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Elks and Royal 'fv Purple Hold a Christmas Tree The annual Christmas tree entertainment of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and Ladies of the Royal Purple waiiield last a larpe attendance not only of chU- uieu dui uiso 01 aauiLs. j. no-proceedings opened with the singing of "O Canada." after which a brief speech of welcome was made in happy manner to the children by George Rodger. Other Items on the program were as follows: Piano selection. Billy Fullor. Vocal duet, Bobby Taylor and Florrie Walker. Recitation, Dorothy Wllkle. Piano selection, Marybelle Stiles. Vocal duet, James and Bobby Taylor. Recitation, Kathleen Carr. Recitation, Murray Phllllpson. Recitation, Lois Ponder. Piano selection, Billy Fuller-After the program Santa Claus arrived and distributed gifts and sweets from a heavily-laden tree. The committee in charge of the affair for the Elks consisted of O. E. Phllllpson. William Harold and George Rodger, and. for the Ladies nf thp Tinvnl Pnmlo fr V Vf Crosbv. Mrs. L M Ful'lpr Mm TlArt ' Morgan and Mrs. O. E. Phllllpson. NATIVE COUPLE MARRIED HERE Miss Martha Harris Became Bride of John Nelson of Kltkatla At St. Andrew's Cathedral last WATERFRONT WHIFFS Victoria Claims Palm of Having Started Halibut Industry;, Local Waterfront Will He Active Again Soon Correspondents in the Vancouver press arc juarreling as to who. when and how the Pacific coast halibut fishintr a myth. 1 rn tt- i : 1 1.1 11. 1 . " I uiuusuy was siui tuu. iu viLui Jii suuuiu &u uiu inum iui I Vintnnfr of ovorl f Via lnrliictiMr ctntno n lotf oi it'liinVi Vina Knnn ermsn. corn in wie maritimes. went before the mast at 14. fishing mack erel oui oi uioucesier, mass. He advised aavisea me me oi of the ine wealth weaitn to to be be made made . "In 1891 1 shipped halibut to Bos ton, - shipping y from :.. the ports rv,B' of jjvu cara qi iisn at a loss or $8000 on one shipment. The day our fish arrived, thev sold at 3U r pound and were quoted so in the A paper, ana two days - came irom Boston, chartered the Thistle and got our gear and dories. This equipment I have no recollection of ever having been paid for. They also got two more boats, the would do him, but thev did and they did it complete. This it one of my remembrances of business transactions with our enterprise, and our agents in the East while encouraging us with good reports in ... meir u.w. letters. .v.iv.o. i.ij My private jjuvaix; mior .iuuuk b... IV guests, JUblUUlIlg JVir. . and Mrs. B. Shearman, enjoyed the I Will lie Busy Soon supper Brief speeches by Henry j Operations of all kinds along the Colllnson, Henry Brown. Peter Rob-1 waterfront are practically suspend-inson and B. Shearman offering ed for the week of festivities bo-congratulations and good wishes tween Chrlstmai and New Year, were well received and suitably re- That everyone had a good time at sponded to by the bridegroom. . Yuletlde seems evident. Now they . M-..2n., Mr5- Nelson le" today are preparing to give the New Year for Kltkatla, where they will reside, an appropriate ushering In. And . . we can Just leave it to the boys to d.lce. .llke ww the softer do that with all the enthusiasm and the deepr It sinks Into the These are the quiet days but, once mind. 8. T. Coleridge. this business of seeing In the New The outstanding event of the past ii.. . , , wccn, vi cuurac, was wie siranaini; of ut, the ",c steamer Cardena mucua on on Village village I from halibut, and T was not hard to Island in rh Skeena River. It was AAnuiMA -i i - - in in afMnf accident tifhiMK whinh oil all th. the friends convince, for I already knew, and I Joined him in forming a company, the Victoria Pishing Se Trading Company, and in ten days we got subacrilied about $10,000 In VictorU and by such men as Munsey, Hall, Lleser. Dunsmutr, CHmdacre. Croft, Ilfnton Bros.. Pat Hickev. Cost and Marvin. "We chartered from the late James Dunamuir the side-wheeler lsaoeue ana a steam schooner, the of tne good old Union Co. sincerely re-f-et. but it s UtUe use crying about s-.lt irllk or leaky hulls, so we roust -ike the best of it and, now that he fivn"! hat been done, hope that the local shipyard may obtain what appears to be a neat little Jcb. It was the first accident of any cnm-!oucnc9 for Capt. Andy John- i- -in. wno Deen Divine nnrui Thlstle. I rcmoUelled the laabellei ern waters for twenty year or more into a barge, with a dressing shed ana aining room. The boat wa Used as a home for the fUhsrmM, at Goshen Harbor, while the Thistle. a Six-knot boat nliwt haiV nnH fnrth Iwith our fish and sunnliM Mr Nlchol's story about the years '87 and '38 can be taken with a big grain of salt, and the discovery of the fish Eldorado bv AnwriMm and who is known as one of the most popular and able navintnrx on the coast. However, clrcum-tances contrived to give him a bump this time after hundred of successful voyages in the treacherous Skeena River. Surveys have revealed several holes In the ship and it Is likely that the whole hull has been pretty badly strained. However. th efforts of the officers and crew in succesa- ruuy r preventing tne water www from iiwii en cu i Tnn nmn. rat onH V a uu urfe WUS. rrw4 Good M.A.t. Work ? -rir auu VilC UCDW VCi iiiO .Of any of the three porta was In incoma. itaiiroaa men and cus toms Officers there were alt rnllo men. The story about the paying of a dollar a fish by the steam schooner Mischief Is news to me. I knew Captain Foot and never knew he or the Mischicf.to be in-the halibut business. Captain Foot went down with the Islander In Alaskan waters. We paid 36 cents a fish for Our halibut, supplying boat, gear and board, and two Norwegians made $180 each for two months that winter. They were high-liners. "The Atlantic Halibut Company was our agent in Boston, and our first eight shipments netted us 540.000. Our nTt nlv ihinm.i. l . ? whole tnlng- y tn middle 1 ui tcuiuary, itie vapc cod News WUl&n iwrfnrm erf! af ter.the stranding by Capt. Paul ltrnuch more extensive than it Amour 'and the local crew c the pacific Salvage Co., as well as by Ihe steamer Prince John with Capt William Thomas In command. It was with a sigh of relief that the vessel was successfully landed in the local drvdnrk noon. It is said bv some that ah not have kent afloat ret .than it took to come here i me ipceena. she was rilling tr&Il l and llatlnir mn onH mn.B port on the. trip in. Disposed of Tack The B. C. Packers, principal salmon cannera on the north coaM. said the Pacific coaAt haiihiit hh : are rePrl have already dialled up eighty samn iSS.1 : Pd of ail their pact for the 19 Boston Iw.rbor.. At that time I shlp- seoaua. no aouoi mere win m it big demand next season from fish for the major packing concern. The storm was Increasing In violence and some of the deck fit had iwii. ifuuwttiuiu were n cents a tings already . x. ny been uwn swept swept, over- uvcr- DOUnd. We U'rA 11nfAtnaMAAlln board when the cantaln ripMiH to done hy our agents In a most bare- ?end up a signal of distress. But iacca manner. nanny naa the rocket burst over "In the fall of "95 three men (I the "'P wnen a solemn-faced pas-have foreotten all thtr nam. senger stepped on to the brlda "Cantain." h nld "fH th. . ' - V. K. ,MU last man on earth to cast a damper on anyone, but It seems to me that this is no time for letting off wapimno ana me uoquitlam. and' contbiSn nfTh; AIeH"ted ' . The 8P'"1 conoeaston. by which iw FhianH ?huu ntic , and American halibut vessels may land BoTtor?gThev tCyX ot, thelr c&ch" ln Canada for shl ?and 'M a nH t m nl ft !0,na ment to Vnit States In be nd, that two veaU l i iTfhJ1?7 and maJ Phase supplies and ship EnVland KfSl1 "i! N.tw C7rw been renewed for the last Tand mit on SphI1116 ear lwo by th CanadUn Depart- havTSa-V.Cb& on an annual ! first company was of that port and ' to "neWea Inm year W year I also the Villl anrf T n m J . J"' that we were the first company to ship fish In any quantity across the Two weU known members of the continent, and we were also the peo- American halibut fleet were mar-nip Vhn tlAr th mun. V. . t ripH fthnrtlv htnrm t Ha nA t (ha evening ine wedding or John Nel-! England people coming here and i halibut season In Seattle. The two son, late of Port Esslngton and now ' starting. They owe their knowledge 1 bridegrooms are Capt. James Shier of Kltkatla. and Miss Martha Har- of the halibut fishing on the Pa-' ot the Arcade and Nils Hegge, part ris. daughter of Abel Harris of Kit- clflc coast entirely to our efforts. ! owner and engineer of the schooner nana, 1W& mute me unuc, uisie-j ii ma i time, poor 01a captain ' nePUDilc fllllv nttllwl In U'VlltA lllr inH nirni. Tim n klo VrnM.. u. ' inf. n lnir.li, Um.Ai.n n 4 i Hn. I 1 1 1 i , . . . uijr muuijucv ui luiea. w an given away by Henry Colllnson, her uncle, Very Rev. J. B. Gibson, dean of the cathedral, conducted the service. The wedding party, which came from Kltkatla In the Sydney W., consisted of. In addition to the bride and bridegroom. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Collinson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brown. Miss Doreen Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Lewis. Mrs. not believe his friends in Boston .... . .. uiiu ! ; from iium some ouiitc who wiiu were were In in the ine business uusinew W nnle Brown, who acted as chief , ot at that that tna time, If If than they are still .till In in .V.. the While it is yet too early for an estimate of the number of new halibut boats to be built at SeatUe this winter, and the prospects are not bright for extensive construction there, there will be at loast twn nw boats at sea when the season opens next ucAb f February. ;ui uury. These inuse are are the ine Mad- miui- iviaa-mation told me that we were being I dock, a 40-foot, four-man boat built deliberately led to the slaughter by i in Tajoma for Captain John Skarp- ' seine-type vessel building for Cap- ... . 11 K. wiiji n. vy. AiiKciMcii, lormeny oi j Jilt T kVCil. lr,U W1V JilUUUWJ UVUkLO 14 lbbi 1 IlCtU Ill 1 TT TT m U Tr .. .1 1.. wiiueii uy xi. n. iiuw in vuncuuvur uuu iiniuuny of Victoria. Together with Capt. Jim Anderson of Vancouver, Mr. Cleugh claims credit for being the first to ship halibut in any quantity across the continent. Mr. Clcugh's letter Is an Interesting one. It reads . H9 fnllnwft "Re history of the halibut fishing on the British Columbia coast in some of the local press. I see considerable about who started the halibut fishing. I would like to tell some things that have not been told and correct some most erroneous statements. As to whether Captain Cook got halibut or not I can not say. for I was not in the business until 13S4. Year has been disposed of, everyone will have to think of getting back to work again. The halibut close season is now half through and January is the time that efforts are concentrated on getting the fleet in shipshape for the reopening of 1 fishing on February 15. That will keep a lot of people pretty well occupied. Meantime. It would not be amiss "Some time about the-middle of ' ,"1 1 Vh " -uh n oMSr1 September of that year I met Cap- i cN5Mr lm.v nffiSPStS tain Jim Anderson of Vancouver In I !Lj2E may befUled. with the Occidental Hotel in Victoria. ! Pirlty and a11 the things Captain Jim was a big breezy toil- r?r nem- w. V;ct J-eo- ianu oi ine living, out tney were in the tne Radio, Radio, at at the the Fishing Fishing Vessel Vessel ' o,K!t0Pe; PeAer Colllnson 1 business In a much smaller way . 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