m
m
a
m
m
m
m
m
a
v
w
REDUCTIONS
ASKED
BY
LOCAL
MEN
The
Hoard
of
llailwny
Comni)iuiicr
gave
u
y
riipulhelie
nruiR
lo
representatives
if
Hie
i
...
I
-....,
,.r
.'I.
a
1
1
1
4i
el
r
it'll
ini
liai
.
ttfiuliiitl.
i
i
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....
it...
I.
..........
i
..r
r:.i.
m
tur
via
v
.'mii"iii
if
i
fi'
-
u
isnei
and
lo
Hit'
utie
m
,MomrtMl
and
Jorumo.
Cliit'f
Uui-
irtfiouer
II-
A,
MrKeuwn
presided
and
with
liini
was
Hon.
.
w.
..a
a.
i
lililiv
umti.
u'Miiumuii,
w
uu
(vtirii
Til
in
Miinri
m
hip
rirani
p.
W
-
i
s.
f
j
ORBED
SLUICE
i..p,r.rrLMrr.!.,,.,,w.'1
nAVrO
AP
HJII
ATI"1
vv-
"''kerson.
acting
on
behalf
of
UMiXLlU
KlIXrN
llr
VI
lYlllir.
""'
wa,'d
WU
(i-"'Mcuecr
lHIllLJja(,,jllt
J(,
COUMP
fr
,,e
j,oari
and
elaborating
on
Ihe
claims.
In
nniny
mvinw
01
oiiiiu
na
Discovered
on
Cariboo
District
Property.
WILLIAMS
LAKH.
July
ai.
I
I
I'll
Ul
Illtll44
INC
iJlUlVt
L'
ii.
.......
!..!.
I
-
ui
'HP
rvucutiici
'uiu
Ml
Likely.
Frank
la.
Lontf,
x
kinan.
wu
ttetilenciM
to
at
::i
a1
OkalU
pruou.
Arconl-u
ionfpsion
made
hy
lk
U,e
sl.il.-e
box
and
boreal
..,.
....
I
I
.
I
WHICH
HID
.
iWl....
,
,
.
It
t
rnifl
M
illlMif
fib
TAXI
Boston
Grill
and
Ambulance
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
Servlca
with
newly
laid
dancing
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
.,.
floor
for
hire.
Stand
Royal
Hotal,
3rd
A
'"'i,,,
NEW
SOOA
FOUNTAIN,
and
th
St.
,.,
.
'''-W.
PRINCE
RUPERT
The
latest
and
beat
for
the
MATT
VIDEOK,
Prop.
"7,
"Hi,
'!'y
least.
Phone
457.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
VOL.
XVI.,
No,
178.
IMUNCH
Hl'PKIlT,
H.
U.,
SATUIUlAY,
JULY
Hi
l2fl.
Yetredjr
clreulalfcn,
ISM
gtrfrt
Site
SOI
PRICE
FIVE
CKNTS.
n
nnce
luwen
s
riea
ror
a
Railway
Rates
Laid
Before
Board
Railway
iked
that
City
be
made
Vancouver
on
domestic
as
well
as
export
commodities
ual
uuni
rnuuuLL
and
vihlk
V
na
wa
arre!iisi
ancr
n
:lit
luo
bolllei)
of
ol.
and
boatel
of
having
nil
m
a
ekiim
which
aked.
Kxantinalion
of
lie
mMa"!
repealed
that
'
litarkeil
with
the
cum-
amp
and
then
placed
in
e
box
n
order
to
trap
who
had
beeu
worklnj?
ime
rv
mil
wn
AIVIKAILIM
IS
WARMING
UP
has
M.fiH..
m.i
in
r.ini.ii
Vancouver
Centra
or
Van-
rnovi
North.
VAXfMJtVKH,
July
31.
The
i
n
i
ampaip'ii
ii
Ixwinnlns
1
warm
up
considerably
and
both
1
1
v
.!
j.uj.m
uliiik.
.liirl
i
-a
rnerrt
during
the
coming
Tik
ontcsl
ut
Vancouer
ln
ie
i
the
labor
rou
having
'"S'ped
uide
and
allowed
a
1
a
kIi)
f
lull
l
between
Hon.
II.
II.
I
......
I
Ik
IV
.......I...
Il.il
I.
ill.
1
Ii
71
i.llll
IF
ml
mklll
tllVi
I'
i
claimed
here
that
Jstc-r
wa-
elei-ted
last
year
laiV'b
.....
.
.
j
r
il.,
ii
nr
i
iitiAatiu
iih
ithin
UKK1U
HbAl
INJURES
CROP
oii
ouiinriiiu.
lbuov
mil
Saskatchewan,
Owing
to
Laok
of
Moisture.
WlXMl'Ktj.
July
31
Tim
Free
1
''
i;
croii
renort
loday
Male
"'it'
the
torrid
heat
of
Iho
pas
Ii
:i
.l-.i
j
I.
,..
l..
I....
..
I
vi'
4
a
i
1
1
'
Hie
'lieul
ficbK
pavlirplufly
I'l
sakiitcliewan
and
Alberta
.Sll.lt.lAl
nM'
A
I
atlf
.'".wuHvnmi
mis
I'liu
wuiov
f"'"er
and
feUrs
are
expressed
thai
ui.i..
.
!
in
"urns
ruin
ecimcs
soon
nierv
'
Miiiher
serious
dclerioration.
11
Ihu
wheat
Is
headed
out
and
ciiUlnjf
Will
be
general
about
Aiiui,
15.
In
Manitoba,
il
In
reported,
sonic
in-
nriil
II
IN
Will
llllf.a
iirin
i
M
Hian
a
yeal-
atrb
"
.9
rii
r
Commissioners
Yesterday
competing
point
u;i7i
:
v
mm
www
m
w
wm
l'riiire
Hupcrt
Hoard
of
Trade
:
i..
i
.
i
.
.
'
ittl
mi
HMk.liiiil
.
a
ft
It
j-n
nn.iiiiiii
r
i
i
i
i.
1
1
if
ut
i
i
uii
u
t
in
it
i
i
ii
i
lie
u?mu
iiiiuiri
uiin
iliirsiliJJl?
Ill
rnitw
.
iiiim
iiw
ii..i
n
inw
at
v
ill
r.-lfllll''
a
business
if
u
change
should
lie
addition
there
were
written
plea
but
in
li
ii.
W.
Nlcholl
forUie
(Canadian
Fili
ami
Cold
Storage
t'oiu'Mtiy,
this
haviiu
been
prepared
by
the
manager.
T.
II.
Jo
hit
-on.
AIo
by
M.
Valentin
on
behalf
of
the
dairymen,
by
T.
Tro-lier
and
C.
V.
Kvill
on
behair
of
the
coal
laleri.
In
openin?
Mr.
Mrtieer
aid
II
wui
not
the
inteiillun
to
go
into
a
lot
of
detail,
but
to
point
to
a
'...tanee,
laek
;
of
co-op-
J
eratiou
nd
ak
for
relief.
Prince
I.
A
ramttii
a.1
llllini
I
nniin
ii
lit:
a
v
Uftlllliv
'-a
an
a
roiiipWiisK
xirt
with
Vaii(s)H-
ver
uud
ivrn
the
hiw
terminal
rates.
They
were
already
in
foro-for
ep4rl
but
what
they
wanted
was
to
have
the
same
apply
lor
domestic
consumption.
Q.
W.
Nlckerson
O.
".
Xickerson
welcomed
the
commission
on
behaif
ol
tli'
Hoard
and
stated
that
the
day
of
the
mountain
rate
should
be
past
us
th
present
grade
of
the
railway
to
Prince
Itupert
wa
een
belter
than
many
of
the
prairie
grades.
He
ttien
read
a
memu-
randimi
preparml
by
the
board
as
follows:
'
When
Ihe
railway
was
com
pleted
to
Prince
Itupert
in
IVM.
we
iiau
every
reason
10
nciicv.'
that
a
much
greater
volume
o.
business
would
develop
in
tin-poit
us
a
result
of
the
geographic
advantages
that
its
location
possesses,
than
has
taken
place
It
is
Ihe
closest
port
al
Hie
terminal
of
a
transcontinental
system
to
the
Oriental
markets,
and
it
is
located
at
the
end
of
.i
railway
that
connects
the
prairies
vvilh
Ihe
Pacific
ocean
without
suffering
any
disadvantage
in
Ihe
form
of
mountain
grade
or
curvature.
Outside
of
the
local
business
that
we
have
been
able
to
develop,
little
or
no
tonnage
has
moved
through
the
port
desllncJ
to
foreign
markets
The
port
of
Priuue
Itupert
M
specially
equipped
with
dry
docK
idcwitor.
dockatge.
and
the
cold
storage
facilities.
It
is
in
position
lo
handle
loday
a
vol
ume
of
trade
inuoi
greater
man
is
being
carried
on.
e
appre
ciate,
in
Prince
itupert,
that
our
position,
as
a
port,
depend
to
some
extent
upon
the
cltleiiiSiil
of
Ihu
lands
along
Ihu
line
of
railway
I
hat
serves
Ihe
port,
and
we
are
of
the
opinion
that
a
gen
eral
reduction
m
freight
rales
on
all
commodities
moving
lo
or
from
Prince.
Itupert
would
result
in
increased
sellleiner.l
in
Northern
Hritlslt
Columbia,
as
well
n
a
freer
use
of
the
port
hy
tho
people
of
the
norlhern
prairie
Business
for
Railway
Prince
Itupert
produce
fo?
the
railways
nn
enormous
ton
nage
of
fresh
and
froiten
rish,
most
or
which
I
shipped
In
Kaslcru
Canadian
and
KaMem
American
oints
of
consumption
The
fishing
industry
I
handi.
capped
in
many
ways
hy
tho
high
rale
lo
prairies
points,
and
(continued
on
page
?)
r.
i
i
neaucea
WOULD
ARGUE
PROSECUTION
Q.
0.
McOeer
Asks
Permission
to
Appear
Before
Full
Board
at
Ottawa.
WANTS
INFORMATION
At
the
eloe
of
the
eeiion
of
lln
Hoard
of
Itailway
CoiuniU-jiloiiern
hire
eleida.v
(l.
ii.
McOeer.
counsel
for
ltriliili
Oduni-bia
oi)
(lie
freight
nitei
iueiliou,
acted
jennion
to
arxue
before
the
full
board
ut
Ottawa
the
application
of
the
province
to
prosecute
the
C.
I.
It.
for
failure
lo
rouiply
witli
the
order
of
the
board
In
making
the
freight
rates
vel-wiifti
ctpjal
mile
for
mile
with
thoe
eavlward.
Mr.
Mc!eer
alo
aked
leae
lo;
1
file
a
upplenienUI
request
forj
itiformalion
from
(he
railways!
which
woiihi
uid
them
in
their
rate
uuuirien.
At
pirsenl
they
were
in
the
dark
in
rtuanl
to
iuan
mailers,
lie
llion;jit
the
hoafd
should
dieiale
what
iufor-niaiiou
iney
re'ium-d
in
order
thai
Ihey
tnil)i
r.mie
to
a
satisfactory'
derision.
FISHING
WAS"
MUCH
BETTER
Total
of
'3,277,000
Pounds
of
Halibut
Landed
During
The
Month.
The
total
landings
of
halibut
at
this
port
during
the
month
or
July
amounted
to
3,277,000
pounds.
Of
this
quantity
American
vessels
landed
2,193,000
pounds
and
Canadian
vessels
1,084,0:0
pounds.
This
Is
an
Increase
of
377,000
pounds
over
the
landings
last
month
and
236.0C0
pounds
In
excess
of
the
quantity
landed
In
July
last,
when
the
total
amounted
to
3,041,000.
MANY
HOMERS
IN
BIG
LEAGUES
SL
Louis
Is
Making
National
Pen
nant
Race
Interesting
By
Cutting
Down
Lead.
NKW
Y.OltK,
July
31.
-
llabe
Ituth
scored
hrs
thirty-second
homer
yesterday
and
the
Yankee
benl
St.
Louis
in
an
eleven
inning
affair.
Paschal
of
New
York
and
William
of
St.
Louis
also
hit
homers.
St.
Louis
is
making
the
National
League
ieniiant
rare
interesting,
and
Hie
defeat
of
New
York
yesterday
out
down
Ihe
lead
of
Cin
cinnati
and
Pittsburg.
Hell
and
Flowers
hit
homers
for
St.
Louis.
National
League
Pittsburg
1,
Philadelphia
C.
Chicago
1,
Hrooklyn
4.
St.
Louis
5,
New
York
2.
Cincinnati-Hnstou
rain.
American
League
Washington
I,
Chicago
S,
Philadelphia
I,
Cleveland
l.
Hoslon
t,
Detroit
3.
.New
York
10.
SI.
Louis
8
FISH
ARRIVALS
American
Trinity,
aS.OOU,
lo
Allin
Fish
erics.
Paraxon,
58,001),
to
Canadian
Fish
Cold
Storage
Co.
Akulan,
00,000,
lo
Hooth
Fish
eric.
Canadian
lloscspll,
15,000,
lo
Atlln
Fisheries,
W.T..
io.OCo,
to
Hoolh
Fisher
ie;
,
lKdpTiln,
7,000,
jitul
Muirucutfr,
7,0Cor
trr
Canadian
Fish
V
Cold
Storage
Co.
RAILWAY
BOARD
HEAD
SPEAKER;
Chief
Commissioner
McKeown
Addressed
Canadian
Club
Last
Night.
PAYS
TRIBUTE
TO
WEST
Forecasts
Prince
Rupert
Will
Shortly
Become
Great
Shipping
Port.
The
womeiis
Canadian
Club
of
MFA'ICO
CITY,
July
31.
Ten
Peine
Hubert
d-paited
from
it
million
Catholics
throughout
Mex-jisual
custom
la!
mtit
b
giving
ico
today
were
without
benefit
of
a
hanijuel
jn
hdion
oi
'the
visiting
clergy.
Putting
into
effect
the
railway
t'oiiimi-!ioiiei--
and
invh-
government's
new
regulations
was
ing
member
'of(
tne
men
Can
a-
inaugurated
with
the
stoning'of
dian
Club
andimcniber
of
Lie
official
and
shooting
affray
be-Hoard
of
Trade
to
attend.
The
tween
the
pWice
and
the
crowd
event
whs
most
successful,
some
about
Hie
churches
and
Hie
lurn-70
people
j-illtng
down
together
iu
ing
of
water
hose
on
Ihe
malcon-the
llototi
llall,
tlo-
ailieriiig
be-
teirt
to
disperse
them
when
the
ing
presided
q.vr
by
the
presi
officials
began
the
work
of
tSt;-denl,
Mrs,
MeMoidi-.
with
Uiief
ing
control
of
the
treasure
and
CommMsioncr
McKeown.
who
was
the
speaker
or
(he
evening,
at
her
side.
Others
,
at
the
bead
labl
were
Hon.
Frank
Olncr,
Mr.
and
Mrs,
o.
!.
Mciieei
,
Fred
Stork,
quiriivg
various
-service.
He
per-Mr.
MeLennau.tMrs.
S.
K.
Camp-
formed
the
marriage
ceremony
iu
bell,
F
.t,
f'awfon.
Mrs.
Mackie,
bulk,
27
couple
kneeling
simul-
i-onsul
and
Mtf-f.
V
akeTieid.
Mrs.
rank
Oliver,
and
Mr.
Jlic'iar-isoii.!
Mr.
Mci
d
d
Hies
lio.ioi'jriesl
in
a
most
disnf,
.
and
pleaSiing
manner
m
keeping
with
Hie
oi-ca-jwere
otdered
by
organized
Ca-sion
and
the
vote
of
thank
to
thelflio'ic
paymen,
their
purchases
lo
speaker
at
the
close
was
moviil
',
be
limited
to
actual
necessities.
and
sic
mdel
respectively
by
Mr..
Itrady
and
Mrs.
t-onzales,
prominent
members
of
the
club.
Mrs.
Cirieve
ami
Mr.
Andrew
looked
after
the
finances
fler
being
flrinally
inlroduc-
el,
Mr.
AfcKeown
sjHike
for
three
quarter
of
au
hour
and.
in
the
course
of
bis,
spee
-h,
paid
some
nice
compliment
to
the
City
of
Prince
Itupert
-art'1
prophesized
a
great
future-
He
also
spoke
of
Ihe.faet
that
llno.
Frank.
Oliver,
wlui
wa
with
UieiUi
was
a
west-
,ern
man
ami
always
kept
before
ithe
other
commissioners
the
west
ern
viewpoint.
Recent
Developments
Mr.
MrKeowu
remarked
thai
all
Hie
development
so
apparent
in
iu
Hie
west
had
taken
place
within
i
lie
lite
of
one
man.
It
was
a
great
land
of
promise.
No
limit
could
be
set
to
the
im-
gination
in
picturing
the
future
of
sin
h
a
great
country.
I
tie
board
wa
now
acquainting
itself
with
the
problems
of
the
west.
I'hey
wanted
lo
know
if
there
were
any
hindrances
to
commercial
life
in
order
that,
if
possible.
they
in
wht
be
removed.
Material
advancement
tlepended
largely
on
transportation
ami
the
success
of
the
railways
to
a
langc
extent
in
dicated
the
condition
of
the
coun
try.
To
advance
the
interest
of
the
railway
companies
was
one
of
the
duties
of
the
board.
The
were
not
antagonistic
lo
the.
com
panies,
as
was
somellm-es
thought.
Ihe
fiust
aim
was
the
prosperity
of
the
country.
Hut
the
prosperity
of
the
country
was
bound
up
iu
separably
with
that
of
the
rail
wav.
The
speaker
reerred
lo
Ihe
progress
mane
wuuiu
me
nasi
two
lecades.
Lven
though
the
leu
year
fro
in
U'liitp
iv:i
were
partly
war
years.
'Statistics
showed
Ihat
they
had
made
much
ma
lerial
progress.
1
ho
natural
wealth
of
the
country
had
in
creaced
by
twelve
billion
dollar
wherea
Hie
war
debt
was
two
billions.
He
I
old
how
honorably
Canada
had
come,
out
of
tho
war
and
urged
that
she
proceed
alon
honorable
lines.
Tribute
to
West
s
an,
eastern
nuin,
Mr.
Mc
Keown
said
he
paid
tribute
to
tho
west,
its
progress
reacted
on
the
eastern
section.
F.ven
though
shle
by
side
with
a
great
nation
they
had
mitde
great
headway
and
they
had
eariie!
Ihe
respect
of
the
other
nations.
Satistlc
showed
Ihat
man
for
man,
Canada
wa
Hie
busiest
country,
in
the
vvorld
with
Ihe
solitary
exception
of
New
XenluiHl.
The
lefon
he
wislued
to
leave
wa
thai
Canada
was
nvak-ing
progress
even
llitn-h
coin-peling
with
so
igreat
a
nation
us
the
United
Stales;
Canada
had
passetl
the
stage
or
experiment.
Many
things
wliich
had
seemed
Impossible
bud
fft'ieMiniplih-,
continued
on
page
'six"'
CATHOLICS
ARE
BARRED
MEXICO!
Government's
New
Regulations
Provide
for
Taking
Over
of
Church
Property
by
State.
REMARKABLE
SCENES
Twenty-Seven
Couple
Married
by
Priest
In
Bulk
at
One
Ceremony
Simultaneously.
other
pritperly
of
the
church
last
night.
In
one
church
a
priest
was
desperately
atteniptii'
io
minister
to
the
need
of
the
multitude
re-
taneoul
at
one
ceremony.
H
i
estimated
that
25.IMID
ceased
to
function
this
tnorniiir
and
eeonomic
boycotts
ATTACK
MADE
I
BY
DONAGHY
Declares
He
Knows
All
About
Customs
Campaign
and
"
Will
Tell
It
All.
VANCOUVER,
July
31.
D.
Dsnaghy,
Liberal
candidate
for
Vancouver
Centre
In
opposition
to
H.
H.
Stevens,
was
given
a
rousing
reception
at
the
nominating
convention
last
night
and
delivered
a
slashing
attack
against
the
Conservative
campaign
In
connection
with
the
customs.
"I
know
It
aU
and
I
will
tell
It
all.
That's
the
reason
I
am
running
In
Vancouver
Centre
and
when
I'm
through
j
I'm
not
going
to
let
go
my
grip
wn
iiij
wppuiiciifc
until
no
a
aio1
wered
for
his
failure
to
let
con
slltutlonal
practice
takes
Its
course
and
permit
the
Governor
General
to
give
his
assent
to
the
legislation
passed
last
session,"
he
declared.
OLIVER
SEES
PROSPERITY
Member
of
Railway
Commission
Is
Much
Pleased
with
Pr.
Rupert.
Hon.
Frank
Oliver,
who
i
here
today
as
a
member
of
the
Hoard
of
railway
conuiussioners.
ex
pressed
himself
as
exlreimdy
pleased
vvilh
the
progress
Prince
Huperl
was
making.
He
wa
here
iu
l'JtO
and
at
Ihat
lime
Ihe
city
was
without
form
and
void,
lo
day
he
found
il
a
modern
city,
clea.ii
ami
solid
and
prosperous
ratnl
he
wa
immensely
pleased
with
the
outlook.
He
so
express
ed
rHniseir
to
the
haily
News.
He
is
planning
to
tell
the
eastern
people
whal
he
saw
here.
HUSBAND
OF
DEAD
WOMAN
IS
HERE
Hlmer
Mork
Arrived
This
Morn
Ing
From
Fishing
Grounds
llilmerMork
of
the
fishing
boat
"F.ureka,"
whose
wife
and
child
died
this
week,
arrived
in'
port
this
morning
from
Ihe
fish
ing
ground
al
3
o'clock.
VANCOUVER
EXCHANGE
Hid.
Askod
C.I'.ll
IGLOO
Diiiivvell
1.88
2.00
Premier
2.11
2.18
L.
A
L.
.
.12
Marmot
:
08
U
'
.11
iEXPANSION
OF
PRINCE
RUPERT
FISH
BUSINESS
Cold
Storage
Show
Railway
Commission
Some
of
Present
Handicaps.
RAILWAY
RATES
COMPARED
Jay
They
Could
Increase
Volume
of
Shipments
If
Sympathetic
Encouragement
Qlven.
J.
W.
Niclio!!
appeared
before
Ii
Hoard
of
Railway
Commi-sioner
to
yesterday
and
read
a
slaleme:!
prepared
by
the
manger
Of
the
Canadian
Fish
and
is
Cold
Storage
Company
dealing
Aith
the
rih
situation
a
affected
by
the
railway
and
suggesting
mean
of
developing
business
hrongli
"-railway
co-operation.
The
statement
follow:
Prine
Ittipert
can
be
properly
sailed
Ihe
capital
of
'he
fresh
fish
industry
of
the
North
American
continent.
Last
year,
by
fi
hiug
e.U
operating
out
of
this
port.
there
were
captured
and
made
available
for
Canadian
trade
twenty-seven
million
pounds
of
halibut,
twelve
million
pounds
of
.alimtn.
one
million
pounds
of
flat
lish
and
two
million
pounds
j
'jf
older
fish,
making
a
grand
to
tal
of
forty-two
million
pounls
of
fish.
F.
This
industry
commenced
in
II
I
i
u'illi
lliu
i.tiAniiM,
f
fl.,1
rand
I
runt
Pacific
Itailway.
unit
ha
continued
from
that
dais
tin
I
i
1
today,
when
it
lias
reached
tls
present
proportion.
Ilecog-
nizing
the
value
of
northern
rish-
;
...
...
.
erie.
our
company
established
in
this
iort
one
of
the
largest
cold
storage
plants
in
the
world,
and
we
have
given
to
the
railway
system
petuigpntiOfrlliisjport,
volume
or
business
mat
lias
pro-due,
a
subslatial
portion
of
its
revenue
iu
Ilrilisli
Columbia.
One
would
have
thought
ihat
our
production
of
tonnage
would
have
entitled
us
lo
favorable
con-siderath.ui
from
Hie
railways,
but
we
have
not
found
their
co-operation
expressed
in
any
definite
form.
F'or
.
instance,
there
is
a
'reight
rate
from
Seattle
to
New
York
or
1.88.
We
enjoy
the
same
rate
from
Prince
Itupert
to
iNew
York,
but
when
we
come
to
(sell
our
commodity
in
Toronto,
or
Montreal,
although
the
distance
is
J.
shorter,
we
are
compelled
to
pay
or
3tc
higher
than
the
rate
to
New
York.
Frozen
fish
is
not
shipped
from
the
Fast
to
British
I'olumbra
points,
but
smoked
fish
shipped
in
a
frozen
state
is
ship
ped
from
Hawksbury,
Nova
Sco
tia.
and
from
Halifax,
CVova
Sco
tia,
to
this
port.
When
we
ship
our
commodity
to
ICaslern
Canada,
and
such
point
a
Montreal
and
Toronto,
we
pay
a
rate
of
2.1i,
but
when
Ihe
producer
on
the
Atlantic
seaboard
in
Hawksbury
and
Halifax
hip
lo
Prince
Itupert,
lie
rels
a
rate
of
$1.79
and'J1.75,
respec
tively.
Extraordinary
Rates
It
is
rather
extraordinary
that
our
rates
should
be
higher
to
Montreal
and
Toronto
than
they
are
to
New
York,
and
considerably
lusher
to
eastern
points
than
the
shipper
of
the
same
or
similar
commodity
to
Pacific
Coast
points.
It
is
difficult
to
understand
the
reason
why
Canadian
railways
are
allowed
to
discriminate
again
western
industries
thai
are
batc
to
Ihe
development
of
our
nation
al
trade
1
do
not
waul
to
po
into
detail
as
to
our
situation
on
the
prairie
which
ha
been
reviewed
exten
slvely
by
the
rish
dealers
of
Van
comer,
but
I
would
ask
your
board
to
consider
why
the
express
rate
on
fili
from
Prince
Itupert
tq
l'.dmouton,
a
dis.ta.nce
of
950
1
miles,
.;L?3i,en
-h3
man
producing
the
same
commodity
iu
Halifax
can
ship
il
to
Fin-lay,
Ontario,
a
distance
of
"GO
inik's.
for
1
.10.
In
the
sclllo-meul
and
development
of
Alberta,
we
believe
that
Ihe
proximity
'of
that
section
of
the
Ivomiuiou
lo
the
pacifio
Coast
K
an
advantage.
We
can
supply
the
people
of
Al
ycontii
ued
on
page
four
KING
REPLIES
TO
STEVENS
Deplores
Tory
Tactics
and
Points
Out
Unfairness
of
Their
Campaign.
WINUSOlt,
July
31.
lit.
Hon.
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King,
in
a
statement
issued
here
yesterday
afternoon,
replied
to
Hon.
11.
11.
Steven
open
letter
saying:
"With
ihe
reiguson
government
in
power
m
Ontario,
w
ill
we
make
a
new
issue
in
the
campaign
on
liquor
muggiing?
If
1
made
that
kind
of
au
appeal
it
would
be
similar
the
present
Conservative
campaign.
The
very
point
of
my
remarks
was
to
make
)t
clear
that
it
maiiiiestly
unfair
lo
hold
any
government
responsible
in
all
particular
for
smupglirkg
and
also
to
make
it
clear
to
the
public
mind
just
how
unfair
ire
the
method
aikipted
by
Hon
Stevens
and
o'Jier
members
of
the
Meigh-en
cabinet
in
seeking
to
place
Ihe
responsibility
upon
my
colleagues
aud
myself
for
certain
smuggling
which
we
are
doniig
our
utmost
to
suppress."
LOCEMAN?
FATHER
DIES
H.
Worlock,
Pioneer
or
Victoria
and
Once
of
Dawson,
Passes
Away
In
South
MCTOltIA,
July
31.
Fred
II.
Woriocit,
aged
7tj,
resident
oj
t'i..t..
r..
l...
I..i
r...i
T
l"
"a
""
imi
"".
died
yesterday.
,
He
was
in
Daw
son
during
the
gold
rush.
The
lale
Mr.
Worlock,
wht.'
was
well
known
.
here,
having
made
frequent-business';
visit'
tw
Prince
IluperC
was
the
father
of
Hay
Worlock.
a
member
or
the
slarf
of
F.
(J.
Dawson,
Ltd.,
of
Ihi
city.
The
latter
will
arrive
from
Pacific
and
proceed
by
tonight
boat
to
Victoria
to
attend
Ihe
funeral.
,
RESTORE
FISH
FRASER
RIVER
P.
Babcock
Recommends
Es
tablishment
of
Commission
to
Control
Situation.
VICTOmA.
July
31.
In
his
an
nual
report
to
Hon.
.William
Sloan,
J.
P.
naWooTrassistant
commissioner
of
fisheries,
make
public
Ihe
details
of
a
scheme
providing
for
the
restoration
of
the
Fraser
lliver
salmon
fisheries
by
the
creation
.of
a
.commission
representing
Canada
and
the
United
Stale
similar
to
the
international
halibut
commisloii
to
control
the
Fraser
lliver
fisheries
and
to
enforce
the
necessary
restrictions
to
overcome
the
alarm
ing
depletion
the
river
has
suf
fered
in
recent
years.
LOG
BOOK
OF
MARGARET
TO
INVESTIGATED
Mtlghen
Instructs
Drayton
to
Take
Steps
With
This
End
In
View
HATlllllST,
NJJ.,
July
31.
The
secrets
of
the
log
book
of
th
customs
steamer
Margaret
will
be
revealed,
Premier
Meigjieit
having
yesterday
requested
Sir
Henry
Uraylop.
acting
prime
minister,
to
take
steps
to
have
the
whole
matter
investigated
a
quickly
as
possible.
BRISTOL
BAY
PACK
THIS
YEAR
IS
FAR
AHEADJaAST
SEASON-
JI
NEAU,
July
31.
-The
United
State
Hureait
oi
Fisheries
U
advised
that
the,
fed
salmon
pack
in
the
Hrislol
HaydWtriet
ror
the
season
which
closed
on
July
S3
was
X.
15.879
casf
a
compared
with
578,000
ca'sen
last
year.