Insurance All Kinds—Sound Companies— Quick Adjustment Property—we have the listings. Abbotsford Brokerage & Realt 5* Paid on Savings—agents for Guarantee Savings & Loan Assn. Copping Bik. Phone 75? J Plowing & Team Werk Gardens Plowed. Wood. Draying, Ete. Quick Service Reasonable Charges G. A. McK AY Phone 1M. McCallum rd. opp. hospital ~ Atangard B Pool Room & Barber Shop Joe Olsen, tables Saw Crow Feed Its Young Live Young Song Birds F. H. Wilson, who lives on the B. X. ranch near Vernon, saw an old crow feeding its young LIVE YOUNG SONG BIRDS. He shot the crow and it vo- mited out a young bird. This was on June 22, 1928. One of the greatest authorities on birds in America states that magples will pick out the eyes of the young song birds, and the magples destroy a large ntage of game birds. ‘If one crow destroys 29 insectivorous birds a year, how many insects would the insectivorous birds kill if the crow hadn't killed them first ? Married—At the Bellingham Baptist Church, on June 30, Mr. James Pre- noski of Abbotsford, to Miss Elizabeth Austin. Miss Austin has been staying with Mrs, Silves at Sumas, Wash. and came from Vancouver. The young couple will reside here. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Snashall and young son of Seattle visited in Abbots- ford last week, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. McClanahan. About 65 pickers are engaged at pre- sent in the L. L. Curtis raspberry yards |SMcKenzie road, and the crop is aver- aging better than last year. ' Mr. E. Trethewey’s house on the ‘Yale road looks spic and span in a new coat of paint. ‘The funeral of Rodney N. Marsh, of Mt. Lehman, who passed away last week, was held from Mt, Lehman on ‘Wednesday. Mr. G. F. West Is assisting Mr. A. M. Ham with the M5.A, Hospital secre- tarial work. Sumas mouatain road from Straiton to Clayburn is in @ very bad condition, the trucking of three tie camps in op- Daily Truck Service Vancouver & Way Points REGULAR RATES eration near Straiton not improving its condition. MRS. C. B. STEVENS for first-class DRESSMAKING Rural Trock Line WINTON’S TRANSFER DAN WINTON, Prop. Phone 97 J. H. LAWRENCE AUCTIONEER & VALUATOR Goods, Etc. See Our Store Stock. Stock, Machinery, Household Auction Sales Conducted: Farm MISSION CITY. Phone 6503-2221 - B&K. Quality Very Complete is recognized by all farmers and poultrymen of the Fraser Valley Our Abbotsford branch GRAINS, POULTRY AND STOCK FEEDS, SEEDS, HAY, ETC. ALL THE PROVEN VARIETIES Stocks Kept at Abbotsford, Phone 52 BRACKMAN & KER MILLING COMPANY, LTD. F, Marshall, local manager Removed to Mann Block Qualified Service WM. H. FRANCKS, RB.0. Cryesey Al Specialist Office: Irwin cs ieee: In attendance at J. C. Tucker's Jewelry Store, ABBOTSFORD EVERY WEDNESDAY Modern Equipment —= = = May 22nd to Sept. 30th (Return Limit, October 31) Stop-Over AKE it a trip of maay Miron Eaey che pices Etivileges Canedian National Service efords, Jape Pack oe Mine o DE LUXE TRAINS (a Zhe Cansdian Notional secping xk Choose your with redio entertainment dad am ettes- Own Route tion money—let Canadian Nacional eneion as peudng vie your tip “Back Bax” shil summers (;ANADIAN The Largeft Railway Shem in America if AGRICULTURE 1938 “ARTE H POWER 167 mrerenttr LUMBERING #/S 382800.000 H MINING eS penccces ROADS & TRAILS 19S FISHING ime OO _TEN YEAR. PROGRESS INDUSTRIAL PAYROLL 1917 CONSTRUCTION {335 aLANY) SCHOOL POPULATION 3939 Goeum iS forward 'S3.-800,000 4 war does the future of British Columbia hold for us? Were we wise in putting our Life’s effort, our brawn, our brains,: our money, into this Province? Were we, and those hardy pioneers who wrested this vast domain from the wilderness, mistaken in the belief that this, indeed, was the “land of opportunity?” Let us sum up the achievements of the past ten years. Let us look the situation squarely in the face and see whether or not our efforts haye been fruitful, and our faith in British Columbia and her potentialities justified. The development of our natural resources has centred the eyes of the world on British Columbia, and has attracted thousands to our province. ‘Today we have a pop an of 617,000. The last census showed only 392,480. Today we have an invested capital in industries and commerce of 1,837 million dollars. Ten years ago it was only 650 million. We have harnessed more of our nighty watercourses. ‘Today they are delivering 460,562 H.P., as compared with 231,700 H.P. ten years ago, and we still have millions ayailable! Industrial production totalled $1,955,436,616 in 1926, In 1916, $807,119,736. Our payrolls have grown from 78 million to 175 million dollars annually, giving cach industrial worker the greatest individual buying power of any in the Dominion. Our commerce has increased from 43 million tons, carried by 51,104 ships in 1916, to 83 million tons and 95,000 ships. Today we control 17% of Canada’s entire export trade. The yalue of ores taken from our mountains has steadily mounted in the last ten years from 42 million dollars to 67 millions . . . 59% increase .. . yet our mineral resources haye only been scratched within the transportation area! Our fisheries produced 27 million dollars in 1926; 14 million in 1916; and our main industry, lumbering, has risen in the same period from’ 42 million to 84 million dollars .. . 139%, increase! While we are not usually looked upon as an agri-! cultural province, yet we produced no less than 17 million dollars worth of farm products in 1926, as com- pared with 32 million ten years ago. Our totalageicultural wealth is estimated at 300 million dollars. Our school population has increased during the past ten years from 64,570 to 101,688; schools by 31%; teachers by 71%. Construction grew from $2,800,000 in 1916 to the amazing figure of $27,300,000 in 1926; while durin, the same period we added no less than five thousan miles_to the then existing 26,000 miles of roads and trails. Today the value of our bridges alone is $8,848,000! Seriously studying this ten years’ record, can we ever question for 1 moment the wisdom of our choice of British Columbia as the scene of our life's work. Can we ever doubt our faith? Most emphatically NO! For these phenomenal achievements speak in no mean terms of that which mry be d under sane | when effort is sincere, when there is unity of purpose and faith to move mountains, With confidence unbounded we can all put our shoulder to the wheel of the next decade and roll up another record which will reflect still greater fame on our fair province, and create eyen greater prosperity for its its its ind: Read these announcements and understand your province's progress... clip them out and send them to friends. If you desire extra copies of these announcements a note to this newspaper will bring them. Advertise your Provincel } BRIT BON. 921 SH COLUMBIAS PROGRESS | Mr, Del. I. Wood is now making sat- isfactory progress to recovery after his very serious illness, GIFFORD ASSEY-HARRIS | “Quality First” Clayburn Products are supreme because they are manufactured with but one fundamental consideration—QUALITY FIRST—and this cerdinal many distant parts, as also various centres of Canada and the U. 8. BRICK, TILE, SEWER & DRAIN PIPE, RETORT UNITS, ETC., ETC of our p is r by the trade in THE CLAYBURN COMPANY, LIMITED Pactories at Olayburn and Kilgard J. W. BALL, Resident Manager Go rail all the way of, vie vace- the Greet Lakes in ons NATIONAL eR eS CREAM AND EGG| Zor vour household needs SHIPMENTS WANTED Try Our Service Accurate Tests Prompt Returns and Highest Prices Phone at our expense SEYMOUR 5056 VANC OUVER CRE AMERY CO. Regular Calls Through the District 15-25 Alexander Street brushes, brooms, eic., call B. MARCON THE FULLER SERVICE MAN who will be pleased to supply you with the highest grade articles Vancouver Permanent Address: SARDIS, B.C, Money-order facilities are to be pro- vided at Gifford, Postmaster Todd hay- ing been advised to this effect by Ot- tawa. Heavy shingle orders are being filled by the Gifford Shingle Co., a night shift now operating. The Gifford pro- duct Is being shipped as far east as Winnipeg. By a tasty addition of green paint Farm Implements |) ARE THE BEST W. C. BLINCH | Local Agent be GENERAL MERCHANDISE GAS, OIL, ETO. WHATCOM ROAD (opposite Municipal Hall Phone 23M \trimming, the Royal bank front is Greatly improved in appearance, J, Parton did the work. Mr. H, H. Stewart of Vancouver vi- sited Mr. and Mrs, Maurice Gilmore last week. Mr, and Mrs, Thos, Ross and sons of Lulu Island visited Mr, and Mrs. Heller over Sunday, W. THOMAS COMPETENT PLUMBER AND TINSMITH No Job Too Large No Job Too Small ABBOTSFORD opp. Imperial Oil Co,, Sumas Improvements are being effected to the high-tension electrical circuit of the B. ©. ©. Co. wire between Matsqui | Day celebration cleared $18.16, the gross The “hot dog” stall at the Dominion and Chilliwack, takings totalled $59.31. i. The Columbia-Bitulithic Company of | 24 Mr. H. McNeill conducted this con Vancouver has started work on pay- | © ing transprovincial highway from Sar- dis to Vedder Canal. Some criticism is being made of the type of Paving to | in: be laid on this trunk highway, as ssion for the True Blue and Orange lodge, profits for Jubilee hall, J Mr. and Mrs, Bond have their “law, Mr, T. B, Liggin of Edmont guest,