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001C981B A Wee.z..y .8'ews ~a ~ei. Newsstands Sc per Copy$ 1.00 per year. CIrcu/&gI&Ig ju g/gc Djssrjcg of West Vancouver-- A wblesia'e, Hollyburu, H estoN, Duucjarave Cypress Park, CaulfeIla', Whytecliff, Etc. Vol. IV EIGHT PAGES HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER. B.C., FRIDAY, SEPT. 27th. 1929 No. 28 TENDF.RS CAI.LED FOR CI.EARING SCHOOI. GROUNDS Tenders are being called for by the Hoard of School Trustees for the clearing and grading of .28 acres adjoining the play- ground at Pauline Johnson school. Specifications may be obtained from J. Duncan, hfuni- cipa l Engineer. All tenders are to be in the hands of H. B. Garland, secre- I tary of Hoard of School Trustees Hollyburn P.O, by 6 p. m. on Monday, October 7th. "KEEI'-FIT" CLASS TO HOLD FIRST I RACTICE NEXT THURSDAY Arrangements have been made for the start of the "keep-fit" or physical training class for men. The initial practice will be next Thursday at 8 p. m. in the gym- nasium of the Inglewood School. Permission of the school trus- tees has been granted for the class to meet there every Thurs- day evening. Already a good class is assured, the proposal having met with a hearty re- sponse by some who realise the value and necessity of keeping in good physical condition. A nominal fee of 25 cents a night or $ 1.00 a month will be charged and this is the only cost. The class is open to any above school age, and an invitation is extend- ed to prospective members to be present at the Inglewood School next Thursday evening at 8 o'- clock. Outside of the fact that it is necessary to» ear rubber-soled shoes no equipment is necessary. The class will be under the dir- ection of Captain F. F. Love- grove, who holds a physical training certificate from the Al- cIershot gymnasium staff, from whom any further information can be obtained. Phone IVest 4] 2L. This is not a class for muscu- lar development. The object is to keep the body generally in good condition, as the name "Keep Fit" implies. All the ex- ercises are Swedish,and the class will not undertake any very strenuous work or gymnastic stunts. INCREASE IN NUilBEI4 OF P)IONES IN DEVEST VAN. On January 1st this year there »ere 859 telephoni~ in the IVest l ancouver exchange. In eight months i.e., on September 1st, this hiid increased to J62. An increase of 12',l. lVEST VANCOUVER SCHOOL TRUSTEES iilAKE / RECOiDIENDATION AT CON V ENTIOiV TH E PASSING OF I ROFESSOR JAi~lES ill. IIORGAN The resolution, introduced by the IVest Vancouver School Trustees at the convention of B. C. School Trustees at Nanaimo tl.is week, urging the Provincial Government to "continue supply- ing shrubs and decorative trees for the beautification of school grounds" was unanimously adop- ted. This is a matter of much sat- isfaction to the local trustees «nd particularly to Trustee Mrs. Selwood, chairman of the School Grounds committee, who has consistently advocated that the government be pressed to follow this course. It is interesting to note that the Governor General in his ad- dress to the assembled trustees urged them to see that a love and interest in trees be inculcat- ed in the school children. )Vith such unanimity it is rea- sonable to assume that the rec- omendation will be adopted by the Provincial Government. A week or so ago the late I'rofessor James ill. illorgan when addressing the mem- bers of the IVest Vancou- ver Choral Society about the passing of Dr. Frederick Rogers, said that the loss of this great musician and leader would be greatly felt by the people of Greater Vancouver. He paid a glow- , ing tribute to his departed confrere. Dr. Rogers died on the 23rd August. Little did our friend i&lorgan think that exactly one month aft- er, that is 23rd September, he, too, would have passed away. His loss is very keen- ly felt not only in our own district, where the names "Choral Society" and "DIor- gan" were synonymous, but throughout B.C. where his influence on the musical life of the people has been tre- mendous. Professor ilIorgan was a great choral leader and teacher. The choirs he led were always at the head or very close to the head in competition work. His abil- ity and his worth were everywhere recognized. IVest Vancouver particu- larly is the richer for DIr. ilIorgan's life here, and the respect and affection in which he was held was well attested by the great con- course of people who at- tended the last sad rites. The sympathy of the whole community goes out to his widow in her sudden great loss. LEGION WIEETING ON i&IONDAY, OCT. 7th The regular monthly meeting c f the Canadian Legion, IVest Vancouver branch, will be held on KIonday, October 7th, in the Legion rooms, Ferry building. Arrangements will be made at this meeting for the Armistice day parade and for finishing tl'e meeting house. The annual tax sale of prop- erties in the illunicipality will be iield next iWIonday -- September 30th--at 10 a. m. in the llIunici- pal I Ial1. Lists can be obtained on ap- plication at the i&lunicipal Hall. THE BURNS DEAL The municipal solicitor wrote a letter to the council explaining the delay in the matter of the agreement with I'. Burns in ref- erence to sale of the Hadden Hall property. He stated that the copies of the agreement hnd been forwarded to Calgary but missed IIr. Burns, who was on his way to V'incouver. In order to facil- itate matters he had supplied ex- tra copies of the agreement to Wlr. WlcEvoy»'ho»'as acting for illr. Ikurns, but owing to pres- sure of business llr. Ifurns left for Calgary without signing the agreement. He had now been inf'ormed by llr. hlcEvoy that the latter expected the matter would be in order for the next council meeting. 'I'OLAIIE SA YS I'-G.E. SURVEY NEAR CO&II'I.ETION Surveys of the P.G E.R. and for the proposed extension to Prince George, should be com- pleted before the end of this year Premier S. F. Tolmie in- formed members of the North Shore Jubilee Canadian Club on IVednesday night. He received a» ovation when he expresse~l the opinioii that the logical outlet for the»ealth of the gmeat Peace River country should be by direct rail»'ay con- n«ctior., to Vancouver. He» as not prepared to dis- cuss the P.G.E.R., pending com- pletion of the survey From the President of the Ratepayers'Assn. & Th C mmittee of the Ratepayers'ssociation has been engaged in the task of preparing a programme for the Fal l and IVinter meetings. It has been decided to enlarge the scope of these meetings by securing the services of speakers who are specially qualifiec to speak on such subjects as Finance, Education, IVater Supply, Transportation, Fire Protection, etc. The success of these meetings will depend largely on the measure of support which they receive from the ratepayers of EVest Vancouver. 9'e would like to urge that every ratepayer join the Asso- ciation, attend the monthly meeting and hear these speakers. The first meeting will be held in the last week of October, exact date and place of meeting to be announced later. S. J. NASAIITH, President AVest Vancouver Ratepayers'ssn. Night School will Open Next Tuesday The applications for the night school classes have not been as numerous as was anticipated and so far the only class that is certain of being held is the one for Shorthand and Type- writing. In all others there was not the necessary quota of ten entrants to assure starting. This was a great surprise to the Trustees especially in respect to the woodworking andilIanual Training class. Hitherto this class has been specially popular. It is thought that possibly those who attended last year did not think it necessary to enrol so early. Hence it has been decided to give another opportunity to bring the class up to date. Any who wish to join should present them- selves at the high school at 7 p. m. next Tuesday, October 1st. The instructor, J. Condon, will be in attendance to interview those who wish to join and it may still be possible to arrangethis class. There were some applications for Book-keeping ansLi Com- mercial Arithmetic. It was suggested that these see the in- structor, ~Irs. lV. Reid, on Tuesday at 7 p. m. at the Inglewood School. It is possible that arrangements can be made to carry on. Any who have not already made application to join the classes will have another opportunity of doing so next Tues- day. If you are interested in getting instruction in shorthand, typewriting, book-keeping, commercial arithmetic or wood- working, be sure and present yourself at the Inglewood School next Tuesday at 7 p. m. The New Names on the Government Map One of our readers Nrote the officials at 4 ictoria regarding the changed names of places. The following are excerpts from the reply received: The Hydrographic Survey of Canada has recently made a detailed survey ofthe Vancouver Harbour area. In this work they very carefully examined and revised the Marine naming, and very kindly cooperated in supplying the naming which appears in the ~Iarine feature upon our map, Howe Sound- Burrard Inlet. For many years there has been established a Geographic Board of Canada, representing the Dominion Government and the Provinces. The work of this Board, advised by the Pro- vincial representatives, is the permanent fixation of geo graphical naming. A very important feature of this work is the elimination of duplicated names wherever possible. And it is, when opportunity presents, such as the production of a standard detailed topographic map, that the necessary changes in the naming are made. For instance, in the list you have supplied you give "Eagle Harbour." On our records there have been three Eagle Har- bours in B. C., there have been three Cougar Creeks, and five Cathedral iAIountains. wherever it is possible attempt is made to substitute naming of old time residents of the area in which any geographical name-changes take place. I understand sofar as the 3Iarine name changes supplied to us for the Howe Sound -- Burrard Inlet, this practice was carefully follow- ed, and in the naming of the interior features attempt was made to have naming which would be representative of those identified with the progress of the district. You will appreciate that there is sometimes a prominent man who has a name which is already applied to a similar feature in some @ther part of the Province, and this adds an- other difficulty to, I can assure you, the difficult matter of editing geographical naming. IVith regard to the datums given in the table in the lower south-»'est corner of the map referred to, each of these organ- izations for their own particular engineering requirements adopted a definite point from which to control their operations--in short, a vertical reference point. These operations com- menced in long years ago when the data with regard to sea- level »'as not available in the measure it now is. P.S.--IVe produced an advance issue of the South sheet, Howe Sound-Burrard Inlet, to provide opportunity for any small changes and corrections that may be necessary, and also to allow of the final printing of the North and the South sheets at about the same time, so that a closer match in colour- strength could be obtained. Crown ~lountain, in error omitted from the first printing, »ill appear in the final printing. G. G. A. Since receiving this reply our correspondent has written back asking who»'ere the old residents after whom the places have been re-named. EVe ourselves and most other people iii IVest Vancouver will be much interested in getting this information, as the new name» do not link up any old timers to our knowledge. Of course it is possible that »hat has happened is that the names of old-timers of other sections of B. C. have been perpetuated in this re-naming. If this is so, we would re- spectfully dra» the attention of the chief geographer to the fact that there are quite a large number of people whose work «nd life have directly influenced the growth a»d developmerit of our district, and, to say the least, it would have been a fitting gesture to have used their names if ne»'ames»ere necessary.