, called the Alberta and the Taylor We have built hundreds of homes for sat­ stakes. And what about the Mormon faith, isfied owners throughout Southern Alberta during do you ask? Well that is a theme SIDING, CEDAR POSTS, BUILDERS' HARDWARE, LIME, that most of us like to dwell upon as the past ten years. I it is the basis of all our doings—tem­ poral and spiritual. Many people If you are considering building, we will gladly BUILDING PAPER, GLASS, BARBED AND HAY WIRE, have very crude ideas as to what our belief comprises. It is not our pur­ refer you to any of these, and we will also take pose in any wise to thrust upon others our system of faith, but it is a very pleasure in furnishing you with plans and speci­ ESTIMATES GIVES ON ALL CLASSES OF BUILDINGS. important duty laid upon us to give every living soul an opportunity to fications at a nominal cost and estimates free. hear the truth as we believe it, and to receive or reject it as each may elect. We invite inspection of our modern bunga­ CARDSTON To any person familiar with the lows. ALBERTA Bible—our standard is the authorized version of King James—it may be said iiiimiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiitiniiuir • IIIOIUIimi1IC.IIIIIIIIIIII..IIIIIIIIIIIIt.lllllll!!!IM that we believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ as therein taught, accepting the old as well as the new Testament as far as carrectly translated. We have SOLE AGENTS IN CARDSTON AND DISTRICT no new or startling creed but pro­ claim that the old-time faith as given FOR THE CELEBRATED FLAXLIMUM to the world by Christ and His Apos­ tles has again been restored with all WALL LINING its gifts, powers and blessings as en­ joyed by the Former Day Saints. This iiiiiiiiniiiiiHiiiiit.uiiiiiiiiiintiiiiiiiiiiit]ii belief of necessity accords a place to CHIEF MOUNTAIN CREAMERY CO., LTD. revelation in our own day as a pres­ ent and continuous, characteristic of the Church ot Christ in all ages. In this vital matter we most decidedly Phone 20 CARDSTON P.O. Box 105 CARDSTON, ALBERTA vary from other Christian people who are living witnesses of the ever onward march of progress in all in­

i . __ j - _ 1 tf 1 • dustrial and scientific matters, but who keep religion back to its records .j.iiit.iiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiit]iiiiiiiiiiiit.!iiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiitit)iiii'.iiiiiin.iiiiiiiiiiiitjinii i.]iiiiiiiiiiii..iiifiiiiiiii..iniiiiiiiMt* of ancient times and deny the power of God to further enlighten His chil­ MANUFACTURERS OF dren, so that religion may also real­ ize its mission in the great forward movement of mankind. In an article so brief on can only "OLD CHIEF" BRAND CREAMERY BUTTER & ICE touch upon a few points and it would seem necessary to here mention our organization, our financial system SNYDER & Co. and our temple building. OUR Mono: The starting point of the church and the state is the family and to the SANITARY AND - - "ALL AS GOOD AS THE BEST." Latter Day Saints this is the unit of greatest importance. Its relationships are designed to be eternal and should connect up all families of the earth HEATING ENGINEERS as will be alluded to under the para­ graph on temples. The father is the PLANT AND OFFICE—NORTH END MAIN STREET H. MACINTOSH, Manager head and holds the authority of God if worthy and his wife stands next— We will cheerfully furnish estimates on anv they preside over the family and their children form the nucleus of this patriarchel kingdom. These families work in our line, either town or countrv. when sufficient in number in any lo­ cality make up a ward and are or­ £*WHminiimiiiiiii..iiiiiiiiiiiitJiiiiiiiiiiiii.iiiiiiiim ganized with a presiding officer called a bishop, who is asisted by two coun­ cillors of his own chosing. Under these three, who are usually ordained high priests, the affairs of each com­ munity are administered, Ract family should be visited monthly by the quorum of officers called teachers, J.IBEY&CO. whose duty it is to encourage the members to remember their family «S»-titiiiiiiiiic_iiifii)jfli>icaiiitiiiiiiitc_ffiiitit«iiic_iiitf •*itifiC-ftiiiiiiiiffC-iiifltifiisiicaiifififttiiica«iiiiiiifsitC3tf rrfiitmi»«f L«9^. and secret prayers, their church at­ tendance, their tithes and offerings, and further, >to see that there is no iniquity in the church or to report to CARDSTON'S VARIETY STORE! the bishopric and serious wrong do­ ing that such may be dealt with by ALWAYS AN UP-TO-DATE STOCK IN ALL LINES OF that body of three as above set out— CAHOON HOTEL the bishopric forming the first court of the church. All members and of­ Fancy Goods, Small Wares, Crockery, Dry ficers of a ward labor under the di­ rection of the bishopric, no matter what church position may be held by Goods, Stationery, School Supplies Etc. them. Others who labor in the ward as deacons (first office in the priest­ FIRST-CLASS THROUGHOUT hood) or priests are to visit the peo­ iiiiiiit.iiiiiiiiiiioiitiiiiiuiaiiiiiiiiiuiuiiiiiinniiDiiiiiiiiniit.if ple and see that none are in want or STEAM HEATED WHITE HELP ONLY uncared for in time of sickness, need or trouble. In each ward may be Write, Phone or Call and Your Wants Will be Supplied at Once. quorums also of elders, or seventies, BEST PLACE IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA TO _ besides those of deacons (12), teach­ llllll!t.llllllllliHUIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIC.IIIIIIIIIIIia!IIIIIIIIIIIUII ers (24), priests (48). Through these SPEND SUNDAY officers at home, people living in a ward should hear the gospel, as these three quorums make up the home CASH DEMANDS COURTEOUS TREATMENT I ministry with the bishopric of three. | Groups of wards, arranged as to convenient proximity, are organized in Stakes of Zion, presided over by PHONE 133 | three high priests, called the stake CARDSTON j presidency. With these (and of like priesthood) are the members of the • •IIHIlWtJIinilllllllt.llllllllllnMIHIIIIIIIIK^ **•> lU_-UJ;tHttl!IC3HMM(IIJI'ClUIUIMMI[C_H M H.l»l i>C 3 M11J H' J11 r C 31U M H1M <'Y _ 4 M »M M t iJ»t C31 ir tl 11H111C 311i t f 11 i 1111 C_ MIM III t r U C _ 1 (M (! 11M H C ^. . IJ t J11 MC -> PAGE FOUR THE LETHBRIDGE TELEGRM—CARDSTON SECTION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918 o.iiiiiiiiiiiic.iiitiiiiiiiit)iiiHiiiiiiiniiiuiinuinti:itmimt]itiiHititiit]iiiiiiiii!iiniiiiiiuiitit:utHiiiiiii.]iiuiitiiiiin FOUNDING OF THE MORMON CHURCH IN ALBERTA «»iiiuiiitii[.iiui.iiiiiit.iiiiiiiiiiii(]iiiiiiiiiiiic.ni uu iiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiaiHiHUHiitiiiiinuiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiHiiiinioiii^ (Continued from Page Three)

York in 1830 they have braved more taining our schools. Such a*plan re­ persecution and despoliation than quires sacrifice—but "sacrifice brings The Cardston Pharmacy utile* like number of religious people forth the blessings of heaven" and in the world today. "We claim that you cannot point nut any socalled The Following Letter Is Self Explanatory privilege of worshipping Almighty "Mormons" who are impoverished or God according to the dictates of con­ who fall behind their neighbors finan­ % science, and allow all men the same cially because of obedience to this privileges, let them worship how, law. where, or what they may." This last And what are your temples for to Drugs and Stationery : quotation is an article of our faith— do, you ask? Well, they are not one of its fundamentals, and so in this houses of worship in the sense of Calgary, Alta, 11|10|18. war we sec religious freedom coming being used on the Sabbath for meet­ Photo Supplies : : : : 1 to millions of our fellow men—a grent ing purposes. These edifices arc an cause for rejoicing to all democratic o ^standing evidence that no other peoples. (. i:ristian sect possesses of divine Prescriptions a Specialty '! UK SPENCER HOTEL, Our financial plan is that observed revelation in our own day and that by Israel anciently—the law of tith­ the gospel is the same as anciently— Xmas Sundries : : : : Cardston, Alta. ing. One-tenth of our increase an­ did not Israel build temples ancient­ nually to be given to the church for ly? Yes; and few know what for. I )ear Mr. Wheeler: its upbuilding. This gives the needed save the keeping of the old law of funds for building churches, temples, sacrifice, which was superseded by ..nd maintaining our educational in­ the gospel of Our Lord. The temples Our party arrived on schedule time on our re­ stitutions. The annual .expenditure are for the gospel ordinances, the for educational purposes is now the baptisms, confirmations, marriages PHONE 3 turn trip from Cardston. largest item on the list, amounting that the world cannot understand last year to $375,000. without further, revelations. These have been given in modern times and Jt is surely due you to state that you have the It should also be noted that from so the Latter Day Saints build tem­ •:«lll..lllllllillll..!IIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIinilllllW 65 to 90 per cent of the moneys levied ples in the knowledge that God's \ cleanest, most sanitary house we have visited in are returned pr expended in the plan is eternal and unchanging and #.UIIIIIIIIII..IIIIIIIIIIIOIIII!llllll..liniHllin._M stakes from which it comes to aid the thai faith, repentence, baptism and many days. Your cafe is moderate in price and ex­ poor, and we care for all our own the laying on of hands for the recep­ and many others beside, to help in tion of the Holy Ghost must be con­ cellent in quality, quantity and service. erecting our churches and in inain- formed to by all His children at some time i.i their existence. Good luck and good health. *.iiiiiiiiiiii..imimiiii[.iiiMiiimoiiiiiiiiiiic.niiiiiiiiii.]iiiiiimi, We read of Christ preaching to the spirits in person (as told by the Apos­ Visit our Optical Room I D. S. NORTON tle Peter) while his body lay in the sepulchre, that those were disobedi­ H. E. WEYMOUTH ent in the days of Noah might hear TAI SANG & Co. the gospel and receive or reject it. For them, as for all the people of the We examine eyes by modern methods and pre­ LIMITED earth there is an opportunity and A. J. STODDARD, Prop. when they receive not the gospel in scribe glasses for the correction of defective sight. W. W. WHEELER, Mgr. this life they may hear and receive in RESTAURANT the next. Then the gospel ordinances must be performed for those dead by We also duplicate broken lenses, fill optical those living, working in the temples AND BAKERY and doing a vicarious work for them. prescriptions and do all manner of optical repairs Indeed, Christ's atonement is a vi­ carious work for all who may in­ promptly. habit this earth. So we build tem­ _ ples and carry on this work for our i Fresh Fruit and Candies | dead ancestry that they with us may receive the gospel blessings, for all W. I. FREEK, I _ the families of the earth must be joined in the work of Christ and can Cigars and Tobacco only be so helped through genealogi­ *2" jtiE_MiMtt]riiic_ijiiiiiMific_iiiiMrtiiif__ttiifiit«i}ir3ti:iiiii r III cztMti III ttitic-iiiiii Mil iic_iiiiiii i tiii_:_.i »ii jiiiiji caiiiiiif iim__ imif if nrtr:_ i>n i J. IMIIC«S^ D CARDSTON. _ = cal and temple work. This is the _ . work to occupy all believers in the" 5 Jack Barry more, the actor, was in Clarence, aged four, while engaged Groceries, thousand years of peace, known to all a group who were cracking conun­ in picking the "drumstick" of a • | Christians as the great millenium, ^1 .nc-iimi:::r?i__riiiiiiiMiii:3ifiiiii.itiii:3tiiii[iiifi]c_ii ii..iitiiTc_Titiiin..iic_iiiMi.iiiM_?fiJfiiiHrT.c_[itiTnio:r__f rriii iiif JiC-^fiiiiifffiiac_iiJiiai»iirc*_^' drums, when he asked: "Now, you Thanksgiving turkey, partly swallow­ when Christ shall reign personally fellows seem very clever at such ed one of the tendons which are so Japanese and Chinese | upon the earht as King of Kings and

WRONG IMPRESSION HARROWS ON PRICE OF WHEAT _ STOVES CARRIAGES AND WAGONS Ottawa—Statements made to the ef­ fect that the government has been I FROST & WOOD BINDERS AND RAKES negligent in not foxing the price of wheat for 1919 give an entirely er­ OLUTMAN-TAYLOR, EMERSON, STANLEY CAINCROSS & SONS roneous impression, according to an official statement. JONES TRACTORS The question of the fixing of the DEALERS IN price of the wheat crop has been be­ 5 fore the government for some time. ENGINES AND FANNING MILLS It was a question, however, which S presented unusual difficulty, involv­ Farm Machinery of all kinds. ing as it did serious considerations. I • iii„!iitii!iiiii[)iiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiitjiiiitiiiiiiii3i!!tiiiiiiii:]iiiiiiiiiiiit]iii!iiiiiiiir.inimiiinD uniiiuiiiiitiiiitiniinniiiinuimiiiiiuK^ The fixing of the prices in the Uni­ ted States complicated the situation Dodge Brothers Motor Cars. in Canada. The imminence of peace, ^••afifuitiiiiicaiiiiiiiiitucainsiiiiiHicaiiiiiiiiiiitcaniiiiiiiiiicaiiiiiiiiiiiisaiiiiiitiiiiisaiiiiiiiifiitraffuiiiniiiicai'-- miiicaiiHiiiiiiiiaiuiiiiiitiicant^ followed soon as it was by the con­ s clusion of the armistice, gave a new AND aspect to the whole question. The re­ lease of shipping opens up almost im­ CARDSTON ELECTRIC CO. mediately the ports of Australia and PHOHl 168 Argentine, where there are large BOX stocks of wheat stored, and there are un REAL ESTATE as well the crops of the world in prospect for 1919. TO THE PEOPLE OF CARDSTON DISTRICT: •>jiiiiuiiiiiitwti!iiiimt.iiiiimiiiic.miiiiiiiiicjiiiiiiiiiiii[.iiiiiuiiiiir Prices under regulation for war I have moved my store two doors south of Cardston Im­ purposes and prices in competition in WE SPECIALIZE IN FARM AND RANCH LANDS time of peace present entirely differ­ plement Company. I will be better able to supply anything in ent considerations. In the circum­ the Electrical Line and am carrying Edison Mazda Lamps, im«iiiiiinmiiiiiiiiwjiHtiHniitaiiiiiiiiiitit.iiiiitiiiii«iiiiiniiimt]iin stances, the government came to the Globes, Auto Globes, Shades, Fixtures, Chandeliers, Flat Irons conclusion that the regulation of the flow and price of wheat for immedi­ .. Toasters, Heaters, Columbia Dry Cells, Batteries, Vacuum ate purposes of Europe, if attempted at all, should be undertaken by the I Cleaner.*; etc. Cardston Alberta Allies at the peace conference. In or­ der that the interests of the middle WIRING DONE IN COUNTRY AND CITY west, being the most particularly af­ fected, should not be overlooked, are AGENTS FOR GENCO FARM LIGHTS to be appointed to proceed overseas 1 with a view to taking the matter up •Jiitmniiiiriiinmiimtinmimiii.iimHinHWWfflm^ with the prime minister and the Brit­ Patronize Your Home District ish authorities and Allies. With full knowledge of conditions and require­ Yours for a Trial ments in the middle west, they will be in a position to fully inform and ad­ CARDSTON ELECTRIC CO. vise the Alylies, through Sir Robert | TOO BUSY TO WRITE AN AD. Borden, as to the situation. S. BAXTER, Proprietor. The government expects as soon as *iiinmwiiraouiiinniimni!miiraininminnniiHniiiiuiiiiiiinmt3iiiiiniiiiiu possible to be made acquainted with I BUT OUR ADVICE IS, I the decision arrived at in Europe, and will then me in a position to let the farmers know what they may expect GET OUR PRICES! I in order that they may determine their operations for next year. What >]iiiiitiiiuiuiiiiiiiiuiic.itiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiir.iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiir may be involved is to be judged from theh fact that if the price of wheat Fleet Sheet Metal Works in open market should fall to, say $1.50 per bushel, the United States Our New Cash and Carry System Will treasury will stand to lose from half a billion to one billion dollars, and I Canada, if prices were fixed as in the Save You From United States, might easily lose $200,000,000. HOT AIR FURNACES, EAVES TR0UGHING

Old Uncle George is a typical oh' AUTO RADIATOR REPAIRS, ETC. 10 TO 30 % tine Kentucky negro and a firm h publican, but things are happeni iiiiiiiiiii.iiiiiiiiiiiiiniituitiiinaiiniiiniiiauuiiiiiniaitiiiitmiiDiioiiaimr too swiftly for him, and this is ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED. he unburdened his soul to his "ot master": "You know, Marse Jeems, I'se al ways been a Republican ever since 1 Our Way of Doing Work is the Right Way. CAHOOTS GASH STORE was born; but, believe me, from now on I'se a Democrat and a Wilson man I'se for any man that's so smart that ONE QUALITY ONLY— ONE PRICE ONLY— he can add an hour's daylight of the THE HIGHEST THE LOWEST day and can take away all the rail­ F. W. FLEET, Prop. I roads from their presidents and give CARDSTON. I E them to his son-in-law. I sho' am ^mimuiiiifliiflDpnnummowanuwnnnnHwi^^ HuiinmiitituiiidtmniiuimunnuiamiiuK. going to be a Democrats." SSSSSSs RAYMOND SECTION - LETHBRIDGE TELEGRAM

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was managing, until very recently, two, the John Deere, Massey-Harris, the ranching interests of the com­ Cockshutt, Studebaker and Emerson, pany, but "Will" returned to Utah to besides many others are represented. help his father in the ever-increasing There are three garages in town. mining business. The Ford Carage, a lar^e brick build­ Along with the Knights came the ing. 50x0(), on the corner of First Ellisons, H. S. Allen from Cardston. North and Broadway, built by Mr. Z. the O'Briens, the Kings, Chas. Mc- N. Skouson, but now owned by Green Carty and many others. & King. Charles Lafferty's garage, The Ellison Milling company, which east on .Mrst North, and the old King is today one of the thriftiest in the '• Bro.'s garage province, had its birth in Raymond, From its inception Raymond has spreading from here in every direc­ had a public school. The beginning tion. Geo. W. Green was the first, was in very small quarters, then a and is still managing the company. move to the old frame building, then The Raymond Mercantile was one later to the spacious brick building, of the first general stores in town. It centrally located and one of the larg­ is now occupying a lar-;e brick build­ est schools in the province, with ing, with plate glass windows as Dcvoe Wolf as principal. large as will be seen anywhere. Our secondary school is the Knight King Bro.'s general store occupies An Irrigated Crop in Raymond District. academy, just eighty rods west of the the Security block, which is also of centre of the town. This is a church Pioneers in Raymond District. brick and contains large show win­ school, where theology is taught to dows. all who wish to take it, but the prov­ away to Claresholm, Olds and Ver­ been here for two years. O'Brien-Nalder is the third general incial high school course is followed million, where the other agricultural Chas. McCarthy, one of the oldest store in town occupying equally as very closely. This is a large brick RAYMOND AND ITS schools are, for technical training residents of Raymond, wa.s the first commodious a building as the other building that will accommodate be­ along agricultural lines. This build­ mayor and T. J. O'Brien is the pres­ stores. Besides there are several tween 250 and 350 students. T. C. ing will be ready for the school term ent mayor. smaller stores. The one most thrifty Romney is the principal, ably sup­ in the fall of 1919. Raymond is still the progressive? PROSPEROUS DISTRICT is the Broadway, owned by C. H. ported by a representative faculty. There is a large brick building town it has always been. In athletic* Bremerton & Co. The provincial government recently equipped for theatres and a spring The hotel is very accommodative, and sports it leads all the other town* In 1901, Mr. Jesse Knight, the father thereby the future Knight Sugar & purchased the west half of the sugar floor for dancing, second to none in heated by a furnace. It is on the in the province and ranks with the •f our fellow townsman, Ray Knight, Ranching company becoming the section just east of town to build a the west. It is well heated and ven­ European plan, but has a restaurant four cities. In fact, championships- in' connection with John W. Taylor, a owners of 52,000 acres of choice land. Provincial School of Agriculture. This tilated, owned by public subscription and fruit store in connection. means a great deal to the people of have been staged here, and won else­ leader in the Mormon church, crossed The sugar factory was built and set­ but does not pay a dividend in cash where. The following implement companies Raymond and district, because every only in high ideals and the lives of these bleak prairies in search of tlers began emigrating, mostly from In 1912, Henry Holmes won the have dealers here: The I. H. C. has year some of our boys and girls go the young men and women of the dis­ ranching and grazing land. intermountain states, to and around Rumley engine given at the Interna­ trict. The stockholders are more in­ At that time two companies owned Raymond. tional Dry Farming Congress for the terested in the young, people of this and controlled all the land in this dis­ In 1902 the first shacks were built best bushel of hard wheat. Raymond' district and their amusements than in trict, namely, the Alberta Railroad & on the prairie where the town now is. has various cups and prizes won at cash dividends. There is also a brick Coal company and the North-West The following year more substantial fairs and congresses for grains, root*, moving picture house, where the best Irrigation company. Mr. Knight, be­ ones were put up and now Raymond and grasses. ing a rather visionary man, saw not has some of the finest- dwelling movie films are shown. Mr. Ray Knight has the signal the bleak prairies in the future as houses, also garages and stores in the There are three churches in town, honor of being the largest importer ttoejf were then, but fields of sugar province. two Latter Day Saints and one Pres­ in the west of Suffolk Punch horse* bc|r% and seas of waving, golden Irrigation waterv was brought to byterian. John G. Allard is bishop of for his Buck Ranch, just south of grain, with industries to handle, these town by the Irrigation company. the first ward, and John W. Evans is town. products. After traversing this Sugar beets were the principal pro­ bishop of the second. Rev. H. These are some of the leaders who whole outhern part of the province, duct for several years. Finally these Mathewson is minister of the Presby­ have helped build up the district. or rather the two N. W. Territories, sugar beet growers moved every di­ terian church. There are thousands of head of sheep, they decided to locate at this place, rection from town onto farms and Raymond boasts of a real live news­ cattle, horses and swine shipped from afterwards called Raymond, providing ranches, where today thousands of paper and has had from the birth of here every year. an agreement could be reached be­ head of cattle, swine, sheep and the town, although it has changed tween the two companies mentioned horses are raised for the market, and names and management several times. The Knight-Watson Ranching com­ and the two gentlemen. where hundreds of thousands of bush­ Today it is the "Raymond Recorder." pany, just shipped 800 of prime beef Uncle Jesse, as he is called, being a els of grain are grown each year. We have had a series of doctors, from the cattle yards here;* successful mining man In the State of "Ray" and "Will" Knight were the first being Dr. J. H. Rivers, who Frank Holt, the hog buyer, report* Utah, advanced the idea of a beet among the first to settle here. The is now practicing prison reform at having shipped 57 cars of hogs, most­ ly to Calgary. sugar factory to the companies, also town being incorporated, was named Raymond is Proud of Its Crops the provincial jail at Lethbridge. Now depositing $50,000 as a guarantee, Raymond after Raymond Knight, who we have Dr. A. C. Greenway, who has ( Continued on Page Six)

iaaramrEiirajzi-rcLr.u^^ _ _i_7_r_rgjHi-iiiEi-i-rari g ^JHraraiEj^rajajgjarajz^ HOW ABOUT YOUR;SHOPPING FOR K.B. *Wui_^L..».' . ..) KING BROS., LTD.

iiiiiiit.niiiiNtiiit]iiiiiiiiiiiit.iiiiiitiiiiic.iiiiiitiiiiit.iiiiiiiiminiii Raymond High-Class We have all the lines o( Merchandise you will need lo make a selection from. Among those that will be popular! and seasonable gifts are: TRADE MPORIUM lituamitiHniinMimuiiuainnMiuiiuiwtfHiMftMHiiiwttotmt Cut Glass Watches Cutlery Rings A FEW OF OUR LINES Silverware Ties WE SPECIALIZE IN THE FAMOUS JOHN McPHERSON SHOES FOR MEN Glassware Mufflers Aluminum Ware Gloves AND WOMEN, AND THE WONDERFUL NURSERY SHOE FOR CHILDREN. Chinaware Furniture Graniteware Brass Beds Lamps Carpets DRY GOODS Toilet Cases Rugs SECOND TO NONE. Electric Washers Congoleum Rugs A Large Assortment of Silks, in all colors, equal to the cities. Electric Irons Curtains Books Furs You all know Crum's Prints—we have them. Dolls Sweaters Toys Suit Cases Games GENTS' FURNISHINGS Handkerchiefs Club Bags John B. Stetson and Redmond Hats. Forsyth Shirts and Stanfield's Underwear Brushes Trunks Candies, Nuts, Peels and Fruits. GROCERIES & HEAYY HARDWARE WE WANT YOUR TRADE A LARGE ASSORTMENT lie Co., AGENTS FOR License No. 8-22249 THE FAMOUS ECLIPSE WINDMILL RAYMOND OUR MOnO—"THE HOUSE OF QUALITY." IMPLEMENTS, LUMBER, CEMENT, Etc. KING BROS., LTD. K.B. JfiLrazJiijanaajiJZi^^ PAGE SIX4 THE LETHBRIDGE TELEGRM-RAYMOND SECTION THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1918

THE HOME FIRES RAYMOND AND ITS December

(By Oney Fred Sweet) P.O. Box 114 Phones: Office 20 The house had been built at a time PROSPEROUS DISTRICT By J. C. OLIVER. Res. 19 •when the land thereabouts had been (Continued from Page Five) MONTH far famed! For festive almost as free as the air and the sky; days and nights renowned, the grounds about it were spacious. 0 Joy fraught, with hallowed bene­ Material had been cheap in the old Meeks Bros., this fall, sold over dictions crowned days, and there were rooms upstairs $30,000 worth of prime beef. Life's annual clearing house for ret­ and down; the bungalow had come Raymond is especially noted for its rospective thought, later when fuel was a thing to be fine hay crop. Hay buyers just Where pensive memory recalls the reckoned with and families had de­ bought 1,000 tons, for which they paid J. W. JUDD smiles the tears. $31.25 per ton f.o.b. the depot. creased in size. The hopes and joys of youth, the loves This year Raymond raised more DEALER IN The paint on the old house had fad­ than 300,000 bushels of wheat. Con­ of vanished years. ed and worn thin and the lattice work sidering that this year was abnormal­ And sighs to see the havoc, sad, that in the eaves had turned loose, but ly dry and that following the drought Time has wrought. during t his process of decay the of last year, this yield is most won­ FARM IMPLEMENTS & maples in the yard bad strengthened derful. The yield per acre on sum­ 0 hoary month! In regions of the their trunks and lengthened their mer fallowed land ranged from 17.5 to north and east branches. The barn -the barn just 347 bushels per acre. Last year more The song of bird and rippling of the back of the apple trees—there was no than 600,000 bushels of wheat were POWER MACHINERY longer any use for the sagging barn. brook have ceased, raised here, and the year preceeding And Nature's thousand charms of You can hear the drip of the rain that, more than 1,000,000. from the roof, tbe howl of hte wind summer days have fled. down the chimney; you can hear the For the year 1919 everyone is look­ There Koreas reigns, fierce God of robins that hop among the maple ing forward to an exceptionally heavy wind and storms branches distinctly. Time was when yield because the shortage of mois­ JtML faW And winter all of verdure, into Raymond these notes were lost in the chorus ture during the past two seasons will brown and white transforms Alberta . be off-set by an increased amount of laugh and shout, in the bang of a And leaves no trace of life and beau­ during 1919. Then, too, government piano. But she is the only one left ty sped. now and she goes silently through the reports show that over a series of — ~ ~1 ~i " i MIL i days. years the same amount of moisture falls. That is if the amount is lessen­ 0 happy month! When keen anticipa­ She came to the house when it was ed one or two years,-it is increased tion, sweet, mew—when there were just the two the succeeding ones. Flies swift on wings of ardent love to of them. And then the children In conclusion, we will say that the greet P.O.Box56 il came—Harry and Ralph and Clara advice of the pholosopher and the With gifts the friend, the lover or and Bess and George and Gene. There foresight of a prophet may be regard­ the kindred near. came the night when be wa.s late get­ ed by those desirous of making West­ As Winter closer draws his icy fet­ ting home and she was watching from ern Canada their future home, added tered chains the east window, with supper getting to enterprise, progressiveness and The heart expa7ids and love unselfish cold, and she saw him turn the cor­ Piepgrass Market thrift, are the necessary qualifications ner and stop to rest for a minute reigns to succeed in this fruitful land, and And speeds its largess to the ones against the white picket fence that in that the centre of industry, progres­ most dear. FREDERICK PIEPGRASS, Proprietor •hose days ran everywhere over the siveness and thrift is Raymond. town, He was tired when he got home and he wanted to lie down. low Washington Illustrious month of float illushi>'iis IIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIOHIIIIIIWUIIIIIIII ,\n(\ it was years and years now since "work or fight" law. There was a birth! he had been about the house, except fellow down to the steel works," ven­ Celebrated Christmas Oood t'dings, peace and joy to all the Choice Selection of in spirit. tured George, "and he got a long let­ earth Harry and Bess were older than the ter from one of the boys the other T IS interesting to look back upon a A heavenly choir announced when others. They understood something day—tells about getting over safe and Christmas day tit Mount Vernon, Christ was born. Fresh and Cured : • ii the mother aches and fears when being in the front line trenches." I with the Father of His Country as No other birth such mighty portent winter settled about the big house She started a bit at the mention of nost and his charming wife us hostess. bore. and the cold wind bowled through the "front line trenches." She made This Prince of Peace whom heaven ihe leafless maples. They went to Christmas at Mount Vernon in the the excuse that she must be looking peaceful days which followed the Revo­ and enrth adore. MEATS, FISH & GROCERIES work early. And the luaghter con- after the dinner. How thrills the heart at thought of .inued and there were quararels to be lution was always exceedingly merry. "You sit right down," hastened Bess. Christmas morn! IIIIIIIIIKJIIIIIIIItlllBIIIIIUHIIIHIIIIIIII settled and problems to be met. "We don't expect much anyhow, this The Virginian! Of those days, hclng Families do live and get along some­ Thanksgiving. It's got to be a Hoover cavaliers, made the most of the boli how. Second hand school books and dinner. Now you sit down, ma." day. which the grim Puritans of New RAYMOND ALBERTA second hand clothes, handed down "It's the machine guns that's doing .'.nglnnri practically ignored, says the from one to the other, helped out. The First Christmas Day the damage," continued George. "The I'liiladelphin Press. I •£', LICENSE No. 9-1777. I Harry and Bess were robbed of aeroplanes can drop bonms here and Though generally serious. Washing- some of their youth in assuming cares there, but these machine guns are ton could unbend considerably on such :md the younger ones chafed under accurate. The fellow in his letter rn occasion. Mount Vernon was always Told For the Littlest Children (being bossed, but they all liked to be says that one of 'em '11 mow down a crowded at this period* and the cele­ home together, and the piano re­ whole regiment. And he says the bration wus of a luxurious character. ISTEN dear little children, and sponded to the songs of the day. long range guns " The winters were long, but the fire The Christmas dinner was served at you shall hear about the very first "Sit down, ma," insisted Bess three o'clock in the "banquet hull," L Tnever went out. Families, once given "Never you mind rushing to the kit­ Christmas day. ami probably no fewer than 30 per­ •a. start, do struggle on to the point chen. You never knew we were com­ It was in a country across the sea, where all the wings are strong. Even ing. None of us knew." sons sat down to the repast. far away from here, that some shep­ Gene cooed his way out of babyhood "But it's chilly in here," she strug­ For thi* special occasion the hostess herds were watching their flocks one in time. gled. They had always ruled her— always got out her handsome service of night. The sheep were resting on the RAYMOND HOTEL She. alone remained in the rooms— these boys and girls. pure silver, most of which had belonged I grass, the little lambs were fast asleep rooms that no longer rang with laugh George—the hitherto lazy George— to h'>r when, as the widow Custis. she beside their mothers, but tbe kind shep­ AND and song. The days had not all been started the blaze in the old fireplace. har" -"tarried Mr. Washington, and there gay, but memory painted only the herds were not asleep. They were And the home fire crackled up the was ; 'so -i big display of cut glass. watching that no harm should happen j!>art that had been sunlit and sweet. chimney—the same old home fire And such busy days they had been— An o.'rtltv ,'s nowadays It would bc to the sheep. WHITE LUNCH crackle. consider, ,t. WMS the arrangement of the so many wounds, so many bumps, so There were spells that afternoon Perhaps they were looking up at the many ills to soothe away. And now table, upon which all the dishes to be when no one said anything. How un­ stars and the beautiful moon above she sat alone. served, including even tbe puddings and them when suddenly there appeared a tiUNES BROS., Props. changed the old rooms were—the pies, were placed at once. No wonder The next door neighbor was telling same old pictures, the same old books, wonderful light in the sky. brighter that In such days the festive hoard about the family to a stranger. the same old shadowy corners. Noth­ than the moon, or stars, as if the sky iiuiiiiiiiiitiiniiiimiiinniiiifiiiiiiim "No, the house in't vacant. It only ing new except—except over in the was said to "groun" beneath the had opened and they saw the glory looks that way. They don't none of west window the red bordered white weight of viands. within. Vm get home any more, but she lives flag with its lone star. As a matter of course, at the Christ­ While the shepherds were looking up, Meals at All Hours. White Help, Best Service. 3here still. "Ma," reminisced Bess, her chin in mas dinner, as well its all other occa­ "Ralph, he hardly ever comes wondering what was the cause of that her hands, her >'elbows on her knees, sions, the table was waited upon by strange light, a beautiful shining angel Full Line Confections and Ice Cream back. He's done pretty well a.s a "do you remjember the time that Stacy Staves, who did duty as bouse servants. Dawyer. but he's money mad. •.' . came near to them and said: Burnham came to call on me and the Two were allotted to each guest, so "Harry's no account. Boozetl up j "Fear not. I bring you good tidings bunch hung around all evening to that quite u number were required. All Hot, Cold and Soft Drinks. Fresh Fruit in Season J most of the time, aud I guess'they which shall be to all people. This day make the family appear just as dis­ nf the eatables had to be conveyed a j don't know where he is. Is born a Savior, and ye shall find tbe graceful as they possibly could, and considerable distance, the kitchen be­ GIVE US A CALL "Bess is 'way off somewhere teach­ bahe lying in a manger." how they mimicked Stacy while he ing detached from tbe mansion, with ing school. She was back here two was putting on his overshoes out on And suddenly the angel was joined . ears ago. but didn't stya very long. which it was Connected by a covered the porch where he could overhear "Clara? Do you know what she's way. by a multitude of the heavenly host everything? ,J knew he'd never come singing praises to God. This was their doing? They say she's singing in a At the houses of tiie great Virginia hack. and. thejy say Stacy's rich now song: cabaret. She was here about*three families at that period it was custom- *.miiiiiiii!uimiiMiiii..iiiiiiiiiiioimtmiii..iiiiii!iiiii..im^ years ago and she had her hair' fixed ma." Glory to God In the highest, and on earth "1 remember, dear," she smiled from nrj> for the slaves to wait on the table Peace, good will toward men. yellow and was wearing a skjrU that in th" ordinary plantation garb. But ooked as ii'ij.t' had been made for a the big'chair info which they had When the angels had gone back to 10-year-old gtf^.' forced her. And they all laughed. at Meunt Vernon many things were on I heaven the shepherds said they would The old walls echoed her laugh back a scale of exceptional luxury, and the go to Bethlehem and see this Savior "There was a boy. George, mo. He —echoed it back along with alj the was lazy, and from what 1 hear he's negroes who performed such service of whom the angels sang. They went echoes of laughter retained by them were clad in Washington's own livery never done a real day's work through the years. and found him, a little baby, in a sta­ "The youngest. Gene—1 heard he of red, white and gold, which wus ble, with no cradle to lie in, only a She had them again—her children handsome and striking. was in the army. —her children of the days before the manger for his bed. That little baby The necessity of supper was removed "I've seen 'em all grow up and go. moving pictures and the automobiles was Jesus, who when he grew up said: J don't think she'll last much longer, and the cabaret shows and the costly, hy.n great prolongation nf the dinner, "Let the little children come unto me and when she go^s I don't believe fast living. at which each person was expected to and forbid them uot, for of such is the any one'll want the house. Takes eat all that he or she possibly could. Raymond Pharmacy kingdom of heaven." His birthday too much to heat a place like that Beyond the west window where hung the service flag, a streak of red In fact, it was the duty of the hostess was the first Christmas day, and ever these days. Folks would rather have gently to persuade her guests to gorge a flat." " lit up the November grey of the sky. since that time we kept that day as a Her eyes were on the window, and themselves to repletion, while the host • • * joyful and happy one.- _ Pure Drugs. Bess, who came to sit on the arm of made it his business to press wine and November had came again and the the chair beside her, turned her eyes other drinkables upon the men to an maples had given nearly all of their there, too. extent which in these times would be yellow and crimson leaves to the She reached up and took the hands chill winds. The leaves cluttered considered most Imprudent. Accurate Dispensing. of her eldest into her withered own. the pathway and huddled in a golden At n certain period of the meal it Jbank on the porch steps. Clara went to the piano. She had was Washington's custom to rise from always been the one to do the play­ his chair, holding a glass of Madeira Ralph came first. He surprised ing. She had drummed away at her Victrolas and Edisons. her. He took her in his arms. "Have lessons in the old days. She lifted in his hand and bowing right and left. •you heard anything lately?" he ask­ the lid of the instrument and ran her to say. "Gentlemen, I drink to my ed. fingers over the keys. And when she guests." The natural response at the She went to the old desk that had started to play it was not ragtime instance of the most distinguished "heen the secret bearer of so many that she played. It was one of the guest present was a health drink to family economic problems. old songs, sweet and low. Lady Washington. "I came on the train," he laughed, And there in the deepining shad­ Following the dinner a good, long in his mature business man fashion, •iiiniiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiutiiiiiiiiiiiniHiniiiiiiciiiiiim ows they listened—the family that evening was Indulged in with pastimes and removed his overcoat. "I've put had come back to find out "what had appropriate to Christmas. Blind man's ?hc car away. He's all right, is he. been heard lately." She last you heard?" buff and hunt the slipper were not suf- The boy, the brother who had gone They were all there before the liciently undignified In the eyes of over there, had brought them back Washington to be Indulged in. The Thanksgiving day had passed into the home again—back to a day that was Washington family Christmas gifts November shadows—all there but like the good old days that used to Gene. True, Clara's hair was be. were exhibited, and Nellie Custis was bleached, but there was sincerity in always called upon to play on her harp her eyes, in her voice, when she ask­ sichord. ed, too, "What have you heard late­ BRITAIN TO SPEND $200,000,000 A colored fiddler, one of the slaves ly?" IN CANADA DURING YEAR 1919 on the plantation, in picturesque plan­ You knew the cabarets were all tation garb would be called in at a DEALERS IN closed," she said to Ralph. "But I certain period, and when he would Vktry <&htttl wasn't long out of a job, not with so Ottawa, Dec. 4.—The British min­ many men going away." ister of finance has arranged with the start some merry music the young peo­ DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, FURNITURE, Harry sat on the sofa with the bro­ British government credits aggregat­ ple chose partners for the dance. But ken springs. The springs sagged as ing about $200,00,000 for the coming the older ladies and gentlemen pre­ if to remind him that they had never year. Of this amount about $50,000,- ferred cards. Small stakes were usu­ HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS been able to recover from the old •000 will, be required for completing ally played for. but gambling for money days when he had jumped on them. the programme of the imperial muni­ to a considerable amount was always ~~ CASKETS AND FUNERAL SUPPLIES Harry still showed the effects oi the tions hoard in Canada. Fifty million most objectionable to Washington. -As nights with the small glass, but he dollars, in addition to what has been for Mrs. Wa8hli .:• i»n, she would inva- iiiiiiiiiiiHnmtiiHiHKiHuwiMiiiniiii was beginning to shake off the ef­ already arranged, will be required for riuhly enter into none of the general fects. He hadn't had a drink since his the purchase of grain for this year's festivities, but would be the host to • "on of the country had gone bone crop. such part of her guests who would not POTATOES IN CAR LOTS A SPECIALTY "dry- He was clean shaved, carefully The remaining $100,000,000 will cover care to indulge in either dancing or dressed. iiiitJiiiii>uiiin:iiiiiniim_uiiiiiiiint; purchases of foodstuffs, including cards. IWtu "It's easy enough for him to send meats, lard and dairy products and letters over here," he remarked, "but sundry Canadian commodities. Until It was at a late hour on the morning 2 guess it's hard to get mail to him exchange conditions between Great following Christmas that the guests over there—that is from what I hear Britain and America materially im­ would take their departure and the at RAYMOND Van say." prove, it will be necessary for Canada Washington household would quiet ALBERTA ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^George was there, too—George^ who . to continue to find large credits for down to its ordinary routine. bad finally gone to work under the purchases of products. L_ COALDALE SECTION = LETHBRIDGE TELEGRAM

VOL. 4 LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918. No. 83 THE FAMOUS COALDALE A SHORT HISTORY OF THE IRRIGATED DISTRICT TOWN OF COALDALE

To the east of Lethbridge lies the has been carrying on investigations When the name Coaldale was given, on both sides of the railway from famouadLCoaldale irrigated district. to establish the proper duty of water it had been on the map as a siding for Lethbridge to Medicine Hat on ac­ Tne entnusiastic fanners in this dis­ an 1 the reports of these investig.. some years. The name was first given count of a government grant for trict claim for it the distinction of ti nsvare very interesting, especially to the original town of Lethbridge, it building the road. This was a narrow kjeing the best irrigated tract of its that prepared by Mr. G. D. Walters then being a mining camp in the river guage railway and was built to get size in North America. It contains for. the season of 1914. bottom just below thhe present site the coal from Lethbridge to the Ca­ approximately 100,000 acres, of which incipal crops grown are al- of that city. When the railroad was nadian Pacific railway, which at that an unusually high percentage is irri­ f;r ., timothy, wheat, oats, barley, built the name Lethbridge was given time did not extend any nearer, fn table, and the general contour of the flax and potatoes. This is without to the mining camp and Coaldale was order to develope the irrigation sys­ land B such that in preparing for irri­ any doubt the most successful alfalfa given to the first siding on the rail­ tem and convert the so-called worth­ gation very little work is required in district in Canada. This, with the way from Lethbridge. less prairie land into more valuable tha way of leveling, and the cost of prevailing mild climate, makes it an farm land the Coal company ex­ applying the water to the land is very In 1900 the Alberta Railway & Irri­ ideal country for the live stock busi­ gation company, or rather, at that changed the land along the railway lbw. In some parts of the district en­ ness, and this is developing at a rapid tire sections can be irrigated without time the Alberta Railway & Coal for a solid block of land extending rate. The winter feeding of sheep Main Canal in Irrigation District. company, secured the land for some from near where Taber is now to the the construction of a single fill or and cattle is carried at on quite ex­ flume-. distance east of Lethbridge for the Belly river and south to the bound­ tensively, and several thousand tons purpose of installing an irrigation ary line. The land in this district The active settlement of the district of hay are marketed from the district system. The Coal company had land ( Continued on Page Fight) fcegan in 1905 and 1906. The lands each year. Several herds of fine pure­ •ear the town were sold by the bred cattle have been built up here, Southern Alberta Irrigated Farms among them the Hereford herd of J. rooms and a large assembly room for ^•3ftiiitiiiiii_-iiiiriiiiiiic-iiiiiiiiftircafitiiriifiiiir_iifiiii>fitiic3iiiiifriiiiic_iii>iiiifafftc2iiiiiiiiiiii__iiif;ii]iiiifC-iittaiiiiiiiC-ifiiiiiiiiiic_tiifiiiiiiiic_iii iiiniiitiiiiiiiicitiiiiittiiiiniiuiiiiiiiinimiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiitjiiiiUHiiunif- c<$mpany, of which Messrs. H. A. Sug- McD. Davidson, Shorthorn herds of public gatherings. It has modern con­ gitt and W. H. Fairfield were the B. S. Pawson and Lathrop & Delany, veniences, being equipped with pres- j principal officers. They erected the and the Aberdeen Angus herd of R. R. sure water system, electric lights, etc. first house in the town, being that Lea. High school courses are taught, mak­ »ow occupied by Wm. Fmde. Mr. Next to alfalfa, timothy is the prin­ ing it unnecessary for pupils to leave Suggitt and family moved here from cipal forage crop. Timothy seed has home for that instruction. The school i Illinois in 1905, and of the present set­ become quite an important crop. The owns its "Teacherage," an eight room | tlers, Alfred Haley, George Heighes expense of raising and handling is house occupied by the principal and ]| JN0. McD. DAVIDSON j and W. H. Pawson, with their fam­ very low. Yields run from five to teachers of the school. The teaching j ilies, arrived the following spring. Up usually from $5 to $7 per bushel in staff includes Mr. D. J. Schorneld, as td that time no farming had been wholesale lots. Irrigation produces a principal, assisted by Misses Jessie done in the district, but since then very plump and strong seed that is Ross and Marguerite Hunt. Mr. Arch. ! I r.o. Box 1988 Coaldale rue.1209 ! tbe development has been quite much sought after by the seed firms Mitchell is president of the school j r^pid. There has never been any and commands top prices. The tim­ board and Mr. T. A. Suggit, secretary- 'loom," but a sound and steady othy straw, after threshing, is quite treasurer. jL_fc_r growth. ' valuable for feeding purposes and is The only church in the district is The soil throughout the district is sometimes baled and shipped for hay. the Methodist at Coaldale, which is quite uniform., being a dark chocolate The potato crop is quite an import- largely attended and supported by kfcm of good depth, underlaid with a ane one, yrelds running as high as 500 other denominations as well. They ' j HUGH PRICE inable clay subsoil. The older parts bushels per acre and of the highest have their own church building and 1 »f the district have been under irri- , quality. parsonage. Rev. H. Bosomworth is gation for about twelve years and ; Social Conditions. the pastor at the present time. DARE alkali deposits are practically an-1 Social conditions here are unusually One of tbe oldest organizations is I FAIRFAX _hown. good. Most of the residents are from the Coaldale Ladies' Aid, said to be B Son of Paragon the XII., § the States, Illinois and North Dakota You will do well to get in The district is supplied with water the only one in captivity without a Son of "Perfection Fairfax," diverted from the St. Mary river at having furnished most of the earlier war department. It was organized in touch with us and get our Line-bred Anxiety Strain. | Kimball, Alberta, being brought a dis- j settlers, the later arrivals being from 1908, Mrs. A. Haley being president I conceded to be the King of list of satisfied buyers Stood fourth in his class at § tfljice of about 60 miles. The system the older irrigated districts of Idaho during the first few years, and has an j throughout Canada. tb owned and operated by the Cana­ and California. unusually good record of harmony i Hereford Sires on the North International Stock Show in f dian Pacific Railway company, having The community life centres largely and good work accomplished. They We take pleasure in show­ Chicago, 1917. | keen acquJjj|d by them from the Al­ in the Coaldale Consolidated school. have been a great help to the church ' I American Continent. ing this herd to §>resent or berta Railway & Irrigation company The district supporting this school and other community interests. There future buyers. n 1912. It is in the hands of an effi­ covers some 60,000 acres of land, the were ten charter members, six of cient management and extensive im­ building being in Coaldale, the geo­ whom were present at their tenth an­ provements are being made that as­ graphical centre. The school board niversary meeting. Mrs. J. J. Leffler sure an abundant supply of water. A provides conveyance for the pupils to is their president this year. ftjll water right provides sufficient and from school by means of vans The Order of the Eastern Star has w^ater to cover the land to a depth of and autos. The school building is a a live chapter here with a membership 160 HEAD HEREFORDS OF ROYALTY two feet during the irrigation season, commodious brick structure, having which has been found ample for all four class rooms, two play rooms, of about fifty. It was organized in i 1 crops. The Dominion government manual training and domestic science 3 ( Continued on Page Eight)

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Coaldale Lots Irrigated Farms

I ALSO HAVE GOOD LOTS FOR SALE IN THE TOWNSITE. I have very choice Farms For Sale in the Coal­ Several business firms have signified their in­ dale District and invite inspection of them. These tention of opening up in Coaldale in the very near farms were selected by me quite a number of years future, and a number of residences are being built ago, before much land had been sold in the district, now, with more to follow. A great increase in and I was enabled to secure the most suitable land population is predicted for next year, and all condi­ tions point to a prosperous and progressive year for in the district as to location and irrigability. Coaldale. Some of these lands adjoin the Town of Coaldale, Special prices and terms will be made for busi­ and none are over three miles from town. This is a ness firms. decided advantage in intensive farming. If you wish to make an investment that will be absolutely safe and will increase rapidly in value, a 1 It takes several years to take raw prairie and buy some Lots in Coaldale. make a hay farm out of it. By buying improved Coaldale is the centre of the largest block of land of this kind the purchaser it* assured of certain strictly first-class irrigated land in Canada. The and immediate returns. crops are certain. They do not depend upon the rain. Alfalfa land Liberal terms can be arranged for responsible this year has produced as high as one hundred purchasers. Will be pleased to quote particulars to dollars per acre. prospective purchasers and will show the land at This certainty of crops tends to build up a stable any time. These lands are all improved and are and prosperous town. • Ms partly in alfalfa and timothy, with some grain land. For particulars, address H. A. SUGGITT, Phone R810. COALDALE.

NURSERY STOCK For Ornamental Plantations, Wind Breaks, Shelter Belts, Etc.

A good windbreak adds thousands of dollars to the value of a farm, and what an improvement is made with some flowers and shrubs around the house, either in city or country. Make that home a REAL home, and complete that garden with some small fruits. * Our plants are all hardy stock, thoroughly acclimated and adapted to local conditions. Inquire for price lists and place orders now for spring delivery. The A. Mitchell Nursery Co. Ltd. NURSERIES AT COALDALE. SALES OFFICE, L 0. 0. F. BUILDING, CALGARY. PAGE EIGHT THE LETHBRIDGE TEL^CUM—COALDALE SECTION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918 i^jazTaaKEraiaiaraiazBi-ig MACLEOD YARDS CHIN COALDALE LETHBRIDGE BARNWELL COALDALE P. LIN ALBERTA LUMBER and all kinds of BUILDERS' SUPPLIES

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1915 by a joint stock company, formed by the West Coast Grain company, since his arrival and has been chair­ Coaldale church and have taken an by farmers of the district. The sec­ and was afterwards bought by the man for several years. active part in the social life of the FAMOUS COALDALE HISTORY OF COALDALE present owners, the Ellison Milling & The present C. P. R. station was community. They have maintained a ond floor is used as a lodge room, as­ Continued form Page Seven) Elevator company. Agitation for a built in 1913. Mr. McCormick has wideawake social committee, who sembly hall, etc., and has a splendid new school started in the early part been station agent since 1912. have carried on an extended work in IRRIGATED DISTRICT floor for dancing. The first floor is was first laid out as an irrigation dis­ of 1914, as the old school was too The stock yards were constructed visiting the sick and sending flevers (Continued from Page Seven) now occupied by the new branch of trict and canals built in 1900. Up to small to accommodate the pupils, and in 1917, as there was urgent need for to cheer the sad and distressed. the consolidated district was then them. the Standard Rank of Canada. 1905, Coaldale consisted of a section The community are pleased to sup­ house; there was no land in culti­ formed. The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist port the organization and are proud J913. The first Worthy Matron was Three banks have purchased build­ vation in all of the long stretch from The A. Mitchell Nurseries secured church of Coaldale was organized on of their co-operative spirit, which hai Mrs. F. G. Norton, who now enjoys ing sites in Coaldale. which shows Lethbridge to Medicine Hat. The land and built in 1911. Mr. Mitchell August 31, 1909. Since then they have meant so much to the upbuilding of has been identified wjth the school been a substantial support to the 1he distinction of being the Worthy their confidence in the town and dis­ first settler in the district was Mr. the community. Hjelmstad, on the farm now occupied •

Mrs. Geo. Knudson have taken an and implement business of R. J. Ral- ternate Sundays for a year or more. '."'• < i • active'part in raising funds for the dry, two restaurant-hotels, a confec­ The first school board consisted of ' * 9m society. tionery, the hay, feed and livery busi­ Mr. Sinclair (chairman), Mr. Hughes ness of J. B. Schimek, two blacksmith and Mr. Suggitt. The first enrollment A local of the Alberta Women's In- was ten pupils. B» _*

' » • and the townsite of Coaldale laid out. • courses of instruction along the lines One of the industries most needed A store was started by Chas. Seitters, ' ... •; W of home economics, nursing, etc. Mrs. at Coaldale is an alfalfa meal mill, and the small elevator was built. __\ • • Davidson is also president of this or­ and it is quite likely that one will be Shortly before this, the building ganization. erected during the next year or two, now occupied as a resturant was built by Mrs. Linton and occupied by her _K. " '->;- •-. .*~*~: k_ :•' -f-:-M- .;,,•>•». ."i'.-d The amusement interests centre at either by outside parties or a local as a store and restaurant. mtk$l company. Hay Growers' hall, which was built in The large elevator was built in 1911 Putting Up Alfalfa in Coaddale D.st

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Selkirk obtained the right to a terri- boine to make their homes. In the lory of about 110,000 square miles, meantime Lord Selkirk in the old His conditions, however, were hard— land was busy getting together a sup- IIHISTORICAL SKETCH OF IHE for by his agreement he undertook plenientary party to send out to swell SHOP EARLY to settle within a limited time a large | the ranks oi, his co.cnists. The op- colony on the property secured and i position of tne members of the North to undertake all the expenses con- West company by this time was be- Probably in no other nected with the colonizing, besides coming more cencentrated and effec- RED RIVER SETTLEMENT the expenses of proper government tive. Reports of the terrible hard- business is the above slo and the settlement with the Indians. ships suffered by the first expedition This was the most important step were greailv exaggerated and persist­ gan so necessary. You T was in June, 1771, at Mary's Isle, interested in the stirring events of that had ever been taken in the di­ ently circulated. The safety of the in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, British politics at that time, should rection of colonizing what is now the ships employed by the Hudson's Bay can't hurry a good picture that a child was born of the have singled out remote and savage Canadian west—indeed, it was the company was called seriously into I ancient house of Douglas who Canada as the land in which his first step in apposition to the old trad­ question, and every other means that was destined to take an initial step greatest usefulness should be per­ ing company's policies for keeping would tend to discouragement was If you are going to have that marked the end of the sway of formed. It was this very literary in­ what is now the Canadian west as a industriously employed. The second wild hunters and adventurers in stinct, however, backed by his hu- country for the production of furs. of the party sailed, but was so badly Christmas Pictures taken Western Canada and started this manitarianism, that caused him to be Lord Selkirk secured his "adventur­ depleted by ship fever and other ail­ then bleak and unknown land upon 80 deeeply impressed by that great ers," equipped three vessels in a sur­ ments that less than a score were order this month and discoverer, Sir Alexander MacKen- prisingly short time for those days, able to make the journey from New the road to greatness, along which in securing the services of a young U the last forty years it has made such zie, whose remarkable journal con­ Factory to what is now Winnipeg cerning his discoveries on this con­ E. Loyalist named Miles McDonald, before the close of the summer sea­ avoid possible disappoint­ progress as to astonish the world. It as commander of the expedition, and was 41 years later, in the summer of tinent he had carefully read. This son of 1813. journal was undoubtedly the cause of after overcoming many disappaint- It would seem from the first as if ment. 1812, that this child, then grown to ments, chiefly caused by the obstacles an aggressive manhood, marked by his conceiving the idea of creating a everything conspired together for the flourishing colony of people from the persistently thrown in the path of the extraordinary capacity, accomplished enterprise by Sir Alexander MacKen- purpose of inflicting distress and mis­ one of his great ambitions and landed old land where Winnipeg now stands fortune upon the little colony, num­ today. As early as 1802 his lordship zie and other Norwesters, finally saw the pioneers of the Selkirk settle­ his little fleet set off for Hudson Bay bering something less than 100 souls. PORTRAIT STUDIO ment upon the banks of the Red had written to the British govern­ The lack of garden tools, and almost ment a letter in which he pointed out in July, 1811, where it arrived safely, TELEPHONE 1689 river. after a passage of 61 days. It was on everything in the nature of farm im­ the possibility and the advantages of plements, made it almost impossible One must wonder why a man of going far inland on the great plains the 24th of September that the boats Lethbridge, Alta. literary taste, brought up in the most reached York Factory. The lateness to cultivate the land—and when, with of Western Canada, where a climate the aid of such inadequate tools as aristocratic surroundings, and keenly and other natural conditions were to of the season made it impossible to reach the interior before the follow­ hoes, they succeeded in planting some be found that were quite as attractive grain that they had secured from the as some of the better parts of his ing summer. Winter quarters were *-irawuiinmimHiii..iiiiiniiiiit.iim therefore provided on the north side Hudson's Bay fort, enormous flocks home land. Indeed, in this letter Sel­ of wild pigeons and blackbirds kirk displays a knowledge of the of the river a short distance from the agricultural possibilities of our prair­ regular post. This new post became swooped down upon them as if de­ ies far in advance of the ideas held known as the Nelson Encampment. termined to make their little home concerning them by some of our lead­ During the winter, scurvy broke out once more a desert. Besides this, the ing statesmen of Canada at the time and great suffering was experienced. fish supply of the Red river failed, I P. GAGNEBIN when the Canadian Pacific railway Added to this, a number of the colon­ and the poor settlers were compelled was first being advocated. His idea ists, an unmanageable lot at best, to resort to wild roots, berries and was to enter the country by the way mutinied. Boats were constructed on leaves—which were themselves scar­ WATCHMAKER JEWELLER of Port Nelson. This is the idea in lines not well suited to western rivers cer than usual that year—to prevent effect that he later carried out for —and consequently, when by the 1st starving. his colonists—although he had great of June, 1812, the river was suffi­ Up to the time when it became nec­ ENGRAVER difficulties to overcome before even ciently free from ice to permit the essary for McDonald to move his lit­ this start could be made. great inland journey, excessive toil tle band once more to Pembina for with its resultant dissatisfaction and the winter, the servants of the North WE SPECIALIZE IN WATCH REPAIRING AND GUARANTEE OUR PRICES TO The British government would not disappointment harassed the leader West company, the only serious coni- permit him to found his colony on throughout his voyage. Late in Au­ petittors of the Hudson's Bay com­ BE RIGHT the shores of Lake Winnipeg—but as gust, however, the company arrived pany, now under the control of Lord he was resolved to carry out his I at the Red River Settlement. Here, Selkirk, had treated the Mewconter3 scheme on this continent he secured with winter approaching and with with some consit!uation. When Mc­ a strip of land on the coast of Prince I scant facilities for providing proper Donald, however, built a fort at Pem­ i& Edward Island, and here made his shelter more difficulties were experi-' bina which he called Fort Dyer, in We have been appointed the Special Representative of start. In August, 1803, the little colony enced. Some of the newcomers were honor of Lord Selkirk, and also is­ in three ships sailed from the old accommodated at the fort, others in sued a proclamation that made claims land. Selkirk arrived by another half-breed huts, while still others that the half-breeds regarded as an route shortly after they had reached found refuge with the Indians in infringement of their ancient rights their future home—and with untiring their encampment at the junction of great hostility was experienced— energy set to work to make them the Red and the Assiniboine. During with the result that, when spring comfortable. In spite of all difficul­ the winter the food supply gave out— once more came and the settlers ties inevitably associated with such consequently, McDonald had to started back to the junction of the pioneering, the colony thrived—and search for new sources of food. He Assiniboine and the Red, they were and are showing his complete line of Watches, Rings, Silver- today a recent writer estimates that discovered that further south, up the in a condition of extreme destitution. between .three and four thousand peo­ Red river, near/the present American Early in the summer of 1814 one Plate, Gold and Silver Novelties. ple of that province trace their de­ boundary line; huge herds of buffalo Archibald MacDonald arrived in com­ cent from the original Selkirk set­ were available. At Pembina, there­ mand of the largest party that had tlers. fore, he selected a site for an en­ yet been sent out—numbering in the campment—and as the great game neighborhood of 90. As these reachnd He next visited Canada proper and herds of those days were so tame Phone 1524 purchased land in the western part of that they would come and scratch the Red River settlement early FIFTH STREET SOUTH. what is now Ontario, where a settle­ their sides against the stockade of enough in the season to enable them ment named Balcoon was established. the fort, even the unskilled settlers to do some planting, and to erect This was never a success, chiefly on were enabled to keep from starving shacks as well, conditions looked £%miii:.«uiMiiii..iiimiiiiiiniiiiiMiiiii^^ account of the unsuitable nature of The first winter having been safely brighter for the moment. the land on which it was made. if inconveniently passed, the settlers Just at this time, when it began tn It was in the winter of 1803 that in the spring clustered around the look as if the worst of the difficulties Selkirk first visited Montreal, and be­ junction of the Red and the Assini- were drawing to an end. the emissar- came acquainted with the great trad- (Continued on Page Two)

You will have a better selection and get better service. Tomatoes Grown in Open With Irrigation at Lethbridge We have the best assortment of serviceable Christmas Goods ever shown in ers of that place, which was at that j Lethbridge, all at modest prices. time, as it is today, the centre of the commerce of Canada. These were the men who eventually became his ALBERTA, PREMIER PROVINCE most relentless enemies—the men that persecuted his colonists who •Oooit were later settled in what is now Western Canada, and who eventually by corruption and other unscrupulous OF THE GREAT WEST means drove him almost to despair Every boy wants one. over his misfortunes, and finally (Continued from Page Seven) Then we have tricycles and broke his splendid spirit. It was in 1809 that the colonizer will improve the grade and quality of the States have improved in weight bicycles all at zero prices. conceived a scheme whereby he could the cattle produced and in a few and quality, and are being shipped create his colony in the northwest years the number of cattle prepared back to the States again for seed. without the assistance of the British for export and the western market Alberta wheat grown at Fort Chip- government. This conception brings will far exceed anything that has pewan, latitude 59, 750 miles north of out a new quality of Selkirk's mind. been accomplished in the past. the international bountary line, took He has hitherto been referred to as a During the last quarter of a cen­ first prize at the World's Fair at man of literary tastes and philan­ tury the urban population of Canada Philadelphia in 1876. Wheat grown thropic tendencies—a man whose has increased more rapidly than the in the Peace River country took sim­ ideas of civilization as well as his rural population, a fact that accounts ilar honors at the Columbian Exposi­ ideas for the protection of civilization to a certain extent for the high cost tion, Chicago, in 1893. Alberta Red, and nationhood were clearly in ad­ of living at the present time. The that is the famous winter variety vance of his time. He now is re­ importance of Alberta to Canada lies grown here, has never been beaten CUTLERY We alsd" have a very fine vealed as a man of ultra modern in the development of her agricul­ by any winter variety grown in the business conceptions, daring and tural industries and rural life. Such is our specialty. assortment of Community skill. His latest idea was one that whole of the Western States, and it development is one of the economic has been in annual competition for a would be worthy of any of our great factors in the growth of the Domin­ and Rogers Silverware, an captains of industry and finance. It number of years at the various Dry ion that is calculated to restore the Farming Congresses of the world. It Jack Knives, Table Knives, excellent lot of Pottery and was nothing short of securing suffi­ balance that should exist between the cient stock in the Hudson's Bay com­ urban and rural population of a pros­ took first price at Billings, 1909, Spo­ Carving Knives, of finest Brassware, and a hundred pany to give him such control as perous community. /As yet only three kane in 1910 and Colorado Springs in ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^would enable him through that con ^ per cent of the agricultural land in 1911. The ambition of every wheat English and American make other lines, both useful and trol to make a contract with himself j the province is under cultivation. If grower in the Western States is te beat Alberta Red. ornamental. for the securing of the land that he the present rate of increase continues, Alberta oats challenge the world. desired from the company for the the population will be over 800,000 at They won the Grand Prize at Paris purpose ofenabling him to establish the end of five years. The province a few years ago. Since the beginning his northwest colony. will be producing millions of bushels of the Annual Seed Fairs of Alberta You will surely make a mistake if you do not inspect our stock and compare In 1810 he and his friends pur­ of grain and Alberta will be doing her the average weight of the prize oats our prices before making your Christmas selections. We have hundreds of articles chased an enormous block of Hud­ share to perform the problem of ag­ has been 48 pounds to the bushel. son's Bay company's stock. At the riculture, that is, to provide food for Eighty-five per cent of the oats not usually kept in a Hardware Store. Look them over. You will not be urged to buy. annua! meeting in May, that year, the millions at home and in the war grown in the province go over 42 £45,000 of stock were represented. Of swept areas of Europe. pounds per bushel. this Selkirk and his friends controlled Already some of the towns of Al­ The consideration of these fact ; about £30,000. The scheme had been berta are shipping more wheat than will give the reader some idea of the handled so skilfully that but little op­ any other single town in Western future of agricultural development in position was experienced, although Canada. Both spring and fall wheat Alberta. Her grain industry, the live c onsumers Hararaward e & Supply Co. three members of the North West are grown. Agronomists who have stock industry, dairying and mix< I company appeared to fight the visited this province predict that in a farming will sustain a large popula­ Phones 1213 and 1919 Offlce 1920 6 th Street S. scheme after having purchased Hud­ few years Alberta will produce the tion and add an enormous increase ef son's Bay stock at the last moment. best grade of wheat on the continent. wealth and commerce of the Donn*- The bargain was made. By it Lord j Varieties of this cereal imported from -b__i PAGE TWO THE LETHBRIDGE TELEGRAM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918 factors of the Hudson's Bay com­ «gfHrajEfararan__r_r_r_r_^ pany was held at Norway House. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF RED RIVER SETTLEMENT The great company formally relin­ (Continued from Page One) quished the government of Rupert's Land, which Charles II gave thi Gentlemen Adventurers Trading into ies of the North West company suc­ ficulties which faced him at every Hudson bay for two black fox skins ceeded in working up dissension in turn in his colonizing path, that with­ in 1670. the ranks of the Selkirk settlers—no in the limits of a century the land he 1871—The first Northwest Territory very great thing to accomplish even thus opened up would become what it Act passed, appointing Northwest under the most favorable circum­ Council of not less than seven and stances among such rough and im­ is today—the most fruitful, most talk­ not more than fifteen members, un­ Get Ready for petuous people. This dissension ed about spot on the whole face of der presidency of Lieutenant-Gover­ speedily led to a separation, about the globe. Yet thus it has happened. nor of Manitoba. three-quarters of the entire band 1872—Terrible outbreak of small­ succumbing to the inducements of From being a wild waste of terri­ tory the Canadian West of today is pox in Saskatchewan Valley. Col. Lord Selkirk's rivals, and making the a well surveyed, well settled, well Butler sent by Canadian government. long rough journey from where Win­ governed land. From being an un­ Reported loss of almost one-half the nipeg now stands to the shores of organized and practically unknown Indian population. First board of Georgian bay. The forces thus being region, about which the most roman­ health in west organized for the Spring divided, the half-breeds, no doubt in­ tic and misleading tales were told by Saskatchewan valley at Edmonton spired, became so aggressive that the travelers, it is today divided into House. A^ little remnant deserted their planta­ provinces, networked with railways December—January—February—Plowing, and Spring comes quicker tion and moved up Lake Winnipeg to 2873—First Northwest CounciWm' dotted with rapidly growing towns at Winnipeg, March 8th. To atteti I what has since become known as and cities and offering to the incom­ than you think. We've got to do our utmost to make sure of a big crop next Norway House. About the same time this meetivg Chief Factor Christi : ing host nearly, if not quite all, of traveled two thousand miles, from Mile! McDonald, the commander or the comforts and conveniences of year, and the time to think about it is now. Whether you think you can or governor, was served with a summons Fort Simpson to Winnipeg by dog lands that have been settled for many train, in 55 days. to appear in court in Lower Canada. centuries instead of less than half a you cannot buy a tractor next year, see the Selkirk, however, still apparently un­ one. From being a vast plain where Council composed of: M. A. Giranf. daunted, set buisly to work to send nothing but wild grasses grew and (Continued on Page Three) out a stronger party than ever—and where the only sustenance required in the place of Miles McDonald, sent was for the native animals of the the unfortunate Robert Semple, an wild, it is now the great wheat store­ old military officer, as the new gov­ house of the British Empire—the ernor. It was in October, 1815, that land of gold to which the eyes of men he and his party of about one hun- I of all nations are turned in longing, dred reached the Red river settle­ and upon whose shores year by year ment, to which the little remnant of thousands of newcomers are landed the first expedition had once more while there is still room and oppor­ R. D. RITCHIE returned from Norway House. tunity for thousands more. While Manitoba adjoining Ontario Vulcanizing Then followed the slaughter of on the east and British Columbia on Governor Semple and twenty-one of the Pacific coast were settled by his patty by half-breeds and Indians whites many years ago, the North- Repairing :: Retreading and more distress for the unfortunate West Territories—that great stretch settle i s of prairie plain lying in the middle It was early in June, 1816, that Sel­ west, extending from the United Our Work Advertises Us. kirk, accompanied by about one hun­ States boundary on the south to the Free Air. dred soldiers and another hundred Arctic ocean on the north—remained canocmen, set out for his settlement, a practically undiscovered land so far which they expected to reach by way as settlement was concerned. With City Work Called for and of Duluth. At Sault Ste. Marie the fhe advent of the Canadian Pacific Delivered. party learned of the tragedy of Seven —the pioneer railway of the west— Oaks. This changed the leader's there came a change, however. That 208 13th St. SOpp. Ellison Mills plains. Instead of reaching Port Doug­ great link of steel which joined east HAPPY las by the way of Duluth from the with west and made possible the. south of what is now the interna­ maintenance of an intact Dominion * w-',., tna Rkar_e790 tional boundary, he recognized the from coast to coast, rapidly opened necessity of coming to Port William, to the investigation of all comers the in hope of meeting the persecutors of Land of Promise, which for centuries his people on their return and bring­ without assistance from the hand of ing them to justice. On reaching the men had sustained animal life and end of the lake, he made his camp had been the bountiful provider of FARMER close beside the North West com­ countless generations of native Red- The Western pany's fort, and at once demanded men who knew nothing and cared that all Red River settlement prison­ less about the arts of agriculture, tak­ ers be released. The demand was ing only what Mother Nature fur­ Supply & Equipment promptly complied with, the North nished them with. The investigators West company officers stating that came, saw and were conquered. They these people had never been detained went back to the east and across the Company, Ltd. Having obtained accurate evidence waters and told their stories of won­ TRACTOR that the North West company was derful land wealth, with the result DEALERS IN guilty of inciting the half-breeds to that following them came the ranch­ the crimes that had been committed ers whose aim was to grow rich upon So many improvements have been made since the first Happy Farmer Selkirk, as a justice of the peace, is­ the prairie grasses with no greater CEMENT LIME sued warrants against the leading effort than was required to care for North West representatives at Fort their cattle. That was the day of won distinction in the field that you must change your ideas of tractor fanning William. The guilt of the prisoners the cowboy and sheep herder, but as WOOD FIBRE PLASTER being clear in his lordship's mind, he the years passed that day passed with in many ways, when you see the them. The settler began to appear EMPIRE FINISH had them sent east under guard, on the man with a knowledge of farm­ which trip one of them was accident­ ing and with a desire to win from HOLLOW TILE ally drowned. Selkirk, at worst, only the western soil something of its treated the Nor'-Westers with a little richness in golden grain. And in the LETHBRIDGE AND MEDI­ of their own medicine—for they had main.it is his day today, as it will be already carried his officers off with­ for all time to come, for we know CINE HAT BRICK out legal justification or authority now that there is no land anywhere Model "F" whereas Selkirk was possessed of full on God's green earth where with so authority. minimum an effort the possibilities ROOFINGS It has a bigger, heavier motor than the Model "B." There is new pat­ The winter was spent near Fort ior so maximum a return in agricul­ BUILDING AND TAR William. In March, 1817, the old sol­ ture offer. diers started for Fort Douglas, which PAPER ented air intake that is a wonderful improvement. This new Model gives you was soon captured. At the end of June, Selkirk himself arrived upon Not that the rancher has been an abundance of power. It has a much better oiling system. When we say driven from the land, like the buffalo, FIRE PLACE MANTLES the scene and looked for the first by any means. Rather that he has time upon the land of his dreams and AND GRATES it delivers his troubles. A governmental pro­ been forced to yield to the settler clamation ordered the restoration of those great areas of western territory which were primarily intended for TILE BEAVER BOARD all property and goods that had been farming purposes, and that he is now taken by contending factions from being located in the foothills of the each other. The settlers were brought PLATE GLASS back from their refuge on Lake Win­ Rockies and along the gentle moun­ nipeg—and the first really intelligent tain slopes, where forage is luxuriant MURANESE GLASS 12 h.p. on Drawbar effort to put the colony on a strong for his cattle and where the land for general farming purposes is by no COMMON GLASS basis seems to have been made. means so adaptable as elsewhere. The From the foregoing facts, repro­ west is a ranching country yet, and we mean that you can always rely on that much, and know that there is a duced from the Winnipeg Saturday AUTO WINDSHIELDS Post Selkirk centenary issue, the there will soon be a great increase in surplus of power to fall back on, in case of emergency. Three 14-inch plows reader will secure a glimpse of -the its herds and flocks, for the provin­ difficulties and hardships endured by cial and Dominion governments are MINING SUPPLIES is its usual load—it has pulled more. the men and women who made the now putting forth every effort to bring about an awakened and intelli­ FIRE BRICK AND FIRE first attempt to open up this great gent interest in it. west land to the people. Up to that CLAY time it had been the preserve of the Briefly told the history of the traders and trappers, the haunt of the Northwest Territories up to the time buffalo and other animals of the of the formation of the separate pro­ PHONE 1644 prairie wilds, and the home of the vinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan 24 h. p on Belt Redmen. Great as was his faith and each with autonomous government wonderful as was his enthusiasm is as follows: Selkirk could not have dreamed when 1870—This is the beginning of years Fourth Street South is what we rate the Happy Farmer. It gives you that easily. It will not only he so persistently attacked and over- | in the Northwest Territories. In June of that year the last meeting of the run your threshing separator, but everything else on the farm that needs come apparently insurmountable dif power.

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in district. Sir Donald A. Smith drove ment conceded. In his closing mes­ last spike of C. P. R. at Craigellachie, sage to the Legislature. Hon. Joseph HISTORICAL SKETCH OF RED RIVER SETTLEMENT B. C, Nov. 7th. Royal said: "The Legislature today Phone 1181 411 2nd Ave. S Second Reil Rebellion. enjoys all the rights and privileges of (Continued from Page Two) 1886—First Board of Education for self-government." the Territories appointed. 1893—Hon. C. H. Mackintosh ap­ THE CITY BAKERY Donald A. Smith. Henry I. Clarke Indian dogs were so numerous in 1887—The Territories divided into pointed governor. Number of schools R. W. SCOTT, Prop. Patrice Breland, Alfred Boyd, John the country as to cause great losses four federal electoral districts, viz. in existence, 72; number of pupils I Shultz, Joseph Dubuc, Andrew G. B. to thj; stock of settlers. Village of East and West Assiniboia, Saskatche­ 8,000. Bannatyne, Wm. Fraser Hamilton Calgafy formed. wan and Alberta. D. W. Davis elect­ 1894-1895-1896 — Third Legislative GENOA CAKE DARK FRUIT CAKE and W. J. Christie. 187/-—Treaty No. 7 made at Black- ed for Alberta. Judicial districts es­ Assembly elected October 31st, 1894. I CHERRY CAKE LIGHT FRUIT CAKE 1874—Northwest Mounted Police foot crossing on the Bow River with tablished. Torrens Land System in­ Hon. J. F\ Betts, speaker. Legisla­ organized to stamp out smuggling "Crowfoot," on behalf of Blackfeet troduced. F. W. G. Haultain first ture demanded increased subsidy SCOTCH SHORT BREAD and whiskey trade from Montana Blood. Peigan and Sarcee Indians elected for Macleod. Last session of from the Dominion on the same basis into Southern Alberta. Col. Macleod Sept. 17th. the Northwest Council held Octover as the other provinces. The subsidy Ali made with Creamery Butter and Best Materials reached Fort Macleod November 1879-1880—First public school form­ 14th, 1887. Supreme Court of the had increased only 16 per cent, in five 1874. ed. First volunteer militia organized Northwest Territories established years, whereas the population of the Great herds of buffalo swarmed the by Col. Osborne Smith at Battleford comprising Hon. Hugh Richardson Territories increased 56 per cent. The LETHBRIDGE plains of Southern Alberta in the and Prince Albert in consequence of Regina; Hon. J. F. Macleod, Macleod; debate was memorable since it was early seventies. They were ruthless­ angry attitude of Indians. Hon. C. B. Rouleau, Calgary; Hon. the first time in the history of the Territories the separation of Alberta ly huntecji by Montana traders assist­ 1881—Chief Factor Lawrence Clarke E. Wetmore, Fredericton, N. B. ed by the Canadian Indians. Whis­ a.d Saskatchewan into two provinces elected for St. Laurent, now the 1888—Hon. Jeseph Royal appointed was raised. key became the currency of the day. Prince Albert District. Other dis­ Lieutenant-Governor. First Assembly and Fort Benton, a greater trading tricts formed were Kimberly and of the Northwest Territory opened 1897—Hon. M. C. Cameron appoint­ centre for buffalo hides than Fort Salisbury. ;.t Regina, Oct. 13st. Hon. H. C. Wil­ ed governor. Yukon gold rush. Ed­ Garry. Manufacture, importation and 1883—Regina chosen capital of the son, M.D., of Edmonton, Speaker. monton became an important outfit­ sale of liquor prohibited in Territor­ Northwest Territory. Hon. Edgar First executive: Hon. F\ W. G. Haul- ting point. ies, (0. C. April 7th, 1874.) Dewdney succeeded Hon. David tain, D. F. Jelly, Win. Sutherland and 1898—The Haultain Government «j}875—T^he constitutional Act of the Laird. Six elected members met in Hillyard Mitchell. adopted strong attitude opposing rail­ orthwest Territory passed. A sepa­ the Council that year, viz., Frank 1889-1890—Deadlock between Gov­ way land grants and petitioned the rate legislative body was given to the Oliver (Edmonton) ; D. H. McDowell federal government to force the rail­ Territories under a Lieutenant-Gov­ ernor and Assembly. Governor held (Lome); John C. Hamilton (Broad­ Assembly was not entitled to state­ way company to take title to all lands ernor. Provision was made for elect­ view) ; T. W. Jackson (Qu'Appelle) ; granted to them in order that the ed representatives in the Northwest ment of public accounts since money William White (Regina); James H. was granted by the Dominion. Haul- local government might levy taxes Council. When any district of one Ross (Moose Jaw). thereon. thousand square miles contained a tain resigned. Succeeded by Messrs. white population of one thousand 1884—Sixty Justices of the Peace in Brett, Bftts, Richardson and Jelly. Hon. A. E. Forget appointed gov­ souls, an election might be held and office. Seventeen Protestant and Assembly refused supply. New exe­ ernor on death of Governor Cameron. _ parliamentary representative sent eleven Roman Catholic schools in cutive resigned. Governor prorogued Fourth Legislative Assembly elected operation. Towns of Regina and the legislature, and called upon Nov. 4th, 1898. Consisted of 31 mem­ to the council. Calgary incorporated. Permits for Barbriel Dumont organized a na­ Messrs. Brett, Betts, Jelly and Secord bers. nine thousand nine hundred and eight to carry on the government. (Continued on Page Five) tive "Commonwealth" on the Saskat­ gallons of liquor issued by the Lieu­ chewan, but on the approach of the tenant-Governor. 1891—Second general elections for Mounted Police, fled. This year marks the beginning of members of the legislature of the Stipendiary magistrates appointed. the long fight for representative gov­ Northwest Territory, Oct. 31st. Th( Col. Macleod and Mathew Ryan. ernment between the elected mem­ Lieutenant-Governor no longer had 1876—Hon. David Laird appointed bers of the Council and the appointed a seat in the Legislature. Regular Lieutenant-Governor of the Territor­ members. The "Better Terms" move­ parliamentary and responsible gov­ ies. First session of Northwest Ter­ ment began, viz., control of school ernment established; executive con­ lands, increased subsidies from the sisting of Messrs. Haultain, Clinkskill Columbia Macaroni Co. Ltd. ritorial Council held at Livingston Swan River, March 8th, 1877. Mem­ Dominion, opposition to railway Neff and Tweed. Dominion subsidy bers of Council: Hon. David Laird grants and responsible government. $193,200. The "Permit System" of Capital Stock $100,000.00 Governor. Stipendiary Magistrates 1885—First census of the Northwest conducting the liquor traffic was Mathew Ryan, Col. Hugh Richardson Territory taken. Five million bush­ abolished and license system intro­ and Col. Macleod, and A. E. Forget els of wheat produced. 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Vienna. Then I made every sugges­ made clock. I received such a tele­ tion to encourage him to invite me to gram from Vienna to proceed to his apartments at the Hotel Britain. Spain and, notwithstanding the ur­ LIFE STORY OF MATA HARI— Baron Steinbrouck had made every gent importunities of Abbas Nuri to attempt to enter his rooms at the accompany me to Madrid, I succeeded hotel, but found them faithfully in tearing myself away from the Phones: Office 732 guarded hy male and female servants F.gyptian gentleman with a solemn 1221 2nd Ave. S. GERMANY'S GREATEST WOMAN SPY who were with the Prince during all promise that I would soon meet him Residence 520 his travels. To. my surprise I secured at Vienna, after having performed my such an invitation from him very mission at the Spanish capital. How­ THRILLING STORY OF LOVE, ADVENTURE easily. ever, I never again met the Egyptian. We Plan a Thrilling Plot. Abbas Nuri proceeded to Vienna AND INTERNATIONAL SPYING and found the Austro-Hungarian for­ On the following morning I held eign office very cool, as the German another conference with Baron Stein­ foreign office had already warned the Saunders Hay & Grain Co. BY MATA HARI, GERMANY'S GREATEST V/OMAN SPY. brouck in which Ottilie and two other Austro-Hungarian Emperor that his Compiled and Edited by Nazariene Daan Kannibelle. agents of the espionage bureau took ministers were conspiring to bring part. A programme was decided on a plan of reproachment between Eng­ A. C. SAUNDERS, Manager. (Copyright, 1918, by The International News Bureau, Inc., Boston, Mass.) and in the afternoon I rode in Baron land, France, Turkey and Egypt re­ Steinbrouck's own carriage to Hotel garding the commercial and political Britain There I was received by influences in the Khedive's domain WHOLESALE Love is Not for Women in the Service The next morning Abbas Nuri, at­ Abbas Nuri as though I were his own and that these powers were trying to "No private love affairs for the ser­ tired in an ultra-fashionable French queen. Ottilie, my "maid," engaged a inveigle Vienna away from the Triple vants of the service, remember that, style, came to Dorotheenstrasse at suit of rooms at the same hotel ad­ Alliance. This explanation was given my Dear Mata Hari!" admonished the exactly the appointed time. I had joining the suite of the Egyptian to me by the Baron whose words I HAY GRAIN AND POTATOES- Baron as he left me. prepared myself to meet him, and Prince. have since doubted. 1 believe that However the English attache had after having spent another two hours At exactly 2 o'clock in the morning, Abbas Nuri's mission to Vienna had a already infatuated me so powerfully with him 1 became thoroughly satis­ Ottilie having given the signal, a fire- still more important object than the that T cfecided to seek an introduction fied that he was still more gullible alarm was sounded throughout the one explained to me by Baron Stein­ to him someway or other, and to that than I had judged him at our short hotel. In a few minutes the noises of brouck. ALBERTA meeting the night before. LETHBRIDGE, end 1 called Ottilie Freiburg to my the fire machines from the street Counter Orders. room, and after relating to her my In the afternoon I rode with him below and the shrieking distress experience of the niglit, I asked her for an hour and on my insisting that sirens that blew on every floor of the I then started for Constantinople, .-^_-^_i-^- •ii'in.*'»—••*•_,—• —— • _^ *«»_--,_.-• yj if she knew the English attache I had he remain to supper with me he did hotel made a terrific noise. The Ori­ but on reaching Sophia, Bulgaria, I described to her. so. After supper the Egyptian Prince ental men and women servants of the received a telegram ordering me to "The woman who enters into the had gqne so far in his adoration of Egyptian Prince, having been sudden­ remain there until further instruc­ me that he begged me to accompany ly seized with panic, had rushed out Confidence of that Englishman will tions. Four days later this telegraphic *,... nm ...m..n...... i.i...i..i!....iii.iii"i«ii">i'»»"" i . N. ..in... .i...u.... .H..«iiiHitiiiiiii»H.on..,...Kmm| win the personal praise of the Em­ him to Vienna. Tiking advantage of of the building half garbed. The instruction was followed by a letter H l a m peror. The Fatherland would give the offer I remarked: "Your High­ Prince himself became so filled with Hum Baron Steinbrouck, informing millions to the person who can ness, I have great regard for your fear for his life that he lost his iiead me that the German political agents honorable intentions, so I must con- fathom that man. Our foreign office and it was with great difficulty that at Constantinople had already suc­ tidi to you the truth. 1 am employed lives in constant fear of him and Ottilie and 1 persuaded him to fully ceeded in securing 100 of the 120 on a mission here in Berlin from the dress as there was no immediate dan­ Turkish students that were to have 1 Glassware and Chinaware | more than one person has staked Vienna intelligence office. I have ger been assigned to Paris and London, everything in the attempt to snare been very successful and within a him and failed. The man is cold, 'But what about my luggage? I to be educated in different German week or so I am intending to return must have it removed out' of this universities. This, of course, render­ We have just received a large shipment of cruel, unsentimental and uncorrupt- to Vienna, and then, I must proceed able," complained Ottilie bitterly. place in safety, even at the risk of my ed my journey to Constantinople un­ to Constantinople at which place I life!" he almost cried wi 1. excite­ necessary. GLASSWARE and CHINAWARE. These are useful "I saw him once at Burma. He must remain, perhaps, two or three ment. visited my husband and remained in months," I said as I boldly kissed him. But it was while at Sophia that I | and appropriate HOLIDAY GIFTS. j his office nearly two hours and then It was just with that purpose in encountered my first and most in­ view that the fire-alarm had been left without caring to be introduced Abbas Nuri then flung to the four genious defeat. Through the influ­ given by the secret agents of the ser­ to me. 1 do wonder if he remembers winds all his earlier reserve and, ence exerted by the attaches and poli­ A complete line of STAPLE and FANCY vice, directed by Baron Steinbrouck. me!' I exclaimed. greatly assisted by many glasses of tical agents of the German embassy champaign that were so regularly Ottilie assured the Prince that she at the Bulgarian capital I was offered GROCERIES J "My dear, the Englishman is too had already ordered by phone men- furnished by my maid, Ottilie, began an opportunity to dance at Opera Oc­ clever and during tbe last ten years servants, porters and two carriages, cidental, and during my first perform­ to assure me that without me he our espionage bureau has made every who, perhaps even then might be ance there that I again met Major I Full line of RUBBERS and OVERSHOES just § attempt to match this man but failed could not live and that he would wait waiting outside. True to her asser­ Adric Henderson. Through Dr. Aman, disastrously. Beware of that man!" at Berlin until I had finished my re­ tion she rushed out of the room and who was ostensibly an Oriental I arrived. '§ warned Ottilie as she left my rooms. ports and was ready to return to in another moment returned with six scholar and had travelled extensively, porters, who, in reality, were the but who in reality was an agent of agents "8V the service. In about ten the German espionage service, I suc­ •_>_Miiiiiiiiiicj#fiiiiiitiitc3iiiitinifiiC3ii.]iitutiii:3iiiniiiiiiicaiiiiHiHifiC3iii ifc_tiiiiiiiiiniKJitiiiiminMiiiiiiimii_:_iiiniiiiinii:_iiiHiiiiiiiic_iiin ^ minutes not only the personal lug­ ceeded in being introduced to Major I R. B. Morden - General Merchant j c 8 gage of the Prince himself, but even Henderson at an affair at the home the belongings of his troup of ser­ = _ of one Reginald Whitebridge, who Phone 1356 526 13th So. No. | vants had been loaded in a waiting was also a great Orientalist and had FREE DELIVERY I van below while we three, Prince sojourned for many years in many Look at our stock before you do your Abbas Nuri, Ottilie Freiburg and I en­ parts of the Far East, and knew in­ Canada Food Board License 8-10562 tered the carriage at the door and in timately both Mapor Henderson and liioiiuiiuiii_iiiiiiiiim_iniMimiinniinmiii..iiinim Xmas Marketing another twenty minutes we all—in­ Dr. Aman. cluding the luggage of the Prince- 9 reached the house on Dortheen- That Rude Englishman. Compare Our Prices. Try Our Service strasse. fmmmmmmmmWmmmmmmVmmmWm nmonnHniHUHinnniE^^ "But what about my servants?" in­ "Had I not the honor of seeing Ma­ quired Abbas Nuri. jor Henderson at Burma years ago?" I commenced the conversation, but he Quality Talks I assured him that a man servant replied rudely: "And Berlin." i»-« belonging to the house had taken his I LET US SUGGEST 1 1 servants to another hotel and in the "On what occasion have you seen _ 5? morning everything would be arrang­ me, Major?" I asked. A few items of Quality Groceries for your Christmas cake jf ed for their comfort. In response he calmly produced a cigarette from his pocket, stuck it be­ and dinner. These goods are all absolutely fresh and new The Prince Sleeps Sound. tween his lips, lit it, and after regard­ | seasons: | ing me sympathetically, he said: Meantime, a hot drink administered | Raisins, Seeded or Seedless, 11-oz. pkt 15c j WHEN "That was much ado over nothing, by kind Ottilie to the nerve-wrecked that affair." | Currants, new season's, 8-oz. pkt 22c -j I Egyptian Prince sent him to. sound "The affair that was given in honor Dates, Royal Excelsior, per pkt - - 25c | j and safe sleep, while nearly a dozen YOUR GROCERIES of Prince Abbas Nuri?" I asked in­ agents of the service, under the im- Table Figs, new season's, per lb 35c 1 dignantly. In response to my demand We have a full line of Olives and Pickles. | COME FROM OUR STORE | mediate direction of Baron Stein- Major Henderson puffed out thick ! brouck were scrutinizing every effect clouds of smoke from his cigarette | Sheriff's Telly Powders, all flavors, per pkt _ 10c j of the Prince and making photogra- and half grinned from the corner of Mince Meat in bulk, per lb —- 25c i| YOU KNOW ' phic copies of every inch of paper his mouth. | found. We have a nice assortment of chocolates in boxes at "Prince Abbas Nuri, however,, did prices, from 35c to $2.75 fj THEY^ARE In the afternoon I received Baron appreciated my Buddhist dances. The I Steinbrouck secretly, who told me | Apple Cider, nice and sweet, per gallon 80c | 1 soul of the East can only be under­ '£ PURE AND with the greatest enthusiasm that stood by an Oriental," I retorted. I Cranberries, fresh stock, per lb 19c 1 i the Baron chiefs were madly jubilant "My dear Countess of Linden, the over my victory and that they advised soul of the East in this case has been FRESH the Baron to present me with an sold to the highest bidder, who is the J D. & R. WILSON § extra check of 5,000 marks. most consummate jackass on earth," I never, learned the exact details replied the rude Englishman cutting- GROCERS 1 regarding the precious material they had unearthed during their search of ly. _ _ Abbas Nuri's luggage, whatever they Where Did You Get That Name. | 1112 Sixth Ave. South. Phone 657 were the affair rendered a useless "You are referring to Baron Stein­ .?Miic.iiiiiiiiimOTi!tmuiom!inmii.iiiiHiw^ trip to Vienna with the Prince and I brouck?" I asked. was directed to proceed direct to Con­ Instead of answering my question stantinople. I also learned from the Major Henderson walked to a table, Baron that after visiting Vienna Ab­ carefully deposited his cogarette butt bas Nuri would decide to return to in an ash-tray and returning to me his Egypt, cancelling his journey to with a slow and deliberate gait, put Ret. Phone 1013 Office Phone 651 the capital of the Turks. this question to me which almost After Jan. 1, Phone 698 "But how am I to disentangle my­ shook me off my feet. He asked: self from our Prince?" I asked the "How and where did you receive Baron. that name? Countess Linden!" "That has already been arranged," "You know Count Linden?" GEO. KERR & CO. said the Baron quickly, who had al­ "Intimately. He died before you The T. M. Huff Investment Co. ways a plan for every apparently un- were born," he whispered to my ear, looked for e/nergency. This evening, and then straightening himself to his FAMILY GROCERS « during the course of supper, you will full height watched the effect of his Room 10, Alberta Block, P receive an urgent command from your cruel thrust on me wtih a great PHONES .453 & 1365 313, 5th STREET S. Vienna office directing you to report relish. at Vienna embassy at Madrid (Spain.) I realized then that Ottilie and Lethbridge, Alberta, Steinbrouck and Clockwork. Steinbrouck were both correct when License 8-2408 they had warned me against this Baron Steinbrouck's plans always Englishman of cruel soul and nerve Sells Farm Lands and Ranches and knows ^ii_mmiiiiHUiiiiuiiiiiicnmnmm_um^^ worked with the precision of a well- of steel. I asked the English Major to be kind enough to end the conver­ sation and escort me to where the the quality of the Soil in all parts of iiinit3mmittiiitiniiiiiiiiii_iiiiMiiniii.inniHiiiicjimnimiinniiiiiiii!iir2iiiiiiiiiiiitJiiiiiiiiiiiit.iiiiii!iiiiic3iiiiiiiiii .> other guests were chatting with our i host. He bowed low with mock Southern Alberta, from much experience courtesy and begged me to lead. On joining the guests Major Hen­ in Farming and Loaning Money. derson left us, with some sort of apol­ Make Christmas Merry and New Year Happy ogy which he almost whispered into theears of his hosts. We hare at present 4,000 Acres for Sale at a On my return to my hotel I asked Bargain. Dr. Aman if he knew much about this with one of Our Holiday Gifts. Englishman. I was greatly surprised when he informed me that he knew a We Sell, Buy, Trade, and Loan Money, and great deal of this wonderful English always need New Listings. Send them in. attache and that he thought I myself knew about him and that I had some We carry a full line of suitable gifts for men at rea­ special motive in securing the oppor­ If you need anything in our line, fill in the tunity to meet him. Coupon below : sonable paices. The following are a few selections She Handled a Wrong Man. "I was under the impression that you were assigned to deal with him in some way by our Berlin bureau," he THE T. M. HUFF INVESTMENT CO. I SUITS, OVERCOATS, SWEATERS, STETSON HATS, I said in amazement. "It was a personal curiosity that Lethbridge, Alberta: forced me to seek him," I admitted to 1 DRESS GLOVES, FANCY MUFFLERS, HANDKER- I Dr. Aman. 1 want - Acres of Wheat ©r Ranch "You have made a great, a terrible mistake, in attempting to measure Land CHIEFS, FANCY NECKWEAR, ETC., ETC . . . ! swords with that Englishman. I trus; _ that you have not talked to him re­ Improved or Raw ..._ garding espionage," said Dr. Aman, gravely. Willing to pay about $ per Acre On reaching my hotel I begged him 1 have to tell me all he knew about this man. $ -Amount as a Cash of steel. This is the story he told me: Payment. M. GOODMAN ! "For the last fifteen years our es­ pionage bureau has carried on a de- Name 210, 5th Street S. (Next Lethbridge Hotel) sultary battle with this man and we admit that in every instance we have not only been overwhelmingly de­ Address. LETHBRIDGE - - ALBERTA I feated, but punished. He is a super­ man and we cannot fathom him. He .iiinRti;;mmintQiiiminmufMMfiCMWi!MCl •• (Continued en Page Five) ,.artfv--:_ia.aw»l|ij| J mm THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918 THE LETHBRIDGE TELEGRAM PAGE FIVE 5«''i""V;i ^wm " THE LETHBRIDGE MERCANTILE COMPANY WHOLESALERS This house opened its doors about two and a half years ago. In that short space of time they have built up the enviable reputation of being the most up-to-date as well as the largest Wholesale Fruit and Confectionery House in Southern Alberta. In addition they are the sole distributors of the old reliable : : : : : CHRISTIE BISCUITS AND ROBERTSON'S CONFECTIONERY As well as a full line of TOBACCOS, CIGARS, CIGARETTES, PIPES, & SOFT DRINKS FOR BOTH SIMMER & WINTER Location : Fourth Street West, in Western Supply Building. .ETHBRIBGF,; ALBERTA.

bWi-iuym imiimt^mji!^ UiliiiiWv andlysis. RED RIVER SETTLERS THE LIFE STORY Counter Plotter. And our more thing, let me record (Continued from Page Three) with regard to this incident. About OF MATA HARI j two months after my return to Berlin (Continued from Page Four) j from Sophia I teamed that Prince m : wo 1899—Treaty No. 8 made with In­ Hick-Sehl dians of Northern Alberta by Hon. I Abbas Nuri whom I had seduced to David Laird, June 8th, at Lesser is in India, he is in Afghanistan. Next Dorotheenitratse was no other per­ Slave Lake. he is in Egypt and another time he is son that a clever agent of the Paris 1901—During the years that inter­ in Spain. He talks very little and intelligence bureau. The object of vened between 1900 and 1905 the su­ when he talks he cuts one through. that ruse—-ahd a huge joke ;is well- Hardware Co. He never laughs; he always sneers. was to confuse the German espionage- preme question in the Territories was autonomy. On March 25th, Hon. A. He has a very cruel sense of humor. bureau operators and in the meantim< L. Sifton was appointed Chief Jus­ He seems to work all alone and yet to learn about the house on Dorp- tice of the Northwest Territories. He he manages a dozen plans at one thennstrasse, and by whom the place was succeeded in the office of Com­ time. Eight years ago wc sent a mis­ was maintained. The German intel­ GENERAL HARDWARE, fasti missioner of Public Works, by Hon. sion to the Amir of Afghanistan with ligence bureau soon discovered that G. H. V. Bulyea, who afterwards was a huge sum that ran up to millions another practical joke had been play­ Early Pullet Raising chicks In a of marks to induce him to sign a sec­ Standard Colony Brooder is fun—. appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Al­ ed on them and that they had onCe PLUMBING & HEATING berta. ret treaty with us. What do you think Lays the Early Eg( ' it's so interesting to see the little that silent Englishman did?" Dr. more been defeated ignominously. Th* fluffy things grow. And when In 1903 the Assembly adopted a Aman asked. house on Dorotheenstrasse was dis­ And the early egg—say late Novem­ . CONTRACTORS i they get big enough to care for memorial and a Bill of Rights in mantled after a life of four years of ber and through December—com* themselves, how proud and rich which the position of the Territories "I would like to know," I replied. ill-fame and questionable operations suands the top price oi the year. you arel Tiie was reviewed and stated, claiming Major Henderson is Some Humorist. which produced very little for the ser­ Start it METAL WORKERS, provincial autonomy and all the His sense of humor is very cruel as vice. STANDARD rights of one of the older provinces I have already told you," proceeded BUCKEYE COLONY BROODER of Canada. The control of the land Dr. Aman. In some mysterious man- (To be Continued) CORNICES, CEILINGS, PATENTED titles office and land registration dis­ INCUBATOR tricts was transferred to the Terri­ ID March or early April; raise the .8tbP_7or,frst, mart practical cor.Mjurn- tories. SKYLIGHTS, ETC. laz brooder ever marie. regardless oi many chicks you'll hatch in a coal- Fr'ce. Raises a .iimd.ed clicks or st 1904—The last session of the Assem­ burning Standard Colony Brooder, thqnamd, sad •.'•<» cost id lf»fl than 6 certs bly of the Northwet Territories met a day. Wo ftuarantsa the "Standard" and this good money is yours. to do _l that ray other brooder -will do, on Sept. 22nd, and prorogued Oct. Bth. We knc«v the Buckeye Incubate- and andd'-it'oett-T—Bflt. you may writ* t.'ie Party lines were never strongly tbe Standard Colony Brooder w.'i do fciiaranlecl Put t!ov/n in blacl: ar.d drawn in the Assembly. There was exactly what we say. We cunranteo it, wbite jnst What yo* think a broocW and our guarantee Is bucked by tho manu­ Bhouii tlo a"d we'l bac_ t'it:"Stiadnrd" an unwritten obligation observed by facturer. Everybody sets a sauare deal, to do it. Can yoa a-.'.; rr.ore nan that? all members that the good govern­ Nothins? txrftta the Buckeye, ncd the Lethbridge Ask us for a "lioolt oi i'roof"—frcej, Standard Colon/ Broodc* .. .J no .u j. ment of the Territories depended Come in s_d L:**> th-T, upon eliminating federal politics and standing together for the needs of the west. And now that this great west has been discovered, what is it particular­ ly good for? The whole story is not yet known, for we are yet discover­ ing and no one can prophesy with any degree of accuracy what the fu­ D. S. Williamson & Co. ture may bring forth in the way of return from the intelligent and pains­ taking effort of man. Enough is LETHBRIDGE known, however, to assure the most ner this Englishman got possession of GET UP AGAIN. splendid of return for every invest­ the very autographed letter written ment made along certain well dis­ by our emperor, and the accompany­ As you strive in Life's grim battle, covered lines. ing translation into the Afghan Matinoab ,the first of the great Oft you get a stunning blow, Amir's language, and coolly walked Yet amid the roar and rattle CARS FOR EVERY BUYER west provinces, has long had its repu­ into the room of the chief of our mis­ tation assured as a land of wheat, and Still more fiercely face the foe, sion at his rooms at a hotel at Cal­ Never thinking of surrender this will remain for many, many cutta, who was on his way to Af­ *iiiiiiHimi_iiiiiiHiiHc«UMiiiiiitniiiiiiiiHiit.iii!iiii!iiit3iiii!iiiiiiit.iiininiiMaiiiir.:iiiiit_iiiiiHii.::. years to come. Added to this that When hard-pressed by woe and ghanistan with his associates, and pain; province is now making great strides gravely called to his attention several in manufactures, cheap electric power Wisdom comes advice to tender— serious mistakes in the translation. When you're down, get up again. being an important factor in this con­ Very seriously he warned our mission nection. MAXWELL that the Afghan Amir would construe Fortune may not treat you fairly, Saskatchewan is the second of the the translation in a different light. western provinces, rivaling Manitoba And leaving both the original and the Friendship may prove false, unreal. CHALMERS as a straight wheat growing area translation, together with the cor­ Sad misfortune meet you squarely, both in quantity and quality, and also rected translation, he walked out Still determine not to squeal. making a reputation for itself as a "Every long lane has a turning." calmly. Strive with all your might and main. OVERLAND coal producing ground. Its growth Of course, this was a sharp notice in the past ten years has been the While this lesson you are learning: to our mission to abandon the under­ If you're down, get up again. FRANKLIN most remarkable of any of the west­ taking and the incident not only hu­ ern provinces. miliated our foreign office, but it cre­ Would you win? Seize all Life's Moving west, Alberta is the next ated very serious political complica­ chances; 5t»iiiittit.iiiitiiiiiitniiiiiiiiiHit.iiiiiiitiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiit.iHiii!iiinc]iniiniimtitiiiiiHiiiit3iiiiimiiK»> of the wonderful provinces, and it is tions." Sitting weeping ne'er won through. truly a wonder land. Originally a "How did he obtain the Emperor's Make the best of circumstances great ranching territory it has de­letter to the Amir of Afghanistan?" Or they'll make the worst of you. veloped into a wheat, mixed farming I asked Dr. Ama anxiously. So you struggling, oftimes falling, Service for All. Prices Moderate. and coal and mineral proposition of "We have never found out how he Like a magic, glad refrain, such magnitude as is attracting the I works. It is impossible. This man Hear Good Fortune to you calling: attention of the people of all parts ' is the greatest menace to our intel­ If you're down, get up again. of the world. For stock raising ligence service. He is a mystery. We wool growing, wheat production and can only deal with him effectively general mixed farming this province through one way—" Dr. Aman be­ has no equal on the continent, while came suddenly silent, but I knew Among the patients in a certain from beneath the earth's surface what he wanted to say and did not hospital there was one disposed to tHere is being brought gas, oil, coal dare to express. take a dark view of his chance of re­ marketable clays and minerals of "Through murder?" I suggested covery. "Cheer up, old man !" admon­ many sorts and of great value. i boldly. ished a youthful doctor attached to In the matter of population in­ j "There is no other way," he admit­ the ward in which the patient lay. crease Alberta ranks second in the ted without hesitation and to my "Your symptoms are identical with whole Dominion for the ten-year greatest surprise. those of my own case four years ago. period from 1901-1911. At the first And before closing up this chapter 1 was just as ill as you are. Look at mentioned date there were 73,022 in my diary I must record that he was. me now!" The patient looked at tht people in the province while in 1911 finally dealt with in the one and only young man's stalwart frame. "Yes. there were 374,663, or an increase of efficient way that the German espion­ but what doctor did you have?" he STATION 413.08 per cent. age bureau resorts to in the final asked feebly. We repair all makes or Radiators. We use the torch in all our solderings

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The Christmas Fire WATERWOOD

A True Story of an Artist's Love. By HARRIET PRE8COTT SPOFFORD llK tree grew green in the forest, (Written for The Telegram by H.) Grew green in the sun and the My first marriage could scarcely r have been described as a happy one. dew: Uis branches reached for tiie shadows. Violet was a most inestimable woman He feathered his tops in the blue, but we were uot in many ways, suited And happy the air about him to each other. At the time of our en­ Wherever his balsams flew. gagement, and for some time previous to it, I had been longing for a com­ Drenched with the rains of the sum­ panion and she for a home. But mer. "fools rush in where angels fear to Fine from his stems spun the shoxo- tread," and we were hurried into an ers, alliance "for better, for worse," re­ Wishes its many Patrons Soft dropped the snow on his mantle, gardless of consequences. Dream work of silver and flowers. ***** And over him xvhite light trailing It was many years after poor Violet The stars sxvam through darkling had been laid at rest, that, pursuing A Jfernj GUjratmas the calling of an itinerant artist, I met I hours. my Annie. She seemed as far above and Groping where great rock pillars me as a star, but I have ever sought Stand shouldering rank on rank, after the unattainable. I yearned for <^ her. I doted upon her many pretty, Uis roots at the cold sweet sources modest ways; her imagine filled my WWI. The. ancient juices drank. mind night and day. I had for her A Ifappg atti f roBpmws Nnn f rar. And he swept with the earth compan­ what I never before experienced to­ ion wards womankind—an awe, a rever­ As the vast skies rose and sank. ence when in her presence, and an un­ utterable void when she was gone. His boughs brushed low on your fore- We will continue to use Her uncle—and guardian—Sheriff 'head Shackleton, resided in a sylvan park­ As a passing wing might brush, in the suburbs of Waterwood—one of When night xoinds made shrill music the loveliest of cities. Our trysting "Paramount and Artcraft Pictures" In the heavens, and hush, nh. hush! place was near a rustic bridge which For deep in his depest covert spanned a charming little river with The Best Program on the Market. Always a Good Show. He hid the hermit thrush. mossy and fern-fringed banks. The shadows of dipping shubbery, green- Low have they laid the giant, green willows and gracefully curving And they hale him home with mirth. and featherery elms which skirted And they fan the fires that twinkle, the stream, particularly as the even­ And sing round his massy girth, ing twilight melted away in a sky of And make with a mighty magic crimson and gold, were indescribably The life of the Christmas hearth. soft and beautiful, and gazing on For his flames give the spicy fragrance these we were drawn together by a Of the summer atmosphere. community of joyful emotions height­ Working In the Name While the breath of the woody hoi- ened by our mutual love of the pic­ lows. turesque. Christmas Cakes for Christmas Of the Christ Child The luster and light of the year. Some experiences on earth are too The blvssom, the bird song, the exquisite to be enduring, and this did breczes, not prove an exception. With the bit­ Kirkby'a have a Permit from the Food Board to use He sheds through the Christmas terest mortification I learned that her oMI. thirtv yetirs ago there lived cheer. uncle was uoing every means in his Sugar for Filling or Icing Cakes and are able to make S In the city of Washington a young power to estrange us. He was not a girl, the daughter of Uiehard T. And the message of peace and bless­ man to be trifled with, possessing an Merrick, a distinguished lawyer, soys ing extended influence, lofty ambition and tic Survey. A serious injury, due to In the great fire's glow they mark. an inflexible will. Christmas Cakes, Scotch Short Bread and ;III accident, had left her an invalid, With the lad from the war and the I, although, on the other hand, a confined to her couch. The Christmas sailor comparatively poor artist, was quite as proud and headstrong as he. and season WM fast approaching and amid Home from his tossing bark opposition of any kind only intensi­ Doughnuts. the preparations for the holidays, Ere Ihe Christmas belts come chiming fied my determination. I was, how­ which the happy family were busily Like the touch of the frost on the ever, altogether too impulsive, and Please let us have your order early. The cakes will be up to our making, this young invalid, reared In dark. rushed into enterprises with a reck­ regular high quality. luxury, conceived the desire of clothing less daring that to some seemed in­ And widely on pane and ceiling in the name of the Christ Child some credulous. My plans for relief were Sparkles a fiery foam. poor babe who was to come into the therefore hastily conceived, and, look­ And the children dance with their world in poverty. She made a simple ing backward, after many years, that shadoxos Itut complete layette, sent for a friend I did not consult Annie in the making KIRKBY'S Like the forest sprite xcith the who she knew could lind the very of them is the one regrettable fea­ gnome. ture. HOME-MADE BREAD PASTRIES PIES CAKES mother who needed such assistance, While the great log roars and bla:es. and one small child was clothed in the Further designs on the part of Sher­ The heart of the joy of home. iff Shackleton having come to my name of the Christ Child. LUNCH DINING ROOM knowledge, I suspended a clematis An? the cheek that has long been with­ The Christ Child, society, founded vine from an old apple tree—our sig­ Canada Food Board License Numbers 5-2386, 10-15908 .'7 years ago, distributed 1.T0 layettes ered nal for meeting at customary time With an old rose blooms once more 606 THIRD AVE. SOUTH PHONE 1627 last year. Not une request has ever and place. As memories glow like the embers heen refused to an applicant indorsed ***** hy Its visitors. And from this has Whose flashes sink and soar The evening shadows were length­ developed the material relief depart­ With the Christmas fire's warm m*rv ening, when, in a closely covered cab ment, which clothes and shoes chil­ Where the log burns red at ''•'• •<••'<•'.drive n by my trusty man-servant, my —Woman's Home. COmVVvion. dren, furnishes a fortnight's outing, daughter and I arrived at the bridge. •> brace for a crippled leg or • book Annie was there already. The look from the library. There are no religious of mingled astonishment and appre­ The Christmas Spirit. hension depicted on her face as I qualifications. Active members eon- However it may be. when Christmas emerged from, and bade her enter the tribute a definite number of hours' comes it linds us all to a greater or vehicle, was one never to be forgot­ A SUGGESTION FOR YOUR XMAS DINNER work each week, and anyone may be­ 'OSH degree ready to cry "A merry ten. She appeared to be surprised come a member by promising to an­ Cliristuiiis to all" and to the best of that my daughter was there, but, swer the Christmas letter of a poor our ability k»»pp it with good cheer. woman-like, she guessed the whole child. Washington numbers 1,000 mem­ Dx'p down in our hearts every one of suitation, and, after some bitter re­ USE MENU ANY bers, and there are more than 4,500 in u< cherishes wlwt may he called the monstrance had been indulged in and all, including the branches in 2'J cit­ ('lu-isrinas sentiment, riven If we go, a torrent of tears shed, the atmos­ CRYSTAL Oysters FLAVOR ies. is s<> many have done of past ycaiv.. phere cleared and she resigned her­ Celery Stuffed Olives From her couch, where she has lain >nt'-;'!e nf the walls of o\\t own Home self to her fate. DAIRY Five hours hard driving brought us YOU we still observe our Yuletide in a more Tomato Soup for more than 20 years, Miss Mer­ to the city of Hamelot and to rooms rick directs and leads all the soci­ or less conventional manner. We may which I had already engaged. Early MILK Roast Turkey, Cranberry Jelly WISH ety's work. psenpe oitr relatives, save ourselv s the next morning a marriage license was inthei; of II.'IMC prep-1rations, pretend procured and. at the residence of a CREAM Creamed Potatoes IN I have mi adrift from the old clergyman, with my daughter and Mashed Turnips -vi,-.,i,,.,| n)t"||,,(U i,iii it :ill amounts man-servant as witnesses, our union AND ICE CREAM St. Nicholas Day and Christmas. in i'l-iiiy io the mi nip thing. We are was at last legally consummated. Brussels Sprouts A writer in the Pall Mall Gux.ette mil. "led. jit'ter nil. by ihe same spirit In the meantime Sheriff Shackleton BUTTER Orange and Celery Salad BRICKS ihus speculated concerning the amalga­ had not been idle. With an energy \lietlier we are- in a country house, a With Whipped Cream mation of Christmas eve and St. Nicho­ lat. it restaurant or hotel. born of hatred and stimulated by a AT OR las eve: "Perhaps the amalgamation temporary-defeat, the dogs of the law Crystal Ice Cream of the two festivals was brought about were loosed from their leashes. I had ALL INDIVIDUAL endeavored to obliterate our tracks as by motives of economy, the giving of A Joyful Yule. English Plum Pudding much as possible, but their animal Recipes on request presents on December f> and again on Then drink to the holly berry, TIMES MOULDS With hey down, hey down derry; scent was acute, and within a few December 25 constituting too heavy a hours of our marriage ceremony and, Fruit Nuts Coffee toll on parental purses. That this was The mistletoe we'll pledge also. And at Christmas all be merry. as the crescent of our honeymoon the ease appears to be proved by the was appearing above the heavy cumu­ Special Ice Cream Orders will be received until 23rd inst. P custom prevailing in Catholic Germany, lus clouds that for a time obscured for delivery Xmas Morning. where St. Nicholas duly appears In our sky, an officer appeared upon our each home on December 5, and. inquir­ n threshold, procured a warrant and ef­ ing Into the conduct of the children, fected my capture. rewards the worthy with fruits and Impetuous as I am by temperament CRYSTAL DAIRY LTD. cakes and lectures the unworthy on the I was not indiscreet enough to resist duty of obedience. He then asks the arrest. It galled me, however, to think PHONE 1576 <'hrlst Child to bring them at Christ­ Under the HisMoe that there was a likelihood of bring­ mas, j»nd on the morning of that day ing disgrace upon Annie and my they usually find the desired articles In daughter, or, at the least, an undue ihe shoes which they placed overnight publicity to what I considered a pri­ .>lllHIHIIIII..IHIHIIiin..llllllllHII..IIIMIIHII..HIIIIHIIIK vate affair. on the hearth. This variation of the Spare me from dwelling upon what original Nicholas eve custom, for so is painful! Suffice it to say that I long obsolete In England, probably ac­ was charged before Judge Blackgown counts for our possession of Santa with "fraudulently alluring and tak­ Lethbridge Laundry Co. Ltd. Clattl in his present form. He is ing away" the ward of Sheriff Shack­ supposed to have been an importation leton, "being under age. out of the from America about 10 years ago possession and against the will of her Quality Launderers, Cleaners and Dyers. (as a little earlier we had derived the guardian"—in short, with abduction— Christmas tree from (Jermany on the and, having been found guilty, was Initiatiou of the prince consort, hus­ sentenced to ten years penal servi­ band of Queen Victoria.)" tude. My daughter being likewise convicted of "aiding and abetting" me We have the Plant, the Ours is the Only Up-to- was given a term of two years impri­ sonment. Help and the Desire to do As these exceedingly severe sen­ Date Sanitary Laundry in On Christmas E?e. tences were passed upon us a look of -Oh, little babe, oh, gentle babe, Good Work. That in a manger lies. triumph took possession of the the South Country. A-llstening to the choral sweet Sheriff's countenance, but I flung it Whicli floats a-down the skies. back with an equally exultant and dis- We, through the year, who only hear tainful gaze. "Ah! my man," thought The world's harsh thundering, I, "you little know with whom you are We have recently built, and equipped with the latest improved machinery, the only Up- Listen that we. dear babe with thee dealing, to-the-Minute, Power Dry Cleaning and Pressing Plant in the Province south of Calgary. May hear the angels sing. By the use of our still we are enabled to distill gasoline that has been used once, mak­ "Stone walls do not a prison make, Oh, little babe, oh, gentle babe, ing it as clear and pure as it was in the first place. Who lookesl toward the star Nor iron bars a cage; And seest when they bear their gifts, Minds innocent and quiet take This can only be done by the use of the system we employ,., and a Power Plant such a^ Those wise men from afar, That for an hermitage: we have established. IP From wandering wide back to thy side, Weary and worn, we flee; "If I have freedom in my love, ABSOLUTELY PURE, SANITARY GASOLINE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMER But hearts that bleed and hands that need Are all we have for thee. And in my soul am free, That is worth remembering. Worn Suits Made to Look Like New. Angels aloi... hat soar above, By special arrangement we are prepared to turn out Dry Cleaning Work as well as Oh, little babe, oh, gentle babe, Enjoy sucli liberty." Laundry Work in One Day. Our hearts were hard and ***** The star we loved, the star of fame Thanks to the good and tender­ We hope by honest effort and close attention to details, to merit a share of the* public The song the song of gold. hearted warden of the penitentiary, patronage. Give us a trial. At the manger's side this Christmas tids the time sped rapidly by. My daugh­ We lister, and we long To see that star shine from afar ter was allowed to beguile the hours C. S. FARROW, And hear the angels 'song. with fancy-work, thus being spared —Richard V. Souter. the companionship of evil associates P. O. Box No. 477. Phone 451 Manager. (Continued on Page Seven) — - ""'""""""""" -_-.-»u..r-...... , .••...^-_._.^__M_.^_. _ rimiiiiiiiiiriiii_iBMiMiiiwiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiLjiiniiii..iL_iiiimijn.! THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918 THE LETHBRIDGE TELEGRAM PAGE SEVEN

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<.JIHHHIHII»M«WMC.INIIIIIIIIIOIIIIII!IIIIK»lllllHIIIHIIIIIIIIII1K:milllllHiai IIIIICllIIIIMIItllC-lllillillll.C-Itnirifinf Cat1lllllHttiC3CtllllllllJtC3.ltlllllllllC_1ll.il • I. tlllll CJIIIIIIIIIII1C3 IlltlC-11 HlltC-IIItllllf = What streams and rivers roll be­ learned in her helpless condition to UNIFORM HEADSTONES tween; bestow her affection upon the nurse FOR SOLDIERS' GRAVES But love can laugh at heights like who ministered to her wants, and these, when she at last recognized who he London, Dec. 2.—The imperial war And love can bridge the very seas." was, her love and gratitude knew no graves commission, describing its bounds. plans for the maintenance of war- ***** cemeteries abroad, proposes the erec­ The perceptions of love are sagaci­ On a beautiful little island laved by tion, of headstones of a uniform de­ ous. My ear, made keen by hope de­ the waters of the blue Pacific stands sign, which are to replace the tem­ ferred, caught a message as the west a rose-covered cottage, which from its porary wooden crosses and head- wind sighed through the pines on the surroundings and from old associa- tones. They will be 30 inches high mountain side. The streamlet that tiations is named "Waterwood." and 15 inches wide. At the eastern- descended from a hoary peak and Some white ducks and geese are end of the cemetery a great altar which fell like a mist from the clouds sporting themselves in a placid, wood- stone will be raised, with broad steps. The Lethbridge Hotel that gathered about his breast, left at fringed pool, and the air is filled with Each headstone will bear the badge his feet the veil of my well beloved. ***** the perfume of fruit blossoms from of the soldier's regiment or other the neat and prosperous-looking or­ unit in metal, a cross and an inscrip European Plan. Rates $1.00 and up. I had not been long in the charming chard surrounding the house, a sound tion bearing his name, rank, regiment. little city of Rose Mount, ere one of music also floats upon the evening date of death, and next-of-kyi will be morning I received the following note breeze and it comes through that permitted. addressed to mc, in a neat, legible open French window—the voice is my A three-line inscription will also be chirography: wife's and she is singing a favorite allowed. The graves of non-Christian J. H. LEE LETHBRIDGE PROPRIETOR. melody: soldiers will be treated in accordance "My Dear Sir,— with their own religious beliefs. Your wife is at my house and in a "For ever thine! when hills and seas To Remove Isolated Graves dying condition; come at once if you divide, The commission has. resolved that wish to see her alive. When storms combine; isolated graves in war ereas shall be This note was not written at her When west winds sigh, or deserts part removed to cemeteries where they solicitation, but, having heard her us wide— can be cared for reverently. J; 10 LARGE SAMPLE ROOMS story, I have deemed it advisable to For ever thine!" With regard to the removal of inform you of her whereabouts. bodies to their native countries, the "Respectfully yours, 'DEAD ON THE FIELD OF commission points out that to empty "Jonathan Broadcloth, HONOR/% 400,000 indentified graves would be a "Minister." colossal work, and opposed the spirit Coalhurst, Monday. A boy of only twenty years was in which the Empire had accepted the "Your wife" and "dying" were about killed in France. Found on his body offers of France, Belgium, Italy and First-Class Dining Room In Connection, all my excited eyes saw on the blur­ was a letter of comfort to his par-: Greece to "adopt our dead." The com­ red page before me. Crushing it into ents: mission feels this view commends it­ my pocket I rushed for the wharf, and "We shall live forever in the re­ self to the majority of the British catching a steamer about to sail em­ sults of our efforts. We shall live people. barked for Coalhurst—some sixty as those who, by their sacrifice, won • c_itim_uiuiiiimmHciiniH«wt3iwuwuu)imi;ic_iimi miles distant. Arriving at his resi­ the great war. dence, the Rev. Mr. Broadcloth in­ "You must console yourself with TO INVESTIGATE CRIMES formed me that Annie's condition was the thought that I am happy. The COMMITTED BY GERMANS unchanged and that she was at times measure of life is not its span, but quite delirious. The tender-hearted the use made of it." London, Dec. 2.—The German gov­ minister then told me how, one morn­ This is the fine spirit of the true ernment is starting an investigation W. A_ DODD ing, his wife responding to a gentle soldier, and there is no compensa­ into the German crimes in Belgium, Phon* 1810 MERCHANT TAILOR 242 13th Street N. knock at the door, met on the thresh­ tion to the world for the loss of the deportation of Belgian workmen, old a pale and careworn, but hand­ those who have it. the theft of Belgian machinery, and LADIES GENTS some woman, who stated that she was It makes debtors forever of those the murders of Edith Cavell and Capt. ill and friendless and pleaded for who remain at heme to profit by the Fryatt. Among those held respon­ Costumes made in the latest styles. A fine line of Tweeds, Serges and shelter. Meeting with a kindly wel­ peace to come. sible, according to an Amsterdam come she then related how she had We can never close our account dispatch, are Gen. von Sauberzweig. Worsteds to select from. come to the west upon her uncle's ad­ with those who die on the field of former military governor of Brussels ; Our best advertisement in this line are vice fearing violence from her hus­ honor. Perhaps the humblest tribute Gen. Baron von Manteuffel, military Excellent trimmings and workmanship embo­ band who had been committed to pri­ we can pay to their memory is to fol­ commander at Louvain, and Baron our pleased customers. died in all your Breeches, Suits and Overcoats son upon her account; how she had low the wisdom of the young hero: von Der Lincken, civil governor of been employed as a private secretary "The measure of life is not its span, Brussels at the time of Miss Cavell's in Rose Mount, from which place she but the use made of it." execution. Your patronage is solicited. Prices are reasonable. again fled upon being warned that her husband was following; of run­ /TSSSSSCS. , ning short of money, and from hun­ *>i^^wi'*M^iw^i^.ii^i^iiiMi-iM^h^M>.w' iw" ^^•*^*_^'^•^^.^*^*•^<^•^^l_^•'^'•^••—'i*—••^•''^^•w^' CLEANING, PRESSING AND REPAIRING NEATLY DONE ger, fear, sickness and lack of some­ one to whom she could unburden her­ self, threw herself upon the charity of the mercifully disposed minister who ne'er the morning and dwell in the utter­ rising to the setting sun. The west is Do you i\now what most parts of the sea' or earth and I great, with its clear, sparkling rivers "Against the houseless stranger shuts WATERWOOD will search until I find her. Even as of melted ice swiftly flowing between the door." (Continued from Page Six) the butterfly that ascends into the precipitous banks oceanward! The ***** azure and draws his love from afar, west is sublime, with its chains of and speeding meets her, so shall we Nursing wa.s an accomplishment of while toj^e—whom he speedily learn­ mountains, silent and snow-capped which I had much to learn, but there "duds" are? be drawn to each other though our standing like sentinels against the ed to trust—was given the congenial never was a more willing student, nor meeting and love making be as ephe­ rose colored sky! one more carefully observant of the employment of decorating the inter­ meral as that of the 'winged flowers' physician's orders. ior of his dwelling with a variety of themselves." "Ah! well-belov'd the space is wide Day by day the color returned to artistic work, and, after regular hours ***** That keeps me yearning from thy the blanched cheeks and lustre to the permitted me to paint pictures for The west is wide indeed! with il­ side; eyes which had previously borne a What hills and mountains intervene, A War term for shells that sale, the proceeds being placed to my limitable plains extending from the despairing expression. She had credit in the bank. The reduction of my term of im­ don't explode; a peace term prisonment by good conduct and by order of the Governor-General, amounted to three years. I was there­ fore released when a period of seven for clothes that are not as years was accomplished, and, singu­ lar to relate, Sheriff Shackleton died upon the very day on which I regain­ good as you expect ed my liberty. No communications between Annie and my self having been permitted, the question of where to find her now took possession of my mind, as my You don't want "duds," you daughter had already informed me by correspendence that she was no long­ er at her former abode. needn't have them. Hart Persuading myself that her uncle's death might induce her to return, I Schaffner & Marx clothes again took up my residence in Water- wood, where I yet retained many warm friends, and resumed my form­ ate made of all-wool fabrics er occupation. I chose a house situated directly op­ posite "Sunnymede," the residence of and made right We guaran­ the Sheriff's sister, who being a lady of excellent parts and a great favor­ tee that they'll do everything ite of Annie's, I was inclined to hope woulj^be favorably disposed towards me. Tralso thought that there, if any­ you think they ought to do. where, after her uncle's demise she would very probably make her tem­ porary quarters, and. while there domiciled, the gate of "Stmnymede" never swung upon its hinges, day or night, hut I was made aware of those LOUIS KEEL who passed its portals. Word reached me at leagtk that my bird had flown to the imr, far west, The home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes. and I was not long in ditpmsmg oi my effects and removing t bit lie*. "Ahf thought I, "let her take tie irings o( Cotti-g Ailall* at Lett-bridge. PACK EIGHT THE LETHBRIDGE TELEGRAM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1918

memorandum signed "No. 7433, Im­ mock marriage with him. |ir}{igi^i-qj_rai_ra_ra^ perial Bank," addressed to the repre­ All had been well planned by some HOW DEATH CAME sentatives of all German banks in friends of the empress who lived in Switzerland, informing them that de­ Tobolsk. The pair were to escape mands for money would he made by into the country, when Tatiana was TO THE ROYAL certain persons, a list of whom is to cut off her hair and dress in an given, and includes the names of the officer's uniform which had been ob­ Bolshevik secret council. tained for her, and then the pair FAMILY OF RUSSIA We, therefore, have it on record were to travel as brother officers to that those responsible ior the ex­ Moscow, afterwards to Archangel, termination of the Imperial family and by sea to Newcastle. Indeed, the FIRST COMPLETE NARRATIVE were paid directly hy Berlin. The arrangements were such that already OF ONE OF THE WAR'S decision having heen arrived at, the a friend of young Fredericks in Am­ GREATEST TRAGEDIES ex-Tsar was at once separated from erica actually announced in the press (By Willliam Le Quex) his wife and daughters, and a false that the Grand Duchess was to lec­ "Woe to the Little Mother!" charge trumped up against him. The ture in New York. Such was the curse which greeted greatest insults were heaped upon The plot, however, was betrayed by Alexandra Feodorovna, ex-Tsaritsa him, after which he wa.s taken in the a servant, and from that moment the of Russia, when, early one morning, night from the governor's palace in Grand Duchess, who had before the she was driven, through the grey, Tobolsk, where he had been a pri­ downfall been very active in Red muddy streets of Tobolsk on her way soner, and hurried to execution, with­ Cross work, but who, alas! had been * Jo her execution. "Death to the out being allowed to take farewell of equally interested in Rasputin and his Little Father!" Death to the Little his family. cult, was kept under close arrest. Mother!" "And end to all the ac­ That the empress and her daughters cursed Romanoff brood!" feared the wrath of the people is On the morning after the disap­ The pale, trembling woman, at plain by the attempted escape of the pearance of her father from Tobolsk, v^iose door the downfall of Russia Grand Duchess Tatiana a few weeks two vulgar-looking men, Prozor and must be laid—she who had moved before. The empress, though a pri­ Koskul—who had been deputed by through the gilded salons of Tsarkoe soner, preserved a complete calm, the secret council in Petrograd, ar­ Selo, and had been the centre of the never dreaming that, after all her rived to interview the ex-Empress. most brillians court in Europe—hid work for Berlin, the Wilhelmstrasse According to the Baroness Tzan- her head in shame. The truth re­ would actually pay for her death. koff, who had been allowed to rejoin garding the last days of the Tsar and Unscrupulous as she was herself, she never dreamed of such a depth of the imperial family in their exile, his family comes privately to me the interview took place in the salon from Baroness Zeneide Tzanoff, duplicity. Hence she was living quiet­ ly, cherishing her one secret hope at 8 o'clock in the morning, the two ALBERTA'S MOST POPULAR PIANO Miho for many years was the Em- that Germany would win. men demanding that the imperial presse's friend and confidante, and children should be present. They —AND— ^ho recently wrote the "Secret Life were assembled when Prozer, a big ol the ex-Tsaritsa." Tatiana, like the other Grand black-bearded man, who had been a Those who met and decided the Duchesses, was allowed outside the dockyard workman at Kronstadt. CANADA'S BEST Tzar's fate were Lenine, Trotsky, miserable, inartistic house termed a looked at the empress, and after spit­ Prozer, Koskul, Kolovsky, Kameneff, palace, because it was the residence ting upon the floor in contempt, said: During the last few years many hundreds of Willis Pianos have been sold in Surnenson and Peters, all of whom of the governor of the province. She, "Woman! You who worshipped at Southern Alberta to more than satisfied customers, who are ready at all times to testify afterwards received large payments with her sisters, was able to go about Rasputin's red room at Tsarskoe Selo ctf German money from a person in the wretched plank-paved town of are about to join your holy friend of to the superb qualities of the instrument. Berlin who was known as "Parvus," Tobolsk—wherein, by the way, I the Unknown. You, and all your de­ tbe payments being made through spent a most depressing week early generate brood are leaving Tobolsk in The Willis factory is the largest exclusive piano plant in Canada. It covers seven private ^German banks in Sweden and in 1910. Her cavalier on her excur­ an hour. The Little Father has gone, acres of ground and the actual floorspac e covers 100,000 square feet Switzerland where the above-named sions was a young Lieut. Fredericks, to be followed by the Little Mother. »rien had accounts opened for them. son of the ex-court chamberlain, You, woman! had the Monk's body Willis pianos are made in a variety of styles and finishes and are sold on terms to Baron Fredericks, and as part of her filched from the police, and you had suit all classes of purchasers. Catalogue mailed on request. As I write I have before me a plan of escape she went through a it buried in secret in the garden at Peterhof. Think what you placed there. Think!" The whole imperial family held WE HAVE RECENTLY ADDED their breath. They at" -err.ee- • .k.'i*w that their secret was known to the a full line of the superb provisional government who, truth to tell, had exhumed the body from its resting place and found it wear­ ing a small ikon, which at the back AEOLIAN YOCALION PHONOGRAPHS bore the signatures of the Tsaritsa, the Grand Duchess Tatiana and her and an immense stock of three sisters.

Tatiana's lips blanched. Handsome, with regular features, dark, curly YICTOR RECORDS hair, with violet eyes, she had always been under the influence of her neu­ rotic mother. But now she realized that matters had assumed a crisis, and suddenly she burst into tears. The Baroness placed her arm ten­ derly around her neck and strove to comfort her, but the fellow Prozer— Willis Piano Co. a paid agent of Berlin like his mas­ ters—called two of the goaler-ser- "The Store of Service" vants, and said brutally: "Take that girl away! She will be Hull Block, 707 Third Ave S. H. C. C. Salmon, Mgr. one the less. The heir and his father Squash Grown in Open With Irrigation at Lethbridge will die together, and all the others l__jajaii!jazi-fifi-i_i-jH--ia MfEJ_J3i_i_JilI_ra^

S-minimiiHtiiiiiimioiiiiiitiiiitJiiitiiiiiiii™ on the same day. It has been de­ cided ! Give truth, and your gift will be paid A celebrated barrister undertook Phone 1294 418 13th St. N. At this, the other girls screamed _ in kind, trade mark suit that looked hopcte and the empress fainted. The Baron­ And honor will honor meet; for his client. The client went abroa ess describes it as a most tragic and And a smile that is sweet will surely leaving his telegraphic address, wi terrible scene. find ** instructions that he was to be nol HART HARDWARE CO. A smile that is just as sweet. fied of the decision. He won the C^J and the barrister cabled, "Justice n LETHBRIDGE At last the empress regained con­ triumphed." The client wired bac sciousness, whereupon Peter Koskul For life is the mirror of king and "Lodge immediate appeall" standing jeeringly before her, said: slave, Stoves, Tinsmithing, Plumbing, Hot Water and Hot Air Heating. "You, Alexandra Foedorovna, need Tis just what we are an_ do; no trial, for the people have already Then give tb the world the best you Strange as it may seem, the fond condemned you to death. Listen what have, a man is of wet goods, the less ! THE LENNOX TORRID ZONE STEEL FURNACE General Brusiloff has said of you! And the best will come back to you. worries about putting anything by f Any furnace will fail to To get good and economi­ And he then read a cutting from the a rainy day. Birshevya Viedomosti, 5n which the heat properly if it is not cal results from any fur­ general, in an interview, declared that General Skalon, Governor-General of $.HIIIIIIilllC.IIIIII!li!IIC.II!!IIIIIIIIC.!llll!!lll!ICM correctly set up and in­ nace the heat must be Warsaw, was in German pay, and that before the war, while serving stalled. transmitted to the rooms in that city, he (Brusiloff) worked with the least possible out a plan in case of a German in­ Certain rooms will be vasion. This he had to hide from insufficiently heated, and loss. One furnace may General Skalon. General Brusiloff added: Med­ical uotany this, too, is a menace to generate more heat from "Last autumn, before the offensive the health of your family. the fuel consumed. But it started, the Empress Alexandra asked, 'When will you commence the "This is the Medicine of Nature So it is important to also must have a correct offensive?' I replied, 'I do not know. Sir J. HiHiM.D. That reply was received with dis­ take advantage of every system of conserving the favor by the empress, but it saved the offensive. General headquarters This fact is being proved daily by those who are using my correct principle and the heat and delivering it to then demanded that the offensive herbal preparations. Many are giving Most Flattering Testi­ the rooms with the least should be postponed, and I had to very best practice in the threaten by saying, 'Either I shall re­ mony to the great cures effected in their respective cases of installation of a furnace. waste. sume the offensive when I think it Stomach, Heart, Nerve, Liver, Kidney, Bowel and the various necessary or not at all.'" other ills which attend the human frame, such as Appendicitis, Estimates Cheerfully Furnished. The tall, thin-faced man (Koskul) then looked at the ex-Empress, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Pleursy, Pneumonia, Spanish "Flu," &c. Write us for list of satisfied customers. straight in the face and added: "For that, woman, it is decreed that you WHY NOT YOU ? * iHiOTJOTnuoiiimiHiinmHiiii^ are to be shot!" j..iiww«-niiiiiiiiiic-umiiiwic3iu^ Four men had, by that time, enter­ ed the room, and supported her out JOHN RAE, to the common carriage that stood by HERBALIST waiting. Then, as she drove through | 707 13th St. N. the streets, her ears were greeted by Lethbridge the fierce execrations of the people' Flower s for Christ mas who were once her subjects. •IIIC]IIII!!IIIIIICIIIIIIIIIIIIIC.IIIIIIIIIIIIQIIIIIIIIHIIC.IIIIIIIIIIIU: • •••. -ion:', :: .JIIIII;!;!!; niiiHinmic»iiiiiiiiiiic.iiti!niiiiic.iiitinimii The Baroness states that the young princesses Olga, Marie, and Anas- #.iuiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiMi..iiiiiuiniinniim tasia, who were naturally in a state There is nothing more suitable for a CHRISTMAS GIFT than of collapse at the dramatic interview, ^ ere taken charge of by two other A BOX OF OUR FRESH CUT FLOWERS or A BEAUTIFUL men. while she herself was ordered by Prozor to leave Tobolsk at once, j The Frank Hedley Drug Co. which she did. FLOWERING PLANT OR FERN in a basket. Of the fate of them all there is but little doubt. The private fortune of I For those who like the best in Toilet Articles see our stock. four hundred thousand pounds pos­ s CUT FLOWERS FL0WBRING PLANTS DECORATIONS sessed by Tatiana has been seized by We call your attention to our large and varied stock of Cyclamen Victoria Holly the Bolsheviks, who now make no Roses secret that the whole family were Pivers* Face Powders, Toilet Waters and Perfumes Carnations Begonias Holly Wreaths wiped out on the same day, and al­ Houbegant's Ideal, in Bulk and Silk Packages Chrysanthemums Poinsettia Mistletoe most at the same hour. Houbegant's Quelque Fleurs, in Bulk and Toilet Waters Poinsettia Jerusalem Cherries Evergreen Wreathing Thus does Imperial Germany treat Narcissus Chinese Primrose Friz Roping those who become her "friends." and Talcums Djerkiss in Face Powders, Toilet Water Lotion and E/ik Snapdragon Primula Ovconica Cut Fern GIVING AND RECEIVING Violets Salvia Parsley Extract, also Extract in 1 and 2 oz. 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Give love, and love to your life will The Frank Hedley Drug Company THE TERRILL FLORAL CO. flow, A strength in your utmost need; Lethbridge. PHONE 577 BOX 414 Have faith and a score of hearts will show •>iiic.!iimiiiiiic_iiiintiiiiic.iiiiiiii^^ '______, i JI —H in ' ' "^"•'"""™''""»»"'""""»'™"™ Their faith in your word and deed. mwnnnwiiuiimuiuiiN £tW^tihQt degrottt VOL. 4 LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918 No. 83 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THEXETHBRtEGE/IHEMETROPOLIS ALBERTA, PREMIER PROVINCE DOMINION OF CANADA OF SODTHERN ALBERTA OF THE GREAT WEST

BOUT 36 years ago early set­ although colonization and settlement tlers arrived in this locality. has been much retarded by the great A These vast prairies near the war that has been convulsing the en­ present city of Lethbridge tire world. With the dawn of peace, were the home of the Indian am' the no doubt, land settlement will be one buffalo. of the great problems before the peo­ Coal outcroppings were noted along ple. Our prairies grow the finest the Belly river and this lead to the grade of wheat and are well suited opening of the mining industry on j lor mixed farming, but this phase will the east side of the river, 300 feet be­ .' be taken up later. low the present site of the city, in If this fact alone were not enough those days called the Coal City. The to convince you that Lethbridge has coal was there. It could be mined, lenty of justification for being on but a market had to be obtained. The the map, let us add right here that C. P. R. was just being completed as a j this southern capital city is the cen­ transcontiental railway and the near­ tre of the greatest and heaviest pro­ est point to Coal City was Medicine ducing coal field west of the Great Hat. I,, kes—the wonderful Crow's Nest The promoters of the mines con­ Pass deposits of anthracite and bitu­ ceived the idea of transporting the minous. Geographically this city is coal down the river to Medicine Hat 48 miles north of the United States for shipment. But it proved a failure. b< andary line, 724 miles west of Win­ This lead to the formation of the Al­ nipeg, 395 miles east of Spokane, berta Railway & Irrigation company Wash., and 200 miles northwest of and the building of the first railway— Great Falls, Montana. a narrow gage—out of Coal City to Dunmore Junction and Great Falls, Agriculture the Foundation. Mont. From then on the famous Gait Now, of course, we are all ready to Coal mines have been shipping coal to admit that agriculture is the true points throughout the western prov­ | foundation of the prosperity of any inces. I country. If we are not ready to ad­ As time went on the site of the min­ mit this we have something more to ing camp was tranferred to the bench learn. But assuming that we do ad­ of land above the mines, the place mit it, what is the position of Leth­ where the City of Lethbridge now bridge? A few lines up we said that stands. the agricultural area tributary to The line of railway between Leth­ Lethbridge totaled something more bridge and Dunmore eventually pass­ than ten million acres. Once upon a ed into the hands of the C. P. R. time some people thought this land and was made into standard gauge, was impossible for farming oper­ and now forms part of that com­ ations. They were mistaken. Just how badly, crop reports of recent pany's line from Dunmore to Van­ 1 couver, Seattle, Portland and Spo­ years best indicate. Sometimes the kane, through Lethbridge and the south country has what is known as Crow's Nest pass. a dry year. It was the dry year fea- The old line, with its many bridges , Jure of the country that gave it its between Lethbridge and Macleod has | had name in the early days of set­ been shortened by a new route and tlement. But today, dry years and the wooden bridges replaced by the | wet years are all alike to the tiller of RT. HON. SIR ROBERT B. BORDEN, 1 the soil who goes about his work Premier of Canada Lethbridge viaduct over the Old Man river at Lethbridge. It is one of the j scientifically, with the result that in largest steel bridges in the world, ! the dryest seasons Southern Alberta j soil brings reward to the men who ACK in the 16th and 17th cen­ still the Northwest Territories and being one mile and fifty-seven feet in 1 turies the Spaniards explored the Yukon, which are under a Federal length and three hundred and seven handle it intelligently. This season B arid exploited Central and control. feel above the Old Man river. I was the dryest on record in this part South America. The English Now Canada is a self-governing of the country, yet according to crop vere emigrating to and colonizing Dominion. It consists of that part of Lethbridge. report, within a radius of sixty miles what is now known as the Atlantic the North American continent north Four hundred and twenty-seven of Lethbridge there was harvested seabord of the United States of Amer- . of the United States, except Alaska, pears ago, there was a man away j this season a crop of nearly seven ica. The Frenech traders took their j Labrador and Newfoundland, and a back in old Europe who sought a I million bushels of grain. And re­ route up the St. Lawrence river and ' couple of small islands iii the St. wider field of opportunity. That man member in the south country as yet established posts where they traded Lawrence.- It has an area of 3,729,665 was Christopher Columbus. After sur­ not more than 25 per cent, of the land with the Indians. Furs was the chief square miles and a population of some is under cultivation. In 1915, 1916 and HON, CHAS. STEWART mounting many obstacles he set out Premier of Alberta commodity which the Indians had to eight millions. We elect our own gov­ to seek his opportunity. He foun/i it 917, which were normal seasons, the offer. The French did some coloniz­ ernment, make our own laws and con­ when he discovered America, and grain marketed through Lethbridge ing work, but their settlements were trol our own political affairs. All was as foliows: KYOND the great prairies and mountain torrents pour their blue- since those days men have been seek­ in the shadow of the Rockies grey waters from glaciers that lie few and far apart and were harassed matters of taxation are entirely with­ ing and finding opportunity in Amer­ Bushels from time to time by the war-loving in our hands. The government of B lie the foothills. For nine hun­ glistening between the white peaks ica, until they have now come to the 1915 29,000,000 dred miles the prairies spread far away. Here are the great ranges Indians and by English colonists to Great Britain has no more control last great west—the prairie provinces 1916 27,000,000 the south of them. over taxation in Canada than it has themselves out in vast level reaches, on which feed herds of cattle and of Western Canada, and in the south­ 1917 13,000,000 and then begin to climb over sofely horses. Here are the homes of the French rule in Canada came to a in the United States. These are west corner of this great west, nest­ points to remember because many Mixed Fr.rm':ig and Markets rounded mounds that ever grow high­ ranchmen, in whqse wild, free, lonely close with the capture of Quebec at ling as it were in the shadow of the er and sharper till, here and there, existence there mingles much of the the Battle of the Plains of Abraham people who do not live in Canada do backbone of the North American con­ But we h ve heen talking about not understand the relations of Can­ -jrain only. That would not be a true they break into jagged points and at tragedy and comedy, the humor and by the British, under the leadership of tinent—the Rocky Mountains—at an Inst rest upon the great bases,of the pathos, that go to make up the ro­ General Wolfe, in 1759, although the ada to the British Empire. index of the fruit fulness of the altitude ot 2&7ti leet, is tne progres­ Southern Alberta soil by any means. mighty mountains. These rounded mance of life." treaty which surrendered Canada to sive City of Lethbridge—the city of hills that join the prairies to the the British was not signed till 1763. Federal Government. In the district tributary to Lethbridge Such is the vivid picture drawn by oppoi tunity. here is a big irrigation enterprise— By the terms of this treaty the Our Federal Government consists of It is the intention in the following mountains form the "Foothill Coun- j Kaipn Connor of Alberta and its peo'- French colonists were allowed their finest quality on these irrigated lands try." From tins distinctive feature of ( pi0 twenty years ago, A great change two houses. The House of Commons, sketch to tell our readers something company, which is a guarantee that the country Auberta derives the name religious liberty and the privilege of elected by the people, and the Sen­ about our fair city. has taKcen place since thi t time. Al­ •using their language officially. That there is something doing. This par­ of the foothill province. berta' is no longer the exclusive home ate, the members of which are ap­ They call the Canadian West Land ticular system is 10(1,1)00 acres in ex­ JS tne reason why all the official pointed for life. Ordinarily there are clusively. And this is only the home "The natural features of the land of the ranchman. The great ranges documents of the Canadian Govern­ tent. What irrigation does for South­ scape combine the beauties of prairie have become vast grain fields, and two political parties, the Conserva­ -xa SUIMOJS UIEJS jo Ji<|t:i[ sBtj UIOJJ ern Alberta land is make it a doi'bly ment.are printed in both the English tive and Liberals, although the pres­ the land of opportunity, and they and of mountain scenery. "There are j where the cowboys drove their herds and French languages and thi sure proposition, not only for grain valleys so wide that the farther side [ myriads of farms and homes have ent governing party is Unionist speak truly, for already the rewards growing, but for intensive and mixed speeches in the house of parliament brought about on account of the have been great to those who were melts into the horizon, and uplands so sprung up. The wilderness lias heen at Ottawa may be made in either of Great War. It was considered that a farming. Alfalfa, timothy, potatoes, vast as to suggest the unbroken transformed by the railway. Towns brave and persistent in their search small fruits and garden truck of all prairie. Near the mountains the val­ the two languages. stronger and better government in practically every part of this vast and cities mark a new feature of the could be had in this manner than by sorts are sure of wonderful crop and leys dip deep and ever deeper till they landscape and a new era has opened In 1776, which was only a short country. Opportunity makes her (Continued on Page Two) narrow into canyons through whicli time after the signing of the treaty the old system. home in the west land and h_r lure in the history of the province. ceding Canada to Great Britain the Elections for the House of Com­ is more persistent here than any­ The varietv- and grandeur of the British colonies to the south revolted, mons are held at least every five where else. It is here that she has physical features, the diversity and but the French colonists remained years, and may be held oftener; that her greatest storehouses of rich re­ extent of the natural resources of Al­ true to^j^eir allegiance. is, there is no fixed date for a govern­ wards for those who are her most berta, represent in an outward form Aftermhe above mentioned revolt, ment, but it cannot hold office longer faithful woers, and those storehouses the infinite variety and Opportunity of which was the war of the American than five years without going to the are so well stocked and large that life within its borders. Its develop­ revolution, there was a large influx peoeple for endorsement. There are years and years will yet pass ere they ment bears an important economic of British subjects into Canada who exceptions as in the case of war. With are depleted. relation to the growth of the Domin­ were known as the United Empire the consent of the opposition the life Where is opportunity in the west? ion of Canada and one might say to Loyalists. Under British rule the of the government may exceed five the anxious enquirer asks. And the the Empire. Its importance lies in country developed very rapidly but years. The party whose members answer is, "Everywhere," but no­ the fact that it contains one of the the four provinces remained separate have a majority in the house forms where more plainly visible than in the largest and richest solid areas of ag­ colonies and it was not until 1867 that city and district of Lethbridge, Al­ ricultural land in Canada or any other a general confederation was brought berta. British colony, and can sustain a about uniting all under one federal Let us take it for granted that you dense and permanent population* 1" government. This was accomplished have heard of Southern Alberta. If the earl)' days it was the home of the by the British North American Act, you have, you no doubt consider it most powerful of the Indian nations passed b ythe British Government, of the.whole Northwest. 11-. luxuriant and is the basis of our present con­ a great country, just the sort of coun­ pastures supported vast herd., of an­ stitution. This act came into effect try that is destined, as the years pass, telope' deer and buffalo, and its on the first day of July, 1867. That to become truly great—greater than mountains, great canyons and lakes date is the birthday of the Dominion old Ontario, for instance—that prov­ comprised the richest territory ex­ of Canada, and the day has since been ince which today holds the position ploited hy the fur companies. Today celebrated as a public holiday. of banner province of the whole Do­ the population is increasing at the minion of Canada. You know the The Canada of 1867 was a very dif­ rate of 75,000 per year, and attracting number of big cities there are in On­ settlers from all parts of the world ferent Canada from the Canada of to­ tario? Well, there will be more in day. It consisted of only four prov­ who find Alberta a place where op­ Alberta, and they will arrive quicker, portunity and advancement is limited inces—Ontario, Quebec, New Bruns­ for this province has started right wick and Nova Scotia. The immense only by their own initiative and and is already moving forward at a energy. territory west of Ontario was, for all pace yet to be reached by its sister the inhabitants knew, a barren wil­ provinces in the East. The official histoi . ol Uberta be­ derness, pretty much under the con­ And what about these Alberta ban if? 1882 when Rupert's Land was trol of the Hudson's Bay Company. cities? There are five or six of them At that time Manitoba had only a organized into four provisional dii small settlement on the banks of the today occupying points of special tricts, viz.. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Red river, and it was not until 1870 vantage geographically and already Assinihoia and Athabasca. From 1S7# that Manitoba joined the Confeder­ assured as to their future. In the up to 1905 it formed part of Rupert'i ation and was almost immediately fol­ north there is Edmonton, the capital Land and the Northwestern Territory lowed by British Columbia. British city, in the centre there is Calgary, surrendered by tl Lav Columbia joined Confederation on the and in the south there is Lethbridge. Company to the Dominion of Canada. understanding that it should be given Are they not too close to each other, At the time the districts passed under rail connection with the older prov- you ask, to all become great centres? the control of the Canadian Govern­ incef in the east. This lead to the i Not a bit of it. For instance, Leth­ ment, the white population ('insisted buiiifcita of the Canadian Pacific rail- W. A. BUCHANAN, bridge is more than half a day jour­ of a few missionaries and Hudson's w.iv.^Fhich has developed into the Member for Lethbridge in Dominion ney by railway from Calgary, and you Bay traders. Since that time there greatest transportation system in the Parliament know what a lot of territory can be has been great material advancement) world. covered in half a day railway trip— especially since 1905. In 1901 the plenty to feed many more than two population was 65,000; in 1906, it wa.s Prince Edward Island joined up in the government and the other party cities and a good many intervening 185,000. The census of 1911 gave a 1873. From that time there were no forms the opposition. It at any time towns and villages. As a matter of population of 385,000. Today the additions till 1905, when that stretch more members vote with the opposi­ fact, Lethbridge stands alone and population is at least 450,000. If the of territory lying between Manitoba tion than with the government, the with undisputed title to the name of same rate of increase continues for and British Columbia was created into government lacks the confidence of capital of a fruitful territory of at the next five years, the population of the Pi pvinces of Saskatchewan and the people. The opposition then least ten million acres in extent, not the province will be nearly a million. Albert i. This completed the chain of forms a government and goes to the more than 25 per cent, of which is as The records of the last two years nine provinces from ocean to ocean. clay for brick and pottery. The non- yet under cultivation, but which is BRIG-GEN. J. S. STEWART ' show that a new school was built for In addjfion to the provinces there are (Continued on Page Eight) rapidly being possessed by settlers, Member for Lethbridge in Provincial Parliament (Continued on Page Fi*fl) PAGE TWO THE LETHBRIDGE TELEGRAM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918

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Here is your chance to learn to be a Tractor En­ Remember that HEMPH LL'S is the only Govern­ gineer, Automobile Driver, Mechanic, Repair Man or ment Licensed System of Motor Schools in Canada and to fill one of the many positions now left open in the is the only sy.stera of motor schools where it would be automobile and gasoline engineering nidustry by the possible for you to learn this trade properly. We believe hundreds of men who are drafted into the army. that if you make up your mind to learn this trade you Hemphill's big Government Licensed Automobile and Gasoline Tractor Engineering School is now open in would like a first-class training. If so make sure that Lethbridge, Alta., having in it a first-class equipment of you attend one of Hemphill's Schools. Our advice to one gasoline and kerosene burning tractors, automobiles and and all is to beware of imitators. stationary engines, and we will now be prepared to give Our head expert, Mr. Stoddart, who has been teaching our students a much better training than ever before. Al­ in our different schools for the past number of years, is though we have spent a great deal of time and money on in charge of the Lethbridge school this season... There­ improvements, we will not raise our prices, but will teach fore, if you attend the Lethbridge branch we are sure that for th* same amount as before, which is fifty dollars you will be more than pleased with the perfect training ($50.00) for a complete course. which you will receive. Mr. Stoddart make* a specialty We want you and would like to have you with us as of teaching you not what you already know, but what soon as possible. Why not make up your mind now, as you do not know. we are sure that you would like to learn this trade but Now is the time to make up your mind to learn a keep putting it off till to-morrow, which never comes. trade and be independent of hard manual labor, as a man Never in the history of Canada or the U.S.A. has there with training is paid for what he knows, not for what he been such a demand for trained men in this line and the does. If you are a farmer and had trouble in getting a wages could not be better. Some of our graduates are competent Engineer last season and were not capable of earning from five dollars per day to three and four hun­ operating your own tractor successfully why not take a dred dollars per month, according to what line of work course which would enable you to be absolute master of ill they follow.. Don't you think that it is worth trying? If any make of tractor. What we have done for others we | you never try, how are you going to win? You must do can do for you If you have any doubt about our schools _ more than think about it. You must make up your mind or our ability to tea ;h you, come and see us and we will and put your thoughts into action then you will certain­ Repairing of all kinds done at half be pleased to show you through our schools. ly get results and in a few months' time will find yourself price under direction of our Experts holding one of the big paying jobs that are going, as we L W^Jw^ &.,£*••, tn« Pl«»«wr« of welcoming you in maintain a free employment office, which can help you and work guaranteed to equal the best. the school in the near future, and promising you every find work of most any kind that you may choose on the assistance in our power to make your stay in the school I completion of your course, whether it be a Chauffeur, both pleasant and profitable. Do not let a few dollars n Mechanic, Repair Man, Salesman, Commercial Truck Bring in your car or trac­ stand in the way of your success. Act now before it is Driver, Gasoline or Kerosene Tractor Engineer, as there too late. Let us hear from you. We are, is always a great demand for trained men of this kind. tor for us to overhaul. Your* very truly, We have dozens of different positions for you to choose from. As you know that hundreds of these Automobile HEMPHILL TRADE SCHOOLS i Drivers and Mechanics, also Stationary and Tractor En­ (Lethbridge Branch) i SCHOOLS AT WINNIPEG, REGINA, SASKATOON, CAL­ gineers, have been drafted into the army, can you sit idle Per T. RAVEN, and let others take the big paying jobs ? 1 GARY, VANCOUVER AND MOOSE JAW. Local Manager. a I

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surface of the soil. And he can con­ market enjoyed by the man doing tinue doing this so long as time lasts, business in Lethbridge, and you have LETHBRIDGE, METROPOLIS OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA for the supply seems to be inexhaus­ a prospect that should be alluring (Continued from Page One) tible. It is estimated that the total enough to tempt the most conserva­ coal production for 1918 will exceed tive. But something of these later on. 6,000,000 tons, which is about one-half Good City to Live In. the finest quality on these irrigated Flocks and Herds. the total production of the Dominion The McLean Transfer Is Lethbridge a good city to live which have been divided into ten and But wait. The story is by no means of Canada. To the men employed getting this coal out of the earth and in? We think so, and for these, twenty acre tracts, selling at from all told yet. This wonderland will do more than produce grains and gar­ onto the cars for shipment there was among other reasons. First, from the G. N. McLean, Prop. $75 to $150 an acre in the immediate den truck. Owing to its peculiarly paid out each month something like standpoint of the ordinary citizen— vicinity of the city. favorable climate it is an ideal loca­ $750,000—not a bad sort of monthly the worker and the people you will And what about the market for all tion for the herder and ranchman. payroll for an industrial concern. want if you are a captain of indus­ this produce? It there such a thing? Stock raising has proved very pro­ Right in and around Lethbridge there try looking for a western location. There surely is, and at prices away fitable for those engaged in it, and are at least seven working mines Locating his family in a new town better than the best the eastern especially sheep. Prices of sheep are which have the greater portion of there are certain points which are farmer ever dared dream of. Not very high, both for the animal itself the market of Western Canada. (Continued on Page Three) We make a specialty of Safe, counting the demands of the ordinary and for its wool. Other Industrial Advantages. city consumers there is a nearby Here cattle, horses and sheep range population of more than seven thou­ the prairies all winter long, coming tunity, it is just here that greatest sand miners, the great majority of reward offers in dozens of different Piano and Furniture Moving whom have their families with them Immense Coal Deposits. lines. The Southern Alberta country Tl in with the first warm breath of And now if you are satisfied that has become thickly enough populated O. K. spring in good shape for market. Lethbridge, from an agricultural view already to make successful business There are no horses like Alberta point is located right, let us have a ventures of almost any industrial pro­ position that wants to locate. Nor borses and Southern Alberta horses look at the industrial proposition as AND SMALL in particular, as there are no cattle it applies to the city and its district. will the prospective manufacturer like its cattle. Ask anyone who First and foremost there is that in­ find things hard when he comes. COAL ? Yes, we Sell it. knows and you will get the same dustry that Nature placed here in the Lethbridge is a good city to live in, MACHINE SHOP answer. So if you have any idea of beginning of things—coal. There is no matter how you view it, which doing things in these directions, this every reason to believe that the tends to make the labor problem an REPAIRS OF ALL KINDS is the spot for you. The governments whole of Southern Alberta is one im­ easy one. It is also a good city for realize it and so do the railways, for mense coal field. Certainly so far as the manufacturer to get started in, NO JOB TOO SMALL both have done much to create a new exploration has been made there matters of location, power and fuel and greater interest in stock raising seems to be but few spots that have supplies being easy as compared with among the farmers of the south coun­ been missed, and in very many parts other places. And to these advan­ A. M. RASMUSSEN, Prop. the farmer can take a wheel barrow tages the east which the manufac­ 1 ty- 817, 3rd Ave. S. And now, when you consider the out into his fields and fill it with the tured article can be shipped out and extent of these two natural resources outcroppings of some seam of coal the raw material shipped in, and the LETHBRIDGE - ALTA. I of wealth and population—agriculture that has poked its nose above the wide extent of practically exclusive and mining—it must occur to you that L such a district and such a territory must of necessity offer special at­ tractions for other industrial propo­ sitions. And you are right. In the past the people of the west have heen forced to be content to have all their manufactured products shipped to them from the east, they being as­ sessed heavy freight tolls on every­ thing they brought in. It was neces­ sary in the beginning of things, for there were too few people in the west lo warrant the 'ocating of industrial concerns out here with the hope of SEE OUR SPECIALS success. But it is different now, and it is becoming more rapidly different every 'lay. And, speaking of oppor- —and as a rule large families—all needing to be fed and all earning money to feed well. Figure them at Trimmed:: and five to the family, which is by no means a high estimate, and we have a population of 35,000. Pretty good proposition as a starter for the Tailored.. Hats mixed farmer, and a proposition that is growing much more rapidly than is the number of mixed farmers in the district, for the reason that it is Styles Urrecl and difficult to wean the western farmer Prices Right. market. There are others, extending away into British Columbia territory MIHI east into the southern districts oi Saskatchewan, where the grain grow- »ng habit is more fixed and pro­ nounced than anywhere else in the west. And to all of these markets the L. A. SCOTT access is easy and the means of transportation adequate. Not a bai looking outlook, is it, for the man «P 5th Strett S. with the hoc? Some Typical Lethbridge Horn** L~S_S== THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918 THE LETHBRIDGE TELEGRAM PAGE THREE _=

*:niiMiiiiiiniii!iiiiuiini!iiiiiiiiiir]iiiiimiiiioiiiimiiiiir3iM!!H <£ssssss= LETHBRIDGE, METROPOLIS OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA II (Continued from Page Two) J BRANTFORD, PERFECT Ftone 1559 4H 1th Ave. S. PREMIER bount to weigh with the average private schools and business colleges and MASSEY breadwinner—health, education, reli­ for those who desire them. gious opportunity, housing, living costs, sock I advantages, law and or­ Religion and Entertainment. "Lef our imprint be your favorite" der, public safety, recreation and en­ To very many, religious connection tertainment. How does Lethbridge plays an important part in the locat­ COAL stand as regaids these? ing of a new home, and in this direc­ BICYCLES First, in ihe matter of health, the tion Lethbridge offers the widest of choice, all the important denomin­ First in the Field. records show that nowhere in the west is these a city or town having a ations being represented and many |Always£the Leader Premier Coal Mine better mortality record. It lias a. wa­ [church homes offering for the new­ Western Sign Co. ter supply which is practically as pure comer. Church organizations are Tires, Repairs, Accessories Lethbridge when it reaches the pumping station many if one wishes to become active as when it left the clouds in the form !in religious work the opportunity of snow on the rock-ribbed heights of here is s Mden one. PHONE 494 the Rockies, some miles to the west, Three moving picture theatres and ridge Cycle Co. | and plainly visible from your win­ are opera house provide plenty of en­ Signs that draw attention 110 5th Street S. Office: 1105 Fifth Street, S. dows if you are a resident of Leth­ tertainment of that particular va­ bridge. Also they planned a sewer riety, while there are numerous so­ We know how system so complete that there is prac­ cial organizations in the city which, tically no need for any resident to during the winter season, provide en­ live in a house lacink this most es- joyment and relaxation for all who

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*Mnmiiiiiniiiuiiimi..iiiiuuuiiniuiiuiiiiK.uHiiiH sential of modern conveniences— I care to unite themselves with them. sewer connection. Neither will you Add to these the ice rinks, the tennis find in Lethbridge any of those atro­ courts, the golf course, the football i cities of the average eastern city—the and baseball organizations, and you narrow back alleys—culture places for get a variety of sources from which ield's: Exchange the disease germs that multiply most the young people, and old, too, may rapidly in alley filth. Here all the regenerate both minds and bodies. Come to A MEN'S STORE alleys are twenty feet wide and are For young men there is a splendidly 1 kept as clean as are the regular road­ equipped Y. M. C. A. building with ways. And speaking of the roadways gymnasium and baths. in all parts of the city, you will please Feeding the Family. notice another marked difference be­ Second-hand Furnitire Bought. Sold & Exchanged. f tween Lethbridge and other places in To the family man the matter of for a MAN'S PRESENT the west and elsewhere. Here prac­ feeding the family is something that tically all of the streets are laid out cannot be overlooked, and if the lo­ We carry a Large, Clean Stock, and invite your I one hundred feet wide, each with a cation ^nder consideration does not wide boulevard, grass and shade trees. offer an abundance of kitchen sup­ inspection. For a square deal give us a trial. Now if you stop a moment to think plies at reasonable prices it is quick­ For sensible gifts we suggest: you will see what a lot this means ly out of the running. Here Leth­ to the health of the people. Take the bridge has nothing to fear. All narrow street and the closely built UQ around the city are truck farms of house district in any large city, ana ten and twenty acres, irrigated, upon *** Neckwear you have bad sanitation for a surety. which an a> . ,.u..,. c of vegetables of Nature's most potent health adjunct all sorts are raised. Daily through­ Dominion Phone | especially at certain seasons of the out the ye.;r these are brought to Block LETHBRIDGE -W Fine Dress Shirts year, is the wind. Let the free breeze your door hy the enterprising truck 620 of heaven circulate as it should and farmers and sold at prices more than reasonable. Meats and general gro­ -W* Dress Gloves a marvelous amount of disease >llinilllHU!UOIIIIINIIIIC.IIIIIIIIW spreadding odors and germ filled at­ ceries can he bought here as cheaply mosphere will be dissipated and clar­ as anywhere else in the west, while in w Collar Cases ified. The health-bringing breeze their seasons the fruits of British ^»-iiiiiu»iii--iiiiiiiiiitiC-ifiifiiiiiiic_iiiiiiiiiiiir_iiiiiifiriiir3iifiiifiiiiicaiHtiiiiitiic3iiiiiiiiiiiicaiiiiiiifiiiir3iiiiiiiiiiiirai HtiUMMttOM ffets its full opportunity in Leth­ Columbia and the States are brought bridge. here in carload lots and sold in com- . mr Fancy Hosiery petition with each other, thus guar- | Public Safety. anteeing at all times reasonable Then as to public safety, which is prices. Milk, butter and eggs are pro­ j FEET PEEVISH? | mr Silk Fancy Mufflers an important item, covering police duced on the adjacent farms and and fire protection. Lethbridge has Lethbridge is the big market for -**- Woolen Sweaters'] a paid police force, besides which the them, so that quantity, quality and Possibly your shoes need repairing; if so, we can city is headquarters for a division of price are always assured here just a little better than at points more dis­ j please you. the Alberta Provincial Police, which = t^Club Bags & Suit Cases officers are always available in any tant from the sources of supply. And _ case of emergency. But there is real­ whole on the question of living costs, a word as to rentals. For the ordin­ MODERATE PRICES ly no great need for special police , MODERN WORK * ** and SHOES TOO protection in this city, for its people ary home in Lethbridge the rental are a law loving, law abiding lot, sel­ cost is certainly no higher than else­ FIRST-CLASS STOCK dom transgressing and then only where, and if you are satisfied to live with minor offences. In fact, so un­ ;at some distance from the centre of LADIES' SHOES OUR SPECIALTY usual is crime of any sort that most the city, you may get the best of citizens of Lethbridge never think of house accommodation at really low locking their doors at night. And cost, and have a fine garden plot in We Call for and Deliver Work. THE ROYAL STORE when you come to consider the mat­ addition, which is no small consider­ ter of fire protection the safety record ation. Nor is it any hardship to live is even more pronounced. Thanks to in the outskirts, for all streets are is a Reliable Men's Store the wise laying out of the city, well lighted with electric light and coupled with the forethought of the the municipal street railway operates municipal authorities who provided in every direction right out to the j Edw. S. Pulley the very best and latest equipment in limits of the city, giving a frequent DALLAS HOTEL BLOCK the way of fire-fighting appliances, it and commodious service. | 327 5th Street. Phone 1540 I cannot be said that Lethbridge has As for other house expense, such as ever had a really serious conflagra­ for lighting and heating, you have no i I tion, nor is it likely to have one with need to worry. The city owns its *III"WII IC.UIIIMIIU..IIIIIIIIIIII..IIIINIIIIII..UIIIIIIIIH..III lllltJIIIIIIIIIHIUIIIIIIIIIIIIUItllllllllllUIIIUIIIIIIitllll Miuiimnmil.* i _ so efficient a paid fire department as electric light plant and light will be *jiiuiMi;iiiiiii..iiiiiiiMiiinimiiiiiiii.^^ that which now puts incipient fires sold to you at a lower cost than you j|lllUIIIMIIQHIIIIIIMII..IIIIIIH!in..llll^ ever bought it from a private concern. «_HII!lllll.:illlllllllll--IIIMIIIHIOIIIIIHIIIIt-IIIIM out of business so quickly that they have no chance to grow into big Fuel—either coal or natural gas—is CANADA'S RENOWNED PIANO blazes. Fire loss in Lethbridge is so yours for the asking at prices that low as to be a negligible quantity. compare more than favorably with Phone 1061 330 4th Street S. i other places where you have lived— Educating Your Children. $6.00 a ton for coal and 35 cents per THE N0RDHEIMER thousand feet for gas. And if you PIANOS and PLAYERS And now a word about education, want to be particularly comfortable which is a most important consider­ in the home you may have a tele­ Used and en­ ation to the man with a family of phone at a cost of only $24 a year— dorsed by lead­ P. WATERHOUSE, young children. In this respect he one of the automatic kind, owned by ing Musicians all who settles in Lethbridge is extreme­ the government of the province and c over Canada. ly fortunate. The education system giving the finest of service. I of Alberta is well known to be a sys­ Agents for the tem of very superior excellence, and In Sickness and Health. world renowned in Lethbridge it has been developed And now, supposing some member j Practical Horse=Shoer, to the highest possible point. Here of your family should become ill and STE1NWAY the public schools compare more than require the services of a physician, PIANOS favorably in construction, size and nurse or hospital attendance, there 1 Wagon Repairer and General interior equipment with the best that is no place in the west better equip­ the large cities in the east provide. ped. Lethbridge medical practition­ THE NEW EDISON They are numerous enough to occom- ers and surgeons have reputations for modate every child wishing to attend "The Phonograph with a Soul" I Blacksmith. ability, as its nurses are widely No needles to change. Unbreak­ and so wisely located as to make it known to be the best and most com­ able Records. We have a style an easy matter for the smallest tot to petently trained it is possible to se­ be sent regularly without danger of to suit you. Cash or terms. i cure. As for »the Gait hospital—its Nordheimer overtiring. The public school course fame is widespread. All work given prompt attention. is one guaranteeing to the pupil all One of these days, in the dim and the rudiments of an ordinary busi­ distant future, the citizens of Leth­ ASSINIBOIA MUSIC C0MP4NY, LTD. 1 • ness education, while the high school bridge will rise up and call blessed "EVERYTHING MUSICAL." carries him along till he graduates the man who first conceived its park I LETHBRIDGE - ALBERTA into the university of the province and boulevard system. Gait Parle, in 315 Sixth Street South, Lethbridge, Alta. for a professional course. There are (Continued on Page Four) ^ORmniiHniimiinui™iMiiMH.;ittiimi^^ PAGE FOUR THE LETHBRIDGE TELEGRAM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12,. 1918

and a moneymaker, not for a private enough to make glad the heart of the corporation, but for themselves. man looking for business. No other LETHBRIDGE, METROPOLIS OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA Railroads radiate from Lethbridge city in the south offers such direct (Continued from Page Three) in six directions, the total mileage in and rapid means of communication, J the area of which Lethbridge is the with its through lines east and west ; whilesak- centre, aggregating 660 and its two lines both north and FRAINK^MILES the centre of the business district, is —a story of good 4)118111655, by the a thing of beauty and destined to be! way. miles. One of the lines connects with south, tapping the most populous ter­ a joy forever. It covers an area of! Lethbridge did not always own the the Great Northern and Burlington ritory for more than a hundred miles four business blocks and with its exhibition grounds and buildings. Not lines in Montana. in all directions and teaching all thes? trees, gr.iss, flowers and shrubs, gives so long ago this was all prairie— What does the city of Lethbridge points more quicklv than they can be the newcomer a wonderfully restful beautiful location for what it has offer to the business man, the cap­ reached from any other point of dis­ first impression of the city as he since become, but no one with any tains of industry or the man with tribution. UP-TO-DATE SHOE REPAIRING leaves the train at the station just thought of such a transformation. cash to invest in commercial or in­ beyond the park limits on the north. Then the municipality owned a park dustrial enterprise. If the business In North Lethbridge is Adams Park property much closer in, as the real man is wise first thing he wants to A Scotsman bored his English "While You Wait" —a big breathing space, beautifully estate men would say. In fact this know after having decided in his own friends by boasting about what a fine land out and containing a children's park property was so very close in mind that the general field is good country Scot'and was. "Why did you Shoes Called for, Repaired and Delivered playgropud where every day in the and so logically intended for subdivi­ enough for exploitation in his par­ leave Scotland," a Londoner asked, summer time the young people make sion purposes, that the city council ticular line, is where is the best spot "since you like the country so much?" merry in healthful games and sports. listened favorably to the argument of to locate himself in that field. Here The Scotsman chuckled. "It was like HI Ali. WORK DONE PROMPTLY £ South and east again is Henderson an alderman with a big viewpoint and the field is Southern Alberta, of , this," he said. "In Scotland every­ Park, with its artificial lake of 140 decided to subdivide at least a por­ which something has been said in body was as clever as myself, and I acres, large enough to make boating tion of it and sell it off for residence previous pages. The contention of could make no progress; but here"— and general aquatic sports a pleasure purposes. The sale was a great suc­ Lethbridge people is that their city and he chuckled again—"here I'm get- cess—so great, in fact, that when it and with an end specially designed is the logical centre of this great and ' tin' along verra weel!" 511 4th Ave. South LETHBRIDGE PHONE 1717

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for wading and bathing, without dan­ was over the city found itself pos­ rapidly growing south country, and a ger for the wee kiddies. In addition sessed of enough ready cash to fi­ reference to the map will pretty well this fine park in embryo has an ath­ nance the purchase of this further bear out their contention. But it is letic ground where it will he possible av/ay park property and erect there­ hardly enough to be a logical centre THE DALLAS HOTEL, to engage in a multitude of sports at on the stately exhibition buildings, unless other things necessary are pro­ ane time, the area being so great, grand stand and stables that are vided. To the business man the Geo. O. Rowe, Mgr. and plenty of grass spots and tree there today. first consideration will be the ques­ 5th ST. SOUTH. PHONE 1312 shaded locations along the lake tion of ingress and egress—how eas­ shores for picnic parties. Adjacent Also it was able with this money to to it are the Lethbridge exhibition institute a city nursery, where all the ily can he get his raw material in and CENTRAL LOCATION ALL OUTSIDE ROOMS grounds and buildings, larger, more trees, shrubs and flowers used in the ship his finished product out. Cost stately and more commodious than parks and on the boulevards are enters in here, too, as a material fac­ EUROPEAN PLAN. RATES $1.00 AND UP. any other in the whole west. And to grown, and to make preparations for tor. Well, have a look at the map all of these the street cars runs regu­ the great artificial lake which is now again, and see just how well served larly daily. one of the big advertising attractions this city already is in the matter of of the city. And now with the street transportation. North, east, south and The Exhibition Grounds. cars operating to the lake and park west there is rapid, frequent and Talking about the exhibition the people have something of their cheap means of communication with A HOME FOR EVERYBODY grounds reminds one of a good story own that is both a pleasure and joy an extent of populated territory large

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fallen year by year to make it the metallic minerals are gold and plat- ALBERTA, PREMIER PROVINCE OF THE GREAT WEST teeming garden that it now is. | inum, which are found in the North Minerals. Saskatchewan and other rivers. (Continued from Page One) M. B. STEELE, D.V.S. Area and Extent. Before the great western upheaval VETERINARY SURGEON a heavy vegetation made the vast Alberta with an area of 253,540 DR. RUSK every working day of the year. Dur­ state. Law and order is administered stores of coal which give Alberta the , square miles is the largest of the AND DENTIST ing the last ten years the grain pro­ with a jealous regard for justice ac­ largest coal area of any province in three prairie provinces, and is the VETERINARIAN Late Captain Imperial Army the Dominion. Coal beds occur from duction has increased from 20,000 cording to British traditions. The third largest province of the Domin­ Phone 1043 Veterinary Corps B. E. F. bushels to 46,000,000 bushels. The statute book respects al) classes and the international boundary to the ion. It is over twice as large as Great amount of capital invested by joint affords equality to all. Civil institu­ Peace River, narrowing somewhat to­ Britain and Ireland together. It is 520 FIFTH ST. SOUTH France, 1916. stock companies from $70,000,000 to tions are developing here much after wards the north. The total area is 750 miles from north to south and 904 SECOND AVE. SOUTH $283,000,000, and expenditure on ac­ the same forms that distinguish those estimated at 16,588 square miles. Out varies from 200 to 400 miles in width. LETHBRIDGE, Alta. count of revenue and capital from of the East, but more rapidly. in the prairie we have the lignite, far­ The middle of the province is 67 LETHBRIDGE $3,000,000 to $11,000,000. Three trans- Albertans have a healthy pride in ther in the bituminous and semi-bitu­ miles north of the City of Edmonton. Phone 766 continentals are already built across minous, and towards the mountains Approximately three-fifths of the their province. Its resources and the anthracite, to an amount altogether L the province to the Pacific coast. The development thereof they regard as a area of the province is north of Ed­ Hudson's Bay railway connects with estimated at ninety billion tons. The monton. task commensurate with the courage chief mining centres are Taber, Leth­ the Alberta systems and gives the and ideals of a g.eat people and at Surface Features. «^_ifitifiitiiic.tii(.MifiifC3KiiiiiJiiiiir-tiiiii.itiitL_iftii.iit!ric_iiHiiiitiiic3iiiii?i:iiiic_tiiiii.ri(ii__viiii!iiii.ii:-iitriKt..iitrsiiuitiiiiu_:_iiiiiiiriiiic:_rif or-- province a new and shorter outlet to bridge, Blairmore, Coleman, Frank While Alberta is essentially prairie, the same time one which public duty and Hillcrest along the Crow's Nest the east. In fact, Alberta comprises and patriotism shall enable them to it shows much greater diversity in a centre of production and distribu­ Railway to Canmore and Bankhead For all kinds of fulfil. It is their ambition to create on the main line of the Canadian Pa­ surface than the other two prairie tion from which the great railway a provincial spirit that shall enrich provinces. It has an average eleva­ systems of Canada radiate to Vancou­ cific, Edmonton district which in­ our national life with elements as cludes a number of mines immediate­ tion of about 3,000 feet. It is some- ver, Prince Rupert and Port Mann on pure as the vitalizing air of her hills i times called the Foothills Province. the west, Fort Churchill on the Hud­ ly adjacent to the city besides mines and forests. ata Morinville, Cardiff, Clover Bar, The southern half of the western son's Bay, and to Port Arthur and edge of the province runs along the | | INSURANCE Namayo, Ellerslie and other places. Duluth on the Great Lakes on the Alberta's Geology. summit of the Rocky Mountains. This ; _ east- Other points in Central Alberta are I Alberta, together with the rest of Bawlf, Camrose, Tofield and Drum­ part of the province is diversified by \ s L*f|fl transportation and communi­ the plains country of Canada, lies in heller. mountains, foothills, passes, canyons j cation are being developed as rapidly a trough between the Old Laurentian and coulees, for a distance of about as the credit and resources of the pro­ ridge which partly encircles Hudson Besides the three varieties of coal sixth-five miles from the crest of the ' Farm Lands and City Property vince will warrant. Bay and the Rocky Mountains. Its which are found in such abundance mountains. Outside of this mountain ALSO FOR Intellectual and social advancement foundation of sedimentary rock was over the settled parts of the province area there are no outstanding eleva- I has kept pace with material growth. laid from the destroying of the igne­ as to solve the fuel question for an tions beyond groups of hills in the In legislation and education the prov­ ous rock long before the Rockies indefinite time to come there are also central and northern parts of the the following economic mineral pro­ province. Out in the prairie from the ince has followed the best models of reared their rugged shoulders to the foothills appear isolated regular MONEY TO LOAN the older provinces of Canada and west. The glacial movements covered ducts: Natural gas, oil, tar, sand gypsum, sulphur, salt, marl clay, and mounds or groups of mounds called other British communities. 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ef the lakes in Ihe central portion of and shrubs and wild fruits abound. In spells of deep snow and severe frosts. MENT OF GOOD STYLE, GOOD FIT AND ECONOMY. the province are important to the the farther north between the Atha­ In July its hot breath cures the system as in the case of Lac la Biche, basca and Peace occur the forest prairie grasses for winter nutriment t Lesser Slave^ Claire and Athabasca, areas of spruce, birch, jack-pine, elm locally for food supplies and are also and ash. for stock. Its quickly evaporating fine summer resorts. Chief of these Animals. properties have called out the best WE EMPLOY MASTER CRAFTSMEN OF THE TAILORING are Beaver, Buffalo, Gull and Wa- Alberta has an abundant and varied effort of the dry farmer to hold what bamun. The northern lakes are animal life including both prairie and moisture he bus and beat out nature stocked with fish of excellent quality mountain species. The great prairie in the crop game. TRADE WHO TAKE AS MUCH PRIDE IN MAKING FINE which will give rise to important buffalo herds that once held the south The phenomena underlying the irading beyond local needs. The country disappeared in the early sev­ Chinook are of more than local sig­ CLOTHES AS YOU DO IN WEARING THEM; AND WE rivers cut sharply into the prairie, enties but a herd of 600 of their kin, nificance and operate in a general sometimes running at 300 feet below the wood buffalo, still run in the way all along the Rocks Mountains HAVE THE BEST ALL WOOL MATERIALS THAT MONEY She prairie level or "bench land" as it northwest corner of the province. ridge even to the Yukon. The south­ is called. The steep sides of the They are a preserve of the govern­ west Chinook itself occurs in such channels worn by the rivers are ment. On the prairie coyotes, kit- characteristic strength in Northern CAN BUY. locally known as "cut-banks." foxes and antelope, are still common. Montana and Southern Alberta, is Vegetation. The moose, musk-ox, cariboo and not strictly a Pacific wind, but hails smaller varieties of deer are found from a high pressure area occurring The vegetation of the province pre­ farther north. Between the Athabasca at intervals over Southern Idaho; but sents the greatest variety. In the and Peace is a great beaver country. from whatever source the wind comes south which was formerly the range Other fur-bearing animals are mink to the mountains the effect is the country, but now possessed by the otter, musk-rat, fox, lynx, marten and same. In climbing the mountains on RIDPATH irrigator and dry farmer, trees are bear. Mountain sheep, goats and the west side the moisture of the practically unknown on the native lions arc found in the Rockies. Wild westerly wind is precipitated. The LETHBFJDGE 1 prairie. Cottonwoods and balsam fowl are plentiful everywhere. The heat used in evaporation in the first poplars occur along the river bot­ large and small lakes alike abound place is made sensible by condensa­ toms. Light brush clothes the south with ducks in the fall; geese are com­ tion and operates against rapid re­ slope of cast and west running cou­ mon, prairie chickens and partridge duction of the temperature of the as­ #111111.11111 I..IIIIIIIIIIIOIItmillll..lll»IIMiinHiltll._IIIIIIIIW lees. On the north check, which is are found all over the privince. cending current. In descending the turned up to the blistering sun and Climate. mountains on the east' side at the 5.111MMIIIIII.llll!IIIIIIII..HIIIIIIIIII.]IIIMIIIIII..Iin blown brown by the southwest chi­ ground, the increasing pressure of nook the prairie anemone has a brief The climate of the prairie interior the superimposed air induces the fur­ life following the passing of the in a general discussion of the climate ther heat so that all westerly winds snows in the spring, but the stubborn of Canada is commonly described as reaching the inner slope of the Rock­ cactus holds the slope for the rest of extreme or continental as opposed to ies are dry winds and warm winds. It the season. The grass of the prairie insular climates or those subject to I DO YOU KNOW is of low habit. Buffalo and bunch the moderating influences of the sea. (Continued on Page Seven) = _ 1 That to be 100 Per Cent. Efficient I I 1 and to keep Physically Fit I § requires perfect nerve supply to every organ of the body. Science has demonstrated that nerve trunks become impinged at their exit from the Spinal Cord between the segments of the backbone. Perfect nerve supply is insured through Chiropractic Spinal Adjustments. You owe it to yourself to investigate. Consultation and spinal analysis given free. I SMITH & SMITH \ I CHIROPRACTORS * | Office in Residence: 903 Seventh Avenue Hours 9.30 to 5 and 7 to 9. PHONE 1677 - Traffic Bridge Over Belly River i |

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Putting Up Feed for Winter. ihort grass country of the Peace great rainfall. There is likewise no country-side, which, combined with liver valley. The buffalo in his re- leaching of valuable solutions by ex­ the art and labor of the husbandman, reat from man has marked the cessive rainfall. A practical evidence is rapidly producing conditions of lorth-going trail under the sheltering of the soil and climate efficiency in rural life equal to any in the pros­ vind. The carts of sturdy settlers cereal production especially, is the perous counties of Eastern Canada. ollow. The proximity of Alberta to fact that such grains as the Turkey Settlement progresses so rapidly he mountains with the resulting cli- Red wheat brought in from Kansas here that pioneering is shorn of its natic conditions just spoken of has improved to such a degree in desolation. It is no uncommon event neans that the province offers op- constitution and quality that it has to find a whole township or an entire >ortunijjk* for serious settlement been shipped back to Kansas for seed district taken up in a single summer. lorthWWl that are not approached and other grains, more particularly A pioneer will always have neighbors >y any other province in the Domiu- oats, are finding their way to eastern in his new Alberta home. Roads and on. seed houses. The farther north cer­ schools follow in due course. The ex­ Rainfall varies from 15 to 20 inches eals can be grown, the better is their tension of municipal government to innually. Fifty per cent of the mois- quality. The popular idea of climate small municipalities by recent legisla­ in upper latitudes is usually that it is tion affords the machinery for local ure comes usually in the six weeks cold. The duration of sunlight dur­ administration in an equal degree to ollowing the middle of May, the ing the summer day and its effect on that which exists in the older commu­ lights of summer are cool and bar- the processes of growth on approach­ nities of the east. Commercial life de­ rest weather ideal. The general ing the Arctic Circle are usually lost velops more rapidly here. The settle­ clearness of the atmosphere has an sight of. In the most northerly parts ment of a district is invariably fol­ mportant bearing on the welfare of of the province actual darkness at lowed by the extension of the railway he province. On the side of personal midsummer lasts only for about a and the telephone. Land is cleared lealth and comfort the atmosphere is couple of hours, which means a long and prepared for cultivation at com- rery good. It is exhilarating in the day for tissue building, and a quick partively small cost. Raw homesteads ictivity of both work and play. Ma- maturing of cereals and vegetables. in a year or two become profitable aria is unknown, and epidemic dis­ Rural Life and Agriculture. farms. Towns spring up along the eases are of light effect. While rain- John Bright once said the nation railway as if by magic, and the erst­ all is not copious it is sufficient for dwells in the cottage. In Canada the while wilderness is transformed into :rop needs in all parts of the prov- nation dwells on the farm, and in no a prosperous community. Irrigation Stream in Lethbridge District nce. The pure air is conducive to -Z--iitftiii>iinc-_u «^> H — | | T. S. FETTERLY I D. E. MacDonald I HOLIDAY GIFT ANNOUNCEMENT Leading Funeral Director Bicycles Xmas Books and Papetries Auto Accessories Greeting Cards Calendars and Licensed Embalmer. Toys Games PRACTICAL GUNSMITH Oldest Established Firm in Southern Aberta. KEYS FITTED Leather Goods, Etc. J?0T0R EQUIPMENT. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. OUR TABLES ARE LOADED WITH SKATE SHARTSSGA SPFCIALTY SUGGESTIONS FOR HOLIDAY GIVING Parlors: 334, 6th St. S. LETHBRIDGE TWENTIETH CENTURY BOOK STORE "EVERYBODY'S BOOK SHOf Office Phone 561 Residence Phone 1176. 514 Fourth Anmw Sooth. Phone 613 £ri :r 55 ttSfcr-aggg * s PAGE EIGHT THE LETHBRIDGE TELEGRAM THURSDAY, DKCKMBER 12, 1918 lp.li-]_pj-r-i_faiara_• ^ WESTERN CANADA HARDWARE CO. LTD. WHOLESALE HARDWARE Railway, Mine, Mill, Blacksmiths', Contractors' and Builders' Supplies 1 PHONES-Sales Dept. 712, Gen. Office 1180, Shipping Dept. 1170 LETHBRIDGE, ALTA.

and in a limited degree from licenses, etc. Most of the taxes in Western AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF DOMINION OF CANADA Canada are levied on the land, the (Continued from Page One) improvements bearing a minor por­ tion of the taxes. The purpose of this people for endorsement, which means mons in the Federal Government, all policy was to encourage owners of a Dominion election. This may hap­ the members are elected by the peo­ vacant property to improve it or to pen any time within the five years. ple and the term of office is four sell it to those who would. The heads of the various depart­ years. The work of the Legislature Towns and Villages—Their system ments are called ministers and are is divided into departments such as of government is much the same as appointed by the premier. They, to­ Department of Agriculture, Educa­ cities, only their powers are limited. gether with the premier make the tion, Public Works, Municipal Af­ Rural Municipalities—They corre­ cabinet. The premier is first min­ fairs, etc. spond somewhat to the towns and ister. The British Government is re­ Provincial Legislatures receive sub­ villages, except that it is a rural or­ presented by the Governor-General, sidies from the Federal Government, ganization. Methods of election who is technically the chief executive, these subsidies being based upon the vary. In some provinces, as in Al­ hut in practice is guided hy the cahi- population. Some of the provinces berta, the councillors are elected at iet. have control of their natural re­ large and the reeve is chosen by the As noted above the senators are ap­ sources, others, chiefly Saskatchewan council at its first meeting. In other pointed for life, hut when one of them and Alberta, have not. The provinces places the reeve is the only member _ies or resigns the man who succeeds also raise money from fees and li­ elected at large and the councillors him is appointed by the government censes and in some cases in a limited are from divisions of the municipality. in power. degree hy direct taxation. A secretary-treasurer, appointed by The seat of the Federal Govern­ Municipal Government. the council, levies the assessment and ment is at Ottawa and that govern­ collects the taxes. Where the set­ ment controls such matters that con­ The next subdivision of government tlement is too sparce there may be cern the Dominion as a whole, as the is municipal organizations of cities, formed what are known as local im­ postal service, naval and military towns, villages and rural municipal­ provement districts. Their powers .'orces, navigation, fisheries, currency, j ities and school disericts. are more limited than those of the customs and excise, naturalization Cities—In some of the provinces rural municipality, and they are more **•" and foreign relations. Its chief source there is a city act governing all cities directly unuer the control of the de­ of revenue is from the customs. of the province. In this province partment of municipal affairs. Their there is no city act, each city receives power to levy taxes is limited and all Provincial Government. its powers from the Provincial Legis­ revenues so raised are mostly spent As mentioned previously, the Do­ lature by a special charter. These on roads and bridges. and the British courts are renowned minion controls matters relating to special charters are frequently amend­ the world over for prompt and im­ the country as a whole, the Provinces ed to meet the needs of a rapidly School Districts. partial justice. arc appointed by the Federal Gov­ that the people rule, and all public ernment. In important cases appeal officers exist for the purpose of see­ may be had to the supreme court of ing that the will of the people is put ! THE ALBERTA PICTURE GALLERY I the Empire, the Privy Council of into effect. If they fail the people HULL BLOCK, 3rd AVE. SOUTH PHONE 1724 Great Britain. From this it will be have recourse to the ballot to replace seen that the Canadian system of jus­ them with others more worthy of 1 THE H. MACBETH AGENCY*! tice links up with the British system their confidence. 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UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES IRRI­ MANITOBA VETERANS TAKING OFFICERS ELECTED FOR YEAR WILL ENFORCE FEDERAL LAWS BELGIAN MINISTER REFERS TO SCHOOL GRANTS WILL PROB- GATION PROJECT—OTHER STRONG STAND ON ENEMY IS19 AND BUSINESS DIS- FROM PORT ARTHUR INTERNATIONAL TREATY ABLY BE INCREASED - A MATTERS DISCUSSED. QUESTION. DISCUSSED. VICTORIA, B. C. OF 1839. MOTHERS' PENSION BILL.

A meeting of the Lethbridge Re- Winnipeg, Man., Dec. 11.—All un­ Calgary, Dec. 11.—At the annual Ottawa, Dec. 11.—The Royal North- London, Dec. 11.—Belgium claims (From Calgary Herald) fonstruction committee was held on naturalized alien enemies residing in meeting of the Swine Breeders' asso­ West Mounted Police is to have its that the peace conference will be di­ New legislation is likely to be at a Tuesday evening, when the members Canada will be deported to their ciation, the following officers were jurisdiction extended from Port Ar- rected, not only against Germany, but minimum in the forthcoming meetiflg present decided that quick action was fatherland if the Great War Veterans elected for the year 1919: thus to Victoria, B.C. It is understood against Holland, according to the of the Alberta legislature. Premier necessary if the committee was to of the west have anything to say Ex-officio directors. Hon. T. A. that this important decision has been Metropole of Antwerp, which prints a Stewart has said that the policy of meet the objects for which it was or­ about the government's future policy. Crerar, Hon. Duncan Marshall, H. S. reached by the cabinet and that the statement made by the Belgian min­ the government would be that the ganized. A resolution calling on the govern­ Arkcll and W F. Stevens: president, necessary order-in-coutril will be ister of foreign affairs. The minister fullest possible emphasis should be is quoted as follows: Realizing that it will soon be called ment to formulate this policy at once W. J. Hoover, Bittern Lake: first passed immediately. put upon the reconstruction problem upon to find suitable occupations for was adopted by the Great War Vet­ vice-president, Steve C. Swift, Viking; Commissioner Pe ry, of the police "Obviously our first demand from and the part that Alberta should take -the large number of soldiers who will erans of Transcona and forwarded to second vice-president, E. J. C. Boake, force, has been in Ottawa for the past Germany will be the restitution of all in its solution, and to that end bills arrive in Lethbridge, the following Ottawa. At the annual meeting of Acme; directors, Win. Gilbert. Stony week consulting with the government of which we were robbed in hundreds and measures of a generally miscel­ resolution was passed unanimously: the provincial G. W. V. in Winnipeg Plain; Irvine Hambly, Munson; Lew and this decision has been reached. of ways. As far as territorial read­ laneous character would be kept this question will come up for discus­ Hutchinson, Duhamel; G. F. Herbert, justments are concerned, if you care­ down to only those that were strictly Resolved: That it will be the en­ The mounted police will have fully read between the line of the deavor of this Lethbridge Reconstruc­ sion. For the west this is a big ques­ Medicine Hat; L. McComb, Huxley; charge of the enforcement of federal necessary and urgent. tion, for there are over $200,000 per­ E. Swift, Clover Bar; Tames Bailev, passages of the recent speech from The grants that the legislature tion committee to encourage the fixed laws from the head of the lakes to the throne, which refers to the old purpose of the citizens of this city and sons in the category of alien enemies, Clover Bar; J. L. Walters, Clive; W. British Columbia. For some time it would be asked to make would form less than half of whom are natural­ J. Elliott, Olds, and G. H. Hutton, La­ treaties, they will tell you as much as part of the reconstruction programme, tiiiic_iiiiiiiiiii[__f, iiiiiif itic_iijiiiiiiiiir_i i:itifit inc_t;i:t ciitiiicatiititiifiiicaitii ri im tf c-iiiiiiititiic-iiiin ititiiC-iiitfin^ agencies and the location of the dif­ Ask President to Act at Conference. vice-chairman, Thso. Longworth; sec­ Tom White says he has the cash to ferent land offices. keep it going. "Father" was caught in In addition to the information al­ New York, Dec. 12. -An solution to retary. If. P. Maddison; committee, F. be sent by wireless to President Wil Smeed, Robt. Livingstone, Alex. Smith the act of trying to get to Dinty ready referred to there are one or Moore's last night and had to go to two new features included in the map so lion board the transport George and M. F. Finn. Washington--urging him i.> work at President Marnoch, speaking of the bed without, his refreshments, but this which are especially worthy of note. will not occur with you, as you can A light buff denotes the lands which the peace conference for the self-de­ resolutions passed by the Board of termination of Irehuid was adopted Trade on the irrigation projects, ex­ get ice cream and other good things T_Um uv Tkve^ have been reserved exclusively for last night at an Irish self-determin­ plained that the labor representatives at the bogths, and then pay a visit to settlement by returned soldiers. the Midway. Be sure and see it all Those wheih may become available ation mass meeting i •; Edadison were wrong inthinking that they Square Garden, It \ United would benefit land speculators. He as there are many surprises. Come for the same purpose as a result of early as the performance starts at 8 concellation or abandonment are in­ that 25,000 persons, wciv packed into said much of the land was held by &, .Jim; icsiiiiiiitifitca:{ii5iiiiiiic:aii:Miiiiiti£aiiiiiiiiiiftcaiiiiMiitiiic_iiti!iiiiiiiC-i>iitiiiii_tc3]iiiiiiiiiiicaiiiiiiiiiiiccaiiEiiiiiiiiicaiifiiiiiiiiic_Eti~ | the building and the square outside. larmers whc%had been in the district p.m. dicated by a red hatched line. for many years. Irvine Schermerhorn, corporal in When Alexander Aroor, a Russian Persons desiring a copy of the map the Quebec depot battalion, was shot woman, stepped from the Montreal should make application to the Super­ After Mr. Marnoch's explanation and killed by an Italian. Pasqual Dio- train at Halifax, she looked as if she the meeting unanimously . endorsed intendent of the Natural Resources diato, of Trenton, Ont. l.ud qualified for the "heavyweight" Intelligence Branch, Department of the Board of Trade resolutions, as class. It was found she was carrying follows-: * WATER USERS Interior, Ottawa. POULTRY EXHIBIT The removal of the Canadian four tins of alcohol, seven flasks of Resol^Jf: That the Lethbridge Re­ Northern railway audit department whiskey, two bottles of whiskey and construction committee ,charged by TO HOLD MEETING from Winnipeg to Toronto lias been a rubber hot-water bottle containing FEDERAL ASSISTANCE BEST SEEN IN YEARS their fellow citizens with the duty of liquor. assisting in the re-establishment of definitely decided upon. FOR ROADS ADVOCATED our soldiers in civil life endorses gen- SEVERAL PLANS WILL BE ALL BREEDS WELL REPRESENT­ wrally the resolutions regarding con­ The British government has decided The American Railway Express Ottawa, Dec. 10.—Federal assistance ED—PRIZES HAVE BEEN PLACED BEFORE MEETING company has applied to the Interstate in the construction of good roads was struction works passed by the Leth­ to increase war pensions owing to the AWARDED. bridge Board of Trade on Nov. 26. ON SATURDAY. high cost of living. The increase will Commerce Commission for authority advocated by a widely representative 1918. and urges the immediate con­ be 20 per cent. It will begin as from to increase rates applying to or from delegation which waited on the gov­ sideration of these matters by the Do­ A meeting of the Coaldale-Leth- Nov. 1 and will extend to the end of offices of the Canadian Express com­ ernment. The delegation was re­ That poultry interest in the Leth­ minion government and the Alberta bridge Water Users' association will next June. pany, Canadian Northern Express ceived by Sir Thomas White, acting bridge district is increasing is shown government wtih a view to prompt be held in the Board of Trade build­ company, and the Western Express premier; Honorables J. D. Reid, N. W. by the large number of entries for thr company in order to align the rates Rowell, Senator Robertson, F. B. Car­ action being taken; also, that it re­ ing on Saturday afternoon at 2.30 The entire fortunes of former King annual exhibition of the Lethbridge spectfully asks the Canadian Parific o'clock, when matters relating to the with the generally increased domestic vell and J. A. Calder. Poultry association from all parts of Frederick »August of Saxony and his rate. Railway company to proceed with the increase in membership and the ad­ brother, Prince John George, have Assistance by the Dominion, the west. The utility classes are well railway extension from Kipp to the visability of organizing under the been placed under sequestration by through the provinces, was urged in filled and many of the birds shown Sheffield branch, and the completion Irrigation District Act will be dis- the new Saxon government, according The British government has agreed preference to the creation of a fed­ here would be among the winners at of the Lethbridge-Weyburn branch ucssed. to Swiss newspapers. to the principle of the eight-hour day eral department of highways in view any eastern show. immediately spring opens up. Mr. F. H. Peters, commissioner of for all members of the wages staff of of the necessity of early action, and The judges have placed the awards railways in the United Kingdom in the delegation also presented reso­ and were surprised at the quality of These resolutions and letters from irrigation for the department of the Lieut. Herbert N .Chaffee, of Pasa­ lutions passed by the Good Roads the committee will be forwarded to interior, will be present to express his dena, Cal., and L^eut. Charles J. fulfillment of the pledge given the the birds displayed. railway men recently by the president association at a recent meeting ask­ A visit to the show will well repay Ihe governments and the C. P. R. views on the subject of irrigation. As Drake, of Mankato, Kansas, were in­ ing the provinces to carry out any the district of Lethbridge depends a stantly killed at Los Angeles, Cal., of the board of trade. The eight-hour anyone, and as the association has dc day will come into operation next highway plans that may be arranged, cided to give one-half the a [mission good deal on irrigation, it is hoped when the airplane in which they were and urging the Federal government there will be a large attendance at the riding plunged 3,000 feet to the earth. February. fee to the Kiddies Christmas tree, u Prohibit German Material in London. meeting on Saturday afternoon. to make use of the road-building large number of visitors are expected London, Dec. 12.—All contracts for knowledge and facilities now in pos­ for the balance of the exhibition. A daring robbery was committed at A suggestion will be made to the session of the provinces. commercial enterprises let by the Quebec when $4,000 in cash was taken Federal government that $1,000,000,000 aldermen for the city and county of Commence Action Against Kaiser. from the safe in the office of Arthur of the $40,000,000,000 which Great Brit­ London, they have decided, hereafter, Want Situation in Hungary Known. Paris, Dec. 11.—Legal action against Duval. Mr. Duval had left his office ain is to ask as its war indemnity CAN ATONE ONLY BY LONG will contain a clause prohibiting use for a few minutes and had neglected should be given to Canada to be used of materials of German origin. The the former German emperor has been YEARS OF REPENTANCE Zurich, Dec. 11—The Hungarian commenced by an organization of to lock the safe. When he returned in the repatriation of returned sold­ government of Count Michael Karolyi penalty will be forfeiture of 25 per the money was gone and there was no iers and the upkeep of soldiers' Paris. Dec. 11.—According to a wire­ cent, of the amount involvel. Lille mothers. The demand for pro­ will send a mission to Paris to explain secution states that the commanders trace of the thieves. widows and orphan's,, according to W less dispatch from the United States to the Allies the situation in Hungary, The finance committee on public of the German army in April, 1916, E. Turley, provincial secretary of the steamer George Washington, says according to a Budapest dispatch to works will discountenance the re­ directed that minor girls be carried The Naval Department at Ottawa, G. W. V. A., at Toronto, who spoke at Marcel Hutin in the Echo de Paris, the Neue Frie Presse of Vienna. The opening of business in any form with away from their families, that they announces that the following mem­ the People's Forum upon the aims President Wilson has been informed mission will be composed of Count an enemy nation or with nations were submitted to odious treatment bers of the Royal Naval Candaian and objects of the association. that Premier Ebert and Foreign Sec­ Karolyi, M. Jassy, the minister of jus­ which have been working in enemy and forced into close contact with Volunteer Reserve have died in hos­ retary Haase, of the Berlin govern­ tice; M. Dinerdenes, the foreign min­ interests. notorious women. The statement of pital: Percy A. Mathias, Winnipeg; Washington, Dec. 11.—Cancellation ment, and Premier Eisner, of Bavaria, ister, and M. Lovassey, the minister complaint states that whereas said Alexander Cotter, signal man, Van­ of all outstanding contracts for con­ were about to make an effort to get of worship. The mission is expected couver; John Brown, able seaman, struction of wooden ships where Foch Refuses Request. commanders were thus guilty of the him to visit Germany. The president to arrive in Switzerland this week. crime of abduction, and that they Elgin, Man. builders have not spent more than is quoted as having made this reply : Paris, Dec. 11.—Marshal Foch has were under command of their former $200,000 on a ship has been determin­ "Only by long years of repentance refused the request of the German emperor, prosecution is demanded. With the issuance of a proclamation ed upon by the shipping board. This can Germany atone for her crimes Major Napier, provost marshal of armistice delegates that they be per­ by Governor Lister announcing the applies to yards on the Atlantic. Gulf and show sincerity. No true Ameri­ Halifax garrison, has been promoted mitted to communicate with the prov­ passage at the November election of and Pacific coasts. Contracts for 160 can could think of visiting Germany tojthe position of assistant chief pro ' inces west of the Rhine now beingoc- The MapTe Leaf Milling company's the prohibition referendum, the State ships of this type were suspended re­ unless forced to do so by strictly of­ vost marshal for Western Canada oupied by the Allies. The commander- mill at Welland, Ont., has been gutted of Washington has become "bone cently and many of these are affected ficial obligations. with headquarters at Calgary. He in-chief declared that it was neces­ bv fire and the loss is estimated at dry'" This brings a definite end to by the decision, though officials of "That is to say, I decline in ad­ will be succeeded at IJalifax l>v Major sary to maintain the blockade of Ger­ about $100,000. There was a large theh liquor permit system which was the board would not attempt to esti­ vance to consider any suggestion of Watson. Both officers saw service at many as provided by the armistice. stock of grain in the mill. nullified by the state legislature. mate the number. the kind." the front. PAGE SIX THE LETHBRIDGE TELEGR M—CHAMPION SECTION THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1918

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SILVERWARE, COMMUNITY AND RELIANCE PLATE ROADWAY PUMPS CUT GLASS, THE BEST IMPORTED BAPCO PAINTS PRATT & LAMBERT'S VARNISH POCKET KNIVES, SO DOZEN, ALL PRICES AUTO ACCESSORIES, OIL, GREASE, TIRES GASOLINE LAMPS, AIR-O-UTE VIKO ALUMINUM WARE, Guaranteed 20 Year* FOOT WARMERS ARE ACCEPTABLE XMAS GIFTS OSTERMOOR AND DIXIE MATTRESSES MOFFATT'S HEATERS, A FULL LINE AND—OH, WHAT'S THE USE! FLASH LIGHTS AND BATTERIES WE HANDLE A COMPLETE, MODERN HARDWARE YALE LOCKS LINE.

Phone 6 CHAMPION, ALBERTA P.O. Box 114 REDUCTION ON SOME LINES FOR XMAS TRADE.

sion Supply Column, D.E.S. Pte. Chas. Gardner, 552792, A Squad­ CHAMPION, GREAT WHEAT GROWING CENTRE ron, D.E.S., Canadian Light Horse. Pte. C. E. Colwell, 258778. Pte. Herchell Harper. Life membership fees j$ 700.00 Work committee—Mrs. U. Adams, Pte. H. Nankville. Active membership fees 150.00 Mrs. McDougall, Mrs. G. Lobban, Pte. Carmichael. Associated fees 1200 Mrs. Bond. Pte. Soissons. Report of Ladies' Aid, from Janu­ Pte. Geo. Wright. Total 862.00 ary 1 to October 17, 1918: A. J. Bennett. Total receipts $3,644.96 Membership 38 Percy Watson. Total expenditures 3,420.99 Total receipts $431.74 Bose Matlock. Total expenditures 431.74 Jno. Long. WINNIPEG OIL CO.. Ltd. ."Balance on hand $ 223.97 Officers—President, Mrs. F. Har­ Clarence Tindall. Mrs. A. W. Jopling, secy treas. disty; vice-president, Mrs. Geo. Stod­ H. Ficht. Supplies forwarded for shipment,, dard; secretary, Mrs. Ralph Bond; The Church. •overseas, 1918—121 shirts, 119 pyjamas, treasurer, Mrs. Chester Hyndman. The history of the church in Cham­ A WORD TO 118 surgeon's coats, 13 nurse aprons, Champion Boys on Military Se.vice. pion is inseparable from that of the 230 knit facecloths, 33 binders, 39 el­ Champion is justly proud of her lewn and district. As there have bow slings, 233 knit socks, 10 three- boys overseas: been wet ar.^ dry, good and bad sea­ corner bandages, 119 bed socks, 32 op. Pte. E. C. Fairweather, 696906 21st sons matrially, so spiritually there socks, 1 bed pad, 2,689 handkerchiefs, Alberta Training Reserve. may have been the fat and lean per­ CAR OWNERS AND TRACTOR MEN | "J T-bandage, 1 M.T. bandage, 308 per­ Pte. D. W. Patterson, 301909, 39th iods. Not that any such claim par- ' sonal property bags, 1 canvas wringer, Battery, Canadian Field Artillery. ticularly applies to Champion, but $ nurses' oversleeves, 1 nurse's cap, Pte. Tabor Pike, 2288388, 72 Coy, C. rather that we have this much in com­ 101 dressing gowns, 116 trench caps. F.C., B.E.F. mon with all similar localities in the WE HANDLE THE FAMOUS REGA-BRAND OF AUTO AND TRAC- ^ 1,010 towels, 39 knit trench caps, 638 Pte. H. Gill, 552911. west. TOR OILS, AS WELL AS A W Turkish face-cloths, 2 khaki handker­ Pte. Valter Standard, 1013183 27th In the very early days service was chiefs, 28 stretcher caps, 31 p. -umonia Canadian Forestry Corps. confined to the different schoolhouses FULL UNE OF FARM MACHINERY, OILS AND GREASES. .jackets, 17 slippers, 24 sheets, 36 pil- Pte. E. A. Lobban, 231325. in the district, but in the summer of Jow cases, 12 triangle slings, 4 knit Pte. J. W. Oliver, 814754, A Battery, 1911, during the pastorate of Mr. Col- | OUR BRANDS OF GASOLINE AND KEROSENE IS CONCEDED TO scarfs, 4 wristlets, 1 sweater, 3 ampu­ 1st Canadian Div. M. C. Batt. burn, the need of a church became ap­ tation sacks, total, 6,043. Pte. C. P. E. Bradley, 696902, No. 1 parent, and the present church was BE THE BEST ON THE MARKET. Officers for the year—Chairman, Coy. 2 L.A.B. Batt., C.E.F. erected by voluntary labor. Here Mrs. John Harper; vice-chairman, Pte. Jess Pike, 2282387. services have been held continuously, Mrs. J. Beaubier; sec'y-treas., Mrs. P. Juston Williams, 808818, 21st Alberta being the centre of a circuit including FOR A SQUARE DEAL SEE OUR LOCAL AGENT. >mith; executive committee—Mrs. D. Reserve. Harvard. Blusson and Yale school dis­ Chamberlain, Mrs. P. Patterson, Mrs. Pte. Milton Kelly, 763059,'49th Coy. tricts. M. Roberts, Mrs. A. Jopling; Finance D.E.F., B.E.F. i4 dOuring the pastorate x>f Mr. *H. R. committee—Mr. J. Beaubier. MY. E. F. Pte. Clem Thompson, 83757, D Coy., Haddon the Sunday school was built •Crawford Mr. P. M. Patterson, Mr. 50th Batt., B.E.F. up, a new parsonage was built and an G. T. STODDART Phone 55 CHAMPION L. J. Adams, Mr. J. McDougall, Mr. P. Pte. Geo. Buttery, 246180, C Coy., 1st efficient Ladies' Aid organized, and Watson, Rev. Mr. Cook. Superintend­ Reserve. interest in the work of the church ent of supplies, Mrs. George Harper. Pte. Ben Gardner, 552277, 2nd Divi­ was revived. Iff!

DENY THEY POSSESSED j meyer characterized the communica­ NOT THE SAME. blood boiled to see a German-bom he will try to despoil us by less vio­ PRO-GERMAN SETIMENTS tion as being without taint or pro­ man walking into the House of Com­ lent means. His services may be of­ paganda and said the introduction of Through a similarity in names a WHIT BRITISH mons daily to take his seat, while this fered in the most grovelling manner, the letter into the proceedings was wrong impression has been created great war waged, and then she added: but his blackguardedly heart caa New York, Dec. 9—Denials that "ridiculous." which may cause a great deal of "Yet German influence in high quart­ never be changed. they possessed pro-German senti­ Dr. William R. Shepherd, former harm. A few days ago it was re­ WOMEN WILL DO ers is still called "the hidden hand" Summing up the question as to what ments prior to America's entrance professor of historv at Columbia uni­ ported in many papers that the Mont­ when it is visible in every department, women members of parliament will into the war were made here by a versity, and Peter S. Grosscup, former real Herald had gone into liquidation. though some people seem to think do, I prophesy that politics will be number of men mentioned in the "im­ United States federal judge, each as­ The news was true but the public IN PARLIAMENT "naturalization" creates invisibility. generally sweetened and leavened by portant list of names" in the diary of serted his staunch Americanism, and should know that the paper in finan­ Again, women are more loyal as a the inclusion of the gentler sex. Dr. Karl A. Fuchr, a German agent denied sentiments of pro-Germanism. cial difficulties had no connection race than men. They will be a very The world, after all, is made up of brought to America by Count von William Bayard Hale denied he whatever with the great Weekly WEAK-KNEED POLITICIANS AND strong support of the level-headed men, women, and children, and it Bernstorff, former German ambassa­ paper called The Family Herald and ever "sat in council with Count von OTHER OPPONENTS BETTER section of the house of commons in seems that a country can hardly ex­ dor. This diary was introduced in Bernstorff," and declared his activi­ Weekly Star. The latter paper is their work of preserving law, order, pect to be run efficiently when onry evidence by the department of justice ties were limited to duties as a news­ published by The Montreal Star Pub­ SEEK A NEW CLIME. and justice in the country. one of these classes may lay dowa authorities at the senate investigation paper correspondent in the employ of lishing Co., and is known in almost laws for the good of the whole. into German propaganda in the Uni­ William Randolph Hearst. every home in Canada. In justice to When the war is over fresh em­ ted States. ployment will have to be found for Man never can or will really under­ our confrere we make this announce­ (Written by Winifred Grahame) stand woman, her wants and crying ment. The Family Herald and millions of people, and here again Regarding a letter written by Sam­ There is one thing women M. P.'s women will have useful measures to needs,—that is why there should cer­ uel Untermeyer to Dr. Heinrich Al­ Bix—"How are you making out on Weekly Star is one of the strongest won't be and that's "Mere Puppets," papers on the continent. The word suggest. tainly be an added power to a house bert, then commercial attache of the your resolution to economise?" the words which "M.P." might signify Evildoers may well shake in their of commons run in double harness. German embassy, regarding the pur­ Dix—"Fine. I've got my running ex­ "Family" should not be omitted when after many a male member's name. addressing that paper. shoes when woman comes into her chase of any newspaper, Mr. Unter- penses slowed down to a walk." Woman will never allow herself to parliamentary kingdom, for the white be put on one side, and "catching the slave traffic is another formidable BUY THRIFT STAMP^fc Speaker's eye" should prove specially tangle she intends to straighten out 40* easy to the female sex. in more ways than one. She believe For centuries catching the eye of in nothing softer than "the cat" as Buying Thrift and War Savings man, and holding it with irresistible physical punishment for the brutes Stamps is an ideal way of turning magnetism, has been so easy to her who live on women's earnings, snar­ small savings into splendid invest­ ¥ mm % as saying her prayers. ing youth and innocence into a trade ments. The little tin banks in the When the first woman M. P. takes of hell's own making. home can now be made to disgorge HIGH PRICES M her seat her sisters will at least know Men have always hushed up these that many reforms which hvae hung matters; but woman means to strip whenever 25c has been saved. This fire because men feared to tackle bare the hideous secrets, and make iii sum will purchase a Thrist Stamp. them will be boldly resuscitated from impossible for such dealings to e\i

~TEii_iz__ranjajzizraj_fE^ A Link in Canada's Greatest Ch am of Busmes s Scliool NEW YEARS TERM OPENS MONDAY, JAN. 6. 1919. NOTED FOR STANDARD COURSES TEACHES: HONORABLE DEALING SHORTHAND, PITMAN AND GREGG a SUPPLYING THE BEST POSITIONS BOOKKEEPING SCHOOLS LOCATED IN TELEGRAPHY CALGARY J^ TURNING OUT FIRST-CLASS GRADUATES ARITHMETIC Victoria, Nanairoo, Vancouver, DELIVERING INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION CORRESPONDENCE New Westminster and Toronto. SPECIAL OFFFCE TRAINING FACILITIES SALESMANSHIP I SPELLING PENMANSHIP SPECIAL COURSES: _ RAPID CALCULATION We have a Special Course for Farmers' Sons. If you can't spare that boy for DICTAPHONE the winter, give him a special course CALCULATING AND ADDING MACHINES Correspondence Courses in Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Business in Letter Writing by Mail. Make it MULTIGRAPH a Xmas box to htm. Letter Writing, Penmanship. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED THE SPROTT-SHAW BUSINESS COLLEGE R. J. SPROTT, B.A., Calgary's "School of Quality" V. D. SPROTT, President. 405 8th AVE. W., CALGARY, ALTA. Principal. _ei£Ri_i-Ei-iHf-i-i-fi-_izj-^ ,f^j_j_i_raraj_fjarej^^ .:.UiailillCllllWllUIX_(IIIINIIIHt^lllllU»IHCMIIlllllllllUllllllllllliC'> ELECTION RETURNS BRITISH SUB CREW IN ALBERTA TOWNS SAVED BY DIVERS mWi STAR ELECTRIC CO. *- m | Dr. W. D. Campbell I MARSHALL WON MAYORALTY IN 42 OF 73 PERSONS ON BOARD Xmas Suggestions To Our Patrons. _ _ CALGARY AND CLARKE IN WERE RESCUED FROM EDMONTON. WATERY GRAVE. I DENTIST I Electric Irons, Toasters, Portable Bed Lights, Table • § Monday was election day in the London, Dec. 10.—Extraordinary Cookers, ui run groom Domes, Lamps. Provinces of Alberta and Saskatche­ stories of the salvage of the British Fancy Silk Shades, Electric i I wan. Close contests took place at submarine which went down in Gaer- Parlor Fixtures, Vacuum Calgary and Edmonton for mayoralty. loch lock, near the Clyde, have now Cleaners, Electric Washing Novelties, Etc. I Graduate of Chicago College I The following are the results in many been published. The submarine had places: 73 persons on board, including naval Machines, Flashlights. HiinHiiuitiiiiaiiimiiiiiic - 1 Calgary—Aid. R. C. Marshall was contractors and men from the yard elected mayor by a majority of 194. where she had been built. The order I of Dental Surgery i Aldermen—D. E. Black, Major Jack was given to submerge, and she had Jlimillllll.3llllllllllll.MMI To our out of town pat­ e_s —— McCoubrey, Fred Johnston, Fred descended just beneath the surface, rons, we make it worth your White, Fred Osborne, A. McTaggart, when water began to pour into her Remember we are Special­ I. G. Ruttle. Commissioner Samis was aft and she descended stern down while to buy your Electrical re-elected by a large majority. to a depth of 15 fathoms. An in­ ists on Electric Wiring, (loods from us, because we Rooms 6 and 7, Edmonton—Ex-Aid. Jos. A. Clarke spection showed that the ventilation therefore if you want a first- pay express on all orders was elected mayor for 1919. Alder­ shaft had been left open and 31 per­ men—C. F. Hepburn, Aid. S. J. Mc- sons in the rear of the vessel were class job we want your busi­ over Five Dollars, thereby Coppen, Aid. H. Milton Martin, J. J. Sheppard Block. immediately drowned. The forepart giving you the advantage of McKenzie, A. R. McLennan and Aid. was shut off and the 42 persons re­ ness ; if you want a cheap or _ £ C. H. Grant. city prices. Cardston—Councillors—J. A. Ham­ maining there were saved. How their shoddy job, we don't want it. mer, B. J. Wood, Jos. Y. Card, Dr. rescue was accomplished was sen­ sational. A few house had passed Scott Bv Brown. School Trustees— I LETHBRIDGE - ALTA. j Jas. H. Anderson and J. F. Parrish. before divers were sent down on what they described a forelorn hope. We are also contractors for the Electrical Installation in the Cardston Temple, Taber—Councillors elected were which is costing over One Million Dollars, and there is no better Electrical Installation George C. Millar, T, Paterson, Thos. Getting to the bottom, they discov­ Harris, W. A. Porteous and Jas. Head. ered that the stern of the vessel was inCanada I Phone«1506 fi Bow Island—Councillors are J. M. embedded in many feet of mud. LETHBRIDGE Brattan, T. H, Allen.and A; WJHufd: Knocking at the hull, they were School Trustees—A. Miller, H. I. amazed to hear a responsive tapping. I - Schonert, W. A. Bateman. 1 , • | Raymond — Mayor—L. L. Pack. Then captain Goodhart attempted fore mastering the flames. Councillors—S. Card, T. M. Powelson, FIRE AND EXPLOSION ture of Canada is estimated at one a task, which reads like a tale from CLAIM ELEVEN VICTIMS Searches are going through • the billion and sixty-eight million dollars I 1 DeVoe Wolf. School Trusvees— J. H. Jules Varne. The high pressure bot­ debris to locate the.missing seven. So to November 30. To March 31 next, <«MiMiiiiiit.itiiHimnt.iiii«iiuiitjiiiiiiiLMHtr.iiiiiiiiiiii.iiir.iiii*:« Walker. A AV. Kirkham and L. P. tles Were brought into use and the : Quebec, Dec. 10—With four char­ far only two of the dead have been it is estimated at one billion, two hun­ SkoUsori. captain undertook, with their aid, to J identified. One man named Daeour- dred and ninety millions. To this esti Magrath—Mavor—1. B. Riric. Coun­ red bodies recovered from the he projected through the conning ruins, and at least seven other em­ sies. married only ten days ago, was mate should be added the amount oi cillors—J. Weir, L. Miliar. D. P. tower and shot into the water with | discovered, and the Other is a youth outlay, which will be incurred If lowers for Fowler. School Trustee's—Jas. Park­ ployes missing, Shawinigan Falls is the hope of reaching the surface and anxious as to the exact extent of fnHii l.orcttevillc, Joseph O. Oulette, after March 31, 1919, which may ex­ inson, John Turner. Chas. Jenson. giving information regarding those ! single. Among the dead are a French- ceed three hundred million dpi Blairmore — Mayor—J. G. Ewan. the casualties and damage caused '' \ ' Our Greenhouses below. He was shot forward, but j by a tremendous explosion which oc­ Canadian woman and an old country The pension load is estimated ar Councillors— A. I. Moreiicy, A. Mc- Fnglish woman, whose identity 1ms thirty million dollars per year and .1 at Henderson Park j U-.-l, J. A. McDonald. J. Montalbetti. his head struck a beam and he was I curred late Saturday night in an out­ Christmas instantly killed. Another officer vol- j not yet heen established. probably more. Canada's net debt at School Trustees—-A'. Hamilton, W. II. lying building of the Canadian Elec­ V'l contain a large untcered and was fortunate enough to tric Products company, on the out­ • March 31, 1914, was three hundred Chappell, J. McPhail. and thirty-six millions. The net debt Olds — Mayor — • ii. F». Campbell. reach the surface, ami give informa­ skirts of the town. Vj collection of tion about the condition of the others io March 31, 1919, is estimated at OIK Council—Walter Bliss, Fred Sbackel- The explosion took place in a brick DOMINION'S PENSION BILL billion and a half. ton, O. F. Moore. below. Rescuers inserted thrpugh a building where prussic acid is manu­ WILL BE THIRTY MILLION CftQ splendid Wetaskiwin — Mayor — Dr. N. E. water flap, a flexible hose through factured and some 300 persons were In addition to the above, Canada Johnson. Council—James Henderson, which air, food and chocwlates were working thereabouts. The plant will have large claims for indirect or Cut Flowers, Travis A. Walker, A. H. Liversidge. passed. works night and day shifts and the Ottawa, Dec. 10.—The minsiter of consequental damage as well as those Crossfield—Council—D. Contikes, S. The entombed men asked by means night staff was at work when the Oc­ finance has forwarded to Sir Robert arising out of the raids of German S. Collins, Ale. Jassamin. The council of Morse signals for playing cards cident occurred. Fire broke out in Borden full particulars as to the war submarines upon Canadian fishing- Flowering selects the mayor. "to beguile the tedium of waiting," as the ruins immediately after the ex­ expenditure of Canada and as to the vessels. The final advertising for Gleichen—Councillor, C. B. Hynd- one of them said. Long wires were \ plosion and the firemen from Shaw­ annual pension burden which will re­ claims of this nature is now being Plants, maii. All others elected by acclama­ pue around the vessel and air bot­ inigan Faf • worked four hours be­ sult from the war. The total expendi­ done by the secretary of state. tion. tles used to blow out the water, By Acclamation—Medicine Hat (ex­ enabled the vessel to drive upward Ferns, etc. 1 cept one ward); Red Deer, Camrose, with high speed until her bow was i Tofield, Macleod, Didsbury, Stettler, well above the water in a perpen­ Nothing is mor<* appropriate \ High River and Bassaino, elected dicular position. as a gift to a lady friend than a councils by acclamation. Immediately a big hole was made [ beautiful floral offering. Saskatchewan Elections. in .her by acetylene burners and the The Letter to Santa Claus. The following are the results of the men brought, out and conveyed to a mayoralty contests in Saskatchewan: hospital. They had been below 24 FRACHE BROS. Prince Albert—Samuel McLeod. hours when Captain Goodhart made Getting your message to Santa Claus by way Swift Current—-J. A. Rollefson. his ill-fated attempt, and altogether Hendcrwou Park Moose Jaw—Samuel Hamilton. the party was down 57 hours before of the chimney route is traditional and picturesque, Saskatoon—F. R. MacMillan. being saved. Captain Goodhart was but the winds are high in Lethbridge and the PHONE 1003 Regina—Mayor Black. posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. message might miscarry. Our suggestion to you is that you drop in here and whisper your message innraiHKsii iiiiiiiiiiicaitiiiiiiiiiiraiiiiiiiiiincainiiiiiiiiicaiiuiHn .> <_.:iiiiiiii BnnillUIMIII.U_UIIUI!lCTI!MIMIlll..in™ to us. We have a line of Christmas Goods that covers practically every field—too numerous to mention in this ad. NORTH LETHBRIDGE BAKERY I Come in and "browse about." You don't need 404, 13th S'reet N. J to feel that it is necessary to buy unless you wish to. Japanese Backets. Christmas Tree Tinsel. Japanese Puzzle Boxes. Japanese Fancy Lamp Shades. Christmas Tree Ornaments. Nippon China Effects. Will Open For Business Brass Jardinieres. Christmas Tree Candles and Work Baskets. Mechanical Toys. Candle Holders. Work Bags, fitted. Parisian Ivory Goods. Christmas Tree Electric Lights. Platinoid Frames. (A dazzling assortment.) Banquet Candles. Ivory Photo Frames. Military Hair Brushes. Japanese Tobacco Jars. Desk Sets in Brass and Ivory. FRIDAY, DEC. 13 ! Comb and Brush Sets. Japanese Ash Trays. Leather Collar and Cuff Boxes. 5 We carry a full line of Home Made i «*, B Bread and Pastry. With Every Purchase of 25c or over we are Giving a Dirigible Air Ship. M jj} We are ready to receive orders for Christmas Great amusement for the "Kiddies." Let «S supply y.« 1 Cakes and Shortbread. i H the Staff si Life. Jf A call will be appreciated. Our Phone is 1307 4'Alberta's Pioneer Druggists" iiiiflciitiimiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiuuinuKiniuHnnimiain J. D. HIQINBOTHAM & Co., Ltd. H. SHIES, P. CREDICO AND J. CREDO, Props. The Rexall Store

V PACE FOUR THE LETHBRIDGE TELEGRAM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918 TheLetlibridgeTeiegram Victor Records MMaaanMnanani mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm^ Published by the Proprietors of The for Xmas Lethbridge Telegram, Ltd., Ask your Grocer for Oh, Come all Ye Faithful ) 16996 every Thursday Joy to the World ) D. J. Hay - - Business Manager TtVsowaX 8rtv& Sod&V Silent Night ) Hark, the Herald Angels Sing) 17164 E. HAGELL Supt. Job Department Christmas in Camp 120310 Subscript'on Rate, $150 per annum Hallelujah Chorus ) 35C70 Christmas Songs and Carols ) TELEPHONES Mr. R. R. Davidson's many friends CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. Business Department, 1334 will regret to learn that he was taken A special meeting of Maple Leaf WILLIS PIANO STORE Editorial Department, 731 ill with influenza on Monday evening. chapter No. 7, O. F. S., is called for "Quaker THIRD AVENUE SOUTH Office: 411 Eigth Street, South, * * * Tuesday evening, Dec. 7, in the Ma­ Rev. J. M. Cragg, Mrs. Cragg and sonic hall, for the purpose of confer­ Lethbridge, Alberta. family, of Japan, have been the guests ring the degree, after which a social I We ship to all points in Southern ADVERTISING RATES of the former's brother, Rev. C. E. hour will he spent by the members. A Cragg, this week. full attendance is hoped for. Visiting Alberta. * Display Advertising, 25c per inch. * * * members welcome. Our Violin Outfits Readers 10c per line. The home of Mrs. Hedland, 808 Legal Advertising 12c and 8c per line. Sixth avenue, wa.s taken possession of CHURCHES. on Wednesday evening by the girls Rev. Mr. Kirby will conduct the with which Mrs. Hedland had been so services, both morning and evening, pleasantly associated in connection at Wesley church on Sunday, Dec. 15. with the Rebekah bazaar. Games and * * * music were the order of the evening, Wesley bazaar, held in Wesley hall, I John Gilmore Ltd MUNICIPAL TAXATION ARE at the close of which the hostess was was the centre of attraction for the Who ever heard of any popular presented by the girls with silver but­ ladies of the city on Thursday after­ form of taxation? Taxes under pres­ ter spreaders. Though taken com­ noon. The four fancy work stalls HIGH IN UALITY J Phone 387, Lethbridge. ent conditions of existence are an in­ pletely by surprise, Mrs. Hedland were tastefully decorated, and in each AND evitable incubus, and as such are tol­ managed to thank the girls in a few was a beautiful display of useful and fancy articles. The workers for the I B erated. Because taxation in the past well chosen words. After eats and a rousing chorus of "For She's a Jolly booths were: Mrs. Fox, Mrs. Daw­ LOW IN PRICE *iHt.iinmiiiiit.imiuiiiioiiiiiiiiiiiDiuu ..IIHIIIIIIII..IIIIIIIIIIII..IIIIIIIIIIIOI imnii!t!:!iiiiit.iiiiiiiiiiiit.Miiiiiiini[iimimiiitt»> has followed certain lines is no argu­ Good Fellow," the party broke up. son, Mrs. Hoyt, Mrs. Huff, Mrs. CALL AND SEE THEM. ment against the opening up of other * * * Dixon, Mrs. McMaken, Mrs. LaycocI •r«3iiiiMfttiMcaiititiiiMiir3 MMifC-ti»tiifif»fir_itiftiMft].c-iMT;.iTiMfc_iiMi _-iiifi fi _ _ 111111111111 c_ • 11 r 11 • f f • i tc_ ••! at icaiiatittmt^c^rfn.^. avenues of taxation, especially when, The Girls' Auxiliary of the city are Mrs. Buchanan, Mrs. Fairburn, Mrs. Fetterlj', Mrs. Baskerville, Mrs. For­ f.G. HARPER & CO. as at present, the old method has doing a good work in many ways. A few weeks ago them forwarded four ester, Mrs. Hufner, Mrs. Jennings proven unequal to the conditions im­ barrels of canned fruit to the sanator-. Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. Dowsley, Mrs. Conservatory Bui ding j The Twentieth Century Book Store j posed upiiioiniiiiimi.jiiiiiiiiiii!Hi;i!;!i.iiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiit.iiiiii!iiiiit]imiiiii.iir.i iiiiiic:iiiiii:iiiiit.iiiiiiiiiiiiHMiiiiiiiiiit.iiii!iiiiiiu.wiiinmit«! taxes will continue to be charged up time. against them, but will remain unpaid. * * * The great majority of them could not Mr. Ostlund is confined to the 1110, 6th Ive. S Phone 796 j bc sold ai any price, except as farm house with influenza. ITOYLAND! lands, and proposals are already * * * Our stock of Toys, Picture Books, Story ARLO such lots out of municipalities. As a The Art Needlework club are being entertained at the home of Mrs. J. B. Books, Dolls, Games and Fancy Goods EAT result there is considerable reduction Ross, the retiring president, at her ARKET in revenue. home on Seventh avenue, on Satur­ is now complete : : : : , M day evening. There is no gainsaying the truth of * • * Come early and get the best selection. A full line of Meats, etc, carried, at prices in line the assertion that a great proportion At the annual meeting of the Art with the market. of the city lots are assessed above Needlework club. Mrs. J. Young was their market value. Our assessment elected president, and Mrs. Cope sec­ ! ROBERTSON'S BOOK STORE ! MAIL AND PHONE ORDERS GIVEN rests on a false basis, so far as lots retary. * * • 1 Lethbridge Hotel Block. Phone 1265 PROMPT ATTENTION is concerned, whereas improvements Mrs. Hudson and daughter, Irene, are rated at only one-quarter their of Wilson Siding, left yesterday to Sro..unraiuMUUiiut)iiii--iimiiiiiiii.iiimutti^ valuation. If the necessary money spend the winter at Vancouver. cannot btj raised under present condi­ oranMiiniiiiiw | tions it would,seem to be imperative that a new adjustment be adopted, and a somewhat larger part of the burden placed on productive property, while at the same time a more rea­ Holiday Photographs sonable assessment be placed on un­ iiiimwnuiHiHiiiy_inimniiKJtiimtiimaiimiiu.tti.imi_ mtiiHMtomio?miiuitibo«iMUHnmmiin_f»dnmn_flmii iiiiiiuiint.miiiiiitiiniiiiiinmitinmnRiioimmJiiwinwr nmi!iiMniaifliiHmiiamiuiiim„iiitiimiuc.immiiiii[jiiiiiim productive property. It would be only fair that this proposed increase That will make old Santa Claus smile. should be made gradually, to permit New ideas in posing and mounting to •f necessary adjustments being made between owners and tenants. But so Ladies' Fur Sets Ladies' Fur Coats suit your individual taste. Don't put far as The Telegram can discern, it is Black Persian Paw Set, Q AP Mink Marmot Coat, 1 AQ AA off another moment, otherwise we •ne of the least objectionable I ] regular $11.25 for 0*VD regular $125.00, for 1UO.UU won't be able to deliver your pictures methods that present themselves. White Thibet Set, 1 Q AA Muskrat Coat, reg- 1 OQ AA 'Productive property may reasonably to give your friends on Christmas. We regular $22.50 for lOeUU ular $150.00, for 1-CiMJU ii ke expected to return a larger per­ urge you to act now. : : Muskrat Coat, reg- ICC A A centage of paid taxes than unoccupied Girls' Mongolian Fox IA "7P ii Set, regular $26.25 for laFel «J ular $195.00 for 10J.UU §1 lots— which produce not, but consume. = S Girls' Natural Wolf OO CA Muskrat Coat, reg- \n*% AA 55 w»ui!UK.iiiniiiituiuiiiimiiiiQiiiiiiiiimc.iiiiimim Objection is taken to an increase in ular $205.00 for 11 -&»UU Si rates for public utilities to produce a Set, regular $30.00 for LLmOV profit for application on the general Child's Natural Wolf Muskrat Coat, reg- 1 n J PA ular $200.00 for if fleOU expenditure. Naturally no one wishes Set, regular $35.00 for 28.50 Ladies' Dropped Rat OQ PA The Allison Portrait Studio to pay more for municipal necessities Muskrat Coat, reg- | QA AA Set, regular $37.50 for -COeOU than is adequate to meet the cost. ular $210.00 for lOSMJU Telephone 1689 Ladies' Pointed Dog OQ AA Mink Marmot Coat, 1 AQ PA But the city has to be financed some­ Set, regular $35.00 for -&O.UU GREAT SALE Fifth Street S. Lethbridge, Alta. 4 how, and as the more prosperous are regular $230.00 for liFJF.DU Ladies' Sable Set, JO *?C OF generally the largest consumers, the regular $65.00 for t*0»ID •Muskrat Coat, reg- 007 AA i_ "fr-umwi win* distribution of the increased burden Ladies' Natural Wolf £0 *7C ular $260.00 for LLI .UU is would seem to be fairly evenly car­ si Set, regular $88.75 VO»ID Black Rat Coat, reg- O7Q AA Is ried. Why not give it a trial? Ladies' Brown Wolf £*7 PA ular $325.00 for L I O.UU The income tax proposal may be Set, regular $85.00 for UI eOU Plain Hudson Seal OQC AA FURS Coat, reg. $325.00.... -&OtJ.UU expected to meet with pretty general Ladies' Natural Wolf on PA ] Set, regular $90.00 for Uf «JU •opposition, but that is no reason why Our entire stock ($11,580) of Handsome Raccoon QIC A A gg SAARLAND it should not be tried out. No new 11 Ladies' Black Wolf £A AA High Class Ladies' Furs is Coat, reg. $360.00.... 01 O.UU i_i _ || Set, regular $83.00 for UiJ.UU placed at your disposal at prices syseem of taxation will be greeted Hudson Seal Coat, with natural '* j Ladies' Persian Lamb *7Q OP lower, in many cases, than pres­ §_ FRIDAY & SATURDAY SEE with popular acclaim—somebody is . J „et, regular $93.50 for I 0*LO lynx collar and cuffs and round bound to he hit harder than some­ ent wholesale costs. bottom of skirt, reg QOP AA _ H \ Ladies' Brown Wolf DO PA ular $500:00 for O-CO.UU body else—but those who are hit | Set, regular $97.75 for 0O*D\J Are you in doubt as to what to ii PAULINE FREDERICK hardest are best able to bear it. The r-_ Dropped Rat Cape and QA PA give for Christmas? Hudson Seal Coat, sable trim­ _ _ In Leo Tolstoy's war has broadened ideas on the mat­ Muff, regular $109 for OU.OU med, regular $365..00 90 A AA ter of taxation, and "those who have Ladies' Natural Lynx most must pay most," will be the I Set, reg. $139 fo104.2r 5 GIVE FURS! Plain Hudson Seal QQC A A slogan of the future. Difficulties __ Ladies' No. 1 Red 11Q PA Coat, reg. $375.00.... OOO.UU "RESURRECTION" would be met. no doubt, many of Fox Set, reg. $150 IJLOeOU Patriotism asks for a USE­ Hudson Seal Coat, 45 inches, FUL, PRACTICAL, SENSIBLE them. There would be evaders to un­ = a Ladies' Black Fox 11Q AA regular $375.00, ALSO spirit in your Christmas giving for 335.00 SS cover and deceptions to correct. But : Set. reg. $151.50. H3.UU —nothing could be more appro­ if we must have a broader basis of if Ladies' Taupe Fox 1 OA AA priate than FURS. Hudson Seal Coat, fur trimmed, = = taxation to sustain the city's financial || Set. reg. $160.00. 1-&U.UU regular $420.00, FATTY ARBUCKLE AT THESE PRICES THEY for 369.00 II integrity, why Mr. Mayor and Com­ |= Ermine Cape and % OO AA IN || Muff, reg. $147.50. ILL*\3\) ARE AN INVESTMENT com­ _„ missioners, go ahead and try it. Hudson Seal Coat, sable trim­ I| Beaver Cape and lOJ »7P prising sense and service. med, regular $425.00, Q7C AA || Muff, reg. $144.00. l-C^-CeltJ "THE COOK" •:iiiinifii!!cj»'iiiiin!;c)miiinii!itJiiiiiiiim:nniiiiiiuur3ii:iiHiM,ji 11 Ladies' Black Lynx "t QA AA iiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiii!i[.iiii(niiiiic.iiiiiiiiiiiit]iiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiii[.i Special Hudson Seal A C\(\ AA The greatest Arbuckle Comedy yet. Don't miss it. I Set, reg. $149.25. 10U.UU -_n Coat, reg. $475.00 1UU.UU Ladies'Red Fox Set, IOC AH f $100 VICTORY BOND I Special Hudson Seal Coat, sable __ I UNITED I regular $157.50, for 1-CO.UU trimmed, wg. $500.00, M AA AA MONDAY & TUESDAY PATHE PRESENTS Ladies' Cross Fox 1 r Set. reg. $190.00. 142.50 Special Hudson Seal Coat, trim­ || ! TYPEWRITER A chance with every Cash Pur­ __ Ladies*' Black FoFOJ x t AA CA med natural lynlynx> , A 9Q CA Set, reg. $255.00. chase of $1.00 upwards regular $500 for... ELANE IiAMMERSTEIN ASK ABOUT IT. J COMPANY I _5 IN Please Mention This Paper IM! 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trial city. The district is rich in coal. The whole country round the town is impregnated with high grade coal. CHAMPION, CENTRE Or" The heaviest seams are found to the east and northeast of the town. Five mines are already at work within a short distance of the town. Nothing is more certain than that this district GREAT WHEAT DISTRICT teeming with rich fuel, will soon be mined extensively. Champion fully realizes the big adjacent territory Cly5#!Jgrtffgee of namm e with change of site and frequently from between 45 to 50 that looks to her mines for coal. marked the beginning of the growth bushels per acre. The district west of the town is of Champion. Originally in 1906 tin- The district is favorable to the charged with a supply of natural gas. town formed in M. ti. CleveV's section growth of ever} kind of grain. No 'n September, 1911, a farmer there was called Cleverville. Jt consist fedo f br.tt-r barley is raised anywhere i>: was drilling for Water, when at a one general store owned by Mr. G. II. ti i world; it averages 45 bushels and depth of 350 feet he struck a gas well Mark, whose rival in business appear­ ut wirds to the acre.. Flax grow s The gas from this wel! has been al­ ed the following year. These two al • .:•! :;!fly, as may be realized when lowed to escape to this day and will A Common Scene in the Champion District. general stores freighted exclusively we n . .1'ion that one farmer near continue to flow until il will be made always endeavored to maintain a Grades V to VI, inclusive, will be H. Cooper, secy.-treas. with Stavely, Nanton and Lethbri 'ge. Champion raised 1,000 bushels from to serve some useful purpose; for ex­ good school. In this connection a transferred to this two-storied Champion is justly proud of her In the summer of 1909, the town 40 acres. Alfalfa, clover, winter rye, ample, to light the town. . brief survey of the growth and de­ building when the school re-opens as school, which ranks second to none in consisted of three general store:., Broom grass, Hungarian grass and In addition to these opportunities velopment of the school will be in soon as health conditions will permit. the inspectorate, and sincere in her grasses of every description do excep­ the settler in this district has today order. appreciation of the efforts of all con­ three implement warehouses, a black­ tionally well. The staff as it exists at present smith's shop, a boarding house, dance within easy reach, a thriving town cerned, whether trustees or teachers. But if the Champion district is fa­ Cleverville, the infant town, had a consists of Miss Adelia Clohassy hall, pool room, a real estate office than can supply him with every re­ one-roomed school whose first teach­ principal; Miss Evelyn Adams, vice- The minute book shows the con­ conducted by W. A. Carmichael, a mous for the quality and quantity of quirement, whether commercial, so­ fidence placed in one man, Geo. W. its grain, its reputation stands equally er was no less a personage than Mr. principal; Mrs. Oermaine Casey. Mils board of trade with G. H. Mark as cial, educational or religious. Donald Patterson, lawyer, ar>d at Edna McLaughlin, Miss Kate E. Roe. Edwards, who served as trustee from high as a stock-raising country. Some After wandering thus far into the April 15. 1015. to July 25. 1918, the date president, and Dr. A. Brown, secre­ present sergeant-major serving with For the purpose of uniting mor^r* tary, two banks, the Canadian Bank of the finest horses and cattle on this district tributary to Champion, I think of his resignation; in one teacher, continent are to be found on the rich the colors in Franca. In 1914, Mr. closely the home and the school, the of Commerce, with E. G. Valbeid as it advisable to give some thought to Patterson enlisted with the 78th Field Miss Evelyn Adams, who, let us hope pastures that interlace this district the town as it stands today, the na­ teachers are planning an organization for the sake of the little ones, will manager, and the Bank of Hamilton. Battery at Lethbridge. of parents and teachers. In this work with J. F. Trevethick, manager. and it is a by-word among the farm­ tural centre of this prosperous dis­ begin her seventh term in January, ers for miles around that horses and trict. The stranger walking down July 29, 1912, marks the first meet­ they have the hearty support of the 1919. At that time all traffic had to be cattle are always a good crop. So Main street and observing the school, ing of the newly organized district in Women's Institute and an assurance handled at Carmangay, the terminus of the loyal co-operation of all local Nor has this confidence been ii- mild are the winters, and so light the the doctor's office, the telephone of­ the village of Champion, known as vain, as can be readily seen from re­ of the C. P. R. Aldersyde branch. snowfall, that both horses and cattle fice, the banks, post office, the busi­ Wellington School District No. 2795. associations. When conditions are again in a normal state, the Parent- sults. Mr. Edwards, as chairman of Induced by the proposed extension thrive much better when turned loose ness blocks, with their up-to-date E. W. Paitson was appointed chair­ the board, was untiring in his zeal for of the C. P. R. line about a mile on the prairie and left to fodder for stores equipped to supply every need man and A. V. Brown, secretary-trea­ Teacher association will be launched forth as a desirable school auxiliary, the welfare of the children, devoting' farther west, as well as b_ other op- themselves than when they are kept of the community, the large spacious surer. much of his time to observing care­ poitunit.es, the townsmen moved to in winter stables. In fact, it is a splen­ Savoy hotel, and noting the atmos­ The minute book of the district establishing right relation between parent and teacher, changing criti­ fully the work done in the various the present site of Champion in 1910. did sight to see these sleek animals phere of busy prosperity that fills the shows that the chief business of the classrooms, thus enabling himself to in the spring, all in the pink of condi­ town, would find it hard to believe administration was the building and cism to co-operation, cutting down An event that led to the rapid discipline, reducing friction, and state from his own observations the growth of the town was the extension tion after their winter foraging, one that less than a decade ago there was equipping of the present three-room­ actual situation in the school, the and all having obtained first-class not a single shack to mark the site ed brick school, which was ready for doubling the educational efficiency of of the C. P. R. line to Champion in the school. only logical method of becoming in­ board and lodging free from the open where Champion now stands. occupancy in September, 1913. Two formed. Of Miss Adams, it may be ttie fall of 1911. In this year over a prairies. „ million bushels of grain were harvest­ Champion is the shopping centre rooms and two teachers were ade­ Another step in the right direction said, that she justifies her reputation] ed in the district and the yield for The settler seeking his fortune in for about 4,000people,and the district quate until the admission of Harvard wa.s taken when Champion school en­ of being one of the most capable pri­ 1912 wa.s still greater. In view of the the west should-make his goal the being so unrivalled a one for every District school in March, 1917,, in­ tered the School Fair association, mary teachers in the province. tremendous grain-producing capacity rich grain and grazing lands of the class of farming, it is not to be won­ creased the attendance. formed at Vulcan. October 5, of the of the district the two elevators near Champion district. Here he will find dered at that the town should ad­ Under date of March 14, 1917, the present year. This included all the Sporta. the C. P. R. depot were soon aug­ a climate considerate of the needs of vance at an unusual rate. Witness a minutes read: Moved by G. W. Ed­ schools from Brant to Champion in­ It cannot be said that Champion is mented by three more. his cattle and his grain, and near the Saturday night scene, the shopping wards, seconded by R. C. Crane, that clusive, as well as the adjacent rural behind the times in the realm of After the harvest of 1912, the rich­ town he may buy some of the richest night of the week. The stores are the secretary advise the department schools. sports, for it has the distinction of acres in Western Canada. Once in est and most successful that Western crowded with people, the streets lined that it is our wish to form, if possi­ The epidemic interfered with the having the strongest baseball team in Canada had ever known, many set­ possession of his farm, numberless are with automobiles, reminding one of a ble, a consolidated school district Southern Alberta. Calgary, Medicine the opportunities open to the settler. holding of the school fair set for Oc­ tlers from Great Britain and the Uni­ little corner of Broadway. with Harvard school district (car­ tober 26, an occasion that was to wit­ Hat, Vulcan, Taber, Stavely and Car­ ted States bought or homesteaded The most experienced farmers of the No less than five garages are kept ried). On March 27 arrangements mangay are among the number of district have demonstrated that the ness the carrying off by some school farms in the great west. The Cham­ busy. In 1917, Anderson Bros, sold 127 were made for a joint meeting of the trophies donated. The Vulcan teams defeated by Champion. pion district strongly appealed to the country is admirably adapted to McLaughlin cars; M. G. Clever sold Champion, Harvard and Sherwood Nor are the sport activities con­ mixed farming. School Board presented a shield for s^prer, upon whom fortune smiled 85 Fords; the Chevrolet Garage, 63. school boards to discuss equipment the school winning the scholastic ex­ fined to baseball alone. Golf, tennis, sooYi after. From now on settlers There are, for example, splendid The citizens of Champion are deter­ and temporary arrangement for hibit ; the Champion School Board, a hockey, football, are also played in were attracted thither by the climate profits to be made from pig-raising. mined that their town lack none of teaching a third room pending con­ silver cup for the school winning in season. Moreover, the Champion Gun and resources of this favored region. Western Canada's demand for pork is the equipment proper to go-ahead solidation agreement. Henceforth the athletics. This action on the part of club is still the proud possessor of the As a grain-growing country it held and will continue to be for years, Champion. Money is being wisely problem of consolidation formed the the same promptness that character­ trophy cup known as the McNaugh­ the reputation of being among the greater than the supply. Prices, there­ spent in laying sidewalks; a fire hall burden of responsibility of the ad­ izes every measure conducive to pro­ ton cup won three years ago. richest and safest in the Dominion. fore will remain high for an indefin­ has been constructed and other muni­ ministration, consisting of G. W. Ed­ mote education. The cup, awaiting Moreover, the climate offered none of ite number of years. cipal enterprises are on the pro­ wards, chairman; J. C. Mills and R. the day of award, is now on display Organization*. tSie severity felt farther east, owing Of the Champion district it may be gramme. C. Crane. The tireless efforts of the at our local jeweler's. It is beautiful said that it is easier for the farmer earnest, capable secretary, W. A. Car­ As an evidence of what Champion's to the warm westerly winds which Government. in its simplicity. It is made of the Red Cross organization, Women's In­ blow through the Crow's Nest pass all to raise poultry that not to raise it. michael, in handling the correspond­ best quality of silver-plate tnd lined the year round, holding back the The unique opportunities offered in Champiou is the centre of the local ence, greatly assisted an early solu­ 1 stitute and Ladies' Aid association are government administration, known as with gold. The height is 16 A inches doing, we consider it just to publish early frosts that devastate more ex­ poultry .farming should certainly be tion of the problem. These fathers of including the mahogany base 4 inches posed districts and liberating the an inducement for a settler interested the local improvement district, until consolidation worked zealously, never their respective reports. spring of this year, when it became high. The inscription in block en­ Red Cross report, presented for the spring when the Provinces of Mani­ in the industry to build up a most losing sight of their aim, until Decem­ graving reads: toba and Saskatchewan were still in lucrative business. The market for the Municipality of the District of ber, 1917, saw the formation of the year ending October, 1918: the grip of winter. his produce is unlimited. Harmony, No. 128. This latter form new consolidated district No. 40. "Presented by Champion Consoli­ Total number of life members 29' of government possesses considerably The climate and soil are also adapt­ dated School as a prize for athletics Life members joined during year.. 28- The soil, a fine chocolate loam, 16 more powers than the former. Under The same administration is also the Champion trustees is marked by Total number of active members.. 75 lo 30 inches deep, on clay sub-soil, is ed to the growth of certain veget­ its very efficient and able manage­ ables, such as peas, beans, carrots, memorable for the purchasing and in annual interscholastic meet." Total number of associated 12 rich in the food of the wheat plant, ment large improvements are being furnishing of a much-needed teachers' The trustees in charge of the dis­ and can be relied upon to produce the turnips and cabbages. The potato made, notably good roads for improv­ crop is a record crop each year. residence. To this go-ahead body is trict at present are as follows: J. C. Grand total members 144- world-famous No. 1 Northern wheat ing transportation facilities. The men r Champion has other resources which also due the purchase of a new Mills, chairman; P. Holm, W . Ulrich, (Continucd on Page Six) any good .year. The wheat consist­ charged with this responsibility know Mason & Risch piano for the school. ently averages 25 bushels to the acre insure it a great future as an indus- that good roads p.elp to solve all the The first trustees of the newly- great social and economic problems formed district, Geo. W. Edwards, P. of the day and that where good roads Holm, W. Ulrich, W. A. Carmichael. are found there also are found the had other weighty problems demand­ prosperous communities with good ing their time and attention. 'Suitable schools, well attended, good teachers, conveyances for the children from the and a public-spirited and enlightened DAN ULRICH Harvard and Sherwood districts had population. to be procured. The two motor vans The municipality is fortunate in decided upon have proved to be quite Champion. Alta. having six councillors, who take a satisfactory under the cartful super­ Hotel Savoy laudable pride in their work, endea­ vision of Mr. Roberts. To Champion voring to promote the interests of the belongs the distinction of being the district as a whole. first district in Alberta to introduce FARM MACHINERY N. G. JOHNSON, Proprietor Following is the personnel of the this form of conveyance. council: In March a fourth teacher was em­ Reeve—Mr. G. F. Smith. ployed and in May, a fifth. JOHN DEERE EMERSON COCKSHUTT Division 1—Frank Anderson. Divosion 2—Angus McClean. To meet the demands of this in­ VAN BRUNT SEEDERS AND DRILLS European Plan Steam Heat Division 3—G. F. Smith. creased attendance the need of addi­ Division 4-^P. M. Patterson. tional rooms is apparent. Whether to RUMELY, LAUSON, AULTMAN TAYLOR, WATER­ Hot and Cold Water, Bath. Division 5—J. B. Munson. add to the present building or to erect Division 6—Horace Johnson. a new eight-roomed one is the ques­ LOO BOY TRACTORS Secretary-Treasurer—G. H. Mark. tion, pending the answer to which a MODERN CAFE IN CONNECTION The administration of the town cottage school, suggested as an al­ FOSSTON AND BULL-DOG FANNING MILLS government rests with the village ternative by Mr. Mills, is about com­ council, composed of the following: pleted. DE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATORS AND STATION­ Mayor—J. F. Harper. P. Holm, trustee, lost no time in Council—Geo. Stoddard and Frank starting this indispensable work. The ARY ENGINES Anderson. day following the ratepayers' meeting ONTARIO WIND-MILLS AND PUMPING OUTFITS. CHAMPION - ALBERTA Police Magistrate—F. C. Alcock. at which Mr. Mills' proposed alterna­ Secretary-Treasurer—H. Cooper. tive was adopted, Mr. Holm called on "You'll Come Again" Education. Mr. Rock, the architect, and forth­ CHAMPION Education has been a matter of vital with the cottage school was a cre­ importance to the people, who have ation in blue print.

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DRS. CONNOR, McNALLY AND $5" for $4" A. MEADS LEECH—Office, 109 Sherlock Blk. ——*• i Telephones: Office 319; Residence WE ARE HEAD QUARTERS FOR SERVICE of Dr. Connor, 619; residence of JDr Paperhanging Leech, 1007. Office hours: 1 to 12 AND SATISFACTION a.m.; 1.30 to 3.30; 7 to 8 p.m. PAINTING DECORATING • " " " ~"m ' ••' ' i HH—mm i ••«• — *• 611, Eighth Ave. S DR. TAYLOR - Ear, Eye, Nose and We carry a complete fine of Throat, 115 Sherlock Building. Of­ CARDSTON NEWS LETHBRIDGE . PHONE 690 fice hours 10 to 12; 2 to 6; even­ Peace Hath Her ings by appointment. Phones t.Of- fice 341; Residence 593. Fresh Groceries Chauncey Snow came home on Dec. Victories 5. He has been in camp at Toronto, DR. P. W. TULLER, Physican _nd -5T.W- «•» studying aeronautics. He looks well, and responsibilities. The duty of every man now is to provide a living for himself Surgeon. Office, Sheppard Block, WE STOCK RUBBERS AND OVERSHOES and is the same modest, friendly chap opposite Starland theatre, rooms as ever. and his family, and help in the recon­ EYES TESTED MEN'S WORK GLOVES AND DRESS GLOVES struction of the world. Tiie great call is 6 to 4. Office hours: 11 to 12 iB.m.j Spencer Cahoon, another Cardston still for food. Other industries may col­ J. M. HENDERSON, 1.30 to 3.30 p. m., and 7 to 8.30 p. A FIRST-CLASS UNE OF SWEATERS flyer, will arrive later on. lapse, but agriculture must go on. m.; Sundays, 2 to 3 p. m. and by ap­ Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones paid a fly­ pointment. Phones: Office, 780| STANFIELD'S CELEBRATED UNDERWEAR ing visit to Calgary last week. C.P.R. FARMS SIGHT SPECIALIST nights, 1494. Miss Annie Walker came home on 20 YEARS TO PAY Difficult Cases a Specialty MEN'S WORK AND DRESS SHOES 0. W. LEECH, M. D., C. M.. Phys^ Dec. 5, from Gleichen, on sick leave Open the way to prosperity and inde­ THE LATEST STYLES IN CAPS until Jan. 1, 1919. She underwent an pendence. Prairie Land $ 11 to $30 an acre; Office, Wright's Jewelry Store ian and Surgeon. Office, Sherlock operation for the removal of a piece irrigated land up to $yo. Get started. Plock, Lethbridge. Phone 389 Re­ MACKINAWS OVERALLS of jaw bone. Considering her illness Land is being rapidly taken up. Write sidence, 630 llth Street S. Phone., she is looking well. It is to be hoped for free booklets and full information. 1007. Office hours: 11 to 12.15; WORK SHIRTS AND DRESS SHIRTS her troubles will not interfere with 1.30 to 3.00; 7 to 8; Sundays, 1,30 lo> 3.00 the use of her voice at concerts. Allan Cameron, Gen'l Sup. C.P.R. Lands Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ayton left on ^g 1st ST. EAST, CALGARY Shoe Repairing Dec. 5 for Warner, where they are to DENTISTS THE BROADWAY take up their permanent abode. Phone 1717 for your Shoe Re­ pairs. Work done promptly. "A Safe Place to Trade " Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brown and DRS. MARRS AND MARRS—DEN- family started on Dec. 6 for Pocatella, Orders called for and tists. Successors to Drs. Stewart Idaho, where they intend spending built, one at Raley and one east of delivered and McClure. Hours: 9 to 8. Of­ the winter. Cardston. The dimensions of the fice, Higinbotham Block. Phone 373. -RAYMOND Prof. Joseph Banner has sold his buildings are 36x28 feet. The jobs will FRANK MILES be let by tender. house in Cardston to Eugent Robin­ oil 4tb Axnue South DR. M. J, GIBSON — DENTIST son of Leavjtt. Mr. John Parrish, custom's officer, graduate of Royal College of has bought a Moline tractor, which he Dental Surgeons, Toronto, and Mr. Banner has bought a residence is putting in good order for use on his holder of a Dominion Dental Cer- on Eleventh street south, Lethbridge, ranch next season. tuficate. Office: Rooms 5 ahd 6 where he will reside, though he will Ernest Caldwell has gone over into Bryan Block. Phone, 1071 still teach in Cardston. Montana to herd the cattle owned by For Prompt Service Cardston embryo teachers have the Mormon community and managed PHONE DR. L. T, -ALLEN—DENTIST (Suc­ been informed by the principal of the by the Mormon authorities in trust. cessor to Drs. Cburtice & Gilchrist) Normal school that the July session News has .come to town of the Golden West Transfer Graduate University of Maryland, •is off. They return to Calgary on death in Portland. Ore.. Q\ Lee Stod­ Rooms 8 and 9, Macdonald Block. 0. H. SNOW Deer..30,'after a week's holidays and. dart, a former Resident of Cardston. Furniture, Trunks, etc., moved with Phone 1165, Lethbridge, Alberta. then work straight through until Tan. Gladys, daughter of Orson Biglow, rare 31, 1919, with a holiday for New Year's Coal Orders C.O.D. diejd on- Dec, 6. of the flu. She was 10 DR. T. W. FOX—DENTIST. G.RA9- Day. years of age. The rest of the family PMON E 1653 uate of.Northwest University, Chi­ Raymond The Camrose Normal does not open are in a dangerous condition from the cago. Office in Union Bank Build­ until Dec. 16, and then goes right on same disease. ing. Office phone 785. Residence iii..iiii)iiiiiiic.iiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiuiiianiiii Without any Christmas vacation. Nursing Sister Atrill, who is under 752. Everybody is glad to see Bishop C. military orders, has received word to W. Burt out and about again. report at Calgary for duty. Mao»p No. lftli. P. 0. Box *W Farms, Ranches and B siness Property Mr. Cutler says that he is down Pte. J. C. Scott writes from a hos­ UNDERTAKING PARLORS 2,000 feet in his oil well and that pital in Wales, where he has been BALANCE SHEETS though he has not struck oil yet, he under quarantine for the flu, that Profit and Loss Accounts »ad T. S. FETTERLY-LEADING FUN- Fire, Life and Hail Insurance. has good hopes. though he has seen a little of the Fiaancial Statement! prepared. eral Director and Embalmer. Office, Mr. Bert Caldwell sold his entire world, old Alberta looks better than Examinations conducted. Books opposite Court House. Phone, 561. any other place and that he will be kept, or written-up for all classes Residence, 284 7th Ave. S., phone flock (450 head) of sheep, part of 1176.0pen day and night Money to Lean on Improved Farms. them to Mr. Jensen, of Aetna. Bert glad to get back and settle down. of Business Firms and Partner­ had no hay up for them an account of Gordon Hamilton writes that though ships. he got close to the battle area, he MACKAY & MACKAY—FUNERAL crop failure, so he had either to ship SPECIALTIES t Directors and Practical Embalmera. Farm Transfers and Chattel Mortgages Drawn in hay at much expense, remove, his had seen no action. In making peace Municipal, Mining, Lumber, Whole the Germans have taken the joy out Office and residence, 803 3rd Ave., sheep up north, or sell. He chose the sale and Retail Accounting South. Motor and horse drawn latter course. of Goddon's life. Good fellows are All Kinds of Notary Work. scarce, so we are all glad that James ROBT. J.RITCHIE PATERS0H equipment. Phone, 1802. Always Elmo Neilson, after spending three Scott, Gordon Hamilton and others, open. months on the ranch of Frank Brown, will soon be again in our midst. Chartered Accountant, (Scot) tw«wmc_i_intmnii(RBUtiiaiiiiiuimiuMiHM near Spring Coulee, is home again. Resident Partner "Everybody's been lonesome" since DECORATING He has an offer, at a good salary, to they left. ride for Frank next summer, taking Henderson, Reid & Paterson Harry Mcintosh, manager of the Chartered Accountants WELLINGTON BROS.-THE DEO care of his cattle. This winter he may Chief Mountain creamery, has enter­ WHEN IN RAYMOND, CALL go to Calgary to learn the automobile Acadia Building, 3rd Ave. S. orators, Paperhangers and Painters. ed upon the sale of pasteurized milk. Kalsominmg, General Decorating business. There ought to be a good sale for this Lethbridge and Sign Writing. Estimates given I Two Mennonite schools are to be perfectly pure and sanitary article. Winnipeg and Medicine Hat The oldest established painters ja *.miiiiiiiii..iiiiiiiimi..miimiiii..imiiiHiio^^ It is said that there are 19 or 20 Lethbridge. Res. Phone 1472; of­ cases of flu in town (Dec. 9), so fice phone 1752. Sherlock building, school opening is still further defer­ Lethbridge, Alta. red. Mr. Bronstead left this week (Dec. 10) for Wisconsin. Mr. George Cairn­ cross takes his place as teller in the Central Repair Shop Bank of Montreal. The voting on Dec. 9th brought out 324, llth Street South a large crowd, partly accounted for by the fact that women voted as well as All kinds of Auto Repair Work men. The candidate a good many of handled promptly and carefully Cardston Trading Co. us were interested in, D. G. Oland, Agent* for the was defeated for councillor by ten WAR VETERAN votes. Hawder Shock Absorber WHEN YOU HAVE~ WE HANDLE EVERYTHING THAT A FULLY EQUIP­ Walter Caldwell has bought a house from H. D. Folsom. He intends to OB T build a large garage in connection Dowiing & Hutchinson PED STORE IN OUR LINE SHOULD HANDLE. with the house. Prop1". P FleasL '.uNTy A special meeting of the Presbytery of Macleod took place in Knox church, MOST PEOPLE KNOW US. IF YOU DON'T, LET'S Lethbridge, on Dec. 3. A committee, Secretary consisting of Messrs. W. F. Burns, Veterans' Club Matheson and Kellock, was appointed GET ACQUAINTED and remained in session all Wednes­ day wrestling with the problem of VULCANIZING Phone 372 "Rercuits for the Ministry." They are preparing a long report to be sub r mitted to the regular meeting of the I. UNDERTAKE TO REPAIR Presbyt«t*y in February. The war ha itijr_ing in the rubber line. Any Land for Sale or Trade killed many of our ministers and itu rise tin-. Promptness and quality dents. neranteed. We aim to please. GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS Charges on out-of-town work paid 160 acres, N. E. Quarter 13-16-21, W. The new "Book of Praise" of the One way. Don't throw away that 4 M., Barrhill District. All fenced. Presbyterian church, is out now and old tire before you w*» UB, it may be 50 acres summer fallowed. Thickly on the market. It is a beautiful col­ worth fixing. Free air on the curb settled neighborhood. Will sell to lection of choice hymns of all . right party oa long terms. Small In it much use has been made of Lethbridge Vulcanising Works, ca»h payment. May trade for live CARDSTON Phone 169 ALBERTA plain songs, Welsh melodies and E. Cliupl.n A Son, 712 3rd Ave. S., stock or desirable residential prop­ classic tunes. It is hoped the new near Uojal Bank. Phone 1664 erty in Letbbrklc*. book will soon be introduced in tbe P. LUND, Presbyterian church, Cardston. lax 189. I TUIUNUIBHO—in till—IIWWlllllM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918 THE LETHBRIDGE TELEGRAM PAGE THREE

expansion of the cheese and butter fl_l_IIMIIIOTIillllllinilimilHIICMIIIIIIIIIIK.IIIItiUllli™^ manufacture, and direct the attention of both home and foreign markets to the possibilities of this world bread­ basket, now looked upon as wedded 6^ Sw\eves\ \o 5&m&Ts to cattle and wheat. Jewelry from Wright's | LOSSES DUE TO CONTROLLABLE DISEASES. MiMiiii..iiiimiiiii..iiiiiiiiiiii..ii»miiint.iiiuiiiim..iiiiiiiiii^ Your Christmas Gift (Experimental Farms' Note) Among the diseases of economic If there ia one thing above all other* that you want to plants there exist some for which ef­ know it reliable when you buy it, it it jewelry. RECORD PRICE PAID WESTERN CANADA OATS FOR SEED IN fective control measures have not yet been discovered. Besides these are a How can you know thi»? You can't 1 large number where control is pos­ The one sure way to know that the Jewelry you buy FOR CHAMPION STEER CHEESE INDUSTRY PRAIRIE PROVINCES sible, but only after persistent efforts is trustworthy, is to come to the Jewelry Store which, by extending over a number of years. its Honest Dealings, has made itself worthy of trust. And finally there are a goodly num­ LAST YEAR'S RECORDS AT BIG (G. Leininger in Kimball's Dairy ORDER-IN-COUNCIL PASSED AL­ ber that readily respond to measures We refer you to your friends who know us. of control. CHICAGO SHOW HAVE BEEN Farmer) LOWS GOVERNMENT TO PUR­ JUST A FEW SUGGESTIONS: gtDLY BPATEN. The demand for wheat substitutes CHASE CERTAIN GRADES. If we take into consideration the For Mother—Necklace, Brooch, Bar Pin, Dress Pin. is bringing tremendous expansion of enormous losses resulting from plant For Dad—Cuff Links, Signet Ring, Watch Chain, Dress the dairy industry in Western Can­ diseases every year wherever farm­ Set. Chicago—A record price of $2.50 a ada. The passing of the old stock To ensure an adequate supply of ing and fruit-growing is an industry The Only Giri—Ring, LaTalliere, Bracelet, Watch. paund for beef was paid for Fyvie ranges, even on Canada's limitiess seed oats for the Prairie Provinces of importance—as in Canada—then The Nicest Man—Scarf Pin, Waldemar Chain, Collar, Knight, 21 months old, grand cham­ prairies, and the diminishing herd9 of for the spring of 1919, on the recom­ it will be realized that negligence and Bar, etc. pion yearling steer of the Interna­ the United States and of Europe, have mendation of the Minister of Agricul­ indifference towards the control of created a market for dairy products ture, an order-in-council has been such diseases as can actually be con­ OUR STORE ABOUNDS WITH GIFT SUGGESTIONS tional Live Stock Exposition, by Wil- trolled, are causes of great national nen & Co. The steer, of the Angus that none has been quicker to see passed authorizing the Dominion Gov­ FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. lireed;, was raised at the Perdue Uni­ than Canada, with the result that the ernment Seed Purchasing Commission loss. versity, and sold at the show for Dominion is outstripping every other to requisition oats on the following The person causing a forest fire Victory Bonds taken at par for Diamonds $6,350. The previous high price was country in the world in the expansion conditions: through negligence or carelessness ••aid a year ago when Merry Monarch of her dairy interests. 1. The said commission will accept renders himself liable to prosecution and other goods. »eld for $2.10 a pound. Conditions are peculiarly favorable, oats suitable forseed at the Canadian and a deservedly heavy fine, yet it is Part of the beef from Fyvie Knight especially in Alberta, where the char­ government terminal elevators at rarely that the culprit himself is the has been offered to President Poin- acter of the country and the climate Moose Jaw, Saskatoon and Calgary loser; the loss is debited to the whole oare pf France for his dinner to the contribute exceptional opportunities and shipped from any point west of nation owning the forests. In allow­ R. A. WRIGHT peace delegates. for the development of an industry Winnipeg. ing plant disease, to persist and be­ THE CITY'S LEADING JEWELER Edward Morris, Jr., bidding against most characteristic of old-settled 2. The said commission will pay for come widely prevalent, persons are .1. Ogden Armor, bought the champion farming country; while Western oats for milling and for seed and ac­ similarly guilty of criminal neglect Established 1898. «arload of cattle, owned by J. W. Canada, as a whole, in spite of its vast cept it as such at the above-named particularly at this time when the Grazer, of Rarden, 111., for 50c pound. acres of unfilled prairie, is as well points at the following prices, basis question of food is of far greater im­ Graham Bros., of Claremont, Ont.. adapted for the production of good Fort William freights and Winnipeg portance than all the gold in the with Rpselant's Choice, took the title milk, and hence good cheese, as any Grain Exchange prices for the day: world. Yet though Canada as a na­ jjesj^aij^ss^^j^ss^ «>f junior champion stallion. Graham country in the world. For Manitoba Oats — Commercial tion is the prime loser through the grades, no premium; No. 2 seed, 3 cumulative effect of such waste in Jftros. also won the reserve junior Its geographical position is com­ production, other nations, now so FIXED PRICES ON WHEAT pany buys or receives western gram ••.hampion stallion bred in America parable with that of those countries cents per bushel premium; No. 1 seed, 7 cents per bushel premium. markedly dependent upon Canada as WILL BE MAINTAINED at the seaboard will also be main­ with Gleniffer Star. in Europe in which the cheese indus­ a source for the necessaries of life, tained until August 31, 1919. Wisconsin won both the Shorthorn try has reached its highest develop­ For Saskatchewan Oats—Commer­ cial grades, 3 cents per bushel prem­ also suffer in consequence. Moreover Winnipeg, Dec. 9.—An understand­ Licensing for importing or export­ championships at the exposition. Rey­ ment. The southern boundaries of it is not a commercial question of ing of wheat or oats must be secured, nolds ^ros., of Lodi, Wis., took the the Canadian prairie provinces are in ium; No. 2 seed, 6 cents per bushel ing has been reached between the premium; No. 1 seed, 10 cents per sharing in the loss and thus reducing Board of Grain Supervisors for Can­ but the licensing of peas, beans, award for grand champion cow and a line with Paris and Vienna. The it, but one of having to do without buckwheat, flax, barley and rye will the grand champion bull had already cities of Calgary, Regina and Winni­ bushel premium. ada and the government in connec­ either be removed altogether or food which is lost through negligent tion with the work of the board for gene to William Hartnett, of Wau­ peg lie farther south than London; For Alberta Oats — Commercial members of a community. placed in the hands of the customs kesha. The bull sold for $15,000 at Edmonton and Saskatoon are not so grades, 8 cents per bushel premium; the balance of the present crop year, department. All orders and regula­ a action. far north as Glasgow, Copenhagen No. 2 seed, 11 cents per bushel prem­ Grain rust causes annually millions that is to say, until August 31 next. tions of the board on other matters Among the breeding Clydesdale and Berlin. The climatic and atmos­ ium; No. 1 seed, 15 cents per bushel of dollars loss. This can only be re­ The fixed prices on wheat will be are, or will be, cancelled. lierses "Fairholme Duchess," owned pheric conditions throughout the premium. duced by certain safety measures, but maintained, and also the arrange­ by Fairholme Farms, Newmarket, N. whole of Western Canada are ideal The said commission will not bc cannot so far be controlled. But the ments in regard to the carrying }., won the title of senior champion for the raising of livestock. Was not same grain that has escaped the rust charges. the country for centuries the home under obligation to accept delivery of The council of the Winnipeg Grain mare. any oats which are inferior to No. 2 is yet very seriously reduced in yield The divisions of the wheat between Thirty loads of fine cattle sold for of countless thousands of buffaloes? by smut diseases. In some years Canada and the Allies will also be Exchange has nominated Robert Ma- With the advent of the white man seed and contain more than 100 wild gill, secretary of the exchange, as a $27.47 a cwt., or $9.85 above last year's oats to the pound. smut, quite apart from rust, has maintained. The Dominion needs 80,- record1. , the first great industry of the coun­ caused losses amounting to more 000,000 bushels of wheat for home representative of that body to go For breeding Galloway cattle, the try was the raising of cattle. The 3. The said commission is author­ than $20,000,000 in Canada alone. Smut consumption. Further, the Allied overseas in connection with the peace Hrand champion bull, any age, was A. same conditions of nature which ized to send seed inspectors into any of grain is a disease that is easily con­ governments have offered to buy six conference. If accepted, he will be elevator, warehouse, or mill in the Oarnot, owned by H. Croft, Medicine made Western Canada an ideal cattle trolled by the very simple and highly hundred thousand tons of flour in the official representative of the ex­ country, its rich soil, its succulent na­ Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan it>dge,, Kan., while the junior cham­ effective means of seed treatment. Canada, and this offer has been ac­ change. It alsd nominated George tural grasses, its splendid water and Alberta, for the purpose of ex­ Either from ignorance or from negli­ pion buH was Vera's Pride, owned by cepted by order-in-council, not as a Fisher, of the Scottish Co-Operative courses, and its abundance of shelter, amining oats held in or at such ele­ gence, smut is still widely prevalent. miximum but as a minimum. Suffici­ JaA\ertFrantz & Sons, Bluffton, Ohio. society, as unofficial delegate to act In^Pie breeding Tadmworth hog are making it a superb dairy country. vator, warehouse or mill that may be Only this year were received reports ent wheat must be retained in the Do­ •:lass, W. S. Adams, Litchfield, Mich., The beginning that has been made suitable for seed or milling; if the in­ of smut affecting one field up to 80 minion for this purpose also. in an advisory capacity. Dr. Magill's won the championship for both boar is wonderful. Butter from Alberta, spectors find in or at any such ele­ per cent and more. Another example The arrangements in accordance nomination has been submitted to Ot­ and sow, while G. F. Sager, Belvidere, from Saskatchewan and from Mani­ vator, warehouse or mill or in cars on of a disease causing severe damage, with which the Wheat Export com­ tawa. til., and Bert Irwin, Mount Carroll, toba, has earned a name for itself track or in cars loaded over loading but which may be readily controlled, 111., shared first honors in Poland which is not confined to these prov­ platforms any oats suitable for seed is late blight of potatoes. The losses Chinas. The champion Southdown inces alone, nor to Canada. The high or milling such oats become thereby from late blight and the rot it causes wwe was exhibited by Heart's Delight standard of quality they have attained the property of the Dominion Gov­ among stored potatoes amount to I "Farm, .Chassy, N.Y., the best Oxford in the production of butter has helped ernment Seed Purchasing Commis­ several million dollars per annum. On ram by R. J. Stone, Stoning, 111., and to put these provinces on the map. sion, and such oats are subject to im­ the question of disease control, valu­ The Lethbridge Tire & Repair Station champion ewe by John Graham & The output, though not sufficient to mediate shipment to the order of the able information has already been Sons, Eldora, Iowa. meet all the demands, is steadily in­ Dominion Government Seed Purchas­ published by the Dominion Experi­ creasing, year by year, and it is only ing Commission when cars are ob­ mental Farms, but farmers are urged a question of time until Western Can­ tained. For such oats the said com­ to refer their problems more freely to SERVICE THAT SATISFIES GOVERNMENT DEBARS ada will be one of the leaders among mission will pay in accordance with experts at the farm, from whom they butter-producing countries of the the values named in clause two here­ will receive the best attention. HORSE IMPORTATION world. of, including the premiums named for the respective qualities of oats in Disease control is of far greater im­ \ve have just opened up a thoroughly That no horses are to be admitted It will be the same with cheese. portance in agriculture and gardening The manufacture of cheese in West­ each of the three provinces of Mani­ equipped Tire Repair Station. Call and have into Canada for some time, are the toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the than is realized by the generall pub­ instructions just received by Irriga­ ern Canada is a much newer indus­ lic. Diseases, once they have attack­ try than the production of butter. But price to be determined on date of in­ an expert opinion on your tires. Our work is tion Agent James Craig from Ottawa. spection. ed economic crops, can rarely be These orders are owing to the large it is an industry which is steadily our recommendation. growing, as the following figures The above order came into effect eradicated. A plant that once has •surplus of horses now in the Domin­ on Nov. 2, 1918. fallen victim to disease, will never ion and the scarcity of feed. It is not show: In Manitoba 726,725 pounds of cheese were manufactured in 1915 give a normal yield. Poor yields are Call and see us, or, better still, give us a thought, however, that it is the inten­ in nine cases out of ten due to lurk­ tion of the government to put a ban and 880,728 pounds in 1916. Last year the million-pound mark was passed. 1915, the output increased to 754,122 ing disease, hence individual effort trial. F. B. McKINNON, Prop. on thoroughbreds but merely on lower pounds in 1916, and to upwards of a becomes a necessity in saving the na­ class animals. Mr. Craig is taking up Even greater progress has been made in Alberta. From 381,632 pounds in million pounds in 1917. tion the deplorable devastation due Phone 495 305 6th St. South this point with Ottawa. A standard of cheese comparable to plant diseases. with that of Western Canada butter __E5=2^=30^52£^K^S^2£25i~55E^ is being striven for. In Alberta the government is adopting a system of cheese grading similar to that which has been the means of raising Alberta butter from mediocrity to the highest standard of quality. There is on rea­ son why Alberta should not be able YOU ARE L to produce all the best kinds of cheese that have been produced in HONEST, ECONOMICAL SERVICE AT Europe. The province covers a very large area with great variation in MODERATE COST climate, soil and crop production. In the extreme west, conditions do not greatly differ from those of Switzer­ land, a country famous for its dairy Come and see my Immense Stock of Toys suitable for children products, especially for its cheese. In IHrOU ARE MAKING NO MISTAKE the irrigated areas of Southern Al­ of all ages. We have them from 10c. to $2.65 berta, which are being developed by BY HAVING YOUR REPAIRING AND OVERHAULING the Canadian Pacific Railway, dairy­ •Mimiiiirt!it]iiiiiiiiiiiit3miiiiiiiiiniiiiii.iiiii..iiiiiiiii!i»aiiiiiiiin<. ing is destined to become the chief Dogs, Cats | | Electric Irons DONE AT pursuit of the farmer, in spite of the huge wheat yields that have char­ Dolls, Bears Trunks, Bags, Valises acterized the country of late years Sweepers Producing abundant crops of alfalfa Mechanical Toys I To Soldiers' Wives j clovers, grains and roots, these dis­ China Tea Sets tricts must become dairy centres, and Pianos j ONLY J Cutlery with their advance the production of Games cheese must also increase. In central Tapestry Chairs and northern Alberta cheese of ex­ Rattles cellent quality and flavor is being I i Leather Seat Rockers Palace Garage made at the present time. True, the Tea Sets quantity is comparatively small, and Kitchen Cabinets barely sufficient to meet the needs of Furniture | 10 per Cent, j (Stoddart & Raven) Luxury Coil Springs the people of the province. But the Balk quality of the product will create its Mattresses AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS own demand as fast as production is Guns Less | capable of meeting it. Flash Lights THE MOST UP-TO-THE-MINUTE A great factor conducive to the Shoo Flies s =1 growth of the cheese industry in Clover Leaf Cups, Western Canada is the fact that in Kindergarten Sets I ON ANYTHING IN MY I Saucers and Dishes comparison to the extent of the coun­ $2 OOO try there are few large cities to draw Wash Sets ! STORE TILL CHRISTMAS | And Glassware of all upon the milk supply. Statistics show that where a urban population is in­ Decorations Kinds creasing, the manufacture of chees ;s 1 EVE. | falling off, due to the requirements of COME*:*llllllllllUIIIIIIIIIIIIC]llllllllllll[.llimilllllC.IIIIIII!ll!lt.tUIIIIIIIII[* AND SEE MY STOCK OF SLEIGH> S milk in the growing cities. Even in VULCANIZING PLANT Wisconsin a falling off in the output of cheese is expected, owing to the growth of the cities of this state, and See the Large Illuminated Tree in my Window IN CONNECTION. the close proximity of Chicago, Du­ luth, Minneapolis and St. Paul. West­ We deliver all goods free of charge ALL WORK GUARANTEED ern Canada, on the other hand, is easily able to supply its cities, with only a fraction of the number of dairy Come and make your selection early. We will place goods at one side for J. SCHULTZ, Manager. cattle the country is able to main­ you until required. tain. But the number of cattle is being added to every year, and in Al­ berta during the last three years the number of dairy cattle has doubled. PALACE GARAGE It is inevitable that the dairy in­ F. A. ROGERS, dustry in Western Canada should con­ SECOND AVENUE SOUTH tinue to grow much faster than the 54 (J 13th Street North Blue Car Line to the door cities, with the result that the re­ stricted market for milk, will force an PAGE EIGHT THF. I.FTMRRinr.P TFI.FGRAM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918

Carmangay and Macleod have de­ role which offers Pauline Frederick veloped high ingenious methods of abundant opportunities to display her NEIGHBORS AND handling their lands and their crops; remarkable emotional talents. This on the other hand they could learn picture will be displayed at Starland, much of the advantages of having a Friday and Saturday, with every ac­ NEIGH68RUNES.S little irrigated land on their farms by cessory necessary for its proper pre­ making excursions to Coaldale and sentation. Magrath and Raymond. Then again ( By G. R Marnoch) both at these places and farther south Our Grocery Catalogue Mailed Free to Any Address The other day someone accused me they would find it profitable to see "THE COOK" SUPERB jof being the originator of the move- what their neighbars at Cardston ARBUCKLE COMEDY ment towards the recognition of the have in the way of cattle and horses interdependence of the city and the and sheep. Another interesting trip Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle is seen at in Southern Alberta the First of Every Month /arm in Western Canada. I denied that might be arranged would be to his best in his latest comedy, "The "the soft impeachment, and said that Conrad on the Foremost line when Cook," which will be shown at Star- Dr. J. 0. Rutherford was the high the sheep shearing is going on. And land, Friday and Saturday. Mr. Ar­ priest of that important movement, the great progress that has been buckle is the heavyweight cook in a and that I was only one of his work- made in the Cardston district in the I beach cafe and like the waiter, he All you have to do is to advise us of the fact that you want to be mg acolytes. However that may be. creamery business should not be for­ | loves the pretty cashier. They are put on our mailing list and you will receive one regularly. Many are the citizens of Lethbridge have gotten. I rivals until a tough guy enters and evinced! a great willingness to recog­ Let's see what can be done about takes a hand in the love game. Ar­ saving considerable on their purchases by doing their shopping here nize their interdependence with their it! buckle sets his terrier upon the dis­ neighbors all around, and to do as turber and a scene of excitement en­ by mail. The operating cost of running a business in comparison to much as they could, in practical ways, sues. Many comical situations follow, the amount of goods sold is what determines the margin of profit % to join with them in improving our £T STARLAND. including a screamingly funny fishing business conditions and surroundings. trip made by Arbuckle and his dog, a that necessarily has to be added to the original cost of the goods. ^\ The recent combination of effort to­ chase of the tough guy down a roller "HER MAN." coaster, the fall of the cashier from wards improving the influence and Almost the entire action of "Her After some deliberation we decided that by eliminating High Delivery status of the annual agricultural fair the coaster to the ocean, her rescue Man," which will be shown at Star- and the like. Mr. Arbuckle is support­ Costs and the Credit System we could increase our turnover and was an evidence of the useful work­ land Monday and Tuesday, is laid in ed by Buster Keaton, Al St. John and ing of this friendly feeling, and it is the hill country of Kentucky—the Alice Lake and "Luke" the dog, whose reduce our operating expenses. So successful has this system very significant that that particularly Cumberland mountains—that "land of performance is a revelation of canine •"useful proposal came directly from yesterday," where primitive passions sagacity. turned out that we have increased our turnover up to the present our neighbors in Raymond, Magrath over-ride civilized laws, where "might and Cardston, and that it led to the is right," and where the deadly ven­ over 50 per cent, and on the 1 st of November we were obliged to establishment of an annual combined detta is as much in vogue today as ANNOUNCEMENT open a branch north of the C. P. R. tracks to take care of the over­ fair in Lethbridge. ever it was in Sicily. To this land of This is the Neighborly Number of feuds proceeds Juanita Holland, a flow. Both these stores are operated on exactly the same lines. The Lethbridge Telegram, and it is highly intellectual New York society Another Xmas Victor Record, "The a pleasure to recall by this means girl, in accordance with a promise Star of Bethlehem." sung by Mac- No credit is given and a small charge is made when goods are de­ -some of the other of these efforts for given to her grandfather that she donough. Willis Piano Store, Third -iur joint advancement. We have all would go down ther to help his people. Avenue. livered. A full list of our prices will convince you of what we are worked together for the establish­ Juanita steps instantly from culture doing. The quality of our goods is aBsolutely guaranteed Al. ment of an interior storage elevator and refinement in New York to the TO DEMOBILIZE AIR at Lethbridge; and we have the satis­ stern and forbidding atmosphere of i * . i .I faction of reaching success in having the fued country. A bloody fued is SERVICE IMMEDIATELY one of the Alberta demonstration in progress at the time of her arrival farms started within this district, and between the rival clans of the Mc- Ottawa, Dec. 10.—Notives have just A FEW LINES TAKEN OUT OF OUR DECEMBER CATALOGUE we hope presently to see that supple­ Briars and the Haveys, and Juanita been issued by the department of mented by the erection of an Agri- naval service for the demobilization COFFEE—Our .Special Maracaibo, concentrates her attention upon "Bad of the Royal Canadian Air Service. RAISINS, Fancy Seeded, 16-ounce "ultural School at Raymond, amongst Anse," the ringleader of the Havey whole roast or ground, 10-lb. lots, ^ our irrigated lands. Steps were taken to organize this packets, Gold Rar or Victoria faction. division some time ago, and a number per lb 36c Success, too, has attended our joint Juanita has learned to love "Bad Cross Brands. Per dozen pack­ endeavors to get more and better of cadets were entered for training. 23-lb. Tins, tin included. Pet- Anse" and when the McBriars go out Some of these have been sent to Eng­ ets $1.85 water on our farms. But for our com­ in force to "her man," this North­ tin $8.75 mon work in this direction many a land, and some of them have been ern girl falls back to her type at the sent to the United States to take a Our Special Polo Brand, 10-lh. lots. farmer would still bc hauling slough first real call of her clan and fights preliminary course in the special NEW MIXED NUTS, per pound 24c and river water instead of taking it lige a tigress for "her man," defying schools, and then take up the flying Per lb 41c from a flowing well. the McBriars although "Bad Anse" is training. 25-lb. tins, tin included. Per FRESH ROASTED PEANUTS, per We have still a long way to travel wounded severely _nd she is outnum­ tin $10.75 in the matter of getting more of our The need for the coast protection pound 22c bered six to one. When these men. which was to be given by these air­ river waters up on to the land, but we skulking in the shadows outside her men having now disappeared, their PICKLES, Sweet Mixed, 3 Gallon have been plugging away at this, and cabin, threaten to come in and take training is being discontinued, and Pails. Per pail $5.15 ONIONS, winter stock, per cwt'$2.90 success is in sight. It is in this con­ him within three minutes, her cry of the cadets are being brought back to nection that I would like to make a "Come in and get him—D you!" Canada, where they will be demobil­ suggestion. During these past few is a sub-title which will bring forth ized and returned to their homes. It years we have paid several most en­ rounds of applause. is expected that the cadets now train­ joyable visits from the city to the ing in the United States will be de­ surrounding country, where we have "RESURRECTION" EXPOSES mobilized in the week of December been most hospitably entertained by THE GOOD CO. Ltd. SAD CONDITION IN RUSSIA 16, and that the cadets who are now our neighboring farmers and their in England be demobilized at the end families; and we have also had the The social state of the peasantry in of December. pleasure of meeting many of the Russia, prior to the downfall of the High Class Cash Grocers farmers when they have come along monarchy, was for decades a fruitful field for the great Russian novelists. to the annual excursions that Mr. W. French Commission. H. Fairfield has arranged to the Ex­ Among these was Count Leo Tolstoy. CANADA FOOD BOARD LICENSE No. 8-599. perimental Farm. "Resurrection," one of the strongest Paris, Dec. 11.—A French commis­ But I feel sure that the farmers are novels ever written by Tolstoy, tells sion has arrived at Berlin to regulate missing a great deal by not arranging the story of the downfall of a beau­ the return of French released prison­ organized visits amongst themselves. tiful girl, who descends into the ers from Germany. The commission LETHBRIDGE - ALBERTA Agriculture is so diversified around depths through the rascality of a also will investigate the recent affair LethbridRe that there is much to be nobleman, and of her subsequent re­ in the prison camp at Langensalsea. learned by visiting around. For in­ surrection to a life of love and hope Prussian Saxony, in which nine stance, some 6i our grain farmers through the affection bestowed upon Frenchmen were shot by the Germans ^^^^m?^^$^£8£gg!£& around Nobleford and Barons and her by a simple peasant. Thi? is a and fifteen wounded seriously.

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Burns & Company, AND <'M«|'« Near Lethbridge, Alta. _ Built for the Convenience of Stock Raisers in the South Country. Prince Albert THE EMPIRE'S Centrally located at Lexion, on the Coutts, Cardston and Foremost STANDARD lines of the C. P. R. After January 1st we are prepared to accept shipments of Fat Cattle, Hogs and Sheep at Current Market Prices. Farmers with small bunches of fat stock need not '*t'M'i» wait for a dealer to call on them. They can bring stock in and receive their cheques immediately. If you are shipping by rail, bill your cars to us at Lexion, and they will be unloaded Head Office: USED FROM without any undue delay. r CALGARY, COAST TO COAST ONLY FAT STOCK RECEIVED P. Burns & Company, Ltd. Lethbridge Alberta.