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001C970A March 28, 1929. THE WEST VAN NEWS 3 GARDENS and GARDENING By NINA G. HUTS, Landscape Architect NORTH VAiW. CITY AND DISTRICT COUNCI LS AVANT FULL TlilIE JOINT illED- ICAL OFFICER School ef Lndscape Architecture and Lad scape Service Graduate In Lndscapins U. ef C Aaerfcan Gar4ealng. lseesher ftfa0enal Abolition of the present syst- em of public and school health inspection in the city and dis- trict, and adoption of the full- time medical unit system as sponsored by the provincial pub- lic health department, is possible fo))owing a joint conference be- tween the city and district coun- cils and school boards in the City Hall Monday evening. At the request of the North Shore authorities, Dr. H. E. Young, provincial health officer, attended the conference and pave a detailed report of the pre- ventive work which the govern- ment is doing in many communi- ties of the province. Committee Named The meeting adopted the prin- ciple of the health unit system, and a special committee consist- ing of representatives of the city and district councils and school boards will be appointed to investiga'.e the matter fur- ther. It will confer at a later date with Dr. Young regarding f nancial arrangements. )Vest Vancouver mll be ap- proached to ascertain if it is de- sirous of becoming identified with the scheme. The meeting heard the views of several North Shore doctors, including City ) ledica) Health Officer Dr. Thomas Verner, City Schools Health Officer Dr. Har- old Dyer and Dr. D. J. Millar of the district. Situation Involved Dr. Millar stated that health conditions on the North Shore are far from satisfactory, and he thought the only solution to the problem was the appointment of a full-time medical health officer and school health officer for the three municipalities. "EVe have been perfectly healthy here," said Dr. Verner. "IVe have had a few cases, but we would have them whether we had a full-time health officer or not." Dr. Harold Dyer said condi- tions on the North Shore are the same as in other districts. EVith three health officers, however, he said, the situation is involved. He contended that all doctors should be forced to obey the law and report infectious cases to the medical health officer. Quotes Saanich Plan Dealing in detail with the pre- ventive work being carried on by the government, Dr. Young re- ferred to the institution in 1921 of a health service by public )Iea)th nurses. He said there are now twenty-six public health nurses engaged in various parts of the province and twenty-six others engaged in schoo) work. As an illustration Dr. Young described the Saanich unit, where the government provided a med- ical health officer, a senior nurse three assistant nurses and a san- itary inspector at an annual cost of $ 14,000, of which the govern- ment paid ha)f. which do nat flower until the following year, after which they die. Thev may be sown in May, June, July and August, and sometimes in September but it i~ best to bear in mind that the earlier the seed is sown, the bet- ter condition the plant wi)1 be in to withstand the winter. Some of these are not actually biennial flowers are the follow- ing: Half-Hardy Annuals Petunia Salpiglossis Scabiosa Schizan thus African and French Marigolds Zinnia Swan-river-daisy. Hardy Annuals Alyssum Calliopsis Cosmos Kochia Morning Glory Nigella Portulaca Snapdragon Larkspur Shirley Poppies. Biennials Anchusa Capensis EVa)) flower Coreopsis grandiflora Scabiosa caucasica Verbascum (Mullein) Rose Campion. Some of these ar enot actually biennials they are most satis- factory wheri grown as such. NOTE The writer will consider It ~ pleasure io answer questions concerning the garden In this column. The questions should be addressed to the wriier In care of the Ediior. The answer will appear In an early issue or If ~ personal reply la desired a ~ tamped, self-addressed envelope should be enclosed. ROYALS IIEET NORTH SHORE SATURDAY DA VID AIACBETH AIOIR The meeting of the Literary Society last Thursday evening was taken up with a study of the life and writings of Dr. Noir, the "Delta" of "B)ackwood's Magazine," by Mrs. Selwood. As full an account of his life as the accessible sources of information would permit was followed by specimens of his poetry, -- his feeling for landscape, his elegiac pieces, and his political squibs. Mrs. Selwood then passed on to a detailed description of that Scottish classic, 'Mansie bauch,'llustratedby copious extracts. The essayist may be said to have made the book her own, so well- chosen and so successfully rend- ered were the examples which she gave of the author's char- acteristic humor and kindly feel- ing for humanity in the humbler ranks of life. The subsequent discussion by the members was in the nature of a comparison between Gait's "Annals of the Parish" and the "Life of Mansie bauch, Tailor in Da)keith," which proved quite entertaining. A cordial vote of thanks to Mrs. Selwood closed the proceedings. This week's senior soccer card will consist of two games on Good Friday and five on Satur- day, of which only one match svi)) be a league affair. On Fri- day morning Capilano and Point Grey United will meet in Con- federation Park in a Mainland Cup qualifying round contest, while the 0. B. Allan Cup final (Injured Players'und) match is billed for 3 o'lock in the aft- ernoon at Athletic Park. On Saturday two more games in the first round of the Province rup competition, one Iroquois Cup first round contest, one Mainland Cup qualifying round, and a Vancouver and District League first division battle are on the programme. The com- plete card over the week-end is as follows: GOOD FRIDAY O. B. Allan Cup--Final 3.00--EVa))abies vs. AVestmin. ster Royals, Athletic Park; ref- eree, EV. webster. Mainland Cup-Qualifying Round 11.00--Capilano vs. Point Grey United, Confederation Park; ref- eree, T. Moore. An Easter Fair wi)) be held under the auspices of the lV. A. on Friday, April 5th, in the Par- ish Hall. There will be stalls for fancy ivork, and home cooking, and the junicr lV. A. is having a Japanese candy kitchen and Chinese laundry. A musical program has been arranged and afternoon tea will be served. There were 13 B. C, firms in 1J27 with a payroll of over $ 1,- 000,000. SATURDAY I'rovince Cup--First Round 3.00--B. C. Sugar- Refinery vs. Sons of England, Con Jones Park; referee, lV. J. Marshall. 3.00--Sapperton vs. Kerris- dale, Athletic Park; referee, AV. webster. Iroquois Cup--First Round 3.00--St. Pauls vs. Renfrew Athletic, Prince Edward Park; referee, R. IV. Armstrong. blainland Cup-Qua)ifying Round 3.00--Clari McLean vs. B. C. Tel- ephone, McBride Park; referee, Joe Craig. V. R D. League--First Division 3.00--westminster Royals vs. North Shore United. Confedera- tion Park; referee, P. A. Shep- pard. B. C. Nurseries Growers of Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Ornamentals, Roses, Etc. SPECIE& For FERTILIZERS GRASS SEED and SEED POTATOES come to the THIS iVEEK 4-Year Old DUCHESS APPLES Good large healthy trees grown in our own Nurseries. VERNON FEED STOREE. S. Gamage, British Columbia Nurseries, 700 hlarine Drive, l'Vest Van. Phone N'est 249R A. C. SEARLE Phone AVest 9 Next door to Theatre Fue) and I)ui)ding Supplies. pc. Annual flowers, meaning those which bloom the same year the seed is sown, should be planted during the latter part of March and during April, for early bloom. If it is desired to have later bloom, the seed of course, may be sown later. The annuals, hardy and half- hardy, inc)ude many of our most beautiful and easiest grown f)owers and the cost of suffici- ent seed for the ordinary sized gf.rden is so small that there iq very little reason for us not hav- ing quantities or lovely bloom in our gardens. The majority of the annuals are also very suit- able for cutting, and in the vari- eties available one's pet color scheme can he easily be followed. i know of one woman at least who grows in her garden only those flowers which will har- monize with lier rooms. Any ordinary garden soil ia suitable for the annuals. The soil should not be too rich as it tends to produce leaves and stalks rather than flowers. A Bma)l quantity of rotted manure, or better gati)) some leaf mold will provide splendidly for their requirements. The refuse from the kitchen such as lettuce and cabbage leaves, potato peelings, etc., is good for the purpose. In other words anything that will produce humus may be used. Hardy annuals may be sown in the fall, where it is intended to have them bloom, and they will blossom quite a bit earlier. If early bloom is not a require- ment spring is quite satisfactory. The biennial flowers are those whose seed is sown one year, but %,~Ma%7Ca% 4% a% J% a% a% a% 7% a%- a% ~a% ~ ~ a% ~ M a%~M~J% ~~ J%ac.J%~& iit „,"i ~ll ItitIouri .&IIia Streets.arService no central shoppmy I district could exist WILL the citr oi thc near future become decentra.lized. Will business be forced into suburban sub-centres because of the increasing traKc congestiondowntown? These questions are being asked by experts in civicdevelopment all over this con'.anent. At present 80 to 90 per cent. of the Vancouver travel-ling public travel by street car. Congestion on thedowntown streets caused by the increased numbers ofautomobiles is making it more diaicult for street carsto get through the streets. Unless this 80 to 90 ycrcent. can travel quickly, cheaply and conveniently, theywill shop and do business elsewhere than downtown. M erchants and business men who never travel bystreet car are apt to forget that shoppers and otherswho bring them business travel almost entirely by~treet car. It is to the interest of these business mento sec that automobile congestion does not hamper thestreet cars «hich bring their customers to their doors. effssist your street rails,'ay to serve Vancouver gxilISH QgPQgg . Fr.vLmiC14uwarCjk VANCOUVER VICTORIA R7-29 HOLLYBURiiI SKI CLUB iVIN L PACIFIC CHAI11PIONSHIP Hollyburn-Pacific Ski Club won the Tupper E: Steele shield, representing the Pacific Coast team championship in skiing, adding a victory in the second half of the.competitioTI on.Holly- burn Ridge to a triumph gained in the first section on Grouse Mountain some weeks ago. The Grouse Mountain Club was sec- ond and the Vancouver EVinter Sports Club, third. Axe) Sneis, Hol)yburn Club champion, won both the cross-country race and the jumping competition, finish- ing the eight-mile cross-country course in 54 minutes, 39 seconds. Sneis won individual honors for the competition, Olav Tellef- son of Grouse being second and J. Turner of Hollyburn, third. Jack Abramson of Grouse made the longest jump but a fall on his first effort spoiled ): is chance for a victory. Among the eight hundred or so spectators were John Sner- snud and Ed Runska of Finland. The latter went over the eight- mile course at an easy pace and bettered the time made by Sneis by more than four minutes. He is credited with the ivor)d's rec- ord of 1 hour 47 minutes and 5-0 seconds for twenty kilomet- tres, or fifteen miles in Finland. Snersnud, who gave some beautiful exhibition jumps dur- ing the competition, arrived in Vancouver Saturday on the Em- press of Russia from Japan. He obtained special permission from the International Association of Skiing to instruct in ski riding whi)e in Japan. He was third for combined honors on the Olympic Games and has a jump of 2331'eet to his credit. He made 206 feet on Reve)stoke Hill and gave out a statement at the time in which he gave full cred- ence to Nels Nelsen's record of 240 feet. Snersnud will be seen in action I friday, Saturday and Sunday with Nelsen and Thorleaf on Grouse Mountain. The individ- ua) and team totals for the Tup- per 4 Steele shield competition follows: At Grouse -- Ho)lyburn, 83,- ff991: Grouse, 64,089; Van. lV. S. , 53.061. At Hollyburn -- Hollyburn, f 7.667; Grouse, 72.204; Van. )V. S. C., 40.267. Totals -- Hollyburn, 161.638; Grouse, 136.293; Van. 4V. S. C., 93.328 Individual Totals--Axe) Sneis, (Hollyburn) 18.956; 0. Tel)efsen (Grouse) 17.606; J. Turner, (Ho))yburn), 16.643; C. Laarit- sen (Hol)yburn) 16 625 W %'eysey (Grouse), 15.921; R. Xei)d (Grouse), 15.368; H. Dav- idson ()Vinter Sports Club), 11 993. SKI CHA~IPIONSHIP ON GROUSE THIS AVEEE END John Snersrud a new member ot the Hollyburn Ski Club, spent over three months in Japan as coach to the Japanese. He was third in the Olympic games. Big things are expected of this new member. Oscar Pearson, anoth- er member of the Hollyburn Club i~ expected to rank high in the Vancouver Ski Cchampionships to be held on Grouse Mountain tomorrow, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. At a late hour Tues- day night snow was falling fast and officials at the Grouse Moun- tain Chalet estimated there was 22 inches of snow on the ground at that time, so there wi)) be plenty of snow for the games. As well as contestants from Grouse Mountain and Ho))yburn Ridge Ski Clubs, others are com- ing from as far afield as Revel- stoke and Portland, Oregon. The ski jump is expected to be in excellent condition for the opening next Friday and it is hoped some new records wi)) be made. Vancouver -- western Canada's Port Since 1910 the peak of wheat production has steadily Inoved wes tward from eastern Saskat- chewan until now the bulk of western Canadian grain is grown avithin the definite radius served by the port of Vancouver. In the last ten years the boun- tlary of grain cultivation has been pushed steadily northward until now huge areas of North- tern Saskatchewan, Northern A)- berta including the Peace River country, produce millions of Lushe)s of the finest ivheat in the world. ~~M M M~~~ M ~~ 4% M M MMMM M ~~M~ M M 4% ~ 4+'% M M a% MA