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Figure
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period
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have
lein
a
against
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previous
Ik
month.
slahlishment
of
Hi"
fi.'
mouth
ago.
lit"
tm
averaged
apnroxi-
.'00.000
niiintbly.
niNCC
RUPERT
IN
CHRISTMAS
WISHES
C.
Keeley
Wants
Boat
Local
Dry
Dock
and
J.
H.
I
Hamilton
Wants
to
Name
Harbor
Board
LIGHTNING
IQNITES
In
e
Itillii-rt
figured
in
Ih?
man
wnlie
of
fonie
Van
.
iIizpiih
aeeordlny
lo
a
;aliliei
in
tlto
Provinee
on
man
live.
i
KeiMey,
Paeifie
liwl
:
;:
i
(if
Hie
I'.XJ.M.M..
wanli
i'
t'
hii
tor
my
new
I'ruire
lliilierl"
and
J.
II.
n
wanted
"I
ho
wwir
lo
ile
Pi
nice
Hnperl
Willi
t
li
anl
neleeled
by
nie."
I
TANK
OF
PETROLEUM
HI
I
AOS
AYIIF.S.
Dec.
'.'H.
n
Violent
itorm
on
Sun
'ginning
nlrurk
a
tank
n
mx
hundred
lliou
'
iiiHoni
of
petroleum.
Tb"
a-
a
resull
i.t
efltinated
1
t
(ii.
ii.on
dollar.
f0RCED
TO
TAKE
SALARY
INCREASE
Mayor
J.
Carl
Pendray
of
Vic
torla
to
bo
Paid
$4,000
In
1926
VIITOUIA,
Dec.
2H.
Over
the
of
Mayor
t'.arl
J.
I'ru
"IV
agiiutnl
any
kiicIi
rhaiiB
?"
'be
Miliary
of
(lie
chief
magli
lie
all
ermen
have
ile
iled
Hint
tli
prewar
remunern
'"
or
st.ooo
per
milium
a"
aim
into
effect
in
ll2u.
,
ler
relieving
five
night
watch
men
at
7
o'clock
in
the
morn
ma.
Two
yar
aao
Woodward"
I
nlore
wa
ttililifil
and
several
llmuoil
dollar
was
taken
in
a
somewhal
similar
manner.
Second
Store
Robbed
Employing
almu
similar
ilielhiMl
in
those
uel
in
Woodward'
slow,
robber
between
Thursday
nighl
and
Ihi
morning
blew
a
safe
in
CulliberUou'
men's
furnishing
store
on
Oran-
villelri-et
ami
escaped
with
H,-
Tbe
roblry
was
discover
ed
Hi
in
morn
iig
when
the
slore
!wa
oii'iieii
fur
business
alter
!
hat
nip
bMn
eloel
iiic'
Christmas
Kv.
WHEAT
TAKES
TWO
CENT
JUMP
WINNIPEG.
Dee.
S
Wheal
jumped
frui
5ti
lo
7fi
cenN
Ihi
iiuirii-lua
Idllowinfr
an
advaiiro
in
r.kirniMi
on
Salunlay.
The
caue
of
the
rice
I
xnid
lo
lie
the
liortnse
of
dniiiejilic
!iiiily
f"d-InwiiiH
heavy
etjMiili
4'
CORDOVA
HAS
$40,000
FIRE
Entire
Population
Turns
Out
to
Fight
Conflagration
..In
Heart
of
Town's
Business
District
CmtlHiVA.
.Mafia.
Dee.
18-
l
in'
of
uuknuvai
onjiili
gulled
ilie'Davifj
Pliillnii
grocery
and
Nieloloh"
general
lore
here
al
midniglil
Salunlay.
the
Ions
was
estimated
al
IO.VOO.
N'ejirlf
I
he
entire
imputation
oi
the
town
turned
out
to
combat
the
flame
wliieh
raised
in
the.
principal
limine
block
in
Hie
heart
of
tJonlova.
Work
wan
piade
difficult
owing
lo
gas
from
Hie
burning
of
a
roor
which
was
of
rubber
good.
eonipo-tiliou.
About
twenty
volunteer
fire
fighlern
were
overeoine
but
I
hey
were
revived.
VANCOUVER
EXCHANGE
Hid.
Asked.
Wheal
l-SH!
C.
P.
II
Ho.oo
ll.C.
Silver
I-5H
Dunwell
Premier
i-17
Porter
Idaho
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Surf
Inlet
Itulli
Hopv
1,1
Dalv
Alaska
I..
V
I
.s
Silver
firesl
Olinblone
33
Oranby
-'O-00
llufus
Howe
Sound
I.ucky
Jim
'3
llazellon
Marmol
Terminus
Indian
05
Ohicier
08
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Itayvlew'
05
National
Silver
....
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Selkirk
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Silversmith
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BITTER
COLD
IN
THE
EAST
Causes
30
Deaths,
Numerous
Accidents
and
Millions
of
Fire
Loss
CHICAGO,
Dec.
28.
Astronomers
and
weather
prophets
who
sounded
warnings
of
bitterly
cold
weather
In
the
latter
part
of
December
are
seeing
their
predictions
come
true.
Sweeping
out
of
the
northwest,
Icy
winds
of
winter
have
Invaded
almost
every
section
of
the
United
States
and
Canada.
..Nearly
thirty
deaths
are
attributed
to
the
cold
while
accidents
havo
been
numerous
and
property
valuod
at
sovorat
million
dollars
has
been
destroyed
by
flro.
.
OUTLOOK
FOR
LUMBER
SALE
ON
PRAIRIES
IS
FOR
INCREASE
TAXI
Boston
Grill
25
and
Ambulance
Large
'Upstair
Dining
Hall,
Service
with
newly
laid
dancing
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
door
for
hire.
Stand
Royal
Hotel,
3rd
Ave.
'"'"HI
i,'i'.
'II
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN,
and
6th
St.
PRINCE
RUPERT
The
latest
and
best
for
the
MATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
least.
Phone
457.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
Ynl,
XV
NO.
300.
1MUNCB
III
PHUT,
B.C.,
MONDAY.
DECKMUEIl
28.
1025.
Saturday'
Circulation,
HIS
Slrwt
Sale.
ir,o
PRICE
FIVK
GENTS.
Annul
a
nrt'c
cTAnr
u
a
MrAinrrn
nAnnrn
VUUWH1Ul
dlUIUY
YAMAAJVER
IYUDDLU
WO
UNION
STEAMERS
COLUDE
IN
SOUTH
AND
ONE
HAS
GONE
TO
BOTTOM
rmed
bandits
Enter
Business
House
and
Take
Haul
of
$7,000
1)1
M
It
Di
r.
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r
iia
:.ilr-
r.irl)
S-.nday
ii
kii:!i,'I
entrance
i
ard's
ir;.iii:iiienlul
idorc.
Iw
i
an-taker
and
hand-1a
-tit
I"
a
ii'llalor.
liat-t.ic
'
way
ii,i
a
email
:
il,
.i
!r
ln.m
:
l;pi
w
ii
il
jfnn
thon-und
dollar
ii
is
.10.
i-rap'-d
The
rob-
t
in
iilnw
open
a
ltrg
W
i
'
H
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ll'lnll
Ifll
III
Iiav.'
cd
aioo.uiiu
but
failed
(
I
iiti'-y
WHr
IM'I
diClM-
ilii
noon
SQi'la.v.
ili
of
Mi'-
raretakci
licm;
a.
.'.i
when
an
cmployon
i
'Hi'
-Inrt
and
got
tl
"ite
after
i.ijiii.ir
tit
n.
r"
-
lirll
mill
(tensed
lltrft
wa
wrong,
''tit
:ij
')'
-
were
aided
I'
.
it
:
"
p-.
ape
ly
a
deiiw
'"K
ami
io
far
no
clew
regarding
Iheir
nio
enirril
n
ha
been
blunted
hy
the
police.
The
men
were
attacked
shortly
af-
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III
irparalioii
Tor
'he
ai
'ual
attempt
io
raise
the
M-l,
Hie
Hnlish
s.nb
vvlm
h
lies
on
the
!ea
bollom
off
Start
Point,
Diving
(iiinner
Swales
of
the
Ports-nioiilh
Uivmg
school
is
shovvii
ubove,
descending
in
the
German
diving
apparatus
brought
from
Kiel
for
the
purpose.
He
wen
I
into
Uie
sea
ufler
only
five
minute'
tuition
uud
successfully
remained
n(
a
'oiinleruMe
depth.
Prince
George
Drinking
Bout
Results
in
Charge
of
Murder;
Man
Died
in
Hospital
Saturday
Julian
Okniaski
lias
been
ur-
ntg
a
drinking
bout,
sled
at
Prince
tleorge
on
a
arrived
in
lie
city
barge
of
killing
Stanley
Os-
Thursday
preceding
and
rowsky
on
December
18
ac-
Ihe
day
in
drinking
with
a
num
BOYS'
PARLIAMENT
OPENS
IN
VICTORIA
Forty-one
Youths
From
Various
Parts
of
Province
are
Meeting
In
Parliament
Building
VICTORIA.
Dee.
28.
boys,
representing
varinu
WINNlPFi,
Dec.
28.
-
Over
parts
of
the
province,
are
at
one
hundred
million
feel
of
lum-'
lending
Ihe
1025
session
of
t!m
her
Is
Hie
record
of
consumption.
Hoys'
Parliament
of
Ilritisli
CoU'
of
the
prairies
provinces
in
Itl25.lumbia,
which
opened
in
the
I'lils
Is
approximately
fifteen
per
cent
over
last
season's
prairie
buslnesii)
'
The
outlook
for
102u
Is
considered
lo
be
.vet
more
Parliament
buildings
this
morn
ing
at
8
o'clock.
Hon.
Dr.
J.
D
Mrl.ean,
provincial
minister
of
finance,
ncled
as
lieutenant
gov
ernor
al
tin
opening
ceremoniu.
Lady
Cynthia
Rammed
Cowichan
in
Fog
and
Latter
Vessel
Sinks
VANCOUVER
Dee.
28.
While
making
her
way
towards
Van
couver
through
a
deiise
fo
jfrom
logging
camps
up
the
leoasi.
the
Unio:i
Sleaiiisbip
Go's
ivecl
Cowichan
was
rmiimeil
land
oi.liK
by
the
stcaiiier
l.au.
jCyiilliia
of
Hie
.-amc
line.
The
accident
occurred
near
Welcome
Pas
about
thirty
miles
nrrt!
'of
here.
!
The
Cynthia,
which
is
a
steei
i
ship
"and
only
entered
.ervu
BIQ
MISSOURI
MINE
INCORPORATED
WITH
!
$5,000,000
capital;
Last
week's
Itrilisli
C.i'uiubia
iazeltc
records
the
incorpora-lion
of
the
Hi
Missouri
Mininv
Co.,
I.W.
an
extra-provinriul
-omany
with
capitalization
o'
A.
(lOll
OOO
jn.l
lin:,il
nrri.-o
111
acoia
anir
Vancouver.
The
company
has
heen
forme
lo
operate
the
famous
Dig
Mis-
EDMONTON.
Dec.
John
I..
Mcl.eod.
of
Edson.
nephew
of
K.
CL
McLeod.
sunerititendent
oi
Ihe
Neglected
Children'
4
brand!
here,
just
before
the
seas
jr.
closed,
turned
a
rabbit
hunt
into
a
big
game
expedition
and
had
Ihe
mosl
exciting
five
minutes
ot
bis
life.
Young
McLeod
was
driving
along
slowly,
the
reins
loose
and
his
thoughts
centering
upon
his
girl
rather
than
on
the
bunnies
lie
expeeled
to
slaughter,
when
he
was
surprised
by
the
su.lder
appearance
of
a
deer
nol
many
yards
away,
to
bis
left.
He
jerked
his
hor?
to
a
stand
still,
jumped
to
the
ground,
grabbed
his
rifle
from
(he
bot
tom
of
I'.ic
buggy
ami
blazed
away,
the
ueer
:eil.
nui
liifs
is
only
the
beginning
of
the
adventure
As
he
was
dragging
his
booty
Ile
hi'.d
to
the
buggy
a
moose
trolled
in
on
Up.'
view,
lorn
with
excitement
Me-
spentll.eod
again
raised
his
rifle
ami
fired.
He
admits
lie
took
inspir-
ordmg
lo
word
received
at
di-jber
of
associates.
He
vvalalional
aim
but
he
dropped
the
isional
heailiiuarterti
of
lb
j
hmuglil
lo
the
doctor
on
rrldav
moose.
rovmclal
police
today.
Ihe
complaining
of
pains
in
thel
it
alt
happened
in
five
minutes
rrest
took
place
on
December
abdomen.
An
autopsy
disclos
I
and
it's
all
true,
according
to
Oslro.vsky,
who
was
a
pre-mptor
from
the
Mud
River
tlis-
ed
that
the.
man
was
sufferini
I
his
uncle,
who
ought
lo
know.
from
a
ruptured
bladder.
An
inquest
followed
and
the
dolib-
RELEASE
TEAR
GAS
ricl.
died
in
the
Prince
(leorge.eralions
there
resnlled
in
hospital
on
Tuesday
last
follow-arrest
of
Okniaski.
lb"
TO
COMBAT
BANDITS
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
28.-
Comp
WONDERFUL
YIELD
liroiier
i.raig
lias
announced
tnai
OF
WHEAT
RECORDED
r"
li,x
u"11'"
"
'be
eity
has
now
been
equipped
with
a
lesi'
Seven
Acre
Field
Near
Leth-
gas
apparatus
as
a
precaution
bridge
Gave
500
Bushels
lagainst
hold-ups.
A
simple
ae
lion
liy
a
cashier
releases
u
i.r.itiiiiiinui'.,
.viia.,
wee.
sb.
blinding
flood
of
gas
to
"cover
tine
of
the
besi
yields
of
wheel
the
lax-collection
room.
reported
during
the
present
sea
son
was
threshed
hy
l.ymau
Hut-
THIRTEEN
KILLED
lock.
Ihe
yield
was
uver
500
IN
THEATRE
PANIC
bushels
from
a
field
of
seven
acres.
Ibis
was
pedigreed'
fall
.
MANILA.
Dec.
28.
Thirteen
wheal,
which
will
be
kept
speu-
natives
were
killed
and
nearlv
1.11..
a
s
n....
..I
.
.
.
.
.
.
iaiij
mr
seen.
11
was
grown
on
one
jiiimiied
were
injured
in
a
irrigated
land.
The.
heads
were,
limit
Ion
picture
audience
panic
of
greal
sue
and
80
kernels,
or
which
occurred
Hm
Christmas
nunc
lo
tin-
head
were
nol
ur
Kve
in
O
Pon
Cetm
proviiies
common.
'when
fire
destroyed"
a
theatre
during
The
zsi
season,
Wi
bound
I'owell
River
wU'u
,1'y.five
passengers
who
i.iad
spent
the
Christmas
iiolidi
!iii
ancouver.
Capl.
Fred
Pjcleri!!
of
tlw
Cyniiiia
kept
his
vessel
no3
rammed
inlo
the
Cowichan
until
rescue
operations
wire"
ciuiit
pitted.
Then
His
fteel,
"vessp;
bark
iil
away
and
tbe
smaller
wooden
boa?
went
to
the
botlon'.
eleven
minutes
after
the
firit
impact.
1ST00K
MAN
'
FOR
ANIMALS
Two
Manitoba
Hunters
Are
Charged
With
Manslaughter
WINMPKi.
Dee:
I
Wo
irrests
on
manslaughe
charges
V
have
iieen
made
by
provincial
!mouh
mine
at
Stewart.
Work
police,
both
fatalities
allegfl
lo
ja
large
scale
is
to
be
undertaken
j
be
the
outc'omo
of
hunters
mis-
'on
the
property.
The
principal
jare
Tacoaia
men
repre?ented
by
ll'at
Daly
who
is
in
charge
of
the
!vvork.
KILLED
DEER
AND
MOOSE
ALL
WITHIN
FIVE
MINUTES
TIME
hiking
their
victims
for
deer.
Itev.
D.
M.
lirickon,
While-nioulh.
Man.,
has
been
arresled
on
a
charge
ot
having
shot
and
killed
Andrew
J6lmer
Holm,
when
they
were
hunting
together
in
lb?
woods
near
WhitenVoutU
on
December
3.
The
a'ccuserl
has
jlieen
bniught
to
Wi.nnipesr,
bail
beinx
fixed
at
?
10.00.
j
Thomas
Randall,
.of
Itroad
Valley,
was
arrested
for
having
caused
the
death
of
"'Andrew
pala.
on
November
28.
It
U
alleged
tnat
Randall
saw
a.
mov
ing
brown
object
and
fired,
the
bullet
passing
through
the
ear
of
Opalla's
horse
and
entering
its
owner's
had.
Opala
died
an
hour
later.
The
accused
will
be
brought
to
Winnipeg
laler.
MOUNT
MORSE
IS
STILL
SNOW
BARE
Big
Mountain
's
Usual'y
Covered
with
"ths
Beautiful"
at
This
Time
of
Year
Seldom,
if
ever,
was.
Mount
Morse
not
capped
with
,snovv
by
the
end
of
December
as
it
Is
toT
day.
Usually.
snow
first
appears
pn
the
mountain
in
September
and
it
generally
remains
until
spring.
Today
there
is
no
snow
oil
its
brow.
Neither
is
there
any
on
other
high
peaks
in
the
neighborhood.
t
WEATHER
IN
NORTH
IS
NOW
TIGHTNINQ
Government
Teegraphs
Clearer
and
coider
weather
U
reported
today
in
northern
and
central
Hritisti
Columbia.
Reading
from
variouW
points
at
8
o'clock
this
morning
were
as
follows:
Prince
Rupert
clear,
calm;
temperature,
30
above.
Terrace
'dear,
windy,
33
above.
.
Anyos
clear,
calm
35
above.
Stewart
clear,
ciilni:
30
above
ly.
llazellon
cloudy,
calm;
mild.
Smithers
cloudy,
calm;
fros
Hums
Lake
sleef.
calin;
niild.
FAMOUS
OCULIST
DIES.
OTTAWA,
Dee.
28.4Dr.
II.
8.
Mimics,
aged
53,
iilermitionally
known
ftciitisl
anil
opthalmie
surgeon,
dieU
here
an
Sunday.