L. HARRISON yTARY PUBLIC) Samuel Harrison & Co. Real Estate and Stock Brokers \PPROVED AGREEMENTS FOR SALE PURCHASED Vv. F. G. GAMBLE and Stewart Prince Rupert i‘ i i i ee mere aad 9s et +>4 ~~ + ~~ ee | BOARD OF WwW ORKS Continued from Page 2, he first be given the employment, opportunity of (10) That the standard rate of wage for such services must be paid. 11) The immediate diseontin- uance of the office of superintend- ent of public works, as we believe the salary of that office to be totally unwarranted, owing to the | total absence of information from jthat department as to cost of operations, and the apparent gross expenditure of such enorm- sums of the city’s revenue, in proportion to the evident small ous GAL THREE—Report ee returns received for such ex- penditure. 12) We insist that the En- gineering department under a competent construction engineer supervise and report upon all such work of the department. (13) We find competent fore- f SSS ——— Se | Lowest Prices in Northern B. C. ] ree +} x ~— 1 fp a edpr + ALAA “FROM HOME TO HOME." HOTEL ELYSIUM Sid. Sykes, Manager The Finest, Newest and Most Up-to-date Hotel in Vancouver. Excellent Cafe. Moderate Prices. 1142 Pender Street West - Vancouver, B.C. Phone 8500. PLP ALN SOLON ne > 2 When in Vancouver You Should Stay at the 3 re 3 i CARLTON HOTEL } $ st Cafe in B.C. European Plan. Rates $1.00 to $2.50 per day. > Hot and Cold Water in each room. $ 4 CORNER CORDOVA AND CAMBIE STREETS = Vancouver, B.C. 3 ww fl ; . 3 2 It has all the news of the week’s progress in the city and district. It tells more about the place than you could write in a month. It will come regularly each week like a letter from you. “We feel as if we know everything and everybody in Prince Rupert through reading your paper. It’s the most interesting paper we receive,” writes a sub- scriber from England. —POST PAID TO ANY ADDRESS IN— United States or Eng. Canada et ~ i. er 5 00 Sewers. | | | |} watersheds of Sections 3, | Hays |cook working under | Acropolis men engaged in the performance of all city work, and paid archi- tects supervising construction of public buildings. We therefore deem a superintendent superflu- ous. (14) We respectfully urge the immediate employment of a com- petent purchasing agent, with of- fice in the city hall, whose duties shall be defined by a bylaw. (15) That contract be at once let for the total excavating and necessary piling of the water lire from Acropolis Hill to Shawat- lans Narrows. (16) That the Engineering de- partment furnish detailed reports of data of construction and ex- penditure to the City Council not later than the 10th of each ceeding month. 17) It is the opinion of your committee that it shall be obliga- tory for the heads of all depart- of the public to jrender full monthly of all expenditures in connection iwith their respective depart- lments to the City Couneil not | later than the 10th day of each succeeding month. suc- } ments service reports In all industrial agita- difficulties we urge upon ithe Council their immediate at- Htention to effect ar- lrangements of all contentions, | 19) If the foregoing meet your japproval we earnestly seek your in immediately ex- | } (48 itions or | amicable co-operation ecuting the same. urge the immediate draft- plans covering the 4, 5, 6, from street We jing of sewer 8 and 9 with a tunnel Creek under Cotton to Cameron Cove, also a complete estimate Respectfully BOARD OF ‘y of cost. submitted, WORKS. A minority report was brought in in conjunction with this by Al- dermen Dybhavn and Maitland. Its recommendations run thus: Clause 6. Adopt day labor or divide the work into sections for station gangs. Clause 7. Goes out altogether. Clause 8. Day labor can be boarded satisfactorily acros Sha- passage by a competent contract. Clause 15, Proceed at once with the total excavation and pil- ings of the pipe line between Hill and Shawatlans passage narrows. The whole matter detailed consideration Council. watlans is now under by the Servian Labor Benefit Society No. 195, S.S.S.S. Meetings held every Ist and 3rd Sunday of the month in the Carpenters’ Union Hall T. MASLUM, P.O. Box 991 Presidcnt G. VUKOVICH, Secretary NORTHERN B.C. LIQUOR Co. The Leading Wholesalers of Northern British Columbia Exclusive Agents for BUDWEISER BEER ® WE BUY EVERYTHING We Pay Highest Prices for Brass, Copper, Lead, Rubber Boots, Solder, Dross and Bottles Prince Rupert Cash Store 735 THIRD AVE. cal For The Daly a THE DAILY NEWS. S.S. Prince Rupert Sails Every Friday at 8 a.m. for VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, SEATTLE 8.6. PRINCE JOHN Every Wednesday at 1 p. m. for Stewart. Also maintains weekly service to Queen Charlotte Island points For particulars DEVOTED PRINCIPALLY TO This is a little section of the paper subjects of special interest to women. are invited to contribute to its columns gestions and criticisms are invited by Cosy Corner’ will find a social need. Phone 260. Househotd Hints. Train Service to Van Arsdol A teaspoonful of glyceri i a i t oo ‘ ct ne ¢ Mixed trains. leave Prince pure ed toa ceil ae weak Sable Ba Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1 p. nts East of Chicago travel via the @ rank” Trent Railway System for ment that is a great convenience safety, speed and comfort in the kitchen, and is especially uckets faa potme appns"tsrrttoms tnd} good for fastening leather, paper or wood or metal. A. E. MCMASTER Stat aE eer Roe TRUNK A dry rubber “sponge” is ex- Agency all Atlantic Steamship Lines cellent for cleaning woolen ma- terculs. They should be laid flat ————= _ and the sponge swept over them briskly, care being taken to rub the wrong side of the nap. —_—Y eT ary! Dampers should be placed in tml al all pipes leading from heaters Cer Ng jand kept closed in summer, as air | jfrom the furnace should not be B.C. Coast service — Famous Princess | #!lowed to flow into the house Line }when the fire is out. Princess Beatrice | Saturday, January 27th, at 9 a.m. For Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle J. G. McNab General Agent ; ' eo —o-—e—-e—e—e-@, /f the house infested with FRED. STORK {sa dip a sponge into sweetened jwater and lay it where they can —General Hardware— When pressing a skirt it is al- ways advisable to lay a damp cotton cloth over the material so that it is net touehed by the iron, This prevents the material from becoming shiny. Is get at it. They will soon cluster j}upon it and the sponge can then e| | be dropped in hot water. ° Builders’ Hardware 1 —_—_— Valves & Pipes Oxford Stoves i | Cookies put into an, earthen Graniteware Tinware ° jar lined with a clean cloth while they are still hot, and kept cov- “ik cage $|ered close, will be much more SECOND - AVENUE 4/¢runbly and melting than if they ; |} were allowed to cool in the air. 0--O-tae soe ee ew Shares i label on a glass jar will clean and will last much ex a if pasted on the inside, Of course this applies only where dry materials are stored in the jar, such as seeds, rice, tapioca, Flat in Rand Block, corner Sixth Avenue ,j¢. and Fulton Street. | Also stores in same block. Two cottages correr Second Avenue and Ninth Street. | FOR SALE Lots in all parts o/ the city. FIRE INSURANCE We represent some oi the largest Com-| subscriptions to the Family Her- panies doing business in the City. eid and Weekly Star that the pub- C. D. RAND |lushers are finding it impossible ito keep up with the filling of or- PUBLIC GUARANTEE. That most beautiful picture en- titled “Home Again,’’-has brought | such an enormous amount of new ders, but in the columns of that waren ANE. Buene 112) oper this.week we notice a posi- ee —— =\{ive guarantee from the pub- llishers that every subscriber to NOTICE that great weekly for 1912 will Sen eee lreceive a copy of the picture, side ae ig eval re eames Ae. “Home Again.’ Their guarantee sembly of the Province of British Columbia } s s ibers n dj at its next session for an act amending | !5 sufficient and subseribe ine meee. 3 of eT eR one Bt & Alaska | not fee] anxious although the pic- tallway ct, 1910 (C 56, Statutes o 2eks British Columbia, 1910), by’ striking ot | ture may be delayed a few weeks. all the words after the word “Columbia” Those who have not yet sub- in Line 10 of said Section and substituting | ; : i therefor the following: scribed to the Family Herald and “And or from Fort George in a north at ¢ A easterly direction -to the valley of th. | Weekly Star should do so at once Parsnip River by way of Fort McLeod,/and make sure of having a copy thence along the Parsnip River to a junc- |‘ “ tion with the Peace River, thence along/of the picture, “Home Again. Sifton Pass. thence ‘down’ the ‘Sukese| We learn that the publishers are River to a junction with the main line at | ¢ onte mplating something for powerapn Creek; also powers to build! 1 k this branch lines either through the Pine River} 1iext season that will make or Peace River passes to the eastern boun- dary of British Columbia, or by way of the most feasible route, or in the alterna- tive by the most feasible route between Lytton and Teslin Lake, also to build from | a point on said line of railway to the city | = of Vancouver or from the eity of Va couver to a point on said line, by the most | feasible route.” And further, | picture even more valuable than at present. One dollar pays for an act extending the| time within which the company has to} commence construction and expend ten per | for a Our Vancouver cent of its ee eae Sup Dated at Victoria, B. C., this 5th day of | December, 1911 | nee ROBERTSON & HEISTERMAN, j purchase the following described lands Commencing at 4& post planted at the southwest corner of Lot 3065, thence ste 80 chains, thence east » chains, thence | ex ep Any and all of the the ‘Shoes.. eee LORIE SSSI SEH SESS HERS Solicitors for the Applicants, the British | Je ll 5 SERVICE—a system organized to Cc i Alaska Raflway Compan t rater “ver ¢ istric columbia & Ala y pany, | ewe ery ore cater to i ry PORaen distaiet: x in Canada. iis is the sister - ete ie gee, ee of our great eastern stores, car- LAND PURCHASE NOTICE rying the same goods at the same moderate prices at the Montreal, Prince Rupert Land District—District or | Ottawa and Winnipeg branches, Coast, | but giving the westerner a quick- Take notice that I, Lemuel Freer, of 4 ear ot Gin aiaarvion Aine Vancouver, B, C., oceupation pronen,, is er, more satisfying service. ul fend to apply for permission to purchase strate late rie ao x the following described lands; illustrated Catalogue is a book Commencing at & Dost planted on | the | that will interest everyone who shore in @ northerly direction from Port oe i Pecos & i Nelson Cannery, marked L, F,'s S.E. corner, reads it. It is the Canadian buy- thence 20 chains north, thence 20 chains | ers guide to quality goods and west, thence 20 chains south to shore line, | L 7 ; y thence east along the shore to point of | Hen ary Bi ote & Sons moderate prices. It puts you in commencement, containing 40 acres, more enry ir ns touch with the importer and oe LEMUEL FREER, —Limited—- manufacturer. Study this book, . vu 7 9 * . ¥ Pagan 6, 1014," Jewellers and Silversmiths select through it from our stock, Skeena Land District—District of Coast Geo, E. Trorey thus insuring satisfaction in your hanged. Managing Director purchase, Take notice that 1, CAROLINE JOHNSON of Vancouver, B. ©, oceupation marriec Vancouver. -:- BG = a woman, intend to apply for permission to | ae SS ee a = THE COSY CORNER = THE INTERESTS OF WOMEN secrete | which from day devoted to} ladies of Prince Rupert and to take part in its discussions Sug- editor. The hope is expressed that “The! | | | 1 to day will be a full year’s subseription to the paper, and the it pieture 8. A. Lucas BACK Erings Tiding from the East, Where Holiday Was Spent. That Prince Rupert progress is being closely watched by in- tending investors and settlers in the east is the opinion of Mr. A, S. Lucas of the City Engineer's department, who has just re- turned from a holiday there. Mr. Lucas also mentions that the eastern centres are themselves striding along in a way that is wonderful, Prosperity was evinced in everything he saw. WHAT DID DEAD SEA DIE OF? German Scientific Expedition on the Job with All Appliances to Solve the Problem That Has Eaffied so Many. (Canadian Press Despatch. Jerusalem, Jan, 24.— dition, the purpose of thoroughiy to explore the Dead 24.—An expe- which is 618 8rd Avenue w L. BARK ER Architect Second averse and Third street Over Westenhaver Bros.’ Office, H. Gordon Munro W. Nicholson Lailey MUNRO & LAILEY Architects, Stork Building, Second Avenue. STUART & STEWART ACCOUNTANTS -:- AUDITORS Law-Butler Building Phone No. 280 Prince Rupert P.O. Box 351 ALFRED CARSS, of British Columbia and Manitoba Bars. C, V. BENNETT, B.A. of B.C., Ontario, Sas- katchewan and Al- berta Bars. CARSS & BENNETT BARRISTERS, NOTARIES, Etc, Office— Exchange block, corner Third avenue and Sixth street. Prince Ruvert. 8 WM. S. HALL, L.D.S., VD. D.S. DENTIST. Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. All dental operations skilfully treated. Gas and local anasthetics administered for the painless ex- traction of teeth. Consultation free. Offices: Helgerson Block, Prince Rupert. 41-12 Alex.M.Manson 8.A., W.E.Williams,B.A., L.L.D WILLIAMS & MANSON Barristers, Solicitors, ete. Box 285 Prince Rupert, B.¢ P.20. BOX 28 JOHN E. DAVEY TEACHER OF SINGING PUPIL OF WM. FOXON, ESQ., A.R.A.M., LON., ENG GEORGE LEEK & CO. MERCANTILE AGENCY COLLECTIONS AND REPORTS Fire, Life and Accident Insurances Phone 208 and Green 252 PRINCE RUPERT PRINCE RUPERT Sea and its environs, under the leadership of Dr. Bruhl of the University of Berlin, has just ar- rived from Europe and continued to the scene of its future opera- tions. The motives of the ex- pedition, it emphatically averred by Dr. Bruhl, are purely so is A. M. BROWN HARNESS & ‘SADDLERY MANUFACTURER Repairing a Specialty. Complete Stock Carried. Outside Orders Promptly Filled. 2nd Ave. between 10th and 11th Sts scientific, with absolutely no ele- ment of commercialism entering into its ultimate object. Something New. Imitation leather for covering chairs, making cushions, window seats and all kinds of upholster- ing. Looks like leather—wears longer. Wallace's. istf 97-Piece Dinner Sets $15.00 clearing some of our patterns, above price. See them in our window. We are also clearing some Bed Com- forters and Blankets. At We are hence the 2nd ave. THE IROQUOIS POOL English and American Billiards Twelve Tables SECOND AVE. Hotel Central fo5 ji*secci European and American plan, steam heated, modern conveniences. Rates $1.00 to $2.50 per day. $ Peter Black Proprietor =—E, EBY @® Co== REAL ESTATSR Kitsumkalum Land For Sale KITSUMKALUM R.C, 'BIG FURNITURE STORE F. W. HART Phone 62 2nd Ave. & 6th St. Entrance on 2nd Ave MADE AND REPAIRED JOHN CURRIE ° PRINCZ RUPERT SECOMD AVENUE yplies you with the fatiaen you “i id through its MAIL ORDER q north 60 chains to the soltheast corner of | Lot 3062, thence west 40 chains along! south line of Lot 3062, thence north 20| chains along west line of Lot 8062, thence wost 40 chains along south line of Lot} 3065 to point of « ommencement, contain- | ing 560 acres, more or les CAROLINE “JOHNSON, | RK. Carr, Agent. 23, 1041, 18, 1012, Dated Dec, Pub, Jan. SUPREME COURT COLUMBIA, THE MATTER OF THE ADMINISTRA- TION ACT, and THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LUDGER ROY, DECEASED, INTESTATE, TAKE NOTICE that by an Order of His Honor, Judge Young, made the 23rd day} of November, 1911, I was shpointed Ad- ministrator of the estate of Ludger Roy, Deceased, Intestate, and all parties having claims against the said estate are hereby required to forward the same to me at Prince Rupert, B. C., properly verified, on or before the 42th day of March, A! D, 1912; and all parties indebted to the said estate are required to pay the amount of their indebtedness to me forthwith, IN THE OF BRITISH IN IN The Best Dated this 5th day of January, A. D. . 1912. BF ad p Al 0 THOMAS A, ROY, Administrator. 1O0CUIa é. Feb, 3 Prince Rupert, B, C, | Phone 178 " LINDSAY'S ° Chimney Sweeping and lati Cleaning Prepare for winter by getting your fnr- naces and flues put in order by C. H. CUTTING Practical Chimney Sweep Address: Knox Hotel, or PHONE 71 E. L. FISHER Funeral Director and Embalmer CHARGES REASONABLE THIRD AVENUE PHONE 356. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT HAYNER BROS. UNDERTAKERS ano EMBALMERS Funeral Directors 3rd Ave. near 6th St. Phone No. 86 PHONE 301 P.O, BOX BO4 PONY EXPRESS SYSTEMATIC MERCHANTS’ DELIVERY SERVICE Baggage, Storage and Forwarding Agents. For Rigs or Motor Car day or night Seventh Ave. and Fulton Phone 301 Grand Hotel. Workingman’s Home Free Labor Bureau in Connection Ist Ave. and 7th St. GEO, BRODERIUS, Proprietor, ARTAGE and STORAGE G. T. P. Transfer Agents Orders promptly filled. Prices reasonable, OFFICE—H. B. Rochester. Centre St. Phone 68, SMITH & MALLETT THIRD AVE, Plumbing, Heating, Steamfitting and Sheet Metal Work Office: 3rd Ave. Phone 174 Savoy Hotel le Workshop 2nd Ave. bet. 7th and 8th Sts Choice Wines and Cigars