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War Bond Interest

Coupons and Cheques
Cashed Free.

The Merchants Bank will cash all War
Loan coupons or interest cheques when due,
on presentation, without making any charge
whatever for the service.

If you have not a Savings Account, why

not use your interest money to cren one with
61 This Eank ?

THE MERCHANTS BANK

Head Office: Montreal OF CGA NADA Established 1864.

SIDNEY BRANCH,
V. G. FIELD, : . : : . . .

tfanager

the auspices of the West Saanich; by a prominent young lady a tew
‘Women's Institute on Wednesday | days ago, who passed it on to The
, evening, Oct. 29, was a great suc | Review. ‘There was no other letter
| CBS. Prize-winners werg as fol-| accompanying it. so it is impossible |
llows: Misses M Freeland and/to tell who sent it. However, Fritz)
Gtadys Lindsay, Messrs. J. Os-|seems 80 badly mixed that it seems
borne and J. W. Berry; consolation,; worth while acquainting the public’
‘Mrs Verdier, [). Prescott, (. W [with his troubles. '
Valker and Harry Murray. Another/ajy Dear Friend:
of these popular drives will be held I now take my pen in hand and

Our Motto: “Service.” Telephone 5736

CHRISTMAS ANNUALS

Chums, Boys’ Own, Girls’ Own, Chatterbox, Little Folks, Eng-
lish Year Books, Almanacs

PLACE YOUR ORDERS NOW

Save disappointment and help us to give you good service.

LITCHFIELD’S

1109 Government St., Victoria, Royal Bank is Opposite

B.C.

Specials for Friday and
Saturday

Per ID. oe 22¢ “Two te... GNC |.
SHROAST, per Ib. ZUG two Ibe. 80c

THE LOCAL BUTCHERS |

BEACON AVENUE, SIDNEY, B. C. PHONE 31

Ws acl Aelia ti. pb dE

,the auspices of the Institute on Fri-

iable hands of a committee of young

raffled was won by Mrs. Verdier. ' ‘ tot

Refreshments were served by the out. She leaves a family o wo
ladies during the evening, and this boys. They found $100 all saved up
‘part of the entertainment proved in her bustle. It was an awful lot

,Stitute will be held on Tuesday 1 %
afternoon, Nov. 11, at Sluggets Sta-|doctor thinks he can - pu ‘ er
tion, when Dr. Helen Ryan will ad-|through. She had such a nice boy.

‘under the auspices of the Instituce |

; Saanichton.

{
Review Cerre: pondent in This Dis- sausage and all the neighbors are

[AMESON’

Flavoring Extracts

Baking Powder

Quality that will satisfy the most exact-
ing taste—a home product and always
fresh.

Write for new Premium Catalogue today :
Dept. C, P. O. Box 739, Victoria, B. C. ie

‘greatly enjoyed by all.

pang before the mer

‘held next Saturday night,

returned after serving three years in
‘France as a transport

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Poultr ¥ Farm :
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LARGEST BUYERS OF POULTRY
ON THE PACIFIC COAST
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If you have Poultry to sell, write or phone. We pay
Itghest Cash Prices.
Yours truly,
J. RYLANDS. \
ctor’ Phone 2164 | }).
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Reference: Union Bank of Canada, Douglas St,. Victoria
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Good, Substantial DINING ROOM TABLES
a
Dining Table, in solid fumed oak, Dining Table, in golden elm,
pedestal style, axtends to 6 fr. square top, extends to @ ft, h
round 44 {tn top Cash price armed | loRs A real an
ts $80.60 " m :
‘a are showing a lendid at
Dining Chairs and Buffets tn neat ot Hedroom Seurnit ure ‘at ren.
styles at low prices sonable pricas
WE GIVE TEN PER CENT DISCOUNT FOR SPOT CASH
Victory Bonds Accepted tn Payment of Purchases

LON
VICTORIA, aC :

——— “THE BETTER VALUE S STORE”

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IDNEY Ane ISI. ANDS REVIEW AND SAANT. He GAZETTE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1919

roe OMe
: ry

West Saanich \Fritz Has

W.I. Items} His Troubles
Doings. of West Saanich Women's In- |

stitute Tersely ‘Told to
Review Readers.

Becomes a Little Mixed, But His Let-
ter Contains Much
News

Are

The military 5090 drive held under | The following letter was received |

on Wednesday evening, Nov 12. j also the ink to write you mit a pen-
The Hallowe'en party held under j cil

Ve do not
live,

live vere ve used to|
ve live vere ve moved. I have|
to say it but dear old aunt died of |
|New Monia in New Orleans on New
Years Day ,fifteen minutes in front
of five. Some peovle say she died
| of the population of de heart. The
!doctors gave up all hopes cof saving
her ven she died. Her breath leaked

day evening was a very enjoyable
affair, the programme being in the

men, mostly returned soldiem@s, and
much credit is due them as those
present were well entertained. Prizes
were given for games, and a five-
pound box of chocolates which was

to leave behind.
Ole Mrs. Offenback iss very

very enjoyable. tok
The monthly meeting of the In-! sic

She is about at deaths door, but the

I took him to the hospital to see
the sick folks and ve had a lively
time. °

dress the meeting on Women's In-
stitutes in relation to public health .
A bazaar and dance will be held

in December at the Agricultural Hall, , Fido down to the sawmill yesterday
lto have a fight. He ran up against
s ‘one of dem circular saws, he lasted

. a onle round. All the Crossenback
items From family have got the mumps and are
West Saanich

| having a svell time. I am sending

back your; overcoat by express. In

buttons ctf and put dem in the in-
| side pocket. Mother’ is making
| looking for the dogs.

| Ve send Mildred tuo de butcher to
‘see if he had pig feet and she came

trict Sends in Interesting
Ludget.
A few of the returned men of this,

Your brother Cuss took our dog;

‘order to save extra charges | cut de/j

‘district were hosts at a Hallowe'en ‘back and said that she did not
party on Friday evening at, the Insti. EBOW as de butcher had his shoes
tute rooms, Sluggets Station. Solos °":

were rendered by Mrs. Ruth, Mrs I just graduate vrom de college,

which were. | learned to be a stenographer. 1
Appropriate | took electrodicion and physical tor-
ture, also I got a job in a_ livery

atable to be bate down the

Mayo and Miss McLeod,

games furnished mpch amusement,

event con Mm € to!

Ne hores.
do dector told him to take some-
the | (hing, so he vent down de street und
has| meet Ike Roem and took his watch.
Ike had him arrested and got the
‘lawyer, the lawyer got the case but

a Close the ladles ‘served deligious
refreshments.

Mrs. Fanny Butler, one of
oldest residents of the district,
been enjoying a month's holiday in
Vancouver, the guest of her son-in-

law, Major Scharschmidt. : Loui got de works.

The dances being given by the The flat was cold last week, father
West Saanich Hall committee are|Called the janitor a lobster and ae
proving very popular, and are. at- made it hot for him, he was as cov):
tracting a nice class of people. As|48 @ Velcanu. Ve have about twens

one lady recently expressed it “they|Cchickens and a pug dug. De chick-
are real home dances.” Une will be}e€™8 lay about six eggs a day, and de
Nov. 8. dog is lying behind the stove. We
Chubb, who has recently | are having more weather up here
‘dis year dan ve had last year.

; There is a lot of people
around here vot never died
Now

e Mr. F

driver, hasj
been engaged by Mr. H. Butler to
take charge of one of his stages.
This is no new work fer Fred, as he
was cnoce the genial driver of the
stage running from Keatings to Tod
Inlet.

A new

dying
before
1 wish we were closer apart, 1
awful lonesome since we-= ar
parted. Your brother Villie is ge.
ting along fine with the small po
and hope this vill find you the same
industry for this locality Hoping you will written sooner as |
has been started by the Hritish Co- did, 1 remain,
lumbia Cement Co., at Tod Inlet,, P. K.—If£ you do not get this le.-
where they have established cement er let me kndw and I will write an
manufacturing. This will be a great other.
advantage to the farmers as they all; P. K. K.—Two times have just re
realize the celved that tive dollars. That's vot
diained soil.
Mr 1. Thomson has a small gang_
of men ato work the Brentwood °
echt Hnks and the work is progress-
ine satisfactorily.

an

importance of — well-

ter and can't get it in.
{ remain your friend,
With love,
' Fritz Schenderson

on

«Victory Loan Message

O soldier who fought in
France and Flanders with
the Canadian Corps was doing ;
his full auty unless he was at un |
times prepared to go the limit, ;
to pay with his life, if there |
was need of it, for the vietors '
of the principles he was ficht.

establish themselves end thoi
homes Canada’s honor (5 her
awn sons in at stake
sneeesq oor. failure
Vietory Tioan
Canada must not fail!
ne VICTOR Woop p tug
Pty ea
Treovine tal

with th

if

tain

Vire Chateman Ceimititee

| propriate manner.

We are showing this week a big display of Peabody's. Carhartt's,

Arnold's and other makes of Gloves suitable for work or street
use. You will find they are marked, in some instances, actually
below today’s cost price. We purchase direct from the maker
and save you the difference. Make a point of seeing this line.

LEATHER WORK GLOVES, with Alaska palm, all sizes. Pair, 75c
MULESKIN MITTS, per pair .......-- $1.00
SMALL SIZE WORK GLOVES, for women or boys, in horsehide.

Per pair 2.0.0.0. 0.0. Ces $1.25
GAUNTLET GLOVES, in muleskin. Per pair. Dae eee: $1.25
GENUINE PIGSKIN GLOVES, per pair... . 05.5.5. s 50007 $1.50
HORSEHIDE GLOVES, well made. Per pair....-------> $2.00
GAUNTLET GLOVES, in Texas steer. Per pair...-.-.--- $2.00
LINEN MITTS, in horsehide, with knitted wrist band ..... $2.25

HAS D-MADE WOOL GLOVES, strong and warm
$1,000 reward if proved untrue.

Per pair $1.00

LAPIRS’ HEAVY SUEDE GLOVES, in fawn color, black stitch

point Per pair... .... 2 2k ee eee Ce $2.50
MEN'S GREY SUEDE, plain point. Per pair. ee $2.25
MEN'S ‘FAN CAPE, per pair..............5522555 _.. . $2.75

Sidney Trading Co., Ltd.

Sidney, B. C

Departmental Store: :: Beacon Ave.,

LADIES vai Another new shipment; black, browns, blues, @
greens, etc. Prices $4.00 to............. 0... .20 20085 $2.25

A Good Showing of Men’s
Winter Socks

—and we've a very good range of Fancy Socks for evening wear.
Heavy Black Cashmere Socks.

3 pairs for .. 2... 0. ee ee
Block Cashmere Socks, at, per pair

Te and 2... ee ee
Pure Wool Black Cashmere Socks

$1.50 and

Black Ribbed Pure Wool Cashmere Socks ......0.....

S2O0N and ... 000.0020 00.0 fe ee eee $1.50
Pure Wool Heather Mixture Socks,

$1.50, $1.25 and ... 2... ee $1.00

Woerkingmen's Heavy Weight Woolen Socks
75c and ............
Foottess Golf Hose
in brown and grey mixtures
_i

FURE WOeau YARN—3-ply; in grey and light brown.

Very un-
ustal value at, per lb.,

Only... .. Lee ee eee eee $2.75

W. & J. WILSON

. Young Men's and Boys' Outfitters.

1217-21 Government Street, Victoria. Phone 809

$66,550 TOTAL

to effect a'deal on a true and proper

UP TO LAST NIGHT | basis of value, they should be ac-

(Continued from Page One) cordingly prepared to submit the dis-

a _ puted question to arbitration. Would

to he presentation remarks in an ap-/it not be advisable to urge this pro-

posal and have them agree upon an

Are Mectings Any Good? arbitrator or set of arbitrators by

Amongst the audience at Tuesday; whose decision they will agree to
night's Victory Loan meeting was a! abide? Yours faithfully,

‘boy of about seven years. He wasj| “M. B. JACKSON."
heard to say after the meeting.|

|

‘have a Coupon Registered Bond.
{1 owe you but have sealed up de let-!

/doubtless stirred as many more by | (From Premier Oliver to Mr
‘the eloquence of the speakers, “yo
‘must buy a Bond."

iminutes to

. M. B.
Jackson.)
Oct. 23, 1919.

Yesterday he turned up at the lo- ‘Replying to your letter dated Ocl.
cal headquarters with the request ‘‘!' 21, re C. N. R. and V. & S. Rall-
want to buy a Bond.” ways.

On being asked for how much he “Il may say that my letter to you
replied ‘$50, registered, if I can;dated yesterday seems to contain
have it.”’ sufficient reply.

It was only the work of a few “Yours truly,
produce the application “JOHN OLIVER,
forms and explain that these bonds “Premier and Minister of Rys.
could not be registered, but he couid

(From Premier Oliver to Mr. J. P.

To the question of payment, the Roberts)
officer in charge was informed he Oct. 21, 1919.
had $21 in the bank. But how about “Tam in receipt of your letter of
the rest, was now the problem. ! the 14th inst., and in reply may say
“When do I have to pay?” and on!that Mr. D. B. Hanna impresses mos
being informed, he replied that he as boing indifferent as to whether or
would have to rustle for it. He is not the Canadian National

1 MORE

ing for. No one who staved at |
home does his today unless te
is prepared to give up his ‘it!
dollar if it is required to d
charge Canada's debt te 3
men who, by fighting for ho.
were disabled for life, t1 41
widows and orphans of fey
glorions dead; and to the re- |
turned men who necd vant |
provided that they anay re

Railways
acquire that portion of the Hne be-
tween the intersection of the Cana-
‘dian National Ratlways and the town
of Sidney. It has been hard up hill
work for me to force this matter
upon his attention, and IT have abso
lutely no hope watever that he will

walking the streets of Sidney proud-
ly wearing a Victory Loan button

Now, boys and girts,
button--$65 cash and
will do ft.

win your
$5 a month

LETTERS

ABOUT V. & 8.| consider your proposal to a compro

(Continued from Page One) Inise at $30,000
en -- -— “The furthest [I could go, with
value an scrap, tha actual value tojany hope of success, would be to urge

be midway between the two

upon Mr Hanna to take over the

Tomight mention that T expect to; property as valued by Mr Proctor,
leave here tomorrow night for alleaving you to dispose of the balances
short vinit to Calgary but) will re jof the property as beat you eould I

urn tn oa week or ten daya feel that, under the cireumatances, [t
“Thanking you in appreciation of | would be absolutely useless for mo
the gocd offfees tn thts connection, PE] fo ask Mr tlanna to purehase pro
am, Yours fatthfully, party whieh they do not require aa

J oP ROBERTS, Receiver | part of their railway syatem
“Should you feal inclinad to dis:
(From Mr. M. OR. Jackson, MOPLPL, to] pose of the property as Hsted and
Premier Oliver.) valued bv Mr Proctor, T ahall hea
Oct 21, 19199 only ton pleased to re-open the mat-

“Has anything new t(ranapired inj ter with Mr Hanna

that the,

tha matter of these nepgotlatlons’
“Lam slioualy taptessed with the

caloe cof tiny orlginal suggestion, Chat

of the of ideas and |

“Youra truly

“JOUN OLIVIER ©
“Premier and Mintster of Hye

in View contltet

Valuation fwures between the parties Your monev grows when tt is) in

Vietory Bonda and ft Is alwaya handy
if you should need it

reepectively, and aa we must assume

are both sincere

and ready