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Volume 4.
Port Alberni, B.C., June 3, 1911.
No. 43
Census Enumerators
Commence Work
The taking of the census was begun
on Thursday morning. The enumerators have a number of pertinent questions to ask and some little time is required with each individual interviewed.
Following is a list of the questions
which good citizens are expected to give
answer to:
Name; birth; whether male or female, head of family; whether wife,
son, daughter, brother or sister; married or single; month of birth; year of
birth; age at last birthday; country or
place of birth; year of immigration to
Canada; racial or tribal origin; nationality; religion; chief occupation or
trade; name of employer, kind of work
done; weeks at work in year of 1910;
weeks at work in 1910 other than at
occupation; hours worked per week at
chief occupation or trade; hours worked per week other than chief occupation; total earnings during 1910 at chief
occupation, total earnings during 1910
other than chief occupation; rate of
earnings per hour when employed by
the hour; insurance held at date, whether unon life, against accident or sickness and cost of same during census
year; time spent at education and
amount of language, known, including
every person over five years of age;
months at school 1910; whether can
read or write; and cost of education if
attending colleges, convents or univer
sities, over 16 years of age.
There is a penalty provided for refusal to answer any of the above questions. The offender may be fined not
less than $10 or not more than $100.
SAYS BIG BOOM WILL COME
IN THEJ.UMBER INDUSTRY
President of the Red Cliff Lumber Company Gives Views
on the Present and Future Conditions of the Trade and
their Bearing on the Prosperity of This District—Movement Gradually and Surely In This Direction.
Starting New Towns.
By the end of this summer there will
be at least one hundred and seventy
r^w towns in Canada, not counting
those which come into existence gradually and in the natural course of evolution from clusters of houses, into hamlets and then into towns, The one hundred and seventy will all be in the
west—the great' the glorious west.
Not for them the humdrum processes
of conventional development; they will
spring, full-panoplied, into being, with
hotels, court houses, jails and all the
modern improvements, on paper, and a
small railroad station, a mile or so of
.siding and unbounded hope and confidence in the future as actual assets.
The Canadian Pacific will be responsible for fifty of them, the Grand Trunk
Pacific for twenty-four, and the Canadian Northern for ninety-six. It is a
fair supposition that all of them will
live because of the fostering care of
their railroad and that most of them
will prosper because the time has come
for towns to succeed farms at selected
locations on the prairies, and the railroads are in a better position to do the
selecting than any other instrumentality except land companies. Nor will
these railroad towns be the only communities to come into being in the
west in the next three or four months,
but from their number it is possible to
draw some kind of an impression of the
method and the speed of western development.
"You cannot push the lumber manufacturing industry ahead of its time except to your sorrow, but when its time
does come there is no force that can
hold it back."
Such was the reply of A. E. Gilbert,
president of the Red Cliff Lumber and
Land company, when asked by the Pioneer News on Wednesday night what
the prospects were of his company establishing a mill at Port Alberni in the
near future.
"Could you give any sort of a definite
idea as to when the opportune time will
arrive?" Mr. Gilbert was asked.
"I believe it will be two or three
years yet before lumber manufacturing
on a large scale is commenced in this
district," said he. "It should not be
later than the opening of the Panama
canal, which event is billed for the year
1915."
Mr. Gilbert is one of the most influential and most experienced lumber men
in America. He carries in his head the
figures of the whole situation, and gave
to the Pioneer News a most intelligent
and exhaustive size-up of the present
and future of the industry.
"People seem to get the impression
from reading the newspapers that the
demand for lumber is as great or greater than the supply. This is wrong.
There is an overproduction on the Pacific coast at the present, and how to
keep down the output so that the manufacturers will not be at the mercy of
the buyer is a problem that is bothering the mill owners. In the states of
Washington and Oregon a few mills
have recently been shut down, while
those that are still running have made
an agreement to operate only five days
a week.
"Today the manufacturers of the
eastern and southern states supply the
b:g markets, but they have reached
their turning point. Their standing
t'mber is vanishing, and from now on
their output may be expected to decrease every year.   They   will  go the
Wedding In Alberni.
Clayton Hills, of Alberni, and Miss
Margaret Dobbinson, of Nanaimo, were
married on Sunday evening last, the
Rev. James Carruthers performing the
ceremony. The wedding was a quiet
affair, only relatives and immediate
friends being present. The newly married couple will reside in Alberni, where
both are well known and popular.
same way Michigan, Minnesota and
Wisconscin have gone. Then with the
opening of the Panama canal the Pacific lumber men will have their day, and
that day will mean much more to British Columbia than to the states across
the boundary line. The mill owners of
British Columbia will be able to get the
ships for the carrying trade while the
Americans will not. The reason of this
is that nearly all the lumber carrying
ships on the Pacific are British or other
foreign vessels. Any of these will be
privileged to take on a cargo in a Canadian port and deliver it in an American
port on the Atlantic coast, but they will
not be privileged to carry from one
American port to another. Any man in
the lumber manufacturing business
knows the advantage today of being
able to get what cars he requires to
take his product away as soon as it is
ready for shipment. The man who cannot get cars as he wants them is serir
ously handicapped in competition with
a man who always has them ready on
his side track. In the same way the
shipping conditions will be all to the
disadvantage of the American manufacturer when the canal traffic begins."
Asked if he did not think that the
geographical and shipping advantages
of Alberni canal should induce some
large company to locate here and manufacture for the Pacific export trade,
Mr. Gilbert said no mill could operate
for the Pacific export trade alone. Port
Alberni would have to have rail transportation and a plentiful supply of cars
before lumber manufacturing could be
carried on profitably on a large scale.
The trouble with the Pacific export
trade which, by the way, was credited
with being much more important than
it really is, was that the seagoing ships
loaded only certain sizes of lumber, and
a mill would also have to have a market
for the class of lumber which the ships
did not take. This market could only
be reached by rail.
"You are to have railway competition in Port Alberni, and the railways
will soon be carrying your manufactured product to all parts of Western Canada, even as far as Winnipeg and into
the United States."
"What effect do you think a consummation of the reciprocity pact would
have on the  lumber  manufacturing in
dustry of  this part   of   Canada?" Mr.
Gilbert was asked.
"It would make little or no difference," he replied. "When the oppor-j
tune time comes for the lumber manu- j
facturer in this country the small matter of $1.25 a thousand duty on lumber
will not count in the trade. The Canadian lumbermen are going to have free
access to the American market whether
the reciprocity treaty goes through or
not. The duty is bound to be taken off
lumber entering the United States, and
that before very long.
"For the next two or three years the
owners of timber limits in this country
are most likely to let their trees stand.
While they stand they increase in value,
but to commence cutting them, with
the lumber market overstocked as it is
today, could mean nothing but loss.
When the big manufacturing movement sets in trees will' be found to be
worth two or three times their present
value.
"You will have to wait a little while
for your lumber manufacturing boom
but you are sure to see something
worth waiting for. It will be a bigger
thing than any of you now imagine."
The railway companies might, as
soon as their lines were in operation,
Mr. Gilbert thought, endeavor to create some lumber carrying traffic for
themselves, and he could see the probability of a subsidiary company of
one or the other corporation launching
a mill to manufacture for the trade on
the prairies.
Mr. Gilbert, who was accompanied
by his wife and G. Thomas, of Montreal, left on Thursday morning for his
home in Duluth.
Lives Lost In Fire
at Silverton, B. C.
A most disastrous fire occurred at Silverton. B. C, at an early hour Tuesday morning, totally destroying an entire block of the town, including the
Victoria hotel, Windsor hotel, Mrs.
Carey's grocery and W. H. Brandon's
store building, occupied by E. Patre-
quin and family.
Robert McTaggert, of Sandon; Robert Fairgrieve and F. L. Fairgrieve,
bartenders at the Windsor, and a foreigner from Phoen:x, name unknown,
were burned to death in the Windsor.
The hotel register being burned other
names are not yet obtainable, and possibly others are also in the ruins.
Several others stopping at the Windsor were badly burned and otherwise
injured, and were hurried to the hospital. The hotels were all crowded with
guests and townspeople.
For Dominion Day.
A general meeting of the Alberni
Athletic club will be held on Tuesday
evening next in the Court House commencing at 8 o'clock. Delegates from
the Port Alberni Athletic club are requested to be present and take part in
arrangements for a programme of
sports to be held on Dominion Day. It
is planned to make this year's national
holiday the biggest success on record.
WANTED—Boy to milk and take care
of cow morning and evening. Must
be good milker. Apply to Mrs. J.
Heath.
Will Have  Model Farm.
Three acres of good soil, a few weeks
ago covered with big stumps, is now
under crop in the vicinity of the old
paper mill. The man responsible for
this enterprise is F. H. Cleland, who
has plans for a small fruit and poultry
farm that should be a model for the district. Mr. Cleland let a contract for
the clearing of the ground to Max Enter
who operates a Ducrest stump puller,
and, in record time, the land was ready
for the plow. Mr. Enter's work was a
splendid demonstration of what can be
done by modern methods, and the result was more than satisfactory to Mr.
Cleland, who found the ground ready
for farming just as soon as the contract
was complete. There was not a root of
a stump left in the soil, and, at that,
there had been some heavy ones to remove.
A beautiful bungalow, designed by
Mr. Cleland and Robert Ellis, the builder, has just been finished on this property. The building is 40x44, with seven
rooms, a bath room and pantry. The
workmanship is a credit to Mr. Ellis,
and the,bungalow is a credit to the district.
George Forrest has a number of men
engaged getting out piles for the new
cold storage building and wharf to be
erected at Uchucklesat. The piles are
being delivered at the old government
wharf on the Somas river.
SELLING OUT!
ies and Farm Implements
at Lowest Cash Prices.
B. C. Hardware Co., Ltd., Victoria, B.C.
733 JOHNSTON STREET.
Buys  More  Property.
The block of property between Margaret and Gertrude streets, and fronting on Roger creek, in Alberni, comprising six lots, was bought this week
by J. F. Bledsoe, of Vancouver. The
property was owned by the Alberni
Land company and W. H. Marcon.
When Mr. Bledsoe was in Alberni a few
weeks ago he negotiated for the purchase of this property, but the part tf
it belonging to the Land company was
under reserve and the agents had to receive permission from headquarters in
England to sell. In the meantime Mr.
Bledsoe bought three lots at Southgate
and Elizabeth street and was preparing
to build a handsome residence thereon.
The building plans have now been
changed and the Bledsoe home, which
is to be an ornament to the town of Alberni, will be built on the beautiful site
just acquired.
Married This Morning.
The wedding took place this morning
of Thomas Costen and Miss Alida
Shreike, both of Port Alberni, the ceremony being performed by Rev. H. H.
Lewis Seale in St. Alban's church at
10:30 o'clock.
Boat House at Lake
A boat house, with row boats, canoes
and launches for hire is to be established at Sproat lake under the management of Cuthbert Blandy. The
craft will be built by Stone & Blandy,
ship builders of Port Alberni.
Wm. Henderson, superintendent of
Dominion government telegraphs, was
in town on Wednesday and made arrangements for quarters in the Somas
hotel building for the new telegraph
office which is to be under the management of E. Burdett-Garrard, late of
Tofino.
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ALBERNI PIONEER NEWS
Saturday, June 3, 1911
PIONEER NEWS.
Published  at  Port Alberni, B. C, and
issued every Saturday.
R. J. Burde.    -     -     -    Editor.
Subscription Rate,     -     $2.00 per year
Port Alberni, B. C, June 3. 1911.
Defending Oliver.
Hon. Frank Oliver and his political
friends are showing a questionable
amount of worry over an investigation
that is to be held as a result of a charge
made by one McGillicuddy that the minister had more money in a bank than
he could honestly account for. The extent to which the investigation may be
carried is seriously disturbing the minds
of Mr. Oliver's defenders.
In order to prepare the public mind
for a restriction of the investigation a
press agent has been engaged. The
Pioneer News is in receipt of some of
the defence literature which, it may be
supposed, has been sent to every newspaper in the west. It is an extract
from the Monetary Times, reprinted in
the Ottawa Free Press of May 22, and
mailed from the Dominion capital under
the free postage privilege enjoyed by
members of parliament.
The Monetary Times, a publication
that deals principally with matters of
cold dollars and cents, and is not looked
to for expressions of personal sentiment, is painfully hurt in seeing "the
name of the Hon. Frank Oliver, minister of the interior, dragged into the
mire of supposed scandal," but is able
to dry its tears in the belief that he will
clear himself.
What concerns the Monetary Times
most is that the pending investigation
may be made searching enough to throw
the light, on Mr. Oliver's bank account,
not because of the minister's bank account in particular but because of the
precedent that would thereby be established. "The office boy, the business
man, the industrial corporation, all consider their bank account a matter of
the strictest privacy," says the Times,
and it regards with horrified alarm the
event of this privacy being in any manner encroached upon.
The Monetary Times has either had a
lamentably limited experience with
office boys, business men and industrial
corporations in the west, which part
the accused Mr. Oliver hails from, or
has been rendered temporarily irresponsible by an attack of hysterics.
The average office boy has just as
much inclination to show a bank account, if he has one, as he has to show
a new watch. With the business man
and the industrial corporation it is, of
course, different, but in the general
case it is not nearly so serious as the
Times feigns to believe. Any number
of business men leava their tank accounts lying aiound in places where the
figures may be seen by any and all of
their employees. Naturally a business
man would not care to throw his bank
account open for a daily public inspection, but if his commercial integrity
had been unjustly attacked to the extent that his credit was endangered,
and he could restore confidence by merely allowing the contents of his bank
book to be made public, he would be a
queer case if he failed to do so.
But the Times forgets that the case
of the office boy, the business man or
the industrial corporation is not a parallel for the case of Hon. Mr. Oliver,
who is a public man occupying one of
the most responsible offices in the gift
of the country.    Mr.   Oliver   has been
accused of having used his office to obtain a large sum of money for himself,
and the accuser says that the proof of
guilt is in the accused's bank account.
Mr. Oliver's defenders are horrified by
the suggestion that his bank account
should be exposed.
It looks very much as  if Mr. Oliver
has been caught with the goods on him.
The following item is taken from the
Victoria Colonist of  May 28, 1861, fifty
years ago:
The schooner "Meg Merrilies," Captain Phamplet, arrived in two days
from Barclay Sound last evening. She
brought two or three passengers. The
mill is running. Captain Stewart has
commenced wrecking the Florencia and,
with the assistance of Indians, is breaking her up. Lieut. Mayne's exploring
party has returned from Nanaimo.
The mill referred to was located where
the new  E. & N. wharf is now under
construction.    Most of the old piles are
still there and are in a splendid state of
preservation.
The Methodist conference at Calgary
passed the following resolution on Saturday last:
' 'That the Alberta conference declares
itself in favor of union with the Congregational and Presbyterian churches
in Canada, in accordance with the proposed basis as possessing the elements
of perfect agreement in matters essential, of flexibility in things not essential, in deviations of doctrine, policy
and ministry, administration and law,
and as being calculated io immeasurably advance the Saviour's kingdom,
particularly in the western conference."
G. H. Cowan, M. P. for Vancouver,
and G. H. Barnard, M. P. for Victoria,
who have returned from Ottawa, are
telling the people that the Conservative party of the Dominion is perfectly
organized, in the best of fighting trim,
and fully confident of carrying the
country at the next general election
which, it is believed, will be held in
October or November.
According to Hon. William Templeman there is practically no chance of
any part of the Canadian navy being
built on the Pacific coast, the reason
given by the minister being that the
cost would be too high.
A dispatch from Ottawa says that
the Government printing office is working day and night, the voters' lists for
the next election being the cause of the
doubled activity.
' E. Frost, Alberni, and J. B. Wood,
Port Alberni, are the Provincial government fire wardens for this district
this season. A. E. Pilling is warden at
Quatsino, and Rod McDonald at Port
Renfrew.
Farm For Sale.
160 acres.   10 acres cleared.
Location, six miles from Alberni and
about one mile from school and post-
office.
Terms--$1500 cash and balance at
6 per cent.
Apply to owner, 749 Discovery street,
Victoria.   Principals only.
WOOD & STORY
Builders  and
General Contractors.
Price,   Profiles,   Etc..   on   all
Classes of Work, on  application.
Satisfaction Yours.
Port  Alberni,    -     B.C.
For Your Health's Sake
Eat
Bannell's Bread
Waterhouse.
Carter. Alberni Trading Store
OSCAR H. WOOD
Builder and Contractor.
Plastering
Brickwork   and    Cementing
Port Alberni
You are Invited to Call
and Inspect my
New Stock of Buggies
and other Rigs.
Buggies from $80 to $140.
Two-seated rigs and delivery wagons,
95 to $125.
E. M. Whyte.
Alberni
AGENT for all kinds of Farm Machinery, Plows, Harrows. Gasoline
engines, Waggons, Buggies, Bicycles, Wire Fencing   and Pumps.
All Kinds of Painting
Paper Hanging,
Interior Decorating.
TOM COSTEN, - ALBERNI
ALBERNI
REPAIR SHOP
Bicycle Repairing,
Lathe Work,
Brass Castings,
General  Mechanical Repairs
GERTRTDE STREET.
CLARKE,
THE PAINTER
ALBERNI, B. C.
Harness and Saddles
Combs, Brushes, Horse Blankets, Whips and Robes, Loggers'
and Miners' Boots of latest
designs and best qualities at the
Horse Millinery.
56 Margaret St., Alberni, B. C.
J.  E.   DUNCAN
Improved Lands For Sale
In Large or Small Acreage to Suit the Purchaser.
Also some fine, choice Corners
now doing business.
Moderate Prices. Easy Terms.
M. TEBO,
P. O. Box, 53,
ALBERNI, B. C.
The Arlington Hotel
The best known house on the West Coast of Vancouver Island.
Fitted with modern conveniences and tastefull and   comfortably
furnished throughout.
Hot and Cold Baths.
Most  central location—the  home of  the  tourist, the mining,
timber, and commercial man.
M. A. WARD, Proprietor,
ALBERNI, B. C.
The Somas Hotel
Port Alberni, B. C.
Wm. E. Ryder, Manager.
Everybody Is Invited
To call at  Leonard Frank's Studio and see his collection
of Artistic Photographic Enlargements.
Commercial Photography
Enlarging to Any Size
The Barclay Sound Cedar Co., Ltd.
All Kinds  of High Grade and Dimension
Lumber,   Lath   and   Shingles
Promptly Delivered.
PLACE ORDERS through the mail to office. New Alberni.
The Royal Bank of Canada
Incorporated 1869. Head Office:    Montreal.
Capital Paid up, - $ 6,2oo,ooo
Reserve Fund - 7,000,000
Total Assets       -   92,000,000
A General Banking Business Transacted.
Savings Bank Department ^^MjETSS?.-
the highest current rate.   No Delay in Withdrawing.
D.„| '„„ L_. Il/I_;l Deposits may be made and withdrawn bv mail.
DdllKlUg   Ujr    ITldll   Fullest particulars will gladly be given  by letter
regarding all departments.
One HUNDRED Branches and Agencies.
Twenty-One Branches in British Columbia.
Correspondents Throughout the World.
Branches   at   Alberni    and   Port   Alberni
W. R. H. PRESCOTT,  Manager.
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ALBERNI PIONEER NEWS
Saturday, June 3, 1911
Three Good Buys
0  ACreS Fine land on Sproat Lake.
Price, $800, on Terms
1(\(\ A/*i*ac on ^eaver Creek Road. Five roomed
«JUv rttl Co house, large new barn, running water,
some splendid Timber, 40 acres cleared.
Price $15,000, on Terms
Lo ACreS about half a mile from C. P. R. terminus at
Port Alberni.
Price, $600 Per Acre
R. V. WINCH & CO., LIMITED
Temple Building,
Fort Street,
Victoria, B. C.
Railway Workers
Cause Bush Fires
Upwards of seventy-five men were
engaged on Sunday in fighting a threatening forest fire between Goldstream
and Sooke lake on the old trunk road.
This fire is said to have originated
through burning on the C. N. R. right-
of-way getting out of hand, and for a
time a considerable area of valuable
timber was endangered. Residents of
the district complain that greater care
might with advantage be exercised by
the right-of-way forces in the use of
fire in their clearing operations.
Two other serious fires threatened for
a time timber in the vicinity of Little
Qualicum and of Gordon river. These
were also suppressed before any considerable damage had been done. The
foVests are at present much dryer than
is usual at this season of the year, and
in consequence exceptional precautions
should everywhere be adopted against
their ignition and destruction.
Alberni Bnard of Tra"de.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Alberni board of trade will be held in
the Court House next Monday, commencing at 8 p. m.
"AT IT HERE SITICE 1900V
Poacher   Condemned.
The fishing schooner Edrie, seized off
Lanz Island early in the year by H. M.
C. S. Rainbow, was condemned and
confiscated to the King by Chief Justice
Hunter on Monday morning. The Edrie, a gasoline auxiliary schooner, owned
at Seattle, was captured by the Rainbow inside the three mile limit with
her doreys out, and the action for condemnation was tried at Vancouver before Chief Justice Hunter. After hearing the evidence on both sides the Chief
Justice inspected the two vessels, and
judgment was given in the local court
resulting in the Edrie being condemned.
Big Deal In Trees.
A deal has been completed whereby
an American syndicate with whom is
associated F. C. Adams of Portland,
Ore., and Charles A. Barnum of Revelstoke, B. C, obtains control of at least
700,000 acres of timber and pulpwood
areas in the interior, together with almost all the available lots in the corporation and considerable lands adjacent for the purpose of subdivision. It
is the intention of the syndicate to
erect a large pulp and paper mill in
Revelstoke, a large sawmill at Big
Eddy close to the city, and a power
plant sufficient for the purposes of both
concerns.
Visit Harry's Pool Room.
E. CARVELL,
Contractor  and Builder
Architect
PORT ALBERNI, B. C.
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SURVEYING.
GEORGE A. SMITH, C. E., B. C.
Land Surveyor. Surveys of timber
limits, mineral claims, and land subdivisions. Address. P. O. Box 23,
Alberni.
H. H. BROWNE, civil and mining engineer, and Provincial land surveyor,
has opened an office in Alberni. and
is prepared to receive orders for
work in any part of the district.
LAND ACT.
ALHERNI  LANIl DISTRICT.
District  of Clayoquot.
Take Notice that William Spittal, of Victoria.
B. C, occupation prospector, intends to apply for
permission to lease the following' described lands
for quarrying purposes:
Commencing at a post planted on the east side
of Elk river and abput half a mile from Rose
Marie mine thence east 40 chains, thence south
40 chains, thence vest 40 ehains, thence north 40
chains to the point of commencement, and containing 160 acres more or less.
William Spittal.
April 26th. 1911. may27
LAND ACT.
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Clayoquot.
Take notice that W. F. Jones  and Charles Fremont, of Victoria.  B. C. occupation   prospectors
or miners, intend to apply for permission   to lease
the following desciibed lands for quarrying purposes:
Commencing  at a  post planted about 800 feet
northwest of the Red Jacket mineral claim on the
west side of Elk river and about 1 1-2 miles from
the mouth of Elk river, thence north 80 chains,
thence  east 40  chpins, thence south 80 chains,
thence west 40 chains to the point of commencement, and containing 320 acres more or less.
W. F. Jones.
Charles Fremont.
April 2Eth, 1911. may27
LAND ACT  NOTICES.
Coal Lands Act.
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Alberni.
Notice is heieby  given   that thirty Hays after
date we intend to apply to the Hon. Chief CnmmiE-
sior.er of Lands for a license to prosper t f r-'ohI
anH petroleum under t :e foreshoreand sub-marine
area of the Alberni Canal and described as follows:
Commencing at a post planted at the southwest
corner of Block 115, Lot 1,  Aiberni Townsite, in
the Alberni Land District, and marled N. E Corner, thence west eighty chains, thente south fifty-
five chains,   thence  east eighty chains, to high
water mark on the east shore of the Albern] Canal,
thence northerly along the shore to point of commencement.
Signed. Charles A. McNaughton,
Thomas Rowley.
This eighth day of May, 1911. jun3
NOTICE.
PUBLIC NOTICE is heieby given that, under
the authority contained in section 131 of the
"Land Act." a regulation has been approved by
the Lieutenant-Governor in Council fixing the
mi imum sale price of first and second class lands
at $10 and $5 per acre, respectively.
This regulation further provides that the prices
fixed thei tin shall apply to all lands with respect
to which the application to purchase is given
favourable consideration after this date, notw ith-
standing the date of such application or any delay
that may have occurred in the consideration of
the same.
Further notice is hereby given that  all persons
who have pending applications to purchase  lands
under the   provisions  of  section  34 or 35 of the
, "Land Act" and who are not w illing to  complete
such   purchases   under   the   prices  fixed   by the
: aforesaid iegulation   shall   be at liberty to w ith-
| draw such applications and receive refund of the
moneys deposited on account of such applications.
WILLIAM R. ROSS.
Minister of Lands.
Department of Lands.
Victoria, B. C, April 3rd, 1911. apI8
NOTICE.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given  that, under
the authority contained in section 131 of the
"Land Act," a regulation was approved by the
■ Lieutenant-Governor in Council   fixing the minimum sale price of first and second class lands at
$10 and $5 per acre respectively.
This regulation further provided that the prices
fixed therein should "apply to all lands with respect to which the applications to purchase were
given favorable consideration after the date of
said regulation, namely April 3rd, 1911.
Further notice is now given that by virtue of a
regulation approved by the Lieutenant-Governor
in Council on the ltth day of May. 1911, that the
regulation dated the 3rd April, 1911, be held not to
apply to applications to purchase vacant Crow n
lands which w ere received by the Assistant Commissioners of Lands on or before'the said April
3rd, 1911, and with respect to which the required
deposit of fifty cents per acre had been received
by said Commissioners on or before the said April
3rd. 1911,
ROBT. A. RENWICK.
Deputy Minister of Lands.
Department of Lands
Victoria. B. C. ltth of May, 1911. may27
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Rupert.
Take notice that I, Gust. Moerman, of Quatsino,
B. C« occupation hotelkeeper, intend to apply for
permission to purchase the following desciibed
lands:
Commencing at a post planted on the N E corner of the S E fraction of section 28, Limestone
Island, thence south 20 chains, thence west 10
chains, thence north follow ing shore line about 20
chains, thence east about 10 chains following
shore line to point of commencement, containing
20 acres more or less.
Gust. Moerman.
March 27th, 1911. apl8
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Clayoquot.
Take  notice  that  Richard Albert  Willing, of
Ucluelet, occupation macninist,  intends to apply
for permission to purchase the follow ing described
lands:
Commencing at a post planted on the beach at
the southwest corner of Lot 54, thence west 40
chains, thence south 40 chains, more or less, to
shoreline, thence following shore line north easterly to point of commencement, comprising 80
acres, more or less.
Richard Albert Willing.
March 20, 1911. apll
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Clayoquot.
Take notice that W. W. G. McAllister,   of Alberni. B. C, occupation hotel owner,  intends to
apply for permission   to   purchase the follow ing
described lands:
Commencing ata post planted at the north east
correr of Beauty Island in Great Central lake,
thence south 60 feet, thence west 100 feet, thence
north 60 feet, thence east 100 feet to point of
commencement.
William Wallace Goforth McAllister,
April 27th, 1911. apl29
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Barclay.
Take notice that Myra Lenore McGregor, of
Victoria, occupation spinster, intends toapply for
permission to purchase the following described
lands:
Commencing at a post planted at the south west
corner of H M MacGregor's application, about two
miles west from the mouth of the Klanawa river,
thence west CO chains, thence north 80 chains,
thence east tiO chains, thence south £0 chains to
point of commencement,'being 480 acres more or
less Myra Lenore McGregor.
Stanley Wood, agent
April 2nd, 1911 maytf
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT
District of Clayoquot.
Take   notice   that   Peter   A.  McBean of   Vancouver, B. C„ occupation farmer, intends toapply
for  permission   to  purchase   the  follow irg  described lands:
Commencing at a post planted eight feet noith
from the north east corner of lot 407. thence west
40 chains, thence north 80 chains, thence east 40
chains, thence south 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 320 acres more or less.
Peter Alexander McBean.
Wilfrid Thornton, agent.
April 12, 1911. apl22
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Barc'ay.
Take noaice that Hattie Mabel MacGregor. of
I Victoria, occupation married woman, intends to
! apply for permission to purchase thefollowing
1 described lands:
Commencing at a post planted on the west
boundary of lot 103. 40 chains south from the
northwest corner thereof and being about one and
a half miles north westerly from the mouth of the
Klanawa river, Ihence wesf 40 chains, thence
north £0 chains, thence east 78 cpains, 48 links to
west boundary of lot 290, thence south along
boundary of lot 290 40 chains, thence west 38
chains, 48 links along north boundary of Ict 103 to
north west corner, thence south 40 chains to point
of commencement, containing 480 acres more or
less. Hattie Mabel MacGregor,
Stanley Wood, agent
April 1st. 1911 mayti
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Rupert.
Take notice that Agnes Gill and Anna Leeson, of Quatsino, occupation
housekeepers, intend to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:
One island situate in section 6. town-
| ship 27, Rupert district, about one and
' one-half miles east of Bold Bluff, commencing at a post on the shore at west
end, tnence following the shore east,
south and west to point of commencement, containing about 100 acres, more
or less.
Anna  Leeson,
Agnes Gill.
Date of staking April 10, 1911.
ALI1BHNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Clayoquot.
Take notice that A. Brommell, of Altamont.
Man., occupation farmer, intends to apply for
permission to purchase the following described
lands:
Commencing at a post planted 40 chairs noi th
of the north east corner of Lot 419, thence 30
chains north- thence 15 chains east, thence 60
chains north, thence 55 chains east- thence P0
chains south, thence 70 chains west to point of
commencement, containing 485 acres more or less.
Archibald Brommell,
Wilfrid Thornton, agent
April 24th. 1911. mayti
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICF.
District of Clayoquot.
Take notice that James Hilton, of Victoria, oc"
cupation engineer, intends to apply for permission
to purchase the following described lands:
Commencing at  u  post  planted  on the north
shore of Great Central Lake, at the S. E. corner of
Lot 83, thence follow ing boundary of said lot north
20 chains and east 23 1-2 chains, thence south to
shore of lake and returning westerly to point of
commencement, containing 40 acres more or less.
James Hilton,
Per C. L. Roberts. Agent.
Dated 3Cth. April. 1911.
Land for Sale.
Tenders for the purchase of the west
twenty acres of Lot 112, Alberni District, will be received by the undersigned up to 31st. May, 1911. Upon the
land is erected a frame house; property is within half a mile of the Town of
Alberni.
Highest or any tender not necessarily
accepted.
Nanaimo, May 11, A.. D. 1911.
George Thomson,
Official Administrator,
Nanaimo.
PUBLIC SERVICE  ACT.
THE qualifying examinations for Third-class
Clerks, Junior Clerks and Stenogrpphers
will be held at the following places, commencing
on Monday, the 3rd July next:—Armstrong, Chilliwack, Cumberland, Golden, Grank Forks, Kamloops. Kaslo.' Kelowna, Ladysmith. Nanaimo,
Nelson, New Westminster, North Vancouver,
Peachland, Revelstoke, Rossland, Salmon Arm,
Summerland, Vancouver, Vernon, and Victoria.
Candidates must be British subjects between
the ages of 21 and 30, if for Third-class clerks;
and between 16 and 21, if for Junior Clerks or
Stenographers.
Applications will not be accepted if received
later than the 15th June next.
Further information, together with   application
forms, may be obtained from the undersigned.
P. WALKER.
Registrar, Public Service
Victoria, B. C, 27th April, 1911.
Coal Prospecting Liceness.
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT
District of Barclay.
Take notice that thirty days after date I, William G. Wasmansdorff, of the city of Vancouver,
British Columbia, financier, intend to apply to the
Assistant Commissioner of Lands for a license to
prospect for coal and petroleum on and over the
following described lands:
Commencing at a post planted at the northeast
cornerand adjoining the northeast correr of Lot
Three (3) in the District of Barclay, thence Turning south eighty chains, thence west eighty
chains, thence north eighty chains, thenceeast
eighty chains to point of commencement.
Dated 7th day of April. A. D. 1911.
William G. Wasmansdorff,
m E. Brown. Agent.
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Barclay.
Take notice that thirty days after date I. Edward Brown, of the City of Vancouver, British
Columbia, intend t> apply to the Assistant Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for
c >al and petroleum on and over the following described lands:
Corr.neneingata post plarted at the northwest
ccrner ard adjoinirg the ntrtheaK corner of Wil"
liam G. Wasmtrf-eh id's location, thence rurning
south eighty chains, thence east eighty chains,
thence noith eiihty chains Ihence westeighty
thairs, to the pcint of commencement.
Dated 7th day cf April, A. D. 1911,
Edward Brown.
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Barclay.
Take notice that thirty days afterdate I, Sarah
T.Meeker, of the City of Vancouver, nrariied
woman, intend to apply to the Assistant Con mis-
sioner of Lands for a license to prospect for cop 1
and i etroleum on and ove>- thefollowing desciiled
lands:
Commencing ata post planted at the northeast
corner a^d adjoining the southwest corner of William G. Wasmansdorff'h location, thence running
south eighty chains, thence west eighty tlni"s,
thence rorth eighty chains, tnence east eighty
chains to the point of commencement.
Dated 7th day of April. A. D. 1911.
Sarah T. Meeker,
E. Brown, Agent.
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Barclay.
Take notice that thirty days after date I, Guy
A. Meeker, of the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, broker, intend to apply to the Assistant
Comn issior.er of Lands for a license to prospect
for covd and petroleum on and over the following
desci ibetl lands:
Commencing at a post planted at the northwest
correr and adjoinirg the southwest coir.er of William G. Wasmunsdc rff's location, thence running
south eighty chains, thence east eighty chains,
thence north eighty chairs, thence westeighty
chains to the point of commencement.
Dated 7th day of April. A. D. 1911.
Guy A. Meeker,
E. Brown, Agent.
ALBEFNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Barclay-
Take notice that thirty days after date I Henry
R. Hitchcock, of the City of Vancouver, British
Columbia, broker, intend to apply to the Assistant
Commissioner of Lands foralicerse to prospect
for coal ard i etroleum on and over the follow irg
described lards:
Comn ent ir g at a post planted at the nci thw es t
corner and adjoining the noi theast corner of Edward Brenvn's location, thence lunring south
eighty chains, thence east eighty chains, thence
north eiphty chains, thence westeighty chains to
the point of commencement.
Dated 7th day of April. A. D. 1911.
Henry R. Hitchcock,
E. Brown, Agent.
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Barclay.
Take notice that thiity days after date I, Albert
P. McKenzie, of the City of Vancouver, British
Columbia, broker, intend to apply to the Assistant
Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect
for coal and petroleum on and over the following
described lands:
Commencing at a post planted at the northwest
corner and adjoining the southwest comer cf
Herry R. Hitchcock's location, thence running
south eighty chains, thence east eighty chains,
thence north eighty chains, thence westeighty
chains to the point of commencement.
Dated 7th day of April. A. D. 1911.
Albert P. McKenzie,
E, Brown, Agent.
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Barclay.
Take notice that thirty days after date I, Edith
E. McKenzie. of the City of Vancouver, British
Columbia, married woman, intend to apply to the
Assistant Commissioner of Lands for a license to
prospect fcr ccal ar.d r.cttolcum on and over the
following described lands:
Commencing at a post planted at the northeast
corner and adjoining the southwest corner of
Herry R. Hitchcock's loratiin. thence mnnirg
south eighty chains, thence west eighty chains,
thence north eighty chains, thence east eighty
chains to the point of commencement.
Dated 7th day of April. A. D. 1911.
Edith E. McKenzie,
E. Brown, Agent.
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District t)f Barclay.
Take notice that thirty days after date I, Alfred
G. Maddock. of the City of Vancouver, British
Columbia, broker, intend to apply to the Assistant
Commissioner of Lands, for a license to prospect
For coal and petroleum on and over the following
described lands:
Commencing at a post plarted at the southwest
corner and adjoining the northeast corner of Henry R. Hitchcock's location, thence running east
eighty chains, thence north eighty chains, thence
west eighty chains, thence south eighty chains, to
the point of commencement.
Dated 7th day of April, A. D. 1911.
Alfred G. Maddock,
E. Brown, Agent.
ALLERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Barclay.
Take notice that thirty days after date I, Lillian
C. Hitchcock, of the City of Vancouver, British
Qplumbia, married woman, intend to apply to the
Assistant Commissioner of Lands for a license to
prospect for coal and petroleum on and over the
follow ing described lands:
Commencing at a post planted at the noithwest
corner and adjoining the northeast corner of Henry R. Hitchcock's location, thence running south
eighty chains, thence east eighty chains, thence
north eighty chains, thence west eighty chains to
the point of commencement.
Dated 7th day of April, A. D. 1911.
Lillian C. Hitchcock,
E. Brown, Agent.
ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT.
District of Barclay. ,
Take notice that thirty days after date I. He'en
Wasmansdorff, of the City of Vancouver. British
Columbia, married woman, intend to apply to the
Assistant Commissioner of Lands for a license to
prospect for coal and petroleum on and over the
followingdescribed lands:
Commencing at a post planted at the northwest
corner and adjoining the southeast corner of
Henry R. Hitchcock's location, thence running
south eighty chair.s. thence east eighty chains,
thence north eighty chains, thence west eighty
chains, to the point of commencement.
Dated Sth day of April, A. D. 1911.
Helen Wasmansdorff.
jun3 E, Brown. Agent.
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ALBERNI PIONEER NEWS
Saturday, June 3, 1911
FURNITURE
It will pay you to inspect my stock before sending out for Furniture.   You will
have the satisfaction of
Seeing What You Buy
and of being saved he avy Freight _Charges and  the  Risk of Damage in Transit,
as well as Delay and Trouble.
A.   I.   BIND   ALBERNI
Follow   the   bunch   to   Harry's Pool
room.
STONE & BLANDY
Shipbuilders and Naval Architects.
PORT ALBERNI
We are now prepared to submit designs aud specifications of up-to-date
Motor Launches, Yachts and Boats.    Also estimates for building and repairs.
Having secured agencies for several high-class Gasoline and Kerosene
Marine Motors, we will be pleased to forward latest catagues and prices on
request.
room have been papered  and decorated
in refreshing style.
Telephone   connection   is   now  complete.   The Pioneer News number is 9.
J. VV. Stroud returned on Tuesday
from Victoria and has gone down the
canal to Nahmint.
Conservative Meetings.
The Alberni Conservative association
meets in the Carlin hall,   upstairs,   the
first and third Tuesdays of every month.
Leonard Frank, Secretary.
Local   News  In Brief
Strawberries are ripening rapidly.
The hunters of the Kyuquot whaling
station have captured 160 whales already this season.
the Pacific or Union, of Victoria, or the
Terminal City or Vancouver, of Vancouver.
Meet your friends in
Harrv's Pool Room.
the  evening at
J. W. Petch, representing E. G. Prior
& Co., was in the two towns this week.
A. J. Menzies, assistant to the superintendent of Dominion government
dredges, arrived from New Westminster on Saturday evening last, and left
again on Tuesday morning. After taking note of what the dredge Mastadon
had already accomplished he stated
that it was fulfilling expectations.
A Canadian Northern survey party,
numbering 16, arrived on Tuesday afternoon, and went down the canal to the
mouth of China creek where they pitched
camp. The party will go over the preliminary lines and locate the route for
the railway.
A. Sproat left on Tuesday on a business visit to Vancouver and Victoria.
There is a proposition under consideration in Port Alberni to organize a gentleman's club to be establ'shed at Sproat
lake. The idea is to secure a choice
piece of waterfront property and erect
a club house to cost anywhere from
$5,000 to $10,000", obtain a charter and
conduct the  club on the   same lines as
G. H. Bevan-Pritchard, principal of
the Port Alberni public school, is arranging for a coronation entertainment
to be held in the school house on the
afternoon of Wednesday, June 21, the
day before coronation day. There will
be a programme of songs and recitations, and a patriotic speech will be delivered.
The real estate firm of Milliken &
Wise has dissolved, and in future the
business will be carried on by Mr. Milliken alone.
. 	
Thomas Hendley, of the Somas hotel,
went down the canal on a holiday trip
on Wednesday.
M. A. Ward  paid a visit to  Victoria
this week.
The Healthful Drink
The Wholesome Drink
The Cooling Drink
The Delicious Drink
The Satisfying Drink
IS
R. A. Bainbridge, division engineer
of the E. & N. railway, was in Alberni
this week, having come over the line on
a trip of inspection.
W. H. Marcon left  on  Thursday for
Victoria.
H. H, Browne and wife left on Thursday on a visit to Nanaimo and Victoria.
Mrs. Fred Rust, of  Victoria, is visit-
i ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Grandy, in Port Alberni.
s
Soda Water
It is made from the celebrated
Esquimalt Water, and not
from  Victoria   City
Water.
Mrs.   A.    Carmichael    returned   on
Thursday from Victoria.
Rev. Mr. Ross and wife, of Ahousat,
are visiting at the Indian Industrial
school in Alberni.
Jas. R. Motion's real estate office in
Port Alberni has been closed for a
month. All business will be transacted in the meantime at the office in Alberni.
In   Our  New   Store
Fresh Stock. New Goods.
Quality.    Variety.    Quantity
We Deliver the Goods
CARTER'S   GENERAL   STORE
Argyle Street, Port Alberni.
A large party of timber cruisers, supposed to be in the employ of the Canadian Northern Railway company, went
out the China Creek road on Wednesday and will cruise all the way to Cowichan Lake.
The Port Alberni Social club will give
a dance in Waterhouse hall on Friday
night next. Ward's orchestra will furnish the music. Everybody is cordially
invited.    Tickets, $1.00.
J. H. Mason returned last night from
Vancouver and will go down to Uchucklesat this evening.
Anthony Watson is  seriously ill with
an attack of pleurisy.
L. W. Carter has moved into his new
store in the Walson building on Argyle
street. The new store is large and
well lighted, and the large and new
stock of general goods is displayed to
good advantage.
John Manuel, of Victoria, a brother
of Mrs. John Redford, has taken up his
residence in Alberni. He is engaged in
E. M. Whyte's carriage and blacksmith
shop.
The steamer Tees arrived in port at
5 o'clock this morning.
A cricket match between old town
and new town teams will be played in
the old town this afternoon.
Mrs. Frank McDonald, of Mosquito
Harbor, was a passenger on the Tees
today returning home from Victoria.
Visit Harry's Pool Room.
Bicycles
and
Automobiles
Bicycles       -     $35 to $100
Automobiles $ 1050 to $ 10000
A nice advertising souvenir will be
sent free to every prospective buyer
who sends for our catalogue and mentions this advertisement.
Thos. Plimley,
Store, 730 Yates St.
Garage, 727 Johnston St.
Victoria, B. C.
Rev. James Carruthers and wife left
on Tuesday for Vancouver, where they
will remain for a month, Mr. Carruthers having a course of lectures to deliver in Westminster college.
Lands.
Vallpv Forty acre farm, fenced and
V allCV partly cleared, with house,
barn and orchard. On good road. Easy
terms.    Price, $4,000.
Tnurn cito Good Business buys on
1UWUMIC .First Avenue and Third
Avenue. Houses and Good Building
Lots in the best situations, on easy
terms.
If you have any  property to sell list it
with us.
A much appreciated change has been
made in the interior of the Arlington
hotel.   The dining room has been moved     I AG!   O   N^f"}~T"|f}M
farther   back,  allowing   for a spacious , ^ I   I WIN
rotunda in the front of the hotel on the
left hand side and away from the barroom.   The   new   rotunda   and  dining
Real Estate  and   Insurance.
i
;! Alberni.
C. F. BISHOP & SON
Grocers, Bakers and  Produce Merchants
Healthy Drinks for Warm Days
Pure Fruit Lime Juice, bottle
25c.
Stower's Lime Juice Cordial, bottle
40c.
V. C. Lime Juice, pure,  bottle
50c.
Montserrat Lime Fruit Juice, large bottle
75c.
C. & B. Lemon Squash, bottle
25c.
C. & B. Raspberry Vinegar, bottle
35c.
Ross' Raspberry Vinegar, large bottle
50c.
Persian Sherbet, bottle
25c.
Ginger Ale and Soda Waters, bottle
10c.
Lemon, Raspberry and Pineapple Syrup, large bottle
50c.
Eno's Fruit Salt, bottle
90c.
Bromo-Seltzer, bottle
25c. and 50c.
Lemoflade Powder, tin
25c.
CUTLERY
A Direct Importation
from
Sheffield, Eng.
Headquarters   for    Hardware.
"i—: imtiHT-rirriTrT"
We have received direct from the manufacturers some particularly good bargains in
Table Cutlery and Pocket Knives.
A special line of Table Knives, Plated handles but Steel Blades.
These are remarkable values while they last.
Table size, $2.25 dozen.    Dessert, $2.00dozen.
Alberni Hardware Co.
A Thirsty Man Clutches at a Straw.
We  are   again   dispensing our
Ice Cream and Soda Water
«
The Ice Cream is as good as ever, and owing  to improved facilities we are
able to give a quicker and better service than in former years.
Scale of Prices.
Ice Cream
.
-
10c.
Sundees
.
15c.
Cones
.
-
05c.
Ice Cream
Sodas, all flavors
10c.
Plain Sodas
.
05c.
Ice Cream
in Pails
50c.
and 25c.
Leave your Thirst at our Fountain.
C. M. PINEO,
Druggist. Alberni. Stationer.
FRESH GROCERIES
Full Stock Now In.
Fresh Juicy Fruits.     Fresh Vegetables.
A. E. WATERHOUSE,  Port Alberni
GENERAL   MERCHANT
Telegraph and Postoffice in the building.
A. D. MacINTYRE,
Hardware   and   Builders'   Supplies
THIRD AVE.,
PORT ALBERNI
CARMICHAEL & MOORHEAD, LTD.
Alberni Land Company, Ltd., owners of Townsite.
E. & N. Railway Company Land Department.
Commercial Union Assurance Company.
London Assurance Company, Ltd.—Marine.
Canadian Accident Assurance Company.
Port Alberni Syndicate, Ltd.
Building Loans of $500  and  Upwards on  Easy   Terms.