—— LA RGEST CIRCULATION In THE GITY AND ~ ve Library x 08H) COLUMBIA PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., YPORD AY, Loh ao THE DAILY NEWS GRUNTY GRUNDY SAYs: Speaking of flotations. It ought to be as easy to float in Prince Rupert as any place | know of. PRICE FIVE CENTS nn ASTERN STATES SWEPT BY — TRUCTIVE GALE DISMISSED CASE. AGAINST RANCHER CHARGED WITH MURDER--APPROVED SITE OIL TANKS ANOTHER BIG WINTER GALE SWEPT ATLANTIC COAST NEW YORK SEA FRONT SUFFERED GREAT PROPERTY LOSS— BULKHEADS BROKEN EIGHTY - FIVE The Daily News The torn York, Jan. 5. whole \tlantic coast At wind is by the 85 r gale, this pomet of the reached in hour on the waterfront. vaves are rolling up of the The shore bulk. which withstood the bat of the Christmas Day have been ané crushed i IN—WIND BLEW MILES AN HOUR broken up in many places, doing |damase to the extent of a mil- lion dollars Many summer dwellings have jbeen wreeked and Undermined Ai Seabright great damage was done by the floods, Octagon has also suffered severely from the Storm, Phe electric light service gave Jout il st a time but was soon ree i CONSERVATIVE MEETING A ’FRISCO BOOSTER ENDORSED MEMBERS FOR PRINCE RUPERT Gathering of Faithful in St. An-| Beautiful City in Embryo, With drew's Hall Saturday Evening \ 1 ont eeisi If the white iver hay M th Kinds makir rhird able Chi lace Vast, Rich Empire at Its . . Back Door local Conservatives gave 4 f party friends in St M Kk, Alexander Powell, F. R ew's Hall Saturday evening. |“. >. a sident of San Francis ha was crowded J. u.j having passed through Princes pson was chairman Fol-|Rupert on an automobile tour i short musical program | ng Central British Colum sses were delivered by Win.|!4, remarks, in describing his M Pp P., and H SS.) 0] n of the country generalls iis, M. P, lihat “Prince Rupert, for in- Manson's speech was prin-| stance, is a city literraly made:to taken up with explana rder, just as a tailor would make of criticisms wWhieh hadla suit of clothes, set on a range made during the past fewlof hills overlooking one of the his He referred to some|finest deep water harbors on the ation petiding the coming| continent Experts who have at Victoria, notably ac-|studied the plans) on which the labor commissioners {Pr nee Rupert is being built as- nd the Workmen's Coen sert that it will be one of the ul Act He claimed thes beautiful cities in An.erica Island road was not a dead} itt is t only the terminus of the The estimated cost a umd Trunk Pacific Railway, 60 a mile. The Grand Trvr which wi run from ocean to » pay &5.000 a mile, In t| ear but s 500 miles rearer nment wants the eom-|the Orient than any other port on pay half the eost ithe continent, but what is most Clements spoke of the] portant of al 3s that it has al dustry, claiming the its back perhaps the richest s adopting a policy (y]}hinterland in all the wor'd, the Japanese out of theja veritable commercial empire This year 600 white|waiting to be exploited, explored icenses were being isgued.|/and developed, The country Js were not taken up} by|a-hum with industry, along the men they would not bejline of the railway construction Japs. He is also trying|from Prince Rupert to Fort the customs regulations} George, the prairies and forests | to allow American fish-|resound to the shouts of work- its to come into Canadian | men and the elank and clang of buy bait, tools. Were I a young man with tion of J. C. Halsey, ajcourage, enerey and ambition, a was passed endorsing |little cash, and a speaking ac- d taken by Mr. Glements.|quaintance with hard work, I be forwarded to Ottawa. would walk briskly to the nearest ition of G. D. Tite, a res-|railway ticket office and say to was passed endorsing the|the superior young man behind taken by William Manson {the mahogany counter: ‘A ticket egard to the. pressing for | to British’ Columbia, and step d around Kaien Island, — |livel¥, if you please; I want to —— esbbadipoersucienetaien> gel there before it is too late to Burke wishes to announce |be a pioneer.’’ is prepared to do all . oman of faney ana plain dress- old Country Football at Mrs. Frizzell's store, * Avenue, Prices reason- Glasgow, Jan. 3.—Matches in 807-313 |the Scottish league today were as <——aeevetnyanpplanpianhapioiiannaiadsianneabons follows: dren's eoats all reduced Aberdeen 1, Raith Rovers 0. cents on the dellar-——Wal- Ardrieonians 3, Motherwell 1, sale, tf Hearts of Midlothian 2,. Ayr Pree Doc PLLLL OL LOLOL LLL LLL LL LOL DOLL LOLOL ELOOL LOLOL ODO OO OP OLD DO wo ebb oO a: re WESTHOLME MONDAY AND TUESDAY Josephine Deffry Stock Coy. “IN AUSTRALIA" Admisaing 25. 35c., 5Cc. Reserved Seats at Orme’s Third OPERA HOUSE In the Great Four Act Drama Ave. Drug Store. xs Open at 8; Curtain Rises, 8,30 United 4, Partick Clyde 0, Dumbarton 0, Dundee Thistles 0, Celtic 0. Kilmarnock 0. Falkirk 4, 2, Hibernians 2. ~s Hamilton Academicals 1, Mor- ton |. St. Mirren 0, Rangers 14. Third Lanark 5, Queen's Park 0. Auction Sale office fixtures and Prince Rupert Plan- Mills, Ltd., will be sold by auction On the premises, 5th Street and Fraser 81. {2th at 2 p.m. LEEK, Auctioneer The plant, stock of the ing public corner January GHO, have eight to choose from a larger number. note of D. i first choice. You will Aldermen Maxe a mental Morrison as your 75 cent all-wool dress tweed +5 cents a yard at Wallace's itt sale Thursday, beginning 2uf COBALT AND COBALT LAKE WHICH iS TO BE DRAINED IN SEARCH FOR SILVER STEFANSSON’S MAIL STARTS FROM DAWSON | |HEAVY SNOWSTORM BURIES PITTSBURGH Party Northwest “Mounted Police | Winter Visits ptitactern States in Left for Far North to Estab- lish Special to Dawson, Jan. 5 A party of Pittsburgh, Jan. “5. Many Northwest Mounted Police has|¢ommunities throughout Penn-| just left here for the far north.|sylvania have been cut off from They carry mails and despatches |¢ommunication by a heavy snow to the northern posts an dto Ste-|storm which visited ‘the state. fansson’s party in the Arctic.;Other places only hold outside Sergeant Dempster is in charge}communication over a shaky if the party. lwire. Eastern Ohio is also bur- On the return journey Demp-|je dip snow. Great damage has ster will go to Rampart House on} heen done to telephone and tele- the international boundary line, graph wires. Railway trains are Poreupine River, and establish| perated under great idfficulties. | there a new police post and leave | There was fear of a flood on a customs officer. ithe upper Ohio following the ~ ifall, but freezing weather has dis- Meeting Tonight |pelled that. A publie meeting will be held} All craft in the local harbor in the Empress Theatre this|}was made snug anticipating ‘the evening under the auspices of|storm. Reports of great suffer- those opposed to the Hydro-Elec-| ing and some loss of life reached tric proposed agreement, for the| Pittsburgh during the day. purpose of discussing the ques-|} . - ; tion J, A, Kirkpatrick will be} chairman, The speakers will be ATTEMPT TO SETTLE Win Manon MP2 CW. COPPER STRIKE FAILS Peck, C. V. Bennett, J. ¢ Me Lennan and Dr. Clayton. Seats will be reserved for the ladies. isirethad neaiatbee Track Laying Starts 10th | Together Track laying at the end of steel | S eee has been held up for a few days] (Special to the Daily ems), awaiting the completion of a} Houghton, Mich., Jan. 5,—Ef- small bit of- grading. This will] forts to end the strike of the be finished thjs ‘week and track|copper miners has failed, The laving will start again on the|final attempt by John B. Dens- 10th Track will be put down to}more to get the parties together the lower end @f Fraser* Lake at|on, Saturday night did no suc- Mile 338. This will enable the | ceed, He has given up hope of a contractors to get their supplies | settlement. in over the ice from that point. | —_—_— : pees 2 | Galgary is a strong municipal Fownes wool-lined dogskia|ownership city; owns all its pub- eloves, regular value $2, to go at|lie utilities, including street car $1.25 After a the The Daily News. Wallace's sale. New Post atre. Palace Cafo, 284tf All its Glory—Cold Pre- vents Floods (Special to The Daily News. s(t | system; Calgary buys power in bulk at’the city limits and pays | higher rates than the rates in |this agreement. 3tf HAGGBLAD DISMISSED ON MURDER CHARGE Go Hazelton Rancher Was Let After Preliminary Hearing Nick Haggblad, the rancher on }the Kispiox Road north of Hazel- ton, charged with the murder of a neighboring rancher, was given a | preliminary hearing before Mag- istrate Hoskins in Hazelton last | Saturday. The prisoner was by I. N. Linnell of the firm of Williams & Manson. The police |}were unable to produce any evi- to show that the man was connected with the crime and the case was dismissed, | The murder is as great a mys- represented j dence |} tery as eyer and the residents of jthe interior are growing afraid jot the wave of lawlessness which jhas been going unpunished. New Walk to Docks Superintendent Mehan is hav- ,ing a new sidewalk made to the jstation and waterfront across jthe G. T. P. reserve below Sixth ;Streei. The hew walk will run from the lower corner of the Premier Hotel across on a level j}grade to the bluff and from that Lue B. Senemors Could Not Get | point an easy stairway will carry | Lit to the office and waiting room building, Broke Jail Christmas Wm. Johnston, a Hazelton In- dian, was lodged in Hazelton .jail ja couple of weeks ago. Christ- mas day came and William thought the Christian festivities were inviting to even a native. He decided to participate, and broke out. Now the unsenti- mental law has stepped in and Johnston will appear before |Judge Young charged with jail |breaking. He will probably elect } speedy trial. Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners. Phone 4. CITY TAKING 504 h. 750 h, 1000 h, 1250 h. 1500 h, 1750 h. 2000 h 9250 h. 2500 h, 2750 h. 83000 h per &. WwW. hour net. The to cost TOTAL COST OF PURCHASING POWER FROM COMPANY DISTRIBUTING CONSUMER Pp. & 50,700.00 p. 65,672.00 p. 91,074.00 p. 101,377.00 Dp. 120,860.00 p. 126,476.00 p. 142,844.00 p. 151,187.00 p. 163,096.00 p. 160,178.00 hi ie 169,012.00 hr, total cost of purchasing power as given above is based on the figures submitted by the City AND TO WHAT THE COST OF LIGHT AND POWER WILL BE TO THE CON. SUMER IF THE PRINCE RUPERT HYDRO ELECTRIC CO.’S AGREEMENT IS PASSED RATES TO CONSUMER PER KILOWATT HOUR LIGHTING POWER 7c 2c § 6c 2c 6c 0 5c tec Boe 1c 5c 1c alec to alee to 4c tc 3'ee tc 3!20 1c From the above it will be seen that‘as soon as the City takes power from the Company that the lighting rate will be reduced from the present rate of 18¢ per k. w. and the power rates from the present rate of 9c per from the Company TOTAL REVENUE FROM THESE ANNUAL RATES SURPLUS 52,279.68 $ 1,579.68 69,070.90 3,399.00 98,023.00 6,949.00 106,193.00 127,431.00 137,234.00 , 4,816.00 6,571.00 10,758.00 143,763.00 919.00 161,739.00 10,602.00 163,374.00 778.00 161,739.00 176,442.00 560,00 7,430.00 net w. to 7c per k, hr. k. Ww. hour to 2e s. FA and distributing to consumer Superintendent of Light as BUSINESS Further particulars ing the death of CG. D. concern- Rand have just been received. Deceased had been in California sanator- iums for sonre months and left a few days before Christmas. for New York to undergo radium treatment. There it was found that his malady was too far ad- vanced for any hope of recovery. He died two days after this san- nouncement., The late Mr. Rand came to British Columbia in 1879 and was prominently identified with Vancouver's growth frem a vil- lage to its present size. He was born in Canning, N. S., in 1859, being 55 years old at the time of his death. He started in this province as a school teacher, en- tering the real estate business in {882. He was a member of the firm of Rand Bros. until 1896, when he severed his partnership and started an independent con- cern. Mr. Rand was one ganizers of the Vancouver Stock Exchange, of which he was a regular member. He had large interests in Prince Rupert, and conducted several of the most important auction sales, inelud- ing the original sale of the Pr. Rupert townsite and several other large land transactions. He was prominently connected also with the mining interests of British Columbia. Apart of the or- altogether from his business associations, the late Mr. Rand was a well-known and popular figure in sporting cir- cles, In 1890 he was elected president of the B. C. Lacrosse Association and for many years helped to foster interest in the national game, as well as other outdoor pastimes, cricket, base- ball, football, rowing, and, in later years particularly, vachting: He owned the handsome yacht Mou Ping, which he purchaged from Mr. R. T. Rogers, now com- modore of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. Mr. Rand was always to the fore in the early days when Van- couver specialized in its celebra- tions of Dominion Day by hold- ing extensive sporting meets. He not only devoted considerable time to furthering the cause of ' ’ FICIALS O. K. This morning the Imperial Oil Company, through their local re- presentative, got approval of a site for the erection of build- ings aggregating $200,000. This is the largest building permit yet asked for in the city. The build- ings are those announced in Sat- urday's Daily News. They inelude five oil storage tanks encased in concrete, and a warehouse anda office building, all to be erected will *Hlectric Franchise. i C. D. RAND WAS-PIONEER MAN ON COAST WENT TO NEW YORK FOR RAD DIUM TREATMENT BUT TOLD WAS USELESS—INTERESTING CAREER OF A BIG MAN but he in assisting the var- amateur sport, was equ- ally liberal lous enterprises by subscrip- tions. He was also a member of the senate of the newly formed Uni- versity of British Columbia: Mr. Rand was married twice, his first wife being Miss Kate Clute. His seeond wife's maiden name was Miss Annie M. Wall- bridge, She was in New York when he died. His brother, Mr. E. E. Rand, whose home is in New Westminster, in England at present. The deeeased alse leaves a son, Gerald, 15 years of age; a Mrs. Dr. Carroll, and another brother, Mr. Arthur Rand. The body will be brought to Vancouver for interment. is sister, FUNERAL CECIL MOBLEY Almost the city every business: man in turned out Saturday afternoon to attend the funeral of iittle Ceci! Mebley, shawing their deep sympathy with the be- reaved parents. Many others were also preseni. Services were held at the residence by Rey. Mr. Rix in the absence of Rev. W. F. Kerr. The bearers were: G, A. MecNicholl, D. G. Stewart, F. G. Dawson, and Fred Stork. Those who sent flowers: Tele- phone operators, Mr. and Mes. Ritchie, Judge and Mrs. Young, Mr. and Mrs. G. R._ Naden, the nurses, Miss McTavish, Mrs. H. W. Miller, Mrs. Casley, #r. and Mrs. T. D. Pattullo/ Mr. and Mrs. Dowling, Basil Merryfield, L. Astoria, Miss J. Redden, and Mrs. Kincaid, Mr. aad Kirkpatrick, Mr. and Mrs, Nicholl, Mr. and Mrs. Graig, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, Mr. an:i Mrs. H. Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. ['andasyde, Mr. and Mrs. H. Tremayne, ‘1'yee Lodge A. F. & A. M. No, 66, Mr. and Mrs. Hazlitt, Stewart & Mob- ley employees, Mr and Mes, Fred Stork, Mr. and Mrs. A. Stewart, Mi-s Mr. Mrs. Me- ‘immediately. the Presbyterian Chureh. APPROVAL OF BUILDING SITE GRANTED IMPERIAL OIL CO. WILL LOCATE BIG TANKS ON HAYS CREEK BAY—CITY OF- APPLICATION on Hays Creek Bay. The exca- vations for the buildings start It will take over a year to complete them, but tel oil tanks will be ready in time to take care of the supply needed by the GT. P. locomotives on the opening of the road. The location of this oil plant here by the Imperial Oil Cdimpany means the employment of many men here permanently as well as the large initial expenditure. SSE Public Meeting _—__ be held Monday Evening, Jan. 5th in the commencing at 8 p..m., to discuss the Hydro-Bleetric Bylaw. This meeting is being ealled by citizens favor- able to Municipal Ownership and opposed to the Hydro- A, KiRKPATRICK, Chairman. eeinhtirenetsetireaanenessbaesciiia das 4 Tae - env tale whee uo gS sich sare S shanti: Mies MeWilliams, Mr. and Nrs. D. ©.. McRae,Mrs. N. J, Hutuble, Mr. and Mrs. D. G, Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. C. Knight, Mr. wad Mrs, Walter Owen, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. I!y Hel- | gerson, Mrs. Frizzell, iadies «af =n a stil reer aia ae See be +