ey) SIDNEY AND ISLANDS REVIEW AND SAANICH GAZETTE, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1919 ee PAGE THRE SIMISTER’S DRY GOODS STORE Beacon Avenve, Sidney Opp. P. O. and Merchants Bank of Canada. Now is the Time for Bathing Suits Telephone :: ::.-+ No. 3 Victoria-Sidney Motor Stage Leaves F. Store, 1816 Douglas Street Phone $94 DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY Phone £167 G. Woods Motor Supply Leave Victoria ............ 8 a.m. Leave Victoria ........... 1 p.m. eave Wictoria .......-... 5 p.m. Leave Victoria ........... 11 p.m. Leave Sidney .........-.. 9 a.m. Leave Sidney .............. 2 p.m. Leave Sidney ..:....:..:.. > p.m. Leave Sidney ........... 7 p.m. SUNDAY Leave Victoria ........... 10 a.m. eave =“Victoria = 2a 5 ore 2 p.m. Leave Victoria. .......... 8 p.m. Leave Sidney ............ Ii a.m. heave: Sidney <5 one 3 p.m. heave Sidney ....-.....-. 9 p.m. EB: DAVEY - - - F. HOBSON Phore 8220 of Sidney's “THE GiIbT CENTRE” GIFTS Every Occasion When you think of a Gift, it is only natural to associate the thought with MITCHELI, & DUNCAN'S, Ltd. The Store That Specializes in Gifts Selection here is so easy and pleasant because of the wide range, from Diamonds to Clocks, from simple Toilet Pieces to handsome Chest of Silverware. EVERYTHING IS RIGHTLY PRICED, TOO Mitchell & Duncan JEWELLERS Central Bldg., Victoria, Tel. 672 View and Broad Sts. C.P.R. and B.C. Electrie Watch Inspectors munity. SUBSCRIBE TO THE REVIEW Be Ready When You Telephone - An observance on the part of telephone users on the follow- ing suggestions will save not only their time but will also assure them better service: Look in the telephone direc- tory and be sure of the number. Do not eall until you are ready to talk. Speak plainly and listen carefully. LIMITED B. C. TELEPHONE CO. SUBSCRIBE TO THE REVIEW SANDS Funeral Furnishing Co., Ltd. LICENSED EMBALMENS Our charges are Phone 3306 FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND Competent Lady in Attendance. reasonable, and best of service day or night 1612 QUADRA ST., VICTORIA THE SIDNEY AND ISLANDS REVIEW And Saanich Gazette F. F: Forneri H. FE. Cross Publishers. Issued every Thursday at Sidney, B. GC. Price, $2.00 per annum, in advance. All advertisements must be in The Review Office. Berquist Building, Beacon avenue, not later than Wed- nesday noon. Letters intended for publication in The Review mus be accompanied by the writer’s name. Victoria Agents: TT. N. Hibben & Co., street. James Island Agents: North Saanich Agent: Salt Spring Agents: Deep Cove Agents: Government Waterhouse and Greene. Geo. Spencer, Turgoose. Salt Spring Trading Co. Deep Cove Trading Co. ADVERTISING RATES Legal notices, 12 cents per line first insertion. 8 cents per line each subsequent insertion. Announcement of entertainments, ete., by churches, societies, etc., conducted where admission is charged, -10 cents per line. Classified ads, such as ‘“‘Wanted,’’ “For Sale,” ete., 10 cents per line; no ad accepted for less than 50 cents. Card of Thanks, $1.00. Local advertisements among reading matter, 10 cents per line. Display advertising, 25 cents per column inch; no ad accepted for less than $1.00. RATUWAY SERVICE IN QUANTITY LOTS. “Tt never rains but it pours’ is an old but true say- ing. For two months the Industrial Seat of the Saan- ich Peninsula has been virtually without railway ser- vies, and it now appears that it is to have such service In quantity lots. A freight service to the town was inaugurated today by the Canadian National Railways, and application by another party has been made for run- hing rights over the entire line of the Victoria and Sidney with a view to putting on a passenger and light freight seryice to be handled by motor trucks equipped with flanged wheels. - The action of the ©. N. R. in handling the freight industries will have the effect of keeping the town on the map. The situation had reached a point where it save Brave apprehension to the business men of the community, who realized that unless relief Was given at once the Sidney Mills, Limited, and the Sidney Rubber Roofine Company would be obliged to shut down tha_ if the payroll of the town were stopped, the busi- Tt reauired no piercing discernment to see ness of “the local mercantile houses would simultane- ously dwindle almost to nothing. And just as the handling of the freight by the C. N. R. will result in preserving the present healthy con- dition of local industry, the inauguration of a high- class passenger service by the motor truck concern would bring prosperity of a different kind to the com- Not only is Sidney ideally situated from an industrial standpoint; it has beautiful surroundings as well, and a transportation company awake to the op- portunities could make of it a Mecca for the tourist and the sportsman. One might trayel the world over and discover but few places where scenery more ex- quisjtely beautiful or boating and bathing more de- lightfully enjoyable could be found. Excellent fishing is at hand and good hunting may be had within easy distance. A finer and more eauable climate could not be desired. From an interview with Messrs. Curtiss and Smith, the promoters of the new transportation project, we infer that they are fully awake to the advantages which the community offers along the lines above enumerated, and that they would start their business With an aggressive advertising policy—which was en- tirely lacking in the Victoria and Sidney management —which would insure a liberal patronage by the class of people in search of recreation. Such a transporta- tion concern operating into Sidney would eventually mean the building of summer resort hotels, the estab- lishment of better means of water transportation and the general elevation of the tone of the community. In addition, many of the business people of the Capital City would, attracted by a rapid and frequent train service, establish residences here. Sidney would be- come a bedchamber for Victoria. Another benefit which, though not accruing directly to Sidney, would be invaluable to the Saanich Penin- sula in general, would be the giving of railway service to the territory along the V. & S. line which was cut off from transportation by the discontinuance of the old concern. Saanichton, Keatings, Royal Oak and contiguous territory would be greatly benefited. The plan to use the V. & S. tracks for a railway motor service is entirely practicable. The thing has been done for some time in certain sections of Wash- ington, Oregon and California and has been found feasible and profitable. The project deserves all the local support which can be given it. WORKERS SHOULD CHANGE METHODS. The big strike at Winnipeg has been called off. At a conference of the general strike committee at the prairie metropolis Tuesday night strikers were ordered to return to work at 11 o'clock Thursday (this) morn- Tt is understood that the surrender of the strikers Was unconditional and that they will resume their duties as they left them. It is hoped that the workers will have learned something of the futility of such methods as they adopted through the fruitlessness of their efforts. We do not mean that they should tamely submit to ex- ploitation by the capitalistic class, but we are convinced that the solution of their problems lies not through coercion but through co-operation with their employers. It is a regrettable fact that much of the unrest among the producing class is inspired and fostered by the foreign element. The cost of living is very high, it is true, but wages are also high in proportion. Within the past few decades the standard of living has ine. ‘changed to a remarkable degree, so that people who were formerly satisfied with a small portion of the luxuries and pleasures of life now are discontented with a much larger share. And among the agitators is a very high percentage of men of foreign birth who are now receiving more for their labor than they ever re- ceived before. In the shipyards, for instance, men are drawing the wages of skilled mechanics, who searce can wield an axe or drive a nail properly. And this lass of so-called artisans is found to raise the loudest protest against conditions as they are. When the labor unions come to the realization that they must hold in check the radicals within their tanks the cause of labor will have benefited greatly. The Government has promised to appoint a commission to investigate the grievances of the Winnipeg strikers, but it is highly probable that this concession, which is the only tangible thing gained by the strike, could have been arrived at through co-operation, and the resultant economic upheaval averted. FARM SHOULD ISSUE REPORTS. It is regrettable that the Dominion Government some two years ago stopped the publication of reports from the local Experimental Farm. Prior to that time reports of research and work at the Farm were avail- able regularly, and were taken advantage of by the farmers of the Saanich Peninsula. But the condition which prevails today is that whenever a farmer has any special. problem upon which he needs light, he ig obliged to £0 personally to interview Prof. Stevenson, Superintendent of the Farm. It is quite generally re- cognized among local agriculturists that Prof. Steven- son is the right man in the right place, and that he is in no way responsible for the non-publication of reports, but it is objected that to be obliged to visit him per- sopally each time advice is needed, imposes too great a burden on the busy farmer. What Saanich agricul- turists earnestly desire is that printed reports of the work at the Farm, work done along solving local farm- ing problems, be available for those for whose welfare that work is being performed. GERMANY WILL BEAR WATCHING. According to semi-official plans the greatest peace treaty ever concluded in the history of the world will -be signed at Versailles, France, tomorrow, first, by all the representatives of the Entente Alliance, and later, by the German delegation. Tt is a strange fact that almost to the last the Ger- mans succeeded in making a not unsubstantial portion of the world believe that they would not sign. Thig bluster and bravado was only a continuation of their campaign of falsehood carried on throughout the war by which they sought to mesmerize the people of the Allied nations into a condition of such abject fear that they would give up without a struggle. That Germany cannot realize that her methods are obsolete is due to the fact that her national consciousness must reach a higher moral plane before this becomes apparent to her. And until Germany has progressed to a point where she sees the wrong of her methods she will bear watch- ing. The peace treaty has been drawn with ample safeguards, and it is not improbable that a show of force will be necessary to convince the Teutonic nation that it will be policy for her fo fulfill the covenants of her contract. While most thinking people have heen convinced all along that Germany would not refuse to sign, because she could not, nevertheless, when the signatures of her plenipotentiaries are safely appended to the great docu- ment the world at large will have abundant cause for thanksgiving. BENEATH AN OAK. (By H. F. Cross.) I sank to rest beneath an oak, A grand old tree Whose massive trunk and arms bespoke His ancientry. % The sunbeams shot his leaves between And dancing, played Upon the velvet carpet green Beneath him laid. Soft sang the breezes And Fantasy Heard whispered through the mid-day drowse A history: ‘mong his boughs, “Long, long ago, in times forgot, One summer’s day IT fell, an acorn, on this spot And dormant lay “Till kindly sun and show'rs caressed My earthy bed— Then burst I from my prison-nest And upward sped “Above the turf. Within my yéins The blood of Spring Coursed with a might, and I became A living thing. “Years sped on years. Took sturdy form, Shaped by God’s hand to drink the calm, Or breast the storm. My sapling-stem “Yon stood the roving red man's Eut. Here, ‘neath my shade, Dark nomads bows of buckthorn cut, Or beat the blade “Of copper into shapely form, While maidens red Knelt at the mortar grinding corn, Or kneaded bread. “Tithe children, straight as arrows, played Upon the green, —- Each lad shaped like a king, each maid A black-eyed queen. “And each grew strong and lived his life. Then slacked each breath, Till each, from toil or battle-strife, Lay still in death. “And yet lived T thro’ A changeless life, God-barred from harm by lig¢htning-stroke, Or tempest’s strife.”’ time and change Hark! Rane the warbler’s silver throat. Startled, I woke, And listened to that erystal note, Beneath an oak. Do Not Be Starved for Music. Music is Essential to the Right Kind of Existence And when buying, buy the best—_THE NEW BDISON— No Needles to change. Kent’s Edison Store 1004 Gov't St, Victoria Time and Trouble Savers Electric Irons ‘Toasters Coffee Percolators Etc. Clean and economical to operate. AL Attach to any light socket. ways ready for use. our salesroom. See them in 4 B. C. Electric Light & Power Dept. Avenue V. I. Beacon Sidney, Sidney Mills, Limited Rough and Dressed Lumber Manufacturers of All Hinds of DIMENSION TIMBERS, MOULDINGS, FLOORING, OETILING, ETC. SHORT LENGTH FLOORING, CEILING AND ft., at large reduction off regular price. 2 to 7 Mill Wood For Sale SIDING, Phone 6 PRICES DELIVERED WITHIN ONE MILE CIRCLE One Double Load Qne- Single WMoad=..3 as 5 oe ALL WOOD STRICTLY C.0.D. OR CASH WITH ORDER HOW ABOUT THAT CAR? We have a large variety of Cars, tuned to the minute and ready for you to make your buying arrangements. demonstrate the car that suits you best. Come in and have us These are all extra values: i Chevrolet (1918)—Has had but a few months’ driving, and is equal in appearance and runs like new.................. $875 1 Dodge (1917)—New Silk Mohair Top, 5 good tires, in fine condi- tion. Privately owned Hoe ee eee ache Bet rae teers $1,150 i Hup ‘‘21'!—5-passenger; a car that has been thoroughly inspected - and we can assure you that she is good.............-..-. S575 1 Hudson Six, with Delco Electric Starter, lights and Klaxon. uriant riding and the wife can drive it.................- $690 1 Chalmers, 5 or 7-passenger, a roomy car that will always bring you home. Sturdy and dependable..................... $500 AND YOU WILL FIND MORE WHEN YOU COME CARTIER BROTHERS. 724 JOHNSON ST. PHONE 5237 Victory Bonds Accepted—Terms If Desired THE LOCAL BUTCHER — — FRESH AND CURED MEATS, FISH, POULTRY, HTC. HIGH GRADE BUTTER AND FRESH HGGS A SPE- CIALTY. SHAMROCK HAMS, BACON AND LARD ALWAYS ON HAND. ———— Inspection Invited. Stores at Sidney & Saanichton Fashion In Men’s Suits Is the Watchword of Our Clothing Department . depend upon getting the correct suit in our Clothing WW eevena un your age or occupation, you may always you the best service. Department—a suit that will fit—a suit that will give Our new spring models for juniors have just arrived, and offer a large assortment of styles to select from, and all fashionable, at prices that will suit you—$18.00, $20.00, $22.50 and up to David Spencer, Ltd. Victoria, B. C: S Ai SUBSCRIBE TO SIDNEY AND ISLANDS REVIEW