(ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND MATSOUI NEWS For All Who Prefer Quality "SALADA TEA “Fresh from the Gardens” The Sun Is Shining. As the writer sits down before his typewriter to type out this article, bright sunshine, typical of these beautiful Indian summer days on the prairies, is streaming through the window, while there is that invigorating tang in the air which leads one to throw back their head and draw in a lungful. The sun is shining, and in these days when we are all too prone to dwell on the dark side of things, it is well to remember that the sun is still there, shining away as strong as ever, the only difficulty being the clouds that intervene to obscure our vision. The sun still shines, not only in the actual meaning of the words in the physical world, but in the sense that there is much of brightness and warmth in life itself, Admittedly there are still difficulties ahead for many people, there are very acute problems to be solved, not only by individauls, but by communities and governments. These difficulties must be overcome, and solutions for these problems found, but is there not a very large ray of sun- shine indeed in the knowledge that never before in the history of mankind were so many people, including the keenest brains in all countries, devoting their time, their intellects, their energies, to searching out and testing the) efficiency of the remedies to be applied. The world knows there is some- thing out of joint somewhere and there is surely comfort and satisfaction in, the knowledge that people are not just letting things drift in the hope that | something will turn up to bring about a betterment, but, on the contrary, are tackling the problem from all angles with a view to effecting that better- ment and to preventing a recurrence of present difficulties. Some people, who talk as if they believed the sun had been finally and forever blotted out, keep on circulating pessimistic views to the effect that the moral character of people is breaking down, that they are losing their initiative, that, instead of retaining confidence in themselves and a pride in their own achievements, they are willing to become the mere hirelings of the state. In the prevailing atmosphere of gloom in which such people surround themselves, they see growing up a generation of loafers and crim- inals. Is this a true picture? If it is, how can one account for such’a highly desirable state of things, as reported in the Toronto Globe, that during the recent Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto nearly a million and a half people passed through its gates, and in all that time not one arrest ona major charge was made. As the Globe says this is a remarkable recora. | great e; further of the c care by besetting all densely populated urban areas. There is no evidence in those za ports that Canadian people are losing their normal grip, inclined to disregard the law and to engage in reckless, irresponsible acts. The sun is shining. The spirit of helpfulness which rose to great heights | the west coast stated that ducks and his name as during the tragic years of the war still lives in the hearts and minds of our| people. It was displayed last year when people in the older sections of Can- ‘ada shipped trainloads of supplies to assist and comfort their fellow-citizens in the droyght-afflicted areas of . It is being disp this} year within the confines of that Province by a great rallying together of people who “have” in order that they may give to those who, again this year unfortunately, “have not.” It reminds one of the war days when Red Cross “branches, Patriotic Fund committees, and other organizations with like objects were organized and active in even the smallest hamlet and rural jeach annually, with “round so the Eskimos will not run | Australian Pleased | With Radio Systema It Is Nationally Owned and Working Well Says Brave Australia’s nationally-owned radio | system, now controlled by a commis- sion of five, is working well, Rt, Hon. Stanley M Bruce st ated at-Ottawa {after the Imperial Conference. The }leader of the Australian delegation | expressed interest in the broadcasting commi pointed to supervise Canadian radio. Mr, Bruce stressed importance of selecting qualified commissioners and said the entire Australian sueprvisory body had been chosen because of cul- tural background, business efficiency and general sympathy with important public movements. “Be sure you do not let politics play a part in the} selection,” he advised. “Y do not think any of the iAwatcan lian commission members were ever mixed up in polities,” Mr. Bruce said Great interest and considerable satis- faction had been expressed with re- gard to the Australian commission, which acts in an advisory capacity and as a court of final appeal, but does not do the executive work. The commissioners are part-time workers and receive a remuneration of £400 £500 for the chairman. | Law Bans Shooting | Ducks At Churchill’ Port Still Under Construction and No Firearms Allowed While sportsmen in northern Mani-! toba banged away at the mallards and teal as they flew south, the hunt- ers of Churchill had to sit idly by and watch the birds enjoy the peace and | quietude of the closed season. Chureh- | ill is still “under construction” and | the law says that no firearms are al-) | lowed in the camp. There were hundreds of ducks right in camp. They fed on the grain that} The Globe says further that there were but two fires, and these of nO) scatters from box cars and found | escape, tation in the | ere | ile tame, having been fed for weeks | | by the workmen. | Trappers who arrived from along | choice morsels of vege’ geese flew from the Sloughs in thou- | sands a few miles east. | The ducks in this district are chief- | ly pintails and mallards, with a few teal. To the north and east and west | there are large numbers of Pacific | elders. They are protected “the year) short of food. district, to now read of the organization of voluntary rural relief in areas where there are crops,—albeit“not very profitable—to assist the | people in the smaller area where, again this year, there have been no crops. | Th sun is shining in the hearts of those who are building up and sup- | porting these voluntary relief committees, and the sun will be shining in the | homes to which such aid is extended. ‘And the clouds are growing thinner and lifting? Every now and then a ray of sun flickers through because it has never ceased shining. The clouds will finally break and disappear, and the sun burst forth in all its splendour and) life-giving warmth. Despite all our discouragements, let us keep our courage, | just as we are, as a people, clinging steadfastly to our old-time concepts of | honesty, morality, industry and respect for the laws and institutions of our | country. aah Taking Te: Te : : Dickens” Books: Popular Customs Reports Show renmirts Demand For Works Exceeds Supply | Doubled In Two Years Says London Librarian | ing to Mrs. Elizabeth Marsh of Idit- | up there twenty years ago.” is Mrs. Marsh says she never thinks _Prefers North Country Woman Very Eager To Get Back To Alaska It's nothing to drive forty miles to a dance in the north country, accord- ard, Alaska, who has been visiting her children at Vancouver. “The dances are the big social event up north,” said Mrs. Marsh. “I’ve never missed one of them since going f the cold in the Arctic country.Win- Iter is coming on now, but she is eag- | out. He was working in France, and | and convicted of cowardice, People of France, long noted for its wines, ‘are taking to tea. Cus- toms returns show that in the last two years imports of tea have dou- | bled. Moreover, the leaves for the beverage, which formerly came through England, now are shipped di- rect from India and Ceylon to Mar- seilles, Havre and Bordeaux. Experts say the change is the result of the im- portation of better tea, and the teach- ing of how to get best results in us- ing the hard Paris water in tea mak- ing. | Always At Work We do not get rid of accidents by protesting; they ought not to happen. Let us remember that those laws of Nature by which we sometimes suffer, are always at work, and for our ad- vantage. The ocean waves carry a thousand ships at the very time they engulf one. ‘The case is reported of a small boy who says his prayers in his sleep, We gre reminded of the man who said) Grace in his sleep, his wife's name| Rees Amelia. The man who made Christmas — Charles Dickens—is as popular as ever among book-lovers. A London librarian, discussing what the public reads, has reyealed that Dicken’s works are demanded more frequently | than they can be supplied. Scott, however, seems to be out of favor. Dickens also figures in a list of the) thirteen books most widely read by | girls over twelve in another big pub- lic library. It includes “David Cop- perfield” and “The Old Curiosity Shop.” Boys also stick to the old fay- | orites, but they actually prefer books in whch the flavor of adventure is | stronger. “Robinson Crusoe,” ‘King | Solomnn's Mines,” “The Swiss Fam- ily Robinson,” and “Treasure Island’ are well up on the list. But, of course, certain of the Classics are prescribed by teachers for home reading, and| that may boost up the demand for| ther. Cub Reporter—T’d like some ad- vice sir, on how to run a newspaper.” Editor:—"You've come to the wrong person, Ask one of my sub- scribers.” All Her Children Were Troubled With Diarrhoea Mr. . J. J. Bickert, BR, 1, Enderby, B.C., writes:— ‘Last Summer all my children were troubled with diarrhoea, and were 80 bad I did not know what to do. A friend told me to give them Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry, so I got a bottle, and after a couple of doses you should have seen the change, The children were soon well again, and I am very thankful to your wonderfal remod; find it the only one that plies so pasily and | er to be back in the land where the | ground is covered with ice and snow most of the year. After several years at Wrangell, Mrs. Marsh went to Fairbanks by train and then 500 miles by dog sled | and afoot over the lofty Rainy Pass to McGrath at the head of navigation on the mighty Kuskakwim River. For | thirteen years she has been living at | or near McGrath. She looks after the men’s laundry and keeps a store. Persian Balm the creator and pre- server of beautiful complexions, Tonic in effect and wonderfully stimulating. | Safeguards and beautifies the most delicately-textured skins. Cools and relieves all skins flushed or irritated by weather conditions, Magical in re- | sults. A little gentle rubbing and a | youthful freshness and daintiness is instantly created. Invaluable for soft- ening the hands and making them | flawlessly white. Truly the perfect } toilet requisite for the woman who | cares. New Help For The Blind | An ingenious. apparatus recently | perfected enables a blind person to read: the ordinary type in books, | magazines and newspapers. It raises letter on a “touch panel” by the use of a light, lens, photo-electric cells, electromagnet and touch points. each An efficacious household remedy— Douglas’ Egyptian Liniment. Brags immediate relief to lame back and muscular rheumatism. Alzo relieves inflammation, burns, sores, corns and warts. jo ee | An American hunter is to swim in| shark-infested waters “to discover | | why sharks really attack human be-| ings.’ How will he let his widow know what he discovered 7 ‘World's Speedboat Record Take It Now | American Pilot Averaged over 124 -Keep strong the | Miles An Hour ~ Winter through . | Gar Wood regained the world’s} | Wood Regains | speedboat record by sending his “Miss America X." catapulting twice over & measured mile on the St. Clair River | at Algonac, Mich, at an average speed of 124.91 statute miles an hour. The former record, 119.75 miles an | hour, was made on Loch Lomond, | Scotland, July 18 last, by Kaye Don, } British speedboat pilot, who tried un- successfully to wrest the Harms- worthy trophy from Wood. | Wood, after the record-breaking | | run, said “Miss America’s” four 12-} cylinder engines had not been wide | open in the effort and he thought = a : the big, mahogany-hulled thunderbolt Had Dual ial_ Personality | could go faster. “How much faster, I | can’t say Amazing Story About British Officer | making 2,500 revolutions per min- Has Been Revealed ute. Their limit, with safety, is 2,-| As an officer in the British army) 700 revolutions per minute.” during the world war, he was stripped | of his rank, degraded before the men he had commanded and sentenced by court-martial to be shot for coward- ice. Asa private in the French army, going through the worst fighting around Verdun, he was promoted on} | the field for courage and decorated afterwards by Marshal Foch, who de- scribed him as “the bravest man I have ever known.” z That is the amazing story of a lual personality which has been re- vealed for the first time by French government department. This coward-hero, an Englishman) by birth, was 19 when the war broke | R of Norwegian: oS Cod Liver Oil. Did Not Heed Warning Eight Calgary Residents Partially ' Blinded In Recent Eclipse ed medical attention for varying de- | ing the eclipse of the sun by the moon | August 31, without the aid of dark-| ened glasses, it was shown in inquir- ies made to eye specialists. One woman is almost totally blind in one eye while her other eye is slightly affected. Others suffered se- vere strain and were partially blind. Whether the affected persons will completely recover will not be known until treatment is further advanced. Practically all will be receiving atten- tion for three or four months. hurried home to join an English regi- ment. Shortly after his arrival on the French front he was involved in an | affair resulting in his being charged On the | night fixed for the execution the man, who was known as Potter, to and was hidden for come while by a French woman. ‘The hue and cry for him eventually died down, but apparently driven by remorse, he joined the ‘foreign legion, claiming to be an Alsatian. He gave “Henry Mayer.’ Because he spoke perfect French he was able to get away with it. “Mayer” won the rank of captain, was wounded seven times, and has been mentioned numerous times for conspicuous bravery. Recently his real identity was dis- covered by the French‘police, but it ts hoped that he will be shown mercy by his own government in view of the extraordinary circumstances. Found Their Own Market Price Offered Did Not Suit Onion 0: When growers of onions in the vicinity of Roscoff, Brittany, could not get the price desired for the yields of their small farms last season, they formed a syndicate, chartered a small sailing vessel, loaded on it 60 tons of onions, and sailed for Scotland. Carry- ing long strings of the onions on their backs they went from door to door in Glasgow and other cities peddling their wares. When the cargo had been sold the powers figured up and found that the net profit was much larger than had they sold the vegetables at home. Exhausted From Asthma. Many who read these words know the terri- ble drain upon health and strength, which comes in the train of asthmatic troubles. Many do not realize, how- ever, that there is ane true remedy which will usually stop this drain. Dr. 2: D. Kelloge’s Asthma Remefly is a check to this enervating ailment. ‘It has a countless record of relief to its credit. It is sold almost everywhere. No Clerks Needed Stores without storekeepers are to a opened in ondon gp areey sale will Cc will simply eal up to the store window, select what offerings they desire, put their money into ‘a slot press a button and receive the purchase and change im- mediately. The stores will supply all kinds ee) Pia act articles, from a box of pfils to a pound of tea, Leads In Highway Mileage Saskatchewan Heads All Provinces With 155,609 Miles Saskatchewan leads all the provinc- es of the Dominion in highway mile- age, with 155,609 miles open for traf- Makes Use Of Steam The discovery of a new process of extracting valuable minerals from fic