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001C9533 A Wee e.y '.4'ews va hei $ 1.00 per year. Circff(fffiffgf'u the Df'strf'ct of West Vaffcouver-- Ambleffde, Ho/lyburff, Wfftoff, Dundarave Cypress Park, Cau/feild, Whytecliff, Etc. ffe„„»ds g. I c,py Vol. II I TiVELVE PAGES HOI.I YBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER. B.C., FRIDAY, j UNE 1st, I92S No. fft BUILDING FIGURES Ul'ive By-Laws to be Voted for Wednesday SCHOOI. TRUSTEES TO HOJ.D I'UBLIC BIEETING NEXT MONDAY --IVII.L DISCUSS BY-LAiVS With the beginning of sum- mer building is on the increase in West Vancouver. The records at the municipal hall show that in Nay 21 permits were taken put for a total value of $36,802, as compared with 15 permits for $29,345 in April. The following are the partic- ulars: Next wednesday the taxpayers of AVest Vancouver will be called upon to vote for five money by-laws. Two of these are for street lighting extensions, one is for road construction work, and the remaining two are for the schools. Road Reconstruction By-Law. Judging by the amount of agitation voiced on behalf of such work when the AIarine Drive reconstruction by-law was being discussed, the road construction by-law should meet with the general approval of the voters. The programme pro- posed is a broad one embracing the whole of the municipality. It includes opening, widening, clearing, grading, filling, the building of culverts and in some places paving, and, when the work is done, our side roads should be in good shape to meet the demands made upon them for some time to come. At present we have approximately 30 miles of surfaced side streets, but these must of necessity be maintained in such condition that traffic can use them with safety and conveni- ence, and the needs of our rapidly growing population demand that new roads be opened if that growth is to be maintained. The total cost is $70,000, and the annual charge, principal and interest, will be $5502. In view of the necessity of this work being done, now that provision has been made to care for our main artery, ITarine Drive, the taxpayers should turn out in force to vote for this by-law. Street Lighting Extension. The two by-laws for street lighting extension are another sure sign of the development and growth of the district. These are local improvement by-laws and the money required is raised by a special rate on the lands or improvements or both within such defined portions to be benefitted thereby. The members of the board of school trustees are holfl- ing a public meeting next Monday night in the auditori- um of the Inglewood school. The meeting starts at 8.15, The two school by-laws will be discussed and explained by the members of the bo~rd, and school matters gener- ally will be reported upon. In addition there will be special addresses on "Impressions from a visit of inspec- tion to Everett North Junior High School," given by H. D. Southam, vice-principal of Hollyburn School, and J. R. Mitchell, science teacher of the High School. The general public is invited to be present at this meeting, and special invitations have been issued to the leading business and social organisations of the district. A discussion and explanation of educational matters is always interesting and the meeting next Monday will prove specially so inasmuch as chairman Elgar and trus- tees Nrs. Robinson and Messrs. Fiddes, Edington and Leyland will all be present to give short addresses to the people on school board matters. Dss el lings Neill, J. lV., Clyde Ave.. Solloway, C., Ottawa Ave. Marrow, Nrs. M. J., Mar- ine Drive Ponfret, Mrs. M. S., Mar- ine Drive Fegan, V., Esplanade.... Poisson, Mrs., Bellevue Ave. lITartin, Thos., 11th and Esplanade ..~................ Hutchinson, Nrs. J., 23rd and Nelson ................... Stamatis, Nrs. V., 20th and Bellevue............... Sogoff, Kost, Douglas Ave. . ........................... Baird, Mrs. )I., Whyte- cliff . ............................ Allan, J., 20th Street .... 5TcPhai1, J., 23rd and Inglewood .................... ATarshall, AV. A., Marine D 'ive - Bruce, M"c. J.,AVh„"tecliff Additions hTcGowan, Mrs. C. AV., Duchess Avenue ........ Herrin, EV., Haywood Ave. ........... .................. Leyland, J. B., Bellevue.. Ruth, Mrs. N.. Cypress P Garages Lunn, Horace W., Park Road .............. Edwards, Clyde... $2,000 1,500 750 600 1,000 3,700 1,000 2,500 6,000 900 The Annual AIeeting was ad- journed and will be held on Tues- day next, June 5th, at 8 o'lock in the Hollyburn School. Agenda--Election of officers and other important business. It is hoped that all members will make an extra effort to be present. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Social held in the Dun- darave Hall on Tuesday last was , very well attended and proved to be most enjoyable. The adjudications offered by t the judges at the Comedy Festi- val held during the evening prov- ed to be very amusing and creat- ed much amusement as also did the efforts of the various con- testallts. The evening's entertainment . was greatly enhanced by the re- ;" freshments supplied by the Ladies'ommittee convened by Nrs. Hampson. The members of the council and the School Board were pres- ent and spoke of the praise- II worthy work being done by the Society in the interests of the Ii municipality and offered con- , gratulations on the recent suc- cess, this Society being the proud (Continued on Page 12) ! 500 4,500 The Board of Trade has called a special meeting for next AIon- day at 7.15, in the Canadian Leg- ion rooms in the ferry building, for the purpose of discussing the proposed new.. Trades I.icense By-law. which has been recom- mended to the council and which will come before that body at their meeting next Tuesday. The president of the board and the secretary of the retail merch- ants'ureau have received copi- es of the by-law schedule and it is thought that certain recom- mendations and additions should be recommended. This special meeting on illon- dav ni ht has been called at 7.15 owing to the fact that the public meeting of the board of school trustees is also being held on Alonday night, and the desire is to have the trade board discus- sion over in time for the mem- bers to attend the later meeting. The matter of trade licenses is of much importance to all who do business in the municipality, and it is hoped that the business people will make a special point of attending the meeting on ilIon- day night to discuss this ques- tion. 3,000 The School By-Laws. Of the two school by-laws, one calls for an expenditure of $21,600 for. the purpose of building and equipping a four room addition to Pauline Johnson school, the other for $10,800 to be spent for the development of the Inglewood and Pauline Johnson school grounds. The growth in the school population of West Vancouver during the past few years has been much greater than the average person realises. Three years ago the total number of pupils enrolled at the six schools operating at that time was 528. Since then Cypress Park and Whytecliff schools have been closed and there are only 8 pupils attending the Capilano school Nevertheless at the present time there are 749 pupils in the public schools of West Vancouver, an increase of ap- proximately 50 per cent in 3 years. There are 72 pupils at Dundarave, 8 at Capilano, 349 at Hollyburn, and 320 at Paul- ine Johnson. Thus it will be seen that the Pauline Johnson and Hollyburn schools care for practically the whole of the public school work in the district. We have heard some express the opinion that school costs are high, but it may come as a surprise to the public gener- ally to learn that the cost per capita in )Vest Vancouver is lower than in the majority of districts in British Columbia. whether we like it or not, suitable conveniences and opportun- ities must be made for public school work. It would be a most disastrous state of affairs if our children were prevented from receiving the best possible instruction in the early days of their school life. Hence the by-law for the four room addition to the Pauline Johnson school should receive the hearty sup- port of the voters next Wednesday. Especially do we feel confident of this, when we realise that this will add only .66 (or 3-5ths) of a mill to the present tax rate. The other school by-law is for &10,800 for the clearing, grading, and opening up of the 2i ~ acres on the east side of the P line Johnson school--which is now in forest and heavy1'ush--as a recreation ground for the pupils of that schoo; and also for the completion of the work on the grounds of the Englewood school. We may point out here that $2,200 has already been spent on this work and this amount would be d d t d from the $ 10,800. No school is complete withou adequate recreation facilities, and the clearing and gr gadin f f . t lands xvhether they be part of a school site or ad- jacent to any other settled area, is a good procedure andu will add value to the land. Tlie work on Inglewood school ground certainly needs completing, otherwise we are apt to find this beautiful building surrounded by a crop of weeds, which ~ ll b . ore to every resident and visitor to the distric . tax This by-law will add only .33 (or 1-3rd) of a mill to the ax rate. In fact the two school by-laws together will cost the h has a lot assessed at ~&500 exactly 17 cents per month, and 17 cents a month for such improvements as t ese js an almost negligible cost. The board of school trustees are doing exceptionally good work. ey are evi~ . Th ~ dently doing their utmost to keep costs at its a minimum w is'h 1 t providing the maximum in value, resu s, ices. Their xvork does not get the same amountand conveniences. one the less of ublicity as does the council's, but they have none e ss a ver real effect on the progress and welfare of the district. Our a reciation o is wf th 'ork and our co-operation with then& in their efforts s ou e s..h ld b .howll bv glvlllg both these by-lai's a handsome majority next Wednesday. 4,500 1,000 $250 102 2,500 300 $ 100 100 $36,802 Jack Loutet Chosen by the Conservatives . At the nominating convention held in the K. P. Hall, North Vancouver, last Tuesday night, Jack Loutet was unanimously chosen as the Conservative stan- dard bearer in the coming elec- tion. The endeavor of the West Vancouver delegates to have the convention postponed, so that delegates could be chosen on the basis of the new voters'ist was voted down, and Mr. Loutet's name was the only one mention- ed, hence he received the unani- mous endorsation of the conven- tion. What is True? An aphorism of John Locke is, "It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of the truth," which, in the vernacular of Josh Billings, is, to the effect: "The trouble with most folks isn't so much their ignorance, as knowin'o many things that ain't so." "ATost folks" is so all inclusive that all men believe with Pope that, "To err is human." So much of the sum of human knowledge is untrue that only the recklessly credulous accept as the truth and without question, what they read and hear. Sometime in the course of every child's life it learns there isn't any Santa Claus, and if the child becomes sufficiently civilized at maturity to lose faith in the common myths, fairy tales and superstitions it will someday knoiv that toads don' give warts to those who touch them. Historians say that the story of George )Vashington's cherry tree was manufactured by a I'hiladelphia hack writer. SVeather bureau records show there is never floating ice in the Delaware river on Christmas eve though the picture of Washington crossing the Delaware depicts the river full of ice cakes ov the night of December 24th. Nero did not fiddle while Rome bunied for the violin was invented after Nero's time, and Aesop's fables were written by a Graeco-Italian named Babrius several cerituries after the death of Aesop and later imitators. Cinderella's slippers were made of sable instead of glass, and the mask worn by the "man in the Iron lIIIask" was made of black velvet. Bat~ are not blind aiid the adder is not deaf. VOTE TO BE TAKEN NEXT iVEDNESDAY IN AiilBLESIDE HALL Next )Vednesday the rate- payers of IVest Vancouver will go to the polls to vote on five by-laws. The polling booth will be at Ambleside Hall, and votes ivill be re- corded from 8 o'lock in the morning to 8 o'lock at night. Only taxpayers are entitled to vote. The five by-laws are as follows: Two forextension of street light- ing, two for school board matters, and one for road re-construction. Further de- tails are given in another portion of this issue. BOARD OF TRADE TO HOLD Musical Society SPECIAL WIEETING ON O EleCt Offif.ers MONDAY re TRADESI.ICENSE BY-LAiV