0001 PWPI'HE WEST VAN NEWS December 18, 1031 ~ r »" » *r »»sr» A«v- «sr r» srs 'rr4»si «s»rrr »v»%4 ». rv' s r'w ~ « s pm ~ s is i r I seryaMr«s swI" si I s'r"rr» 's:ass-' 's «4'. 's ~ p s' ~ s p 'pr 'ss» 's ~rr « ~ rsv„Vsvr"r«r v r riprrrrrr "rvr 'rrr rr«»v«rr «rrr»v v« rrrr r THE BURNING BUSH By Subadar There has been much search- Ing of hearts at Oxford Un!ver sity the last few years on ac- count of a long series of defeats in almost every line of sport at the hands of their great rival Cambridge. Even the boatrace, which the dark blues had won for so maly years, has of late gone to their rivals. It is easy, therefore, to Iimaglne the joy which must be iilling the hearts of the Oxford undergraduates this Michaelmas term. It has ben one of uninterrupted victory for them over their old oppon- ents, Oxford this fall hss de- feated Cambridge at rugby and association football snd in the crossmountry race, and now hopes will be high of their luck holding at the inter-university sports and the boatrace, the lat- ter, of course, sharing with the Derby the honor of being the two most important sporting events in the Empire. Japan has gone CII the gold standard, being the fifteenth na- tion to do so. Having no experi- ence in international financ, I am all at sea as to what results may be expected from all this, but apparently even the experts cannot figur it out, and one man's bet seems to be as good as another. Is money going to cease to be the medium of ex. change altogether, or will every merchant with the edge on a foreign brother set his own rate? I am moved to this latter observation by the recent action of some Vancouver Island fisher- men, who did this very thing. They had a catch of fish the American buyers wanted, and the last named offered to pay it in American dollars to be taken at the premium then ruling. The fisherme said there was noth- ing doing, that they had the fish, and so far as they were concern- ed the American dollar was at a Iiiscount. The Americans paid on those terms. If this kind of practice be- comes at all general, the inter- national financiers will have to close their oil'ices and take to betting on the bridge game. There is weeping among the politicians over the apathy shown by the Vancouver voters in the recent civic elections. They have been biting themselves a- bout this apathy in every elec- tion for a number of years. It was not so in the good old days, but look at what an election was in the good old days. There were barrels of liquor available for all hands, and a man could knock the tar out of his neigh- bor -- and did so quite frequent- ly--without being arrested for it. And you could pay a man for his vote, and, unless you took him by the scruff of the neck snd hung on to him till you had seen him register for your side, you were never sure of him. Then there were the things the candidates used to say to one another on the platform, Oh, boy! Everybody in fact had a three days'oliday, a free vaud- eville show, and a real time at an election. Nowadays elections are more tame than a cross- word puzzle. No wonder the vot- ers are apathetic! WIVES. SONS. DAUGHTERS. FRIENDS GIVE HIM A SERVICE RECEIPT Wkh this receipt hc can have any work done on hic csr up m Ihc cmountxhown thereon. He'3 Appreciate this Practical Gib. ~EST VAN MOTORS, (Bill Grout) West 268 Shell Products 1451 Marine Dr. GARDENS and GARDENING By MINA G. BUTT, Landscape Architecl c 4» is as LM whc u. ~ I c A «4«sss«l si LD p A Ut«I C is»I»C. M I N I4» I L~P S 4« first few days. This protects the seeds from the sun and helps to retain the moisture. They should be removed as soon as the tiny sprouts appear This plan is not so satisfac- tory when more than one kind of seed is planted in a bed. The germination period for different seeds varies so much that if the burlap is removed as soon as the first sprouts appear the other seeds are left unprotected. The burlap may also be stretch- ed on a frame and held oif the bed by stakes. This will be found satisfactory. If the soil used in the beds has a tendency to bake, the seed may be covered with a layer of sand. It is usually best to plant the seed in rows. It is diificult to distinguish some of the small plants from weeds and planting in rows will make it easier tn separate them. Most of the perennial fiower seeds may be sown in the spring or midsummer for blooming the following year. Sowing in the spring will usually produce larg- er plants but in most cases this is not a great advantage, Some of the perennial seeds particu- larly phlox should be sown as soon as ripe in order to secure a satisfactory degree of germ- ination. Such plants as foxglove, sweet IVflliam, and hollyhocks are at their best the first year and should therefore for best re- sults be started new each year. As a rule perennisls will do best in a fairly rich garden that is not too heavy but stifl retains puificient moisture for the plant. This is particularly true when it is desired to produce plants from seeds. The seed bed should be moist at all times during the germination period. The soil should be well worked before planting the seeds and partial shade should be provided by put- ting s lath screen over the bed about a foot off the ground. Some growers use old burlap bags laid over the bed for the NOTE--TS» 4 «S ss»sai 4 ~ pi Is a»«ass» s««4» Ias c«C s I ISI sd~. Tks a» Ils»s sxr»SI Ss CC ~ ~ 4 IsIS»«I« IS «s »I IS Eaits . TS s»s r «S pp Io rip 4»s « II ~ P sss«st PIP 4 i«is 4 ~ si Il«I ~Ul-»CC U «Up sks»ld Ss ~ sl«»A of paper and cover stock. The presses turned out approximate- ly 35 million pages. Almost s ton of jute rope wss required to tie the bundles of books after they were complet- ed, and 20,000 yards of twine were used to string the director- ies for hanging on hooks. g A BIGGER TELEPHONEDIRECTORY IN HANDSOifiIE NEIV ATTIRE Revolutionary changes mark the latest edition of the Great- er Vancouver telephone direc- tory, which made its appearance in November. The book has been vastly im- proved by the adoption of the most up-tcpdate features of tele- phone dilxmtory make-up. The size of the pages has been in- creased to nine inches wide by eleven inches deep, the listings have been set in larger and more legible type and the col- umns are wider. The cover is an attractive, brown shade, with dark brown ink used for print- ing. The information pages at the beginning of the book have been redesigned to make them more useful from a reference standpoint, and the ciasslfied section, printed on yellow paper, has also been greatly changed to make it more eificient as a guide to buyers. Another new addition to our directory family made its ap- pearance in November, when New Westminster and the Low- er Fraser Valley were given a book of their own. This book Is of the same dimensions snd general contents as the Vancou- ver book, but the cover shows that it is the directory for "New Westminster and Lower Fraser VEBey Points," and in the front of the book there is a New West- minster classified section, print- ed in yellow, which is followed by the alphabetical sections for New Westminster, other Valley poiats snd Vancouver, in that order. The issue of the two direc- tories together totalled 102,000 copies, requiring about 75 tons DE GRAVES APPOINTED ON COblMITTEE TO URGE BRIDGE REPAIRS BEFORE MINISTER Aid. J. H. De Graves was add- ed to a sub-committee which will meet Hon. H. H. Stevens to urge government action toward re- pairing Second Narrows bridge. The bridge subject is one of several matters which will be discussed with Mr. Stevens, as a means of providing employ- ment. Aid. De Graves was added to the committee by the Vancouver civic board of works Tuesday s fternoon. Christmas Cake 4 cups sugar 3 cups melted butter 4 cups molasses - 2 cups sweet milk 10 eggs 2 'teaspoons soda 2 teaspoons each cinnamon, Cloves, Allspice 2 nutmegs 8 cups flour 3 lbs. raisins 2 lbs. currants 1 lb. peel 1 lb. chopped nuts Bake in slow oven. It wac the first emuTCL "Nca are faalp ta marry," ba paid bntscly. sof coarse they are," sbc aacwcrcd. »bat what are women ta dpi Tbcra'c nothing else they can marry." AGASSIZ HAS ORNAMENT- AL STREET LIGHTING Following on the extension of electric light and power service to the district of Agassiz from the B. C. Electric distribuUon network in the Fraser Valley, an ornamental street lighting sys- tem hss been installed this month on the main thorough- fare of the town. Lamps of In- creased wattage have replaced the old overhead lights and the new lighting fixtures sre at- tached to the telephone stand- ardss. West Van Clothes Cleaners & Dyers Phone West 161 Goods Called for and Delivered. Forty mcs wapklag ccpamtcly are just is mca, Forty mca working as a salt one acgasixatlaa are is timesA. C, COOPER, Proprietor HERE'S A REAL XMAS PRESENT NORTH SHORE IIOARDFA VORS PLEBISCITE ON POLICE SYSTEikl CHANGE North Vancouver District Police Commission decided Tuesday night to recommend to the District Council that a plebb scite be submitted to ratepsyers on January 16th in conjunction with elections to ascertain gen- eral opinion regarding provinci- al police replacing the present police force. Recommendatlon provides that action in the district re- gardless of the vote, is to be eontlngent upon decision of city ratepayers who will vote on a similar plebiscite January 14. Commissioner R. G. Hargrav- es declared himself as opposeil to the proposal, favoring amal- gamation of forces of the three municipalities. "I have no criticism to offer of police boards, chief or con- stables; but I do know that st the moment sll of the North Shore is inadequately policed." stated George E. Herrmann in a letter to commissioners. District Council will deal with the recommendation at its next meeting. blrc. East»ad: "You'l aat llad mc dlgicalt ta suit. Nacma.» Norma (tbc new maid): »I'm puca nat ma'm; I caw your husband as I came in, mc'am.'irst Fresh: "sly father ic ~ Tat- »can and bas ~ blckacy lcg.» Second Fresh: »'S aatblag; my aster bas a cedar cbcct.» A1 FUEL Co. 146 Laasdplc Ap. Phone North 298 No extra charge for dstlivery. 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