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The Chilliwack Progress from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada • Page 1

The Chilliwack Progress from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada • Page 1

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If V7 l.tNl 1 STvyy Clothes washed Sunlight Soap are cleaner and whiter than if washed in any other way. Chemicals in soap may remove the dirt but always injure the fabric. Sunlight Soap will not injure "Tjthe most dainty lace or the Property to bo divided into 10 and 20 acre Mocks, three miles of town. prices can be realized. S.

A. OAWLEY, Chillhvhack. iianui uiai use ii, ucLnuj ii id absolutely pure and contains no injurious chemicals. Sunlight Soap should always be used as directed. No boiling or hard rubbing is necessary.

Sunlight is better than other soap, but is best when used in the Slight Equally good; with hard or soft water Sf REWARD ill be paid JyUxjJ lo person wlio proves that Sunlight Soap contains any injurious chemicals or ftny form of adulteration. Lever Brothers Limited, Toronto iFfslcrai 5i "Si 3 it i THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA IXdOIU'OKATEl) 1809. Capital pa itf ftp $3,000,00 0.00 ficser re Fund 3, 00 0,00 0.00 (tidtr tried proits 302.713.00 Fifty five Dranchos throughout Canada, TJnitcJ Statca aud Cuba. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Chilliwack, NiiiiHimo, Vancouver, Cimiberl mil, Nelson, do Eaet Ed1) rami Forks, New Westminster, do ML Pleasant Ladner, Host laud, Vernon, Victoria. CHILLIWACK BRANCH operates a Savings Bank department in which deposits of Dollar and upwards tiro received.

General Banking buemcKs transacted. Money orders issued. THUS. K. WHITLKY.

Manaokr Oiullivack Branch. TIM10 is the ri.uht time have your Photographs You are assured oi' ood workmanship at my r. V5 Lumber of all JJNY to made. style and studio. Columbia.

St. Poors, Windows. Lath, Shingles, Keady niade Houses. Singer Sewing Machmev. PeLaval and National Separators.

Knole Wash iiit; Machines. Edison Phonographs and Keconv Separator Oil. Sowing Machine Need leu. D. E.

STEVENSON. Agent, B. M. T. T.

o. I (1 Hi Ground Floor Studio, iiv Westminster. ji kinds fsAHDIS NEWS NOTeO from our own Correspondent. ((( All signe point to an early Spring. Eveu at tbia early data familiar wild flowers such as the violats, wild strawberry, are in bloora, while the earliest fruit trees are being cluu in garb of lovely hues.

The Hpriug stir has touched the grass and fields of appetizi.ig verdure will soon greet the stock of a hundred different farms. Everywhere peace, contentment and prosireritv seems to reign and given such a delightful climate, a land ol fertility, and an industrious and progressive citizenship these conditions should long contiuue. Mrs. Jean Templ delivered her popular lecture "A Trip Around the Mediterranean" before an appreciative audience, in Carman Church, last Monday evening. The lecturer handled her subject a musterely manner while the bright, clear, stereoptican views impressed vividly the many excellent features of the lecture.

Altogether it was an evening of rare entertainment and instruction. The Ladies' Aid of Carman Church held a very successful meeting, at the i home of Mrs. Tyson, last Thursday aitemoon. A party consisting of the three I I rot hers, Leonard, Norman and nurd W'iUniby, together with Will Webb and Ben Ilicks will start for Alberta, next Thursday. It is tne intention of the different members of the paity, if conditions are favorable, to purcnarj land and engage in ranching, of course they will always find British Columbia a good pUce to return to.

The children of Carman Sundav School are preparing an attractive programme to be rondeted at their Easter Concert. Judging the future by liie past their efforts will meet with i nuoJahfi. success. I An unwelcome pest in the shave cf i me mole is threatening thss farmers of I ur valley with considerable Possibly our enterprising agricultur ts will find a speedy means of exter I mination. Mr.

Pi. IL arrived last Fri d.y a. snme his new duties I n.i Prn.i 'j of the Indian Industrial Institute. Mr. Cairus wiih uharacter I istic energy hs no time in settling down to vork.

As the business mat terv in connection with the institution i have accumulated during tho past few I weeks, owing to vacancies on the stall', Mr. Cairns will uo doubt have a stienuoos time for the next few weeks. We uudorsthud that Mrs. Cairns and family will arrive shortly. The "Musical Evening" at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. E. A. Wells promises to be a treat of exceptional merit and tne committee in charge I will, uo doubt, be treated with a full house. For particulars see ad.

iu anoiner column. A very successful meeting in connection with Maple Leaf Council E. T. of T. hold in the eocietv's rooms last Friday evening.

Twelve, members whose applications for Life Insurance have been ac cepted by the Fominion Council worn raised to the Select Dgree. The co.mcil was favored the presence of Bro. J. 0. Rohcrteon; Select Councillor of tho Grand Council of B.

C. Bro. Clifford was elected Ueufficinrv Secretary and installed by Councillor Robersou. Mrs. Osmond, sister of our late and respected citizen, A.

S. Veddar, is visiting our neighborhood. Pead Asthmo You could n't be otherwise with pv.cti a distressing Well, for oae I dollar spent on aan i be thoroughly cure'tk Foolish to delay asthma steadily grows worm. (iii Catarrhi zone to day and cure vonr elf it's pleasant use. very simple, and uuarantaHd.

Priori hod by thousand of dootors and mod hv paoplo of nine nation Ortainlv Catnrrhozone must be good it hasn't fatUd ypt, uo matter how chronic irm cato. New Wall Papers at Ash well'a. Tubiislietl in tli? iiittiest of tlio Iortile Chilli wjiclj: "Vnlloy. FIFTEENTH YEAR NO. 49.

CHILLIWACK, DC, WEDNESDAY. MARCH, 7, 1906. WHOLE NO. 777 PURELY PERSONAL D. E.

Stevenson visited the coast cities last week. Geo. If. Ash well went down to Vancouver on Monday. Mr.

and Mrs. Marriott are back from their honeymoon trip to the coast cities. C. Quesnell, of Lumby, B. is here for the purpose of buying a carload of milch cows.

John Bonnycastle went down to Vancouverto day. goingdown river by the steamer Cheam. Miss Lena McKenzie left for Vancouver on Friday last, where she has secured a good situation. The Haines of Assina boia, are registered at the Commercial and are looking for a location. Mrs.

Osmond, of New York State, sister of the late A. S. Vedder, is visiting Mrs. Vedder at Sard is. Carl (jroosman was in Vancouver last week purchasing stock and equipment for his.

new business venture. Mr. Hodge, of "Wisconsin, is at the Harrison House. He has been looking'over the valley with a view to locating here. Rev.

II. J. Robertson returned from Vancouver on Thursday last and on Sunday occupied his own pulpit in tooke church. Miss Flossie Thirkle, of Ladner and Mr. (, Thirkle, of Toronto, are visiting friends in the valley, the guests ol Mrs.

11. Marshall 1). A. Shiles. Traffic Manager of the B.

C. Electric K'v of New is spending several days in the valley looking up business lor his company. Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie of Man it ou, who have been spending several months on the coast, made Chilliwack a visit last week and while here were the guest? of Mr.

and Mrs. Alex. Johnson. E. YV.

Keenleyside. provincial manager of theXorth American Life, is in town this week and called at this olfice. lie has not been in Chilliwack for six years and expresses himself a delighted with the improvements made in that time. R. If.

Cairns, the newly appointed Principal of the Coqua leetza Institute, arrived, on Fri day last to assume his official I duties at Sard is. Mr. Cairns was for some years principal of the Chilliwack public school and is well and favorably known throughout the valley. We are i lad to welcome him back. ADDITIONAL LOOMS.

So gnat has the demand upon the Progress Job Pepartmoiit become that we have found, it "wessiiry put" in gasctiine c. to ippiv motive liower. through Mr. J. Bonnycastle we I have installed a2h.p.

Eairbanks I Morse gasoline engine, which will ienai le us to catch up with our increasing job work. I Mr. Grossman's opening ad. appears on page two of this issue ai is 'ertainlv good reading. Look it tip.

It seems to us that every lady in Chilliwnck ought to make a point of seeing the new store next Saturday. The open ing will be an interesting event for Chilliwack. U. E. Knight's ad.

also appears on the same page, and is equally as interest iug" reading matter. Our old friend Mr Silverman, of Vancouver, is here again buying old iron, brass and copper jj also old rubber. He also buys; hides, highest price paid, from; ArCBu 1 Si (c. ner lb. un: also sheep, skins" VANCOUVER, B.

C. and furs of all. kinds. Hewll pay the highest price obtainable for wool after shearing. Cash paid for goods before leaving prem ises.

Address .54 Hastings Vancouver. While at Chilliwack, he will be at the Commercial j. Hotel. FIRE INSPECTOR'S VISIT. Mr.

Laurie, mspeetor of the Board of Fire Underwriters, came in on Satur day eight aud has been this vnek in speetiug the buildings aud water supply of the town with the view to making a change of lire rate following tho installation of be local water system. On Monday afternoon a thorough test of tli water supply was iuhc'h rnJ we believe it to have been highly iatiifac tory, A pressure of 8 1 pounds to the square inch who obtained v.l the hydrant with two one inch streams flowing No town or city on the coast has a more evenly ater pressure than Chilliwack. 'J'honarli ii will net be kuown for some tims what ntlact the inspector's report will have on the rates, wo are hopeful that it will mean a satisfactory reduction. CLOVERDALE TO SUNAS. Bids hare been called by the Great Northern Railway for the notion of a line from Cloverdale to the peint where the Northern Puciiia Canadian Paciric lines make cnuneclion and transfer With the line entahlished frrni Glo verdale to Suruiis.

the relations 1'fween the Northern Pacific and the Cmiadiaa Pacific will be changed, as ttu Northern Paoifie will have access to Vancouver over the W. Y. Railway. The contract at present nxistin between tho Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacific, by which the br. i risi of th Northern Pacific to Bntip Columbia points is handled by the Canadian Pacific and the Seattle and Sunnri nes of the Canadian Pueifie is baud led over the Northern P.tcitic expires on Junrf 3'), l'JOT.

8t. March 2. tsar has issued a manifesto the main guarantees of lib'. itv. The national assembly will co isi i two houses, and no law wiil hereaftr effective without the approval of the assembly and council of tha empire.

on Y.oxir Coat Quit hard work at low wages and qualify for head VvTrk for a good salary. Train your brains to increase your income. Thousands have doubled or largely increased their salaries by following our plan. We can help you qualify at home, in spare time, and at small expense, for any of the following positions: Mechanical, Electrical, Steam, CM, or Mining Englnear; Draftsman; Architect: keeper; Stenographer; Show Card Writer; Window Dresser; or Ad Writer. Write TODAY, stilting which pol.

tion Interests you, to INTERNATIONAL Correspondence Schools Box 799, SCRANTON. PA. OB CALL OX OCB LOCiu UKTBRSEKTATIVBi W. H. COULTER, KM JtSk en I.

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