or1
TAXI
'
W
and
dlJ
Ambulant
Service
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
Stand
Royal
Hotel,
3rd
Ave.
and
6th
St.
MATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
VOL.
XIV.,
NO.
197.
l'he
settlers
will
be
given
the
wnr).
,as
)(,n
,,u,
an,
s
aliotit
choice
or
land
In
any
province
500
j.,,,
fl.(IIU.
it
'pie
vejn
jS
II
I
II
l
n
ull
(..It.
I
I
....
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......
I
II.
"lncii
moy
seieui.
iv
ia
"uimu
visible
lor
olio
or
ooo
irei
up
inn
Hie
most
of
them
will
settle
In
aMIVP
the
tunnel
and
several
lie
northwest.
hundred
feet
below
it,
and
is
HOSPITAL
TREATMENT
IN
JULY
COST
LESS
This
Was
Due.
However,
to
Greater
Number
of
Hospital
Days
Finance
Committee
Reports
to
Board
The
cost
of
treating
patients
per
day
pi
the
local
hospital
ilur
lug
the
month
of
July
was
con
siderably
lower
than
usual
it
was
reported
by
I
lie
finance
coml-
;.
''"My.
,
,
miltec
to
the
hospital
board
last
night.
It
was
pointed
out.
how-
wer,
that
this
was
due
to
the
biel
that
there
was
a
larger
mini
of
hospital
days.
There
were
1505
hospital
days
during
July
"id
the
average
cost
was
2.01
bi
June
Ihero
were
1205
hospital
'lays
ami
tho
cost
was
$2.80.
Accounts
for
the
month
totalling
44.IIHK.01
Including
Hie
pay-loll
were
passed
for
payment.
Jv.
Campbell,
chairman
of
Hie
financo
committee,
reported
"'at
expenditure
was
just
about
knsutiijj
within
the
budget,
sident
and
managing
engineer
of
the
Eldorado,
1.000
sacks,
of
ore,
approximately
forty-five
tons,
will
start
coming
down
from
that
property
this
week
for
shipment.
The
ore
will
be
hauled
down
Salmon
Olacier
on
doublc-
enders
lo
the
Olacier
group
spectacular
appearance.
Number
Three
vein
parallels
Number
One
vein,
upon
which
most
of
the
from
seven
to
eleven
feet
wide.
Hie
samples
brought
down-wore
sent
out
to
the
company's
Vic
toria
office.
Silas
P.
Silverman,
who
ar
rived
In
Stewart
n
few
weeks
ago.
received
instructions
from
cw
York
this
week
to
start
work
on
the.
Fish
Creek
property,
which
is
owned
by
Hie
American
Mining
and
Milling
Co.,
ami
has
been
closed
down
for
several
months.
A
w
of
men
has
gone
to
the
properly,
wilh
Wan.
Tompkins
as
foreman.
The
first
work
will
be
to
put
the
camp
Inlo
shape,
aflev
which
the
preliminary
mining
rails
for
open
culling
and
other
surface
work,
which
will
have
a
bearing
on
the
winder's
underground
development
program.
Georgia
River
The
Ceorgia
Hiver
property
-
I...
f-
Cll.nl.
Will
110
looM'U
over
y
mr.
cin;i-
m'an
within
the
next
week
or
so
wilh
n
view
lo
also
starling
work
on
It,
m
Die
very
near
rulure.
According
to
present
plans
it
is
allogelher
possible
I
lint
this
properly
ns
well
as
Ihc
one
on
Fish
Creek
will
operate
during
the
coining
winter.
SECOND
SON
BORN
TODAY
Princoss
Gives
Birth
to
Playmate
for
Laccollcs
Heir
LONDON,
Aug.
21
A
second
son
was
born
today
to
Princess
Mary,
daughter
of
King
Goorfje
and
tho
wife
of
Viscount
Lascclloa,
at
Gold
St.
Borough.
Much
space
Is
olvon
to
the
event
by
newspapers
which
record
village
oosslp
to
the
effect
that
Princess
Mary
had
ox-pressed
to
Intimates
tho
hope
that
tho
child
would
be
a
daughter
but
that
Lascellos
had
desired
another
son
as
a
playmate
for
his
heir.
YOUNG
LADY
FROM
ALBERTA
HERE
ON
WAY
TO
FAR
NORTH
In
the
course
of
a
2,500
mile
jjourney
by
rail,
coast
steamer
ami
river
boat
irom
lier
nome
in
Ponoka,
Alberta,
to
Fortuna
Ledge,
near
the
mouth
of
the
Yukon
River
in
Alaska,
Miss
C.
M.
Hascom,
a
young
lady
of
Ponoka,
Alberta,
is
in
the
cily
today.
Miss
Hascom
arrived
by
train
cabin,
thence
over
(he
new
trail
,agl
nif,lt
from
jmonlon
RUSSIA
REVIVES
RAILWAY
CLASSES
MOSCOW,
Aug.
21.
Hallway
class
distinction,
abolished
by
Hie
Hrtlshevist
revolution
in
1
9
1
7
has
been
restored
with
first
and
second-chuss
sleeping
cars.
It
is
reported
that
railway
fares
soon
are
lo
be
differentiated.
WAIRUNA
LOADED
and
in
me
rsumon
vaiiey
roan
..e.u
omomm.
will
sail
on
the
steamer
Hie
Indian
mine
camp,
where
it
,,r,ncess
Alice
fr
Juneau.
There
will
be
transferred
lo
wagons
Fine
Samples
S.
P.
Fitzgerald,
president
of
she
will
board
an
Admiral
Line
steamer
and
go
to
Seward
where
slio
will
Inkn
I
ho
Alaska
eovern-
Hie"
Independence,
has
come
down
nwnl
raWffly
lo
Nenana
Al
from
the
properly
will,
samples
Nenntia(
,1C
wi
0
,,y
river
or
Tine
ore
from
the
No.
1
hrec
Mlllcr
(low
tlu,
Tanaiia
nive:
vein,
across
which
a
deei
openj()
Tnnana
at)(1
lonco
duwn
lho
cut
has
been
run.
I
he
ore
car-Ykon
,Uver
((1
her
U(.s,inalin
lies
fine-graine.1
galena,
silver
wh,cl
js
ear
lp
toinl
nwrke,
in
sulphides
and
iron
pyriles,
mvI
flH
MarsllaIli
xhcrc
si,
is
liberally
stained
with
silver
Wj
v,sU
w(
rcal,vc8t
nromioe
ami
ciuormi-,
niwnn
u
u,
M,
ii,,,,,,,,,.
!
,.llt,iprpil
tn-
day
nt
the
Prince
Ilupert
Hotel.
AT
OCEAN
FALLS
Irving
McDormott
.inri
Long
shoremen
Return
After
Hav-In
Comploted
Work
at
Paper
Town
Irving
McDcrmott
and
a
'parly
of
.longshoremen
returned
from
Ocean
Falls
yesterday
afler
hav
ing
loaded
the
Wairuna,
Capl
Hills,
of
the
Canadian-Australian
line
wilh
1100
Ions
of
paper.
The
vessel
sailed
Monday
niglil
for
Union
Hay
where
she
will
coal
liefore
proceeding
direct
to
Aus
tralia.
She
was
piloted
by
Cap)
Edwards,
Mr.
McDermnlt
represented
the
Pacific
Stevedoring
Company
which
loads
all
tho
boats
that
come
I
o
Ocean
Falls
and
Prince
Hupeit.
VICTORIA,
Aug.
21.
Word
was
received
at
Liberal
headquarters
here
yesterday
that
Premier
Mackenzie
King
will
reach
Victoria
late
in
Seplember
on
a
speaking
lour.
Ho
will
also
speak
al
Vancouver
but
no
indication
is
given
as
to
what
his
other
movements
will
be.
299
WHALES
TAKEN
VICTORIA,
Aug.
21.
With
the
whaling
season
Jiow
at
its
height
il
is
reported
that
299
big
sea
mammals
have
been
taken
so
far.
Cacbalol
station
has
taken
100
whales,
Hose
Harbor
150
and
Naden
Hurbor
10.
BIRTH
A
son
was
born
Rupert
General
at
the
Prince
Hospital
on
PRINCE
RUPERT
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
PRINCE
RUPERT,
H.C.,
THURSDAY,
AUUUST
21,
11)24.
Ynterday'i
Clrculitlon.
isn
The
workmen
who
were
engaged
in
preparing
the
stadium
at
Wembley
for
the
great
Empire
Pageant
indulged
in
an
unofficial
pageant
of
their
own
during
their
lunch
hour.
Expected
That
100,000
Cases
of
Salmon
Wi
l
Come
This
Way
From
Alaska
Before
Season
Ends
It
is
expected
that,
by
the
close
of
Ihi
sseasou,
the
Ketchi
kau,
inoloMliiiviRelliugham,-
;Capt
Leii-Villia.riisviUd)ne
brought
100,000
cases
of
salmon
from
Alaskan
canneries
lo
this
port
for
transshipment
-over-
the
Canadian
National
Railways
tojlalion
eastern
states.
Since
August
1,
the
Hellirigham
hits
made
four
trips
here
from
Ketchikan
and
has
brought
in
those
four
trips
22,001
cases
of
salmon
and
00U
barrels
of
herring
oil.
The
Hellingham
was
in
port
yesterday
afternoon
with
a
shipment
Of
8,000
cases.
She
arrived
at
noon,
cleared
on
her
return
north
last
evening
and
is
expected
back
within
a
few
days.
MACKENZIE
KING
COMING
TO
COAST
ON
SPEAKING
TOUR
YANKS
HOP
OFF
TODAY
Flyers
Are
Now
Enrouto
from
Iceland
to
Greenland
on
Their
World
Flight
REYKJAVIK,
Iceland,
Aug.
21.
Lieut.
Lowell
H.
Smith
and
Lieut.
Erik
Nelson,
tho
United
States
globe
flyers,
and
Lieut.
Locatelll,
the
Italian
aviator,
hopped
off
this
morning
on
the
long
flight
across
the
North
Atlantic
from
here
to
Fred-erlKsdals,
Greenland
a
distance
of
825
miles.
The
sea
was
smooth,
conditions
were
as
auspicious
as
possible
and
the
machines
took
to
the
air
easily.
It
Is
confidently
expected
that
the
trying
flight
will
have
been
successfully
completed
this
evening.
Tho
whole
routo
Is
well
covered
with
convoy
ships.
N'ully,
returned
by
tho
Prince
Uigust
II
lo
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Jaine
(ieorge
yesterday
aflernoon
from
Weir,
300
Sixth
Avenue
West.
a
business
trip
to
Vancouver.
Admiral
Field
Says
Dominion
be
Joseph
Howe,
of
Howe
A
Mc-.
Navy
Would
Be
Good
Thing
For
Both
Dominion
and
Great
Britain
Street
Sales,
4U
in
lax
penally
from
fifteen
per
Icent,
to
twelve
and
a
half
per
j
cent.,
as
advocated
by
Reeve
Macnicol,
the
delegates
were
given
a
!
free
hand
should
the
question
'come
before
the
convention.
PLANNING
MORE
WORK
DEASE
LAKE
COUNTRY
V.
D.
McLaughlin
Will
Drill
During
Winter
and
Dredge
In
Spring
VICTORIA,
Aug.
21.
Whcro
Thibert
Creek
empties
into
Deaso
Lake,
iu
the
.Cassiar
District,
valuable
claims
attracted
miners
iu
the
northern
rush
many
years
ago.
Now
the
possibilities
are
receiving
attention
from
a
dredging
standpoint,
working
back
over
Ihe
old
ground.
With
that
end
in
view
William
I).
Mc-
BOSTON
GRILL
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
with
newly
laid
dancing
floor
for
hire.
Suitable
for
dances,,
banquets
and
wedding
parties.
For
rates,
apply
to
Boston
drill,
Third
Ave.
Phone
457.
PRICE
FIVE
CENT8.
MUCH
HERALDED
ASTRONOMICAL
EVENT
PROMINENT
VICTORIA
MEDICAL
PRACTITIONER
CHARGED
MANSLAUGHTER
Planet
Mars
Will
Be
Close
To
Earth
Tomorrow
and
Chance
Is
Being
Given
For
Communication
NEW
YORK,
Aug.
21.
The
American
press
is
devoting!
much
space
to
the
fact
that
the
plunet
Mars
will
tomorrow
be!
nearer
to
the
curtli
than
it
has
been
in
a
century
thus
giving
an
j
opportunity
to
scientists
to
get
photographs
from
which
to'nuikci
deductions
regarding
the
planet's
inliuhitahility
and
so
forth.
i
Professor
David
Todd
has
asked
various
South
American
governments
lo
silence
their
high
power
radio
stations
on
Aug.
2.1
and
s,
lo
give
me
innauiiauis
oi
.viurs,
u
mere
ne
iiiuaiHuims
there,
the
opportunity
of
commiinicutiug
with
the
earth
if
they
liave
discovered
means
or
interplanetary
communication.
Astronomers
at
Mount
ilson
observatory,
Los
Angeles,
arc
not
ern
going
to
look
'for
evidences
of
life
on
Mars
but
they
are
will-
iiF"
.
I,
W
nw
......
w
-
.
believing
Mars
inhabited,
lo
drop
in
for
the
31,000,000
mile
bird's
eye
view
and
will
lend
one
of
Ihcir;
Number
or
properties
w
uperaie
big
telescopes
to
anyone
willing
I..
-1
:
.
1
.
II.
R
I1AI
....I
.-......
I
..
It.
IU
Ilium
llie
i,vu"
itjvii,
uvuuiuaiii
in
the
hope
of
seeing
a
Martian.
hi
ibb
Mm
m
w
Ml
rjli
1
11J
A,
A
1
1.
A
Vi
1
AGREEMENT
IS
NOW
CONCLUDED
Three
Thousand
Picked
seiners
Coming
from
Britain
Under
Most
Favorable
Conditions
OTTAWA,
Aug.
21.
Settle
ment
ill
umiiiiiu
ui
iiiii-M-
iiiiFii-sand
Hritish
families
lo
be
selected
by
the
Dominion
is
provided
for
in
the
new
immigration
agreement
concluded
between
Hon.
J.
A.
Ilobb,
minister
of
immigration,
and
the
Hritish
The
Hritish
government
agrees
to
provide
all
I
lie
money
ior
equipment
and
transportation
folalling
$5,000,000.
The
set
Hers
are
to
repay
this
amount
within
25
years.
The
Canadian
immigration
de
partment
will
direct
the
settling
of
the
immigrants
and
will
assist
them
through
the
services
u
its
field
stalf
SHIPPING
ORE
FROMSTEWART
During
Winter:
Eldorado
Down
Salmon
Glacier
STEWART,
H.C.,
Aug.
21.
Tn
addition
lo
the
regular
cargo
of
Premier
high
grade,
ore,
the
big
freighter
Mogul
on
its
trio
out
liok
out
-forly-five'lnns
-of
H.C,
silver
ore
estimated
at
8120
per
ton,
and
thirty
tons
of
Purler-
Idaho
estimated
at
$200
per
Ion.
Hie
ship
did
not
lake
all
the
ore
that
was
on
the
dock.
According
lo
T.
V.
Wilson,
pre
Two
Pedestrians
Killed
When
Two
Doctors'
Cars
Collide:
Others
Unhurt
VICTORIA,
Aug.
21.
A.
D.
McLachlau
and
Ji.i5
'compauiou
D.
T.
H'allanlyne
were
struck
and
instantly
killediiy
an
automobile
lust
night.
The
car,
which
was
driven
by
Dr.
E.
W.
Hoak,
was
pitched
from
the
road,
evidently
by
rroming
in
Contact
with
a
heavy
car
driven
by
Dr.
C.
V
Duck,
which
dropped
into
a
depression
twelve
feet'deep.
Dr.
Duck's
car
took
a
pftch
in
the
opposite
or
right
hand
side
of
the
road
and
plunged
through
thick
underbrush
into
a
tre,?.
-
r-
'
The
Iwo
doctors
escaped
un-
.
.
.
,
.
Ilurl-
T,,e
Dorlies
of
tlie
two
men
MUNICIPALITY
AFTER
!ki,le,,
"fw"m
out
iipai
hip
rr
r
nntrniiiTn
65
year!
ot
a?",
were
discovered
UAdULin,
1AA
KtVtnUL
Saanich
Will
Urge
Policy
at
Union
Meeting;
Union
of
Police
Forces-to
Dismissed
VICT
MA,
Aug.
21.
Saanich
delegate.
to
Hie
Union
of
Muni
cipalities
will
urge
that
the
Provincial
government
be
asked
to
divide
the
revenues
from
the
gasoline
lax
wiMi
the
municipal
in
a
ditch
on
the
southeast
side
of
the
road.
An
investigation
into
the
circumstances
is
being
held
today.
It
seems
that
McLachlan
and
Hallantyne
were
walking
along
the
road
together
when
they
were
hit.
Doctor
Is
Charged
Dr
Hoak,
who
is
a
well
known
practitioner
here,
was
charged
with
'manslaughter
today
and
re
leased
on
$10,000
bail.
The
police
!
,.l
1
1
.I
'Du-ck
buninef'released
riilaner.
share
,
on
a
basis
,
of
t
school
t
.
popu-
.
,..;..,.,
'
Dr.
Hoak's
hearing
is
set
tn
for
If
I
had
my
way,
there
would
.
,,
,,
"'meantime,
the
pol.ce
aro
Ihe!
only
one
police
force
in
whole
of
Hritish
Columbia,"
said
Reeve
Macnicol
in
asking
for
direction,
as
to
the
attitude
delegates
should
lake,
on
the
proposed
consolidation
of
police
and
school
aulhority
in
the
hands
ofi
district
councils.
Reeve
Macnicol
deplored
overlapping
in
police
activities,
and
agreed
Willi
Councillor
Oldfield's
view
that
schools
would
be
a
task
of
great
tabor
should
their
administration
be
placed
on
councils.
The
view
Ilia!
changes
recommended
by
the
convention
should
be
optional
on
referendum
to
the
voler.H
was
also
supported,
the
Saanich
delegates
being
left
u
free
hand
on
this
After
discussion
of
reduction
i-iiuc.i
ui
nig
iu
gainer
iiit-uiiT
Ihe
threads
of
events.
Dr.
Duck's
I
car,
say
the
police,
was
in
the
jlead
and
ran
off
the
road
to
the
west
side
that
of
Dr.
Hoak
fol-
ng
and
clearing
inlo
the
djlch
on
Ihe
East
side.
How
lho
two
dead
men
were
actually
struck
is
still
unknown.
'
THREE
HALIBUT
BOATS
Only
three,
halibut
boats
arriv-.
ed
today
wilh
81,000
pounds
-which
-sold
as
follows:
"-.
Seattle
08,000
at
11.30
and
5
to
Cold
Storage.
Star
12.30
aim
7
to
Atlin
Fisheries.
Scrub
10,000
at
13.70
and
7.50
to
Atlin
Hsherics.
TWENTY-FIVE
ARE
EXPECTED
VISIT
INTERIOR
Twelve
Already
Pledged
to
go
and
Many
Others
Considering:
Will
Attend
Dinner
A
dozen
Prince
Rupert
people
have
already
pledged
themselves
lo
attend
the
Smithcrs
fair
and
Ihc
Telkwa
barbecue
on
a
special
trip
and
it
is
expected
(hat
a
party
of
25
will
be
made
up
before
Thursday
next
when
they
leave
for
the
interior.
President
Mcl.eod
of
the
board
of
trade
has
received
a
special
invitation
for
Ihe
parly
to
attend
Laughlin
of
the
Arctic
dredging
ne
,ijmu.r
r
shippers
and
grow-
lease,
is
now
in
the
city
organiz-;
ers
,,r
l)iei
Uulkley
Valley
to
bo
ing
for
tho
coming
season.
His
'held
at
Smithers
on
Friday
even-
lease
extends
over
the
delta
of.
n(r
0f
next
wtek.
This
they
are
Thibert
Creek
and
two
miles
up
tho
creek
He
intends
to
conduct
an
ex-
QUEHEC,
Aug.
21,
"When
you
ask
me
as
to
the
naval
ploratory
survey
with
drills
all.
there.
planning
to
do
and
It
is
hoped
that
as
many
as
possible
of
the
Prince
Rupert
people
will
be
defense
policy
lo
be
adopted
by
the
Dominions
of
the
Empire
I
(winter,
und
to
commence
opera-
While
the
excursion'
will
tnko
would
say
that
it
is
a
very
delicate
situation
to
consider
but
if
lions
with
a
dredge
next
spring,
rather
long,
it
is
pointed
out
by
you
like
me
lo
express
an
opinion
On
the
subject
I
am
willing
water
conditions
win
largely
ue-iK
president
of
the
board
lhat
It
to
slate
that
provided
this
Dominion
or
any
other
overseas
Do
minion
within
the
Empire
is
desirous
of
maintaining
their
own
navy
il
would
bo
to
my
mind
Ihe
finest
thing
Hint
could
possU
bly
happen
to
the
Dominion
thus
affected,
while
at
the
same
time
it
would
be
a
magnificent
help
to
Great
Hritnin."
This
was
n
statement
made-
in
mi
.
interview
by
Admiral
Field,
commander
of
the
British
special
service
squudrou
now
here.
(ermine
his
plan
of
operations.
wiU
be
a
unique
opportunity
for
He
enme
lo
lciorla
to
meei
non.j
Prince
Rupert
peoplo
to
get
lu
William
Sloan,
minister
of
mines,
(ouch
with
the
people
of
the
in-
wIhmu
he
knew
in
Ihe
Yukon
at
the
(line
of
the
rush.
Advertise
in
lho
Daily
Kew.
(prior
and
(he
trip
will
tend
to
improve
business
relations
between
Interior
'
points-and
Ibis
city,