': ®K THE DELTA TIMES Volume 7 LADNER, B. C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1913. $1.00 A YEAR. DARKNESS MAY BUILD DELEGATION SPRINGTIME FARMERS' BALL STOCKBREEDERS DISPELLED NEW CHURCH SEEK FERRY HOLDS SWAY SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION j„ Delta—Lighting System Is Again Advisability of Erecting Xew Church Representatives of Delta, Richmond Snow Disappears Before Rain and About $1»0 Realized from Affair Annual Meeting Held ut New West* Connected in Delta and Building Discussed at Annual and Vancouver Heek Perry Warm Winds—Early Spring Given Last Friday Night in minster on Wednesday- -Ad- Ladner. Meeting. Service. Expected. McNeely Hall. dresses Delivered. promptly at eight o'clock on Mon-1 A congregational meeting of the The Ladner ferry project was be- Scarcely a patch of snow remains Over 100 couples graced the floor Over fifty delegates were present day evening the electric lights all ; members and adherents of the fore the executive council of the gov to be seen in Ladner as an indica­ of McNeely Hall at the annual Farm­ on Wednesday morning to the open­ through the municipality of Delta' Methodist church was held on Tues-: eminent on Tuesday morning when tion that for the past month the ers' Ball, which was given on Fri­ ing session of the B.C. Stockbreeders' once more responded to the pressing I day evening to discuss the advisa- i the deputation from the local council district has been bound by one of day night, January 24th, under th** Association annual convention, which of the button and for the first time bility of thoroughly renovating the was Introduced by Frank MacKenzie the severest Bnow storms experienc­ auspices of the Delta Farmers' In­ . :,ic the gale which ravaged the mu- present church structure. After a was held in the New Westminster member for Delta. While the execu- ed in years. Bright spring weather stitute. The affair was successful City Council chombers, Now West­ lpallty during the first week or; very enthusiastic and profitable dis­ • live gave no definite promise, the with a touch of frost in the air al­ in every way, the programme being tills month. Following the destrur-! cusslon the meeting almost unani- minster. In addition to addresses members of the deputation left tne most removes the thought that but well assorted and the financial re­ tion, on Tuesday, December 31, oriinously voted to recommend to the a week ago access to the Delta was given by Mayor Cray, of New West­ '. conference firm lu the belief that tnt> turns coming well up to the expecta­ thi big wooden towers, which at that j Board of Trustees the building of almost impossible. minster, and the president of the estimates will contain the necessary tions of those who had the fuction convention. Mr. A. I). Paterson, of time brought the electric current lntij a new church with the proper facili- Early on Tuesday morning, Jan. appropriation for the establlshmeti* in charge. Delta, Dr. J. G. Rutherford, of Cal­ l.adner and the surrounding district, j ties for a'Sunday school, league and I of the ferry on the Fraser between 6th, the first fall of snow covered the residents of the municipality and j social purposes, gary, gave a very interesting address j Ladner and Woodward's Slougn. the ground with Its wintry garments After the grand march, lead by i the storekeepers of Ladner have been | On motion the meeting adjourned on the importance of slock breed- ! The importance of connection be and since that time until about a Master of Ceremonies Mr. M. G. ompelled to resort to gasoline and to convene again on Wednesday ! tween the farmers of Delta and th--!weelt aS° the face of the land was Parsons, the programme com­ ling. 1 ; Professor W. T. Macdonald. oil lamps. At that time lt was an- evening, February 5th, at 8.30 p.m., great market of Vancouver was em­effectually obscured with the white menced. During the evening waltzes, pro- nounced by the B.C.E.R. that the when further suggestions will be re- phasized by the various speakers. blanket. Following the last of all two and three steps, quadrilles, min­ vincial live stock commissioner, who towers would not be reconstructec, I ceived toward the working out of Accompanying the delegation were the snow, rain set in last Saturday uets, and all the well-known dances is secretary of the association, in- but that first a temporary and later'a plan best suited to present needs, and the warm winds which fanned were indulged in. among which was | troduced Mr Hugh Van Pelt, for- : Mr. C. E. Tisdall, Vancouver, ana a pe rmanent line would he produced Refreshments wil'"l b' e served' b' y th" e Mr. F. Carter Cotton, member from the country soon removea the effects the old-fashioned barn dance. Tho inerly Iowa State dairy expert; Mr. from "the" East Delta Waterworks, j ladies at the close of this meeting, Richmond. The deputation inclua-!?* Lhe rf^n of King Winter. No feature of the evening was the danc­ F. H, Scrlbner, U.S. Bureau of Ani­ and incoDvenJeno< to the local ing of the Circassian Circle, a dance re the service down the River ; It is hoped that the gathering ed Keeve Benson of Delta* Courcn-i * telephone mal Industry, Wisconsin, and Mr. L. * wW1 11-1 Dn_e l I Vi n Vrt ll trli 1 \r »•_-_ t > t>. _L, , , n t ,, i i i-.. »-_ P I ' I WWU14V InAimlnn •.,.r..,li » ,1 _?__... il _ _. which is rarely incorporated in the ,, nl' ended. i * thoroughly representative of lors Kirkland, Dennis and Paterson, service resulted from the storm W. Hanson, deputy dairy and food the programme and which was an entire At eight o'clock on Monday even-j Congregation, i E. C. Hutcherson and H. Hutcherson however, as has been the case in commissioner, of Seattle, Wash. ing of this week the large crew of i the municipalities and cities on the success. It appealed to the dancers J Deputy Minister of Agriculture The question of cost was gone into through its novelty. linemen who have been engaged on the discussion In this connection DB- northern side of the river. The Scott was among those present. FARMERS' TELEPHONES. storm wa_ not felt to such an ex­ Much of the success of the occa­ this construction work for nearly a ing based on the report of the engi. During the afternoon the members month were enabled to resume the n r ot tern: here on account of nearness sion Is attributable to the music, of the association were the guests of Delegation of Farmers Ask for Pro-! .f ' the public works deparfment !to th_ ocean. It is thought that which was suupplfed by Franklin's connection, and once more the con­ who recently investigated th. whole the Colony Farm, Mt, Coquitlam, Dr. vincial Government -owned altcgether about two feet of snow orchestra, of Vancouver, who had veniences of electricity were made project, ln some respects It was Doherty and his staff entertaining. possible to the local consumers. Telephone System. ! fell in the Delta, and this compared been secured for the occasion. At Mr. Hugh Van Pelt stated that he thought the engineer's estimate With the three and a half to six feet If cur o'clock on Saturday morning It Is expected that the construction VICTORIA, Jan. 24.—The Pro I might be cut down if one of the im waa very much impressed with the men will be retained In this district i vincial government was asked tndav i •. ,, -, <? T*realized In some of the nearby mu- the dancers began to disperse, feel- Colony Farm as a place where mod­ : spent a very en- two months, yet on the construction by representatives of the farmer>rss ofifc thoroughfares through ^uth,,,^ UUes , b t more proof ing that they had ern farming methods could be demon­ of the line,g along Oliver, Emery, | the interior to adopt a policyrs oo f I Vancouveentrance rt ocoul Vancouverd be use. d Frasein securinr aveg !of the raildnegg of the Delta dl-Joyable evening. strated to the farmers. He saw no ,n_ate. -..though it is not known yet how Matthew, Smith, Benson and Fair-; government-owned telephones ln ; nue was suggested. The estimated reason whj the farmers here should view roads, and lt will b necessary I this province, and in reply the Pre-j cost of the project is as follows: i Were It not for the touch of the much will remain after all expenses become alarmed at the high cost of e are paid, It is expected that the In­ to finish the line which has just been imler acknowledged the importance; \ ar Ladner Approach, waiting |frost in the air the splendid weather land, as he thought that was really e stitute will be well repaid for their constructed, as It was only tempor-'of the subject proposed, and asked ; rooms, etc., and slip, lMOo. .which is now being experienced a good indication. would almost make Delta residents efforts as approximately $190 waa arlly installed. It is also understood that its advocates prepare a memo-! Woodward's Dr. Rutherford, former Dominion : Landing—Approach,]forget that la8t week they were collected at the door. that the three miles of the old pole rial, setting forth their views, which j waiting rooms, store, etc., ano sup, Iwearina winter clodhlmr nnd the In Live Stock Commissioner, but who Is S line connecting Ladner with the I he promised would be given the most: ?3300.