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Flesherton Advance, 4 Feb 1920, p. 8

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\;||jpi||,i!,*ii«!»»?PW*iM-.l>i!'»i-'i Ftbiuaiy 4 1920 THE F L E S H E K r N A D V AN C E An Inestimable Convenience TJY a very simple arrangement you can -*-' transfei to The Bank of Toronto, the irksome task of paying your house- hold accounts. Paying by cheque reHeves j'ou of carrying money about, making change, and obtaining receipts. It puts your household transactions on a dignified systematic basis. Any Branch of this Bank will be pleased to open a checking account for you. R. P. BELLAMY Manager FEVERSHAM ,^? â„¢eBAN KOPTORONTO Capital $5,000,000 Kc-i-rvc Jh,6i5,0i.^ Advertise in " The Advance " for sure results A Tip^ll y^erosjs tlie (1) Hcmcstoad on the Kooic:\:.y River. (3) Summit c± the Simpson Pa«»â€" line of tli» (2) Camp in the forest of the Kootenay Valley. Great Divide separating Alberta and Britiih Colum<bia. Tho Urst lil|) over Ihe Himpson â-  Pass through tlie C'aiiadiau Pacific ; Rockioa was made by Sir CIcorgcj ; SimiisoD, Governor of the Hudson's; Bay Comjiauy, in ISll, and lormeJ I)art ol (tie lirsl rerordeii ovei- land tour round the world, that 'â-  Is to say across the North AniBrlcan i Continent, and by way of aiboiia | and UusJia, occupying about nine ; months, and the subject of rons;id- frabla literature. Jim Brcwiiter, the I'amous guide and outfitter at liaiiit, ; . discovered the t.^llen tree on the summit of the I'aas on whicii the j travellers left their record. P'lred by the ambition to cross , this iiaiis, I Bel out one day this j summer, with two guides, ten pon- | les and cainping outfit and £Ui>- ' plies for U or Beven days. .lini [ I Brewster se t these over from Hantl j i to Invermere at the headwater.5 of' the t'olu:.;bla Valley, where 1 h.id | promised to wait for them. flO">o to : InvprmcrB are the remains of licf'l- . «nai Ilou-se, an oatiiost of the Nor', West Trading Company established | by David Thompson in 18f)S. Now j there Is a comfortable litf.a tourist hotel, much appreciated by motor- j l.stg wlio i.ce the excellent Govern- j ment road through the Upper Colum- bia VuIIey. On our first day's ride wo stopped off for a Bwliii at the hot radluni- vaXfi- springs of Sinclair Canyon. where St. .lohn Harnisworth, brother ' of the famous t^ord Northcliffe. and himself proprietor of the still more | famous Porrlf r water, built a con- j Crete bathing ]poo1 under the springs .which pours lis naturally warm wa- ter 0':t of the rnrk. At nlRh! wo. found shelter In a homesteader's cabin, the owner of which was away } at the war and hospitable enouRh | <o leave the latch loono. Next day â-  we were In the fnrosts of the "'-'â- .;- 1 enay -a wonderful resort for biK game Juilfdnic by the tracks we saw and the animals wo even met - Two black bear and a deer on the trail with Dioose imths worn deep Uko »m«ll r)evoii?hlro lanes alone; the meadows beside the river. _ The Kootenay River had a rather bad reputation. Two parties were browned In th« attempt to make j the crofslnK nt the «•'""> Mm Inst I rsSTx Jtni W6 purselvea bii teen I warned to ijostpone our trip. How- ever, we found a ford where we did not even have to swim our horses, and next day were on the banks ot the Vfrmlilion River. Into the Ver- million jiours the raslne torrent of tile Simpson, which itself is fed from the molting glaciers of the snow- clad Uiickles high above. At least i tains, the common proeeny of tb* same snow wreaths, there was this remarkable difference of tempera- tare that the source ot the Colum- bia showed 40^, whils that of the Saskatchewan raised the mercury to â- "JSVi", the thermometer meanwhile striking as high as 71° In the shp.de. "From the vicinity of perpetual o;ie cyclone seemed to have swept , snow, we estimated the elevation ot down Its valley, and the river itself ; the height ot land to be seven or had washed away several corners so • eight thousand feet above tli" 1<^vpI that our trail had to be made, or i of the sea, while the surrounding found anew on many a mile. | peaks appeared to rise nearly halt Once while Ed. Dawson, the lead- that altitude above our heads." ing guido was hacking a trail We ourselves found the sncv.- uU through a deadfall, his saddle pony | Rone and our horses found i^weet took it into its head to cross the torrent. The packponics followed suit, and before wo could stop them, our camp, and most of all our food supplies wore on the wrong side of the most vicious loking water I ever : desirc-'-rugged outlines ca; , .>d caro t) see. There was nothing to , fringed with perpetual snow. tin hut follow, and evidently we got I Ti,e Banff side of th- Summit ficross-else how could this tale romti within the jurlBdiction qJ the have ever been told? As we ap- [ i^onilnion Government and Its Su- and ampl» - pasture on an Alpine meadow. As we looked back from the Great Divide upon the moun- tains of the Solklrks, wo had as fine a panorama as any artist could and proached the Summit of the Pass, one grizzly left a visiting card such as grizzlies do leave â€" scented â€" up- on the trail and again we saw deer. The Summit, according to tie perlntendent of Parks was good enough to provide ua with a trail which really was a trail. To the right up Healy Creek we had a , , ... , glimpse of Mount Asslnlboine. the guides, should be ten feet deep In • , , j^^^^ , niountalns- only a glimpse however, for In a snow, and the description given by Sir George Simpson gave the same anticipation: â€" "We were surrounded by peaks ,and crags on wliose sum- mits lay perpetual snow; and the only sounds which distui'bed the sol- itude wjre the crackling nt pros- trnto branches under the tread of our hor<!3s. and the roaring of the stream as It leaped down its rocky coi'rsfi. ".Ahnut seven hours of hard work brought us to the height of land, the hlnpe as it were between the eastern and western waters. We breakfasted nn th« level Isthmus, which did not exceed fourteen paces minute his head was caught In a turban of clouds. Thence without ad- venture except for a plague of mos- quitoes we reached the C.P.R. Hotel at Banff, alive with summer tourists who found In our cavalcade a flt' tin* subject for Innumerable snap- shots. ' The fishing, I may say In pass- ing, which one gets on such n trip, li of the very best. Every creek, every pool seems to be stocked with tro\it, all Inquisitive about tho na- ture of the fly. Brown Hackle anS Gray Hackle are always deadly. Tha In width, filling our 'tettles for thl° red files such as Parmachene Relle one lonely meal at once from the crystal sources of the Columbia and the Paskatchewan. while theso "vlll- Ing fceijers of two opposite oreaiis^ murmuring over their V.e^r. of •nossy stones, as If to bid each other a long farewell, coulfl hardly fall to aftune our minds to tho sublimity cf the scene. , "Dut Jiplwcen these kliidT5.d. f«un,-# do not seem to take so well In these waters. There were both Dolly Var- den and Steelhead to our credit onj tho Simpson, averaging a little over, a »ound. In the Kootenay the Iroutl ran up to two and three poundij and were very game, though shTJ In the middle ot the itJ.â€"} . M. <l , ,1 ALL BUSINKSS SCHOOLS AUK NOT TBB SAME. Feature 1, VValth for the others. Would ynu oxpfot to find a (jnod Business School over s Wrxilwoitli Ifio, •t«»re, ({«r»KO or h«td>riire store. Tho Noribern UutinesH CollcLa is the only Buiiness School whusf nd. uppi-ars it> thin pHpor who owu their own buildinit and who hive proper faoiliti<!S for givinn t.' ornijgh Cuiiiiiieicial Counts. Oettbc! b««t. It pays. tJ, A. FLKMINO, K. 0. A , Vuw-Sy* G. I). I'LKMINt!. Secrs'-Hry. (Meniion ihis psfMr when niiuiig) Automobile Instructions (KOULADIKS .\NI)(il!;.NT,S) N'lwiilliu tiiDtt III tiiki! iidvHniiii,'!! of the winter months to ii' lulu a thor-iu^ih koowlidno tif iliB Au'onioliilf. The •omi wliM DwuH or i-xpocls to own an Au!o- moliilo will liiiil tliit « I'lri-c liii»nci;illy pr.'fil dill', <ir l h • younmn »n wli.) wIiImh 111 liicoiMo .»n Bxpi'it ch'infl' ur will Vi- pripariil for « i; "hI [nyiii.'x po ili'iii wi h I'lisy woik Thix CMH-in CMiiHist* of dvit h'luli'iK "f iiiolnr-i, inunii of vhIvos >tn I i)4!iitiHti Kysiiiiiih HMtrtiuu and liulitiir.i -yntinn, trou ii », etc. Write fur liooklHt, or Iiout "cill vi«it our who^d and ih) ciuipinced. ( A'li Imvo fpttciil c'>»>->-«>« f(vi iiidick). c Aiituinnhile School K ist f!r luhv.iv. I t.iiiii'tniti''. Out Hog For Service Pure bred Yoiktbini Himr for service. Terms -$1 .oO «' time of service. J. K. COLMNbON, 1 u'ur Ceylon. County Council Irwin Morrison is Warden I I The County Couocil of 1920 is orxau ized «nd away to a i/iiod atart for tht ! year's work. The lirst session w«fl hoi I Tui'sday aftarnonn and wa» dev jlcd t organi/.itioQ. Mr. Irwin Morrison. Reeve of Osprey, is tlio new Wardei. and so far has ditchirged the duties oi his ollicu 111 H m^nnn- tlii^. initks him a- a worihy hucceasor to the niany>o>d ^n)eo who have tilled iho chau-. He has been a inumbar of tlia County Pari a- iiient for a i^ood uii-.y yuars, 'ind po^. 8js»e« a thorough Ivuowledge •! Ciuncil prouudaro. The lirst bu>iu«s« nfcer tlie Clerk had calliid the Cuuncil t.o crUer was tho election of (I Warden. For the position four wero noiuinntBd, Messrs. Iiw n Morri.snn of 0.<prey, T. K. Mc.Kenzie of Artoiii(3>i», Robert Howey of Molhind and W. II. Siogof Meaford ; but Mes.sis H jwey and Sinat^withdrew, leaving t o li^ht t I Mi.rrisc.i and McKenzie. The , vote siood 21 tj 17 in favor of Murrison, wh J WHS escorted to the chair by his ii'>mliutor and se'condei, Messrs. Lemon and MoTavish, and introducad, by Mr- )>Mi(in, amid hearty aijpliiuse. Tho Warden in a few words expressed his ihikuks fur the honor cuiferred (ui liim, owi which be greatly iip;neclatecl,ai it was the hiyhsgt tjift in the power of the Council to bestow. JIa thankei the inonitietH tiot only for himself, but i n behnlf of the citizens of Osprey. fie bespoke the help of all in tra-.isaotiu" the county'i business and trusted tli'it the best of h:iniiony and good feIlo».'-hip would preva'l and that they might le ablo lo act for the advaccameut of all iuterejls in the county. An interesting souvenir of the war and the county's share in it had bei n presented to the couuiy by tht» Georjji u lUy Milling Co. of Moaford in tho eh^^p- of a bijj which had eontai.ied flour from th«ir mill, pirt of Ciinada's ^ifE to IJelgium in (he early days of I he w.ir. Il hid hein found in a shop in Mons by I'le. Llanson, a member of the 4th CM. R , who went over with the 157th. He had brought it back to Meafor] and given it to the company, who had it handsomely framed and sent it to the County Council with an explauatoiy letter. The proceedings on Wednesday wei» enlivcBod by a warm discussion on tke personell of tho County Roads Commit- tee, which, it Will bo lemombereJ, inrre in for considerable criticism last yccf from Mr. Culdor, Reevo uf Durham. TliB striking couiinitlee thii year inuiBd hiiu as a member ; but in commitiio id the whole a motion was made X.-> slrike him (11 and suV,stituto the Reeve of N.inminby. Finally Di . Mcarn.'<, who was actiny chairman, fu^'stettod a w,iy out by adding lo the nuinlier on the .;om- niiitee ; and iliis w:ih fujlowed, with the result that the commiltee now has seven inuiiibers insioad of live as in other yoius. Mr. .J, A. Boyd, last ysir's cliainnau, was ngaiii choKon. The coniiniUeo this year are ; Brown, Lemon, (.'alder, ll(j: in Boyd, Hockrid^i, aiid the W.irdon. Tho Chairmen of the several c uBin!t- teos are â€" ITmance â€" Mr. Miller. Riiuls and Bridges â€" .Mr. lliU. County Propertyâ€" Mr. B.oen. E.lueatioii â€" Dr, Mearns. Piiiitinc-â€" Mr. Eaton. Communications and Memori-ils- Mr. AlKm. County Iloadsâ€" Mr. Boyd. HiHueof R'fuuo--Mr. Howey. Waiden's Com. â€" Mr. McK.)uz o. â€" Condensed from Advertiser. AX AX'n-BHITI.SH MK. C. P. R. Time Table. Irikins leave Klusherron >llows : 'loin^ Si-.uth J.XiA a. III. \.Ti p.m. !'h>! nriils are Station as Going North 12.01 I), in. i».l«p. ni. )sei| at Fl«.'»herton ea oill ivs : K'lr the n.iilli nt 10 40 a.m. and â-  p.m. ; and tho .kf'enomn iii.vil soulh at 1. 10 o'clock. Ki.r moniiny tviiin simth ai'iil ^'lujo at p. in. the previous ev'g. Swallowed Lead Pencil O .S. Advortisin : One of tliH nunt p«culiar accidents that hashappoucd in this vioiimy in a loig time occurred ti> ll,irry Pearson, Blopson if Mr. Vail, Balaclavn, Wtdiiesday.whtn he got a lot'.J pencil loU'ed in his luni;. Tho lad, who was atlending sohod at the time, was holding a short pioco ol loul (itfiieil in his mouth when ho wa^ seiztd with a tit of coughing, and ilia sharp intake of breath drew tho pencil d 'wn his throat, where it lodged. While his condition nt the tima w,i» not alirm- ing exc'pt f.- slight strangling an<l dillicultyin breathing, it miuht oasly have developed iato somathing m re serious had not prompt attention been given Ur. M Dmald was callod and had the boy taken to the general hospital ho e. An X ray photogrAph showed th» forifign body lodged in the \A% broiichii ; and in order to removo it, »•» inatruiui 1 1 known to the nielical profesilon â- Â»Â« the bronchi. scipo wm tioceisary. .'^u.h n instrument was not availaMo in Owen Simml,«oDr. Moa)i,«ld had tho hoy s nt to'Torontii. wheie wiih the ..••^' - iinca of Dj . .). ff ey Hoyd of that ci y the opirition was fui-ceisfully p.>rf .ni.ed, lid the hd is now able to It" or und na uiual. Wnll .Street Joiiriiul Hehiik.^s Hearst Pafiers. The Wall Slrcoi .fournal in an edi- torial publisliPd a few days ago, un- der the bonding "Oonesis of n Lie," says: 'Tliore l.-i the evidence of known condition y to demonstrate that the story of Hourst papers of a conieni- plaied ailempi by Great Britain to liiisc "ifri; a loun of $n, 000, 000, 000 wa.'< il falsehood. 'It was made out of whole cloth and circulated for tho definite pur- pose of slimtilatiuK ariti-Biitish feed- ing for political purposes. Britain does not need such a loan, or any loan, from the United Stales now, and will need financial help still less in the future. "The story seems to have had its grenesis In the sta-tement of Sir George Paish that Central Europe first, and then the continental Koro- pean allies afterwards, wrt)ul(i reu ire American help, and that Britain alone could not undertake the task. "It is easy enough to say that its origin damned such u rumor. But il was not a rumor. It was a flat and circumstantial lie, carefully calcu- lated for f irculation among.sf the ig- norant clement, which Mr. Hearst supposes, quite correctly, to consti- tute the large numbers who read his newspapers and accept their state- ments lor fact. This contradictidn, as far as the Wall Street Journal's readers are concerned, may be un- necessary, and attacking a skunk with a club is poor business anyway. "But those numerous general newspapers which gave a wider cir- culation to the contents of these columns, iiiay patriotically feel dis- posed to join in the somewhat thank- less duly of overtaking a lie with a long start." • £100 for a Sp(M>n. Silver is now just about double the price il was In 1'J14, and n great number of those people who did not make fortunes during the war are taking the opportunity lo sell all sorts of silver ornaments, things rather more pretty than useful, to be melted down. These consist cliieUy ot candle- sticks, inkstands, photograph frames and the like, but there are also sil- ver forks, spoons, sugar basins and other table plate. If these are modern, well and good. They are not wortli more than their weight in silver. liut il is well to warn intending vendors not lo rasli- ly dispose of old silver. Old silver is very valuable, being worth far more than i]ie live-and-.sixpence uii ounce whicli is the bullion price. Only the other day a Queen Anne milk .iug was sold for 125 shiiling.s an ounce! It came from an old furiu- house, and its original owners had no idea of its real value. Those perfectly plain silver spoons with a large flat bowl are knov.n to experts as Puritan spoons, and are wortli their weight in gold. A dealer recently offered a man £50 for the worn old silver sugar basin the family were using. It was really a seventeenth century porrin- ger, ami was worth at least £80. Apostle spoons are treasured by collectors. Kach has u figure of one of tho Apostles, with his emblem. St. Peter, for instance, holds his key. In olden days they were given as christening gifts. Single specimens, if old, have brought as much as £30, while £100 was paid for a sixteenth century Apostle spoon. The age ol silver can be accurately told by its hall mark. Any encyclo- paedia will gWe inioriuation ou this subject.- â€" Pearson's Weekly. Old Kpitaphs. Two ijuuiut old epitaphs, one of the subliuio and llio other of the ridiculous, iiiuy be cited in the fol- lowing, the lirsl of which Uean Stan- ley is said lo have chosen as the most beauliful of those in West- minsler Abbey: "Jaue Lister. Dcare Childe." simply that. The other, to Lady O'Looney (Dorset) has the true smack of the Emerald Isle: "Here lies the body of Lady O'Looncy, great niece of Burke, coiu- monly called the Sublime. She was bland, passionate and deeply relig- ious. Also, she painted in water col- ors and sent several pictures to the exhibition. She was the first cousin of Lady Jones, and of such is tho Kingdom of Heaven." And there are two frotu the Unit- ed States. Tho first, in a Nevada burial ground, runs: "Sacred to the memory of Hank Monk, the Whit- est, liiggcsl-hearted, and Best Stage- driver of the West, who was Kind lo All, Thought III of None. He had lived in a Strange Era, and was a Hero; and the wheels ot his coach are now ringing on Golden Streets." The second also belongs lo the West: "To Lem S. Frame, who dur- ing his life shot 89 Indians, whom the Lord delivered into his hands,' and who was looking forward to mak- ing up his hundrded before the end of the year, when he fell asleep in Jesus at his house at Hawk's Kerry, March 27, 1843." Poet Ueftiscd Money. Among tho British men of promi- nence probably Ihe one who most frequently refused money was Browning, the poet. During the last twenty-live yeara of his lite editors offered largo sums fur a short poem from his pen. But Browning said, "No." He told his friends when they pointed out the unwisdom ot this course that he was determined not to thrust his poems down the throats of people; that U they wanted to read him they could buy his books. Hie ni-itlsli Indnstiles Fair. Tho British Industries Fair ot 19 20, the sixth of tho series of sam- S>lo fairs that have been held annual- ly under tho suHiilces of the British (Irovernment ) Board of Trade since 1912, will be held In the Crystii! I'ulace In London from February 23 U) March 5, ami concun-eatij iherc- willi, there will be fairs in Biriulng- liam uud Qlaugow. Tanks Were Not Wanted By British War Office An Amazing Story Told' ^♦♦♦♦•W-M-X-X-r-W-X-M-X-X-X THE more truth we learn about )^he management of the war the more miracu- lou.s does it seem that we were not beaten. Fortunately, as we know now, the management on the enemy's side was fumbling and blundersome also. Sir Albert Slern makes some sur- prising revelations of British War Office mismanagement in his book "Tanks." Hamilton Fyfe, writing In the Lon- don Mail says: It is no exaggeration to say that If It had not been for the patience and persistence of two men. Sir Al- bert Stern and Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt, we should never have had tanks at all. Do not think that Sir Albert claims any credit. He Is modest and unassuming all through. From the beginning they had a hard job to find any place to work In. "No Government department would provide any office accommoda- tion for us, so I took an office at my own expense. A controversy raged on this subject for six months be- tween the Admiralty, the Ministry of Munitions and the Office of Works. The Admiralty reff-i rod to it as a troublesome case, and complained that Temporary • Liciter.ant Stern apparently did not iin<!erstand the subtleties of the procedure in the Civil Service." More than 'a year later Sir Albert on the point of leaving for France, where tanks had already arrived, â- was told by "a Civil Servant, an assistant secretary." Ihat his offices were wanted and that all papers and drawings would be at once moved out. "There was no time lo argue; my train left In a few minutes. I told him that the department could not move, as it was concerned in matters. of the greatest national importance and would require before long a very large building of its own. This had no effect on him, so I gave instruc- tions to one of my officers in his presence to put an armed guard on my ofilce while I was away and to resist any attack. Should he make an attempt he was to be arrested, taken to headquarters, tied to a stake for twenty-four hours, and the rea- son explained to all and sundry, especially newspaper reporters." At one point "three military mem- bers ot the Tank Committee, who a month before had never even seen a tank, laid down all rulings even with regard to design and production." Later Mr. Churchill, who at first had helped with energy and intelligence, weakened under pressure, as he said himself, "from generals at the War Office," and dismissed Sir Albert Stern, by this time lieutenant-colonel, appointing in his place Admiral Moore, who up to the date of his appoiniment had never set eyes upon a lank! The strangest feature of the whole affair was that while the War Office demanded Sir Albert Stern's removal and tried to cut down the orders hjr tanks. G.H.C. in France assured hint of their support and gratitude, and wanted him to send more and more. Twice the tankers came up asiainsr Sir William Robertson. The' first time was after the Army Council had cancelled an order for a thousand tanks in October. 1916. "I Immediately went to see Mr. Lloyd George, the Secretary of State for War. He said he had heard noth- ing ot the instruction. I told him he could cancel my appointment, but he could not possibly get me to can- cel the orders I had placed. Sir Wil- liam Robertson then appeared and Mr. Lloyd George said he could not understand how this order could be- cancelled without his knowledge, since he was President of the Army Council. "The order for the production of 1,000 tanks was reinstated next day." It was lucky that Sir Albert hap- pened to bo a banker, the son of a man very well known and with pow- er in the city. He could stand up to the mandarins where a man without influence would have been "sunk without trace." It was lucky, loo, that he was a man of resource and humor. When the War Office press- ed him to let Russia have plans of our tanks In 1916 he opposed this strongly. "I was convinced by the nature of the questions asked thai the request really came from Germany. However, the Intelligence Department ot the W'ar Office, was very insistent, so it was decided to give the War Office ? a child's drawing and incorrect de- tails. I am convinced they found their way into the hands of the Ger- man General Staff." l)eser\-cd n Reward. Lord Dunsverick questioned il sailor called Ginty about Atidrew Mc- Munn, with whom he was about tO' have dealings. Ginly answered: "I've no doubt in my own mind about where Andrew will go when his time comes." "You think you know him pretty well, then?" "Ay, I do. It would seem queer if I didn't, seeing that I've sailed his ships this ten year. Andrew .McMunn will go to heaven." "Ah," said Lord Dunsver- ick, "he's a good man, then?" "I'U not go as far as to say precisely that," said Ginty, "but he's a man who never touches a drop of whiskey nor smokes a pipe of tobacco. It'll l>e very hard on him If he doesn't go to heaven after all he's missed in this world." rniqac Delivery. An Knglish company plans to transport merchandise through a hydraulic tube, something like Ihe pneumatic tube, except that the car- riers are moved along with a sti-eam c? -.vi'ter. ^^.^. '^•*»»**i:iwai»«8Kii^«»>i-*6»v,, *t*«.«*aJt«(fti;K;«|.i-

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