PAGE TWO ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS & MATSQUI NEWS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1940 ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND MATSQUI NEWS Established 1922 P at A ‘d, British Co ia, Every W LANG. SANDS, Editor and Owner Telephone: Abbotsford 58 Subscription Rates: Im Abbotsford, Sumas and Matsqui and other parts of the Fraser Do You Remember? Fifteen Years Ago Iu the M.S.A. Area From the A. S. & M. News of August 20, 1925 Valley, $1.20 per year; .75 for 6 months; 40 for $ months, in advan In the U.S.A and Foreign Countries, $2.00 per year in advance, Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association Member of the British Columbia Division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association. Thieves effected entry to the Abbotsford liquor store through the transom and helped them- selves to 11 cases of assorted li- quors. The noise awakened J. Boyce, who lives nearby, and he i y phoned the alarm to Abbotsford, B.C., Wednesday, August 21, 1940 §E wi sAVner WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES The University of the Fraser Valley Without doubt the greatest educational use made of the pues library consists of the thousands of books individually rrowed, amounting in the Fraser Valley to ninety-thousand in 1939; but collective use by associations and study clubs con- tinues throughout the year. Typical of these is the double request from a group of young married people for books on a religious subject for Sunday evening discussion (after church) and for some more general subject of a provocative nature for week-night meetings once a month. The range of topics is unlimited. Keen fisherman in the Mission Rod and Gun Club early this year prepared for the fishing season by sending in a request for books on this finest of the fine arts. The library promptly ordered those which were not at the time included in the library stock, and provid- ed mimeographed lists of a.score of useful books immediately available on the subject. A corresponding list of books on wild fowling is in preparation for the fall season. With shortening days and lengthening evenings, the open season on non-fiction is fast approaching, and with full ability to provide the best literature on any subject at all, the library is ready to extend a blanket invitation to study groups or to individuals for reading-lists on their pet subject, vocation- al or avocational. * The Responsibility Is Hitler’s To judge by the agencies whose support has been en- listed through direet or indirect play on their sympathies, some very clever propaganda work has been accomplished by Hitler in another loathsome effort to trick a part of the world into aiding him bring about its downfall. With winter approaching and his Blitzkreig over Great Britain a failure, his own people on a diet of substitute foods and millions more under his vaunted ‘‘protection,’’ Hitler now finds he has bitten off more than he can chew. The big prob- lem is to provide his own population with more and better food less it revolt and to secure sufficient food to prevent the for- mer free peoples in the countries his treacherous tactics have ruined from rising again in desperation and destroying his dwindling hope of world domination. True to form, Hitler is endeavoring to get others to foot his bill so there is much pro- paganda about famine in Europe this winter and the suffering that is likely to occur in the Nazi ‘‘protected”’ countries of France, Belgium, ete. To listen to such appeals and forward foodstuffs would be to help Hitler destroy our own men and defeat our efforts to thwart his lustful attacks on the world. Prime Minister Churchill, leader of all nations with stomach to fight the Nazi threat, has summed up the issue in typically definite form that should dispose of it for ‘‘the dura- tion.”’ Mr. Churchill states: “The only agencies which could create famine in any part of Europe during the coming winter would be German exactions or German failure to distribute the supplies they command. Let Herr Hitler bear his responsibilities to the full and let the peoples of Europe who groan beneath his yoke aid in every way the coming of the day when it will be broken.”’ * * * * While Britain Stands In supporting the action of General Pershing and other outstanding Americans in urging the United States to let Bri- tain buy some 50 ‘‘over age’’ destroyers as ‘‘the surest, quick- est step in national defense for the United States,’’ The Christ- ian Science Monitor, great international daily newspaper pub- lished at Boston, points out a number of significant facts that even we who are fighting for our very existence as a free peo- ple, may well check over and memori some of them follow under the Monitor’s editorial caption; ‘‘ While Britain Stands:”’ * So long as Great Britain remains unconquered hope re- mains for a real peace which will release Europe—ineluding the German people—from the prison of totalitarian terror. While Britain stands France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Czechoslovakia are only temporary slaves. While Britain stands there is hope for a genuine ‘‘new order’’ under which some sort of self-governing federation will preserve the liberties of small nations. While Britain stands there is a chance to stop the trend toward utter lawlessness and anarehy which today spreads the threat of robbery by violence round the world. While Britain stands there is hope that the ideals of Christianity, liberty, justice, enlightenment, and tolerance will have free opportunity to develop. While Britain stands paganism, despotism, injustice, im- posed ignorance and calenlated intolerance will not have official sanction by the dominant governmental power of Europe While Britain stands Japan, Russia and Italy recognize some restraints. : While Britain stands the Monroe Doetrine can hardly be seriously menaced. While Britain stands totalitarian trade cannot coerce the markets of the globe. While Britain stands America can stay out of war. Const. Broughton. J. Rowley, ven- dor, was also notified and he quickly ascertained the extent of the loss. Later in the day a tour- ing car and two men were found in the bush near Yarrow. The li- quor had been cached on the An- derson place, about one mile out of Abbotsford on the lower Su- mas road. eee The Sumas Oil and Gas Com- pany has just been incorporated to proceed with drilling on the Kennedy property, Sumas Prairie. H. L. Edmonds is president of the company and W. Taylor, sec- retary-treasurer. An expenditure of $5000 has been arranged for. A sample of gas has been analysed as 96.65 per cent. Methane. D. Smith will have charge of the drilling. eee Lorne Caul, young son of Mr. John Caul, Huntingdon, is re- ceiving treatment at the local hos- pital for an injured foot. -. P. H. Dawson and young son, John, met with a nasty accident while motoring on the Boundary road, Huntingdon, on Sunday. Travelling over an overgrown trail their car was slung too low to clear two tree stumps in the centre of the trail. The sudden impact threw the boy forward inflicting deep gashes in his scalp, and dislocating Mr. Dawson's hand. eee Harry Borge of Matsqui was taken to the Mission Hospital on Saturday last suffering from sev- ere head wounds sustained when he was kicked by a horse. AMERICAN TOURIST DONATES EXCHANGE “An American tourist stopped at the Hub Garage this week and tendered a twenty-dollar American bill in payment for gasoline. The attendant handed him the two-dol- lar premium due on the bill, but the American refused to accept it. “‘This exchange business is a lot of ‘hooey,’ and we are mak- ing a practice of giving it to some worthy cause. You have, a YMCA here, give it to them. All we want is dollar for dollar,” he remarked. —Revelstoke Review. ALIEN RECRUITS Candidates for enlistment in Canada’s armed forces who are citizens of a foreign country are not now required to take the Oath of Allegiance provided for in the King’s Regulations, if by so do- ing their citizenship in their own country is forfeited. FUN COLUMN ... Lady (boarding car with boy,: Full fare for me and a half fare for the boy,” Conductor (very doubtful-: “But Madam, that boy has on long “Well, if that’s the way you figure, a full fare for him and a half fare for me.” And then there was the cat who ate cheese and stood by the mouse-hole with baited breath. “Why are you eating with your knife?” “My fork leaks.” “Mrs. Clancy, child is badly spoilt.” “G'wan wid yez.” “If you don’t believe me come and see what a mess the steam roller made of him.” your “Willie, I wish yoh’h run over and see how old Mrs. Brown Is this morning.” A few minutes later Willie re- turned to his mother. “Mrs. Brown says it’s none of your business how old she is.” Magistrate: “The policeman says that you and your wife had some words.” * Accused: “I had some, sif, but I didn’t get a chance to use any.” “Have Judge you anything to offer the court before sentence is passed on you?” Meek prisoner: “No, your Hon- or, my lawyer took my last dol- lar.” “Did take X-ray of your wife's jaw at the hospital?” they an tried but all they got was ving picture.” Handley Page Ham oan A bomber‘new to Canada has re cently tried out its wings‘ here. The machine is the Handley Page Hampden, first of an original order of 80 placed in Canada by Britain. Sections of the plane were built by different factories throughout the Dominion. MANY IMPROVE HOMES WITH AID OF H.L.P. LOANS Figures released by Hon. J. L. llsley, Minister of Finance, show that more than 113,000 loans have now been made under the Home Improvement Plan to July 31. The aggregate volume of these loans exceeds $45,500,000. During July 2,970 home owners took advantage of the Plan to finance improvements and repairs to their residential properties. British Columbia with 343 advan- ces stepped from fifth place in June to second place in July. MORE ASIATICS WORKING IN BRIVISH COLUMBIA The proportion of Asiatics in the industry of British Columbia, where the Asiatic population of Canada is concentrated, has been increasing slowly of late. Official figures issued by the Provincial Government show 8,820 Asiatics employed or 7.34 per Cent of the total pay roi. This figure rep- resents an increase of .24 percent in the last year. ALIENS FINED Rudolf Dehning was fined $20 and costs and his wife was fined $1 when they appeared in Chilliwack police court charged with failing to register as enemy aliens as re- quired by Defense of Canada Reg- ulations. MAJORITY OF NEW N.H.A. LOANS FOR MODEST HOUSES National Housing Act loans ex- ceeding the $60,000,000 mark as at July 31, are reported by Hon. J. L, Isley, Minister of Finance. The number of new homes provided for by these loans is 17,683. Dur- ing July approval was given to 568 applications, and the volume of loans approved was $1,705,670. All loans for the month were to fin- ance single family houses, Of these 173 were financed by loans of $2,- 500 or less and 328 by loans of $3,- 000 or less. Stocks of unmanufactured to- bacco on hand in Canada at the end of March, 1940, totalled 115,- 651,643 pounds, including 109,88,- 229 pounds of Canadian tobacco and 5,763,414 imported tobacco. WORLD TRAVELLER ABBOTSFORD VISITOR An interesting guest at the Ab- botsford Hostel last weekend was Mr. J. Robins of Miami, Fla, who during the past 10 years, has bik- ed and hiked over most of the world, including such out-of-the- way places as Alaska, Yukon, Athabaska and the far north. Mr. Robins said that hostelers were treated with the greatest courtesy and friendship in every foreign country and thought the Youth Hostel movement the greatest yet devised for bringing nations to understand each other. ELEVEN ALIENS APPREHENDED BY BORDER PATROL Eleven persons charged with 1l- legal entry into the United States were apprehended by the officers of the Lynden subdistrict of the U.S. Immigration Patrol during the month of July. The officers of the Lynden sub- district during July patrolled a total of 27,897 miles. The men questioned a total of 996 persons of whom 617 were pedestrians, 60 were riding on freight trains, 56 on passenger trains, 143 in private cars, 81 on busses and 30 on boats. Commands East Major-Gen. W. H. P, Elkins has been appointed officer in charge of Canada’s new eastern military com- mand, it was announced in Ottawa recently. Professional DR. PWART 5S. SARVIS Sumas, Washington PHYSICIAN and SURGEON (Registered in British Columbia) May be consulted at Huntingdon by appoin ent. PHONE: SUMAS 371 YARWOOD & DURRANT BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS NOTARIES PUBLIC ABBOTSFORD BRANCH OFFICE Open Every Friday Vancouver Offices— 3 & 4, 423 Hamilton St JAMES M. CAMPBELL SOLICITOR and NOTABY Mission City, B.O. Office over Stéin’s Pool Room Office phone: 17; house phone: 144 H. H. B. ABBOTT B.C. Land Surveyor Write R.R. 1, Abbotsford Downes road Phone 60 or 116 A. E. HUMPHREY B. ©. LAND SURVEYOR AND CIVIL ENGINEER Room 6, Hart Block, Chilliwack P.O. Box 422, Chilliwack, B.C. 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