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’ further inererse in taxes, that the ere-

' four million to pay. off the Conserva-

¥. Dr. Wrinth was the most acceptable
candidate the people of. Skeenh:. could

Mr. and: Mrs~Sparke-teft on“Wednes- |}:
day by car -fer--Vancouver on-a three}

week's holfday érip7 °°" *

Mr. and Mi4./Mapleton lett ‘Thay-f,

day of,last week to attend the Liberal

convenifon and afté mledtinggj§7! +. |
aT ei arel ee moa,

od Vite

iiss I. Isaneson spent lust week end

in Houston a guest of Miss Reynolds. |.

A quiet and pretty wedding- took
place on Friday last at the home of
Mr. ‘and Mrs. T. McDonald. when’ their
daughter ‘Pearl was united-in matri-

mony to Ted. Berger of the Royal Can- |"

‘ udian Mounted Pollce. The ceremony
whs performed by Rev. Mr. Gibson-and
shq was given away by her father,

The -bride was~becomingly* atttreatt-in |;

# gown of white satin. trimmed with
rhinestones, She wore a wreath and
vell and carried a boquet of white 1i-
hicg.. She was attended by her sister,
ALiss Kitty MeDonald:swho was attir-
ed in tan sili. Con, Bilis of R. CG, M.
I'., assisted the groom, .“After the cer-
euiony the bride and groom motored
to Smihers where they took the train
west for a honey moon trip,

Premier McLean

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of that time had neglected the health

of the people to such an extent that the]-

‘leath rate from tnubercolsus was the

highest in any provinee.

When he entered the Liberal govern-
ment as provincial secretary he had
had erected a T. B. hospital and in-
creased its accommodation from. sixty
beds to two hundred and twenty and at

the present time another wing was be- |

ndded to accommodate another hund-
ved patients. He then referred: to the
social legislation his government had
enncted. :

In 1917 the Liberal government had
found it necessary to double up the
taxes all along ‘the line, and no: doubt
it hurt some,.but during the past five
-O¥ 8ix years, since he had been minis-.
ter of finance, there had been reduc-
tion of taxes.. The credit of the pro-
vince had been restored, the resources
Were being developed and billiong of
outside capital were now being invest- |
ed in this province. He thought that
if the people were to put in a Conserva-
tive government now there would be a

(lit of the province would again be ruin.
ed and the investing public chased out.
' The premier referred to the debt of
the province. He said it had been in-
creased under bis government from
twenty-five and a: half-million to ‘sev-
enty-six or seven million, but what did
the size of the debt amount to ialt was
the nbility of the people. to earry that
debt which counted. He explained ihe
Liberal government first had to borrow

tive debts; seventeen milHon went to
building’ new rords (he heartily approv-
ed of that policy) ; then there were put
into the P. G. B, thirteen million’ in
cush; the Okanagan irrigation scheme
took two and a half million } the Sumas
Lake reclamation job’ took | three
took three milfon and thesoldier settle
ment scheme took three million, But |
of. all these million paid out seventeen
million were only loans and he ‘ex-
pected to get ‘most ‘of it back in due
eourpe, a

The premier annouuced that he had |
Invited Gen,’Odlum to join his cabinet |
when he-was | ré-drganizing recently,

“but due to other bustness the general |.

was mnable to nssume the new duties.
For many, years the speaker gaid, ef-

forts -had: been made. to. get back. the :

mailway lends and the Peace River
lock which had been given away by
the government, ofthe’ early days (got
the Conservatives). bat hd’ success faa
heen achieved until he and the Attorney

General weat-‘tolOttaWa “and "gbtlthe
promise. froin’ the! Dotinfon : Govern-

%,. ment that these lands would be. restor-}

ed ¢o British Columbia.“ :

-ag¥
: wang?

Tn closing the premier again expresa-

mel regret, thifit, his (time -was 80 short.
‘but he hoped to come again ‘in the near

future.” In the meantime he said. that

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1916 EEE
1926-7 Ea
Increase 1016-

_« VATHEN: 38c. of every. dollar paid in industrial wages and salaries in
_" © British Columbia comes from lumbering, her ten-year production
increase of 138.7. per cent..is vitally important to everyone. oe

Thirty per cent, of our Province’s entire in-
dust.ial production of 251 ‘million dollars in
1926. was contributed by lumbering and its
allied industries. British Columbia now.-ranks
tLird in-the Dominion inindustrial importance, -
and forest. products dominate. '

- Involved in’ British .Coltumbia’s lumbering
industry is capital-of. more. than 100 million
dollars . . . 20,000 people are employed . . . 330
mills operated. ~ .

Without question ‘this. gigantic business is
destined to continue at the same pace.

British Columbia in 1926 (the value of the cut
‘hat year), an increase of 49 million dollars over
(916, Every year more than 30 million dclfars
worth of supplies are purchased to enable this
great industry to carry on, boot

_ Foreign markets have been’ sought’. . Jand
captured. Water borne export of lumber has
enjoyed exceptional growth, Ships laden with

during 1922-1926... an increase over the pericd

of.:1912-1916 equal to 984%. -The-log scale

- jumped 111% during the same period! _

. Climate, soil and drainage have produced our This activity represents real money in con:
vast forests of soft woods.., thegreatestinthe. tant circulation. It keeps thousands of men
world! One-third of the BritishEmpire’sentire busy , . . influences every phase of commerci:.t
timber supply is in British Columbia. Today,

_ the demand for soft woods is four times that of
hard woods .. . and with the last great stand
of, soft woods located in our Province, continued
Progress and prosperity are certain, —

-.* spelis “BRITISH COLUMBIA” the world
overt! ema

Add to this the sash and door factories, and

- oe ne i ee pulp and paper production, which alone

- Great as our timber’ stands are, our povern= jumped from $15,450,660 in 1916 to $72,327,000

_ ment realizes the necessity of safeguarding the

' future: of this vast industry and is devoting

" much time, study and thought to the question
of scientific reforestration, fire prevention and
conservation,» ° \

this, our chief provincial enterprise, i

. to exercise on the welfare and earnings of eac
_ . «amd every citizen,

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Lumbering brought 84: million ‘dollars ‘to

2,616,419,000 feet board measure Icft our ports ©

life... . builds markets for ovr farm products

in 1926, and you have an idea of the enormous _ |
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