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$10,000 LOST IN FANTAN GAME Chinese Gambling in Calgary --Other Newsy Notes of the West. (By our own Correspondent) 'There ure now 64 Chapters of the In- dependent Order Daughters of the Empire in Saskatchewan. There were 21 at the beginning of the war. Agents of the Pennsylvania Coal Pro- _ ducing Agencies were in Winnipeg for sev-) eral days arranging terms for fuel delivery. 'The retail price of anthracite coal will be | $16.50, an advance of 75 centa, While engaged in adjusting 'rifles in Cal-| gary, F. Ro Cooper, servitjg in the Ord- nance Corps, was accidentally shot and in- | stantly killed, Another soldier had a rifle adjusted In a vite on a long bench, which ecntained a live cartridge. The cortridge | exploded and the bullet struck the bench, ten feet away, glanced upwards and enter- ed Cooper's brain. fohn Allen, Deputy Attorney General of Manitoba, is on the way to England for the purpose of arguing a divorce case be fore the Privy> Council of England. The divoree was granted by Manitoba, which claims the power os s legal right | John Baylor, » farmer of the Iron Springs district, near Lethbridge, wes subject to a certain amount of derision. in that he start ed seeding on Jan, 13 during the excep- | tionally mild weather, putting in a crop | of 75 acres. On April 9, Mr Baylor ex hibited in Lethbridge some of the grain | rown which had started to sprout and he nud there was sufficient moisture in the ground to carry it over for thirty days, He | hod no fear of frost as be said he would fe uble to mulch the top and it will help | the roots, If he should happen to get a good crop it will he yet another record to be registered for Alberta und its exclusive | climate | The remains of the late Joe Hull. the veteran hockey player who died of influ enza in Seattle while visiting the city with the Canadiens of Montreal, were laid to resj/in Vancouver, the home of his mother Harold G. King, of Vun i brother. Rev © feove formerly of Barrie, second son of tke Iste David King, condueted the funeral errvices. David Elder of Queenstown, Alberts, op erated @till for making moonshine whis key, The provincial police interrupted bis activities and caused a fine of $200 10 be imposed. David claimed that he was just ' experimenting and now knows the high cost j of experiments, | » extensive work of the Department oi Public Health in Winnipeg is told of in the monthly bulletin issued from Oct. 3rd, ! 1918 to Jan, 31st, 1919, the total number of cases reported was 14,029. The number of deaths recorded in Pad same time ve ing, influenza, 1,057; peumonia, all forms, 96, Rate per 100,000 population, 6280. The dates for the Alberta Industriel Gon gress have been fixed as follows; Aug. 11 and 12, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge; Aug 13 and 14, Calgary and Aug. 15 and 16 Edmonton. "The main features of the con grew are to be held at Calgary. In this city all the addresses and educational work will be carried on Ho Lem, « christion Chinaman living in the Chinese quarter of Calgary. organizer of the Chinese League, which he claims could not in the slightest degree be regarded as an anarchistic or in any way prejudicial to law and order, but on the contrary worked for the betterment of. the Chines», gave a Calgary reporter an interview in which he etated that $10,000 frequently changed hands in 9 fan tan geme. The gamblers called a special meeting and Ho Lem and a few of his supporters attended to state their side of the ease, and were roughly handled for a few minutes until the police rescued them. Calgary clectric light department wound up 1918 with a deficit of $29,179.38. Ow- ing to the increase made|in water rates last year this department had a Aurplus | of $24,406.63 on revenue earnings. -- In discounts the two departments lost $30,- 944.56. The earnings of the waterworks from all sources amounted to $403,822.50. The street railway showed a deficit for 1918 of $7,118.24. i Alberta hae 50,549 of its population of alien birth, Saskatchewan 48,921, British Columbia} 63,479 and Manitoba 30,805, ac- | cording to the report of the Board of regis- tration. | 'The record price for bulls in Alberta was | reached when Davidson Bros. of Red Will- | ow paid $3,800 for Kinmel Captain, the | champion Shorthorn at the Calgary bull | sule. The bidding started at $1,000. The bull is nineteen months old, 'The total sales amounted to $146,845 for 651 snimals 'The housing situation: in Calgary is be- coming scute. Hotels are crowded with families that aré awaiting) houses and the freight sheds are filled with furniture and household effects in storage. Every. avail- able house in the city is ander lease. As ie natural by the rule pf "supply and demand", vente have gone up within the last six months and: Jandowners claim that their holdings scarcely paid one per gent. on investment from 1913 to the close of 1918. Among the projected new buildings for Drumheller, Alta., are new theatre, office buildings, municipal hospital, bank, lsun- dry, creamery, Salvation Army bi police headquarters and 50 new. residences. Two new banks have located there since November, making four, | and another is going in. | 'A waterspout between |20 and 30 feet high formed on Kootenay; Lake near Nel- yon, B.C, during a severe storm which Jasted «15 minutes. "Capius, the famous Calgary trotter with a record of 2.11% is dead of influensa, 'Tp five years this horse never lost a race on the Western Cansda circuit. His win- pings were $10,000. | Five hundred German-speaking preach- ere sre known to be living in Canada. Nesr- ly 100, mostly Mennonites, are in Menitobg, and about 200 in Saskatchewan. ' 'Ways and means to combat the epidemio ef juvenile crime in are being sought. The treatment of juvenile offen- ders will be stiffened and|the city suthori- ties will be ssked to bring about the ap- pointment of 6 permanent juvenile Judge, 'who would'be able to devote the whole of his time and sttention tp the prevention of crime among cl Rev. Alex. Esler, the popular ps of Grace Presbyterian Church, is leaving next Ynonth) for a chi in Vancouver. "The-congregation decided |that no preacher of new. theblogy, no fs dist, in fact no it fom' the straigh | | For 25 years years the biggest seller. me fectly in hot or cold water, hard or soft. It reduces work. It cuts expenses. fits been Canada's favorite--for 25 "Comfort" has Re- mber, Comfort washes _ per- The big chunky bar the hand. "It's All Right"' PUGSLEY, DINGMAN & CO., LIMITED . TORONTO, ONT. faith of the Church will be tolerated in their pulpit, A committee was sppointed to find a successor. Southern Albertu's contributions to the Red Shield fund of the Salvation Army, in the campaign from Sept. 10th, 1918, to April 14th last was $32,741, tributed $18,751.54. The Army has opened u hostel for returned soldiers in Calgary, which wus opened by Brig-Gen, McDonald of the 13th Mibtary District. The hostel contains 36 beds, lunch counter, music and reading room, Seeding is well under way in Alberta. In the south 75 per cent. of the wheat is in the gfound Edmonton is to have a new vaudeville theatre operated in connection with the Orpheum circuit Construction of over 300 miles of Do: minion Government railway lines has been suthorized for Alberta and Saskatchewan this yeur, Returned soldiers are to be giv en preference in all positions In the three years of 1916, 1917 and 1918, the province of Alberta has derived a total revenue from the sale of liquor of $264,216.85. Lucien Boudreau, the sit ting member of the house for St, Albert, who is connected with the Dominion Drug Co., Edmonton, which commenced busi ness in August last, was the central fig ure in a liquor investigation, It was charged that he, as president of the com pany, had purchased liquor from the Vendor ut Edmonton on eredit. The it. vestigution lasted several days, but Bou dreau was finally cleared by a vote in the house of 20 to 26. Only one member of the government, W. M. Davidson, editor of the Calgary Albertan, voted against Boudreau. During the investigation it came out that few thousand dollars worth of liquor Wag on hand, which analysis showed was unfif for human consumption. This was explained by the former license i spector that the liquor was for sale to veterinary surgeons. Winnipeg city council appropriates an- nually $400,000 for expenditure in the po- lice department. An investigation is now proceeding for the purpose of ascertaining whether this amount is spent efficiently-and economically. Hon. Geo. P. Smith, Alberta's Minister Calgary con- | hibiting the sale of thrift stamps in the public schools of the province suid that the department wad not opposed to the sule of stamps, but only to the re-sale of stamps in the schools by the teachers to the children, Mr. Smith was bucked in his stand by Premier Stewart, Hon, Dun at least 51 per cent. of the stock in the! store or compan ' 'Ap item of $52.50, which appeared in the public accounts of the Province of Al- | berta us "travelling expenses" of P. A. G.! Morice, brought out the fact that this item | was phyment for 50 copies of "The Life can Marshall, and Attorney-General Boyle. |of Mons. Lungevin" which were purchased Mr. Boyle stated that the efforts of the by Hon. Wilfrid Gariepy, then Minister Government and the various thrift stamp of Municipalities, which he passed out organizations to induce the children to in- vest in stamps were nothing more or less ment to his friends at the expense of the govern- Morice us a clergyman who was than begging from children and that money 'travelling about selling these books. should be secured where it is available in stead of taking it from babies. severely criticized. Hon. J, A, McLean, Alberta's Minister of Public Works, has announced to # good 'roads deputation that the Government will spend this summer $30,000 on the improve ment of the Calgary-Banff main roud Calgary is facing © real butter shortage, owing to the scarcity of stock und feed in the way of bran and shorts. Creamery butter is now selling at seventy cents per pound. Very little oleomargarine is used. In the Alberts Legislature, a proposed amendment including chiropractic "'or any non-drug science, therapy or system of prac Live™" in the scope of the Medical Profes sions' Act, requiring prsctitioners of these to pass an examination in their various professions by the examining board of the universtiy, was offered violent objection by JG Turriff, who amerted that the word ing of the measure would bring christian scientists within its purview. His objection wus shared by other members and the ubove clacte was, on a vote, defeated. The chiropractors of the province are endeav- oring to obtain legislation which will enable | them' to. practice without fear of moleste- tion. 'A. vagrant before the police magistrate at Calgary answered five consecutive ques: tions put to him by the bench with the word "absolutely". 'Don't you know any other word," asked the magistrate, to which the vagrant responded "positively". 'The Pharmaceutical Act of Alberta hes been amended. Hereafter all drug stores dispensing the twenty-two poisonous drugs used in prescriptive medicines, must be of Education, in defending his stand pro- | operated by a registered druggist, owning The Cleveland Tractor does all kinds of work Hite a tractor that worke on all soils. It lays its'own track, It hae repeatedly shown itself capable of pulling a two-bottom Oliver plow at ; 3% miles an hour, in' medium soil conditions, turning 8 to 10 acres per day, which equals the work of three teams and three men. It means easier--more profitable--work of all kinds, Saves time--esaves men--increases crops! wer farming is a proven success, and : the Ontario farms, leveland Tractor is best adapted for Write us for prices, and we will let you Qo when-and where you can see the Cleveland doing actual farm work. G. E. GOODERHAM & COMPANY "97-105 West Richmond Street TORONTO siete 'within a» 60-mile Two English women, mother and daugh fr In many ter, were discovered recently in Calgary liv. quarters Mr. Boyle's remarks have been ing in the open und slowly dying of | starvation, They were cared for by the Associnted Charities and upon being ques: | tioned said they were ready to starve rather than seek alms. When the daughter was | asked why she had not sought employment she rephed that it had never occurred to | her to do so H The city council of Moos Juw, Sasl has enfered into an agreement with » C gary syndicate 10 supply natural gas to the city at the city limite for 20¢ per 1000 feet plus reasonable profit. The com- pany was granted a 20 year franchise hind agreed not to supply any other city | radius at a lower rate | than Moose Jaw The ratepayers will vote on the egreement on May 19th and if curried work will start within 60° days thereafter ' PH. Wilkinson, of "Brooks, Alta., ad- vertised sule of 630 bead of cattle, but the sale wee unavoidably postponed, because the herd stampeded the day before and landed up over twenty-five miles sway. Honeymoon By Ai plane 'A honeymoon in an airplane. Tbe very idew of such w thing must have a paraly- | zing effect on minds of a bumdrum, jog- | trot nature, but anybody with a spark of romance in him-or her--could not but be thrilled by Anyhow, that is the kind of honeymoon which one of the old Flying Corps officers in Toronto--and. he is only a young man at that--and his bride are going to have The trip will extend over several months, din that time a good part of Canada and the United States will be covered. The plans are that following their wed- | ding, the young couple shall leave Leaside Aviation Field in 9 three-seated sirplane, formerly sed by the RAF, suitably dec- | oruted, and carrying a banner announcing thut its occupants are on their honeymoon | from Toronto. \ 'The exact course they will follow has | 'not been decided on as yet, but the ides 'at precent is to make something like a criss-croxs journey across the continent as | far us Vancouver, and thence proceed in| 'a southerly direction into the United States | turning east somewhere near the State line | between Oregon and Nevada The course then would lie toward the Middle West States, turning west again somewhere in the vicinity of the State line of Missouri, and thence on to Loa Angeles, Cal. From here 'a straight flight would be made across the continent to Florids, witb stops by the 'way of New Orleans and otber big South- i A sig-sag course northward along the Atlantic coast would then be followed, and thence back to Toronto. It is the intention of the honeymooners to carry a small camping outfit, which they would use as shelter wherever a Iand- ing may be affected on their long journey. Plant More Shade Trees Every year the streets of our growing young city are extended, but the practice 'of keeping abreast of the development, by planting shade trees on new streets bas not been kept up. This is something the Parke Commission might very well take in hand and' interest itself in. The new sub-div- isions of the town look very bare and un- attractive, as compared with the older see- tions, with their luxuriant rows of shade trees, when their wealth of foliage is spread. 'Out through the country, if more eon- cern were taken in regard to shade trees, the appearance of the roads could be very much improved also. There is prao- ically no work 'attached to growing trees, after the initial effort of planting them, and there is nothing more pleasing to the eye than a fine country road with a beau- TT! Gray - Dort is a different light car. Different in the im- portant things--in the power and quietness of its motor, in the size and comfort of its body, in its economy. Different in all the im- portant little things, too--in its eequipment, beauty of line and fin- ish, freedom from trouble, ease of handling. Yet the price is less than that of most light cars--and little more than those that offer so much less. , The touring car is $1245 ; the Gray-Dort Special-- the car with added refinements and extra equip- ment, is $135 extra; there are also a coupe, and a sedan. All prices f.0.b. Chatham and are sub- ject to change without notice. GRAY-DORT MOTORS, Limited, Chatham, Ont. In the U.S.--Dort Motor Car Co., Flint, Mich. - Gray Dor AUTOMOBILE & SUPPLY LTD. Toronto, Ont. Dunlop St. BARRIE. J. H. McCA Our reputation for fair dealing and reliable goods, coupled with the De Laval record of service durability, has made the De Laval Cream Separator the jeader in this community. SERS of De Laval Cream Separators. have caried' away every first prize awarded at conventions of the National Creamery Buttermakers' Association since their first meeting in 1892. The record is unbroken! The reason is that De Laval bowl design, together with low speed, enables the delivery of butter-fat globules unbroken in their natural condi- tion--thus insuring more and. better butter. The De Laval is the "blue~ ribbon" separator. * and talk it over. SOONER OR LATER YOU WILL BUY A DE LAVAL -- Barrie's Big, Dollar May 9 and 10. Days--