fSaveMgney Boston Grill I r s sT ' rst way to ouy mi to subscribe by the ,-t ih fi. oo and your to your address Just figure out the you for hi dally . ,. twelve rV ' II WORKR Wicity Campaign is 8 "A :n.nl. !:n, -.at boas . C.. iU had been tiro'iyM .it got i msem words C' )Io:rI J 1 of daleiiM-. ch.i..'.r ::i eontliiita' i of .h. tlie Buiim ! c'vim-'ii nalsU n i- the) .une jrie!jl- hi con p.i, i :. . X Iron .. u! work and en- IALIBUT BOATS PUNCHED TODAY I Ml M I o. 1M t'OW.'NWT. W-I VKI TO MATRK AT HH IMHK going smoothly and 11 fi:;e new lullbut 'e as Bur craft aa the I': ret Rupert flu-: po , ,'. into tli water about -n from the slip sheds: i m They were Cap Mriville and Capt. Han enani. Each boat la a ' 'irr and ihey are splen i filty-elght foot ve powered with 75 h p full d:ejl motor 1 " ready to alart f lahinx 'lie month. eral Intercatcd pct- 'i tlie owitera and their lr the lunaching ' of tlie owner In each ' of chasopagtM over MUCH DEMAND FOR BOOKLET I ' 'III' l; (I s. titt a . ...... Mm... aa - ',i Mir- ,M9 ii,,0. MK1TK roK IHIAI, M. 1 II Mil. I'l IU.ICATION Mroniunank report that -in ,i big demand for the ''" '""'Met. Blovan requests "' ' eiven during the past eVeah 'Hit an avermn numbar. KHjueaU eorrve from Osna-' ' ''d Slates tree libraries. ! ''ih triioou and a number :- -uy they are preparing ad-1 ii.ii tu ute it in preparing " "mtter. Tliey ask tor It oy ""v timt a has eataottshad .iiKiixiok or reliable Inform- PREMIER MACLEAN IS BACK AT HIS WORK ""ia. a". Mar..,, Premier Mw-" " ni'i'li improved yeaterday lettcrn to hlrt office ' "" "Her beliiK laid up tl .vlK'.tlull. 4- ttttttt t nisjior nuxiv is SMIIOISLV 1 1 J. uitii ltOIOMA AMI ILt s LONDON. Out. March . Ritht Rev II. P. Fallon, bishop ul London. Ontario. Is seriously .11 with Influenza and pneu- noma with crmrUcatlona. HALIBUT PRICES-ARE BETTER AS DECREASE IN SUPPLY IS NOTED There in a decrckae in the volume ol halibut oflertivf here today and prtoea were improved over thoae oflcrtag d ur ns .he put few dara. Arr.val and aaks. AM kill CAN' Onah. I a 000 pound. Booth PUbertea. Br and 4c. WAIHAN Selna. lOWO pc-unds. and Varna. ooo paundi. nilln naoeriaa. it ana c. Yule, 3.000 pounda. Booth FMnanm, , 3'- and Sr Unomr S500 pound, lea 7 and 3c OLD COUNTRY FOOTBALL kniiiii i.aiiii;. uiv. i. (i-tnu.by I. Btoka a. sfilTTHII t.K.IH'K. IIV. I. 8' Mirren 5. Queen a Park 1. C I: 4 Hamilton 0. llMUMIN II. Irllh Albion Roer 1 TOKXO nearly which i.Mii iioR m:ti;it Marrli 8 The Emperor naa Planned for Province Outlined by Premier h ! March 6. An aggressive publicity campaign in i .:' the province will be undertaken by the Kovernment. ! n Lean informed the Legislature yesterday when the mi iur that purpose was considered. Pamphlets and other killing the public service bulletin would advertise Brit-a and its resource in Great Britain, United States and .mI the Premier. In the U.S. most of the matter would i through jroven ment agents there. . intention to carry considerable finarcial advertising tin British and American business publi- 1 1 I IV 1 III A I llvi UM Fnu'i" explained, with the Ides llllliULiillnvI j"' dver,i,:i,? the proes of their e- i cumies a; hi h i. couia wisely louow PIlAnTPn IM I their exampK BUDGET BOOK : t;i-lo Vt i. I h MIOM I'ltIM HUE AIJ. from the feverish com rapurud yeaterday. VVfcUIIKK HLI-OUT. Prince Rupait Cloudy, light wet wind; trmierature. 3 south- ioiiW'm uiitsAT runt: VAMCOUVBB. March .-The price of wheat today was II .M '4 Mrcubbln. merchant of nesa i"" the end f ihe week. IM-nt of l Pscllic mid lormer iwii , Prince Burert. la in ine c.iy -. ... ,K.htv ha here until VICTORIA. March 8 - Night GRAIN VESSEL FERNMOORDUE HILL AHHIVi; IX PtillT Tills AITKIl-NOO.V FROM OIllr.NT TO LOAM rem i.k.-ioxtim;nt The British steamer Krrnnio- r. V: Bupert's eighteenth ship ul aou. 1 di; to an 1. 1- in..- u won from Japan u : net f : th- L i. ' tlnfdom or Contlneiit lie v. ,,. rived at T.- pit Wnr ,t , n ,r .. on htr pilot, Capt. Irry Thomson T'n Ferjini'xir Ih conilrit frxmi HaHodave Japan, and will ni.ve to bt ItunU.tt i before s:artlng loaUiiig She n.. .ujv. ever, lined. The nineteenth shtp of the w a... .i the Britiah atramer Bkeg-e ik due In a day or so. No'.'.iin; dM.n aa to the arrival time ': th n k! . i; was avallabl up tc thu, raoih.u; The met irahlp King Jame. I Li a full cargo for the United Klnttdon. o-Continent, should be ready to r.ul con. During the past twenty-four hoti thirty carloads of grain have arr.ve'i from the prairies for the local elevator Rattwty Bleu this morning reporu u son three hundred cartoada cu the division bound here. The King James will finish loadln; today nd win sell tomorrow for the United Bnfdont or ConUnent with a fall cargo. FAVORS OBED COASTROUTE MAVN Till I MIOI 111 KHI.V THE lUMT. J I l.INi I HO U l'M MtKT IMOKMATION OTTAWA. Meh . The Mwd rwtl. frasn iHforntalloM avalsakle, h uquetssutl the bet IMrHk wallet far Uh IfuH-e Hltre etMiMlry a whose. It K laeer. unpywtr wHh esftelsi srUas f tlie ewsmtry. AHaal MWeeys have awn amW ve thl resrte ami alae af lite line lsaa rani, la ssrstor llwt eavreH rasa- mrtsaas mar Imp tasils Ixsween the NStea aarteya mM4 If all er taw wtteer tww rate, lkaa ln a ivare I "ana. TMa Ihe roaelaaeaa reaefced la the retaarl af K. M. Irttl. reesAaal'isre eeiglsveee af I he Hevleni lleghxt. fajawlsm Nallaaal IUlwa). The ehiraaseat was UWnl la Ihe I lews mf tow-mhmss yaaterday b) lae HiUtMee at rallwaia. LEGISLAlfoFDEWD FOR THE DAIRYMEN VTCTOsUA. March 6 Legislation to allow dairymen to pool their losses waa rejected by the agricultural oommlttae yexwrday. thus virtually squashing the scheme for the present session. How-oar. Ine committee recommended complete investigation into the milk HOUSE MAY ADJOURN BY ST. PATRICK'S DAY a of the Legislature atarted last night with a new to expediting the work and It la honed to adjourn on March IT. Ten Lost Lives in Fire Near Quebec Last Mght When Home Burned While Family in Bed ,,.,,.,. March 6. Ten lives were1 lost when fire destroyed in i.ni" 1 de Bcautc last na, Jganette.4; Slmonne. 13; Charles ( " '"h;.rrtd 8: Gerard, 7; JeanV 6; Kmlle. 2. Paul, I' ( ,".' when the father awakened, located the Th. fire ami 'I" and th. two ('In lir . . sirtHlIll ' . ...... heti out snouung ir miv ii .1 .. i 1 1 ttuier iii " flames bet him Children - - hlm MMnwmie bark, aeveren the mnthi'l iheti in pit a ntistairs to rouse me imn.. nut uuriiiiis - House aim He met Mrs. Cliche , '.. . . A i. .. again anu again to enter me The lire in believed to have been caused by all overheated furiutcv. It Is believed the victims were asphyxiated 1 1,.,-f t 't'ov 'ven- burned. Orandview . . Independence Kootcnay Florence L. and L. Lakeview Lucky Jim Marmot Metals ... Nat. Ml. O. I. ... Pendorellle Premier Porter Idaho Bufus Ruth Hope BUvcrcreat Suntoch Whitewater Woodbine Dtd, M .11 M AO as M .11 J4 .lVi M -IK .19 at JO t-lf .11 ssVi Asked. M M .12 5.00 .46 .OS .00 at 3j M .16 MX .48 .10 M 1S.T6 S.7S My, .57 JT MM 440 aa 40 VICTOIIIA AIZsW VICTORIA. March . The criminal assise court Is to open here March 1. There are five cw for khe grand Jury. ,' !!.. .r Valiev Junction parish of Ste. Marieinn.nri' .tjiv-i thehon.enf Mrs. Thomas Cliche. 38; VU Wli AUUAWI'll , iiv ---- . ... a iiii ,i . r-axsis-iiaa.i. A S1IVU isv I SUIVU GENERAL MOTORS NEW YORK. March a Oeneral Mo-t ir lommon Mu k Went to one hundred and fifty dollars a share today, an advance or S3 so over yesterday's close .cud .v tain "f IiI'iO slii"c Tluir-day PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper PRINCE RUPERT. B.C -TUESDAY. MARCH C, 1028 i'JKKN OF D)(;i(JM: At the Westminster Kennel Show Tulvara M.irg::ret was judged the 'oest of 2,110 dogs benched. Reginald M. Lewis is her proud owner. Tearing Down Bent Store Begins Preparatory to Erecting Theatre on Site Recently Purchased For It -1 1 -T lYaparatorw to the eiloo.of the fine new theatre by MUmk mat PBaC'tlwisoff on THH-A veniie ' Ytfef 'm corner tiT Fulton Street, 'Mitchell & Currie started ti aaornjBg on the removal f that part of the building owned by tl Burns Co. Ltd. which wsj lormerly occupied by Joe Bent. This portion of the bui'ding stands on eighteen feet of frontage which has been purchased by the Aivasoffs in addition to their original fifly feet. Plans for the new theatre have been filed with the city engineer and reveal a structure which will be a real acquisition to the architecture of the city. e AH Kit IX HAVANA IIIOM NLW YOKK 4 HAVANA. Cuba. March The Monoplane Columbia with Charles Levlne. Wllmocr Stuta. and Mass Mabel Boll arrived this afternoon after a 1400 mUe 4 night from New York. VANCOUVKU UXCllANOB Argents Bayvlew Cork Province I Daly Alaska .. Ounwell George Copper Oeorgla River Glacier Glaaalr Oolconda AIRSHIPS TO CANADA SOON TWO IlKIMi III ILT I OK Mil-VIC t:. LAI II t-AllKVINU KM IWWAOUtS (OMIOliT-AIXY MlMiilV. Marrh 0 speaking at Ihe Lotpsr e Airship nervier Is nteiif-hers wf liar lalltatF TrSNiort last night lae air tire-marshal. Mr V. H. arkHer. dlreetar af el til aav-' Hem, saM the first regalar rowta by atraaip tr4aMy to Canals. wsxtM be iHaagaralrd' Miwr thwe I his year. Tas alrsblpK were nw being built, he wM, iMlee the slse W the ll-St lijie. earli of nhirli eon Id rMfrt abij raro lea iueurer. 1927 in Good Condition with a Surplus and Profit on Utilities the yiar including local Improvement, were 83(W l33. thla being also In-olualve of arrears accumulated from previous years. Current taxes collected durlns the year amounted to 8388,814 -48 while arrvara collected amounted to 84S 385.85. maklnii an aggregaU lection for th, yen: c.: 8342.300.38 liercentase of tax wllectlous for whs 8:i itt Durinn the year tliere fofeiiecl to tlie citv additional the telephone, department 113.338.02 While the deficit on the water department waa 8.tM.71. The audltor'a report also gave tne usual detailed atatoatentS of revenue and expenditures of the various de ntil- part menu of the city. The! The usual two hundred copies of the 1897 report will be printed for distribution were The contract for the prlntlna of the lots report wus awarded to Alex M'R.ie Oo . nuniUenng IUJ ;o!.unt which there Ltd whoe tender was 1288 as compar-was an accumulation or tax arrears. ed wth a bid or 8S10 submitted by all ; of 813 890 81 Kit-. Cowan & LstU. Lame Upstair Dining Hall with newly laid dancing floor, for hire. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. The latest and best for the least. Phone 457. PSaS so Prirf Five Cent ESUMED TODAY ON THE NEW AIVAZ0FF THE AT RE Parks Board Puts Forth Many Suggestions with View Beautifying City i)nly One Refusal and That in Regard to Moving Handball Court Very Valuable Proposals are Made and Adopted ilv All lu'. one of sixteen suggestions put forward by the parks I for beau' ification of the city met with the approval of the a - i a s. aB is a counc il wiicn dealt wun ine matter in uetau clause oy clause i a -1 nignt's meeting. The recommendations of the parks board . !iii h were accepted were as follows: Thai the city council request the provincial government to loan up Cow Bay and burn up old boats lying derelict and partly -uiimerged there. That signs be erected forbidding the felling of green timber peclally along the new highway and a ' .hat the oo -operation of the provincial rovermnent anrt rf.llway jDompaniea be .ought in this regard. Thai idvertlalng signs be not allowed on city property or along the hlgh-V and that the cc -ope r tier, of the provincial government and the rail-' way company 'be also enlisted In this 1 matter. That the clearlns away of old rubbish an certain private properllea be re iftf. ed j That the provincial government be requested to Improve toe Court House grounds throua Ua Waatlnaot gw- .dan plcti. I Tkat the .matter of jbe atrictly enforeed STRUCK CHILD WITH AN AXE .UMI.O AT I Allir.lt III T HIT SON MHO 14 IIOVKIIIM1 ItHTWKKN LIIK AM) imtTII SOUU. B.C.. kUrch S With hit nana cat by an axe Mow aaM to have bcaa ataaad at his tattaw. IVanaay B- of Saw Baatec. ranker of the Iwaos Ccupa dtatrtet. la m the a eharoa of Infllotlae arerloUB bodirr That cltiscns be tonga to paint tbetr jj., building during the earning spring. According to sutemente is the pollee. that all property owners be allowed nynn. who had been drinking, was the use of unused portions of the allegedly 111 -treating hi wife when street adjacent to their premise for "Bob" Baxter intervened. Itfan is al-the planting of gardens and that pro- tg6 to have rushed out f Use house, tectlon from depredations against such returning with an axe whitn Be swung Improve iient be provided by the city ( Baxter, the axe missing him and aa far as possible. jatrlklnfl young Baxter. That the city assart In toe improve- - rnent of such portion of the a'.reeta by pulling stumps in front of the lot. That certain hlUsldea such aa those adjoining McBrlde Street at Pounh I Avenue and Fulton 8treet be Improved bv the city through the planting of broom and such shrubs. That steps be taken to prevent the i dumping of ashes except where I quired for the purpose of filling. Tnat school garden be encouraged .a well as small children's garden and I -.hut sash prtres be offered by the city I In the form of rosebushes, plants, ete. (for th best window bases and house aarcena. That McCiymont Park be further im proved through the removal of slumps ; and windfalls and to planting of ah rubs etc. That the semi-circle known a Qren- vtlle Court on Praaer street at the and of Sixth Street be so Improved aa j to take advantage of an offer made by ! D. Olennle to plant It free of charge ennttnuad on oars Mxt Auditor Shows Civic Finances for PLAN OUTLINED FORNEWROADS . IIOV. H. II. MTIIF.ltI.AMI TKIJ.S MIII.KK TWO AMI frAKTr.lt .MILLION HOLUtKS IS TO UK M'KXT VICTORIA. March S.DAtaUa of the road ooustruction progtaaa' srere laid btoote toe House yes tarda by Hon. W. H. Sutherland, minuter Of fmbUc work. The program calls for eSgNmdlture of more than two and a quarter million dollars of which more than a million and a half Is for new mad work, the balance for construction of bridge. (err lee. wharves, maintenance, aurveya and traffic operation. OIL BOOM IS SEENCORDOVA CORDOVA. March. 6. PmapecU for an uupieeedented oil boom are aecn here with the tiling of papers by eight , I residents of Oordovs. The ell fields st ... . . , , !ks tails have been lnaeeaasibla. due U General city revenue for the year 1927 exceeded expenditure by :the sluklng 1(Ut oecentber of the boat K,428.(M) according to the report of the auditor. George Borie, C.A.pioneer a new boat owned end eean-which was presented to the city council last night. The aggregate manded by winiam c.-ockar i now in surplus of the city's assets over its liabilities decreased in the year service. to 91,15:1.969.14, being Sz.Boa.BU less tnan tne year previous, ine total assets of the city amounted to T,72779.0G against which it had a debenture debt outstanding at the end of the year of $2,038,110.05. Taxes levied during the year, includla&'local improvements, amount ed to $37:1.719.50 as compared with r$JK607G.39 in 1U2G. The total assessment of the city waa raaucea , r net surplus tor ine year on toe from e.481.B2v to 15.003.239 and the cllfjts utilities was U.eaB.. The surtax rate wau increased to' fifty mills, plus" of the electric light department Totul taxation srresrs st the end of, during 1 was 818418.15 and that of FIREWORKS EXPLOSION KILLS LARGE NUMBER SAHARA NO, Jsva. March 8.- At least a score were kll'ed and fifty are known to have been injured a id more than one hundred houses destroyed from an explosion in a fireworks factory at Kadoes near here today GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS CLAIMS OF DEPOSITORS OTTAWA. Mar. n 8 Hon. J. A. Tlobt). minister of finance, today Informed a delegation that the government Was prepared to nlve consideration to claims or Home Bank depositors, which had no been satisfied. t,"t' am 1 "4