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yp. LV, NO. 199. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1913. ’
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PRICE FIVE CENTS

 

 

  
   
   

Robinson Crusoe

in
nice to read
at all pleasant to
the opinion of six
who were brought
in a somewhat

of
dwellers
all very

he lives
other
ds are
mit, but
rience

desert

nol
Is

gry boys
yesterday

ished condition and with very
nous appetites after a week's
day on an island some dis-
io the southwest of here.
party consisted of George
Hiey and several of his com-

wns.

Pie lads started off a week ago
lay on a camping trip.

taken to their destina-

by Hector Hebert, of Hebert

They said they had

ndant provisions to last them

y were
stein

ten days and intended to spend
holiday.
made
taking
that he
morning,
and see how they were
He started off early, before
fast, and slipped half a
so biscuits in his pocket
felt hungry.

ng on their
with
them
would
how-
far-

was
to
ught

agreement
Hebert as
He tho

yesterday

bal when he

 

  
  
   
  

 

X YOUNG ROBINSON CRUSOES
HAVE A VERY HUNGRY HOLIDAY

pS WHO LEFT HERE A WEEK AGO ON A CAMPING TRIP
UNDERESTIMATED THEIR GRUB SUPPLY AND
FASTED THREE DAYS.

th
and his

When he arrived at
found Walley
prepared to give

he

thusiastic
he

reception,

had not had those

biscuits in his pocket the

telling but that they
simply slipped him into t
pot and enjoyed him that

they were ravenously
They had eaten nothing t
of for days, they said, a

fell on those
of wolves on
It seemed that they had
in royal fashion the first
taken the crown of glory ¢
grup pile. The next
days they still had as
tiles, but didn’t have
grub. And then they
days without any
fish they
Indians.

for
wel

three

epl
by the

exc some

These young
giad to
and get back
catch the pleasan
ooking of

pretty leave
island
could
from the

ner,

 

Gillis |

might

biscuits like
a stray steer.

couple
good

Crusoes
that
whe

e island

friends

him a most en-

precious

re is no
have
he stew
way, for
hungry.
Oo speak
nd they
a pack

feasted
day and
MY their
of
appe-

had two or

id at all

e given

were
desert
re they
t whiff

a good din-

ONTANA MEN WHO ARE OWNERS
OF ROCHER DE BOULE CLAIMS

LL SEATTLE PEOPLE MINERAL WEALTH NEAR RUPERT RE-
MINDS THEM OF BONANZA DAYS—ORDER LOTS
OF MACHINERY.

pe ih Aug. 22,.—Phil, We have ordered $50,000
wo J. R. B. Sievers of Butte,|} worth of machinery and intend to
ire Seattle visitors this proceed immediately with de-

d they relate tales of the ee “
ealth in the vicinity of velopment work, The ore doesn't
rt that remind the old| appear to be difficult, to handle.
q bonanza days. It runs high in values and we
s and Dr. Sievers are! believe that the mine will become
n the mining game.|one of the big producers of the

ith Dan J. Williams} Hazelton district.”

the Rocher de Boule Mr. Gillis and Dr, Sievars are

ue from Hazelton, B, G.| both Butte men who were heavily
eticent, Gillis was loth/| interested in Montana copper
discuss the discovery at the| properties during the days when
Pher de Boule properties. the metal was worth from 20 to
We have great faith in the!|26 cents per pound, They have
ind the samples have|recently made a_ visit to the
Vinced the best engineers we) property, accompanied by Dan J.
nable to engage that the} Williams, a mining” engineer of

: 1s “worth while,” said he. experience,

  

 

   

‘

Mr. Cork,

pler

the
the
He Railway,

official photog-

for Grand Trunk Pa-

 

accompanied by his |

CRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
LOWERS PRICES IN INTERIOR

Y IS NOW OFFERED FOR $35.00 PER TON—UNTIL LATELY
IT WAS $68.00—-SMITHERS A GREAT
MINING CENTRE.

sufticient to make Smit

flourishing

During his trip Mr.

business centr
Cork

hers a
ee.

se.

Pi, returned last night from a|cured many photographs whieh

far as Fraser Lake. All along

© line beyond Morieetown Mr.
TK reports remarkable agri-
Hlural development and as a re-
it the prices of many products
ve been reduced, As an ex-

liple, hay is now being offered
the far interior at $38 per ton,
lereas the centreet price for the

struction Camps was $68, One

Sokal this year has grown a
Mall fleld of wheat whieh com.
“tes favorably with the best
tt Can be produced on the
rairies,

Speaking of the mineral pros-
ecls, Mr, Cork was most en-
husiastic, On the Hudson Bay
Hountain, loeated at Smithers,
here are some: viauable prop-
7 ee and preparations are now
nider way for their development,
OW that the railway has arrived
here some wonderful develop-
menis

ae hay be expected, Mr,
“rK says that the mines alone in

he Hudson Bay Mountain are

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limited resources of the g
as well as a large
showing the
seenie splendor ot
Trunk Pacifie Route.

terior
tion
the

une

fhonths’ trip into the interior jwill be us sed to advertise the un-

rreat in-
collec-
quatied
Grand

NEW Post OFFICE

Work on Excavation to Segin

Shortly.

Word has been received here
that work on the excavation for
the new post office, which is to be
erected on Third avenue, facing
{he Provineial buildings, will be
under the eharge of G, B. Hull,
the local engineer of the public
works department. ‘The work is
to commence as soon as Mr, Hull

returns from ihe south,

 

Launch Alice B for hire. Tele-

phone Green 391, Davis’

Float.
155-tf

FIRE AT TERRACE
DOES MUCH DAMAGE

Section Foreman’s House and
Work Train Sleeping Car
Destroyed
Terrace, Aug. 23—A_ disas-
trous fire occurred in the early
hours of Friday morning which

destroyed the sleeping car of the

work train, and also the section
foreman’s house here, It was
discovered by one of the railroad
gang about 2.30 a.m. He immed-
iately awakened the other oceu-
pants of the car and the major-
ity of them were able to save
their personal possessions, Five
or six men lost everything. With-
in a few minutes of the first

alarm the roof of the
ed to be a mass of

car appear-
flames which

very soon leaped across and
eaught the root of the building
near,

It was then impossible on ae-
count of the heat and smoke to
save the latier.. Meanwhile the
gang were working energetically
to save the rest of the train, and
by means of crowhbars, etc., were
able to move it along the track
sufficiently far to be out of the
fire zone. Two men were slight-
ly hurt while fighting the fire
but in neither case was the in-
jury serious,

An accident occurred at the
mill on Friday morning, when M,

Davis had his foot injured while

altending to part of the machin-
ery.

Mr. Vigiers returned on Sat-
urday from a visit to the East.

Mr J,
out

Kircaldy’s tent was burn-
at Lakelse on Thursday
night.
Mrs.
Lake, left on
Rupert,

Rey, A. J. Wilson
a Tew days in the

of Kitsumkalum
Thursday for Prince

Ross,

is spending
coast city.

SEVERAL CHANGES
IN SCHOOL AFFAIRS

Change at Noon Recess Made—
Miss Eason Takes Place of
Miss Wilson.

There bas been a slight change
in'the hours of the public sehoeol.
An extra half hour has been
added to the time for luncheon at
noon and the school is accord-
ingly in session until half,an hour
later in the afternoon.

The principal is specially anxi-
ous that all the new pupils will

present themselves during the
coming week, A number of the

pupils were missing at the open-
ing of the Seal Cove school today,
Miss Taylor is taking the place

for a few days of Miss Moore at
the Seal Gove school. The place
left vacant by the presumed
death of Miss Wilson is being
taken by Miss Eason of Van-
couver, a sister of the Miss Eason
who has been on the teaching
staff here for some time.

MAPLE ‘BAY CLAIMS
Now Being Surveyed by Ritchie,
Agnew & Co.

The Flewin holdings at Maple
jay, embracing a large area of
mineral claims, are being sur-
veyed by A. E, Wright, a member

of the tirm of Ritehie, Agnew &
Co,, provincial land surveyors of
Prince Rupert, Walter Flewin is
accompanying the party, who

taken the launch Lakanian.
will be here sometime next
before returning to Prince
Portland Canal Miner,

have

They

week

Kupert,
THE WEATHER.

The weather report at'5 o’cloek
this morning read: Barometer,
29.806; maximum temperature,
60; minimum temperature,, 58;
precipitation, 34 ineh,

The steamship Camosun dis-
charged-a cargo of building ma-
terial for the new Premier Hotel

 

building on Saturday,

 

 

SHUSHANNA STAMPEDE.

the

That city of Prince
Rupert should derive untold
benefits from the present

Shushanna cannot
Everybody knows

rush to

be denied,

that the Klondike rush was
responsible for Seattle's first
great boom. Tf Prince Ru-
pert is to derive any appre-
ciable* advantage from the
present rush it will do so
only by united action on the
part of its. bu&Siness men.

One concern in this eity, J.
Piercy, Morris & Co., Ltd,,
has a splendid example
for some of the other busi-
ness men in using the news-
papers to advertise for this
business. Priuce Rupert,
on account of its geographi-
cal situation*should secure a
large proportion of the out-
fitting business in this pres-

set

ent rush for gold, but it must
get busy and -go after it. Let
the outside world know that
we are catering for the busi-

ness and capable of handling
it and we shali get it. The
business men should get to-
gether and discuss ways and
means of identifying Prince

 

 

Rupert with the Shushanna
rush.
wer

 

 

 

 

 

WILLIAM G. MARTIN.

The Toronto milliner who was
mysteriously murdered in New
York. He was found murdered
in a room on West Fifty-
seventh street, New York City,
late Tuesday night. His head
was beaten in by some blunt
instrument, and there were
stabs behind each of his ears.
The motive was evidently rob-
bery, as the man's” pockets
were rifled and many valuables
from his person were gone, He
was visiting New York for the

purpose of purchasing his fall
stock of millinery,
® Many a man's” cordial hard-
shake i sdue to the fact that he
needs that dollar in your pocket.

 

 

Good Programme

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

All This Week
No Advance in Prices

Admission 10c and 15c

 

 

 

URVIVOR TELLS OF SINKING OF THE

 

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NIA”

 

 

LARGE cROWD ON

The Prince Rupert Arrived from
the South on Saturday with
Many on Board.

The steamer Prince Rupert ar-
the sonth Saturday

morning with a big crowd of pas-

rived from

sengers, aimmonge whom were the
following: J. MacAuley, Mr.
Knott, G. J. Anderson, Miss Knott,

G. H. Caig, Miss Klippert, Mr,
Goldbloom, G. Rock, W. CG. Tickle,
Mrs. Nathmall, Miss Nathmall,
Mr. Lambert, Mr. McDonald, Mrs.
Seamure, Mr. Kurston, Dr. Monti-

zambert, Mrs. MeGregor, Miss

Montizambert, W. J. Bray, H.
Fingstrom, Mr. Allison, F, His-
cocke, C. R. Murray, Mr. Creigh-
ton, F. CG Kelly, Miss Ross, Mr.
and Mrs. Allen, Mr. and Mrs.
Willard, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Mr.
and Mrs. Hamblin, Mrs. J. C.
Johnson, Dr. Pallant, Mrs. En-
sign, Miss Fisher, Mr. and Mrs.
Collart, C. Pratt, J. Jones, Mr.
Sowarby, Mrs. Van Zanlen, H.

Ward, T. Taggett,
J. Ritchie, Mrs. Lindsay and child,
Miss Shrubsall, Mr. Davis, Miss
Martin, J. Rutherford, Ida Roberts

Cochrane, H. J.

D. Hunter, A. J. Hunter, J. Henry,
Mr. and Mrs. Crowell, Mr. and
Mrs. Macklens, Mrs. and Miss
Jenns, Miss Kate MeDonald, 8

Frome, Mr. Coutey, Miss Grant,
Mrs. Coyvney and Miss Coyney,
Rev. FE. O'Meara, R. 8. O'Meara,
Mrs. Richie, Mr. Holland, Miss
Johnstone, Mrs. Welsh, Mr. Ag-
new, Mrs. MeLean, Miss Teane,
Miss Noble, Miss Kuster, C. B,
Riley, Mr. and Mrs. C, Elliot!, W.
Rooney, Mrs. M. Guerris, Mrs.

Elkmoor, T. A. Kelly, F. Haydon,

 

 

 

F. H. Taylor, E. Gamon, Captain
Stride, Ensign Belmont, Mr. and
Mrs; F. R. Weekes,
QUARANTINE OFFICIAL
Dr. Montizambert Arrived Here
Saturday Morning.

Dr. F. Montizambert, TI. 8. O.,
director general of public health,
arrived here Saturday morning
|by the steamer Prince Rupert to
begin an inspection of the Pacific
Coast quarantine service. On the

}days in
| Victoria and

|
|
|
|
|
j

return trip he will spend several
Vancouver before visiting
the quarantine sta-
tion at William Head.

Dr. Montizambert has_ stated
that he intends to make an
pecially detailed inspection of the
latter station with a view to mak-
ing recommendations for im-
provements in the service owing
to the rapid deyelopment of the
shipping trade. Later he will at-
tend the annual meeting of the
American Public Health Associa-
tion at Colorado Springs, Colo.,
before proceeding to Regina,
where the Canadian Public Health
Association will assemble on Sep-
tember 18th,

es-

CAMPBELL WINS

He Will Fight Ritchie on Labor

Day.
Vancouver, Aug. 23, — Ray
Campbell defeated Eddie Moy on

points in a ten round fight here
today. The former will now meet
Willie Ritehie for the lightweight
title on Labor Day. \
The two boys fought at 4135
pounds each, Ritchie is matched
with the winner in Vancouver on
Labor Day, as the fight with
Welsh has been postponed until

the 20th on account of an injury
to the laiter’s ankle,
BLOOMQUIST FINED
For Carelessness in His Blasting
Operations.
Peter Bloomquist, foreman for
Archie MeDougall, was fined $5

and $2 costs in the police court
this morning for having allowed
some carelessness blasting
operations, whereby a rock was
blown on to the verandah of H, BE,
Gampp’'s house, six hundred feet
away from the of opera-
tions.

scene

 

STEAMER RUPERT

‘SURVIVOR’S VIVID

OY CAMPERS FACE STARVATION — PUBLIC PRAYERS ARE OFFERED FOR RAIN IN KANSAS

ACCOUNT

OF GAMBIER BAY DISASTER

THE FIRST TO REACH HERE 0 OF. THE SAVED FROM WRECK
TELLS OF TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES DURING THE

The first of the survivors from
the wreck of the steamship State

of California to arrive here was
Mr. Shaw, of Vancouver, who
came down on the ss. Princess

Sophia on Saturday
spent a few hours
continuing on

evening and
here before
his way south in
that vessel. D. R. O'Neill and
Thurmont Brown, who were ex-
pected to arrive by the Princess
Sophia will not be here till Wed-
nesday,

Mr. Shaw was one of the pas-
sengers who went on board the
“State of California” at Prince
Rupert. He had been here for
some months in connection with
the winding up of the Renworth
& Jefferson business. He went

north for a pleasure trip before
returning to Vancouver.
Mr. Shaw gave a graphic des-

cription of the catastrophe and
its atlendant circumstances. The
steamer had not left the cannery
at Gambier Bay more than a

struck a rock. The whole ship
shuddered with the shock of the

impact so that her passengers
realized that some terrible acci-
dent had occurred and_ great

numbers of them came rushing
to the decks.

The captain immediately or-
dered the engines to be reversed
and headed the vessel for a point
on the shore, a little ahead, where
it would be possible to make a
good landing. Seeing shortly
that there would not be any time
for this, he then turned her for
the nearest shore, although it
was so shelving that it would
have been hoping almost too
much to expect to make a safe
landing there. However the ves-
had not ploughed’ her way
more than a few hundred feet
when she sank. As she was at
the same time pointing down-
ward and going at full speed she
appeared like an immense mon-
ster diving into the water. With

sel

 

quarter of a mile, when, while
going ahead at full speed she

 

(Continued on page 4)

 

 

 

PUBLICPRAYERSFOR RAIN :
~ NOW BEING MADE IN KANSAS:

GOVERNOR REFUSED TO ISSU

E PROCLAMATION, BELIEVING

EFFICACY OF PRAYER DID NOT EXTEND TO

FLOODS OR

22.—-Prayers
in Kansas

Kansas City, Aug.
for rain were asked for

and Missouri today by citizens
and clergymen who. believe that
sporadic prayers are not sufli-

cient to end the drought that has
the: southwest’ for mors
three weeks. In Kansas
of persons wrote to
Hodges asking him to
a proclamation calling for
prayer. The gv.

beset
than
hundreds
Governor
issue
a day of public
erhor declined.

“T believe in of

the efficacy

prayer,” he said, “but not in the
ease of flood or drought.”
Bishop J. J. Hennessey, of the|

DROUGHTS.

Roman Catholie diocese of With-
ita, issued an order that on next
Sunday an hour should be given
in each church in the diocese for
special devotions and “ferve t
prayer to our blessed Lord to ter-
minate the present unusually
protracted dry spell.”

At Springfield, Mo., the Rev. J.
F. McDonald, pastor of the St.
Paul Methodist Episcopal Chureh,
announced public services would
be held tomorrow to offer prayer
for rain. The region areurd
Springfield is experiencing one of
the most serious droughts ever
known,

 

 

MORE BIG VESSELS —
FOR COAST SERVICE

C. P. R. Has Placed Order for Two
New Ships—Biggest on

the Coast.

The order for two new boats
for the British Columbia coast
service of the Canadian Pacific
Railway has beens placed with;
Denny Bros., Dumbarton, Seot-
land. They will be the biggest
vessels in the coast service, as
they will have a length of 380

feet and 54 feet beam. They are
required to have a-trial speed of
22 1-2 knots. The boats are lo
be ready in the spring of 1915.

 

SCORES AT THE RANGES

Private Lamb Won the Handicap
Shoot for the Spoon.

Although the weather was de-
cidedly unpleasant yesterday and
not conducive to good shooting,
there was a good turnout of the

 

 

 

members of the Earl Grey's
Rifles, Private Lamb won the
handicap shoot for the spoon,
Following are the scores:
4 200 500 600

Yds. Yds, Yds. Total,
Lieut. MeMordie ... 33 32 31 96
Sergt, Brown . B4 32 29 95
Pte, : $0. 32 $9 94
Sergt, Jack ......; BOs: 30 38 93
Pte, Matheson ..,,. 1 31 St 93
Corp. Averill ...... 27 3t St 89
Pte, LamD ...cece, 32 30 26 89
Pte, Holland ..... 26 31 29 86
Pte. McLean ....+, 27 30 28 85
Col, Sergt Leek vd 27 28 8a
Pte, Russell .. q se 20 80
Pte, Roche , 32 21 78
Pte, Baird 16 25 63
Pte, Du ..scesecs 11 13 45

 

 

JAP VESSEL IS AT
GOVERNMENT WHARF

Simple Explanation Given for the
Taking On of More Ballast
at Digby Island.

The Japanese vessel which has
been such a centre of mystery
for the last few days is now tied
up at the
She was an object of great inter-
est yesterday, and almost all day
a crowd of people was gazing at
her, watching the wiry little Japs

with their dark faeés, close
cropped heads and sandaled feet.
Overhead was the flak of the

Land of the Rising Sun., a red
dise on a white ground.

The Japs give a very simple ac-
count of their reason for taking
in ballast at Digby Island. It w
thought strange by many local
people that the vessel should need
to take in more ballast here for
the short trip to New Westmin-
ster after having made the long
trans-Pacific trip without any,
The Japs say, however, that they
had two hundred tons of coal in
ballast on the way over. As they
struck bad weather for sailing
they consumed this coal on the
voyage, They had therefore to
take in ballast for the trip to New
Westminster,

The barque is likely to be here
for some days yet, and she still
remains an object of mystery to
the general public,

 

as
pay

as well
want

Men
women
for it.

like
do,

talk
they

to
but

 

Government wharf. ,

ate pe

ete agg
pany
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