Wednesday, December 29, 1982 4) iSiSSitu oO of long-sufferi For 70 years The Review has _recorded in print. the progress of ‘most. of the important in- Stitutions on. the. Saanich - pninsula, but it. has never.told much of its own story, and now it “is too late. J.J.-White-is on record. that starting a paper in Sidney was his idea.. He was one of a group of businessmen who put° up money: ‘to found the Sidney Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd:, andthe press: was set up in’ his’ cannery building at the wharf. . A further, glimpse is afforded by an ‘‘Editorial | Note’’ published. April. 17, -1914, -as follows: ‘We. are. favored: this. week with a sample copy of the. first issue ofa weekly® paper just. started at- Revelstoke and called the Revelstoke Review, and the editor and manager is none:other © than Mr. W.H. Bohannan. “Billy is fairly well known in ‘Sidney, and-in: fact every other town of any importance in British Columbia,:as he has a habit of starting papers at every place he © : happens to spend a night, and he | “it. was who established the Sidney ee Review. But he: never remains - business. We wonder. how long’ his: “= name. will’ remain. over. the --- editorial columns OF Revelstoke Review.” ; pe Bohannan’ $s name appeared as ee “manager” on the. front-page - an announcement in the first issue of - “be published ridays, at a cost of a the: remaining three pages of ‘the -paper™ contained © ae ~. formation. about’ itself - it is "probably. lost’ forever. The are known copy is now mounted and ~ framed with only the front page “visible. . history. A new: Sanitarium: was” ~ under construction, 42. pedrocnis®: 5 and 28 baths, the board of trade.” - was. petitioning to have the B. on j “Blectric: Railway “extended Sidney, and for construction ofa a ‘breakwater: The = need sin water system was dealt with, and “cit. was predicted that ; corporation would” be approver ~ quickly, : nearly 70° years=for a. final and hasn’ Met f 8 ~The second: issue the paper had ~ long in one place, that i is not. his thee. . blamed the provincial decision on»: “the last ‘despairing’ clutch of a. ~ the- Sidney and. Islands: Role = Dec. 13, 1912. The. paper: was to... “! That one page tells a lot about, Wg very active period in: ‘Sidney’ so for: _ Sidewalks..and for repair. of the in-/ AS it happened, Sidney. was: to. wait 40 years for: incorporation, » ‘solution to: the water: problem, : got he: Dyeakwater : “expanded: 10 eight. pages, two of cae which were printed. upside. down. Mt contained the first: classified - advertisentent’ “Lost or Mislaid, es me one. box of: horse materials’; and - “large, article: about. the = = Sanihton Experimental , Haris: “which: “was. then. just “cleared, : did. not havea: racetrack, and a_ full Page ad. for: the: (i Subdivision’ offered lots on 66- ‘tobe incorporated" cily, -, The Jan. 3, Vis issue. con- Se oC UY pay of many: : ‘ee a billiards, - Bae being “The! aoi ‘Asked: why. Sidney | ‘ Kerry. foot streets for $300 in.the “SOON | oA Word was eéeelvea'e on aiSalutday:M a Dennis, of the Princess: Pats, had died from wounds received ins / one of. the battles with the Germans, Pte. Dennis is the first: » volunteer from this -districh to, pay. the. juil price, asked by vi gereeees » country in defence of honor, > ie oo Denny, as he was familiarly. called by his friend here; was a oe “good all-round sport, making:a name for himselflocally ags-an athlete in many, forms, particularly: in soccer, neeickets| tennis and: "a | tained the news that J.J. White had been dismissed as. postmaster ‘for political partisanship’’. Jan. 30 the editor predicted that all the farm land would be cut up for home sites: ‘‘The Real Estate Boomer: Moves In.and Farmer Goes Out.’’: : Far from. decrying this development, he commented ‘‘A man is foolish to: farm land worth $1,000.or more per acre if he can. sell.it, since the money invested at 8 per cent, will bring in better returns than his. crops, . besides leaving his time free.” On Feb. 28 an advertisement announced. that Samuel Fair- clough, ‘W.D.. Byers and. H.A. McKillican. wold. present a petition to the lieutenant- governor in council. for. in-’. corporation. of the City of: : Sidney, covering the area east of East. Saanich Road from Bazan Bay to Shoal Harbour. . March 14 the name of Charles St. Barbe appeared as editor and ‘a week later it was announced’. that: a: powder factory would a ‘built in James Island... The. ‘board - of trade presen- | tation of. the” corporation case for “the ‘executive. is of the opintion: the time is not opportune.” . Es The Review, on April 25, -man drowning ina political sea at. the straw of his. ‘personal power . accredited _ agent . ae baseball. “game. fe ‘Sunday because no. member. ‘Of: the: staff was. expected to. work | “that day. : 2 : An ‘advertisement published = july! 18. indicated. that: ‘Sidney | Printing. and Publishing. was doing job printing, and that its’ - of fice was located: by. the: wharf. “A> new: editor was. listed, W. _ Crouch. “Two” weeks: ‘later. nena was’ “another new. editor,’ AL Emery. Moore. Sidney. Rubber. Roofing: : Co; was’ erecting a. new. large. building, and Canadian Southern | ~ Lumber Co.: was building anew °: lumber shed. : Type. for the | paper” must ~ originally have been set by. hand, “a typesetting machine called: a. Monoline. being’ purchased in. January, 1914. Former editor St. Barbe was stll.in the community, oa prolific writer of Jeuters tothe soliton : ooo Ties January; 1915, Senior. was: listed as editor, with _ Moore ‘as ''manager;"' In March,.. ~, Moore's: name disappeared from “cine masthead. In April G. Frith _ Smith was listed as editor, but by. August. his name. was gone and ~ Moore was) back as: manager, core of this was explained. : eT he _Paper generally had eight, Ypaibeke ‘until’ October, 1914, but usual size, and. in'January, 1917, : “itwas reduced to four pages. of” “halt size, Moore: was listed as . - editor, but his name disappeared that May, : Later in Januaty. the paper. was: ina new building, at Beacon and. Fatih: and, was. back 10: its. old ner : meetings, ,picnics, - i and other socials. Lectures and — flower. shows. were written up_at:, length: He used a’ comic strip, of Norman’ ee afters that: four: pages was \the © ay nani that Pie; "as A: dling chy THE REVIEW size. Cause of the slump was un- doubtedly the World War 1, which had started in August, 1914. On Feb.. 22,.1917 The Review noted that the Canadian Southern Lumber Co. mill had resumed. operations. after: :being shut down for two years. _ A big step forward was made at the beginning of April, 1918, when. the. paper...was equipped with a fully-modern typesetting machine, a Linotype Model L. Files at The Review office have a gap from May, 1916, to the end of. January» 1919, --and =the provincial library is also. missing much of 1918. Jan. 30, ningham’ was. editor and publisher. He left for England at the end of February to bring back his wife and son, and. H.F. Cross. : replaced him on what .was ‘supposed to be a temporary. basis. Cunningham, however, did not return. . .. On May 1 of: that year, F.F. ~ Forneri © became: “During” -the eight years. The Review has been in existence ites", has suffered many changes. imo management. It has been truly a .-long- -suffering journal, and some | of the visissitudes through which , . it- has: ‘passed are at once serious and comic. “It cis the - intention > Oke the en present managers to: become fixtures in Sidney. They believe. _ the: town, and consequently. ‘the.’ has. a future. They. will : : endeavor to be. fair and honest in. business. ‘as’ in. editorial | policy, ‘paper, -and. will -expect to be patronized the measure in’ ‘which they are’ October as publisher until, March, 1924. “At the: beginning of: 1920: The Review moved from the. Berquist: “Building: on Beacon Avenue, to” “Third: Street, where it was: to. remain for more than 60 years. _Forneri’ S paper. concentrated » club. on. » weddings, sports, bees ‘*Hon and Dearie’, and all sorts regular features, ‘‘Smile Awhile’, “Interesting ‘Rude Rural Rhymes,”’ ‘worth _ Remembering,” “As You: Like oat” ‘Slat’ s Diary,’ 4%: ts e ~. He had correspondents writing ‘local news from Salt Spring’ and: |. South Salt Spring, Bazan: Bay, » Keating, Bay, - Galiano, Tod © Inlet, West. Saanich Patricia: Brentwood, James Island, Parker “Island, Sidney. Island, : Fulford, Saturna, Mayne and Ganges. . The paper » chad: a‘ ‘Children’ Sone Corner", It also. printed around. by round. summary of the Jack’ Cee not, one thing is certain, thatthey > heavyweight championship: bout, year 4 Dempsey-Georges.. Carpentier “CINTERESTING: FACT © Bigg’ that. are. washed Guton’ a ae fifth more weight than those that. a are left dirty, | © On March: a » {923)" » Wakefield cand © “Son “ publishers. Forneri was honoure ( “on his departure ata board: of trade banquet. The. Wakefields a watied only. “ot uni November, 1924, but the 1919, Alfred Cun- co-publisher, having: bought a half interest. An editorial in that issue comments: “ine tothe «provincial | cabinet was reported April 4, but ~ April 18’ it-was announced that. “stayed only > cuntil -but Forneri: continued : Facts," | Walter. became: ee old files of~a newspaper. issues ‘of the present day often own’ times. that. era: ‘was i in: “other - & ways, in. September, 1916, Sidney « ~ voted _ was also an issue of the day, with “local voters, presumably all male,» a a a ree: ; 4 & It was just 50 years. ago that C.W. Stirling of Sidney, creator of the now-famous Stirling pea, achieved success. with his exhibition of field peas at a. Chicago fair. At the December _. meeting, 1932, of the North Saanich board of trade, a resolution was passed congratulating — Stirling. Coming events are;said to cast their shadows before, and that i iS” certainly true when: reading the . The... make years. their: appearance’ many~~ earlier than modern. --memory would suggest. In May of 1913, for instarices the editor of The Review was 60° years ahead: of ‘the world oil. crisis, commenting ‘that. «the ~ British Empire might be making a “mistake by replacing coal, which. codt-chad in: plenty, with oil, ‘which it «did not have: — and that it might. . : be. wiser | to. tun to alcohol | in- n Novemby r of. the same year, although. Sidney. was “still, in’ ‘the. trade. was setting up. a committee help the unemployed = To, illustrate how- far-from ou 100: to. 76: prohibition. ‘in’ favor. of. Women’s. suffrage. 4 favoring the vote. for women is to 61. ‘1919, editorial, and. the © ‘those being” debated: today. The ~ editorial began: - - among ‘icherinen at Smith's Inlet arising from differences between: gillnet. men and ee seine in terests, ie “The gill net man j is s the small fisherman, and the seine magnate : is. the. autocrat of the. fishing - industry. _ the destruction of thousands of. He is responsible. for. » salmon. where. the ill, net mane: takes tens. oe “Whether: ‘the “Ouawa: duthorities mean n what they say or: do not do what they say. Every “the, “scarcity? of: salmon. becomes: greater. pane “The sockeye | catch’: in the, 7 son, Jim returned to. the Review in.1936 and id stayed for, ‘more than, - 0 years. War ll: Fraser. Sand: Skeena. river has) fallen off. until it cis F significant, onc Yet. Ontawa pots: ealtnly. ahs “on, “blind to the facts, re-issuing seine. » licences, and? ignoring the. havoe™ being wrought along the coast. 1949, ‘there is (he comment, “The. - euinle, Peninsulas io. isrich, in ‘fertile lands — for many Yours: a “Pte, Dennis enlisted: ine ‘the “aah ‘shortly after. war. wats ve * declared and was transferred 16 the 30th; When volunteers were” called for as reinforcements to the Princess Pats, Denny was one _ of the first to volunicer. This draft left Victoria early in the year { : and was on (he firing line about the middle of Marchi’? uit ee 1 Uctober, IY4U, stories recording: the toll: of. war began: : again Able Seaman Edward Lomas |! : ‘ hel clic was the first: of Sidney! 8 young, men to eth in World ce Skinner, aboard: HMCS © There were ‘also many’ de deaittis that never were ‘atid rhever will be a “reported, ‘An editorial in the Jan. 26, 1935 issue of The Review Goncern about. ‘the declining, “salmon. catch was expressed “in: July, “issues weren’t too. different from: ines Inan article published Oct, 30, - : thes writer. states, ~- much as the whole of Vancouver . emanations have: occured among. the staff of the Radium Institute, ~London.’. ~~ King: | ‘ reported the: official opening és Pier. (Nowadays. any people may, not ~ realize that the name of the pieris.. purely. alphabetical. already hada. Pier A and built '*The old auesuod: “of. provincial control of fisheries is. “brought to) mind by. trouble Ae, A at All Bay were on sale. for $350. makes it all seem very long ago —. . -butonly. a few months later the big thing in The Review was'a. peacefully Suisued the’. vocation chiefly of farming until it got into.” ~ the: clutches ofthat octopus call: the “land: boom’ a few years | _back. ee . ~The peninsula 25. years earlier, Island at the present day: In. April, 1921, there was. as “story beginnings: ey “* the: ‘paper*. 'B. CL “Vancouver. The- CPR Pier D later.) es “In May, 1930, ‘beachfront lots each, and a nice house on two. lots was advertised for $1, 050, with a big discount for cash, That =r campaign of half-page ads on. wy, Sidney needs a breakwaters: «. 4 ty members. to demand vhigher ~ . mended. “In. June, 1933, \a breakwater ~ contract: was. ‘actually. awarded, for protection for small launches - al the foot. of Beacon Ave,’ me DUE it was: for only $4, 000, not much» protection even in those days, February, 1935, saw the North “Saanich board of trade discussing” an ‘the need to bring Sooke water to’ 4 the’ peninsula’ — ‘only 45 Jatt: ahead ofthe event. ‘A In. January, 1944, the B.C. Teachers: ‘Federation. was: ‘afeing - salaries: “asthe first immediate. step: 10 be taken in order to. _ improve education generally."” ni What. the: federation. recom. was) a minimum. of. with eyed abe a Fe gee vite Page Mage ee tiger BN ‘recalls. that many aircraft were lost peg “when it was used for taining Br itish me Canadian airmen in the rhe Fala World War the: : Es One plane crashed right in town, on 6th Sti, ‘and the editorial i a notes that the waters around. Saanich, Peninsula, became the. graveyard: jor many an aieratt and, with men who had been resoned: fro the merest chances “The editorial: was: “headed, Unitold Story,’ and indeed it was un _ crashes appeared in the paper while they war was.on, SH, 200° a year ‘starting salary. in ; - the ‘$1, 500 in the secondary schools. the editor. of: The Review, had Pe _ penned the following:. 3 produced as. ; teachers of New Westminister ~demur at serving: any longer, just’: 3 because they do not-receive quite Me as much money asa hod carrier! folks decry the. impudence Of ~ these wasting us 2 clamoring: for r money, when: ‘they : copy of: her letter to the: Saat ich -Teacher’s Association: _ the education of your tender’ boy. _ to-and. educator, make sure the --creature is not. a coarse, mer-. Senary every ‘era. cof the. ‘newspaper gt _ with the prevailing wind, In May, © $750, 000. ». $1,200,000, and said construction Be 1974, ‘the paper was reporting a — marina proposed to be built:in.: “marina, begin ce An. “to outlaw, bow hunting, and. in. June, 1977, school trustee, Gerry. A population j Justify French immersion classes, mn Was a. Tragic’ Period, The ° Page B7 : elementary schools, - and Away: back.in: December, 1921, “Of. all: the nerve! A’ dozen” “pe “Is it any wonder that some ‘School: tutors: who: are - folks’. time. with. nd urged that the minister send a “Parents, before you entrus ‘of. ‘ honey-mad: shot history, but often they refer: just: on to: protection for a ferry wharf, ay problem that was solved 20 years : ago by: building. a wharf aligned’ 1946, however, there was.a- plan. for a. breakwater 2,300 feet long, hee with. ane ‘estimated | Ecos: of ee In ‘October, 1954, the federal eee | ~_ public works. department “estimated: the: breakwater. cost at: could: not be recommended.’ Most .of! the marinas. built: in: the! area apparently provoked | noe “strong. opposition, but in) June, - Saanichton Bay, by Bob. Wright. “There. was. a sixemonth. ‘delay ordered. so that: a study: could be “done, andi in the. end there was no ‘September, 1974, North Saanich was trying to finda way: . -Kristianson was: saying that the” base. ine Saanich a district. was not. sufficient. to» from Patricia Ray Airport the airport was populated ™m drowning, frequently by a “p i told, No word of any of! of the,