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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1921
Page
5
The annual report by Hon. J. H. King shows about 15000 miles of roads in British Columbia. Limited funds prevent full maintenance. focus is on major routes and keeping secondary roads in fair repair. Nine bridges costing 100000 dollars were built last year.
At a High School Parent-Teacher Association meeting in North Vancouver the proposal to extend the high school course to four years was discussed to ease University of British Columbia congestion. It would allow students to complete their first year university work while still in high school. The idea has been used successfully elsewhere and received favorable reaction with further action anticipated.
A petition in the British Columbia Legislature urged enfranchising Chinese born in the province to the same franchise as other British subjects. It notes military service by Chinese Canadians and lists signatures from Chase, Kamloops, Salmon Arm, Vancouver, Victoria, and other areas.
Advices from Fort McPherson dated February 15 say Fort Norman's oil well is flowing 1500 barrels daily. The strike spouted 15 to 20 feet above an 80 foot derrick, blowing the cap off ten times in the first six hours. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police expedition from Dawson reached Dawson Monday after a 500 mile round trip.
Annual losses exceed 15 million dollars due to the teredo marine borer in San Francisco Bay piling. R L France of the Southern Pacific Company outlines how the pests ravage untreated timber and how creosoted piles resist invasion, with some piles failing in nine months.
Hamilton Ontario May deducing that bootleggers and illicit liquor traders who file income tax returns may deduct fines from their expenses. Major Chester Walters head of the Dominion tax office announced the ruling noting fines are deductible as legitimate business costs.
A mining engineer has upgraded the standard miner's lamp to emit a loud singing note when inflammable gas appears. The device aims to alert miners quickly to dangerous atmospheric ignition risks.
Census commissioners will be appointed across Canada next week to oversee the June 1 decennial census. About fifteen thousand enumerators will be chosen for each electoral division, with enumeration spanning varying periods. Births after June 1 and deaths will not be counted. Initial population tabulation in October will inform parliamentary representation distribution.
Forestry officials plan legislation to safeguard cascara trees in certain districts. Widespread knowledge of the trees has spurred bark gatherers using damaging methods that could exhaust the resource. Rapid growth suggests potential establishment of plantations in suitable localities.
Rev. W Leversedge leads Passion Sunday litany and Holy Communion at 11 a.m. Sunday School at 2 30 p.m. Evensong at 7 p.m. Intercessions on Wednesday evening.
The notice lists events for Rev Father R Beaton in Comox and Rev Jas Hood services and activities. Mass, sermons, Sunday School, prayer meetings, choir practices, youth society, clubs, and Bible classes are scheduled across Sunday to Friday with multiple time slots.
A writer notes that orang-utan in Malay means man of the forest, while orang-outang as used for the anthropoid means man in debt. A quip exchanges between Norkins and Peckham reveals a playful streetwise banter about cures for colds and blunt replies.
Shwaled tenders addressed to the Postmaster General will be received in Ottawa until noon on Friday March 25 1921 for a four year contract for six deliveries weekly on Cumberland Rural Route No 1 from the Postmaster General's pleasure.
The hall opens daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m., offering public access with weekend flexibility.
The Ancient Order of Foresters Court Bevan No 9830 meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays in the Fraternity Hall Davis Block Duns tchuir Avenue Cumberland Visiting brethren invited Chief Ranger Bond Secretary A G V Jones Treasurer Frank Slaughter.
A fragmentary exchange unfolds with the Beast and the Beauty debating optimism and memory. A joke about twins named Thunder and Lightning recounts a father’s quip.
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