The Journal $2.00 a year Ptinct ftttjuert VOLUME II. I'ublished Twice a Week. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1911. Price, Five Cents. NO. 13. COMMISSION HERE Arguments Heard in the Natter of Cameron Bay and Kitsumkalum Station. These Questions Will Be Considered by the Commissioners Before Deciding The railway commission, represented by Chief Commissioner J. P. Mabee and Commissioner S. J. McLean, sat on Saturday In the court house and heard argument In two applications. These were the old dispute as to opening Cameron Bay, and the request of the people of Kltsumkalum for a station at that point. The commissioners have gone to White Horse to look into the charge of alleged excessive rates on the White Pass & Yukon Railway. Arriving at 10:30 by the Prince ueorge, the commission was in session shortly after 11 o'clock. The first application was the long * ACCIDENT ON ST. LAWRENCE * * (Special to The Journal) * * Quebec, Aug. 22.—Four per- * * sons perished when the tug * * Chieftian sank in the St. Law- * * rence River after a collision * * with the steamer Hero. * standing one taken by J. Y. Rochester and others holding leases on government property on Cameron Bay who sought to have the G. T. P. compelled to open a passage way for scows into the bay through the fill- in which has there been made. Want Opening A. Carss appeared for the applicants. He explained the situation, objecting strongly to the filling in of the passage, and contended that the applicants had suffered loss through this action. Th*'baj had been used for the landing of sand and gravel and his clients had been forced out of the business in consequence. A scow had been moored by his clients in the passage-way as a protest against the closing, and the company filled in over it. There was no plan showing this filling filed in the local registry office. If it had been filed it had been withdrawn. For two years his clients had been deprived from using the bay und had to go out of business. The provincial government had leased the land, showing that they regarded it as an open bay. Mr. Carss dwelt at length upon the difficulty encountered in handling such material as sand and gravel in this harbor. It was expensive and unhandy to do it over the ordinary docks. There was extra expense for dockage as well as loss of time, and trouble was occasioned. Cameron Bay offered a good chance to handle this material. It was a tidal bay and the water was easily approachable for unloading scows. Opposing View D'Arcy Tate, solicitor for the G. T. P., put up a strong argument against the application. He went into the history of the location of Prince Rupert as a terminus, stating that it was selected wholly on account of the waterfront. The company had purchased 10,000 acres from the provincial government and through the surrender of the Indians of 13,000 acres more known as the Metlakatla Reserve had acquired from the Dominion and the province this 13,000 acres additional. Tbe Indians had been the only people using this bay. Mr. Justice eMabee asked as to the boundaries of the land. Mr. Tate said it was defined by metes and bounds. His lordship asked if it was pretended that by the first grant any title was given to this bay. Mr. Tate said there was, by Inference. His lordship could not see how it could be given by inference. Mr. Carss safil tnere had been a reconveyance of the land to the provincial government. Company's Rights Mr. Tate went into this question, stating that the province had become the owner of an undivided quarter interest in the site according to the agreement between the province and the company. He went on to explain the division made of the waterfront. The company had gone to the Dominion government and got the rights it possessed on the waterfront. An arangrement had been made by the company with the province before these clients came into the matter at all by which the outside lots on the waterfront fronting on the harbor which went to the province were given the rights taken over from the Dominion and at the same time the inside lots were not to be maintained as waterfront lots. These applicants, Mr. Tate contended, could not force any better title from the province than the province bad. The province had given them to understand that their leases did not carry any waterfront. He explained that Mr. Manson, the representative of the .district had tried, In the Legislature, to get an opening left but this would have destroyed the provincial government's waterfront on the outside, which, from the public Interst, was far more valuable. Mr. Rand, at the time of the sale, had assured the buyers that these lots were not waterfront lots. Question of Title Mr. Carss contended that Mr. Rand had assured them the very opposite. His lordship said it was apparently a question of who had the title to this waterfront. He asked what title the applicants had, and was shown the grant made by the provincial government. A circular advertising the sale of these leases was also put In. His lordship interpreted the circular issued by the government as to the lease of lots as containing six waterfront lots and the remainder as warehouse lots. An Exchange His lordship said that it appeared these men had a good title from the province. The company apparently cut these off, claiming a better title. The title issued by the province spoke for itself. Mr. Tate said the province at the time it granted these leases had disposed of its title to the waterfront. In the discussion following Mr. Tate said the provincial government gnve up the interior waterfrontage for the exterior. The province could only confer such title as it had had conferred upon it. The question of the lease came up, (Continued on Page Four) o TIME EXTENSIONS S. Camozzi Has an Allowance Made on His Contract for Delays. Application Made by Tom SHRDLU for Extending Period for Him At the council meeting held last evening Tom Mazlum complained of the deduction from the amount due him on the contract at the rate of $25 a day. He based this on the ground that he was not responsible for the delays. He had been hindered by the city engineering department not having its work ready, by change in the grade and by the fact that he stopped work owing to an accident. This was referred to the board of works for a report. On the report of the city engineer the application of S. Camozzi for 90 days extension of time on a contract was dealt with. An extension of 60 days was allowed. Aid. Newton wanted to know how this would affect other extensions of time. Aid. Hllditch said these were all considered on their merits. In this case the fault was not Mr. Camozzi's. The delay was due to the fact that he had been held up by a McMordie contract. ■ o- George Jay, police magistrate of Victoria, was a visitor in the city this week. He made the round trip to Stewart. Mr. Jay was surprised to see the amount of work being done on the streets. ♦■ ♦ * Mrs. McBride, the mother of the provincial premier; Miss McBride, the premier's sister, and two of the daughters of the premier, made the round trip by the Prince George on her last visit here. MARKET PLACE LOTS ARE WITHDRAWN Mayor Manson Returns From Victoria After Securing Government's Consent to the G.T.P. Agreement-Site for City Hall at End of 2nd Avenue is no Longer Available for the Corporation. Mayor Manson returned yesterday afternoon from the south, where he has had a number of questions affecting the city up for consideration. He confirms the news that the government has consented to the agreement made between the city and the G, T. P., although it was after considerable consideration that it was agreed to. The government showed objection to the handing over of the quarter interest in lands which were to be given in fee simple to the city. The city hall site on Market Place has been withdrawn from the market by the government at the price quoted in view of the settlement affording what may be regarded as good sites for the hall. The mayor also saw R. H. Thomson of Seattle, the consulting engineer, with respect to the hydro-electric proposition when the offer of the Tsimpsean power company was taken up. At last evening's council meeting the situation was explained by his worship, when he outlined the results of his trip south. Agreement Signed His worship said that when he met the government in connection with the G. T. P. agreement he found it more difficult than he had anticipated to secure the assent of the government. The government had not been consulted in the matter previous to the city and the company having come to an agreement. The government did not hesitate about the acceptance of the agreement as far as park lands was concerned. The government, however, demurred at the handing over of the lands to be taken by the city in fee simple. The government could not see why it should hand over a quarter interest in these lands in order that a settlement might be reached between the city and the company whereby the latter secured an advantage In the matter of taxation. The government had requested him to put his reasons for the course proposed. He had accordingly prepared memoranda which he presented to the government and which he now handed to the clerk so that the members of the council could consult it at any time. He had set forth that the city was deprived of taxation upon the lands held by the government and the grants now made would only be reasonable to offset this. The government had finally decided to sign the agreement. Hydro-Electric He had made a visit to Seattle to confer with Mr. Thompson in the matter of the Tsimpsean proposals to the city. Mr. Thomson did not consider the draft agreement with the Tsimpsean company to be such a one as should be entered into. He promised to look into the question more fully and report to the city later. Market Place Withdrawn The government in agreeing to the terms of the agreement between the city and the G. T. P. had withdrawn the offer of the five lots on Market place as a city hall site. With all the lands available for the city for a site for a city hall it was decided to withdraw the offer of the site in Market Place, which the government had never been anxious to dispose of. NO DYE-ELECTION Information Is That the Dates for Tests in British Columbia Will Be Uniform The British Columbia voters' lists have all been prepared according to the announcement made by J. F. Foley, clerk of the Crown in Chancery, says an Ottawa despatch. Mr. Foley was asked especially in regard to the lists for Kootenay, concerning which progress was slow and a deferred election was thought to be probable in consequence. Mr. Foley said the Kootenay llBts were Included with others which were mailed. This information indicates that the elections in British Columbia are all to be brought on on the same date. PROSPECTORS* RIGHTS Nelson Telegrams State Litigation May Follow Finds of Platinum in the Kootenay Vote on By-laws on September 2 At the meeting of the City Council last evening the bylaw to ratify the ngreement relative to the G. T. P. taxation and the bylaw to provide for the borrowing of a sum not exceeding $550,000 to provide a supply of water from Lake Woodworth and the instal- tion of air electrical system with it, were put through. It was decided to take a vote on these two bylaws on September 2. The polling places will be at the police court room on Third avenue, and M. M. Stephens wns appointed returning officer. The bylaws appear on another page of this issue. CONTRACT NOT LET Last of G.T.P. Line Nay be Awarded in One Section or in Two. President Hays and Party Are Spending Several Weeks in the West (Special to The Journal) Winnipeg, Aug. 22.—President Hays, A. \V. Smlthers, chairman of the Q. T, P., left here yesterday for the west, where they will remain until September 12, looking over the company's business. Mr. Hays says the contract for the balance of the road through British Columbia Is not yet let. The contract covers four hundred and ten miles and will be let in one contract or in two. • o Continue Negotiations Among the arrivals In the city yesterday was R. Brutinel, the active head of the Prince Rupert Hydro- Electric Company. He will remain In the city some time in connection with the carrying out of the scheme with which he Is Identified. He will continue negotiations with the city council looking to a settlement of a basis of agreement between the city and Ills company. He says he is not antagonistic to the city's proposition which It is proposed to develop In conjunction with the water supply. ROSS IS THE CHOICE Liberal Party Select Candidate at Convention Held in Nanaimo City. The recent finds of platinum in valuable quantities in the Kootenay have raised a question in that dis- tritc as to the rights of prospectors to enter upon and stake claims in properties owner and operated as fruit or general ranches by other individuals; and telegrams from Nelson state that litigation will follow the staking of several claims during the past fortnight, says the Victoria Colonist. In connection with this it may be pointed out, upon the authority of the crown law officers, that the Mineral Act of British Columbia, generally regarded as a model In mining law, distinctly provides for just such eventualities, Section 2 of this act specifically and distinctly giving the right of entry to the prospector In search of the precious metals on either crown or privately owned lands. Section 12 of the same statute also emphasizes the prospectors' right of entry, while requiring that he give, if required, adequate security against loss or damage to the properties entered upon by reason of his mining operations, and compensation for any damage done. BORDEN'S CAMPAIGN Success is Promised the Conservatives in the Coming Election. Ontario Tour of the the Leader Is Drawing to a Close—Goes Then to Maritime Province (Special to The Journal) Ottawa, Aug. 22.—R. L. Borden closes his Ontario tour at Brockville next Monday. The meetings in the eastern provinces begin in Montreal on August 29. He opens his campaign in New Brunswick September 2, and goes to Nova Scotia for ten meetings, beginning September 9. The feeling throughout the province of Ontario has never been as optimistic as it is at present since the days when the Conservative party first went down to defeat. Mr. Borden is expected to win the east. DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO * (Special to The Journal) • * Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 22. • * Nine persons were killed and * * forty injured by a tornado * * which swept the country near * * the boundary line on Sunday. * DETAILS OF WRECK Chief Vickers of the city police force left yesterday for New Westminster with several prisoners in charge. SETTLING THE STRIKE Railway Lines are Again in Operation Throughout the United Kingdom. The King Shows His Appreciation of the Work Done by the Government in Mutter William Sloan Is Content to Await Chance—Cherished Seat in Semite At the convention of the Liberal party in Nanalmo, held on Saturday evening, Duncan Ross was the choice as candidate for the riding at the coming election. The name of W. W. B. Mclnnes, county court judge in Vancouver, was also put forward. The vote was 60 to 45 In favor of Mr. Ross. William Sloan, who was looked upon as likely to be an aspirant for the nomination was not put in the run. He is content to remain out of the fight, awaiting a vacancy expected in the Senate, when he will put forth IiIb claims for recognition in that line If the Liberals should be in power. Fur Puck One of E. E. Charlcson's park trains arrived at Hazelton from Da- bine on Wednesday with furs for the Hudson's Bay Company valued at $12,000 at least. The furs will be sent to Victoria to be sorted and prepared for shipment east. (Special lo The Journal) London, Aug. 22.—The industrial strike in the United Kingdom is abating. With a truce In effect, ail railway lines except the London & Northeastern are in operation. The board of trade occupied yesterday in endeavoring to reach a settlement between the employees of this line and the managers, and was also trying to settle the strike of the North Sea Traders. It was announced last night that both of these controversies were In line for early adjustment. The king his telegraphed his congratulations to Premier Asquith, Lloyd George and Sydney Huxton on the settlement of the railway strike. Will Bear Her Part In tervlewed on his arrival home, ill. lion. A, Fisher, premier of the Australian Commonwealth, declared lhat he disagreed entirely with Sir Wilfrid Laurier's idea of a loosely bound Empire. Mr. Fisher says that if Britain be involved in war Australia will automatically bear her part In the conflict. Buck From South The delegates to the Conservative nominating convention, which mel In Nanalmo, returned yesterday from the south. They were Mayor Man- son, S. M. Newton and Dr. Clayton from this city and J. F. McDonald, representing the Hazelton association, The candidate, II. L. Clements, will be here In a few weeks lo make a thorough tour of the northerns parts of the riding. The liner Empress of Japan brought thirty-two members of thu crew of the Empress of China, which was wrecked on the Japanesi coast on J,.ly 27. Details of the disaster show that after weathering a typhoon the Empress of China ran into dense fogs and while these conditions prevailed she piled up on Mira Reef, close to where the Dakota of the Great Northern line went ashore a few years ago. The China swung round and struck heavily by the stern, disabling the steering gear. Numbers of fishing boats from the village of Shirhama arrived and after breakfast had been served the passengers and baggage were landed. The Japanese cruisers Aso and Soya responded to wireless calls and took of the mails and also 150 bars of silver. The passengers were taken to Yokohama in a tug. The China lays in a dangerous position and should bad weather spring up it is likely that she will go to pieces. She Is ashore on a bad coast, with reefs all round, and this makes salvaging very difficult. Captain Ariedibald, Chief Engineer Cooper and the second engineer are standing by the wreck, which is wedged hard on the reef, with the holds full of water and the main deck sprung. Title l«i School Lands The crown grants in the name of the city are expected by the mayor at any time now, to cover the land on which the new Central School stands, being block 24, section 6, and also for lots 19 to 28 inclusive in block 7, section 4, which were sought by the school board for a Bchool site upon which to build. The order in council covering the Issue of the crown grants were put through while the mayor was in Victoria. Provision was also made for the Issuing from time to time, as required, of crown grants for other school sites and land to be used for municipal purposes. » ************* • • * DROWNED IN POND * • * < < Special to The Journal) * Mooaejay, Aug. 22.—Three * • children of J. Staples, a farmer * * Hvlng near hero, were found • drowned in a pond. * • • Approves Charges Notice of the approval of the lie- tenant governor In council to the change of grade applied for was received by the council last night. "Why are mosl animals larger in the tropical than they are In the frigid zone?" asked the teacher. "Because," answered the bright pupil al the foot of the class, "heat expands and cold contracts," PRINCE RUPERT JOLRNAL Tuesday, August 22, 1911. Canada's Wood Pulp Of all the forces in the United States which have worked, tirelessly and incessantly, to secure the adoption of the reciprocity agreement, none has played a more important part than tlie American Newspaper Publishers' Association. The incarnation of the association is a Mr. John Norris; he is, nominally, the chairman of its "Committee on Paper," which is as good a title for him as another. Actually, he is the intermediary between the publishers and President Taft, Secretary Knox, members of the Senate and ordinary representative. Mr. Norris, In discussing the affairs of the association, consequently speaks wit ha certain measure of authority. Thanks to the peculiar wording of the Underwood bill and the connivance—the word is used in its legitimate sense—of Mr. Taft, the newspaper publishers of the United States are now enjoying the full fruits of reciprocity in the commodity coni'erning which they have special Interest—news-print paper. When the president signed the reciprocity legislation, the barrier which the United States had erected against the competition of Canadian pulpwood limits was more than half demolished. It may not be unprofitable to consider what Mr. Norris and the powerful association for whom he speaks expect will result from this. Two Classes of Pulp-Wood First of all, the exigencies of the legislation which the provinces nearest to the insatiable paper market of the great eastern states have found it was wise to adopt for conservation purposes, make a very clear line between the provincial crown lands and all other areas on which pulp-wood is growing. To prevent the raw material of the forests being swept into the maw of the American paper mills and the forests themselves wiped out of existence to the lasting injury of the provinces, an export duty on wood pulp has been imposed on the cut of crown lands. By the nature of things, this cannot be made to apply to private limits, nor does it affect the great forests of the western provinces which are classified as Crowu Lands of the Dominion of Canada. in discussing this phase of the situation before the finance committee of the United States Senate, while the reciprocity bearings were in progress, Mr. Norris said, in a burst of frankness not intended for Canadian auditors: "The result of this state of affairs will be to set up a competition between the private lands and the DominioH lands, on one side, and the provincial crown lands on the other which will soon force the provincial authorities to remove the restrictions from their own Iands." The Removal of All Restrictions In a word, Mr. Norris and his powerful employers are openly planning to bring about the removal of every restriction with which we have tried to safeguard and conserve our national resources in pulp-wood and to throw them open to the same extravagant and intemperate system of exploitation which has destroyed the forests of the United States, and incidentally, brought injury to tens of thousands of acres of once fertile and well watered farm lands which adjoined them. And, what more directly concerns Canada and Canadians, the pulpwood limits of Alberta and Saskatchewan, In spite of the fact that the reciprocity agreement has not been accepted by the Canadian Parliament, are already thrown open to an invasion which can only be checked by the Dominion government placing the same restrictions on its crown lands that have been already imposed by the provinces on theirs. What Mr. Norris Said To understand more clearly what this means and how the American newspaper publishers expect to see It work out to their advantage at the cost of Canadians, a few more quotations from Mr. Norris' very interesting explanation before the Washington senators will be helpful: "The ecnomlc pressure of theh competition from the Dominion Iands," he said, "is bound to force the individnual provinces to withdraw their restrictions. The wood- pulp will be made In Canada, but the paper will be made in the United States." "But," said Senator Smoot, "it is just as cheap, comparatively, to make paper as it is wood-pulp. Why would the Canadian mills be satisfied to manufacture only wood- pulp?" "It requires one and four-tenths cords of wood for one ton of paper," replied Mr. Norris, "and approximately one ton of coal is used for treating and drying for every ton of paper that is shipped from the mill. With the lime, clay, and other material required, the average is the transportation of from four and a half to five tons of the raw material for every ton of the finished product. In Canada the pulps can be made close to the power sites and there is easy and cheap transportation to the nearest tide-water market. A ton of ground wood equals about one ton of paper, and if the pulp is shipper 50 per cent moist, or weighing two tons to the ton of dry pulp, there will still be an advantage of three tons in the bill for railway transportation. The ultimate solution of this problem will be the shipment of pulp to the large cities in the United States, where it will be converted into paper at factories within forty minutes of the big newspaper offices. Such a procedure would mean a saving, among other economies, of 2 per cent on wrappers and 1 per cent on waste. Such a mill could make paper from $3 to $5 a ton cheaper than mills located nearer the timber limits." What Mr. Norris Meant If Mr. Norris and the American publishers know their business, and nothing has arisen in connection with their campaign for recprocity in the United States to justify the belief that they do not, the first steps have already, byt their own confession, been taken to bring Ontario and Quebec "to their knees" on this little matter of conserving our pulp-wood limits. As so carefully explained by Mr. Norris, the Dominion crown lands of Alberta and Saskatchewan being open to the United States consumer of pulp-wood without any restriction, there need be no pretending that more than the first and crudest of the processes of transforming the trees into paper will be performed in Canada. All the advantages to follow from the development of the paper-making industry will be kept carefully at home. The first rough process of making the wood Into pulp will take place In Canada, but all the rest of the manufacturing will be done in one or other of the great cities of the United States. And to round out and make complete the results of this industrial achievement, the very wealth of our national assets in the west will be used to bring about the turning over of the same kind of assets In the east to foreign consumers who have no motive except their immediate and profitable exploitation.—Montreal Star, You Can Avoid This by sending your Clothes to the pionbSr steam laundry There are Many Reasons Why IT IS TO YOUR INTEREST We do first-class work and are careful with your Garments. We can do your work and return It within 48 hours If necessary. We call for your i-eaundry and return It to you. Should anything be lost or misplaced we will make It satisfactory. When your Laundry goes to the Chinks there are many drawbacks. When you send It to us your money helps pay WHITE LABOR. PIONEER STEAM LAUNDRY KHEDIVE INTERVIEWED Egyptian Ruler Gives His Opinion Upon Political Situation nnd Outlook in His Country The Figaro of Paris printes a lengthy interview with the khedive og Egypt, who has just arrived in Paris. The Interview was granted in Cario to a special correspondent of the newspaper in question, and it is interesting as meing marked by an open expression of opinion as to the political situation and outlook in Egypt. His higness emphasizes the importance of the present movement in favor of the spread of education, thanks to which, he says, the Egyptian people are realizing more and more fully their rights and duties, so that it will not be long before its regains its rank among the most ivilized nations of the world. The extension of powers granted to the provincial councils is another powerful factor in the work of regeneration. On the constitution question the khedive says: "I am a constitutional sovereign and an enemy of absolute power, but it must be made clear that the problem of the representation of the people is more complex in my country than in many others; we have to take into account special conditions relative to the administration of finance. And, above all, the fact must not be lost sight of that the country must progress gratdually towards parliamentary institutions and, so to speak, attain to them by force of experience and wisdom." His higness regrets the impulsive conduction o- a certain section of his people, but predicts that the com- monsense for which Egypt is renowned will obtain the upper hand. The agitation among the Copts is condemned by him. The Coptic claims he describes as being inspired by Irresponsible extremists, and calculated to create a gulf between the Mussulmans and Copts, to the great evil of the country. Summing up his optimistic views as to the general outlook, the khedive says: "The agitation which has manfest- ed itself and which, as always, has been exaggerated, is superfical. These men who are in such a hurry to annihilate everything, and who belong to associations in which policy is replaced by poetry, are not followed by native people, who are, at the same time, distrustful, and simple-minded." o BITUMINOUS LIMESTONE NOTICE TO CONTKACTORS Discovery Made North of Edmonton of Rock of Value in Farming Bituminous limestone or rock asphalt, which is considered to be the best of all materials for pavement purposes, a mineral product which has never hitherto been found on the North American continent, has been discovered by J. H. Russell, an English asphalt expert, in the country of the northland, along the banks of the Athabasca River, on the claims of the Fort McKay Oil and Asphalt Company. Mr. Russell returned to Edmonton a few days ago after a six weeks' visit to the north. Discussing the possibilities which the discovery of rock asphalt would open to the people of the province, and the vast commercial development to which the new industry must give rise, Mr. Russell before undertaking his recent journey said in an interview with the Capital of Edmonton: "If the impression that I have formed of the mineral deposits of the country along the Athabasca River is a cored one, you possess in this province a bituminous limestone which will prove to be the most valuable asset of the west. The formation is that of a limestone which has come in contact with bituminous deposits and undergone a chemical change and which is a far more valuable product than pure asphalt Itself. Its va'ue for pavement purposes is enrinotis. It makes a far more satisfactory pavement than does a mixture of asphalt and stone, and for this reason the news of the find will resound throughout the worlu. It Is a product for which European capitalists have been looking for years:" Mr. Russell has also discovered during his recent visit to the north mineral deposits in the form of pure asphalt (Bitumen), and bitumlnized sands, which, In his opinion, exist to an almost unlimited extent. The discoveries have been made on the claims of the Fort McKay Company. Mr. Russell Is now engaged in carrying out a series of tests to discover the proper treatment of the tar sands broght down from the north by A. Vlolette and J. K. Corn- Police Station, Naas River SEALED TENDERS, superscribed "Tender for Police Station, Naas River," will be received by the Hon. the Minister of Public Works up to noon of Tuesday, the 12th day of September, 1911, for the erection and completion of a timber-framed police station at Naas River, in the Skeena Electoral District. Plans, specifications, contract, and forms of tender may be seen on and after the 17th day of August, 1911, at the offices of the Government Agent, Prince Rupert; C. P. Hickman, Esq., Provincial Constable, Naas Harbour; and the Department of Public Works, Victoria. Each proposal must be accompanied by an accepted bank cheque or certificate of deposit on a chartered bank of Canada, made payable to the Hon. the Minister of Public Works, for the sum of $150, which shall be forfeited if the party tendering decline to enter into contract when called upon to do so, or if he fail to complete the work contracted for. The cheques or certificates of deposit of unsuccessful tenderers will be returned to them upon the execution of the contract. Tenders will not be considered unless made out on the forms supplied, signed with the actual signature of the tenderer, and enclosed in the envelopes furnished. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. J. E. GRIFFITH, Public Works Engineer. Department of Public Works, Victc- ria, B. C„ August 15, 1911. a22sl2 Corner Eighth and Fraser Streets Clinton Rooms Newly remodelled and furnished. Board and lodging. Home cooking a specialty. Mrs. Anderson, Prop. Rooms, $3 Per Week New Knox Hotel ARTAUD & BESNER Proprietors The New Knox Hotel Is run on the European plan. First-clas service. All the latest modern improvements THE BAR keeps only the best brands of liquors and cigars. THE CAFE is open from 6.30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Excellent cuisine; first- class Bervlce. Board, $1 a Day — Beds, 50c and np First Avenue Prince Rupert WATER NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that an application will be made under Part V. of the "Water Act, 1»09," to obtain a licence in the Queen Charlotte Islands Division of Skeena District. (a) The name, address and occupation of the applicant—Merton A. Merrill, Masset, Q. C. I., B. D„ Prospector. (If for mining purposes) Free Miner's Certificate No (b) The name of the lake, stream, or source (if unnamed, the description is)—I-ln-tsua Lake, Tsu- Skundale Lake and Ain River, (c) The point of diversion—At T near the outlet of Tsu-Skundale Lake Into Ain River. . (d) The quantity of water applied for (in cubic feet per second) —1,000. (e) The character of the proposed works—Power Plant, Dam, Flumes, etc. (f) The premises on which the water is to be used (describe same) —At or near the mouth of the Ain River. (g) The purposes for which the water is to be used—Generating power. (h) If for irrigation, describe the land Intended to be Irrigated, giving acreage (1) If the water Is to be used for power or mining purposes, describe the place where the water is to be returned to some natural channel, and the difference in altitude between point of diversion and point of return—At or near the mouth of the Ain River, about 100 feet below point of diversion. (j) Area of Crown land intended to be occupied by the proposed works—10 acres more or less. (k) This notice was posted on the 28th day of November, 1910, and application will be made to the Commissioner on the 1st day of June, 1911. (1) Give the names and addresses of any riparian proprietors or licensees who or whose lands are likely to be affected by the proposed works, either above or below the outlet—Don't know of any, (Signature) MERTON A. MERRILL, (P. O. Address) Massei, B. C. NOTE.—One cubic loot per second Is equivalent to 35.71 miner's inches. wall, M.P.P., with a view of rendering the product suitable for street pavement purposes. o Teacher—Now, remember, Nellie, that anything you can see through is transparent. Can you name something that is transparent? Small Nellie—Yes, ma'am. A keyhole. PUBLIC HIGHWAYS Province of British Columbia NOTICE is hereby given that all Public Highways in unorganized Districts, and all Main Trunk Roads in organized Districts are sixty-six feet wide, and have a width of thirty- three feet on each side of the mean straight centre line of the travelled road. THOMAS TAYLOR, Minister of Public Works. Department of Public Works, Victoria. B. C, July 7, 1911. jyl8-ol8 CANCELLATION OF RESERVE. NOTICE is hereby given that the reserve of a parcel of land situated on Graham Island, notice of which appeared in the British Columbia Gazette on the 25Ch of February, 1909, being dated 23rd February, 1909, is cancelled to permit of the lands' being acquired by pre-emption only and for no other purpose ROBT. A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands. Department of Lands, Victoria, B. C, April 5th, 1911. 4-14—7-5 NOTICE. In the matter of an application for the issue of a duplicate of the Certificate of Title for an undivided one-half of Lot 883; Group I, Cassiar District: Notice is hereby given that it is my intention to issue at the expiration of one month after the first publication hereof a duplicate of the Certificate of Title to the above mentioned land in the name of William Jordan Larkworthy, which Certificate is dated the 30th day of September, 1910, and numbered 326R. WILLIaM E. BURRITT, Di- '.rict Registrar. Land Registry Office, Prince Rupert, B. C, May 26, 1911. J23 NOTICE In the matter of an application for the issue of a duplicate of the Certificate of Title for Lot 361, Range 5, Coast District: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that it is my Intention to issue at the expiration of one month after the first publication hereof a duplicate of the Certificate for the above described Iands in the names of Truman S. Baxter and Albert D. Durham, which Certificate of Title is dated 25th November, 1909, and numbered 44 I. WILLIAM E. BURRITT, . District Registrar. Land Registry Office, Prince Rupert, B. C, August 14, 1911. al5-sl5 CANCELLATION OF RESERVE. Notice is hereby given the the reserve existing by reason of the notice published in the British Columbia Gazette of the 27th December, 1907, over lands on Graham Island, formerly covered by 'limber Licences Nos. Nos. 37055, 37056 and 37057, which expired on the 6th day of November, 1909, and the lands embraced within Timber Licence No. 37059, which expired on the 25th day of January, 1909, is cancelled, and that the Bald lands will be open for pre-emption only under the provisions of Section 7 of the "Land Act" after midnight on June 16th, 1911. ROBERT A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands. Lands Department, Victoria, B. 07, 9th March, 1911. WATER NOTICE I, C. N. Pring, of Prince Rupert, B. C, occupation broker, give notice that on the 12th day of July I intend tho apply to the Water Commissioner at his office in Prince Rupert, for a license to take and use 2.8 cubic feet of water per second from Hot Springs on border of Lake Lakelse in the Skeena Land Division of Coast District. The water Is to be taken directly from the Springs and Is to be used on Lot No. 3983, for sanitary purposes. Dated June 12th, 1911. C. N. PRING, 6-13-lm Prince Rupert, B. C. Skeena Land District—District of oiteena. TAKE NOTICE that the Canadian Canning Company, Limited, of 224 Winch Building, Vancouver, B. C, occupation salmon caners, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted adjoining a post marked W. N. about 300 feet South of Wallace's wharf, Naas Harbour, B. O.i thence east 20 chains; thence south 20 chains; thence west 20 chains; thence following the coast line In a northerly direction back to the point of commencement and containing forty acres more or less. CANADIAN CANNING CO., LTD. Per ii. H. Leslie, Agent. Dated 6th June, 1911. 6-26 Job Printing of all kinds neatly executed at the Journal Office. Skeena Land District—District of Coast, Range 5. TAKE NOTICE that T. H. Hughes, of Lakelse Valley, occupation farmer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a rost planted at the southeast corner of Lot 4128; thence 40 chains north; thence 40 chains east; theno 40 chains south; thence 40 chains west to point of commencement, and containing 160 acres, more or less, TOM HUGH HUGHES. Dated June 5, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of Coast, Range 5 TAKE NOTICE that Thomas Stewart, of Prince Rupert, occupation accountant, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted 40 chains north from the southwest corneT of Lot 1733; thence west 40 chains; thence south 40 chains; thence east 40 chains; thence nortli 40 chains to point of commencement. THOMAS STEWART. John Kirkaldy, Agent. Dated July 7, 1911. WATER NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that an application will be made under Part V of the "Water Act, 1909," to obtain a licence in, the Queen Charlotte Islands Division of Skeena District. (a) The name, address and occupation of the applicant—Orland P. Merrill; Massett, Graham Island, B. C; prospector. (If for mining purposes) Free Miner's Certificate No (b) The name of the lake, stream or source (if unnamed, the description is)—Ain Lake and Ain River. (c) The point of diversion—At or near Ain Lake. (d) The quantity of water applied for (in cubic feet per second) —700. (e) The character of the proposed works—Dam, flume, pipe line and power plant. (f) The premises on v.'ii.li i e water Is to be used (d"- be e.'s I —Near mouth of Ain River. (g) The purposes for which * i water is to be used—Genei;.;:' ; power. (h) If for irrigation, describe i > land to be irrigated, giving acreage (i) If the water is to be used for power or for mining purposes, describe the place where the water is to be returned to some natural channel, and the difference in altitude between point of diversion and point of return—Near mouth of Ain River about 150 feet below point of diversion. (j) Area of Crown land intended to be occupied by the proposed works— About 10 acres. (k) This notice was posted on the tenth day of June, 1911, and application will be made to the Commissioner on the fourth day of September, 1911. (1) Give the names and addresses of any riparian proprietors or licensees who or whose lands are likely to be affected by the proposed works, either above or below the outlet—None. (Signature) ORLAND P. MERRILL, (P. O. Address) Masset, B. C. George S. Mayer, Agent, (P. O. Address) Masset, B. C. Note—One cubic foot per second is equivalent to 35.71 miner's inches. Skeena Land District—District of Coast—Range V. TAKE NOTICE that I, John 1'. Rochester, of Prince Rupert, occupation broker, intend to apply fir permission to lease the following described land:— Commencing at a post planted on the northerly end of an island in the Skeena River about Mile 45 on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway; thence north 1000 feet more or less to low water mark; thence westerly along the low water mark 1000 feet more or less; thence southerly 1000 feet more or less; thence easterly 1000 feet to the place of commencement. J. Y. ROCHESTER. Dated May 30, 1911. 6-2 Skeena Land District—District of Coast—Range V. TAKE NOTICE that T. M. Turner, of Lakelse Valley, occupation farmer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands: — Commencing at a post planted on the Omineca & Hazelton right of way and adjoining the N. E. corner of Lot 518; thence west 17 chains to corner of Lot 3996; tlience nortli 20 chains; thence following right of way to point of commencement. T. M. TURNER, John Kirkaldy, Agent. Dated 14th June, 1911. 7-4 Skeena Land Notice—District of Coast—Range V TAKE NOTICE that Daniel W. Beaton, of Prince Rupert, B. C„ occupation carpenter, Intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about five miles up the Exchumsik River from Its mouth, and on Its south bank; thence east 40 chains; thence north 40 chains; thence weBt 40 chains; thence south 40 chains to place of commencement. DANIEL W. BEATON. Dated June 14, 1911. J-ll Tuesday, August 22, 1911. PRINCE RUPERT JOURNAL AGAINST RECIPROCITY The reasons given by eighteen of Toronto's leading Liberals Following is the statement issued last February by eighteen of the leading Liberals of Toronto, in which they declared their opposition . to reciprocity: "We oppose ratification of the proposed reciprocity agreement with the United States of America— "1. Because in the year 1897 the Parliament of Canada repealed the legislation then existing relating to reciprocity and since such repeal neither the people of Canada nor Parliament have entrusted the government with any duty or authority to negotiate with respect to any agreement on the subject. "2. Because the present unexampled prosperity of Canada is the result of a policy which has been pursued in the development of her trade and of her natural resources. Because this has involved the expenditure of hundreds of millions of dollars upon railways, canals, steamships and other means of transportation between east and west and west and east, and the obligation to incur further development along the same lines would be seriously checked by the proposed reciprocity agreement, and the benefits of the expenditures refrrd to would b to a great extent lost. "2. Because it is essential to the continued national unity and development of Canada that no trade relations with any country should be agreed to by Canada on any basis which would check the growth and development of trade between the various parts of Canada and the various parts of the Empire; and because the proposed reciprocity agreement between Canada and the United States of America would seriously check the growth and development of this trade. "4. Because any present benefit to any section of Canada or to any interests or individuals therein which might accrue from the proposed agreement would be more than offset by the loss and Injury which would accrue to other sections and Interests and individuals, and because the result to Canada as a whole would be greatly injurious. "5. Because as a result of the proposed agreement, the freedom of action passessed by Canada with reference to her tariffs and channels of trade would be greatly curtailed, and she would be hampered in developing her own resources in her own way by her own people. "6. Because, after some years of reciprocity under the proposed agreement, the channleds of Canada's trade would have become so changed that a termination of the agreement and a return by the United States to a protective tariff as against Canada would cause a disturbance of trade to an unparalleled extent, and because the risk of this should not be voluntarily undertaken by Canada. "7. Because, to avoid such disruption, Canada would be forced to extend the scope of the agreement so as toclude manufactures and other things. "8. Because the agreement as proposed would weaken the ties which bind Canada to the Empire and because the unrestricted reciprocity which would naturally follow would still further weaken those ties and make It more difficult to avert political union with the United States. "9. Because the disruption in the channles of Canada's trade which was caused by the termination of the recopriclty treaty of 1854 and the subsequent establishment of protective tariff by the United States, gave rise to a decided leaning in many minds towards annexation with the United States, and this at a time when Canada was mainly peopled by native-born Canadians and other British subjects, to whom the prospect of annexation was most unwelcome and because Canada In a comparatively few years will have millions of newcomers, a large percentage of whom will come from foreign countries, and because If Canada should then have to choose between disruption of her channels of trade with the United States or political union with them, the preservation of Canadian autonomy and Canadian nationality would be enormously more difficult. "10. Believing as we do that Canadian nationality is now threatened with a more serious blow than It has hitherto met with, and that all Canadians who place the Interests of Canada before those of any party or section or individuals therein should at this crisis state their views openly and fearless'y, we, who have hitherto supported the Liberal party in Canada, subscribe to this statement." This was signed by: Sir Edmund Walker, president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Sir William Mortimer Clark, K. C, former lieutenant governor of Ontario. John L. Blalkie, president Canadian Land and Investment company. W. D. atthews, grain dealer and director Canadian Pacific Railway. W. K. George, manufacturer. Z. A. Lash, K. C. W. T. White, managing director National Trust Company. G. T. Somers, president Sterling Bank and vice president of board of trade. Robert S. Gourlay, piano manufacturer and president board of trade. R. J. Christie, managing director Christie, Brown & Co. H. Blain, vice president Eby, Blain & Co., wholesale grocers. H. S. Strathy ex-manager and director Traders Bank. L. Goldman, managing director North American Assurance Co. George A. Somerville, managing director Manufacturers' Life. W. Francis, K. C. James D. Allen, vice president A. A. Allen & Co., wholesale hats and furs. E. R. Wood, managing director Central Canada Loan and Savings Co. John C. Eeaton, president of the T. Eaton Company. o FINAL CONTRACT Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation sadler, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as fol- 1ows.*t—Commencing at post planted one mile east of the southeast corner of C.L. 4472; thence west 80 chains; thence north 80 chains; thence east 80 chains; thence south 80 chains to place of commencement. AUSTIN M. BROWN. Dated July 17, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation sadler, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted one mile east of the southeast corner of C.L. 4472; thence east 80 chains; thence north 80 chains; thence west 80 chains; thence south 80 chains to place of commencement. AUSTIN M. BROWN. Dated July 17, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation sadler, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted one mile east of the northeast corner of C.L. 4471; thence west 80 chains; thence south 80 chains; thence east 80 chains; thence north 80 chains to place of commencement. AUSTIN M. BROWN. Dated July,17, 1911. Canadian Northern Has Let Her Last Pint of Construction in British Columbia The contract for the balance of the Canadian Northern line from Kamloops to the British Columbia boundary line where the railhead from the prairies touches has been let to the Northern Construction Company. Sub-contracts will be awarded for the entire distance by the latter company within a Ifew weeks and tenders are now being called. Roughly speaking, the distance involved in this contract is in the neighborhood of 300 miles from Kamloops to the railhead west of Edmonton, which is now at the boundary line between the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. The contract for that part of the line from Hope to Kamloops was given a month ago and has already been practically all subdivided among the railway contracting firm which have made their headquarters for the past year in Vancouver. The long span to the Yellowhead Pass will now also be placed ih the hands of the construction firms, bids being at present invited by the Northern Construction Company. This stretch linking up the two railheads east and west and thus connecting the Canadian Northern system from Ontario to the Pacific Ocean is said to involve no great difficulties in the way of grading and steel laying, the work not being by any means so heavy as that through the Fraser River valley, wliere heavy tunnel construction was necessary. The contract calls for the completion of the grading from Kamloops to tlie provincial boundary In about two years. From Kamloops the route is along the Nortli Thompson River to Tete Jaune Cache and east through the Yellowhead Pass. For the greater portion of the distance northeast from Kamloops the railway will traverse almost unknown country, said, however, to be exceedingly fertile. The North Thompson Valley Is wider than that of the Fraser for the most part and comparatively little tunneling will have to be done, it Is expected. There will be some rock work, said Mr. Mercer, with steam shovel work and general team work. Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte "TAKE NOTICE that th'rty days from.,date, I, Austin M. Brown, of Prince nupert, B. C, by occupation sadler, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted one mile east of the northeast corner of C.L. 4471; thence east 80 chains; thence south 80 chains; thence west 80 chains; thence north 80 chains, to place of commencement. AUSTIN M. BROWN. Dated July 17, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of Cassiar TAKE NOTICE that Marion Mc Dlarmld, of London, Ontario, occupation nurse, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described land:—Situated on the Kitwancool River; commencing at a post planted at the northwest cor ner and about 5 1-4 miles distant in a northwesterly direction from the north end of Kitwancool Lake thence south 80 chains; thence east 80 chains; tlience north 8 0 chains thence west 80 chains to point of commencement, and adjoining Lot 1878 to the nortli; and containing 640 acres, more or less. MARION McDAIRMID. Daniel McDonald, Agent Dated July 24 1911. A-15 Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation sadler, Intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows*—Commencing at post planted at the southeast corner of C.L. 4477; thence east 80 chains; thence north 80 chains; thence west 80 chains; thence south 80 chains, to place of commencement. AUSTIN M. BROWN. Dated July 17, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation sadler, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted one mile east of the south corner of C.L. 4410; thence north 80 chains; thence west 80 chains; thence south 80 chains; thence east 80 chains, to place of commencement. AUSTIN M. BROWN. Dated July 17, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation sadler, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted one mile east of the southeast corner of C.L. 4470; thence east 80 chains; thence north 80 chains; thence west 80 chains; thence south 80 chains, to place of commencement. AUSTIN M. BROWN. Dated July 17, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of Prince Rupert, b. C, by occupation sadler, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted one mile east of the northeast corner of C.L. 4469; thence west SO chains; thence south 80 chains; thence east 80 chains; thence north 80 chains, to place of commencement. AUSTIN M. BROWN. Dated July 17, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation sadler, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted one mile east of the northeast corner of C.L. 4469; thence east 80 chains; thence south 80 chains; thence west 80 chains; thence north 80 chains to place of commencement. AUSTIN M. BROWN. Dated July 17, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation sadler, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted one mile east of the southeast corner of C.L. 4475; tlience west 80 chains thence north 80 chains; thence east 80 chains; thence south 80 chnlns, to place of commencement. AUSTIN M. BROWN. Dated July 17, 1911. Skeena Land Districl—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Austin M. Brown, ofe Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation; sadler, intend to apply to the Chief j Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum i on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as foi- [ lows:—Commencing at post planted; one mile east of the south corner of C.L.4475; thence north 80 chains; thence east 80 chains; tlience south 80 chains; tlience west SO chains to place of commencement. AUSTIN M. BRO.tN. Dated July^l7, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation sadler, Intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted one mile north of the northeast corner of C.L. 4477; thence west 80 chains; thence south 80 chains; thence east 80 chains; thence north 80 ehains, to place of commencement. AUSTIN M. BROWN. Dated July_T7_, 191L Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that, thirty days from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation sadler, intend to apply to tin Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted one mile east of the northeast corner of C.L. 4474; thence east 80 chains; thence south 80 chains; thence west 80 chains; thence north 80 chains, to place of commencement. AUSTIN M. BROWN. Dated July 17, 1911. .='*eena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Henry Edenshaw, of Masset, B. C, occupation storekeeper, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows: — Commencing at a post planted on the west shore of West River, one mile easterly from the mouth of said river; thence south 80 chains; thence east 80 chains; thence north 80 cliains; thence west 80 chains to the place of commencement. HENRY EDENSHAW. Dated July 17, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Henry Edenshaw, of Masset, B. C, by occupation storekeeper, Intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows: —Commencing at a post planted on the west shore of the West River, about one mile easterly from the mouth of said river; thence east 80 chains; thence north 80 chains; thence west SO chains; thence south 80 chains, to place of commencement. HENRY EDENSHAW. Dated July 17, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of Coast—Range V. TAKE NOTICE that Edward H. Port, of Prince Rupert, B. C, occupation farmer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted In the South West Corner, on the shore line of Lake Lakelse; thence 20 chains East, to South West Corner of Lot 684; thence 30 chains North, following along the West line of Lot 684 to post; thence South, following along the shore line of said Lake to point of commencement, containing about 40 acres. EDWARD H. PORT, By C. N. Pring, Agent. Dated June 26, 1911. 6-26 6-26 Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte Islands TAKE NOTICE that Charles Lamb of Blair. Nebraska, U. S. A., occupation farmer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about 4 miles west and 4 1-2 miles north from the southwest corner of Lot 99i; thence south 80 chains; thence west 80 chains; thence north SO chains; i.ience east 80 chains to point of commencement; e'ontaining 640 acres. CHARLES LAMB. George S. Mayer, Agent. Dated July 16, i911. A-15 Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte Islands TAKE NOTICE that Hattle Sutherland of Blair, Nebraska, U. S. A., occupation housewife intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about 5 miles west and 2 1-2 miles north from the southwest corner of Lot 991; thence west 60 chains; tlience north 80 chains; thence east 60 cliains; tlience south 80 chains, to point of commencement; containing about 480 acres. HATT1E SUTHERLAND. George S. Mayer, Agent. Dated July 16 1911. A-15 Skeeua Land District—District of Queen Charlotte Islands TAKE NOTICE that Abram Sutherland of Blair, Nebraska, U. S. A., occupation insurance agent, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands: — Commencing at a post planted about 5 miles west and 2 1-2 miles north from the southwest corner of Lot 991; thence east SO chains; thence nortli 80 cnains; thence west 80 cliains; thence soutli SO chains, to point of commencement; containing 640 acres. ABRAM SUTHERLAND. George S. Mayer, Agent. Dated July 16, 1911. A-15 Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of Prince Rupert, B. C, By occupation sadler, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted at the southeast corner of C.L.4478; thence north 80 chains; mence east 80 chains; mence south 80 chains; thence west 80 chains, to place of commencement. AUSTIN M. BROWN. Dated July 17, 1911. Queen Charlotte Land District—District of Skeena TAKE NOTICE that S. Barclay Martin, Jr., of New Westminster, occupation engineer, intendB to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted at the northeast corner of ungazetted lot 1428, said lot being T.L. 39979; thence north and following the westerly shore of Massett Inlet 80 chains; thence west 20 chains; thence south 80 chains; thence east 40 chains, more or less, to the point of commencement, and containing 240 acres, more or less. S. BARCLAY MARTIN, Jr. Dated July 21, 1911. 8 Skeena Land iJlstrlct—District of Queen Charlotte Islands TAKE NOTICE that Miriam Hal- ler of Blair, Nebraska, U. S. A., occupation housewife, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about 5 miles west and 1 1-2 miles north from the southwest corner of Lot 991; tlience east 80 chains; tlience north 80 cnains; thence west 80 cliains; thence south 80 chains, to point of commencement; containing 640 acres. MIRIAM HALLER. George S. Mayer, Agent. Dated July 16. 1911. A-15 Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation sadler, Intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as fol- liv/s:—Commencing at. post planted at the southeast corner of C.L. 4467; thence north 80 chains; thence east SO chains; thence south SO chains; thence west 80 chains, to place of commencement. AUSTIN M. BROWN. Dated July 17, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation sadler, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted at the southeast corner of C.L. 4465; tlience nortli SO cliains; thence east 8 0 chains; thence south SO chains; tlience west SO chains, to place of] commencement. , AUSTIN M. BROWN. Dated July 16, 1911. I Skeena Land District — District of Queen Charlotte Islands TAKR NOTICE that W. G. McMorris of the City of Vancouver In the Province of British Columbia, occupation, broker, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted on an island in Skidegate Inlet about 500 yards east from the mouth of Slate Chuck Creek, separated from the mainland of Graham Island at high tide; thence south three chains; thence east ten cliains; tlience north three cliains; thence west ten chains to point of commencement, containing two acres, more or less. W. G. McMORRIS, Dated July 29, 1911. Locator. Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Henry Edenshaw, of Masset, B. C, by occupation storekeeper, Intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under enO acres of land on Graham Island described as follows: Commencing at a post planted on the bank of west River, about one mile easterly from the mouth of said river; thence west 80 chains; tlience south 80 chains; thence east 80 chains; thence novth 80 chains, to place of commencement. HENRY EDENSHAW. Dated July 17, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of of Coast. TAKE NOTICE that James G. Crombie, of Prince Rupert, occupation auditor, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted at the northwest corner, 55 chains east and 20 chains south from northeast corner of Lot 1116 (Horry Survey), Coast Dist., range 5; thence 20 chains east; thence 25 cliains, more or less, south to Angus McLeod Pre-emption; thence 20 chains west; thence 25 chains, more or less, north, to post of commencement, containing r.fl acres, more or less. JAMES G. CROMBIE. Fred Ilohlen, Agent. Hated June 14, 1911, 6-23 Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte TAKE NOTICE that thirty days from date, I, Henry Edenshaw, of eVIasset, B. C, by occupation storekeeper, Intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows: — Commencing at a post planted on the west shore of West River, about one tuilo easterly from the mouth of said river; thence north 80 chains; thence west 80 chains; thence south SO chains; thence east 80 chains, to place of commencement. HENRY EDENSHAW. Dated July 17, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of Coast—Range V. TAKE NOTICE that I, Joseph Pastl, of Watson, Sask., occupation farmer, intend to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted about 30 ci.alns in a northerly direction from the N. E. corner of Lot No. 2602 or T. L. No. H2598 at Lakelse Lake; thence north 20 chains; thence east 40 chains; thence south 20 chains along shore of Lakelse Lake; thence west 40 chains to point of commencement, containing 120 acres, more or less. JOSEPH PASTL. George Hlr, Agent. Dated May 5, 1911. 6-2 Prince Rupert Private Detective Agency N. McDonald, Manager All kinds of legitimate detective work handled for companies and Individuals. Business strictly confidential P. O. Box SOU — Phone 210 Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte IslandB TAKE NOTICE that James Mullin of Murdo, South Dakota, occupation farmer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about 4 1-2 miles west and 1 1-2 miles north from the southwest corner of Lot 991; tnence east 40 chains; thence south 80 chains; thence west 40 chains; thence north 80 chains, to point of commencement,* containing 320 acres. JAMES MULLIN. George S. .Mayer, Agent. Dated July 16. 1911. A-15 Skeena Land District—District of Queen Charlotte Islands TAKE NuTICE that Belle Lamb of Blair, Nebraska, occupation housewife, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about 4 miles west and 4 1-2 miles north from the southwest corner of Lot 991; thence north SO chains; thence west SO chains; tlience soutli So chains; thence east 80 chains, to point of commencement; containing 640 acres. BELLE LAMB. George S. Mayer, Agent. Dated July 16, 1911. A-15 Skeena Land Dislrict—District of Coast—Range V. TAKE NOTICE that I, Charles Percy Hickman, of Naas Harbour, occupation constable, intend to apply for permission to purchase tlie following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted on tlie east shore of Naas Bay, about two miles in an easterly direction from Lot 3, marked C. P. II., S. W. corner; thence cast 20 chains; thence nortli 40 chains to the shore; thence Uong the shore line to the place of eommenrcment, containing 40 acres, more or less. CHARLES PRECY HICKMAN. Dated June 7, 1911, 6-30 Skeena Land District—District of Coast. TAKE NOTICE that Victor H. Reynolds, of Hull, Massachusetts, occupation chauffeur, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described land:—Commencing at a post planted at high water mark on the northerly side of the entrance to a small unnamed cove on the west coast of Pitt Island, about one-quarter mile south of the entrance to Kltkatla summer village; thence east forty chains; thence south twenty chains; thence west forty chains; thence north ten chains more or less to high water mark; thence following along high water mark around the head of the cove back to the commencement, and containing sixty (60) acres more or less. VICTOR H. REYNOLDS. J. H. Plllsbury, Agent. Dated Feb. 18th, 1911. LINDSAY'S CARTAGE & ST0RA6E G. T. P. CARTAGE AGENTS Office nt H. II. Rochester. Centre St LADYSMITH COAL Is handled by us. All orders recelvs prompt ottentlon. Phone No 68. (*! PRINCE RUPERT JOURNAL Tuesday, August 22, 1911. -prince iflupert journal Telephone 138 Published twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays from the office of publication, Third Avenue, near McBride Street. Subscription rate to any point In Canada, $2.00 a year; to points outside of Canada, $3.00 a year. Advertising rates furnished on application. 0. H. NELSON, Editor. Tuesday, August 22, 1911. TO THE ELECTORS R, L. Borden, the leader of tlie Conservative party in Canada, has issued Hie following statement: "The dissolution of Parliament came as a great surprise to the supporters of tlie administration. They evidently knew no more of the Intention of the government than they knew of the reciprocity agreement up to January 26 last. Apparently the government decided upon dissolution in a hurry, or even in a panic, as they gave no intimation to the many members on both sides of the house who are accustomed to spend the week-end with their families, and who left for their homes on Friday nleht without receiving the courtesy of notice. Welcomes the Appeal "The Conservative party welcomes an appeal io the people on the great issue which has been under discussion in Parliament. The president of the United States has more than once emphasized the fact that Canada is at the parting of the ways. Those two ways lead in very divergent directions. The choice of the people will be fraught with momentous consequences to the future destiny of this country. It is right and pjust that they should speak, because with them rests the ultimate decision. Opposition Leader's Plaint "The government has dissolved Parliament without prorogation, without supply and without redistribution. I urged upon the government on the eighth day of March last their plain duty to hasten the taking of the census, to bring in a redistri- tribution bill, and thus give to very part of the country its proper representation, and then to submit this question to them. The House of Parliament, elected without any mandate on this question, ought not to reverse the policy of the past forty years without giving the people the right to speak. They declined to hasten the census, they declined to gram redistribution, and finally they have dissolved Parliament at a moment's notice, without even asking ihe Opposition for the supplies necessary to carry on the public service until the next Parliament shall be enabled to grant the same. Question of Supply "Constitutional authorities abound to prove that dissolution ought not to be granted without provision of the necessary supplies for the public service. We have been ready to grant such supplies, but the prime minister during the present week announced in the House of Commons that under present conditions the government would not even ask for them. Whenever supply has been asked for during the present session we have granted it without hesitation. In May last we granted without discuss'on nearly forty million dollars of supply, being one-fourth of the total estimates. This amount was sufficent to carry on the public service up to the first of September next. In all, we have granted during the present session five-twelfths of the total estimates withount discussion in order that public business might not he interfered with or brought, into confusion. "Canada has made unexampled progress In the great work of natlon- bulldlng since the first day of July, 1Si!7. That work has been carried on without any such treaty or agreement as is now proposed. One would suppose that the government mlghl have been content to wait, six months longer In order that the redistribution might have been accomplished, and that supplies necessary in the public interests might have been obtained. But apparently the government placed this agreement above all constitutional considerations. Suys Pledge Is Violated "But, more than that, the government has placed this agreement even before their own honor. In May last the prime minister took cognizance in parliament of a certain charge which had been made against one of his ministers. He moved for a committee of inquiry, but he conferred on that committee exceedingly limited powers of investigation. The committee met in May last, but did not then begin the actual work of investigation. After the House of Commons had resumed its work on the eighteen of July no step was taken until 1 inquired the cause of the delay. After some days a meeting of the committee took place on Tuesday, July 25, when witnesses were present in Ottawa who could have been called to give evidence. The Conservative members of the committee urged that the inquiry should proceed forthwith. The government, through their supporters on that committee, urged an adjournment until Tuesday, August 1. The adjournment was pressed on the ground that Mr. Carvell, one of the government members of the committee, had not yet returned. There were many other equally capable men available in the government ranks, and his place could easly have been supplied. Finally, Mr. Meighen, one of the Conservative members, asked for a guarantee that Parliament would be sitting on the following Tuesday, August 1, ."o that the-inquiry could then proceed. That guarantee was given, and the adjournment was then agreed to. The pledge thus given was deliberately violated by the action of the government in dissolving Parliament, today. Charges Dangerous Precedent "But apart from this deliberate violation of a solemn pledge, it is a distinct breach of constitutional usage that Parliament should be dissolved while one of its committees is engaged in ue investigation of charges which involved the honor of a minister of the crown and the fate of the government. Such a course constitutes an alarming and denger- ous precedent, which would not for one moment be tolerated in the Mother Country. It was the duty of the government to clear up those charges before appealing to the people, and that could have been done in one week. Several witnesses summoned by the committee are in Ottawa ready to give their evidence on Tuesday next. The committee and all its powers of inquiry was wijied out of existence by the dissolution of Parliament. The course of the Government in deliberately burking this inquiry on the eve of an appeal to the people was an outrageous abuse of their power, and manifested in a most striking manner their utter contempt for decent public opinion." o TO CATCH THE WEST ************************** I 75 x 100 Feet j * ASK For Lease on Third * I UNCLE Avenue at Ninth * | JERRY Street f I- JEREMIAH H. KUGLER, LTD. ? *l* "l* -*•* •••"J* *♦* *J* **•* *3* •£* *** ■*•* *-»* ♦ *** "J* *!• •J* *J* *5* *J» «J* *J« •£• •& *I* **m«* •:•»<> *:♦■>>•># <■>■>><?* *:*•*:•*■>:«»•>•:«**»> #•*<•<«•■:« ! FOR RENT l * * * Store building on Second * % Avenue at Seventh Street. * * Low Rent. * % JEREMIAH H. KUGLER, LTD. % * * .;-.;. * * *.;..;. * * *,;. * * *** * * ******* * two provinces will support the Conservative party, which alone is prepared to render justice to the west. The situation is this. Sifton and Scott talked the matter over with Laurier and Oliver and they were authorized to make a general statement. There is nothing definite. Nothing is concluded or officially announced here. It is true that the question will be one of future negotiations. Alberta and Saskatchewan are to get a limited grant of land—mark the word limited—but will have to forego the federal cash subsidy of half a million dollars, receiving instead an annual grant of 80 cents per head, the same as the older provinces. This is the case in a nutshell. It is a miserable little attempt to bribe the western electorate, which will be resented. o COMMISSION HERE (Continued From Page One) ***************** ********* * * * * j Remember j * * I That we * * } Import I Our Wines f * direct from Europe; and that X no house in Prince Rupert can * equal them for quality. No * better can be bought anywhere * in the Province. We make a * * specialty of Family Trade and guarantee satisfaction t * We also carry a complete * * stock of other * Liquors The desperate straits in which the Dominion government finds itself in its anxiety to retain office is shown by the interview given out by Premier Sifton of Alberta in Winnipeg. Since the creation of Alberta and Saskatchewan the steadfast policy of the Conservative party has been in favor of granting the lands to the provinces. This has been promised by R. L, Borden to the people of these new provinces. Now the Laurier government, in its extremity, is disposed to offer a half measure, but it will not go down with the electorate. The plain inference is that the Liberal boast that reciprocity will sweep the west Is hollow, and that to save the situation the west must be bribed. The question, however, is whether ilie move will gain a single additional vote to the Liberals In Alberta and Saskatchewan, but thai mi the contrary the independent voters of the when it was explained that the holders were paying 6 per cent a year ou the valuation of the lots and a bonus. His lordship said, in reply to a little cross-fire between Mr. Tate and Mr. Carss,: "I don't blame a man for trying to get whatever he can. They're in a hole—tied up." Mr. Tate contended they never paid for the waterfront. His lordship, with a smile, volunteered tlie statement that they paid more than the G. T. P. paid for the whole waterfront. Government's Position Mr. Tate wanted to know why the applicants did not go to the courts. His lordship could find no fault with them coming to the commission. If they had gone to the courts, they would have been told, why did they not go to the commission? His lordship wanted to know if the province came into action, could it compel the company to open this up. Mr. Carss thought it could. His lordship thought if that were correct his clients would have equal title. He, however, went em to argue that tlie province might be estopped on the ground of the arrangements made. Mr. Carss pointed to . the riparian rights which would have to be reserved. Mr. Tate, however, took the ground that the agreements made with the provincial government were far more in the public interests than this was and would prevent any claim being established. He wanted to know why the province was not represented in this application if it was as represented. He thought it was apparent that the government had been extremely apathetic, to say the least. Mr. Tate then put in a long list of citations on the case from arguments, acts of parliament and orders in council. The commissioners visited the location in order to satisfy themselves as to the situation. A decision may be expected later. Upon resuming in the afternoon, Commissioner McLean wanted to know if the railway company has compiled with the law In getting the assent of the department and of the railway board. Mr. Tate said the spirit of the law had been complied with. The commissioner waxed some- Try a glass of Cascade Beer The best local beer on the J * market. * * CLARKE BROS. Christiansen & Brandt Bid. Telephone 30 Third Avenue * * * * * ************************** what warm in describing the action of the company in the filling in the entrance to the bay without taking the formalities which he contended were necessary. Kitsiinikuliiin Station The application by the people of Kitsumkalum for a station was represented by Fred Peters, K. C, Several witnesses were examined, when it was evident that from the Kltsumkalum River to the end of the steel there was a desire to have stations practically touching one another. W. C. C. Mehan, the general superintendent, explained that the locations of the stations were made by the engineers. He built them according to the instructions received by him from headquarters. He had nothing to do with locating the stations. He had, however, put in a siding at Kltsumkalum and stopped at all times to take on and discharge passengers and freight. He urged, however, that there was a four-tenths grade there, which would make it undesirable as a station site. Mr. Peters urged that nearly all the freight and passengers went to Kltsumkalum now. He produced evidence to show that the plans of the government roads and the prospective bridge across the Skeena would all tend to make Kltsumkalum the main point. Several witnesses testified to the desirability of a station there. The British Columbia Company LIMITED. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $100,000.:: PAID UP CAPITAL $41,500 DIRECTORS:—Reginald C. Brown, President; J. C. Maclure, Vice- President; H. E. Marks, Managln g Director; Capt. E. Nash, William McNair, R. A. Bevan, and F. C. Williams, Secretary. :-: :-: INTEREST 4 PER CENT. DEPOSITS This Company acts as Executors, Administrators, Transferees and Secretaries to Public Companies. Commercial, Industrial and other business propositions underwritten. Issues made on tbe London and New York Stock Exchanges. TIMBER, COAL, LANDS, and COMPANY ORGANIZATION Head Office for Canada, 203, 208, 210, 215 Carter-Cotton Building, VANCOUVER, B.C. DURESCO The King of Water Paints FIRST IN THE FIELD: FOREMOST EVER SINGE -SOLE AGENTS IN WESTERN CANADA! The Staneland Co. Ltd 836-840 Fort Street, VICTORIA, B.C. *= Replenish the Pantry L.«. ■ High-Class.... Grocery Stock to choose from EVERYTHING CLEAN AND FBESH Goods for the Table to Suit the Most Fastidious Housewife I MERRYFIELD'S ! ■ ■ L. CASH GROCERY i .».————„„J Mr. Little, the owner of the Littleton townsite, gave evidence, giving the reasons why he had selected the spot he did as the natural centre for that part of the country. Mr. Peters attempted to show that Mr. Little had turned over forty-four acres to the G. T. P. free and these lots were sold to some officials for $ii apiece. Mr. Mehan, who was in the sourt room, said he had bought, but II was at $300 a lot. The evidence on the giving of the plot to the G. T. P. was found to have been voluntary on the part of Mr. Little. Mr. Pope, the right of way officer of the company, said he entered Into an agreement for the necessary land for railway purposes at a fixed sum. Later, Mr. Little , had apparently given an area to the ' company. On Sunday the commissioners went to the end of the track and Inspected the place for themselves. Judgment In the matter was deferred. 2nd Avenue Prince Rupert, B.C. Real Estate INVESTMENTS Real Estate List Your Properties with Uncle Jerry JEREMIAH H. KUGLER He Sells Buildings He Sells Contracts He has Houses to Rent He Buys Lots He Builds Homes He Buys Leases He Loans Money He Has Farms for Sale He Sells Houses He Rents Stores JEREMIAH H. KUGLER - Special Bargains in KITSELAS LANDS FRANCOIS LAKE LANDS LAKELSE LANDS HAZELTON DISTRICT LANDS BULKLEY VALLEY LANDS KISPIOX VALLEY LANDS PORCHER ISLAND LANDS KITSUMKALUM LANDS SAND, GRAVEL AND MARBLE DEPOSITS ' Tuesday, August 22, 1(111. PRINCE RUPERT JOURNAL By-Law BYLAW OF THE CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HYDO-ELECTRIC SYSTEM TO SUPPLY THE CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT WITH WATER, ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER AND TO CREATE AND SECURE A DEBT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING THE SAID SYSTEM AMOUNTING TO DSSSO.OOO.OO. WHEREAS, by the Municipal Clauses Act and Amending Acts, the City of Prince Rupert is authorized to construct, operate and maintain works for supplying for any or all purposes, water, water power, electric light, anil electric power to the inhabitants of tin- said city aud localities adjacent thereto, and (or regulating rates, conditions, and terms under which such works arc to be completed and used. AND, WHEREAS, it has been considered expedient for the City of Prince Rupert to construct nnd maintain works to obtain a periiinneul. supply of water for the use of the inhabitants of the said city, and any persons, who may he adjacent to the pipe lines, constructed hereunder, such water to be used for all purposes for which the said City may legally supply water, such works to be so constructed as to furnish electric power to be used by the snid City for all purposes for which the snid City is authorized by statute to apply the same. AND, WHEREAS, the water from Woodworth Lake, situated on the Tsimpsean Peninsula, can be utilized for the purpose of obtaining a good and sufficient supply of water for the said Uity, and also for the purpose of supplying electric power for the use of the snid City. AND, WHEREAS, instead of constructing' two separate systems, one for the supply of water, and the other for producing electric power, the Council have concluded that a combination of the two systems in one will be much more economical and equally us efficient. AND, WHEREAS, in order to effect such a combination, it will be necessary to install mains from tlie point of diversion to the point, wliere the power plant is to be constructed, of sufficient diameter to carry water for both purposes, which will be much more than would be required for either the water supply or the electric system alone. AND, WHEREAS, considering the above recited facts, the Council have determined to treat the whole scheme as a joint undertaking and to provide for the construction of the sumo ns such. AND, WHEREAS, the general description of the proposed Hydro- Electric System is ns follows:— A dam to be erected at a suitable point near the outlet of Woodworth Lake; from that point the water to be piped down to a point ut or near the head of Shawatlans Lake, the snid pipe to be of a capacity large enough to cany sufficient water for the supply of the City of Prince Rupert, and also to operate at or near the heud of Sliuwatlnns Lake, a plant for tlie purpose of generating electricity; and after leaving the head of Shawatlans Luke the water will be piped Into tlie City of Prince Rupert, and there be distributed by a proper distribution system, nnd the electric power will he brought into the said City by transmission lines from the head of Sbawatlaiis Lake. AND, WHEREAS, the amount of the debt necessary to be incurred by the City of Prince Rupert for the construction of the snid Hydro-Electric Plant, and tbe necessary distribution system connected therewith, is the sum of $550,000.00. AND, WHEREAS, the total amount which will have to be raised annually for the purpose of paying the s aid debt and Interest will he $28, 048.54. AND, WHEREAS, the snid Hydro-Electric System cannot be completed before the first day of September A. I). 1012, and, therefore, the amount of rates, charges, and rentals for the use of water or electric power will during tills present yeur be nil. AND, WHEREAS, no money is already charged against the rentals, rates or charges to be derived from the said Hydro-Electric System. AND, WHEREAS, the estimated amount of rentals, rates, und charges that will be derived (rom the said Hydro-Electric System after the snme is completed is the sum of $72,500.00. AND, WHEREAS, the sum necessary for the payment of interest during the currency of the debentures to be issued hereunder is $24,750.00 per annum. AND, WHEREAS, the sum to lie set aside annually to discharge the debt, authorized to be created by this bylaw, is the sum of $4,108.54 per annum, and it is proposed to set aside such annual sum by depositing the same annually at interest in a chartered bunk or trust company in Canada or by the purchase of the debentures of the said "City ut a price not above par or by both such modes of investment, or by investing the sunie in any manner Which a Municipal corporation may legally adopt. AND, WHEREAS, the amount to be raised annually for the payment of the said debt is arrived at by estimating the interest to be derived from file /annual investment of such sum at the rate of three and a half per rent {'.tli r'c )■ per annum. AND, WHEREAS, the total amount of rateable land nnd Improvements in the City of Prince Rupert, according to the last revised assessment roll is as follows:— Lund, $12,223,041.00; improvements, $407,905. AND, WHEREAS, it is estimated that after the sold Hydro-Electric System is completed, the rentals, rates, nnd charges to be collected there- from will be sufficient to pay the annual amounts required to pay tln^ interest and sinking fund required to be raised under this Bylaw, and that there will he no deficiency to lie made up under tlie guarantee to lie given by the City ns hereinafter provided. AND, WHEREAS, the City intends to issue debentures for the amount of the said debt, being $550,000, by tlie sale of whirh to realize the moneys necessary for the said purposes, the snid debentures to extent (or a period of fifty (50) years und to be secured upon the rentals, rates, and charges to be derived from the suid Hydro-Electric System for the supply of water nnd electric light and power, and also t<> be secured by the guarantee o( the City ut large AND, WHERE. .8, tills Bylaw cannot be altered save with the consent of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, NOW, THEREFORE!, the Municipal Council of the City of Prince liiipi'i'i enacts as follows:— 1. This Bylaw shall take effect on the 12th day of September, A. D. 1011. 2. So soon ns Conveniently may be after the coining Into force of this Bylaw, Ihe Corporation of the City of Prince Rupert shall construct the works mentioned in the recitals hereinbefore contained accurding to plans and specifications to be prepared, and signed by the City Engineer, and approved by the Municipal Council of the City of Prince Rupert, under the seal of (he said City, and duly filed with the Clerk of the City; which plans may be (rom time to time altered and amended, or added to during the construction of the slild work, if the Municipal Council shall see fit; in any of which cases, plans of such alterations, amendments, or additions shall be approved, signed, scaled und filed us above provided for the original plans, the intent of (his Bylaw being that the City in constructing the work hereby authorized shnll have full authority to do everything to make the said Hydro-Electric System complete in every particular und detail. ii. For the purpose of paying for the construction of the works hereby authorized, the City of Prince Itupert is hereby empowered to create u debt of $550,000.00, which debt shall be payable In fifty (50) years from the date when this Bylaw comes In force; namely, the 12th day of September, A. I). 1011, (or which debt debentures shall be issued to be secured in iiiuuncr hereinafter appearing. 4. The sum of $24,750.00 is necessary for the payment of interest each year during the currency of said debentures, nml the sum ol $4,108.54 is necessary to be set aside annually during the currency of Ihe suid de bentures for the purpose of forming a sinking fund, with which to pay the suid debt and debentures nt maturity, the snid sum of $4,108.54 to be raised annually as a sinking fund, being such tliat together with the profits accrued from tbe investment thereof ut the interest rate of tliree and a half (3}£) per cent per annum, during the currency of said debentures, will be sufficient to discharge the suid debt when due. 5. The said sum of $24,750.00 is necessary for the payment of interest during the currency of tlie debentures, and tlie sum of $4,108.54 necessary to be raised annually as a sinking (und shall be raised us follows:—From the annual rates accruing (rom tlie Hydro-Electric System und estimated at $72,500.00 shall be withdrawn und set apart from the general revenue of the City, the sum o( $28,048.54, and the sidd sum shall be plueed in u separate account by the City Treasurer, known us the "Hydro-Electric System Account," and in case the annual receipts from suid charges shall be less than tlie snid sum of $28,048.54 the difference shall be raised and levied in euch year, during the said period of fifty (50) years, and currency of the debentures by special rate sufficient therefor on all the rateable land in the City of Prince Rupert, and shall be collected by tlie said City as municipal tuxes, und placed in the said "Hydro-Electric System Account." 6. The snid sum ot $4,108.54, to be raised annually as sinking (und, shall be Invested annually by the City Treasurer upon the recommendation (Continued on Page Eight) YOU ARE SURE OF Engine Reliability IF YOU RUN A Fairbanks - Morse Marine Engine OVER 125,000 IN USE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TWO CYCLE FOUR CYCLE fJ^i™lf f ^*.Wt-4 sj^K^M JH HEAVY DUTY MEDIUM DUTY Runabout Type MOST COMPLETE LINE OF GASOLINE ENGINES IN THE WORLD Write (or Catalog P10 The Canadian Fairbanks Co., Ltd. 101-107 WATER STREET Local Agent—F. M. DAVIS VANCOUVER, B. 0. ■ PRINCE RUPERT THE CONTINENTAL TRUST COMPANY, LIMITED Authorized Capital $500,000 Officers: WILLIAM T. KERGIN, M. I)., Pres. DAVID H. HAYS, First Vice-Pres. M. J. HOBIN, 2nd Vice-Pres. & Mgr. .LAY KUGLER, Secretniy-Treasurer C. B. PETERSON, Ass't Manager Executor and Administrator Receiver or Assignee Fiscal Agents Trustees Real Estate and Insurance Registrar and Transfer Agent Fanu Ln"ds and Mines Agent (or Care o( Real Estate Escrow Agents Trustee Under Mortgages and Deeds of Trust Collections SAVINGS DEPARTMENT 4 per cent on Deposits SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT AND BOXES We will be pleased to answer any Inquiries regarding Investments In Prince Rupert and Northern British Columbia. THE CONTINENTAL TRUST COMPANY, LIMITED SECOND AVENUE PRINCE RUPERT, B. C. IN THE COUNTY COURT OF ATLIN HOLDEN AT PRINCE RUPERT In the matter of "Official Administrators Act" And In the matter of the estate of Patrick Kennedy deceased intestate. TAKE NOTICE that by order of His Honor Judge Young, made the 17th day of June 1911, I was appointed administrator of the estate of the said Patrick Kennedy, deceased, and all parties having claims against the said estate are hereby required to forward same properly verified to me on or before the 4th day of September, 1911; and all parties indebted to the said estate are required to pay the amount of their indebtedness to me forthwith. Dated August 18, 1911. J. A. FRASER, Official Administrator. Atlin, B. C. IN THE COUNTY COURT OF ATLIN HOLDEN AT PRINCE RUPERT In the matter of the "Official Administrator's Act" And Iu the matter of the estate of George McLeod deceased intestate. TAKE NOTICE that by order of His Honor Judge Young, made the 28th day of July, 1911, I was appointed administrator of the estate of the said George McLeod deceased, and all parties having claims against the said estate are hereby required to forward same properly verified to me on or before the 4th day of September, 1911; and all parties Indebt. ed to the said estate are required to pay the amount of their Indebtedness to me forthwith. Dated August 18, 1911, JOHN H. McMULLIN, Official Administrator. Prince Rupert, B. C. IN THE COUNTY COURT OF ATLIN HOLDEN AT PRINCE RUPERT Iu the matter of the "Official Administrator's Act" And In the matter of the estate of John Bowman deceased intestate. TAKE NOTICE that by order of His Honor Judge Young, made the Itith day of June, 1911, I was appointed administrator of the estate of the said John Bowman deceased, and all parties having claims against the said estate are hereby required to forward same properly verified to me on or before the 4th day of September, 1911; and all parties indebted to the said estate are required to pay the amount of their indebtedness to me forthwith. Hated August 18, 1911. JOHN II. MoMULLIN, Official Administrator, Prince Rupert, B. ('. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA In the matter of the "Official Administrator's Act" And In the matter of the estate of Thomas Smith deceased intestate. TAKE NOTICE that by order of His Honor Judge Lampman, made the 16th day of August, 1911, I was appointed administrator of the estate of the said Thomas Smith deceased, and all parties having claims against the said estate are hereby required to forward same properly verified to me on or before the 4 th day of September, 1911; and ah parties Indebted to the said estate are required to pay the amount of their Indebtedness to me forthwith. Dated August 18, 1911. JOHN H. McMULLIN, Official Administrator. Prince Rupert, B. C. TO WATER TAKERS On account of scarcity of water the supply will be cut off between the hours of 9 p. m. and 5 a. m. during the dry weather. WM. MAHLON DAVIS, tf Supt. of Water Works. The Thompson Hardware Co. —Second avkndk— Paints. General Hardware, Oils, Stoves and Ranges. Double Weekly Service S.S. PRINCE RUPERT & S.S. PRINCE GEORGE Sail for Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle Mondays and Fridays at 8 a.m. For STEWART Thursdays and Sundays 8 a.m. Special reduced fare Sunday's boat J9.50 return, including meals and berths. S.S. PRINCE JOHN for Port Simpson, Naas River, Masset and Naden Harbor, Wednesdays, 1 P.M., and for Queen Charlotte Island points, Saturdays, 1 P.M. RAILWAY SERVICE TO COPPER IHVER, mixed trains from Prince Rupert Wednesdays and Snturdnys, 1 P.M.; returning Thursdays and Sundays, 5:20 P.M. THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM, connecting with trains from the Pacific Coast, operates a frequent and convenient service of luxurious trains over its DOUBLE TRACK route between Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, Halifax, Portland, Boston, New York and Philadelphia. Atlantic Steamship bookings arranged via all lines Full information and tickets obtained from the office of a. e. Monaster Freight and Pasenger Agent, G. T. P. Wharf. I storage! Household Goods and Baggage * given careful attention. * Forwarding, Distributing and * Shipping Agents X TRANSFERERS I * Prince Rupert Warehousing * I and Forwarding Co. £ :• First Ave., near McBride St. * * * $ DOUGLAS SUTHERLAND, * I Manager. * t* P. O. Box 907 Phone 262 * b V ft "J*" ;W"> »;*-''> •>!••£• *>■*■>*?•■> ■>>■>** »>*»>•>•> *>*.>*>**> *»> GRAND HOTEL WORKINGMAN'S HOME 25c Rooms 50 Cents Spring Beds, Clean White Sheets Best in Town for the Money FIRST AVE. AND SEVENTH ST. J. Goodman, Proprietor Excursions! Let us tell you all about the cheap ROUND TRIP EXCURSIONS to all Towns and Cities in Eastern Canada and United States Via The Great Northern Choice of Return Route Tickets to the Old Country by all Lines. Take any Steamer from Prince Rupert. ROGERS STEAMSHIP AGENCY Phone 110 Second Ave Prince Rupert, B.C. GANilDMN PACIFIC R/IILMMY CO. B. C. Coast S. S. Service Famous Princess Line TENDERS WANTED Sealed tenders will be received by the Building Committee of tne Methodist Church of Prince Rupert, B. C., until 12 o'clock noon, August 22nd, 1311, for the erection and completion of a Church building, to be erected on Sixth Avenue, in the City of Prince Rupert, B. C, according to plans and specifications prepared by G. L. Proctor, architect, Prince Rupert. A certified check, equal to ten (10) per centum of the amount of the tender drawn in favor of the Treasurer or Trustee Board, which will be forfeited if the party tendering declines to enter into a contract when called upon to do so; or If he or his heirs or executors fall to complete the contract. The lowest or any other tender not necessarily accepted. Plans and specifications may be seen at the office of P, McLaughlin, Third Avenue, after noon, Tuesday, August liltli, 1911 Princess Beatrice Thursday, Aug. 24, 9 a. m. SOUTHBOUND FOR Vancouver, Victoria, AND Seattle J. G. McNAB, General Agent. ! GROUND Free Employment Office For all kinds of help. Cooks, waiters, dishwashers, bote! porters, all kinds of laborers or niorlianlcs, call up 178 or call at the FREE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE GRAND HOTEL Headquarter! for Cooks and Walters Floor Space For Rent ? R0GERS & BLACK ™ W Wlinlnufi In linn \tkfm In IN THE HARTBUILDING Corner of Second Avenue and Sixth Street The Best Business Corner in Prince Rupert Wholesale Dealers In BUILDING MATERIAL, CEMENT, LIME, HAIR-FIBRE PLASTER COKE, BLACKSMITH COAL, COMMON BRICK, PRESSED llltICK SHINGLES AND LATH NEW WELLINGTON COAL All orders promptly filled—see us for prices, PHONE Hit PHONE 110 I Jermiah H. Kugler, Ltd. j • .;. i ***** * ** * * * ***** ********* ********** ***** * * ***** ** **** ■t'or Neat Job Printing nee (tie Jnurnal Man Tel. 138 PRINCE RUPERT JOURNAL Tuesday, August 22, 1911. AUGUST : FURNITURE : SALE W*(fMMW* t^mmmm^^ If you have not visited our store it will PAY YOU TO DO SO NOW. Since lowering to street grade, we have our immense stock in shape for your inspection and convincing SALE PRICES in all grades of FURNISHINGS. Have you stopped to consider the saving of $ $ $ on the House Furnishing you require ? 20 and 25 per cent. Discount for Cash Pillows and Cushions Our New Stock of PILLOWS is what you require. At our Sale, Prices 20 und 25% From Regular Vulues. AH grades to make selection. DOWN PILLOWS, GOOSE PILLOWS, HEN FEATHER PILLOWS, MIXED FEATHER and WOOL PILLOWS. Also KAPOCK CUSHIONS for Settee and Cosy Corners. Regular Value of IRON BEDS, $5.00. Sale Price, any size. . .$3.50 This Same Reduction given to al" IRON BEDS in our large assortment. Twenty Different Designs BRASS EXTENSION RODS, at Cut in Two Prices. Here's a Record in Chiffonnier Values SURFACED OAK CHIFFONIER with Five Drawers and Hat Compartment; British Bevel Mirror on top. Regular Value, $20.00. Sale Price $14.00 SURFACED OAK CHIFFONNIER with Five Drawers and Oval British Mirror. Regular Value, $22.50. Sae Price $15.00 SURFACED OAK CHIFFONNIER with Five Drawers; Serpentine Front Shaped Mirror. Regular Value, $25.00. Sale Price $17.00 CHIFFONNIEK, Quarter-Cut Oak, Five Drawers, Oval Mirror. Regular Value, $30.00. Sale Price.. .$20.00 CHIFFONNIER, Solid Quarter- Cut Oak, Five Drawers and Hat Compartment, Oval British Mirror. Regular Value, $38.50. Sale Price,$27.00 CHIFFONIER, Quarter-Cut Oak, Five Large Drawers, Swivel Front. Regular Value, $45.00. Sale Price $32.00 Dining Tables yWgL^e^SggF*!! DINING TABLES, BUFFETS, CHINA CABINETS, CHIFFONNIERS, LARGE LEATHER COVERED EASY CHAIRS, PARLOR TABLES and COUCHES. A Full Line of OFFICE DESKS— Roll Tops, Flat Tops and Typewriting Desks. Dressers and Stands DRESSERS and STANDS, Surfaced Oak. Regular Value, $18.50. Special oale Price .$14.50 Fifteen other Different Designs to Receive This Reduction. DRESSERS, Solid, Quarter-Cut Oak, Golden Mahogany and Early English, Receive Our Special 20% Reduction. Complete House Furnisher THIRD AVENUE GEO. D. TITE, Complete House Furnisher THIRD AVENUE SPORTS What promises to be one of the greatest fights that will be held under the new law will be between Abe Attell and "Knockout" Brown for ten rounds, in New York. This affair will take place during the early part of September. The fight resolves itself into a case of a crafty ring general, handicapped by only ten rounds, facing one of the toughest hitters of his weight in the country. Nothing need be said regarding the reputation of Attell and Brown. The featherweight champion has been fighting all sizes and manner of rivals for so many years that his career is nofhing short of marvellous. No matter what advantage they had entering the ring, with few exception, Attell found their weak spots and before the finish was way out In front. There will be few men in the squared circle for many years that will duplicate the glowing record of this phenomenal fighter. In the case of Brown, his career hat been Bhort but startling. Within the past year he has loomed up as a lightweight championship possibility. His two victories over Wol- gast force the world to pay attention to his prowess. Since he defeated Wolgast at tlie National Sporting Club, Brown has lengthened his record by seven knockouts. His ring tnctlcs have shown Improvement In each suceedlng battle. Possessed of a left that carries a terrible punch, Brown has developed his right almost on a par with his portslder. In his line of attack Attell will be compelled to stand off and fight in the open. The punches of Brown are too heavy for Attell to get in use his old tactics of wearing down his man and rendering him harmless. This method has been so successfully demonstrated by Attell that the fighting world wonders how he does it. For shifty footwork and lighting jabs there is no man in Ihe game on an equal with the Hebrew champion. And for defensive qualities he shines above them all. gro, who stands to draw down $30,- 000 for his end of the affair. In pointing out reasons why Wells cannot hope to make a respectable showing if Johnson tries, attention is drawn to the interesting fact that Eddie McGoorty, of Oshkosh, Wis., a middleweight, outpointed Petty Officer Curran In a twenty round bout in Dublin. Then Curran knocked out the much abused Gunner Molr in two rounds, and, sad to relate, Moir put Wells to sleep in three rounds. On that sort of pugilistic dope it's no wonder that Englishmen do not relish the Johnson-Wells match, so-called. The Johnson-Cur- ran match has been indefintely postponed, the Dublin authorities refusing to grant a permit for the battle. MAY ABANDON EIGHT Opposition to the proposed "fight" between Jnck Johnson and England's alleged champion, Bombardled Wells, Is Increasing to such an-extent that the promoters may decide to call it off, English ■ i'ortiBB. critics says that Wells hasn'tjjSPiluiIicIent ring experience to ta$je ttf^grinnlng no- Oliver and Rutherford The Liberals of Edmonton are holding no love feasts these days. The warring factions are going at it tooth and nail and the opposition to Hon. Frank Oliver is expressed in ferocious denunciations from his former supporters and henchmen. The Edmonton Capital, a Liberal pa- leer in Edmonton welcomes the announcement that Hon. A. C. Rutherford will oppose Oliver and speaks of the campaign as one "fraught witli enormous consequences to the province of Alberta," a fight between the people and privilege; between honest democracy and gum-shoe forces of corruption, The Capital says further lhat In the Interests of pure polltlci and honest administration, Frank Oliver must be willed from the slate and his place filled by a man who Is not susceptible to the influences of corruption. Here are some of the biting sentences from the Capital: "Frank Oliver has been caught with the goods." "In the manipulation of the intrigue of which he was guilty Frank Oliver has been as ruthless as a bandit and as relentless as an Apache." "Frank Oliver Is today the subject of an Investigation to avoid the disclosures of which the Laurier government was forced to a choice between immediate dissolution or an appeal to the country with the handicap of the charges against Oliver proven to the hilt. With thij nesses on hand and the evidence ready, the government chose dissolution, leaving the electors of Edmonton to deal with Oliver." !EHHEH0E0EEEHffi [5 d n i 1 1 I 1 P i i i i i m 0 i 1 0 HOTEL ENAMELWARE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SMALL SHIPMENT OF HOTEL ENAMELWARE ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND CAMPS. WE GUARANTEE THEM TO LAST TWICE AS LONG AS ORDINARY ENAMEL WARE. A CALL IS SOLICITED Prince Rupert Hardware & Supply Company, Ltd. THIRD AVENUE PHONE 120 o|[5]|5](i|5](i][i^ ELECT OFFICERS Conservatives of Hazelton Select Their Executive Workers for the Year Al the annual meeting of the Conservative Association at Hazelton last week the election of officers for the new year resulted as follows: President, J. F. Macdonald; vice president, Robert DeB. Hovel; joint secretaries, H. N. Wright and Walter Noel. An" executive committee was added later, which no consists of C. G. Harvey, R. S. Sargent, E. H. Hicks Beach, W. J. McAfee, W. Mc- Cormick, A. R. McDonald, Enoch R. L. Jones, F. J. Smyth, and the executive officers of the association. The retiring officers, who were unanimously requested to remain in offfice another year, but who declined owing to the fact that they were also officers of the Omineca District Conservative Association and could not spare the time from their business to be active officers in more than one association during a campaign, are: President, R. S. Sargent; vice president, E. H. Hicks Beach, and the secretary-treasurer, Fred Field. A vote of appreciation was tendered the retrilng officers for the effective work they have accomplished since the organization of the association, and a vote of confidence was tendered to R. L. Borden, leader of the Dominion Conservative party, and Hon. Richard McBride, premier of British Columbia. WELL SATISFIED O, H. Dickie Is Examining the Work Being Done at Portland Canal President C. H. Dickie of the Portland Canal Mining Company is in Stewart examining the mine and mill, to the Portland Canal Miner he expressed considerable satisfaction in the splendid manner in which the property had been opened up since he was last here, and particularly on the rsumptlon of shipments of concentrates, which are now being produced at the rate of about a carload a day. He said that an entirely satisfactory rate for rail and water transportation to southern smelting points had been secured, and the mill was now running to full capacity—24 hours per day. o The Journal (twice a week), only $2.00 a year. To the Ladies of Prince Rupert Did you ever stop to think how much easier it would be for you, if at the end of each month, you could pay all household bills by check? We solicit your account and have special facilities for handling it. Private writing rooms are provided for the use of customers and individual attention is given each depositor. We allow 4% on Deposits and the use of checks. The Continental Trust Company, Limited SECOND AVENUE Thee Suy Satlsfattory Reerege Good, Sound Reasons for MONARCH Economy Monarch Ranges are built so that they can never have "air leaks"— For around every opening into the body there is a Malleable Iron frame to which the steel is riveted. No putty is needed in such joints. They are air tight when new and stay air tight. If these other ranges were built in this way they might be economical too. Investigate this matter of rivet construction versus stove bolts and stove putty. It's important to every one using or buying a range. SOLD AND GUARANTEED BY THE Kaien Hardware Co. Telephone 3 Third Avenue FOR SALE Lot 56, Blk. 34, Sec. 1, $5,000; 1-3 cash, bal. 6 and 12 months. Lots 33 and 34, Blk 5, Sec. 1, $4,000; half cash. FOR RENT STORES, OFFICES AND DWELLINGS FIRE INSURANCE In old English, Canadian and American companies, at tariff rates. Policies good as collateral at All Banks, and all written in our own office. PLATE GLASS, ACCIDENT and MARINE INSURANCE M.M. Stephens & Co. Ld. REAL ESTATE Phone 222 LOANS INSURANCE Office: Third Avenue INVESTMENTS P. O. Box 275 Tuesday, August 22, 1911. PRINCE RUPERT JOURNAL PRESS OPINIONS AN AMERICAN VIEW The American papers are giving much attention to the present campaign in Canada, and are gauging the chances of the respective parties. In recent years a much cleare knowledge of politics In this country has prevailedl in the United States, and a fair conception of the sentiment of the people has been obtained. It is being pointed out by newspapers in New York and Chicago, and even by those in San Francisco, that the result of the Canadian elections will depend largely upon whether the people believe that reciprocity would or would not make for annexation. The New York papers are pointing out that the annexation cry is the one which the Conservatives would do best to raise throughout the country. Canadians, It is frankly admitted, do not want annexation, and the majority of the voters, It is pointed out, would defeat any measure which threatened anything in the nature of a political union. In fact, that is the position which Mr. Borden and his lieutenants have taken. They Insist that the intimate commercial relations which will result from reciprocity must create commercial interests which will weaken the ties which bind aCnada to Great Britain and create Canadian sentiment in favor of the United States as the only way of assuring the continuance of eomercial union. And it will be impossible for the advocates of reciprocity to prove that this will not be the case, for it will be the case. AH that they can do is to predict that the sentimental tie will prove the stronger, which many will refuse to believe. They have President Taft's word for it that Canada is at the parting of the ways. For another and an entirely different reason the people of the United States will be interested in the result of our elctions. To President Taft the result is important. If it should turn out that the success of the United States president is forcing upon his country a personal policy for which he had no party mandate, and which could not be carried through except by collusion with Democrats, results only in a refusal of Canada to accept his proposals, it would be about the worst political medicine that he could take. — Vancouver Province. THE CONSERVATIVE LEADER R. L. Borden, the Conservative leader, now enters his fifth election contest as a parliamentary candidate for the Commons and his third as the leader of the Conservative party in the House of Commons, more influential in the public life of the country, and more strongly entrenched In the regard of that section of the electorate who appreciate high- mindedness, frankness and courage In a politician, while his personal prestige has recently been greatly enhanced by his straightforward declarations on matters of Canadian and Imperial policy. Indeed, his consistent course in parliament has been In marked contrast to the shifty way of the Liberal leaders, and his aggressive fight against the reciprocity pact, both in and out of parliament, has, as it has been said, stimulated and invigorated his party in the western provinces. Nowhere does this observation apply more fittingly than to British Columbia. What are the general lines of Mr. Borden's public policy? The outstanding feature as regards the present contest is his absolute opposition to reciprocity. He told the Grain Growers that he would not support the Fielding-Knox trade pact if they made him prime minister of Canada tomorrow. The principle of his national policy is still, in his view, essential to the growth and prosperity of Canada. He advocates a moderate system of protection, such as will Insure the manufacture of Canadian raw material In Canadian factories rather than that Canada should permit the mire highly organizer Industries of the Republic to draw these raw materials across the line, leaving Canadian centres bare of manufacturing enterprises. More important still is Mr. Borden's apprehension that, with the Interlocking of the fiscal systems of Canada and the United States, this country will come under the sway of the mergers and the combines which, with all its trust-busting efforts, the United States Congress has not been able to control. It Is well known where Mr. Borden stands with respect to Imperial questions, such as co-operation with Great Britain in naval defence. He has also declared that he would maintain the British preference and further encourage imports from Great Britain by legislation or through a preferential trading arrangement whenever the British peo ple endorse that policy. How important to the people of British Columbia is the extension of British preference in reducing the cost ,of living has not been adequately dealt with, but the householders know what economies can be effected by the purchase of English goods. With the opening of the Panama Canal it will be to the great interest of the people of this province that the British preference be extended to many of the common necessaries of life, but not, however to the prejudice of Canadian industry. Above all, Mr. Borden stands pledged to give Canada clean government, democratic government, a truly Canadian government. Should he come into power Canadian can rely on a government for the people in keeping with the best traditions of the Liberal-Conservative party.— New Westminster Columbian. A REVERSAL OP POLICY We have called attention before to the utterances of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Hon. Mr. Fielding, at the time when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was mooted. In those days there were no stronger advocates in Canada of the necessity of conserving our inter-provincial trade than these two gentlemen. They viewed with great apprehension the possibility of this trade being diverted across the International boundary, and it was as a safeguard against "this ever vigilant competition" that Sir Wilfrid urged the speedy construction of the new transcontinental line. "Heaven grant," he exclaimed with fervor, "that it be not already too late." Listen, to his language when the Grand Trunk Pacific Bill was then before the House of Commons! This is what he then said: "A railway to extend from the shores of the Atlantic Ocean to the shores of the Pacific Ocean, and to be, every inch of it, on Canadian soil, is a national as well as a commercial necessity. That such a road must be built, that it Is, in the language which I have used, a national and commercial necessity, that it is a corollary of our status as a nation, that it is a requisite of our commercial development is a proposition to which, up to this moment, I have heard no dissent. . . . We con- siderer that it is the duty of all those who sit within these walls by the will of the people, to provide immed- diately means whereby the products of those new settlers may find an exit to the ocean at the least possible cost, and whereby, likewise, a market may be found in this new region for those who toll in the forests, in the fields, in the mines, in the shops of the older provinces. Such Is our duty; it is Immediate and imperative. It Is not for tomorrow, but of this day, of this hour and of this minute. Heaven grant that It be not already too late; heaven grant that whilst we tarry and dispute the trade of Canada is not deviated to other channels, and that an ever vigilant competitor does not take to himself the trade that properly belongs to those who acknowledge Canada as their native of acknowledged land." On this point Mr. Fielding was also very emphatic. No north and south traffic for him. No freight for the Hill or other American railroad systems. He said in the House of Commons: "It is desirable that we should give our American brethren to understand that Canada is resolved to work out her independence in these things, that the present proposal will promote this object, and that even if still another railway should be necessary we shall be prepared to construct It." That the Laurier government, when it entered Into an agreement with the Grand Trunk Pacific Company for the building of that road, was dominated by the "good old Tory tradition," that Canadian trade should flow through Canadian channels to Canadian ports, Is abundantly evident from the clauses in that agreement. It is sufficient to recall that aid was granted "for the express purpose of encouraging the transportation of goods through Canadian channels," and that "all such traffic, not specifically routed otherwise by the shipper, shall be carried to Canadian ocean ports." There has never been a more complete reversal of a long established policy. Today we have members of this same Laurier government going up and down the country advising and encouraging the adoption of an agreement which they admit will divert western grain and other Canadian produce south. It will be routed south to United States mills to be eventually shipped through United States channels to United States ports. It will build up the business of American fruit growers In the prairie provinces to the detriment of our British Columbia orchardists. Lured away by the wiles of President Taft, the government rushes eagerly towards Continentalism, conveniently forgetting one of the fundamentals of Canada's natioal policy which has been accepted by both political parties for forty years.—Vernon News. o ROME'S ANCIENT GLORIES Treasures of the Past Are Being Strengthened—Mediaeval Towel's to Be Restored Rome nas slowly, as many was at hand been Isloating her treasures of the past, and, if not restoring , as the charm of many would be spoiled if touched, at' least strengthening and preserving them. In this way the glorious Baths of Diocletion have been reclaimed and some of the Forums joined. Now it Is the moment of metiaeval towers, and particularly that acllel of the Mlllzle, on the slope of the Quirnal Hill. Several of them ahve been restored and are in an "absolute state of preservation, such as the Angull- lara, whicn has a fortified house attached and is the best example of mediaeval architecture in the Eternal City; Torre della Scimmia and others scattered here and there almost as thick as leaves in Valambrosa. However, up to now the most important of these Interesting structures, Torre delle Mlllzle and Tor de' Conti, have been left untouched and unnoticed, probably because they are in rather inacessible places. As one goes up the slope and turn of the very modern Via Nazionale he is confronted on the right by a long, monotonous, low building used as a barracks, and just opposite by the unique hanging gardens of the Aldo- braudinni family. Behind the ba- racks rises a massive edifice in two divisions, the Milizie Tower Tower of the Militia), while down a precipitous slope hard by is the Torre del Grillo (Tower of the Cricket;, where the story runs, one of the family of that name, being forbidden by the pope to throw rocks down on the heads of passing Jews, asked if he might at least throw nuts. Having had an amused permission from the pontiff, de despatched several more of his enemies by hurling down pine cones—in Italy as hard as any stone, and containing inside a kernel. A few yards beyond is the Tor de' Conti, so large that it is rented in flats as an apartment house. The Tower of the ..lilizie is now in the court of a convent, has before it a barracks, at one time a monastery, and a church. These are the property of the State and will be done away with, leaving a full view of the tower, tall and severe in all its grandeur, and the ruins of the Baths of Paliari, with a large and magnificent panorama of the Forum of Trajan and the new monument to Victor Emmanuel. o - RUBBER IN INDIA Seed Wns First Obtained by Stealth From the Henri of Brazilian Forest The romance of the origin of the great rubber industry in the Eastern tropics was recalled at a banquet given In connection with the International Rubber Exhibition just concluded at the Agricultural Hall, London. Advantage was taken of the occasion to present, on behalf of the Middle Eastern Rubber Industry, a check for $5,000, the certificate of an annuity to H. A. Wicklam, who in 1876 brought from Brazil to Kew Gardens the seeds from which have sprung the vast rubber forests of Ceylon, Malaya and other places in the East. The story of Mr. Wickham's adventurous quest was related to a representative of the press by Norman Grieve, who was one of those 1836 1911 The Bank of British North America 75 Yean la BiibKM. Capital and Reserve Over $7,300,000 Banking by Mail is a great convenience to those who live some distance from town. Deposits may be sent in, cash drawn, or other business transacted by Mail, without any trouble or delay. Write or ask our Local Manager to explain our system to you. Prince Rupert Braach— F. S. LONG. Manger. !■ f THE JOURNAL $2.00 a Year — | Job Printing j If you want your printing handled expeditiously by thoroughly trained and ex perienced printers have it done at the Journal Office. THE JOURNAL $2.00 a Year mainly responsible for the testimonials given to Mr. Wickham. "He was commissioned by the India office," said Mr. Grieve, "to introduce the Para rubber from Bra- til into Ceylon. The difficulty was how to do it. He went to theh To- pagos plateau on the Amazon, a remote locality, seized the opportunity of chartering the steamship Ama- zonas, which happened to be there, hastily collected, with the aid of Indians, his baskets of seeds in the deep forests, and got them to the coast. "The next difficulty was to get the seeds on board, for in those days the Brazilian authorities would certainly have confiscated them had they known their nature. Mr. Wickham managed to smuggle them aboard—70,000 rubber seeds, packed in a few crates. "Time was precious. The seeds would not survive the Journey direct to Ceylon, so they were taken first to London. They arrived at Kew Gardens during the night and were planted out at once. They were too perishable to risk delay until the morning. Seven thousand rubber plans grew from the seeds and 1,700 of these were sent In miniature hothouses lo Ceylon. There they grew into large trees, twelve feet in girth, and gave seeds of their own." LADYSMITH COAL ROCHESTER & MONROE, Phone US No Opposition Mr. German, one of the Liberals who voted against reciprocity, has issued his address to the electors of Welland. He adheres to his position, declaring that reciprocity can be of no lasting benefit to the farmers while its general effect will be detrimental to the whole interests of the country. The reciprocity Liberals met to nominate a party candidate and made a selection. But the nominee withdrew, and now Mr. German will have no Liberal opposition. THE WESTHOLME LUMBER CO. LIMITED We handle all kinds of Building Supplies First Avenne Telephone 180 NOTICE. A book Is kept In the City Clerk's Office in which to enter the names and addresses, etc. of citizens of Prince Rupert desiring employment on City work. All desiring employment should register at once. ERNEST A. WOODS, City Clerk. G. T. P. n> Region To the accompaniment of many whistles, the blowing of countless horns, the screeching of a score or more of engines in the exhibition grounds and the strains of music, the first . T. P. passenger train to enter Regina drew up at the temporary platform erected west of the Dominion fair grounds, The train brought some two hundred excun- sionists from Yorkton, Melville, Ca- nora and other points, who had taken advantage of special permission granted by . railway commission to run throe special excursions this week to the Dominion fair. As the train approached the city Bob St. Henri flow from tbe fair grounds to meet it, thus signalizing in unique fashion an important event in the city's history. J. L. PARKER MINING ENGINEER Prince Rupert, B. C. Open for Consultation and Mine Examination Temporary Address:—■ Prince Rupert Inn FREDERICK PETERS, K. O. Barrister, Solicitor and Notary Publlo Office in EXCHANGE BLOCK WM. S. HAiA,, L. D. S. D. D. 8. :-: DENTIST :-: Crown and Bridge Work a specialty. All dental operations skillfully treated. Gas and local anaesthetic* administered for the painless extraction of teeth. Consultation fre*. Offices, HelgerBon 8k., Prince Rupert NICKERSON-ROERIG COMPANY CUSTOMS AND MERCHANDISH Brokers, Forwarding Agents. Storage, etc. J. W. POTTER ARCHITECT AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEER Re-lnforced Concrete a Specialty —o— Law-Butler Building - Prince Rupert HAVNOR BROS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS and PROFESSIONAL EMBALMERS DR. \V. II. CLAYTON DENTIST Office In the Westenhaver Block. Over Orme's Drug Store. Prince Rupert PRINCE RUPERT JOURNAL Tuesday, August 22, 1911. (Bylaw Continued From Page Five) of the Council in such securities, or in such manner as is permitted bylaw, including those hereinbefore recited investments. 7. There shall be issued any number of debentures to be made for such sums as may be required for tlie raising of said sum of $550,000.00 and said debentures may be either for currency or sterling money, payable in gold coin for not less than lfiioo.00 currency and £20 sterling each, and not exceeding the whole sum of $550,000.00 and the said debentures shall be duly prepared, executed, and sold for the purposes aforesaid. 8. The said debentures shall be deemed to have been properly executed by being signed by the Mayor and the Treasurer of the said City, and shall be sealed with its corporate seal. ». Tlie said debentures shall bear the date of 12th day of September A. I). 1911, being the date on which this Bylaw takes effect, and shall contain a promise to pay the principal of the said debentures and also the interest thereon at the rate of four and a half (4}£) per cent per annum, payable half-yearly on the 1st day of .lunuary and the 1st day of July in each year, and may be with or without coupons attached thereto for the payment of said interest, and in case coupons shall be attached to said debentures, said coupons shall be equivalent to one-half year's interest at the said rate of four and a half (4)2) per cent per annum, upon the amount of the debenture to which (bey shall be respectively attached, one coupon being made payable each six months from and after the date of the said debentures. 10. The snid coupons shall he deemed to have been properly executed by each one having written, stamped, printed, or lithographed thereon, the names of the Mayor and Treasurer of the said City. Each coupon shall be numbered with the number of the debenture to wliich It is attached. 11. The said debentures shall be made payable at any place In England, the United States, or Canada therein set out. 12. The amount of the said coupons, namely: the interest, shall be payable at any of the places in England, the United States, or Canada therein set out. 13. The said debentures when issued and sold, and any coupons attached thereto when the debentures aforesaid have been issued and sold, shall be deemed a valid and binding charge upon the rates and charges accruing from the said Hydro-Electric System, and upon the said City of Prince Rupert severally as aforesaid. 14. The amount of the debt authorized by tliis Bylaw is subject to consolidation with the amount of any other debt authorized by any Bylaw or Bylaws of the said City passed for the Issue and sale of Debentures, and nothwithstanding anything herein contained authorizing and directing the issue and sale of debentures for the payment of the debt thereby created; the City of Prince Rupert Consolidated Stock may be issued In the place and stead of the debentures to the amount of such debt. This section shall apply only In so far as the City may be empowered by law to do so. 15. It shall be lawful for the Council, during the construction of the works, hereinbefore provided for, to borrow money from any bank, at interest to he agreed on, willing to advance the same for the purposes of paying for the said works, or any part thereof, and for such loans to hypothecate the debentures to be issued hereunder, provided that such loans with the Interest agreed to be paid to such bank, shall be prepaid out of the sum of money to be realized upon the sale of the said debentures. 16. The Council may sell the said debentures at less than par, if It is found advisable so to do. 17. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained it shall be lawful for the City in any year to expend out of the net revenue of the said Hydro-Electric System for the purpose of betterments of, or additions to, such system, a sum up to twenty (20) per cent of such net revenue, net revenue to mean for the purpose of this section, the gross receipts less running expenses and ordinary repairs, but nothing herein contained shall in any way do away with the liability of the City In each year either out of the profits or by rate to provide the full amount necessary to pay interest and sinking fund as before provided. PASSED THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT THE 21ST DAY OF AUGUST A. D. 1911. MAYOR. CLERK. RECONSIDERED AND FINALLY ADOPTED BY THE SAID COUNCIL THE DAY OF A.D. 101. . MAYOR. TAKE NOTICE that the above is a ti*uc copy of the proposed Bylaw' upon which the Vote of the Municipality will be taken at the Police Court Room, Third Avenue, in the City of Prince Rupert on the second day of September A. 1). 1011 between the hours of 9 A. M. and 7 P. M. Dated 22nd day of August A. D. 1911. W. D. VANCE, Acting City Clerk. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of the Municipality of the City of Prince Rupert, that the presence of the snid electors is required at the Police Court Room, Third Avenue, on Saturday, the 2nd day of September A. D. 1011, between the hours of 0 A. M. nnd 7 P. M. for the purpose of voting upon the Bylaw above set forth, being a Bylaw to provide foi' the construction of a Hydro-Electric System to supply the City of Prince Rupert with water, electric light and power, and to create and secure a debt for the purpose of constructing the said system amounting lo ."(1550,000.00. M. M. STEPHENS, Returning Officer. By-Law A BYLAW TO CONFIRM AN AGREEMENT MADE BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT OF THE FlltST PART, THE GUAM) TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY OF Tin: SECOND PART, THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC DEVELOP" MENT COMPANY LIMITED OF THE THIRD PART, AND HIS MAJESTY THE KING I.N HIS RIGHT OF HIS PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA OI' Till: FOURTH PART. WHEREAS, on the 8th day of June, 1011, au agreement was entered into between the parties therein mentioned, which agreement was and is in the words and figures following:— MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made In quadruplicate this 8th day of June, In the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, BETWEEN THK MUNICIPALITY OF THE CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT (herein, after railed the "City." of the first part), THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY (hereinafter called the "Railway Company," of the second part), THK GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LIMITED, (hereinafter called the "Townsite Company," of the third part), and HIS MAJESTY THK KING, in his right of his Province of Ilritish Columbia, herein represented and acting by the Honorable William R. Ross, Minister of Lands of Ihe said Province (hereinafter referred to lis "The Province," of Ihe fourth part). WHEREAS, differences have arisen regarding the taxation by the City of the lands belonging to the Railway Company situated within the limits of the City of Prince Rupert, and certain other matters as hereinafter appearing, mid this agreement is made for the purpose of settling such differences. AND, WHEREAS, the Townsite Company is the owner of an undivided three-quarters Interest and the Province of an undivided one- quarter interest in the lands referred to in paragraphs one (1), four (4) and five (5) hereof, and are severally interested in securing an adjustment of the said difference, and as part of such adjustment have severally agreed to transfer and lease such lands as hereinafter provided: NOW, THEREFORE, THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH, that in consideration of the covenants and agreements on the part of the several parties herein contained, the parties hereto have agreed with each other as follows: 1. The Townsite Company will, with the concurrence of the Province, as testified by the Province joining in this agreement and the conveyance to be made hereunder, convey to the City in fee simple all those certain parcels of lands indicated on the plan hereto annexed as numbers three (3), eleven (11), thirteen (13), fourteen (14), eighteen (18), twenty (20), twenty-two (22), twenty-three (23), twenty-nine (29), thirty-eight (38), forty (40), forty-one (41), fifty-six (58), fifty- eight (58), fifty-nine (59) and sixty-two (02). 2. Tile Railway Company will convey to the City ill fee simple the westerly one hundred (100) feet of Waterfront Block E, as shown In pink 011 attached plan on condition that the said waterfront shull not unless upon the consent of the Company given under its Corporate Seal be used for other than strictly municipal purposes. 3. The Province will convey to the City in fee simple the easterly one hundred (100) feet of Waterfront Block D, as shown in pink on the attached plan, on condition that the said waterfront shall not unless upon the consent of the Province be used for other than strictly municipal purposes. 4. The Townsite Company will, with the concurrence of the Province testified as aforesaid, grant to the Olty a lease for the term of nine hundred and ninety-nine (OOO)ycars of the several parcels of land indicated on the plan hereto annexed as numbers five (5), fifteen (15), seventeen (17), twenty-one (21), twenty-four (24), twenty-five (25), twenty- six (26), twenty-seven (27), thirty-one (31), thirty-two (32), thirty- three (33), thirty-four (34), thirty-fivc (35), thirty-seven (37), thirty- nine (39), florty-two (42), forty-three (43), forty-four (44), forty- five (45), forty-six (46), forty-seven (47), forty-eight (48), forty-nine (49), fifty (50), fifty-one (51), fifty-two (52), fifty-three (53), fifty- five (55), sixty (60) and sixty-one (61). The said lease to be at a nominal rental of one dollar ($1.00) per annum and upon the folloiving conditions, that is to say: (a) The lease is not to be assigned or sublet without leave of the Townsite Company and the Province; (b) The lands are not to be used for any other than park, boulevard, or other purposes having for their object the beautifying of the City, without the consent of the Townsite Company and the Province; (c) No buildings or structures other than statues or monuments are to lie erected upon the said parcels or any of them without the like consent. 5. The Townsite Company will, with the concurrence of tlie Province testified as aforesaid, grant to the City a lease for the term of nine hundred and ninety-nine (999) years of the several parcels of land indicated on the plan hereto annexed as numbers two (S), four (4), six (6), seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (10), twelve (12), sixteen (16), twenty-eight (28), thirty-six (36) and fifty-four (54). The said lease to be at 11 nominal rental of one dollar ($1.00) per annum, and not to be assigned or sublet without leave of the Townsite Company and the Province, except as hereinafter provided with respect to Parcel two (2): — (a) Parcel two (2)—Tills land shull be used for cemetery purposes only, and shall be laid out and developed accordingly, maintaining a parklike effect throughout. It is understood that the City may assign or sublet individual plots in this area to persons desiring to use the same for burial purposes without obtaining the leave hereinbefore provided; (b) Parcel four (4)—This land shall be used only for the establishment of a reservoir and waterworks connected therewith; the erection of buildings of a public character and possessing architectural merit; and in other respects for general park purposes; (c) Parcels six (0), seven (7), eight (8), nine (9) and ten (10) —These lands shall be used only for the purpose of public buildings, having a grouped effect architecturally with parklike surroundings; (d) Parcel twelve (12)—This land shall be used only for public park purposes or for the erection of school, college, seminary or other public buildings; (e) Parcel sixteen (16)—This land shall be used as a public recreation ground and for the erection of public buildings of real architectural merit, the entire development to be such as shall produce a parklike effect. In addition to the above, it shall be lawful for the City to construct and maintain upon this parcel one or more reservoirs in connection with the City waterworks system,lo making for this purpose the necessary connections therewith upon the said parcel; (f) Parcel twenty-eight (28)—This land shall be used for a general public park and is to be developed to that end. Without in any way lessening the duty of the City to preserve the parkiike features of this parcel, it is understood that for a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the nortli of a road connecting McBride Street and the Prince Rupert Boulevard, the natural parklike features of the land are to be retained; (g) Parcel thirty-six (30)—This land shall only be used for buildings of a public character possessing real architectural merit, the grounds surrounding same to be suitably graded and planted; (h) Parcel fifty-four (54)—This land shall only be used for public buildings of architectural merit, provided, however, that the City may construct und maintain a reservoir thereon. In the development of this parcel, the general parklike features shall be adhered to. Pending the development of any of the snid parcels as in this clause provided, the City shall not do or permit anything to be done which will detract from the existing natural parkiike features. 6. The conveyances provided for in the preceding clauses shall lie executed by the parties hereto of tile first, third and fourth parts, and shall contain apt clauses embodying the conditions hereinbefore set forth, so as to ensure that the lands mentioned in clauses two (2) and tliree (3) hereof .shall be used only for the purposes defined in this agreement. 7. The Hallway Company will, at the request of the City, grant such easements over its property within the city limits as may be necessary for sewers, water mains, gas mains, electric light, telegraph wires, telephone wires, or other similar civic utilities, subject always to the approval of the Railway Company's engineer, whose opinion in all cases must he treated as final, without prejudice to the right, if any, which the City may by law possess to expropriate an easement for any of the above purposes. 8. The Railway Company will, within a period of three months from the date of the ratification of tills agreement by the Legislature, commence the erection of its works within the city limits, consisting of permanent station, roundhouse, engine works, machine shops and other structures and accessories incidental to the establishment at Prince Rupert of the Pacific Terminus of the Railway Company, and complete tlie same with all reasonable dispatch, retaining within the City the payrolls in connection with such works, so far as it may be feasible to do so. 9. The Townsite Company will, within a period of two years from the date of the ratification of this agreement by the Legislature, commence the erection of a first-class hotel of modern design and appoint. mente, and prosecute the construction thereof with due diligence. 10. The Railway Company will commence the construction of a dry dock at Prince Rupert in conformity with the agreement respecting the same between the Railway Company and the Government of the Dominion of Canada. 11. The Railway Company will pay to the City annually 011 or before the 1st day of November in each year for and during the period in the succeeding clause mentioned, by way of taxation, a total fixed sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000), in respect of all its property, real or personal, within tlie City Hints; provided, however, that the said sum shall not include local improvement taxes, which may be Imposed- by the City for the improvement Of public streets upon wliich the Railway Company's land abuts in Sections One (1), Six (6), Seven (7) and Eight (8), and which streets or portions of streets may be enumerated as follows: Water Street Eleventh Street ""•" First Avenue, opposite blocks 13 and 14 First and Second Avenues From Eighth to Second Street All in Section One (1) Fourth Avenue, opposite blocks 6 and 7, in Section Six Overlook Street, opposite Block 4 Seal Cove Circle, opposite Block 7 Kelliher Street, opposite Blocks 25 and 50 All in Sestion Seven (7) Kelliher Street, opposite Block 12 Morse Loop, opposite Blocks 14, 13 and 41 Eleventh Avenue, opposite Block 31 Edward Avenue, opposite Block 1 All In Section Eight (8) Provided, however, that the Railway Company's share of such local improvement taxes, shall not exceed one-half of the total cost of any such local improvement. 12. The City agrees with tlie Railway Company to accept the said sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) per annum, together with the said local improvement taxes mentioned In Clause 11 hereof, in lieu of all municipal taxes, rates and assessments of every kind whatsoever to be levied by the City against the Railway Company and upon or In respect of the lands of the Railway Company, and all buildings, structures or other improvements thereon or therein, and all the personal property of tlie Company within the "City limits, for a period of ten years from the 1st day of January, 1911. 13. The City will accept the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) In full of all taxes due by the Railway Company to the City for the year 1010. 14. It is understood by and between the parties hereto that this agreement shall not become operative or binding unless and until the same shall have been approved by the ratepayers of the City and ratified by the Legislature of the Province of Britisii Columbia; the parties hereto severally agreeing to co-operate in taking all steps and doing all things necessary to'obtain such ratification at the next session of the said Legislature. 15. This agreement shall extend to and be binding upon the successors and assigns of the parties hereto respectively. IN WITNESS WHEREOF tills agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto. THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT. [Seal.] By Wm. Manson, Mayor, And Ernest A. Woods, City Clerk. GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAIL- WAY COMPANY. In Presence of Fred Peters. D'Arcy Tate [Seal.] Chas. M. Hays, President. Henry Philips, Secretary. THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC DE- VELOPMENT COMPANY LTD. [Seal.] Chas. M. Hays, President. Henry Philips Secretary. THE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. [Seal.] Henry Esson Y'oung, Provincial Secretary for the Province of British Columbia. AND. WHEREAS, it is desirable to pass a Bylaw ratifying and confirming the said recited agreement so that the same may be submitted for the approval of the ratepayers of the City of Prince Rupert pursuant to Clause 14 of said Agreement: NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the Municipal Corporation of the City of Prince Rupert enacts as follows:— 1. The snid hereinbefore recited agreement is hereby confirmed and ratified in every particular. 2. The said Council shall take all necessary steps to have this Bylaw submitted to tlie ratepayers of the City of Prince Rupert for their approval. 3. The said Council shall, if Ihis Bylaw is approved by the ratepayers of the City of Prince Rupert, take all necessary steps to obtain ratification of snid recited agreement by the Legislature of the Province of British Columbia, and for that purpose, are hereby authorized to spend any money that may be necessary and proper in obtaining the passage of said Legislation. 4. The plan referred to in the said recited agreement shall be kept on file as a record in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Prince Rupert. 5. The Council of the City of Prince Rupert shall endeavor to have inserted in the Statute confirming this agreement a clause authorizing the filing of the said recited agreement, and the plan therein referred to, in the office of the Registrar of Deeds at the City of Prince Rupert. 6. This Bylaw shall take effect immediately the passing thereof. PASSED THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT THK 2IST DAY OF AUGUST A. D. 1911, MAYOR. CLERK. RECONSIDERED AND FINALLY ADOPTED BY THK SAID COUNCIL THE DAY OF A. D. 101 . . . TAKE NOTICE that the above is a true copy of the proposed Bylaw upon which the Vote of the Municipality will be taken atthe Police Court Room, Third Avenue, In the City of Prince Rupert on the second day of September A. D. 1911 between the hours of 9 A. M. and 7 P. M. Dated 22nd day of August A. D. 1911. W. D. VANCE, Acting City Clerk. NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of the Municipality of the City of Prince Rupert, that the presence of the said electors is required at the Police Court Room, Third Avenue, in the Olty of Prince Rupert, on Saturday the 2nd day of September A. D. 1911, between the hours of 9 A. M. and 7 P. M. for the purpose of voting on the above Bylaw, being a Bylaw to confirm the agreement made between the Municipality of the City of Prince Rupert, of the First part, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company of the Second part, the Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company Limited of the Third part, and His Majesty the King In his right of Ids Province of Britisii Columbia of the Fourth part. M. M. STEPHENS, Returning Officer. Prince Rupert, B. C, August 22nd, 1911.
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