ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND MATSQUI_ NEWS __ of musical instruments. baccos, Stationery, Phone 75R Ice Cold Drinks 5c a bottle MODERN SODA FOUNTAIN IN CONNECTION VARIETY SALES | Latest Sheet Music, Gramophones, Records We try to carry all the latest pieces of sheet music, but can give a very quick service on any piece Wequired—at CITY PRICES. sell also VICTOR GRAMOPHONES and RECORDS, and several kinds Candies, PATENT MEDICINES, Cosmetics and Toiletries. We Picnic Delicacies, Cigarette, To- Ice Cream Milton C. Switzer: Prop, Sumas Council Rephilites Gravel Bill S. H. Turner of “Kilgara presented a ‘ bill for $100 at Saturday’s Sumas muni- cipal council meeting for gravel taken from his pit east of Kilgard during 1926 and 1927. Questioned by the Coun- cil, Mr. Turner admitted he had not held title to the pit property in 1926, and that less than one acre of land was involved. It was also brought out that the government had used some of the gravel. The account was not allowed The following bills were passed: W. C. Blinch $12.60; The Columbian Co. $17.28; J. Gilmore $4.00; M.S. A. Hospital $30.10; E. B. McPhail $116.13; Imperial Oil Co, $63.81; C. A. Watson $43.20; R. H. Taylor 24.30; C. A. Lamson FORD OWNERS Offered at A.C. Speedometers INSTALLED Front Bumper & Rear Bumper-ette installed This is “Necessary” Equipment 10-DAY SPECIAL ONLY $12.50 $19.00 a Very Low Price BRETT’S LIMITED FORD SALES AND SERVICE CHILLIWACK ABBOTSFORD MISSION Phone 55 Phn. 82 Farmers 3402 Phone 47 Cut Rate Prices - Why Pay More? crepette soles QUALITY, SERVICE AND SAVING Women’s Tan Canvas Outing Oxfords, Crepe Soles - - Men’s Tan Canvas Outing Shoes, ankle pads, crepe soles | | | | | Misses White Canvas Strap Shoes, crepe soles, sizes 8to2 - | Boys’ Tan Canvas Outing Shoes, sizes 11 to 5, BEAN | _ $125 Shoes Up toa Staitari---Down toa Price Next to Lee’s Bakery RAE SHOE COMPANY No. ABBOTSFORD Head Office: BETTER ~< A. M, SPARLING, Manager VERNON & BUCKERFIELD, Ltd. VANCOUVER, B.C manufacturers of ww DIAMOND BRAND Aq announce the opening of their new warehouse at Abbotsford, B.C. “Diamond Brand” Dairy and Poultry Feeds. Poultry Supplies carried in stock. FEEDS Hay, Grain and Phone 70 TENDERS TENDERS will be received by the undersigned up to twelve o'clock (noon) Monday, August 15th. 1927, for the construction of an additional class- room at Kilgard school. Plans and specifications may be seen at the office of the secretary in the Municipal hall, Whatcom road, or at the A. S. M. News office. Seal and mark Tenders “Tender for the construction of a one room addition to the Kilgard school”. Further information may be had by applying to the secretary, E. B. McPhail R. R. 2 Abbotsford, B. C. The lowest or any tender not nec- essarily accepted. E. B. McPHAIL C. M, C. St. Matthew's Church choir =e at Birch Bay tomorrow. New Teachers For Straiton and Kilgard Miss Irene Kelleher of Matsqui has been appointed teacher of Kilgard school for the coming term. Miss Naomi McPhee will have charge at Straiton. Other Sumas schools will have the same teachers as last term. Principal Gilchrist is at present con- ducting an examination session at Whatcom road for eight pupils who were taken down with measles during the regular examinations. Auction Sale On Saturday An auction sale of two horses and two cows, and a quantity of miscellan- eous articles is to be held by Abbots- ford Brokerage & Realty Co. in Mc- Phee's barn on Saturday at 130 p.m. Additions to this sale are invited. Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Roberts are Mr. Roberts’ sister, Mrs. Langley, and her husband, of Oakland, Cal. who are taking a trip through B.C. $1; B. C. Telephone Co. $4.75; Mrs. Thas York $14.20; M. J. Nelles $163.60; C.M. Murphy $6; J. Watson $4; W. Buchanan $11.90; J. Hunter $3.60; G. A. Rosie $4; F. Moret $10.20; H. A. Corbett $62.89 J. W. Kennedy $19.80; Harry Kelly $21. ,Joe White $21.60; W. Bonar $61.65; W. Harris $83.47; C. A. Keeping $14.24; T. Dawson $18; W. Swoden 18; Clarence Dawson $9; D. Dawson $9; Chas. Daw- son $9; T. B. Straiton 3492; Elmer Marcey $13.13; T. Higgs $19.35; Mrs. B. McAdam $32.40; W. C. Bowman $18; B. Stewart $7; L. Mackie $16.20; G.N. Smith 14.40; P, Corbett $18.45; G.Hot< tel $7.20; A. McIntyre $43.20; AR. Keeping $4.05; E. Chudley $10.80; O. Williams $21.60; H. Griffith $66; D. Stafford: $25.20; D. Marcey $49.50; Edward Cruthers $66; A. Soules $32.40; J. H. Cameron $7.20; W. Knox $72; H. R. Harris $72; E. Austin $56.05; S. Griffith $45; A. Kask 61.65; S. Austin $66.60; J. Fishlock $126; I. Serl $189.55 A. Benz $21.60; L. Bick $5; G. Bassani $5; A. Bassani $5; P. Matheson $5; A. McKinnon $7 L. Lenieux $7; W. Burge | Soe5eSesesesesesesesesesesesesesese $7; M. Blackham $5; N. Hill (Jubilee Grant $100; A. E. Humphrey $144; G. Gough $171.05; By resolution all ward accounts must be in hands of Clerk by Wednesday preceeding regular meeting. By the appearance of large areas of both lake and marginal lands on Sumas prairiethe farmers there will be facing another serious problem very soon, and that will be elimination of thistles. Some of the fields are a most depressing spectacle, not only to far- in the district’s welfare. When in Matsqui TRY THE Matsqui Cafe HOT MEALS, GOOD FOOD MRS, J. KEMPRUD Riverside Road, next Bungalow Garage SYNOPSIS OF LAND ACT AMENDMENTS tee PRE-EMPTIONS Vacant, unreserved, surveyed Crown lands may be pre-empted by British subjects over 18 years of age, and by aliens on declaring intention to become British subjects, conditional upon resi dence, occupation, and improvement for agricultural purposes. Full information concerning regula tions regarding pre-emptions is given in Bulletin No. 1, Land Series, ‘‘ How to Pre-empt Land’’ copies of which can be obtained free of charge by address ing the Department of Lands, Victoria B.C., or to any Government Agent. Records will be granted covering only land suitable for agricultural purposes and which is not timber-land, i.e., car rying over 8,000 board feet per acre west of the Coast Range and 5,000 feet per acre east of that Range. Applications for pre-emptions are tc be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land Recording Division, in which the land applied for is situated and are made on printed forms, copies of which can be obtained from the Land Commissioner. Pre-emptions must be occupied for five years and improvements made tc value of $10 per acre, including clear ing and cultivating at least five acres before a Crown Grant can be received For more detailed information se« the Bulletin ‘‘How to Pre-empt Land’* PURCHASE Applications are received for purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands not being timberland, for agricultural purnones minimum price for high-class are Be) ifs $5 per a and second ¢ g 50 per acre Purther a ebenintion regarding pure hase given in Bul «Purchase 2 of ire n I ay actory, i fiaiber land, many be purchased or leased, the con ditions including payment of stumpag: HOMESITE pee res Unsurveyed area acres, may be leased ditional upon a dwelling being erect in the first year, title being obtain ible after residence and improvement conditions are fulfilled and land has been surveyed, LEASES For grazing and industrial purposes areas not exceeding 640 acres may be leased by one person or a company. GRAZING Under the Grazing Act the Province is divided into grazing districts and the range administered under a Graz- ing Commissioner. Annual grazing permits are issued based on numbers ranged, priority being given to estab- lished owners, Stock-owners may form associations for range management. Free, or partly free, permits are avail- able for settlers, campers and travellers :!Council decided to further consider all mers concerned but to all interested Spasesesesesesesesesesesesesesesesa | Minor Road Improvement Petitions | Occupy Matsqui Council At Applications for road improvements || concerned Matsqui councillors at Sat- urday’s meeting. Messrs. Downes and Shaw urged improvement of Downes road; Mr. S. Farrington asked road connection with River road, Glen Val- ley; Mr. J. Huggins requested improve- ment of McCallum road north, and another petition requested opening of Fuller road (Farrow’s corner, near Ab- botsford, across O.P.R. tracks). Messrs. D. Paterson, E. G. Phillips and E. White complained that Phillips Hill contract (White road), was not accepted. The the applications. T. White complained about thistles on road allowances bordering his place stating that they were not being cut. The following accounts were passed for payment: R. Follis $19.20; J. Smith $26.00; M. Pihl $51.20; W. Macey $6.40; W. Denny $8.80; Jas, Stevenson $25.20 J. Catto $22 S. A. Solomon $180.70; G. Fergnsen $41.00 L. McDermid $10.00; J. Banas $22.40; T. White $2.00; C. Pierce $16.40; H. Innes $12.80; A. L. Bates $4.00; G. D. Earle $1.60; J. Croy $8.00; D. Fearn $13 E. G. Phillips $8.00; D. Paterson $8.00; M. Nordine $21.20; W. J. Bates $283.00; J. Lomas $80.00; A. Conroy $70.40; J. Murphy $122.00; P. R. Conroy $75.4 N. J. Frist $8.00; R. C. Sibbald $34:50; W. Mutch $4.80; A. Elwood $22.50 G. A. Taylor $6.40; C. Norris $9.60; J. Reeve $6.40 T. F. Seldon $28.00; B. Hamilton $54.00; C. Carlston $8.00; B. Nelson $3.20; G. Borg $1.50; C. Poignant $67.50; Clayburn Co. $6.24; A. L. M. D. Co. $3.74; J. A. Tennant $24.50; East Side Garage $8.90; G. A. Paterson$4.00; Abb. News $20.13; F. E. White $13.5 w. Stafford $4.00; C. Gebhart $1.60; I. Spriggs $6.40; A. Marcy $5.40; F. Marcy $1.600; | Meeting ! a Ladies Dresses at Low Prices FOR HOUSE & STREET WEAR—some very nice JL 15 to "425 | lines just added to stock, priced from Ladies Smocks IN LINEN AND BROADCLOTH; and well tailored Ladies Shoes IN PATENT AND KID—a number of new lines $325 to $ ae arrived; new styles and good fitting lasts 495 Men’s Boots and Oxfords SOME WONDERFUL VALUES in these lines,— Oxfords from $3. 85 to $5; 95 Se Paes $3: 95 w $7: 50 | ALL SOLID LEATHER English Prints 36-inches wide in a variety of shades; ..regular 45¢ yard Children’s Three-Quarter Hose (These lines sold for 49c and 59c a pair; WHILE THEY LAST Spun Silk Special 7 Sc per yard BRITISH SPUN, about 32 inches wide, great varity of shades, SPECIAL . 3 YARDS for $1.00 | clearing at per ee aeaba regular 90c; in a Bac | J. GILMOUR GENERAL MERCHANT; ABBOTSFORD PHONE 4 | — Enclosed Hair- Dressing Parlor for Ladies Atangard Barber Shop and Pool Room Joe, Bruce, barber Joe Olsen, tables For Sale—9 Young Pigs, 7 weeks old. W. Smythe, Huntingdon. 800 Laying Hens for Sale. $1 each. J. FRITH, Abbotsford. For Sale—Baled Clover Hay, about 25 tons. Might trade for young stock of cows. E. Bailey, Upper Sumas P.O. or phone (Farmers) co. Porter's store. You Can Buy Cheaper at the Mill Store | RED SPRING ENO'S FRUIT Jelly Powders, all flavors, Nabob Tomatoes, 214’s . Heinz Cream Tomato Soup, ... j Welch’s Grape Juice, per pint ....... Malkin's Best Tea, per pound ... R Standard, Quaker, Purity Flour, 49Ib $9.65 Men's Fine Balbriggan UNDERWEAR $}-9 as -piece suit, all sizes SALMON, 10 tins for 95° 2 for 23° SALTS, per bottle 95° . 40° THE MILL STORE We Deliver Anywhere in the District — J. S. DALY Prop. Phone 19X Hop Pickers Wanted, by Canadian Hop Growers Limited, Sumas Prairie on Yale Road. Free rooms, free wood and free potatoes. About 30 days con- tinuous work. Free children’s nur- sery. Dance and amusement hall. tion to Canadian Hop Growers Limited, Upper Sumas, B.C. COW HAY WANTED (baled)—15-20 tons. Quote in the field or delivered 1 mile west of Abbotsford. A. H. HORN For Sale or Trade for Young Cattle —farm team of young mares; good workers. A. C. Stewart, McKenzie Farm. phone Farmers 1907. 1 For Sale—Grade Guernsey Heifer, due early September. Dam’s average test 5.5 per cent. Mrs, Harry Day, De- lair road. For Sale—About 150 S.C. White Leg- horn Pullets, 3 months old, $1.10 each to person who buys all. D. McDonald, Yale and Authier road. 1 SUMMER SCHEDULE of the BIG BLUE COACHES FOUR THROUGH TRIPS DAILY Leave Chilliwack 6.30 a.m,, 11.45 a.m., 3.45 p.m, and 9 p,m, Leave Vancouver 7,15 a.m., 11 am,, 4.15 p.m, and 8,15 p.m, Hope-Chilliwack Leave Hope 8.30 a.m, Arrive Chil liwack 10. a.m, Sundays leave Hope 1 p. t Leave Chilliwack 3.30 p.m, Arrive Sundays le: MISSION SERVICE The Big Blue Coaches Now Make Connections at Abbotsford for Mission City. Four Round Trips Daily. Phone Our Agent for Particulars, Subject to Change without notice, B.C. + Rapid Transit ~ co. -» For full information, call Atangard Hotel, Phone 70. EXPRESS PARCELS CARRIED up to ten head. A Garage that Tries to Merit Your Confidence We handle every car entrusted with us for repair as we would want We OUR machine handled. Our Service is C supervise every job. worth—(not always the time it takes). Gas and Acc OUR BUSINE Wrecking Service. DAY OR NIGHT. sories, including Tires, and you will understand why IS STEADILY GROWING. .Competent Towing and Abbotsford Phone 62 ork Daily oe of the New Hogan stopping th Plane in which he ig mie ig ae : = 1 Ss Nothing “Shoddy” Is Ever Sold Here In these days when the mart- ket is flooded with cheap, foreign-made hardware, it is a relief to find a store where quality is—and .always been the main consideration Tools, or all other hardware you RELIABLE. Cheap hardware is not true economy. -has obtain here, is always H. P. KNOLL Hardware Merchant, Abbotsford Press Search For Airmen our of the Ne © you ung men who ight BE. J. Dow- trip Windsor ontreal on their ou pete up at Grand’ Mere, O engage a ng extensive surveys of the district where the mysterious flare signals hove bem noticed. The other three uA to Chicoutimi where the) land party, vicinity o} 'Peribonka parties are keeping in close tou each other, Hogan, who has in over the territory undef observation, proceeding in! iat to the ake. The two uaiany feels that the missing airman are somewhere ge the ea - wooded arear north of The object of the air and oe expede tions is to find out the whereabouts. the missing men or to clear Up mystery of the flare signals. a } z bi | And we charge only what a piece of work is | Come to us for Repairs, Oil Low Rates Always. W. DUARK oad a circulatia get SU sTREr OM Evensong ¢ St. Margar Morning s¢ Poplar Con Afternool Bier CHRIST Sunday 8 Service Su Tn 1.0.0. ~~ eh eee