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State of California..... Friday, June 2
Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist
L. I, NO, 121 Prince Rupert, B.C., WepNespay, May ‘81, 4911. Price Five CENTS _

 

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Once and 15,000 h.p. Late

Canadian Press Despatch)

of | through in this province.
What the Project Is

ation for the purpose
ying the city of Prince Ru-
vith hydro-electric power and) The intention of the
today when|binat’on is to form a
gements were completed re- the
Company,
control | with a capital of $5,000,000,

new com-

vas announced company

Rupert
Lid.,
They

ito be called Prince
he in a group of prominent | Hydro-Electric

i) men securing

rge water powers in the|/have acquired the right of the
ty of Prince Rupert. | Prince Rupert Continental Power
Who the Men Are Company, and the water rights
local interests are headed |Om the Kahtada River, and Falls
rles H. Cahan, K.C., presi- | River, both being branches of the
the Western Canada 'Skeena River.

company, and Mr. H. A. Can Develop Energy

who during the past year |

NCAN ROSS SPEAKS
BEFORE KITSELAS CLUB

ressed Big Liberal Meeting There Last Night, with)

These powers are located about

 

ie auspices of the Kitselas
the

and

A Great Meeting

church - .
The meeting was called to order

\ssociation im

listened

last night by

Frank Angers who in few
brief remarks referred to
cellent

|made

to an

interest ac
Duncan

by Mr.

the ex-

delivered
x-M,P,

| Praised Reciprocity
well known
Mr.

ie subject of

and unblemished record}
by Mr.
member of

elected

Ross

and Parliament.

eau as a
ep R. C. Bean
of the meeting also eulogized Mr

career shoekl
called the}
opportunities offered the Canadian
to the

requiring solution by the nation

clear :
as chairman
le manner, Ross dealt
reciprocity,
i ”'! Ross's and in a
benefit

would
j address

how it

attention to

of Canada and
ted States by
{ living, and give a great |
the

ern British
iy the market

hol

people

reducing teal problems

people

to development of |
by}

for fish and |

Growing in Strength
Kitselas Liberal Association is
in an exceedingly
dition, gaining rapidly in influence,
and in numerical strength
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THE COMMITTEE
THAT COULD N’T

Mystery of the McMordie Con- |
tracts Baffles Aldermen

Columbia

 

roducts. prosperous con-
Tribute to Laurier

ud the reciprocity

ING MAN MET
HERO’S DEATH

rt MacLelland, Well Kno-
in Mining Camps, Died in
ing to Save Another.

  

move-

  

 

  

   

 

 

No explanation could be found |

by the committee appointed to go
the McMordie

In their

anadian Press 5 De »spatch)
Poreupine, Ont., May 31.
'\ MaecLelland, a mining
who is well known in most

into the matter o
Contracts by the council.
report on this the committee say

1

  

  

, : : . » section contract in
Mining camps of the con- that for the > ae of te hid
° .< I Wiordie
» met his death here yeater- re Be ei for earth,
: « *k ‘ 0 Cc
! trying to rescue Lee Dore $2.10 for rock, an R. A.
or a lump sum of $21,718

drowning in Porky Creek.

. 90 fo and
en met their deaths, McMordie bid $1.90 for rock,

80 cents for earth or a lump
sum of $29,978. Judging by the
lump sum S. P.’s was the

tender, but his figuring
Rupert Has at Least yardage estimate of his own while
two Tennis Courts R. A.’s was the Engineer's

»
estimate. It that S. P.

  

OT THE ONLY ONE

lowest

was On a

on

appeal S

  

 

  

 

  

 

   
    

Ivertently, an injustice has figured on less rock than R. A.
done to Prince Rupert by|expected, and R, A.’s was really
iggestion made the other|the lowest tender rhe come
hat Bishop DuVernet's is} mittee calculated that altogether
nly tennis court in the city.|R. A.’s tender was lower than
er tennis court exists at|/S. P.’s by about $5,044, and of
pPme of Mrs. W. E, Williams|would have been to the citys
» an ardent tennis player,|advantage to have accepted 4t,
he tennis court at the Wil-!They also state ‘that he was

residence claims the honor|/awarded the contract, but did
& the pioneer one, nt accept it, and his cheque was

 

 

     

has been identified with some of
mtreal, May 81—A big am-|the largest financial deals carried

as politician | }

|schooner rigged gasoline yacht La
Viagara sailed out of Seattle har-

jalong the

COMPANY

ILL EXPLOIT PRINCE RUPERT,

ntreal Capitalists and Power Experts ort Fare a Merger---Will Take Over the Prince
Rupert Continental Power Company’s Water Powers on Kahtada and Falls Rivers
and Start a $5,000,000 Company---Propose to Develop 1500 h.p. at

r---Also Instal a Gas Plant.

forty-two miles from the city of
| Prince Rupert, are capable
of developing at a conservative
jestimate from 25,000 30,000
horse power of electrical energy.
| It is the intention of the company

 

and guaged by A. W.
has especialised

and Agnew whe

to

; to develop about 1,500 horse power
|by means of a provisional plant
to supply the immediate needs
of Prince Rupert, and later on to
proceed with the installation of a
permanent plant, capable of sup-
plying The
permanent plant will be ready by
| the time the Grand Trunk Pacipe
)is running into Prince Rupert.

Will Produce Gas Also

for the dry dseasor
country is the winter. A.
15,000 horse power.
into this, and it is probable that
the first hydro-electric
Prince Rupert will be
power from Falls River.

lit by

 

 

The company will also control}, Last fai! the erty pounch cs Sunstar Fiske, and A Stedfast Sec-
| @ gas works in the city of Prince te the question a utilising the ond i in Classic Event—Finish-
}Rupert, and will instal a gas| Falls River power in terms of a] eq in Same Order for the
| Producing plant capable of sup-|proposition made the city by| Thousand Guineas.
hylying 75,000,000 cubic feet of f | Messrs. Ritchie and Agnew on —_——
gas per annum for domestic put-jpehalf of their con ipany. It was}, London, May 31.—At the great

| poses, that the

suitable,

jagreed then,
| sufficient and

power was
but the

Reciprocity as His Theme—New Political | Power company '

Association is Growing Fast | power rights of the Falls River | in This it wi as thought would |
is the power company in which|come to about half a million. En- |
nadian Press Despatch) |ment was the crowning act of] A.W. Agnew, and J. Fred Ritchie} gineer Brutinel has stated that it
May 31.—A large and|Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s career, ajare interested. The Falls River/ will cost a million to bring in

tic audience composed of|desideratum that Conservative sta-|is a tributary of the Ocstaw River} power from the Kahtadha River.
tative citizens of this vi-|tesmen for generations had been| which flows into the Skeena es-| The statement that the new
ttended a meeting held| trying without success to achieve. |tuary, and is the most com- | company will control the gas sup- |

indication that the|
Power company is a

mercially considerable power within | ply is
The Tsimp-
company’s principal
Kahtahda River, ~is|
the Skeena.

an
fifty miles of the city. Tsimpsean
Power
the
farther

sean
that the power will be brought}
into the city under their charter.

power,

situated up

The Falls River power was located,

in water-works,
and Hydro-electric engineering in
these districts during his stay here.

One of the principal difficulties
in connection with the adaptation
of a water power to commercial
purposes here is the problem of |
the storing up of the head of water |
which in this|
W. |
Agnew has gone very thoroughly

lights for

party to the new combination, and |

 

 

 

BASEBALL SCORES

ery

Northwestern League

ing.

noon.
Victoria 2, Seattle 3; morning.

Portland 6, Tacoma 8.
American League
Boston 6, Washington 5.
Philadelphia 3, New York 0.
Chicago 1, St. Louis 4.
) Detroit 3, Cleveland 2.
National League
Pittsburg 4, Chicago 1.
New York 3, Brooklyn 0..
Philadeiphia 3, Boston 0.
Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 4.
Pacific Coast League
Los Angeles 4, San Frantisco 3.
Portland 5, Oakland 3.
Vernon 4, Sacramento 1.

WINNER OF

 

 

star carried off the Derby,

ters in the event.

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Vancouver 2, Spokane 5; morn-

Vancouver 1, Sopkane 2; after-

Victoria 3, Seattle 8; afternoon.

THE DERBY

Epsom meeting this morning Sun-
with
The Prince Rupert Continental | city could not entertain the ques- | Stedfast second and Royal Tender }
which has the/ tion of cost of bringing the light) third. There were twenty-six star-- Are Indignant at the Scurrilous and Disloyal State-

FIVE VICTIMS OF FIRE
AT TOWN OF SILVERTON

night Blaze Fretn Spite Siperecianss Source Enveloped
Two Hotels—Occupants Had to Jump for Their
Lives—Five Men Perished in Their Beds—
Many Others Injured.

men perished in their sleep. Both
of the hotels and two houses in
between are completely destroyed.
Many are Injured

In addition to the men who
lost their lives, many —-were in-
jured by having to jump from
windows, and some from burns
they received. There will be held
a searching investigation to dis-
cover if possible the cause of the
fire

Mid

(Canadian Press Despatch)

Silverton, B. C., May 31.—
Five people were burned to death
and loss to property exceeding
$25,000 was done here early this
morning by a fire which broke out
in a main business block.

Names of Dead

The vistims of the fire are:

Robert McTaggert.
| Robert Fairgrieve.

F. L. Fairgrieve.

Two unknown Finlanders
from Phoenix.

 

Three Lucky Ones
The news of the success of
Sunstar in the Derby brought
joy to Dr. Quinlan who held the
lucky card on a fecal sweepstake.
Mr. S. R. Owen drew Stcedfast,

Fire a Mystery

The origin of the fire is a mys-
tery. When it was discovered
the block was ablaze, and the
flames quickly spread to the Vic- jand Mr. T. C. Chalmers Royal
toria and Windsor hotels. n|Tender. Between them the three
alarm was raised and most of the|lucky winners will 7's about
guests escaped. The peers |e hundred dollars.

 

 

 

 

 

P.R.L A. DISCLAIMS THE
OPINIONS OF ‘DOYLE 322’

 

ments Published in Spokane Paper, and Shown

 

By an unusual coincidence, Sun- Up by Daily News—Morse Makés Disclaimer
star and Stedfast also finished
|first and second earliér in the “On behalf of the Prince|secretary in regard to the disloyal
fyear in the race for the Two} Rupert Industrial Association, I and scurrilous effusion published
Thousand Guineas should like to say that we know a Spokane paper, and pur-
———————— es | nothing whatever of the cacherliniade to come from a member
Last night the C. P. R. S.S.| of the matter by “Doyle 322” jof the P, R. I. A. Space given
Princess Ena arrived with freight) quoted from a Spokane paper,|to this matter in yesterday's Daily
principally for the Digby Island} and publisded in yesterday’s| News for the purpose of showing
Government Buoy Station, am-| Daily News in reference to|the people of Prince Rupert how

 

ounting to over a thousand tons.

 

 

 

WEALTHY MEN VISITING RUPERT IN YACHT

La Viajara Docked Here Last Night—Came From Seattle—Her Company of Four |
Have Interest in the Queen Charlotte Islands

of the Atlin Construction company,
and to take After
|staying here four

Seven weeks ago the two-masted

 

in supplies.

for three or

 

|bor on a summer tour extending
Northern Pacific coast | big interests in timber and mineral
with a company of four gentlemen |and from there
and a Chinese cook and last night|other points along the coast and
this yacht crept through the en-|to Alaska. When they have visited |
trance to Prince Rupert harbor | points north of the fifty-third
degree they are not certain where
they will cruise. It is likely that
they will just go where fancy
leads them; maybe to Honolulu
for their craft is quite capable of
taking heavy seas. She is a sea-
going boat and a good one at that.

They have not been in the city
yet, but what they have seen of
the harbor they think it is a

under cover of the almost opaque |
jhaze, and dec ked at Seal Cove.
She is the trimmest yacht that
has ever entered this harbor, and
her owners, the four gentlemen
| Captain James Sword, Arthur Rid-
sdale, T, Crosam and Captain
Richard Dodge. The quartette
are knight errants first and then
prospectors for minerals and other

they will go to}

lyacht at Seal Cove Mr.
said, by his friends, to be
than an ordinarily wealthy

more
man,

days they will leave for Queen | like his companions was rigged |
lover four or five months up and} Charlotte Islands, where they have} out like a halibut fisherman wash-4

jing the decks. His companions
had been up late and were in their
bunks and while there, they were
visited.
Dimensions of Yacht

The La Viajara is 74 feet long
with a 17 foot six-inch beam,
draws nine feet inches of |
water and can steam seven knots |

six

an hour. She has a 25 Kabab!
power engine. She was built
for the commodore of the San

Francisco Yacht Club and it can
be guessed she is fitted up like
an ocean going boat with every

 

 

 

 

thing. dandy. convenience,
Came to See Old Friend A fine time they are having.| With the exception of Mr. Rid-|

They came here to see their]This morning when the News| sdale, who is from Victoria, the
old friend Mr. George H. Collins|man called on them aboard their | other i Si are from Seattle.
returned to him. This the com- PRISONER MAKES CALGARY MAN DIES
mittee say they have not been
able to fathom, but they found A BOLD ESCAPE R. R. PP. Sa an PY cal of
that S. P. McMordie’s contracts aR Calgary, Dead at Vancouver
for three sections, are all under} Italian Jumps from Fast Train

one penalty clause of $25 per day,
instructions were
to

Near Goat Canyon on the
Crow's Nest Line and Gets
Away.

because specific
the city solicitors
draw the agreement as three
contracts. Aldermen Hilditch, Mo
rrissey, Clayton, Kerr, and Doug-
las formed the committee inves-
tigating this matter.

given
up

not

(Canadian Press Despatch)

Nelson, May 31.—While a train
on the Crow's Nest line was run-
ning fast to make up time, an
Italian prisoner being taken from
Wardner to Nelson to serve a
term, jumped from the railway
coach near Goat Creek and got

 

Miss L. Holmes, niece of Cap-
tain Smith of the police depart-
ment, has left the city and is

(Canadian Press Despatch)
Vancouver, May 31.—Mr. R. R.
Jamieson, once mayor of Calgary
and a well known Westerner, died
at Vancouver this morning.
Banks Island Copper
W. Lorimer, of Victoria, after

Corsam, |

 

 

| George Leek and other citizens| jaundiced a view of the situation
| of Prince Rupert. There was a/exists in some quarters, had the
}

man named Doyle associated |effect of bringing Mr. Morse to
with the P. R. I. A., but his/the office this morning most anx-
number was not 322, and Ij/ious to disclaim the writer of the

 

have no reason to beileve that|disloyal matter as a member of

he would write such matter.| the P. R. I. A. °
| garding » j s > > | . sas *
Regarding the insults to the| Citizens Indignant
| Kg, I would: like to say that} : ‘
beige | Laboring men, and business men
the Prince Rupert Industrial | ; i Saat
aoa of the city are alike indignant
Association is as loyal a body} se Pri R ade ol
lat any De
} as any other organisation of Pex See, agees *

men should be charged with the
| expression of such traitorous opin-
sete ions and the opportunit ven
Secretary, Pay t+ & im the Daily ies ae iit —
Shown Up by ‘‘News’”’ | the indignant denial of the existen-
Above is the expression of the/ce in the city of even one disloyal
Opinion of the Prince Rupert In- [Doyle is eagerly taken advantage
dustrial Association through their | of,

labor in the land.”

A. O. MORSE

 

 

Where to Go

EMPRESS THEATRE, Second Ave. ;
Pictures and music, 7.30 p.m.

MAJESTIC THEATRE, Third Ave;
Pictures and songs, 7.30 p.m.
PHENIX THEATRE, Second Aveuue;
Pictures and music, 7.30 p.m.
AUDITORIUM, Sixth Anema: Roller
Skating, 8 p.m

DANCE, Melntyre Hall, tonight, 9.
MUSICIANS’ MEETING, Empress
Theatce basement, tonight, 6.30 p.m,

OLD PRESBYTERIAN Communicants
Class, tonight 8 p.m,

 

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ENTHUSIASTIC
* FOR TENNIS

Boys and Girls W Who Like the
Gracefui Game Turn Out

 

 

 

 

Thus summer Prince Rupert is
determined to have a good live
tennis club, There is every prom-
ise of tempting tennis weather, and
it will not be difficult to get a
suitable court. Tennis enthusiasts
in the city are assured of this.
Last night a number of them
gathered in the Presbyterian chur-
ch, and discussed
deciding to enter on an active
campaign right now to get things
going towards the desired end.
Every tennis player in town is
invited to attend a meeting in
the Presebyterian church on Thurs-
day at eight p.m., and all who
would like to vary the pleasures

preliminaries ‘

“Tennis Teas’ where the girls
can get in a little tennis teasing
will be realised in Rupert ~ this
summer if energy and enthusiasm
can do it.

Island Oil Interests

 

 

a short stay in Prince Rupert,
left by launch for Banks Island
where he is looking into some
copper properties in the interests

 

 

 

journeying east to her home. clear away,

Mr, Rutland Parnall, who is

interested in the petroleum pros-
pects of the Queen Charlotte Is-

of boating and other games on
the long, light summer evenings
in Prince Rupert should certainly

attend. Visions of penne boys

  

   

 

 

of Victoria owners,

lands, ds has been staying at the

CLAUS FTCRMET SLO CCI,

 

and pretty Is holding