SIMISTER’S DRY GOODS STORE Beacon Avenue, Sidney Opp. P. O. and Merchants Bank of Canada. Special Sale of Summer Blouses at Very Greatly Keduced Prices Also a few CHILDREN'S PRINT AND GINGHAM DRESSES will be cleared. No. 3 Telephone Victoria-Sidney Motor Stage Leaves F. G. Woods Motor Supply Store, 1316 Douglas Street Phone 804 DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY Leave Victoria ............ 8 a.m. Leave Victoria ........... 1 pm. Leave Victoria ........... 5 p.m. Leave Victoria ........... 11 p.m. Leave Sidney ............ 9 a.m. Leave Sidney .............. 2 p.m Leave Sidney ............ 5 p.m Leave Sidney ........... 7 p.m. SUNDAY Leave Victoria ........... 10 am Leave Victoria ............ 2 p.m Leave Victoria .......... 8 p.m Leave Sidney ............ 11 a.m. Leave Sidney ............ 3 p.m Leave Sidney ............ 9 p.m E. DAVEY - - - F. HOBSON Phone 4167X Phene 8220 “THE GIFT CENTRE” We extend to our out-of-town patrons a hearty welconré to visit “The Gift Centre” and see the many new lines we Rave in | Hollow Ware Gilts for Baby and many lines fst) suitable for Wedding Gifts Mitchell & Duncan JEWELLERS Central Bldg., Victoria, Tel. 672 View and Broad Sts. C.P.R.and B.C. Electric Watch Inspectors Speak Clearly When Telephoning Says a subscriber: ‘I called up a number the other day, and almost laughed when Central queried a number quite differ- ent from that for which =! asked. When I Had time to think about It, was not to blame, for tt is probable that the number was given Indistinctly.” This tp a frank admisslon and gives rise to the sugges- tion that indistinctnesa may be the cause af trouble more often than Is thought perhaps she B. C. TELEPHONE CO. LIMITED SANDS” Funeral Furnishing Co., Ltd. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND LICKNSED EM BALMER Ds Competent Lady in Attondanca, reasonable, we Our charges are and beat of service day or night Phone 8306 1012 QUADRA 8T., VICTORIA a ee oe ee emremger eee pe EE eee eee ; 1 ent sta cee een, eee ee ne ee See ERNE [qt TA COU ES ay tt CRONE CI Eee peer, eee SIDNEY AND ISLANDS REVIEW AND SAANICH GAZETTE, THURSDAY, JULY 31, And Saanich Gazette F. F. Forneri Publishers. H. F. Cross Issued every Thursday at Sidney, B. C. Price, $2.u0 per annum, in advance. All advertisments must be in The Review Office, Ber- quist Building, Beacon Avenue, not later than Wednes- day noon. North Saanich Agent: Geo. Spencer, Turgoose. ADVERTISING RATES Legal notices, 12 cents per line first insertion, 8 cents per line each subsequent insertion. Announcement cf entertainments, etc., conducted by churches, societies, etc., where admisgion is charged 10 cents per line. ‘ Classified ads, such as ‘Wanted, ‘For Sale,” etc., 10 cents per line; no ad accepted for less thas 50 cents. Card of Thanks, $1.00. Local advertisements among reading matter, 10 cents per line. Display advertising, 25 cents per column inch; no ad accepted for less than $1.00. SEINES DEPLETE SALMON. By iebermen ot to the limit of their patience, gill net fishermen of Smith’s Inlet among whom were a number of returned soldiers, recently took the law in their own hands and destroyed gill nets and boats bde- longing to the Wallace cannery valued at upwards of $4,000. For several years the fishermen had complained to the Government that the seine license issued to the cannery mitigated against them, as they were able— due to the operation of the seine—to catch but few fish, while the seine took thousands. They had been told each year by the Dominion authorities that the seine license would not be issued for another season, but in spite of these promises the cannery was always given the license, and continued to operate the seine with Japanese fishermen. Finally, convinced that no succor could be expected from the Government, the gill net men took concerted action, and the seine and a considerable quantity of Other equipment belonging to the cannery were destroy- ed. At once Provincial Police Inspector W. R. Dun- woody made the 300-mile trip to Smith’s Inlet to investi- gate the affair, but it is significant that he returned to ; Vancouver without having made any arrects. And from | developments it does not appear probable that any ar- rests will be made. q Salmon are becoming alarmingly scarce in British H' Columbia waters, and it is apparent to those who can -read the ‘handwriting on the wall’’ that unless prompt land vigorous protective measures are taken by the Gov: H| ernment, the king of fishes will be practically extinci on the Western Canadian coast in a few years. “Che pres- of salman S > omael: mina: wor * these splendid fish which was permitted under the old condition of affairs, when the fish were considered prac- tically inexhaustible and scow load after scow load of them was allowed to rot because more had been taken than the canneries could handle. The fact that the #'Government derivés substantial revenue from seining T licenses is, in a sense, regrettable, as it encourages a 7 | re-issuance of the licenses without regard to conserva- fH. tion of the fish. The number of canneries should be restricted and the license which they have to pay should be heightened. \ y| Furthermore, the tendency on the part of officials to [blame the small fisherman for the paucity of salmon should be abandoned. The troller and the gill net man are responsible for but a fraction of the depletion of the salmon as compared with the seine and fish trap oper- ator. Had there never been a seine or fish trap on the coast, the inroads of the troller and the gill net man would not hav@ been noticed. TAFT JUST A TRIFLE LATE. X-PRESIDENT TAFT’S suggested modifications in the League of Nations, whereby Canada and the rest of the British Dominions would be excluded from: the League Councell, appear to be meeting with smali favor. And that Mr. Taft is, to say the least, Just a trifle behind time with his recommendations, is pointed out by Hon. (. J. Doherty, Dominton Minister of Juatice, anit one of the Canadian signatories of the treaty. Mr Doherty calls attention to the fact that. “The right of Canada as a member of the League 10 be eleglble for representation on the Council under the provisions of the covenant was Inalsted upon by he: representatives, and that those provistons conferred upot. her that right was clearly understood and unequivocally recognized by all concerned. “A reservation in effect negativing that right: would involve a change in the contract - after acceptance anv stenature by all parties --In regard to a matter which from the Dominion’s point Of view of course tis essential" Mr WPoherty further points out that the proposed reservation, made at the behest of the United States Senate prior to tts ratification of the treay ts ‘clearly tn admissable and not distinguishable from = aéiorefusal to ratify" it is very doubtful tf the axpressed sentiment of certain United States Senators ta representative of the senthment of the Amerlean nation President Wilson sat through the making of the troaty without deeming fl necessary to exclude the Britisb Dominions from the League Council and President Wilson's regard for publte optnion tia well known lie regards the concensus ot public opinion as a great moral forces, which should not be disregarded, and had there been any widespread op position fn the United States to Canada’s having a place on the Council, there ta ittla doubt that he would have been fully acquainted wtth the fact at the time of the |drafting of the treaty and have governed bimeell accord. hingts The effort of mera polltfelana to (Inject: discord Hinte the splendid spirit of brotherhood which has re lwalted from the war between the two preat nattonsa of (North America cannot be charactertzed as otherwise than , des pleoutle Bae de ik Al laas kA BAO eae eR Lt lal RD cael AR Iota EL RE DY ERP EN IE Fo et OCRed MM nM zy 1919 7 PAGE THRER ~ SIDNEY AND ISLANDS REVIEW) -- “™™°™" === seme ELATIONS between the United States and the pres- est Mexican Government have again reached an acute stage, and Congressman Hudspeth, Democrat, of Texas, has delivered a speech in the House of Hepre- sentatives urging that the United States withdraw recor- nition of the Carranza Government and that military o¢ cupation of Mexican territory by American forces take place immediately. Congressman Hudspeth's speech fol- lows the kidnaping and subsequent ransom by — his father at a price of 1,500 pesos of the son of an American rancher within thirty miles of the City of Qexico. It appears that the Carranza Government is unable to cope with the bandit situation, and that Villa and the several other Mexican ‘‘patriots’’ who terrorize the coun try at the heads of bands of half-civilized Indians, will continue their depredations unless checked by a stronge: arm than Federal Mexico is able to wield. And unless vigorous preventive measures are taken, it ts apparent that English and American interests in Mexico must con tinue to be sacrificed to the lawless marauders. We fully realize that for the United States to witii- draw recognition from the Carranza Government and occupy Mexican territory means the production of a state of war with Mexico. And there is no question but that a war between the United States and Mexico would be drawn out to a protracted period of guerilla fighting; both the Federal troops and the bandits would regard the “Americanos” as their common foe, and the now divided forces of Carranza and the bandits would re-unite. Nevertheless, as there are very extensive British and American interests in the southern republic, and the United States, through its Monroe Doctrine insists that foreign powers shall keep their hands off the Spanish- American nations, it appears to be up to America to take action. Americans may take comfort in the knowledge that if it does become necessary to send troops tv Mexico, the invasion will not be the fiasco the Villa ex- pedition was, as America now has a real army. WHO WON THE WAR? 66 ON’T forget, it was the British Empire that won D this war. For the last two years of it we bore the brunt of the struggle.” So declared Sir Douglas Haig, field-marshal, in a speech at Newcastle. “Then America went, and if it had not been for America the war would not have been won.’’ These words are quoted from an address delivered by President Wilson at sea on the Fourth of July to the soldiers and sailors on the steamship George Washington, which brought him home from France. The two statements do not altogether conflict, but each will be criticized, if not contested, in rival quarters. Various interests take pardonabl epride in their war accomplishments. It has been jokingly said that the Australians defeated the enemy, with the assistance of the other allied belliger- ents. There are Canadians who believe that their own army was superior to any other, while all of us are con- vinced it was second to none, relatively, as a fighting force. Supporters of the British Navy have on many occasions declared that His Majesty’s ships alone pre- vented disaster; that had it not been for the navy the Germans would have oy2rwhelmed the world. Army men in reply declare ‘they would have beaven the enemy, ve? Gr'tiu “Havy. “pu tip ao Ons EU. old question of ‘‘Who won the battle of Waterloo?” Meanwhile, the ordinary thinking individual, in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, recognizes the great part played by France, and gives due credit to Belgium and the other forces, including Russia, which put forth a tremendous effort in the first years of the struggle. What would have happened if the Russians had not marched into Eastern Prussia and into Austro-Hungar- ian territory at that very criticaP period? Who cares to think of that? In truth, there is credit aplenty to gu round. The Allied and Associated Powers won the war, a fact which the defeated and broken-up enemy peoples realize full well. So what is the use of arguing ?—The Montreal Gazette. WHAT BECOMES OF THE LEATHER? JE ox is an animal composed of beef and entirely [ surrounded by hide. The ratio between the con- tents-—beef—-and the container—-hide—must be in sume respects a constant, because it is obvious that the more beef, the more hide. And yet the people who sell beef are shouting aloud that beef is cheaper, very much cheaper; while the people who sell shoes,,made out of the same hide that surrounds the beef in its happy days, are sayin with a baleful glitter in their eye that shoes are going up in price and will go up still more. High prices are cutting the value of the dollar in half. It ts amall satisfaction to pay a few cents less for a pound of steak and have to give up several dollars more for a pair of shoes. If there ts an increased scarcity of leather along with a comparative abundance of beef nobody ha» offered any comprehensive reason why it should be so. Congress should investigate this alleged shortage of leather. Is it all going abroad to save the gentle Bolshe vist from going barefoot?—Brooklyn Standard Union. ANARCHY MUST GO. HK bomb-throwers who expected to terrorize or un | nerve this country with their diabolleal plots have succeeded in doing exactly the reverse They have atirred up Americans everywhere to a stern and overwhelming demand that anarchism and anarchists should be run down and extirpated. Ninety-nine hundredths of the people are utterly and uncompromisingly opposed — to these Infernal crimes. The present plotting {sa undoubt edly the most desperate and extenaive that has ever been known in the United States. But it will unite the great body of the people ahd thetr authoritles in an unflinen {ng determination to uproot and destroy it at all hazards —Philadelphia Bulletin. While the tendency toward Bolshevism is deplor able, tt ta easy to see how tt originates in a great number of cases The action of the flahermen of Smith's Enter in deatroying the sefino and other property belonging te the Wallace cannory warn in Hine with the doctrine of direct action preached by the 1 WW In fact, (he ne thon of the fishermen was far more senaible and far les worthy of condemnation than the averuge oulrane per- petrated by the ayndtecalists for dt was produeiiee of te sulta of immediate benefit to the men who dastroved the (property, while as a general thing the destructton of property by the f WW oresults in positfve detriment te the memnbers of that organtzation Time and Trouble Savers No Needles to Change Such is the case when you own an EDISON rrr Electric Irons Toasters Coffee Percolators Etc. OTHER FEATURES Unbreakable Records. Clean and economical to operate. Automatic feeding device. Muting device. Automatic lifting device. Attach to any light socket. Al- ways ready for use. See them in our salesroom. B. C. Electric Light & Power Dept. Beacon Avenue Sidney, V. IL. Call in for particulars. Prices From $62. Sold on Terms. Kent’s Edison Store 1004 Gov't St., Victoria, B. C. Sidney Mills, Limited Rough and Dressed Lumber Manufacturers of All Kinds of DIMENSION ‘TIMBERS, MOULDINGS, FLOORING, : CEILING, BTC. SHORT LENGTH FLOORING, CEILING AND SEDING, 2 to 7 ft., at large reduction off regular price. Mill Wood For Sale Phone 6 PRICES DELIVERED WITHIN ONE MILE CIRCLE One Double Load One Single Load ALL WOOD STRICTLY C.O.D. OR CASH WITH ORDER [THE LOCAL BUTCHERS | BEACON AVENUE, SIDNEY, B. C. PHONE 81 Per ID... ce cee cece een vee eneueuenees ] 5c er De eee cceceeececcee veeeeeeeeeeeees 30c OUR BUTTER AND EGGS ARE KEPT IN COLD STQRAGE DURING HOT WEATHER You Can Have Your Eiderdown Comforters Re-Covered and ‘Made as Good as New Now that the summer is here, and you are putting your Biderdowns and Comforters away for a time, Is a favorable opportunity to have necessary re-coverings made. This work will be done by our ox- perts at a moderate price, and when finished they will be just a trifle better than they were when they were new. Cali at our Dra- pery Department and talk this matter over, then from our perfect stock you may select whatever material you may. desire for cover- ings. Our showing of Art Sateens are the most desirable for this purpose, and of these you will find a varied assortment; 36 inches wide, select {in design and colorings. Priced at, a yard, up from DAVID SPENCER, LTD. VICTORIA, B. C. It Soothes the Smart of Sunburn And stops the itch of {nsect stings. There are s0 may preparations recommended for sunburn, prickly beat and other irritations of the skin that it becomes difficult for the buyer to select. Our experience In selling such convinces us thgt there ts nothing better than Our Witch Hazel - It quickly heals gealds, hurna, wounds, eprains, chafing and Insect stings It takes out the burn. This dainty and pleasant healer should have a place in every home. st The: BE. F. LESAGE: