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001C96B7 Grocery Specials at GREENWOOD'S fnr SATURDAY nnd MONI)AY Tomatoes, large cans.... 2 for 2."ic Pineapple, Faultless.... 2 for 23c Spinach, 2's ................ 2 for SSc Liquid Veneer, largos bottle 3Ic Nabob Tea lb. 58c B.C. Granulated Sugar I Dibs. 59c ~x„'l!l', Il~N'l)l,'ll:. S GROCERY We Deliver West 16 OUR NOTED Fruit Buns are specials on WEDNESDAY R SATURDAY Try our DATE 8. NUT LOAVES Mrs. Draper's 2435 ilARINE DRIVE Next Dundarave Hall. NOTE PHONE: West 366 (DUNDARAVE HOME BAKERY) In business in West Van 8 Years C. J. Overington 14th MId blarine a" "l~ I For appointment PHONE iVEST 135 LMOST N CRE T LTANONT Block from hiarine Drive. Good Soil. Price for quick sale, only $600. $200 Cash, balance very easy. WHITAKER 8; WHITAKEII 942 West Pender St. VANCOUVER, B. C. PA'S PRAYER Once upon a time sickness came to the family of a poorly-paid pastor of a country church. It was winter and the pastor was in financial straits. A number of his flock decided to meet at his nome and offer prayers for the speedy recovery of the sick ones and for material blessings upon the pastor's family. AVhile one of the deacons was offering a fervent pray- er for blessings upon the pastor's household, there was a loud knock at the door. When the door was opened a stout farmer's boy was seen, wrapped up comfortably. "What do you want?" asked one ot the elders. "I'e brougnt pa's prayers," replied the boy. "Brought pa's prayers? AUhat do you mean?" "Yep, brought his prayers, and they are out in the wagon. Just help me and we'l get 'cm in." Investigation disclosed the fact that pa's prayers consisted of potatoes, flour, bacon, corn-meal, turnips, ap- ples, warm clothing and a lot of jellies for the sick ones. The prayer meeting adjourned in short order.--Railway Carmen's Journal. February 8, 1929. uted to Canada's waI'-time suc- cess. I irst, the Canadian aiv force, which was not organized before the end of the year, but all Canadian flying men served with either the Royal Air Force, the Royal Flying Cotgs, a»d the Royal Naval Aiv Seimice. In 1916 the R. I". C., opened a re- cruiting service i» Canada, and 13,500 men enlisted before the eIid of the wav. The move prom- inent being Bishop, with seven- ty-three German machines, Col- lishaw with sixty, and Barket'ith fifty, Roy Bvowli also brought down the great German Ace 'Richtofen'nd MacLeod wo» tlie V.C., at the age of eigh- teen for o»e cf the bravest deeds of the war. The Canadian Railway Troops must »ot be fovgotte», for in the spring of 1918 it was these troops, with the assistance of the India» Cavalry which built the line that finally stopped the German advance. The I"orestvy Cotys was an- other Canadiali enterprise; tim- ber was needed in large amounts, and it was procured. The Can- adians were right at home in that kind of work, and at the time of the Armistice, there were 31,- 477 officers and men enlisted in this Cotgs. The women of Canada also played an impottant part in the world war. Over 2,000 Canadian nurses went overseas, and 54 gave up their lives. There were three hundred and forty three women who were not nurses but who assisted in the hospitals. The Canadian manofacturers and workers also had to do "their bit" to help, and by the end of the war Canada had sent overseas a total of 65,343,647 shells. The value of these ship- ments reached over a billion dol- lars, and established Canada's position as one of the great in- dustrial nations of the world. All this was not possible with- out money and what Lloyd George called "The Silver Bul- let." Canada's total outlay fov the war was one thousand, seven hundred million dollars, or more than two hundred dollars for every person in the Dominion, all of which was raised from the people of Canada. Added to this must be the pensions of those permanently disabled. Besides the Government funds there were other organizations which contributed more than one hundred million dollars. What has been the result of the war? The first visible result was the formal recognition of the national status of Canada, when the nations of the world freely accepted her right to sign the Versailles Treaty as a sep- arate treaty-making power. It has given a spirit of confidence in the count t~, and a sense of national unity. Men from coast to coast fought side by side, and some battalions would include men from all provinces of the Dominion. However, the knowledge of her power has not weakened Can- adian sentiment toward the Em- pire, for we learned that a United Empire was the greatest lesson of the wav. It is a lesson which should never be forgotten and teaches a greater possibility fot. the future, in the power of a United Empire in time of peace. I„o(, jVgr I„lj By Dorothy Nuir, Grade Vill, Pauline Johnson School only 3,000 officers and men, but on September 22nd, 33,000 men embarked, and on October 3rd they sailed o» thirty-two trans- ports with ten battleships for es- corts. It was the greatest fleet of transports ever gathered to- gether in the history of the wol'ld. The first Canadians to go to France wev the Pvi»cess Pat- ricia's Light Infantry, raised by Colonel Gait i» Dlontreal and al- most all the men in it had al- ready seen service elsewhere. They were i» the lines five months to the day after war had been declared, and the First Div- isio» took their turn in the trenches a month later than the PriIicess Pats. EVe have reason to be proud of this speed, for the first American division to go into action was a year after the U.S.A. had declared wav. The battle of Ypres on April 22nd was perhaps the greatest ordeal of the war, for then poi- sonous gas was used by the ene- my for the first time. The brav- ery with which the Canadian held their ground upset the plans of the Germans, who had hoped through the use of the gases, to break dow» their defence. The Canadians, in saving the day, had suffered 6,000 casual- ties, but along with the sorrow there came a feeling of national pride. The Canadians with only a few months'raining, had made a good showing against the most highly trained soldiers in the world. At the time the Sec- ond Division was being trans- ported the Third Division was sent in the early part of the year of 1916 and the fourth in, the middle of August of the same year. The Canadian hospitals were opened, and supply depots were established. Sir Arthur Currie, a Canadian, commanded in France. Another Canadian, by name of Sir Richard Turner, directed the work in England. The Army was increasing so rapidly that; the Canadians them- selves scarcely realised the ex- tent of what they were doing. The total number of men enlist- ed in Canada was 595,411, and about 80,000 of these came in under the Military Service Act. The Canadians bore the great- est part of the war in the taking of Vimy. During the summer they fought before Lens and Hill 70, in October Ypres again, then Passchendaele. The Canadians took all their objectives, in spite of untold hardships. In the spring of 1918, the Canadian Cavalry Brigade which included the Royal Horse Artillery, to- gether with the motor machine guns and railway troops, suffer- ed great losses, for they always took a great part in resisting the German advance. One readily sees that Canada could be justly proud of her fighting unit, for in 1914 Canada had but 3,000 men in uniform, and in 1918 Sir Arthur Currie commanded a force of 160,000 Canadians, who helped to crush a much larger army from the greatest military counttg in the world. The four Canadian Divisions on the western front captured 31,537 prisoners out of the 200,- 000 which weve captured by the whole British Army. Although Canada did her share she paid a heavy price in the loss of men, 51,674 killed or died of wounds, and 149,732 were wounded. The question now rises, why did Canada Iespond so wonder- fullv to the Empire's need? The answer is "Loyalty to British principles. Discipline, making speedy training. Endurance which save:l the day at Ypres, and added to these is 'Initiative.'n addition to soldiers, there were many forces which contrib- Some time ago, 51vs. K. Rack- lyeft, IVest Vancouver public school teacher, had her pupils write an essay on "Ca»ada's Part i» the Great )Vav." Dor- othy Muiv and Charlie Baldwin weve the class win»ers. Below we publish the o»e writ- ten by Dorothy Muir. Next week we hope to give the one by Char- lie Baldwin. It might be»oted that the same idea has been followed by teachetz in the Buvnaby and other Greater Vancouver schools and Ca»ada's part i» the Great &Var is likely to become fairly well known to the school child- I'eII. Mvs. Racklyeft is evidently a true educationalist. Essay writ- ing is a most productive form of mind development, analytical power, a»d facile egression, and children should be given every encouragement possible to excel in it. It not only trains a child to think logically, but to put~ down his ideas in concise good English, which expresses those ideas clearly and with no unnec-[ essary words. Such training is very useful to the scholar later, whether he goes into the busi- ness world, or takes up one of the professions. These essays by the school children are excellently written and we are glad to publish them in these columns. In some form is excellent ns n I builder after flu or to strength- en resistance to any prevniling disease. We have the pure C. L. O. in SQUIBB', AYERST iiIFAD'S NOltiVEGIAN Also Qnmpole s Cod Ltver Otl Kepler's. Scott's Emulsion. OU It I'RESCltl PTION DEl'T. Ilnve your doctor phone your Prescrption or send it, to us. AVe will dispense it accurately nnd carefully nnd deliver it. WEST VAN PHARMACY Thc Store of Service We Deliver. I'hone IVest 37 LADIES CHOIR UNDER AIRS. F. X. HODGSON GIVES SUCCESSFUL CONCERT "A night in the Orient" as pre- sented by Nvs. F. X. Hodgson's Ladies Choir assisted by other artists, last Friday night at Ing lewood School was one of the most enjoyable concerts ever given in EVest Vancouver. The delightful rendering of the old operatic selections and the art- istic grouping and setting were a pleasurable sunrise to the large audience present. )Veil over four hundred people crowded into the auditorium. The concert ment off with clock work precision and though the length of the programme pre- vented the soloists from favor- ing with encores, the applause was loud and prolonged in an en- deavor to have them grant these favors. The soloists were Mrs. T. C. Turner, Mrs. H. Eager, Miss El- eanor Chilton, Mrs. C. Donohoe, Mrs. H. Leggatt, Mrs. F. Bur- ling, Mrs. A. Gleam, Mrs. F. X. Hodgson, Edith White, Joan Durbin, Aladge Farmer, and Mr. Frank Lefeaux and his son Laurie. Mrs. F. Lefeaux was the accompanist. Selections and accompaniments were played by an orchestra un- der the direction of Mrs. Knight Hodge, with Dlvs. T. Snelgrove, AVinnie Brealey, Madge Murray and Irene Gvacey, violins; H. E. Day, cello, and E. Chapman, per- cussion. There were several enjoyable choruses, including a number of selections from the "Mikado," aIld the "Geisha," while a boys chorus of about 10 in number de- 1ighted the audience with "Jack's the Boy" and "Jolly Young Jacks." Mrs. Hodgson and the artists received many congratulatory expressions from members of the audience at the close of the con- cett, and it was plainly evident that the evening had been a suc- cessful one from every point of view. The variegated colors of the costumes gave the platform a ver animated appearance. 'The programme divas an en- tirely new one for )Vest Vancou- ver and it is hoped that another of a similar nature can be ar- ranged at some later date. August 4th, 1914, marked the beginning of the world's greate.t,'ar and also made important history for the British Empire. On that day Great Britain and'er colonies took a decisive step in a cause which resulted in the mobilization of almost nine mil- lion British troops, exceeded in number only by Russia. EVhen it is asked why Canada entered the war, the answer must be, that when Britain is at war, Canada must also be. Until the end of July, 1914, it was hoped that peace would be pre- served, but because of Germany's defiant attitude of aggression, the climax came. Sir Robert Borden was premier of Canada at that time and he cabled to England offering assistance to Great Britain if war should come. It was on August 6th that the offer was accepted, and Can- ada prepared to send the division at once. The reason Canada decided to raise a complete division of 22,- 500 men was because Canadians felt that Great Britain had taken the only honorable course in ent- ering the war, and that the fut- ure of civilization depended upon its outcome. In spite of Can- ada's obligation to help there were many obstacles to over- come, for one-third of our popu- lation were French-Canadians who, though loyal to Canada, were opposed to taking part in any foreign war. There were also half a million people of German descent living here. However, when Parliament met on August 18th, full support was given to Sir Robert Borden on his policy in giving support to Great Brit- ain. Sir AVilfred Laurier, leader of the Liberal party, in a speech in the House of Commons, show- ed in no uncertain voice that on this question at least all party differences were set aside. The organization of the first overseas contingent was wonder- ful, for on August 8th troops be- gan to assemble at Valcat&ier, which was chosen as the site for the training camp, with Colonel Sam Hughes in charge. In four weeks'ime a great military camp was in action, with four miles of rifle ranges, which was the longest continuous line of targets in the world. At the outbreak of war, Can- ada had a permanent force of Evety speakeI at the dinnei had advertised the town. The speakers all said that had the town been on the coast it would have been the world's first city. A visiting speaker was called "Gentlemen" he said "I am impressed by your town as much as you are, and believe I can sug- gest a way in which you can get your wish," All leaned forward, and he added: "This is what I should do. Obtain a large pipe, run it from your town to the ocean, and if you can suck as hard as you can blow, the ocean will soon be alongside." DEBATES The Debates held on Friday, January 18, between Grade IX Commercial was won by Grade IX General. The subject was: Resolved that the use of Vaccine and other Serums should be en- forced. The winners upheld the Negative viewpoint. Grade X Commercial won the decision over Grade X General in a debate held on Friday, Jan- uary 25. The subject was: Re- solved that Examinations in High Schools should be abolish- ed. THE WEST VAN NEAVS "Canada's Part in the Great War."