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The WEST VAN. NEWS A Weekly Newspaper Circulating in the District o f West Vancouver--Ambleside, Holly burn, Weston, Dundarave Caulfetld, \ W h y t e d i f f , C y P r e S S Park, E t C , Newsstands 5c per Copy$1.00 per year. Vol. II EIGHT PAGES HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER. B.C., FRIDAY, JULY 15th. 1927 No. 15 BOARD OF TRADE TO MEET NEXT MONDAY NIGHT The regular monthly meeting of the West Vancouver Board of Trade will be held on Monday night at 8 o'clock in the Ferry Building rooms. A large attend­ance is asked for as it is possible there will be no other general meeting until the early Fall. J. J. Dutton in Auto Accident J. J. Dutton, Bellevue and Twenty-second street, and his grand-daughter, narrowly escap­ed serious injury when the auto he was driving on Marine Drive skidded into a ditch and turned on its side, near Pemberton ave­nue, at 12.30 a. m. today. Ac­cording to his report, impact of the car when it passed over a bump and slipperyness of the pavement, precipitated the car into the ditch. MANY RETURNFROM STATES • ______ Immigration to Canada in the month of May this year totalled 23,941, according to a statement issued by the department of im­migration and colonization. This is an increase of 29 per cent over May, 1926, and 79 per cent more than May, 1925.Last May there were 8408 British came to Canada; 2503 from the United States and 13,- 030 from other countries, as compared with 7986 British; 2063 from the United States and 851 from other countries in May, 1926.Immigration for April and May of this year totalled 59,382 or almost 1000 persons a day for the two months.In May of this year 5561 Can­adians, who had gone to the United States intending to re­main there permanently, return­ed to Canada, declaring their in­tention of staying in the Domin­ion. These are not included in the immigration figures. WEST VANCOUVER MAKES RECORD IN TAX COLLECTION Current tax collections for the year until June 30 amounted to $113,000, it was announced at a council meeting Monday. This com­pares with $93,000 for the corresponding period last year. The amount collected for 1927 is 74 per cent of the total levy as compared with 67 per cent, last year.A decrease in the collec­tion of tax arrears is noted in comparison with the fig­ures for last year. Until June 30, 1927, $12,000 had been collected, compared with $23,000 for the corre­sponding period in 1926. A reason for the decrease giv­en by councillors was that last year nearly all arrears were paid. New Board of Trade for Vancouver and District Formed At the first meeting of com­bined boards of trade of the low­er mainland, Colin F. Jackson of North Vancouver, and W. H. Keary of New Westminster, were elected president and vice-presi­dent, respectively. H. Beeman is acting secretary. The boards composing the new group are Vancouver, New Westminster, North Vancouver, West Vancou­ver, Point Grey, Richmond, North Burnaby, West Burnaby, and South Vancouver. The Lynn Valley Board of Trade, now in process of formation, will be the tenth member of the association. Each board has two representa­tives who attend the meetings of the association, Colonel W. K. Savory and Hugh May being the West Vancouver representatives. The next meeting will be held in North Vancouver on 6th Octob­ JOAN JEFFERIES daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Jefferies, Hollyburn, who secur­ed honourable mention at the re­cent examination held by the Royal College of Music. DISTRICT TO RECEIVE SHARE OF LICENSE FEES West Vancouver will receive $5,110.56 from the motor license fees collected by the provincial government under the law by which a third of all such fees are distributed among the various municipalities. North Vancou­ver city will receive $8,690.32, and North Vancouver District $4,316.63. This year the provin­cial authorities are distributing $453,334 in fees, which is the largest in the history of the province. Last year the sum dis­tributed was $60,000 less than this total. CANADIAN CLUB PROPOSED ON THE NORTH SHORE The North Shore Jubilee Cel­ebration Committee held a meet­ing on Thursday evening, 7th July at which it was decided to form a North Shore Jubilee Can­adian Club to Commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Confedera­tion.The first meeting, which will take the form of a luncheon, will be held on Thursday evening, July 21st, at 7 o'clock in the K. of P. hall. A prominent speaker from the Canadian Club in Vancouver will be present and will give a resume of the aims and objects of Canadian Clubs, which are to be found in all the larger cities of Canada. It is intended that all meetings and luncheons of the new club will be held in the evening instead of at midday as in Vancouver, and it will be open to all Canadian and naturalised Canadian citiz­ens. In order that arrangements for catering can be made, it is requested that any residents of West Vancouver wishing to join the club give, or phone their names to J. B. Leyland, West 63R1, or F. F. Lovegrove, West 412L. The Lions' Gate Tunnel Ltd., has given legal notice that it has deposited with the Minister of Public Works, Ottawa, and at the District Registrar's office, Van­couver, a description of the site and plans of the vehicular tun­nel proposed to be built across the First Narrows. Improved Mail Service Two Daily Mails Each Way. West Vancouver is now enjoy­ing a double mail service. Start­ing last Monday, mails arrive at Hollyburn at 8.18 a. m. and 3.13 p. m. (Dundarave a few minutes later), the outgoing mail leaving at 8.18 in the morning and 4.21 in the afternoon. It should be remembered that mails close half an hour before these times. This improved service will prove a convenience to the people, but it is hoped that a still further improvement can be obtained by the establishment of mail collect­ing boxes at 14th and 22nd or some points adjacent. The Board of Trade is writing to the postal officials preferring again this request, as it is found very in­convenient for the people to walk such a long distance to mail let­ters. Life Saving Demonstration at Dundarave Tomorrow There will be a display by the Royal Life Saving Society at Dundarave Pier tomorrow at 3.30 p. m.16th July, at 3.30 p. m.A demonstration will be given of the various methods of res­cue and release, the correct method of resuscitation and a number of comedy stunts. Mem­bers of the Vancouver City police will give demonstrations of rescue work in full uniform, and the special feature of the afternoon will be the Mainland Diving Championship. Two solid silver cups will be presented to the winners of each event.Gents Diving ChampionshipOne Metre Board -- Compuls­ory Dives, One Running Front, One Running Jack, Four option­al.Three Metre Board--One Run­ning Swallow, One Handstand, Optional Dives, Four.Ladies Diving ChampionshipOne Metre Board -- Compuls­ory Dives, One Running Front, One Running Jack, Two option­al.Three Metre Board -- One Standing Front, One Running Swallow, Optional Dives, Two. SUNDAY ONE OF BEST DAYS FOR BRIDGE Heavy traffic was handled on the Second Narrows bridge Sun­day, according to bridge officials. A total of 20,959 persons crossed the bridge, 5725 automobiles and 241 other vehicles. These figur­es represent one of the best days in the history of the bridge. PUBLIC SCHOOLS THANK COMPANY FOR LOAN OF TRUCK The staff of the public schools of West Vancouver greatly ap­preciate the kindness of the Cap- ilano Timber Co. in loaning their truck for two and a half days for the jubilee celebration and for allowing ample time for dec­orating the float. Horticultural Ass'n. to Hold Meetings Arrangements are being made for a series of lectures on varied subjects. A syllabus covering the season to December will shortly be issued, a copy of which will be sent to all mem­bers.An invitation is extended to all members and those interest­ed in Bee Culture to attend a lecture and practical demonstra­tion on this engrossing subject by Mr. A. W. Finlay, Provincial Apiary Inspector, in the New Ambleside Hall, 14th Street and Marine Drive, Tuesday, July 26th, at 8 p. m. Admission free. Children's Playground Contract Let George E. Currie of 25th and Marine Drive was the lowest and successful tenderer on Monday night for the Children's Play­ground at Memorial Park. The Council received the following tenders in connection with this work:George E. Currie $445.00H. P. Tearoe........... 480.00Joseph Vincent___ 708.50Conditions of the contract call for the work being begun at once and completed in 30 days. CONTRACT FOR BROTHERS CREEK BRIDGE AWARDED Tenders for the Brothers Creek bridge were opened by the coun­cil on Monday night, when the North Vancouver Sawmills Ltd. were awarded the contract. The tenders were as follows:Cedars Lumber Yard Ltd.................... .'............. $1,163.20North Vancouver SawmillsL td .,........................ 1,106.00Capilano Timber Co., Ltd .................................. 1,159.50 COUNCIL DISCUSS MERITS OF WOOD AND STEEL PIPE FOR EXTENSIONS The merits of wood and steel pipe for the proposed water ex­tensions was the cause of much discussion at the council meeting last Monday. Engineer Duncan favored the wood pipe whilesome of the councillors favored the steel kind. The award of the contract was eventually postpon­ed for a week so that further de­tails re cost could be obtained. Retail Merchants * Hold Meeting A meeting of the Retail Mer­chants Bureau was held last Monday night in the Ferry build­ing rooms, when several subjects of interest to the retail mer­chants were discussed. Among­st others the matter of the Thursday afternoon closing was gone into, and representations regarding this are to be made. There was also a question about the standing of outside business­es operating within the munici­pality without a license, and a request will be made to the Board of Trade to obtain further official information anent this. er. Keep to the Sidewalk In spite of the fact that a good sidewalk now extends along Marine Drive from 11th to 31st Streets, pedestrians still in­sist on using the roadway. They do so, of course, at grave risk to themselves, and they must realise that danger to the full, but they run the risk just the same. The reason probably is the force of habit of years, when the sidewalk was a kind of switchback or entirely non-existent.We cannot emphasise too strongly the necessity for using the present sidewalk. To walk on the Drive now with its busy motor traffic is an act of folly on the part of the pedestrian and is very unfair to the motorist, who has quite enough to do avoiding other motorists without having to dodge a pedes­trian or a group of pedestrians as well. It should be remember­ed that in a collision between a pedestrian and a motor car, the former, from the difference in weight and speed, is usually thrown violently to the hard pavement and in some cases is killed by the resultant concussion. Few would think of step­ping into the ring with a heavy weight pugilist, and yet the same persons will cheerfully walk along a much travelled road like Marine Drive and run the risk of being hit by an auto; a machine weighing not less than 1600 lbs--the weight of a Ford car--and going at anything from 20 miles an hour up. "You can't fool all the people all the time," neither can you fool all the autos all the time and get away with it. Weight speed, and now the law, since the recent decision of the Chief Justice of British Columbia, are all against the pedestrian us­ing the road whenever it can be avoided, and the sooner it is realised the better for him and the motorist, who, from the risk he runs of being charged with manslaughter, frequently smashes his car in order to avoid such collisions.