— ABBOTSFORD, SEMAS AND~ MATSQUI NEWS TRE . eee 99 {it was is good tea su Red Rose range Rhce is rtia , good. Went you ty it this time? Canada's “Inferiority Complex” a ‘ plored the “inferlority % words, the national tendency to detract from the progress and achievements of Canatla, to belittle its growth, and question its possibilities. Too many people in K 4 found who constantly compare a given set of conditions, or serv , or the older established cotintries of Europe. da should seta bh 1 standard of comparison for their country, rather n a low one, but it is hardly fair to place in contrast a country of ten mil- | lion peuple with one of one hundred and ten million people. Canadians aré declared to be “slow but sure and relable, We belleve | that the ‘people of this Dominion have justly established for themselves tho repaiation of reliability. We may lack the dash, the enthusiasms, the boast- | fulness of our neighbors to the south, and no doubt it would be to our maven} age if some of their enthusiasm and energy were injected into our national Our southern neighbors would probably be better off with a little | teristics just as Canadians would be better eel complex” of the people of the Dominion—in other ; company ountry with the much more populous and wealthy United With a little mon | The year of 1926 would appear to be an €. llent one in which to develop more of the spirit of nationa! self-confidence in Canada. Following the} splendid crop returns of last Fall, the new year opened with expanding bus) | ness in almost every direction, and the making Of plans for large and import: | lyancements in practically. every branch of industrial and commercial | activity during the year. The financial health of the Dominion is bettér than } at any period since before the war, unemployment is less, and an optimistic | tone prevails, This should be the normal state of affairs in this country, and | it can be maintained if the people of Canada unitedly determine that it, shall | be maintained. _ Canada’s wheat crop last year was the second largest in its history and} more than 150,000,000 bushels greater than in 1924; the oats crop was greater goods, by more than 100,000,000 bushels; barley by 25,000,000 bushels. The ports of Montreal and Vancbuver established new high records for the export of grain. | Futter production in the three prairie provinces, which was below 6,000,000 } ' pounds fifteen years ago, exceeded 50,000,000 pounds last year. « trade is expanding rapidly, and the-fayorable balance of exports ove: now reaches to almost $300,000,000, < * In the face of such official figures, why should any Canadian feel called upon to apologize for his country, or to doubt its future? . There has been , talk of hard times in Canada, and unquestionably some recent years haye been | trying and diMeult, but such conditions ha isted in most countries, Not | “conviction that man for man no country in the world wag better off than Can- | ada, and in no country did there exist better opportunities for the man or} woman willing and eager to work. S The year is yet young, but al .) contracts for more new building have Rak ceteeh and announcement of new and large undert order of the day. Only receutly one of the big railway groups in England announced the placing of an order in Canada for 26,000,000 feet of British | away, “Columbia Douglas fir for railway tes, an order which exceeds In quantity the |T could not whold of British Columbia's export to the United Kingdom two years ago. The anything th Admiralty has decided to use Douglas fir for the d s and bulkheads of future without battleships, and the British Board of Trade will use tho same materlal for its! y consult motor boats and lifeboats. © In two years British Columbia's export of timber ana has risen from 16,000,000 feet to 66,000,000 Teet in _These facts are cited, nol in a spirit of boastfuln “Two kings is now , but’as concrete evid- I ed and which does act to re-| which “inferiority complex” for which they are criti tard the development of the Dominion and to create a lack of confidence, ar a celf-depreciation, which is inimical to the welfare of Canada. Let 192) see this weakness in our national make-up buried forever. ( Where Liquor Money Goes eGunitia’s: aalectrews ev of statistics. exports, Canada has jnereased her|poard now submitted to the govern-| trial. business with the rest of the empire. | ment: Over $2,128,000 was paid to The imports from other sections were; the Dominion Gov $197,000,000 im 1923, $190,000,000 in| representing custom 1924 and $204,060,00 in 1925. three to British | ex. possessions were $136,000,000 in 1923,/ various products sold. $464,00,000 in 1924 and the new peak] No reduction in the duty charged by of $507,000,000 last y |the Dominion Government made is pills in In the!on liquor and spirits on beer,! same 36 on, malt, and sales taxes on the sured, Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for ; Colds _ Headaclie Neuritis Lumbago be Nea Pain Neuralgia Toothache Rheumatism TENS NV VVYTS val sy 5 DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART Accept only “Bayer” package Which contains proyen directions. — | Handy ‘Bayer’ boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists. Bayer Mannfactore of Monoacetle- A . of the Safe- Aspirin fs the teade mark (registered in Canada) of acidester of Sallcyllcseia (Acetyl Salleylic Acid, While it is well known was Just Dip years | Wright, Secretan, sady in different sections of the country much run-down in health. been Jet than is usually the case by from indigestion, sick headaches and, was doubled up with pains in my back, | the Sleepless nights. t often.come over me and-I would have have not felt a pain in two years. My ped, almost inhuman, devouring: ants, to lie down till the. faintness ‘passed father always kept fhem in the house, I was so short Of breath that!/as he was subject to lumbago. a {markable as I this Trade Witain the Empire ShowS/More Money Spent On Liquor 1 ‘ usm, ¢ . Heavy Increase Alberta Last Year Went to Ottawa feapteadizant Canada's active participation in Than to Provincial Treasury 5 P duties | Medicine Co., and loss of factory }cording to the new process ds being } | Alberta Oil Development | Royalite Company Now Producing Five Hundred Barrels Daily After spending more than four mil- | ' TE | Imperlal Oll €o,, Ltd., has at last ob- lion dollars in exploration work, the | tained a crude ofl supply in Canada, reported by | Stillman at thé recent annual meeting | of the company in Toronto. address to the shareholders, Mr, Still-| man sald one well in Alberta operated | | by the Royalite Oil Company, a SUD- | sidlary of the Imperial, was now pro-} s dally ~~~ jmo signs of diminishing. jhe said, were being drilled by the | Royalite Company in Turner Valley, Alberta, In which district the company A prominent Canadian, addressing a meeting in New York recently, de- | Was hoping for greater success. also 14,000,000 feet of gas daily to Calgary. evra "DHAMOQND. DYE AN GARMENT, DRAPERY to to Buy Diamond Dyes—no other | and tell your druggist whether the mate- | rial you wish to color is wool or silk, or c whether it is linen, cotton or_ mixed) Powdered coal is converted into \liquid fuel by heating to a high tem- Foreign | perature in an atmosphere of hydro- r imports £en under great pressure. ‘ HER IMPROVEMENT WAS REMARKABLE, long ago that student of world affairs, Sir Clifford Sifton, stated with absolute Weak and Run-Down—Restored| by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills | AEO, alk required much exertion, We feeling completely used up. the family for over 40 years. As I was constantly growing weaker, Dodd's Kidney Pills will do others 4S \try to steal their kill, or filch carrion a doctor who told me I was! much good ag they have done our fam- mic and needed building up. took several bottles of tonic he gave) me, but_ths help I got from it: ¥ only temporary. ence, a$ substantial reasons, why Canadians should alfogether abandon that) jgeq to try Dr. ie had nd much benefit. 6 1 began using them at last found the right medicine, |think I took altogether some fifteen | boxes, and the improyemeéent was re-| \ as feeling ag well as} ‘1 had been, and my good ‘health services, the has continued to this day. In| been troubled at times with rheuma-| Legion appeal fund. as well as my other ar recommended Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills In both imports and | according to the report of the lauor! Wright, and give these pills ja fair | New health and new strength ure to follow, from your druggist, or by mail at! 50 cents a box from The Dr. Williams’ | Brockville, Ont. ‘Turkish Women lover Twenty Thousand Have Found health of the workers has been Cattle Killed By Wolves During the past year, s sheep in the Akmolinsk district, en- detachments of local ‘troops are trying to destroy the beasts Will Produce Artificial Silk ; Artificial silk to the extent of ten ! tons a day wlll be |man firm of manufacturers. w Williams used in girlhood with Pills will relieve Kidney trouble, no It was not long after matter where or in what form it is in one Mothers Treat Colds! Taff Rules’ In Bevin The New “Direct” Way No Longer Necessary to “Dose” Chil. | ‘ dren With Internal Medicines to Break Colds, _ Children’s diges- tions are easily up- | @ set by too much “‘dosing.”’ Vicks VapoRub being ex- ternaliy applied, does not upset little stomachs, At thefirst sign of croup, sore throat, or any other cold trouble, apply Vicks freely. There is nothing to swallow— you just “rub it on.” VISkKs Over 24 Mnu0N Jars Useo YeAry | Pedestrians Who Cross Street Outside | Lines Are Fined In Berlin the white line plies to pedestrians as well vehicles, and, according to “Se First,” the traffic police Haye now to |Seport to headquarters every pedes trian who crosses the street outside the line, : The police corrects the offender on the spot. He gently leads him back to his starting-point. and makes him repeat the crossing, this time under the guidance of the Jaw. and doubtless | to the grinning delight of the onlook-| ers. | People who resent stich tender find it pays to be quiet. Gi “4 “back-chat” to a policeman is, In Ber lin, even a worse offence than trans-| gressing the line. \ | rule ap President C. O In his| and showed More wells, The about delivering China’s Request Refused: British Authoritfes Would Not Allow Canadian Officers to Train Small Farms In France | | Owners of Few Acres Are Exempt} Carry it always clean, breath sh N appetite keen and digestion good, Great after smoking Troops | The refusal by the,British authort- j Hes in China to allow Sun Yat Sen, The French agricultural department} From Taxation | has found that nearly four million of} president of the Chinese Republic, ‘to the 5,702,752 landowners in France| Tint or Boil|esge Canadian officers to train his|Possess less than 25 acres of ground) | troops, was responsible for the entry |€ach. Only 30,280 have more than 250 Dye |of Soviet troops into Canton, to the|@eres and less than 5,000 have more atic Rent pack. |oreat ultimate disadvantage of British} than.750 acres, age contains direc- traders, states the special correspond-} The small parcels into which French tions so simple any ent of the London Morning Post In Jand has been cut up ds given as one woman can tint soft, | Southern China. “ explahation of the statement ‘that far- beer cantante! This is not the first time that Cana-|mers pay little or no taxes. The small colors HS |dians haye beef said to have played|Jandowner profits from éxemptions the lingerie, | silks, ribbons, skirts, a prominent aprt in the destinies of/Same as owners of small busine: SOB, waists, dresses, | China. Some years ago the repor' SSS ea. fh tockings, | was S N fash ve eae pret Sik broadcast that Morris A. Cohen,! Primitive Race Found In Afriéa covet hangings |?°U"S soldier of fortune from Edmon- —everything! |ton, had become the confidential ad-| Expedition Heard of Tribe Said to be kind— | visor of Sun Yat Sen, after having! ~ Almost Inhuman : | acquired intimate acquaintance with) An expedition from Denver, Color-} hinese characteristics while he Wasjado, which has just returned to Cape} |still in Cenada, observing the China-|Town from the little known interior} town of Edmonton. { of the Kolahari Desert, brings -vivid| 3 accounts of life among the peoples of | |The Family Remedy the most primitive:races in the world) | \ | where there exist the largest herds of For Over Forty Years vic came ever seen. | | Members of the ‘expedition heard of | = sys oF lost, ow 2} S) rh Sg Says British Columbia Lady ote ost, Unknown tribe of bushmen who Dodd’s Kidney Pills |had been isolated hundreds of years. | rs. E. Callier Suffered From Pains” ‘Their country {3 absolutely impreg: | | rocky coast of the nable from the west, owing to the! in her Back and is Now Completely | South...Atlantre, | Relieved. : while a desert 100 miles wide bars the | Vancouver, B.C.—(Special) —"I_can| eastern approach, | says Mrs. L,| truthfully recommend Dodd’s Kidney | The tribe never has beén seen by) “I wap very’ Pills,” so states Mrs, B. Callfer. 917| white men and invariably flee at the I suffered 11th Avenue East, in an interview. T| approach nee athe: bitehinen: They were discovered to be stunt-| Faint spells would, but after taking Dodd's Kidney Pills I} \eggs, flying ants, mice, lizards, snakes OH ta =, any distance or do always felt relieved after taking them. jana’ SCONBIOnA: | have used Dodd’s Kidney Pills in| The women usually dig the earth for, I hope food, while the men-follow lions and) 1 ily.” >. \from the vultures. ~ ; | "Statements /iike tis have built up} All Kinds of big game were d and maintained ‘the reputation Dodd’s|ered, proving the Kacko ¥eldt even rr * | Kidney Pills hold pote Racer _|riclrer than Mast Africa, One hun- You will find: that Dodd's Kidney hdred and fifty elephants were counted night around a water hole. | fy Children suffering from worms soon | Donation From Indian Ruler |show the symptoms, and any mother! Be ; = iad .|can detect the presence of these para- Impressed, -by’’ the Armistice Day \sites by the writhings and fretting of Begum of Bhopal has sent the child. Until expelled and the sys- I had also! her check for $25,000 to the British | tem cleared of them, the child cannot Her two small regain its health. Miler’s Worm q | Powders are prompt-and efficient, not only for the eradication of worms, but also as a toner up for children that iscov+ S At this stage-I d Pink Pills. 1at.I knew T had found. wu c grand-daughters also assisted the fun by selling poppies in the streets. I have since trade and commerce within the em-} More money spent 6n liquor in Al-|to neighbors who have used them with | are run down in consequence. pire is revealed in the trade statement| perta last year went to Ottawa than eae. good resul | The Stamp of Learning Sac sia S for the year 1925, i ed by the bureau | p, ined f ! Seas f Aa et weak, andemic women and gins ®pa, what's a post radvate?” . , Ee an 5 ies remained for Alberta's own treasuty¥| .pould follow the example of Mrs. | si oe aah Sell Prince of Wales Checks “A feHow who graduates. from one} those correspondence schools, I} Wealthy Americans Purchase Them From Merchants For Souvenirs Apropos of the Prince of Wale weird habit has arisen of bartering the young man’s checks. The Prince does not carry a fat wad about with him, and, when he makes a purchase, he frequentiy gives a check in pay- ment. It seems that the clerk or manager of the place will sometimes of You can get the! suppos ‘Reginald Frank Stone Enter Industrial World | os a during the year, and there is little Empte . yment in Last Four Years = ; Many a man has lost a lot of money| prospect, says the report of any ma-| 1) bets pid EHO one atanieiene et | retain the check, paying for the ‘ 2 3 le he top of his|terial lowering. of present retail pri ce Abts sh mapa ay SE ae Prince’s purchase in cash. Then the } through the hole in.th Do} 3} ated ; Fe D ‘d ie e: *samong the industrial workers of Con- check is sold for big money to some pocket. {until such reduction is given effect.” | tantinople four years ago, but now} wealthy sycophant who, “haute. is = SS Lee : = Gin 7 ~~~ | there are more than 20,000. A Turk-} eaten tt> aid hangs it a his alee 4 t ish tobacco concern, the Douhan So-} . . tae = ‘ * e | room. Oddly enough, “wealthy Amer- Ly ciety, led women into industry wliew} feafis’ are ‘sald to be the most ea Shy it opened a. factory in 1921 witr tne! rust tes | bes Sead ; | purchasers of these souvenirs. As employment of 850 Turkish girls. ey eats gates a i ae x z Said } me see 2 " | the checks are never presented at his rome: ave proved 8 = ae oe iets prey 1 - Bo bank, the Prince thus benefits by the adept at the sorting and grading of to-| Beye avartheloass hein augthin e batco leaves that now this society, fat pleawad aubtie ane Sea oe 5 = employs 6,000 women. Other ecom-| 4 ati - 4 panies have sprung up and in Goalavof Fire ie female employment. Comfort People in the Maritimes are calling Sir Henry Taornton ‘‘a menace to Can- | ada.” And Sir Henry’s response, ob: | fi St, “Catharines, One eine Pe serves the Kingston Whig, is a con- | first expectant period was in fe ae a q x PELE poor health, aa GEC. nervous, suffered esac to purchase poe tons Of Nova from morning sickness, had backache | Scotia coal for the C.N.R. That 1s and abdominal pains. I was as miser- |i way of heaping coals of fire on file a mule ry ene “ rene the heads of his detractors.—Toronto earned of Dr, Pierce’s Bavo: ares scription, and after I began taking it I Globe. got along fine; it relieved me of the morning sickness, paiys and distress | thru my back and sides and I grew well and strong. Was able to do my own work the remainder of the time, I experienced very little suffering and had a fine healthy baby, who has never had a day’s sickness except! slight colds. T was very glad to know of a medicine so valuable as the ‘Prescription’ proved —Ratcliffe Studio ),0007 cows, | wi killed by Special huntsmen 0,000. and resist Holloway’s Corn Remover, it. Homes In Irrigation District More than three hundred and enty-five home units have been estab: Ushed in the Lethbridge Northern Ir- rigation Block in Southern Alberta produced by a Erection hich will operate ac- that Aspirin mesns Bayer manufacture, to of Bayor Company be stamped with , before Nie “ww th. > | The most obstinate corns fail to Try After Every Meal Record Baggage Handling Checked Four Million Pieces Luggage With Loss of Only Eleven Pieces : Handling 4,000,000 pieces of bag: gage in a year with a loss of only 11 pieces, is the record established by the baggage department of the Cans dian Pacific Railway western lines 1925. There was also a decrease fi the amount of claims of twenty-five per cent. from those of 1924, bringing — the actual amount paid ouf to less Bo) f 500 dollars. ¥ France Growing More Wheat } It is assumed-that in a few years — France wil: be producing enough ~ wheat to take care of its requirements. -_ At present the production is nearly 90,000,000 quintals more, A‘quintal is — about 220 pounds. Most of the whe: t is grown in France, however, is of th soft. variety, and it may have to imp is hard wheat for.some time yet. Thoughtful Mothers ‘ GIVE THEIR CHILDREN SCOTT’S EMULSION OF VITAMIN-RICH COD-LIVER OlL EVERY DAY ] = = ae Flax Planted In’ England in 1532 Flax was first planted in England in — 1532, when it was directed to be grown in order that material might be provid: ed for the making of fishing nets. In (1783 bounties were paid to growers of — flax in-order to encourage its cultiva-— URINE § for YourEYES — Refreshes Tired Eyes WriteMv ine@™ .,Chic~go,forEye CareBook | J] Fortunes are made trom simple ideas. Send | | for list of inventions wanted. our™Patent Pro- tection” booklet and mageane“The Thinker” SHIPMAN & CO.-THe Ovo | J] mecisterco PATENT ATTORNEYS, . OTTAWA. CAN eee | |Self- Poisoning Takes Huge Tollj . | Many Fail in Life Through | Sheer Neglect of Funda- mental Rule of Health ‘ Thousands of men and women are | to-day victims of their own neglect. — | Grouchy, listless, quickly tiring, suffer= | ing from headaches and biliousness, | they spend enormous sums in medi- | olnes without avail. They would give — | much to regain their old vitality. ie Can it be done?” Yes! How?” Simply by recognizing the importance 1} test through modern living conditions, the | natural supply fails. ig | Nujol can be takei indefinitely with |hurrled forward. | to be.”—Mrs. Reginald Stone, 68 out injury to the system. ie age ete: ae Hay Ave. All dealers, 5 since its inception a few years back, tasta ihe ayes é | Minard’s Liniment for Grippe Send 10 cents to Dr, Pierce's Labora~ nn store, but remember there is only one tory, Bridgeburg, Ont, if you wish 4 |Minard’s Liniment used by Veter-| Nujol. Watch for the name “Nujo W. N. U. 1617 | trial package of tablets, Inaries { in red on the label and