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6 MOUNT EVEREST By J. Port er. Bon. l'r iden l B. lountaineering lub. We have had an e>pportunity recently to ~ n remarkable group of films and a !!plendid • l of lantern slides illustrat irl!r t he feature of what ha. 11<.-en rt'- garded for y •ars as the lofli- t mountain in the world. It is fortunate for u that the neighboring ci ty has attained to uch import:anee as to make it worth while to bring such treSS· ures here for xhi bition. It is a little surpri!Ung at first to lear n that the Himalaya, , of which i\Jount E \·cl'l! l and it giant companion are the sum- mits. f orm one of the younge t mountain ranges on the earth. The Himala,ras are much young- er than our O\l'n onst Range. and immea. urablv younger than the hill-ranges of ork and Ker- ry and the rugged peaks of Western uth rland. The moun- lain rampart of northern India owes its pre-eminence to its youth. Ages hence may see it mon! down to a high undula ting plateau from which the g1'1!at white pyramid have ,·anished. General E,·cre ·t, after whom the summit peak wa named, was a distingui hed officer of the Royal Engineers. who organized and in great part directed the un ·ey of l ndia,when the net- work of measured and calculated triangles wa being extended O\'er that huge peninsula. the heights and position of all t he prominent object~ were obtain- ed as a matter of course. The pre-eminence of Everest was not at once ob,ious from any of the obsen ·ing sta tion in northern India; · and Tibet was at that time and for many years later a forbidden land. The di covery of the highe t peak reduced it- self to a process of measuring angle and calculating triangle . The comput.er worked out the height of one peak after an- other for everal week • bu t di - co,•ered nothing ensational ti ll his ta k was almo t complete. Then one day he came out of the office with the news that a cer- tain snowy tip which was hard ly ,,-; ible behind the others was looking down on them all from a height which came out at 29,- 002 feet , or about 5 L miles a- bo,·e ea-level. Later measure- ments have modified the figures, but have not disturbed the pre- eminence of that great pyramid. Rumors have been in cir culation of a till more lofty object, hid- den aw~<y in unexplored hina ; but there is no r ival to Mount E•·erest among "The stainless ramps of huge Rimala's wall." The mo t remarkable thi ng to the amateur photographer about the Mount Everest pict ures was the evidence they afforded of the wonderful clearnes of the at- mosphere at these great heights. There were many lantern slides of almos t unearthly beauty ; but as a photographic feat there was nothing quite so remarkable as the following up of the party wi th a motion picture camera from a dista nce of three miles while the final attack was being made. uch a feat was only pOi!- . ble with a perfectly clear at- mosphere anda tropical sun; bu t it was a striking proof of the light-grasping power of our mod- ern photographic lenses. tep by step the audience here was en- abled to follow the course of the dauntless pair O\•er the dazzling white and e:xasp ratingly rough s lope. We were shown the point where they were la.t seen, with onl)• a thousand f eet between them and victory; and-the rest was ilence. The campaign for the conque t of Ever t reca lls the race for the summit of the Matterhorn in the sixties of he last cen- tury, when Professor Tyndall and Edward Wh)'IDper were pit. ted against a b ther. and Whymper won. Th viet ry wa blighted in I _ than an hour when ti\'e m mbers of the partl w nt down to d~ath : and Whym- P r felt the tragedy so keenly that he f rsook the _ ene of hi~ t r iumphs. ~\ ill vi tory on E,·. rc t be a, d~nrl.r bought ? St. Stephen's Church Lent 2 Mareh 1 th). a. m.- Hol,. communion. 10 a. m. unday cbool. 11.16 a. m.-Mor ning pray r . 7.15 p. m.-E\•ensong. All sen •i es on unda.r will be held in the Par ish Hall. At a meeting of the hu h mmit tee held las t week it wns decided to proceed with the fin- ishing of th inter ior of the church at once and contracts were let for the pin t r ing and the interior woodwork. This work has already begun. In the series of Lent n ser- mon the rector wi ll preach on unday morning on the Epis tle of t . Paul to the Galatians and in the evening on oUJ·age as a mark of the hristian. ext Tuesday night will be n mi ionary evening at the A.Y. P.A. and an illustrated lecture will be given in the Parish Hall b~· Mr . A. M. Hilliard on "The Moslem World in Revolution." The preacher at the mid-week Lenten services ne:t t Thursday night will be the Rev. H. R. Whitehead of St. James' Church, and his subject the message to the Church of Pergamo . Baptist Church Rev. David Long, Pastor. Sunday School, 10 a . m. Church Service, 11 a. m. Weekly prayer senice each Wednesday at 7.30 p.m. IMPROVED "FIRE CALL" SYSTEM The counc.il have ordered the agreement signed with the B. C. Telephone Company by which fire calls may be turned into the switchboard at the company 's West Vancouver office. As soon as the compl ny's wiring bas been done this service will come into effect: It must be clearly under- stood, however, tha t the old ar- rangement at Gemmill's drug store as regards fi re calls will sti ll remain in force as before. THEW UVIUI Christian Science Society Dundarave Hall. Marine Dr. Dundara•• S••·• •J Sv•·ltc at. 1 l ~lt L& ubjccl March 12th llST E" SudOJ' lk~ ... a\ lO.tt a. a. Tootlmon:r KHU~ nl!')' Wed- noaday at 8.16 p. a . United Church The special me t ing in tho nitro huroh have been splen- didly nlt ndcd. From the first meeting the numbers hnv s tead- ily in r a. ed. Tonight (Friday ) Mr. rn ig will give his lecture "The hildr n of th Ocnd End." It is wo.·th while to hea r this lecture alone. · Under the auspices of the Women's Associat ion of the n- ited hUJ h an Old Time Enter- tainment will be given in the hUJ-ch Hall on Thursday, March 24th, at 8 p. m. The Annual . G. I. T. enter- tainment will be given in the United hurch Ha ll next Friday evening, M·nr h 1 Lh. An ex- cellent programme has been a r- mnged and everyone is invited to come. The rally of the W. M. Circle will be held in the United Church on Tuesday nfternoon, March 15th. Miss McGregor, t ravelling secretary of the Wo- men's Missionary Society of the present and give an infor ming United Chu rch of Canada will be and inspir ing address. All ladi- es of the congregation are in- vited. Tea will be ser ved. CEMETERY BOARD APPOINTED The cemetery board for 1927 cons is ts of Reeve Vinson, Coun- cillors J ohn Watt and J. B. Ley- land, Mr. A. Chilton and Mr. J . Haydn Young. The only new member of the board is Reeve Vinson, Reeve Morgan having acted in 1926. HISTORICAL PAGEANT A committee was appointed by the Council to represent Wes t Vancouver on the Diamond J ub- ilee Celebration for the North Shore. It is unders tood that the form which the celebration will take will be a his torical pagean t. Councillors Ley land and Ray were the commit tee appointed. Wanted --A Community Hall The conversion of Ambleside Hall into a municipal garage, which is shortly to take place, brings home to us the fact that West Vancouver will t hen have no buildi ng large enough to ac- commodate a public gathering of any size. The new Ambleside Hall and Dundarave Hall , while ample for lodge meetings and dances, are not suitable for large public meetings. Hollyburn Theatre has been used for t his purpose on severa l occasions, bu t with West Vancouver growing so rapidly the day is probably not far distant when Mr. Fletch- er wi ll be pu tti ng on a show nightly. Ambleside Hall certain- ly left a grea t deal to be desir- ed, from the standpoint of com- fort, for in cold weather its at- mosphere was cold enough to dampen the ardou r of t he most enthusiastic meeting. It could, however, accommodate a large crowd of people, and ita future use as a garage renders the con- s truct ion of a la rge ha ll neces- sary, if the district is to keep pace in this respect with its growth in other directions. The Ratepayers' Association a t their meeting on Tuesday ap. pointed a committee to take up the question of a communi ty hall with othet· bodies interested in t he project. This is distinctly a step in the r ight direction. The hall wi ll pt·obably have to be buil t by private subsc ription. and to tha t end the quickest way of getting action would be the appointment of a small commi t- tee to devise ways and means of raising the necessary f unds. The amount required would not be lat·ge, and. if divided into $5 or $10 shares, should not be diffi- cult to raise . As a matter of fact, Ambleside Ha ll is one of the worst ad- ver tisements that W st Vancou- ver ever had. Men p rominen t in thei r own spheres of life have been induced to speak here from ti me to time, and this ha ll had to be used for the meetingH. There is no need to dwell on what impression this mus t have given these s trangers , and what they would say afterwards about the mun icipa lity. however much they might have been pleased by the recept ion given them. West Vancouver needs an up- to-da te ha ll now, and every effort should be put fort h to ensure its cons truction as soon as possible. In h 11 , 1927. 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Currie, Prop) 25th and Marine Phone West 112 Satisfaction Guaranteed "I'd Sure Miss Them" Just a plai n candid re- mark from one of our num- erous customet·s,- "l 'd sure miss the Burrard Laundry if they couldn't do my work it's such a r lief to have everything picked up nt the door and returned perfect- ly done up." A satis fi ed cus- tomet· Is wor th cverythinu to us. Parcels collcctccl and promptly returned. The Burrard Laundry Limited For P•opl• WAo A,. Pa,tlaultu TBIID STIEU ••• ST. UfiDS North Vancouver P hone H. H. Balla rd, STRATTON'S BAKERY AMBLESIDE I'IIONE WEST 27 And our Deli very man will ca ll . If you have not ea ten Stratton's Products you have not had the best. People buy Stratton's Bread nnd Pastries because they demand Super ior Bak- er y Goods. Established over 6 Years C. J . OVERINGTON 14th ad Marine BARBER For the con·nnl• nea of tiM ladt .. of the Dlatrict I ha .. had tha tolepboae lu tallod PHONE WEST 135 and make aa appoiotmont. Ambleside Tea Roo .. Ferry Whrf WEST V ANCOUVE& Camp and Picnic Supplloo, Tobaceo1, ete. Holly burn Ba rber Shop G. RADLANII, Proprietor IIARIN• IIRIVB llDd U th. F irat Clo .. Work I, AOI ES, GENTLEMEN and CHII,DREN Night Auto Service For the convenience of the public th is Cnrag will be OP EN EVEilY NIGHT until 9 o'tlock TOW ING - A TO REPA IRS BATTERIES RE HARGED West Van Auto Service ( K en Robinson) Mar ine Dr ive at 251h J•hone W ra t 44,1 TBB West Van News P ubllabad B•ert Frl4a1 U. IIODGSON ad F. F. LOVIIGROVB l'ubllalten Bualneaa a rwl Bot l14rlal O!!l<e : 1311 Marina Drl .. P~ooe Wool IlL Mall A44r- : 1' . 0 . 8os ltl , Bollt~um, B. C. a 1.00 a yea r by m•lll or car r lur. Newa. atand• 6c per c.opy. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPIJCATION • Uod HOu THURSDA R 11'~ ONL1 REDUCED lreesct.~\ duringMl model electric Now,everyone du.it and dirt I neam t store an morrow to do t out any labor 01 'hll opocll - -·.d _,., PHONES. ScriDO'I) Nortb V - -=:: - r