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yOL. Il, NO. 117 PRINCE Rupert, B.C., Fripay, May 17, 1912. Price Five Cents
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I'S FIRE BRIGADE KEEPS UP GOOD WO

 

 

 

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Ni oh ‘TERESTING CUniPANY New Bank at Telkwa. nevscsocorosesossresirersrr+rres+- HS. Wallace Enlarges Store.

q \ branch of the Union Bank The already large dry goods
ANT | be opened at Telkwa, John SOURDOUGH CORRECTION. establishment of H. 8S. Wallace
W ils from Alix, Alberta, will a t oa & Co., at Third avenue and Ful-
| have charge of the new office. In our seeup of yesterday lon, is teing further enlarged by

we staied that the sourdough ;
an addition on the east side

fronting on Third avenue.

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banquet was to be held at

Dramatic onologue V 7 pon
pERSONNEL OF THIS GROUP OF _MUSICAL ENTHUSIASTS ree ae lo , "Ee the Windsor. This was an

special scenery and lighting ef

 

 

 

 

TEA OF ALL NATIONS, BY ONE

WHO TRIED ALL VARIETIES

CANADIAN, SCOTCH, NEW ENGLAND, IRISH, JAPANESE FARE

; rrov, The banquet will be sate
THE u T. vice'’s “Songs of a Sougher/} oq peter Black is making y and Stowell in entirely new LADIES EXCELLENT ENTERTAINMENT.
; Dough, by G. 8. Fitzmaurice. os Petites: ie Ae th i ikface turn with cake walk. spines Geos toads
. ‘ we O Ire 7 , aan 7 } A specit ffor; oO see t ‘ 3 ay ‘9 .
| ving are the re si * ™ we B flat bass, “Amateur Vaudeville.” Westhol- ne oii taMust right at Amateur Night this evening A hungry one drifted yesterday|den assai!ed him, and he there
s ir and, | ‘ il, ajor | VOPR) 5 Jus oO j "
the Kitlahkahtl ’ dieplavings Fs pee ; : ee aoa oy {me Opera House this evening. |3 the pix event AIR Spee ee a jevening into the hall of the|sipped rose perfumed tea and
ha been Gls as - ‘ SLor, ass n. | a es 5 . a . ‘ ts : j : y
which I trumental skill to J. Shaw, side drum icon nt eth | ee ye Pioneer Cleaners. | Methodist Chureh where  the| nibbled rice cakes with chysan-
h ins f J. Shaw, : astr Savoy. |p ue a : ; ‘ ore ‘
, ht of patrons of the KE. W. Hunt, bandmaster. : room in town at the Savoy Steers | ladies of that honored institution} themum confiiture while an al-
i : we : ee ‘ ie al :
Westholme Theatre during the} Ed. Gamble, manager. cepa: _— ————~ | were entertaining guests at “Tea mond eyed sylph in kimono and

rt week or two. The band is . |
ndering selections of the most Excellent Red Fiend.
ni pts Oe ee eo Be cope ak aha ounte Geet dee RAILWAY BOARD INSISTS ON
5 offer Its members are: }good work at the sash and door |

N, Shaw, tar ‘ be o|

\. Lewis, J. Jackson, P, Rob- afternoon it displayed its prow-|

con, 8. McDonald and E. Brown,/ Ss With exceedingly good eff at
A flat to a fire insurance specialist who |

E 4 p watehed f ’ t to §

1. Brown and F, Lewis, E flat a trial turn out Sixth

arionets.

' Ridley, solo cornet. from the first note of alarm <aw|
a frown, ©. GOntUnA ay graye siteaiie of water Larued bela Up * Locomotive to be Fitted With With Spark Nstting--Extroas Care Com-|
and H, Cottinsou, flat cornets,; Valiger spo ( was an accre¢

M. Spencer, solo horn. Hable performance, but the veal) pelled With Cinders---Extensive Fire Breaks Ordered, and

W. Ridley and J, Nelson, altos,|'!!p was better still

of All Nations.” From the Can-j obi fanned herself at his side.
adian tea table, where he fed|Ice cream and candies tempted
sumptuously on maple syrup,| him still further to venture into
solo clationat factory last night, but yesterday] | Canadian apple pie and bread|the hall of sweets and there with
foreaa from the wheat that feeds}a coneful of coidness he became
i wide world, he dropped into|a boy again and shyly suught the
he New England tea room and
Fineke regaled himself with Bos-|behind the candy counter as in
street A minute and a_ half} — ae brown bread, baked beans aiid the days gone by. But the best
| pumpkin pie served with delicious| of appetites must find their finish
coffee. Onward he wandered to} somewhere, and he was at last
|}the Seotch tea party, and there|compelled to  betake himself
a lassie in tartan served him with| :omeward at a leisurely pace and
|} bannocks and brose and faries | well content. He did not attend the

avor of a glance from the girl

 

M. H baritone, | Railway Companies Required to Provide Fire Patrols | and haggis to his heart’s con-| excellent elocutionary recital

\ Lewis, bass. trombone Kehoe Gpork tiouse tlk evkame.| ---QOnly Oil Fuel Engines in B.C. After 1914

J Innes and 8, Ridley, solo|See the laughable’ sketch “A aa :
} Ottawa, May 15. The Railway ments that railways shall not stitute an emergency fire fighting;

mbone. i‘ ientific Experiment.’ ; :
1 Lew ind P. Temple, B flat | Board at its first sitting since the, permit fire, live coal or ashes to. staff |
as Best room in town at Savoy: | de ath of Judge Mabee had under) be deposited outside of yard lim- An exceedingly important pro-|
Rea }eonsideration the draft regula-| its except they be immediately ex-| vision is one calling upon rail-|

tent. He repaired farther to the! given later in the Methodist

Irish cottage, in which he was fed| Church by Rev. R. W. Lee, and
| inprincely manner on Irish stew,} so missed what is acknowledged
|praties and Shamrock salad by a|to have been an exceptional treat
comely colleen. Temptation in} | by all of the large crowd who at-
the way of the Japanese tea gar-| tended it.

 

 

tions prepared by the Commis-! tinguished. No railway com-|ways in British Columbia on and}

BROTHERHOOD FOOTBALL sion of Conservation in respect! pany will be allowed to burn lig-|after April 1, 1914, to operate |

RED DEVIL DID — to fire protection The commis-/ nite coal on its engines. Every|only such locomotives as burn oil |
Match Arranged Between the) sign asks that existing regula-| railway company must provide|and coal. This is being opposed}

Callies and the Little B.'s. tions be abolished and a new set! fire breaks along the route of its|by the railroads on the ground}

IT ONCE AGAIN jrafted by the commissioners be) line, in accordance with regula-| that it would result in serious in-|
Having received a challenge] adopted. tions prescribed by the chief fire | jury to the coal mining industry}

from a team composed of mem- These regulations, which are} inspector of the board. In Sas-) of the west. |

Saved the Sash aa ‘eer Factory bers of the Baptist Brotherhood,| somewhat lengthy, provide that) katchewan and Alberta the fire} ed |
This Time When the Place it was decided al a meeting of} all engines must be fitted with) break must conSist of a plowed} Seattle, May 15.—Ten inspec-
Looked Pretty Well Gone to (the Caledonian Football Club, af-| petting to prevent the escape of| strip not less than sixteen feet;tors of the Washington State
Blazes—Serious Fire Averted. ter Jast match to play the fol-| sparks and that every railway|in width alongside of the right) Forest Fire Association started

 

 

Tne wremnarionss “YOUNG DEACON

Arrangements Made by the Cale

doninn Hentpait: Olub | IS ORDAINED

The Caledonian Football Gt:ub}

have accepted the challense of! ———

Mr. Bell to play a match of in-| Rt. Rev. Bishop Du Vernet Holds
ternational order next week, and) Interesting Service in _ St.
it was decided to meet the Eng-| Paul’s Church, Metlakatia on
lish team on Tuesday night on) Ascension Day.

 

 

a - lowing team: MeLean; Currie) e¢ompany must provide inspectors | of way. }out this morning on a tour of the Second Avenue, the game to start} -

All Kinds of credit is coming d Martin; 8, Currie and J. H.j at terminal points, whose duty it One of the most important| state to place on duty the entire | al ee spi meats w be eer An urcination service was held
he Red Devil & Co, for a swift! Kelly; Williseroft, Paterson and} shall be to examine from April 1 Se Gita tain eit AAEM aye hit lforee of rangers, who, with the | side; 30 minghee each way: At-lin St. Paul’s Church, Metlakatla,
effective run to the sash and) Dowther. 'to November 14 of each year all r .  }government rangers, will remain} jferwards it is expected thai the }on Thursday morning, Ascension
factory on Seventh avenue rhe match wil! be played on} jocomotives in use. The pro-|COMPantes fo maintain a staff of} a) their posts until the danger or aBI GS: will SURE See. Ween ote “h! Day, when Mr, W. J. H.. Potter
Ast ght at about 44 o’clock.| Saturday night; kick off at 7.30.) posed regulations give the chief fire rangers for patrol and fire} forest fires has passed, will travel to Terrace to uphold} was ordained deacon by Bishop
For a few minutes matters looked) Mr. Clapperton will officiate as) fire inspector or any authorized} fighting duty exclusively from This action was taken in a| the name of Ae rt as a football; pu Vernet. Canen Keen and
dable there, as | referee, iflicers of the braneh power to} April 1 to November 1. The size} meeting on Saturday between| centre. The Callies team for| Rey, W. F. Rushbrook assisted in

es and smoke rose from the A good game is expected, a8} jnspect locomotives at all times}of this specially organized force| Chief Warden Bridge of the|this match will be chosen after x Oe service. Rey. Mr. Potter has

f the boiler house and the|the Brotherhood have a lot of} and to reject those found to be} is to be fixed for each railway by| Washington Fire Association, J.|* Saturday's game.-—A, Holmberg, | just graduated from Wycliffe

d frantically But the!} good football inaterial among! defeetive in regard to fire ar-|the chief inspector of the board.| R. Welty, state fire warden, and} S®cy. Leereee Toronte. As a student

gad is on the scene like | them, rangements Section men and other employees,} representatives of various call eax be did missionary work both on
zh x and in half an hour ° It is provided in draft arrange-| including contractors, shall con-| roads BAD BUSINESS a Hudson Bay’ and on the
was extinguished LOCAL JOTTINGS a ———— Rainy River. He will remain
lhe factory is at work again to |C. P. R. Unearthe Fraud in Ticket | here for a few month assisting
is if nothing had happened, The GCamosun came in during | Selling at Coast. Bb menene CODEST Ope. en

nly damage being to the roof the night from Vancouver an na care Said pe uM tee cia nyt ie

the furnace room, It appears, aailod shally after Seaite, May 16. Thirty-six er eaten to take charge o, a

wever, that the fire might have|<) ana canneries. fefore larze crowd of|relieved at the e&pense of ajfoot of MeLean. After some laine dolar a month, alleged| New mission,

idle more headway had not a sa spectators the above club played| throw in to the Thistles, which] give and take play the This stles}'0 have gone to ticket sellers, i Fe eS,
ck wilted passerby noticed Professor Hunt in cornet solo) off the final of their five a side! very nearly brought them a goal,| scored through a fine individua)| freight slants and assistant pur- Westholme Opera House this
that the efforts of a matehman!) jignt. “Amateur night.’ West! tournament last night on the] Paterson putting past by inches./effort on the part of Pate rson,|* ers in Seattle, Victoria and Van-jevening. “Amateur night,” irst

drench out the beginnings of

i} } be holme Opera House
le blaze were inadequate. The

 

and secured a beauty} on their mettle, but the Thistle’s

 

wing teams taking the field:|} with a rush

this evening.) Second avenue ground, the fol-| After this the Callies came away|the centre. This put the Callies) Couver for about two years, is appearance of Mr. W. Oran: in
}estimated to be the profits of ajentirely original turn, character ,

vee an hed taekied. tne” te L. C1 n has returned from} Callies Gilmour, Currie, S.| of a goal, S, Currie putting the| half back gave 4 grand exhibition|s¢heme unearthed by H. W./songs, ete.
- Arippen as e J ‘ ’ ’ j ° | ., > reaVere « senger age
e with a half inch hose. The 3 PI ; faced large| Currie, Barker and Dowther. | ball into the far corner after ajof defence work, completely ty-| Brodie, gt neral passenger agent —-
passerby, who bears a name|the south, where he placed large Thistles—Kelly, J. H. Kelly,| lively run down the whole length) ing up the Callies forwards time | of the Canadian Pacific Railway For row boats and launches

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formerly famous in song, and isjorders for Crippen’s. Boneless) \iecin paterson and McLean, of the field. The ball had not|and again,

omething of a songster himself,| Herring. He has appointed An The mateh started sharp at}| when Dowther added another After a break away by Dow-
sounded the alarm and had the , rt agents ° : }eoal from the touebline, This “r, Currie ¢ “dd ¢ ” BoE
f derson & Meskin export agents} 7:45. and immediately the Callies} © . ther, Currie added anothe goal

“vil on the job in a jiffy. for his product and they have al- pressed, but after some firm play jended the firat Rae Be! the | from short range, the mate h
The Prince R a os , rd al ready made a trial shipment 50 by the Thistle defense they were|” ‘ore at Callies 2; -Thistles 0, | finishing with the score Callies
aaAE noae wiih a7 ee eee | the Fiji Islands. hap i 3 oe beaten.back. Then the Thistles| Immediately on resuming mes, pelasie. is oo se kept the}
fers, mail and freight. . j attel, ‘Crippen: arranged we ve ve showed some very pretty pass-| Thistles showed that they meant (Fe oe m ree
|} Alaska Pacific Steamship Com ine of the ball, simply moving;business by testing the Callies; Sumimary——A hard and well

lhe City of Seattle called at} pany to use the famous Princes from foot to foot like clock work} goal severely, they having to save! fought game, with very little to

 

his port en route to Skagway] Rupert herring on their, boats, until S. Currie stepped in and/a hot shot on the post from the | pick between the teams.
ast night. About thirty-five pas- | — a
eel noluaiaie members of Sveryone delighted at Keel- -

OES ses GPP ERS’ BELIEF IN THE NAAS CONFIRMED

Don't forget to call at the!

Noval Cafe after the show, tf If you want es aoe oe
— ee aes a Deputy Minister of Agriculture W. E. Scott Speaks Very Favorably
For sal Lots 214 and 22

THE WEATHER, ee. Motion 6, 8680; Mc gaat of the Prospects of Valleys After Personal Inspection

- pais s “rank ' , ,
balance 3 and 6 months, Fra * \s noted in The Daily News,is alluvial, fai, rich and sweet,|Carpenter, accompanied by Mr.

For , , vite ) 1 4 2

a Iwenty-four hours ending | A. Bilis, Second st, Phone 44, Seles Re nae Ai nb ¢|The land does not require very Robert Jennings, passed through,
YQ May 17th: Barometer, a heavy clearing work, Some of it|the Skeena valleys also, and}
id aximunm  lempe rature,

 

 

The modern, high class place} peports of settlers in’ the Naas] already almost ready for culti-| formed a very good opinion of

 

 

 

 

 

62 | Seale’s : "
ons Mninum temperature, i;| for billiards and pool, Seale’s,| district, the impression made) oiign | their prospects, The Kitsum-
CCIDils ( ’ ‘ é » » . . b ; |
Pitation, 05, i Third avenue, upon Mr. W. E. Seott, deputy The depuly minister, who was | kalum and Lakelse valleys were |
: ' minister of agriculture, by the accompanied through the Naas| inspected ws ve She i. ad
ere romising and capable of grea
frrooone agricullurale prospects and con- ; a nM Cx ».|P
; N Vv 4 valleys and branches by Mr, Car-| and valuable development, whie h|
GHa0R a apt A a : ey 18 CX) penter, agricultural expert, be-| wi] be most remunerative, |
PRINCE RUPERT TWENTY MINUTES AGO ceedingly Hy ; iY ae arin lieves beyond doubt that the Naas Tranabhiiation is, Meantime, the |
ister, speaking on le subject o 5 ; “ee ’ %
: cca yee : . ,} problem of the Naas valleys, but}
Ned devil remarks that those long runs to Eleventh ave his trip the other evening in the{ district is a certain fe iS OE Ane the Skeena district in the G. T. P.|
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hue kept him in first pate condition, G. T. P. Tan, fully substantiated} most promising nature for smait| the got its transportation prob-|
Sheriff Shirley says it’s all very well to talk of the Naas most of what the settlers haye]fruit growing, dairy and mixed Ma 5 1 tvs moa ure solved
Valley, but you should just see his garden, themselves said from time to}farming and for market garden- , " ‘ |
: N House full notice hung out at the city hall box ollice, time about the fertility and agri-|ing, Prince Rupert is of course . Pee eat
” reserved after 9 o'clock on Monday night, cultural outlook of the Naas|the natural market for Naas] Those wishing to buy some}
Wireless from Hazelton’s hull to waterfront: “Delighted River valleys. There are about} River valley produce, There will|/ treasure stock on the Indian}
‘ome. Moor me clear of port landing wash, please | 500,000 to 41,000,000 acres of|be an abundant demand for all] Mines, Litd., in Portland Canal, |
Merely Mabel phones in to say it’s just struck her that superb land there awaiting the|]that can be grown there for many;can call on Mr. Guzman al the |
the Mayor and Couneil might resign instead of the Enginee! plough and garde nspade. Thelyears to come. Grand Trunk Hotel, There are|
‘NE department quality of the land is unexcelled Besides visiting the Naas val-jonly five theusand shares to be|
eoeooe. jin the whole provinee. The soil leys, the deputy minister and Mr, sold, Price 35¢ per share, tf |

 

 

 

at Vancouver. Deteciives em-
ployed by the company at all
three cities for ninety days
brought ihe seheme to light.
Fourteen men have been relieved Mr. R. A. Harrap of J. Pivrey
of further duty for the company| Morris & Company returned from
jas the result of the exposure.|a trip to Hazelton and Aldermere
fhe company has not diseovered| for his company.

the extent to which it has been
muleted, but its officials believe
that it began more than two years

can get ice cream at Keeley'’s. tf

telephone 320 green. Davis boat
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ago. The men robbed the com- FREE! FREE! FREE!
pany of thousands by holding —_—_—
out tickets as passengers boarded A big beautiful 88 key

boats and only the hardest kind electric player piano, worth
of tracing numbered — tickets $1,200 given away to the
finally unearthed the conspiracy. pool players in the Base-

 

Ee ee ee ment pool room, Empress
Don't forget, little one, you Theatre building.

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Amateur Night at Westholme Opera House |

 
 

 

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Friday Evening, May 17th
TWO SHOWS—7:30 AND 9 o’' CLOCK
Especially Attractive Program

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New Songs, New Pictures, Cornet Solo, Dramatic Mono-
logue, Blackface Turn with Cakewalk, Ete.

Original Comedy Sketch by Local Author
6c ° ere e 9
A Scientific Experiment
Messrs. Whitley, Stowell, Fitzmaurice and Evitt
Misses Madge Lane and Flora Middleton
PRICES—The Entire Downstairs 25 cts.; Gallery 15 cts.
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