——_—_——————— ° THE WEATHER four hours ending 5a,m., * 18 Oo I ~ TRMP, BAR IN, RAL wax, TEMP. MIN TOME: oO oa cael 18 ' : x —— «ir caalesive po a, .siative Asses EWS NEXT MAILS For souTtH Prince Rupert...... Friday, a.m. Princess Royal.... Friday, p. m. FOR Norta Princess May,.. Monday, Oct. 23 Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist VOL. Il, NO. 238 DOM PRINCE RuPERT, B.C., WEDNESDay, ON CENSUS RETURNS MADE KNOWN TODAY OCTOBER 18, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS CAL MINING VENTURE PROMISES | TO DEVELOP INTO RICH PROPERTY : r.G. R. Naden, after Spending a Summer at His Alice Arm Property, is Optinee| a istic About its Future—Two Shafts are Now Sunk and a Long Ledge Un- covered—Assays from the Shaft Run as High as 300 Ounces of Silver With Gold Values—Winter Camp is Built Ore that has given assays of as | sist of an area nearly equal to} to prove the pri perty before they igh as 310 ounces of silver to the four full claims. They are a mile | gave $800,000 for il. His ow h | dition to $13 in gold|from dec water, ai at ¢ al-] : lition to $15 g [33 D.. er, and at an al-| sroperty he describes as being more in sight that|titude of 2,000 feet. This has} ‘ia ; ‘ +4 ° ; . geologically perfect, as it is on ven richer assays, is|made it difficult of access for / : : |the east of the coastal granite e lur | has deprived Prince | packing, but when shipping starts | dail “a bouts Halt tos eitle. RA den é alf a e ypert of one of her best known | will be a great economy, as il is| saat Gide tke: Veriicdtacite : a t ; r a ss , iz for the best part of the/a natural site for an aerial tr Ms he” conte? abek: in viel tn } ) : . : Minus ae 1 T we co - ster | ‘ ae ? Now that three months’ | way right to deep water. mediate vicinity is slate, and the ved that his claims} Some Good Assays into the ‘‘prospect"’ | “At the time I bought the Mr. G. R. Naden is less | claims, I had two assays made cuss them, though;from ores at the surface. Onc the canny state-}of these showed 90 ources ing ventures are|silver ard $7 ir gold to the j ree classes, claims,! ard the other 120 ources of a 7 mine Not urtil|anrd $14 in gold to the ink, end it is| was very promising. Since a a Dp ure ard calculete| ment has started I have |} of the ore ir | more says made from the llow his properiy|at a distance down of from i 1 mine. to eight feet. One of these gave A Busy Summer 170 ounces of silver and $6 ir | been spending my jgold, another 200 ounces of silver the north bank of/and $20 in gold, and the third \r verv far from|g@ve 310 ources of silver and $13 B he said in answer | in gold. I started in June| Looks Still Better off the claims,| “Since then we have go. th have been firding| shafts down still further, and| my claims With | after going through several feet} | have uncovered @|of barren quartz in one of the} veen two and three] shafts, we have come upon still 1 sunk two shafts] richer ore In the last four fee twelve feec. Now|]; is rich ruby silver ore, and hack, leaviag 2! should assey very high,’ dy, and a gang] Geological Conditions work on develop-| Mr, Naden describes the country : there as being very rich in pros Up in the Hills pects The Goose Bay mines rties which he| themselves are undoubtedly very are known|rich. The Granby Company did ip, and con-|very exieasive diamond dnrilli PRINCE RUPERT AMATEURS WILL STAGE TWO PLAYS ociety Does Not Propose to Have Understudies for “Our Regiment’’ so Extra Talent Available Will Blossom Forth in ‘‘Toys’’ Whe e members of the | of the societv than there are parts } \mateur Dramatic| to the play those left out are going | have understudies | to start studying a play of their t in the coming}own er ticdled Toys" under the} : “Our Regiment” | direction of Mi J H, Thompso1 ; re studying, or| Mr. W Bullock-Webster, mai main subject of | ager of the first play, will assist] he meeting of the|with this one later. Mr, Bullock courtesy of Mr.|Webster presided last night, and| : 1 one of the rooms | amongst ka present were the : Crunk Inn last night.| secretary, Miss Johnstone, Miss discussion was en-| Milligan, Mr. and Mrs. Rober- he matter. While}son, Miss Drummond, Miss Ellett, members present | Miss Mercer. Mr. E, H Mortimer, lvantage of having}]Mr. J. H. Thompson, M1 F, dy to take their Long, Mr. W. E. Williams, Mr , vent of any players|L. Crippen, Mr. Heward ard Mi prevented from]|J. Russell. there was a strong vies tht the| ROR REFERENDUM o's oetied bs 6" “ON CHRISTIANITY best talent for the rmance. Eventually} A Chicago Subuib to Have Mr. J.B = > put to the vote Novel Question Submitted to 'l moving that there! the Electors. tr | dies for all parts and h moving an amend- Chicago, Oct. 1 lwo rete! inderstudies be con-}endum elections are pending paris the players] Berwin, a Chicago suburb In} i lesired an understudy|one this will be the question: ] ability to take the|“Shall county traction company | moment. be granted a franchise?’’ In the Ae ht f the voting was that|other. ‘Shall Berwin becom ) to have understudies thoroughly Christian ized? rhe ut by vote of 9}municipality is running the trac \ s “I those present did not] tion election. The Baptist chureh| is running the other, re are more members |ledge is in the centre of | dike the | | that runs across slate 1 porphory [ee se kee | Bill Miner Escapes Again (Canadian Pres Toronto, Oct Miner, the noted ber, reporied escaped from the prison in last night. The anticipate a_ long for him. Despatch 18.—Bill train rob- | is to have x | i ic x x 4 x x x x x x x Georgia x police % chase x x x Promenade Concert under the Catholic Ladies Octo- Hall. Everybody wel- 3t auspices of the Thursday evening at 8 p.m., 19th, in the McIntyre Admissioy 50c. ber come, SomeVery Meritorious Essays—Alex. Hunter, Ruth Members of the Executive Com- mittee of the Prince Rupert Branch of the Society for Prevention of Medallist, Edith Sirg; Secord, Alex Hunter; Third, Ruth Kenry; and Special Prize, Witlie Stephens Cruelty to Animals met in the] For Junior Competitors: First, police court room last night to|Katharire Pillsbury; Second, decide the prize-winner in the| Ethel Gray; Third, Bob Ritchie essay competition held at the! and Majorie Sirg (Equs«! Merit). public school for the Society’s| The essay written by the silver silver medal and prizes. Following} medal'ist is an original one of . | ; j is the award: | considerable interest, ard of out- standing merit amorgst the others, from the gereral style of which it For Serior Competitors: Silver | = LANADAS POPULATION 7,100,000 “<"°°| Dominion Census Returns Are Announced Today---Population of Prince Rupert is Given at 4771---Phenomenal Growth | of Cities Throughout the West | is a distinct departure. The torious, all meri- me.tter to regret other essays were the beirg a certain sameness oO ily apparent in the work of the younger essayists thet they all worked from the same stereotyped had rather retarded | originality seemirg to indicate model which their nature The medal winnirg essay is here EDITH SING WINS PRIZE MEDAL FOR WRITING AN ORIGINAL ESSAY Contest Promoted by the R. S. P. C. A. Kedcat the Schoolchildren Brings Out Kenny, Willie Stephens Katherine Pillsbury, Ethel Gray, Bob Ritchie and Marjorie Sing Carry Off the Most Important Honors we really erjoy that. We enjoy a ride or a sea shore or or a firm country road with a light young- ster, who is rot irclired to dig our sides so that they are very sore the rext day The fact of the case is that we have rather a hard time of it, taken all together. People do love to beat us when we will not go. Maybe we would be less obstinate if we were more kirdly treated. I krow we are pretty stubborn at times, but the wiser ones, such as I am seldom are urreasonably We are patient creatures and do a lot of heavy work which meankird is glad to have dore. Judge—Ard who are you? Horse—-Willizm Horse, Esquire. I have a lot to say for my kith and kir. A mighty fire race we so. given: are! What would man do without | The judgeo »Arimals’ Realm,|us? ‘‘Oh, 2" ave an ¢ - | (Canadian Press Despatch) —_ | Manitoba 454,691 255,211 BRITISH COLUMBIA Rie eee ny i Sick oe oy ikea a Ottawa, Oct. 18.—The Dom-} N Bruns... 851,815 311,120 Nanaimo 8,305 6,130) animals of the domestic depart-| could buy such a machine, what if jinion Census figures for 1911 were | Novi 1 Scotia 461,847 459,674! Nelson ....... 4,472 5,273| ment to appear before him. Ajsomething wert wrong with it |made public today. They show a | Ontario . 2,519,902 2,182,947 N Westm’st’r. 13,394 6,499| complairt had reached him that|on the road when you were in 2 population of about 7,100,000, and | | P E. Island 93,722 103,259 Pr Rupert.... ATTA: ae that particular part of his realm}|great hurry? Then would the this will be slightly increased when Quebec. -2,000,697 1,648,898 Pt: Greyssuiicss 4,319 ...| wes deficient in work, as a whole,|faithful horse be called forth! the full returns have been received. | Sask. 453,508 91,779 Vancouver 100,333 010}and was therefore treated with|Czun a machine be a friend and Four electoral districts have not| N-W.Ter...... 10,000 20,129 Van Nth..... TIBI as es more than due kindress. companion to a mar? Can it yet been made complete returns. | Yuk Messe eee ences 27,219) Van Sth 16,02) ey. Judge—You are early, my friend.|speak, think and feel? As you They are Cumberland in Nova Victoria ... 31,620 20,816] Ponkey—Yes, your Honor, I|¢an see I am a work horse, and so Scotia; Regina and Battleford in| The followipg is the population ees am Solomon, the Donkey vour|know something about hard lines. Saskaichewan and Yale-Cariboo|of the principal cities and towns MANITOBA most humble servert. Sie Like Black Beauty I have been jin British Columbia which is esti- comparative 1911 and 1902 (sub- Brandon. «. 13,837 5,620 Judge—Do you lead a merry with kind and indulgent masters mated to give population of | ject to final revision) : Portage La P. 5,885 3,901 | life? af “fand with the cruel and over- 70,000 rhe popula Hen ~ Bees St Boniface tke 2,019) Donkey—Well, not a very merry bearing.:. pomem ber one: of Oe less the districts not reported is| ALBERTA Winnipeg 135.430 42,340] hin ‘a tint St us ear ue latter, especially. His name was 7,081,869 as against 5,371,315 in 1911 1902 pert ee ae ie ae aaa Mr. Snider. I used to go out to 1901. The population by province) (1 ary 43736 4,097 SASKATCHEWAN Pate "a fine supper 10) ‘°_ Sold @d ase all Ge Wis : : |Edmonton,.... 24,882 2,626] Moose Jaw 10,824 1,5 58 | comy ylete the day's “aie xsure; then (Continued on page 4.) Province 1911 1901 | Lethbridge 8,048 2,702] Prince Albert. . 6,254 1785 —— —— Alberta 372,919 73,022] Medicine Hat . 5,572 1,570} Regina 30,210 2,249 Brit Col 362,768 178,657) Strathcona 5,580 550] Saskatoon . 12,002 113 C. P. R. TO HAVE FINE NEW CHILLY BATH FOR MARK Indian Named Mark Brown) Got Wet Last Night and Lost His Purchase. last night the wharf Entwhistle Down at where the lying it an Indian named gasoline boat was pitch dark, Mark board trip up town and down making at tempted to reach Brown the coming boat after ithe boat without a lantern. He regretted it afterwards, for he } |walked straight off the wharf | linto the water, got wet through, land lost his hat and a treasured | pur hase of a pound of grapes. | He might have lost his life, too, s'| but he could hardly have regretted jeven that more than he did the |grapes for which he said he had ljust paid a dollar. Had the Children of Israel lost the grapes jof Esheol coming across Jordan they would probably have mourned | them less pointedly than Mark | did that pound of grapes. He was all wet, he had lost his hat, he was |shivering with cold, but nothing lwould satify him until the men around who had rescued him all | bubbling from the hungry deep, had got lanterts and helped him seek the vanished fruit. | | Alas, he found it not. The }paper bag had melted in the | water. The grapes had been gob- Mark bemoaned and probably half | Way Masset where he went ‘this morning with the Ent- | whistle | ; bled by the fishes. | ; | ae all night scross to boys. Brothers’ | was; ITALY LOSES | Sharp Fighting Near Tripoli | Turks Surround Reconnoiter- | ing Party. Death Roll 100. (Canadian Press Despatch) | London, Oct Is - to | the Chronicle from Constantinople a|says Italians are reported to have reverses. outside suffered serious | Tripoli A reconnoitering party }advanced too far from their base and came in contact with the |: lurks who gave battle and forced Italians to retreat leaving one 1d on the field | the hundred des CONQUERING HEROES V. A.C. Lacrosse Team Returns With Mann p Cup The VAC home Oct 17 arrived Wiidadad Lacrosse team to- night from Toronto with the Mann emblematic of their amateur champion- The team was given a great reception ( up pos- session of the ship of the world Mr Collins, of the Cold Storage Company, by the Prince Rupert this morning arrived Amongst the passengers by the Prince Rupert today Mrs, Norman McLeod. She was met by Mr Donald McLeod, of Messrs Foley, Welch & Stewart was Pantortum Pioneer aanare. Phone 4 IN SKIRMISH | A despatch to} | ‘Two “Cap” Bonsors TURBINE FLYER ON COAST To correct the possibility of a misurderstandirg arising out of | news item in yesterday's paper, wherein Captain Borsor was acquitted of a charge of disorder local hotel, the News adds | that the Captain Bonsor in ques- | tion is not the well known captain Inlander There are as know, “Cap’ genial skipper just officials, Announcement has been by the C. P. R, of a deal now consummated for the purchasing of the turbine steamer Queen Alexandra from the Clyde River Passenger Service. She will lin a made of the many perople two Bonsors The of the Inlander has an excellent alibi|come to this coast to relieve the he is at present up the river with|Charmer on the Vancouver-Na- his boat namio run, and will most likely enter into that service next spring. Before leaving the Clyde she is to undergo alterations which will make her a suitable for the which purchased, When the Alexandra rives at Vancouver the big three- Card of Tinks Mr E L Stover has desired the News to his many friends his appreciation their sympathy and kindness to himself and his little children during their recent sad beveravement most vessel for to express of run she was Queen ar- funnelers will have to look to REASSURE THEIR SEC’Y |their speed laurels, as the new vessel can steam 21.6 knots an At a meeting of the S.O.E.B.S.}hour. She is also a larger ship, held last night in the K of P |being 20 feet longer than the Hall the lodge recorded its entire} Princess May, Equipped with confideace in their Secretary-Treas-| turbine engines she will be the urer Mr. V. F. Clark who was! first steamer used by the C, P. R. service that has this latest method of propulsion. recently honorably acquitted of}in its coast an unsubstantiated charge of for- gery Mr Clark un- blemished record as secretary-treas- urer of the and in all his business relations in this city. Besides being a speedy boat, the Alexandra of the finest equipped vessels that have been turned out by the famous Denny Brother's shipyards. Ev- erything has been arranged for the passenger's comfort. The Queen Alexandra is a steam- er with two furrels ard ore pole mast forward, 270 feet in length, bears an Queen is one SC iet y; BASEBALL RESULTS Canis pecs San Francisco 4, Portland 2 Oakland 5, Sacramento 14, Beautiful Clyde Steamer ‘‘Queen Alexandra’’ Purchas- ed for Vancouver and North Run to Nanaimo —Steams Over Twenty-One Knots and of 665 tors reguiscer. She is a triple steamer with one large double boiler. She has been most successful from an both on account of the economy of her coal consumption and the screw ended operating point of view, absence of the necessity for repairs. The owners report that the repairs to turbines and boilers have been eee nil, Busiiat Notice The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ross died at 12 o'clock today. Funeral services will be held at the home of the parents at 2 p.m. tomorrow, Rev. F. W. Kerr officiating. In- terment at Garden Island. RUPERT AT WRECK Landed Captain Logan Salvage Expert to Fioat Beatrice Captain Barney Johnston with the Prince Rupert made two stops on the way north this trip, one at Alert Bay, and the other at the scene of the Beatrice wreck, where Captain Logan of the London Salvage Association was landed The steamer Salver of the same company is standing by the Beatrice, and there is no doubt that the stranded vessel will be got off speedily She is Princess Vernon 6, Los Angeles 2 32,1 feet beam and 11 feet deep, lying easily, says Captain Johnston real ~ 7 + rt Bi | - i ‘ a