— " ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND MATSQUI NEWS Announcement * J. B. GRAY and QUINTO TESSARO wish to announce to the public of this district that they are opening a First Class Meat Market IN THE FORMER COPPING BUTCHER SHOP, Abbotsford, with a good supply of CHOICE STEER BEEF, PRIME PORK, VEAL and LAMB; also FRESH FISH, SMOKED FISH and Gifford Mr. C. S. Wood of Ferndale spent last week with his daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. Kunzmann. Miss Muriel Fredricksen of Lulu Is- land spent several days at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Fred- ricksen, yast week. Gifford C. G. I. T. were guests at Clayburn United Church on Sunday, Miss Pearl Ellison of Vancouver is spending a faw weeks at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Ellison. . A, Ostrom has purchased ’a} Chrysler coach. Miss Dolores Brown and Miss Gwen McConnan spent the week-end with Mrs. J. Hamilton. A very enjoyable meeting was held {by the members of the Baptist’s Lad- lies’ Aid ahd their friends, at the beau- tiful garden of Mrs. J. Rust of Giff- jord. Addresses were given by Rev. Mr. Oman of Seattle, and Rev. Mr. Osh- rink of Bellingham. Guitar and vocal duets were pleasingly rendered by Mrs. C. Moe and Rey. Mr. Oman. Dainty refreshments were served to about 50 guests. Mrs. C. Lerieux of Vancouver visit- }ed Mr. and Mrs. D. Wood over the week-end. | ry . . | A Refreshing Drink : IN A JIFFY Quickly made, but made just right, and so good that your Sa will cry out for more— made in a moments time—and Smoked and Cured Meats, | Family Meat Market "Next to Lee's Store, Abbotsford G. H. LOACH INSURANCE Fire Phone Abbotsford 75® Life BRADNER, B.C. REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL Automobile Phone Alderg. 289 Abbotsford A miscellaneous shower was given at the home of Mrs. H. Grimley on Friday afternoon, honoring Miss Nel- lie Burns. Honoring Miss F. Roberts, a surprise birthday party was given at the home of Mrs. W. Roberts on Friday. Many Abbotsford friends with whom she was acquainted will be grieved to hear of the death of Miss Bettie Pal- mer, who passed away in Seattle on | Monday, May 25, at the age of 19. She is a neice of Mr. and Mrs. J. Rowley. Mr. McMinn, of the Canadian Credit Men's Association, is engaged taking stock in Mr. DesMazes store, which will be offered for sale this week. Miss Stein’s dancing classes are dis- First stage making Vancouver-Kam- loops run passed through Matsqui The Matsqui “Tennis Court was re- novated by the school children last week and many enthusiasts are now playing. Mrs. Purden and children of Van- couver were the guests of Mr. and Mrs W. A. Paterson on Sunday. Mr. Kemprude, who has been very ill with pnuemonia is reported recov- ering. Mr. T. Rottluff has purchased a new Dodge roadster. ‘The entrance class of Matsqui school under Miss C. Fredrickson, are hold- tg uri recommendation exams this Many Matsqui Trail Rangers at- tended the track meet held by their group at Langley Prairie on Satur- di on Monday morning. It carried about 12 passengers, Abbotsford is now without a night Police officer, Constable Hayden having withdrawn from his duties here. Mr. Barraclough has returned to his home at Montreal after spending se- ven months holiday with his daughter, Mrs. J. Millard. Rev. Mr. Parkins, minister of the Na- zarene church, has returned to his home in Everett, Wash. continued until fall season, the re- sumption of which due notice will be given in the press. Mrs. Hughes of the Anglican Vicar- age, leaves for a yale to Quebec and various Eastern points tomorrow. Mr. Weir has ete several merit- ed over the neat May-pole Cold Meat Suggestion Maybe Picnic Time is not yet here—for most people, but the weather is right for cold meals —sandwiches from King’s taS- ty prepared meats, and serve you will be one of 1 and the best made drinks in town. the appetite. CANDIES—CIGARETTES Remember—It’s PERIODICALS KING QUALITY, and your roasts cold now —more to _ BEAUTY PARLOR AD. “JUBILEE CANDY SHOP E, A. HUNT Phone 39 IRADIO INSTALLATIONS AND REPAIRS ELECTRICAL WORK, WIRING, of all kinds. Low hourly rates and low | material charges. Fully Qualified. CLARENCE NELSON FPADA & PHILCO Phone Aoestaterd aD 19K “~Essendene Avenue East. Next Armstrong's Tin Shop Meetings every 2nd & 4th Monday at 8 pm. Visiting brethren most welcome. ABBOTSFORD LOYAL TRUE BLUE LODGE, No. 244 Abbotsford, B.C. Meetings First Mondays 3 eT. in the month ‘The LTB. maintains an orphanage t and does other worthy work Worshipful Master— Secretary— & FRATERNAL SOCIETIES KINGS MEAT MARKET ESSENDENE AVE, EAST -Kept Phone 48 a! 4 with the Coast cities, Pioneering in the field of de luxe motor transportation by way of the Cariboo Trail and the Fraser Canyon, = the B. C. Rapid Transit Company takes pleasure in announcing a motor coach service between Kamloops and Vancouver, commencing June 1. The big blue-and-cream safety coaches are now running on a tri- weekly schedule over a world-famed highway, bringing new tourist travel to the Interior, and linking up every community along the historic route Coaches for Kamloops leave Vancouver at 7.25 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays, reaching Abbotsford at 9,15 a.m. Coaches leaving Kamloops at 7.25 a.m. for the return trip on Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays, reach Abbotsford about 6.40 p.m. J. L McLean Mrs, W. c St. Andrew’s and J. MURPHY, Pres W. Stewart, Sec. A.-8.-M. Branch No, 15 Abbotsford, B.C. Social Club Rooms (Open Daily ex. Sunday) All Veterans Welcome ©. BENNETT, Pres. | J. T. MAWSON, Sec. Meetings upon First Thursdays in month Ridgedale Herbert Smith and Branscombe Miss Olga Fore substituted at the. School on Monday. Miss Celeste Page, musical director | ¥. Page. Miss 7 ans left Sunday even- _ ing for Penticton. Miss Corinne Flodin entertained at @ musical recital at her home on Sat- urday afternoon. Her pupils taking ‘odg! bE eto Little, Pauline Kerr, Mar- Daisy Moore, Donald ate Kerr andJack Ball. ie the programme, Vivian} \ : i For that New Home Chandeliers--Special $6.0° Five-light Brown-tone fixture, a really beautiful chandelier that will add beauty to any home. The regular price of this is $20.00 Bracket to Match, each $495 THREE-LIGHT FIXTURE, a beauty for Spec. 56° We have a fine range of these fixtures, which we are Serre at ridiculous prices, ‘ Kitchen Units $1.45 In no part of Vancouver may you better our price on Kitchen Units, and the selection is suitable for any home. | Bri Bring y your ur fixture and light problems| |tous. We always have special lines. THE HASTINGS ELECTRIC SHOP Ltd. 55 West Hastings St., Vancouver Phones: SEY. 6789 and SEY. 7600 reciation for her work. served in the garden to more than 30/8 guests. Gr. Proficiency Lunch was son; Gr unkon; Adams ¥ list for May— | Remi Mundy; Gr. 1B—Billy Farr, Lindar Lillbeck.| Kenneth Anderson; Gr, Gr, 1A—Mark Smith, Harley Moma: | Adame, Freddie Farr, 6A—Gordon miniature so cleverly prepared in his window as entry in the window-dressing competition, winning first prize. Mr. Howard ‘Trethewey, who has been a resident of Abbotsford for a number of years left for Parkgate, B. C., last week, where he has accepted @ position with his brother there, who owns a sawmill. Mrs. Buker and Mr. Waterston were prize winners at the L.T.B. whist drive on Saturday, Feldon Lonsdale winning the lucky ticket prize. Door receipts were $40, the largest crowd on record. Mrs. Douglas is up from the States to visit her parents, Mr, and Mrs. F, Bond. Mrs. Watson (nee Dena Avery) of Sedro Wooley is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Avery, accompanied by her infant daughter. Mrs. D. Gillis has returned to her home at Barnett after spending a ho- liday with her sister, Mrs, McMillan. Mrs. Roscoe of Vancouver and her brother, Mr. J. Fadden, were guests of Mr, and Mrs. Fooks on Thursday. Mrs. Roscoe is an old-timers of the dis- Friends of Mrs. Roscoe will regret to hear that she is totally blind. “Is Sovietism Vicious?” Asks Abbotsford Reader Editor News: As Mr. Okulitch’s articles on “Rus- sia” aroused considerable comment in Unls district as a destructive criticism without a constructive alternative, and as world conditions today amply de- monstrate the failure of older forms of government to cope with the dis- tribution of wealth where the mech- anical factor (not present when those forms of Government were evolved), is now the chief consideration, the following questions are some of many that occur to the man in the street all over the word, who is endeavoring to locate the needle of truth in the hay- stack of propaganda: Is a destructive criticism in order against the greatest experiment in demo cratic government the world has ever known, when the results of that experiment are not yet mani- fested 7 (b).—Can the Czarist regime be de- fended by anyone dn the world on the principles of equity or humanity 7? (c).—Is it a greater crime to con- script a race for purposes of construc- tion’than for purposes of destruction? d).—Is there anything drreligious in exterminating a commercial religion in the hands of a priesthood who have for centuries employed the crucifix to coerce the masses to war and to exploit them? (e).—Is a government which insists on compulsory education less worthy than one which prohibits dt to the ma- jority of its citizens? (O.—Was not the diagnosis of the masses—that of amputation and ex- traction—more correct for a condition Such as Russia had developed, than of bandaging and filling, which ap- pears,to have been the aim of the middle class? (g).—Has history ever proved a re- olution of a race against its rulers to have been unwarranted ? (h).—Is the food and condition of the soldier and labourer js bad today as during the Czarist regime ? (1).—Were not the greatest writers and thinkers in the cause of human advancement under the old govern- er murdered, exiled or Im- D— s Lenin less worthy of the contro) of the people's destinies than s represented by the Grand nmanding ithe Russian army, the last was offering to with- draw sufficient divisions from the line |to let the Austrians ‘through, betray his people and keep the Czardom? (k),—If the Russian Soviet's alm to smash the food-gambling exchanges of the world is effective, will not the farmer, the labourer, and the consum- ers of Canada and the rest of the world benefit and their condition Im prove? 1).—Is it better for the resources of a country to be peddled off to foreign capitalists by whichever party hap- pens to be in power, or to maintain them for the citizens of the country ? G. B, HAYES H. G. MYHRE FIRE LIFE AUTO INSURANCE AGENT MATSQUI, B. C, Excelsior Life Insurance Company left this week for fishing. Mrs. Ellingsen will reside with her parents at Murrayville during her guest of Mr. G. O. Hougen last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. Olsen moved into their new house on the Riverside Rd. po week. Mr. Pennington has pur a new Chevrolet coach. Mrs, Halverson and son Ingwald of New Westminster were guests of M.r and Mrs. O. Hougen over the week-end A meeting was held at the home of Mrs. W. Menaul last week to further the plans for the Municipal Sports Day, which is to be held on Saturday, June 27, at Gifford. Mrs. W. Adams and baby daughter returned home last week from the M. SS. A. hospital. Miss Iris Hovde of Lynden, Wash., is the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. O. Ostrom, this week. The Ladies’ Aid of Clayburn United | OXYDOL SOAP POWDER, packet CHIPSO SOAP POWDER P. & G. NAPHTHA SOAP AYLMER PEACHES, Large Tin CANNED PEARS, size 2's, 2 for B. & K. PASTRY FLOUR ...........++ STRAWBERRIES and OTHER FRESH Specials for CASH Packet - 20° '6 for 25° FRUIT IN SEASON Bakery Specials So etaB CAKE COOKIES, doz. ..:. 10° PINEAPPLE LAYER CAKE .. 20° PINEAPPLE ROLLS 10° Albert Lee Phone 54, Abbotsford John A. McDonald GENERAL CONTRACTOR EVERY KIND OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION & REPAIRS Frame, Concrete, or Brick F Thoro and Hipwell’s Pharmacy FASHION KLEANSING TISU THE IDEAL COLD CREAM REMOVER Large Size, 9x10, regular price 50c THIS WEEK ONLY 39° HIPWELL’S PHARMACY Phone 127 Abbotsford Reliable Workmanship Always. McCallum Road, south of M.S.A. Hospital, Abbotsford Telephone 174R TINSMITH PLUMBER Sanitary Engineer Bath Rooms Septic Tanks Cement Work Sheet Iron Work Agent for the Famous MYERS PUMP & WATER SYSTEMS I. N. ARMSTRONG Essendene Avenue East — Opposite Blacksmith Shop W. C, BLINCH Agent for MASSEY-HARRIS MACHINERY GENERAL MERCHANT -| General Store, Gas, Oil, Candies, Ete, eeueY Delivery Ser Service on Sumas Prairie. Low Prices and Fresh Wholesome Supplies ‘| Whatcom Rd, Corner opposite Sumas Muni. clpal Hall. Route Delivery Phone 23 A tangard Barber Shop Pool Room Hot Baths 35¢ ‘ HAROLD HANSON, Barber JOE OLSEN, Billiard Hall Phone 83 Egg Shell Maker and Grit Combined Petrie Lime Pro- ducts’ Pulverized White Crystalline” piven Chick- PETRIE LIME PRODUCTS LIMITED 448 Seymour Street Vancouver, B.C, Encourage the man who telephones you from a distance on business He is reducing distributing costs. BRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY | | [= J} DR. E. E. GRAVES DENTIST Ottice “Hours: 9.00 A.M, to 4,30 P.M, OFFICE CLOSED ALL DAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY it in Lady Assist DISTRIBOTION WiTHouT WASTE Prices Effective FRIDAY & SATURDAY, June 5th & 6th— CHEESE JELLY POWDER Fraser Valley SOUP Broder’s Tomato or Vegetable Can 10c Ib. 15¢ pkg, 5c Empress PEAS TOMATOES CORN Royal Prince Golden Bantam 3 cans 39c Aylmer's Size 5 PORK & BEANS Green take 3'cans 25¢ 3 cans 25c K-B can 10c CORN BEEF CATSUP GINGER SNAPS Brovil Brand Aylmer’s PASTRY FLOUR wita rose 10-lb. sack 35c PEANUT BUTTER can 17c bottle 15c - 2 Ibs. 25c 3 Ibs. 33c RINSO Soap Specials SUNLIGHT SOAP large package LIFEBUOY SOAP 4 bars 25c carton 18c 19c PEARS PEACHES LETTUCE - RADISH & ONIONS CARROTS __- Royal Prince Lg. cans 2 cans 45¢ Local - head 5c 4 bunches 10c 2 bunches 15c SWIFT Safeway Market Suggestions FRESH MINCED BEEF and BONELESS STEW . FRESH VEAL STEW, .. -..... CORNED BEEF (Home Cured and Boneless) "S PURE LARD (In Bulk) 2 Lbs. 25° CXSHAO: Hace Lia SUMAS, WASH.