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II\n-fr\nALBERNI, B. C, JAN. 30. 190^\nBYE-ELECTION\nPROCLAIMED\nHon. William Templeman Is the Government\nCandidate, and the Opposition Gets the\nthe Rush Act\u2014Questions For Public\nMeeting Tonight.\nFARMERS' INSTITUTE\nIN PROSPEROUS\nCONDITION\nSAVE L\nOF SAILORS\nOfficers and Delegates Elected at\nAnnual   Meeting\u2014Regorts\nFinances.\non\nA proclamation, bearing date   of  January 22,   1909,   for\nComox-Atlin for the Dominion House, was posted  in  Alberni,\neasily accessible points  in the  constituency,   on  the   afternoon of January 28,\n1909.\nNominations are to be made at the Court House, Prince Rupert, on February 8, 1909.\nElection Day is February 20, 1909.\nThe fair-minded elector asks,  \"Why this fierce rush?\"\nThe Liberal party has not yet gone through the formality of calling a convention. Its candidate is, nevertheless, actively in the field, and his henchmen,\nguided by \"inside\" information, were getting in their work ahead of the\nproclamation.\nHon. William Templeman is, by some means unknown to the general electorate, the Liberal candidate.\nIf anyone in Alberni should have desired to oppose Mr. Templeman, what\nchance would he have had of being regularly placed in nomination? It is doubtful, had he started from here, by the regular means of transportation, as soon as\npossible after the date of nomination was made known, if he would be able to\nreach Prince Rupert, the Returning officer's seat, in time to get his papers in.\nThere are many other places in the constituency more unfavorably situated, in\nthis respect, than Alberni. In fact, there are important points in Comox-Atlin\nwhere it is extremely doubtful if the proclamation can be posted before nomin-\nination clay.\nContrast this with the general Dominion election when the contest in this\nconstituency was deferred in order, so it was said, that such obstacles as these\nmight be overcome.\nAnnouncement was made in Alberni on September 19, 1908, that the general Domioion elections would be held on October 26, 1908, or thirty-eight days\nlater.\nH    At the same time it was announced that the election in  Comox-Atlin would\nbe deferred for three weeks after the general election.\nNomination day was set for October 28, or thirty-nine days after the\nelection announcement.\nThe Liberal party which, then as now, had the fixing of nomination and\nelection dates, contended that it would not be justice to the electorate to make\nthe dates any earlier, because of the scattered nature of the constituency and\nthe time required for posting of the proclamation in all the polling places.\nAt that time of the year transportation was more regular, more convenient\nand more comfortable than now.\nEven now the mail stage is only making two trips a week between Nanaimo\nand Alberni when the contract calls for four.\nAt Parksville, where-all telegraphic messages between Alberni and outside\npoints have to be repeated, the work of repeating is in the hands of a fourteen\nyear old boy who has made just such blunders as might be expected of him.\nAnd this is a Dominion government telegraph service.\nIn other and remoter parts of the constituency the government telegraph\nlines are in the hands of secretaries of Liberal associations.\nIf Mr. Templeman believes that he can show the electors of this constituency that it is in their own best interests to support him why should he be a\nparty to this rush act which, on the face of it, looks like an attempt to capture the seat through the practical disfranchisement of a great many of its\nelectors.\nMr. Templeman will appear at a public meeting in Alberni tonight, and\nmay be able to explain these and other questions. He may not be in sympathy\nwith all the tactics Mr. Sloan employed in this riding, and it is to be hoped that\nhe is not.\nThe Pioneer News bespeaks for Mr. Templeman a fair hearing and serious\nconsideration, and believes that on the strength of his showing here the question of farther opposition to his candidacy will depend.\nHon. Wm. Templeman and\nWm. Sloan speak in Brand's\nhall tonight.   All invited.\nThe regular annual meeting of the\nFarmers' Institute of Alberni was held\nin the Court House, on Saturday last,\nwhen there was a large attendance,\nrepresentative of the whole farming\ndistrict.\nThe Institute was shown to be in a\nprosperous condition, and the members\na bye-election in j took an active interest in all questions\none of the most I before the meeting.\nOfficers were elected as follows:\nPresident\u2014James Wilkinson.\nVice-president\u2014F. Cowley.\nDirectors\u2014A. H. Stephenson and\nW. H. Marcon.\nAuditors\u2014A. W. Neill and Leslie\nWithers.\nSecretary -Henry Hills.\nF. Cowley was chosen delegate to\nthe Central Institute meeting which\nwill  be held  in Victoria   next  spring,\nOfficer and Crew of Steamer Tees Rescue\nMen From Wrecked Schooner on West\nCoast\u2014Life-savers on Leebro Were Not\nEqual to the Task.\nMistaking Pachena l'ght for Ta-\ntoosh, and Cape Beale for Pachena,\nCapt. Henningsen, of the four masted\nschooner Soquel, ran his ship on the\nrocks early last Saturday morning.\nThe lives of the captain's wife and\nchild were lost, death being caused by\nfalling spars.\nThe lives of the crew were in peril\nfor several hours, and nrght have been\nTost had it not been for the arrival of\nthe steamer Tees, Capt. Townsend,\nwhich was two days late in starting on\nand John Best was elected delegate for  its regular northern trip,\nthe  following    meeting  of   the   same j    The steamer Leebro, with the Barn-\nbody. \\ field life-saving crew aboard, had been\nThe meeting favored a change in the on the scene for hours before the ar-\nGame law which would bring grouse rival of the Tees, but nothing had been\nand deer into season at the same- time done towards a rescue. The Tees ar-\neach year. rived about 2 p. m.,  and,  immediately\nIt was reported  that  139  loads  had ; he took in the situation,   Capt.   Town-\nforts to get that lifeboat failed in consequence, while the lifeboat which was\nnever placed in commission at Clo-oose\nwas still there waiting the Leebro to\ncall for it to take it to Bamfield, when\nthe weater was suitable.\nThe wreck is the first that has occurred since the motor lifeboat, built\nat Bayonne, New Jersey, at a cost of\n$15,000, was stationed at Bamfield\nCreek, with a crew of eight lifesavers\nunder Capt. Gillen, and it occurred\nwithin a few days of the lifeboat\ndrifting away to partial, if not total,\ndestruction off Robbers Island, Bark-\nley Sound. It was due to the wreck of\nthe lifeboat that the steamer Leebro,\nwhich went to the assistance of the\nwrecked vessel, was at Bamfield, where\nshe was awaiting smooth weather to\ngo to Clo-oose to pick up the surf life-\nbeen weigheded  on  the  scales during  send bore over to the wreck   and  hove , boat there, which was  never placed in\ni\nthe year,  and   that the net revenue ! to. ' commission,   and take it to Bamfield to\nfrom this source amounted to $34.75. Six of the crew of the  wrecked  ship , replace the wrecked boat.\nThe general financial report showed j were on a small rock close to their ves- The Soquel was a four-masted lumber\nthe Institute to be clear of all debt, , sel, having scrambled there during low ; schooner of the usual coasting type,\nand with a balance $173.45. tide.     The   others  were  still  on  the , When wrecked she was returning from\nThere are 41 members on the In- schooner which was fast breaking up. j Callao after taking a cargo of lumber\nstituto's rolll. A  surf boat  was  at   once  lowered j to  the  Peruvian  port  from   a  Puget\nAnother meeting is to be held  some j from the Tees, and Chief Officer Gillam I Sound mill,\ntime next month. and  a  crew  of  men   commenced   the\nwork of rescue.    Following this  exam- j\nAll  Enjoy   Dance. , pie the  life  saving  crew, in charge of\nEverybody who attended the Bache-' CaPL  Gillen'   left the Leebro in a life\nlor's  ball,   given in Waterhouse's  hall!boat- but  in  aPP\u2122acbinf?  the  wreck,\non Monday night, had one of  the  best  was swamPed-    The  Tees cl'ew Picked\ntimes ever  provided    in  that line in\nAlberni.\nThe  attendance  was  so  large   that\nthere was no space to spare when\ndancers  were   on  the  floor, and  with\ngood  music, and every other condition\nup the   life  savers,   and Capt. Gillam\ntook command of the work.\nThe men were all talten off the island\nRailway Officials.\nH. E. Beasly, assistant to R. Marpole, chief western executive of the C.\nP. R., and Division Engineer Bainbridge, of the E. & N. railway, arrived\nin Alberni yesterday, having come over\nthe | by ni\u00a3htfail and tne following morning j the route of the E & N_ extension\nthose still on the vessel were rescued, j from Wellington on atrip of inspection.\nThe bodies of  the  captain's  wife  and , Mr.   Beasley  said  that as the plans of\nfavorable, a full measure of enjoyment | chlld were left on board- j the  revision    work    which   has   been\nwas taken out of the event. The survivors   were  put aboard the I going on for some  time   had  not yet\nA splendid supper was served  in the  U.   S.   Revenue   cutter   Manning and i been completed no announcement about\ndining-room of the King Edward   hotel  sent to Seattle! the date of commencement of railway\nat midnight. i    The  telegraphic communication with | construction  at this  end   of  the  line\nThe music was furnished by Mrs.\nWard and George Ward, Mrs. W. W.\nMoore and Miss Davis furnishing extras. The floor was in charge of J. J.\nBurke whose services were, as usual,\nmost satisfactory.\nUcluelet was  interrupted  and the ef-  could be made.\nFourth Trans-Continental Line\nLeonard Frank returned on Wednesday from Victoria where he represented Alberni at the Island Development association meeting last week.\nMr. Frank also attended a meeting of\nConservatives at the Capital, and  took\nj an active part in the proceedings which\nresulted in the  nomination of M. Man-\n; son, of Comox, to oppose the Hon.\nWilliam Templeman.\nA fourth transcontinental line seems i the British Columbia government which\nassured for British Columbia in the not' would enable his road to push through\nfar distant future.   Already there  are ! to the coast.\nthe C. P. R. and  the Great Northern     This was in line with  the  announce-\nwith the Grand Trunk  busily  engaged j ment made in the house by the Premier,\nI in building,    and    now the  Canadian j when Mr. McBride stated  that he was\nNorthern enters the field.   D. D. Mann, j engaged in negotiations with the  Can-\nMr. and Mrs. Fred Brand, and\nMaster William Brand, left on Thursday on a visit to Victoria.\none of the vice-presidents of the line\nand who has been prominently associated with the enterprise from its\ninception, is in Victoria, and informed\na Colonist reporter that he was endeavoring  to make arrangements with\nadian Northern as a result of which he\nhoped that an arrangement, fair to all\nparties would result, by virtue of which\nanother great transportation system\nwould be added to the railway facilities of the province.\n Saturday. Jan. 30. 1909\nALBERNI PIONEER NEWS\nPage 2\nPIONEER NEWS.\nPublished at Alberni, B. C, and issued\nevery Saturday.\nR. J. Burde.\nEditor.\nSubscription Rate,     -     $2.00 per year\nAlberni, B. C, Jan.  30, 1909.\nCOURAGEOUS PREMIER.\nThe attitude of Premier McBride on\nthe proposition that the Provincial\ngovernment should make a grant\ntowards a scheme for improving the\nbeauty of Victoria was quite characteristic of that courageous statesman, and should meet with the hearty\ncommendat'on of the people of the\nprovince as a whole.\nThe leader of the opposition spoke in\nfavor of the grant, and was replied to\nby the premier in the following  words:\n\"As soon as the treasury of British\nColumbia will allow this government\nto indulge in expenditures for the\nbeautifying of the city of Victoria, I\nwill be the first man to take that step.\nBut when will that time come? When\ncertain parts of British Columbia are\nwithout roads and schools, how can I\nindulge in this luxury? I would rather lose my seat than spend money\nluxuriously in this way, when the people of Victoria want to hear me on\nthis point, I shall be ready. If they\nthink me wrong I shall be ready lo\nstep down.\n\"The business men of Victoria will\nagree with me that if we have money\nto spend we should spend it on roads,\nand other improvements in the unsettled districts. It is a left-handed\ncompliment to the citizens of this city\nto say that they are not able to look\nafter these things for themselves, as\nthe people of Vancouver have done.\"\nthe postmaster of the town and asked\nfor information concerning the debtor\nwhose name was John Smith, what his\nreputation was, whether he was in the\nhabit of paying his bills, and what\nkind of a man he was generally, and\nadded that if he was no good to give\nthe bill, which was enclosed, to the\njustice of the peace for collection. In\ndue time the anxious firm received \"the\nfollowing reply:\n\"Gentlemen,\u2014I am the John Smith\nabout whom you are seeking information. I am also John Smith, postmaster, and I am John Smith, justice of\nthe peace.    Yours Truly, John Smith.\"\nShout and the world shouts with you;\nWhine and you get turned down;\nPut up a kick that is fearless and quick\nAnd you get the pick of the town.\nSometimes, when a man is watching\nhis enemies too closely his friends will\ntake advantage of the opening to get\nthe better of him.\nSomeone sa'd that Mrs. canned\nmore fruit than any other woman in\nthis neighborhood, and someone else\nsaid that it was quite natural that she\nshould as she was the daughter of a\ncanny Scot.\nPrompt Settlement.\nAlberni, B. C, Jan. 15. 1909.\nA, W. Neill, Esq.,\nAlberni, B. C.\nDear Sir:\nI beg to acknowledge receipt, this\nday, of check from the Mutual Fire\nInsurance Company of British Columbia for the sum of $818.50 being the\nfull amount claimed by me in consequence of loss sustained by the burning\nof my house on Dec. 23, 1908.\nI have to thank the company for the\nprompt settlement as I only posted my\nformal claim on Monday last.\nYours Faithfully,\nE. MOORE.\nA Califonr'a jeweler has invented a\nset of weighing scales that will register one four-million-nine-hundred-thousandth part of an ounce. He is not\nlooking for a market among politicians.\nENCOURAGEMENT.\nA certain youth became engaged to a\nsweet girl who for all her sweetness is well supplied with spirit. He\nthought to increase her admiration for\nhim by a dramatic display of frankness, and taking her in his arms he\nfirmly, but gently, said; \"Now.\nsweetheart, I might as well tell you at\nthe start, you are not the only girl I\nhave ever kissed.\"\n\"Maybe not,\" she retorted, \"but\nyou seem to have yet much to learn\nabout it.\"\nAt the luncheon, given in the Empress Hotel, Victoria, on Friday of\nlast week in honor of the dtlegates to\nthe Vancouver Island Development\nconvention, R. Marpole, western chief\nexecutive of the Canadian Pacific Railway company, and vice-president of\nthe E. & N. Railway company, said a\nnumber of things that ought to encourage everyone who has any interest\nin this part of British Columbia. Here\nis one extract from his remarks that\nought to prove interesting:\n\"I strongly endorse the measures\nwhich have been entrusted to me bv\nSir Thomas Shaughnessy and Mr.\nWilliam Whyte and which concern the\nadvancement of the best and highest\ninterests of Vancouver. Island. Sir\nThomas moreover told you here in this\nvery room, not long since, that most of\nthe railway building which would be\nundertaken during the next ten years\nwould be accomplished right upon this\nvery island. I further desire to assure\nyou, and in the most earnest fashion\npossible, that Sir Thomas Shaughnessy is fully determined to carry out\nthe pledges which he has made to the\npremier of this province, and also to\ntell you that the premier and his cab-\ninet have always taken a very deep\ninterest in the railway work which is\ndone upon this island.\n\"It is within my own knowledge that\nthe construstion of the 24J miles to\nFrench Creek was really instigated by\nno less a person than our worthy premier himself.\nPhotographs\nLargest and best assorted collection\nof scenic photographs of points on the\nAlberni Canal, Barkley Sound, and the\nwhole West Coast.\nExploration parties accompanied.\nBleu Print work.\nOrders promptly executed.\nLEONARD FRANK - ALBERNI\nSAY!\nIf you hear a man say he never has wet feet\nHE USES WHALE AMBER\nIf you always use the best'of everything,\nIf you want to make your shoes waterproof\nUSE WHALE AMBER\nUSE WHALE AMBER\nSome people don't catch colds this weather\nTHEY USE WHALE AMBER\nIf you want a good reliable shoe grease\nUSE WHALE AMBER\nAlberni Trading Store\nTry FOUR STAR Chop Feed.    Highest grade.\nThe Alberni  Hotel\nHow It's Done.\nA circle gathers every night,\nSay twenty odd or more, ,\nAround the big invitin' stove\nIn Stokes' grocery store.\nNail kegs and cracker barrels take\nThe place uv fine settees,\nAnd here the c'rcle spends its time\nIn most luxur'us ease.\nHere's where the  farmin's carried on;\nHere's where the hay is raised;\nHere's where the cords of wood are cut\nAnd where the stock is grazed;\nHere's where the monstrous  clams are\ndug\nInstead uv 'long the shore.\nGreat deeds are done around   the stove\nIn Stokes's grocery store.\nThe   women   folks   around   the   town\n'Low if these great affairs\nWould only happen close to home\nThey'd all be millionaires,\nBut while they're luggin' up the coal\nOr wood from out uv door\nThese warriors are fightin' still\nIn Stokes' grocery store.\nThe mghts they come,   the nights they\ngo,\nSp*ing, summer, winter, fall,\nAn' still they meet there regular.\nThe setters, one an' all.\nI'd tell you more uv what they do\nAn' rake them fellers o'er,\nBut I must go 'an take my seat\nIn Stokes' grocery store.\n\u2014Joe Cone in New York Herald.\nE. M.  WHYTE'S\nBlacksmith   Shop\nIs Now Open.\nAll kinds of Blacksmith's work done\non the premises, opposite the Alberni\nTrading Store.\nHorseshoeing and repair work a\nspecialty.\nGood workmanship.\nPrices moderate.\nGive him a call.\nAlberni Hotel\nTourist,    Commercial,    Lumber\nand Mining Men's Resort.\nTable the Best.\nStrictly First-Class\n[RATES   -    MODERATE\nJOS. ROGERS & CO.  PROPS.\nE. M. WHYTE, opposite Alberni  Trading Store.\nPainting, Paper Hanging  and Sign\nWriting.\nI have established a business in\nAlberni, and am prepared to execute\nall orders promptly.\nNone but competent tradesmen employed as assistants.\nWm. Ash.\n! Address:        ARLINGTON     HOTEL.\nA. B. WOOD.\nCONTRACTOR   &    BUILDER.\nNEW ALBERNI.\nPlans drawn and submitted.\nTHE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA.\nIncorporated 1869.\nHEAD OFFICE - - MONTREAL.\nCapital Paid up and Reserve, $8,290,000.     Total Assets, $48,000,000.\nA General Banking Business Transacted.\nSavings Bank Department cdveflnd $inte\u00b0reasntd paid3 at the\nthe highest current rate.   No Delay in Withdrawing.\nD__1_!\u201e_  L-.    RfT   \"1   Deposits   may  be  made and withdrawn bv mail.\nbanking by Mail Fuhe\nillest particulars will gladly be  given  by letter\nregarding all departments.\nOne Hundred Branches and Agencies.\nTwenty-One Branches in Britisb.Columbia.\nCorrespondents Throughout the World.\nW. R. H. Prescott, Mgr. Alberni Brancht\nThe Arlington Hotel\nThe Winnipeg Tribune, which for\nyears past, has been an indepent newspaper is hereafter to be Conservative. R. L. Richardson, who was its\nchief, has disposed of all his interest in\nthe enterprise.\nA city firm once had an account\nagainst a man in a small country town\nand, after several ineffectual attempts\nto collect, determined to do something\nradical.   So the firm wrote  a  letter to\nRobt. L. Morse Married.\nThe marriage of Mr. Robert L.\nMorse, of Seattle, Wash., and Miss\nGertrude Ann Duff, daughter of Mrs.\nNicholas Austin Duff, of Nebraska\nCity, took place on  Thursday, Jan. 14.\nMr. Morse is very popular in social j\ncircles in Seattle, Victoria and Alberni.\nHe is interested in  timber  in  this dis-\ntriot and spent considerable  time here [\nduring the timber   staking  excitement\nwhen he made many warm friends who j\nwill wish he and his   wife  many years !\nof happiness and prosperity.\nMr. and   Mrs. Morse   have   left  for j\nHonolulu, H. I., on an extended honeymoon, and on their return will  take up\ntheir residence in Seattle.\nSee\nRobt. DeBeaux\nNew Alberni.\nSporting Goods,\nPhonographs,  Records\nLeading   Hotel  on   West\nCoast.\nHeadquarters for Tourists,\nTimbes and Mining men.\nHot and Cold  Baths, and\nall Modern Conveniences\nM. A. WARD,   - PROP.\nAlberni, B. C.\nEdward Hotel.\nNEW ALBERNI\nland act\nnoota land district.\nDistrict of Alberni.\nTake Notice that Benjamin C. Clark, of Seattle,\nWash., occupation timber cruiser, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lunds:\nCommencing at a post planted 30 chains in a\nsouth-west direction from the mouth of Kapouse\nriver, thence east 60 chains, thence south 60\nchains, thence west 60 chains, thence north 60\nchains to point of commencement.\nBenjamin C. Clark.\nDate, lilth September, 1908. octlS\nLarge three story hotel just opened\nEverything new  and of the best\nRATES REASONABLE.\nJ. 5. ROLLIN,   -   Proprietor.\n SATURDAY. JAN. 23. 1909\nALBERNI PIONEER NEWS\nPAGE 4\n00\nSURVEYING.\nGEORGE A. SMITH, C. E., B. C.\nLand Surveyor. Surveys of timber\nlimits, mineral claims, and land subdivisions. Address, P. 0. Box 23,\nAlberni.\nH. H. BROWNE, civil and mining engineer, and Provincial land surveyor,\nhas opened an office in Alberni. and\nis prepared to receive orders for\nwork in any part of the district.\n\"Alberni is bound to become  one of the most\nImportant Towns in Canada.\"\nNOTICE.\nApplication For Incorporation   of   Railway   Company.\nNOTICE is hereby given that an application will be made to the Legislative assembly of the Province of\nBritish Columbia, at its next session, for an Act to incorporate a\nCompany with power to build, construct, maintain and operate a line of\nrailway, of standard guage, to be\noperated by steam, electricity, or any\nother power, for the carrying of\nfreight and passengers and express,\ncommencing at the city of Victoria, in\nthe Province of British Columbia,\nthence by way of Otter Point and San\nJuan, to a point on Barclay Sound,\nnear Serita river, with power to construct and operate telegraph and telephone lines for the purpose of its business and for the public; and with power to own, use, and operate water\npowers convenient to the road for railway and other purposes; and with such\nother powers and privileges which are\nusually given to railway companies,\nand which are found in the Model\nRailway Bill.\nDated at Victoria, B. C, this 9th\nday of December, 1908.\nBarnard & Robertson,\nSolicitors for the Applicants.\nland act.\nalberni land district.\nDistrict of Nootka.\nTake notice that I, Thomas J. Marks,\nof Seattle, U. S. A., occupation prospector, intend to apply for permission\nto lease the following described land:\nCommencing at a post planted on the\neast side of Tahsis canal, in Nootka\nSound, at a point about 2\u00a3 miles from\nthe mouth of Tahsis river, thence east\n40 chains, thence south 40 chains,\nthence west 40 chains, thence north\nalong shore line to place of commencement.\nThomas J. Marks.\nDate, Jan. 6, 1909. janl6\nNOTICE.\n\u2022 \"LIQUOR LICENSE ACT,   1900\"\nNOTICE is hereby given that thirty\ndays after date, I, Edward Frigon, intend to apply to the Superintendent of\nProvincial Police for a transfer of the\nlicense to sell intoxicating liquor on the\npremises te be known as the Central\nHotel, situated at Limestone Island,\nQuatsino, B. C, to Gustave Moerman,\nof the City of Victoria, B. C.\nVictoria, B. C, 12th December, 1008.\nEdward Frigon.\nLAND ACT.\nalberni land district.\nDistrict of Clayoquot.\nTake Notice that Jennie Spencer and\nand Ada Florence Rennie, by their\nagent, Fred. W. Muller, of Sproat\nLake, B. C, intend to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:\nCommencing   at   a   post   planted on\nTaylor  Arm   of   Sproat  Lake,   about\nthree-quarters of a mile in a southerly\ndirection from Lot 622, thence south 25\nchains to  lake   shore,   thence easterly\nfollowing  the  shore  line  for about 20\nchains,   thence   northerly    about    20\nchains to point of commencement.\nJennie Spencer,\nAda Florence Rennie,\nFred. W. Muller, Agent.\nDate, December 14, 1908.\nBUSINESS NOTICE.\nDuring my absence from Alberni my\nbusiness will be in charge of James\nPaul who will be prepared to attend to\nthe wants of my customers.\nGEORGE FORREST,\nSashes, Doors, Glass, Etc.\nThe above is an extract from a phamphlet recently\nissued by the Canadian Pacific Railway company.\nIt is an official announcement.\nBeware of \"Wild-catters!\"\nEfforts are being made in cities outside\nof Alberni to sell Alleged Alberni Town Lots\nand remote sub-divided wild lands are being\noffered as choice residential property.\nMany Have Already Been Taken In\nThe Alberni Land Company which holds\nthe only genuine Townsite Property has as\nyet put only a limited number of Lots on sale.\nCarmichael & Moorhead are Local Agents.\nInvestigate  Before   You   Buy\nSwamps and Forests can be made to\nlook alluring on surveyor's plans which do\nnot show the bush and rocks. Make your\nenquiries of some reliable agent in Alberni.\nKeep Your Eye on Alberni.     It  has a Future\nSubscribe For the Pioneer News and Keep Posted on Developments.\n SATURDAY. JAN. 30. 1909\nALBERNI PIONEER NEWS\nPAGE  4\nAlberni Hardware Co\nDEALERS   IN\nGeneral Hardware\nSaws, Peavies, Cant Hooks. Axes, Single and Doubled Bitted\nGrindstones and Fixtures\nSpringboard Irons, Wedges, Hammers, Files, Tin and   Enammelled\nCups and  Plates, Copper Boilers, Saucepans.\nSomass Street.\nNew Alberni.\nCARMICHAEL & MOORHEAD\nNEW ALBERNI, B. C.\nREAL ESTATE\nNOTARY PUBLIC\nREPRESENTING\nNEWS GENERAL\nAND PERSONAL\nD. H. Riddell returned on Wednesday\nfrom Victoria.\nof  Vancouver, is a\nThe Alberni   Land   Company,   Ltd.\nCommercial Union Assurance Company, Ltd.\nOF LONDON, ENGLAND.\nSOLE AGENTS for the  West Coast for the Standard House\nBuilding  and Contracting Company's\nPatented  Sectional   Houses\nThese houses differ from the \"'Portable\" kind as, when constructed, they\nform substantial and permanent buildings. The lumber is of the finest quality\nand thoroughly seasoned.\nCall and see plans and prices, and if you want a home built to your own design we will be pleased to quote.\nThe Barclay Sound Cedar Co., Ltd.\nAll kinds of Hi\u00a3h Grade and Dimension Lumber, Lath and Shingles.\nPlace orders through mail to office,\nNew Alberni.\nPrompt Delivery.\nRichard  Clarke,\nvisitor in Alberni.\nMiss Marcon returned on Sunday\nfrom a visit to Victoria.\nBen Woram returned on Wednesday\nfrom a visit to Victoria.\nWilliam Ash returned on Wednesday\nfrom a visit to Victoria.\nG. H. Bird, New Alberni, left on\nMonday on a trip to England.\nJames Thomson returned on Sunday\nfrom a business trip to Vancouver.\nAlfred Carmichael, returned on Sunday from a business trip to Victoria.\nThe steamer Tasmanian returned last\nnight from points on the West Coast.\nE. Moore, Cherry Creek, returned on\nWednesday from a business trip to\nVictoria and Vancouver.\nMrs. Walsh, of Vancouver, who had\nbeen v'siting her sister, Mrs. A. Stephenson, left on Monday for home.\nW. R. Ross, M. P. P., of Ferni, has\nsucceeded Thomas Taylor as Conservative whip for the Provincial House.\nH. C. Ferris, who was with the survey party at Cameron Lake, has been\ntransferred to the camp on Cowley's\nranch.\nC. M. Pineo returned yesterday from\nNanaimo, accompanied by Mrs. Pineo\nwho had been visiting her parents in\nVictoria.\nJ. Forsythe returned last Saturday\nnight from Nanaimo, and has joined\nthe railway location party camped on\nCowley's ranch.\nRev. and Hon. T. R. Heneage left on\nSunday last for points on the West\nCoast where he will hold Church of\nEngland services.\nThe Badminton club, of New Alberni,\nwill produce a pantomine on Feb. 20.\nFurther particulars of the entertainment will be given later.\nA party of young people will make a\ntrip to Bamfield on the steamer Tasmanian on Friday of next week to attend a dance to be given at the cable\nstation.\nAlfred Harvey, the Vancouver Island\nrepresentative of John Robertson &\nSon Ltd., Scotch Whisky distillers,\nDundee, Scotland, was a visitor in\nAlberni on Thursday. He was registered at the Arlington.\nConservative   Convention.\nThe second annual convention of\nthe British Columbia Conservative\nAssociation was held in Victoria on\nFriday of last week.\nThere were fully 250 delegates\npresent from all the constituencies in\nthe province and the proceeding were\nenthusiastic and harmonious.\nThe feature of the morning session\nwas unquestionably the brief appearance of the Hon. Richard McBride.\nThe Premier was unable to spare much\ntime from his legislative duties, but his\narrival was the signal of enthusiastic\ndemonstration. When he entered the hall\nall present rose, and broke out into\nwild cheering. Soon someone started\n\"For He's a Jolly Good Fellow,\" ending up with three rounds of cheers\nand a tiger.\nIn the afternoon the reports of the\ncommittees were adopted and the election of officers put through. The new\nslate follows: R. L. Borden, K. C,\nM. P., and the Hon. . Richard McBride, K. C, M. P. P., were unanimously re-elected as honorary presidents; C. M. Woodworth of Vancouver, the late vice president, was elected president; Robert F. Green of Victoria, first vice president; W. W. Foster of Revelstoke, second vice president; W. M. McKay of Vancouver\nwas re-elected secretary; and H. H.\nWatson of Vancouver, Treasurer: The\nnew members of the executive, one\nof whom is chosen from each Dominion constituency, are E. E. Leeson,\nVictoria; J. J. Miller, Vancouver; W.\nN. Carty, New Westminster; J. P.\nShaw, Yale-Cariboo; Capt. Armstrong,\nKootenay; A. E. Planta, Nanaimo; and\nFrank Dockrill, Comox Atlin.\nAnything You Need.\nGroceries, Dry Goods, Boots\nand Shoes, Clothing.\nHardware, Paints, Oils.\nChinaware, Glassware, etc.\nA. E. WATERHOUSE, New Aberni.\nBuy a Pig\nat Terry's\nAnd Keep Your Feet Warm\nThe Price is $1.25.\nWe have Rubber Hot Water Bottles if you prefer them.\nA Thermos Bottle at $3.50 will pay for itself in solid  comfort this weather.\nParke's Cough Syrup will cure that cough.\nW. S. TERRY\nDruggist & Stationer, Alberni, B. C.\nC. F. BISHOP & SON\nGROCERS, BAKERS AND PRODUCE MERCHANTS.\nFeed is now in demand.\nWe keep Wheat, Oats, Corn,\nChop, Shorts, Bran and Linseed Cakes.\nComox Creamery Butter.\nThomson's General Store\nMens Winter Shirts and Underwear:\nIn various Qualities and Weights.\n\u00ab\u25a0\nWomen's and Children's Underwear in Vests, Drawers and Combinations,\ncomprising Scotch Fingering Wool, and Penman's Canadian make. A large\nassortment.   Call and make your selection and keep out the cold.\nNeckwear For the Ladies:\nThe latest designs in Silk Ties and Bows, Lace Scarfs and Collars.\nFlannellette sheets are very comfortable on a cold night.    Try them.\n","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Newspapers","@language":"en"}],"GeographicLocation":[{"@value":"Port Alberni (B.C.)","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"Alberni_Pioneer_News_1909_01_30","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0441166","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Latitude":[{"@value":"49.234444","@language":"en"}],"Longitude":[{"@value":"-124.805833","@language":"en"}],"Notes":[{"@value":"Misdated as 1908,<br>Pages misnumbered. Page 3 (misnumbered as 4) is a duplicate of page 3 from the previous issue and misdated.<br>Alberni Pioneer News ran from 1907-08-17 to 1912-02-24. The name was changed to Port Alberni News starting 1912-03-02.","@language":"en"}],"Provider":[{"@value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","@language":"en"}],"Publisher":[{"@value":"Alberni, B.C. : R. J. Burde","@language":"en"}],"Rights":[{"@value":"Copies provided by the Royal BC Museum and Archives ( https:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca ) may only be used for the purpose of research or private study, and any use of the copy for a purpose other than research or private study may require you to obtain the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question.","@language":"en"}],"SortDate":[{"@value":"1909-01-30 AD","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1909-01-30 AD","@language":"en"}],"Source":[{"@value":"Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.","@language":"en"}],"Title":[{"@value":"Alberni Pioneer News","@language":"en"}],"Type":[{"@value":"Text","@language":"en"}],"Translation":[{"@value":"","@language":"en"}],"@id":"doi:10.14288\/1.0441166"}