- evidences of a world-wide.

this particular: time,

"times

TIMELY AID.

Recognition. of the Great Work the

_C.P.R. is Doing for Canada.

The. confirmation by Sir Thomas
"Shaughnessy of the intention of the
-C.P.R. to expend $100,000,000 in the ex-
tension of its lines. and perfection of
its system in the West, comes at the
present time as a piece of very wel-
come news indeed and furnishes more-
over ample opportunity for the people
of Canada to review the situation and
examine into the relations which sub-
sist between the Dominion of Canada
and this great corporation, ‘When the
. trade de-
pression which is now coming on are
.to be seen on all sides and the money
situation. is. becoming. all the while
tighter, the announcement of a gigan-
‘tic. expenditure of this kind, and at
appears like a
- veritable rift in the clouds before the
~ storm has had time to break. © .

We have all heard the C.P.R. damned
for one thing and another and most of

“us may have done.a bit of it ‘ourselves |’

at times when we didn’t happen to
“think: that. things. were coming suf-
ficiently “our way, but nevertheless
~ where. is there another. corporation
that has so thoroughly identified itself
“with the. interests of a country as ‘this

mammoth railway and steamboat com-.

. pany: has done? Neither is this the
first instance when British Columbians
in “various - districts and. at various
have seen infant industries
“nursed along by the company in a way
that was truly paternal, and it does
--not. detract from. the situation in. the
oo slightest where it may be seen that in
a doing so: they. were “merely building up
“profitable ‘business for themselves in
the years” since “they. ‘placed a: steamer
on. Okanagan . Lake that was. far ‘be-
yond: ‘the. capacity required. at ‘that
time,” and. many a ‘lean trip. was made
‘pefore: there. ‘was : business. enough .to
if the: expenditure. “Any settler on:
shore of. Okanagan Lake - chad. ‘only:

oO. ‘moor. a log. or. two. atthe’ ‘shore ‘to
erve as. a cwhart. and display. a ‘white
‘flag’ when. ‘he ‘wanted the. boat: to call,
“and. he ‘and. his little ‘bit: of produce or.
belongings: was. taken: ‘aboard, “The min-
: “ing. industry. in the: Boundary - “was fos-
-tered-along the: ‘same’ way,' ‘and when
it was.a ‘matter. ‘of. life or ‘death. to
“mine. owners to determine whether the
: ‘low, grade ores of the ‘Boundary could.
be made to yield. a profit, the: €.P.R.
did ‘their | “part - to ‘help out the situa-
‘tion’ by. giving arate of 35. cents. per
_ ton for. the transportation of. ore to.the.
“smelters at Greenwood, . Grand Forks

“and ‘Boundary Falls long before ‘there

; was: any other road’ to share this busi-

HDs ness with them,

“In: fact, Sir: John. AL Macdonald, far-

oe scene. statesman as. he. vas, builded

. even: better than he: knew when he tied.
Up, with: the men who risked their for-
“tunes in the’ gigantic’ scheme: of giving

~~ Canada‘a railway from ocean to ocean: |
“und any ald which he and-his parlia- | ~ 7

4 2 “Can you run an engine?” naked Pat,
ne roundhouse workman, of the yard-
‘master, ie :

nent. were able to. give at. critical

re “periods to help it through, was, ‘bread

BROWN | on “the waters,

; which. is since
“4 coming | back:

din countless. ways, and

this latest. manifestation | in’ the: axpen-.
~‘diture of $100,000, 000 in’ ‘the | extension
sand improvement of: their system in the
West. at. this particlar. time. in but. an-.].
wy other magnificent. instance of the: pol- |

“dey. they, have ‘seen: tit, to” pursue cand |

“the national sentiment whieh has in-.|.

To: do the: vght: thing at the

cvight: ume. {aa ‘happy. faculty. that. AB.
inforlunately not: poRACAKEN: by: all, and |

“neither are all ina position ‘to. do ‘It, | hands,

aptred it

hut: Ate Ia fortunate. for all: that: Lhose
7 who- ANG An: a ‘porition: to ao ROY hava |
: he: will: to do HO, 2 as e te

“ecm cermin ern ante cessed su rr emanated

“Doris “COUI.D NT. DRAW. IT.-
AR we alight diversion | the: toucher
* suggented that cach child. ‘in the, class

UL WE TL pleture: from. which she could,

 uens, what. the ehh wanted to. be
: when Brawn, BAYH. We Cheago. Re ‘curd. “
Justrated,
“for millinora, ete, One Mitle girl, how-
ever, had a blank, Bheets -- .

“Why, Dorts, don't you: want, to. he}
“ inything when. “you, are srOWwn ques
Yes ‘watt Dorks. “y want 10,
he married, but: r don't. know. how to’
draw 4 Me ee 5

‘Conservation Association,
have been particularly interested in the

ers a fire in its earlier stages,
of goimg back to the nearest séttle-

ZAP
Pat

books for. hookkaupers, huts |

TELEPHONE A FACTOR
IN FOREST PROTECTION.

Although among the many appli-
ances with which inventors have
sought to supply the modern need for
portable wireless telephone and tele-
graph communication there are none

which meet the requirements of the

forest protection organization of the
West, yet it is hoped that the day is
not far distant when every fire warden
wandering in the woods will be able
to summon. help in fighting fires with-
out the delay . caused
telephone | line.

in reaching a
Meanwhile, however,

the manufacturers of electrical appli-.

ances have done a great deal to meet
the needs of forestry officials. At
meetings of the Western Forestry and
lumbermen

exhibits of these companies. For -in-
stance, there are not only. the light
telephone lines, such. as those that the
Forest. Branch strings from tree to
tree so as to extend telephone com-
munication in a rough and ready man-
ner into thé woods, but there are also
still lighter wires, four miles ‘of which
can be carried on a man’s back, which }.
can be used as temporary feeders for |,
the main forest lines. When this field
telephone system is installed. in any
district the efficiency of a fire warden |’
will be increased to. a tremendous ex-
tent. For instance, suppose he. discov-

ment he can. rush to the nearest point

of. one of the. forest _telephone lines,

and, taking: the portable’ instrument

that he carries with him, can’ ‘connect

with the wire. and ‘call for aid. Should
he’ need to remain. in. charge of a fire
that is in: some. portion: of his district,

instead |

with it the following letter :

“Dear Pat,—I send you the coat you |

asked for, and as the buttons are
rather heavy I have cut. them off to

save postage, and put them in the top
left- hand. pocket.”

FOR SALE
Pedigreed Berkshire Sow, 13
months old -. -

Pedigreed Fox “Terrier, 12
-monthsold - - $25.00
Taken together - - $50.00

Apply R. B. Paton, Newton
Croft, Saanichton. |

C3: COOP 9-OO

$35.00)

‘Tuesday

and —

Friday
Nights

IN BERQUIST’ S HALL
Doors open at 7.15, show starts at 7.30 sharp. °

Change of Films Nightly
“ADULTS 25c

CHILDREN. 10c

_ Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

CORNED MEATS -
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remote from. roads’ and settlements, he : e Coane
can connect one of the very. light wires | J. eae 7

to. ‘the: main- wire. and ‘trail “ite out

not. spoil he:

attached to: ‘the. end. of: this: will: en-

‘able him: to. keep. in: touch® with’ -head-

| through the woods for two: or three, or 2a ot
“éven four ‘miles, and as long as_ the'| 9
‘weather ‘is’ ay so: that moisture: does :

. conductivity — Of» the ee es
ground wiré, S his” portable. ‘instrument >

quarters. without: leaving the site” ‘of the na ae once
fire. Of course, all this. installation of aD Se

such as those established. by. the tele-.
phone companies: for the. service of. the.
public, ” and it may be noted also. that
the Forest Branch will install its ‘field.
linies.. only © in isolated timbered . dis-
tricts,
whatever of - public telephone ; lines ‘be-

ing constructed, following out the prac- :
tice already — developed. so. extensively |'$

in’ the: ‘American states: to the south of
this: ‘province, where | the

in which there is no. prospect, 9

“lumbermen |.
handle the” problem of forest fire pre«

field telephone isa. very. different. mat-. S
‘ter “to the. building. of: regular ‘lines

vention | through the. agency: of their |- a

own voluntary . associations,—Pentic-
ton Herald. :

aoreciays. mae wnenwome

PAT. KNEW. HOW.

mamecmveesyenen Cormeen

“No, "he answered; “ean: you?" nis

“4 “Can: OL run. an. engine!" aniffed Pat ae
Tt ‘there's: anything. oO} a}

in: derision.
rather’ do: ‘all day long it is. ta run an
engine,

ter, “fyou.- “run, that,

engine,
house,” Ms

could - NCO, “and .
she. went.
BIW othe ‘pumpers |
“guessing: what would: happen,’ ‘Pavierstal
the lever clear: back.
ngain---cut again.

Then the: yardmaster’

spulled
‘into’ the. roundhouse.

riot be

HAN righty. ot ‘kin ao ‘that waiiies"" ‘Pat
plutted,. and: ha’: olimbod into. the cab, |.
looked’ tho: “ground ® over, spat on: ‘Ms ;
grabbed the: biggest. handle: ho},
Ate wido ™ “opens.

‘Out phe went—In_ '

‘yolled, “T
thought you rad you, could run an ens |

Whe
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4

‘This. is othe! place to get all kinds of. lumber oe
S Our dry kilns are the ‘most. ‘modern, our )
planers are the best manufactured, and our finished me
lumber « cannot be. beaten. | : Ww e have also. ‘completed

Huh! Can Ot run an: engine!" ge
“Suppose,” suggested | the: yardmas-. . oe
Jnto.; a ites

promptly.

But Pat had his’ ariawer raiuly? wort

had® her ine throe ee ‘Why
you. shat Ae, door?" —aeers

“An “Trlehman. attlod cine

dan t :

“Canadas!

wrote: home” tne Mae “oh: ‘mothor living |

in ‘Dubline and anked | Nor: to send hin

an Water. from: ‘a Welle Known. “Rhop in |:

{mat iT olty.,

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