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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 24, 1926
Page
4
Puzzle No 196 tests word trimming leading to new terms from "band" and other clues. It then presents a domestic riddle with Farmer Jones and Maria counting chickens to balance feed and stock, ending with a question: how many chickens have they anyhow.
Puzzle No 198 presents fill in the blanks where placing a decapitalized word in the second space completes the sentence. Several clues involve pirates, children, nerves, miners, poets, sinecures, courts, and a baby animal. The exact solution requires selecting a word that when decapitalized and inserted yields sensible full sentences.
The column presents multiple puzzles with arithmetic and wordplay. No 190 features spelling via letter operations to form CUBA. No 191 shows WALRUS through combinations of words with added or subtracted letters. No 192 lists word chains. No 193 is a timing and labor puzzle with payments. No 194 notes a distance calculation using poles and spaces.
Decision on operating the Hemmingsen timber limits near the Malahat is expected soon as Hemmingsen ends his Cowichan Lake contract. The marble discovery there draws interest for building and monumental trades, with a branch line from Malahat Station and a logging route near the quarry contingent on diamond drill tests. Tests so far have met expectations.
The article notes Ontario and several eastern provinces elected Conservatives while Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and British Columbia favored Conservatives, leaving Quebec and Ontario pivotal for a Liberal majority. It praises Mr. MacDonald and Mr. Neill and highlights active PTA leadership and a religious public interest trend spurred by Bruce Barton's Jesus book serialization in The Province.
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