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ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND MATSQUI NEWS

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11, 1942

Abbotsford, Sumas & Matsqui News
Established 1922
LANG. SANDS, Editor and Publisher
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Abbotsford, B.C., Wednesday, February 11, 1942

Who Is Calling---‘‘ Come on Canada’’?

There are many ex-servicemen in the
have reason to remember \ nny Ridge.
in the Fraser Valley 2 which memories are undimimed of how
pride in the achievements of Canadians on that foreign hill
struggled with the dread of what news the telegraph would
bring as an aftermath of victory. Vimy Ridge is a name em-
blazoned in the annals of Canada. Therefore, as Matsqui-Sumas
and Abbotsford—with all the rest of Canada—places its shonl-
der against the wheel of War Effort still more firmly on Mon-
day when the Second Victory Loan of the Second World War
opens, The News can cone-eve of no stronger appeal than the
following message written by ‘‘one who was there”’:

“7 dreamt last night and now I can't forget the dream.

“T was standing looking at Vimy Ridge‘as I knew it
twenty-five years ago. Only all the troops had gone.

“Behind was the chalky entrance to the tunnel from
which we emerged on April 9,1917. Ahead was the gentle slope
of bare hard earth, planted with tin cans, broken rifles, barbed
wire stakes and. gouged by shell craters and trench excavations.

“Tt seemed to be just about twilight. Not a ting stirred.
The silence was complete.

“Then I saw Jim. He was standing on top, off to the
right a little, just about where he and I had hit Hienie’s front
line together, where he had dropped so quickly he didn’t have
the chance even to say ‘So Long’ to me.

“He looked just as he did then. Twenty-two years old
and handsome, Suddenly he raised his rifle high, and with that
shining light of enthusiasm which he used to have in his eyes,
he cried,

* Valley who
re many homes

‘Come on Canada!”

“T awoke with the feeling that he was not only looking
at me but through me to a huge crowd of other Canadians.

“There are some dreams which cannot be accounted for.
This wasn’t one of those, however, because yesterday I had
learned that the slogan for the second Victory Loan was to be,
“Come on Canada!’

“Today, while that vision of Jim stayed with me, this
question popped up: Who really is saying, ‘Come on Canada!’
in this present Victory Loan Campaign? And I think I have
the answer in the dream of Jim. Who have a better right to
ask Canadians today to powr all’ the money they can get their
hands on into the job of wiping out the dictators than the glor-
ious crowd of more than 50,000 young Canadians who willing-
ly gave up @ future life of happiness in Canada and accepted a
grave in France for the sake of others back home ”

* * *

© <P> have to win a world for our children. We have to
win it by our sacrifices. We have not won it yet.’’—Winston
Churchill. ,

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* * *

Farm Products Marketing Control

In the light of the action taken on Friday by the real
estate agents of Victoria who passed a resolution advocating
the removal of all restrictions upon the production and market-
ing of agr-cultural commodities, the editorial below, reprinted
from The Surrey Leader, Cloverdale, is of timely interest. The
hasty action of the Victoria Real Estate Board is regretable.
Apparently it was based, without study or investigation, upon
the sweeping statements of a guest speaker, an ex-Federal em-
ployee and agricultural theorist. It is obvious that they were
not listening to a practical man-of-the-land who has had to
fight for each dollar he could salvage from the market mani-
pulations of city speculators in the products of the farmers’ toil.

The Marketing Board

(The Surrey Leader, Cloverdale)

Surrey vegetable growers at a meeting recently unani-
mously went on record as favoring a continuance of marketing
control. The growers weren't by any means satisfied with the
way the Marketing Board has functioned in the past, but were
certain that scrapping it would be a major disaster to the pri-
mary producer.

Lack of organization, favorism and inefficiency have
brought the whole idea of controlled marketing under fire.
There are three chief opponents to control—the consumer, who
is apt to think he’s getting overcharged; producers who have
contacts in Vancouver and thus a more or less assured market
for their produce; and the individualist who ‘‘isn’t going to be
dictated to.’’

Today in Vancouver the consumers are receiving & much
superior grade of potato than before the Marketing Board was
operating. Standards have been set high, and recently have
been raised again, Under the old system, each produce had
his own grade—usually whatever he could get away with. The
srowers with their own tfade outlets are mostly Chinese who
are in close association with their fellow countrymen in the re-
tail markets of the city. They are bucking the control plan.
Four out of every five white growers are in favor of marketing

slation.

The rugged individualist says what he grows is his to
dispose of as he sees fit. Individual right must, however, yield
precedence when it endangers the rights of all. The price cut-
ting of half a dozen farmers can break the market and endang-
er the returns of every producer in the Valley.» A man’s auto-
mobile may be his own but he must obey trattic laws. Market-
ing legislation is the traffic law regulating the flow of goods
from the producer to the consumer.

It would be sad indeed if marketing legislation, which
has proved its worth, should be thrown out because of the mis-

takes of some of its officers, . These errors are being rapidly
remedied. Orderly marketing is absolutely essential if the pro-
ducer is to obtain a living wage.

* * *

“As far as the present international conflict is concerned
I am completely neutral, I don’t care who kills Hitler.’’—Vie

Oliver, British writer.

Lance-Corp. Churchill Meets An Admiral

With iptensified speed Ganada goes full-out on the war.

“CANADA'S WAR EFFORT

Lieut. Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton, Commander of Cana-
dian troops overseas, arrives in Canada for consultation with
defence authorities.

In the House of Commons, Minister of Finance Iisley in-
timets war progfam for coming year “which will strain the
human and material resources of this country to the limit,” @
program which “in my opinion and in the opinion of my ad-
visers, is the extreme limit of what this country can do, having
in mind its human and material resources.”

Manila fibre may no longer be used in manufacture of
rope for tying parcels and bundles or for tying trees of any
kind for shipment. Neither manila nor sisal may be used in
the making of skipping ropes and toys.

Base plant for producing synthetic rubber to be construc:
ted at Sarnia, Ontario.

Retail trade in Canada hit 13-year peak iff December 1941.

‘Canada's external trade in 1941 was the highest in history
of Dominion. Total value, excluding gold: $3,089,139,658 against
$2,275,168,311 in 1940, and increase of 35.7 per cent.
f-living index declin-

Dominion Bureau of Statistics cost-o: ;
Wartime

ed from 116.3 on November 1 to 115.8 on December 1.
increase: 14.9 per cent.

est of Cascade mountains and includ-
ing villages of Terrace and Hope defined as “protected area”
under Defence of Canada regulations. Certain persons of Jap-
anese origin will be moved out of the area.

British Columbia w:

Jottings from Canada's war production:
Entire output of one type of medium tank going to Rus-
sia.

One thousand Bren guns from Canada among first Allied

war equipment made available to China.

Shiploads of war material going to Near East,

In 1942 Canada will launch almost as Many me
ships as Great Britain,

rehant

Airplane production increased from 200, planes a year before

war to 70 a week. 1

Out walking in London, Mrs. Winston Churchill and her re
daughter, Mary. stop for a chat with Admiral Sid Dudley Pound, Brit-
ain’s first sea lord. Mary wears the uniform of a lance-corporal in the
A.T.S.—and it isn't for show. As a private, she washed dishes and
scrubbed floors with the rest of the workers.

‘

CARD PARTY HONORS
MR. ART ROTTLUFF
Mrs. Art Rottluff of Matsqui
entertained with five tables of
cards on Friday night, honoring

LEGION

NOTES

Branch No. 16

her husband on the occasion of
his birthday. Mrs. Carl Holtus and
Mrs. Howard Rottluff tied for
first prize and Mrs. Rottluff won
the draw. Mr. Malcolm Blue won
men’s first. The consolations went
to Mrs. W. Adams and Mr. H.
Rottluff. The hostess was assisted
in serving a delicious supper by
Mrs. Tom Rottluff and Mrs. H.
Rottluff.
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Professional

A. E, HUMPHREY
ub. ©. LAND SURVEYOR AND
CIVIL ENGINEER
Room 6, Hart Block, Chilliwack
P.O. Box 422, Chilliwack, B.O.

H. H. B. ABBOTT

;| B.C. Land Surveyor

| (Contributed)

OVERSEAS COMMITTEE

This committee is preparing a
Photo Gallery of the boys of this
area serving Overseas, and it
would be appreciated if relatives
of thes boys would furnish the
Branch with these photos at their
early convenience.
MEMBERSHIP DUES

Members are reminded that it
is necessary to keep in good stand-
ing to be eligible to vote at any
meeting, and also to participate

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Sunday {1:00 A.M. and 7:30 P.M.

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in the benefits of the Benevolent
Fund.

ROLL OF HONOR

It is with regret that we Jearn
of the death of Ivan Smith who
was serving his country with the
army overseas. Our sincere sym-

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START THE DAY

District of Matsqui WITH A LAUGH !

Eight persons successfully wrote
First Aid examinations at the M-
S-A Health Office in Abbotsford
on Wednesday evening. Nine wrote
the examinations out of an origi-
nal class of nearly 20, and those
who passed are Clair N. Switzer,
M. C. Switzer, Const. George Nel-
son, F. J. Overstall, Mrs. C. Staf-
Mrs. Alice’ H. Ferguson, Miss
Peachey and Mrs, Emma J.
epson, Supervision of the St.
John's Ambulance Association class
has been under Dr. J. A. Taylor,
M.H.O., and H. V. Smith, The ex-
amining officer was Dr H. Can-
non. A new class of citizens an-
xious to acquire this important
knowledge have already commenc-
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EVERY RESIDENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF MATSQUI
WHO OWNS, KEEPS OR HARBOURS A DOG WITHIN THE
MUNICIPALITY SHALL PAY TO THE MUNICIPAL CLERK
A FEE OF ONE DOLLAR (100- FOR EACH MALE DOG

OVER THE AGE OF FOUR MONTHS IF PAID ON OR BE-

FIFTY CENTS ($1.50) AND FOR EACH FEMALE DOG TWO
DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS ($2.50).

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Dance Festi-
interest in

The coming Folk
val has aroused keen
all the Valley Centres. Eight
teams from seven centres have
entered the competiton which will
be judged by Provincial Chief |,
Instructress, Mrs. H. Keatley. All
teams will be in costume.

The same night, Feb. 20, seyen
boys’ teams will try for the team
tumbling championship of Fraser
Valley. Judges will be Proyincial
Chief Instructor Jerry Mathisen
and R. (Buss) Phillips, former
Fraser Valley Instructor. Place:
Langley Drill Hall; when: Feb. 20,
8 p.m. ‘

Abbotsford Centre is open every

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