ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND _MATSQUI_NEWS____ — Wonderful Range Superb Tone Low Upkeep Cost THE VICTOR Northern Electric Radios Hear this marvelous entertainer in your own home and be con- vinced. Demonstrations arrange 4; no obligation. Try VARIETY SALES First MILTON ©. SWITZER, Prop. Phone 75R BIG FALL SALE NOW IN PROGRESS Hundreds of Articles Selling at a Bargain. A Few— Ladie’ Silk Holeproof Hose 97e pair 5 Ladies’ 1-strap Slippers $1.47 pair Leckie Working Boots $3.98 pair Men’s Blue-Stripe Overalls $1.27 Men’s Gre¥ Wool Socks 27e pair Linoleum 87¢ per square yard Royal Crown Soap, per carton 2le The Village Store ~ R. A. COOPER CLAYBURN, B.C. Plannellette Blankets $1.98 pair White Flannellette 23¢ r yard You €an ‘Phone to Kamloops Now. A long distance telephone service is now available between Kamloops and coast points, , Ask ‘‘Long Distance’’ for rates. | mR Pr PR ers Bel How do the tens of thousands of persons on downtown streets get there? They don’t all walk from home. They all haven't automobiles. They come by street car. Every week day 200,000 persons travel by B.C. Electric cars. To shop, to work, to theatre, to church, they go by street car. No large city can exist without means of providing masstransportation. The Progress and welfare of the street Tailway should be the concern of everyone, user or not. ELEcTRIcRarway Co. VICTORIA BrrrisH COLUMBIA VANCOUVER 2 3 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the Dominon of Canada and Newfoundland Aldergrove Lodge No. 66 Just Like Home For a meal—a real full-course meal— prepared by a woman cook of only the best and most wholesome Yoods, nicely and appetizingly served in a cozy little dining room—at no more than the re- gular charge—don’t pass up the Insley’s Cafe PAULINE M. F. INSLEY - Prop. Opp. B, C. E. depot. Next to Phone ex. Regular Meetings First and Third Tuesdays at Aldergrove, B.C. Visiting Bretheren Cordially Welcome H. Beetlestone, E.R. M.C. Walker, Sec T Sumas-Matsqui Cow-Testing Association Cows making 50lbs. or over butter- fat for the month of September: fresh owner ..-L. T, Beharrell ..D. Bue a B. Stewart _H. F. Page -L. T, Beharrell ..-B. Stewart as. Robsdn am { C, A, Lamson .H. F, Page 8. L. Sharpe ..B, Stewart \ A. E, Parr B. Stewart Name of cow tbs. fat daps 89 Brindle, J Yellow, J. Topsy, H. Polly, H . T, Beharrell Yukon, J. Mrs, 8. E. Law Jas, Robson, L. Sharpe Carnation, J Nigger, H. Gory, J s. Robson Maid, J. H. Day Dot, H. Percy Smith Rose, H. C. Farr Black 2 ..D, Buchanan Nancy, J. _.M. H. Hodgson Gardom, H. F, A, Dempster No, 8, J. "Mrs, 8, B, Law I—Jersey; G—Guernsey ABBOTSFORD Miss Alice Steede has been called to Calgary by the serious illness of her brother there, Members of the Garl’s Club -were pleasantly entertained by Miss Hudson on Tuesday, A whist drive is to be held in the Orange hall by the L.T.B, on Saturday ‘ Mr. G. Nelson is ree eiving treatment in the local hospital Mr. and » Mrs. T. L. Gray and son Tommie visited at the home of Mrs, A. Taylor on Saturday. Miss Roma Walker of Vancouver was a recent guest of Mrs, F. Rudge. Mrs, A. Morrow, who was guest of her sister Miss 8. Waters, bas returned home to Vancouver, ~ H. Radford, government road foreman is seriously ill in St. Mary’s hospital, New Westminster, Ladies of St. Matthew’s sent a large donation of canned fruit and other ar- ticles to the pantry shower held this week in’ Vancouver in aid of the An- glican Theological college, The sum of $119 was cleared at the annual hospital dance held last Friday. Wood's special orchestra provided very ine music, and the event was well en- d by the large crowd present . Final plans for the annual hospital bazaar were made at a special meeting of the W.A. om Tuesday. Hon. E. D. Barrow is being invited to attend and deliver the opening address, The B, C. Telephone Company is pre- pared to establish an all-night service in the Abbotsford exchange should pub- lic demand warrant the innovation. Miss Dickson of Cloverdale is now engaged 8 relief operator at the local switech- board and on Noy. 1 continuous service is to be commenced, and continued if enough subscribers require service after 10 p.m, F. Rudge is director of the new In- dependent Co-operative Producers’ As- sociation, an organization of indepen- dent milk shippers. Over 200 members have signed up. A large distributing plant in Vanvouver is one of the objee- tives of the organization. We have noticed during the past few days two children trudge along bare- footed in the teeming rain. ‘This is carrying the back-to-nature movement too far. We sugges to the parents, if unable to provide a pair of shoes for their little ones that they call at the News office and we will fix them up. ——__+-++ —__ Abbotsford Postmaster Gets Vacation Editor News: For publie information TI wish to state that I have been granted leave of absence and intend to make a trip to England shortly. Mr. Murray, post- office superintendent, has approved of Mrs. Sumner as acting-postminstress in my absence, a position she efficiently filled during the latter part of the war. Abbotsford E BARRETT Motorists Should Pass Hospital Quietly Motorists are respectfally requested to observe the necessity of quietude to patients in the N . Hospital. Com sre the hospital Managers in meeting this week in inconsiderate owners have frequently raced up and down Mc Callum road near the hospital, sound heir k and raising an up irritati to ; h this plea for con sideration of those who are confined in tho hospital. Ten new members joined the Men’s Club on Monday. Members of the Kil gard Club have been invited to next Mondity ocial, which is being observ ladies night’’ | John A. McDonald GENERAL CONTRACTOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION & REPAIRS Frame, Concrete or Brick Promptitude and Thoroughnese Reliable Workmanship McCallum Road Abbotsford, B.0, K y Reliable Clock and Watch Repairs Jewelery, Etc. J.C-TUCKER ~ Good Work at Low Charges Watches, Clocks, Cut Glass, Chains, Brooches, Beauty & Tie Pins, Novelties Alexandra Block Abbotsford ABBOTSFORD FEED STORE J. J. SPARROW Hay, Grain, Flour and Feed Wholesale and Retail so- tee Agent for the World-Renowned IZAL, Germicide and Disinfectant Exclusive agent for ‘“‘OVUM”? the re nowned British pouftry spice 250 FIVE.ROSES FLOUR always in stovk AT THE OLD STAND, ABBOTSFORD GUNS AMMUNITION No Need to Buy Out of Town. Get Our Prices > SYNOPSIS UF « LAND ACT AMENDMENTS PRE-EMPTIONS \_ Vacant, anreserved, surveyed Crown lands may be pre-empted by British aubjects over 18 years of age, and by aliens on declaring intention to beoome British subjects, condi- Aional upon residence, ocoupation; and improvement for agricultura) purposes. Full information concerning regu- a ie This store is here to give you real service—with hardw: f depend- able quality, and very close prices. Contractors will find that they can do business at Hudson’s W. H. HUDSON HARDWARE MERCHANT Phone 81 rs K pré-' 5 jgiven in Bulletin No, 1, Land Series, | How to Pre-empt Land,” copies of ‘whtich can be a eave pcnaras by addresai: eo epartment 0: |Lands, Victoria, B.C., or to any Gov- ernment Agent. Reoords will be granted covering lonly land suitable for agricultural urposes, and which is not timber- Le, carrying over 8,000 board \fect per acre west of the Coast Range | 000 feet per acre east of that 6. . « | Applications for pre-emptions are ‘to be addressed to the nd Com- | the Land Recording Di- Your Comfort ts Our Business We believe that the cobbler should stick to hie last. Our’s is the hotel business—and we have a lifetime the utmost in clean, thou service—the kind of service the ad traveling publie want—a preciate. Spend a few d Abbotsford—we’ll make you fortable. of lvision, in which the land applied for is situated, and are.made on pritted forms, copies of which can be ob- \tained from the Land Commissioner. Pre-emptions must be occupied for five years and improvements made to value of $10 per acre, including { is and oultivating at least five jacres, before a Crown Grant can be \received. | For more detailed information see he Bulletin “How to re ‘Land! PURCHASE ° | Applications are received for pur- chase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands, not being timberland, for agricultural purposes; minimum ‘price for firat-class (arable) land ts |95 afore, and second-class (graz- ing) land $2.50 per acre, Further in- ation regarding purchas® or lease jof Crown lands ts given in Bulletin No, it Land Series, “Purchase and Lease of Crown Lands.” | Mijl, factory, or industrial sites on timber land, not exceeding 40 acres, |moay be purchased or leased, the con- 4i 4 The Abbotsford Hotel W. 8. GARDINER H. L, ATKINS Phone 55 Abbotsford Draying, Teaming Transfer Work Quick Service Reasonable Charges No Job Too Large To Be Undertaken None Too Small To Be Appreciated Garden Plowing and General Draying G. A. MCKAY “hone 13Ms{cCallum Rd. near oil well payment of stumpage. : HOMESITE LEASES Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20 erected in the first year, title eee! obtainable and im- emt eonditions are fulfilled land has been surveyed, LEASES grazing and industrial pur- lpeees areas not exceeding 640 acres may be leased by one person or a ; GRAZING Under the Grasing Act the Prov- me ito established owners. may form associations for range management. or free, are ampere and travellera, up te ‘en - pt met eines ® | | t General Merchant bya KEEP YOUR FEET DRY |- AND AVOID COLDS : fs Our stock of quality rubbers are sure to please. GET THE BEST they are cheaper in the long run, iv ost little more at first® We them for eyeryone in the family. Just a few ¥ Yarmouth Oilskins Direct from the factory as sam- ples; get one while they last— $6.95 Don’t forget to ifspect our stock of LADIES DRESSES. You will find style and quality com- bined with extremely low prices, making shopping at home a Z pleasure. J. GILMOUR Abbotsford Firestone Tires Memorize this phone number— » Oldfield Cords - - $9.95 Abbotsford % Oldfield Tubes - - $2.00, Universal Cords - $11.45 9x4,40 Oldfield Cords $14.50 Oldfield Grey Tub@, same size $3.00 rl 30x3% Cross and Square Cords $14.40 S. Cords - - $19.30 Oldfield Cords - $20.95 S. S. Cords , - - $21.55 WEIR’S GARAGE Opposite B.C. Liquor Store | % EELAUOREOUEEOESUOOASOOSENEOUEL Phone 36 USE PURITY FLOUR IN ALL YOUR BAKING More Bread and Better Bread ---and Better Pastry, too If Your Grocer Hasn't It In Stock, Get It at Our Warehouse Sold Under a Money-Back Guarantee” Brackman & Ker Milling Company, Ltd. Abbotsford branch - F. Marshall, local mgr. Strayed—Jersey Heifer, with white stripe down back, Finder please notify Mrs. J. Duncan, R.R. 1, Abbotsford. Lost—Pair tortoise-shell Spectacles in brown leather case, on Powfship line road, neaf# Abbotsford, Finder please return to News office or to Miss Seldon, Clayburn. ~ To avoid the clerical work of billing subscribers ax their annual account of $1.50 falls due, the News offers a dis- count of twenty-five cents from each subscription amount renewed within 30 Touring car _ Late model Oldsmobile 4 days after date of expiry. Every sub- for sale. as run only ,000 miles, x 4 ae carefully us and in practically new Ption ig, dated’ by: sidalot paureas chanical condition, Here is 4 bar-| To conform with the Postal Regula our sub- n for someone, as I must sell. tions governing newspapers, Abbotsford BH. BARRETT | scription lists are regularly turned over z = to an eastern p blishers’ ajoney, whieh Wanted—Two or three fresh cows.| almost entirely takes out of our S. Warwaruk, near Mill or address Ab- hands the responsibility of collections botsford P.O, from delinquents, and making the lists conform to legal requirements. Needless a aoe ercheron gelding, 14001bs. | ¢q say, these small $1.50 overdue bills Bury, Abbotsford ultimate into almost endless trouble to — - the publisher, in correspondence and re- For Sale—McLau; ports to the ney, as well as to those subscribers concerned, After the usual audit, much correspondence and a long wait, the publisher nets possibly 50 or 60 cents out of, each due subseription, ant a | y ofa dozen or two ruffled subseribers, who have been dunned with an insistence typical of official methods. Publisers are not permitted by law to ‘‘carry’? unpaid subseribers, or to make a personal deposit to the eredit of any name when the subseription ex: pires, for that would enable ‘padding of subscription lists—required to be al- Ways fully paid-up, On the other hand th nding out of a series of prelimin- ‘y coming-due’* notiees to all our od friends and readers, and a curt scontinuanee of the service, is not to cost $140; also spri di nee changed Mrs. Morrison is visiting friends in Vancouver, Pacific Milk Head Office: Vancouver, B.O, LET THE Abbotsford Transfer | DO YOUR t FREIGHTING & TRANSFER Quick Service Low Rates Factories at Ladner & Abbotsford A bright harvest held in St, Mp festival service wag ; garet’s church, Bradner on Sunday flast with a large vonmresn tion. St. Matthew's choir, Abbotafeu D, EMERY, ‘Proprietor assisted in the music, rendering the no- Phone 97 g an ne them ‘Sing Aloud Unto G 174 church was tastefully = decorated, RUBBERS |. | Pacifié Milk-five years. She first used be thought of. it while living in a remote part of Bri-}: So wo ask our friends to octasion» “& tish Columbia Her family moved tolaly glance at the expiry date of their Victoria, then to Vancouver. Whether paper, and to get the discount offered © \ in rural ee a residence YSton this 3-cents-per-week home paper. satisfaction, j