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youth NOTA aL 0. 10 PRINCE RUPERT. r THURSDAY, May 2 1912. mae WOE PES . Price Five CENT?

aor OF TOTAL DAYS IN PAST YEAR #0 oan ee

COUNCILLORS HINT AT OPPOSITION TO FORMALITY REQUIRED () y ER W v0.1 -THIRDS R AINLE CITY COUNCIL YESTERDAY APPOINTED ALD. KERR, ALD.
MONEY BYLAWS-—-PRETTY PAGEANT PRO- DYSHAVN AND ALD. BULLOCK-WEBSTER WITH REV. W. H.

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iv POSED BY MAYOR AND FINANCE MINISTER. W’LEOD, F. S. CLEMENTS AND H. P. WILSON TO ACT.

has now a;the Parks Commission

eeting he, soon leave o the ec solicitor. +e » 8 ss ;
1 ci oe ae The cavie cote Saad: Official Figures Substantiate tiate Claims of Enthusiastic Citizens--- ge Its ap- Not merely the claime of spert

 

 

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Gounel ve idea that there is any diffi P R Ci f S hi pointment by the Mayor and City| are to be considered by the Park
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poll pa Bi ; .’ culty at all in the way of the pet- rince upert is a ity 0 unsnaine Council took place yesterday af-| Board, but all things to do with
eel to eh are : ; hod Se
coeding’s | oO: ne *\ ition, He implied that perhaps At the Board of Trade meeting. in Rupert it-is id@al. There are dry days is over two-thirds of|ternoon, and it promises to be| the beautifying of the city’s open
eported, there was @ the employee taking the paper) held recently very special em-|few other places in the world the whole year. Not a drop of|@ good commission. The names/ spaces. The newly created

elsewhere
wer the finan-)round has not been properly) phasis was laid by many mem-|which enjoy weather one-fifth rain fell during at least two hun- "! !s members are: | commission has a very great
several council-| posted on his line of talk to ex-| pers upon the importanee of) part as lovely. A sailor who has! dred and sixty-two out of three| ALDERMEN iwork ahead of it for the future,

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hat there exists; plain the matter Boldly he an- getting rid of the “rain libel” traveled all over the world and| hundred and sixty-six days. One| Aid. Geo. W. Kerr.

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ST aingnees n the part of the, nounced that if there should) ypon Prince Rupert which has) who is an old timer of Rupert} hundred and eleven days were Ald. J. Dybhavn. pressing immediate problems if
public fo sign UDP the bylaw peu-| prove to be any doubt about the) heen persistently maintained in| says that only in ¢he Fiji Islands | brilliantly clear and sunny. Forty Ald. Bullock-Webster. it is going to be useful to the
fions Which under the provisions matter he himself would sally) Vaneouver. It is of course hard) did he ever see just such wonder. | were slightly overcast, but still CITIZENS city in its present stage.
of the Municipal Clauses Act) forth with the petition and after/ig convince prejudiced people! ful clearness of ‘atmosphere as}sunny most of the time. One) : eS | - a
must be obtained before the by-/ that there will be no more trou-| (hat their prejudices are ground-| prevails in Prinee Rupert sun-| hundred and eleven were rather s me *. oT wa To Undergo Repairs
laws can be made legal The} ble from “the knockers.” Not tO} jess, and yet there is no doubt) shiny weather for weeks on end.|duli but absolutely dry, and the H. Pp som re | The Chelohsin upon arrival in
cit vas inclined to at-| be behind hand, Ald, Douglas/{hat the ever increasing traffic) Our citizens know the perfection | beauty of those still, calm, gray py i i: aa ted py | Vancouver will go into dry dock
tach blam he morning paper} said that he too was ready tO) between Prince Rupert and the|of Prince Rupert's sunshine. | days of Prince Rupert’s winter ball : es eax’ ah iar By aa. OY | and “underet: extensive. “athena i
for its adverse comments In this} rush into the breach and toddle} south, the continual comings and! There is nothing like it, and there| season is unsurpassed even by ny 2 r i a ’ . : ” oe sy mene. | tions and repairs. The damage a
i rhe Mavor ft : e the petition goings of business men and vis-}| is abundance of it. | the sunshine. Only one hundred oP an ae a ae maka nae she sustained in her recent mis- *
allack wa i . With Mambrino’s helmet and} | Be : a Ae aa ‘ ea: sided oi i E i a a my hap in Skeena slough will be re- i
rected aga mself a raw-boned steed for the mayor} Res ee oy pr euaceiged = 7 ag a paired and she will be converted aa el
It was the geestion of Alder-) and a mule and a bag of proven- cae visi i Teale by ba ; | into an oil burner. Wireless will it 4)
man Monte hat an official; der for the finance eat a the | AGA ahd st Sharer lf be added to the equipment of the t i
he situation) pageant ‘would be perfect on-|} —— ee. EO — ~~ 5 Rei tees : ax | Gheloshin. The repairs and al-
b the city so0-|ly the Duke of Connaught could f re tine i SE ee jterations are satimntad to cost ‘
lic f | cation in allj/see Rupert's life-real Don Quix- as ae i Ne wy f a S E-| $30,000.
thre wspal his aroused| ote, Knight of the rueful coun- gert, # . oer J. aE x :
the May est be should} tenance, followed on his petition Gen, Supt. Mehan, of the G.T.P.,| #49
e to sik i letter and so!|bearing pilgrimage along the | and Gyril Orme. | All those who expect to take ‘
Br . : rfeet a Sanch The importance of having an| advantage of the railway excur-
" noe he. SOEs eee ee ee me : Oita Af FICIAL W lengineer associated with the|sion to Terrace on May 24th are
(derma Bullock-Webster half} Panza as the Finance Minister, ; ; | : a
Dahesti that 31 as . to theland beset by the hob-goblin of jboard was acknowledged, al-| requested to make reservations A
© * Phares. roan Wiis) Weubhal and: Jack Hilditch [though if was also agreed that)at McCaffery & Gibbons or the Bie
: the tii ; a0 10 erate x va eg wre dubia a , Berges x | the city engineer should be ex-|Grand Trunk as early as pos- ee
ii : : ; Days of Sunshine, Cloud and Rain in Prince Rupert bee io be the acting engineer of sible. tf

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si ss aa aad Month- Clear Cloudy Cloudy Rain Snow Days UNIDENTIFIED CONSORTS
THERED FLAG LOOSE IN SOUTH Bt Ta a UNIDENTIFIED TW
} ’ 9 6 13 3 aoe 31 P | EPS te %
a icraerhoiee 6 5 13 6 xi 30 saree ae
SELIM aes + esas tpg fom { ‘Nearly Two Hundred Will Be/ Idea for the r Safety of the
Socialist Procession in Seattle on Thousands Drowning While You Billi ns S. sctss woa niet 15 ae 8 8 ; 34 Laid Unclaimed in the @veat| @reat Greyhaunds of dhe Bt
May 1st All but Ended in a Read These Lines—Scant Tele- AUgUSt .-.- +e es 20+ 48 ‘ S . rs = x Grave at Halifax Tomorrow. | lantic Before British House.
Riot — Police interfered to graphic Messages Owing to Santamiber = -..64 sas 9 ‘ 9 8 Si 30 i
Quell Turmoil. Wreckage Caused. October ete wag te oe 10 13 8 ca 34 ny (Special to Daily News.) (Special to Daily News.)
Pg RIT | November ...+++++++: 7 1 10 10 5 $0 } Halifax, May 2.—Forty bodies London, May 2.—In the House
Special to Daily News, (Special to Daily News. TPAGOTION 6's Vie tessdae oe i 2 25 a 34 \ of the victims of the Titanic dis-|of Commons today Sidney Bux-
Seat M During — the ‘Terras, La., May 2 rhe wit 1912— 7 aster will be buried Friday un-| ton, president of the Board of
) the Socialists} side main levee on the Mississipp! JANUALY veces ereeees 7 a 14 q : 34 identified. From the great diffi-| Trade, promised to consider a
WoW vd silk flag car-| River broke here last night. The RGBTUALY :.cccicisceneaeet 8 2 8 14 . no culty experienced in having the) suggestion that Great Britain
} | ession was| losses will probably be the worst Mareh vais tinge eee MO 6 6 ’ on bodies claimed, indications now|should arrange with the United a
he standard|in the flood history of the lower Qi c : ea hat show that of the 190 brought) States during thé danger periods ne
hearer by a iown man, He) Mississipp! Flood water, the )} Totals 2. esses e es 111 av 111 100 : 309 here by the cable ship the ma-|at the time icebergs are about }
; ed with the em-j| highest on recor is rushing ‘. jority will be buried unclaimed.|that the great liners should
\ ting scene fol-| over @ thickly settled district, Mecapltulanon. | travel two together within easy
rowed (he erence of the po-| — — — = | Clear days, 111; sky clear and unclouded. Se nay ez reach of each other, He added, j
B lice to prevent disorder Part cloudy days, 40; 3-10 to 7-10 of sky obscured, FREE! FREE! FREE! however~ that he thought the fd
ao SECTION 2 IMPIROVE- Cloudy days, 114; 7-10 of whole sky clouded, i ek Tk jolan hardly feasible.
Five Die Horribly. MENTS. Rainy days, 100; days on which precipitation occurred but not \ big’ beautiful 88 key $| é gaan ik tng sot aie
Clevelan Ma ) Five men necessarily during the whole 24 hours, electric player piano, worth ou sep ae Peed Pe
Were burner death and dam- é r is called at the Snow days, 4; days on which snow fell. 84.200 giv ae neha. ain HE | you want at Seott, Frou A. Sy,
A meeting is ca i Die Sven Bway 3rd avenue.
ee $450,000 was! } city police station, Friday Precipitation at Prince Rupert, B. C. : pool players in the Base- 3) i
fone to boa gasoline on the evening, May 3, at 8:30, to 7 ment pool room, Empress $) ; : 1
docks wh indard Oil barge consider the advisability of 1911 November ........ 8.40 inches ae building. Pe cay vse Pioneer Cleaners.
No. 8 ‘Hloded here? late today important improvements at Aipil: Seas 8.39 inches December .......-. 13.19 > | °
. — the western end of the city May sores ot eae 4.53 : 1912 a a - "7 err pert, ee te
Public Meeting Called. All owning property in Sec- June 5.29 pJAUNUALY sere ress oe ee ee ;
_ A public 1 ng is called for tion 2 or west of Seventh July . Sibu, Me ; | Seeane Ree a “s is
| Thursday, Ma 2nd, at the police street in Section 14, are August . ie 3.67 | BARN ae 5 Fionn sieve pe WESTHOLME OPERA HOUSE | a
court rooms to consider the ad- urged to attend, September se... 4.28 «¢ ce mt ees HY
Visability of holding a ealebra. RL HEDS ea 7 a6 8 3] Res etc 77.47 inches SSS '
tion on the 24th of May, Caan <= ENGAGEMENT EX'TRAORDINARY
|WILL WALK TO SEAL COVE
) NEW FACILITIES — ct
| Presbyterian Club to View Gold Sp SS #

The Westhoime Lumber Go. Storage Works Tonight.

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maAVe grea increased their —_—_—

ae rang lock of building} Tonight at 7:30 all who are

NAlery uate sell alaheas i‘ cciecentieeniaiiiiieeminhiiedads 1 tinea —
al every description | jable Lo make the trip will gather Ne s - ; - ;

better fitted than}at the Presbyterian Hall on itors who see the city under all] Accompanying this article, and|days were rainy, and only four|

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. ‘ lO supy the trade They| Fourth avenue and will thence- possible conditions and carry|accorded the dignity of the space | days all winter were snowy days. i
, ul i ‘ . . | : 5 .sarve > i Mha leis ivure are Ape
{ »e Pleased lo submit quota-| forth journey to Seal Gove. Mt) i acinful impressions away with] it most certainty deserves, 18 Mr.| Che official figures are here to
 2h8 for any , Cold Storage Co. tol. B. Dowling’s carefully Kept} show you, | :

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low : position to quote}has very kindly consented tO) voise the rain libel, Prince|record of the exact we ather con-| Rupert's Rainfall. Two Weeks, Starting May 6th ge
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“eh PD ies han any Northern} show the party through the Rupert is becoming known for|ditions prevailing from day to} Prince Rupert’s rainfall during .: . ea
- , Ulunnbia firm, The large} plant there and an interestIMB) nat it is—a city with the pleas-|day for the past three hundred) the past twelve, months totals in a Repertoire of Entirely 1 ew P ays
~ * and increased facilities} time is assured. This is the first antest kind of climate, as well as|and sixty-six days in Prince Ru-} only 77.47 inches of precipita FINE SCENERY-—-SPLENDID COSTUMES
a . imbent upon every~| 0 fa series of rambles that the! i). healthiest in the world. |pert. ‘The record speaks for it} tion, a most satisfactory figure ‘4 PEOPLE (N THE CABT ;
Ae reslud 20 as : pest eloquently and is we ; ; ared th the pre-
in building to get| Presbyterian Outdoor Club ha . lenies|Self mest eloquently 4 which, compared wi I ; ‘ :
Wuotatic | ‘ N& ope for a moment denies | OR ee : > : ll N, h 1
. lati hi ii the Westholme} undertaken for the summer Ce o ta ine: pee a PMN caleulated to discredit forevel “7 cipitation of the really rainy Change of Bi ig tly ‘
“*dle before placing . . ‘ t , i ; ays, - Ve : Only ne hundrec anda . ‘ 8 ‘face, is : ’
placing orders, &8t} months. ltimes very rainy days, in Prince| rain libel n one ; places on the world’s surface | Among the Plays Produced by This Gompany Are the Following
ap “But what the citizens|"ainy days were recorded in the) startlingly small, only about a De eed ty.
frre, | Hupert. Ul whe 7 Iwhole three hundred and sixty-|(hird of the average high rain! ‘ “ARE YOU A MASON? )}
iwho have stayed longest and| : ' vata) Y au \ “MERELY MARY ANN” a,
Isix, and these the report speclally|pecords to be found, The rain q a y
PRINCE 0 most continuously with the city i int at were not necessarily! jipel is dead as far as Pringe SGIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST
‘sire 438s upon out-| Pots 0 : . . sein ' 7 ii 7 mar nines " 9 coenTs 1) Vib
RUPERT TWENTY MINUTES AG Ip sire 7 ann mae ai a more|days on which rain fell during} Rupert's own experience goes, } LY 8 »M FRIEND OF BOWSER 1
nips ‘. ; ie Rup a than oceur|the whole twenty-four “hours. AS|/put of course it has something : _ sepines di ahi huete abla’ ,
rainy days e é cahalile dank ae Be: 3) Pe, oe OEE OMAN IN THE CASE :
Purchasing agent lookin round for suitable steeds for in the other coast cities, and|® matte of fact lois ab ; ; io of a cat life in Vaneouve r, rt ‘ as sc “eh cn iikaeeer acl ‘no eriaiaie “ANDI cee W]
he Mayo ip an ies | that the average of fair, lof them was such a wel Ga@y./say there that it rains cats and) he order in which these plays will be give d f
5) and Vinanee Minister's petition er image. further thi i Everybody in Rupert would re-|qdogs in Rupert; accordingly the Saturday and Monday. ~ ’
tindfold Bow and ke a stroll to merely showery and really clear > ? g
Seal (¢ { | and Arrow Boy plans lo take | | i her in Rupert than in| me smber it if it had been so, for} jibel is the harder to kill. It has ae a ce {|
ince Ree ny wien the, bunch, GAYS 19 : e been simply phe- , +8 . sLee according |
Prince Rupert's pastor park commissioner promises bo most of the cities farther south, jit mou capes: y's vee livas Se ae re na Prices of Admission 50c, 75e and $4 |
ake or > : : s drizzling or}/!omena o the amo 0 wt Slé : : 7 7 : 5 + 2 5:30 am
on De OReE Skea, Often when th Mow ‘eciter of s ane vy Reserved Seats on Sale Saturday, May 4th, from 1:30 to 5: ;
i Dominion geographer requested to prepare a series of densely foggy at more southerly) Twonthinds ey Bane: ae ¥ . een z, eee . m, at the Box Oflice of This Theatre, ‘¥
"Abs showing a v3 toast points the weather in Ru- According to the official ree-| Bu ie publication o * Rte By ae ae 1
Ruy oe rae, paths ae oF atin ff dry wr a an cloudy with beauti-jord the proportion of Prince Ru-|ures here given as officiadly re- DOORS OPEN 7:45——CURTALN RISES 8:30 4
{ ‘ Mul weather peeorder sti icking 0 me 5 A fetes pees : ‘ ts Salata a
i 1) a 2 ther year just past}eorded should give it 1 que i
NOX’ year's preturns fully dry atmosphere. perl wea mld sib
Woo oeee aria When the weather is sunshiny I wwhic h is indisputably accorded tolonce and for all, SSS SS SSE