WMa
Ym
Wul
A
TAXI
7.
99
10
a
hurry
VOL
XIV,
NO.
42
Beat
0rt
and
Boat
tendo
In
the
Oltjr.
Rate
Reasonable
me
poll
lax
COIICCIIOJl
was
aiven
a
unanimous
third
read-;
:ig
al
lasl
nlahl's
council
mcel-ng
Mayor
Newton,
Aid.
Casey
and
Aid.
Macdonald
had
expressed
favor
previously
for
Ihe
removal
of
the.
5
lux
and
retention
id
the
t'i
lax
but
it
had
been
elaMlied
thai
11
would
be
im-possihle
lu
do
Ibis
wilhout
act
of
legidlutui-e.
Tbereforoe
Ihey
decided
lo
rail
lu
wilh
the
nearest
they
could
obtain
lo
llielr
desires,
Aid.
CaseyVaid
he
would
sup
port
Aid.
Colhirl'H
measure
In
Ihe
niennlime
but
lm
ihteiuled
SUPERANNUATION
IS
PLANNED
FOR
RAILWAY
OTTAWA,
Feb.
IV.--A
super
annuation
scheme
Tor
the
bene
fit
of
employees
of
Ihe
Canadian
National
Hallway
is
being
work
ed
mil
al
a
conference
or
re-
presenlalives
of
the.
employees
of
Ihe
department
of
railway
and
the
board
of
director,
of
the
C.X.H.
PRESBYTERIANS
REACH
OBJECTIVE
FOR
CHURCH
In
Ihe
Presbyterian
Church
on
Sunday
llev.
II.
II.
lranl
nn-nouueed
hal
the
sum
of
lo,Umi
1.
ii.
I
lieeu
subscribed
toward
the
I'dcr
in
(ho
year
to
ask
Hie
roun-Liwllou
d
the
new
church.
This
pll
lo
pelllbm
Ihe.
government
fully
covers
Ihe
objective
which
'Hh
a
view
to
having
somu
rc-itbe
commilte
set
when
the
earn-
vision
made
In
Ihe
colleclion
or
paign
for
funds
was
c)minenced
"
poll
lax.
llavlng
lid's
In-
Pidion.
he
liimiiie.l
If
Ihe
coun-
I
nion
steamer
Cnnlena,
Caul
'il
would
still
,avo
the
power
to
A.
K.
Dickson,
arrived
from
Any-brlng
Into
elTect
Ihe
$2
mad
lax.
ox,
Alice
Arm
and
Slew-art
al
2.30
wan
ft.ia
by
(JHy
solicitor
(his
artcrnoon.
The
vessel
Is
sail
at
5
Tor
Von-
''ios
that
would
always
have'sehedulPd
to
ii'
prl-ili'i'K
1
U
ay
pons..
She
and
he
moved
thai
he
be
invited
lo
remain
-another
year:
Karl
ltarrie
asked
to
be
allowed
lo
second
the
motion.
Being
a
new
member
it
might
seem
forward
nf
him
lo
do
so.
but
coming
from
Pie
ealerji
city
churches
where
Ihe
work
was'
long
established,
he
desired
Ip
say
a
word
regarding
the
Prince
lluperl
Methodist
Church.
Many
ditlleiilt
situations
arise
in
con
ned
but
Willi
young
people's
work,
here
n
elsewhere,
and
Mr.
Backer
had
more
than
ordinary
ability
in
handling
tliem.
"I
consider
him
u
'find'
and
I
just
want
In
say
u
lo
Ihe
board,"
he
concluded.
Mr.
Backer
thanked
the
board
for
their
confidence
in
him
ami
outlined
his
program
for
the
coming
year,
lie
said
Itiat
I
lie
nudity
School,
Canadian
dills,
luxis
and
Tnill
hangers'
group
were
steadily
growing
in
mini
ber
and
enthusiasm.
In
llii
connection
great
praise
was
due
to
Miss
Haddock,
Mr.
ltarrie
and
the
Sunday
School
teachers.
Mj'
Barker
also
noted
with
gratitude
mi.
ever
increasing
number
of
men
taking
mi
interest
in
church
work.
Be
looked
for
n
better
year
ahead.
t'he
treasurer
s
report
showed
that
the
church
finances
were
in
splendid
shape.
All
bills
had
heeii
oahl
and
there
was
a
small
balance,
on
hand.
An
ear
v
adjournment
wa
inken
in
order
Unit
Hie
men
might
practice
for
Ihe
forth
coining
concert.
CREW
OF
COLUMBIA
ARE
ALL
TAKEN
OFF
Fortv
Passenners
as
Well
as
Officers
and
Crew
Brought
to
Shore
on
Breeches
Buoy
MAIISIIFIF.I.D,
Feb.
IV.
Tin
last
of
Ihe
members
of
Ihe
crew
of
die
steamer
Columbia
which
was
wrecked
on
Sunday
on
Coos
Bay
Jelly,
was
brought
ashori
last
night
on
a
breeches
buoy
over
a
line
'.'00
yards
long.
Folly
passengers
Including
I
wo
women
and
31
men
as
well
as
Ihe
ollieers
and
crew
were
brought
oil
without
loss
of
life,
or
Injury.
ubnrb
for
tut
Dally
News
settle
PRINCE
RUPERT
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
PIUNCE
ItlPEIlT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
FKUIIUAHY
i'J,
1U21.
Extensive
Campaign
to
Settle
j:Lands.
on
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Line
by
Provincial
Government
VICTOltlA,
Fell.
It.
A
campaign
lo
secure
selllcr
Canada
and
Britain
to
settle
011
the
rich
agricultural
hinds
Iribu-
control
of
Ihe
I.aud
Sclllcment
Board.
First
attention
wiH
be
paid
lo
Ihe
disposal
of
these
lands
which
are
al
Hose
Lake,
Alexandria,
Ten
Mile
Lake,
tjues-nel,
Stralhnaver,
Woodpecker.
Briik'e
Lake,
Cauiiii
Lake
and
Prince
tieorge.
The
provincial
government
will
also
seek
the
assistance
of
Ihe
Federal
Ooverninent
in
promoting
the
si-hrnic
and
the
federal
department
of
immigra
tion
and
colonisation
will
be
ask
ed
to
assisl
in
securing
settler
for
Ihe
Cariboo
lands.
EXTENSION
OF
STREET
WORK
..I...
......
I
f....
C,..
.,.,ll.
.
I.'...,
I
I
imiiiiiru
rvn
11111
.
1:11
111-
.us
by
Ihe
city
council.
.A
local
improvement
initiative
bylaw
providing
for
limber
mallresslng
and
crushed
rock
surfacing
on
contour
grade
lo
a
width
of
15
feel
was
introduced
al
last
iilghl's
meeting
by
Aid.
Perry
uml
given
lis
first
reading.
The
streets
provided
for
in
Ihe
bylaw
are
Seventh
Avenue
between
Mcllrfde
Street
and
Hay
Cove
Circle
and
Bays
Cove
Circle
lo
Slxlh
Avenue.
MUST
REGISTER
TO
VOTE
ON
BEER
LAW
TMtortfar't
Circulation
1B2
Strttt
Slt
M7.
JUNE
PLEBISCITE
4
It
is
announced
there
will
le
a
plebiscite
on
beer
selling
next
June
and
ll..w
u-l.i.
wisl.
I.,
v.,1.
....
.Pive
that
plebiscite
must
be
registered
this
week.
The
oulcc
of
registration
is
at
the
(ioverninenl
Agent's
ollice,
in
Hie
new
government
buildings.
Those
who
are
already
on
the
Provincial
Voter'
list
do
not
have
to
register,
but
il
would
be
well
for
residents
here
lo
see
that
their
names
are
on
4
the
list,
ir
Ihey
wish
to
vole.
Those
nol
regis-
lered
by
Saturday
al
noon
will
not
be
able
to
vole
0
on
Hie
beer
plebiscite.
WIRELESS
REPORT
'8
a.m.
Dighy
Island
Cloudy,
calm;
Seventh
Avenue
East
to
Get
barometer.
30.33;
temperature,
Treatment
Similar
to
That
i?H;
sea
smooth.
Belna
Given
Fifth
Avenue
East
Street
reconstruction
work
similar
lo
(hat
now
being
carried
out
on
Fifth
Avenue
Hast
is
Dead
Tree
Point
Overcast,
light
southeast
wind;
barometer.
30.01;
temperature,
38;
sea
smooth.
Bull
Harbor
Cloudy,
calm:
Plans
are
Already
Under
Way
for
Revision
of
1924
Exhibition
Prize
List
Several
Fair
Board
sub-Coui-
miltcck
for
the:
revision
3f
thej
The
Latest
In
Restaurants.
BOSTON
GRILL
Third
Avenue.
Best
of
Food
Good
Service.
Private
Boxeg
for
Parly
Uae.
Take
Her
to
The
Boston."
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS.
Members
of
Kings
Household
Re
appointed
from
Members
of
Old
Party
LONDON,
Feb.
IV.-tJ.
C.
ha
been
appointed
.solicitor
general
for
Scotland..
He
is
not
a
member
of
the
Bouse
and
consequently
a
seat
will
have
to
bo
'ound
for
him.
t
"
Some
of
n
Ihv
vcfilef.".
a
pno
I
n
t
IVJI
prUe
hst
have
already
Deen
.,.,..,.
)o
n,e
King
s
household
appointed
and
a
number
of
them
UU
remain
closed
preserve
for
Have
slarled
011
tlieir
dunes.
(Mie
ar,,(OCracy
under
Hie
Labor
The
committee
on
the
flower
;ov.riiinent
sis
evidenced
by
a
mid
fi-tiil
.leiiarlinent
consists
of
1,
ci...
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.,.
1
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-
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ttllllVUIIt.tllll
II,
10
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k
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...
.
-.
,.Mrs.
1.
.Mi-uiynioiu,
.urs.
n-.Kia
,u
1C
K
nz
anoioved
lary
lo
the
Paeiric
(.'mil
F.uslern
lluilway
is
being
launched
by1
a
,
'1
7
1
,
m
v
ceHai"
,1,,inine,'H
rr
Imw"
Ihe
nroviuciul
(roverumeiil
iimlMr
Iti.n
I
li
vt..i
;:.
1..
,.V
Mclntosli,
.Mrs.
M.
.,(.Caiiie
vacant
when
the
Conse
raiiwa.
a
wu,
announced
yesterday.
Canada
and
Ureal
Britain
,.V.
'
.
"
.
vative
.
will
be
blankeled
wilh
advertisements
Idling
of
the
settlement!
J'"'
cuIl,,ar'
und
,,ui.r;
,n-
notice
an
possibilities
ot
Ihe
P.li.K.
couiilrv
The
govsrnmeiil
will
co-uperale
in
aiding
individual
set
tlers
lo
choose
the
best
available
land
and
allow
(hem
reduced
fares
on
(lie
Hue.
Land
bordering
on
Hie
railway
from
Clinton
north
lo
Prince
(ieiHge
will
be
.sold
lo
settler
for
about
three
dollars
an
acre
for
dairying
and
mixed
fanning,
for
wliirh
it
is
admirably
suited.
In
addition
lo
large
areas
along
the
P.O.F...
the
(ioveru-
inent
Is
prrpnrcd
lo
sell
special
ly
selected
land
in
blocks
under
Mrs.
W.
S.
Fisher,
Mrs.
Ben
Self,
Mrs.
II.
(J.
J'arspns
and
Mrs.
I..
W.
Kergin.
1
STEAMER
AMUR
FLOATED
AND
COMING
HERE
BRITISH
GOVERNMENT
TAKES
ACTION
PREVENT
PROFITEERING
DURING
STRIKE
British
Government
Appoints
Committee
to
Investigaie
the
Strike
and
Report
Conditions
LONDON,
I'd".
iy.
Premier
J.
Ilarusay
Macdoiiald
announced
in
(lie
House
of
Common
Hit
upoiiilmeul
of
Hire
;
member
lo
make
u
re(orl
on
Hie
strike.
The
decisions
of
the
c'liiinHlee
will
mil
he
binding
on
Hit'
House.
The
numbers
of
tin-
rommillcc
will
hear
the
testimony
of
employers
ami.
em-
plOVeCS.
The
cubincl
council
lenlay
r?Milled
in
the
issuance
of
a
statement
from
Downing
.Slrcct
to
Ihe
effect
dial
priees
were
being
raised
by
exploiters
ami
the
hope
that
llii
noiee
would
PRICE
OFMEAT
BRITAIN
IS
UP
result
in
Ihe
slopping
of
'Increase.
.Meantime
the
law.
offl-iccr
of
the
crown
hate
been
asked
to
consider
III
powers
of
the
)i
government
and
to
draft
the
tic-
iceary
emergency
measure
INVITE
PASTOR
REMAIN
HERE
Rev.
G.
Q.
Hacker
Asked
Spend
Another
Year
In
Rupert;
His
Work
Praised
to!
The
olllt-ial
Hoard
of,
I
ho
Methodist
Church
in
llii
city
ini'l
lu-t
night
and
extended
a
Steamer
Tvrrennia
and
Doric
formal
inilalion
lo
lie-,
O.
O.
from
Xcw
York
arrived
at
Liver-
Hacker
lo
remain
in
Ibis
city
Also
Is
Scarcity
of
Fruit:
Press
oui
i,ui
wre
tJnall
lo
dock,
no
another
year
in
charge
of
Ihe
Approves
Government
Action
Regard
to
Prices
BUTCHERS
EXPLAIN
nucilfci'lrd
yrslrrday
of
the
In-'
Ion
of
Iradennru
to
raiie
food
price.
The
moid
nol-Increase
wa
for
meal,
deal---
In
which
liituel
explanatory
s
afrmrnts
pur)i
liiikf
lo
show
lncreae
wa
uuaxoidable
anl
saying
thai
I
bey
forthwith
,::inil
their
rruxmo
lo
the
tiov-i
meiit
L....i.
.
......
I.
.....III..
I..
nuerlloii
with
which
Ihe
pub-
l
likely
lo
suffer,
especially
iiraitKe
and
banana.
I
Tlie
art
Ion
of
the
lioveruiiieuti
i:i
holdiui;
n
cabiucl
council
ineelln?
Ial
uiht
lo
consider
eiiierjrrney
iifasures
iiisiiruis
ujplles
ami
Ihe
sIlliM'ipirnl
'IHi
ial
slHleuietil
declaring
there
w.i
mi
ri'Hsuii
for
Ihe
price
in-f
ae
wa
Jiearlily
aproedby
lie
pre
Ibis
niorniiiK
anil
Ihe
1'iibhc
Is
fixiliu
Its
hopes
lliere-
si.
ROAD
TAX
TO
BE
REPEALED
Aid.
Co
1
1
art's
Amendment
for
Elimination
of
$2
Levy
Given
Its
Third
Reading
Aid.
Cnllart
s
bylaw
am
I-
ninit
providing
for
repeal
of
tlo'i
'
road
lax
wilh
the
retention
of
j
.....
.
.
.
.
.
.
discharged
Iheir
neiif:eri
by
work
or
Ihe
church.
Supper
was
lender.
.
A
:
served
in
the
club
room
of
the
l
The
Melagama
will
hae
lo
sail
church,
Ihe
ineetlnK
following
Ion
Friday
without
cargo.
directly
arter.
,
After
routine
The
Yennonia
with
amdes
at
business
had
been
Iransacle.'
iiiMKiv
l.i.
To
vvi.il..
Glasgow
Is
unable
lo
discharge
Dr.
VV.
T.
Keigin
spoke
briefly
"
mlvifi-.v,
reo.
iv.
Minn
hiii,
n.
i.o.Ip.I
at
of
Ihe
year'
work,
lie
.-aid
that
i
inessmett
are
grounding
ai
...
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.
.
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...
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.
,
r
.
-i
it
..
.i
viasgow
oiicriujf
einpio)
mnii
i
i'uiii
me
.'iriiiuuisi
ouurvu
mi"
Io,,.k
of
mail
through
f
.
1-n-nie.l
...
i
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................
l
..
.
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.....l....
......
i.
L
.J
coiicemed
over
Ihe
evidences
.
,
,.,
...
v
'
.
...
.
.,.
..
.
.
,
acute
in
(ilangow-.
TWO
ELEVATOR
MEN
ARE
COMING
HERE
LOOK
OVER
PORT
TIm-
Ituanl
of
Trade
has
been
informed
that
(Jen-criil
Mhmiivit
Itiildell
or
'Saskalchewaii
(iialn
Company
i
to
be
here
tomorrow
to
look
over
Ihe
port
with
a
view
lo
possibly
interesting
Ids
firm
in
Ihe
Kraiu
elevator,
situation
here.
The
company
cmi-lrol
37U
elevators
on
the
prairies,
is
a
slroni;
organization
and
in
Ihe
event
of
an
elevator
beimr
erei'led
heir
would
be
a
Uin
farliir
Jn
-making
shipments
llii
way.
Mitchell
.All.eil,
it
is
undersliMMl
is
alsn
coming
with
a
grain
broker
mimed
Saunderson
with
a
view
lo
interesting
capital
in
Ihe
proposition
here.
wBt.
Pearl
While,
movie
favorile,
who
startled
the
film
world
Mime
tirrfe
ago
by
her
decision
lo
enler
a
French
convent,
has
returned
afler
fourteen
mouths
absence.
She
js
shown
wilh
her
manager.
Charles
B.
Cochran
of
London.
Steamer
Amur
floated
off
Rocks
Noon
Today
and
Coming
to
Rupert
The
Coastwise
.Steamship
ei
Barge
Co'.s
steamer
Amur,
which
went
up
on.
the
White
Cliff
Island
reef
early
on
the
morning
of
February
8
and
ha
been
fast
there
ever
since,
vas
floated
off
wild
the
high
tide
at
noon
today.
An
examination
is
now
being
made
of
the
vessel
and,
logelher
with
Hie
salvage
steamer
Tees,
she
is
expected
here
tonight
at
7
o'clock.
It
is
likely
thai
Ihe
Amur
will
go
on
lo
the
dry
dock
for
survey
and
posibly
sums
repairs
will
be
made
here
if
they
nre
necessary.
The
steamer
is
understood
to
haveno
hole
in
her
although
it
is
believed
that
her
seams
are
leak-r-
'
:
'
ins.
II
will
remiire
.locking
l!
DDECED
VE
CAD
ascertain
Ihe
exact
extent
or
lvtljl!ll
Y
l!j
rUiV
damane.
I
The
Tee
was
in
port
from
A
DIPTArD
A
TC
White
Cliff
Island
last
ni-lil
for
iTJiliJ
1
U
Lliii
1
IJ
water.
SUB-COMMITTEES
OF
FAIR
BOARD
NAMED
hich
ser-
overnmeul
fell.
The
announces
the
amioiui-
miltce
has
leen
appointed
as
wjl
,,r
a
noll.,mliUcal
follows:
Mrs.
II.
W.
Morrissey.Li,..,.....
lurins
the
oresent
ad-
ministraliou.
Under
Ibis
new
departure,
the
holder
of
positions
under
Ihe
Ihe
band
committee
is
under.
ial
i:v,.rnment
will
bo
re
an
;lhe
chairmanship
or
I).
Jabour;.
,n,.,.
'i.
appointee
include
ami
ii.
v.
ncrr
win
.ri.unmj
a
Cn'iner.
rirl
Sliaflesbury,
mining
exhibit
committee.
FISH
ARRIVALS
Boats
Marketed
Catches
Totalllnq
119,500
Pounds
at
Halibut
Exchange
This
Morning
Four
American
halibut
boats
'marketed
fares
totalling
II5.H0D
'pounds
at
the
Fish
ILxchange
this
morning
and
one
Canadian
j
k'for
Ihe
day
id
of
I
IV.500
pounds.
Arrivals
and
sale:
American
Farl
l.ranard
and
others.
FIRE
IN
NEW
YORK
IS
FATE
Thirteen
Deaths
Result
and
Many
Are
Burned;
Scenes
In
Streets
NF.W
YOIIK.
Feb.
19.
Thir-
boat
had
1,500
pounds
a
total
,.t.
persons,
one
man,
four
women
and
eight
children,
in
cluding
a
baby
are
known
lo
have
lost
their
lives
in
u
fire
which
Eagle,
Ho.OOO
pounds,
at
15.
lo
swept
a
five
slorey
tenement
on
and
8c,
to
Hie
lloyal
Fish
Co.,
tlit
lower
caul
side
Monday.
Sev-
lloolh
Fisheries
Canadian
Co.,'cral
jumped
to
Iheir
deaths,
when
Allin
and
Pacilic
Fisheries.
jescape
was
cut
ott.
''
The
teue-
Trio,
7,000
pounds;
Defence,
jmenl
was
almost
exehisivcly
oc-H.000
pounds
and
Cony,
15,000
copied
by
foreign
born,
pounds,
at
15.5c
and
8c,
lo
the
j
The
screams
of
the
dying
and
Canadian
Fish
it
Cold
Storage
Hie
seriously
burned
and
the
ter-Cu.
rifying
sight
of
the
slrucluro
a
Canadian
roaring
furnace,
caused
a
frantic
.
ltingleader,
1,500
pounds,
at
exodu
from,
nearby
building.
I3.V0
und
8c,
to
Ihe
Canadian
.Score
or
people
scantily
clad
iFish
&
Cold
Storage
Co.
I
HALIBUT
BOAT
WENT
ON
ROCKS
IN
HARBOR
barometer.
30.18;
temperature.
The
halibul
boat
Selma,
Capt.
17:
sea
smooth:
8
n.m.
snoke
Vage.
went
on
Hie
rock
near
Hie
ltmer
Alaska
11)
miles
north
oTdry
dock
yesterday
artcrnoon
Wrangell
northbound.
Noon
when
her
steering
gear
failed
1o
1.
1
I
I
iTKponu.
-ur
wus
ii'u
mtfii
uiui
gathered
in
Ihe
narrow
streets,
many
kneeling
in
prayer.
Many
were
dished
In
the
hospitals
terribly
burned.
CONTRACTS
LET
FOR
SUPPLY
MATERIALS
ALICE
ARM
BRIDGE
Al.
Falconer
of
Alice
Arm
has
Dighy
Island
Cloudy,
calm;.
dry
but
was
floated
off
at
H
.30
i,.,..,,
8vei.
na.
cnuiraet
by
Ihe
barometer,
30.31;
temperalurc.jlast
night
and
this
morning
provincial
government
for
llio
10;
sea
smooth.
iwent
on
me
ury
noen
wnero
supplying
of
75,000
feel
of
Ir
Dead
Tree
Point
Overcast,
light
southeast
wind;
barometer.
2l.9tl:
temperature,
10;
sea
smooth.
Bull
Harbor
Clear,
fresh
southeast
wind:
barometer,
30.07;
li
ni'
craline,
M:
si:a
siuuoth-
damage
lo
her
forefoot
and
two
a,
hemlock
Umbers
for
Hut
Kit
planks
is
iietnt'
repatreu.
sault
lliver
suspensioii
bridge
which
is
about"
to
be
built.
Aid.
C.
V.
Kvitt
I
back
from
a
Walter
Mardomid.
also
or
Alice.
combined
business
and
pleasure
.Arm,
has
received
the
contract
trip
or
three
weeks
to
Vancouvcr,for
Ihe
supplying
of
3,000.
lineal
and
Vancouver
Inland:
'nei
,if
t,tlii-