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001B6BAC , '..'e ]f: '..'...:.'ll.:.'ll -'- ]PS A Weekly NewsPaPer Ct'rculatittgiu the District of West By Mail $1.00 per year. Caulfei la', Vol. I SIX PAGES ~ HOLLYBURiV P.O., Vancouver-- A mblesi &le, Hollyburtt, Westott,. Duttclarave Whyteeliff, CjiPreSS Parle, EtC. Newsstands 5c per Copy WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FR(/DAY, SEPT. 3rd, 1926 ~ bio. 25 LIONS'ATE BRIDGE Whytecliff Ratepayers Agnes Rose Wins Hold Public Meeting Gold Medal Labor Candidate Speaks Thursday The American Rose Society's Walter Van Fleet gold medal for the outdoor rose of highest ex- cellence has been awarded to Dr. William Saunders for the "Agnes," which he developed at the Canadian government ex- periment farm at Ottawa. The medal was presented to a repre- sentative of the farm the other day at a dinner given at Port Stanley, Ont. The "Agnes" is pale yellow, with outer petals of delicate creamy salmon. The blooms, borne singly in great profusion, are richly fragrant. The bush comes into blossom early and is hardy. These characteristics are depended on to make it highly popular in Canada and the Unit- ed States. The cross has been under observation at Ottawa since 1900 and has never been noticeably injured by the ex- tremes of weather. Sept. 11th Nr. W. W. Lefeaux, Labor candidate for the riding, will hold a meeting in Ambleside Hall next Thursday, September 9th, at 8 p.m. His brother, Mr. Frank Lefeaux, a well-known resident of West Vancouver, will be chairman of the meeting. The Whytecliff Ratepayers'ssociation has called a public meeting for Saturday, Septem- ber 11th, at 8 p.m., to be held in Rogers'oathouse, when it is proposed to thoroughly discuss: (I) The necessity of obtaining the waterfront at Horse Shoe Bay for a public park. (2) Obtaining a telephone ser- vice for the district. (3) Installation of electric light. Disappearance of Mr. Grisedale So far neither the police nor private search parties have been able to locate the whereabouts of Mr. Cooper Grisedale, who disappeared from his home early on Saturday morning. He has been an invalid for a number of years and his family do not be- lieve that he could have wan- dered far in his weakened condi- tion. Mr. Grisedale is an old and highly respected resident of West Vancouver, having come here about 14 years ago from Grasmere, England. He was born at Langdale, Ambleside, in the Lake District of England, from which place Ambleside here takes its name. His wife has represented several of the city dailies here for some years, and two of his sons are working in the city, while the youngest is still at school. Building Permits Twenty-eight building permits were issued in August for $50,- 900, which compares favorably with August of last year, when twenty-three permits were is- sued for $30,435. The figures for last month include a permit to erect a four-suite apartment costing $8,000 at the corner of 17th and Fulton, and also for the erection of eight&en homes For the first eight months of this year the value of building permits has more than doubled those for the corresponding pe- riod of last year, the figures being $314,523, as against $137,-- 763 for 1925. Reckoned on a percentage basis, West Van- couver's increase is considerably in excess of those of Point Grey and South Vancouver, and shows in no uncertain terms the very satisfactory progress that has been made this year by the mu- nicipality. The fact that North Van- couver and North Vancouver District also show very large in- creases for this eight months'eriod compared with Vancouver and the municipalities on the south side of the inlet, clearly indicates that the North Shore is coming into its own. Conservative Meeting at Ambleside General A. D. McRae, the Con- servative candidate for the North Shore, addressed a crowd- ed meeting last night in the Ambleside Hall. He advocated the establish- ment of an assembling lumber wharf and a cold storage ware- house on the North Shore, the development of the fisheries by the placing of spawn in the riv- ers, and the re-stocking of the Fraser River. He stated that he would insist, if elected, on the North Shore having a represen- tative on the Harbor Board. So far as the Lions'ate bridge was concerned, he was in favor of it, so long as navigation svas not impeded. He believed, with his party, not in a high tariff wall, but in a tariff high enough to enable the Canadian manufacturer to compete successfully with his foreign rival. There would then be little or no unemployment and Young Canadians would cease to go south. He was first, foremost and all the time in favor of Canada as a whole, because whatever ben- efited Canada as a whole was of greatest good to the parts. Several others spoke previous to the candidate's giving his ad- dress. Monday Is Labor Day Monday cs Labor Day Thea being the last big holiday during the summer season, it is expect- ed that everyone who is in a position to do so will avail them- selves of the opportunity of "having a change." IVest Vancouver will undoubt- edly be the objective of thou- sands of city people. The ferry service will be taxed to the limit, and the new 5Iarine Drive ex- tension will, it is expected, carry a record auto traffic. It is to be hoped that it will be fine weather. Passengers on Extra Boat Remains of Japanese Boy Found on Beach New Electrical Japanese Students to Visit West Van. The Sonrisa has been taking on an average 30 passengers on her 7:45 a.m. trip from Amble- side and 50 on her trip from Vancouver at 5:45 p.m. While the Sonrisa could, of course, accommodate many more passengers than this, it must be femembered that at present the travelling public have possibly hardly had time to make the necessary arrangements to get use&1 to the new schedule. Inspector Appointed The Council at their Wednes- day night meeting appointed Mr. W. L. Vaughan electrical in- spector for the municipality. Mr. Vaughan has had a wide experi- ence in this field in Britain and Canada. There were seven ap- plicants for the position. The nude body of a young Japanese boy who was drowned at Steveston several days ago was washed up on the beach at the foot of Thirteenth Street last Wednesday. The body had ap- parently been in the water for ten or twelve days. Twenty-two Japanese univer- sity students, under the leader- ship of Rear-Admiral Ifaba- yama, Japanese navy, retired, who will visit Vancouver on Sep- tember 5, 6 and 7, will be well entertained, according to plans made by the Japanese consulate. Monday the students &vill visit the North Shore and other beauty spots and in the evening the CanadianJapanese Associa- tion will entertain at a banquet. Tuesday the delegation will visit the various industrial p)ants. The party will leave for Seat- tle on Tuesday night. W. A. Youngston Painfully Burned HORTICULTURAL SHOW The West Vancouver Iiorti. cultural Society will be holding a show on Saturday, September 11th, in the Amblesi&le Hall. AUTO BURNS A new Essex car belonging to Mr. Erickson, 31st and Travers, was destroyed by fire at 8 a.m. Sunday. The fire was caused by a faulty circuit, due to the lights being left on. The car, which had been left standing in the road, was all ablaze when the fire brigade arrived, aml the lat- ter were unable to do anything to save it. 'L W. A. Youngston, 1310 Argyle Street, West Vancouver, was taken to St. Paul's hospital from IVoodsvar&l's warehouse in Kear- ney's ambulance late Thursday afternoon suffering from pain- ful burns received when a gas tank exploded. Secretaries of clubs and organ- izations, you arc invited to send in reports of your doings and activities. Such reports, how- ever, must be in our hands by 8 a.m. Thursday to ensure pub- lication in current issue. Miss Elsie Ninions, who has been visiting her brother and sister-in-law, Nr. and Mrs. E. J. Ninions, Ambleside, is leaving for her home in Brendan tonight and is accompanied by her young nephew, who will stay with her for a few weeks. -DONCFI.LA" SOI.D The "Doncella" has been sold to Erickson Brothers for $2,150. In last Sunday's edition of The Province a letter appears from the pen of Mr. F. Lefeaux relative to the attitude of that paper towards the construction of the Lions'ate Bridge as compare&1 with a bridge over False Creek. Mr. Lefeaux quite justly observes there is no comparison between the two. That over False Creek would have to be constructd out of the public. funds and with the object of relieving the undoubted traffic congestion on the Granville Street bridge. Its construction does not even concern all Vancouver, but only that part of it that would be benefited. The Lions'ate Bridge, on the other hand, is to be built by private capital, and, providing that neither the Park is injured nor navigation impeded--and so far nobody has been able to prove these things against it--its construction is no- body's concern, as Mr. Lefeaux says, so long as those using it do not object to paying the tolls. It is quite possible that it might render unnecessary the building of the False Creek bridge by diverting a large number of residents from South Granville Street to West Vancouver, as would most certainly be the case. Vancouver and every municipality on the South Shore should welcome a bridge at the Lions'ate. Primarily, of course, such a bridge would be of greater benefit to the North Shore, but it would at the same time, if in a lesser degree, help Vancouver and that part of Greater Vancouver contig- uous to the city. The people of California have found it paid them to en- courage the tourist traffic. There is nothing that would bring tourists so much as such a bridge, and its value as an adver- tising factor to Vancouver and Greater Vancouver cannot be reckoned in dollars. As one of the workl's greatest bridges connecting Stanley Park, which has already an international reputation, with some of the finest scenery on the North American continent, all of it readily'accessible to the motorist and eminently suitable to the homeseeker, it would prove to be the best drawing card that this province could possibly have. Unfortunately, we in Canada still think parochially. Sec- tionalism is rampant amongst us, and we have not yet learnt the lesson that it is impossible to benefit a part without ben- efitting the whole. That sectionalism is, after all, what is at the bottom of the objections to the Lions'ate Bridge. The people of West Vancouver must show, and it is not difficult, that the bridge we have set our heart on and intend to have, will do more to benefit Vancouver, Greater Vancouver and the province at large than any work of a similar nature that has ever been proposed or undertaken. There is another side to the question of the construction of the Lions'ate Bridge, and that is the amount of cold cash that it would bring into the province. It may have been noticed that conclitions in cities improve as soon as big con- struction work is begun. There is no question but that every- body in Vancouver and Greater Vancouver benefits from these large undertakings in a material way. Numbers of workmen previously unemployed find themselves on the payroll, and in addition, many new men come in from outside points. These works bring large sums of money into the district and pro- vicle work for hundreds of men. The construction of theLions'ate Bridge will provide means of sustenance for many workers'amilies.