“The Daily News ” CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE BARGAINS In Piana-player, call up Mc- Caffery & Gibbons’ office, 207. SEVEN HORSEPOWER DISTILLATE Gaso- line engine, new, $165 freight paid. Send for catalogue C, Guarantee Motor Co., Hamilton, Canada. wr. FOR SALE—15 pairs extra Plymouth Rock Homer Pigeons, mated and squab pro- ducing, at a bargain; also Belgian Hares Apply 925 Borden St, tf. WANTED. WANTED—General servant, Good plain cook, for small family, no children. Apply 415 5th Ave., E. tf. WANTED—Capable general servant, duties light, state full particulars, experience, salary, etc. Apply Box 120 Daily News. LARGE OR SMALL STUMPS CAN BE DE- stroyed at the cost of a few cents each by our chemical process; no hard labor involved and no explosives used. Write for particulars.—Ideal Stump Destroyer Co., 160 Broadway, East; Vancouver, B. C, LAND REGISTRY ACT IN THE MATTER OF An application for the issue of a fresh Certificate of Title to Lot Fifty (50), Block three (3), Sec- aoe seven (7), City of Prince Rupert, Map 923. Proof of the loss of the certificate of title to the above lands having been fled in this oMfce, Notice is hereby given that it is my intention to issue, at the expiration of one (1) month from the first publica- tion hereof, a fresh certificate of title to the above lot in the name of John R. Rodcoff, which Certificate of Title is dated 15th December, 1911, and is numbered 959-1. H, F. MACLEOD, District Registrar. Land Registry Office, Prince Rupert, B. C., December 6th, 1915. j15. F. W. HART AUCTIONEER OFFICE CORNER S3RD AVE. AND 5TH ST., REAR OF HART BLOCK 4 ge HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR SECOND HAND GOODS OF ALL KINDS BOUGHT AND SOLD HARD TIMES SATISFIED WITH A SMALL PROFIT Try 828 3rd Ave., Or Phone Red 268 AUTO DELIVERY “rit EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE -_—__— Phone Red 339 poeoee ; BEST QUALITY DOMESTIC z LUMP COAL $9.50 per Ton — Cash on Delivery Money Back If Not Satis- factory UNION TRANSFER CO. 333 2nd Ave. Phone 36 FOR TAXI Phone 99 Stand - Hotel Rupert Walker’s Music Stor Romoved to Werner’s Old Stand On Second Avenue. PIANOS PLAYER PIANOS, MUSI ROLLS, SHEET MUSIC, AN SMALL MUSICAL GOODS Gerhard-Heintzman Pianos. Pianos to Rent. Sixty Years ——— = In thoughts, as in life, you reap what you sow. NAVIGABLE WATERS’ PROTEC- TION ACT. R. 8. C. Chapter 115. RICHARD B. McGINNIS' hereby gives notice that he has, under Section 7 of the said act, deposited with the Minister of Public Works at Ottawa, and in the offtee of the District Registrar of Titles at Prince Rupert, B. C., a description of the site and of the plans for a wharf proposed to be built in Alice Arm, Obser- vatory Inlet, British Columbia, at a point Situate about 3-4 miles south of the south- east corner of Let 1074, Range 5, Coast District, B. C. AND TAKE NOTICE that after the ex- piration of one month from the date of the first publication of this notice, Richard B. McGinnis will under Section 7 of the said Act, apply to the Minister of Public Works at his office in the City of Ottawa, for approval of the said site and plans, and for leave to construct the said wharf. DATED at Prince Rupert, B. C., this 22nd day of October, A. D. 1915. RICHARD B. McGINNIS, Applicant. NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Between: R. H. TURNER, Judgment Creditor, —AND— ALASKA IRON COMPANY, Judgment Debtor Pursuant to an order of His Honor Judge F. McB. Young, local judge of the Supreme Court at Prince Rupert, B. C., dated the 27th day of October, 1915, I will offer in the court house, Prince Rupert, B. C., on Monday, the 6th day of December, 1915, at the hour of 11 o’clock in the forenoon the following described lands:— Lot 283, Known as State of Montana Mineral Claim, Lot 285, known as Arizona Mineral Claim; an undivided one-quarter interest in Lot 286, known as Adams Min- eral Claim, and Lot 287, known as New York Mineral Claim, all in Group 1, Cassiar District, province of British Columbia. Subject to a judgment for the amount of #11,726.60, interest thereon at the rate of five (5) per cent. per annum from the 10th day of August, 1915, and the costs incidental to the sale. Said judgment was registered in the Land Registry office at Prince Rupert, R C,, on the 12th day of August, 1915. JOHN SHIRLEY, 286. Sheriff of the County of Atlin. WATER NOTICE TAKE NOTICE that R. B. McGinnis, whose address is Alice Arm, British Columbia, will apply for a licence to take and use fifteen second feet of water out of Trout Creek, which flows Wesverly and drains into Kitsault River, about 16 miles north of its outlet at Alice Arm, B. C. The water will be. diverted from the stream at a point about 500 vertical feet above point of use, near its mouth, and will be used for power and mining purpose upon the land described as Wolf Group of Mining Claims, This notice was posted on the ground on the 26th day of October, 1915. A copy of this notice and an ap- plication pursuant thereto and to the “Water Act, 1914” will be filed in the oMce of the Water Recorder at Prince Rupert, B. C, Objections to the application may be filed with the said Water Recorder or with the Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C., within thirty days after the first appearance of this notice in a local newspaper. The date of the first publication of this notice ts November 9th, 1915. RK, B. McGINNIS, Applicant, By H. C. Ingle, Agent. MINERAL ACT Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE OF APPLICATION Boulder Mineral Claim, situate in the Skeena Mining Division of Cassiar District. Where located:—On the west side of Hidden Creek, about one and one half miles from Goose Bay, and south of the Kaien Mineral Claim, Lot 2226, Cassiar dis- trict. Lawful holder, Myron Knox Rodgers; number of the holder’s free miner’s certi- ficate, 94240 B. Take notice that I, Myron Knox Rodgers, of City of Seattle, in the State of Wash- ington, free miner’s certificate No, 94240 B, intend at the end of sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim, And further take notice that action, under section 85, of the ‘Mineral Act” must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 10th day of December, A. D. 1915, MYRON KNOX RODGERS. By his agent, H. G, Lawson. f16. PRICES Baking Powder NO ALUM Made in Canada the Standard IN THE LETTER BOX (Continued from Page One.) lot of 12 cents per annum.” My answer to the question is that there will be a net increase of $3.02 per annum for a period of 30 years on a lot valued at $5,000 in section 1 local improve- ment bylaw levy, or close to 10 per cent per annum, at the end of such time the debt will be paid off. I am in favor of the serial bond system for but at the same time I wish-the facts to be by the There will be some saving on tax but that not alter the annual payments on several reasons, known ratepayers. general rates, will section 1 local improvement by- law. Yours truly, W. H. MONTGOMERY, The above answer is true, so far as it goes, but the complete that the local $3.02 is offset by an estimated re- duction in general taxes of $2.90, leaving an estimated net increase in total taxation of 12 cents per The reason for my an- reply is, estimated jn- crease in improvement of annum. swering the question in the way I did was that to state an increase improvement without the general in local also stating corresponding decrease in taxes would have been entirely misleading.— EDITOR stock It’s a but our solve it—Wallace’s. problem, will At the city council last night, the board of works recommend that the account of $165 for cars hired from J. R. Morgan be paid. This was agreed to. The Prince Rupert left for Van- couver and Victoria only this morning, after which she will be laid up for, over-hauling. The John will take her place on this run, FE Oe a os FIRE ALARM SYSTEM OIROUIT NO. 1. Box 12 —5th St. and 8rd Ave Box 13-—6tb St. and 8rd Ave. Box 14—-8th St. and $rd Ay. Box 15—Junction of ist, 2nd and 8rd Aves. Box 1@--1st Ave., between 8th and 9th Sts. (Knox Hotel.) Bou 17—ist Ave. and 7th 8t, (Cen. tral Hotel.; CIROUIT NO. 2. Bon 22-—-8rd Ave. and tru 8 (Post OMee ) Box 23--%trd Ave Bos 24-18% Ave. Box 26--2nd Ave Box 26—9nd Ave Box 27——G. T. P. CIRCUIT NO. 8. Box 31- 5th Ave. and Fulton 8t. Box 82—Borde and Taylor Sts, Box 834—7ib Ave. and Fulton St. Box 869th Ave. and Comox Ave. Gox 878th Ave. and Dodge PI. Box 386th Ave, and Thompson 8t. IT NO. 4, Ave. and and MrPrite St aud McBride 8). and 2nd 8t and 6th St. Box 41-4 PL Box 42-.-5th Ave. Bride 8t. Box 438-—5th Ave. cna ien St. Box 44+-6th Ave arid Bast! 8: Bou 45—7th Ave. and “Eberts. Box 141—-7th Ave. and Young 81. 7 Ito iodo oo oo oa Local News Notes Get Toys, all kinds—Wallace’s. Slabwood, $3.50 per cord, phone 93. Fill the Xmas stocking at Wal- lace’s. Men wanted at Wallace's. Wallace's. * * 296-301 cs * = to get their gifts CAVENAILE & HANNAN BEFORE BUYING YOUR CHRISTMAS GOODs, LINES. WE HAVE THE LARGEST VARIETY OF STOCKINGS CANDIES, PUDDINGS, BISCUITS, CAKES AND FRESH NUTS COMPLETE LINES OF BON’ BONS, LANDS, BELLS, AND OTHER CHRISTMAS DECORATIions, WE HANDLE GANONG’S, CADBURY'S, HAIDA AND Ray. SAY’S CHOCOLATES IN MOST ATTRACTIVE BOXEs. Tuesdty, December 24 POPOPOO + De "eee eeoey, GROCERS SEE OUR STREAMERS, aap- High class shoe repairing; war prices. G. Hill, opposite post- office. tf. . * . With every dollar purchase a ticket is given on the $25 in gold, drawing Xmas Eve.—Demers., es -¢ 6 Van- J. V. Rittenhouse left for couver on the Prince Rupert this morning. * * * A store full of Xmas presents, PHONES 493 and 187 3rd AVENUE AND 2ng ST, POPPI +O Ob ; ete Get“ More Money” for your Foxes Muskrat, White Weasel, Beaver, Lynx, W olves Marten and other Fur bearers collected in your section SHIP YOUR FURS DIRECT to “SHUBERT” the largest house in the World dealing exclusively In NORTH AMERICAN RAW F RS a reliable—responsible—safe Fur House with a teres utation existing for ‘more than a third ofa i, peo cessful record of sending Fur Shippers prx AY AND PROFITABLE returns. Write { Dhine > the only reliable, accurate market repor Write for it—NOW A. B. SHUBERT, Inc. 25:27.¥FeFAusnn Ay it's FREE and we are Open evenings. De- mers,. 298-301. * + * Order your Xmas pies, cakes, and pastry from the Woman's | Home Bakery now. 302. * * * ” : Presents suitable for everyone Wallace's. C. C. Boldrick, of the Bank of Montreal staff, left for the south this morning to spend Christmas 0 ee Xmas tree decorations—Wal lace’s, oe S's Captain Scharschmidt, of the {02nd Battalion, left for Victoria on the Prince Rupert today. Se 6.8 What am I to give? They'll tell you and show you at Wallace's The light and power statement for November shows a net profit of $1,982.23, the telephone show ing a surplus of $603.95. 20 om Gifts that worth while Wallace's. are Pot A. J. BURROUGHS, set Ave. and MoBride 4%. PHONE 26 RE ree SHINGLE”, MOULDINGS, SASH, DOORS PRINCE RUPERT LUMBER CO. Manager Branoh Yard at SOP PD +O PRINCE RUPERT, 6.0 Bmithere PEPER POC OD CO PPO PL OL LLLP EEPEEIIN rrrr Launch AliceB. Approved ter of Ma Passene For terms and Ca 2 oo , PPP LPL LLL LOLOL OL OPO OOOO OOO OO .W. J. THOMAS, Phone Green 391 Fer. SLORPOEEIOD The Gillette “Bulldog” Razor Gillette means ! young man. Edition. Sets, $6.50 up. 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