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0001 Id/S A Weekly Newspaper Circulatingin the District of West 1 ancoufyer-AfnbleSid, Holi@bur», Weston, Dundarave $1.00 per year. CyPresS Parle, Caulfeild, Whytecliff, J'tc. Newsstands 5c per copy ' -- Vol. V SIX PAGES HOl LYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY& OCT. 24th, l930 No. 22 ) llg lgl, 'RR aa the t?slik, ez aad igbt to le&ably il SUCh Its&par 'I, aml i'one&4 mais. e om. izy of 'll ally. mtbev, datfo. sv )or- bo )at obtaia- toa fov xalahg all aivv keir b tev in a lly tboy gaillm , alsvo I, if aat boy got iae, lst arly st dmti&m co oled. &sly for I &bad? otwjo rR. 9. ibe de- 7 feel added, oi the B toro sdy le v coos fovtber o~f iverthe og&sg&y. o dna&I vt THE IIOWEI.I. RIVER HIGHWAY A very imlxlrtant announcement particularly for West Vancouver was made last Saturday by Hon. Nels Lougheed, minister of public works, when he announced that the town af Powell River would be connected by road with this North Shore during 1931. A road has been in building between these two points for some time, and the government engineers are now engaged, the minister stated, in, locating the final stretches of the road and the terminal points of the two motor ferr.'es. One of these ferries will run across Howe Sound from some point in. the westerly end of the municipality to Hopkins Landing or thereabouts. The other will bridge the gsp across Jervis Inlet. Both boats are to be built especially for the purpose and will be capable of handling all the motor traffic. D That will undoubtedly be very large indeed.It is a curious thing that in spite of the wonderful setting of Vancouver there is only one really scenic drive on the south side of Burrard Inlet, namely, round Stanley Park and along the 51arine Drive in Point Grey. For the rest it is necessary to cross to the North Shore, where Marine Drive easily holds the palm for scenic beauty. At present it runs for twelve miles through our municipality and is used by thousands of Vancouver motorists and travelling tourists. It is comparatively easy to visualize just what is going to 'happen when the motorist, wherever he hails from, can trave! for eighty miles along our coast line to Powell River. For every mile of that eighty miles he will have on one side the gulf and a view across to Vancouver Island, while on the other there will be one continuous succession of mountain ranges wooded to their summits with virgin forest. It will be one of the wonder drives of the world, snd, properly adver- tised by the provincial authorities, as doubtless it will be, will attract tourists from all over the Americas. Again, the road will open up the country throughout its length. The fact of its providing quick and adequate access to Vancouver will result in a number of settlers locating on lands adjacent to it in order to assist in supplying Vancouver's needs, Up to thirty miles fr'ofn the North Shore end new sub- urbs will gradually spring up along the road as the city grows and its business men go farther afield to build their homes. This may appear a stretch of the imagination, but Oakville is virtually a suburb of Toronto, and it is thirty miles away from that city's centre along the Toronto-Hamilton highway. Vancouver is now the third city in Canada, and, if present in- dications and prospects are any criterion, it will not be many years before it will be running Toronto very close in point of population and importance. Just what does all this mean for West Vancouver? In the first place our growth will be rapidly accelerated, since Greater Vancouver on broad lines will naturally expand from Vancouver outwards, snd we are situated at the city end of the road. Our merchants will also benefit from the con- stant stream of traffic which will be passing steadily and daily between Vancouver and the points along the road to its northerly end at Powell River. Secondly, there is the large tourist traffic to be considered. There are those who sre inclned to regard this as a negligible factor. They say the tourist is generally speaking neither a buyer nor s spender. There will be thousands of him using tho road, and all will not come into our midst laden down with supplies and gasoline. Consequently, if we have the goods he wants, he will buy, To the second charge we would remind the objectors that the tourist,being on a holiday, is in s spending mood, and, as we have remarked before, if we don't capture some of his money, it is our fault primarily and not him It merely means we have failed to provide him with the attractions on which to spend his money. Lastly, snd most important, all this additional traffic has got to cross the Inlet, and means one more reason, if any more were needed, for the speedy building of a First Narrows bridge. From all the rumors we hear and some of them seem to bear the stamp of authority,--a bridge across the Lions'ate is much closer than some suppose or many more believe. Of this, however, we can rest assured, that, when the bridge does come, that coming will be largely due to the building of the Powell River highway. DIVISION I FOOTI)AI L A SUPPER FOR 10c- Ssturday West, Vancou W Norton hss ope«d st 1421Marine Drive in the store form- ver and the Lions af North Va" arly occupied by Lunn's Restaur- couvcr played to a one-all tie snt, where he will sell genuine The I.iona scored their goal a- pork piss made on the premises, bout ten minutes from the start from legs of pork only. Prices of the game. Fred Murray equal. range from 25 cents and 36 cents ized the score with but three upwards. Mr. Horton is sn Eng- minutes to go in the last half. lish york butcher of many years The West Van. team was as experience snd patrons can be follows: Trai?ord, Irish, Cornish, assured of getting the genuine Timhrell, Forrester, Stetvens, article from him. An advertise. Iwnnox, McVean, Ashe, Ken ment relative to this appears in drlck snd Murray, this issue, GORDON GRAY Will play the part of "Melroy," the butler in the forthcoming production of "Tilly of Blooms- bury." WEST VANCOUVER ORCHESTRAI. SOCIETY Anyngements have now been completed for the first concert given by the newly fored orches- tral society. The concert will take place in the Orange Hall on Wednesday. November 19tly, aad s'o«voggtan of exceptional interest is being prepared. A special stage will be erected to accommodate the members of the orchestra and Mr. J. Haydn Young will conduct. There being a number of stud- ents in the society the commit- tee has decided that at each con- cert one item on the program will consist of a solo by one of the younger members. The student selected for this occasion will be Miss Marjorie Murray violiniste In addition the society have been fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Watkin Mossman of Vancouver. Mr. Mossman wao the winner of the medal in the bass vocal class at the B. C. Iiius- ical Festival in 1928 and winner of the challenge cup in the gold medallists championship class in 1929. Tickets for the concert msy be obtained from any member of the orcl&estra or from the secre- tary, Miss M. Jack. WEST VANCOUVER BAND The organization of the new West Vancouver band is proceed- ing apace, and already forty have become members. Regular proc. tices are being held. Any others who are thinking of joining are asked to send in their applica- tions at once, as no new members will be received after 31st inst- ant. AI.D. Bltll)flbIAN TO BE I.IBElthl, CA'NDII)ATE According to th» latest press reports Alderman E. H. Bridg- man of North Vancouver, hss a- greed to be the I.ihersl standard bearer In the forthcoming bye- election on 5th November. The I.iheral nominating convention will meet tonight. His platform, he states, will be the completion of the P.G.E. Itallway. TO EMPI.OY THIRTY-FIVE MEiN The council have advised dep- uty minister Philip that the municipality would give work to $0 deserving local men for four montlis in trenching 7,000 feet for w3ter main from the Cspil- ano to 11th Street and in trench- ing 4000 feet from main snd opening trail from the Keith Road to the Cypress Creek in- take, costing altogether $13,000 for labor alone. Also that an ad- ditional 5 local men would be employed for the same period in clearing and cleaning up school grounds and parks, costing for labor alone another $2,000, mak ing a total of $15,000 at standard wages to be expended on unem- ployment rehef. The clerk was further instruct- ed to till in the duplicate blank forms enclosed with the deputy minister's letter and to return them as requested. THE I. O. D. E. v HALI,OWE'EN DANCE As the time draws near to Hallowe'en the excitement in connection with the I. O. D. E. dance grows space. The novelti- es alone, would make the dance an absolute success, but add to that the wonderful decorations being planned ard the excellent dancing floor of the Inglewood auditorium with the Arcsdians to provide the music, and the col- orful costumes of Hallowe'en- then feature, if you can, the joys that await you, on October 31st, at the Duncan Lawson Chapter's dance. Everything yossible has been thought of to add to the pleasure and amusement of the guests. A special bus will leave West Bay at 9 p. m. and travel along Mar- ine Drive and up 14th Street to the High School and will be there again at I a. m. to carry the hap- py merry-makers home. For the gay and giddy, ther will be for- tune tellers who will tell you weird and wonderful things and for others that Vz ton of coal, given as an entrance prize, wpl form the piece de resistance. The committee hope that every- body will be there by 10 o'clack, and in costume, ready to join in the Grand I&larch, and compete for the eight wonderful prizes which are always a feature of t~tl'l H~dsnce Announcements in the forni o invitations have been sent to many, but as admission is by ticket or at the door 76c., in- vitations are not necessary, but everybody who would like one is asked to please phone Mrs. Small, West 668L. A masquerade dance is always a greater success if most of the dancers sre in costume, so for their own pleasure and the suc- cess of the dance it is requested that all come in costume, if pos- sible. At the same time fancy dress is absolutely optional. It is the support of West Vancouver resi- dents which the Chapter most desires. EVANS COLEMAN GET PIPE TENDER The following tenders were opened by the council for the supplying of 4100 feet of 4" cast iron pipe Class D delivered one block from Marine Drive. Cordon Belyea 150ty only in transit .44 cents per foot. Evans Cokman & Evans 4100'n hand .49 cents yer foot. f The tender of Etmna Gakons« & Evans was accepted. TENDERS FOR FITTINGS AWARDED The tender of the Terminal City Ironworks for fittings wao accepted by the council on Mon- day night. Particulars of tend- ers received are as follows: Ross & Howard Iron Works .................. $518.00 Terminal City Iron Works ...................... 626.16 T. McAvity & Sons... 532.9o Creme Ltd.............. 538.61 Letson & Burpee .......... 541.10 FAIRYLAND GOLF COURSE The grand opening of the Fairyland miniature golf course, situated in the building at 135 West 1st Street, North Vancou- ver, vriB take place tomorrow (Saturday) October o6th at 7 p.m. The opening game will take the form of s match be- tween Mayor Morden and Ex- Mayor L. D. Taylor. This new golf course, the finest in Creater Vancouver, is wellworth a visit apart from its merits as a course. Fine paintings adorn all the walls, there are many flower beds filled with artificial flowers, and in addition a lighthouse and an old mill. A syecial feature is s huge stone fireplace reaching to the roof which stands in the centre of the course. Real golf course material has been used throughout and the borders of the course consist of cobble stones set in cement. There is a rest room for ladies and also a lunch room. Altogether it is a veritable fairyland which every- one should visit. An onhestra will be in attendance. CONSERVATIVE bIEETING IN HOLI.YBURN THEATRE A public meeting will be held next Wednesday, 29th October, at 8 p. m. in I he Hollyburn Thea- tre in the interests of Jack Lout- et, the Conservative candidate. Jack Loutet and others vvill spank, and W. J. 1)ent. president of the Conservative Association, will be in the chair. Everybody is welcome. THE FIRST NARROWS BRIDGE The building of a First Narrows bridge is beginning to be talked about again in business circles in West Vancouver and especial- ly in Vancouver. For the last few weeks all kinds of rumors have been rife. although nothing has yet sppeaitd in the payers. tvhile many are merely conjec- ure, some seem to have a basis in fact, and one would almost appear to be justified in assum- ing that the building of a First Narrows bridge is far nearer than most of us have supposed to be p&msible. At any rate where there is much smoke there must be some fire. The Shell Oil Ca wrote the council asking for a percentage of the gasoline, lubncating oil and Deisel fuel oil purchased by the municipality. Refened to the ferry department.