Save Money tar Boston Grill T, rMV--t V to buy th. subscribe by the . je-s i to D y rest is 3.00 and your Tt yetT , (iHivcrpd to your address rT ,vpi,mu' Jt flKur out the " .....t 10 you tor thu dally r;'ir(, fr twelve month 1 BSW V . f.- VTTENTION! H.P.O.U. '" ' """t of the death 1.1I iiicctin Murray Fuller I'lease attend spe lt tonight at 8 'ill AH AM, 'aii I tod Ruler. quiremcnts, so tlif roquet. Two parties go aboard S.S. Venture and Power Boat Pachina to meet one of them and take them to supposed wealth VANCOUVER February 24. In an effort to 1 first to restake the famous gold lode first discovered in I860 and later lost, prospectors representing two groups of financiers are racing north. The prize for the victor. vill be the famous old Sacramento Ledge, sought for ana fought for in early days, after it had been told of by In dians and finally staked in 18G0 by Major William Do a nit. ; of West Virginia, eminent American mining engineer )f that time, and restaked by him at intervals for 23 yeai after that date, the last time in 1885. ' Lately, Downie's old account of his find, including i map locating the lode and records of five assays taken. Jisciosing an unusually rich deposit of mineral was unearthed after much rocoorch by officials of the Cal. Brit. ! iixploration Co. Ltd., a southern California concern in-1 .erested in R.C. mining possibilities. i A. R. Edmonds of this city also had learned of the iode. A dramatic scene reminiscent of early days occurred at the Union Steamship Company's wharf Tuesday night, when Edmonds and two men of the Cal. Rnt. t om- any, rivals in the race to the bacramento Ledge, met a.-thev boarded the S.S. Venture, the only ship on which oiu 1 can reach the Kitimat Arm site of the claim for another , month. Edmonds, it is understood, at the last minute, 1 secured the financial backing of a group of spoiling backers 01 the ijuaura t,iuo 01 mis city. The Cal. Brit, men, Major Rolley Morgan, R.F.A., and Anirus Kerr, . C.E., former head sampler at Hollinger . . 1 f 1 o.. .Mine in Untario, 001 n 01 wnoin were wilh uenuiiti out-.on in his trek through the Cariboo and Peace River, ,vere able to notify their principals that their rival was aboard the ship just before it sailed. Every attempt was made by Cal. Brit, officials to charter an airplane here to overtake the Venture, take Morgan and Kerr aboard and rush them on to Kitimat Arm and up the fjord 50 miles to the site of the claim, ihey were unsuccessiui. owners' insurance protected him In one case the plane only to the north end of Vancouver Island and he refused to go further. In the other the plane was not able- to make such a lengthy flight without replenishing fuel. The commander of the airport at Sand 4'oint near Seattle was communicated with by telephone Wednesday but' he replied .he had no plane which could be fitted for such a long trip in time to catch the Venture before : nt.-ai nff Kitimat Arm. according to its schedule. 1 So Captain Swanson of Prince Rupert has sent down the coast a power boat to meet the Venture, to pick up Morgan" and Kerr and carry them up Kitimat Arm to ealth. a .. LaU meHsaee from the S.S. Venture stated that the Pachena had been requested to pick up Morgan a id Kerr at Butedale, 90 miles south of Prince Rupert. 1l..nniifhi u IT 1H SHIU lllilt uuiiiuiiu o """"" have not been idle but what step they have, taken to To. their man's journey are not known. Mining circles watching the race, such a corneal as was common here are here three or four decades ago, with more than usual interest. this concern decided it wa nti, rho Prince Rupert Boat House and the B.C. & Ughterage Co. were pqUmdjieram: Towag 1 IS-w vestcrday afternoon to dosnat.Qh speedboats a,ml hiCst t take the rivals to their destination. (l0WTli See Rupert Boat House sent the Pachena, Dumas, to Butedale at 5 p.m. C rnnt 1 Harvey & Lighterage Co was asked to B C Towage The i L ,t to Klemtu but the speedboat Naas River is the winter at the dry dock and the Salvage for ??. f? ...llemed not fast enough to meet the re- tTlllCLTV-" ' BRITISH SHIP 4 4 COMING HERE From Orient to Load Full Grain CflrRo for United Klnjuom or Continent A British ship, the) nauas of whleh la not yet reve.tled. la reported to be on the way firm the Orient to Prince Rupert and la expected to arrive here on March 3 or possibly sooner. The vessel, which will be already lined, will load a full cnri( (or the United Kingdom or Continent PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper VICTORIA, February 24. Two men are believed to have been lost when tiie louring car in which they we.e sleeping aboard the HteuftH-r i'rino.sH Louise, en route Horn Vancouver .o Victoria, slid qltf the forward deck early this morning in Active Pasa. j Peter Otaeii of ( owichan Bay was the registered owner of the car and he .i accompanied by John Nieiiolson of Viclo. iu. It in pre..ui)i'il thut tidal currents caused a alight list and the nuiomobtlt )iraK' . not being .-et, the car rolled toward tlie jtort doors, tise ' f o k i h of the car going underneath the lock hi t- wnii-h was '11. id and permitted the weight of the car to force the doors o;ieii. The sleamc. umld fiud no trace of the car occupants. Mjw,Jjg .' MJaBaaBa aMaaWfB aaHRBtaBSaHHr' VsaMafiaaaaaaB MRS. WILFRED ASHLEY, wife of Col. Ashley, British Minister of Transport, will take care of the manners in British films, and director of home art cusioms and MKKlJMi OI I'tHKM IHlAMIl I AI M!!! ton rnv UK At TIH( TI(I A meeting of the Prince Rupert Parka Board baa been called for tonight when the matter of beaut lfleat Ion Of the c.ty. In the way of carden and' window box encouragement and planting of the atrrrts and grounds surrounding municipal property will be dlacnsoed. Following suggestion of tlie acting mayor the question waa referred to the Parka Board by the city council this week. BUSINESS MAN DIES SUDDENLY Death Came Under Trairic Clr-i-umtances to I- Murray 1' uller l.at Nignt Bn-ii'o circles grnrrally In the city ntl the :nany (rlenda ol dereaaed and family wc re draply shocked this i'.on tiiR to Ic.irn of the death which rrurrrd at 11 o'clock last evening uo- ibis he entered the grocery business here for huweelf and had ever since been identified with that business. He was the sole owner of the B.C. But- hera and Orocers and the Cash and Carry grocery at the corner of Pulton Street and Sixth Avenue, both of which huslnesses. It Is expected, will be carried on aa usual. The late Mr. Fuller was In bis forty-third yeai and was born at Green River, about twenty miles from Toronto. Ontario, where his mother still re one of whom Is Mrs. W. W Wright of this city. Besides his widow he Is survived by a family of five chUdren William, aged It. Myms. 13: Helen. 10: Margaret. 7; and Dorothy. 5. To them will be extended the deepest sympathy of the community. Only this week. Mr. Fu'ler completer! a term or omre aa prrsioeiii vi tuc Prince Rupert Retail Merchants' As Large Upstair Dintnir Hall, with newly laid dancing floor, for hire. NEW SODA HHj N.TAIN. The latest and best for the least. Phone 457. P(! xni"' prince rupert, b.c, fridav, February 24, 1028 rric- vw cent sVAl PARTIES ABOARD VENTURE BOUND FOR KIWI AT Race of Miners from Vancouver to Kitimat Arm to Stake Famous Gold Lode First Discovered 1860 ffTAWA CREEPS ON CANAD1ENS n I'oinls Itehind a.t Keault ol I a-t Night's Games ' 1 (l:i)Nii leb 24. Ottawa la : : the Canadlcru os a re ..'ins game. ! a wonderful gam? bu in Council Moiurra play Advantage ovc. 1 game with twentt 1 nialtlaa. . , .,oed all the goals li il the flrat scores thr mute than lour Klraltfv. ; jo : i. u 0. !i: 'I. to J. V Rangers . ANK TELLERS . ARE ARRESTED I in Toronto Will I urge Sums of Bank Fund l-e'i .14 ---Potlowuu '! . of Norman Bray 'rllti 'I Bank, chared with .'rum tht bank. Oci. 1 f the Caplall Tru arrested on an lden-' . amaunt involved be 1 .1.1; the two men work 'rina; up delalcuilorui b- f check between tlx IUAKE DAMAGE Th, TO NAZARETH "'"mini lluildings Damage 4 "1 1 11I Jerusalem it Is Reported : 1 1 Feb 34. - Nawreth t ;' ' which sulfered from ":ih'ueke which rocked "!::c-iU)-. geerywhere muny " ' 1 1 K tiiuntctpnl and kov- were damaged !i' Uovarnment House 1 Olives, which autfered ' ' List July, waa again 'LOSE ALASKA BEAVER TRAPS J 1 The Alaaka tame completing a two 11 '"ti"i for 1 closed aeaaon ' ".'i on beaver. Other i" b submitted to ' department Include 1 bat limits and cwr-,! il"mg date for the tt:TIIMi .IIHMHIT I"" cieiir. tight north' vs. . 'itrsMr 4- Automobile With Two Men Sleeping In It tidied From Deck of tnncess Taxes Reduced Two and . Louise Into Waters of Active Pass Hlf MJL'o J lh Dl Five Years Says Manson Attorney General Defends Government Against Attacks of Opposition and Declare no Politics in Police Department VICTORIA, February 24. In the Legislature Hon. A. M. Man-son, attorney general, denied opposition charges against the administration of justice, particularly in connection with the control of provincial police forces. He contended that politics had not been introduced into the affairs of the force. "There may have been mistakes made," said the attorney general, "but they were mistakes of the head and not from the standpoint of political motives." Before the budget debate concluded. - an amendment offered by the opposition charging Liberals in the House with Inter .crence with the conduct of provincial affairs and asking that the apeaker leave the ch.'.lr for the purpose of going into committee of supply, waa defeated 25 to 17. Two members on each aide were paired and one waa avb--cnt. COOL WEATHER MANY POINTS "airly eld weather prevails through- Opposition contentions that the gov- out Northern and Central British Col-?rm.ien: had been over -expending hug . umbta and the Yukon. Dawson resjla-moutiU and Increasing lns'.ead of re- tered 30 below and it la aero weather duclng taxation were Inaccurate and ab- almost everywhere beyond Terrace. The surd. Mr. Manson declared, breaking In following la the detail of the Oovern-defenae of the government policies. The ment Telegraphs dally report: -...-.. ...an , harf inMt iwwt tf.Jl half Dmvt HlmMAtt niMf mIm Umi, 4a . .nH . -. I ' . , V 7 .7. ! mUllon dollars Mas than waa author- t in it a litra 01 4iurf ruuvt. oneer grocer of Prince Rupert and .-id of tha Ilrnt knvwja, Jim &AX r!'..: aid Grocers. Mr Fuller had been engaged yeater- in moving residence from 416 '! S.reet ti the house adjoining was formerly the Hursta' Home nd which had recently been bough: .nd renovated by J. W. McKlnley. He i id put in a r.ither strenuous day and. :n the evening, sat down and com-;.lained of not feeling very weU. stat-.u that he had a evere pain In bis hrt However, he waa apnerently lr. .-.hi sprlt and waa laughing and oUiiik while banging pictures as late s 10 13 p.m. Boon after that he relied, the discovery waa made by his lie thai he had lost consciousness, nrnda and medical aid were called iut it was too lste and death soon ame. evidently as a result of heart rouble. Mr Fuller came to Prince Rupert In 1913 from the Kootenay dlatrlct where 'it had been managing a atore. He vus engaged for two yeara In operating i supply boat on the Skeena River. In Used last year, he said, even if aocount !2 waa taken of the hundred new taxea fjfcfa Hie Ooneertsilww aeaertceT Hd Been added by the present admlnlstra- J tlon This could not be disputed, that ' taxation has been reduced two and one half millions In the last five yean. There Is no question, he said, that the burden of taxation on the rank and file Is less than It was a few years ago. i ; t ii i:tv or nrniiiMi SKIKMlATi: I.M.KT SKIDCOATX. Feb. 34 -8klde-gate Iglet for the past month has bren full of herring and the seagulls, ducks and eastea have been having a harvest. Some of the troliers think there should be spring salmon among the herring and have been rigging out their boats to start fishing. sociation. He waa a past exalted ruler I of the local lodge of Benevolent and Protective Order of Ilka in which or-; B.C. Silver ganlmtlon he had alwaya taken a great! Big Missouri interest. He was also a former super-! Cork Province Intendent of First Presbyterian Churoh j Daly Alaska Sunday School In which he waa a class i Dunwell teacher up to the tlr.ie of death Funeral arrangements, which are In the hands of the BC. Un tertskers, will be announced later. PACIFIC AMERICAN FISHERIES TO OPERATE NUMBER CANNERIES BEIJJNOHAM. Feb 34 The Pacific i. ""f 4 COMMISSION DN MARKETING COAL lrMwl to IUr Investigation Made With View to Settlement of (jueatlon OTTAWA. Feb. 34.- M.icdonald. Conservative of Cape Breton South, proposed In the House of Commons that sides, his father having died about aa commission be appointed to study year ago. He was the only son of the the whole problem of the moving of t.fniii. hut in survived bv five sisters. Canadian coal to Central Oanada. His commission would consist of five mem bers representee of the coal companies, railway traffic departments, tlie Industries consuming coal and businessmen and miners. Mr. M.idonald said he wsa sure such a commission could find a remedy for the problem of marketing coal. VAKCOUVKK EXCHANGE Oecrge Copper Qolconda Independence Indian U and L Lucky Jim . . . Marmot Metala Premier Porter Idaho Richmond Sllvercreat Silversmith Sun loch American Fisheries will operate eight j Whitewater ...n.ii.ri nncl eniolov 1500 men In Bid 1.15 80 .87 12'. 31 S.75 .80 .33 0'j IB', .4U, .31 3.70 M .18 Asked 1.37 61 .88 31V 1.00 .23 .10 18 .33 Hay apex t clear, stnaajr wlM. - teaa. Stew. Aa aW Xialawrf pyiZtemn.lJ' AiyaCah ClieY. calm. temp. 1' Rcsswood Clear, calm. temp. S. Terrace Clear, windy, temp. IB. Hareltoa--Clear, calm. temp. 3 below. Srulthers Clear, calm, temp. 4 below. Burns Lake Clear, calm. temp. i. Telegraph Creek Part cloudy, temp. 8 below. Atlln Calm. temp. If below. Whtteborse Clear, south wmd, tens). 4- 3 Selkirk Clear, calm, temp. 40 below. Dawson Clear, south wind, temp. 30 below. PILOTAGE ON THIS COAST Whole Matter to be Investigated by Committee of the House of Commons OTTAWA. Feb. 34. The whole matter of pilotage in Pacific toast waters will be investigated by the Marine and Fisheries Committee ol the House of Commons. In a memennetum filed by the Britannia branch of the Canadian Legion of the British Smpire Service League of Victoria. BC, It was complained that restriction governing pilots were not sufficiently rigid. Saplotta-Uon of the pilots by agents was also alleged. TRAIL WINNER OVER MONARCHS Vancouver Hockey Team (Sow Down to Defeat Against Interior 5len TRAIL. Feb. 34- Trail won the first game against Vancouver Monarcha two goals to nothing in the provincial senior heckey series. The nnal gsme la to be played to morrow, the total number of goals in the series to count. DOUBLE SHIFT GISCOMBE MILL Word was received here today that .18 the Olscombe Mill, the largest along .34 .34', the line between here and Bdmonton. 3.38 3.40 is commrnclnii to operate a double 3 05 3.30 shift frflh March 1 This will double - the output of thr mill and the num- ItOXIMl HOI T. AIKkn AI'ikkb tills tills auinmer summer lth ltli t a payroll payroll ol of Motorcycle vonaiaoie U'lxanrr oi ine uer oi men emmra wiucu w nuj CHICAOO. Feb 34 Sammy Mandell. e700.000. Operations will be carried Nanalmo city detachment of the pio- taualuerable. ' ui I ..i . is- a- l a.u a a I ssns- M l UeJ Va, tlfl sa IrtM In. .,U1n tr. mnnt ilKhtwelght champion, defeated Jsckle on at Port Mollor. IKatana Miigcove. , vic. ponce is w.nx .rai.aierr , ...r ........ ......... ... U"tU'le 10 m(?el Fields or I.o. Angles in a ten rtmnd 8tuaw Harbor. Unskwlk. Derlng River. Prince Rupert and will Join the city tereats. the a..me people Who make the Unit Th. ".in j..., ..I Make. 1 IVm I . 1 t ..n.l SK.m-h.. Rive; l.i.-ti..-lin.eul h.-rc il I- ...iiiouiicmI vvi'i;on -..r