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2C PER BOTTLE
port here, four of them in a pre-dawn
accident at near-by Great Village, N.
S., and the other four in a crack-up
at L’Abord a Plouffe, Que,, near
Montreal,
Reply To British Labor
Foreign Secretary Eden, in the
House of Commons, and. Lord Beav
erbrook, the supply minister, in the
House of Lords, gave the Govern
ment’s answer to the rebuke from the
Labor benches demanding greater aid
to Russia, Mr. Eden said, in effect,
that if the members knew what the
Government was planning they would
not be so querulous.
Pedicts Moscow Will Hold
London, — Predictions that Mos
cow would hold out through the long
Russian winter and that the main for
ce of the German drive would be
switched south-east toward the Cauc
asus came from informed
sources.
CONSTIPATION
A LIFELOHGJSTRUGGLE
Relief Found at Last
With perfect; frankness a woman
correspondent writes:-—
"I nave suffered from constipa
tion as long as I can remember, and
taken all sorts of things—which, in
some cases seemed to do good at
first, but afterwards to have no
effect. Then I thought I would try
Kruschen in my tea every morning,
and I have done so for over a year.
I am pleased to say after the first
month I had no more trouble with
constipation and have felt very
fit.”—(Mrs.) G. M. S- . .'
Kruschen helps to maintain a.
condition of internal cleanliness.
The several salts in Kruschen
stimulate the organs of elimination
to smooth, gentle action. Your
system is thus kept clear of clogging
waste and poisonous impurities.
of hay,
This makes a problem, as he*u&x-
pects to have more than 140 tons of
hay this year—his largest crop, Some
will be put in another building, but
there may not be room for all of it.
When hauling the hay, an average
day’s work is 15 loads. This year is
the first that a large hayfork has been
u^ed for unloading on the farm.
Besides the barn is a 35-ton silo, far
which a large area of field corn is
grown, later to be harvested green,
chopped and stored for winter feed.
Friday,.,, the day before market day,
is usually
be boxed,
for meat,
in season,
BUSINESS PLACES *
TO BE LICENSED
License Must Be Secured By Decem
ber 1st This Year
REMEMBRANCE
British
Sink Axis Ship a Day
Alexandria, Egypt, — Officers of
the Royal Navy and the R.A.F. said
that in the last two months not a
single day passed without at least one
Axis ship being sunk in the Mediter
ranean,
Departmental and country general
stores, large hotels and soda bars,
manufactures and auctioneers, every
person and firm in Canada manufact
uring or dealing in food, feeds, live
stock, poultry, yarn, cloth, clothing
or footwear must secure a license from
the Wartime Prices and Trade Board
by December 1 of this year.
DAY
Body Washed Ashore
Kingsville,. — Identification of a
body washed ashote a mile east of
Kingsville dock as that of Mrs.
Charles Aubrey, 45, of Windsor,
brought fear that four occupants of
a fishing boat returning here from-
Pelee Island on Thursday night had
been lost in Lake Erie.
ition ‘Government” and indicated that
as far as he is concerned, no action
on such proposals Will be taken until
he returns from a visit to Ottawa. The
results of the recent elections is at
present, Liberals 21, C. C. F, 14, Con
servatives 12, Labor 1,
U. S. - Jap Relations Strained
Washington, — The United States
Government has abandoned hope of
coming to iterms wjth Japan, Navy
Secretary Frank Knox indicated, add
ing that a “collision” in the
appears almost inevitable^
Queen Presents Colors
Somewhere in England — The
Queen presented colors to a Saskat
chewan unit, crack machine- gun Div
ision, in a traditional ceremony attend
ed by a distinguished Canadian gath
ering.
Labor Leaders Meet McLarty
Ottawa, — Representatives of the
Canadian Congress of Labor confer
red with Labor Minister McLarty and
later the minister said the two-hour
session was taken up by a general re
view of labor matters, including the
Government’s new wage-stabilization
program.
Orient
Axis Would Aid Japan
Rome, — Japanese raids on Hawaii,
California, the Panama Canal and
Alaska were forecast by the Italian
magazine Oggi in case of a Japanese-
United States war. “Japan will have
immediate Italian and German aid, and
vice versa,” the magazine assterted.
To Recruit Women
Ottawa, — With between 300 and
400 women already enlisted in the
Canadian Women’s Army Corps it was
learned that recruiting for the corps
will be intensified shortly.
Ottawa Air Marshall to Britain
Ottawa, — Air Vice-Marshall Har
old Edwards, air member for person
nel at Royal Canadian Air Force
Headquarters here, will leave Canada
shortly to take command of R.C.A.F,
operations overseas. Air Vice-Marshal
Edwards is succeeded as air member
for personnel by Group Capt. J. A.
Sully, present deputy in the personnel
division.
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and
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Makes Effort To Save Hostages
It is rumored in Vichy that Marshal
Petain wished to give himself up as a
hostage in >the occupied zone to pre
vent additional executions planned as
a result of attacks at Nantes
Bordeaux on' German officers.
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Russia Assembling New Armies
Kuibyshev, Russia, — The Soviet
leadership, .acknowledging hard going
at the Red centre' and crisis on the
southern flank, began assembling vast
new armies among Russia’s millions
wlio have yet to fire a shot in this
war, and thus challenged the invaders
to a total struggle .of annihilation. "We
shall see how long they can last. We
can last for years!”
and
Must Use Less Power
St. Thomas, — Premier Hepburn,
introducing Dr. T. H.- Hogg, head of
the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power
Commission at ta luncheon in connec
tion with a district meeting of hydro
men, declared it was absolutely as-
sential that there be curtailment in
the use of electrical energy in Ontario
in order to prevent any interference
with war work.
Conservative Party to Convene ,
Ottawa, — Armed with information
obtained on his recent visit to the
United Kingdom, Conservative House
Leader Hanson is preparing for the
reopening of Parliament November 3
and for the National Conservative
party conference November 7-8.
Italy Fears British Invasion
Rome, — Italian troops were report
ed to be barracked along Italy’s Tong
coast lines where new machine-gun
nests, artillery batteries and garbed
wire defences have been established
against the possibility of a British in
vasion.
Australia Ready For Pacific War
..Ottawa, —-Australia is fully pre
pared to defend herself and accept her
share of responsibilities which would
accompany war in the Pacific. Sir
Earle Page, a former prime minister
of Australia, said in a statement is
sued at a press conference. ‘
King And Queen Visit Airmen
Somewhere in Southern England —
Hundreds of Canadian-trained airmen
were given a royal welcome to Eng
land when the King and Queen visited
a personnel reception centre Thursday
where the airmen are waiting to be
posted with operational trainer squad
rons.
U. S. Lifts Gas Ban . |
Washington, — All gasoline restric
tions in the populous Eastern United.
States, including the rationing pro
gram and the filling station curfew,
were lifted Thurdsay after Interior
Secretary Flarold Ickes announced that
Britain is turning back 40 borrowed
oil tankers.
Says Invasion'Siucide
■ London, — Referring to agitation
for a British invasion of the continent,
Colonial Secretary Lord Moyne said
in the House of Lords that “I cannot
imagine anything which would suit
Hitler’s game better than if we adopt
ed the Chinese method of committing
suicide on our eneny’s doorstep.”
MAKING FINE FARM
IN ISOLATED VALLEY
B. C. Legislature Meets Dec. 2
Victoria, — Premier Pattullo an
nounced after a Cabinet meeting that
the newly-elected British Columbia
Legislature will meet December 2.
Pattullo issued a statement’in which
he said “attempts are being made to
' do the ‘rush act’ and precipitate some
action by myself in the way of a coal-
Tug Overturns Six Die
Detroit, — Six crew members of the
tug America, trapped in their bunks
when the vessel capsized during an
attempt to free the grounded freighter
B. F. Jones, drowned in the Detroit
River.
The Following Story is About a
Former Bluevale Woman And
Her Husband
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RAIL FARES
FARE AND ONE-QUARTER
FOR ROUND TRIP
GO: AU day, Monday, Nov, 10, until
2,00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11,
RETURN: Leave destination not later
than midnight, Wednesday, Nov, 12,
1941 (Standard Time).
Pickets and information from any agent,
per-
the busiest, Eggs have to
animals'killed and dressed
■vegetables prepared, and,
berries picked-
Flowers Too
Flowers,, both seedlings., and cut
tings, also form a large part, of the
work. Miss Beatrice Cavin has charge
of these; she has been interested in
gardening for many‘ years. She has
particular reason to be proud of her
plot of gladioli, which are now in full
bloom, She makes a business of grow
ing bulbs for sale, and she has found
markets in every province of the
Dominion except Prince Edward Is
land.
Kelvin Creek, the stream which
runs through the farm, and which for
centuries has been bringing doyn the
fertile black soil of which the farm
is composed, was named after the
man who first followed it up from the
Koksilah River to its source. This
creek is the same one which flows
through Fairbridge 'Farm,
Mr. Cavin’s father was an old-
timer here; he first came to the Is
land in .1876, and .wias for a time in the
employ of the Hudson’s Bay Comp-'
any. In 1883 he was farming on what
is called the Bishop place (now owned
by Capt. C. L. Anderson). (Mr. Cavin,
was born there in that year.
He can remember when much of
the freight was carried by ox-team
from Cowichan and Maple Bay. When
he was about four the Old Koksilah
Road was built, and he can remember
that the surface of red mud was such
hard going that his father had to get
off his rig so that the horses could
climb the hills.
When one sees the progress that
has been made on the Cavin farm,
one can believe Mrs. Cavin when she
says: “Any one who is willing to
work and who .has any ambition can
make a living on a farm.” Mr, Cavin
and she and Beatrice and Violet and
Percy are doing that, and have been
for many years. She ought to know.
shortages. In the Wingham
is expected that over 200
and firms will soon be dis-
on the door or window of
CANADIAN NATIONAL
more than one place of business must
be accompanied by a list showing the
address of each establishment, If these
places of business carry different legal
names, separate applications must be
made oiit for each under its own
name.
Licence cards and window transfers
will be supplied to all whose applica
tions are received and accepted, said
Mr. Morphy, and the display of this
transfer on the window of an estab
lishment will not only serve as an in
dication that the firm is licensed, but
will also show the public that the
licencee is cooperating with the gov
ernment in its effort to avoid un
necessary increase in the cost of liv
ing.
The first licence identification card
as illustrated will be light blue in
colour .and will expire on March 31,
1942.
After that time, no unlicensed
son or firm may buy for re-sale, hand
le, or sell any of those commodities.
More than 200,000 businesses are
affected by this vast plan to set up
the machinery necessary for policing
prices and for securing speedy reports
on available supplies in the event of
wartime
area, it
persons
playing
their place of business the attractive
gold and blue certificate which shows
the public that they have obtained
their wartime license.
There is no license fee. Licence ap
plication forms will be distributed
through the mail late this month and
any businessman who is subject to
the licensing order and does not re
ceive an application form should apply
for one at his post office. At the post
offices copies of the complete licens
ing order will also be available. To
facilitate further the introduction of
the licensing plan, the Wartime
Prices and Trade Board is appointing
nine regional licensing directors, one
for each province. Individuals or firms
who, after consulting the text of the
licensing order, are still not certain
on all points, should communicate
directly with their Regional Licensing
Director.
Applications of persons conducting
same time/ you reach the C.N.R. line,
for it runs by 30 feet from the house,
between it and the barn. To under
stand this, you must know something
of the history of this place.
After the C. iN. Railway was built,
large areas of timber were made
available. About 1921 • the Cameron
Bros, started logging in this valley,
and finished in 1926. There was a
large stand of timber there, much of
it being excellent cedar, up to 10 and
12 feet in diameter, A permanent
camp of more than 20 buildings was
established, right by the Railway and
near the Kelvin Creek which runs
under it, This was a stop for mail,
and was called Lakeshaw Post Office.
This is the origin of the name "Lake
shaw Farm.”
In 1927 Mr. Cavin, who was living
at Glenora, bought approximately
acres surrounding the site of
camp. Except for a waste of slash
stumps, there was nothing but
group of buildings. In 1930, the family
moved in. The superintendent’s house
which of course, had not been made to
be permanent, became the home.
Some of the buildings were kept for
barns, and others were torn down for
lumber.
Making A Farm
The first thing to be done was the
burning of the slash. This was easy
enough, except that the fire got be
yond control and the Forestry Service
was required to keep it from spread
ing. Buckets of water had to be thrown
on the house, all one day, to keep it
from catching fire. That is how near
the slash was to it. Rain came just
as the fire reached the uncut timber
on Kolcsilah Ri'dge.
The first year, a fence was built by
the railway company along the track.
Some of the logs lying around were
piled and burned. The intial stock
consisted of a team, a cow and heifers,
and 35 sheep. A garden was planted,
and a stall erected at the market in
its first year. Enough hay for the
animals was cut by hand between the
stumps, it being of course, impossible
to use a mower.
In 1932, the house was moved (by
means of a stump-puller) to a drier
place farther from the creek. An
orchard, now consisting of 50 trees,
was planted. More of the black, moist
land was cleared each year, but it
was hard slow work removing the
huge stumps from the ground.
Real Progress
It was not until 1939 that real pro
gress was made, when a bulldozer was
hired ($50 a day) and 20 acres of
stump-dotted fields were cleared and
levelled. At the same time, a stretch
of new road was made on the slope of
the hill, to replace the frequently
flooded section in the creek valley.
Now there are about 40 acres clear
ed. Stock on the farm includes 43
head of cattle, composed of 11 cows
milking, a number of heifers and
steers, and one bull. This animal is
thought to be unique on the Island;
it is a four-year-old Poll Hereford—
meaning that it has no .horns. All its
calves, though not purebred, also pos
sess this Useful and courage-inspiring
feature. Also on the farm are an es
timated 275 sheep and -lambs, four
pigs, 60 goats and four horses, be
sides chickens and geese.
For many years, the raising of good
milch cows for sale has been One
business on this farm. Recently three
cows were sold in Victoria. Goats, too,
are sold, often to distant places. Not
long ago'some went to Northern B. C.
by way of Alaska. The prairie prov
inces arc a good market, and some
have gone as far as Niagara Falls,
In the last few years, wovles and
cottrgars have not been as .harmful to
the sheep as formerly. Dogs running
loose ate now the chief trouble; Mr.
Cavin shot one not long ago, and it
turned
Hayes,
to get
All men are not homeless, but some
are home less than others.
N. H. L. President to Speak
Frank Calder, busy president of the
National Hockey League, will be in
terviewed by Wes McKnight over a
Canadian radio network, 1 hour and
45 minutes before the opening game
between the New York Rangers and
the Toronto Maple Leafs. The broad
cast will originate in Toronto, Satur
day, November 1st, at 7.15. p.m. East
ern Daylight Saving Time. Locally
CKNX will carry the program each
Saturday at 6.15 p.m. This is the first
in a series of broadcasts designed to
bring the voices of Canada’s outstand
ing N.H.L. hockey players to fans
from coast to coast. The broadcast
will be heard over 38 radio stations
each Saturday from November to
April.
Our Town is at War
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SKI1Editors Note: The following art
icle from the Cowichan Leader, Dun
can, Vancouver Island we believe will
be of interest to people of this com
munity as Mrs. Cavin is the daughter
of Mr. George Gannett of Bluevale.
Many people have seen the Lake-
shaw Farm stall at the Duncan Mark
et on Saturdays, but it is certain that
few know much about the farm from
which the produce sold there comes.
If asked where Mr. J.W. Cavin, the
owner, lives, few could describe the
way with any accuracy.
Perhaps there are reasons for this.
Dun-
miles
three
they
Planes Crack-up, 8 Killed
Debert, N. S., — Eight fliers Were
killed in the crashes of two planes
flying out of the Royal Air Force air
CHAMPION PLOWMEN WIN TRIP
Gold Medalist Silver Medalist
Elmer Armstrong Marshall Deans
The Salada Tea Championship Class at the International Plowing Match
recently held near Peterborough brought together leading plowmen frefa
all over Ontario. Competition was keen. Winners of-trips’ were Elmer
Armstrong of St. Pauls and Marshall Deans of Paris- If restrictions ao not
forbid, Salada will give (them a Transcontinental Tour to points of agricul
tural interest In the United States and Canada, The next twelve winners
In the event received prices from $25.00 to $5.00.
The farm is nine miles from
Cart, and the last four of these
are gravel road. And the last
deserve description, although
have probably had a good deal of oral,
unprintable description in their time.
Take the Island, Highway; break up
its surface entirely and leave it there;
reduce it to a third of its width; con
vert its levelness to a continuous
Series of steep Ups and downs; throw
in some sharp unpredictable curves
for good measure; let brush and ferns
drape themselves from the sides, and
grass grow up in the middle; and,
finally, have tall trees to fall across
when a gale blows, and freshlets to
wash the surface away when it rains.
Thus must a farmer come to market.
However, the surprise of seeing the
long valley below you fallen you have
come around the end of Koksilah’
Ridge is alone worth the venture of
risking your springs. And here, too,
you at last come face to face with old
Mount Baldy, which you have seen
for so long from the distance.
Right By Railway
When you come to the end of the
Iroad you have reached the Cavin
farm, so you can’t miss it At the
out to be one that Mr. R. S.
game warden, had been trying
for some time,
Big Hew Barn
A recent improvement is the large
barn built this year, It is 70 by 36
feet, and is 43 feet to the top of the
^Gothic” roof, Many of the posts,
joists and studs were made directly
from the bush, Much of the building
was done by Mr, Cavin and his 19-
ycar-oM sort, Percy, Mr. >Caviii esti
mates that the loft will hold 125 tons
• Men are drilling in our town . . .
our own men ... men we call by their
first names. Some of them quit good
jobs to join the army . . . some quit
>■
school. When the Empire went to war
and Canada Went to war... this town
went to war. Every now and then a
few more men from this town leave for
active service. We’re taking the war
more seriously. Are we? Are we all?
Are those of us who haven’t joined up
doing all we can? Are we lending all
«
we can? That’s one thing we can all
do . . . one thing we must all do. We
must all buy more War Savings
Certificates.
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The help of every Canadian is needed for
Victory. In these days of war the thoughtless}
Selfish spender is a traitor to our war efforts
A reduction in personal spending is now a vital
necessity to relieve the pressure for goods} fa
enable more and more labour and materials fa
be diverted to winning the war. The all-out
effort, which Canada must make^ demands this
• self-denial of each of us.
SUPPORT THE WAR WEAPONS DRIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Published by the War Savings Committee, Ottawa
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