ALDER
IN
FAREWELL
Rtfrri
to
Important
Function
of
Young
Men
In
Community
When
'
Addressing
Junior
Chamber
I
Young
men's
organisations
such'
u
h"
Junior
Chamber
of
Com-!
mtr
should
thrive
and
play
an
tailor1
ant
part
tn
every
very
commun
iTiared
V.
J
.
.
a
j
0
.
mmiSMoner.
in
an
aauxras
01
Urtc
l
before
the
Junior
Section
d
'he
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Cmn-.T'-e
at
its
regular
monthly
fcr.n'r
meeting
ktst
night
"Young
mv'
often
do
not
see
eye
to
eye
with
elder
men
and
tt
U
wel
thajt,
such
ilviwl
be
thK.
Thejr
viewpoint.
.
U
.mjottsnt
afid'lnould
nol
be
lost
riwd
'
w
what
it
had
been
do-t;g
There
was
a
lot
young
men
'o-uid
dn
to
see
that
the
city
was
bu
'
up
In
the
proper
way.
PiM-rr
Rupert
was
still
a
young
f.
aid
Mr.
Alder.
It
had
not
hid
miirh
chance,
through
war
and
drprf.lon,
for
real
growth
so
far.,
Bom"
might
feel
It
had
been
an
un-lustiflM
boom
town
but.
In
his
opln-
i
ion
thm
waj
far
from
the
truth.
There
had
been
and
still
was
Justification
to
anticipate
great
developing
here
There
were
natural
re-our
,
which
would
In
time
doubt-lfv
make
this
a
great
centre.
There
.'
bound
to
be
important
Indus
trial
development
here.
Experts
si.;!
'hat
hereabouts
was
the
great-J
rrmalnlng
timber
stand
In
the
vorld
outside
of
Russia.
I
People
should
get
into
their
heads
the
idea
that
this
was
their
clty.l
The
v
should
try
to
do
something
for
it
instead
of
taking
out
everything!
nd
giving
nothing
In
return.
In
functioning
as
city
commls-"onrr
Mr.
Alder
said
that
It
had
been
his
one
Idea
that
the
city,
should
stani
Xrst
ln
any
Mrt
of
a'
dra
that
might
be
made.
His
one
purpose
had
been
to
nut
the
cltyl
on
IK
fit
t
bfst
Interests,
there
had
often
been
onions
when
he
was
compelled
to4
a.,
no
and
turn
down
requests.
Mr
Alder
mentioned
that
the
net
bt
of
the
city
was
now
$200,000
or
(Continued
on
Payo
Four)
t
I'LKADEII
OUILTY
Comlpg
up
for
speedy
trial
be-,
're
Judge
Fisher
this
morning,
Edward
Rrown
of
Bllmor
pleaded
u"ty
to
the
charge
of
shoollnr
Hh
intent
to
do
grievous
bodily
hrm,
He
will
come
up
for
sentence
next
Monday.
The
trouble
r'se
out
of
a
trap
line
dispute
at
Sorkfye
Lake,
m
Miss
Margaret
Clark
arrived
ln
l"c
city
on
the
Prince
Runert
this
""rnlng
from
her
nursing
duties
jn
the
south
to
pay
a
visit
with
"
r
parents
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
C.
ar.
Bowser
Street.
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(OurtMj
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JoWwtoo
Oo.)
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Big
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v
:c
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.02.
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2.75.
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,.r
Roj-al
Can.,
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Okalta,
1.08.
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.06-
rAtrle
Roj-altles.
.20.
Toronto
Aldcrmac.
.32.
Beattle.
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Central
Tat..
2.38.
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Smelters,
40.00.
East
Malartlc
3.95.
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4.
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50.
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Lake.
55.
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1.23.
Int.
Nickel,
.44.
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Addison,
2.48.
Little
Long
Lac.
3.05.
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Cockshutt.
2..
Madscn
Red
Lake.
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McKenzle
Red
Uke.
1.3.
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.78.
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74.50.
!
mlrt
Prn
3.95.
Preston
East
Dome.
2.m.
San
Antonio,
2.42.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.00.
Uchl,
.84.
BouscadlUac,
.04.
Mosher,
.08.
Oklcnd,
.13.
Dominion
Bridge,
37.25.
;
ICE
BREAKER
SINKS
.
STOCKHOLM
The
Swedish
Ice
breaker
Virgo,
630
.tons,
engaged
in
rutting
a
path
for
a
convoy
through
Baltic
Sea
ice,
was
attacked
by
Russian
bombing
planes
yesterday
and
sank.
JAP
TRANSPORT
SUNK
SHANGHAI
The
Chinese
claim
to
have
sunk
a
Japanese
transport
ship
from
Shanghai
to
Hankow,
three
hundred
persons
being
killed
or
drowned.
The
attack
was
by
bombing
planes.
VISIT
LONDON
J
LONDON
Paying
their
first
visit
to
London
proper
since
the
start
of
the
war,
the
King
and
Queen
attended
a
Lord
Mayor's
reception
at
Mansion
House
today.
commun-
V
1
P
1
Aider,
retiring
IeV
IOrK
MOCK
Mart
Is
Higher
Transactions
Total
511,000
Shares
With
All
Issues'
Higher
'Poll
On
Military
'Service
Is
Taken
Do
you
believe
that
all
Canadian
men
aged
from
20
to
35
wi
it
I
UBRABW
Weather
Forecast
Tomorrow
sT
ides
prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
High
1:38
ajn.
20.0
ft.
;f
v;
islands
Moderate
east
winds,
13:26
pjn.
21.1
ft.
Low
,
7:39
pjnj
6.3
ft.
fair
and
cooler
mostly
20:00
pjn.
3.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUaLBlA'S
NEWSPAPER
m
V;:i.
XXIX
No.
32.
'PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY
7,
1940.
PRICE:
i
CENTS
Ja
'ft
n
To
Break
Nine
-Power
Pact
-
OPPOSED
TO
MAYOR
vOOOOOOOOOOOOOClOODOOOODtlDMOOOOnooonnnnnnnnoBDOODOOO
S
S
1IT
TLT
e
i
War
news
p
I.R.A.
MEN
BRITAIN
should
be
compelled
to
perform
military
service
during
peace
time?
ran.Amerl(.an
A,rway
uo
you
oenevc
wai
u
Canadian
men
aged
from
20
to
35
should
be
compelled
to
perform
EXECUTED
HELPING
Vsncouver
Council
Disassociates
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOcoonocooooOOOOOOOOOOa
James
Richards
and
Peter
Barnes
Openly
Admitted
That
Government
Itself
From
Recent
Of
Telford
Telford
Remarki
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
7:
The
city
c
uncll
yesterday
unanimously
idopted
a
resolution
disassociating
ltxlf
from
"disloyal
sentiments"
expressed
by
Mayor
Telford
In
Seattle
last
Sunday
when
the
mayor
spoke
of
the
present,
itruggle
in
which
the
country
is
engaged
as
a
"senseless
war."
The
Mayor
said
ne
tnienas
10
TfDfit
the
speech
In
Vancouver;
Sunday
night
and
refused
to
withdraw
statements
reportedly
in-.inrf!n
a
eharze
that
a
"war
die
ts!
Tihlp"
exists
in
Canada.
j
ON
WESTERN
FRONT
PARIS
Frenth
patrols
are
credited
with
gathering;
important
information
regarding
German
military
positions
in
the
sector
west
of
the
Saar
River.
The
patrols
penetrated
deep
into
Nail
territory,
passing
German
outposts
without
being
detected
and
returning
safely.
"Nothing
worth
while."
said
a
communique
of
the
German
high
command
regarding
the
Western
Front.
SPY
IS
EXECUTED
NANCY,
France
Dr.
Karf
Roos,
CO,
Alsatian
autonomy
leader,
convicted
of
espionage
for
Germany,
was
executed
here
today,
President
Albert
Lebrun
refusing
to
intervene.
A
soldier,
who
had
been
similarly
condemned,
had
bis
sentence
commuted
to
life
imprisonment.
Pay
With
Their
Lives
For
Bomb
ings
at
Coventry
Last
Summer
BIRMINGHAM,
Feb.
7-Peter
Barnes,
aged
32,
and
James
Richards,
29,
w
ere
Executed
here
today
for
a
bombing
at
Coventry
on
August
25
when
five
persons
were
killed
and
one
hundred
wounded.
They
were
members
of
the
outlawed
Irish
Republican
Army.
They
died
on
the
gallows
together
at
Wintort
Green
jaiL
MORE
SHIPS
SUNK
TODAY
NEW
YORK.
Feb.
7:
Stock
An
interesting
poll
ot
-Junior
lost
and
eleven
rescued
when
the
transactions
in
the
first
hour
of
Chamber
of
Commerce
opinion
on
MZl-ton
Esthonlan
freighter
Anu
Mr
Aldf
r.
reallln
how
the
local
trading
on
the
New
York
Exchange
.
military
service
Is
being
taken
by
struck
a
mine
and
sunk
in
the
Jji
.r
Chamber
had
been
organteed
yesterday
totalled
130.000
shares.
b?
l-
-wn
son
and
the
late
Henry
Averages
were:
Industrial.
148.41
HtJb:
"i.-r.
said
that
he
had
fol-
up
.38;
rails.
30.80.
up
.07;
utlll
k-s-td
'he
activities
of
the
body
with
tie.
2430.
up
12.
.
'"rr
at
all
times
and
had
been
the
Junior
Chamber
ot
Commerce
North
Sea
off
the
east
coast.
The
of
Canada.
The
questionaire
which
rescued
members
of
the
crew
In-
has
been
distributed
among
the
eluded
two
women.
members
of
the
local
Junior
s
To
Operate
Service
Between
San
Francisco
And
Auckland
military
service
during
war
time?
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
Feb.
uo
you
wniiuci
iw
'"
Granting
of
permission
to
7:
tratlon
of
the
nations
man
poer
Amerlcan
AlrwaVs
to
opcrate
a
advisable?
rnmmprrlal
Kprvirc
fnr
th
carrv-
isu
iuu
VVHOV.I4...V..
intr
nt
nnRsenirprs.
mail
inn
ex-
trig
the
present
war?
prcss
between
San
Francisco
and
4S
".
"t-
AuCkland,
New
Zealand,
was
re
led
fnr
home
service
only
or
ior
overseas
service
also?
BRUINS
ARE
OPTIMISTIC
win
over
the
New
York
Americans.
Some
Interesting
games
are
carded
for
tomorrow
night
with
the
Red
Wings
taking
on
the
Canadlens
at
commended
yesterday.
New
planes
of
the
Yankee
Clipper
type,
such
as
are
operated
ln
the
trans-
Atlantic
service,
would
fly
between
California
and
New
Zealand
via
Honolulu
and
New
Caledonia.
They
would
carry
seventy-two
passengers
by
day
and
forty
by
night.
The
time
would
be
four
days
between
San
Francisco
and
Auckland
Boston
Thinks
It
Will
Be
Easier
In
"
compared
with
the
present
twen-
N,ational
Hockey
League
Fol-
(l
lowing
Will
UVCr
lianncrs
nnsTOM.
Feb.
7:
(CP)
Boston
ty-one
days
by
fast
steamer.
Compulsory
Labor
Bruins
think
it
should
be
easier
go-
ImnftCoil
On
PnlpC
ing
in
the
National
Hockey
League
ilHiJUOCU
Vll
1
UlCd
1
from
now
on
for
they
were
aoie.
last
night
to
score
their
first
vlc-
BERLIN,
Feb.
7:
(CP)
Six
,tory
of
the
season
over
the
New
months
of
compulsory
labor
for
all
.York
Rangers,
the
count
being
6
to
men
jrom
j8
to
25
In
German-oc-2.
As
a
result,
the
margin
of
lead-
cupled
Poland
has
been
decreed.
'.ership
of
the
Rangers
over
tne
Bruins
was
reduced
to
but
hall
a
game.
In
the
second
National
WHEAT
PRICES
WINNIPEO.
Feb.
7:
(CP)
Win-
Hockey
nlpcg
wheat
futures
ranged
around
League
fixture
last
night
the
De-f3c
higher
yesterday
with
May
trolt
Red
Wings
scorca
mcir
sev-
closing
at
85ic
New
York
prices
enth
straight
victory
with
a
3
to
l'were
lic
to
l&8c
higher
with
May
closing
at
985Bc
new
york
corrr.R
NEW
YORK.
Feb.
7:
Copper
Montreal,
the
Toronto
Maple
Leafsjprlces
were
.18c
to
,24c
lower
on
playing
the
Rangers
at
New
York
the
New
York
metal
market
to-and
the
Americans
meeting
the.day,
with
March
at
10.12c
per
Black
Hawks
at
Chicago.
'pound.
is
on
Side
or
Finland
Aril
nit
Russia
LONDON,
Feb.
7:
CP
The
British
eovtrnmfint
announced
that
Ion
of
the
Finnish
legation.
i
Vatican's
Blessing
ROME,
Feb.
1
Observatore
Ro
mano,
official
organ
of
the
Vatican,
said
that
It
was
a
duty
to
vigorous
ly
support
Finland
against
"one
of
the
most
cynical
aggresrtom
of
modern
times."
It
described
as
One
British
Coastal
Vessel
and
most
barbaric
the
Russian
Invasion
Esthonlan
Freighter
listed
,of
Finland.
'
'
Among
Casualties
.
.
'
LONDON,
Feb.
7.
Either
mined
or
torpedoed,
the
4062-ton
British
Interesting
Qucstionairre
Before
COatal
steamer
Monster
was
sunk
LprmnnV
llpniPC
Members
Of
Junior
Chamber
today.
Her
Dasseneera
and
crew.
V
t
Of
Commerce
numbering
200.
were
landed
safely.
y
1
"
"
""
'
Three'membersbf
the
crrw
were
4
Military
Pact
With
Russians
t
BERUN.
Feb.
7:
"CP)
Authorized
Germans
declared
Rev.
Basil
Hartley.
United
Church
missionary
at
Queen
Charlotte
City,
and
Mrs.
Hartley
rrlved
in
the
city
on
the
Prince
'"hnHes
this
mornlnti
from
the
Drastic
Step
Being
Considered
By
The
Japanese
Gov't
it
has
no
objection
to
BrltUh
sub-',
.
.
jects
volunteering
for
service
with
Advantages
and
Disadvantages
Beign
Carefully
cigned,
Finland
in
the
war
against
"Russia
,
Declares
Foreign
Minister
Arita
Difficulties
providing
their
enlistment
dpes
not
I
With
U.S.
Interfere
with
calls
for
service
in
I
1J
"SSSir2JS32-
TOKYO,
February
7:
(CP)-Foreign
Minister
Arita
sity
of
sending
airplanes,
pilots
and
told
Parliament
today
that
the
government
was
weign-
technicians
to
the
aid
of
Finland,
inir
the
advantages
of
abrogation
of
the
nine-power
Numerous
letters
and
telephone
Under
Secretary
of
Foreign
Affairs
treaty
of
1922
concerning
China.
"Some
of
its
provisions
message
having
been
received
threatening
trouble
if
the
executions
were
proceeded
with,
spec-
i
ial
precautions
were
taken
against
any
further
incidents
such
as
the
I
postal
bombings
yesterday
in
London,
Birmingham
and
Man-rheter.
A
crowd
outside
the
prion
bowed
heads
but
there
was
no
sign
of
demonstration.
rn
:ead7bein
7tof&
obviously
inconpaious
'
Arita
sam
wine
pact
wnicn
Pn
United
Great
Canada
and
House
of
commons,
hearing
state-
pledges
Japan,
States,
Britain,
menu,
of
nolicv
alone
these
lines
other
powers
to
respect
the
integrl-
from
the
government,
cheered
and
gave
its
tacit
approval.
Recruiting
for
the
Finnish
Army
is
now
going
on
In
Ennland
under
the
supervis-
STILL
HOLD
REDS
AT
BAY
row
erf
ul
Russian
Attacks
On
Kar
elian
Isthmus
Withstood
By
Finns
Soviet
Concentrations
Bombed
ty
of
China
and
the
policy
of
the
"open
door"
In
trade
with
that
country.
Other
spokesmen
said
that
Japan
was
preparing
for
anticipated
difficulties
in
economic
relations
with
the
United
States
owing
to
ab
rogation
of
the
trade
treaty.
The
government
statements
followed
a
speech
in
the
Diet
yester-'day
when
the
leader
of
the
nationalist
political
party
denounced
any
policy
of
appeasement
to
the
Un-HELSINOFORS.
Feb.
7:
C
'Red
States
by
re-opening
the
The
Finnish
army
reported
yesterr
Yangtse
River
for
foreign
shipping
,day
that
It
had
thrown
back
ter-
and
urged
complete
renunciation
rlflcally
powerful
Russian
attacks
of
the
nine-power
treaty.
ion
both
ends
of
the
Mannerhelm'
rr
Line
on
the
Karelian
Isthmus
ln1-,
fighting,
which
lasted
through
the
;
VJUKldianS
llaVe
day
and
Into
the
night.
The
Rus-'
i
(r
sla
ferocity
was
unprecedented
CI...
"MftL
Qol.;nllc
..-so.
tiffin
thltawar.and
the
lnten.il
1U,
1JU.I.,
U.CLUUA
sity
was
greater,
some
said,
than!
l
The
Canadian
freighter
Beaver-"
n0.m
t
The
Russians
ZlZT
landed
Chamber
include
the
following
burn,
toss
of
which
was
reported
T
metu
wnaieCjr
e"5"
-queries:
and
Russia.
The
ermany
yesterday,
was
torpedoed
while
un-:
n
favnr
voluntary
military
rfir
rnnvov
u
u
iMrm-ri
l
statement
was
made
to
coun-
I
training
in
secondary
schools?
-
.
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.
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.
,
.
4
A
4
.
MI1I4MM.
A
I
Do
you
favor
compulsory
military
education
in
secondary
schools?
t
Pacific
Flights
Are
Recommended
techlcal
aid
belnz
given
Rus-
sla
In
the
Finnish
war.
in
the
First
Great
War.
The
Finns
bombed
Rusrlan
troop
concentrations
from
the
air.
The
Russians
were
betrayed
at
night
by
campflres
at
which
they
were
troops
from
airplanes
in
the
far
north,
11
rt
nleVi
"nm
m
tint
mi
a
ct
1
f
1
n
rr
tlSof
SEINEHOAT
MISSING
SEATTLE
The
United
States
coastguard
is
searching
the
Washington
coast
for
the
sclneboat
Varsity
wreckage.
Nine
men
are
listed
in
the
crew
of
the
missing
craft
which
dispatched
an
"S.O.S."
yesterday,
saying
she
was
on
the
rocks
near
Tatoosh
off
Cape
Flattery.
One
unconfirmed
report
said
that
the
crew
had
taken
to
lifeboats
and
might
have
reached
shore.
The
Varsity
was
enroute
from
California
to
Tacoma.
TWEEDSMUIR
IMPROVING
OTTAWA
Lord
Tweedsmuir,
who
suffered
from
concussion
in
a
dressing
room
fall
at
Rldeau
Hall
yesterday,
spent
a
comfortable
night
and
shows
satisfactory
improvement,
physicians
said.
The
Governon
General,
in
the
fall,
struck
the
side
of
his
head
and
was
rendered
unconscious
for
an
hour.
He
was
alone
at
the
time.
His
Excellency
has
not
been
in
good
health
of
late
and
has
indicated
that
he
does
not
feel
able
to
assume
another
term
as
Governor
General.
STATE
OF
EMERGENCY
LONDON
The
House
of
Lords
endorsed
a
proclamation
by
Lord
Linlithgow,
ViceRoy
of
India,
that
a
"grave
state
ot
emergency"
exists
in
India.
"Heaven
help
India,
Great
Britain
and
the
world
it
Indian
claims
for
state
ot
selfgoyernment
are
not
satisfied
soon,"
.said
Mahatma
Gandhi,.
Indian
Nationalist
leader,
In
Delhi
yesterday
following
a
conference
with
the
Vice-Roy.
VICTORIA
WOMAN
DIES
VICTORIA
Mrs.
.Margaret
Wilson,
aged
C3,
born
In
Yale
and
for
forty-five
years
a
resident
of
Victoria,
died
yesterday.
Three
Deaths
Among
First
Division
Since
Arrival
in
France
AIDERS
HOT.
Feb.
7:
(
CP
Soldiers
of
the
Canadian
First
Division
here
have
become
affected
by
a
tne
mild
type
of
influenza.
There
have
Deen
inree
aeauu
among
iue
t,aii-
nce
they
arrived
but
not
"their
landing
places
are
known."
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f
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.
.,
0
...
4
1
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J
ill&lUCAM.a.
tlnue.
There
is
still
no
confirmation
of
reports
that
the
Russian
eighteenth
division
had
been
annihilated
ln
the
Kltela
sector.
DIED
THIS
MORNING
The
death
"occurred
this
at
the
Prince
Rupert
General
In
Complete
Accord
On
Air
Campaign
1
Viscount
Gort
Conspicuous
by
Ab
sence
From
Allied
War
Council
n
nto
ctaU
?
1
rT"
i
T"Vi
v
A
lit
aA
pan'lslands
to
attend
sessions
of
the
Hospital
of
M.
Kamlmura.
Japan-
-
'
'"T
:
PrtnCe
Rupert
Presbytery
here,
ese
resident
or
Inverness.
He
was
"
"
"
"
"
'
tn
Jl
They
wUl
return
to
the
Islands
on
a
fisherman.
The
funeral
will
take
f
ere
MJ
""XhiS
the
Prince
Charles
at
the
end
of
place
tomorrow
from
the
parlors
ta.
SS
.v
,.
,v,
n
n
TT,t,u.
of
effort.
It
was
noted
that
ln
the
FINAL
BULLETINS
Supreme
Alller
War
Council
meeting,
with
Premier
Edouard
Dalad-ler
presiding,
Viscount
Gort,
British
commander-in-chief,
was
absent.
Finland
occupied
a
prominent
part
in
the
discussions,
it
was
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
The
pressure
Is
high
from
Vancouver
Island
coast.
The
weather
has
been
mild
In
Rritlsh
Hnlumhla
with
rain
and
(snow
ln
the
southern
districts.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island-Moderate
to
fresh
southwest
to
south
winds,
part
cloudy
with
a
few
light
scattered
showers.
Today's
Exchange
United
States
funds
Buying,
spot,
10
percent
premium;
selling,
spot,
11
percent
premium.
Sterling
"funds
Buying,
spot,
$4.43;
selling,
spot,
$4.47.
M.
M.
O'Brien,
chief
field
englnetr
for
the
Consolidated
Mining
tt
Smelting
Co.,
was
a
passenger
aboard
the
Catala
yesterday
afternoon
returning
to
Vancouver
after
one
of
his
periodical
visits
to
the
Big
Missouri
mine
at
Stewart
"
A
.
Pi-..,
Til
1
n