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PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 191

  

 

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OUT CAMPAIGNING
AT THE CITY’S EXPENSE

The Mayor Deserts The City’s Business To Gc Away
On a Campaign Trip up the Skeena with the
Conservative Candidate.

 

Mayor Mat has once egein|interior will be greatly in need of
obtained « leave of absence from|someore to introduce him to the
his civic duie and Alderman | voters,

Smith has beet ppointed Acting} Mr. Clements is to speak at
absence. Kitsumkalum tonight end go on

Meyor during !

This tim is as fer as Hezeltor.

on no pretense

of serving the city but only to} A great deal of comment is|
serve the sts of the dom-|being aroused at the Mayor's|
jnant political party of the council. | act as a civic official in going away
He leaves the train todey| campaigning.

with the Conservative candidate

fi ampaign t » river
for a campeign trip up the ri ; ;
Reciprocity would extend the!

as it is felt that Mr. Clemeris,
never having visited the Skeere markets for the farmers and_de-
f { our immediate] velop Canadian trade.

or any Pp

ELECTRIC CHAIR
FOR MILLIONAIRE Province Will Back Her Po-

ee: ; | tatoes Against the Best Across
Henry Clay Beattie to Suffer) chat lteas.

Extreme Penalty for Murder |

 

B.C, AGAINST ALL U.S.A.

 

 

 

of His Wife. Victoria, Sept. 9.—The Pro-
Canadian Press Despatch) vincial Government has decided
Chesterfield, Va., Sept. 9.—Hen- | to make a Provincial display of
ry Clay Beettie, Ir., millionaire,| B. C. potatoes in Madison Square

who wes fourd guilty of the mur- | Garden, New York. The Province

der of his wife wes tod
to. the

November 24t}

;will enter in competition for the
Stillwell trophy ard $10,000 prize
Mr. Ashwell

ap-|

y sentenced

electric cheir on Friday,

against all Americe.
Smith of Ladner
|pointed to make the collection of |

been

hes
HAD ENOUGH OF IT
|competing produce.

Conservative Candidate Re-|
tires at Montreal

 

“Life's Opening Doors” will be}

| men

imend as an amerdmert

WHOLESALE THIEVING

C. P. R. Cars Plunered to Ex-
tent of $1500. Daring Work

(Canadian Press Despetch)

Winnipeg, Sept. 9.—Another big
plot to stez| goods from cars or
the Canadian Pacific Railway hes
been unearthed by the C. P. R.
The emourt ir-
exceeds fifieen hundred
dollars. Two machinists helpers
nemed Moss erd Wright, have
been arrested. One of the arrested
built a house stolen
iumber ard ever used in iis con-
struction steam pipes sioler from
cars in the yard at Souris.

secret service.
volved

from

 

PLACE FOR POUND

|
“Put It on Sniff Wharf,” Say |
Ald. Clayton

Alderman Claytor does rot like |

ito have his sleep broken by

whole horde of dogs bayirg the
midnight He
himself to this effect at the council |

moon. expressed
last right, wher the recommenda- |
tion of the works was|
read that a pound be established

board of
at the corporation yerd or Mc-|
Bride street.

The alderman ob- |
jected that it would destroy the|
peace of the whole neighborhood; |
that the residents would be unable

He hed had one

strerously

to sleep nights.

such experience in Nelson and was |
opposed to a second dose of the}

sleep-dispeller.

that the

| Japan was arrived at todzy. It

jselected at the present sitting of

He would recom-|

 

 

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BASEBALL SCORES

Northwestern League
Vancouver 6, Sopkane 4.
Portland 1, Victoria 0.

National League
Chicago 3, Cincinnati 2.
New York 3, Brooklyn 2.

Pacific Coast League
Portland 7, Sacramerto 1.
San Francisco 5, Vernon 4.
Los Angeles 3, Oakland 2.

American League
Philadelphia 8, Bosion 1.
Chicago 9, Detroit 3.
Cleveland 2, St. Louis ].
New York 2, Washington 1.

NEW DIOCESE _
IN FAR JAPAN

Canadian Anglican Church to
Extend her Borders in Mis- |
sionary Enterprise in Maik-|
do's Land. Needs of Indians.

TO HEAR THE FACTS

Ladies Invited to Duncan Ross's
Meeting on Tuesday

 

 

Because reciprocity will greatly
reduce the cost of housekeeping,
Mr. Durcan Ross is making special
arrangemenis for the ledies of
Prince Rupert to atterd his meet-
ing on Tuesday right in the Em-
press Theatre. It will be a good
opportunity to hear the facts and
get to understand the question
fully.

An added interest is given to
the meeting by the possibility that
Mr. Clements will fulfil his chal-
lenge to come and debate the
; question.

SMOOTHLY DONE
City Estimates for Year and
Assessment Bylaw Passed

 

At the adjourned meeting of
the council last night, the esti-
mates for the year were passed.
A few explanations were esked as
to certain items but, the estimates
assed practically without ob-
jectior.
The bylaw providing for the

: va88s tax levy was also passed without
is hoped that the new missionary | SRY

: ; ;much discussion.
Bishop for this

; It is for twelve
Diocese |
of the Canadian

(Canadian Press Despatch)
London, Ont., Sept. 9.—Formal
to establish Diocese
of Canadian Arglicern Church in

decision a

 

latest

CI h will ! |mills, nine for general expendi-
aurch will be :
| tures, one of hospital purposes and

: ; | two for schcol purposes.
the General Synod. re

Missionaries at the Synod point-
ed out that the extension of|
railways through the north coun-
try is slowly driving the Indians
out his present sphere of life and

 

SPECIAL S. A. SERVICES

 

Arrives and will Preach

Major Morris Provincial Officer

 

SKEENA SALMON PACK
IS LARGER THAN EVER

Over 80,000 Cases Have Been Accounted for Already
and Returns are Not All In--Goverment Policy of
Fishery Protection has Proved Effective.

bag nets and salmon traps have
reduced the run of fish up river.
About 80,000 cases, probably
rather over that number, is the
estimated total pack for the British
American Packers’ Associztion this
season or the Skeera group of
canneries. This figure is made up
of the follworig esiimated totals
foreachcennery. Balmoral 36,840,
Alexardriz 7,000, Domirion 17,000,
Cunringhzm’s 30,000 cases. Other
canneries all report increased figur-
es over iast seeson’s so the rumor
of a reduced pack is laid.

Latest authoritative figures to
hard regardirg the Skeere River
salmon pack go io show that
beyond doubi the Skeere pack
this season will considerably ex-
ceed that of lest seeson. This is
gratifying proof thet the efforts
of the Domirion Goverrment to
prevent interfererce with the sal-
mon have beer thoroughly ef-
fective. On the Skeera particuler-|
ly the result is successful. Dowr
the Fraser River the peck this
season is light due mairly to the
fact that American fishers usirg

 

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LAURIER IS LIVE —_| STILL GREATER
Tremendous Reception Accord- PROSPERITY

ed Premier in London
ei ea Dominion Revenue Returns for
Past Five Month Show Six
Millions Increase. Million
and a Half Increase in August

(Canadiar Press Despatch)

Lordor, Sept. 9.—Sir Wilfrid
Laurier was given a great reception
by over 4,000 people last night.
A rew point in his address is the
statemert thet there will be ro
further alterations or revisiors in
Careda's tariff uatil ample exami-
nation has been made.

May Get 57 Yet
A press despatch from Vicioria
in the News yesterdzy

 

(Canadian Press Despaich)

Oitewa, Sept. 9.—The total rev-
enue of the Domirior. for the first
five morths of the fiscal year was
$52,036,616 as ccmpared with $45,-
830,370 for the same period last
increese of $6,206,245.
alone the revenue

year an

printed For August

 

 

Ithe subject of Rev. Warren H.

 

Canadian P Despatch) McLeod's sermon at the Baptist
Montreal, Sept. 9.—The Hon.}Church tomorrow evening at 7.30
J. M. Oummet servetive can-|p.m. Music corducted by Mr.
didate for Yar k has retired | John E. Davey. Solo by Mr.
Conservatives in| Clapperton. Strangers and visitors

y for someone|always welcome. Services held

jin MelIntyre Hall.

HAYS CREEKITES HATE
CIRCLING THE CIRCLE

Petition Presented to Persuade the City Council to
Carry Sixth Avenue Right Across Hays Cove Circle

 

ed the council that such a course , y
would become a serious one. The]

matter is to by taken up with the|

was aliogether wrong because the
city had simply permissior from |,

=e : Government.

the G. T. P. to use the waterfront | |

: a —

es a landirg for the sniff yacht |

hat Back to the Sunshine |

it | ; ‘
P. I. Palmer welcomed his wife |

undersier ding
merely @ temporary

kk likely

with the

as to be . :
and four children

DT on .
| They came up on the George after

arrangement. wes uc

| Citadel,

. . >
this moraing. |

the city. He will hold a special
service at 8 o'clock tonight in the
and further bright
vices on Sunday at 11 a.m., 3
8 p.m. Major Morris
a populer preacher and will

ser-

p.m. and
attract large audiences.

0) ft th i

ne Ol the sits spec ially plan-
nec ang j Py

ed and resi | for beauty
spot” of t} :
I 1 the is ‘already ob-
jected + ‘
jected to oy

litarian grounds,
nd Hays Cove
reason why they

the resider
Circle se¢ it

should wall

und instead of
ACrOss a cir \ iti i
' Circié \ petition signed
NV i ;
by E J. Hiel nd nine others
to the abo ect was reed at
the council Mecting last night
The pet 7
bs Petuoners ask thet a four-
Ot s | :

, 7 walk built in Hays
OVe | 7 :
% ; ircle from the intersection

Roy ;
E seen ar h avenues cross
? Ixth ay nd say: “Thi
‘ 7 . 8
ving ° 5 :
oct _ : eruon of Hays
. rch
i is not already
Provided wi k sidew Ik es p
They pe pin
Y turt} ‘i?
Struction Phe <o
( walk , ,
hen: would be

value to every
koing from the

to any paoint
e."’ °

Person in ¢]
di
beyond Ha

These prog

business

ve petitioners ob-

a,
Wal} .
Shite round a. circle
. t
We tre tors now siend
s Con (
full blocks « ‘o travel iwo
cu

distance in going

1 the circle.”
ol squaring the
desires of the
the committe, ic coven to
PUD works,

“round the
This probk
“rele to me,

Petitioners

lhe Prin
this NOrming
” ‘
lred 4nd ten

I
Undred an

George ‘¢ :
Tee came in
With about one hun-

Passengers and two

 

TATLOW ST. PUZZLE

Assessor in a Quandary Over
Taxation

The of the board of

works recommending the construc-

tion of a sixteen-foot plank road

Sixth

report

along Tatlow street from
to Ninth avenue, mede to the |
council last night, raised some)

as to the |

perplexing questions
Patlow is}

matter of assessment
a windirg street specially planned |
so by the skilful architects who
platted the townsite to break the
monotony of too many straight |
In this it is peculiar wher |
it comes to the of as-|
sessment for the proposed im-|
provement, the puzzle being the}
number of property owners directly

lines.
mater

benefitted and therefore to be}
assessed,
Both the city engineer and}

the city solicitor gave thei views |
upon the point, and in the end it}
was deemed advisable to retum
the recommendation to the board

of works for further consideration
and. vo decide upon a fait andl
equitable investment.

The argument that hard times |
will be put on the free list and the |
Canadian people will pay their |
good money and import seme, is

one of the signs of obstructonis

 

C fifyy tons of freight,

desperation.

be very temporary et that.

Upor this objec.ior the City
Clerk was instructed to apply for |
permission to heve the pound or |

the sniff wharf.

That Loyalty Bosh
The loyalty of the
people was not called in question

Caradian

when the reciprocity ireaty was
completed in 1854, It was not
called in question when Sir John A.
Macdonald attempted revive
it in 1865, or agair in 1869, or
again in 1871, or again in 1888, or

to

again in 1891. The question was
not raised in 1897. It
raised when Mr. Paterson and Mr.
Fielding started on their mission
in 1910. The loyaity of the
Canadian people was never called
in question until Mr. Fielding and
Mr. Paterson effected a satisfactory

was not

agreement.

The Native-Born
Noble—On Sept. 3rd,
wife of W. D. Noble, Mill Bay,
Naas River, a son.
Johnson—On Sept. Ist, to the
wife of Alfred Johnson, Mill Bay,

Naas River, a son.

to the

la stay at North Arm, Varcouver

American View Point
Attention has been drawn more
\than once to the significant fact
| that whereas all the agricultural

se | journals in Canada favor the recip-
In the window of the Con-|" P
} rocity all the egri-

servative Committee Rooms is) ; 3 ; bi inited
a small notice offering $50 me cults journals in. 396) ap ae

.. |States oppose it. The Orange
ward to anycee who can dis- Judd Northwest’ Farmstead, in
wren the union bebe! = Mr. lies last issue, has an article on
nts nT ee. ye reciprocity, which should be of
union men at union rates of s
wages.

A sufficient answer to the
misleading suggestion is to st-
ate that the label was left off
the pamphlet contrary to in-
structions—either deliberately
or by accident—by a union
printer, who before the ink
was dry on the plates, left the
employ of the Prince Rupert
Publishing Company without
warning and started up in
business with the gentleman
running the Conservative cam-
paign, under the discarded
name of the company which
printed the pamphlets.

The facts speak for them-

Island.
THE TRICK FAILS

agreement,

st

interest to Canadian electors.
Says:

“It would seem to be a fore-
gone conclusion that reciprocity
will win in the Canadian elections
by a vote of two to ore. Why?
Because this measure will enor-
stimulate Canadian agri-
without in any way in-
juring Canadian manufactures.
Canada has absolutely everything
to gain ard utterly nothing to
lose by approving reciprocity, It
is not too much to say that should
reciprocity be endorsed at the
Canadian elections, September 21,
the ultimate result thereof will be
to double the value of every acre
of good land and timber and of
every town or city lot in the

mously
culture

selves. Dominion.

 

 

 

 

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AUX CANADIENNE FRANCAISE

Vous etes cordialment prie d'assister a une reunion Canadienne Francaise, qui
sera tenue samedi soir a 8.30 p.m. dans la salle du Comite Liberal.
M. Angers et d'autres addresseront la parole traitant les questions politiques du

' et des rafraichissements seront servis.

| pound be built on the sniff wharf. oe ioe. bitnc ze be i ae , = ia :
Alderman Smith seconded the!‘ t unless something can De! By the Prince George this morn-| St#tes that W : E. Burritt has been| was $11,727,444 an increase of
amendment and it'carried although |2°"° in, order that the Indians}... Major Morris, Provincial Offi- appoioted registrar of the county $1,552,514 over the month of
Alderman Hilditch solemnly warr- might be made use of on their | cer of the Selavtion Army in B. C., | COUT. Mr. Burritt is in receipt}August 1910. Expenditure for
‘ developing districts the problem | ataska arid the Wulon, arrived in lof a telegram’ that he has beer|the five months totalled $29,-

526,630 compared with $27,546,017
last yeer increase of two
millions.

appointed rot only registrar of
the county court, but also regis-
trar of supreme court
clerk of the peace, in addition to

|his present position as registrar of

en

the and

 

If you want money apply P. O.
Box 953. tf

| titles.

 

SETTLERS ORGANISING
IN UPPER KITSUMKALUM

Beautiful District needs Post Office and Trails to De-
velop it and Encourage Influx of Population.

The first meeting of the settlers
of the Upper Kitsumkaylum velley
was held August 28th at the
home of Mrs. A. Ross for the
purpose of dreafiing petitions for
a post office at the head of the
leke and ask for funds
complete the trail to that point.

Little of this
district, one cf the most beautiful
and fertile of the Skeena valleys.
Three years ago there was rot ar
acre staked the lake and
until Jure 1910 there were only
four pre-emptions taken. Many
of the settlers have comforiable
cabins built ard some have raised
All this in spite

to to

has been said

above

crops this year.

Special Article by a Settler to
The Daily News.

trail through the forest. The worst
difficulty is the lake, as the shore
for several miles on the west side
is beaver swemp ard on the east
side a rocky bluff overhangs the
lake for some distar-ce.

As the lake is fed by springs
the ice does not form a sefe winter
trail ard forces the settlers to
leeve their claims for the wirter,
shut off from the outer
world for several months. They
are a hardy, hopeful lot, however,
ard believe that a valley with so
mary neiurel advantages cannot

or be

 

lorg be left without means of
transportation,
There is ro doubt that the

; beautiful Kicsumkalum Lake seven

miles long by two end 2 half

 

of the difficulty of getting ir
supplies, etc,
From Kitsumkelum the trail

was completed to Mud Lake last
year a distance of sixteen miles.
From that point supplies had to
be taken by boat ten miles across
Mud Lake, Red Sand Leke ard
the big Kitsumkelum Lake, This
chain of lakes connected by narrow
channels in which the swift cur-
rerts make passage in small boats
rather difficult. The Dominion
Telegraph Company chose this
val y as the shortest and easiest
rou e for Stewart, and the line
has been completed this year.
This has been of immense benefit
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ic gives them, at least, a pack

miles wide, stocked with the finest
trout in the world ard surrounded
by fertile farms ard farther up
in the foothills with all kinds of
game, will make ore of the finest
pleasure resorts on the Pacific
Coast. There are wild geese and
ducks in abundance besides plover,
partridges, grouse, ete. All the
aveileble land is now staked as
pre-emptions but there are thou-
sands of acres still held as timber
limits which will be converted into
farms as soon es the timber is
removed. This will be in the near
future es the fires are destroying
a great deal of it and will necessita-
te its manufaciure or loss,

 

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