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WeOWER ‘Sidney Planing and Heating Co. |

Pou UROEN OF VA
AN VEAL PUGE IN WHICH TO LOCATE i

| ivantageous Location of Saanich Peninsula the Site of a Greater Victoria—Many Prosper- x ‘. a . = . TRAN D..
ous Industries: Well Cultivated Farms--Wonderful Woodland Beauty. Victoria Brick $10.50 | Per IM
The Brick that has stood the test for forty years. —

Will not freeze like others.

| FRED M. HUMBER,- AGENT |
Fireplaces a Specialty. - Sidney B. C.

We are indebted to Telephone Talk, the young and fattened on a diet of milk and Limited, the value of which is placed at
per issued by the British Columbia | oatmeal, one hundred gallons of milk be-|a million dollars.

Jephone © Company - at Vancouver, for | ing used daily, and six tons of oatmeal a| | Sidney has a bank, a live board of trade
e following splendid descriptive article | month. and excellent educational facilities. A
plished below, and also the cuts. used Because of proximity to Victoria and|superior. school has been established
illustrating the article, as well as ‘those : rail and water transportation facilities, there, and boys and girls of that district |.
at will appear in subsequent - issues. sites in Saanich are favored by industrial ‘are now able to secure higher .education
is splendid little. magazine is doing!concerns. The thriving town of Sidney, | at-home.

ore than a good many of our newspapers | at the northern end of the peninsula, is) On a small island north of Sidney and
advertising the advantages to be ob-|one of the progressive places in the | reached by a bridge has been erected a
ined: in British Columbia, by the farmer | province, and its list of industries is to be, fine hotel and sanatorium by Dr. W.G.

i
d-truit grower.

“Complete Electrical Installations”

augmented. Already it has the large | Cummings, the cost of which. approxim-

“Saanich peninsula, Vancouver Island, | sawmill of the Canadian Southern Lum- ated $85,000. Tennis courts, etc,, are in
ps every advantage of location. It lies | ber Company, which has a capacity of | connection with the grounds. That there
mediately north of Victoria, and the 75,000 feet in ten hotirs, and the Bazan is patronage for such an institution,

\thest point. of the peninsula is only | Bay Brick Company, the Sidney Island which is a luxurious resting resort, is an
ighteen miles from the city. Its width | Brick and Tile Company, the Converse- indication of the satisfactory conditions
bries from two to twelve miles, the sur- Brown Shingle Mill Company, the Sid- in that portion of the province.

bunding water provides facilities appreci- | ‘ney Canning Company, packers of Saan- | Closer to Victoria, at Brentwood Bay,
ted by shipping interests. .The presence ich Brand canned clams and - fruit, while on Saanich Inlet, an English syndicate
he water, moreover, tempers the heat: | the Sidney Rubber Roofing Company is has started the. erection’. of another fine
atmosphere in the warm summer establishing there the only plant of its | hotel, which it is claimed will be second
ather.. The land itself is undulating, | kind in British Columbia.” At James Is-| only to the Empress. on Vancouver -Is-
2, park-tike areas are varied with mag- land, close to Sidney, will be established | land. It will be located. in the centre of
ficient stretches, of tilled soil, the: well- ‘the plant « of the. Canadian Explosives, (Continued on Page6)

Hot Point Irons.

Gas Engine Supplies.

Ww. R. SMITH -

_ BERQUIST BLOCK Telephone 54 | SIDNEY, B. C.

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THE _MODERN ELECTRIC. SHOP,

_ Percolators, Toasters, Curling. Irons -

4 “Headquarters for Electric Irons, Coffee i
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) _BletieF Fi Txtures, ‘Table Lamps, Porch Lamps,
7 Art Glass Domes, Etc. CWS eos a

“Saanich |

EREe HUGHES ELECTRIC Co. :
BALMORAL. BLOCK ee eee 1103 DOUGLAS STREET, (NEXT FORT STREET
--Vicrorta, B.C. 8

Peninsula |

percha BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY
| WILL NOW RAISE, THE PRICE. OF FARES

Dividends { is All the Money- Grabbing Concern is After ‘and’ They Care “Absolutely a
=S"""" Nothing For the Hardship it Works ¢ on the: Laboring Classes in the City

\the “ordinary stock and five per cent, on
the bonds and the very best. twenty-four
hour ‘service is. given. In cities where. F
the systems: are owned. by the municipal-
ities concerned substantial profits have
been made and this has lightened the tax
burden. to. the inhabitants, Here, how-
ever, the company has. everything free, | f
gives. none too good a service, and is con- f
tinually on the howl for more, an

When the telephone company. proposed
to: raise the rates there was such a how]
sent up that the officials found it. desirable | :
to back. down, If: the Street Railway |
Company. is’ ‘made to understand: that. the
people will not always: ‘be bled, they : too
will back down::. I€ they, persist, ‘it: will
-be ‘necessary. to appeal. to the Legislature
for relief,.. The. present Legislature seems
to be a- friend of all corpor ations, but
even legislative bodies have been, ‘known
to change—The News, ie i

: It is ; doubtful if in any part of the world |
ere is such a excellent section: of. land.
» contiguous to a capital, city and posses:
Ty such admirable. features. as Saanich
peninsula, Optimists in Victoria expect
Ho sce the day when. Saanich will’ form
wtof-a greater Victoria, and it is not
) improbability. With three. railways
welling the length of the land transport-
tion facilities are such that settlers: will
encouraged to take up holdings and:a
ew years should note. a great increase in
i he population,
Saanich has: many ‘features: ‘worthy of
iention, The land being high. in value
woll cultivated. “While general: farming:
pursued, particular: attention is given
o the raising of apples, c cherries, cte,, and
all fruits, The dry, - warm. climate
makes it. casy © for _those= “who. handle
Hhickens,. With a large. market. close at
. band, where the highest: prices are always
i 0-be obtained. with little delay, the Saan-
1. farmer: is. engaged. in a profitable. in:
mustry, ©
One of the largest chicken. Yanches. ‘in
4 anada is loeated. on the Cedar, Hill road,
Pol far from Victoria, and many. ‘people
Bier ested in fowls. make it apoint to see
Bow operations are conducted... Itis a
Modcl poultry farm, owned by Mr,. Luke |t
A ither, of Victoria, The’ area occupied
ae fifty-two neres, and this. space is none
‘eal £00. large for. the, forty-eight stockyards,
" ews breeding pens, fattening house, fecd
: us 'cparation house, tool shed, ete., as well
Ms a. residence . for. those who. are in|:

‘A short time ago ‘the employees. of ‘the
Street Railway company securedan ad-
vance. in wages. Now the company that
employs them is. about to make the people
pay for that advance. ‘Phe rates on the

cars is to be raised, the principal change-
being. in the. workingmen’s tickets, The
. | three cent, tickets are being abolished and
even the. four cent-rate is made’ so . that
it will omit the store clerk and everybody
except the man who. has to he at work at |
eight..o ‘clock, “The general public” will
‘have to pay. the full five cents, Coming
ata time when: there is.a slight. depr @38- |
ion in the: province. and ‘when ome ‘busi+
nesses are even losing. money, _ it. seems
hard that the, big. concern should: take
‘advantage of its position to extort” more
money from: the poorer part of: the popu
lation, The change does’ not affect’ the
rich man, \t-is. hardest. on- the wage
ear ‘ner, who has to. pay the extra amount
from. an already too: small. Atipend, Tt
looks like a smart trick on. the part: of

the tramway company, and we fecl sure |
it is one that will meet with vigorous op-
position, » It may. even be necessary to
organize a boycott in order to’ bring the.
company to time. ‘An appeal might also
be made tothe Legislature to fix. definit-

ly the amount the company. can charge.

“FOR SALE AT ALL. RESTAURANTS.
HOTELS AND CANDY STORES ©

“EVERYBODY DRINKS. Tm

G ‘MOSES PROPRIETOR |

S s ipment of.

ls Js expected witnin the next few dave Orders ee
should be sent in at once as the e supply :
~ will be limited. |

ese B. KELLY

DEALER IN HAY, GRAIN, GOAL. = foe
ALL kinds of ‘Poultry Food, Field and Garden § Seeds :

P oo se termine nt 8 ete ae

Peaches Wasting on. the Ground. |}

Reports from Southern Okanagan are
to the effect that thousands of bushels of |
peaches are going to waste in the ‘arch-|
ards of that. valley,”-Peaches «are very
plentiful in ‘the vicinity of Penticton and
although co-operative © associations » were
formed for the. marketing: of the fruit,

Brhavge, Not so much attention. is given |. an ‘Cleveland, Ohio, the ‘atreet™ railway many of thase who joined : the. nssociate.
ions failed: to live up to.their. agr cements

2 | Og production ‘as to. the -raising .of ‘is owned by a company: but. controlled: by |
MeMilk fed chickens, and about one ‘thous: the city. A three cent rate. is in’ force, and sought markets of their own,’ ‘yeault:
Bid fowls are supplied the Victoria mar | with free (ransfers throughout the. line. ing in ruin to.the peach 1 market. ol f thab
et each week, These. birds are: all Six per cent, is guaranteed and paid on dinteict, wéy Se ahiees veal