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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: The Beaver, Vol. I, No. 4, January 1921 - -Author: Hudson's Bay Company - -Release Date: September 2, 2013 [EBook #43622] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BEAVER, JANUARY 1921 *** - - - - -Produced by Bryan Ness, Richard Tonsing and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) - - - - - - -</pre> +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43622 ***</div> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> @@ -225,7 +187,7 @@ by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) <div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> <img src="images/cover_b.jpg" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><p><span class="smcap">Camping Out at 40° Below</span></p> +<div class="caption"><p><span class="smcap">Camping Out at 40° Below</span></p> <p><i>A Hudson's Bay Company's Post Inspector camping for the night near Great Slave Lake. 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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: The Beaver, Vol. I, No. 4, January 1921 - -Author: Hudson's Bay Company - -Release Date: September 2, 2013 [EBook #43622] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BEAVER, JANUARY 1921 *** - - - - -Produced by Bryan Ness, Richard Tonsing and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) - - - - - - Vol. I JANUARY, 1921 No. 4 - - - - -[Illustration: _The Beaver_ - -_A Journal of Progress_] - - -[Illustration: CAMPING OUT AT 40 deg. BELOW - -_A Hudson's Bay Company's Post Inspector camping for the night near -Great Slave Lake. Defying the snows, these hardy men "mush" with dog -teams from Fort to Fort across the vast silent spaces of the great -North, keeping H.B.C. communications open and taking account of furs -traded at each post of the district._] - -[Illustration: _Devoted to The Interests of Those Who Serve The Hudson's -Bay Company_] - - - - -Bidding for World's Fine Furs at London Auction Sales - -_Four Weeks' Annual Selling of Pelts Draws Cosmopolitan Crowd of Buyers -from All Quarters of the Globe--H.B.C. Auction of Chief Interest._ - -By J. D. J. FORBES (_London Fur Warehouse_) - - -If a stranger were to ask where the fur quarter in the City of London is -situated, perhaps the simplest answer would be to tell him to make for -the Guildhall, and then to walk due south towards the River Thames. He -would proceed along King Street (which is continued as Queen Street -after Cheapside is passed) and in less than five minutes would be at his -destination. What the Rue d'Aboukir is to Paris and the Bruehl to -Leipzig, Queen Street is to London. It stands for the heart and centre -of the London fur trade. Except for the Hudson's Bay Company's -warehouse, which stands apart, all the most important fur merchants and -commission houses are located within a stone's throw of the College Hill -Public Saleroom--the entrance to which is in Queen Street--where the -world's fur produce is periodically put up for auction. - - -_World's Buyers Assemble in Saleroom_ - -In the saleroom itself there is little to suggest a fur market; no skins -or pelts are to be seen; no samples are displayed to catch the eye of -possible buyers; there is no odour of furs or naphthalene. The saleroom -reminds one of a large classroom with its rows of desks and forms facing -a narrow rostrum whereon the selling broker and his assistants sit. Here -three times a year assemble fur buyers from all over the world. The -typically English features of the brokers contrast strangely with the -faces of the cosmopolitan crowd which throngs the saleroom benches; and -when in the intervals of selling a buzz of conversation is heard, it -seems incredible that one is in the heart of London and not in some -Levantine port. - - -_Selections Are Made From Catalogs_ - -Each buyer brings to the saleroom his catalogues, containing valuations -and descriptions of the pelts he has inspected at the various fur -warehouses. For the most part, only a very small proportion of the lots -catalogued are seen by the prospective buyer; these are "show" lots and -represent the bulk, which could not be properly examined in the short -time at his disposal. There are usually about twenty catalogues--some of -which contain only a few hundred lots but most of which run into -thousands of lots--and as the fur collections are distributed amongst a -dozen different wharves and warehouses, where the skins are lotted and -placed "on show," only a few days before the sales takes place, it will -be appreciated that the thorough-going dealer who wishes to acquaint -himself with the whole collection of furs on the market has plenty to -do! - - -_The Order of the Sale_ - -At one time the order of selling was rather haphazard, but in recent -years the sale arrangements have been revised and co-ordinated. -Catalogues are now divided into definite sections, and the entire market -supply of furs contained in section 1 of the various catalogues is -offered for sale before section 2 is dealt with, and so on--the brokers -balloting among themselves for precedence. In accordance with -long-established custom, the first goods to be put up for sale are those -coming from China and the far east (these auctions are referred to as -the "China sales"); next comes the catalogues of Australian furs, -followed immediately by any offerings there may be of fur seals. - - -_H.B.C. Auction Premier Attraction_ - -Although these auctions occupy the whole of the first sale week, they -are of secondary importance when compared with the sales of the choicer -North American and Siberian furs, which commence on the Monday of the -second week with the Hudson's Bay Company's sale. Needless to say, the -Company's auction always proves the greatest attraction of the whole -series and never fails to draw a crowded room. The Company's catalogue -is the only one now sold in its entirety without a break, and this for -the very good reason that it provides the most reliable basis for -comparison of values and enables the experienced buyer to appraise -market fluctuations with confidence. - -The rest of the week following the Company's sale is taken up with the -disposal of "fine" furs (such as beaver, ermine, foxes, marten, otter -and sables) from other catalogues; the third week sees the "staple" -lines (such as skunk, opossum, musquash and raccoon) offered for sale; -and in the fourth and final week sundry South American and lower grade -skins are offered. - - -_The Flexible Eyebrow An Aid in Bidding_ - -The method of bidding at the fur auction is by what is known as the -"silent" system. The auctioneer usually starts the bidding himself at a -moderate figure and the buyers interested signify their bids by various -methods--such as by a nod, or a wink, or even a flick of the pencil; -sometimes indeed a buyer will merely look at the auctioneer whilst the -bids are being taken and only remove his gaze when his limit has been -exceeded. It is often amusing to notice the tactics adopted by two -bidders, each of whom wants a particular lot: one may perhaps be seated -in the front row and he will perhaps bid by _raising his eyebrows_; the -other (seated further back) will not look at the broker at all but will -narrowly _watch his rival's hat_ (the movement of which betrays the -bidding) whilst he records his own bids by _moving his little finger_! - -As a rule, bids advance by a definite amount, which varies with the -value of the article in question: bids for beaver skins, for example, -may start at 50s. and advance by 2s. steps to 100s., beyond which the -advance is by 5s. steps; in the case of musquash an advance of 3d or 6d -per bid is sufficient. When demand is keen and bidding brisk, buyers -frequently discard the silent method, and the broker is assailed with a -chorus of "up! up!" from all parts of the room. As it is often difficult -in such cases to distinguish between bidders, the possession of a good -pair of lungs is a decided advantage for a buyer. - - -_Furs Sold at "Per Skin" Rate_ - -Most lots are sold "at per skin"--that is to say, when a lot of musquash -containing 1600 skins, for instance, is put up, the auctioneer needs to -register the price of only one skin--the value of the lot being 1600 -times that figure. - -Although sitting for weeks in the saleroom buying sundry lots of skins -from this catalogue and that may seem a dull job, yet the buyer with -imagination finds the fur trade fascinating. He realizes that the skins -he buys have taken months of patient toil and careful handling to -assemble from the uttermost parts of the earth. - -To him, the sale mark "MKR" denotes not merely a particular quality of -fur, but suggests the mighty river of the great Northwest threading its -lonely way from the plains to the Arctic Sea. It is this sense of the -world-wide ramifications of the fur trade, and the knowledge that the -Company's organization has played, and still plays, a notable part in -its development that make one feel proud to belong to the Hudson's Bay -Company. - - - - -An American Account of an Ancient Selkirk Settlement Caravan - - -The Public Archives of Canada at Ottawa contain the following -characteristic description of a Red River Caravan from the old Selkirk -Settlement, as printed in the _Wisconsin Herald_ of September 15th, -1847: - -"On the 10th of July, there appeared at the village of St. Paul, on the -Upper Mississippi, the most novel and original caravan that has ever -appeared since Noah's ark was evacuated. Our readers are aware that -there is an isolated settlement of several thousand inhabitants in a -high latitude of British North America, known as the 'Selkirk -Settlement.' Cut off from the commerce of the world, they rely entirely -upon their own resources, their farms, their flocks and fishing for -support--being a community, so to speak, of Robinson Crusoes. Their -crops having failed the last two seasons, they have been forced to -break out of the wilds again and seek food in the markets of the great -brawling world. Formerly their chief point of contact with commerce was -Toronto; but now, owing to the increase of supplies on the Upper -Mississippi, and the abundance of game and forage on that route, they -trade at St. Paul, and the head of steamboat navigation on the -Mississippi River. - -"Into St. Paul they came, on the 10th of July, a caravan of one hundred -and twenty carts, in a single file, wearily moving along by moonlight. -Long after the head of the caravan had reached the village, the -lengthened train of followers could be seen moving over the undulating -prairie, partly visible and partly hidden between the billowy ridges of -the extended plain, crawling onward like some huge serpent, the extreme -rear still invisible and partly hidden in the dimness of the distance. -They had travelled southward over the prairie six hundred miles, having -been nineteen days on their way, through a region abounding in -buffaloes--encamping at night in a tent, around which the carts were -drawn in a circle, to fence in the cattle.... They brought along a large -elk, a bear, and some other animals they had captured on their way--and -many packages of furs. They had a very choice lot of buffalo robes, well -dressed, which they sold at St. Paul by the lot at $3.50 each. - -"They had with them also an abundance of specie, and waited a few days -at St. Paul for the arrival of a steamboat load of flour and groceries. -The caravan was made up of men and boys of all ages, kindreds, tongues -and complexions.... Their dresses were as various as could be imagined, -being uniform in only a single article of apparel--all wore moccasins. -The carts were made wholly of wood and hides, the hubs being covered -with bandages of green hide, drawn on while soft and then shrinking -until they became nearly as tight as bands of iron. Some of these odd -two-wheeled vehicles were drawn by little horses, and others by oxen, -each animal--horse or ox--being geared in a harness of green hide. They -are now again on their way back to the frozen wilds of the North, many -of them probably never again to commune with the great world." - - - - -How Smith's Landing Became FitzGerald - -_Heroic Sacrifice of R.N.W.M.P. Officer Led to His Name Being Given to -H.B.C. Landing_ - - -FitzGerald, originally known as Smith's Landing, is at the end of the -Athabasca River navigation, approximately three hundred miles below -McMurray. It is an important point in the transportation system, as -cargoes are there discharged and portaged sixteen miles to Fort Smith, -where they are loaded into other steamers navigating the Mackenzie -River. - -In 1910, a commissioned officer of the mounted police named FitzGerald, -along with three members of the force, left Fort McPherson for Dawson. -The party encountered severe storms, and lost their way in the mountain -passes. After wandering for several weeks, they decided to return, but -owing to lack of food and inability to procure game of any kind they -suffered great privation. Finally, they were obliged to kill their dogs -for food. One of the members of the party died and the position of the -survivors was desperate, as two of the remaining members were unable to -proceed. FitzGerald left these men with all the clothing and whatever -else they had that might benefit them and continued _alone_ in an -endeavor to get back to Fort McPherson and bring help. On reaching a -point about twelve miles of the Post--which was then actually in -sight--he was too exhausted to travel further and was frozen to death. - -Meanwhile, the non-arrival of this patrol in Dawson caused the mounted -police to send out a search party from that end on the assumption that -FitzGerald's party might have been held up nearby, but the search party -had to continue within this short distance of McPherson before finding -the evidence of the tragedy. - -FitzGerald was held in high regard by all the people in the Northwest -Territory in which he served and application was made to the authorities -at Ottawa to change the name of Smith's Landing to Fort FitzGerald to -commemorate his worthy but unfortunately unsuccessful effort to secure -relief for his party. - - - - -"Uplands," the Ancient H.B.C. Farm on Vancouver Island - -_Onetime Natural Park and Grazing Ground Now Being Subdivided at -Victoria_ - -By C. H. FRENCH, _District Manager for B.C._ - - -When Victoria was established by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1843 all -that tract of land between Cadboro Bay and The Willows was a park, being -studded here and there with beautiful oak trees and plentifully supplied -with grass in which the elk loved to scamper about. - - -_Farm Required to Support Post_ - -At all Hudson's Bay Company's forts, the self-supporting feature was -always given first consideration. At Victoria it was not only necessary -to raise sufficient grain, butter and beef to support the Fort, but also -sufficient to supply Russian America, or Alaska as we now know it. -Uplands was one of the first farms established to gain those ends. - -The farm buildings were always just where they now are, but the road -leading to them was different, in that where it now takes a bend where -the golf links association put up their sign, it continued straight -through the cultivated fields to the farm buildings. An examination will -show the trees and rocks still marking this road. - - -_Riding to Uplands for the View_ - -The officers at the Fort had saddle horses and it was to the uplands -they went when desiring a ride on horseback. Many officers of Her -Majesty's ships immediately on landing made arrangements for a horseback -ride to this wonderful piece of country. - -It has an elevation--without seeming to climb--sufficient to present -perhaps the finest marine view to be found anywhere. The view was -obtainable from almost any part of the thousand acres contained in the -farm. - -The handsome oak and maple trees were just sufficiently scattered not to -obstruct the view of the Olympic Mountains to the south; San Juan and -other islands to the east and southeast, which were overlooked by -glorious Mount Baker, always standing out as if a sentinel clothed in -white, guarding a country so rich in minerals, lumber and fish that its -equal has yet to be discovered. - -Looking north, towards James and Salt Spring Islands, one is almost -speechless with admiration of the beauty that is stretched before the -eye. - - -_Indian Villages Are at Strategic Points_ - -Indian villages were in earlier times established only at points where -the food supply was abundant, but in this particular instance the -village was established for strategic reasons. There were two points -occupied by Indians; one toward the northern side of the bay, where the -present Cadboro Bay Hotel is to-day located, and the other just inside -the point, east of the present Yacht Clubhouse. Those living on the -north side of the bay were the custodians of a portage from Telegraph -Bay to Cadboro Bay, while the Indians on the south side of the bay were -the real defenders of the tribe as a portage from there to Rock Bay had -to be blocked to all enemies as it was to this point that retreats were -made and where also was stored their winter supply of food. - - -_The Songhees Had a Magic Spring_ - -The Songhees on the southeast end of Vancouver Island had, I believe, -the most strategic situation of any tribe on the coast. From their -central village at Concordance Arm the all-important route was by -Cadboro Bay, principally because the great spring that was regarded by -them as possessing certain medicinal qualities was located at that -point. - -This spring was surrounded by willows and was so carefully camouflaged -that one could hardly find it, excepting that the ground from the spring -to the waterfront was more or less wet. In the improving of Uplands, -this spring was drained in some way and, I am told, does not show on the -surface now, but probably is diverted to the sea beach. - - - - -Hoot Mon! Th' Roarin' Game is on Wi' Lads o' the H.B.C. - -_Land, Retail and Wholesale Departments at Winnipeg Get Away to Fast -Start--Some Already Displaying Mid Season Form_ - -By OUT TURN - - -At Winnipeg, the respective Curling Associations of the Land Department, -Retail Store and Wholesale Depot are making up for lost time, the season -having started late. Extent of the enthusiasm displayed in the Company's -Winnipeg establishments for the grand old game is indicated by the -hundred and ten yelling, sweeping adherents who turn out once and twice -a week. Ice has been good and the weather just cold enough to induce -lively work behind every skip. It is to be noted that more rocks are -getting across the "hog" than the first part of last season. - -[Illustration: "_Meet Me Face to Face_"] - -If ice holds after present schedules are completed, it is planned to -bring the victorious rinks together in an H.B.C. "bon spiel" for a -decision on the Company Curling Championship for Winnipeg. - -[Illustration: "_Draw Weight, We'll Sweep It!_"] - -Sketched are two well-known "skips" heading land department rinks and -one "skip" who cuts a lot of ice in wholesale circles. Our staff artist -caught him as he was shooting his first rock of the season, using the -follow-through system. He is usually more dignified than as portrayed -(on next page) and the editor remarks a terrific shift of latitude here -as this arctic "skip" was but lately a strutting Toreador. The two land -department "skips" pictured on this page wear no disguise and need no -introduction but we'll give a Made beaver to anyone who'll guess their -identity. - -It is of course too early to make predictions as to probable winners in -the various departmental associations. We cannot get any sort of a -prognostication from our usually very opinionated Sporting Editor. For -next issue, he promises to analyze the performance of the leading rinks -and tell Messrs. Harman, Vesey and Sparling exactly what their -respective chances are. - -On the following page is the standing of the rinks as at 10th January: - -[Illustration: _Wholesale Boys! "Do You Know Him?"_ - ---!!! _Sweep Her-Up--She'll Never Reach_] - - -H.B.C. CURLING ASSOCIATIONS. - -Winnipeg, 1921 - -_Land Department_ - - ------------------------------------- - |Games | | | - SKIP |Played|Won|Lost|Standing - ------------+------+---+----+-------- - Harman | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 - McDill | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 - Bellingham | 4 | 1 | 2 | .250 - Joslyn | 4 | 1 | 2 | .250 - ------------------------------------- - -_Retail Store_ - - ------------------------------------- - MacGregor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 - Mills | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 - Scott | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 - Pearen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 - Parker | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 - Healy | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 - Tait | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 - Sidey | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 - Sparling | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 - Ogston | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 - Pugsley | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 - Bowdler | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 - ------------------------------------- - -_Wholesale Depot_ - - ------------------------------------- - Swan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 - A. Thompson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 - Iveson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 - Veysey | 3 | 2 | 1 | .666 - Poitras | 3 | 2 | 1 | .666 - Phelan | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 - Brock | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 - O. Thompson | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 - McMicken | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 - Ross | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 - - - - -_How Many "Advertisers" Has H.B.C.?_ - -By MRS. JACK HAWKSHAW - - -Some one will answer, "there's one ad-man in Winnipeg, one in Edmonton, -one in Calgary, one in Yorkton, one each in Lethbridge, Nelson, Vernon, -Kamloops and Vancouver." If that is all, then I am afraid it's time to -be up and doing. Each employee in the Company's service should be "on -the advertising staff," _to promote good feeling and optimism_. Think -what a great thing it would be right now at the beginning of a New Year -and on the threshold of a new season, if the company's thousands of -employees took a leading part in the advertising of the Company's -stores. - - - - -_Tree 95 Years Old Bears Apples_ - - -_Vancouver, Washington, Dec. 18th (Special)_--Two apples grown on the -famous old apple tree in Vancouver barracks were picked to-day by A. A. -Quarnberg. This apple tree is the oldest in Pacific Northwest, if not -the United States, having been planted in 1826 by Bruce, the gardener -for the Hudson's Bay Trading Company. This makes the apple tree more -than ninety-five years old. - -The seeds were brought around the Horn in a sailing-vessel by an -Hudson's Bay Trading Company official who carried them in a waistcoat -pocket. The tailor was cleaning out the pockets and found these apple -seeds and he gave them to the gardener who planted them. Many trees were -raised. All have died except one. - - - - -_More than 100 Benefits Paid in 1920_ - - -The Hudson's Bay Employees' Welfare Association at Winnipeg Retail -continues to flourish despite the many demands made on the "exchequer" -during the past twelve months. Upwards of one hundred individual -employees have received benefits during 1920 and the Secretary, P. -Harrison, reports that the balance in hand at present is larger than at -any time since the inception of the plan. - - - - -C. H. French Has Long Experience in H.B.C. Fur Trade - -_British Columbia District Manager Entered Service in Lake Winnipeg -District, 1887; Sent to New Caledonia on Important Mission in 1894_ - -By F. S. GARNER - - -[Illustration: _Mr. French in the B.C. District Office_] - -C. H. French, District Manager of the Company's British Columbia fur -trade district, is a man whose experience in the service during 33 -years, from Lake Winnipeg to the Pacific Coast and north to Alaska, has -excellently fitted him to narrate countless stories of brave adventure -and stern duty under the H.B.C. flag in the great Northwest. - -Mr. French, though 53, carries his years lightly. True, his hair is -grizzled; upon his face is delineated the tale of dangers met and -hardships overcome. Yet one would not place his age at over 45, if even -that. Seasoned as an oak, with hard and healthful living in a climate -which eliminates all but the fittest, Mr. French, now in lovely -Victoria, may know at least a measure of the relaxation and joy of -living such as is seldom granted the fur trader. The "spring" in his -step and the active interest he takes in the life and development of -Vancouver Island identify in him a youthful spirit which well might be -envied by many men under thirty. - -Mr. French was born in Markham township, twelve miles north of Toronto, -Ontario, on 23rd July, 1867. - -He served a full apprenticeship at printing. Then he acquired a fair -knowledge of bread-baking, fishing and sailing, which experience he says -stood him in good stead after entering the service. - -In 1887 Mr. French joined H.B.C. in the Lake Winnipeg District, doing -work of various kinds, one job being the sailing of the boat "Beaver" -under Mr. W. J. McLean at Lower Fort Garry, and afterwards Mr. Flett at -Fort Alexander. - -During this period he brought the body of Chief Factor Belanger in from -the lake and delivered it at the Selkirk Roman Catholic Church. The -Chief Factor was drowned at Norway House. - -Fur Trade Commissioner Wrigley went out of office and while his -successor, Mr. C. C. Chipman, was Commissioner, he had the able support -of such men as William Clark. It was with William Clark that Mr. French -engaged to go to New Caledonia District, British Columbia (March, 1894) -to break up a ring that was pilfering merchandise from the Babine, B.C., -warehouse. This was successfully accomplished, and Mr. French was given -charge of Babine Post, remaining there until 1901, when installed as fur -buyer at Victoria, under Mr. James Thomson. He was in charge of that -work until February, 1914, when he was made District Manager for British -Columbia. - - - - -SEND IT IN - - - If you have a bit of news, send it in. - Or a joke that will amuse, send it in. - A story that is true, an incident that's new, - "We want to hear from you," send it in. - Never mind about your style, - If it's only worth the while, send it in. - Will it make a paragraph? Send it in. - If some good your words can teach, - If some distant reader reach, - If you have a glowing speech, send it in. - -MISS D. L. BENS, - _Winnipeg Retail_ - - - - -How the Eskimo Hunts the Musk-Ox - - _Description of Eskimo's method of hunting musk-oxen in the Arctic - regions as given by Capt. French, R.N.W.M.P., one of the patrol who - went north to investigate the killing of Messrs. Bradbury and - Street, sent out by Smithsonian Institute and National Museum at - Ottawa._ - - -The Eskimo, sighting a small band of musk-oxen--usually a bull, cow and -one or two calves--lets loose two or three husky dogs (part dog and part -wolf) which encircle the animals. The bull and cow turn their heads -towards the dogs, with the calf or calves in the centre, and prepare to -give fight. Once the oxen are "anchored," the Eskimos turn loose all -their dogs which serve to keep the oxen "anchored" instead of taking to -their heels, and proceed themselves with bow and arrows and dispatch the -animals. - -[Illustration] - -These musk-oxen are very fierce and warlike animals, hence the necessity -of the Eskimo protecting himself with dogs. In the case of a wounded -bull charging an Eskimo, the dogs immediately rush to attack it and -withdraw its attention from the Eskimo who may thereby find time to -string another arrow to his bow and then dispatch it.--_W.E.A._ - -[Illustration: Holding the Musk-Oxen at Bay] - - - - -_There'll Be No More Slacker Contributors If They All Read This_ - - -_Barriere Post, Ontario, - -Editor, The "Beaver," Winnipeg._ - -_It is, I think, the duty of all of your readers to wish THE BEAVER a -very happy New Year._ - -_You cannot realize what the magazine means to us who live in the silent -places far removed from social intercourse with our fellow creatures._ - -_We who have access to such little reading material to interest us in -our lonely lives will look forward eagerly to the arrival of THE -BEAVER._ - -_And I can assure you that I wish it every success in the years to come, -and I trust that all the readers will recognize the fact that it is -their bounden duty to contribute either in writing or photographs from -time to time._ - -_I think that it is not to our Commissioner alone that we should look -for guidance nor to our District Managers, but to our friendly -intercourse one with another, which can only be accomplished through the -medium of THE BEAVER and I sincerely trust that this friendly -intercourse will grow stronger and stronger as the years roll by, and so -help to strengthen and firmly cement together the bonds of good -fellowship._ - -_I have the honor to be, Sir, - -Yours obediently, - -(Signed) ASHTON ALSTON, - -Post Manager._ - -_Issued Every Now and Then in the Interests -of Those in the Service of the -Hudson's Bay Company_ - -[Illustration] - - - - -The Beaver - -"_A Journal of Progress_" - - -Copyright, 1921, by The Hudson's Bay Company - -Address all communications to Editor, -"THE BEAVER," York and Main Streets, -Winnipeg, Canada - - Vol. I JANUARY, 1921 No. 4 - - - - -Fortunate Canada! - - -The big war is all over but the paying. A whole "bale" of little wars, -however, have been engaging the attention of the world until recent -settlements were effected. - -Famine in China. Russian chaos and Irish thunderclouds. Inoculation -against the "Bolshevik bug" in every quarter of the globe. - -Fortunate Canada! - -Industrial depression, unemployment and foreboding grips the United -States. Canada has had a tinge of this malady, too, during price -convulsions--but Canada is sound. Canada--especially Western Canada--is -busy, optimistic and possessed of a confidence unbounded. A happier or -more prosperous Christmas and New Year's that just past in Canada, never -has been. - -For twelve months ending October, 1920, Canada's volume of trade was _up -five hundred million dollars_ over the year previous. Canada is -fortunate. To the sweet uses of Peace, she is applying herself -assiduously. - - - - -The Yankee Balloonists - - -The Beaver refrains from elaborating upon current newspaper reports -about the U.S. Navy balloonists who drifted from New York City to Moose -Factory and were rescued by H.B.C. men at James Bay--until the report of -our Associate Editor at Moose Factory and his photographs have been -received. It is expected these will come out to Mattice by next packet, -and _The Beaver_ will then be able to give authentic details. - - - - -Ambition - - -Ambitious men raise themselves like the tallest trees high above the -shrub growth of somnolent spirits and so are "most in the power of the -winds of fortune." - -Your chance for Success is not lacking as long as the spark of Ambition -is alive within you. With some men, Ambition dies between thirty and -forty; with others it remains unquenched. Some men have made fortunes -and lost them at forty-five, then have turned in and made other fortunes -before retiring. Scores of great Successes have been recorded after the -age of fifty; cases where Ambition, the "divine discontent," was never -downed. - -Without Ambition, the fire under the boilers of Industry would die and -the pop-valves of Commerce would cease to reveal live power that drives -the pistons of progress. - - - - -A Martian at the Rink - - -Picture a man from Mars, just descended, as he steps into an H.B.C. -curling rink during the ninth "end"--when Scottish excitement is at its -hottest. Try to comprehend his bewilderment as he hears frenzied shouts -of "_SWEEP, SWEEP, SWEEP 'er up! GET IT across the hog!_" And -again--"_out turn, Mac; draw-weight and a wick off this one. Just come -TO it!_" - -And sweatered, mufflered figures contort themselves in fantastic -fox-trots on the ice as they swing mad brooms in the van of the skidding -stones. - -The grey rocks curl and thump--or twist uncannily to a berth behind -guardian stones. "_WE LIE_," bursts in raucous chorus from steaming -throats. "A marvelous confession thinks the man from Mars." - -The roarin' game of Cur-r-r-lin' is in full fling at many of the -Company's branches. Young and old all become _younger_ in a fast and -furious "draw." - -Buy a broom and a pair of "galoshes" and get on the ice. Forget -business, bid dull care begone. Curl ten "ends" and then you'll say -"where's that pack of worries that was hounding me this afternoon?" - - - - -Egotism - - -The large proportion of the human race which is afflicted with "Self -Importance" can draw pointed conclusion from the facts that: - -(1) Michelson the scientist has discovered an accurate method of -measuring the distant stars, by which it is determined that one star in -Orion is _twenty-seven trillion times as large as the earth_, and -twenty-seven million times as large as the Sun. (It's no use trying to -visualize this tremendous planet. Even a _billion_ is incomprehensible -to the human mind; a _trillion_ simply cannot be embraced in our -thought.) - -(2) Latest available figures indicate that there are about _two billion -people living on the Earth_, despite the slaughter of war. We are -somewhere in that crowd. - -If we ever feel ourselves getting "chesty in the head," let us repress -even the faintest stirrings of Egotism, for we're only one in two -billion (never would be missed!) riding to an unticketed destination on -a "pin-point planet" that swirls every day a million miles nearer to -that gigantic sun, _Alpha Orionus_ (see it any clear night in the -heavens) which is so tremendous in dimension that our poor little earth -at the instant of contact would sputter out like a tiny drop of grease -on a big stove. - - - - -Our Reporters - - -The Beaver should be _all-seeing, all-knowing_--as far as H.B.C. events -are concerned. If a single incident which affects the Company or its -employees escapes being reported to this journal, we are not fulfilling -our mission. If any other publication tells of an H.B.C. event or -reports any H.B.C. employees' activities which do not reach _The -Beaver_--_then we're_ "_scooped_," in the parlance of the press. - -You faithful readers of _The Beaver_ who daily are giving your time and -thought to H.B.C. affairs--_you_ are the eyes and ears of this journal. -We have a good many "live-wire" reporters, but need more. Let every -member of staff take a personal interest in forwarding to _The Beaver_ -intelligence of every description that might interest H.B.C. people. - - - - -The Wanderers - - -The lure of exploration has not lost its power since the two main -prizes--both Poles--were achieved. Recently it was announced that a -considerable number of new expeditions would set out in 1921 to various -remote quarters of the globe--one to Baffins Land, one to the north of -Siberia, one to Central Africa and so on down the list. Amundsen is now -trying to drift across the North Pole. - -The Challenge of Discovery ever has greater power than strong drink to -inflame the blood of daring men, particularly of the British and -Scandinavian races. They will never tire until the last "back-lot" of -the earth has been carefully scanned, mapped and staked for science and -civilization. - - - - -Reputation - - -A man may live a lifetime of virtue and honesty; then by one false step -destroy the delicate structure of Reputation which he has so -painstakingly constructed. - -The _Good Name_ of H.B.C. has taken two hundred and fifty years to -build. Yet _one year's departure_ from H.B.C. ideals and H.B.C. -standards would serve to corrode the foundations underlying this -priceless Reputation. - -When acting or speaking in the name of the Company, employees who -appreciate the insecurity of Reputation _think twice before saying or -doing anything_ that might be adjudged _un-Hudson's Bay_. - - - - -The Prize Contest - - -"How I Earned My First Dollar" Contest is stirring up much interest -among "old timers" in the ranks. First letters are beginning to come in. -Please do not delay in sending the facts about your early start. Two -hundred words are enough to give the main details--and are soon -written. - - - - -_Some People in the East and the West are Whimpering and Whining!_ - - - Pessimistic over the outlook for spring business. - - Some people think the bottom has fallen out of things, when the - fact is things are as good as ever they were. Only that with the - getting back into the condition that prevailed before the war - prices are falling, and many people have contracted a fever which - was very prevalent in the States a short time ago called - Pessimania. - - _We've Got to Do Our Part to Create a Spirit of Optimism_, for if - we all join the army of pessimists, it's going to be bad for - ourselves, bad for the Company, and bad for the country too. - _Besides, we have every reason to be optimistic and here are the - reasons_--First, there is the good news of lower prices on nearly - all kinds of goods, and people who have been doing without can now - buy freely again. Second, the government has abolished the - undesirable luxury tax. Encourage your customers and friends to buy - now, for prices cannot jump down below what they are now for the - spring, and the more they buy the more it will add prosperity to - the country. No country's prosperity was ever built up on fear, but - faith. The low prices are here now. People have money for - necessities and we must do our part by talking and thinking - hopefully for the coming spring. That's it! Have you ever stopped - to think of the wonderful power of thought. Like the pebble dropped - in the lake, ever widening in circles, your tiny thought of - hopefulness and helpfulness will have an ever-widening effect. - Every word that you say with belief behind it stimulates other - people to be optimistic, and so your influence increases. This is - what makes _power_. - - Every added sale that we make will not only increase our own record - but it will add its quota to the prosperity of Canada. - - Let everybody think good times, talk good times, and buy for good - times' sake, then the ranks of the unemployed will melt before the - sunshine of prosperity! - - Won't we make a resolution to start being _peptimists_ to-day?--_F. - S. Garner._ - - - - -MOTTOE FOR YE NEWE YEARE - -_Modernized by A. Seymour H.B.C. Post, D-14_ - - - There arre noe Byrdes - In Nexte Yeare's Neste. - In Nexte Yeare's Creame - There arre no Flyes. - Noe Vaine Regrettes - Disturb my Breaste - For Aught yt in - Ye Futurre lyes - Ande Laste Yeare's Flyes - Ande Laste Yeare's Byrdes - Arre paste ye reache - Of Tearres ande Wordes. - - ? ? ? ? ---Chaucer. - - - - -START THE NEW YEAR WELL - - - by joining the vast and ever increasing multitude of those who find - in Life Insurance the one sure way of protecting dependent - ones--while making timely provision for their own future at the - same time. - - Join the ever increasing number who have found, in the Policies of - The Great-West Life Assurance Company, all that can be desired in - profitable Life Insurance. - - Thus you will obtain protection at low cost, and will secure a - share in the remarkable profits that are being paid to - Policyholders of - - The Great-West Life Assurance Company - Dept. "D. 30" Head Office: WINNIPEG - - - - -C. W. Veysey Always Pushed the Work--Never Let It Push Him - -_General Manager of Winnipeg Wholesale Developed Himself So Consistently -With H. B. C. at Vancouver That He Was Called to Fill a Big Man's Shoes_ - -By A. BROCK, _Associate Editor_ - - -The career of Mr. C. W. Veysey, Manager H.B.C. Wholesale, Winnipeg, -furnishes an excellent example of the Company's appreciation of, and -reward for, faithful service and ability to apply one's business acumen -in the Company's interests. - -[Illustration: C. W. VEYSEY, Esq. - -_General Manager, Wholesale Department_] - - -_A Nova Scotian Who Early Came West_ - -Born in the little town of North Sidney, Nova Scotia, of English -parentage, Mr. Veysey was privileged to spend the first years of his -life in that country and community which produced so many of the leading -business men now in the West. - -When he was thirteen his parents decided to move to British Columbia. -They arrived in Vancouver in October, 1888. - -A few years spent at the west end and Central Schools, Vancouver, -brought Mr. Veysey to that stage where he decided that it was about time -he was learning to paddle his own canoe. - - -_Began Business Life in B.C. Refinery_ - -The B.C. Sugar Refinery was the scene of his first labors, given in -exchange for what at that time seemed the magnificent remuneration of -$12 per month, with the promised reward of an increase to $15 in three -months, providing the service he rendered was satisfactory to his -employer. - -It is interesting to recall that the Company's present general manager -at Vancouver, Mr. H. T. Lockyer, was at that time also connected with -the B.C. Refinery in the capacity of accountant; and Mr. Veysey was -fortunate in forming a friendship in those days which later proved to be -a source of great help when the experience and assistance of an "older -head" were needed to straighten out, ofttimes, the rough business road -he had to travel. - - -_Joined H.B.C. Service in 1896_ - -A period of five years, however, completed Mr. Veysey's connection with -the refinery. During this time Mr. Lockyer had entered the H.B.C. -service as accountant and perhaps in view of the association begun at -the refinery it was not strange that an opportunity should shortly -present itself enabling Mr. Veysey also to join the Company's service. -On 1st November, 1896, he commenced his duties in the Vancouver office. - -Mr. E. J. Cuchinay was the Company's accountant at Vancouver at that -time, but on account of ill health was being transferred to one of the -Company's steamers as purser. Consequently, his position at Vancouver -had to be filled. - - -_Mr. Lockyer Got Him a New Job_ - -Feeling, as Shakespeare says, that there is a "tide in the affairs of -men," Mr. Veysey decided to approach Mr. Lockyer (who by this time had -attained the position of general manager) and ascertain if he could not -be allowed to show his ability for the position. Mr. Lockyer informed -him that _he had already wired_ Commissioner Chipman, recommending his -appointment and showed him the wire. Mr. Veysey experienced anxious days -while awaiting the reply from Winnipeg; but eventually word was received -approving the appointment. - - -_Mr. Lockyer Gave Him Lesson in Self-Reliance_ - -Perhaps a little incident that occurred soon after Mr. Veysey's -appointment will be appreciated by a great many of the present aspiring -accountants of the Company. The time of the month had arrived when the -famous "Form 20" had to be compiled and with the help of Mr. Lockyer -this task was successfully accomplished. The next month, however, the -young accountant found not a little difficulty in completing this form -unassisted. He thought of Mr. Lockyer's kindly assistance the previous -month and again approached the general manager for help; but much to Mr. -Veysey's surprise, he was met with the reply, "Why, Charlie, I showed -you how to do that last month. Go back and do it." And back he went, and -what is more important, _he did it_. Mr. Veysey often remarks that that -was one of the best turns Mr. Lockyer ever did him. - - -_Handled Big Business During Yukon Rush_ - -Mr. Veysey has many pleasant reminiscences of the days of the Yukon rush -and what it meant to Vancouver. H.B.C. business was so great at that -time that it meant working every night until midnight for five months. -Mr. Lockyer will also remember this strenuous time, as he bore his share -with the rest. Midnight would often come and find him still on the job. - - -_Promoted to Assistant Managership_ - -Promotion again was the order of the day, and Mr. Veysey was made -assistant general manager at Vancouver. In 1908, however, he was -approached by Messrs. Kelly Douglas and Company to join their firm as -credit office manager, which position he filled until 1913, when he was -asked by the Hudson's Bay Company to go to Winnipeg in the capacity of -general manager of the Depot and Wholesale Branch, which had been -rendered vacant by the death of that valued servant of the Company, Mr. -G. W. Cochrane. - - -_Became Wholesale General Manager_ - -Mr. Veysey arrived in Winnipeg in July, 1913, and immediately applied -himself diligently to the task of building up a wholesale business which -should be second to none in the West. It was by no means an easy task, -but perseverance eventually prevailed and H.B.C. Winnipeg Wholesale has -registered great gains. Since Mr. Veysey's appointment at Winnipeg, -wholesale branches of the Company have been established at Saskatoon and -Regina, Saskatchewan, under his management. The H.B.C. candy factory, at -Winnipeg, owes its inception to his efforts for expansion of the -Company's business. - - -_Serves Fur Trade and Stores Efficiently_ - -One of his greatest ambitions has been to operate the depot so -efficiently that the service given both to the fur trade posts and -retail stores would be as near perfect as it was possible to make it. -The Company's many district managers and store managers all over Canada -acknowledge and appreciate the efforts which have been put forward in -this direction by Mr. Veysey's organization. - -Amongst the staff it may be said without fear of contradiction no man -could be held in higher esteem than Mr. Veysey. Exacting, but human, he -is and always ready to lend a helping hand. Having climbed up from the -foot of the ladder himself he believes in employees' earning every step -of their advancement, but he is always prepared to recognize and reward -merit where demonstrated. - - -_Mr. Veysey Always Active in Sports_ - -In the world of sport, Mr. Veysey is an ardent devotee of the ancient -and honourable game of golf, and many predict that some day the Burbidge -cup will be seen reposing in his office. Mr. Veysey also takes a -wholesome interest in curling. His enthusiasm and ability as a "skip" -usually helps place his rink "on top of the league" at the wholesale. - - - - -Rupert's House Notes - - -_Staff Changes_ - -J. S. C. Watt, late in charge of Fort Chimi, succeeds Mr. A. Nicolson, -retired. - -R. J. Sherlaw, late in charge of Mistassinny Post, to charge of Rupert's -House Post. - -A. Brebner, of Aberdeen, Scotland, apprentice clerk. - - -_Mistassinny Post_ - -F. Mcleod, late clerk at Albany Post, succeeds R. J. Sherlaw in charge -of Mistassinny Post. - - -_Woswanaby Post_ - -H. Hawkins, late clerk at Rupert's House, succeeds D. M. Stuart, in -charge of Woswanaby Post. - -Mr. Stuart left on board the S.S. "Nascopie," for a holiday in England. - - - - -Buffalo River Post News - - -We have had considerable sickness among the people of this district but -are glad to say that only a few are now incapacitated. A considerable -number died during last summer. - -Mr. J. M. Cumines, manager of H.B.C. Buffalo River, recently made a very -pleasant trip to Toronto, to visit his mother, who was ill. - -Lamson Hubbard Canadian Fur Company have opened their new store at -Buffalo River. (_But H.B.C. is still here doing business._) - - - - -B.C. District Office News - - -Mr. and Mrs. C. H. French= received congratulations on the birth of a -fine daughter on December 1st. - -Mr. F. B. Wombwell=, B.C. District accountant, returned from a visit to -Mayo Brothers, Rochester, Minn. - -During the past month the H.B.C. Victoria office has had the pleasure of -visits from: - - _Captain Evan J. Edwards, of Montreal, H.M. Senior Trade - Commissioner in Canada and Newfoundland; Mr. L. B. Beale, of - Winnipeg, His Majesty's Trade Commissioner, Department of Overseas - Trade, London; Captain Louis Knaflich, of the Kuskokwim Fishing and - Transportation Company, from whom the Hudson's Bay Company - chartered the "Ruby" for Western Arctic District; Captain J. - Bernard._ - - - - -_Requires Long Trip to Inspect B.C. Posts_ - - -To those of our readers who are "city folk" or whose travel is limited, -the following might prove interesting: - -To make an inspection trip to the Hudson's Bay Company's Posts in -British Columbia District alone a distance of 3758 miles must be covered -as follows: - - _404 miles by trails._ - _974 miles by rivers._ - _56 miles by lake._ - _80 miles by automobile._ - _976 miles by railroad._ -_1268 miles by steamboat._ - - - - -A Seaplane Visits Moose Factory - - -August 27, 1920, will be well remembered by the natives of Moose Island, -as it marks the arrival of the first air machine to any H.B.C. post in -James Bay district. - -A high-pitched, droning noise heralded the approach of the machine; and -soon the 'plane came into view, flying at an altitude of about three -thousand feet. A fine sight it was to see the great bird coming nearer, -suddenly "bank," and, with a great flash of silver, as the sun's rays -glinted on the tilted planes, it nose-dived and planed down to the -"landing" stretch of water, which had been previously marked with a buoy -and red flag. This channel of deep water runs between Moose Island and a -smaller island, the river at this point being of delta formation. - -Meanwhile the inhabitants and the Company's staff had gathered on the -bank, the latter all armed with cameras. A canoe shot out from the river -side and the airmen were soon exchanging greetings with us. - -The seaplane to the Indians was a matter of great mystery and for long -bands of them stood gazing at the craft which the white men had handled -so dexterously. - -During their subsequent trips to their base near Cochrane they very -kindly carried our outward mails. - -The object of the seaplane's journey was the recording by motion -pictures the life and customs of the inhabitants of northern -Canada.--_G.F._ - - - - -FAMOUS TRIPS BY H.B.C. DOG TEAMS - -107 Miles from Dawn to Dark - -By H. M. S. COTTER, _Cumberland House_ - - -In the year 1896 I was in charge of H.B.C. Northwest River Post on the -Labrador. It was customary for the post managers to assemble annually at -district headquarters which at that time was located at Rigolet on the -coast. This council was usually held in April on a specified date. -Rigolet is ninety-two miles from Northwest River by the winter trail. -The trip occupies two days as a rule, and when we left the Post it was -the intention as usual _to run the first fifty miles and camp_ for the -night at a place named the Lowlands. - -[Illustration: _The feet of the dogs are protected by deerskin moccasins -from laceration on sharp edges of the ice_] - -We had the ordinary length of sled or "komatik," which is about twelve -feet long and weighs about a hundred pounds. We carried a load of about -six hundred pounds, which in that part of the country is considered -light. - -We left the Post at 4.30 a.m. April 7th, 1896, just before dawn. The sky -was somewhat overcast and a light wind was blowing from Southwest. The -travelling was good, particularly in the early morning, as the melted -snow of the previous day had dried up during the night. - -Our nine dogs were in the very pink of condition. They displayed a -fierce eagerness to reach the sealing grounds, nine miles below the -Post. - -"Lieutenant" was the leader's name, and second leader, "Friday." Both -these dogs were famous as seal hunters. There was "nothing on four -legs," it was claimed, ever approached them either in respect of speed -or ability to scent seals at long distance. After we reached the sealing -grounds the team broke into a mad pace. No sooner had they run down one -batch of seals than the leaders would scent others long before they were -visible. In this way the speed of the whole team was maintained at a -high rate. - -As the local saying was, the dogs were "seal mad" and getting out of -hand. I had been over these sealing grounds many times, but never had -seen so many seals as on this day. Around the seal or blowing holes they -were not in large numbers, but along the cracks which opened across the -bay and ran for fifteen or twenty miles, the seals were literally in -thousands. It was good sport chasing them. We stopped several times and -speared four, adding about three hundred pounds to our load. But this -seemed to make no difference in the speed of the dogs. - -Finally we got into the Lowlands just before noon, having covered fully -sixty-five miles of our journey. As it was yet early and the dogs -appeared fresh as when they started, we decided after having a light -lunch, to go on to the next stopping place seventeen miles below. The -going was excellent and we did the first twelve miles in ninety minutes; -but coming to rough and hummocky ice we had to bear in towards the shore -to get around it. The wind had swept the rocks clean of snow. Just as we -got on land some caribou appeared across our course immediately ahead. -Well, talk about dogs moving! Their former speed seemed slow in -comparison. They raced over the naked rocks like wolves. I remember -looking behind and seeing a stream of fire flying from the steel shoeing -of the sledge like a shower of sparks from a high-speed emery wheel. The -caribou moved off into the valley and we had a tough job to get the -team onto the ice again. Here we came in sight of more seals. Off we -went again from our course and past the stopping place we had planned; -so we decided to go right on to our destination. _We arrived at Rigolet -before 8 p.m._ - -The Post managers came out and greeted us warmly, remarking however that -we had made slow time, arriving so late in the evening. _They thought we -had left the previous day._ When I announced that we had left only that -morning they said "like ---- you did." We had lost two hours, but in the -fourteen and a half hours we had been actually travelling we had covered -a hundred and seven miles. I am not claiming this is a record, but it is -one of the fastest trips ever made by an H.B.C. dog team with full load. - -_Editor's Note--Mr. James Fraser, who later became H.B.C. District -Manager in Esquimaux Bay, made the trip from Rigolet to Northwest River -in one day on a previous occasion, but as he lost a twenty-eight pound -keg of white lead on the way up much of the glory vanished. The -foregoing is the first of a series of authentic stories which The Beaver -plans to carry in a regular department which may be styled the "Dog -Column"--just plain DOG. Men of the Hudson's Bay: bestir your -"recollection equipment" and let us know if you have a better dog story -than Mr. Cotter's. Particularly are we expecting to hear from J. J. G. -Rosser, of Isle a la Crosse, and Ashton Alston, of Barriere, both famous -"dog skinners."_ - - - - -LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HAUNTS OF CANADA'S FUR-BEARING ANIMALS - -I. - -THE BEAVER - -(_Continued from last Issue_) - - -They have their young during June. When one year old they have two or -three only, the next year as many as six, but in after years the average -number is four. The young stay with their parents for two years and in -the third year they leave and make a home or mate with others who are -making homes for themselves. Under the old unwritten laws of the -Indians, a trap must not be set closer than two hundred yards from a -house, because the young beaver never go that far away from home, -therefore only the two years and older ones would be caught. - - -_Method of Drowning Beaver_ - -Owing to their custom of immediately using their teeth on anything that -interferes with their liberty, a trap must be set in such a way that the -animal drowns or he will in a very few seconds cut his imprisoned foot -off close to the shoulder. The system of drowning is as simple as it is -effective. Every trap chain has a ring on the end of it and is usually -set on the edge of fairly deep water with the chain ring over a stick -that has about half an inch of each branch left on, and has been shoved -in the mud out in deep water. The first thing the beaver does when -caught is to spring out into the water, taking of course train and trap -with him, and the ring easily and naturally slips down the pole and when -it reached the bottom immediately checks the flight of the beaver and -does not allow him to even come to the surface again. Consequently, he -is drowned in a very few moments. Ordinarily he can stay under water for -about ten minutes, but when excited and fighting as he would do when -caught, will drown quickly. - - -_Beaver Tail Useful Implement_ - -The beaver uses its tail to steer with while swimming and to carry the -mud necessary to construct his house. He will scratch a little pile of -earth up with his fore paws, then turn around and scoop his tail under -the loose mud, holding it stiff and straight out behind on the level of -the water while he swims off to where building operations are going on. - -[Illustration: _Two fine, fat, 35 pound beaver_] - - -_How the Beaver Stores Food_ - -The beaver's winter store of food is not put too close to the house, but -usually a considerable distance off; sometimes in deep water in the -middle of a pond or under a bank where the water is too deep to freeze -to the bottom. Sticks of cottonwood, cut as large as can conveniently be -handled, are pulled or even carried on their shoulders while they walk -in an upright position to the water, then floated to the spot selected. -These sticks are not shoved into the mud as has often been stated, but -are piled up or built up just as we would build a raft--the first layer -lying one way, and the second layer crossways on top, each layer having -all crevices filled up with mud until the larder is sufficient for his -winter's needs, and is weighed down level with the top of the water. -When he starts to draw from this store, he pulls a stick out from the -bottom and takes it off to his tunnel leading to the bank close by his -house where meals are served. - - -_Easy To Approach Beaver From Windward Side_ - -Animals usually can detect the approach of danger if it comes from the -windward side. The beaver is not an exception, but one can be within a -few feet of them when the wind is blowing in the opposite direction, and -they fail to get the scent. For example, an Indian wanted a beaver to -eat and as just before camping for the night he had passed some cuttings -only a little way back on the trail, he decided to go back after dark -and see what luck there was for him. He was careful to approach the -workings from the windward side and after listening attentively he could -hear a beaver cutting trees up on the hill side above him. He selected a -sheltered spot in some brush on the windward side of the slide or the -road that was used by the beaver to skid down the cut wood. Presently -along came the animal, struggling with a large piece of cottonwood. The -Indian waited until after the beaver had passed him, then reached out -and caught the stick, holding it firmly, and as soon as the beaver was -satisfied that it was caught it walked back with the intention of -cutting it loose only to get hit on the head with a stick and killed by -the Indian. - - -_The Beaver a Castorum Factory_ - -Both male and female have a pair of glands lying lengthways on the -inside of the skin at the lower extremities, which does not appear to be -controlled as other organs are, but are emptied with the hand by a -downward pressure. The secretion contained in these two bags is a solid -from which oil is extracted and is completely emptied once each year. -Close by every house a handful of dry grass is gathered up and the -castorum deposited, then a few tail-fulls of mud are put on top of it. -What this is done for I am not certain but think it is like a challenge -or a sign that all trespassers will have to fight. When the bags are -emptied in the fall the beaver visit jackpine forests and eat largely of -the gum, I am told by the Indians, for the purpose of replenishing the -castorum supply, and this is likely true, because the odor and character -of the deposit is not unlike pine gum. Castorum has a peculiar -attraction for all wild animals, and the Indians put it to account by -using it as a trap scent. Another advantage it has is that though an oil -substance it is of such a nature that when rubbed on iron traps and set -under water it will not leave the trap and float up like all other oil -substances will do. Commercially it is used as a body in perfumes, -likely also on account of its being able to retain the perfume for such -a long time. - -(_To be continued_) - - - - -G. L. Bellingham Won Way From Clerkship in Land Dept. - -_Assistant Land Commissioner--A Man to Whom Accuracy is Next to -Godliness--Has Earned Continuous Promotion Through 18 Years._ - -By B. A. EVERITT, _Associate Editor_ - - -Mr. G. L. Bellingham, assistant to the land commissioner, hails from -Wales but he has been so long in Canada and has for so many years dealt -with H.B.C. farm lands that he knows his adopted country possibly better -than his native soil. Mr. Bellingham is so intimately in touch with the -Company's widespread land holdings that he can almost tell one the -value, topography, the soil and the tonnage of wild hay on any H.B.C. -parcel out of several thousand dotted over the prairie maps. - - -_Likes to See a "Square Deal" All Round_ - -Mr. Bellingham is keen, active and earnest, with a typical British -temperament, which often reminds one that he is a fighting man all -through--prepared to hold his own in any transaction. Those who know him -best admire his faculty for getting at the "root of things" quickly and -his insistence on absolute justice being meted out to all concerned. - - -_Insists on Clear Understanding_ - -Any arrangement made with Mr. Bellingham could not possibly be -misunderstood or confused. His mastery of details and clearcut -registering of all salient points--always followed by a careful -recapitulation--makes issues unforgettable, whether the occasion be the -sale of a section of land or the arrangement of a curling match. He is -as careful in even the most unimportant dealings as if making a legal -contract. - -[Illustration] - -Mr. Bellingham was born at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, June 17th, -1875. Educated in London and North of England, he entered a Lancashire -stockbroker's office in 1889, where he remained for two years. For ten -years, subsequently, he was in the employ of the town council, resigning -the position of assistant secretary in 1902, to embark for Canada. - - -_Has a Try at Tilling the Soil_ - -The desire to get "back to the land" had got a strong hold upon him, and -Canada's great West presented the most alluring prospects to the young -and adventurous agriculturist. - -One week of the farm's hard labor sufficed. Mr. Bellingham's illusions -of the joy of currying the prairies as a means of enticing wealth broke -and died as the proverbial bubble. His first farm job was either too -"hefty" for Mr. Bellingham or he was not powerful enough for it. - - -_Joined H.B.C. as Clerk in 1902_ - -In Winnipeg, May 16th, 1902, he applied for and obtained a junior -position in the Company's land department, of which Mr. Montague Aldous -was chief clerk and Mr. C. C. Chipman, Commissioner. - - -_Faithful Effort Gains Promotions_ - -Mr. Bellingham applied himself earnestly to learning all there was to -know about land and H.B.C. methods of doing business. He was assigned -one duty after another and, as his good work came to the notice of his -superiors, "graduated" from each new position to a better one. To-day, -he is assistant to the land commissioner, Mr. H. F. Harman. - -When the Company's Edmonton townsite sale of 1912 was inaugurated, Mr. -Bellingham was chosen to take charge of the Edmonton branch, in which -capacity he remained until June, 1916, being then recalled to Winnipeg -to deputize for the assistant land commissioner during the latter's -absence in France. - - - - -WHAT HAPPENED AT MOOSE FACTORY DURING SUMMER AND FALL, 1920 - -Extracts from the Post Journal from Entries by J. L. Gaudet, Post -Manager - - -July 1st--Our steamer, the "Inenew," left this morning on her first trip - to Charlton Island, taking the District staff to the island - for the summer, as this is our summer distributing point. - Dr. Stewart and Rev. W. G. Walton were passengers. - -July 6th--The steamer returned with a cargo for Moose Factory of - Charlton Depot stock. The steamer returned to Charlton with - a load of lumber which I am shipping to the Straits. - -July 14th--The steamer returned with her second cargo from Charlton, and - took another load of lumber for the Strait Posts. Mr. - Johansen of the Biological Branch of the Naval Department of - the Canadian Government, was a passenger on his way to Fort - George. Mr. Fred McLeod and family were also passengers on - their way to Woswonaby Post. Mr. McLeod is going there in - the capacity of Post Manager. - -July 21st--Mr. F. D. Wilson arrived here to-day with two apprentice - clerks, Messrs. Beveridge and Findlay, both from Aberdeen, - Scotland. - -Aug. 3rd--Mr. Aurey, the government treaty paymaster, arrived here on - his annual trip, paying treaty to the Indians. Mr. Aurey is - assisted by Dr. Baker. - -Aug. 10th--Mr. Russell and family, Mr. John Louttit and family, arrived - with the schooner "Fort George." These gentlemen are on - their way out to civilization. Mr. Russell was in charge of - Fort George Post. - -Aug. 14th--Mr. Romanet, general fur trade inspector, arrived here with - Mrs. Romanet and two children. Mr. Romanet says he is here - on an official visit from the Fur Trade Commissioner's - Office. Inspector Phillips and Sgt. Joy, of the R.C.M. - Police, also arrived to-day. They are on their way to the - Belcher Islands to investigate some Eskimo murder case. - -Aug. 17th--A large seaplane, "The Caaz," with Capt. Maxwell as pilot and - Mr. Doan as engineer, landed here this afternoon. This is - the first flying machine to come to Moose Factory and was - quite a sight for our Indians. - -Aug. 19th--The general inspector left on the schooner "Fort George" for - Charlton Island this morning at 7 o'clock. A canoe carrying - the ship's papers and two apprentice clerks, Mr. Gregory and - Mr. Bremner, arrived at 1 p.m., just a few hours late to - catch the schooner which I was holding for that purpose, so - I had to get busy and send off our hay-boat with this mail - to Charlton Island. - -Aug. 23rd--The seaplane landed here to-day on her second trip from Remy - Lake, which is a few miles from Cochrane, with two moving - picture men, Mr. Blake and Mr. Tash. They claim that they - are being sent by the Ontario Government to take pictures. - -Aug. 26th--We had a visit from Capt. Mack to-day. He came with our - schooner "Fort Charles" from Charlton Island, and states - that they had a hard and trying trip coming through the - Straits. Mr. and Mrs. Mayer were also passengers. Mr. Mayer - is our worthy Post Manager at Great Whale River and is on - his way out to civilization on a few months' leave. - -Aug. 27th--The seaplane "Caaz" brought us some newspapers from Cochrane, - dated Aug. 25th, with the latest news. - -Aug. 31st--We have at last managed to extinguish the bush fire which was - started by the Rev. Mr. Haythornthwaite on the 25th inst., - after working day and night since it started. This will be - quite a relief to the many families who are still camped - across the river, as they were afraid to come back. - -Sept. 2nd--Our steamer "Inenew" landed here to-day with our District - Manager, Mr. Rackham, Mr. Romanet, the general inspector, - Mr. Griffith, manager of Albany Post, who is acting as - private secretary to the general inspector, Messrs. Blake - and Tash, movie men, and the Rev. Mr. Walton were - passengers. The seaplane "Caaz" also arrived from Remy Lake - with Mr. Griffin, representing the Toronto _Star_, as - passenger. - -Sept. 21st--Mr. A. Nicolson and family arrived this evening from - Rupert's House, after a hard and trying trip around the - coast. Mr. Nicolson has been in the employ of the Hudson's - Bay Company for forty years. It is with much regret that we - see Mr. Nicolson severing his active services with the good - old Company. - -Sept. 23rd--Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Anderson and child landed here to-day - after spending a few months' holiday in civilization. Mr. - Anderson is on his way to his Post, which is Attawapiskat. - -Oct. 1st--The steamer "Inenew" landed here to-day with the District - Office staff and the balance of our outfit. This finishes - our season's transport. - -Oct. 7th--Capt. G. R. Redfearn, A. Guibeau, engineer, Inspector - Phillips, Sgt. Joy, Mr. Johansen and Mr. Sainsbury left this - morning for Clute. - -Oct. 9th--Hauled out the S.S. "Inenew" to winter quarters and stored - away the hauling gear. - -Oct. 27th--Packet canoes returned from the line to-day and by them - received the first issue of our magazine, _The Beaver_. - -Oct. 29th--Mr. G. R. Ray, fur trade inspector, and Mr. J. B. Neil - arrived here to-day at mid day. - -Nov. 10th--The river is frozen over, and hardly any snow on the ground - as yet. We are having fine weather.--J. L. Gaudet, Post - Manager. - - - - -The Ghost is Foiled in Lac Seul's Haunted Room - -By R. O. OTTEN - - -It was Christmas at Lac Seul Post, that historic place, well known to -men of the North. Quite a number of the Outpost managers had come in to -spend Christmas with the Post Manager and his family. The last to arrive -was Mr. R. He had travelled over 200 miles by dog team and cariole to -get there. After the hand-shaking was over, Mr. M., the Post Manager, -drew Mr. R. aside and asked if he believed in ghosts. Mr. R. laughed and -said he didn't believe in any kind of spirits, except the kind they used -to have at Christmas in the old days, but wanted to know what the joke -was. The Post Manager told him that he had only one room left vacant, -and nobody had slept in that room for years as it was supposed to be -haunted. - -The story was that on two different occasions at the usual Christmas -gathering of the Outpost managers, there had been tragic endings to -several guests who had occupied that room. Both had died from having -their throats cut from ear to ear--and no one had slept there since. Mr. -R. said he didn't believe in such nonsense as ghosts, and wanted to be -shown to the room, as he wanted to get a shave and clean-up before -dinner. He said any kind of a room would look good to him after sleeping -in the snow for the past week. - -The Post Manager showed him to the room which was situated at the rear -of the large dwelling house, away from the rest of the guests. Mr. R. -had just laid out his "glad rags" and was commencing to shave--he had -the razor in his hand--when a feeling came over him that _he was not -alone in the room_. Looking into the mirror, he was horrified to see -there the reflection of a horrible face peering over his shoulder. He -felt his wrist grasped by a claw-like hand. His hand was being forced -slowly up and up, towards his throat. Mr. R. tried to call out for help, -but he was powerless to utter a sound. The hand was still forcing the -razor towards his victim's throat, then it started to draw it across. -Mr. R. gave himself up for lost, when he felt the grip on his wrist -loosen and a baffled expression came over the horrible face. That ghost -was up against modern science. _Mr. R. was using a safety razor._ - - - - -SASKATCHEWAN DISTRICT OFFICE NEWS - - -Congratulations would appear to be in order for Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, -of Fort a la Corne Post, and their daughter Norah on the success -attained by the latter at the recent St. Alban's College (Prince Albert) -term examinations. The following is a quotation from the local paper: - - "Miss Norah Armstrong, the gold medalist of the year at St. Alban's - college, Prince Albert, holds an enviable record in the college. - Miss Armstrong has been a student at St. Alban's for the past four - years, taking her grade 8 diploma in 1917. She was successful in - passing her junior matriculation examination in June, and now holds - the St. Alban's scholarship to the University of Saskatchewan. In - addition to her marked progress in her studies, Miss Armstrong has - found time to distinguish herself along athletic lines, having won - the tennis cup in singles, and also with Miss Phyllis Clarke in the - doubles." - - - - -"SKIPPERING A SCOW" ON THE ATHABASCA - -(_Continued from last number_) - -By N. A. Howland - - -[Illustration] - -When the men in the scow realized their position they did not shout -frenziedly for help. To them the most important business of the moment -was to get a smoke. - - -_They Smoked While Facing Death_ - -The _frenzied_ people were all on shore. Under the calming influence of -tobacco, the wrecked crew surveyed the damage. The boat was intact -though leaking a little. It was impossible for them to extricate -themselves. Even if any of them could swim, an attempt to make the shore -would have proved fatal. They relied on us. Their hope was founded on a -rock as surely as their craft. - - -_Getting Ready for the Rescue_ - -It was not long ere some of the sixty odd men, at Mr. Cornwall's -direction, on the island had run to the warehouse to get rope. -Fortunately being on the scene, he took matters in hand, and as soon as -the necessary tackle had been brought, essayed to rescue the endangered -crew. The only way that this could be done was to get a line aboard the -scow and pull her off. The distance from shore was too great to permit -of a rope being thrown, but there was a rock standing well out of the -water about half way between, from which it might be possible to hurl a -stick; so Cornwall, taking a club in his hand to which was attached a -long cord held by the men on shore, started to work his way out to the -vantage point through the rock-studded stream, struggling from boulder -to boulder, the swirling water gripping and tearing at his legs in an -effort to sweep him away. - - -_Fighting the Torrent_ - -To the tense crowd of men watching it seemed impossible that he could -attain his object, but in spite of the great physical strain slowly and -surely the figure--now waist deep in the current, now pulling himself up -on to a rock, clinging always to the meagre support with a tenacity that -the raging torrent could not break--reached its goal. - - -_Getting A Line Aboard the Wreck_ - -A sense of relief came to those who watched, but not for long. He rested -for a moment to recover his breath; then coolly gathering the small rope -into a coil he made the first throw. A gasp went up from the crowd on -shore. The distance was too great; the stick hit the water fully twenty -feet short. Again and again the attempt failed. Sometimes the missile -fell so close that the rope could almost be reached but they had no -boat-hook aboard. The thrower could not stand up with good footing to do -his work, but from a precarious position threw with arms alone. He -rested, tired by his exertions. Suddenly he gathered all his strength -and at imminent hazard of hurling himself into the river sent the stick -with unerring aim over its mark. - - -_We Pulled the Scow Off the Rock_ - -A mighty cheer went up from all the watchers. It was but a moment's work -to haul in the cable and make it fast to the end of the scow; every -available man on shore found a place on the line, and pulled with might -and main to the cry of "Yo heave ho!" that she creaked in every seam and -her square end was drawn bow-shaped under the strain on that fragile -rope. Pull as we might, our efforts to dislodge her were unavailing. -Something had to give, however. It was the line which parted with a -snap, hurling us to the ground. A groan went up from those in danger, -for in a moment they fell from the highest hope to the lowest depth of -despair. They were in worse plight than before, but steadfastly the -business of renewing communication with the scow proceeded without -delay. Cornwall's efforts were again crowned with success. Little by -little our task was accomplished and we were gratified to see the men -who were in the water scramble aboard in great haste, as with a rousing -cheer we let go the cable. - - -_A Tenderfoot Spectator_ - -When we had first arrived at the head of the rapids the previous day, a -little man with a large outfit was found encamped on the river bank -unable to proceed any further, waiting for something or somebody to turn -up. Ten days had passed before help arrived. He had been brought hither -by a gasoline engine and canoe, his only companions so far as is known -being two spaniels. This gentleman styled himself a prospector -ostensibly bound for Fond-du-Lac to investigate the silver strike there; -but his proceedings and appearance belied the assertion, for if there -were a man who should not have left the shelter of the paternal wings, -it was he. The impression gained was that he was one of those helpless -useless atoms of humanity that are misfits anywhere, but in the North, -where one must be self-reliant, doubly out of place. He having arranged -with Mr. Cornwall for a "lift" from there to Fort McMurray, lay all day -on his bedding in the sand surrounded by his goods and chattels, playing -with his dogs, bestirring himself only to take a photograph occasionally -or get a bite to eat. - - -_Fondled His Spaniels and Looked On_ - -He was apparently oblivious to the tragedy being enacted within a -hundred yards of him. This man called down upon himself the contempt and -scorn of all men present by remaining inert, lazily fondling his -spaniels whilst men's lives trembled in the balance. His hand upon the -rope would not perhaps have helped much, but we should at least have -known that he was a man. The sequel to his apathy was that next day he -was deposited on the main land below the rapids and where it was -intimated to him that his company was no longer desirable. - - -_An All Night Mosquito Raid_ - -Whether fired by a spirit of recklessness by the events of the day, or -whether the writer was too tired to return to his camp on the mainland -with the men is of little consequence, but be it known that his -mosquito-bar was there. Needless to say, the mosquitoes were victorious. -We needed no alarm clock that morning because the enemy forced me out of -bed during the night to upbraid myself for a fool. Not a wink of sleep -for me as a result; however, we got an early breakfast out of it. - - -_The Tug "Crester" Wrecked_ - -My Russians were making good progress removing the rails, the freight -having been all portaged, and the scows run through the previous day -were being drawn up to the Island and reloaded. About 10 o'clock Captain -Barber started to run the tug "Crester" through the rapids without -steam, steering with auxiliary in case of accident. Disaster dogged the -footsteps of the railroad party apparently. Nothing had gone well so -far. The climax had arrived. Those who were watching the river gave a -shout. All eyes went to the rapid immediately; there was the "Crester" -shooting down through the roughest of the water well over on the land -side, out of control. We learned later that her rudder had been smashed. -We saw her take a few bad bumps from a distance of two hundred yards; -then with a final heave she seemed to be lifted bodily and dashed on the -rocks close inshore where she lay a wreck with her bottom stove in, -broadside to the current with the waves breaking over her. - -[Illustration] - - -_The "Crester" Dismantled_ - -There were no casualties. With the aid of spars, the crew were easily -able to make the land. It was the middle of the afternoon before it was -possible for me to go over and see the tug. In the space of six hours -the captain, engineer and boatmen had her completely dismantled and all -her "innards" ashore, whilst preparations were being made to pull her -off and float her down the rest of the way into the Big Eddy, where she -could be patched up. - -(_To be continued_) - - - - -Moose Island Afire - -_Clergyman's Bonfire Grows Into Conflagration, Threatening H.B.C. Post -and Natives' Homes_ - -BY GEO. FINDLAY, Moose Factory - - -A Journal extract, dated August 25th, 1920, states briefly that: - - "The Rev. Mr. Haythornthwaite while burning old tree stumps at the - back of the Mission allowed the fire to run on, thereby setting - alight the adjoining bush." - -That day, a Wednesday, was excessively hot, and, as the whole summer had -been very warm, all the bush and undergrowth must have been perfectly -dry. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the cry of "Fire" went up, and from -the southwest end of the island a big column of smoke began to darken -the air, blowing in the direction of the Post. - -For some minutes the natives stood gazing and then the realization that -the Island was afire broke upon them. Something akin to panic set in. -Canoes were loaded. Food, blankets and tents were thrown haphazardly -into them, and they were swiftly paddled to the opposite bank of the -river by the fear-stricken natives. - -Imagine the scene: The river dotted with canoes, with their -multicoloured loads; the roar of the ever-increasing fire, as it was -fanned by a slight breeze, and the strange stillness that pervaded the -Post, which can be sensed only in a deserted place. - -The servants returned as soon as their families were safely "entrenched" -on the other side of the river, and each with his axe hurried to the -scene of the outbreak. - -In company with Mr. Gaudet, our Post Manager, I went to see the progress -made by the fire. Often we were compelled to change our route through -the bush on account of the terrific heat and the choking, blinding -smoke. In many places great patches of undergrowth were blazing quite a -distance from the body of the fire, sparks having been blown ahead by -the wind. - -The roar of the fire was deafening as it caught fresh trees, shooting -great lurid tongues of flame up their entire thirty feet. Darker and -darker grew the air; the heat became fiercer; the fire advanced as if to -satisfy its terrible hunger by enveloping the entire Island in its -scorching clutch; and as we walked back to the deserted Post thoughts of -having to abandon it ran through our minds. - -However the wind dropped, and the little band of fire fighters worked -hard to accomplish their task. Had the wind risen, the whole island -would have been devastated. - -All that night, and the succeeding five days and nights, gangs of -natives (who had by this time got over their fright) and servants -watched the fire until it was successfully stamped out. - -[Illustration: _Assembly of Indians who received H.B.C. Long Service -Medals at Fort Alexander_] - -[Illustration: _Robust sons of Post manager W. A. Murray, at Fort -Alexander, Manitoba_] - - - - -WINNIPEG - - -RESOLVED - -_Jan. 1, 1921_ - -that New Year's resolutions are not going out of fashion, as witnessed -by the following answers to the query, "What is One of your New Year's -Resolutions." - -_J. H. Pearen_--To remain young that I may laugh with my children. To be -considerate at all times of the aged and infirm or those in need of -encouragement. - -_W. Ogden_--To think more, talk less and to go through each day fully -realizing that the opportunities which come to me lie in the present and -not in the future. - -_Thos. F. Reith_, Card-writer--That I try to emulate the well-known -Beaver and turn out heaps of - - B_right_ - E_ffective_ - A_rtistic_ - V_igorous_ - E_nterprising and_ - R_eadable_ - -show cards, tickets and signs during 1921, in which case I expect to -"BE-A-VER-"Y busy Card-writer. - -_Geo. W. Ashbrook_--It is my opinion that a New Year's resolution, if -sincere, should be confined to the individual's eye alone and not open -to the gaze of the public. - -_S. Kaufman_--One of my resolutions for 1921 is to endeavor to reduce my -weight twenty pounds by applying myself assiduously to the royal sport -of curling during the winter season and by strenuously playing tennis -during leisure hours in the summer time. - -_Miss D. Bens_--To be true to my word, my work and my friends. To make -all I can, to save all I can and give all I can. - -_J. W. Frankish_--We are aiming at 100% efficiency in selling our -merchandise. It should be sold on the same basis as we buy it. More -attention by sales staff in introducing all the new merchandise as it -enters the department. This is our intention in departments 3 and 5 for -1921. - -_Chas. Healey_--Do it now! This is my New Year's resolution. It is so -easy to put things off when just a little "pep," a little extra energy -is needed. So much can be gained and greater satisfaction can be given -to all. Do it now! - -_A. C. Dunbar_--I will increase my efficiency--(power to produce)--by -studying, plus analyzing, plus determination, plus application, equals -increased efficiency. - -_J. Whalley_--That every business act of mine will be executed with the -full belief that it is for the best interest of the firm. - -_Saml. Drennan_--To continue placing more confidence in the washboard -than in the Ouija board. - -_I. N. Cognito_--Not to engage any more handsome looking salesgirls, as -those I now have are all engaged--and may get married. - -_W. R. Ogston_--One of my resolutions for the New Year will be to govern -my actions, thought and speech towards my fellowmen by the well-known -principle of "The Golden Rule" and to do my work in such a way that at -the close of each day I may feel that I have accomplished something. - - -Winnipeg Moustache Club - -_Semi-Annual Report_ - -Just prior to the closing of the outfit ending January 31st, 1920, a -careful inventory discloses the following state of affairs. The showing -is not entirely satisfactory, but it is felt that some progress is being -made. - -_Moustaches on Hand_--None. - -_Moustaches on Upper Lip_--Twenty divided among the following "heads of -stocks": Messrs. Frankish, Goody, Grant, Moore (tailoring), Lade, -Fuller, Hughes, Lackie, Weeden, Blowers, Leveque, Dickens, Harrison, -Hardiman, Keeley, Chambers, Duckneau, Breitner, Clark, Pugsley (?). - -_New Member_--Mr. T. Nichols. (Greetings, brother). - -_Under Suspicion_--Mr. C. M. Thomas, Mr. C. Robinson, Mr. Robt. -Cunningham. - -_The Club's National Anthem_--"The Bonnie Bloomin' Heather." - -_Legend for Club's New Escutcheon_--"The Weight of a Hair Will Turn the -Scales."--_Shakespeare._ - -_Remarks_--All members and supporters are urged to consult Mr. Saalfeld -re irregularities of growth observed from time to time. Renovation for -spring should be undertaken early. Special rates to members for loan of -Hoover electric sweepers. Use of garden rakes or weeders will result in -suspension from Club privileges. Special attention is called to the -alarming recurrence of the grasshopper plague prophesied for June and -July. - -[Illustration: DO YOU REMEMBER this remarkable aggregation? This is the -formidable H.B.C. Football Team, Season 1911-12. - -_From left to right_--Madill, Jones, Medland, Isaacs, Everitt, Paul, -Brodie, Dyde, Foulks, Sheldon, Campbell, Mr. A. H. Doc, Law, Smith, -Allan.] - - -Managers' Social Dramatic Affair - -As merry a company as ever graced a festal board met at the store -buyers', managers' and assistants' social in the lunchroom, Thursday -evening, January sixth. The highly edible and diversified "wittles" were -disposed of with a display of "wim" and "wigor" which did justice to all -traditions. Entire arrangements for the occasion were undertaken by the -ladies, and the zest with which the entertainment proceeded brought down -the applause of the whole assembly. - -Speech, anecdote, jest, song and a three-act drama, starring the -celebrated tragedian, Samuel Drennan, were features of an altogether -enjoyable and profitable evening. - - -Are We 100 Per Cent Efficient? - -By R. J. HUGHES - -I wonder how many of us could answer the question at the head of this -article truthfully without a considerable amount of self-study, and if -we did stop and analyze ourselves would we find that we could say, "Yes, -I am 100 per cent. efficient." Now, let us consider for a minute what -"efficient" really means. - -Turning to your dictionary, you will find the definition, "capable of -producing the desired results." Are we really prepared to say "yes, I am -capable of producing the desired results." If you can't, you are not 100 -per cent. efficient and must find the reason why. It does not matter -what position you hold or what the nature of your work is, if you are -efficient, advancement is bound to be waiting. - -In a recent issue of _The Beaver_ was a copy of what was called "A -man-rating chart" and a statement that stores' staff promotions are -governed by efficiency. Study this chart and see how many points you can -honestly claim to have mastered. Whatever you do, don't go round like -some people saying, "I am 100 per cent. efficient." If you really are, -the management will soon notice it and promotion will come your way. -Next month I will tell you what an important part memory takes in -efficiency. - - -Y-O-U! - -_What's the Matter With You, Anyway?_ - -By ELMER PUGSLEY - -There are two ways, 'tis said, by which to get into "society"--either by -flattering or shocking it. But though the writer had the honeyed tongue -of the anteater, this is no time to coddle and soothe you with some -linseed-poultice sort of caressing lullaby. It's New Year's and I am -deliberately setting out to fire up your "dander." Of course, you may be -able to prove an alibi, but, otherwise, if these few plodding lines -succeed in making you really boiling, red-hot "mad"--(not just angry, -you understand)--that will be the best proof that you're still -conscious--and there's hope for you. We shudder when we read of "so and -so" being picked up unconscious, but I could pick up numbers of people -in that pitiable predicament any day--people who somehow got into the -business world, strange to say. - -You stand at the outset of a New Year. Scientists think there have been -living beings on this old planet for 500,000 of those time-measures we -call years--but there is _only one_ you can be sure of--that's _this_ -year. It's a wonder you didn't think of that without being told! Glance -back over the old year's glimmering trail now fading into whatever such -things fade into. It is strewed with regrets and wasted opportunities -that slipped through your careless fingers! Aren't you ashamed? - -What's the matter with you anyway? Don't you care much? Aren't you -interested in the big proposition called "life", more than just enough -to watch the procession of progressive mortals passing? You'll never -keep up with them if you don't pad right along! Wouldn't you like to -strike out for a real goal, eh? You have the stuff in you if you'd just -shake yourself a little to rouse your rusting gifts. Don't turn over the -key to the bailiff just because you weren't born under a favorable sign -in the zodiac. Even if your teacup doesn't read right--pshaw! you -wouldn't let a thing like that spoil your future! Never mind if the -bumps on your head are in the wrong place; jump into the scuffle and -you'll receive any other bumps you need before you're through. A chap is -said to have advertised his brains for sale the other day--"good as -new--never been used." He never served in The Hudson's Bay, that fellow. -No, sir! - - * * * * * - -The very air is surcharged with pleas to you to launch out and -distinguish yourself. Self advancement is the theme of the age. No one -can do as much for you as you can do for yourself. You're a regular -"powerhouse" of possibilities if you have enough gumption to utilize -them. You remember you turned down a smashing good chance to get ahead, -when, for the sake of a few paltry frivolities, you sacrificed that -special study course which you could have mastered in 1920. You know -better than that. You saunter along through life as if you had a -thousand years to put in here. Train the microscope on your freckled -career and set about to remedy things. Come now, get hold of yourself! -It's all beginning over again--New Year--new page--new everything! -Tackle something that's so much bigger than you that it scares you! -That's the way to grow accustomed to accomplishing big things. This is -_your_ year! How do you know that you're going to have another as good? -Make this your motto--pin it to your New Year's resolutions--"This is -_My_ Year!"--and in sooth it _will_ be your year! - - -Miss McCheyne's name was inadvertently omitted from the formerly -published list of names of those completing ten years' service. - -Since the change in markets Miss Winslow, our postmistress-in-general, -is worried for fear someone is going to tear in one of these days and -ask what the new replacement price is on two cent postage stamps. - -Someone turns in an unsigned report about the prevalence of "sparklers" -getting hard on the eyes around the bureau of adjustment. - - -First Snowshoe Tramp - -By Land Staff - -Eighteen members of the Land Department staff snowshoed out to the home -of Mr. B. Everitt, our genial associate editor, at East Kildonan, -Saturday evening, December 18th. The party gathered at Redwood bridge -and tramped north by way of Red River. - -About half way it was found necessary to call a halt owing to the guide -being missing. His rejuvenated appearance upon eventually overtaking the -main party led to some doubt as to the generally accepted meaning of -"air holes," which were reported to be the cause of the delay. - -While there was not sufficient snow to make real good tramping, what was -lacking in this respect was more than compensated for by the enjoyable -time provided by the host and hostess at the conclusion of the hike. -Here games and dancing were indulged in until midnight, when the party -was brought to an end with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne."--_F.H.N._ - - -_An Error Rectified_ - -As some error in the names of the long service medalists had been made -at the opening of the Anniversary Celebration, our general manager's -office was the scene the other day of a pleasant little ceremony when -Mr. Chas. E. Robinson was made the recipient of his long service medal. -It was presented by Sir Augustus Nanton, chairman of the Canadian -Advisory Committee, Mr. FitzGerald and Mr. Sparling being also present. -"Charlie" has been with the Store since June 6, 1904, and is one of the -bulwarks. - -Mr. James Thomson, former Commissioner of lands and furs, was warmly -welcomed home at Winnipeg, December 23rd, after an absence of several -months in the Orkney's and Scotland. - - - - -EDMONTON - - -LAND OFFICE - -[Illustration: _Our photograph shows Mr. J. R. McIntosh, H.B.C. Land -Agent in charge of the Edmonton Land Office, with his secretary and Mr. -Henderson (standing). Mr. McIntosh and staff who are actively associated -with the Company's housing scheme, operate from these modern offices in -the McLeod Building._] - - -Retail Store Notes - -Recent Changes Among Store's Department Heads - -Changes never seem to come singly, for since the first appearance of -_The Beaver_ no less than five important executive appointments have -been made in the store; and another is scheduled for the very near -future. - - * * * * * - -Mr. Chasey, the new buyer for the men's clothing departments, and Miss -M. Doherty, the new buyer for the hosiery and gloves, are now firmly -established on their feet and are making noteworthy progress. - - * * * * * - -We now welcome to our ranks three more recent arrivals: - - * * * * * - -Mr. Pallett is another Easterner who has heard the call of the West. Mr. -Pallett succeeds Mr. Jenkins as buyer of the trimmings and ribbons. He -was previously with the T. Eaton Company for several years. Mr. Pallett -is very favorably impressed with the City of Edmonton and predicts a -great future for the store. - -Mr. Secord is the new buyer of the ladies' ready-to-wear, and successor -to Mr. Woodman. Mr. Secord was previously with the Robert Simpson Co., -of Toronto, nine years buyer of the ladies' ready-to-wear and fur -department. Since coming to the store, Mr. Secord has won the esteem of -the entire staff and we predict a rosy future for the department under -his supervision. - -Mr. J. McLeod has succeeded Mr. McKee as buyer of the cigar and candy -departments. Mr. McLeod was recently floor manager on the second floor -and was previously manager of the grocery department, Hudson's Bay -Company, Retail, Vernon, B.C. - - -Hail to Our New Assistant "Chief" - -This new appointment was effective on December 13th, 1920. Besides -holding the position of assistant manager, Mr. McKenzie will also act in -the capacity of merchandise manager, thereby relieving Mr. F. F. Harker -of a big burden. Mr. Harker has for the past twelve months acted in the -dual capacity of manager of the store as well as merchandise manager. - -Mr. G. M. McKenzie was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, serving his -apprenticeship in the dry goods and men's wear business. In 1901 he -came to Canada and joined the firm of Jaeger & Company, subsequently -holding the position of stores manager and supervisor of the factory in -Montreal. In 1916 Mr. McKenzie heard the call of his country and -proceeded to the front, serving with His Majesty's forces in France -until March, 1919. - -Upon returning to Canada he accepted a position with the R. J. Tooke -Company as general manager of the retail stores in Montreal. His recent -appointment as assistant manager of the Edmonton store will fill a long -felt want. - - * * * * * - -[Illustration: _Mr. P. A. Stone, president of the Amusement and Athletic -Association, which has grown to embrace a dozen varied athletic and -social activities since its inauguration in September, 1919._] - - * * * * * - -Mrs. Lewis recently rejoined the staff after an absence of two years. -She is in charge of the lace and neckwear department. We are glad to -welcome her back. - -Miss Law is also an old member of the staff who has recently come back -to the store. During her absence she was with the Company's store at -Calgary. She is resuming her duties here in the ribbon department. - -Miss McAdam, who has been in the Company's service for the past seven -years, has left us for the coast. Miss McAdam was a very popular member -of the staff and we regret exceedingly to lose her. - -Mr. Howey, of the men's furnishings department, is an expert hockey -player. We have no doubt he will be a valuable acquisition to the -store's team. - -Mr. C. Stapells, house furnishings buyer, and Mr. Hewes are very busy -these days supervising the draperies and furnishings for the palatial -new Empire theatre. - -We have heard that a certain young lady on the third floor has lost her -heart and is going to sign a life contract in the very near future. - - -The A. and A. A. Concert Reveals Real Artists - -Another of those very enjoyable concerts which are staged periodically -through the winter months by the Amusement and Athletic Association, was -held in the "Hudsonia" dining room on Thursday evening, December 2nd, at -which about 150 members and their friends were present. - -The association was again fortunate in hearing Mr. R. L. Bateman, who -rendered "She Is Far from the Land" and, in response to a hearty encore, -"For You Alone" was all that could be desired. - -Miss Kate Hamilton sang "Bird Songs" in which her beautiful voice was -heard to very great advantage. - -Mrs. Roy Carbert sang Tosti's "Good Bye," and as an encore, "Angus -MacDonald." - -Mr. Bert Crockett sang "There's Life in the Old Dog Yet," which was very -much appreciated, he being vociferously encored. - -All the other artists are members of the staff and their songs were all -rendered in admirable style. - -One exceptionally pleasing number was the duet, "Tenor and Baritone," -Mr. T. A. Crockett's tenor and Mr. Digney's baritone voices blending in -perfect harmony. - -Miss Edna Southen and Miss K. Riddle were two excellent sopranos, whilst -Miss W. E. Crowther's sweet contralto voice has never been heard to -greater advantage. - -Mr. T. A. Crockett and Mr. George Saunders have fine tenor voices, -whilst Mr. G. Robert's deep bass was used with effect in "Out on the -Deep." - -Mr. C. Digney was splendid in "Captain Mack" and later his rendering of -"My Old Shako" was perfect. - -Miss Moore acted as accompanist throughout and in addition gave a duet -in company, with her sister. - -One cannot speak too highly of Miss Moore's assistance, as she is always -ready and willing to help in any way that will add to the enjoyment of -the staff, whether it be as accompanist or soloist. - -Mr. P. A. Stone, president of the Amusement and Athletic Association, -acted as chairman. - - -Community Singing is Getting Results - -Community singing for the staff, which was inaugurated at the Edmonton -store, November 1st, 1920, is reported to be an unqualified success. - -The staff arrive at 8.45 a.m. and sing usually two songs before 8.55 -a.m. bell sounds, when the covers are removed preparatory to the day's -business. - -The initiative was taken by the Amusement and Athletic Association. The -fact that it is still retaining the original interest proves that the -all-important co-operation has been obtained; hence the success. - -Whilst it is impossible yet to gauge the full extent of the benefits -derived from community singing, it may be said that the early morning -"grouch" is dissipated, and that alone makes it worth while, as it -leaves the staff in a happier frame of mind. This cannot but conduce to -the betterment of the service afforded to customers. - -From community singing to a trained choir is but a step, since even the -untrained singer gradually falls into and holds the time and rhythm of -the piece being sung, so that from an untrained band of voices a -perfectly functioning choir is created. - -This is the aim of the Edmonton Amusement and Athletic Association, and -with a continuance of the staff's co-operation that end will be -attained. - - -The Ad. Man's Destiny - - Mr. Jack Prest was going home one night in the street car. It was - late, and the man sitting next to him began to talk. "What business - are you in?" he asked. "The advertising business," replied Jack. - "Is that so? Well, well, I used to be in the advertising business - myself. I gave it up though and went into the rag-and-old-bottle - business. I was a sandwich man for the Empire Theatre for six - months." "Say," and he leaned over confidentially, "Ain't it hard - when the wind blows?" - - - - -CALGARY - - -The Rank and File - -By F. R. REEVE - -The newspapers recently had much to say concerning the remarkable honors -paid in England and France to the bodies of two unknown soldiers who -fell on the battlefields. - -It was a nation's whole-hearted recognition of the fact that Victory was -after all due to the efforts and self-sacrifice of the rank and file. - -In the scheme of life each one of us has a definite sphere to fill. Lest -those who now constitute the rank and file in the service of the Company -should be inclined to regard their positions with something of -dissatisfaction, as being of no importance, I would have them take a -lesson from the honors paid to these two unknown soldiers. - -Upon those who constitute the front rank, those who come in contact with -the public, the whole success of this great Company depends. - -Behind you it is true, stretches a long line that reaches back from the -junior buyer, through to the Governor himself, but the work accomplished -by this wonderful organization does not reach its greatest success -except through your co-operation. - -The transaction between a customer and salesperson is not just so much -money changing hands for a certain article. It represents the crowning -success of a long series of operations, that, through your hands as the -H.B.C. representative, reaches the goal for which it was intended, an -appreciative buying public. - -Upon the conduct of the rank and file--upon the impressions that are -derived from your personality--is this Company judged. - -The courtesy, helpfulness and efficiency that are displayed by you are -the greatest assets this Company has. To know and to realize that no -matter what your position in the service of the Company may be, that the -Company is absolutely depending on your efforts will be to create in you -a greater desire for helpfulness and efficiency which cannot fail to -mean greater success for yourself and Company too. - - - - -VANCOUVER - - -_Everybody Boost for Our 1921 Hockey Team_ - -It has been asked of the editor why there were not more attending the -hockey games last winter, and why the H.B.C. employees were very -backward in supporting their own team, being especially conspicuous by -their absence. We've a dandy team this year, folks, and the boys sure -would like some "rooters." Come along and bring your friends and the -horn off the old Ford. Help the team make a name for themselves in the -Commercial League. The following are the names of our players: - - _W. E. Almas (Capt.)_ - _E. Herbert_ - _P. Timmins_ - _Chub Anderson_ - _R. M. Mair_ - _J. Gilroy_ - _J.C. Hamm_ - _J. McDonald_ - _J. D. Barber_ - _C. Boe_ - - * * * * * - -We were very grieved to hear on December 10th of the death of Mr. -Patterson, husband of Mrs. W. Patterson, cashier in our children's shoe -department. - - * * * * * - -We are also bereaved of one of our old employees, Mr. James Hallisy, who -passed away at his home on December 10th. The deceased was on our night -staff, and had been in the Company's employ since 1918. - - * * * * * - -The army and Navy League Hall again witnessed a popular H.B.C. dance. -Approximately 350 attended and tripped the light fantastic to the -strains of Garden's orchestra. Mr. Skelly, chairman, and his competent -committee had charge of the affair, which was carried off without a -hitch to a very successful ending. - - -_Mr. Lockyer Elected President of Vancouver Exhibition Association_ - -Holding their first meeting since taking office, the directors of the -Vancouver Exhibition Association on Dec. 16th elected Mr. H. T. Lockyer, -manager of the Hudson's Bay Company, Vancouver retail store, as -president for the ensuing year.--_Vancouver Province._ - - * * * * * - -Mr. W. W. Frazer, the popular buyer for china and glass, left for Europe -in the interests of his section, early this month. Many laudatory -remarks were overheard by Eastern and American tourists anent his last -collection of lovely china. Mr. Frazer apparently knows where to get -them. "Where do they get all these pretty patterns--there's not an ugly -one among them"--exclaimed a lady from Ottawa recently, and went on to -say she had never seen a better display in New York, Montreal or -Toronto. But that's Mr. Frazer's secret. We wish him bon voyage and the -best of luck this time. - - * * * * * - -Miss A. K. Smith, too, buyer of notions, neckwear, laces, trimmings, -hankies and fancy jewellery, has been chosen for a trip abroad after the -airy fairy "nothings"--"the stuff that dreams are made of"--that are so -dear to feminine hearts. Her return from Europe ladened with spoils will -be looked forward to with interest by her constituency in Vancouver. You -may be sure Miss Smith will not overlook any of the cute or smart little -knick-knacks that are being shown in the marts over there, and we shall -all have an opportunity to be more than ever up-to-date on her return. -Vancouver is to be congratulated on having two buyers in whom the -Company has so much faith and confidence as to entrust with this -important foreign buying. - - -_The Tell-Tale Inventory_ - -A Vancouver bailiff went out to levy on the contents of a house. The -inventory began in the attic and ended in the cellar. When the -dining-room was reached the tally of furniture ran thus: - -_One dining room table, oak._ - -_One set of chairs (6), oak._ - -_One sideboard, oak._ - -_Two bottles of whiskey, (full)!_ - -Then the word "full" was stricken over and replaced by "empty" and the -inventory went on in a hand that struggled and lurched across the page, -until it closed with: - -"_One revolving door mat._" - - -_Mr. Greer Gets a Regular Shower of Good Things_ - -By E. Bell - -Of the recent year end festivities enjoyed by Hudson's Bay employees -perhaps none had more of the _vivres_ and relish of the days of real -sport than the banquet tendered Mr. Greer by his staff in the display -department. - -This event took place in the Barron Hotel to begin with and ended at a -box party to the opera to witness the "Dance Shop." The menu of the -dinner, which was enjoyed both wisely and well, gives some of the -unlucky individuals who were not invited an appetizer even to read: - - _Greer Soup_ - _Goose a la Greer_ - _Oyster Cocktail, Y.M.C.A._ - _Celery a la Celestial Citizen_ - _Brussels Sprouts a la Lulu Island_ - _Fried Sweet Potatoes, Brunette_ - _Hot Toasted Rolls, Blonde_ - _Combination Salad a la Display_ - _French Pastry Translated Cake, Devilled_ - _Creme de Chaufroid Cafe d'Hots D'el_ - -(_N.B.--S.O.S. Calgary. M. Laparique, please note. Can you beat it?_) - -Having done full justice to these delectable viands the innocent -occasion of so much mirth was next trotted to the opera, where his -friends had taken the precaution to present him with a lorgnette or -opera glass, we forget which. (Anyway it was not a monocle.) -Notwithstanding, to the everlasting credit of the display department, -they all turned up next morning on time and in the best of spirits. - - -_Old-Time Employees Visit the Store_ - -Among the guests of the Store last month were Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. -Baird, both old-time employees of the Company, who devoted a number of -years of faithful service in the old store and two or three years in the -new store. - -Mr. Baird was secretary to the general manager, Mr. Lockyer. In 1917, he -went to Honolulu for a new field to conquer. He was there but a little -while before he sent for his fiancee, Miss Beck, then the general -manager's stenographer. As soon as she arrived in Honolulu they were -married. Being accustomed to speculating and used to seeing money made -out of land, Mr. Baird (in face of much opposition) bought a piece of -land and built three cottages thereon--an investment which proved a good -one and a money maker. - - - - -KAMLOOPS - - -H.B.C. Kamloops Store Dates Back to 1812 - -_Location Has Changed Several Times to Keep Pace With Growth of City_ - -By A.E. DODMAN - -The Company's store at Kamloops dates back to the year 1812 and it is -therefore one of the oldest establishments at present existing in the -stores department. - -The original location was some distance from the present store site, as, -like all Western towns, the business centre has changed several times, -and the Company found it necessary to change from time to time in order -to keep pace with the natural growth of the city. - -The present premises were purchased and remodelled by the Company in -1911, and have a frontage of 75 feet on Victoria Street, extending 125 -feet on Second Avenue with two entrances on Victoria and one on Second -Avenue. - -The building consists of two stories and basement. In addition the -Company also operates a wholesale and retail tobacco and candy business -on rented premises situated at the corner of Victoria Street and Third -Avenue. - -The business at Kamloops comprises eight departments--general dry goods, -ladies' wear, men's furnishings, boots and shoes, crockery and hardware, -house furnishing, groceries and tobaccos. - -Miss Brooke, of the grocery staff, resigned her position with the -Company and was married on January 1st, 1921. She was presented with a -travelling bag by the staff. We wish her all kinds of joy and happiness -in her new venture. She was a real "good fellow" and will be greatly -missed by us. - -Miss Muir has accepted the position made vacant by Miss Brooke of the -Grocery Department. We wish Miss Muir every success. - -Miss Cozens says she was never "locked out" in her life, but she -experienced the feeling of being "locked in." She says "never again." - -The Staff presented Mr. A.E. Dodman, our store manager, and Mrs. Dodman -with a Christmas gift of a very handsome tea set with best wishes. - - * * * * * - -A rumour is heard to the effect that Mr. McDonald, the accountant, has -become an expert dancer, and has accepted an invitation to teach three -ladies the fine points in dancing. Nice for Mac, but kind of tough on -the ladies. - - * * * * * - -After a very busy and most successful Christmas trade the staff have -settled down for the most successful January sale we have ever had. - - - - -VERNON - - -_Entire Staff a Santa Claus to Mr. Pout, Xmas_ - -On Christmas Eve, at the close of the biggest day in the history of the -Vernon Store, the staff gathered for a few minutes to extend good wishes -and exchange tokens of friendship. At the conclusion, Mr. Pout was -captured when trying to tip-toe off, set securely within the smiling -circle, and compelled to listen to the following effusion which Tom -Bone, the store poet, says he did not compose. It is now being blamed on -Jack Ricketts, and so far Jack hasn't denied it. - - _Our dear respected Mister Pout - We guess you guess what we're about; - If not, you won't be long in doubt, - But get the sense, - So we shall quickly put to rout - Your dread suspense._ - - _It's Christmas time, as you well know, - And we have gathered here to show - That years may come and years may go, - With rush and zest, - But our good feelings far outgrow - This timely test?_ - - _It gives us joy to give to you - This coffee service, bright and new, - And wish that all things good and true - That hope conjures, - May travel all the next year through - With you and yours._ - -Mr. Pout was too full for words (_honi soit qui mal y pense_), but he -managed to express his hearty thanks for the splendid support and -co-operation he had received from the entire staff during the Christmas -rush, also for the kind thought which prompted the giving of such a -beautiful gift. - -The coffee pot was one of those long narrow "prohibition" coffee pots -that you are unable to tell what is inside of until you taste the -contents. - -Tom Harrison struck up "He's a Jolly Good Fellow." "Arry" thought it was -"Auld Lang Syne" and started off on his own, while James Henderson, in -an endeavour to put them both right, commenced "Will You No Come Back -Again." - -When the company broke up, those three were still at it, and nobody -could tell which was winning.--_R.W._ - - * * * * * - -Miss Cridland, treasurer of our Sisters' Sewing Circle, has been absent -from the meeting several week. We were surprised to see her at the last -meeting. She says her absence has been due to the fact that she had to -attend "prayer meetings." We have since learned that a certain young -man's "tin Lizzie" is being overhauled. May it take all winter--so -Gladys will be at every meeting. - - * * * * * - -Miss Phillys Ripley, the girl with the sparkling eyes, assisted for -several weeks in the hardware department but is back once again at her -old stand tying bows for the kiddies. Her eyes still sparkle and there -are many beaus waiting for her to cast her spell on one of them so that -two may be tied into one bow. - -"Wonderful how popular some men are," said Watson, when he heard what -happened Christmas Eve. The girls in the dry goods department placed -mistletoe on the light over Mr. Andrews' desk--and not one missed him, -even Mabel had hers. Nuff sed. - -Mr. Tom Bone, assistant manager of the grocery department, the staff -poet, has changed his vocation and now spends his evenings making -musical instruments. We wonder if it will be jazz or operatic music. - -We are glad to learn that Mrs. Griffin, wife of C. Griffin of the men's -department, is home once again after being confined to the Hospital -several weeks with typhoid fever. We all wish her a speedy recovery. - - -Vernon, Gem of the Okanagan - ---_and the H.B.C. Store, One of Its Institutions_ - -Thirty years ago, there were only two stores in Vernon, The Hudson's Bay -Company and W.F. Cameron, both firms carrying a general line of -merchandise. The only other stores in the Okanagan Valley, at this -period, were one at Enderby, Landsdowne, Okanagan Mission and Penticton, -so that these stores supplied the necessities of life practically to the -whole of the Okanagan Valley, reaching from Sicamous to fifty miles -beyond Penticton and from Grand Prairie to the White Valley district. -The towns of Armstrong and Kelowna, at this period, were not in -existence. - -Travelling in the early days was by stage and boat in Summer, the boat -running from Sicamous to Enderby, thence by stage to Vernon, and the -only method of travelling in Winter was by stage or pack horse. Mail, -also, was received by these means of transportation. - -The great bulk of trading, at that time, was done with Victoria, which -was a greater commercial centre than Vancouver. All merchandise from the -Coast was carried by freight trains to Sicamous, transferred there to a -small steamer as far as Enderby and thence by wagon to Vernon. - -Business conditions and the manner of trading in the early days were -entirely different to the present day method. There were no banks in the -Valley, all banking being done through Vancouver, cheques often passing -around as currency and would have as many as a dozen endorsations before -reaching the bank. - -Yearly credit was the system of trading. Farmers, ranchers, trappers and -Indians paid their accounts once a year after they had received money -for their crops and catch of furs; the amusing feature in regard to the -credit in these days being that the average customer would ask of his -account, simply looking at the total and settling up without checking -up. Considerable business was done in the bulk, tea sold by the chest, -flour and sugar by the ton, and other commodities in similar large -quantities. - -Thirty years ago the Valley was passing through a stage of transition -from stock-raising to wheat producing. - -R. P. Rithet & Co. of Victoria controlled a large flour mill at Enderby, -where all the wheat of the district was taken and milled. Wheat then -sold as low as $18.00 per ton at the mill, the farmer doing his own -hauling. A few years later $28.00 per ton was considered a wonderful -price. - -During the period under review, very little fruit was grown and it was -not until 1892 that the growing of fruit was given any serious thought. -At that time, Lord Aberdeen purchased the land now known as the -Coldstream Ranch and started fruit growing on a fairly large scale, the -land being purchased from Forbes G. Vernon. After him the City of Vernon -was named. He was, at that time, member for the Okanagan Valley, also -Minister of Labor and Works. - -At this period the population of Vernon was about 300 and, generally -speaking, were considered prosperous. - -A Mr. Gray of Nicola was the largest cattle buyer and a general round-up -of cattle was made twice a year, when he would make his purchase from -the ranchers and drive the cattle out to the coast or prairie markets. - -(_To be continued_) - - - - -[Illustration: BEAVER CHIPS] - - -_The Secret of Success_ - -In the fall a Methodist minister came into the Edmonton exhibition -offices and inquired where he could purchase a good, reliable horse. He -was directed to R. B. Hill's stables, where, after a judicious amount of -deliberation, he decided on a horse which suited his fancy and pocket, -and took him home. Two days afterwards he came back to Mr. Hill and -stated that the horse was blind, and within the rules as prescribed by -the Methodist church he told Mr. Hill just what he thought of the deal, -and asked him why he had not been informed that the horse was blind, -before purchasing him. Mr. Hill very modestly replied that he had not -thought he should tell him, as the man from whom he got the horse in the -first place had said nothing about this defect, and he thought it was a -secret!! - - -_No Wonder_ - -Editor--"We are sorry to lose your subscription, Mr. Jackson. What's the -matter? Don't you like our politics?" - -Mistah Jackson--"T'aint dat, sah; t'aint dat. Mah wife jes' been an' -landed a job o' work for me by advertisin' in youh darned ole papah." - - -_Didn't Need To_ - -A young Irishman recently applied for a job as life-saver at the -municipal baths. - -As he was about six feet six inches high and well built, the chief -life-saver gave him an application blank to fill out. - -"By the way," said the chief life-saver, "can you swim?" - -"No," replied the applicant; "but I can wade like blazes!" - - -_He Got the Job_ - -Police Commissioner--"If you were ordered to disperse a mob what would -you do?" - -Applicant--"Pass around the hat." - -P.C.--"You'll do." - - -_Two Strings to Her Beau_ - -He--"If you could only have two wishes come true, what would you wish -for?" - -She (frankly)--"Well, I'd wish for a husband." - -He--"That's the only one." - -She--"I'd save the other wish until I saw how he turned out." - - -_Well! Well!_ - -"I say, who was here with you last night?" - -"Only Myrtle, father." - -"Well, tell Myrtle that she left her pipe on piano." - - -_Fifty-Fifty_ - -A man from Toronto reported that an African resident of that city did a -rattling business in rabbit sausages, until some of his customers began -to question the quality of the goods. A committee waited on the -merchant, and asked him if any meat other than that of rabbits went into -the sausages. He reluctantly admitted that there was another meat in -them, and when pressed further said that the dilution was by means of -horse meat. The chairman of the committee then asked him the proportion -of the two ingredients, and he said fifty-fifty. The committee started -to withdraw when a heretofore silent member raised the question as to -what the merchant meant by "fifty-fifty." "Why, boss, by fifty-fifty ah -means one rabbit and one hawss." - - -_All Engaged_ - -An Irishman who had lately come over was sent to call a taxi. In about -half an hour he returned and reported as follows: "Some wan be the name -of Hire has the most of thim ingaged, and the only wans he didn't have -some wan else had." - - -_Slim, Slimmer, Slimmest_ - -Last week we read of a firm--manufacturers of petticoats--which went -into bankruptcy. They stated in explanation that women, in the shrinking -process of appearing taper, had ceased wearing 'em. - -To-day we notice the advertisement of a ladies' tailor: "Suits made to -order, with or without material." - -Without material? Gad Zooks! - -We cut out that ad and burned it lest our wife should find it. - - -_Some Ditty_ - - There was a young man from the city, - Who met what he thought was a kitty; - He gave it a pat - And said, "Nice little cat!" - And they buried his clothes out of pity. - - -_Vaccination Problem_ - -Classical Dancer--"Doctor, I want to be vaccinated somewhere where it -won't show." - -Doctor--"Well, miss, I'm afraid I will have to vaccinate internally." - - -_The Safety Vent_ - -"A friend of mine fell asleep in the bathtub with the water running." - -"Did the tub overflow?" - -"Nope; luckily he sleeps with his mouth open." - - -[Illustration: The smoking tobacco of yesterday, to-day and tomorrow] - -H.B.C. -IMPERIAL MIXTURE -"_Canada's National Smoke_" - -_The Tin with the Humidor Top_ - -[Illustration: --_Obtainable in 1/10, 1/5, 1/2 and 1 lb. tins at good -dealers everywhere_] - - * * * * * - - Transcriber's Notes: - - Obvious unintentional spelling (Canadian English) & punctuation - errors repaired. - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Beaver, Vol. I, No. 4, January 1921, by -Hudson's Bay Company - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BEAVER, JANUARY 1921 *** - -***** This file should be named 43622.txt or 43622.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/3/6/2/43622/ - -Produced by Bryan Ness, Richard Tonsing and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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