n ��� MM**,-. r*" I PORT ESSINGTON LOYALIST. Vol. I.- No. 20. PORT ESSINGTON, BC, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1909. Subscription $3 Per Year f t tl MANY INQUIRIES ARE COMING IN Parties From a Distance Want Informa* Hon Concerning the Possibilities of the Country Roundabout Essington The Loyalist is in receipt of requests from several distant points in the states calling for information concerning the country contiguous to Essington, and these requests come from parties who are looking for locations for homes and business sites. This certainly looks good to The Loyalist. Northwest British Columbia, and particularly that portion lying about Port Essyigton and in the Skeena district generally, is attracting more and more the attention of prospective settlers every year, and the glorious results achieved by those who have already cast their lot with us have had the effect of exciting interest in this locality in the minds of parties contemplating a change. This is all as it should be; for, nowhere on the western hemisphere are opportunities so ripe for men with small capital to attain to a position of independence, if not affluence, as they are right herein this immediate section. The country is rich in mineral resources, with an abundance of virgin and full growth timber, and countless acres of fertile agriculti- Ural and fruit land just waiting to be tickled by the plow in order to bring forth golden harvests. An important item in this connection is the fact that there is an abundance of good water the year round with ample facilities for. transport- tion of produce to the markets. The Grand Trunk Pacific railway will.soon have its line to the coast completed, and when this is accomplished settlers it) this vicinity will have the advantage of transportation over the longest direct transcontinental line of railroad in the world, in addition to the numerous steamships and other craft plying between the Yukon and Alaskan .ports and Vancouver. There is no better time than right now in which to grasp these opportunities and get in on the ground floor. In addition to being especially favored in the peculiar nature of the soil surrounding the town. Es- sington's claim, with the figures J back it up, to being.the grea .t fishing and canning point on the coast has never been successfully disputed. During the fishing season, which will shortly begin, from 8000 to 4000 men are employed in different capacities. All these people consume is purchased here in Essington, and this creates a demand for a peculiar line of produce which could be met by the farmer or tl jck gardener, and this demand Would not be for any j special sea- Bon, but a ready sale at good prices can be found here the year round for all vegetables the truck farmer can raise. Within a radius of thirty miles about Essington there are in $be neighborhood of 5000 men employed in the railroad camps, This Work will continue for two or three years, and is being! prosecuted by the Grand Trunk Pacific. In'the Immediate Vicinity arc a number of sawmills and lumber camps and the men employed in this latter industry will reach Into the hundreds) Not aii inconsiderable portion of lh�� travel which falls to Essington is that which emanates from the Yukon country and from Alaskan ports. Altogether, Essington can lay claim to being one of the very busies! towns in the Northwest, and what is better still, she gets busier e\ ery day. The Loyalist claims, and its claim is hacked by substantial results, that there can be no safer investment of idle capital than here in this section of British Columbia, and prospective investors will do well to investigate conditions hereabouts before closing deals elsewhere. R. G. Cunningham Returns R. G. Cunningham, who has been on an extended trip in the south, returned to Essington on the steamship Vadso Wednesday night. Mr. Cunningham's itinerary included California and Mexico, and during his absence of six weeks, all the principal cities and coast resorts of the two countries were visited. The trip was made purely for pleasure, and Mr. Cunningham expresses himself as highly delighted with the results. Hamamoto Was Acquitted In the last issue of The Loyalist in error crept into the report of the trial of the two Japs on the deer meat charge. S. Hamamoto, who, with K. Minwa, was arrested lor having deer meat in his possession, was acquitted, but Minwa was lined $50 and costs. L0CALETTES Essington is soon to have a moving picture show. The Vadso came in from above yesterday morning, and left for Victoria in the afternoon, Already people are arriving in Ijjssington, to be in time for the ���ipening of the canneries. The Port Essington Conservative association held its regular monthly meeting Wednesday night. ' Mrs. Johnson "is conducting affairs at tho postoffice during the absence of Postmaster Cameron. The Princess May came in from Skagway Monday night. She reported good weather.on the down trip. With the ] g(:f ; we:';li0! K. th ��� rapid disappearance of the mow, business is picking up and more activity is noticeable in all lines. The rumor that George Hayes had disposed of his barber shop and billiard hall is erroneous, Mr. Hayes is still doing business at the old stand, The finding of ii sail belonging to the three i i who started from Porcher Island on the night of Jan. 24 about settles the question as to their fate, During the temporary absence of Miss Si A, McPherson, who is in Vancouver, ReVi and Mrs, W. F. Rnshbrook are looking after the schools, Keep your eye on Essington and Watch her grow, Within the next two or three weeks her canneries will be in. operation and her population Will double itself,, , A scdwj loaded with lumber, was DANCE WAS LIBERALLY ATTENDED Town Hall Was Brilliant Scene of Merry Dancers Tuesday Night, Upon Occasion of Tire Commiti ;e's Ball and Supper The dance and supper arranged by the fire committee for the purpose of raising the necessary funds with which to purchase fire apparatus, came off Tuesday night at the Town hall, and in point of attendance and solid enjoyment, it was certainly a corker. The gentlemen having the affair in hand constituted a committee appointed at a meeting of citizens held about ten days ago to devise ways and means of providing necessary funds to complete the purchase (>f a chemical engine. The committee was composed of the following named gentlemen: Pros. Shade, Secretary Sloan, H. Berryman, J. Adams, Frank Dowar, George Frizzell, N. P. Moran and J. M. MacCormick. And right well did they perform their work. From another source, however, came invaluable assistance, and upon which the success of the affair depended to a considerable extent. The Loyalist refers to the ladies, who so generously prepared and served the supper. The ladies in charge of this end of the entertainment were: Mrs. Dr. Wilson, Mrs. Geo. Shade. Mrs. Geo. Frizzell and Mrs. John Cunningham. All the ladies of Essington liberally responded to the call of the committee, and their ready participation in the event certainly con-1 tributed to the enjoyment of the dance. The music for the dance was furnished by Messrs. Lang, Wilbur and Cecil, and was of a high order. These gentlemen have demonstrated their ability as entertainers on several previous occasions, and the mere announcement that the instrumental portion of the program would be in their hands was sufficient in itself to draw out a good attendance.' The dancers kept up the merriment until near 8:00 o'clock, when the assemblage dispersed for their homes, Altogether this initial entertainment, which will be followed by others, was a decided success, both ." n: ��� .- icialenjoyment and financial point ii view. Mr. Geo, Frizzell, who was master of ceremonies, reports that the tidy sum of $95.00 was realized. The Loyalist that a sail, which has been identified as having belonged to Yentoff, one of three men who left Porcher Island in a boat on the .light of Jan. 24, since which timo they have been missing,' has been picked up at Port Simpson. No trace of the boat or of the bodies of the men has been discovered, and at this late, ditto no hope is entertained that tliere ever will be. ' We call attention to the new ad. of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Line on the fourth page, of, which A. J. Matheson, Queen's hotel, is Essington agent. Returns From Portland Canal Provincial Constable Jones, who left Essiligtoli on Feb, 22 to go up to the Portland eamil. returned to l'rii."i; Rupert Ias1 Wednesday, the 3d inst. Constable Jones was sent to the north to examine Into the condition of the bridge spanning Bear river, and was accompanied by Agent Clarke of the government land service. They found that two piers had been washed out, and the structure Wan otherwise damaged^ The mines at Maple Bay, Officer Jones informs The Loyalist, will be taken over by n British syndicate, and development work will shortly start. Everything in this section points to a busi' season, and as towed down from the Oestall River |soon aB BPfinB ��Vct]i UP for 8ood a Sawmill Wednesday and Was tin- ����,nber o{ llu'" wil] be P��* to wort loaded on the wharf, Fire Committee Will Meet On Call A meeting of the fire committee, subject to call of the chairman, will be held the coming week, to make an official report on the result of the ball and supper given last Tuesday night. The time and place of the meeting will be announced by Chairman Shade, who states that it is'the desire of the committee that the citizens generally be present and hear the reports. The gentlemen in charge of the entertainment portion of the fire apparatus fund will, at this meeting, appoint sub-committees, together with a committee of ladies, who will have charge of arrangements for the second of the series of functions to be given for fire relief purposes. . ����� ��������� i ��� Cunningham & Son Make Alterations R. Cunningham & Son, Ltd., have made some alterations in their large general store, which will enable them to handle their large volume of business more expeditiously. The office has been moved to the second story, and the space it formerly occupied has been given over to the shoe department, which carries as complete a line of footwear as any of the city stores. A complete stock of Walk-Overs is just to hand, together with the glove-fitting Canadian Lady shoe. They are fully equipped to look after the wants of their customers, and guarantee satisfaction, The lumber Will be used by George- McKcnzio; who will erect a residence on the hill.' work on Which will begin soon. Find Sail Belonging to Missing Men J. McDonald, who returned from Prince Rupert Thursday, informs Building Will Be Brisk This Spring From present indications there is goiug to be an unusual amount of building in and about Essington this spring. Several new residences are projected, and as every house habitable is occupied, there will have to be new buildings erected to accommodate the spring trade, as an unusually brisk season is anticipated by our business men. ��� u I ^ . ���.'!������ i. nw Several Dufferin gtreetmerchants have taken advantage of the mild weather which had prevailed during the jpftfl* few days, and removed the snowbanks that lined either side of the walks in front of their premises, Percy Maeketifot, machinist at the B. A, cannery last Slimmer will arrive here Mal'ch 20, tO take the position of foreman of the cannery. R. G. Strange and H. Ditgiiall will leave ih a fcW days for the Ingenica. They intend going to Ha-- zeltott over the Ice. Lotlis Maptohstali underwent art operation at the Jubilee hospital a few days ago, and is reported aS getting along finely. Contractor Bostrom alid brother- in-law, tJno Bjorkhmd, Came irt from the camp yesterday and went i to Prince fc'upeft< WEEKLY RECORD OF VISITORS Enabling Loyalist Readers to Keep Posted as to the Movements and Whereabouts of Their Friends During the Week Chas. Anderson came over from Aberdeen last Tuesday. Geo. B. Baillie, Esq., made a trip to Prince Rupert last week. J. J. Sloan is in Vancouver transacting business this week. John Cunningham mado a trip to Prince Rupert Wednesday. u Mrs. J. E. Gilmore was a visitor last week from Prince Rupert. A. J. Stewart was in Essington from Prince Rupert Wednesday. Oswald Bamber of Prince Rupert was a visitor the past week. Fred Rudge left for Vancouver on the Princess May last Monday. Harry Berryman left for Kitamaat on the Queen City Saturday. A. E. Smith left for a few days' visit in our thriving little suburb, Prince Rupert, Monday last, Mr. and Mss. Robert Burns, who have been in Vancouver for the past two weeks, are expected home tonight on the Camosun. J. Mcintosh and A. J. Matheson went to Prince Rupert on the Native Wednesday. Mr. Matheson returned to Essington Friday. R. S. Donaldson went over to Prince Rupert Wednesday on the Native, from which point he left on the Rupert City for Vancouver. Postmaster and Mrs. Cameron left on the Camosun last Saturday night for an extended trip in the south. They will be absent for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Paul DeWolff, who on Thursday week returned to Es- -ingtoii from an extended trip to the eastern states, left for Balmoral last Tuesday, where they will remain during the summer, O. A. Ragstad, the jeweler, is at present located in the building adjoining McArthur's Emporium, where he will carry on business Until a more suitable building in erected near his old stand, Frank Brown, the Nevada min- infrman, accompanied by his brother, J, \y. Brown, is in Essington ftonl Rawhide, New, the famous gold camp, and both gentlemen an; registered at the Essington, They are here in waiting for the opening of navigation, when they will go north on a prospecting trip. The Other Kid Had a Dream, Too Two little youngsters shambled penitently into the ehiss room long after the school had opened for tho morning session, "Boys, come to my desk," said the teacher, Two meek little lads came to the front and stood looking helplessly at their feel. "Tommy," asked the teacher, "why are you late this morning?" "I overslept myself, ma'am," began Tommy- "You see, teacher, I drealiied I Was going to take a railroad tripi I just got to the station whell I woke up and found it was past school tihSeV' "Freddy, why arc yott late ?" in- quired teacher of the other boy. "Please, fria'am, 1 went to the station to Bee* Tommy nff.f' 4-+-t Selid in your name with f8 ttfia gei on our list for a year THE ESSINGTON LOYALIST PORT ESSMGTON LOYALIST. ADVERTISING RATES: CobI Pronpectlng and Timber Notii'es, SO;, davs.. WOO land Notices, 60 Jay��...: 7 00 Certificate o! Improvement Notices, 60 duys 700 All Timber and Land Notice* mu.��t be accompanied by check! otherwise they will remain unpublished, Foreign subscription price per year 3 00 W. H. ROBERTS Editor and Manager WILL BE AN UNWISE MOVE Rumor has been current that, when the G. T. P. throws the town- site lots on the market, it is the intention to list them at a top figure. If this is true, and the company carries out its intention, it will be an exceedingly unwise move, to say the leant concerning it. There are a number of men of moderate means who have been waiting for an official announcement of the date of this sale���men who can and will purchase lots on which to erect homes, if the property is offered at a reasonable price, but if exorbitant values are quoted at the start this class will he debarred from purchasing. Such a scheme would have the effect of inviting buyers for speculative purposes solely ��� the very condition which should be guarded against if Prince Rupert desires to build up and grow, It is impossible to have a town or a city without people who will build homes; and, as Prince Rupert must look to the home-builder, the man of moderate means, and not to the land-shark, as the source from which the bulk of its population must spring, it will b�� seen that to start this sale at fancy prices will prevent this most desirable class of men from entering the field. The one condition that will retard the growth of a town is for land speculators to gain a foothold in it. They keep oUt the man of small means who would improve the property, and the result for years to come is a number of vacant and unirhproved lots, whose owners live probably 1000 miles from the town. This condition has been demonstrated so often that it seems incredible that any body of men, naturally supposed to possess at leaBt ordinary business sagacity, should put a prohibitive price on their holdings, and thus freeze out the very element that goes to build up any town. ������� ���'��� Dr. Robson, the pioneer Methodist missionary, who, fifty years ago, penetrated the then unexplored regions of British Columbia, and expounded the Methodist doctrine to the Indians, in a lecture at Vancouver Sunday night, telling of- his early struggles, said! "The first church in the province was built at New Westminster, the second was the church on Pandora Btreet, Vancouver, while the first Sunday school was opened by Mrsi Thomai Cunningham of Fairview, with an attendance of four. Our church membership," continued Dr. Rob�� son, "from one���Mrs, Bryant of Nanaimo���'has increased to 8920. We have now 720 Sunday school teachers, 10,075 scholars, and 1723 members of the Epworth league." ��� ��� ��<>���� ���MUM The city of Chicago is, tigura* tively speaking, in the "nine-hole." A short time ago an issue of bonds was made by the city, ostensibly to meet anticipated indebtedness, but the fact has been established that the "anticipated indebtedness" consisted of a fli'm determination bn the part of the city officials to increase their salaries Which they did as soon as the money from the bonds was available. As a consequence, Chicago's artntial expanses have jumped froth *i6,flOd.OO0 to over 120,000,000, ahd she can not borrow any niore without authority of a special act of the legislature. having exhausted her authorized borrowing capacity. i m �� The American battleship fleet, which has traveled 42,227 miles in its circle around the globe, returned to Hampton Roads Monday, Feb. 22, from which place it departed on its long journey Dec. 12, 1907, having consumed 14 months and 10 days on the cruise. All the ships are in fine condition, but will be sent to their respective docks for an overhauling. McArthur's Emporium Next dour tit the K.ssihgton lintel. GENTS' FURNISHINGS A SPECIALTY. Penman's Underwear, Oiled Clothing, Leckie's Boots. L. J. McARTHUR, Prop. W. G. CONNON. DKA1.KK IX Cigars, Tobacco, Soft Drinks, &c, POOL ROOMS ATTACHED. Graphones and Records FOR SALE. Cor. Hazleton and Dufferin Sts., Port Essington. H. J. STAUDTE, E881KGTON HOTEL. BARBER SHOP OF THE FIRST CUSS Launch "STRONGHEART" Leaves Cunningham's What! every iluyfor following Railroad Camps: Keith's, McDonald's, Antonelli's, Shady's, Smith Bros., Dan Stewart's, Ang. Stewart's, and McLcod's. McKENZIE & JACKSON, Agents, Port Kssingtou, 11. C, COME TO ESSINGTON I The Center of Construction. WE CAN FIND YOU EMPLOYMENT. Canadian I'milllc Employment Agency. Oestall River Sawmill, EVERY DEHCHlFTloN OK LUMBER POR SALE. JAMES A, SHOWN, Proprietor. FOR SALE. A complete set of DuBnrry���20 volume*���new and uncut. For particulars apply at Tills OWlCK. S,S. RUPERT CITY Leaves Picf 2 every Thursday for VANCOUVER FlRsf'CLASH SKCOND'CLASS , DECK PASSAGE 111111111 $12 00 8 00 6 00 Tickets tar sale at Ragtitadt's Jewlry Store. Tickets tniist be purchased before boarding steamer. MMmmltmVmmlmytmmmmmm n DR. QUlNLAN, Th* Pioneer Dentlat, A AVENUE, ptttNl'tt tOjPJKpT, B. Oi MADE TO MEASUREMENT CLOTHING! TOP-COATS. RAIN-COATS. SUITS. THE CAMPBELL MANUFACTURING CO., OF MONTREAL MAKE A SPECIALTY OF FINE MADE-TO- MEASUREMENT CLOTHING, AND THEY ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE LEADING HOUSE IN CANADA. -FOR- FIT. OUT. STYLE AND QUALITY. THEY STAND ALONE. AGENTS: �� LAND PURCHASE NOTICE. R. Cunningham & Son, Ltd. PORT ESSINGTON AND HAZLETON, B. C. T& PSwlio Drank cSpinte yjk MI ^^C" as otheftyDnnk tea jp %pkrfiti5llisky * , 4 tank jo much Whisky., Till heloldthefiiitej^^il ��� ' 1"��>*Bh ''SB Essington Hotel R. J. McDonell Proprietor The lending htel inlutlmn British Columbia, elegantly equipped to meet the re- qtiirements of a fastidious public, and com* hiandittg a superb view of the approaching steamers. Hot and cold bntlis at all hours. Baggage transferred from all incoming and to all outgoing boiltS. ASK FOR V1CTORIA-PHCENIX Lager! Skeena Land District���District oi Coast. TAKE NOTICE that Bernard Leitch Johnson, of Victoria, B. C, occupation, master mariner, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands: Commencing at a post planted immediately north of the northwest corner of Jus. Watte! purchase; thence cast 40 chains; thence north to shore line; thence along shore line to point of commencement, and containing about 80 acres. Bernard Leitch Johnson, Dated Dec. 9, 1908. Locator ..Boscowitz Steamship Co.. (limited) Ss. VADSO Ss. ST. DENIS Weekly Sailings Between Victoria, Vancouver, and Northern B. C. Ports, For particulars address JOHN BARNSLEY & CO., 1 Victoria, B. C. EVANS, COLEMAN & EVANS, Vancouver, B. C. ALS QUICK LUNCH! Tort Eshington, B. C. Serves Best Meal in Town OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Try Our Coffee and Cakes Everything NKAT. Prompt Service. E. C. Shelton BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY. Fruit and Vegetables. A SPECIALTY : FANCY BUTTER and EGGS George Hayes importer and Dealer In the finest brand* of Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco COAST PAPERS ALWAYS ON HAND. Pool Rooms & Barbershop Attached. tSB8m)tmGim1uiA Bfrl ���WW 11 --��--���"����"'"���''���''--'"������'���'��� i ��� ������ '��� " I ���>��-�����, Calumet Restaurant! Center St., PRINCE RUPERT. FIRST-CLASS MEALS AT ALL HOURS, Meals 25 cts. SHORT ORDERS A SPECIALTY Italian and french Management. DMPESSO A BEINA, Proprietors, Hicks & Lovic Piano Co,, Ltd. 1204 Douglas Street, viCfroniA, P. C Victor Talking Machines, Pianos and Organs. RAISE CHILDREN TOR SACRIFICE Child Is Carefully and Tenderly Nurtured Until Aoe of Young Manhood, When Sacrificial Feast Is Spread Human sacrifice U still practiced in West Africa, as well as in the Philippines, according to Mrs, Norr thesk Wilson, who last year made A 1000.mile trip down the Ivory And Gold coasts to study the fetish religion, and who, on her recent return to London, h��s delivered several lectures detailing her experience, "The Gold coast native," says Mrs. Wilson, "is a fatalist who has no conception of the value of life. Having a vague belief in reincarnation, he is willing to sacrifice himself for his religion, Children Are raised for the express purpose of being sacrificed. "When the child comes to manhood ho is shaved and anointed And everything he desires Is given him, Wild revels are held in the heart of the forest, the victim is bathed and scented, and then worshiped for two days. On the third day there Is an indescribable scene of debauchery, when the doomed man is put into a split tree and killed. "These sacrificial rites are performed not through a lust for blood, but rather because of a desire to make atonement and placate the gods. "Even the president of Liberie, whom I met, believes in fetishism, and possesses a 'ju-ju,' although he is an exceptionally intelligent man and a Harvard graduate." .... CRYSTAL PALACE MAY BE SOLD Historic Old Building Has Ceased to Be an Object of Interest to London Folk, and Is Now In Receiver's Hands Thousands of people all over the world, says a letter from London, will regret to hear that the Crystal Palace has fallen on evil days, and is now in the hands of a receiver. For years the big glass house at Sydenham has been a sort of national'institution, with an international reputation, like the Abbey, the TqSver and the Monument. Unhappy the child who has never seen the Crystal Palace in its glory, with its broad, blooming grounds, water temples, rising balloons, and at night its myriad of lights and world-famous fireworks. Last summer there were no fireworks. That was a sign of what was happening. The public had lost interest in the place in which another generation had found its most joyful entertainment. It' is generally hoped that the necessary.funds will be forthcoming to relieve the Pr.lace from its difficulties, but its fate today is uncertain. Women of Turkey Assert Their Rights Turkish women are getting their emancipation rapidly. They have hardly emerged from the seclusion of the harem, but will make a move toward demanding political privileges. ' >-" .1 They have begun by requesting permission to attend the opening of the new parliament, and to have a box reserved for them so they can listen to the debates. The demand was accompanied by a threat that if this privilege was denied them and given to the Christian women, they would follow the example of the suffragettes of London, and demonstrate outside the parliament building. ��� ��� �� ��������������������� ������' Subscribe for The Loyalist and keep posted on affairs at homei The paper is devoted to the interests of Essington and vicinity, and Will be essentially a Ideal paper. CHURCH SERVICES. Methodist Church,-��� Rev. B, C, Freeman, pastor. Morning service 11 a. m, Sunday school 2 p. m, Evening sermon. 7;30, St, John's Church���Rev, W. F. Rii6hbrook, rector, Morning service, 11 o'clock, Sunday school 2 p. m. Evening service / o'clock. _ The regular Salvation Army services are held by Adj. Black'burn, LAND PURCHASE NOTICES, Skeenu Laud District���District or Coast. TAKK NOTICE that Elizabeth Gordon Mao- Donald, 61551 Wellington street, Toronto* ic- ciipiitjnn spinster, intends to apply for permit:- Bion lo purchase the following described hin,Is; Commencing ��t u post planiwl or. (lie north corner oi Prescott Ialund,, pppjfljflte email island, and marked. Elisabeth liotrjon llaedpnald'B N.v,', corner; thenee east along beach so chains; thence south.40 ebolnsi thence west 80 chains; thence north 40 chains to beach', tuul following beach in point of commencement, coritB.li ;n0' 82o acres more or less. ELIZABETH COUPON MaoHOXAUi. W. W. CI.AI'.HB, AgpUt. Puled Dec. 12,1908. ii i .www���w-ww���imm^m,^*��� ��� ��� i "�� Skeena, Land District���District of 'Joust, TAiv.K NOTICE diat'lsabefla Simpson, oi Toronto, Ontario, occupation Bplnster, Intends lo apply for permission to purjshftsa t|ie foHow- ing described lands; Commencing' ��i a post pirntotl on the northwest bide of PreBcott island, on channel between Btepben and Prescott Islands) anil marked Isabella Simpson's N.W, corner; mence east 80 chains; thenee south 20 chains; ihence west ho chains to beach; thence tollowWtjr* beaeli to point ol commencement, containing Kiu in.'i'esnioreur leas. )lilted Dee. 12.1908. ISABELLA SIMPSON. W, W, Clabkb, Agent. Skeena Land District���Dlstriet of coast. TAKE XOT1CK that George P. SwHt, of 8,".St. oorgc street, Toronto, OntariOj occupation gflfttleman, intends.to apply for permissiojq to purchase the following i!>" crlbed lands; Commencing ataposl plimtedat tho north pud pi V illium Island, on tho north-west side of Hem., island, and marked o. D. Eton's Initial post; thence tunning about lit) cbaini south, taking in the whole island, an icontain- or less. GEOKUE D.SCOTT. W. W. OLAliKB, .lycnt. LAND PURCHASE NOTICES. Skeena Latiil Distviet���District uf Coast, TAKE NOTICE that I'h-.irlesj, Cur'..', of Toronto," Out;, Occupation phjsjclau, Intends tu apply ior permission to puri loose the follow- i��g described lunils; Commencing utapont pluuteil on the north side of l'rescott Island, marked C. J. Currie's N. W. corner; thence south bO elutins; thenee east ���10 chains; thenee north to beach; thenee follow ing heaeh f.i point of commencement, and containing 8{K) acres moro or less, CftsHLES .1, CUHIIIE. W. W. 1 UitKK, Agent, Dated Pec- U, 1008. Skeena Lund District���District of Coa t. TAKE NOTICE that CharlotteGleun,o�� Vancouver, B. ('., occupation housewife, intends to ii ply for permission to purcaast the following described lands: Commencing at a post planted on the north side of Btepben Mutcl, about 110 chains west oi W.P.Snee's N. ... corner, and marked Char lutte Glenn's N, \V, corner; thence sontli W ehaiusj thence east 40 chalijs; tiiei ee north to beaeh and following beavharonnd b��y to jxiitlt of commencement, and containing 820 acre* acres more or le:-s, CHARLOTTE GLEJVN, W. W, Clarke, .Agent. Dated Den. U, 1908. Skeotia Land Jilolriet��� I'istiii t, of CoasV,, TAKK NCTlCi; that Thon.iiv E. IVushlngti n, of Bay street, Toronto, Ontario, occupation real estate ogci.t, tcier.rin to uppij for per; >'- sent io purebase the following dusi r! c I hujds; Conimeneing at a post planted at the north side of Stephen island, snout 20 chains west of .1. D, Toomey's N. E. corner, and marked T. E. Washington's X. li. corner; thenee south 80 chains;, hence west 20 chains; thence north ti, beach; thence following beach to point of com- inencenienti anil containing loo acres more|or Jess. THOMAS K, WASHINGTON. W. W. Clabkb, Agent. Dai id Dec, U, 1908. d! c, 12,1908, Skeena Land District���Distriol of Coast. TAKK NOTICE that Juntos Musgrave, of Toronto, Ontario, occupation physician, i�� tends toappls tot permission to purchase the torrowing described Uuids: CpMiuenclng; aj a post pluuteil on the wc-sl )'liie of Prescott Island, on eliniiiiel between Stephen and rreseott Islands, and .arked James Musgrave's Si W, corner; tiieueeeast 80ohaius; thence soutljiiO chains; theuco west 80chains to beach; thence following beachto point of commencement, and containing OK] acres mule or less. JAMESMUHOU WK. \Y. \V. ChAJiKB, Agent. ��� .itI'd Dec. 12il!)08. Skeena Land District���District oi Coast. TAKE NOTII K thai Cecil J. Payntcr, ofT ir- onto, Ontario, occupation departmental man. inter, intends to apply for permission to pur> libase the following described lands; Commencing at �� post planted al lucid o.' bay at south end of Prescott Isle id and marked C. J, Payntor's ST, If. corner; thence wesl about 21) chain* to beach; ihence following heucli around s. utlient ehd of proi ioi otory aroni'd bay to p In I "I fomnieuuejueiii, ami euiftuining 100 acres more or, less. 1 Cr.l ll J. I'AYXTEU. W. \\.Li.Aitivi:, .'.gent. Dated Pec. 12, 11108. ,' Skeena Lan 1 Dlstriet���Drstt'i'tfi bf Const. ��� TAKK NOTICE that Henry N. I'blllips, of Vancouver, oec ipation aedountant, 1 itends to ipplj for permission to purchase iHo following described lewis:' Commencing at a post planted at the north end ei an island off Stop en Island pi channel between 1'res'cott and Stephen Islands, and iiarkeS H. N. Plrrrlifm' la*tlal��.posti.thsiie.o rnnuing south about ou chains, taking iiitne whole island. HENRV X. I 1 1LL1PS. W, \v. i LAtiKK, Agent. Dated Dec. 12, 1008, Bkei mi Land District���District of (.cast. T.' KE NOTK'K thr t James \V. '.irshum, of St. Mary's, Ontario! occupation bitrrisler.at-taw. intends in apply for permission to purchase the following described lands,: Con ia��uelng i t a post planted ou the north, side of Preseott Island, and marked J. \1 ��� i '���' hum's NiWi corner; thence south Rn chains; thence oasl 80 cnoTrlBT thenee lii rill to ;:cach; ihence following beach to point of commence- .. ent, and containing oioalires more or less. JAMBS W. GRAHAM, W. \V. Clabkb, Agent. Hated Pee. II, 1908. s :oena Land District���Dlstriot of Coast. TAKE NOTICE that Samuel ii. Jameson, of icginn, Saskatchewan, occupation Customs ' dleclor, intends to apply for petmiBBionto purchase tho following described '.iels: Commencing a a post planted oh She north side of Prescott Island, at head of small bay, and marked S, B, Jamesons' N, W, comer; .hemnj orth 80'chains; thenee east 40chains; thence uorih to beach; thenee following beaeli io point of commencement, and containing 810 acres move or less. 8AMUEI ". vv. w JAMESON. Ula.uk.k, Agent. atcd Pee. II, 1'J TA K K and li-lricl- iTiCE Ihttt I'it set, Torouto, [itends to app !,. 8," lupa -, t- urobasc flic kuo��tn as ihetjueen Chat lotto Islands; Now Know Ye, TjraiErunE, that In nurwwncB thereof, We do.nereby prohibit the limiting, hilling or taking of Caribou onCrahnin Isbmu, Moresby Island, or any of the other Islands forming the group known as the Queen ClnSr- lotte Islands, from the date hereof until other- wise ordered, ' ��� ��� ��� ��� i '���'',:���. Is Tlst :i sv Whebbof, we have caused these our betters to be/���'made Patient, and the. (in-at Seal of the said Province to be hereunto afflXea: ' >������ ��� ��� Witm-ss, His Honour James Dcksmvir, Lieu* tenant-Governor'5f our said', pnrvince. of i British Columbia, in ourCMtyof Victoria, in ' ursnld Province, this fifteenth dnyof December, ��� in he year of Our Lord one thousand jilni hundred and eight, and tho eighth .��car o�� cur Re)gn, By Command, HENRY ES80N VXJNG, Provincial Secretary. Union Steamship Co. (LIMITED, Fast, New Steel Built Steamer "CAMOSUN" Leaves Port Essington Every Saturday Night for Vancouver Northbound, Leaves Vancouver Every Thursday at 9 o'clock P.M. Skeena Land District���iHstrlot of Const. TAK l. NOTICE linn i.��� urge Arthur Godfrey, of i aud ii, West Sntlthllold, London, England, oe-cpi'ion solicitor, Inl nds to apply forper- Lulssioi lo lciuc the full ��� /i.ig deserlbed land: Commencing at a poet planted about thirty yards cast of the mouth oi Naas Harbor Creek, aiiB Harbor; thenee east along the coast for-u iistanco of twenty chains and containing about half an acre. t BORGE ARTHUR GODPHEY, 11. U'. BBNNSTT, Agent. Dated Nov. 11, lfluS. Skeena land Iiistrici���District of Coast. TAKE NOTICE thill Wilfred Henry Godfrey, of 1&5H1 illifleld London, England,occupation solicitor, iiiutcls to epply tn.r permission t,< lease the following described lana; Commoucing at u post planted about one hundred yar Is ortb oiiui unnamed creek ou [boeastern side of Massett Inlet, about live miles from the 'Hinge of Massett; thenn along the coast lu a southerly direct lull for u distance of:2fi chains, V, .i-i.ii HEX1 ���' GODFREY, U. .>;. i,.:n..k. r. Agent. Dated Nov. ft, 1908. o '��� Ixjui e 'eon s \. W. chains; thenee smith 4c luii'is I i beach; then poll t i f commence: c; or less. Dated Pec. 14,1008. mnei; 111 'Hi e oasl 111 ���haliis; thouC'i! W 'Si si. ���c following beach t t, and HSifJ in res i. otc Lotris ,-. W, c E SCOTT, akk:., Agent, Bkeena LandDlstrli t���Dlstrli ��� of ( ast. TAKE NOTICE thai Charles A, Lender, [of Toronto, Ontario, Intel lsto apply for permission to purchase '��� o f Uowlug described lauds: Commencing at a post planted on the east side of Stephen Island on the channel between Prescott and Stephen Islands, and marked CharlesSA. Pender's S. E. corner; thence west so chains! Ihence north 20chains; tiieueeeast 80 chains to beach; thence foil..wing beach to point of conn, o; cement, and containing 100 acres more or less. ( HARLESA. BENDER. YY. IV. Clahmj, Agent. 1 mted Pec. It. 1IKW. CASCADE LATJtfDRY; Laundry fo, the Cascade, Vau- fJouvef, will be sent down on each trip of the sti. Rupert, Thursdays, find will leave Vancouver on the following Thursday by 'he Camosun. A. Lang, Agent. Skeena Lund Dlstrlcl -DlBtriol of Coast. TAKE NOTil V. that Louis Ditterbraudl, of ii Ac gel Court, in the en y of London. England, occupation gentleman, Intends to apply for permission to lease the following described land: i .nnmeiii in. at a post planted about BS0 yards from tin point u (he eustof thoontrsnee ol ..���'. lei urboi on the north coast ol iralian Island, Ilv uc along tin coael In u northerly Mini uorth-wc ii- i; direotlon tor adistanceof lour hundred yards. hulls UITTEKI'.KANbT. 11. M. llK.s.NKIT, Agent. Dated Nov. 1, 1908, HOTEL PREMIER. PRINCE RUPERT. B. C. European and American Plan RATES $1.00 TO $3.00. NO EXTRA CHARGE i-'OR HOT BATHS. ELECTRIC LIGHTED, Hot and cold running water on every floor. This is tho only stormier on the Northern British Columbia route littvil with double bottom and steel bulkheads. For passage and fur- Iher particulars apply to MORROW & FRIZZELL, Pt. Esslngtrn E. B. EDWARDS, Contractor and Builder, OFFICE AND STORE WORK' A SPECIALTY. .nffcriu Street, opposite Morrow .'. Frizeell. GEORGE H. W'VAIT, DKAld'.lt IN WALL PAPER! PAINTS, k. Dufferin Street, - Port Essington MORROW 4 FRIZZELL. Port Essington, li. C. BUTCHERS! \ND ��� PROVISION DEALERS. Vegetables, Green Groceries, Fruits. LARGE STOCK OF MEATS ALWAYS ON HAND. We also make a specialty of handling and forwarding freight from our large new Warehouse to all points. ii ��� i l 'i I! i :' '< .' !���; ��� ��� .1 1 I Dtl WITNESS TRAVELS MANY MILES Alaska Man, Living in the Arctic Circle, Is on His Way to Juneau. Where He Will Be a Witness Before the Federal Court Mushing over the frozen trails of Alaska, from Coldfoot to Fort Gibbon, a distance of 7oO miles, thence to Fairbanks, to Valdez and then to Juneau, where he will appear as a witness in the trial of Edward Hasey. charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. M. B. Morrissey will be entitled to approximately $3000 in mileage fees alone, in addition to his fees as a witness. Morrissey, who last year was a witness for the government, lives at Coldfoot, 68 miles within the Arctic circle, and he experienced severe hardships in his long journey over the frozen trails to get to Juneau to testify in the trial. Morrissey is a young man, probably not more than 23 years old. He started out of Coldfoot with a team of seven dogs and an Indian guide. Three of the dogs died on the trail and the other four had their feet badly frozen when they reached Fairbanks. The case against Hasey grew out of the rioting in the Keystone canyon in Alaska, where the Copper River & Northwestern railway was fighting with the Home railway of Valdez for the right of way thro' the canyon. The canyon . is very narrow, and when the construction gangs of the two roads met in the canyon several fierce battles were fought. In one of the encounters two men were killed. Mike Sullivan, one of the best known characters in the North, was tried and acquitted of the charge of having fired the shots that resulted in the death of the two men. Hasey is now on trial for the same crime. RECIPES EOR THE HOUSEWIFE Apple, Celkry and Nut Salad. Take equal parts of apples, celery and walnut meats; cut the celery into crescent-shaped pieces, as it slices naturally, and the apples, first in eighths and then across in thin slices. Use broken nut meats, do not chop them. Serve on crisp lettuce leaves, with French or boiled dressing, Welsh Rahebit.���Half pound of American cheese, 2 tablespoonsful butter, 2 tttldcspoonsful milk or ale, teaspoonful made mustard, little Bait. Melt butter in a saucepan, add cheese cut In thin slices, and Btir till hielted; add ale or milk gradually, then mustard and Very little suit. Stir till smooth, then pour oyer slices of hot buttered toast. Serve inimediatelyi > ��., Sago Pudding.���Wash 1 teacup- ful of Bago and pour off the water; then soak it ill cupful warm water for 10 minutes; put on 2 cupsful of milk to boil. When it boils stir in the Bago and boil for 6 minutes, stirring i iistanlly, when the sago will be cooked enough and quite clear; take the pan from the fire and stir in 1 tablespoonful sugar j and 1 teaspoonful butter; beat up] 2 eggs and add tin m, mixing well, and pour the whole into a buttered pudding dish. Sprinkle a, little ground cinnamon over it, and put it in the oven for half ail bout', to brown on top, Strino Beam SALAO.-^Stfini* and Wash 1 pint Btring beans; boil till tender in salted water; dntini and When cdld put in a salad bowl, season with Rait, pepper and {iapriki, pour 1 teaspoonful salad oil over, also half cup vinegar, atld SerVfei , ascsa, l^fV-'r���-'.-: Subscribe for The1 Loyalist and keep pasted on affairs ��\ home. The paper is devoted to the inter* *fitfl of Essington and vicinity, ahd will be esSentiullj' & local paper; WIRELETS. Weather conditions throughout British Columbia indicate an early spring. Battling Nelson has mysteriously disappeared from Los Angeles, and Willis Britt, his manager, has been unable to locate him. Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis of Chicago was robbed of $6500 worth of jewels while crossing the Atlantic on her return from London. Work has begun on a cut of a billion feet of trees in northern Wisconsin. This is the last stand of timber in that section of the states. Sheriff Inkster, at Winnipeg last Tuesday, seized the mayor's chair at the city hall to satisfy a judgment in favor of Kelly Brothers, the bridge contractors. James Reynolds, a veteran racer, 61 years old, before 3000 people, won the roller skating race at Butte, Mont., over the Marathon distance, 26 miles 385 yards, Tuesday night in the fast time of 1 hour 25 min. 5 1-5 sec. It is understood that the final location of the G. T. P. between Edmonton and Prince Rupert having been completed, engineering parties will be placed in the field early in the spring to locate the proposed branch line to Vancouver. John Burns, president of the London government hoard, has granted $20,000 for the emigration of West Ham's unemployed to Canada. The Allan liner Corsiean sailed Monday with a large number of second-class passengers and a party of boys and girls for Mrs. Birt's Sheltering homes. Devilled whale blubber, grilled boa constrictor and roast monkey were among the delicacies on the menu of the seventh annual dinner of the Canadian Camp, which was held at the Hotel Astor, in New York, Tuesday night. Great disappointment was expressed on the failure of a consignment of dried elephant meat from Calcutta to arrive on time, The world cruise of the American fleet is to lie emulated by England. Since the new policy of concentration in home Waters was adopted some of the more distant British colonies have rarely seen a ship of the navy which is supposed to protect them, nnd the admiralty is now considering a proposal* to "exhibit the flilg" more generously, With two dead, one dying and 10 per cent of the population afflicted with a terrible unknown disease, the town of La Prairie, near Montreal, is far from being a place of gaiety, One hundred of its 1100 people are in bed with black, swollen tongues and splitting heads, while the most expert doctors have been Unable to diagnose the disease Two London suffragettes repeated the tactics employed In the ladies' gallery of the house of commons some time itgo, by chaining themselves to a balustrade in the Gaiety restaurant ill order to interrupt the chief secretary of Ireland, who spoke at a dinner there. The women were gagged, however, while files were Becurdtl tttid the chains cut. They were then cxpelltid from the restaurant. Immigration from Japan to the Pacific coast is to be forbidden by the Japanese government) as a result of the agitation In Toklo. Count Konium! minister of foreign affaire; states that the government would not in future despatch emi* gl'tttltg to tlie Pacific Coast, and ill view of the failufe of the Japanese' tirhigrattell lb Mefcico ftHd South America, and that Japanese meth�� odS of farming are not applicable! to Manchuria, emigration from 3k'- pith Wbttld be generally diseouragedt HAS CANADA "GOT IT "AGAIN? House of Commons Document Shows That the New Treaty Boundary Arrangement Gives Important Islands to the States In the house of commons Monday Major Currie stated that the boundary treaty gives part of the islands in boundary waters, decided by the Ashbu.rton treaty to be in Canada, away to our neighbors, says an Ottawa dispatch to the World, and, according to the major, it looks like a trick perpetrated by Uncle Sam's negotiators. He said that in previous negotiations Canada had lost the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin Missouri and Michigan, and when tho recent boundary treaty was negotiated he bad made up his mind that we wollld be "gold-bricked." As a matter of fact we have been. He finds that in the recent boundary treaty we had suffered a loss of more territory to the state of Minnesota through the diversion of the line to intersect lands on the boundary. This territory was Hunter Island in Pigeon river. The Ash- burton treaty gave Hunter Island to Canada. The two drafts of the new treaty declared that the boundary line "should not intersect islands lying along its course." In the treaty a6 signed and published as a sessional paper, the word "not" is omitted, so that Hunter and other islands in boundary waters would be divided and half given to the United States. It turns out, how'ever, that the treaty itself contains the word "not," so that the sessional paper may have been merely a misprint. The treaty also stipulates that the boundary shall follow the line laid down by the Ashburton treaty and also that it shall be a water line. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in replying, promised to refresh his memory and give an answer on another occasion. '��������������� Is a Premium on Thrift James���I get a penny every time I take my cod-liver oil. Thomas���What do you do with them? James���Mother puts 'em in a money box till there's enough, and then buys another bottle of cod- liver oil, Read The Loyalist. LAND LEASE NOTICE Skwitil Land District���niKtrict of Bkoena Take iiolk'i'i ttiiit John Plbwln of iort Simpson,]). (',, odciipattrjn mill owner, Intends to apply i'nr permission to Beoupy tile following ilescritjafl liitnll Commencing.at a fcost planted at high-water murk (poHt marked "J. I'Vs it. e. Mr.), OH .1. Hewitt's laild fronting oil fori SitlijtHon Inirlior; thence went 860 feet to low-water mark; thenee along low-water mul'k sotith tit) ili'ltfeoseilKi 87;"> feel; thenee along lowwatei' mark north t'2 degrees eastl (, ieetl llienee north ( ) 100 feet to high-water mark, contuidlng sl>i (0) acres more or less. JOHN I'l.KWlX. Hilled 1 hrilary ll, 1900. :Ui Canadian Pacific Railway BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST STEAMERS From Port Essington 1' O H Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Tacoma FlRST-CLASS FARE i. $18.00 SECOND-CLASS FARE... ... 12.00 IfitlUdlKg Meals and berth info ��eettl'e information arid tickets from its to sailing A.J.MATHFSON.Aqt,. Oueen's Hotel The Right Place To Buy Jewelry DON'T BE BEHIND THE TIMES! If your Watch does not keep you the eorreet time, send it to us and have it made to do so, or let us supply you with one that WILL. We carry a COMPLETE LINE of up-to-date JEWELRY, from Bahy Pins to DIAMOND RINGS. Before Selecting 9 Suitable (lift be sure and call and inspect our stock. C. B.WARK. The Reliable Jeweler. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C. Queen's Hotel, Port Essington, B. C. MRS. S. KIRBY Proprietress The only First-Class Hotel north of Vancouver. Cuisine can not be surpassed anywhere in the north. . . . Baggage transferred to and from hotel. Sample rooms Hot and cold baths Capital (paid up) $3,900,000. Reserve fund, $4,390,000. Total assets $46,000,000. The Royal Bank of Canada Head office: Montreal, Que. pays particular attention to the accounts of out-of-town customers. The Savings Bunk department offers great advantages to everyone. Why run the risk of losing your money by fire or otherwise when you can leave it in the bank and have it safe. One dollar opens an account, We issue drafts and money orders payable in all partB of the World. Port Essington Branch, S. A. Morley, Manager E. EBY & COMPANY, KITSUMRALUM, B. C General Dealers A First-Class HOTEL also adjoins the premises. 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