5 Bead, Buy and Save Exclusive to This Store The Famous Wedgewood & Company Limited Dinnerware Community and 1847 Rogers Flatware Iig Discounts in 26-Piecc Sets and Up Kridgc Lamp, Floor Lamps and Tabic Lamps at reduced prices The largest selection of Useful and Ornamental Grits The Minerals of British Columbia This Prormce effers ezreSext opportunities for useful and proIiiiLz ffimaeni Hrdvh Co-Bmbia has prodotxd otct $1253SMWa. worth of nrfneralt. The srosfc mint oi ncccral prodoetKm foe Uk &x aaonth; ectd Jsnc 30th 13M. exdssre of the ?od preaiim. b estiisaied at $HJM.1dJBb. an tnrrtac cT 50 i'- over the eaimated voiue of the probucUon in the corrapoocSrrg stz-month period of 1933. gold rnoDrcnox: Gold predozUcc showed a decuted mereasc. a total return in Carta -tun toads to the sok!-prodcrs ef Br&sh OohanUi ncitng .itjH sue man-ns for rllf eemg appruutaatery $jKS.-ISfjOa. &n mcreasc of Sl2"i orer the retsrs is Oanadaiw faads xeceiied dirin the first half of 1533. RECENT PLXLICATIOXS OT TUE DEPAKTJIEXT OF MIXfcS. Annual Report of the Hcnoorabie the Maitster of Mines for the year 1933. Samsarr and Review of the MmeraJ Indsstry of British Oo-hrrsbU for the six months ended Jane 39th 1331. BuSeUn "British Colombia the Mineral IntJortry" eontain-icg a short history of mining, a synopsis of the Mrnhrg Laws, and other data of Tain to prospectors. Placer Mining in Erittsh Colombia. ICon-fiictaliic Mineral InresU?atioas: "Barrte." "Asbestos. "Glassware." "Clay." "Magnesrte" and "Ilydro-raagnestte." Addrev enquiries t: ? THE DEPARtiiEXT OF MINES. VICTORIA. BjC PRACTICAL PRESENTS jEectric Wattle Irons Equipped with six-inch silver fmiih grids, i Bright chromium plated. A asefsl gift Stainless Steel Mirror Pinlih Three-Piece Canring Sets perse: . . . . iAiadda LampsAn instant modem white light from l ccai oil each in the north Do Not Fail to Visit Our Famous Basement Store 3IANY CN ADVERTISED SPECIALS MAX HEILBRONER - Diamond Specialist S3.00 87.95 sTH0MPS0N HARDWARE Co. Ltd. J)rawer 1615 Telephone 101 MACKENZIE FURNITURE S SPECIAL ,30 Card Tables, green top 5 each -Phone 775 2.50 pG Smoker's Stand?, in walnut & metal O-IA CA 2 prices from $1.70 to ?AvtJv 327 Third Ave. I SUPR0X BATTERIES fnieir sweeping popularity is attested by their coun-Lry-wide sale that has almost proven to be beyond our factory capacity. MasseiL B Cv JAMES MARTIN -: P.O. Box 77, Prince Rupert, BX. Many Children Hear Stories Chmtnuts Tree Prwrided and CaroU ' Suic at Galherinr This Irnirt5 Then was a Christmas program thU mocaaug at the regular steiry hour in the pebtte library buUdiBg T9-brh was enfoyed by 75 ehBdrcn befrseen the ages of eight and Trrhre. Mis Helen McCaffery toid Uk story of how Christmas came to the Kim. Mrs, W L Stanford U4d the lei-rnd of Si Kiebehu and Mua aiecn Gaxnoa rrcouoted the story H The Great JVaDed Couatry " in aaVHttos to the stortea. two earab were ks; and there was a Christmas Tree from whkh each , -Mid s&t something. This is the last day tor the older children until January 12. The ;chBdrcn between the aaea ot four 'ind efeht will haye their final gathering before the Christmas holidays next Saturday morning. STOP & THINK hrblmas will oon be here. .Make mr stare your shoppuir headquarters. We haTe what you are looking for and the prices are rijht. BLUE RIBBON COFFEE I s. per lb. BLUE RIBBON BAKIJ.O POWDER, 5-ib. Un PITTED DATES Fresh 3 lbs. SAiR DAltS Fresh 2 lbs. SMYRiU FIGS Fresh 5 lbs. I.B.C. SODA BISCUITS Family sire, "per pkz. SWEET MIXED BISCUITS per lb. . . GRANULATED SUGAR Limit 20 lbs.; 20 lbs. nOBIN HOOD OATS China 29c O Q o ROBIN HOOD OATS Plain per pkg. FRESH NUTS JCST ARRIVED WALNUTS. BRAZILS. ALMONDS. FILBERTS 1 1 per lb. ; MIXED NUTS No Peanuts ,1 3 r , PEANUTS Fresh It Crisp 3 lbs CALIFORNIA WALNUTS large, soft sheU. 2 lbs i 39c S1.19 35c 15c 35c 19c 27c 1.17 20c 19c 50c 35c 55c MUSSALLEM'S ECONOMY STORE "Where Dollars Hare More Centu" P. O. Bx 475 Phone It up on Henry island .scientists went there keieton. PAOt SEX ncs m-lt Krtn Saturday, December t 5;; J in t i ii WATERFRONT WHIFFS Was Sca Serpent Shot by Porchcr Island Alining Man? Deer Hunting Season Closes Soon Dj bhavn and Carter QqintfHo Ottajya : Was R. E. Leg?, superintendent of the Surf Point mine, I the slayer of Prince Rupert's terrible "sea serpent?" Such was the question, with an answer very possibly in the af- lirmative, which arose this week following receipt of a j letter from Mr. Legg by Dr. Neal Carter, director of the j Prince Rupert Fisheries Experimental Station. In the -t-Uer Mr. Lvsk teQs ot having - Mrange. tar-fe creature In the wa- throvgh he water rr in front, of hU house at Serf before the to get the DespHe the identineation cf Dr. W. A. Clemens, director ot the Ni-naimo Biotogkal Station of the local skeleton as beta; that of a basking shark, interest In the creature con tinue keen and "sea serpent" talk still very much the order ot the day. AH araBabSe references and IKeratsre os strarrce creatures of the deep hare been very much In demand of late and a treat deal ef mterecttnx matter on the subject tun- been dtrc op; In the latest Is- Jx of the Sondiy Mirror Nrr vorki appear scenes of basking hark ftahia; oft the Island Uan. Ireland There these erea I I sees ran a treat schoott. attain-j-? a length of titnty feet or more P rhrre Is a sood photograph of onr if the erealeres.' flappers and alls Bspcodcd from a derrirk and one jj afcl owtte hnadae the local ?k-k Mi mnn wtb use n in nic A nomber of the local skeptics. ho vcre at first inclined to teolt U Dr. Clemens' identification, sccra Uj be com In? around sow to the op-nkm that the sorernraent biolosW nay hair been rfeht This Is preb-abJy as a rcsslt of readine op on xvimz sharks and cheektec vrth the local remains. The local skeleton will, boverer. continue to be of ralue eren if It is 1 basking shirk for it Is unqtKstion- j ably a rery large one. The rersaJwji re still in the fcrmaldehyde rat a the Fisheries Experimental SUt.on'j where the process of pickling s pro-1 eedintr. What U to be done 1W1 " hem has not yet been decided Th-1 Museum Board has suggested tht " quarters rrrfjht be found tor themi it the experimental station bsttd-iii ir.g. The Canadian Fish is CokJiS Storage Co.. it is understood. oM , Z MllinRly take the skeleton orer tK its "chamber of horrors." In any case, there appears nor to be MUe likelihood of the carlo being taken J iway. especially since the ProrfneUt: Museum has announced that it Is 110 longer Interested. Following are some directions ontalned In "All About Fish" W.i a Bcrridgei. a new book in the lo-i -al library, for thoac who might j? wish to go hunting for baskinc'i harks: "They are easily approach- j p d and struck with a harpoon, when he fish at once darts away and carries out from screnty to 200. fathoms ot line. Reaching the hot-; " torn, he rolls himself and rubs his, wound against the ground to get tree from the harpoon. After about in hour the fishermen begin to' haul up the harpoon line which is coiled up in preparation for the I fish making another rush. In this' way he Is often played with right I or nine hours before he can be brought to the surface." 1 L Lieut Col. 3 S. Tall bf 'Viheou:! vcr and Alex Mithcson: manager ot Carlisle Canhenr. are amen thr ' latest to report baring seen a "sea erpent" In district waters. When they were travelling in the ridnity of.Massett Inlet Irf the Canadian Fishing Co.'s tesse'l Cantlsco In August 12 they noticed a "serpent" whkh they estimated to be about twenty fret long slipping- rby Paint a boot two months ago. It, Union steamer (feidcsm. craed to be prrity nil heeuMd in and unable to get out. Practically all that could be seen was a large fin sticking out or the water. Mr. ;Less fired sir rifle boJiet at the obect beknr the fin but was unable ! to ten at the time whether or not j he had harmed It. A day or so after - Mrs. Less saw what she bettered to ior instead of ria the coast Caat. StmvA OeorgMwn. aniTcd to port at i:3s thM morning from the sJoth aod salted aboat an hour later oa her retain to Vancouver and vy- points. Ilunlin; Near Clwse The deer hunting season wlU cnan Ut rim mi Bibmln it luvt , ..T. t1" k and a month later the season r?J" OV for duek. aod gee win ond. .Sot It looked Ty ranch Ukr a log. LIUle a great deer have take more was thonsht ot it until after -r In (Krt tivw w ,Hir?o Sandstorm found the skeieUm , t, .. i .h , three weeks ago. Surf Point, where the lack of snow In the mountains John DybhaTn. member of the Biological Board of Canada, and Dr. Neal Carter, director of the Prtae Rupert Fisheries Experimental Station, wm leave Prteee Rupert on December 26 tor OUawa to attend the anaml meeitoc of th BMo-rical Board f Canada ihcdaled to Balloon Dance By Moose Lodge Was Enjoyable Event An enjoyable balloon fiance was held but night by the Moose Lode vtth about 150 persons in attendance. The affair vu In progress Iran 1 pra until 3 a m. Mule wa? by Mrs. J. S Diarie s Orchestra anC OHBs Royer was master of cerc-raotttes. Refreshment were terre" at mktnlaht wHh Mr. O. Slegarlg and Mrs. Peter Wtnghara in chansr The general committee contte C R Btgtart. Ted Ronrlfc A Mr Donald. Hans KBOtaen and Pf Vtt.-ort fX-nratkm; were in rru' . of OUUs Royer. Andrew Mrf t. and H Parks. January 1 and continue f our days. While in the M Dyfaham will, as uMiai risit tia of the larger cenir. on pr.v fisheries buslnrs as well a a" lending neartoni of the board Coast frrtehter Salver C-pt A Oeorgeson. arrived la port lat Mr. Legg resides, is aboot a couple u 4 retvtt of wfclrh the drr mar iUB Irom aoJtn coal car?' ;oi mues Irom Henry lasand -o it k , (for Phil pott Si E.t and powdpr fur K. i.- LL. .1.-. .V- "' , ui There may ahw be somHMnc to the 'LTkI T ZMt' i-e Ut a peSK Ss to the potot where the skeleton wxs Uj. oe deer in this district dur-1 found. Mr Legs abo sent In to Dr. i the part year or so and made Jri- rks ha becnir- " "TJT" "J '.I PtMttl this fall but gee hare been scare. Some say that ralW weather In the Interior has caused great numbers ot geese to migrate south this fan by way of the Inter the . Interior PRINCE RUPERT DRY DOCK AND SHIPYARD ShlplMilMrm and Kagia Itm b4 RrM Cattlna. !3rtrU and ArtrlvTM WMinc. 9poriIUt n Sawmill ani .Minina Marklncry. jiU Typ af Caa Efiglnaa Rrxirvd a ai fHavhaolnt. f II I III I asaWJaaWalM awaaaWMBiii Furniture Exchange LNIMNG r! TOMfT .ftftY COOPER M 41 it 9 i BKfilNS MON'DAV Another South Hit Another Golden Voire OBBBBaHBl E3I tr.t.innvn'j THELIFEAND LOVE OF THE IMMORTAL FRANZ (HUBERT broujht to lift TAUBER restctt tcnsi Jane Baxter as Vicbi his inspiration IMMII ItUMI 1 r? mm I. .I. I. . I 1 afy nY'T daMW vaaaWr , tti m Maa .fc. 1 in allia 11 PaWCaaM,,aa),aaMBBaawfc-. 1 1 TOYLAND At McRae Bros. Scores v( new and wonderful toys. Toy land sURucstionsi every girl at every ae. Prices are lower than ever. Thi The bigger and letter. Select Your Gifts Now! 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