2 ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS & MATSQUI NEWS October 2, 1946 Canada’s Fire Losses Must Be Reduced Fire losses in the M-S-A Area have been during the past particularly low with Abbotsford’s acquisition well- equipped fire truck, it is quite possible that lowes in future will be kept to a mini- year, and of a modern, effect. More mum. These factors, however, should not be permitted to lead residents of this area into lomses a feeling of complacency regarding fire ha- zaris, for complacency is akin to carelessness, increase their and careleauness has caused scores of fires in In 1921, the Fraser Valley in past years, In order to fully understand the necessity for observing the period between and 12 as Fire Prevention Week, it is neces was 67 cents, it is a questio panies will be October 6 strietly abstract basis seem to have had little often itis only when a person's pocket-book is affected that he begins to sit up and take notice. It is obvious therefore that, untess the present trend of increasing fire ean be checked, fire insurance com. panies will have no other alternative than to rates. the average rate per $100 of property against fire was $1.11 and, in 1944, it In the face of rising fire losses, om how long the insurance com able to operate successfully on sary to examine Canadian fire loss records. these low rates. And there is no doubt but The joss of 391 lives and $42,000,000 property that an increase in rates will have an effect damage by fire in 15, for instance, should on the cost of living, for modern commerce stir every Canadian out of a complacency has been developed upon the ability to insure which threatens our national economy. Ap- against unforeseen losses and the coat of in- peals to individuals to prevent fires on a surance enters into everything we buy. SUMAS JUNIORS WIN PRIZES AT CHILLIWACK AddfGonal results fr results from the re~ cent Chilliwack Fair show that planting of trees at the B.C. Forest near Duncan. ee in ee t logged- J , and other Island paints. The Green Timbers Nursery, near New Westminster, will have the following Sumas Junior Far- pase ‘were among the prize win- aneiriaiiahle, 14 to 15 years— prizes, : mg with Mrs. George Reith A. ns AS. 2M, News of tor’ the “hoet ‘pointe obi at at flower and vegetable at Poplar. Sumas Council has decitied to extend Musselwhite " area 75 feet north and to grade and improve it. David Buchanan has left for Honolulu and the Fiji leauge, — by bus to San Fran- ere. H. W. Hill-Tout returned weekend from England, at the woe. te: Rak Gest wRidgedale residents ss pre- in, erect poles an ty for nsec service from ti “go with Wy Fis issue in October, the A. S. & M. News dated will_be Wednestlay instead of bigmanocn neem 15 YEARS. AGO September 30, 1991 Abbotsford branch of the Can- adian Bank of Commerce was broken into, but an attempt to es the safe failed. W. Coutts was elected presi- dent of St. Andrew's Caledonian several First Jack DeLair, Jim , Gordon McPhee. ed to strikes. This will cause} 13 to 14 years—Ronnie DeLair. @ delay in the installation cat ~ Under 11 years—Elsie DeLair. units in-various parts of the/ Open H i Lioy: Province. + | West. Members of the of the Abbotsford and Commerce District -| Board of Trade who ) attended the -, A. Adam, | hea luncheon honoring W. B.C. agent-general in London, at the Atangard Hotel in Abbots- ford recently rounded out Sw an enjoyable day by Inapecting the 3000-acre Buckerfield , BT. Kenney, Minister o Vita-Gras farm at Sumas Prairie. The party traveled to the farm in cars and were met by te ‘are| Stewart, field superintendent, and or > ae other officials. "Mr. FLOODING ed over the de-| Stewart explained various Gision..cf the In- the wing and cut- ternational Joint Commission in| ting of the grass. He said that granting the Seattle waterworks| ‘here were now 2250 . , the to build a] Cultivation; that the company dam to store water for their} sows ee seed and that the waterworks system. a \ Lal — —— an a 7,800) in British pte iy has left Victoria for aor to Took. ove over British Colum- timber lands that would be! — by the power project on the Skagit River. The amount of compensation to be paid the Province has yet to be determin- ed. The British Columbia honey crop this year will approximate HONEY CROP lowerk overage. only 20 ibs. per hive. ‘amount is reported from Fraser Valley, while the amount a oer from the interior is 115 per hive. . The Privy “Council has yet to set a date for the hearing of British Colum- bia’s case to de- PRIVY COUNCIL termine whether CASE or it bas authority to tax alienated bare E & N Rail s, it was stated the Hon. ET. "Kenney, Minister of Lands} ‘ and Forests. During the past week, a dele tc A crane for hoisting equip- Fowe, = the installation at the new power DEVELOPMENT house on Pag = River m- the of the om men a but more at tag In connection with the mission lines from Nanain Campbell River and / tower footings have been pleted and thirteen others F imately 2, om hand for the ¢ * be possible to make structures until from ‘weeks following the of the steel strike res vital to all struc- ed in the tonnage vive Cc oenpeny of yen. who he contract to ond mply eight couve have OTHER POWER PROJECTS | is Mr. The visitors were Mgt Rag yrange grass seven years ago is still Reing cut. Those in the party saw the grass cut rapidly by a ae mower drawn by a the grass was severed it fell into @ conveyor, operated by the same tractor, which elevated it into large “dollies” also drawn by the tractor as it went through the fields. The grass was being fertilized at the same time, tractors spread- ing the plant nutrition while moving over the fields at a speed of 25 miles an hour. This work Abbotsford-Mission Groups Inspect Vita-Gras Farm, Plant At Sumas Vitamin A than carrots. Fuel oil for the furnace —— that stored in by Matsqui and ‘Sumas Prairie plot plant ie Tank in, plant tendent, explained the Proc; is! Blinch, secreta: mS and Mrs. A. T. Clausen have returned from a motor trip Doing Washington, Alberta, The Abbotsford Amateur Ath- ~*~ tion was formed with E. D. Partridge president and J. T. Webster, secretary. jon on the new Mats- qui Hall has been started today. A new Exide ba’ is offered for sale at $6.95, and a re-built one for $4.00. 10 YEARS AGO September 30, 1936 pleat cent tractor, ong of. th contributed by Britain te UNRRA” being loaded on ship, will help to increase ayes BE, in Yugostevis. out of her meagre | ae the Rabe of agriculture in the war torn countries By Europe. - King Largely y Through Valley Vlenty —— misiister of trade and ind: berries = tha a so2 solution te eee Kingdom dom ¥ have siready bes m loaded at ~~ née of fruit pulp will also move on this the U.K. was This volume leat adel between the go’ Mission at Ottwa, As in former Trade and a try appears as for with Win Fadden vice-president and W. C. Ty. Pa aga the next few days very school in the M-S-A Area will Bs enrolled in the Junior Cross. A barn dance was held oh ee 3 aad in Peardonvil a 8 officials at Hunt: LETTERS to the EDITOR Opinions expressed under this heading are not necessarily en- As... The News. The full and address of the writer although pay Fra plume may don moved into their new pre- mises last week. Miss Frances Benedict won the highest marks in the province in the provincial examinations for urses. Perpose it the writer does not to support his opinion with his own name. should not exceed 300 words in length. MR. CAI larly il phases of the in- At the conclusion of the in- being done very Stewart each explained, tractor fertilizing from 40 to 50 acres a bred cattle is kept at the im On arrival at the pliant, the grass was forked from the dollies onto a conveyor belt which car- ried it through a cutting box After being cut into pieces about 1% inches it was elevated by a conveyor to a huge re- volving drum, 68 feet fuel-oil fired Satine heated the emperature . being kept at ~ As 1400 degrees Fah- renheit Inside the gigantic “fins” kept the gra re a_ thorough > cylinder, grinder. s then taken by finishing grinder. Emerging elevated Passed over a si in jute for shipment t nada. miy quired to pai machin four minut y to convey the thanks of the group to com- Pany officials who had made the visit possible. Many Canadian Books Now In FVUL Branches Canada seldom hits the news headlines with any world-shaking pronouncements but she is quietly + land consistently making a solid contribution in almost field of national and al endeavor. Book publishers do not gener- ally give the publicity to books » Canada that is given to more exciting literature, but a growing number of yhich deserve the attention every thinking Canadian. Some these which will shortly be vailable at Fraser Valley Union Library branches are. ‘A Canadian People,” | Pierce. Ths ote | Suites Cai by Har! every internation- by Lorne a,” ial ‘Policy in the Can- sonomy,” by O fic- T.CA. Trans-Canad r enger traffic took a jump in Au, ith ics 1 “Singlish, the air- den Some carried, Club has "by special and teachers ate the M-S-A struction will be given by Miss Eleanor Blatchford, Upper Sumas School, who has had outstand- ing success in the teaching of wre S art over a period of years. age a summer, Miss an course at the Vancouver School Art. The classes are to all persons residing in he M-S-A Area, sebintl etlcterearinntensinate Abbotsford Lions Attend Zone Meet At Sumas, | Wn. Presidents, sec secretaries and oth Lions Clubs from rt members 0! Abbotsford, Maple Ridge, Lang- ley ey i ao Lynden, Ever son and Sumas gathered at the Sumas, Wn., Lions Club rooms recently for the —w meet- ing of Zone 3-A. E. Sarvis zone a al pre- sided. Lees gee of Bellingham, ares District 19 which Britis a, +3 deputy district governor, was al so present and was one speakers. Vocal music prosrant he provided by accompanied bg at the piano. "Dedede ‘the meeting the group dinner servd by Sumas *| Command Editor, AS. & M. News: Dear Sir:—I wish to answer Mr. Carmichael’s letter which ap- — last week's issue. remarks apply to the MSA}! Area only since very little has yet been done north of the river. We are told that one of the Pl | brown now. Tie er Eaucetien office for ii pie then are two men requir- ed to care for these few Siwoe and flower beds? Why with a staff of two men must one work and the other supervise? What ily La i business firm could afford this? in tone Evidently the taxpayer can. = o Logg What has this cost us for the ae = last twelvemonth? I do not think | Seem Mr. Carmichael stated it in his letter. Let us figure it out, v Cost of operating tuck, sslaries of two men, cost of new power lawnmower, bulbs, fertilizers, ete. Would $5000 cover it? What good do the scholars derive from these gard At present no flowers are allowed to be cut and taken into the classrooms. Pupils are not required to approach the|coni flowers before being rudely or- dered off by Mr. Preece, who nas no jurisdiction whatsoever over them. Do you think child- ren yreciate the beauty of the: Nothing has greater value to a child than that which he reates himself, He is made to believe that these flowers are not his and he has had nothing to do with them, bad ¥ not let the pupils help after the gardens t i t be more than Pnet |ne Goaoattios oe ieee eo nded full Meter No Subsidy buy| On ocean trata alone, for thie | year's ahi he Rritiah x ‘sports equipment and |ty of Peod will be paying out needé ¥ hen supplies are available 199,000 to the shipping companies. and = better classrooms 10) ne net price return to suppliers viate the overcrowded fy the same as last year, in spite of existing in our school et that Canadian subskiies have been removed. school science eq readera, r, gardens situa Beauty appreciation i an aim education. But the number tinal principle of educa-| Number two.) ot the Fundamental treading, writing oper-| feceiving enough attention, ma firm believer in pute ting first things first MRS. J. W. REID, Processes, ation hrithmeti A manual Marshall Rd, RR tions in hrithmetic am i ‘Avbotsterd These at present are T scones CRAFTY LOOK Comes ie oe ty EMC HMENS BYES Paks: A 8 UR OMAY | crane mca me