Wfcftfi Yn Want A TAXI Q n a hurry 7 m a I -""o . 111 rum w m--t nmmm mmi Bill IUpvIm In the Olty. KtUi Reasonable VOL, XIV., NO. 37 ll.l I I. ,.,., I...II,... M,.tl ft I .' I. II untied Stales, 3 Ncrllimf, 1.13 U. Hou jf Koii;-, 5 2. Bo. I J. -''li't March 18, when lu,U)0.3u5 oere Marmion will no longer be nece of land go under the liamtivr at ary. Hie Roxerniiieut oil lease auction ! I he leading conlpnnic will bid pftlNfF GEORGE WILL r,. iitA ,ii . -.. ". iiiu urrr niiri ami u nui-llon of ilulliir have been offered Hie Osage Indian. Hie richest P"oplo in Hie world will see their weullh nmunl. PISH ARRIVALS Two Anierieaii halibut inurkeled eulehe lolalliug ".f0(l puuml at Ihe l isli Fa change 'I'ange Hii llii nlornlnir. nlornlnir. The They BE PUT ON PONTOONS c.N.R. "Liner to Have Overhaul Completed and Prince Rupert Will Soon be Docked The Canadian Fih t Cold Slor- ac Co.' trawlers Andrew Kelly ami . K .I'oxter, which have been were; "up for annual inspection ami re- Toni mid Al, 2H.O00 pound, al pair, went oK lh pontoon ul I5.l'c and Ue. to thn Allln Flh- Hie Canadian National dry dock eriPM, today and preparation are now I'. hcing made lo hock ne sieamer Todd, No. 2. 12,500 in order In rom- l'"U"d, l 5.5o and tc. to the I'Hn iorge annual over haul. I he her '"""nllan llol Fish lV Old Storage Co, lieorge will be put into service . a(.Bln shorlly and the Prince Itu- txeuiNnr nirrt !,,ri will then go into Ihe dock 1-32. for her annual overnaui. Subscribe for the Dally News She The IU2I Prince Itupert Kx- hibilion will b held from Sep-Icniln-r V lo 13 inclusive and Hie formal- opinio; will take place at even o'clock on the even ing Of the first ilay, II wa decided at Ihe flrt rcRiilar business meeting of the new Bdard which was hehl lastldght in the Fair Olllce. The decision to chaiige Ihe time of the formal opening from J o'clock as here tofore was made ill order to make the ceremonies more con venient for the general public and Hiu secure a more general hllentlauce. One of the mot important matters taken up at the im'cliug which wa presided over by Vice- PrevoVnl Ben Self in the ab-sice of President Joe Creer. no is on a business trip east, was Hie consideration of a preliminary report from the prize list rommillee. The report was rfoue over at some length rUusc by clause ami was discussed lliorouuiv. rinally. il wa inloiiled wilh some slight modi fiealiou. The clause relating I In prole! fee and time mull. 'was amended making the fee instead of $10 and making tin lime limit 12 hours after the milking of an award. In ronnee lion with grain exhibits, it was: ilrehl"il that the entry of seed of Ihe current o r preceding year's production would be al lowed but that sheaf and stalk exhibits would have lo continue to be of the current year's pro- luclhm. Outside Exhibits While the Association would undertake in the future as in Ihe pal lo lake rare of exhibits from outside points ami llieir disposal after the Fair, the Hoard decided lo particularly in- vile out-of-town exhibitors lo arrange if possible for some person coming lo the Fair to lake charge of them. A written report was received from the building and grounds committee outlining the present condition or the exhibition building -and .suggesting necessary repairs. The report was laid on the table for further con- iileratiou. Communication read at the meeting Included one from the Premier Cold Mining Co. In dicating willingness to assist in I lie gelling up nf a characteristic exhibit or their oress Permanent Exhibit The suggestion was made that Ihe board undertake lo assemble a large ami represeulalivn mineral exhibit for the Fair and miUn mtom PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia' Newspaper PJIINCK HUPKIIT, B.C., V BUNKS DAY, FKBHUAHY DJ, 1024. i"f wrtnution. isn str..t tit. Million Feet of Lumber for Canadian Scottish when she Comes Here at End of Month When Cti.M.M. steamer Canadian Scottish, Capli Hocking, times here direct from the Orient about February there will le I.noO.OOU feel of square from thi district for her lo load for Japan, II. V (i. I.epiue, local representative of the 11. It. McMillan F. port Co., announced thi morning. Two scows-, will arrive ironi hwuiison Bay one navuig I uo,"y'J 'i lxi ami tin - fiiivi iw.,vvu. hi. ul .-ijii.ii t. About SOn.uim feel from interior mills is ulrcady piled on the lumber assembly wharf and ini.QQQ feel further will he brought here before the L.ana-1 dlan Scottish arrives. Fhe mills in Hie interior are contributing lo this nexl Japan liipmenl: the l.akelsc Lumber! Co.. Ainsbury: lieorge Little, I'errace; Itoyal Mills, lluiiall; Webster Black, I raser Lake,1 and v ik... n iiniiiiii.i.ri i races Mime of these mills are al pre sent closed but Ihe lumber Ihey ire shipping was cut prior to lliis C. II. Anderson or Ihc Pacific Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau i at present in the interior in- peeling Ihe lumber prior to lis being shipped from the mills. NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE MONDAY Fred Blondet Crosses Harbor at Seal Covo and Falls to Return Fred Blondel, a fisherman rc-siiliiiR at Seal Cove, borrowed a i ii... i i i.'i-i. a 11.1,1 or the provincial police Hie neighborhood yesterday although he round freshly cut wood on the beach and floating in in Ihe me water, wuier, ni-tini-n-u discovered no mi trace iim meeting Uiai eonsuierauie circularizing oi outside points in Ihe district and further aHeld had commenced and result were already being noted. By the. next mceling many replies might be PLEASED WITH 8-HOUR DAY and Labor Council Ex' presses Approval of Work Done by Legislature RAILWAY CARMEN NOW AFFILIATED Labor legislation passed at Ihe last session of the legisla ture was reviewed and debated at length al the meeting uf the Trade and Labor Council last night. Ceneral satisfaction was expressed al Hie decision to make operative 'the- eight-hour day next year. Willi this law in force combined with the sym pathetic attitude of Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Can a.liaii National Itailway. il was Tell thai there should be little discord among the employee of the railway. . The abolition of Ihe $5 poll orj in iiiu .a. .. ,V1W U1I... ...A.I ..IT..I-I Storage Co. plant on Monday al. , ' 1 be made to facilitate the , , ,, , i i!w the bay lo, emoon to go across cut firewood and has not l.ccn " " , r viov s,inl k'l'al voter' list. Ihc various sri-n sun.-. ."...-.-... ...v .. ", mi ...... ii.i ,.,. SCOUlVd UI,IUII "in a..a i.iv...- ti.t loers to see nun uu are on in- provincial voters' list before February 23. Brotherhood or Hallway Car ocided af . .. iate . ' o oMhe dory or the man. It was a squally day on Monday and It is " ' , " , " reared that Blondel might l.au ?wU? J P' A,u ...ui.n John Leach and. h. . Tucker III. I lll. ..-. . ' a Hieir delegates, all ot whom . ..... .... i,-,..... i.n.itil lnsl liltflil . as a permaneni exninu ai ine,"v,v station or elsewhere Tor the benefit of tourists and travelers. The government wharf was also suggested as a suitable site Tor uiiMi im nvliiliit. there wa a large attendance at t lie meeting which was presided over by Aid. S. D. Miic-donald, president. 1). Mel). Hunter reported tu the FOOTBALL PLAYER IS ARRESTED AND CHARGED ASSAULTING OPPONENT VANCOIVKH, Feb. 3.- Ceorge expected. illusselL a member of the North Prrseur al Ihe meeling were.Yancnuver Flks soccer fooball Vice-President lieu Self, Honor-, leain Is alleged to have attacked ary Secretary Frank Dibit, 1)1-'and severely injured .m.rniieli the Canadian National rectors Aid. H. F. Perry. Fred Lewis, a player on Hie Si. An The Latest In Reatauranta. BOSTON GRILL Third Avenue. Best of Food Good Service. Private Boxes for Party Use. "Take Her to The Boeton." PRICE FIVE GENTS. FLOODS HAMPER RAILWAYS SOUTHERN B.C. LEADER ASQUITH SHOWS THAT HIS PARTY CONTROLS LABOR IN COMMONS Heavy Rains and Mild Weather Cause Floods in Southern B.C. Railway Traffic is Held up ,.M.ouv r.n, mi. nil alontr Hi :l l iiiKiiul flood conditions prevailed I I TP AP P A in IWit lliwr valley a a result of heavy rain- ami llrt I , IIP rAIIl the mild weather of tin- p.il twoday. The train service into Vancouver has hern dislocated owing lo washout, and mini slides. Sumus. hridge was threatened h' the swullcu stream and nil traffic on Ihc Canadian National wo slopped. Tin. (IP. II. Irain. were held up Iy til al Nell' Oule canyon with. two or the train crew caught in a nick slide retried Injurel, VKrrOIUA. I'eh, i:. Flood danger have disappeared GIVES UP WORK OF EXCAVATION throughout the outherii cud ot Vancouver Mund with Hie abate incnl of I lie heavy rainfall. Apart from a mud slide on the F.sipui- inult and Naiuiiioo Hallway iii. rlh of Coldstream ami the washing away nf two " small bridge In the Sookc district, Howard Carter Charges Die- )1Me j,,,,,,,,,,. WH ,np n the courtesy on Part of Egyptian Pjny of this eily. Public Works An avalanche on I ho F.. A N. hurird I he track lo'thc depth of MADE GREAT DISCOVERY rrp fce, for a ,,., f i50 feel. Statue of Ptiaroah Covered With Solid Gold Waa Twice Life Size I.IXOII. Feb. 13. Owing to thai he characterize! a the ill 4, rmirley of the Egyptian Puhlic Work Department, Howard Car- l r head of the excavation work. !icd Tulenkhamcn's tomb today c il ahatuhined operation. It i understood the erii wan pre. rii tiileil by the refusal of the lyptlan Rtivrrumenl In permit Mie wive of the excavator lo ' the liouh thi morning. The grealrsl discovery in the Imsfory of Fgyplology, even in ar hacnlogy. expert rlaiin, wa made hi . Tulenkhnnicir !epuU . In al chamber. The pharoah wan represented in high relief eov- e n with heel of ootid Rdd. niot-c I li ism I wire Hie sue. ine e-rne. beantifnl face was ex- win 'h were black a if )ia wtntncil them. blltimen OSAGE INDIAN OIL LAND SALE Nineteen Million Acres Will Under Hammer Next month and Indiana Gel Rich NO TROUBLES FROM WEATHER CONDITIONS ON NORTHERN LINES X, II, Walton, assistant general up rlntendent of the l' N. H. here, claled tin morning that Ihey hud had no (rouble lately on lif ir line between here and F.dinontnn. While I he weather had 1"m5. mild, there had been no rain like Ihey had had in the south. On Sunday and pari of Monday the (chs-Biuph line Rave trouble Iml the railway service wa nut alTerled. enraed with nliltritiK iii;.lry nr I irUTCkllkiP (V of arauonile and Hie 1iir WUKK VI LluU 1 CtliriU Tzi t::r:i: m amur may start with ADVENT FINE WEATHER While there lone been no ve.-m-I in from the -cene of the Amur wreck iuee yesterday inornliiR, it i auined that, with Hie inherit of fine weather today, the wprk of lightening the stranded veel uf her cargo preparu- go lory lo floating her off W line t:iifr lland will have lnrle.l ere Ihi. 'il,.. In- Munition returni'd to I'A Will. SKA. oklalinina. Feb. (he Amur Hi Im morning ami i ex- 13, lb., world HlriiRglc for oil peeled hack lale this afternoon, will I.-., i.. ii, t. u ... :.i i i.iiv ni Now that the Tee has arrhed at IS ANNOUNCED Big Annual Event Will Take Place from Sept. 9 to 13 with Opening In Evening PRIZE LIST DISCUSSED Plans Being Laid for Assembling of Monster Mineral Exhibit for Permanent Display V Phologruph show the dipjiug of the color a the Itoyal coach hearing their Majelie land, passed on Iheir way to the opening of parliament. Mm the King and Queen of Hu David Spencer of Vancouver Loses his Life Scaling Grouse Mountain and Arthur Willis also is Missing VA.NCOL'VCIt, Feb. U5. Believed to have feueeiimbed to exposure on the rocky ledges uf Grouse Mountain, the body of David tipencsr, ID years of age, was found by searchers late yesterday, lying in a hole .$,000 feel up on the mountain bide. The fate of Arthur Willis, Spencer's companion, remains a " irirty6fxlc?a ar'jL'avfng IhU morning lo bring the body to Hi? city. It U presumed that Ihe youths, who set out on Sunday hiorn- ling to scale the mountain, lost KtLAI DCI AV WIRFI FSS l,1,,ir wa' befo'e reaching the ni?SS. Un.n,ll and wandered among lALllAKT iUWIurilj'-uSgptJ rocks through heavy ! timber and were ciwghl in the Message Delivered In Winnipeg to 'crrifio rain and sleet storm that be Broadcasted by Western on Monday. It U Station inouKiii iii.u .-spencer pcrisiicu. ami Willis continued in an cf- WINNTPKC. Feb. 13. -Another! to secure aid. step will be taken in the making 'aJ"J 'encei- was u of radio history in Canada to-!"'" f Colonel V.ctor Spencer when delivered " "' oi uaviu apcuccr nighl a message . al Winnipeg will be broadcasted jt:"IPany bv station CFCN at Calgary. Till coup will be effected by mean. of a direct telephone con nection between ihc Union Sta-j lion, Winnipeg, and Hie W. W. (rani studio, Calgary, and O-! borne Scott, general passenger. agent of the Canadian National . . Itailway here w ill deliver a brier ""10- . message lo radio fans throughout the west during the second Canadian National program lo lie broadcast from Calgary. The wave length ot CFCN is ill) metre and listeners) in should tune their apparatus Tor that call al nine o'clock mountain time when Ihe program is scheduled lo start. PREPARATIONS FOR ENTERTAINMENT OF PROVINCIAL POLICE ASQUITH SHOWS TEETH TO LABOR ment on Capital Levy From John Clynes FRENCH NEGOTIATIONS Indications That House of Com mons Is Controlled by Liberal Party - LONDON, Feb. 13. Former' Premier Stanley Baldwin indicated today thai the Conservative organization was not likely lo take any act fun that would ham-. 'per Premier Jtamsuy Macdouald 1 t t l a it.. II MAUAI UICITADC uu" lus laoiuei m iiegouaiuiif-NAYAL YlollUKO with France. In opening the de-'bate in the House ot Commons, VICTORIA, Feb. 13. Prepara- M, ii;.!,!..,!.. sai,i i. ..atbered lion are being made here to from Ulfi premiers slalemeut rilllngiy entertain ine lour uiou- yt.s,.,.(ay uial (-.real Britain was sand naval men who are expect- in ltfWi. uf either negotiating ed to arrive here with the Brit- or entering into- fresh negotla- ish special serice squadron to- ilul)S wl(i, Krance. ward the end of June. It is sug-: u (i Asuu'ilh. referring to the gested that there be ' a naval uiiUle ,e government had given parade, a Navy League luncheon, w KUarjians nf the Poplar dls- land and sea Sports, carnival ami t,.ict j London in distributing re-various oilier events. 1 1 i o f to unemployed, said emphati cally that unles the government had reconsidered their action in llii i..di.f.nf llmMt u-ii ftf.l lti ARE INVESTIGATING leant ehanco of the act receiving itlie countenance or approval of Port Esslngton Jap Said to Have'"- f ommons. Hanged Hlmself-No DeUlla , J;'''MU- ,C "c". Lo ' Y Scu'; 'staled that the government would Received jnol approach any such question Provincial Constable' II. Cibson as a capital levy where national of Port Ksslngton Is investigating approval had not been given. iiiillwnvM with the teduest that ScaJden. II. M. Daggett. John drew's. team on Saturday. Ho hanged himself. Details have mines, suitable- accommodation be inado Bulger, Thomas McMeekin, Dan was arrested last night for " later Idas' established Jubour. D. .McK lluulor. charged wilb assault; QntiiinvtlL.t .liktilh isf n Inti n I llwi it tt DI'V i town. Deceased is said to have 'I. J. Shenton, Inspector of is sailing this evening and not yet been received al the o'ffice by tlin Prince Itupert for Stewart lof the inspector hero. on departmental dulled.