ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS & MATSQUI NEWS |BUSH LANDS SHOULD BE | REFORESTED, NOT FARMED Some people feel strongly that the farmers who are moving in- to B, C, should be placed on our farm lands. The Peace River area is widely advocated, These people forget that a farm- . . , er and his ily ist have some That's the question | But more important, WHAT WORK 2), (20 (v's {anus mest have some CAN WE DO IN AN HOUR, or two hours, or three hours. aber care of a requirements, % ae, yhy suggest these far-off dis- First, we have the training to do a GOOD JOB on your Bjiricts 2 Ask the people already there % Why advocate settling thou- car or truck. Second, we have a complete Repair Shop E°UIPMENT. Third, we are careful and CONSCIENTIOUS—as if it were sands of prairle farmers on the land »., Where they will be unable in the more populated district to farm as is their wont—to grow wok grain on a large scale With heavy our car and not yours. machinery and many horses and So, if you buy car repairs by the hour, remember, its “how many with tractors? Even if they were placed on hours” and “what kind of a job” that counts, large and fertile close-in farms, where will s their products Are the farm- JACARTIN GARAGE PHTE MARTIN EARL JACOBSON PHONE 82 FULL REPAIR SHOP EQUIPMENT Yet there is room in B.C, for our Sorely-tried prairie brothers, but not on the farm lands so widely seattered in valleys and there; not on little agricultural holdings— even im’the Fraser Valley. Put them on the lands that will produce wonderful trees and thing else; land that is meat for trees and land that will in time Be Different roduce bountiful harvest, Tree ; this Christmas!) *»= Snesneennols Merrett: iat |require neither costly feed or the }drudgery that attends the strug- !gle for life on a small holding. no- I E Let us take for example the \ a Munivipality of: Langley (most of e it within 35 miles of Vancouver). It is typical of much of the y | Valley. Roughly speaking its ares is 144 square miles; its population x \c000, It has 200 miles of roads | 3 100 bridg: in- its share of s some $28,000 per annum. A with a small population It possess- Hie personal) at err ate. cata > J way, electricity, telephone and pro3 Gift! mity to markets and the sea. Be, 2s It is rolling eomnery, watt OG pa little stetches of flat, rich soil, while Our stockisnotthe largest in the Valley, but it is of the ee hills “and ridges are mostly poor highest quality and well-assorted, and of latest designs. [“"\,. cia-timer who knows the dis- AND WE GUARANTEE OUR PRICES AT LEAST 15% LESS area large and expensive upkeep. trict like a book has estimated that only about one-third of the entire THAN CITY PRICES ON QUALITY GOODS a eee pastiamad, watctirscrats IS HE OR IS SHE THE “HAVE-EVERYTHING” KIND? THBN arable land: The other two-thirds should be in forest. ¥ True, numerous people “farm” now on this poorer soil, but they do not and can not make a “living.” NATIONAL CALAMITY depression and GIVE JEWELRY—THE LIPE-TIME GIFT! COME IN AND LOOK OVER OUR STOCK THIS CHRISTMAS—NO TROUBLE TO SHOW YOU THE GOODS. FOR YOUR CONVE: TENCE WE WILL BE OPEN EVENIN UNTIL CHRISTMAS! Remember— we maintain the most efficient watch repair The country-wide department in the Valley at the most reasonable prices! | |” Seat nave. comblaed to produce a national calamity. ‘ Everyone recognizes that. The Federal Government is planning to spend millions in reclaiming, in the Middle West, vast areas of land that J. C. TUCKER WATCHMAKER JEWELER OPTICIAN can never produce anything more Zs iZ than grazing, and if and when such areas are once more stocked, the}. , government will receive! no direct Quality SEC ae ugar Sunday School, Bible Class— 10 a.m. On the contrary, if the Federal Sunday Services— 11 a.m.;/7.30 P.m.; Government would in conjunction eat ar et Y. P. Meeting—Tuesday at $ p.m.|with the province and municipall- REY. A. C, CAMERON, M.A., B.D.| ties, take over and develop as for- C. Peterson, Prop. est lands those parts of Langley fhat are fit for nothing else, hundreds of ANGLIOAN men could be put to work at a living WE BUY AND SELL ~ |/st. Matthew's: Church, Abbotsfora—| wage. Sunday+next— Evensong. Properly planned, the quicker Wholesale and Retail Phone 179 Essendene Ave. E. growing plantations would begin to yield a return in twenty to twenty- St. Margaret’s Church, Bradner — 11 a.m.—Bradner, | TRINITY UNITED CHURCH | | SILVER FIZZ 2.906 31 42°29 MISTLETOE ¢ SILVER SLIPPER az $900 oz Ste we 800 29215 Distilled and Bottled in Bond under Canadian Government Supervision SF2-1-D This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Contral Board or by the Government of British Columbia CANADA'S TOURIST TRAFFIC | PASSES PREVIOUS RECORDS Reports from all indicate that 1987 has been |cellent ye in the | The parts of Canada tourist trade. | of people who have| ada is equal to the| tertained in the record | » and this year the visit-| ors have again been spending freely, It appears prebable that the total } expenditure of these visitors during| 1937 will equal or exceed the record | jattained in 1929—$309,000,000, | In the first elght months of 1935, | 1986 and 1937 foreign automobiles Which entered Canada numbered 2,- | 396,000, 2,811,000, and 3,814,000 jrespectively, The eight months of 1936 showed a gain of 415,000 cars as compared with 1935, and the eight months of 1937, in turn, a gain of 373,000 over 1 Of the cars) which entered Canada in 1937 one! million remained within the country! for periods which varied from two days to two months, and more than| 1,300 cars were here from two to six months. About twenty million people from the United States will |have visited Canada before the year is over, and between four and five million of them will have stayed here two days or more. Statistics Such as these portray in a quick and graphic manner the magnitude and recent rapid expansion of the tourist trade of Canada. numbe come to C }number ¢ |year 19 They Bury Their Dead In Back Yards At Lillooet For nedrly 80 years Lillooet’ resi- dents haye been laying their deceas- ed loved ones in somebody's back |yards, the Lillooet News observes. | No one was even sure whdse back yard it was, or to whom two-thirds of the graves belonged. It proposed by the Board of Trade there to define more properly the boundaries of a community ceme- tery. five years, which is not very long for & government to wait. . Apart from solving our present pressing problems, the reforestra- tion of suitable areas of the Fraser Valley, jto take’ only one instance, would assure a supply of firewood which is already becoming scarce in parts, and it would remove for all time the ever-increasing danger of Fraser floods and the flooding of such valuable areas as the Serpen- tine flats, is now} TAKE THE BUS to. BELLINGHAM & SEATTLE Why have driving strain and aut expense when you can travel at such low bus fares, safely, quickly, and comfortably. It’s CHEAPER ! It’s SAFER ! Sumas to Bellingham 75c; return $1 Leave Sumas Daily 9 a,m,, 2.30 p.m. Leave Bellingham Dally at 11.45 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. (Sundays 8.30 p.m.) Northbound Stages connect with B.C. Electric for Vancouver, Chilliwack Southbound Stages Connect with stages for Seattle and south J. C. Hesselgrave, Owner Phone: Sumas 491 or 681 PACIFIC STAGE LINES Abbotsford to Vancouver Leave Abbotsford Arrive Vancouver *8.1 10.05 a.m, T9.40 11.35 a.m. *1.10 p.in. 3.05 p.m. 6.10 p.m 7.05 p.m, 8.45 a.m. 10.40 a.m. 12.15 p.m. 2.10 p.m. 4.30 pan, 6.18 p.m. 46.30 p.m. 8.18 p.m. * Daily except Sunday. + Saturday and Sunday only. 7 Sunday only. Other daily, For Your Freight or Express Use PACIFIC STAGE EXPRESS or FRASER VALLEY FREIGHT LINES Fast, Dependable Service Telephone 100 NEW, SAFE AND COMFORTABLE P CAR ! SHORTY’S TAXI Stand: Abbotsford Fish & Chip A. BURNIER, Proprietor Telephone 170 WleTeLorerere: © Plans are made to enlarge Aber- deen school by addition of one room AT EAST DELTA Commencing at 11 a.m, (as days are «0 short now). , Tuesday, December 2ist — On his farm, cor. Matthews and — Ladner Trunk Roads. (Opposite Butler's Store t 2 HEAD OF JERSEY TEAM, HARN ,ATTLE a PIGS, POULTRY | BALED HAY & PRODUCE, IM- PLEMENTS, BIC. ig TERMS—Please Pay our Cashier on the Grounds ‘ LADIES & GENTLEMEN—Ladner is noted for Its good herds, and this onesls no exception. Mr. Dennis has been a member, of the “Cow-Testing Association quite a while, and has built up a herd of real producers. ‘Herd test is 5.75. Some are 40-ib, cows when fresh, Remember, 11 a.m. « and we believe in Punctuality. Mrs. G. H. Dennis, Owner, E. Belta “A Serious Operation Requires a Specialist—Your AUCTION SALB ts Your Life’s Savings—Now What?" Quality Auction Sale 2 MILES EAST FORT LANGLEY: the days are so short now Monday, December 20th _— At their farm, River Road, East of Fort Langley ei: 40 tes me AO HEAD OF CATTLE a HORSES & HARNESS, POTATOES, NO. 1 QUALITY BALED HAY ~ TERMS—Cash on the Grounds Start at 11 a.m. on the Dot LADIES & GENTLEMEN—Here’ a Herd of Superior Quality and Condition, with a large number of Heavy Milkers. If you are looking for some good stock attend this Sale Hetherington Bros., Fort Langley “No, I can't Pull Teeth, Build Church or Run a Hotel, But—I can — Surely Sell.” Ready for Yours Next! ‘ + Pee GOWING FROST, Auctioneer = LANGLEY PRAIRIE, B.C. yg ‘ to accommodate the en- rollment of pupils, A Coquille, Wash., farmer intends to equip his cows with large red wreflectors mounted on their fore-. heads between the eyes, as pro- tection fer tho animals from spot- light deer hunters. or flash lamps and supersensitive film LLANNING our Christmas pictures is yery much like planning our Christmas shopping. Far in adyance we resolve to do it early. Day after day we resolve to’do it early. And then all of a sudden the time is up, we can't do it early—and we don't do it well. So, here’s sound advice. Do it now! Get yourself penctl and paper and work outa Christmas scenario, a series of pictures that will tell the whole Christmas story and give material for the pictorial Christmas book you have always wanted to make. Then, first thing tomorrow, lay in a proper supply of supersensitive film and amateur flood or flash bulbs, so they will be ready to hand when Christmas comes. Don't skimp in planning your pic- ture series. Remember, it’s an occa- sion that comes only once ina year and even if the children are still young, they are growing up rapidly as far as Christmas is concerned. You will want at least one picture —perhaps several—of decorating the Christmas tree. If you use a self-timer, the whole family can appear in one picture. Another “must” will deal with hanging up the Christmas stockings. Other pic- tures can be related to these¢—for example, the children peeping up the chimney to make sure it fs big enough for Santa's entrance. A flood bulb, tucked away in a corner of the eSNAPSHOT CUIL Make a Christmas Picture Book Ye Let pictures tell the story. Bedtime on Christmas Eve is as impor- tant to the story as discoveries at the tree next morning. Amateur flood put the pictures on a snapshot basis. fireplace, will give a proper firelight effect. Then, there should be a pajama picture with the parents admonish- ing the children to go ‘to bed and be good and stay there. There should be a picture of the children asleep —they seldom are on Christmas Eve but they can at least close their eyes and pretend. Next morning, a picture of them peeping down the stairway. Joyous snaps as the mew toys are discov- ered. A snap of father trying to put Junior's new train together—or of Junior struggling for a chance to play with it himself. Snaps of the Christmas dinner, the afternoon nap, the new sled getting a tryout... There is material here for a whole album, a book for the years. Watch your exposures, for these are pictures you do not want to miss. Inexpensive reflectors help increase and control the light. With a box camera at its largest lens opening, you can take snapshots using supe! sensitive film and two big No. flood bulbs in cardboard reflectors, three and four feet from the subject. For the Christmas tree, which is dark, use three bulbs, or more if it is a large tree and the lights have to be farther back from it. And where poasible,.try to arrange a bal- anced lighting, without harsh black shadows, for these especially injure a child picture. John yan Guilder. Slim’s Tire Service A. “SLIM” WEBB _ Phone 127. Gas, Oils, Greases ti West of d HALF PRICE OFFER uniil DEC Lor, HERE IS A FINE OPPORTUNITY — TO GED THAT STUDIO PORTRAIT YOU HAVE BEEN WANTING, BUT ‘ COULDN'T AFFORD _ ATES Photo Studio — Near B.C. Telephone Office Phone 197 for Appointment Gift Item: ONLY YOU can give your portrait for Christmas. Next to McDonalds Shoe Repair east of R. R. 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