news’ 108 Work (Il, NO. 182 KAIEN CHAPTER CONSTITUTED LAST NIGHT dignity and all the of the eraft the con. f Kaien Chagiter, No, “., was celebrated last Masonic Hall in the i jarge company ot ting members of the rhe officers were with ceremonies were Kk, Comp. William grand su- Distriet No, 16, within ‘its bounds if British Columbia, of the Grand who assited M. Rudd, ex det ed due Phe by R Vane cere. ouver, otlicers R, A. Mw Lomp J. a Stark, ex-Comp. F, MeB. Comp. Diek and ex. I, kh. Palmer. constitution of the companions repaired ind partook of a de. The visiting unanimous in of the hospitality of epast were chapter and expressed s as more than sur- d impressed with the d opportunities of the { The officers ropolis d were Ex. Comp. BD. H. Morrison - z. Ex. Comp. J. Christiansen 7 - Ex. Comp. BD. M. Moore - ee Comp. Geo. W. Kerr - Treas. Ex Comp. W. &. Burritt 7 6. &. Comp. A. Cares - - - 8 fN. Comp. Douglas Sutheriand P. &. Comp. Alex. M. Manson - 8. 6. Comp. Thos. MeClymont - J. 8. Comp. A. 4. ris a. Cc. Comp. J. ©. Meolennan M. of 4th V. Conp. ©. H. Orme M. of 3rd V. Comp. 4. H. Thompson M. of 2nd V. Comp. @ Laf Peck ™. of ist V. Comp. M. R. F. MolLennan Steward Comp. James MoRae - Steward Comp. W. G. Barrie - Janitor GCP.R PRINCESS ENA SAT ON MUD lay while steaming over wider wharf across the he deep draught freight. ss Ena of the C, P. R, hed a shade too near it the MeNieholl Creek sat down on the soft 1 while until the tide abled her to reach her The big boat was the mud over there harder than big hing pissengers on the Rupert vriained last evening by A very by the several of them ap- « Bostonians. ert Was given solos, duets and quar- of which were enjoyed est by all on board, At __ Legislative Library I— AND DESPATCH CHARACTERIZE THE BIG TRAFFIC: WITNESSED ON There was unusually large number of boats along the water front yesterday, in faet that the steamer State of Gali- fornia, which ealled in here her way north, had to lay to a short while until the Prinee bert pulled out from the G, T, P. wharf to make room for her to unload. The State of California had large number of tourists on board making the round trip between Seattle and Skagway. The Princess Mary arrived from an SO MANY on for Al. a the south about midday yester- day, also the large CC. P. R. freighter Princess Ena. The steamer City of Seattle will leave at 5 p. m. today for Vancouver and Seattle. REGAL FISH IS CAPTURED ON THE REGAL tin board the power boat Regal, the launch with a reputa- tion for reliability ond to none ser in Rupert, there lying today fishiet of is a mighty the briny The tured Bros, Swanson deep. nny men Messrs while off dropped spec Was cap- Westenhaver with Captain A line and bait Presently bys out Ranks Island hook pastime. was with iInerely as a there came a bite, a tug, a regu- lar rampage in the water, and after terrible efforts a large mud shark was actually landed on board the Regal. The fish is be- lieved to weigh well over half a WHY THES. A. ‘WITNESS’ IS NOT ISSUED Kiditor Daily News, Prince Rupert, Could T trouble you suflicient space in your paper in which to explain the reason for the discontinuance of the Prince Rupert Witness, the little paper which we have been circulating weekly for the past two months? it is possible that a number of our friends may wonder why we have discontinued the publica- tion, and I would like to make it that had no control over the circumstances which made this necessary, It was neither because of lack of support, for this was beyond our hopes, nor was it because we tired of the work in connection with it, but simply because the firm re- sponsible for the printing found themselves unable to handle it for the time being, We heartily friends who undertaking, and we hope defore long to be able to recommence the paper on a more permanent basis. ° for Sir: clear we whatever the this all in thank assisted us ision of the concert Johnston proposed three Mrs, Lang and her Which were heartily} Thanking you, I am yours sin- cerely, H, CHAS. TUTTE, Capt ‘lospital Board awards tender for new general hospital Ne to BK. J, Hieks, Amount $18,895, Mayor and Finanee Minister assure members of Hospital “rd that city grant will come through all right. Lacross dispute between Va ed amicably, posing i ! oOnged Passenger list ag enile opera company Ai Rupert as an imroig lremayne Prince PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS TODAY ‘stitution of Kaien Chapter duly celebrated, ha neouver and Westminster is ain brought by Rupert, Hotels rives, ration gateway to Canada, Talk WATERFRONT THE DAILY NEWS Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist Prince Rupert, F.C., Saturday, Aucust 23, 1912. NTRACT AWARDED FOR NEW HOSPIT 5.9. MAY COLLIDES WITH LILOOET Just as the C.P.R. ss. Princess May was swinging into the wharf this afternoon the tide gave her a bad swing, her stern catching the stern of the D. G. S. S. Lillooet. The Lillooet received a heavy blow which smashed one of her boats and bent the davits and rails. also suffered pretty badly about the stern. The May government the east amongst Dominion quarantine cireles Never immigration traffic heavier than it is at present. The immigration records are increased in was by thousands and hundreds of thousands over what their figures were a few years ago. Yet the feeling is that the tide of immi- gration to Canada is only begin- ning to flow, that its strongest flood is vet to come and that ex- isting gateways of immigration be saved from serious con- the opening of other must gestion by wateways., Panama Opens Pacific. far the Pacific coast has been open only to immigration of Orientals, these are not de- sired in any greater nambers than their inflow figures show at pres. But the Panama Canal will the Paecitie coast to immi- gration from Europe, Amongst other important remarks heard by Dr. H. BE. Tremayne amongst his quarantine officials confereres So and ent, open Phat with the opening § forjin the east during his visit just steamship traffie from sea to sea} coneluded was that there is be- bf the. Périame Cane Brines Ra; lieved to be a steamship ageney proposition afoot to bring immi- “ret may expect shortly after- . — — grants from Europe to the Pacific ward to become one of the great/epast for about 840 inclusive immigration gateways of the Do _| fare. minion of Canada. That Prince Rupert is almost ‘eady , » har g of Ke This is the strong probability ready for the handlin f large) numbers of immigrants from a brought out by the general trend ; quarantine point of view is known! of official attitude to this port|i9 all who have watehed the pro-| of the quarantine station} erected heik the Dominion | goverument anc’ now in charge of} } gress by Pi Tremayne, who has been} yuurantine officer tor the port } since the earliest days. Dr. Tremayne’s Trip East. In of the experiences of his recent | discussing vesterday some! visit to Grosse Isle and the other | important quarantine stations of the Bastern mayne, Dominion government in} Canada, Dr. H. E. Tre- the Dominion government} officer for this port, furnished some very interesting details in} connection with this importani branch of the government serv-| ice, At Grosse Isle the doetor says | the department is handling on an average of over a thousand per-| sons a day. The number of im-! migrants who passed through! the quarantine officials’ hands last year was over one hundred) and fifty thousand, and this prea=| jceed on jmmayne, whose prolonged visit PRINCE RUPERT DESTINED TO BE ONE OF CANADA’ GATEWAYS OF IMMIGRATION An Interesting Interview on Quarantine Matters With Dr. H. E. Tremayne, Quarantine Officer for This Port, on His Re- cent Arrival From the Eastern Quarantine Stations ent year it will be well up to two hundred thousand, Phe Dominion government is most strict and exacting in see- ne that all the conditions of the statutes governing these matters j;are carried oul to the letter, and have to bear the entire expense the transportation companies of looking after patients held in the quarantine quarters pending their cases -being watched for developments. \ steamship is held up abso- lutely if they have a case of in fectious or contagious disease on board and is not allowed to pro- untik the removed her way patient patients to the quarantine station and food cook- utensils and everything that or are ihe might carry infeetion have been thoroughly sterilized by modern methods. Preparations for all these ex- tremely iisportant branches of the werk of the Quarantine de- pariment will be completed under he of Dr. Tre. to quarantine station of Canada was primarily that he might eonfer the officials of the depart- there on the latest methods and all the more recent departures in their actual working. Dr. Tremayne and family will take up residence at the quarantine station now. expert direction the astern designed with ment used witness As tangible evidence of the big to see very soon taking place on the there development we may expect Charlotte Islands the Messrs, Queen yesterday two J. W. Me-« Crae of Winnipeg and J, O, Brew- | of Duluth, who | have just returned from a week's | thorough examination of Graham Island, arrivd in city gentlement, Minnesota, ale Held 4,000 Acres. hese gentlemen acquired over} | > | ,.000 acres of land on the shore} f Lake Meyers, about four and | 1 half miles from the embryo | city of Queenstown, last January, and have sold allof it by 640) acres The people they have sold it to are bona fide settlers baek in Manitoba and the Middle Western hese same setilers been prepared = to States would ive | personally }wround | , ’ ; | fand eareful examination of the come right out last spring and locate on the ground had the roads been in sufficiently good! condition to permit of transport-| ing their effeets to the new settle ment, Develop the Island. Messrs, MeCrae and Brewster} took the wise course of coming! out themselves this summer and| looking over the| and making a thorough) condition of the new country here before selling their land and advising their clients as to the opportunities, advantages, ete., of immigration to Northern Brit. Columbia Messrs. MeCrae and Brewster are more than sat. isfied with all they have seen and are returning straight to their homes, where arrangements are already in bucd to @ispateh sey. enteen fami ia Boplember to ish SEVENTEEN FAMILIES WILL ARRIVE IN SEPTEMBER FROM THE EAST T0 settle on the respective holdings that they have Chance for Government, Options have also been secured on two thousand acres more land purchased. and one thousand aeres of limber, j}which was all that was available, \ sawinill is in process of ereo- a Vancouver company close to the proposed new settle. tion by ment rhe quality of the land and the proespeets and eonditions generally necessary to make a prosperous settlement are all there, and all that the people urge is for the Provincial gov- eroment to get busy and make} adequate apprepriations for good roads, enabling the settlers to get on to their land so as lo make a start in clearing and preparing the ground for the firat erop, which in some parts back from the lake a bit might be aceom- It has been decided by the Hos. pital Board to proceed at once with the erection of a new wing, to become the central building, for the present general hospital on Fifth avenue. Tenders were opened for the work at the meet- ing of the board, held yesterday afternoon, and the tender of EB. J Hieks to construet’ the building according to Architeet Barker's plans for $18,895 was accepted. Other tenders were: MePherson & Meeker, $19,575, and Mitchell, Currie & Watt, $19,475. Two tenders, those of William Watts and Emil Kauffman, had to be laid aside disqualified as the necessary eheques through some slip were not enelosed. The OPENING NIGHT AT OPERA HOUSE OF THE KIDDIES That famous organization of children, the Juvenile Bostonians, opens its local engagement at the Westholme Theatre for ten performances, the operetta this The Rose of Blan- one of the latest and most eful pieces, full of comedy and delightful scenes that are cleverly evening being deen, tu enacted by the talented young- sters of the Cosgrove and Lang Company. The coming of the Juvenile Bostonians is a_ big feature of the year’s amusement and the performance this even. ing should vet be missed on any account, Seats are on sale at the Westholme box office, THE GREAT LACROSSE SCRAP ENDS Vancouver, Aug. The trouble existing between the New Westminster and Vancouver la- » crosse clubs has been settled and the games will be resumed ac- cording to schedule, commene- ing Saturday, when New West- minster will play here. According to the terms agreed upon, the game defaulted by New Westminster a week ago last Saturday is allowed to Vancouver. The game not played last Salt- urday at New Westminster is to be played there at a future date. é oO, Hotel Prince trip to D, A. Rankin, the well known railroad contractor on the G, T. P, construction, is a guest at the Premier Hotel, New Knox on the business Besner of the returned today Rupert from a Vancouver, NEW HOSPITAL ADDITION. WILL BEGIN WITHOUT DELAY: CONTRACT IS NOW AWARDED NEXT MAILS From South Monday Princess Sophia hoon WING Mayor and Finance chairman have assured the board that the city's grant fortheoming all right, the $10,000 promised hay. ing been provided for in the esti- board that Mr. Barker should act as superintendent of works for the usual fee, the architect's pre. inium for the plans submitted in competition being 8450, which is is to be paid at once. The new building is to be a very useful one, and there is a proposition on foot to have the Duke of Gon. naught perform some ceremony of interest in connection with its erection, Presbyterian Services, Worship will be conducted in the Presbyterian Chureh Hall on Sunday forenoon at the usual hour. In the evening the pastor, Rey. F. W. Kerr, will address his hearers in the Empress Theatre on the subject, “Worldiiness— Prue and False.’ Evening serv. ice opens at 7:30, Baptist Services. “The Perfect Man” will be the subject of Rev. Warren H. Me- Leod’s sermon tomorrow evening at :30 o'clock. Morning wor- ship at 114. Bible school and Brotherhood Bible at 2:30 p. Visitors cordially invited. All services held in MelIntyre Hall, Third avenue, Sixth street, HOSPITAL AND CONTRACT PATIENTS Arrangements suggested by which eity workmen should pay contract fee of 81 per month for hospital service in ease of need seem to have come in for little support. The Medical Associa- tion feels that the least fee pos- sible on a paying basis for this of contract is $1.50 per month, and the men seem un- willing to pay so much, A sug- gestion that a certain deduction for hospital purposes be made from the men’s wages by the city, as in the case of contractors, was made and is being considered by the City Gouncil members, ‘ class hear class One of the most enthralling of a series of excellent films shown last night at’ the Westholme Opera House was a sensational story of labor agitation, the malevolent intent of an anarchist G, A, MeNicholl, assitant su-/agitator, its thrilling nearness to perintendent of the G. T. P. Ry.,|/dpeadful and murderous effect returned on the Prince Rupert | and the searchingly human emo- this morning from a business|jjional turn of events brought visit to the lower coast cities. about by a daughter's love, and Prince Rupert's leading hotel—j|the most touching of episodes, Savoy. The management must be con- Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners./gratulated on swift grasp of Phone 4. topical opportunity, ——— a a i Hon. W, Templeman denies to stand for re-election, Railway Commission tion of Cameron Cove fill will First power boat with twit front, owned by A. G, Board of Trade favors Tsit proposition Captain Wearmouth leaves charge of the new steamer Pr H, S&S. Wallace's store eeleb: sale George Tite and F, W. plished the first season, PRINCE RUPERT THIS TIME LAST YEAR informs MeLaren and H, Davidson, involving spending 82,500,000, report that he does not intend Board of Trade that he considered, 1 propellors appears at water. ques- opsean Light and Power Co,'s steamer Prince Albert to take ‘ince John, refitting at Victoria, ‘ates first anniversary by big Hart are also holding big sales,