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001C9911 Circulating if',the $1.00t per year. I'j I I I I) .c-,: A Wee&,y,".Newsia,aei. District of.. West Vancouver-- Ambleside, Holi@burn, Weftoyf, II~ Cypress Parle, &Cau'1feild,'hyteeliff, Etc. Dun"arable Newsstands 5c per Copy Vol. IV'& SIX PP,GES HOLLYBURN P.O.,'WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, MARt' 14th, 1930 No. 52 ANNUAL ST. PATRICK' DAY iAIASQUERADE IN INGLEAVOOD SCHOOL Preparations have 'een com- pleted for the annual St. Pat- rick's Day masquerade dance which is being given next illoil- day night, 17th instant, hy'he Canadian Legion, West Vancou- ver branch, in the Inglewood auditorium. The Board of School Trustees'ave kindly consulted to rent the , auditorium lfor the occasion on the understanding that nobody IIibe allowed on the dancing floor wearing shoes with nails in them. This stipulation is made so that I)~the floor will I not beldamaged for the use of the scholars. The "Jumping Jacks" five-piece orchestra has been engaged, and will play from 9I till 1. There will I be six i prizes, also refresh- ments, and a special'bus service ItIfo and from the dance. )i dancers 'i home. Admission 75 cents which, includes refresh "-'ments. See adv. for. particulars ,I of special bus service. ~ DUNDARAVE LADIES'HOIR )CONCERT VERY SUCCESSFUL iIi There was a i good l attendance IIat the spring concert gr'veni at t'f're"Srilieu Cfflitv'fl" lcrbi Tu&dua 4 evening by the Dundarave Ladies /Choir under the direction of Mrs.F. X. Hodgson, L;A.B.'he choir is well balanced and i, their rendering of all the chorus- es on the program was distinctly II) good. The ~various solos, duets,. trios and quartettes &were well~ 'eceived by the audience, as was also a,violinlfsolo by Beatrice Hodgson,. mrs. 'F. X. EIodgson herself was in splendid voice, and her Ithree songs together,with two i final i choruses of the choir ., were a fitting climax to an ex- cellent program. -- '. HARVEY SBIITH ~ Who is havi»g the front of his Dundavave store improved. The il.teviov has also been reniodelled and enlarged to half as much again to accomodate his grooving business. EVheo completed the i pointed and largest stores i'l'reater Vancouver.,31v. Smith ivill celebrate the re-ope»ing to- movvoiv iveek, 22nd March, con- cevni»g svhich there ivill be a» arlllouncenlellt ill oilr llext, issue. T he District's 'Financial'Statement for 1929 The annual financial statement of the municipality for the year 1929, which has just been published, makes interesting reading. There is a surplus of $837,966.41 of assets over liabilities, this being an increae of $122,271 within the year due chiefly to a'substantial'addition to the municipal roads and bridges asset. The bank overdraft, it is stated, remains much higher than was anticipated, but on the other hand the 3500 acres of tax sale lands situated on the upper levels, which are admit- tedly the most potentially valuable asset appearing~on the statement, are still'available. HadI any sale of a portion of these taken place, the overdraft would haveibeen reduced by the amount of the price obtained. &Due in large measure, ao doubt, to the present world-wide slowing up in business, only 76~!o of the tax roll'total was collected as against,79J0 in 1928. As a result in the main of the higher mill rate, however, and the marked reduction in the board of works expenditure, there.was a surplus of $17,687.43 of revenue over expenditures, The reduction ini the expendi- ture of the board&of works department, always one of the heaviest spending, departments in any growing municipality, shows that in the face of the heavylbank overdraft a deter- mined and successful:effor was made to keep expenses down to a minimum. 'In view of the ipresent,'criticism of our transportation system, which some even have gone so far as to say should be scrapped," it is interesting to note that, while the ferries carried 7000 less passengers in the first five months of the year thari Irt in the same period for 1928, thev showed an increase of 27000 i~more passengers in the whole twelve months than in 1928. It would appear to be stretching the long bow a long way to infer I that such a recovery was entirely due to the increase in ferry '-»travel caused',by the closingIoflthelCapilano bridge for. the ~]ast three months of the'year.when the heavy summer travel ,was'over. The, evidence,ofithese figures. points rather to a"' large general'increase in(ferry travel; and'as such it would Vniy aamrri- t'ai lac: Wi~ t;G s.'Oi.6sCl'"-r'O'Q C "O') T. b3K '1Q gCttill' rid of what would seemito be a potential-asset if pi'operly de- veloped, moi.e especially as the statement shows an outstand- ing ibond indebtedness for the ferries of $196,000tand for wharves of $50,000.'f these latter figures $40,000 are bonds issued& for 'Dundarave pier., the iemaining, $10,000I being anIrI issue of a few years ago for improvements to Ambleside docl-.'he sinking fund istin/excellentishape, ithe total~being $400,802.80,'which is $80,409.18 at par over the amount re- quired. Generally speaking, thele does inot appear)to be much reason for the pessimistic talk indulged in sometimes by some of&our residents. Our taxesl have gone up,'t is'true,'but expansion must be paid for., and ouv. chief concern should be" whether we get the value of any money spent. ~AVest Vancou- ver in common with most growing B C. municipalities, is faced with'a steadily. growing increase in the general rate and will'P continue so to do so long as the municipal act does not pro- vide for the total'cost of improvements being charged on ~'traightfrontage basis. That and that alone, is the real nigger in the woodpile.'he ~Ridge as a ~Nationa'1~~Park I A resolution was recently passed'by the Kitsilano Rate- ! ~payers Association, which, it is reported, will be endorsed by ~ other.Vancouver. organizations, urging the provincial govern- ",,~ ment to reserve the mountains behind Grouse'and'Hollyburu'u as aIpark. 'This would,'of course, include Hollyburn Ridge.'he resolution has further. received the unqualified support of the Province newspaper in an editorial. This emphasizes the need of reserving~the above area, because, while»obody ca» run away. with the land, some one might damage the natural beauty of Hollvburn "Ridge by cutting its timber in spite of past unsuccessful'attemptsito do so. ItIis also pointed out that as a park reserve, for which it is fitted and for little else, the Ridge would receive move adequate five protection, "anrl," as money became available, steps could be taken,to open up the area and develop it." .i»I XVe heartily endorse all.the reasons given by our big con- temporary for reserving the Ridge except the statement quoted'n inverted commas. That, hoivevsr, contains s joker, to davit, "as money became available," which, wholly nullifies the pos- sibility of any present benefit'from the scheme.'or money is not available, as we all of us know, and will not be available for a~number of years'to come. The provincial government is struggling with the problem of a big provincial debt aod methods of reducing it anclihas no money and no plans even for. park development. Alake IIollyburn Ridge a provincial ;i park and it will stay,put as such. Arid that will be all. )Ve would like to see the present generation enjoy the benefits to be derived from its development, which can only be done by getting the parks branch in Ottawa to take it, over as a natioriol,,~ store will be one of the best ap- I~ park. The'latter have regular plans'andI the money to put such plans into execution. Therefore ive believe that the very strongest effovts should be made to bring this into effect. Then if all efforts fail, the only thing, which would also be the next best thiiig, would be for us to get behind the proposal to have the Ridge reserved by the Victoria au'thorities, Council Notes B. Babcock was advised in re- ply to his letter of inquiry that A petition was received from E. Freeman and twenty-five other AVoodfibre residents asking to have the present Pacific Stage bus teminus at Whytecliff re- moved to the foot of Royal Ave. He was advised that when the council have occasion to discuss transportation matters with the 'Pacific Stages, the petition will be taken up with them. T. Korner, who wrote to the reeve proposing the reservation of an crea with subdivision and I'bllilding restrictions, was advis- ed that copies of his letter had been sent to the council and the town planning commission for ,, reference. An application of C. Bruce Clegg to open a store on'22nd Street was not granted. The North Vancouver Board of Trade, were informed that their invitation to attend a meet- i»g on 7th March of l the three North Shore councils I and the AVest Vancouver Board of Trade was l unfortunately received too late by-the council. =: The council ordered a letter to be sent to J.'Forsyth,, general ioremie't 'Provincial dept.of'i public works, North iVancouver District, stating they, would like to know when he would be here , to take up the Marine Drive esti- n ates with the municipal engin- $ eer. Ill, A letter was sent by the coun- t cil to the comptroller of water rights to the effect that when the engineer, who was sick, re- turned to his duties, the matters o'; the Eagle Lake and'Cypress Creek licenses would be attended ,, to.(lI "The secretary of 'the harbor commissioners was advised that, provided the public were not pre- vented from crossing the beach at any point south of the private property line the council had no objection to make to the propos- ed,boat landing designed by AV. Hurry to be erected at Cypress Park. The sketch divas returned as requested. J Mary Southgate asked that the boulevard be cleared in front of her two lots at the corner of 18th and Fulton. I She was informed that the council had no funds a- vailable for clearing boulevards. A. R. Pearson divas advised that the ivater main question would ,, receive consideration by the council for action next fall. A. R. Pearson and i~laud Bell were informed that the road ivork applied for by them had been done. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Richards, Akroyd and Gall wrote the cou»cil asking them if it divas theiv intention to do some further ivovk this spring on Pic- cadilly from the railway right- of-ivay up to Forest Lane and along Forest Lane to Clovelly Knlk. They iveve advised that the .cost of opening Piccadilly » as quite 'eyond the council's revenue resources this year. Scratching for Scotch "I just found out the origin ot the Grand Canyon." "Yeah, Tell us." "Once upon a time there its a Scotchman touring Arizona and he dropped a dime in a prairie dog hole." the council hadino authority to prevent a property owner, from erecting any kind of a fence he wished providing it was not more than 6 feet high. The B. C. E. R. wrote in refer- erce to the-proposed street and house lighting extension on the Keith Road between a point just east of 10th Street and a point just west of the Capilano Timber Co.'s right of way. This would require nine street lights. The matter was laid over. The following ~ere referred to the foreman: 1. Beatrice Grady. Roads con- dition 24th and waterfront. Power to act. 2. C. B. Patterson. Road 430- 48-2. Power to act. 3. A. Eastman and K. Savory drainage 557-4-2. Power to act. 4. R. L. Thompson.'Ditch N.E. and Argyle Street, Horseshoe .Bay..= 5. G. C. Dwyer. Culvert 480- 81-88. Report. 6. C. iAIcK. Cole. AVater dam- age 2484 Nelson Avenue. Report on drainage of entire area. ~ The Canadian Legion, iVest Vancouver branch, wrote askiag tkssf, t,f16 10cktf h881ffg Lv 0141I new hall be put in condition for immediate use. An expenditure not exceeding '$50 was authoriz- ed for this work. The municipal trsusporfstion system showed an operating de- ficit for last January of $450.97 according to the auditors'eport which came before the council on Monday night. ,; MUNICIPALITY'ANT TRUCE The municipality of AVest Van- couver wants a one and a half ton dump truck (low body pre: ferred) with auxiliary springs and with or ivithout dual wheels, for which latter separate quota- tions must be given. Sealed tend- ers marked "Tender for Truck" must be delivered by noon on Saturday, 22nd i%larch, at the of- fice of the iilunicipal Clerk; Hol- lyburn. An advertisement re1a- tive to this appears in this issue. /Tbe Hollyburn Theatre is put- ting on their first talkie on Mon- d;:y, Tuesday and wednesday, the title being "Smiling Irish Eyes." THE NEWS OFFICE ihlOVED TO 1(th STREET The office of the West Van Neivs has been moved from 1861 illarine Drive to John Larson's real estate office situated next to and immediately ivest of Hol- lyburn Post Office at 17th Street. Neivs items, reports of organ- izations, etc., can be placed in the letter box in the door. Anyone . lavishing to communicate with the editor can do so by phoning West 363.