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GIFFORD, SUMAS PRAIRIE AND ALL LOCAL POINTS

No. 48 Vol. 4

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ABBOTSFORD, B.C., Wednesday, December 15, 1926

$1.50 per year

Around the Town

(Slanderous Limericks,

Poet)

by a Village

Jim says ‘‘When I’m laying a drain,
The thing that is hard to explain
Is I find that I fire
More men than I hire
But they come back again and again.
Her

Said Hunt, if any sidewinders

My sidewalk d s of e’en hinders,
And is so discreet
As to build on the street

I'll fill up his bedroom with cinders.

Why if all those cars need repair,
You should Claude be a millionaire,
But he said with a groan
Tag this on your poem,
“Those are Scotch cars inhaling free
air’?
see
Said E.T. the druggist: ‘‘No cure
Can be had from cheap drugs, I’m sure
Don’t let this horse-laugh
Grace your evitaph—
“‘The strychnine he took was impure”?
ss

For service and baseball our Wattie,
Can blend Walter Johnson with coffee
Make a weight or a date
He'll get over the plate,

Sumas Indians Hold Ceremonial
Dances On Kilgard Reservation

“*Something different’’ in dance steps
were shown in the big barn on Kilgard
Indian reservation each evening this
week, when Chief Ned and Jim Poole
of the Sumas tribe were hosts to some
200 of their compatriots from various
reserves of the Lower Mainland, Van-
couver Island and Washington state.
Last night a ceremonial dance auspic-
iously concluded a three-day visit by
members of the Chehalis, Popkum, Scow-
litz, Lummie, Muskuien, Tsawassen,
Katsey and one or two Chilliwack yal-
ley tribes, and from a native viewpoint
it was most evidently a great success,
Since Friday Chief Ned and his peo-
ple have been kept busy providing com-
fortable accommodation for the big in-
flux of guests, and needless to say,

premium before Monday night. Dur-
ing the daytime social mingling and
feasting added to the general conviv-
ialities on the reservation.

Each evening the tribes gathered at
Ned’s barn, where in the flickering
light of a dozen
Whose origin goes back to the very mists

With fast ones as well as with toffee.
ov

And as for that lad Shevalie
To a cherie he said let us alley,
In my coupe for two,
(Between me and you)
We might get home by reveille,
ce

When Chartes, after many a day,
Built a fine house oyer the way,
His wife said ‘I'd fear,
"Twas your own idea,
Tf I hadn’t seen that of B. and K,
ss 8

At Christmas, said Rowley, ‘‘T am
Under Honest John’s orders to cram
All this stuff on the shelves,
Into none but ourselves’?
I awoke then, muttering d—
ses

When they see on the prairie afar,
A coupster that looks like a St:
The ducks all appraise ~her—
‘*That’s the boat of J. Fraser
We'll put in the night where we are’?
ea

“*As a yritron’’ said Knoll ‘‘you’re a
dud, son
|). But knowing you'll pay
__g4For sure next Doomsday,
1 can strongly recommend you to
Spenceson. s
eae
Dr. S— (who’s a radio fan)
On all sickness has issued a ban,
From midnight till three,
(Between you and me
That’s the time he gets Mars or Japan)

A banker we know of got furious,
When a farmer’s cheque turned out
spurious,
So he collated a note
With ould Hiram’s goat,
Till the air in the vault got injurious.
Pay e

Said a dentist whose name is Quinn,
“Tf your face aches next Friday, just
grin
Ill be busy away
With a patient that day,
(if he gets round in ninety, he'll win).
mine aw

A young lady whose face is a shout,
Said ‘‘I can’t see what they’re
laughing about,
At the,Beauty Spot Shop,
Where T go for a lop,
And they say ‘'the chiropodist’s out’’
3. ee

When Joe says ‘‘How’s this for a meal
Twenty mallards right off the reel,
You can bet that old Spot
Has combed out the lot
And left behind nothing but teal.
ane a

There was once a biker called Lee
Who shid it would fill me with glee,

If someone named Shelly,

Would skate on his elbow,

A thousand miles out of B.C.

AMERRY CHRISTMAS

MEANS

A WARM HOUSE

OUR WELLINGTON COAL
GIVES REAL HEAT

Ton $13.50 Half-ton $7
Quick Service

Abbotsford Transfer

D. EMERY Phone 97L

of time, were enthusiastically demon-
strated. Here, a number of young In-
dians and squaws, adorned with head-
dress, feathers, claws, anklets and cere-
monial decorations of their race, danced
primitive figures with a fervent emo-
tion and rapture surprising to behold.
It appeared that the performers must
work themselves into, or simulate, do-
mination by their sub-consciousness in
preparation for the pregnant movements
to be followed. Evidently to assist in
this preliminary, a drummer cavorts
around in the \.cimity of the struggling
dancer, beatiny with measured time un-
til the right *‘mood’’ is approached,
when the pulsating beat of another
dozen drummers swells the accompani-
ment. Then the
weird monotone, starts to shutfle
through his movements, circling the
camptires, to and fro, fantastic, yet
with suggestive rthym, until, at a cer-
tain note of the drums, he retires to
his seat, uttering frenzied moans in
keeping with his emotional pitch. ~The
native audience is not silent
these performances, but show every in-
lication of absolute sympathy with
the dancer, beating time with ‘two
sticks, chanting the barbarie chorus,
and gasping in unison with the dressed-
up performer,

Each tribe had its dancers, each set
of movements differed, and several dif-
ferent dialects were used in conyersa-
tion and choruses. Some of the figures
were portrayed as ‘‘eagle’’ dances,
one as a ‘‘wolf’’ dance, and others to
suggest the snake, the bear, the owl,
and the kingfisher.

None of the cxuberance usual to a
potlatch was observed in the audience,
instead, an attitude of earnest interest
characterized ‘proceedings throughout.
This will probably be the last of such

affairs to be held at Kilgard. Chief
Ned is an aged “man, well over 80

years, and the Sumas tribe is of dimin-

ishing numbers.

Word has just been received that Chief
Ned’s big barn, in which the above
was held, is now in flames and likely
to be totally destroyed.

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Parmers’ Phone Plans Extension To
Hop Fields; Connect with Chilliwack

At a recent meeting of the new Board
of Directors of the Huntingdon tele-
phone system, it was planned to improve
and extend the service to the hop fields
at Sumas and connect with Chilliwack.

St. Matthew’s Sunday School child-
ren are holding their annual entertain-

desirable lodging quarters were at a.

campfires, dances | ¢10),

MRS. J. D. CLARK PASSES +

The death occurred in Clayburn yes-
terday of Mrs. Elizabeth 0. Clark, wife
of Mr, J. D, Clark. Deceased suecumb-

years, s
; ig other than the husband are

deceased’s mother, two sisters and one

brother, who reside at Compeer, Alta.

Funeral services are to be conducted
tomorrow, interment in Hazelwood ce-
metery, St. Nicholas.

Mrs. Clark had not long resided in
Clayburn, but made many friends who
regret her passing and extend sympathy
to the bereaved husband.

Matsqui Municipal Accounts

Accounts were passed for payment as
follows at Matsqui council meeting:

W. B. Mailes $36; T. Lehman $4; S-
A. Solomon $84; G. A. Paterson $26;
A. Tracey $98; F. Tracey $46; W. Coop-
er; J. Williams $25.50; ©. Gephart
38.50; R.“ Fletcher 0; J. Ritchie
$12.50; I. Spriggs $54; W. Stafford $38.
-50; J. Gatenby $3.20; J. E. Berger $23
H. Peardon $16; W. Stafford $28.80;
Osear Olsen; A- D. McDonald $10; C.
Cook; Jas. Towlan $153.50; Jas, Mc-
Donald $22.50; A. Millward $6.40; H.
Fowles $1 Aldergrove Trading Co.,
.75; H. P. Knoll $14.80; M. Pihl $29-
25; R. Follis $16; J. Catti $16; W. Ma-
cey $12.80; L. MeDermid $12.80; C,
Marsh $16; J. Edge $13.50; R. Marden
$4.80; N. Auburn $4.80; J. B. Sullivan
$15.60; T. Sullivan $9.80; N. Satchell $2
F, Amey $3.20; S. Keay $22; A. McLean

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dancer, chanting a $9

during |.

$14.50; S. Nicholson $9.60; D, McDugald
$16; D. Paterson $8; E. G. Phillips $4
A. Southon $4: J, White $8; Morrison’s
Store $10.30; Gilley Bros. $13.86; C.
Norris $19.20; F. Hills $6.40; T. Taylor
$47.20; A. Ellwood $26; H. Oldaker
$12.80; O, Heywood $11.20; H. Todd
$79.50; J. Aitken $32; H. Green $26.80
W. Bourke $34.50; J. Anderson $142;
A. Show $1 A, McGregor $9.60; J
Murphy $33; W. Cottma $6.40; L. J.
Kettle $16; A. Cagroy $92.50; T. Seldon
67.37; J. Lomas $125. H. Weston

H. Turner $1
Mutech $12.
C. Goode 5
W. H. MeTaggert $14.60; E. G. ck-
son $18.50; E. Flodin $10; D, Lund-
; G. C. Curry $70.70; B. Alver-
; J. A. Tennant $18.40; Jas.
son $4.10; W. Adams $68.30;
C. Poignant $68; Matsqui Co.-op, $1.60
Sumas Municipality $20.20; G. A. Rosie
5.25; W. Hudson $1.30; A, R, Gosling
Proy. Home for Incurables $60.2
M. S. A. Hospital $425.60; H. Hinch-
cliffe $6.40,

2

Mr, and Mrs, T. Delair their baby
daughter Ellen Noreen christened at the
morning service in Trinity church on
Sunday.

Frozen pumps have caused an acute
shortage of water in the west end of
town, residents having to haul water
from a village source.

Orders for Christmas turkeys are
beginning to roll in to local
giving promise of a brisk Christmas
trade.

A defective valve in the refrigerating”
plant of S. F. White’s market caused
such a sefious leakage of ammonia on
Tuseday that customers could not enter
the store, and the meat had to be ur-
ried from the place oy to fumes.

A few days ago Mr, K suffered a
Similar inconvenience.

Abbotsford mill shut down today to
enable the annual overhaul of equip-
ment and repairs.

All Local Stores will be Open Every
Evening During Christmas Week. ....

A collision of automobiles driven by
E. Westlin of Matsqui and Bob Roberts
of Sumas occurred on the Huntingdon

ment and Obristmas Tree on Thursday,
Dec. 23 in the Parish Hall,

road last week-end. Both cars were
considerably damaged.

c=

pansively.
ton and S. A, Cawley,
experience,
handle it to your satisfaetion.

mobile Insurance, we can give
firm in the district.

and continuing to hold sales on
of each month.

If you have anything you wish
listing.

Abbotsford Brokerage & Realty Co.

ANNOUNCEMENT

The above concern has taken over the realty and insurance busi-
ness of Menzies & Plaxton, which will be continued more ex-

The personnel of the new company will be T

y Mr. Caw ley is a well-known resident of
Chilliwack, and brings to this organization a mature business

If you have Real Estate to Sell Le

If you requiro—and everybody does—Fire, Life, Accident or Auto-

If you have occasion to hold am
fre prepared to*handle it on the usual terms,

It is our intention to start an—

Auction Mart in Abbots jord, on Dec. 18

Listings for @ur first Auction Sale (on Saturday, Dec, 18) must
be in by Monday, December 153.

C, Plax-

or Exchange, we can

you as good service as any

AUCTION SALE, we

the Second and Fourth Saturdays

to dispose of, bring in your

Copping Block

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Abbotsford Brokerage & Realty Co.

Phone 75F

er after a brief illness, at the }Sa

| conereté highway every 15 years

Institute Bazaar Nets Profit

The afternoon tea and Jigg’s supper
held jointly by ladies of Upper Sumas
and Clearbrook Women’s Institutes on
turday was a pleasant social afair,
but the attendance not as large as
might have been hoped for. Clearbrook
ladies carried on plain and fancy sew-
ing and home cooking stalls from
which they realized about $26,

Mrs. W. B. Fadden of Upper Sumas
exhibited two beautiful home-made com
-forters and also gave a demonstration
in rug-making.

Mrs. Lait also had a splendid display
of jesso-eraft or clay-modelling, in the
form of picture frames, candle-holders
and other artistie articles.

oe

Mr. H. McKinnon is home for Christ-
mas from Dunean, V.I, He has pur-
chased a new coach,

Ii. E, Phelps, professor of highway
engineering at the Washington State
College, according to Sumas News, has
proven by test that the traffic of five
hundred ears a day, the saving in wear
of tires alone would pay for an average

Seven new members were received

in the Nazarene church Jast Sunday, on
sere

profession of faith,

The annual poultry show is being held
in Mission City today and tomorrow.

D. Combs shot a deer today in the
woods near the A. L .M. and D. camp.

Sunday Next—

Sunday School 10 a.m.
Evensong and Sermon 7.30 p.m.
St. Margaret’s Church, Bradner—
Morning Service at 11 a.m.
Poplar Community Hall—

Christmas Service 3.30 p.m.

~ Rev. R. BE, W. Biddell, Vicar

country.

Cariboo Country in B.C
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY declared it*was a hunter’s
Sunday School at 10 a.m.
Service Sunday at 11 a.m,

Tn T.0.0.F. Hall, Sumas

Cc. A. WATSON

Hunting Grounds That Make Men Happy

ST. MATTHEW'S OHUROH ee Canadian hunting season that has just been brought to a close has

been voted by experienced hunters, who have come to Canada for their
fall outing, as one of the finest ever experienced. Game, big and small, was
plentiful. Many camps reported deer and moose in abundance only a few
rods from camp. This applied to northern Quebec, Nova Séotia, northern
Ontario and British Columbia, the outstanding hunting grounds of this

Two American hunters, Captain Frank Doudera and Joseph Sartor:
called at the tourist department of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Montreal
and asked for a trip to a real hard hunting ground. The agent ait cae the

They went in for a month and on t
aradise second to none.
lained that they had found what they were after—a hard country to hunt.
ut this he said put the real joy in a hunting trip. It was a case of man’s

sharpest wits against the unusual cunning of the game. They returned with
several moose, three caribou, four mountain goats and four coyotes. They
were satisfied and happy and reiterated the statement of every hunter that
come to Canada—that its hunting facilities are the finest in existence.

eir return
Captain Doudera ex-

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Suits, 2-piece $13.85; 3-piece
Made-to-Measure, Wool Overcoats $12
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steeo| Charity, like many other virtues, should

| NATIVE SONS
SUMAS PRAIRIE ASSEMBLY

| OPEN TO

Three Cash Prizes
1 First: $25.00 Second: $15.00

FRED LAURIER, AND OTHER GREAT STATESMEN.
3.—CANADA’S PART IN THE GREAT WAR,

4.—CANADIAN EMPIRE BUILDERS
CANADA FROM 1869 TO THE PRESENT DATE.

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Further particulars from Dr. T. A. Swift, Abbotsford

ee

OF CANADA

Essay Competition
| ALL HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS

in the Abbotsford, Sumas and Matsqui Districts

Third: $10.00

for an essay limited to 1,500 words on some national topic taken from:

1—WITHIN PERIOD SINCE ACT OF UNION AND PRESENT DATE,

2.—HISTORIC APPRECIATION OF SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD, SIR WIL-

5.—ESSAY ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF TRADE AND COMMENCE IN

ESSAYS MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE MARCH ist TO SECRETARY,