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001B6B92 A Weekly Newspaper Vol. I Circulatingin the District of N~est Uancouver-- Ambleside, Holi@burn, Weston Dundnrave Caulfeild, Whytecliff, Cypress Park, Etc. Newsstands 60 per copy Six PAGES HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, AUG. 13th, 1926 No. 19 Some objections have been made to the Department of Pub- lic Works at Ottawa regarding the construction of the Lions'ate Bridge, and it is possible that a public hearing of all par- ties involved will be held by the government department before plans for the bridge are ap- proved. Despatches from Ottawa state that protests have been made, but who the protesters are is not announced. Possibly these pro- tests are by competing engineer- ing firms. Two firms will submit plans for the bridge, which, it is said, will cost $2,500,000 and $3,500,- 000. No action toward choosing either plan will be taken by the councils of the city, North Van- couver City, North Vancouver District and West Vancouver until the middle of next month. Plans of the Dwight P. Robin- son Company of New York have already been submitted. The other company which will submit plans is the Armstrong, Morrison & Company of Van- couver, acting with the Harring- ton, Howard & Ashe Bridge Company of Kansas City. Tenders for Ditching Ambleside Park. The Council on Wednesday night awarded the contract for ditching Ambleside Park to Mr. E. H. Baker, his tender of $95 being the lowest. Liberal Meeting A Liberal Rally will be held in Ambleside Hall on Saturday night, August 4th, at 8.16. All Liberals are cordially invited to attend. Mr. G. G. McGeer, the North Shore Liberal candidate, and others will address the meeting. Conservative Meeting A big Conservative Meeting will be held next Tuesday in the Lonsdale Theatre at 6.45 p.m. Hon Arthur Meighen will ad- dress the meeting and the Con- servative candidate, General A. D. McRae will speak as well as Senator Robertson. This is the only opportunity that residents of the North Shore will have of hearing the Prime Minister. Will Make Road Safe In view of the recent auto ac- T cidents the Council on Wednes- day night took up the question of protection for the edge of the Marine Drive at West Bay. The engineer was instructed to as- certain the cost of the work. In view of the fact that the Provin- cial Government are interested to an extent in this matter, actual construction may be de- layed until the Legislature meets in Victoria. The Election The present election even at this early date gives promise of being one of the bitterest in the annals of Canada. The prac- tice of mud slinging in public as in private life never acted in any other way but as a boomerang to the calumniators. The ~ . sympathies of the man in the street are always given to the person against whom the attack is directed even when that person is known to be guilty of the charge made against him. We have a press in all parts of Canada that reports every- thing that goes on in the public and social life of our citizens. Our courts do not function behind closed doors, and the purity of the administration of our laws is the envy of less favored countries. Consequently the public and private life of the great as well as the small is an open book to Canadians, the English speaking portion whom are practically all literate and able to digest what they read. No purpose is therefore served in discussing on the public platform the shortcomings of an opponent. The electorate nearly always know about those shortcomingii and he has been condemned or exonerated al- 1'cad y. IVe cannot all think alike,'nd, furthermore, we too often follow the lines of thought wtuch our fathers had before, as because in the arly and formative period of our existence they were drilled de&ply, subconsciously into us, until they became almost a part ofour being. We see this in the fact that many men stay in the'church and political party of their forefathers. It is well to remember this whap we meet those who are poli- tically oppoyqd to us. This pzedent glection is different to many that have pre- ceded it pf that there are real differences between the policies of the Various opposing parties. We are primarily a business people and every one wishes to improve business conditions as much as possible. With this object in view each party is putting forward certain proposals that are in their essentials largely different. Every elector is intensely interested in those questions and he will vote for that, party which he considers offers the best opportunity to that end. IVe shall not think alike and we shall not vote alike. But we qbould give every man credit for voting in accordance with his considered opinion. If we do that there should be no hard feelings among our residents either before or after the election.'EORGE HAY HAS BEEN PubliC Hearing APPOINTED EI,EC TION AGENT FOR G. G. McGEER, PrObable re THE LIBERAL CANDIDATE FOR THIS RIDING. TransportationDeputy Registrars for West Vancouver The following Deputy Regis- trars for the District of West Vancouver have been appointed: Division 20. Hollyburn:--Miss M. B. Almas, Marine Drive and 11th Street. Division 21. Weston:--Mr. E. J. Crickmay, Gordon and 20th Street. Division 22. Dundarare:--Mr. Claud G. Barrow, Marine Drive and 25th Street. Division 23. Altamont and West Bay:--Mr. Hugh Lang. Division 24. Caulfield, Cypress Park and Shermans:--Mr. Wil- liam Astley, Caulfield. Division 25. Whytecliff:-- Miss G. Davies, Blue Dragon Inn. The polling places will be an- nounced later. Golf Course At their meeting last Wednes- day night another reserve was created by the Council on D.L. 762 and part of D. L. 805 for 60 days, in order to enable some local residents to secure suifi- cient bf a membership for a pro- posed golf course. Intending ap- plicants for membership can get further information from Mr. P. Haydn Young. Result of Ferry Voting Thh results of the ferry ple- biscite were: 181 in favor and 199 against. It has been ar- ranged to put an extra boat on, leaving Ambleside Wharf at 7.45 a.m., and another extra boat leaving Vancouver at 5.45 p.m. These two extra boats will be run for a month to try out how such an arrangement works. The Sonrisa will be used to supply this extra service. She is now being overhauled with this pur- pose in view. Trout Will Be Rescued Fishery officials will rescue trout fry left stranded in pools owing to the low water in lakes on Hollyburn Ridge, and return them to the lakes. The fry hat- ched from eggs planted last year. TIDE TABLE. High Low High Low TIde TIde TIde TIde a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. Aug. 13.; 8.12 2.49 9.02 2.21 14...... 9.14 g&r79 9.28 2.66 16......10.26+ 4.13 9.66 S.SS 16......11.46 6.03 10.28 4.18 17...... 1.11 6.01 11.09 6.21 18...... 2.27 7.04 ......... 6.64 19...... 0.02 8.03 3.32 9.16 Auto Accident at Sandy Cove Mrs. Chambers, North Van- couver, met with a serious auto accident on Tuesday night at Bridge No. 6, Sandy Cove. She backed her auto too far, with the result that it rolled over twice before its progress down the bank was arrested by an old tree stump. But for the stump noth- ing could have stopped its roll- ing doivn 40 feet further. Mrs. Chambers fortunately escaped with a few bruises. The body and top of the auto were smashed. Contractors Claim Lost Money On Whytechff Road. Major Barber of Stewart and Barber on Wednesday night inteiviewed the Council in con- nection with the final payment on the Whytecliff Road con- tract. He stated that his firm had sustained a net loss of $ 10,000 on the contract. The timbers are now here for the repair work on the Capilano Bridge, and the work on it will be started at once. Colioes Running Freely Salmon are now running very freely along the shores of IVest Vancouver. Seventeen cohoes ranging from 7 lbs. to 16 lbs. were caught oil'ollyburn Pier on Sunday. Of these Mr. Over- ington, the barber, caught four and Mr. Chilton, manager of the Royal Bank here, brought in five. Cemetery Board. The Cemetery Board met last Monday night. All the necessary clearing has now been completed snd anybody desiring to pur- chase a lot has now the oppor- tunity to do so. L. 0. B. A. The regular meeting of the L. O. B. A. wss held last Thurs- day, August 5th, worthy Mis- tress Turner in the chair. There was a splendid turnout of mem- bers, only one sister being ab- sent. Two sisters were welcomed back after being sick for several weeks. The Right Worshipful Grand 5Iistress of the Provincial Grand Lodge of British Columbia, Sis- ter Smith, was a visitor, also the IVorshipful Mistress Sister Rob- inson of Perseverance, and Sis- ter Bsttersby of the Daughters of Derry. Refreshments were served, snd a very enjoyable evening was spent by all present. The next meeting will be held in the Dundsrave Hall, on Thursday, August 19th, at 8 p.m. Last Tuesday a move was made by the use of voting cards to passengers on the ferries in an endeavor to ascertain the wishes of the regular users regarding s change in the running schedule of the ferries. THE NEWS congratulates the Chair- man of the Transportation Committee or whoever is respon- sible for this evident desire to improve the service, and to make it more convenient for the majority of passengers. Naturally on this question the same as in every other com- munity question there are many opinions voiced, but it is very evident that a change of some kind is generally desired. The hour or the half hour is in the very great majority of cases the time one usually has to be at their office, store or workshop. Allowing ten to fifteen minutes for the time spent in getting from the ferry to that place of business it will readily be seen that the present schedule is at the least very inconvenient for many business people. Whilst it is not in our province to make any specific recommendation we throw out the suggestion that some service leaving West Vancouver at a quarter after the hour and leaving Vancouver at a quarter to the hour with any special boats to be run at intervals of half an hour would about fill the bill. ) On another page of this issue will be found a letter from a correspondent regarding transportation. The writer makes ) certain suggestions regarding the time and arrival and depart- ure. About this we have nothing further to say. He mentions that the "voting" card was very poorly drafted. We did not see the card hence cannot discuss this. But there is one por- tion of the letter which we think should not be allowed to pass without some reference being made to it. The writer suggests that the ferry manager take part in the practical operation of the boats. This we think neither feasible nor practicable. Manager Edwards seems to be giving very satisfactory service in an executive way. His duties are defined by the Transpor- tation Committee. He does not arrange the schedule, though in its construction he will naturally give advice. The ferries operate smoothly and efficiently and Manager Edwards is re- , -'ponsiblefor this condition. There is one feature in the transportation problem in which we think the wrong policy has been adopted,'that is, the restriction of tickets to a minimum of $2.50 and $3.75. It is a decided hardship upon many of us to put out this sum of money for our own ticket and a similar amount for our wives and members of our families, or have to pay 30 cents for a round trip. The ferries should be run purely and absolutely as a convenience to our residents and not operated as a profit- making enterprise. A strip of tickets retailing at one dollar for, say, twelve rides, or perhaps even a closer rate than this would do as much, we think, to build up our population as would the proposed bridge. We commend the Transportation Committee for their evi- dent intention of tackling these problems, and we hope that in the near future they will bring in recommendations along these lines, believing that such will meet with popular ap- proval.