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Resampled001B6DD5 A Weekly Newspaper CirculatiugifJ ~ i l.~ $ 1.00 per year. Vol. II EIGHT PAGES the District of West VayfcouVJer-- A mbleside, Holi@burn, Westoff, DuyJdarave Caulfeild, W~yteCliff, CyPreSS Par@ EtC. NewsstandsscperCopy HQLI YBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th, 1927 ~ No. 26 Official Opening of Playground Equipment for the Children' Playgrounds at 5Iemorial Park is now being installed. It was hoped to have the official open- ing tomorrow--Saturday. At noon today however, this had not definitely been settled. TO CLI&5IB NORTH SHORE MOUNTAINS The Vancouver section of the Alpine club of Canada is plan- ning an attractive winter moun- tain climbing program. The first event will take place October 15. This &vill be the ascent of north peaks via the cabin and return I GYC G61" O'I: I'c r1G "G 1G The next climb will be October mr 23 when a trip to the Capilano dam will be undertaken. The as- cent will be via Appleby gully ~nd the descent by the Alpine Club trail.~ 'n expedition to Echo park, November 12, then on to White and Lynn forks, will be one of the many interesting climbs. A trip to Seymour has been arrang- ed for December via the iron 'ridge. This trip will be under- taken December 10 and 11. Hollyburn will be visited Jan- uary 7, the Sisters, January 26 and Fort peak and Goat moun- tain February 18. Col. and Mrs. W. W. Foster will entertain the club at their home Saturday, October 1. NIGHT CLASSES TO START TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 The Board of School Trustees announce that night classes will open on Tuesday October 11th at 7.30 p. m. for Manual Training, Dressmaking and Shorthand and Typeivriting. The classes for Manual Training will be at the Pauline Johnson School and for Dressmaking and Shorthand and Typewriting at the new school on Inglewood Avenue. An ad- vertisement relative to this, giv- ing fees, etc., will be found on another page of this issue. Sixteen applications were re- ceived for the Manual Training Class; Twenty for Shorthand and Typewriting and Ten for Dressmaking. Ten is the mini- mum number for the formation of these classes, and as there was not this number of applications for Book-keeping, Basketry and Millinery, classes on these sub- jects will not be held. J. E. Condon will be the in- structor in Manual Training and Miss E. M. Wheelwright in Dressmaking. Both these teach- ers filled similar positions last year. A'pplicat or s for the position of Instructor in Shorthand and Typewriting will be received by H. B, Garland& Secretary, Board of School Trustees up to and in- cluding next Tuesday, October 4th. Any other students who wish to enrol in the classes to be form- ed can do so on the night of opening, i.e., Tuesday, October 11th. Another Milestone in the Progress of West Vancouver Another milestone in the progress of West Vancouver is reached today by the opening of the new building at the North West corner of 14th and Marine Drive. The Lesage Drug Store will occupy the large corner store and will start serving customers there on Monday next. Geo. Hay's Real Estate business will be housed in the smaller store. The four suites upstairs will be used either as business offices or resi- dential suites. This is, perhaps, the most pretentious building in the municipality. That it should have been constructed for one of the pioneers of IVest Vancouver is a matter of gratification. Only too often is the worth and prospects of a community realised by outsiders more than by the residents. Mr. Hay has shown in a very tangible way his faith in West Vancouver by the erection of this modern up-to-date building. It will be one of the landmarks of the district. Mr. Hay has always taken an active part in the affairs of the District of IVest Vancouver. He has held many import- ant offices and in 1917 was Reeve of the Municipality. He is one of the most popular men in the district, and is closely identified with its business and organisations today. For some years his Vancouver business interests have caused him to spend much of his time in Vancouver, but in his announce- ment he states that, beginning October 1st, he will devote most of his time to his office here and will assume personal man- agement. The new building, built under the supervision and from the plans of a local architect (M. O. Jones, who lives on Marine Drive between 13th arul 14th Streets) is of fire resisting con- struction, having fire stopped walls and joists, ivith interior partitions of mill construction. The outer walls are of dark brown klinker brick base over which is ivaterproof stucco, ivory in color, relieved with inserts of blue glazed tile. The interior consists of two stores, three living suites a&id one two-room suite with labatory fitted up with hot and cold water, electric plugs, and other fixtures necessary for a doc- tor's or a dentist's office. The three living suites each contain s dinnette and are fitted up with all the modern improvements including insulated cooler and electric range. The color scheme in the living rooms, dinnettes and halls is silver gray with seal brown door panels in relief, the kitchen and bathrooms being done in white. There are large closets in each suite, also lockers for storage situated on the balcony, an&I the upper floors of the building have been made sound proof. COUNCIL TO CALL PUBLIC MEETING RE BY-LAWS The Reeve and Council- lors are arranging to hold a public meeting regarding the Road and Bridge By-law but it seems that engineers reports have first to be com-'letedafter which the pro- posals have to be submitted to Provincial Government officials at Victoria before any definite proposal can be outlined to the municipal voters. It is possible that the meeting will be held this coming iveek but at time of publication it was imposs- ible to obtain definite infor- mation regarding the day on which it will be held. COUNCIL TAKES UP QUESTION OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL IN INLET The council is ascertammg from the harbor board as to whether in their opinion the pro- posed discharge of sewage by the City of Vancouver into the inlet near Brockton Point would ad- versely affect West Vancouver beaches. In connection'ith this mat- ter the Secretary of the Board of Trade has received a letter from the council advising him of the action they had taken with the harbor board. SHORTHAND TEACHER iVANTED The Board of School Trustees is advertising in this issue for an Instructor in Shorthand and Typewriting for the Night School Class which opens on Oc- tober 11th. Applications for the position must be in the hands of the secretary, H. B. Garland, P. O. Box 231, Hollyburn, by Tuesday next October 4th. Building Permits The figures for the building permits for September show that 13 permits have been issued for a total of $21,256. Last year in September 15 permits were is- sued for $23,150, so that the av- erage of last year is being pret- ty &veil maintained. The follow- ing are the details: 1 house, Wm. Jackman.... $4,500 I addition and garage, IValter Gray ........,......... 1,350 1 dwelling, Dr. Simonson.. 4,000 1 garage, Dr. Simonson.... 300 1 house, IV. L. Jones.......... 3,500 1 addition, Mrs. S.B. Rich- ardson ............................ 500 1 a&ldilion, Thos. E. IV. Russell ........................... 500 1 church, Anglican, Caul- feild ................................ 2,000 1 addition, J. Thackeray, C. L. Ililborn.................... 540 1 addition, Mrs. M. G. Ed- ivat'ds .............................. 1,000 1 addition, F. Downey ..... 900 I garage, hliss J. Steven- son .................................. 166 I dwelling, IV. Carley ....... '2,000 $21,256 More than 50 per cent. of the standing commercial timber of Can- ndu is in B.C. and half of this is on Vancouver Island. The Movie Company Reorganized The Lions'ate Cinema Studios at a meeting held yester- day decided to reduce the capitalization of the company with the object of going ahead with the production of pictures. The present capitalization of the company is $5,000,000 pref- erence stock and 500,000 common stock of no par value. These have been reduced to $1,000,000 preference stock, consisting of 100,000 shares at $ 10 par, and 200,000 shares of common stock, no par value. According to law money raised by stock sales cannot be utilised for disbursements until one tenth of the total of each class of stock has been sold. In the case of this company the reduction in the capital will allow of a start being made on the production of films when approximately $ 100,000 has been raised instead of its being necessary to first obtain over $500,000, as was the case formerly. Frederick M. Ryder, president of the board, states that the company has passed out of the hands of the promoters and is now in the hands of local men. The re-organised board of directors now includes the following: Lorne E. McKenzie, president of the North Shore Board of Trade, first vice-president; A. J. Romeril real estate dealer, secretary-treasurer; Geoffrey E. Bayfield, M.D., and George H. Morden, mayor of North Vancouver. The organising of this company has hitherto been hindered by some difficulties, probably through misunderstandings. If these have been fully disposed of, and the affairs of the company put on a right business basis with the right type of men in charge, the company should have a fair chance of suc- cessful operation. IVe wish them all success in their venture and for two very good reasons. First, as we have stressed before, %Vest Vancouver cannot grow as it ought to grow and we intend it shall without some kind of business expansion. It is today and always will he the choicest residential sector of Vancouver, but no districi, can thrive which rests purely and wholly on a residential basis. We do not want large industries which will cover our district with fumes and smoke, darken the exterior of our houses, and stunt the growth of the flowers in our gardens, for the beauty of which West Vancouver is now justly celebrated. But we do require and require in the very worst way small industries and particularly any industry of a non-manufacturing nature, and of the latter the production of moving pictures is the chief and the most profitable. It pays high salaries, em- ploys large permanent staffs of artists and technical experts, and does not desecrate the landscape with smoke and fumes. Secondly, it is high time that Canadian or at least British films form the majority of the bills presented by our movie theatres. We have nothing to say against the excellence of American films, but naturally they are produced primarily with a view to pleasing American audiences, and they are as they should be, American. IVe are at present deluged with scenes of American activities in every line of endeavour. That is perfectly right and proper for themselves but it is altogether out of place on this side of the line. The movie picture is, for good or ill, a powerful influence for moulding public thought and the actions that spring from it. IVe are a nation in the greatest comity of nations of all the ages, and ive aim to g foster a separate national spirit within that comity, which (khall at the same time partake of the common ideals and com- mon interests that weld the whole together. This cannot be done so long as we allow ourselves, and particularly our children to be influenced by the thoughts and ideals of a people, who, however closely united to us by blood and the ties of a more or less common language, have set their footsteps along a road that is not ours. There is more than enough material in Can- adian life and Canadian scenes and ideals and Canadian history right now to provide us with all the films we require, and, if we ivant variety, the old country and our sister Dominions contain the wherewithal for more than the United States can ever supply. The American producers do, indeed, sometimes draw on our history and that of the old land for subject matter, but it is invariably distorted to suit the view points of the average American audience, ainl that distortion is galling to us. )Ve wish the Lions'ate Cinema Studios every success in this first effort that has ever been made to supply the Can- adian people with Canadian films. Doubtless, like all pioneet~c, they will encounter many difficulties, but also, like pioneers, they &vill have the satisfaction that they are laying a founda- tion for future generations, in this case the fostering of a pride in the Canadian nation, the education of ourselves and our children in the ideals of that nation, and a knowledge of the great country known as Canada. )Ve understand that already a story picture has been chosen as the first production of this ne&v company. From co!&versation with one of the leading men in the new organiza- tion it would seem that they are very optimistic indeed about the ultimate success of their operation. The members of the old staff have absolutely no connection ivith the new company, aiul it is the irish of the present niembe» that this fact be made known.