CLASSIFIED HABIT Boston Grill Eerjone read th Cluslfld Ada. If yuu lone, advertlM for It. If you find, locate tbe owner, whatever vou need, advertlae . (JET TUB CLASSIFIED fi. ! XX., No. 9. M URDER Murder Feared in Case Young Couple Missing on Vancouver Island PORT HARDY, Jan. 11. Fear that Leonard Ddvis, i usil pouch. This was missing when the wrecked launch .-iv murdered, and the launch in which the couple left i'urt Hardy on December 31 was looted, has led residents i'.n t Hardy to request the provincial police to probe m i mystery. According to information, Davis had $75 in a small . i J s, and Ueraldine Daroch, his 19-year-oW companion, . ... t o and ashore near Port Progress. It is also asserted y. i.ss Daroch'8 sweater coat and one of her shoes was Ml on the deck of the launch and that a number of i s the launch carried were missing. The dinghy in ;-h it was believed the couple left the launch has not ;: found. LUMBERMEN TO BOOTH WILL BE ME S00NL.JM-AMER .'l of 150 Member of Western It tail Awociatlon Coming To City This Month ; r-.y of 160 member of the ii Retail Lumbermen- A-nti from prairie points, en 'their annual convention at uvt-r, will visit Prince Rup-i . this month. They will ar-ly special train at 4 o'clock ' . afternoon of January 24 ' hv east and (tail aouth at 8 1 thp next morning by steem-Whilc here there will be an i-.mptu entertainment In their r which will include attend-. at u moving picture show and : ir tournament . The visitors al mi pay. a visit to the mill thi Bik Bay Lamber Co. and it., plant of the Canadian Fiah Id Storaire Co. BIG MISSOURI VERY ACTIVE (.en ml Movement ;on Vnncouver Mining Stock Market VANCOUVER, Jn. ll.l)i -M isHimri was a strong active feature of the stock market yeeter-iiay. ifiiining nine cents on sales of !:,(';,(io(i shares, several blocks of l".ooo h.ircK going through. Silverado climbed 12 cents and l; . vi - McDonald 13 cent. The y neiiil list nhowed strength. GEORGE RORIE READS PAPER At the Rotary Club luncheon yesterday, President George Rorio n ad a comprehensive and Instructive Mper on chartered account-antu and accounting, which prov- I extremely Interesting. He ..ld of the early efforts of accounting over 4000 years prior to the Oirlstian era and of its gradual growth and development and giving Hpiviflc instances. fix. v.- SUSPECTED IN NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISD. CASE ON MONDAY SOUTIIWOLI), JJn . Jan. 11. An official rfstement Indued on behalf of General Ilooth late today aid that after listening carefully to the deputation from the grand council which has urged hU retirement, he announced he would iRlve his answer on Monday. STOCK QUOTATIONS Bayview, 5, 5-Ti. B. C. Silver, 1.29, 1.80. Beaver Silver, 19' , 20'. Big Missouri. 1.20, 1.30. Cork Province, 26, 26. Cotton Belt, Nil, 60. Dunwell. NIL 19. Duthi Nil. 76. George Copjr,. MPi -TI Georgia River, 34, 35. Golconda, 81. S2. Grawlv4eweoi,.' j V Independence, 12'4, . Inter. Coal 4 poke. 34, 8 KooUnny Florence, WVi, & Kootenay King, 41,, 43. Ifc t L, 7, 8. Uadsmith, iVn, NU. Ucky Jim. 24 Vi, K. Marmot Metals, 84. Marmot Gold. , 9. Mohawk, 8 V 8i. Morten Woolsey, 5Vi, O'i. National Silver. 24'i. 26. Noble Five .75, 76. Pend Oreille, 11.00. 1125. Indian, 6 'a. Nil. Porter Idaho. 70, 71. Premier, 2.25, 2.25. Rufus Argenta, 31 V, 32. Ruth Hone. 64. W' j. Silver Crest, 10, 11. Silverado. 1.16, 1.18. SnowfIak, Nil, 85. Sunlock, 3.50. 8.75. Termlhua. 18, 14. Topley Richfield. 51, 52. Toric. 2-25. 2.60. Wt.'llngton, 18, tlBVfe U r, a ! Wh'.tewater, 1.36, 1.48. Woodbine, 014, 7. Noranda. selllnir at C1.25. tTherritt Gorden. selling at 0.00, Fabyon, 4, 6. Dalhousie. 1.80. 1.85. Devenlsb. 45. 4G. Home, 3.39. 3.40. McLeod. 4.76. Nil. Msgland. 3.05, 8.16. Northern and " " 4 H SPRING COMES PREMATURELY AT TERRACE , TERRACE, Jen. 11'. Signs of spring are everywhere ap- oarent here. Robins are , bulbs are sprout- c budding and Msow and frost have nractieallr 1 disappeared. At the same time in some gardens laat year's nansies are still in bloom. Weather conditions. however, are not at all fav- orable to the lodging Indus- trv. and unless thfntra'tiirht- en up soon there is bound to be a depression in buei- ' new conditions. cpIwilT buii d ones I J Fifty Millien Dollars to Re Spent In Bapandin System Within Five Years WINNIPEG, Jan. 11 An era of expansion InVJUAg JhjB construction of approximately 1200 miles of track into virgin country in the prairie provinces at a cost of not !est than f 60,000,000 is foreshadowed r by the application of the Cana-, dinn Pacific for new JInet. This w ill mean employment for many thousands of men extending over a period of five years, It is understood. STRUCK BY STREET PAR IAK Al AT VANfflllVFR IflnLUUYLll VANCOUVER, Jan. 11 Charles Maker was instantly killed when he was struck by a street ear on Histings and Spring- er Streets at Burnaby last night, Kings Condition is not such as : to Cause Freedom from Anxiety lor-1 ' . People of Country as to Outcome LONDON, Jan. 11. It was authoritatively stated this mprning that the King had passed a quiet night with no change in his condition. The British Medical Journal in its customary weekly review stated that taken as a whole the brief bulletins of the past few days have pointed to a slight but not negligible improvement in the King's condition. The Journal states: "With the exception of the body and mind remaining so conspicuous a feature, progress must be slow and difficult. All that has been said in previous reports, about great weak-nesSi wasting and trouble with feeding will obviously hold good for some time to come, therefore the position is still by no means free from anxiety." Tonight's bulletin says: "The King had a restful day, There is no change to report in His Majesty's condition." IMUClV Olf ivilRAT WtfGOUVKR.' Jan. ll.-Wheat wns quoted on the exchange to day nt 119V4. Union steamer Cardena, ('apt. James Pindlay, arrived In port at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the south and will sail at 12 mid-' night on her return to Vancouver and wnypolnta. PRINCE RUPERT Central British. Columbia's Newspaper PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY SENT OF ' WHEAT BRISK One Ship Sails Tomorrow With Full f- Jlore Arrive' To Load The Ilrlt'ah fttaame Hinipool, Prin?e Ruperfi atorth grain ship f the a on. arrived in por frn he old ( oun ry at 7 o'clock this lotting and soon went on berth :t t!'H elevator. Where she i. now 'ead'rg v full carfo fo the United '"'"gJom or cor.tinent. It is ex- o-t d the vessel will get .way ibou' nund-fy or Monday. T e tiamcr Adra wa reported his morning to be due at Triple ' I 'o' v niwl nsiy a r ve some .time onight. She ik also lined 'and ready to comotesce loading. T e ( raer 0 a-e.'ield, on jwhkh i good loalimr record wa made, aaila toaiortvw after having been only three 4&y in port. She takei a full cargo to the United Kingdom or continent. Twenty carload, toe first grain to come here sinoe'thejreccnt con-jOgggfoj) at the to no snips having loaded for several weeks, are expected to arrive on Sunday, and thereafter, wheat will be moving in steadily again. - i : , From Mediterranean : The' lilndpeol is a brand new boat of tbe ordinary grain ship type and stae, having been built .. i ii rij r.... .. . . it i fi j 1- England is hne and H.rtpool eher port of reg htry. CaPt Hew- ui in ner mmvcr u m x "rries a crew of thirty-thremen.'T Came hefe ,n baMt from 0r. ... i t.i. an. Alg eria. wnicn pon sne ii "n uecemoer a. It waa reported at noon that the Adra is due in port at 10 o'clock tonight. , i ! i ' Slogging camp TvriTn ini way Word received from vaneouver llrrWN raUnill All Am this morning indicated that an un-Ul 1J11U precented Mmount of business wa expected to be done today on the After a brief .shutdown, Ed. ' stock exchange in mining stocks. Crawford has re-opened his log- This is due largely to the large glng camp near Shannon Ray In number of outside orders which nefather of Cowichan Lake was for the past 21 years has resided Masaett Inlet. About 25 men are deluged the market . Big Mteouri killed and three others injured in B.C. The funeral arrange-employed which their crashed into a nient! are in the hands of the and the logs are shipped was one of the stocks on when car to southern points as well as to the coast paper mill. 11, 1923 I :i The U.S. Army airplane "Question Mark" which flew for six aiffbts and almast seven days i l ty Vftti! finrlly forted by engine Uewbll-telgd. The nefo was taA whthe plane mva being prepared for the big flight on Ne Year s pay at San Diego. ..,,.. MANY MORE VQTERS ARE QUALIFIED NOW A total of 2S36 persons annual civic cm-uuu nv. - ni with a Qf name( m ... n.,u. ,... lie? i mm vniii ihiw Mwm- - '"J ber of the new voters art uiu lu navr ucbii ici.owivu - , stehtni who hag been quite active , th, connection. The Tr..iM A Labo. Council was aiM ective in the registrat- ten, ilURDLY EXRECTS TO BE A CANDIDATE SAYS NEWTON In reply to an enquiry by the Daily News, Mr. Newton made aj statement this afternoon with rc-j Igard to the prospects of his candidature. He said that he had Wen asked by many friends to enter the mayoralty contest, but, had declined, as he did not care' to accept the responsibilities a- tached to the office at this time. ,The ex-flnayor himself had JJ. ..l u .1 . . n . nrvt nmni 1 a t Ha t t he imigbt poMibiy enter . aider - marrfc field. As yet, however, it was uncertain that he would even v?n do this. "I hardly expect to ue Sol! a cand ' date, Mr. .-sewxon eon- , , HUGE BUSINESS STOCKS TODAY f there was run. '-.ChaPr shrdlu shrdlu shrdlu Protest Made at Victoria at Timber Royalties and Request from Prince Rupert for Lowering VICTORIA, Jan. 11. All branches of the British Columbia timber industry waited on the government yesterday protesting against the advance in royalties after the first year and asked that royalties remain the same for an added five years. The situation in Prince Rupert district and the district east of the Cascades was represented as worse than within the Vancouver district. It i : . .... k f these areas. The delegation expressed them Definite Arrangements Made; to Place British Settlers on Land in Canada This Season OTTAWA, Jan. 11. Arrangements have been com-ted d b bv the the denartment department of of immigration immigration to to place place in in farm farm . t ... j nnnn employment in Canada 6000 -nn British .u trained . : 1 immigrants, which is the maximum number that will be available bc- 1 f0re the end of July. The department will assist in placing 8 manv as nossible of any others who want farm work and i who h come come to to Canada Canada on on the the new new $50 $50 rate. rate. This This w announced --- hv by w W. j. J. Eiran. Egan, denutv deputy minister minister of of immigr tion. He made public a letter to the railway companies instructing 1 the latter to reduce by 30 per cent of last year's total the number of, farm laborers from non-preferred countries moved by each company in 1927. The entire movement, must be completed by May 81. I COWICHAN LAKE MAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT VICTORIA, Jan. 11: Tom Pen telephone pole on Signal Hill yes - terday. LAKGE CAIURET Special Dinners Thursday! and Saturctyi Dancing every Saturday nljht from 9 to 12. Dance Hall for Hire Accommodations for Private Parties Phone 437 PRICE FIVE CENTS was requested that reductions ' " selves well pleased with their re ception. The premier promised ca eful consideration. was immigra- - . OLD-TIER PASSES AWAY Angus McIeod, Alice Arm prospector ami well known in Prince Rupert, passed away In the Prince Rupert General Hospital yesterday. Mr. McLeod came to Canada from Scotland 27 years ago and B.C. Undertaker, interment to Itake place next Sunday.