porreeeeopneeog ga ooo eee oor es ° ge é m4 Not satisfied with sending the manager of the People’s Wharf on a tour around the country to collect proxies for the Manson o Lhe convention, the Conserv ive candidate yesterday commandeered the lighthouse tender William Joliffe to carry him and party to People Stewart and Portland € aal on a vote-grabbing excursion. Also, he commandeered the Fisheries Protection cruiser Falcon to May Know } S8"ty his emissaries, (Farles Halsey and M. M. Stephens, to Bella Coola. Both of these are Dominion Government boats, and the William Joliffe is ur¢@’ntly needed to search for the missing Leebro. ~ F WORK TODAY? ouT O 2S. NEXT MAILS ry The News’ Want Ad. 1 8A 7S For South Way. C gt sin. .. Wednesday, 9 p.m. AL ‘ George...... Friday, 8 a.m. -* 4 ry Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist [. Ili, NO. 61 PRINCE Rupert, B.C., TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1912. , Re ae Ss nee PRICE Five CENTS ARS THAT S.S. LEEBRO a WORKMAN’S NARROW ESCAPE HAS MET WITH DISASTER’ ose saniouse ender witam sit est oy mason ae vrs nts « vie nana {| — BELOW CUSTOMS HOUSE TODAY a Cea was en route to Queen Charlotte Islands engaged in her regular duties of looking 5 lias aa SSEL CHARTERED AS TENDER FOR LANGARA LIGHTHOUSE after the wants and requirements of the light keepers. Their only means of communication to UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS NEARLY A WEEK OVERDUE— the outside world is by means of the light tenders. Their only source of supplies, their only aid a EARLY CMIBIRAG LABORER ‘SROAGED. PLA HER LUMBER CARGO WASHED ASHORE ON GRAHAM. when sick or in distress, is from these boats, which are maintained solely for that purpose. PREMISES ON NEW SITE Taner tee but some faithful light keeper is this moment patiently awaiting the arrival of the oleate tS ac 5 ° e, his life in jeopardy perhaps, and ‘William Manson mercilessly seizes his only means of $) st as a ver , ; in! , slinne ‘ ERECTION OF JUICE PLANT friends By his side stood the oo | L i FE | pretty Mrs. Black,»a woman clad | y . : ms ravenrainn Sy soul. sao" oF 216,000 HOLD we in rich furs with a bunch of / r SUPERINTENDENT STATES NO FURTHER NEED FOR THEM— —S2, $14, - ( 4 : " QUESTION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR EFFICIENCY OF NEW é i} fresh red roses on her breast, at A . BACK HAS ALREADY BEEN ALLOWED. ltistic to her finger tips and with a oy MACHINERY RAISED AND REFERRED TO SOLICITOR. no mean literary ability Dut 2 : * i é et r . ing-last Bumimer she:wassspecial ’ i, eit rhe builders of the new elec- | brought up the point that the city nee the affairs!said very emphatically that he!) oj oaped by the Canadian Pa | ; 5 ae trie light units.supplied to the|would have no redress in case the 4 " wt : city wired the Mayor on Saturday ida Explosives Co.,;the matter at some length and the machinery was not satisfac- tory sinee their man had _ not Wk ob ine audio adh a he Y fe erected it. = : : leir expert would be again re- Further discussion continued s-Kelly contract | did { see why the city should] ejfie to make a collection of famous First i is wav to finanee this! flora along the line on this side y 7 of : bs : ae ts i . night stating that the presence of} Reitehe haslassignee out of the holdback.| 0f ‘ elers we ware ef a b the subjec . Save * j , ; sas cae advanee be iwa ai a Ms Bla «Ava Saceaiiae ay juired when the swilt h board ar-/at some length resulted in the vi ‘ has evel ‘en appointed to . . rives on April 45th At last) decision to refer the whole mat- } uld | m | ition he now occupies with ' : | night's council meeting Alderman) tep to the City Solicitor and Light ob wo ‘ we CON JOS ol © MUwWw s wer rs 7” F f : . or > | i the{the exception of the very brief} | ¥ Montgomery asked Superintend-|¢ommittee so that the exact po- MOR ete | f Mr. ¢ don \| ent Matthews if the expert had! sition of the city in regard to the ol is Olle ol, = ‘ an 7D , . » ‘ . passed the machinery after test purchase of this machinery may tract so as the work done rat and arguing sa $12,000 hold having been paid : yn seeks an ad ims duly settled, The City So cumbency , . there was sent ih some : te . ‘ . before the com a ; a wh in his presence Mr. Matthews! be made clear and the responsi- contract He also| pressed wish 0 ie contractor, Mr. McInnes, that no further who ki mata ox n is hold-|except what he might have read, | 4 . / ‘ a7 > . m Seer on it : th ? . ie the case of the last -in- ; whatever to do with the switch [rouble in the kitehen of the elieved self en-| ane e case oO © ae . . f re} jperghoatiy tee umbent he was practically still! J j } | board he did not think that there) Royal threatened its high repu- ; ae was any need for the further al-| tation, The trouble is all ended la stranger when he left there last ; tendance of the expert. hat 3t added that it was the ex-| Ways strange! from a ong distance I . w nothing of the district replied that he had and that as | pjlity placed. omy eens “he migh the firm in question had nothing gc ae ne im required out of grants be wing to the repu-| back, as he firm now carrying titled to a certam participation in for careful work the finanees finally \ resolu ‘ i slac] o is ar-| Y tion of the couneil adopting the} yeal M1 Black, wh i a bat . Some discussion followed, in si Pe SE rads ol) ste I i i arge vactice ‘ y rister and had a large practice " i which \iderman Morrissey Best room in town at Savoy. City Solicitor’s views was passed h ( Solicitor went into | in the early days, many times led a forlorn hope in the Yukon for MBRLY CLOSING NOMINATIONS Ofc my = TAPPED JUICE WILL RETURN istration has received a just re- OR THE SHOPS —OF LIBERALS “so. seer meu ON y ALL PAID FOR =A BENEDICT returned from Ottawa and has . some good news to tell the people ting Tradesmen Petition! All the Provincial Seats in the) of yukon when he reaches there Duncil to Establish a Bylaw, City of Vancouver to Be Well); caig jast night that Dr. ixing Shop Hours at 8 A. M.| Contested — Liberal Leader), jcon (member for the dis- 7 P. M. Except Saturdays. Brewster for Victoria. tricty whom he practically elect-| ed) had been able to persuade the} Alderma if the cily have pe- back the] of the Conservative smoke Saturday evening, Phe candidate | Mat the city has lost nothing}