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and rode away in our sedan
chairs; and as we passed out
through the two lines of prim-
rogeg and along the blossom bor-
dered. roadway, we knew that
avother door of opportunity for
service had been opened. The
memory of that visit to San Do

Jiai (“Three Great Forts’’) would
linger with us, even as the frag.
ranece of the ‘‘Seven- mile Rose’’
in Blossom-time.

open?’ I asked.
‘About two weeks,’’ she re-
plied; and I could picture it—the
. ————| lid: doubtless covered with flies.
sian belle could not have made 4/I pointed’ out. that it must have
Lee led the way to .his}more charming picture than this|been eontaminated—and then I
home. It, too, was surrounded lady in her suit of turquoise-blue|began to realize why the other
Moby beautiful gardens, but the brocaded satin. When we reach- lady had lost all of her thirteen
large brick house, furnished quite ed our rooms we found that the|children. A valuable piece of |;
me , ~\puests had already arrived—la-|Social Service, I resolved, would .
similarly to that of our host, Wa8! 3:04 and girls belonging ‘to the|be a Baby Welfare exhibit. ‘
in this “case merely a. ‘'show-/ 1.6 clan—arrayed in the richest} Down in the large reception} “There is not a a single geological
house’? —the long banquet ‘tables | silks and satins with costly jewels | hall, chairs and tables had: been reason. Why ot ala of the
wore set with gaudy foreign|Some of them had probably never remaved and long benches putin. | those of Kirkland Lake, Porcupine
: . ' ' and Sudbury, should not be dupli-
‘china’, and glassware in West-| Seen a Westerner before, especial-|The room was crowded with! cated almost anywhere in the 650,
crnstyle, At the rear of this|!Y the vounzer ladies, who bowéd | ladies and their serving women.
pretentious mansion was a quaint, in the ancient manner—prostrat- | Mrs. H—— told a story with

Hotel
- Prince Rupert

y) A,ReAL Goop Hot EL

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Prince Rupert
B.C.

H. B. RocHESTER, Manager

Rates 1.50 per day up.

et ee 8 A anh ld Pe ee fee ied ee ara Wane ON” ome if

Bh etree arerne ret etwrene tt

000 square miles of the Quebec Lau-
iow, rambling

rentian Plateau, which iretches
from the.Ottawa and St. Lawrence
where this millionaire really lived.
Passing through the garden, he
was showing us a very ‘‘rare’’
flower, which, it turned out, was
a peony, highly prized by the
Oriental horticulturiat, Just then,
ip the path ran his little dauch-
‘er, about ten years old. As she
ereeted us he drew our attention,

Chinese house, |

ing themselves before us, with
heads touching the floor.

My nine-‘months-old baby girl
was a special attraction.
just time for her 9.80 bath, and 1
withdrew to a bedroom, where
the serving maid brought a large
basin and a kettle each of hot
and cold water.
and then another came, in spite

Jt was

At first one,

jilustrations—one told by an Ori-
ental to just such an Eastern
company nearly two thousand
years ago—the story of the Lost
Son. And these women knew
something of the way in which
he had ‘‘wasted his substance’’,
for the Chinese—-not a nation of
wine - bibbers — are inveterate
gamblers. They satin attentive
silence till the story was finished,

Rivers to Hudson Strait,” according
to a statement made by T, C. Denis,
Superintendent of Mines of ' the
Province of Quebec, at a recent
meeting of the Quebec | branch of the
Mining Institute of Canada.

Canada is financially sound. On
April 14th the investors and savings
account holders of the country were
offered twelve million dollars worth
of Canadian Pacific Railway five
per cent bonds and by four o'clock
that afternoon the issue had been
over-subscribed and the books were
closed. Telegraph orders came from

The Bulkley Hotel

E. E. Orchard, Owner

European or American Plan

The headquarters for the Bulkley
Valley. ‘Tourists and Commercial men
find this 2 grand hotel to stop at.

All trains met. Autos, livery or rigs
saddle horses provided.

Smithers. B.C.

of my remonstrances, to see the
wonderful performance. Not one
detail of the entire demonatration
went unnoticed. Afterwards,
when | prepared the milk pow-
her, with malted milk and boiled

with paternal pride, to her natur-
al sized feat, not bound as: those
of the girls of a former genera-
tion. This was another boast of
the Lee brothers,

all parta of the Dominion, a splen-
did evidence of the amount of money .
available for sound investment and
the country’s confidence in the fu-
ture of the big railway. Another
evidence is seen in the fact that
small investors are putting savings
into C.P.R. common stock which

Then the Estey-organ, which we
had brought up from the school,
furnished music--and such mark-
ed appreciation ‘was indeed pa-.
thetic when one thought of the

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Gmineca Hotel

Cc, W. Dawson Manager

On our return to the home of
Lee Jin Tsai (the younger bro
ther), just as we were walking
down the hill above the bouse, 4
sedan «hair was set down on the
side verandah, and Mr. Lee has-

ger in black satin and coral orna

water, and fed the baby with a
spoon, they were quite alarmed.
“Why,” exelaimed one dowa-

menis, “I once fed my son foreign

pays ten per cent on par value of
$100,000, = Since 1907, Canadian
holdings of this stock have increased
from 9415 per cent to 21 per cent
at the present time and holdings in
the British Empire total about 76
ner cent

great pipe-organ recitals that they
had never heard.
Shortly after noon we hade

farewell to our hostess in the
upper hall, then we came down

tened down to hand out his young
married daughter. A pay Pari-

Canadian Power Defends Chinese Villagers

Examination for the Posi-
tion of Assistant Forest
Ranger.

—_————

Object.

‘These examinations are for the pur-
pose of filling present vacancies and to
enable candidates to quality for future
vacancies and inereuses in staif. |
Assistant Forest Rangers.

Assistant Forest Rangers are employ-
ed during the fire season of each year,
and this period is extended where pos-
sible by work on improvements such as
trails, ete. Re-appointment is made
each year as. long as satisfactory ser-
vice is given. Promotion to the regular
staff is made by merit and examination
2s oceasion offers. The salary, is $100
per month the first year and $110 per
month the second year, and $120 the
third year. Travelling expenses are
also paid,

Qualifications for Candidates.

Candidates must be British Subjects
residents in British Columbia for. at

‘ least one year, of good character, good
physical condition and with woods ex-
perience.

They should have experience in fire
fighting; possess the ability to organize
work and handle men; and have know-
ledge of the Forest Act.

The examinations are partly written,
partly oral, and are designed to test
the eandidates’ ability along the above
lines, All statements made by appli-
cants as to experience, education and
fitness are subject to verification by
the examining board.

PREFERENCH IS GIVEN TO RETURNED
SOLDIERS WITH ‘THE NECESSARY QUALI-
FICATIONS,

The Examinations.

Above is a view of the power devalopment
alant at Shawinigan Falls, Quebec. The
power gsnerated here is used, indirectly, in
the defence of the Chinese villaces, typical
seenes of which are shown below. On the
left, off to the market town, Inset, a
partial explanation of the enormous rice
conoumption of this country, a

Chinese men were working in the
light, it could not be electric, Chung
Li dyew closer. If he could learn
the secret of these bright, . white
lights what an honor would be his,
He would place them round his vil-
lage at night and no one could draw
near without the knowledge of his
men. He would confer. with the

The examinations will be held at the
laces and on the dates named below.

other head-men of the district.

fach intending applicant should apply
to the District Forester of his diftrict
for application forms and for informa-
tion m regarding the hour of examination
and the .building in which it will be

held. Application forma showild, inereh |.

case, be filled out and mailed to. the
District Forester-in time to reach him
at Jeast six .days: before the: examina

tion, Ca ea .
, Apply to. Dis.
Place , Date ‘trict Forester at |-
Terrace, ...., March, 80. Prince Rupert
Burns Lake... March’ 81.Prince Rupert
Prince George April 8. .Prince George

GR, NADEN,. 7
0406 - Dewpity: Minister of kant;

_men from bandits,

came about “ius,
.ese head-man driven to desperation

ow what on earth has power dé-
velopment at Shawinigan Falls
got to do with Chinese village life?
you ask. The answer is that it

helps to protect Mr. Chinaman, Mrs.
Chinaman and all the little China-
Yes! it’s a long
cry from the waters of the St. Man-
rice Valley to the interior :Chinese
village, but ‘thera you are., And it
‘A harassed Chin-

end from his native village by bad-

“men fram the hilla, come down to

Hong, Kong, or perhaps it was

Shanghai, ond down by the dock.

side saw maen of his race working by
night as if by day on the unloading
of one of the giant Canadian Pa-
cifie Empress steamships.

What wonderful things were these
that could so defy the darkness?
Chung Li drew closer, and saw that
at intervals along the shed in: which

‘tthe stevedores were working much

light came from little cans that

growled softly in the breeze...

_Now everyone knows that elec-
tric lights are the invention of the
devil and were introduced by the
white, races to burn, the’, eyes of
Chinese babies and shorten: the life
of ‘Chinese men,

And so it came about that the
Canada Carbide Company, which -
uses the power developed at Shaw-
inigan Falls to fuse coke and lime
into carbide, réceived'‘an order for

the villagers’ made a long journey |
to: Hong Kong to ‘receive the. ship-'
ment as it was discharéd from the
Empress of- Russia, ayd returned,
knowing that as long ds the carbide
hung out they -were comparatively
safe. from. the marauding bandits, |

“There you. have - the, connection.
Shawinigan: Falls lighting a Chinese .
village 8 and ‘protecting it from ban-

“Therefore, aa

dite.

many flare lights,; A deputation of .

Best attention to tourists and to
commercial men.

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