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B. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 28,1912\nNO. 273\nCOMMISSION WILL LOOK\nINTO LABOR CONDITIONS\nPlans to Assist Working Men\nof Province\nPARLIAMENT 13\nNOW DISSOLVED\nPremier McBride and Attorney\nGeneral Will Speak in\nNelson\n(Special to The Dally Newa.)\nVICTORIA, B. C, Feb. 27.\u2014The pro-\nvinclal legislature prorogued shortly after 4 p. ra. today and tonight an extra\nedition of the British Columbia Gazette\nannounces the dissolution of the twelfth\nparliament of British Columbia. Nominations will be held on March 21 and\ntbe election on March 28.\nBefore prorogation 62 bills received\nthe aasent of the lieutenant-governor.\nThe galleries of the house were crowded with spectators, the expectation\ntbat dissolution was imminent serving\nto swell the interest\nCommission on Labor Conditions.\nThe concdludlng sitting proved of\ncomparatively little interest, most of\nthe business having been bleared up at\nlast evening's session, which lasted until the early hours of this morning.\nDuring It Premier McBride announced\ntbat a royal commission would be appointed immediately to Inquire into\nlabor conditions throughout British Columbia in order to ascertain if ameliorative legislation could be passed. In\nthe creation of the commission he stated that the heads of labor In the prov-.\nince would be consulted.\nHawthornthwaite Will Not Run.\nThe election will be fought out mainly on the railway policy of the government and there seems every reason to\nanticipate that Premier McBride will\nbe returned with an almost solid support. Practically all the members of\nthe last parliament will in all probability be again In the field, the only one\nwho has definitely announced his decision being J. H. Hawthornthwaite,\nwho will not be a candidate.\nThe campaign will be a Bhort one. It\nIs understood that the premier and his\nministers wilt leave next week for the\nInterior, where a number of speeches\nwill be delivered at the principal pola*\nMr. McBride will again be a candidate for Vlotoria city and after speaking at Nelson and other points, accompanied by Attorney-General Bowser\nbe will return to the coast, winding up\nthe campaign in Vancouver and this\nolty.'\nPLEASED AT GRANT\nFOR AUTO HIGHWAY\nHundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars\nWill bs Spent on Windermere*'\nBanff Road\n(Special to The Daily News.)\nGOLDEN B.C., Feb. 27\u2014The news\nthat an appropriation of $75,000 Is included in the provincial estimates for\n\u25a0work on the proposed Banff-Windermere wagon automobile road has been\nreceived here with very general satisfaction. By the granting of the sum\nmentioned aa the province's share of\nthe ^season's work the pledge of Hon.\nThomas Taylor, minister of publlo\nworks, made last August, to the effect\nthat actual construction on this scenic\nhighway would be commenced without\ndelay,, has been fully reedemed. Much\ncredit for the aggressive manner In\nwhich the provincial government is\ndealing with this project Is given to H.\nG. Parson, M.P.P. for Columbia riding,\nwho,flrst brought the matter before the\nattention of the ministers and has since\npersistently urged the prosecution of a\nsurvey and the early commencement of\nthe work. The C.F.R.'s share of expenditure on the proposed road this season\nwill be a like amount to that provided\nin the estimates and the provincial\ngovernment will have the expending of\nPremier McBride Who Will Speak in\nNelson During the Coming Campaign\nIt. Thus $150,000 will be expended on\nthe construction of this road during the\ncoming season. The Dominion govern\nment Is building westward through the\nNational Park reserve to connect with\nthe provincial section and every effort\nis to be made to hasten completion.\nWORK BEGINS ON\nCALGARY SHOPS\nBritish Columbia Will Supply Timher\u2014\nImmense Amount of Material Already Ordered\nCALGARY, Alta., Feb. 27\u2014Actual\nwork commenced on the new C.P.R.\nshops today, a large gang laying the\n12 miles of Bpur track necessary for\nthe work. An Immense amount of material to be used in the work ls already\nen route to Calgary. Included are 200\ncars of steel from the Canada Bridge\nCo. and the National Bridge Co. The\nfirst train load was shipped on Feb.\n20 while 26,000 barrels of concrete nre\nbeing supplied locally. Timber Is coming from British Columbia, while 500\ncars of brick and tile are being supplied by the Alberta Clay Products Co.\nThe C.P.R. Is also rushing the work on\nthe three track bridge across the Bow\nriver to do the work, whllo the city Is\npushing the street railway bridge\nacross the same river to accommodate\nthe workmen.\nDEFENSE CLAIMS CASH SYSTEM\nRESPONSIBLE FOR SHORTAGE\nCALGARY, Alta.. Feb. 27\u2014The trial\nof Harry L. Vail, charged with the\ntheft of money from the Dominion Express company waa resumed this afternoon. The case for the crown rested\non the assumption that the defendant\ndid not debit himself on Sept. 14 with\n$493.95, and depended on the fact that\nthere was a shortage.\nCounsel tor the defence called A. Mc-\nKenall, a chartered accountant. He declared that the cash system used by\nthe Dominion Express company was In\nhis opinion at fault rather than the accused. The system was more difficult\nthan It should be and its complications\ndid not give cashiers a proper chance.\nSISTER SCOLDED; WINNIPEG\nBOY SHOT HER TWICE\nWINNIPEG, Feb. 27\u2014Oscar Slgued-\nson, aged 17, shot his sister, Mrs. W.\nPettlgrew, twice In the back this afternoon with a .88 calibre revolver and\nwas arrested an hour later, while his\nsister ls now In the general hospital\nbut is not In danger of death. The\nyoung fellow was working last In a tailor shop aB presser but lost his job and\nfor some time has been loafing, for\nwhich his sister scolded him severely.\nShe went down town and on her return\nfound the lad just getting up and renewed her complaints when he drew\nthe weapon and fired two shots us she\nturned away from htm. He confessed to\nthe crime when arrested.\nWill Build New Line\nThrough This Province\nEDMONTON, Alta., Feb. 87\u2014A\nFrench syndicate has been Incorporated\nunder the name of the Pacific & Peace\nRiver Railway Development syndicate\nand ls completing the organization of a\nrailway company capitalized at $5,000,-\n000, ' the dnpltal being subscribed\nexclusively In France. The purpose of\nthe company is to build a railway from\nDunvegan to Bella Cools, B.C.. the route\nfollowed being the shortest from the\nPeace river to the Pacific. A federal\ncharter was granted last year to the\nsyndicate by the Dominion government\nand gives power to the Pacific ft Peace\nRiver Railway Co. to construct and\noperate a railway from Bella Coola or\nBurke Channel, B.C., to a point at or\nnear Dunvegan, touching at Fort Fraser, Stuart Lake, Fort St. James, Fort\nMoLeod and passing through the Pine\npasi, the total distance being In all\nabout 480 mile*.\nONTARIO WILL GET\nHUDSON BAY PORT\nBut Manitoba Secures Nelson\nand Churchill\nSUBSIDY DATES\nBACK FOUR YEARS\nThree Prairie Provinces Are\nNow on Same Basis, Says\nPremier\nOTTAWA, Feb. 27\u2014The Manitoba\nboundary resolutions were disposed of\nby the commons today and the bill\nbased thereon introduced and given a\nfirst reading. The debate was confined to the financial terms which had\npractically been announced ln advance\nand the fixing of the boundaries.\nIn connection with tne latter Premier\nBorden made the Important announcement that an arrangement had been\nreached whereby Ontario will be given\naccess to a portion of Hudson Bay.\nThe bill as Introduced provides that the\nboundary will extend eastward along\nthe 89th meridian of longitude to Hudson Bay. This gives the Churchill and\nNelson ports to Manitoba.\nIt has been aeclded however, ln the\nevent of the Ontario government desiring to extend the T. & N. O. railway to\na port on the Hudson Bay to grant to\nthat province a right of way five miles\nwide from the boundary line to Port\nNelson with, a ten mile frontage along\nthe Nelson river and bay.\nIn the event of Fort Churchill being\nmade the terminal for the Hudson Bay\nrailway, Ontario will be given a further right of way from Nelson river to\nFort Churchill, 200 feet wide. This will\nbe sufficient for the requirements of\nthe railway. The jurisdiction of Manitoba will extend to this territory In so\nfar as schools are concerned. <\nRestoration of Resources\nThe only comment made on the arrangement by the opposition came from\nSir Wilfrid Laurier, who said that this\nwas the moBt extraordinary proposal\nhe had ever heard of and he doubted\nIf it would work out to the satisfaction\nof anybody. The matter will be discussed at length on the second reading\nof the bill. y\nTjils led Premier Borden to state\nthat the object of the legislation was\nto place Manitoba on as near the same\nbasis of equality as possible with Saskatchewan and Alberta. Later on the\nquestion of the restoration of natural\nresources would be taken up and the\nrights of the three provinces would be\nconsidered together. Incidentally the\nclaim of the other provinces particularly the maritime provinces, would receive consideration.\nMr. Borden moved that hiB resolution regarding the Manitoba bill be\nconsidered. Practically every seat in\nthe house was occupied and the galleries were crowded when he arose to\nspeak on the resolution. He spoke but\nbriefly, however, and contented himself with a brief but clear review or\nexplanation of the resolution. At the\noutset he outlined the proposals made\nto Manitoba by the late government,\nquoting the resolution brought down\nIn parliament In July, 1908.\nProceeding Mr. Borden said that the\nhitch in the negoitations between the\ngovernment and the province of Manitoba was a failure to reach an agreement on the financial proposals. For\ntwo yearsft he said, the matter had\nbeen discussed and conferences held\nwithout any definite conclusion being\narrived at When the present govern\nment took offloe the task of settling the\ndifficulty devolved upon them and negotiations were continued with the gov\nernment of Manitoba with the result\nthat an agreement was reached with\nPremier Roblln although the application of the principal Involved remained\nto be worked out However, this In its\nturn was overcome and an agreement\nsatisfactory to all concerned had been\nreached ,both ln the matter of the\nboundary and also as to the finances.\nThree Provinces on Same Basis,\nMr. Borden compared the figures with\nthe amount of the subsidies which the\ntwo provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan will receive during the year\nbeginning July 1, 1913 under the statutes which were passed by parliament In 1905 In talcing a portion of the\nnorthwest territories Into the two provinces with the Idea of showing that\nthe three provinces .have been placed\non practically the same basis,\n\"the - members, of the house are\naware,\" said the premier, \"that under\na statute passed some years ago there\nwaa conveyed to the province of Manitoba a very considerable area of lands\nknown as swamp lands. I believe that\nthe total acreage up to the end of 1909\nno conveyed waa approximately 3,009,-\n808 acres.\" Continuing'Mr. Borden' next\nexplained that one of the demands made\nby the Manitoba government was that\naB the extension of Its boundaries\nshould have been effected when the\nprovinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan\nwere created In 1905 the financial al\nlowahces Involved to be paid to the\nManitoba provincial government should\nnow date from that time.\nSubsidy Dates Back Four Years\nThis request Mr. Borden Said it was\nfound impossible to comply with and a\ncompromise was finally reached whereby it was agreed to have the subsidy\ndate from July 18, 1908. Mr. Borden In\nconcluding sajld that at the present\ntime he did not think that any further\nInformation with regard to the details\nof the resolution would be necessary\nbut that he would be pleased to furnish\nthe house with all po-sslble information.\nSir Wilfrid Laurier\nSir Wilfrid Laurier, who stated that\nhe did not today wish to enter Into any\ncontroversy regarding the resolution,\nwent Into the hiBtory of the negotiations\nbetween the late government and the\nprovince of Manitoba and remarked,\n\"So It is settled that the boundaries of\nthe province of Manitoba are to be the\nboundaries offered In 1908.\"\nThere was one point to which he\nwished to take exception, he said. The\nobservation he would present to Premier Borden was that there wns no\njustification that he could see why the\nfour years arrears set forth in the\nresolution should be given to the province.\nTO PROBE HIGH\nCOST OF LIVING\nVancouver Council Decides to Institute\nEnquiry\u2014Cruel Combine Responsible Says Alderman\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nVANCOUVER, B.C., Feb. 27\u2014Speaking on his resolution for a full enquiry\ninto the reason for the high cost here\nof foodstuffs, particularly meat, passed\nunanimously by the city council lust\nnight, Aid. White said:\n\"Vancouver is struggling under one\nof the crudest combines any city whs\never cursed with. The city today is\npaying the highest prices of any city\nIn the western states or western\nCanada.\"\nEAGER FOR GOOD LACROSSE\nIN SASKATCHEWAN\nREGINA, Sask., Feb. 27\u2014A meeting\nwill be held In Regina on March 15 for\nthe purpose of organizing a provincial\nlaorosse league and arranging details of\nthe competition for the Corby trophy.\nAmong the towns that have already\nsignified their intention of being represented are Moose Jaw, Swift Current,\nWeyburn, Yellowgrass, Saskatoon, Sed-\nley and Regina. Prospects are bright\nfor a better lacrosse season than has\nbeen seen In the province for some time\npast.\nCATCH CHURCH ROBBER\n(Special to The Daily News.)\nVANCOUVER, B.C., Feb. 27\u2014Answering a call from the church of Our\nLady of the Holy Rosary the police laBt\nnight arrested Henry Stalter and found\na broken contribution box on the floor\nand $5 tn small change in the man's\npockets.\nOVERWHELMED BY\nGOLDEN GRAIN\nCalgary Man Dies Under Many Bushels of Wheat he Accidentally\nLet Loose\nCALGARY, Alta., Feb. 27\u2014A fatality\noccurred In thc Globe grain elevator ln\nEast Calgary this afternoon when L.\nGraham, aged 28 met his death by suffocation, being burled in a bin- of grain.\nThe probable explanation of the affair\nIs that he opened a door which controlled a big spout of grain and was\noverwhelmed by the volume of grain\nhe unknowingly let loose. *He was not\nmissed for quite a time. Other em\nployees then procured shovels and men\nset to work to search. Deceased leaves\na wife and two children. He came\nfrom Moose Jaw.\nCANNOT SETTLE\nConferences Yesterday Were\nApparently Abortive\nPREMIER STRIVES\nTO AVOID STRIKE\nOfficial Statement of Proceedings Tells Nothing\nof Progress\nLONDON, Feb. 27\u2014No settlement of\nthe coal dispute was reached at the\nvarious conferences in which the premier and members of his cabinet and\nthe representatives of the mine owners\nand the miners participated today.\nThe official statement of the proceedings Issued tonight merely records tho\nfact that the various conferences occurred but tells nothing of what was\ndone or said.\nIt concludes with the announcement\nthat the conference will be resumed\ntomorrow from which all that can be\ndeducted la that the government Is still\nstriving to avoid a stoppage of the gigantic industry on which the country's\ncommercial supremacy is based.\nBROKE CONTRACT\nCLAIMS COMPANY\nJURY, FEARING RABIES,\nASKS PASTEUR INSTITUTE\nCoroner at Fort William Indicts Ontario Beard of Health in Hydrophobia Case\nFORT WILLIAM. Ont.. Feb. 27\u2014The\njury empanelled to investigate the death\nof the late John McDowell who died on\nDec. 15 last in Fort William, brought\nin the following strong verdict after\nlistening to the Indictment of the provincial board of health of Ontario read\nby Coroner Birdsall:\n\"That John McDowell came to his\ndeath according to the medical evidence from hydrophobia on Dec. 21 in\nFort. William, In vtew of the. large\nnumber of canes of rabies prevailing in\nthla district this jury strongly recommends that a Pasteur Institute be established in the district of Thunder\nBay and the provincial board of health\nsupply scrum to the local board as this\njury Is of the opinion that the treatment of rabies can aa- successfully be\nused in Fort William aa Toronto thus\nsaving time, expense and possibly life\nby having the treatment done in the\nnearest place to the infection.\nVancouver Grain Company Did Not\nMake Proper Delivery is Statement\u2014Before Supreme Court\nOTTAWA, Feb. 27\u2014In the supreme\ncourt today the hearing was commenced\nof the appeal from the court of ap\npeals of British Columbia In the case\nof the Alberta Pacific Elevator Co. v.\nthe Vancouver Milling & Grain Co. The\nelevator company contracted with the\nmilling company for the delivery of a\nlarge quantity of wheat of different\ngrades and also a quantity of oats, in\nall amounting to over 70 carloads during the season of 1908-1909. The deliveries were short and the milling\ncompany bought wheat, oats and flour\non the open market to make up the\ndeficit, claiming that the amount of\nloss in consequence of the short delivery amounted to $9,323. The milling\ncompany brought an action for this\namount against thc elevator company.\nThe elevator company admitted a certain amount of shortage and deposited\n$5,000 in court to m^et n deficit at the\nsame time setting forth their defence\nthat their deficiencies had been caused owing to no fault chargeable to them\nas they had forwarded a large number\nof cars ln excess of the quantities con\ntraded for but owing to the Inability\nof the milling company to take delivery\nat the time the cars arrived at Vancouver In consequence of the destruction\nof their premises by fire and that with\ntheir consent the cargoes were delivered to other parties.\nVoluminous Evidence\nThe trial took place at Vancouver\npartly ln vacation and lasted for 28\ndays ,the evidence being extremely vol\numinous, the printed case and factums\ncovering nearly 1,400 pages and the\ncosts were very large. The effect of\nthe deposit of $6,000 under the practice\nin British Columbia would be that these\ncosts would fall upon the milling company unless they succeeded In recovering an amount in excess of $5,000.\nMr. Justice Murphy found In favor of\nthe milling compnny and entered judgment for them for the amount claimed\nand his judgment waB unanimously af*\nfirmed by the judgment now appealed\nfrom. On the present appeal, the elevator company sets up 20 objections\non grounds of error in the court below\nincluding an objection to the jurisdiction of the British Columbia court to\ntry the case In vacatlonl\nLABOR UNIONISTS\nMAY WEAR BADGES\nSo Decides Australian Judge in Brisbane Tramway Strike Case\u2014Injunction Against Companies.\nW-\u00b1 - \t\n((.an&dian Associated Press.)\nMELBOURNE, Feb. 27.\u2014Justice Hlg-\nftlns, president of the federal arbitration court, today gave his award ln tb\u00ab\ncase of the Brisbane tramway strike.\nHe declared the anti-badge regulations\nof the Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide authorities to be Invalid and bats\ngranted an injunction to prevent thc\ncompanies from prohibiting the wearing\nof trade union badges, on the men's\nuniforms during official Working hours.\nUnionists regird this as a victory of\nworld-wide Importance and aa establishing, the right ot the men to wear\nunion badges throughout the empire.\nAUTO CRASH CLAIMS\nLIFE NEAR NANAIMO\nOne Killed and Several Are Injured\nWhen Machine Hits Telephone\nPole\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nNANAIMO, B.C.. Feb. 27\u2014Frank\nStubbs of Victoria, owner and driver of\nan automobile was instantly killed, John\nWright of Victoria was seriously injured and several other persons were\nbruised in an accident on the> Comox\nroad near Quarterway house last night.\nA party consisting of Frank Stubbs,\nAndrew Andrews ,E. R. Thomas. Court\nEmanuel, John Wright, Miss J. Mackenzie and Miss N. Nicholson left the\ncity for a ride in Stubbs' new car. On\nthe return trip from Wellington the\ndriver lost control of the machine\nwhich skidded into a ditch tearing out\na stump and coming to a full stop with\na crash against a telephone pole which\nwas broken. The ladies were thro*\"'-.,\nclear of the car andapart from brii^\nto the head and body are but little the\nworse for the thrilling experience.\nSAY DEARTH OF\nPresbyterians Lost Six Hundred in Five Years\nTHINK BUDGET\nHEAVY BURDEN\nGreenwood and^Phoenix Are\nN.^iSja^ *\u00b0 into One\nI*.*-*-***\nCongregation\nSTRUCK BY AUTOMOBLEj\nAMOS HIGGINS MAY DIE\nVANCOUVER, B.C., Feb. 27\u2014Amos\nHigfflns, struck by an auto last night,\nts in the hospital with a fractured skull\nand may die. His wife and family are\nin England. The car was owned by E.\nJ. Clark and was driven by his son.\nCHILDREN TREATED\nLIKE WILD BEASTS\nThis is Charge Brought Against Indus\ntrial School in Ontario by\nex-Employee\nTORONTO, Feb. 27\u2014Hon. W. J.\nHanna, provincial secretary, as a result\nof the charges of cruelty to the children\nconfined In the Mimtco Industrial school\nhas just ordered Dr. Bruce Smith, inspector of asylums and prisons, to investigate conditions at the school. Dr.\nSmith will proceed with the Investigation Immediately.\nJohn Campbell, who was formerly a\nguard at the Mlmlco Industrial school\nbut who left there a short time ago\nbecause he says he could not longer\nbear to see little children treated as\nwild beasts, made n statutory declaration yeBterday regarding some of the\ncases of ill-treatment of the children\nat this school.\nMILLION DOLLARS TO\nEXTEND PUBLIC UTILITIES\nEDMONTON, Alta., Feb. 27\u2014Over\n$1,000,000 will be requfred to carry on\nthe work of power and water extensions\nfor the year ending Oct. 31 according to\nthe estimates of the city commission\ners. Of this amount $781,749 is set\napart for sewer nnd sewer service on\nboth sides of thc river.\nFREIGHT HANDLERS\nTHREATEN STRIKE\nC. P. R. Employees in Winnipeg Yards\nClaim Their Union Officials Are\nDiscriminated Against\nWINNIPEG, Feb. 27\u2014No settlement\nbas yet been arrived at between the\nC.P.R. and Its freight handlers, the latter claiming that since 30 of their number were dismissed a week ago, 21\nothers have been taken on to fill their\nplaces, despite the statement by the\ncompany that those who were dismissed were simply dispensed with owing tu\nslack business. The men claim that\nthose dismissed were officials of the\nunion and were discriminated against\nand demand that they be taken back.\nA strike of 1,200 freight handlers at\nwork in the yards is threatened If ;m\namicable settlement is not reached.\nTELEPHONE COMPANY TO\nLAY NEW DIRECT CABLE\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nVANCOUVER, B.C.. Feb. 27\u2014The\nBritish Columbia Telephone Co. Is to\nlay a new cable between the mainland\nand Vancouver island to be wholly\nwithin the province. President Farrell\nis now en route to England to award\nthe contract. It will cost $150,000.\nThe present line is a partial submarine cable and land line from Vancouver to Belllngham nnd San Juan Island,\nThe new ono will be laid from Vancouver to Nanaimo direct. The depth of\nwater averages over 1.000 feet.\nYesterday the congregations throughout the Presbytery of Kootenay were\nrepresented In the assembly room of\nthe Y. M. C. A., when the Presbytery\nmet there in its semi-annual meeting.\nThere were present Rev. S. H. Sark-\nlsslan of Creston, Rev. G. A. Hackney of Trail, Rev. C. O. Main of Cranbrook, Rev. E. S. Loggie of Nelson, Rev.\nT. T. Relkie of Kaslo, Rev. *W. G. Blake\nof Ymir, Rev. J. H. McLean of Waldo,\nRev. Mr. Bain of New Denver, Rev. T.\nB. Buchanan of Cascade, Rev. W. Stephens of Wardner, Rev. J. R. Munro of\nPhoenix, Rev. M. D. McKee of Grand\nForks, Rev. W. E. Brown of Moyie, Rev.\nJ. G. Robinson, Dr. J. T. Ferguson, Rev.\nG. A. Wilson, Mr. Lowrle and Capt. D.\nC. McMorris.\nRev. S. H. Sarklsslon was appointed\nto the moderator's chair. Rev. Mr.\nHackney acted as clerk.\nUnite Greenwood and Phoenix.\nAmong other business transacted was\nthe uniting of Phoenix and Greenwood\ninto one congregation, with the happy\nprospect in view of soon having Rev.\nMr. Munroe as the pastor.\nThe question of systematic giving\npresented by Capt. McMorris brought\nforth much discussion. The concensus of opinion was that this presbytery's share of the $1,000,000 budget,\nlately issued by the church, was too\nmuch. Presbyterians in Kootenag to\nmeet this budget ere asked to increase\ntheir donations to the schemes of the\nchurch about 100 per cent. This la\nconsidered a heavy burden, especially\nin East Kootenay, where depressing In-\nhor conditions at present prevail. A\ncommittee was appointed to deal with\nthe whole question and to report at a\nlater sederunt.\nIn view of the great need of ministers\nthroughout this growing country tho\nquestion of securing ministers large In\nnumber and large In calibre brought\nforth considerable Interest as to methods for securing and training recruits-\nAt the present rate of loss It was estimated that 600 men were lost to the-\nchurch during tho last five yearB because of the small remuneration re-\nrecclved.\nA call to Rossland In favor of Rev.\nMr. Sarklsslan was sustained and*\nplaced In his hands for consideration.\nMr. Sarklsslan asked for time to consider the matter. Provisional arrangements were made for induction to take-\nplace on April 3 at 8 p.*m.\nRev. C. O. Main's resignation of Knox\nchurch, Cranbrook, was presented. Rev.\nMr. Lowrie of Cranbrook appealed iw\nfeeling terms on behalf of Knox church.\nThe presbytery with great regret accepted Rev. Mr. Main's resignation and\nappointed Rev. H. R. Grant to declare\nthe pulpit vacant on March 10. Rev.\nMr. Main has received a call to Vernon.\nBETTER PAY FOR\nASSISTANT POSTMASTERS\nOTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 27.\u2014Hon. L. P.\nPelletier, postmaster-general, has given\nnotice of the following resolution:\n\"That It ls expedient to amend the\nCivil Service act by providing that assistant postmasters in postofflces in\nwhich the postage collections exceed\n$1,000,000 may be paid a minimum salary of $2,500 with annual increases of\n$100 up to a maximum salary of $3,500,\nand that after the governor general in\ncouncil so determines such provision\nmay be made applicable to assist***\npostmasters appointed prior to the first\nday of April, 1912.\"\nDEPARTMENT WORKERS DO\nNOT WANT TO PUNCH CLOCK\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nVANCOUVER, B.C., Feb. 27\u2014The\nproposal to have a punch clock for the\ncity hall's 200 employees has been sent\non to the estimates, where another fight\nis promised over the question whether\nlt would apply to the heads of departments.\nMag Have Salt Mine\nNear Prince Rupert\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nPRINCE RUPERT, B.C.. Feb. 27\u2014\nConsiderable Interest is aroused here\nby tbe announcement that Dan C.\nWhiteford has discovered a salt well on\nhis pre-emption claim at 46-Mlle on the\nGrand Trunk Pacific close to the rail\nway and near the river. One gallon of\nwater gives half a pound of clear whlto\nsalt of f(ne quality. The point of discovery Is about 20 miles up the river\nfrom Port Essington. Thoro appears to\nbe a vast amount of this salt bearing\nwater.\n Cfje Baity jBrtus.\nWEDNESDAY\nFEBRUARY 28\nSix Million Increase\nIn Agricultural Produce\nHon. Price Ellison Tells of Tremendous Strides\nMade in the Basic Industry of British\nColumbia Last Year\nLADY DRUGGED AND\nROBBED OF JEWELS\nSensational Hold-up Outrage in Woods\nNear Paris Follows Ride in\nTaxlcab,\nPARIS, Feb. 27.\u2014A society lady of\n. (great wealth who was kidnapped on\nleaving the theatre drugged in an automobile and driven to the Bois de\nBoulogne, where she was robbed and\nleft ln the middle of the woods to walk\non foot ln her evening dress in the wet\nand rain to the nearest point in the\ncity, .has just told of her terrible experience.\nTho story Is so strange, and yet\npeople might be so easily exposed to\nsimilar adventure, that it is told with\na view ot warning society ladles of the\ndanger to which they may be exposed\nIf they get into the hands of a criminal taxi-driver. The lady had been to\ntho theatre and wore a magnificent\nevening dress, with some of her finest\njewels and a sealskin cloak. As she\nleft the theatre she hailed a taxi, and\ngave her address to the chauffeur. After he had driven somo distance he\nstopped to inquire as If he had not remembered tho address. He opened the\ndoor to ask, and twice repeated his\nquestion, putting his head tn farther\neach time.\nWhen he shut the door and drove\naway again the lady thought that she\nnoticed a strange odor in the taxi. The\nIdea suddenly came to her mind that he\nhad left some drug or powder which\nwag intended to set her asleep; but\nbefore she was able to make a move\nshe was overcome, and succumbed to\nthe drug. Tho chauffeur drove away\nInto a secluded part ot the Bols de\nBoulogne.\nWhen the lady awoke she found her\"\nself In the Bois, surrounded by well-\ndressed men, who held lanterns and\nwere* divesting her of her Jewels and\nall her valuables. They also took all\nithe money she possessed and her gold\npurse. She begged them In vain tc\nleave her at least two franca to drive\nhome In a cab. They told her that she\nought to be glad to get away alive,\nand that if she gave the slightest Information to thc police she would be i\ndead woman. She was left ln the middle of the Bois and walked to the nearest gate, drenched and cold. She\nfinally reached her home in the morning, more dead than alive, and went\nto bed.\nGERMANS RESENT\nAMERICAN INVASION\nBerlin Newspaper Objects to Admission\nof \"Snobs\" to Sacred Precincts\nof Royalty.\nBERLIN, Feb. 27.\u2014Indignation is\nrunning high in aristocratic German\ncircles against the ever-swelling Invasion of the German court by rich\nAmericans and a demand fa made that\nthe kaiser put tils toot down against\nlt, not only because the manners of\nsome of the Americans presented do\nnot come up to the German court\nstandards, but also because the ambitious free born sons and daughters of\nUncle Sam crowd out many deserving\nGermans who ought to have prior\nright to be admitted to the presence\nof their ruler.\n\"This year we had 27 Americans\nadmitted to the sacred precincts of the\npalace,\" writes one Berlin paper, \"and\nevery one of these, will jjo back to the\nland of the free boasting ot having\ning rubbed shoulders with royalty,\narousing feelings of intense jealousy\nin the bosoms of at least 10 or 20 other\nof his or her friends, who will In the\nfuture have no rest or peace until equal\nfavors have been granted them and will\nimmediately set to work getting credentials from the president, a cabinet minister or senator to the American\nminister here, who then has no choice\nbut tn make an applictitlon to the court\nhero to get permission to present them,\n\u25a0ind there is no telling where this will\nend. The kaiser will either have to\nhold a special court every year for tho\nwives and daughters of Chicago pork\npackers, Pittsburg millionaires, and\nNew York railroad magnates, or he will\nhave to put a limit to the number of\npeople each foreign ambassador shall\nbe permitted to present.\"\nAmerica and Connaught.\nA set rule limiting the number of\nsnobs to be presented, who at heart\ncare nothing for our monarchial institutions, would undoubtedly be greeted\nwith delight by the American minister.\nThe behavior of the people ot New\nYork during tbe recent visit of the\nDuke* of Connaught and his family to\ntheir city, has heaped ridicule upon\nAmericans and made these so-called republicans disgusting In the eyes of all\nGerman citizens, high or low, who\nwould neither think of insulting foreign\nguests in this manner nor of losing tho\nfeeling of their own dignity to such an\nextent.\n\"The German court ought to receive\nonly foreigners with real claims to distinction, but the mere possession of\nmoney does not constitute any such\nclaim any more than a foolish desire\nto dazzle others in society by the\nfleeted light of Imperial splendor. If\nAmericans want to behave like a set of\nraving lunatics at home whenever a\nperson of royal blood happens to get\ninside the walls of their asylum, we,\nof course, cannot prevent them from\ndoing so, but .we ought not extend nny\nspecial privileges to this particular\nkind of lunatics when they come over\nhere.\"\nC. P. R. BRAKEMAN KILLED.\nRED DEER, Feb. 27.\u2014John O'Connor, C, P, R. freight brakeman, was\nkilled about 10 miles north of Red Deer\nthrough falling under the wheels of\nthe moving train on which he was\nworking. Coroner George and the C.\nP. R. physician, Dr. Parsons, were\ntaken out on a special train and It was\ndecided that death was caused by his\naccidentally having slipped. The remains were brought to Red Deer to\nawait Instructions of his people, who\nlive in New Brunswick.\nMINISTER'S TRIAL\nTwo Prices\nThat's What Tea and Coffee Drinkers Pay\n\u2022 The first is the money paid\u2014comes out of\npocket.\nThe second (by far the greater) is the \"draft\"\nOn the nervous system by caffeine, the tea and\ncoffee drug.\nIt is not merely the \"price\" but the drug,\ncaffeine, that makes tea and coffee drinking ex-\niPensive-\u2014a nerveracking burden!\nThere's genuine economy of money and better health in the regular use of\nPOSTUM\nIn place of tea or coffee.\nPostum is made of clean, hard wheat\u2014skilfully roasted and blended just like coffee, butwith\nout the drug, caffeine, which makes tea and coffee, harmful to so many persons.\n\" Boil your Postum until it is dark and rich,\nand serve with cream and sugar, and understand\nwhy.\n\"There's a Reason'-\nTea and Coffee Hit Him Hard Indeed.\nA minister of the gospel writes about\nPostum: \"I was for years a sufferer from\nheadaches\u2014sometimes so violent that,\ngroaning In agony, I would pace tlie floor\nor garden holding my throbbing head for\nrelief.\n\u2022'I tried all sorts of remedies known to\nthe allopathic and homeopathic schoolB.\nSometimes I thought It waa caused hy the\n.stomach or biliousness, and again I would\nsuspect, it was purely nervousness and\ntreated myself accordingly, but nothing\never gave me permanent relief.\nHaving to rnwiqar before the public nearly every night, it was sometimes almost\nImpossible for me to fulfill my engagements. Finally I came to suspect that tha\nuse of tea and coffee had something to do\nwith my disorder and abruptly discontinued the use of both and took on Postum for\na trial.\n\"From that happy hour I commenced to\nmend. Gradually I got better and better\naud now I do not have a headache once\nin six months and all my troubles ate\ngone to. I am now using nostum exclusively and want no bettor beverage,\n\"I know of others who bave been benefited by the use of Postum In place of\ncoffee. A friend o[ mine hero in Key West,\na. hardware merchant, suffered for years\nwith stomach and other troubles while he\nwas using coffee. Final' he quit and began using Postum und got well. Hi\ndevoted to Postum arid when worn and\nweary with business cares takes a cup of\nit piping* hot and la a short time feels\nrested and nourished. ,\n\"Some I know have become prejudiced\nagainst'Postum because careless or Ignorant cooks try to make It as they would\ncoffee and will not allow lt to boll full 15\nminutes, but when they try it again, well\nboiled, tt stays for lt Is as delicious and\nsnappy as mild, smooth, 'high-grade Java;\"\nNome given by Canadian Postum Co.,\n\u25a0Windsor, Ont\nGet the little book \"The Road to Wellville, ln pkgs.\nThat the value of the agrioulttifW\nproduce of British Columbia increased\nfrom $14,399,090 in 1910 tu Slid,!-;37,893\nin 1911 Is the striking statement made\nby Hon, Price.lSllison tn that portion mi\nhis budget speech which deals with agriculture. The minister said in part;\n\"I am glad, Blr, therefore to be able\nto report that the year 1911 has been\na good one. And yet I venture to say\nthat 'good' might have been better still.\nIn proportion to the vast opportunities\nopen to this industry In British Columbia, we might have made even a better\nshowing than we have. One cause\nseems still to check any sensational development of agriculture in a degree\ncorresponding with some other enterprises in this great province. I ra**\u00bb\nto the want ot transportation facili-\nIt ls a comforting reflection however to remind ourselves that this cause\nwill soon be removed by the rapid expansion of roads and railways now under construction.\nProduction Grows Rapidly.\nOur produce in 1910 was valued at\n$14,962,090, while on the other hand the\nvalue of imported produce from other\nprovinces iu the Dominion and from the\nbnited States was \"{14,962,904. The people of British Columbia were therefore\ndependent for a little more than 60 per\ncent of their food-stuffs on Imported\nproduce.\n\"In 1911 the figures were f20.837.893\nof home products against $14,709,854 o\u00a3\nimports. The former therefore outstripped the latter by more than $6,000,000,\nthe percentage being 68.6 to 41.4. It\nthe population had remained stationary\nthis Increased percentage would have\nbeen even higher.\n\"Moreover, It must be remembered\nthat we are only at the threshold of a\ntime which will open out the lands of\nBritish Columbia to the axe and plow\nof the settler. Lands cannot be laid\nout here in neatly-squared sections, as\nin the prairie provinces. Mountain\nranges have to be rounded off, rivers\nhave to he spanned, and the measuring\nrod of the surveyor cannot here perform its task with the ease and precision of a leveling plane. The day has\nalready begun to dawn when railways\nwill penetrate our rich arable lands,\nnorth, south, east and west, bringing\nsettlers to the soil, and produce to the\ncoast. * i\nIs an Advertisement.\n\"It must be remembered also that the\nvery drawback of a large part of our\nfood-stuffs being Imported has nevertheless this twofold advantage:\n\"1. It points to the fact that the population of this province has Increased\nby leaps and bounds, so that the demand for food-stuffs has long outgrown\nthe supply.\n\"2. The shortage in our home grown\ncrops to supply the needs of our population is in itself an advertisement to\nsettlers to take up a farming life.\n\"If an incoming settler had to be told\nthat the food products of the province\nwere in excess of the demand, and he\n..ould have to fight In competition with\nother farmers for the provincial markets, tho suggestion might in part deter\nhim from embarking'on the enterprise.\n\"But when he knows that for many\nyears he can raise crops, all of which\nwill be loudly called for, and will never\nbe under the necessity of exporting\nthem, he will come to seek his fortune\nfrom farming since it Is acknowledged\nthat the home market is always the\nbest.\nFruit Crops.\n\"The year 1911 wub an> off .year for\nfruit, the 1910 crop being a bumper one.\nThe 1911 crop did not amount to 50 per\ncc-nt of the produce of 1910, 1,000 carloads being exported that year against\nless than 500 In Mil. Present indications point to record crops in 1912,\ngiven even moderate climatic conditions.\n\"It is well known that fruit oulture\nrequires a certain number of years for\ncomplete bearing, so that the fact ot\nthe vastly Increased acreage under cultivation, together with the lapse of\ntime after planting will cause the output to increase by something like geometrical progression in future,years.\n\"A tree which will produce only halt\na box in the fifth year after planting\nWill yield one and a half In the sixth,\nand perhaps four, or even five, In the\nseventh.\nPoultry Farming.\n\"The increase in poultry farming has\nbeen the outstanding feature of tho\nyear. There has been indeed a phenomenally forward movement. I may\nperhaps be permitted to point to the\nsuccess of tbe egg collecting system in\nthe Cowichan creamery as a striking\nIllustration of the great work which cooperation may do in the future in improving farming prospects generally.\nTobacco Growing.\n\"This Industry has been successfully\nestablished both at Kelowna and else-\nwhore and the department, who have\nsecured the services of a tobacco growing expert, have no doubt that the acreage under cultivation for this purpose\nwill in future years increase.\nTl\nTrenton Merchant Driven To Despair Bj\nThe Pain.\nAnd here, sir, may I venture to express my belief that there is no educational work in any government department ln tbe Dominion so thorough and\neffective as that of British Columbia.\n'Take for instance tho packing\nschools. Nothing has done more for\nfruit growing than theso, nothing has\nbeen more appreciated by fruit farmers\nthemselves. As an illustration it may\nbe remarked that in 1911 75 per cent\nof all the fruit packed for commercial\npurposes came from packing school\npupils.\nExperimental Trees.\n\"Valuable educational work has also\nbeen done with regard to the distribution of experimental trees, and fruit\nfarmers hove gradually learned how\nImportant are the accumulated effects\not correct methods of fruit culture from\nthe very start.\nIrrigation.\n\"All members of the house will be\naware of the Immense Importance to\nfruit culture of scientific methods of\nIrrigation. The government have been\nfortunate In securing the eminent services of Professor Etcheverry of the\nUniversity of California, who has prepared a bulletin on Irrigation methods\nand application of water which Is j\/bout\nto be published.\nFruit Inspection.\n'I should be doing scant justice to\nthis subject If I were to omit a brief\nreference to the value of the protective\nwork done last year by the fruit inspection branch of tbe department It\ntbe tendency of the human mind to\nthink only of the ills from whioh we\nsuffer, and to forget the ills from whioh\nwe have been preserved. But I make\nbold to say that preventative work bas\nnever been so sweeping and effective as\ntn 1911.\n\"British Columbia in fact possess***\nan up-to-date system ot inspection\nwhich will compare favorably with any\nother In the world.\nWith the headquarters of the inspector ot pests ln Vancouver, and with 20\nquarantine offices from the north of the\nprovince to the boundary every Imported tree has been Inspected, every box\nof fruit watched, and, to prove that the\nsystem ls rigorous, there have been\nimmense quantities of lnfeoted nursery\nstock and fruit cremated during the\nyear.\n\"Tho demonstration of spraying has\nhad good effects, the department having established spraying power outfits\nln different fruit producing centres ln\nthe province.\nLive Stock Branch.\n\"Perhaps, however, the most vitally\nImportant preventive work of all has\nbeen done ln the fight against bovine\ntuberculosis.\n\"Of all foods in the world, milk is the\nmost sensitive to malignant germs, and\nit is not so generally known as it ought\nto be that bovine tuberculosis can be\nconveyed not only to children, but also\nto adults through milk.\n\"The silent work done by our four\nveterinary Inspectors may be estimated\nwhen I inform the house that the percentage of reactors to the tuberculin\ntest has very materially decreased during the last two years.\n\"It Is gratifying to observe that tho\nmajority of farmers have seen the Importance of supplying pure milk, and\nhave co-operated with the department\nIn consenting to have their herds tested\nby our Inspectors.\n\"I may add that I have a bill before\nthe house so framed as to Include compulsory Inspection.\n\"There has been an encouraging\ngrowth in farmers' Institutes In the\npast year, there now being 66, with a\nmembership of about 6,300, Institutes\nbeing found as far north as the upper\ngkcena, and southwards to East Kootenay and the Boundary.\n\"The main object of these Institutes\nis co-operation among the farmers with\nrespect to (11 marketing produce, (2)\nsecuring supplies.\n\"Such co-operation Is the more necessary In a country where distances are\ngreat and railways and roads are few\nand far between, and where the fact\ntbat the provincial supply of food products Is far less than the demand\nshould, through lhe absence of stress\nof competition, render co- operation\nmore cordial and more attracted toward\nmutual help.\nOne of thc main objects Is to secure\nstumping powder for land clearing purposes at a greatly reduced price through\nan arrangement made by the government with the powder and transportation companies.\nWomen's Institutes.\nThis movement is spreading rapidly\nand has for Its object the Improvement\nof homo life in the rural districts and\nthe conditions under which women live.\nAn advisory board of four women from\ndifferent parts of the province has been\nappointed to give advice to the department on matters relating to women in\nhome work. ' \"\u2022\"I'MBB\n\"Leotures and demonstrations by prominent experts have been conducted\nduring the paat year in the ordinary\n\"epring and fall meetings ot the institutes.\" _.A'\nMade of Canadian Wheat in a Canadian Factory..by Canadian Labor...\nCanadian Postum Cereal Company, Limited, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.\nApiculture.\n\"The culture of bees has taken firm\nhold on the province, but like tobacco\ngrowing is a kind of industry which re-\naulres the educative stimulus of scientific experts from the department. This\nstimulus has been accorded with gratifying results. \u25a0\u25a0 \u2022'\u25a0\u2022\n\"Horticulture ts one of the largest\nsections of the department,, jreaulrlng\nthe services of five trained offlclala in\ndifferent parts of the province,\n\"FRUIT-A-TIVES\" CURED HIM\nTrknTon, Ont. Jan. 29th, 1909.\n\"I was a dreadful sufferer for many\nyears from Stomach and Liver Trouble\n\u2014but my greatest suffering was from\nviolent headaches. They were so distressing tbat I almost bad to give up my\nbusiness. I went lo Toronto, consulted\nspecialists and wore glasses, but\nnothing did me any good and the\nheadaches became intolerable.\nI was then induced to try \"Fruit-a-\ntives\" and from the beginning, I was\nbetter, and in a short time I was quite\nwell again\u2014no more headaches\u2014aud I\nthrew my glasses away.\n\"Ifniit-a-tives\" not only cured my\nheadaches, but completely cured me of\nall indigestion, and restored me to\nperfect health again.\" W. J. McCOMB.\n\"Fruit-a-tives1 ia tbe greatest cure\nfor headaches in the world and is the\nonly medicine made of fruit juices.\n\"Fruit-a-tives\" will always cure Headaches, Indigestion and all Stomach aud\nBowel Troubles. 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50,\nor trial size, 25c. At all dealers or from\nFruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa.\nWOULD SAVE OYSTER\nFROM CRUEL DEATH\nSpokane Animal Lovers to Investigate\nReports of Its Fiendish Torture\n\u2014Humane Society Busy.\nSPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 27.\u2014To tear\na poor, defenseless, living oyster from\nIts shell, prick lt with a two-pronged\nfork, smother it with lemon Juice and\noil, sprinkle it with Bait and pepper\nand then swallow lt whole, is cruelty.\nThis is the decision of the humane\nsocieties In eastern states and members\nof the Spokane Humane society have\nbeen asked to start an Investigation\naimed at the suppression of the practice here.\nJust because an oyster can not let\nout a yell and squirm and wince and\nwiggle when some epicure pokes a\ndozen holes in it ls no sign that the\nsucculent bivalves are devoid of feeling, President John Craft of the state\noyster commission ot Alabama has\nBtated.\n\"The poor chump ot an oyster\nseems to be in bad,\" declared Mr.\nCraft in a recent address at Mobile\n\"It has as much lite and feeling as\nany animal and deserves as much\nsympathy.\n\"When I first started this campaign\nI was laughed at, but fashionable\ndiners are gradually coming to believe\nthat a fresh oyster that has just died\nis better than one that ls alive.\"\nMrs, Joseph R. Robertson, 619 Howard street one of the leading humane\nsociety workers of Spokane, who carries a star to make arrests of teamsters who beat horses on the South\nSide hill, took up the matter today.\n\"I do not know why eating oysters\nalive is not Inhuman,\" said Mrs. Rob-\nerson, \"but the problem has never\ncome before me before. I intend to\nstudy lt and if I agree with Mr. Craft\nI will try to have the practice stopped\nhere.\n\"I wish he had given some directions\nabout how to kill an oyster however.\nI am sure I have not the least Idea\nhow to go about It. Tou could hardly\nchop their heads off, and, while I never\nate an oyster In my life, I am sure\nI would not want one that had been\nchloroformed.\"\nFOR GRAND TRUNK EXTENSION\nMONTREAL, \"Feb. 27.\u2014At the office of\nVice-President Pitzhugh ot the Grand\nTrunk Railway company bids were opened\ntoday for the construtlon of the roadbed\nand buildings of tho Southern \"New England\nrailway, which Is to be the name of the\nGrand Trunk extension from Palmer, Mass.,\nto Providence, R.I., where the Grand\nTrunk plans extensive terminal facilities\nand steamship connections. The contracts\ncall for the completion of everything in\nconnection with the road by the end of\nnext year.\nFACTS\nPractical Information\nBritish\nColumbia\nParticularly Regarding the\nFort\nGeorge\n\"A woman can be Just as self-reliant\nand independent as a man,\" said Mr.\nMcekton's wife, defiantly.\n\"Mebbo she can, Henrietta; mebbe\nshe can. But not while she wears\ndresses that hook up the back.\"\n\"You see that man at the door? Well,\nhe is a nitrate king.\"\n\"What ore you talking about? He's\nn cabman,\"\n\"Exactly. That's where his night\nrate kingship cornea In.\"\nPhH-rWn Tiff-an N-PArrl * l\"***-*1* you cannot be too\n\u25a0cnuoren utten neeu wefuI whatyougivathem. Harsh\npurgatives Injure the bowels and pave the way for\nig troubles. The new\navaouant Ii\ndoes the work most\neffectively without Irritating the bowels\nor causing any discomfort. The children like them for they taste\nlike, candy. One of the moat popular of the NA-DRU-CO preparations,\n- 28c. a box. If your drucclst haa not roi tiocktd thorn, Bond 25c \u00abndwt will mall thara. 20\nNational Druf and Chemical Company of Canada, Umlta-d, \u25a0 \u25a0 Mcatr\u2014I\nand\nSurrounding Country\nin'which over 200,000 Acres si\nFarm Land have been Reserved\nand Surveyed for Pre-emptors\nONLY\nFor the past two years we have published a pamphlet ln whioh ls given all\nInformation available about Fort George\nand Central British Columbia.\nWe have continuously made publle\nthe outstanding facts;\nThat there is no prairie land in the\nFort George District;\nThat with the exception of small\nareas of open meadows, the land\nis covered with a growth of timber,\nsome light and some heavy;\nThat 50 per cent of the land li\nlight toil, with sand and gravel\nridges;\nThat the main rivers, such as the\nFraser, Neohaoo, Stuart and Salmon are mostly from 50 to 250 feet\nbelow the bench land through\nwhich they run;\nThat there Is an abundance of\npure water in oreeks, lakes and\nrivers;\nThat the climate is superb; and\nThat one acre of tho good land is\nworth as much as five acres in any\nother part of Western Canada.\nThe truth is good enough about Fort\nGeorge and we are publishing this advertisement so that the intending Bet-\ntier and Investor shall know the truth\nand not be misled by exaggerated reports of the Fort Georg edistrlct whether\ngood or bad.\nFort George is the \"Hub of B.C.,;' and\nthe centre of an empire rich in natural\nresources\u2014fruit and farm land, timber\nand mineral land. You should know\nall about this vast new country.\nWrite to us for the \"B.C. Bulletin of\nInformation\" and \"Facts,\" both free.\nNatural Resources\nSecurity Co., Ltd.\nJoint Owners and Sole Agents\nTort George Townsite\n580 BOWER BUILDING\nVANCOUVER B.C.\n WEDNESDAY ... FEBRUARY 28\nCtie Batt? $ttofl.\nPAQE THREB\n^\nTHE \\i \"* \u2022ncreas'nS enormously\n\\ Can we tell you the\nDEMAND \\ Reason Why?\n\"A Trial Package will bring Enlightenment\"\n\"UP\nCEYLON TEAS \"ARE DELICIOUS TEAS\"\nBUCK, MIXED OR NATURAL GREEN\nSEALED PACKAGES ONLY REFUSE SUBSTITUTES U\nKootenag and Boundary\nRUSH CLEARING\nAT BUSY BOSWELL\nRanchers Carry on Extensive Operations\u2014Will Organize Conservative\nAssociation\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nBOSWELL, B.C., Feb. Z7.\u2014A meeting of\nthe residents of Boswell and district will\nbe held on March 3 ln the new schoolhouse\nimmediately after the arrival of the\nKuskanook for the purpose or organizing\na Conservative association. Addresses will\nbe given by J. E. Annable, James Johnstone and others. A record attendance la\nanticipated.\nA new road ls being constructed by G-.\nBartley and A. Kennedy leading from the\npresent government road to their ranches.\nThis will be a great convenience to the\nsettlement, making, as It will, tho post-\noffice more accessible\nIndications that spnnp Is not so very\nSMMsGure\nSTOPS COUGHS PRICE. IS CENTS\nCANADIAN\n\u2014 PACIFIC\nReduced Rates\nFrom\nEASTERN\nCANADA\nSecond Class Colonist\nTickets\non sale Commencing March 1st and\ncontinuing dally until April 15th.\nMontreal to Nelson\n$47.70\nToronto to Nelson\n$41.05\nStop over privileges. Correspondingly low rates from other eastern Canadian points to all stations in British Columbia. Further information and particulars\non application to\nR. K. SCARLETT, City Passenger\nand Ticket Agent.\nF. L. PADDEN, Depot Tiokt Agt.\nJ. A. McDONALD. D.P.A., Nelson.\nfar away la shown by the tremendous activity with which clearing operations are\nbeing pushed forward. J. Uoupland, D.\nCrowtlter, D. A. Davidson, P. Kit-by and\nseveral others are engaged in thla work.\nThey intend clearing up a big lot of land\nbefore the small fruits demand alf their\ntime and attention. A long chute has been\nbuilt by M. Quinn from his top bench to\ntlie lake. By this means he finds he can\nhandle tho ties he is cutting for the C.P.R.\nfar quicker than by any other means.\nRev. C. Reed of Balfour held a church\nservice at Westmorland ranch on Thursday\nlast. In spite of the weather the congregation was large.\nOn Saturday next some of the Boswell\nbachelors are giving a whist drive in the\nschool. The ladies have offered to assist\nwith tbe refreshments.\nA. MaGkle, manager of Earl Gray's\nranch, expects his wife to Join him from\nthe old country In a few days.\nThanks are due to S. U. Cummins of\nCK>at creek for a donation to the library\nof several books and magazines.\nThe maximum temperature recorded at\nthe Dominion government meteorological\nstation for the week ending Feb. 28 was\n45 degrees' on Feb. 28, and the minimum\n23.6 degrees, on Feb. 23.\nSHOW SYMPATHY\nREGINA, Sask., Feb. 27.\u2014In view of the\ndeath of thc Infant son of Hon, J. A.\nCalder the legislature did not do business\nthis afternoon. On behalf of themselves\nand their respective parties Hon, W. R.\nMotherwell and Mr. Haultain expressed\ntheir sympathy for the acting premier and\nhis wife ln their (bereavement and the\nhouse Immediately adjourned for the day.\nWILL BUILD LETHBRIDGE\nRAILWAY THIS SUMMER\nLETHBRIDGE, Alta., Feb. 27\u2014The\nfirst consignment of equipment for the\nmunicipal railway has arrived and work\nwill be started Immediately and It Is\nexpected that 11 mlleB of road will be\nbuilt this summer.\nSEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND\nDOLLARS FOR NIGHT SHELTER\nMONTREAL, Feb. 27\u2014A majority of\nthe board of control has decided that\nthe $76,000 given \"to the poor of the\ncity\" by the eccentric will of tho late\nGustave Meurling shall be devoted to\nthe erection of a night refuge where\nthe poor and homeless may find shelter.\nCLAIMS CAR SHOP PROPERTY\nSHOULD HAVE BEEN TAXED\nCALGARY, Alta., Feb. 27.-An appeal\nagainst the non-assessment of the land\nbrought into the city under the car shops\nagreement has heen filed with the city\nclerk by ex-Alderman Ross who states that\nby reason of the ommtsslon to make this\nassessment his taxes have increased 5 per\ncent, an amount he claims every ratepayer wil] have to pay to make up the\nrevenue lost ito the city through not taxing\nthe property. City Clerk Miller today filed\nwith Judge Carpenter copies of the notices\nof appeal with Which he had been served.\nThe Judge Is expected to announce the\ndate of the hearing within a month from\nyesterday which was the last day for\nfiling notices of appeal.\nPETER MILLER MISSING\nPRINCE ALBERT, Sask., Feb. 27.-It ls\nreported from Rldgedale, Sask., In the\nMelford district, that a homesteader named\nPeter Miller has been missing since last\nfall when ho was last aeen working with\na threshing outfit. The story is that\na neighboring farmer named Black took\na telegram to Miller's -nlace relating to\nthe death of Miller's brother. Mr. Miller's\ncoat and clothing are in the house but\nthf-re is no trace of the owner.\nfteritlih Absorption Determine:\n^c\"y the Yield in Baking\nPurity Flour requires\nthe maximum amount of water\nto produce perfect baking results. I_~~^r^~~\"\\\nWestern ^\nhard wheat,\nperfectly ^\nm i 11 e d, i n -\nsures perfect granulation. This\ndetermines the power of absorption.\nUsing more water you can\nalways insure with p\nPURITY FLOUR\n\" More Bread and Better Bread \",\nCALGARY PLANS\nMANY BRIDGES\nOver Six Hundred Thousand Dollars Involved in Structures Proposed by\nCity Council\nCALG-ARY, Alta., Feb. ST.\u2014The city engineer has prepared estimates of the various bridges required and the total amount\nof money to be spent to construct these\n\u25a0bridges, if such a course Is finally decided\non by the council, will be $828,200. The\nlocation of the bridges and the cost of each\nas shown in the engineer's report which\nhas just been submitted to the commissioners are as follows:\nA bridge across the Bow river at Fourth\nstreet weBt, *21,000; o- bridge acrosB the\nBow at Fourteenth street west, $162,750; a\nibrldge across the Elbow at Fourth street\nwest, $102,760; a bridge across the Bow\nriver at the present site of the Louise\nbridge, $74,550.\nIt will be some time yet before an estimate can be submitted for tho proposed\nhigh level bridge at Centre street. It is\nhowever, considerea mat tne conservative\nfigure for a reinforced concrete bridge\nwill be Bomewhere in the neighborhood of\n$300,000. . i\nROVERS TO PLAY\nSLOCAN TEAMS\nProvincial Intermediate Champions Wil\nMeet Sandon and New Denver\nToday and Tomorrow\n. The Nelson Rovers will leave this\nmorning for Sandon where they play\nthe senior hockey team tonight Tomorrow night the Rovers will play the\nNew Denver seniors at New Denver.\nThe Nelson lineup ls: Goal. T. Boyes;\npoint, J. Miller; cover, N. B. Cummins;\nrover, Fred Grant; centre. W. Ferguson; right wing, J. A. Ferguson; left\nwing, Ed. Murphy. F. Greyerblehl and\nW. J. Riley will accompany the team\nas managers.\nCOAL ROADS CASE ON TRIAL\nCOLUMBUS, O., Feb. 27.\u2014The government's suit against the Lake Shore and\nMichigan Southern Railway company and\na number of railroad and coal companies\nwas called for trial in the federal court\nhere today. The defendant companies are\ncharged with maintaining a combination\nand conspiracy ln restrain of commerce\nin the mining, transportation and sale of\nbituminous coal from western Pennsyl-\nvanlt, West Virginia and Ohio.\nSCOTTISH CUP DRAW\n' GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 27\u2014The\ndraw for the semi finals ot the Scottish\ncup was made today and resulted as\nfollows: Aberdeen or Celtic vs. Hearts\nof Midlothian or Greenoch Morton, and\nThird Lanark v. Clyde.\nTABER AND CALGARY\nPLAY OFF TONIGHT\nCALGARY, Alta., Feb. 27.\u2014Manager\nGravell of the Calgary Athletic club team\nreceived a message from W. Northey,\nTrustee of ithe Allan cup, this morning\nordering Taber and Calgary to play off\nfor the Alberta championship tomorrow\nnight. It also stated that tbe winners of\nthis game will play the Victories of Winnipeg In Winnipeg on Saturday and Monday next.\nBREAK ICE NEAR QUEBEC\nQUEBEC Feb. 27\u2014The government\nIce breaker Montcalm after Its successful trip to Seven Islands is now engaged In busking up against the Ice\nbridge above Quebec. The boat haa\nmade dally trips to the solid formation\nup the river and it has already cut\naway quite a block of the Ice making\ngood* progress In the work.\nMINING WILL BE ACTIVE\nAT BAYONNE CAMP\nWith the Opening of Spring, Work on\nSeveral Claims Will Be Pushed.\nVANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 27.\u2014According to visitors from the Nelson\ndistrict property owners in Bayonne\ncamp are Impatiently awaiting the advent of spring, when lt is expected\n.that the wagon road from Creston,\nwhich was partially constructed last\nsummer, will be completed to the camp\nand the transportation problem soved,\nat least for present needs.\nBayonne camp has attracted more\nthan passing attention on the part of\nmining men. Its proximity to Sheep\nCreek, which has been a heavy producer of the yellow . metal, and the\nnumber and enormous size of the veins\nalready opened up. making it a particularly attractive locality. Several of\nthe properties have been deveoped to\nthe point where all uncertainty as to\ntheir value ls banished, and it is said\nthat tho leading group, the Bayonne,\nfrom which the camp takes its name,\nhas at the present time at least $2,000,-\n000 worth of free milling ore blocked\nout, ready for stopelng and shipping as\nsoon as means are provided for its\ntransportation. The Bayonne Is owned\nby Hlckey, Wagner nnd associates, of\nButte, Mont* who propose resuming\nactive developments next spring.\nAnother Item of interest In the camp\nwill be the opening up .of the Echo-\nJosephlne group of 18 claims. This\nproperty Is a consolidation of two\ngroups owned by Messrs. Maher, Stewart and others, and a deal ls now pending whereby eastern capital will become associated with them to the extent of thoroughly developing and\nequipping the property with machinery\nfor ore extraction. The Echo-Josephine\nia fortunate In having an abundance of\nwater for milling purposes, so that the\nore can be treated on the ground saving all costs of transportation except\nthe Initial expense of bringing In the\nmachinery over the new wagon road.\n'I don't wemember What I ate, but I\nhad an awful dweam.\"\n\"What waa It, old chap?\"\n\"I dwoamed my valet went away\nwithout lacing'my shoes.\"\nLIBERAL SENATOR\nINSULTS LABOR\nSir Richard Cartwright Adopts Patronizing and Unfair Attitude Toward\nWorking Men, Says 8tar.\nSir Richard Cartwrlght, once a Liberal but lately a senator, delivered a\nspeech in thu senau- yesterday In defence of his pet \"annuities scheme,\"\nwhich took a tone toward the working\nmen of Canada that we venture to say\nhas seldom been heard in this country\nsince the days of the Family Compact,\nsays the Montreal Star. The high tory-\nism of that time had, most of us\nthought pretty well vanished; and it\nts -more curious than important to hear\nu belated echo of It today from what\nis nominally known as the \"Liberal\"\nside of the senate.\nBut the echo was quite distinct, Sir\nRichard, while \"prepared\" in the most\npatronizing manner, \"to do justice to\nthe vlrtures dlspayed by many of the\nworking classes,\" felt bound tu say that\nhe \"still thought a great many of the\nworking classes- are unhappily grossly\nimprovident and a great many are In\nthe habit of expending on their personal indulgence sums which, if properly used, would put theta far beyond\nwant in their old age.\"\nQuite so. It is, of course, the \"working classes\" who are chiefly conspicuous for \"expending sums on personal\nIndulgence.\" The laboring man simply\nmust have his motor car to take him\nto work in the morning; and his pampered wife cannot get along with less\nthan three servants and a lapdog. At\nnoon he lunches at his \"club\" and\nsmokes a choice Havana afterwards,\nwhile waiting for the echoes of the 1\no'clock whistle to die away. Then he\nmust have three kinds of wine at dinner and accompany his wife to her box\nat the opera. Oh. the working man\nIs a \"sad dog\" when it comes to indulging his love of the good thlngB of life!\nHe can even afford to pay his share of\nthe $2,500 a year Which the wealthy\nsenator gets for attending a few hours\na week in the senate chamber, and\nmoralizing on the \"unhappily grossly\nimprovident habits of the working\nclasses.\"\nAt all events, every one will admit\ntbat the senators are usually quite a\ndistinct body from tho \"working\nclasses\"\u2014at least so far as their senatorial duties are concerned. If It Is a\ndisgrace to work for one's living, they\u2014\nofficially\u2014escape It. We say \"officially\" because there are hard working and\npatriotic citizens In the senate who\nearn their livings fast enough outside\nof that Castle of Ease; and we imagine\nthat they will feel much as the rest of\nus do to hear talk of this qunllty emanating from a body which should be the\nlast to chide the \"working classes\" for\n\"personal indulgence\" or \"gross Improvidence.\" When a working mnn\ngets half as much for a full year's hard\ntoll on which to feed and clotne a \u25a0mm-\nily as a senator gets for keeping awake\nan hour or two in the afternoon when\nhis upper\u2014very upper\u2014house Is not\ntaking recess the said member of the\n\"working classes\" considers himself\n\"dead lucky.\" and goes in occasionally\nfor the \"gross Improvidence\" of a\natreet car picnic with \"the kids\" on a\nholiday.\nOf course, the worklngman has not\nforgotten how Sir Richard's annuity\nscheme was bom. There was n healthy\nagitation In this country in favor of old\nage pensions\u2014something for which the\naverage senator should have a kindly\nfellow-feeling. The people were convinced that the government Bhould\nmake it Impossible for a crippled and\nworn out veteran In the \"army of labor\" to know want ln his declining\nyears. It became necessary for the\ngovernment to net. Then Sir Richard\nstepped Into the breach with his annuities Bchemc\u2014a plan for enabling the\ncrippled worklngman to lift himself by\nhis own boot straps. If the working\nclasses would only be provident and\neschew personal Indulgence, and not\nriot in luxurious living on their few\ndollars a week nnd a family-to-feed, -\nthey could buy themselves annuities\nfrom Sir Richard's department, and so\nhave all the advantages of a llfe-sen-\natorshlp on a fourth of the money.\nThat was Sir Richard's substitute for\npensioning the veterans of labor. We\nwould like to see him trying It on the\nveterans of war. What would the nation say If the government took the\nposition that it would do nothing for\nits veteran soldiers unless they had the\n\"providence\" to use a part of their pay\nduring the camnnlgn to purchase annuities? But If they were so \"grossly\nimprovident\" as to eat three meals a\nday when thoy could get them, if they\nexpended sums on their \"personal indulgence\"\u2014possibly supplementing the\n\"rations\" occasionally\u2014which might\nhave *gone for annuities, why, then.\nTHE GOUGH MUST BE CURED.\nTHE SYSTEM BUILT UP.\nTbe function of Mathieu's\nSyrup of Tar and Cod Uver OU\nia to do this double duty.\nThe Tar cures the cough.\nThe Cod Liver Oil strengthens\nthe system.\nNo other agents equal these.\nsoother combination is so successful as Mathieu's Syrup of Tar\nand Cod Liver Oil.\nSo wonderful is this remedy\nthat it is shipped each season in\ncar-loads. Large bottle 35 cents.\nBold everywhere.\nWhts h\u00bbdwhe \u00bbd ftm *r*. pmta1 with\na cold take M*thleu'i N**rrt\u00ab\u00ab Powderi to\nreduce Ihe ttwtt and \u25a0\"*\u00bb**\u2022\u00a3\u00ab\u25a0\u25a0\u201e. J-Jt\nVatkle* Co.. Prop*-- Sotrbmfce. Que. (Si\nDistributors for Western C nodn\nFOLBY BROS. LARSON & COMPANY\nWinnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver\nSaskatoon.\nthey could starve In their old age.\nWould any civilized nation take such\nan attitude toward Its \"thin red line\nof 'eroes?\" Well, that Is the attitude\nwhich Sir Richard proposes to take toward the no less heroic men ln the\ngreasy overall, who work hard year in\nand year out, who raise their families\nwithout the help of the state, but who\nmay be stricken down at any moment\nby accident or disease, and compelled to\nlive on the charity of others.\nWe do not believe for a. moment that\nthe conscience of the country has fossilized In this fashion. We do not believe that It ls only our politicians tn\nwhom we are willing to grant old age\npensions In the form of cushioned seats\nin the senate. We believe that the big\nheart of the Canadian people\u2014once\nthey understand the situation\u2014will fn-\nslst upon insuring every soldier of labor against want in his old age\u2014and\nupon insuring his wife as well. Tt will\ncost but little. Practically all of our\npeople will take care of their own old\nage If they keep their health. But exceedingly few of them can be sure thnt\nthey will be beyond (he reach of want\nIf sickness or disaster cripples them\nwhile they have still many years tn\nlive.\nIt is the fear of the possibility that\nthey may be mained In the battle thnt\nwe want to banish. Thc cases which\nmust be actually helped will he very,\nvery few. Rut the lives from which\nthe dread of want will he driven will he\nvery, very many. It Is not \"gross Improvidence\" nor \"personal Indulgence\"\nwhich will thrust our \"working classes\"\ninto that position\u2014It is the swift stroke\nof accident or the mysterious visitation\nof disease.\nSTARTLING PLANS\n\" TO GOVERN SERVIA\nConspirators May Demand Abdication\nof King Peter in Near Future\u2014\nMust Dismiss Radicals.\nBERLIN, Feb. 27.\u2014Startling news\ncomes from Servia, with full details of\na fresh officers' conspiracy. The Belgrade papers, among them the Tribuna,\na Journal which is friendly to the government, report the story of the plot.\nThe paper anticipates serious events,\nas the conspiracy springs from the\nOfficers' League, known as the \"Black\nHand,\" and a political union bearlnR\nthe title \"Eternity or Death.\"\n\"The situation,\" says the pnper, \"is\nprecisely Blmllar to that of 1903. A\nsecret league of officers Is preparing\na coup d'etat; a military dictatorship\nIs at hand. Between the war minister,\nM. Stepanovltch, and the Crown Prince\nAlexander, enmity exists, which leads\nto violent scenes. Signs of a revolution increase. Before it Is too late, it\nIs to be hoped that some Iron hand will\neffect a change,\"\nBanish all Opponents.\nThe Belgrade Novostl relates that the\nBlack Hand has succeeded In banishing\nall opponents from the capital, and has\nsent death warrants to the old Radical\nleaders, Pasltch, Protltch and Stano-\njevltch. In the Neuss Welner Tagblatt\nthe conspiracy Ib ascribed to the dissatisfaction of the officers with the\nmaterial and political conditions of the\ncountry.\nThe Neue Prele Presse reports that\nall the young officers connected with\nthe conspiracy of 1903 are concerned\nIn this Plot. Their chief Is nn Influential officer of the general staff. Major Dlmltlrevltch. They excluded their\nformer leader. Colonel Mlsltch, as they\nconsidered him unreliable. The conspirators demand that King Peter shall\neither dismiss the Radicals or abdicate\nIn favor of the crown prince.\nMeanwhile, the crpwn prince has\nseparated himself from the conspirators, while the war minister remains:\non ..their side. All the government\n\"I Suffered Intense\nPains in My Left\nSide.\"\nDo you realize it is better to be\nsafe than sorry, that it is the best\npolicy to lock the stable door before\nthe horse is stolen?\nDr. Miles' Heart Remedy\ncured Mrs. C. C. Gokey, of a stubborn case of heart disease, such as\nthousands are now suffering with.\nRead what she says:\n\"Before I began taking Dr. Miles'\nHeart Remedy I had been suffering\nfrom heart trouble lor over five\nyears. I had grown so weak that It\nwas impossible lor mc to do thirty\nminutes work in a whole day. I\nsuffered intense pains in niv leftside\nand under the left shoulder blade, I\ncould nut sleep on the left side, and\nwas so short of breath that 1 thought\nI should never be able to take a full\nbreath again. The least excitement*\nwould bring on the mo,aiaf \u2022to***-.WiMtpcg ud Calfary\nGOLDEN WIL-. GIVE\nPUBLICITY TO DISTRICT\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nGOLDEN; B.C., Feb. 27\u2014At a recent\npublic meeting held here It was decided\nto reorganize the Golden board of trade\nund put forth 'a vigorous effort to\nHome Grown Fruit Trees\nWe bave a large supply of\nApple Trees, also Plums, Cherries,\nPeaches, Pears, etc.\nAH guaranteed home grown stock. Write for catalogue and price\nUst to\nThe Riverside Nurseries\nComprising 120 Acres\nGRAND FORKS, B.C.\nThomson's\nWriting\nTablets\nWe have only two classes of\nstock:\nFine Grades\u2014For those Who are\naesthetic ln the matter of stationery.\nGood Grades\u2014At moderate price\nfor those who just want a plain\npaper of reasonably good quality.\nOur \"Old Saxony\" tablet linen finish delights those who like a fine\nquality of paper. Note size. 26c; Empress size 40c; Letter size, 50c.\nOur Rubicon tablet Is a good writing paper at a moderate cost.\nNote size 16c; Letter size, 25c.\nThen we have them at all Intermediate prices. -v-t* '-,-^T\"V\nThomson's for Writing Tablets. \u25a0' \"*\nW. G. THOMSON\nPhone 34 Bookseller and Stationer Nelson, B. C.\nbring this district's advantages before\nthe notice of prospective settlers. Tbe\nfollowing officers were elected:\nPresident C. A. Warren; first vice-\npresident, C. A. Canders; executive, N,\nAr. Foulkes, W. B- Grubbe and C. H.\nParson; secretary \"treasurer, A. J. Mitchell. The next meeting is to be held\nun March 5.\nThe annual meeting of the Golden\nConservative association is to be held\non Wednesday evening, March 6.\nLouts LeBourdafs, who has been in\ncharge of the commercial telegraph office here, has been transferred to Vernon.\nCRAWFORD BAY TO\nHOLD FAIR AGAIN\nFarmers' Institute Receives Many Orders for Supplies from Ranchers\nWho Believe in Co-operation\n{Special to The Dally News.)\nCRAWFORD BAY, B.C. Feb. 27\u2014A\nvery well attended meeting of the Farmers' Institute was held in the hall last\nweek, the Imajorlty of the members\nturning out, a number even coming\nfrom Gray creek In spite of the bad\nweather. The report of the delegate\nto the central convention was received;\npreliminary arrangements made for the\nholding of a horticultural show, and orders were given for feed, spraying material and Btumplng powder. With regard to the latter, exactly double the\nquantity Is being is being ordered this\nspring as compared with last year. At\nthe conclusion of the business refresh\nments were served by the ladles after\nwhich dancing and cards were much enjoyed by all present.\nLONG IS REAPPOINTED\nPOLICE CHIEF AT R06SLAND\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nROSSLAND, B,C. Feb. 27\u2014The police\ncommissioners have reappointed T. H.\nLong as chief of police and Alex. Stewart as night patrolman with permission to carry out such other duties as\nhave been placed upon them under the\nrearranged plan adopted by the city\ncouncil a short time back.\nA grant of {3,000 ls being asked for\nfrom the provincial government to establish a satisfactory sewerage system\nin connection with the local hospital,\nthe present one constituting a serious\nmenace to public health.\nCRAWFORD BAY HOTEL\nMAN SEEKS LICENSE\n(Special to The Dally Newa.)\nCRAWFORD BAY, B.C., Feb. 27\u2014\nArchdeacon Beer of Kaslo was a i\nttor here last week end and officiated\non Sunday at the usual Church of Eng\nland ichurch service iftit which there\nwas an excellent attendance.\nM, F. Shaw of Mawdsley, Shaw & Co.\ncame In for a couple of days on bus!\nness. He reports several land deals as\nlikely io go through In the very nenr\nfuture.\nJ. T. Black, chief provincial constable,\nwns a visitor to the bay looking into\nthe mutter of the application for a\nMqnor license by the owner of the\nCrawford Bay hotel.\nV. Locke and E. Uhthroff have returned from Kaslo.\n\\This Date in History.\nOn Pel). 2.8, 1900, Gen. Buller accomplished\nthe relief of Ladysmitb. In the Boer war\nliie first operations were directed against\nI.mlysnilUt hy the Boers and although they\nBuffered several defeats they made a determined advance and Invested Ladyemlth\non Nov. 2, ISM, General White was in\ncommand of the British garlson and won\neverlasting fame for' his heroic eland\nagainst the Boers.\nHere my man Is a piece of loaf cake.\nI hope you will like lt.\n\"I tlnk I will, ma'am, If de Ingredients is only half as pleasing ter de\ntaste as de name Is ter de earl\"\nBiggar\nWhy Everybody Is Looking to Biggar, the Base\nof G.T.P. Operations\nIn Saskatchewan\nIt has unexcelled railway connections ; two transcontinental\nlines and three branches.\nDivisional point on the G.T.P.\nmain line terminal point for\nbranches.\nNatural flow of pure water,\none and a quarter million gallons\ndally.\nMagnificent climate.\nSplendid site rising on both\nsides from the railway In gentle\nslope.\nGood drainage,\nAbundance of fuel,\nLarge supply of timber. Sawmill already working,\nVast area of arable land.\nMineral waters of Its lake (six\nmiles long) a sure attraction to\ntourists and health seekers.\nRapidly Increasing population\nln the town and also the surrounding country.\nThe large expenditure for civic\nImprovements now under way is\nevidence past the peradventure of\na doubt of the progress made In\nthis new centre, and constitutes a\nguarantee of Its future.\nDon't Hiss This Chance\nAply for full information to\nJOHN COOPER\nAlan Block, Baker St., Nelson, B.C.\nFurniture\nand\nLinoleums\nis our specialty\n200 Rugs\nand\nGood Draperies\nOn Hand\nD.J.ROBERTSON\nNelson, B.C.\nThe B. C. Assay and\nChemical Supply Co.\nLimited\nLaboratory equipment for assayer\nand chemists. Complete assay outfits\nfurnished. Agents for Way's Pocket\nSmelter outfits for prospectors and\nmining men.\n613 Pender St,, Vancouver, B.C.\nRANCHERS YOU NEED\nThe Pitner Parlor Lamp\nA gentleman In Queens Bay who\nhas one is delighted with It. Ho finds\nIt soft and easy to the eyes, and says\nhe can ready by It with comfort much\nlonger than he could by the oil lamp.\nIt is the common opinion, \\\nPrice (16.00 C. P. 126\nThe PitnerLight Co., Nelson\n218 Baker Street.\nIn Boys Wagons\nWe Lead\nThe Artillery car, the best wagon on the market today.\nWITH RUBBER TIRES\nSmall\nMedium\nLarge\n$5.00\n$6.00\nWTH STEEL TIRES\n$7.00\nSmall\nMedium\nLarge\n$4.00\n$4.75\nS5.00\nTHE CANADIAN EXPRESS\nA good solid wagon with steel tires\nSmall\nMedium\nLarge\nS3.00\n34.50\nOUR SPECIAL\nA good cheap wagon\n$5.00\nSmall\nMedium\nLarge\n$1.75\n52.25\nCome and see them.\nS3.00\nCanada Drug & Book Co. Ltd.\nPhone 81\nNelson's Pioneer Drug Store P.O. Box S02\nMAIL ORDERS A SPECIALTY\nTheCanadianBank\nof Commerce\nSIR EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O.,\nLL.D., D.C.L., President\nALEXANDER LAIRD, Gen. -.lanager\nCapital $11,000,000\nRest 9, 00,000\nTravellers' Cheques\nIssued by the Canadian Bank of Commerce are the most convenient form In\nwhich to carry money when traveling.\nThey are negotiable everywhere, self-\nIdentifying, and the exact amount payable ln the principal foreign countries\nIb printed on the face of every\ncheque. The cheques are Issued In\ndenominations of\n$10, $20, $50, $100 and $200\nand may be obtained on application\nat the bank.\nIn connection with Its Travelers'\nCheques The Canadian Bank of Commerce has Issued a booklet entitled\n\"Information of Interest to Those\nAbout to Travel,\" which will be sent\nfree to anyone applying for It.\nNelson Branch, J. S. Munro, Man.\nBank of Montreal\nESTABLISHED 1817\nCapital All Paid-up.. ..$16,000,000\nRest 15,000,000\nHEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL\nRt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount\nRoyal. G.C.M.G., Hon. President\nR. B. Angus, Esq., president\nSir Edward S. Clouston, Bart, Vice-\nPresident\nH. V. Meredith, Esq,, Gen. Manager\nBranches tri British Columbia\nArmstrong, Athalmer, Chilliwack,\nCloverdale, Enderby, Greenwood, iTou-\nmer, Kamloops, Kelowna, Merritt,\nNelson, New Denver. New Westminster,\nNicola, Pentloton, Port Alberni, Port\nHanoy, Prince Rupert, Princeton, Boss-\nland, Summerland, Vancouver, Vancouver (\"Main street), Vernon, Victoria,\nWest Summerland.\nNelaon Branch, L. B. DeVeber, Mgr.\nImperial Bank of\nCanada\nHEAD OFFICE: TORONTO\nCapital Authorized $10,000,000\nCapital Paid-up 6,000,000\nReserve Fund 6,000,000\nTotal Assets 72,000,000\nv. R. WiiKie, President\nHon. Robert Jaffray, Vice-President\nBranches -In British Columbia;\nArrowhead, Chase, Cranbrook, Fernie,\nGolden, Kamloops, Michel, New\nMichel, Nelson, Revelstoke, Vancouver,\nVictoria and Wilmer.\nA general banking business transacted.\nSAVINGS DEPARTMENT\nInterest allowed on deposits at sur-\nrent rate from date of deposit\nNelson Branch, J. H. D. Benson, Mgr\nThe Royal Bank\nof Canada\nIncorporated 1869\nCapital Paid-up $ 6,200,000\nReserved and Undivided\nPro'lti $ 7,200,000\nTotal Assets $100,000,000\nHEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL\n165 branches In Canada and Newfoundland; u agencies in Cuba and\nPorto Rico. British West Indies: Bahamas\u2014Nassau; Barbadoes \u2014 Bridgetown; Jamaica\u2014Kingston; Trinidad\u2014\nPort of Spain and San Fernando.\nLondon, England, 2 bank buildings.\nPrinces street E. C. New York City,\n68 William street.\nBusiness accounts carried upon favorable terms. Savings department at\nall branches.\nNelson Branch, A. B. Netherby, Man.\nHigh Grade Building Materials\nWe bave always ln stock lime and cement, common brick, pressed brick,\ntire brick, fire day, plaster of parts, wood fibre, crystal finish. All kinds\nand sizes of window glass. See us for prices on all kinds of building material.\nJOHN BURNS & SON NELSON, B. C.\nFOR SALE\nElectrical Machinery\nTwo 2,600 light generators, in firnt\nclass working order; complete with exciters, meters, belts,' etc. Will be enid\nsingly or together.\nA Bnapfor a town saw mill, etc., oon-\ntemplating Installing an electric light\nplant. No reasonable offer refused.\nPull particulars on application to\nCHAS. NORTH,\nSuperintendent of Electrical Department.\nRevelstoke, B.C.. Jan. 27th, 1912.\nNEWS WANT ADS 1 CENT A WORD\nBardie's Spray Pumps\nA Hard Line to Beat\n\"We stock them in the following lines: All Brass Lever Bucket\nPumps; Barrel Pumps No. 6 with Brass air chamber; Barrel Pumps,\nNo. 6 with Iron air chamber; Barrell Pumps, No. 7 with brass air\nchamber; Twin Cylinder Pneumatic hand pumps.\n\"We also have a full line of Pruning Shears in 6 in. and 7 In; also\ntree pruners. with 3 ft. and 8 ft handles.\nWe also stock Cooper VI winter spray and V2 summer spray.\nThese lines are the best money can buy. Call ln and look them\nNelson Hardware Co.\nNelson, B. C.\n WEDNESDAY\nFEBRUARY 28\nCfje Baity $eto*.\nPAGE FIVE\n^\nBell Trading Co.\nSigns\nOf Spring!\nTodays\nArrivals\nWill Be\nCauliflower, per lb $ .12'\/2\nGreen Onions $&\n'Cucumbers, 3 for 1*00\nTomatoes.\nLettuce, lb <*\u00bb\nSpinach, 2 lbs 25..\nNo Imitation\nAbout Our\nHoney\nIt's pure .ask the bees\u2014Orange\nBlossom.\nDelmonte, clear, Jar 35c.\nWild Rose. 20 oz 35c.\nWild Rose 2\\_ lbs 75c.\nComb 2Bo*\nClover Blossom\nFrom Ontario\n1 lb. Jars I \"JJ\n5 lb. tins i-26\nSyrup\nFrosty mornings remind us of\nhot cakes and syrup. Now tho\nquestion ls the kind o\u00a3 syrup.\nPure Maple\nQuart bottles *-M\nQuart tins J0\"-\nHalf gallons 1-1s\nA Good Maple\nIn fact unless we told you you\nwould think lt was pure. lust a\nlittle granulated sugar added to\nadd to ltB keeping duality.\nQuart tins * -Z?\nHalf gallons -\u2122\nGallons *-\u2122\nGolden Syrup\nLyle's English, 2 lb. tlnB 20o.\nLyle-s 4 lb. tlnB J?8-\nB.C. Golden Cane. 2 lb. tln...15o.\nA New Molasses\nGolden in color, mild ln flavor,\npowerful ln strength. Ask for\nDelmoloo, 25c. can,\nTwo First Class Table\nApples\nBlenheim Orange Pippins and\nWagnerB, 4 lbs. 26c,\n01R\nSEEDS\nARE OPENED IP\nAnd are on sale at seed house\nprices.\n20 Tons\n3 Kinds Of\nSeed\nPotatoes\nBell Trading\nCo.\nThe Up-toDate\nGrocers ,\nUse Phone 56\nWhen Taking\na Vacation\ngo to the great Halcyon Hot\nSprings, where you can secure\nnot only rest but at the same time\nhave the benefit of the best medicinal waters on tbe continent, unequalled for rheumatism and kindred ailments. The springs are\neasy of access to travellers and\nthe hotel bas been fitted up and\nIs conducted with a view to the\nmaximum of comfort and convenience for guests.\nRates: $12 and $15 per week, or\n$2 per day and upwards.\nHalcyon Hot Springs\nSanitarium\nWM BOYD, Proprietor\nHalcyon Arrow Lakes\nHOTEL ARRIVALS OF A DAY\nKootenay Hotel\nTwo doors from postofflce\nVernon -street\nRates 11-00 and $1.25.per day.\nEvery convenience given to the\ntraveling public. Electric piano and\nUnion ba* In connection, where the\nbest wines and liquors are kept.\nMRS. MAfcL-ETT. Proprietress.\nKOOTENAY\u2014H, Poolvns, Edmonton; E.\nH. Shafer, Cranbrook; J. ria.sk, Ymlr; S\nJohnston, Greenwood.\nTremont House\nBaker Street, Nelson\nRANSOME & CAMPBELL\nProprietors\nEuropean plan, 60c. up\nAmerican plan, $1.25 and $1.60\nMealB 35c.\nALL WHITE LABOR\nSpe ial Rates Per Month\nThe Hume\nTable d'Hote and a la Carte\nHUME\u2014H. Perry LeaKc, R. A. Cockle,\nF. W. Aylmer, Chase; J. A. Cornell, H.\nT. Collins, Spokane; H: O. -Marshall, E.\nA. Kantel, P. Parry. P. J. Tonkin, C. S.\nArchibald, Toronto; A. Roberts, Midway;\nJ. Vena-hies, Vancouver; .John Christie,\nFernie; G. N. Davidson, Blncher; A. W.\nHaines. Cranibrook; R, McCutclieon, Creston; A. W. Davis, Molly Gibson; W. F.\nCochane, G. Cruloksharik, T. A. Robley,\nS. M. Rrydges, M. F. Shaw, A. H. Gracey,\nDr. Morrison, F. Smith, Miss Mackenzie,\nR. K. Scarlett, F. J. McCrdtan, A. M.\nMcDonald, city; R. H. Maclean, Vancouver; J. Oliver, C. H. Whltworth, Leth-\nbriagc; W. A. Ansley, Grand Forks.\nSTRATiHCONA-Mrs. S. S. Fowler and\ndaughter, Rlondel; O. F. Robinson, Summit; R. \"R. Hedley, A. L. Eaton, Vancouver; J. Lauder, j. h. Ewlng, Regina.\nQueen's Hotel\nBaker street\nA. LAPOINTE, Proprietor\nRenovated throughout. Sixteen\nnew rooms added, all elegantly\nfurnished. Steam heat in every\nroom.\nQUEENS\u2014Mrs. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. King\n.1. Talbett, F. King, Rossland; A. Mulr-\nhead, Vernon; W. Williams, Edgewood; O.\nJohnson, W. Crampton, E. Erlckson, Vancouver; J. P. Zilka, Spokane.\nMadden House\nTho\u00bb. Madden, Prop., Baker 8t\nRates: $1.50 to $2.00 per day.\nMeal tickets 17.00 per week.\n. A Comfortable Home\nMADDEN-M. Jardlne, Kaslo; Miss\nGray. New Wostmlnster; A. C., (O'Neill,\nYmlr; M. J. Quleley, I. H. McDonald,\nRossland; R. S. Martin, Crunfiold, N.S.;\nR. Duglo, Salmo; H. May, Republic; T.\nRogers, Sirdar. \\\nGrand Central Hotel\nOPPOSITE POSTOFFICE\nAmerican and European plans.\nH. H. PITTS, Proprietor\nGRAND CENTRAI^-W. Burke, North\nBay W. Dowlney Ymlr; J. H. Maclean,\nWaldo; W. Stephens, Wardner; P Smith,\nAshcroft; E. Curtlss, H. Curtlss, Crescent\nValley; W. Munch, C. Anderson, Winlaw;\nO. Montelone, Grand Forks; M. Murray,\nD. Anderson. Cranbrook; E. Collier,\nGreenwood; J>. Remmen, Spokane; A.\nNewton, city; E. Hall. Eholt.\nUnion Men, when In Nelson\nPatronize\nLakeview Hotel\nCor. Hall and Vernon Streets.\nNAP. MALLETTE, Prop.\nWhite Union Help Employed Only\nLAKiEVlEW-G. BurnB and wife, T.\nBrown, T. SchmarU, Taghum; W. Budge,\nW. J. Stahisley, Castlegar\n\"Is skating good exercise?\"\n\"Well,\" replied the candid man. \"It\nis good as far as it goes- But there\nisn't as much exercise to actual skating as there Is In cleaning the snow off\na patch of Ice big enough to cut a figure eight on.\"\nTREMONT\u2014J. Jordan, city; B. Irwin,\nCrescent Valley; W. Anderson, A. Nelson,\nCranbrook; A. J. LaComue, Portland; D.\nMarriott, Lethbridge; N. Kermey, Grand\nPorks; C. Johnson, Kochs.\nSilver King Hotel\nBaker Street\nUnder new management\nWell furnished rooms; $1.00 a\nday and up. Beat 25c. meal ln\nNelson.\nBest brands of liquors and\ncigars served by union men.\nN. McLEOD, Proprietor\nSILVER KING\u2014B. Martin, J. Patterson\ncity; J. KnewaBSer, Winlaw.\nKlondyke Hotel\nVernon Street\nStrictly Union House\nHeadquarters for miners, smel-\ntermen, loggers, railroad men.\nRates: 91.00 per day up.\nNELSON & JOHNSON, Props.\nKLONDYKE\u2014J. W. Haines, P. Wilson,\nCranbrook; J. Thomas, Moyie; A. Carlson,\nSlocan; B. Jorgsen, Winlaw,\nSHERBItOOKE\u2014J. MoGowan, Proctor;\nE. Ganson, A. Sanot, Salmo; P. Apmau,\ncity.\nRoyal Hotel\nCor. Stanley and Silica Sts.\nUnder new management. Nicely\nfurnished rooms. The best family\nhotel In the city; nice location.\nSpecial rates by week or month.\nEuropean or American plan. Rates\n$1.50 per day.\nJ. S. B ARR ATT, Prop.\nHotel Grand\nNakusp, B. C.\nUnder new management. First\nclass accommodations and sample\nrooms. Kates $1.00 to $2.00 per\nday.\nJOHN A. THEW Proprietor.\nNEW HALL AT BURTON\nIS FORMALLY OPENED\n(Special to The Daily News.)\nBURTON, B.C., Feb. 27\u2014C. S. Mc-\nConnan who has been a resldeht of\nBurton for a number of years has sold\nhis ranch to A. A. Burton and left Tuesday for New Zealand where he will\nmake his future home.\nThe new hall was formally opened on\nMonday when a highly successful dance\nwas given and much enjoyed by a\nlarge number from Edgewood, Arrow\nPark, Nakusp and intervening districts.\nThe music was provided by the Nakusp\norchestra and an excellent supper was\nput up by the managers. M. B. Wright\nwas floor manager.\nMrs. McDougal is spending a few\ndays in Nakusp.\nW. A. Calder of Edgewood was a\nvisitor here for the week end,\nE. P. Colllngs has returned to his\nranch after an absence of four months.\nOn Tuesday of last week A. A. Burton entertained a small party at a\ndance In honor of the captain and officers of the Minto. Mrs. Fife of Arrowhead was also among the number.\nMls\u00bb E. Sloan has left for Rlonedl.\nOn Saturday at a meeting of the Farmers' Institute E, Hardy read an Interesting paper on \"Co-operation and the Marketing of Produce.\" A paper on \"How to\nLive on a Ten-Acre Ranch Without Going Outside to Work\" is promised by J.\nRelnctcker at the next meeting.\nMiss E. Mosely has returned from Revelstoke.\nThis winter Burton has had the dlstlne-\nt.'on of being one of the liveliest towns\non the lake from a social standpoint, tlie\ndiversions consisting of dances, bridge\nparties and whist drives.\nA. A. Burton and S. Walker paid a visit\nto Nnkusp last week. '\nWATER NOTICE\nI, Wo Lee, of Nelson, gardlner, give notice\nthat on the 23rd day of March, 1912, I Intend to apply to the Water Commissioner\nat his office at Nelson, for a license to\ntake and use one-eighth of a cubic foot\nof water per second from Anderson creek,\nIn Nelson district. The water is to be\ntaken from the stream 400 feet below\nGreat Northern track and Is to be used on\npart of Lot 183, Group 1, Kootenay district,\nfor agricultural purposes.\nDated at Nelaon, Feb. 8, 1912.\n267-la.w.-4t. WO LEE.\nWATER NOTICE\nA. G. Lambert Company, Limited, lumbermen, of Nelson, B.C., give .notice that\non the 16th day of March, A.D. 1912, they\nintend to apply to the Water Commissioner\nat his office In Nelson, B.C., for a license\nto take and use one cubic foot of water\nper second from Sproule creek at about\nits Junction with the east fork of gnroule\ncreek, and Is to be used on Timber Lease\nDot No. 937, Lot 2366, and Lots 5574, 8229\nand 6696, for Industrial purposes.\nDated thiB 6th day of February, A.D. 1912.\nA. Q. LAMBERT COMPANY,\n268-UW-4 LIMITED.\nSAYS WESTERNERS\nSHOOT BADLY\nGeneral Mackenzie Speaks at Annual\nMeeting of Dominion Rifle Association\nOTTAWA, Fob. 27.-The annual meeting\nof the Dominion of Canada Rifle association was held this morning; in the railway\ncommittee room cf tlie house with the\nminister of militia, Col. Sam Hughes, in\nthe chair. Sir Frederick Borden, ex-minister of militia, was In uttendance. His\nroyal highness the governor-general was\nto have addressed the meeting but owing\nto a slight indisposition lie was unable to\nattend.\nThe meeting* did not waste much time\nln getting down to business, Hon. Sam\nHughes' opened with ;i very brief address\nin which 'he complimented the association\non its splendid showing. He read a resolution of welcome to his royal highness\nwho some time ago had graciously consented to become the natron of the association. This resolution will be forwarded to the governor-general.\nLlout-Col. S. Rodgers of Ottawa moved\na vote of thanks, seconded by LleuL-Col.\nJ. W, Deg. O'Grady, 90th regiment, to last\nyear's pair ham en t for t'he liberal grant\nwhich was given the association, and also\nto the former minister of militia, Sir\nFrederick Borden, and the former postmaster general., Hon. Rudolf-he Lemleux,\nfor the many services they had rendered\nthe association.\nLleut.-Col. -Rogers moved, seconded by\nCol. Bertram, that a vote of thanks bo\ntendered Mrs. E. C. Whitney for the grant\nof $1,000 for the cadet corps. The resolution was carried unanimously.\nIt was moved by Major Munroe, 90 regiment, seconded by Lleut.-Col. J. W. Deg.\nO'Grady, that as the membership, from\nManitoba was largely increased the constitution be amended so as to trlve the following representation in the council of the\nmembers of the association:\nOntario, 14; Quebec, 10; Nova Scotia,\nManitoba and New Brunswick, 0.\nOfficers Elected\nCol Macdonald moved that Alberta and\nSaskatchewan be also represented on tlie\ncouncil with four representatives each.\nBoth amendments were carried. British\nColumbia also lias four members, The\nelection of officers was as follows;\nThe patrons and vice patrons were reelected with the nddltlon or Sir Frederick\nBorden as vice patron.\nI-Ion. president\u2014Hon. Sam Hughes.\nPresident\u2014Lieut.-Col. J. H. Burland,\nMontreal.\nVice-presidents\u2014Ontario, Col. A. O. Macdonald, 11th Infantry brigade, Toronto;\nQuebec, Lleut.-Col. E. W. Watsnn o.C.\n]8th Infantry brigade, Montreal; Nova\nScotia, Hon. L. Power, Halifax; New\nBrunswick, Col. John Tlllon, Ottawa; Manitoba, Lieut-Col. S.B.Steele, C.B., M.V.O.,\nWinnipeg; British Columbia, Lleut.-Col.\nStewart, Vancouver; Prince Edward Island, Lleut.-Col. H. Moll. Davidson 40th\nP.E.I.; Saskatchewan, Lleut.-Col. R. J.\nGwynne, 10th Light Morse; Yukon territory. Dr. Thompson, M.P.; Alberta, Lleut.-\nCol. Walker, Calgary.\nChairman of council\u2014Lleut.-Col, A. P.\nSherwood, Ottawa.\nAt the conclusion of the election of officers a hearty vote of congratulation\nwas tendered Col. Sam Hughes on his elevation to the office of minister of militia.\nPoor Rifle Shooting\nGen. Mackenzie spoke briefly on thc service competition and -regretted the fact\nthat while at Rockcliffe there were only\neight competitors. The provinces had\nshown a great laxity in the matter. He\nconsidered that service competitions should\nbe greatly encouraged. He pointed out,\nhowever, that the present arrangements\nwere not satisfactory. He pointed to the\npoor showing in the western provinces In\nthe rifle competitions.\nCol. O'Grady took exception to the\nstatement regarding Manitoba and the\nwestern provinces, pointing out that In\nManitoba weather conditions lost year\ngreatly hindered the competitions. It was\nimpossible to get good tarerets and half of\nthe men could not see the targets owing\nto the position of the sun.\nRoss Rifle too Good\nCol. Hughes spoke of the apparent Intention of the 'Bisley authorities to exclude\ntho Ross rifle from the Bisley Rhoot. Ho\nput it up to the association to take steps\nto harmonize the D.R.A. and N.R.A. He\nstated that the D.R.A. had done nothing\nto create harmony with the Canadian association. He also stated that the conditions that had heen made were certain\nto make it Impossible to use the mark 11\nRoss rifle. He considered that this was\nduo to the admitted superiority of the\nRoss rifle over the British arm.\nThe report of tlie treasurer, Major E.\nD. Sutherland, of Ottawa, showed a very\nencouraging balance on hand of $1,075.17.\nThe amounts of the receipts was $.12,805.32,\nwhile the expenditures amounted to $31,-\n720.10. The chief Item In the expenditure\nwas the expenses of the Blsley team\nwhich amounted to $5,798.C9, nnd the prize\nmeeting, $3,911.80.\nPHOENIX BEATS\nGRAND FORKS\nBut Losing Hockey Team Put up Splendid Game and Tied Opponents in\nTwo Periods\n(Special to The Daily News.)\nGRAND FORKS, B.C., Feb. 27,\u2014A postponed hockey game In the Boundary league\nbetween Grand Forks and Phoenix took\nplace In this city on Monday evening. The\ngame was a very Interesting nnd clean\nthroughout, and the local fans were de-\nllglitcd with tlie manner in which the\nGtrand Forks amateurs played against\nMADE-TO-MEASURE\n\u00a9 SUITS\nire from the hurt pro-\nrluctn \"I tht! I hidden.\nik-l-l looms, nnd cut t^i\noiiah oiifltomor'ti npecial\nloo.iaiinw by ux]wrta,\nat tha luwuiiiii of\n$10.30\n(hteludlnB carnage,\nditty, and all charge*),\nSatis fuc tion\nguaranteed.\ni In; nfTt-i\nnny jirlco, lioing\n.irl-j from the lini--t\n.iriljclrt \u25a0\u25a0*\u25a0'.tiii-il.lo\nllu-lilorsfiold, the\nuilu t -\nLlMk EG, i.!2. BAY SI*., TORONTO.\ntheir heavier and more experienced opponents, and notwithstanding the fact that\nthe locals Included three of the intermediate team they had by far tho best\nof tho argument In the first two periods,\nhut ln the final end Phoenix finished\nstronger than tlielr young opponents and\nran out winners by the score of five goals\nto three.\nThe first period was all In favor of Grand\nForks, the young players enfuslng much\ndash and vigor Into their play, and desnltu\ntheir \"professional\" opponents' attempts to\ncheck them- they would not bo denied and\ntheir efforts were at last rewarded by a\ngood shot from Mann, Play then became\nvery fast, each goal being visited, the\nhome boys, cheered on by an enthusiastic,\ncrowd, being the more aggressive, but at\nlength the seige was lifted and Phoenix\nequalized before tho bell rang.\nThe second part was much on a level\nwith the previous, each goalkeeper being\ncalled on to save difficult shots, but Grand\nForks were the first to score after a terrific bombardment of the Phoenix goal,\n\\Vare being the successful artist. Then\nthe visitors, through a fine effort by Neil,\nplaced the sides equal, the score being 2-3\nat the end of this period.\nThe next period was where the visitors\nbad tlie better of tlie argument, and by\nsheer weight they wore down their younger\nand much lighter opponents, and finishing\nStronger put on three coals In quick succession, Grand Forks replying with one\ntally. This time tbo rubber was put into\nthe net by Clunls, so at the end Phoenix\nwere winners by fi-3.\nHarry Mann refereed the game to general satisfaction, very few \u2022-\u2022\u2022\u25a0naltles being\nImposed.\nThe Kettle Valley rallwav tomorrow will\nresume tlielr regular weekly train service\nto Lynch creek.\nOPEN ASSOCIATION\nFOOTBALL SEASON\nCity Club Will be Reorganized on Friday Night\u2014Practice This Afternoon\nAssociation football, if tbe intentions of\nsome of the enthusiasts in the city are\ncarried out, will boom In Nelson this\nspring. There is said to be more material\nhere at present than for some years past\nand the old City Association Football club\nwill be reorganized. A meeting for that\npurpose will be held In Wilkinson & Bennett's store on Baker street on Friday\nevening at S o'clock. Everyone interested\nin the game is invited to bo present.\nHarry Harper, the star exnonent of tho\nassociation game in this district, is at\npresent playing for one of the crack old\ncountry teams but will be In Nelson ln\ntime to take part In most or the season's\nmatches. The team will also be strengthened by the addition of a number of newcomers.\nTbo Initial practice of the season will\ntake place this afternoon at the recreation\ngrounds at 2 o'clock mid it is expected\nthat a number of playors will participate.\nVANCOUVEH BEATS VICTORIA.\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nVANCOUVEH, B. C, Feb. 27.\u2014The\nhockey same at Victoria tonight resulted Vancouver 11, Victoria 3.\nDtignri\u2014Oh, my! Oh. my! Isn't Casey puttln' on ff-ranfl airs wid his now\nautymoblle? An* over tn the -\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0'\nould\nShiMsGure\nQUICKLY STOPS COUGHS. CURES COLDS,\nHEALS THE THROAT AND LUNGS. 25 CENTS\nFor Thirty Days\nThere is offered for sale at a reasonable figure.\nOne of Nelson's Choice\nResidences\nLocation\u2014On Victoria street next door to the Kerr apartment block.\nParticulars\u2014Two story framo building, plastered and newly papered.\nGood stone foundation and stone retaining wall along front and side of\nlot. Nine rooms in all; parlor, sitting room, four bedrooms, bath room,\ndining room and kitchen, good cellar, nice lawn, good back yard, with\ncoal and woodshed thereon; some fruit trees and small fruit bushes.\nThe property throughout Is In excellent condition and can be bought\nwithin time mentioned with or without house furnishings and ls undoubtedly one of the very best buys, offering In Nelson today.\nFor full particulars as to price and terms see\nD. St. Denis\nEXCLUSIVE AGENT\n505 Baker St., N.lson, B.C., Over E. B. McDermid\nReal Estate, Insurance, Loans\nJ\nWide Assortments of New\nSpring Undermuslins Which\nAre Decidedly Low Priced\nUnless we knew that our muslin underwear qualities and values\nwere superior we would not so persistently feature this stock.\nIn Its range this entirely new display embraces everything from\nimported hand made lingerie, chosen with special regard to trousseau\nneeds, to the Inexpensive but thoroughly good domestic sort.\nAnd while our quality demands have been strict, our knowledge of\nwhere and when to buy, has enabled us to quote prices which pleasantly surprise every customer. Please ask to see them.\nCorset Covers from 35c.\nDrawers from 35c.\nUnderskirts from $1.25.\nPrincess slips from $1.25.\nMEAGHER & CO. uSist^t\ncounthry I dare-say he went barefut-\nted.\nRyan\u2014Faith, not be his own accounts. He says he had a turnout over\nthere that atthracted great attlntlon.\nDugan\u2014Av course, and eviction always does.\n\"How does Brown like the high po-\nsltion he was recently promoted to?\"\n\"Not very well.\"\n\"But I thought It was paying him\n\u00a310,000 a year.\"\nSo it is. But he's discovered that his\nemployers expect him to earn it.\"\nNEWS WANT AD8. BRING RESULTS\nTo Get the Full Value\nOf Your Daily News Subscription\nThere are two principal ways In\nwhich a good paper such as The Daily\nNews may be of benefit to you.\nIts news columns keep you In touch\nwith what is happening from day to\nday. They bring the latest news, not\nonly of your local district and province\nbut of all Canada and the United States\nand the more important events all over\nthe world.\nBut the advertising columns of The\nDaily News bring to you each day information still more valuable, because of\nmore real assistance in your everyday\nlife. They help you to spend your income so as to get the greatest possible\nbenefit from every dollar. They make\nshopping easy. They keep you posted\non prices, and bring you timely notice\nof any especially low prices which en-\nterprising merchants are able to offer\nfrom time to time.. They inform you\npromptly of the arrival of new goods\nand of the latest styles.\nIf you need plumbing done, or electrical fixtures put In, or your watch repaired, or your lawn mower sharpened,\nor most anything else fixed up about the\nhouse, a glance through the ads In The\nDally News will quickly find someone\nwho makes a specialty of doing what\nyou want done.'\nIf you wish to rent or buy a house,\nor purchase a piece of land for cultivation or Investment, the real estate announcements in The Dally News will\nsave you lots of time and trouble.\nIn fact, no matter what you want, the\nadvertising columns will help you find\nit. It pays to read them regularly and\ncarefully.\nRead Daily News Ads\n Cfit Battp $etofl.\nWEDNE8DAY;.. FEBRUARY 28\nTWO GOOD BUYS\nAS A HOME OR AN INVESTMENT HEBE ARE TWO PROPERTIES IT WOULD PAY YOU TO INVESTIGATE AND QUICKLY.\nHOUSE\n9 rooms, Chatham St., 1 block from car line;\neverything in good order; 8 *ull bearing fruit trees,\ngood lawn, electric light and city water. If desired,\nlower part oF house can be rented separately.\nPrice $1,600\nand only $300 cash required, balance on easy terms.\nHOUSE\n6\nrooms\nand basement, on High\nSt.,\nin good\norder;\nfront\npart of house new; big\nliving room,\nsplendid kitchen and bath rooms; planted\nin fruit\ntrees\nnd small fruits.\nPrice $2,200\n$700\ncash\nsecures it; balance on easy\nterms.\nWestern Canada Investment Co.\nFinancial Agents, vteal Estate, Fire, Life and Accident Insurance; Timber Lands. Rents Collected, Loam\nSafety Deposit Boxes for Rent\nJ. E. TAYLOR, Manager. H .E. DOUGLAS, Insurance and C. A. VAN HEMERT. Timber\nALEX. CHEYNE, Secretary Loan Department Department\nPO. Box 1042. ftione 254 Cor. Baker and Josephine Streets.\nTO TRY TROOPER FOR MURDER\nBURLINGTON, Vt, Feb. ZT.-The term\nof the federal court which convened here\n* today will be notable by the trial for\nmurder of Matthew Carlyle, a private in\nthe Tenth United States cavalry regiment.\nWhile stationed at Fort Ethan Allen last\nfall Carlyle ran amuck and shot and killed\nAndrew C. Fox, a fellow trooper, and seriously wounded two negro girls.\nTWO YEARS FOR RECEIVING\nSTOLEN EXPRESS MONEY\nWINNIPEG, Feb. 27\u2014Two years in\nthe penitentiary was the sentence handout this morning by Judge Dawson in\nthe county court in the case of C.\nVerral, who was found guilty of receiving stolen money knowing it to be\nstolen from the Canadian Express company from George Powers on Jan. 11\nlast His honor In passing sentence\nsimply remarked that the evidence was\ndirectly against the accused and 1m-\nposed sentence, PowerB from whom the\nmoney was stolen was the principal\nwitness against him. ______\nAdvertising\nIs Simply\nNews About\nYour Goods\nThis being the case, it is a fair assumption that if\nYOUR CUSTOMERS do not see any news about you for a long time,\nthey will come to regard you as one whom they ' 'used to know.\"\nTHE NEWCOMERS to the city and to the surrounding districts may\nhear of you casually as one who \"used to advertise and do a\nlarge business here.\"\nYOUR COMPETITOR will be daily telling your patrons of goods and\nprices on which you have no time to inform them individually.\nSome houses play advertising as their LAST card when they should have\nplayed it their FIRST.\nIf Your Business Is Not Worth Advertising,\nAdvertise It for Sale\nThe Nelson Daily News\nAdvertising Department\nTelephone 144\nCHINESE GRAFTERS\nWILL LOSE HEADS\nGeneral Chen Made a Little Deal for\nSome Rifles and is Decapitated\nSHANGHAI, China, Feb. 27\u2014The 1m\npresslon prevails here that graft will\nnot be tolerated by the Republican officials, following the strange disappearance of Gen. Chen who was made\nmilitary commander or this city when\nthe rebels gained control.\nGen Chen was commanded to buy\narms for the troops at Wu Chang, Ho\npurchased a large quantity of obsolete\nrifles which were thrown into the river\nby order of Gen Ll Yuan Hung. Gen.\nChen got the guns iov 17 taels each and\nsold them for 30 taels each. Soon afterwards he disappeared. His friends\nwere told that the general was \"very\nsick.\" All efforts to locate him having\nfailed, it is now believed he waa\ncapitated.\nPREMIER GOUIN WANTS\nUNGAVA ISLANDS AS WELL\nQUEBEC, Feb. 27\u2014While the news\nof the annexation of Ungava has been\nwelcomed here the premier had something to say today as to the rest of tho\nboundary resolutions.\n\"I see,\" remarked Sir Lomer Gouln,\n\"that we are given the territory up to\nHudson Bay but what about the islands, of which there are hundreds,\nalong the shore of Ungava? They are\nnot even mentioned ln the federal\nresolutions.\n\"In the resolution which we adopted\nIn the house a couple or years ago w\nexpressed our desire to obtain these\nislands which belong to us Just as much\nas to the shore. Wo asked for alt tb*\nislands In Hudson \"Bay to the cost of\nthe continuation of the boundary line\nbetween Quebec and Ontario. This\nwould glvo us not only the islands\nalong the shore line but also those out\nin the open. I think the omission is\nunintentional and It will only bo necessary to call the attention of the government to it in order to get our rights,\notherwise the Islands will remain in the\nunorganized territory and there is not\nmuch sense in that.\"\nADVOCATES TECHNICAL\nEDUCATION IN MANITOBA\nWINNIPEG, Feb. 27\u2014Premier Roblln,\nin the house this afternoon, speaking on\nthe petition asking for the banishing\nof the bars said tho question should be\ngiven earnest and careful consideration\nand was a matter which could not be\nrushed into action which if It turned\nout wrong might takes decades to correct. An the motion of the premier\nthe question wns adjourned to bo\ntaken up at a later date.\nThe report of the royal commission\non technical education was laid upon\nthe table and strongly advocates the\nadoption of a system of technical education In the province.\nRATES FOR GAS EXTORTIONATE\nSAYS CITY OF QUEBEC\nQUEBEC, Feb. 27\u2014The city of Quebec has filed a complaint against the\nQuebec Light, Heat & Power Co. In\nregard to the alleged defective gas system and high rates charged for lighting\nand cooking gas. The complaints have\nheen filed with the public utilities com\nmission.\nFOR SALE.\nFOR BAiiE-Fruit land in the famous\nGrey creek district. As evidence of tbe\nvalue of this land for fruit farming, we\nhave sold over a dozen 10-acre lots to different parties who have been residents of\nKootenay for from five to 12 years. It ifl\nsituated on the east bank of Kootenay\nlake, __ mile from postofflce and steamboat\nlanding. Tha lake ls from two to five\nmiles wide and 75 miles long, to our\nknowledge the only lake in the dominion\nof Canada thut does not freeze. The land\nIs direct from the locator to the purchaser. For further particulars addreBS\nLindsay Launch & Boat Co., P. O. Box 34,\nNelson, B. C, or apply Room 8 Griffin\nblock.\nFOR SALE-A double tenement house, all\nmodern. Easy terms. Apply W. H.,\nDaily News, ^263-12\nFOR SALE-A 25-foot standard Truacott\nlaunch. It has a 7 H.P. motor, speed\nabout 8 miles per hour; fitted up complete\nwith awnings, cushions, etc. No better\nboat on Kootenay lake. Price (700. Further particulars by applying for s-me. W.\nE. Zwicky, Kaslo, B.C. 266-tf.\nFOR SALE-Good, logs for boathouse\nfloats; also first class boom lo-s. Apply\nTremont hotel. *269-G\nFOR SALE-Strawherry plants. The three\nmost productive varieties, Senator Dun-\nlop, Parson's Beauty, and Glen Way. Pro\npagated under the most favorable condi-\nitons from the R. AI. Kellogg strains of\nthoroughbred plants. Price J10 per thousand, f.o.b. Wynndel. 10 per cent discount\non all orders received before March 20th\nMonrad Wlgen. Wynndel, B.C. 270-tf.\nBRITISH COLUMBIA ls Canada's largest\nand richest province and ls being opened\nup with tremendous rapidity by three\ntrans-continental lines of railroad, as well\nas numerous other railroads. The British\nColumbia government has ~undertaken to\nbuild a north and south railroad, running\nfrom Vancouver to Fort George, and -Trom\nFort George through tne Peace River district a distance of 900 miles. It is \u00ab*etl-\nmated that Three Hundred Million Dollars\nwill be spent ln Railroad building In\nBritish Columbia during the next live\nyears, and this work will open up a virgin\ncountry of fruit and farm lands, as well\nas timber and mineral resources. Tou can\nbuy large or small tracts of farm 'ands\nnow at 90 per cent leBS than the same land\nwill cost you within five years. Let us send\nyou information ln regard to the vast empire which is being opened up. The climate Is the best in Canada. Write quick\nfor full Information. NATURAL RESOURCES SECURITY COMPANY. LIMITED, 580 Bower Building, Vancouver, B.C.\nFOR SALE\u2014Old engravings.\nB. IB., Dally News.\nFOR SALE-CRESTON FRUIT LANDS.\nLarge tracts of choice wild land at 110,\n$15, $*J5 and J50 per acre. Improved and\nsemi-improved land at from J50 to (200 per\n11 CRESTON CLIMATE IS THE BEST.\nWrite to the owner,\nR. LAMONT, Creston, B.C.\nNo Room for Disappointment\nHave you expended considerable\nmoney and energy to nuke a dwelling\nattractive to lodgers and boarders and\nthen been disappointed ia your\npatronage.\nThere will be no room for disappointment if you use our* Want Ads.\nThey will bring you lodgers and\nboarders of a desirable class.\nmssm\nNews Want Ads. are one cent a word\neach insertion, payable in advance, o>*\nsix Insertions for the price of four.\nHELP WANTED.\nNELSON EMPLOYMENT AGENCY\nC. F. Hutton, Manager\nHELP OF ALL KINDS\nPROMPTLY FURNISHED.\nTHE WORKINGMEN'S EMPLOYMENT\nAND REAL ESTATE AGENCY\nWANTED\u2014General blacksmith, steady\nwork, |4 day; waitress.\nW. Parker. 313 Baker street, Phone 283.\nFORT GEORGE LAND CO.\nReal Estate Employment OfflM\n315 Baker Street Nelson,\nP. O. Bor 888. Phone 134.\nJACOB GREEN & CO.\nAuctioneers, Appraisers, Valuators.-\nP. O. Box 233. Nelson, B.C.\nWANTED\u2014MISCELLANEOUS\nWANTED\u2014An opportunity for a live man,\nselling our guaranteed Yakima Valley\ngrown nursery stock. Exclusive territory.\nOutfit free. Cash weekly. \"Hustle,'' not\nexperience required. Toppenlsh Nursery\ncompany, Toppenlah, Wash.\nWANTED-rClean cotton rags. Appi\/ Tlie\nDally News. 79-tf\nFOR RENT\u2014Furnished house, five rooms,\ndown town. Apply W. G. Thomson's\nbookstore. 249-lf.\nFOR RENT\u2014Furnished rooms, 411 Silica\nstreet. 269-fa\nFOR RENT\u2014Two furnished rooms, 911\nEdgewood avenue. ^ 270-3\nFOR RENT\u2014House, close In, constating\nof four rooms and cellar. Plastered\nthroughout. Rent (12.50. Apply 509 Cedar\nstreet. **270-6\nFOR RENT\u2014Furnished room. 214 Victoria\nBtreet. *ZJl-2l\nFOR RENT \u2014 Furnished housekeeping\nrooms. McDonald block, Josephine St.\n\u20222T1-6\nFOR RENT\u2014Comfortable rooms for two\ngentlemen or lady and gentleman, with\nor without board. Apply 1002 Water -street,\nnext door to nurses' home on Front atreet.\n\u2022271-3\nA Liberal Offer\nWe Guarantee to Relieve Dyspepsia\u2014\nIf we Fait the Medicine Costs\nNothing\nTo unquestionably prove to the people\nthat indigestion and dyspepsia can be permanently relieved and that Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets will bring a-bout this result,\nwe will furnish the medicine absolutely\nfree if it falls to give satisfaction to any\none using It.\nTim remarkable success of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets is due to the high degree\nof scientific skill used in devising their\nformula as well as to tho care exercised\nln tlielr manufacture, whereby tlie well\nknown properties of Blsmuth-Subnltrato\nand Pepsin have been combined with Car-\nmlnatlves and other agents.\nBismuth-Subnltrate and Pepsin aro constantly employed and recognized by the\n\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0\".\u25a0lv medical profession as Invaluable in\nthe treatment of Indigestion and dyspepsia.\nThe Pepsin used in Rexall Dyspepsia\nTablets js carefully prepared so as to\ndevelop Its greatest efficiency. Pepsin supplies to the digestive apparatus one of the\nmom Important elements of the digestive\nfluid. Without it tho digestion and assimilation of food are impossible.\nThe Carminatives possess properties\nwhich aid ln relieving the disturbances and\npain cause by undigested rood. This combination of these ingredients makes a\nremedy invaluable for the complete relief\nof Indigestion and dyspepsia.\nWe are so certain of this that we urge\nyou to try Rexall DyBpepsia Tablets on\nour own personal guarantee. Three slues,\nX cents, 50 cents, and Jl.W. Remember,\nyou can obtain Rexall Remedies only at\nour store\u2014The Rexall Store. The Poole\nDrug Co., Ltd.\nNEWS WANT ADS 1 CENT A WORD\nTO CANADIAN ARCHITECTS\nCompetition for New University Buildings to be Erected at Point Grey,\nNear Vancouver, British Columbia,\nThe government of British Columbia invite Competitive Plans for the general\nscheme and design for tfhe proposed new\nUniversity, together with more detailed\nPlans for the buildings to be erected first\nat an estimated cost of H,SOO,O00.\nPrizes of (10,000 will be given for the\nmost successful Designs submitted.\nParticulars of the competition and plan\nof site may be obtained on request from\nthe undersigned. _ , _,\nThe designs to be sent in (by July 31st,\n1912, addressed to \u201e.\u2014\u2122,\nTHB MINISTER OF EDUCATION,\nParliament Buildings,\n272-36 Victoria, British Columbia.\nFOR RENT OR SALE-Cheap. Eighty\nacre farm, between Eholt and Greenwood, on C.P.R. siding and good road;\n20 to 30 acres In hay or ready for crop:\ngood buildings and local demand for everything grown at good prices. Will let con-\ntract also for cordwood. The Wright Investment Co., Ltd., Nelson, B.C. 272-1\nLOST\u2014Amythlst pin and gold charm, between Gem theatre and Tremont hotel\nFinder leave at Newa office. Reward.\n\u2022271-3\nLOST\u2014Locket and buckle with the Initials\nS.L.B. engraved on lt. Return to News\noffice. 273-tf.\nOffice of Provincial Secretary\nINSANE HOSPITAL AT COQUITLAM\nSealed tenders, superscribed \"Tenders\nfor Furniture, Insane Hospital,\" will bo\nreceived by the Honorable the Provincial\nSecretary up to 12 o'clock noon of Saturday, the ICtli March, 1912, for furniture and\nfurnishings for tlie new Mental Hospital\nat Coquitlam, as follows;\n(1) Bedsteads and Bedding.\n(2) Carpets, Draperies and window-\nshades.\n(3) Furniture.\nSpecifications and full Information will\nbe furnished upon application to Dr. C. E,\nDoherty, medical superintendent, Hospital\nfor the Insane, Now Westminster, B.C.\nEach proposal must be accompanied by\nan accepted cheque or certificate of deposit on a chartered bank of Canada, made\npayable to the Honorable the Provincial\nSecretary, for a sum equivalent to 10 per\ncent of the amount of tho tender, which\nshall be forfeited If the party tendering\ndecline to enter Into contract when called\nupon to do so or if he fall to complete\nthe work contracted for. The cheques or\ncertificates of deposit will bo returned to\nthe unsuccessful tenderers upon the execution of the contract.\nTho lowest or any tender not necessarily\naccepted,\nH. E. YOUNG,\nProvincial Secretary.\nProvincial Secretary's Office,\n23rd February, IW2. 272-17\nALLAN CUP GAMES\nTUESDAY AND THURSDAY\nWINNIPEG, Feb. 27\u2014The Allan cup\ngames between the Victorias ot Winnipeg and the Eaton team of Toronto will'\nprobably be played next Tuesday and\nThursday. Gordon Budd who ts acting\nfor the trustees, received a telegram\nthis morning asking for dates ln order\nto guide the movements of the challenging team and he replied that the\nVictorias were prepared to meet the\nchallengers for the first time on Tuesday night, playing the second game on\nThursday.' It ls thought that tho dates\nwill be suitable to the easterners.\nWANTED\u2014Married men to buy five and\nten acre fruit tracts. Small cash payment, balance In work. Apply Harris,\nHoneymoon Place, Kaslo. 97-tf\nJJOTEL DIRECTORY\nNETsoprMoTirin^^\nBaker Street, Nelson, B.C.\nINK & WARD, Props,\nGin Rlckeya. Only place carrying Llmea,\n8HERBR0OKE HOTEL\nNelson, B. C.\nOne minute's walk from C.P.R. station.\nCuisine unexcelled; well heated and ventilated.\nLAVINGB & DUNK.\nPHOENIX\nHOTEL BROOKLYN, PHOENIX, B. O \u00ab\u2022*\u25a0\nThe only up-to-date hotel in Phoenix.\nNew from cellar to roof. Best sample\nroomB in the Boundary. Bath room ii\nconnection. Steam heat Opposite Great\nNorthern depot. James Marshall, Prop.\nBusiness Directory\nASSAYER8\n^\u25a0-u~', WIDDOWSON, AagA-fBH ajjjj\nChemist, Box A1108, Nelson. B.C. ChsSrw\nGold, .silver, oopper or lead, tt each\ngoia-sllver, -fLEO; \u25a0iiver-Iead, $1,607 PrSe*\nfor other metals on application.\nAUCTIONEERS\nC. A. WATERMAN ft CO.-P. O. box 2\u00bb.\nW. CUTLER, LICENSE^ ADCTIONBHDR.\nAuction rooms and warehouse Ward St.\nnext opera house. Box 474, Phons 18\n_____________________ \u00bb-tf.\nARCHITECT\nWILL HALDANE, ARCHITECT AND*\nValuator. 619 Stanley StrSt Pta*MiS8\nspecifications for all classes of bulUI-\n%_*''*-**_$*\u25a0 \"odera designs, p. o.\nBox Hi. Phones 308 and UL\nCOLLECTION AGENCIES\nWi, 2DTI*?:R\u00bb COLLECTIONS OF ALL\nKinds. Returns promptly made. Ward)\nette-rt, neit opera houMT _\u00a3?.\nROBB ft THOMPSON-BUILDERS AND\nContractors, Victoria atreet 5\u00a3t $&\nte6, *__?* Box 'we- sPMlM attention\ngiven jobbing and repair work. Estimate given. K-tt.\nSTARKEY ft CO., WHOLESALE DBAL-\n\u00ab\u25a0 in Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Produae an*\nnSsm B\u00b00 Bl08k* JOBiPlltat \u25a0*\"\u25a0\"\u2022\nWANTED\u2014Immediately, teacher for Edge-\nwood public school. Apply Secretary of\nschool board.. 281-12\nWANTED-Teacher tor peer Park School\nto commence March 1st Apply se tary\nschool board, Dear Park, B.C. 262-tt\nWANTED\u2014Competent stenographer, best\nof references, wants position. Apply E.,\nDallv NewB, \u2022287-tJ\nWANTED\u2014Cook, good, Scotch, reliable,\nwants temporary post. \"References. P.\nO. Box 468, Nelson. *270-3\nWANTED\u2014Boy. Apply Thelln'a Cigar\nFactory. \u2022270-8\nWANTED\u2014Lady stenographer who haa\nhad seven years experience desires position. Quick and accurate and can use any\nmachine. Also owns one. Write A, B. C\u201e\nP. O. Box .724, NelBon, B.C. 270-tf.\nWANTED\u2014Experienced girl for general\nhousework. Apply 708 Victoria street.\n271-tf.\nWANTED-Stenogroipher. -Must be experienced and will have to assist In\ngeneral office work. Apply ln own handwriting. Box 144, Dally News, 271-tf.\nWANTED\u2014Girl to assist with general\nhousework. Apply Mrs. D. Morrison,\n7LS Silica street. 272-tf.\nWANTED\u2014.Dressmaking, children's clothes\nand plain sewing. Mrs. Moore, 621 Mill\nstreet. \u00bb272-6\nPOULTRY AND LIVE STOCK.\nFOR SALE\u2014Few fine White Leghorn\ncockerels from H. F. Ran prize stock.\n$3 and la. BelvMue farm, Beiford, B.C.\nHORSES FOR SALE-Your choice of 33\nhead, weighing trom 1300 to 1700. Canyon\nCity Lumber Company, Limited, Creston,\nB.C. 266-28\nFOR SALE\u2014Pekin duck eggs, $1 for 10.\nD. Sinclair, Stanley street \u20222C7-6\nFOR SALE\u2014Or exchange, White Wyandotte cockerels; prize stock. L. Bealby,\nBox 897. Nelson, B.C.\/ *S6T-4\nFOR SALE\u2014Registered Hol&tein bull, S\nmonths old. Sire full brother of champlwi\nmilk and butter cow of Canada. Calf can\nbe seen at Riverside ranch, Balfour, B.C.\nPrice $50. Apply to T. G. Procter, Box\n223, Nelson, B.C. 267-tf.\nWANTED\u2014Horse, suitable for ranch work.\nCairns, Willow Point 267-6\nFOR SALE\u2014Few choice Barred Rock\ncockerels and pullets. Prices reasonable.\nMrs. F. J. Harbinson, Phoenix, B.C.\n\u2022268-10\nFOR SALE\u2014Pure bred light Brahma\ncockerels, prize-winning strain. Apply\nM\u201e Balfour, B.C. \u2022268-6\nFOR SALE\u2014Cheap. Nanny goat, year and\nhalf old. Apply corner Josephine and\nRobson streets, or Tidy, P. O. Box 984.\nFOR SALE\u2014Thoroughbred, pedigree Air-\ndale puppies, three months old now. $16\neach. Apply F, J. Summons, Proctor,\nB.C. 269-6\nFOR SALE\u2014carefully selected eggs from\nselected pen of Wykoff White Leghorn\nhens, $2 per setting. Limited number of\nHoudan hens at $2. U. A. Purvis, Nelson.\n\u2022270-6\nFOR SALE-Owing to Ul health; all my\nBuff Orpington hens and pullets, $2 each,\nand one cock, bred entirely from prise\nstook. At Troll I took first cock, hen,\npullet and pen. Also a Cyphers company\n14-1-egg incubator, new laBt year. Eggs J3\na setting. Mrs. Caldwell, Proctor. *271-6\nFOR SALE\u2014Pure bred Plymouth Rock\ncockerels, $2.60 each; the best eggs, $1\nper setting; also ranch for sale. Apply\nMarsden Taghum. \u2022272-8\nFOR SALE-Eggs for hatching from prlae-\nwlnnlng Black Minorcas, $3 setting; from\nprlie-wlnnlng Buff Orpingtons $2.80 acting, H. A. Sheals. Grand Forks, B.C.\nFOR SALE-Barred Plymouth Rocks eggs\nfor hatching, $1.60 per 15. Also few choice\nBarred Rock Cockerels, $3 each. T. Roy-\nmon, Somerset Poultry Yards, Selwyn\nstreet, Nelson, H.G. \u2022272-6\nFOR SALE\u2014Few splendid B, R. roosters,\n$2 to $5. Eggs 3 per 16. Will trade fine\nrooster for ono as good or better Barred\nRock. H. Batchelor, Westley, B.C. \u2022278-6\nFOR SALE\u2014Heavy logging team; also one\ncow. Apply G. -ostiums, Perry Siding,\nB.C. ., \u2022273-10\n\u00ab. MACDONALD ft CO., - wholesale\nGrocers and Provision Merchauta-Importers of Teas, Coffees, Splcea, Dried*\nFruits, Staple and Fancy arocerIes,To-\nbaccos, Cigars, Butter, Eggs, Cheese anft\nPacking House Produce. Offiee ands\nwarehouse corner of Front and Hall\nstreets. P. O. Box 10D6. Telephonea 23 A\nORDERS BOOKED NOW POR SPRING\ncleaning. Don't delay, tho ruah will soon-\nstart. Why upset your home? Call -a\nin. Vacuuem house cleaning Is the :>n.y\naystem for up-to-date people. Ask our\nneighbors. Endorsed by Nelson's leadin ;\ncitizens. Phone ub ror window and chimney cleaning. Encourage white labor.\nNelson Vacuuem & Window Cleaning Ca,\nStanley atreet Box 166, Phone 19. W-tt.\nA. E. BENNETT, painter and decorator}\nwall papers and paper hanging a apeei-\nolty: estimates given; all work promptly\nexecuted. 614 Stanley street Phone SU.\nP. O. Box K7, Nelson.\nGR~EN BROS., BURDEN * CO.\nCivil Engineers. Dominion and B.C. Lana\nSurveyors\nSurveys of Lands, Mines, Townsites, Timber Limits. Etc.\nNelson, 616 Ward St, A. H. Green, Mgr.\nVictoria, 111 Pemberton Bldg., F. C. Green.\nFt George, Hammond St, F. P. Bprden.\nA. L. MoCULLOCH\nHydraulic Engineer\nProvincial Land Surveyor\nP. O. Box 41\nOffice phone B86; residence phone B7i\nOffice; Over McDermid & McHardy\nBaker St., Nelson, D 0.\nSinging and Voice Production\nH. TREBT HEALE-TUITION GIVEN\nln above. Studio at 615 Cedar Street\nPhone A91. Box 674.\nMINING\nProperties inspected and expert reports\nfurnished. James C. Campbell, M.E.,.\nUnited States hotel. St Paul. 130-tf.\nNotice of Application for Liquor\nLicense\nNotice is hereby given tbat I, Annie\nFournler, of Crawford Bay, Intend, SO\ndays from the date hereof, to apply to tLe\nSuperintendent of Provincial Police \"or a.\nlicense to sell liquor by retail In and upon\nthe premises known as tho Crawford Bay\nhotel, situate at Crawford Bay B.C.\nDated this 27th day of January, 1912.\nNOTICE\nTenders Wanted\nThe C. P. Railway will receive tenders\nfor building Btone masonry walls rt bridges\n64.9 and 65.0 Boundary subdivision, and\nstone masonry piers at bridge 92.3 Boundary\nsubdivision.\nFor partloulat-s apply to C.P R. resident\nengineer, Nelson.\nThe lowest or any tender not necessarily\naccepted. Tenders received after March 15\nwill not be considered. 28.>\nLIQUOR ACT\nNotice Ib hereby given that on the 16th.\nday of March, 1912, application will be\nmade to the Superintendent of Provincial\nPolice for the transfer of the license for\nthe sale of liquor by retail ln and upon,\nthe premises known aa the Edgewood Hotel .situate at Edgewood, BrltlBh Columbia,,\nfrom W. A. Calder to B. W. Bull of British Columbia.\nDated thla 14th day of February, 1912.\nW. A. CALDER,\nHolder of License, Applicant for Tru.r.zW\nNELSON PAVILION, LIMITED\nNOTICE\nThe annual general meeting w\"* be held\nat the board of trade rooms, Nelson, B.C.,\non Tuesday, 6th March, at 8.90 _p.m.\nD. K. JIEBSTON.\n(Secretary.\nNelson, B.C., Feb. 22, 1912. 2G9-19*\n WEDNESDAY ... FEBRUARY 28\n\u20acty Battp 0ttaa.\nPAGE SEVEN\nSTAR GROCERY\nDirectly opposite Dominion\nExpress Office\nStore of Quality\nPhone 10\nNever\nIn Nelsons\nHistory\nhas there been such\nan offering of\nHigh Grade\nGroceries,\nProvisions\nand\nTable Supplies\nas we have on\ndisplay\nTake action today,\nlet us have your\nfirst months order,\ntoday.\nConstant Variety\nLowest Possible\nPrices\nBeautiful\nCut\nFlowers\nCall-\nfornian Violet*\nDaffodil*\nOn\nSale today.\nSPECIAL\nChoice Alberta Butler 3 lbs.\nfor $1.00.\nReal Genuine Value\nOur Imperial Tea, .3lba. J1.00\nTry Our\nService,\nand We Will\nGuarantee to\nSatisfy You\nPhone 10\nYour Watch\nKeep Train Time?\nMight as well be two hours as\ntwo minutes late for a train or\nboat. If your watch won't stay\nright bring or send lt to~iis. Re-\n\"member we specialize \u25a0 in fine\nwatch repairing.\nJ. J. Walker\nJeweler and Optician\nBaker St. Nelson, B.C.\nSwift's\nFertilizers\nBone and Blood\nPure Animal Matter Ammoniates.\nCrop producers, Soil Builders\u2014\nalways reliable. It pays to use\nthem. Adapted to all soils and all\ncrops. Write Swift Canadian. Nelson for free booklet.\nSwift Canadian Co., Ltd.\nNELSON, B.C.\n1 MARKETS J\nCLOSING FIGURE QUARTER\nCENT UNDER DOLLAR\nWINNIPEG, Feb. 27.\u2014The local wheat\nmarket opened unchanged with a very\npoor demand, erratic anil undecided. Continental and Liverpool cables declined %c\non May (new) and July contracts. Later\na reaction occurred and the decline was\nrecovered and maintained until tlie close.\nThe closing figures were 99%u for May.\nJuly was unchanged from Monday's close\nthough during, the morning it sold down\nId tho half. Tho cosh demand was quiet,\nofferings were 'heavy and enquiry for export was light. 0at8 and flax were dull\nbut prices held fairly steady but finally\nMay oats closed %c down and July Y.c.\nMinneapolis wheat options were steady,\nclosing %o to J\/ic higher, That market,\nhowever, was reported very dull, in fact\nat a late hour it was claimed that less\nthan 226,000 bushels had been sold.\nReceipts are continuing very heavy and\n300 cars are in sight for Inspection, and loO\ncars were Inspected at West Superior on\nFab. 26.\nChicago being closed for the primary\nelections was a factor in tlie dull markets\nhere.\nListed stocks\u2014 Bid Asked\n-Canada Fire 130 ...\nCity and Provincial Loan 126\nGreat West Life 290 315\nGreat West Permanetn Loan .. 12Wi 126\nHome Investment and -Savings 140 150\n&. A. Warrants 300 1000\nCrown, C.F.B 96fc 91\nNorthern Cert 99 100\nNorthern Mortgage t 118 ...\nNorthern Trust Co 126 130\nStandard Trusts 166\nSales\u201416 Northern Mortgage at $123; 6\nNorthern Bank at $100; 3*> Home Investment at $140.\nWALL STREET IS NOW\nMORE CHEERFUL\nNEW YORK, Feb. 27.\u2014The local stock\nmarket as well as other Important exchanges at home and abroad reflected a\nmore cheerful outlook today. In London\nand on the continent this was ln a great\nmeasure the result of the willingness of\nthe English coal miners to confer with fne\noperators, a concession that the labor men\nhad \"hitherto declined to make. At home\nthe preliminary meetings between the anthracite coal owners and their employees\nwere under way with tho view to a renewal of the three-year agreement which\n.expires soon. In spite of the pessimistic\nutterances recently attributed to some of\nthese owners the belief holds that an\namlcaible adjustment of extstir- differences will result.\nSPOKANE MARKETS\n(Reported by Sharp & Irvlne.1\nBid Asked\nB. C. Copper J 4.00 $ 4.60\nCaledonia 66% .69\nCanadian Consolidated 35.00 60.00\nGranby 35.00 40.00\nInternational Coal 64 .68\nLucky Jam 17% .20\nNugget .42 .60\nRambler-Cariboo fitti .66\nRoyal 05% .07%\nSnowstorm 33 ' .85\nStewart 1.01 1.03\nStandard -.. 1.25 1.65\nSaIes-600 Snowstorm at 33c, 500 at 34c;\n1.000 International Coal at 56c; 200 Stewart\nat $1.02, 1,100 at $1.03, 100 at $1.W, COO at\n$1.05.\nMETAL MARKET.\n\u2022LONDON, Feb. 27.\u2014Silver, 26 15-16: lead,\n\u00a315 lGs 3d.\nNEW YORK, Feb. 27.\u2014Silver, 5S%; standard copper, 11.07%@14.25; firm.\nREPUBLICANS DIVIDED\niRALEIQH, N.C., Feb. 37.\u2014Many delegates are arriving to attend tbe Republican state convention, which meets at tho\nYarborough House in this city tomorrow\nto name the delegates to attend the Republican national convention ln Chicago,\nThe \"regular\" organization is solid for\nTaft, but among tho rank and file of tlie\nparty there are many Republican supporters of Roosevelt and as a consequence\na contest is promised on the presidential\ninstructions.\nINSURANCE COMPANIES MUST\nPAY BRITISH INCOME TAX\nLONDON, Feb. 27.\u2014The court of appeals\ntoday ruled that the money deposited by\nfire Insurance companies with the Dominion government so as to enable tbem to\ntransact business In the Dominion was\nHahle to the Income tax hero. This decision affects three appealing coihpanles,\nNELSON NEWS OF HE DAY\nMrs. H. H. Pitts will not receive today.\nMrs. TVllHam Waldie will not receive\ntoday.\nMrs. A. Treglllus left yesterday for\nOmaha, travelling over the Great Northern\nlines.\nA fancy dress ball will be held at Slocan\njunction tomorrow and great \"reparations\nhave been made for this occasion.\nThe Hotel and Restaurant and Laundry\nWorkers' local No. 183, I.W.W., will hold\na special meeting tonight at 8.30 o'clock\nat M. Baker street.\nA meeting was held vesterday at Slocan\nJunction for the purpose of secln\" what\ncould be done toward a school, and lt was\ndecided to approach the government on\nthe sub4ect,\nThomas Qulnlan had von** serious operation at the Kootenay Lake General\nhospital last \"Wednesday. He was operated on hy Dra. Laibau, Borden, Vlgneux,\nWillson and Arthur. His progress Is very\nfavorable, | _..,\nSkating at tho Alice Roller rink today.\nAsk or write tor tne Hudson's Bay company's grocery price list. Kil-tf\nErmallne Is the sensible, sanitary scientific and econumlcal cookery bag. Three\nsizes, 25c, 35c and 50c per dozen. Phone 38.\nChristie & Benson. 266-tf.\nTHINKS MARTIANS\nARE HELIOGRAPHING\nJohns Hopkins Professor Sees Radium\nRays in Sky\u2014Credits Them to\nMars.\nVANCOUVER, B. C. Feb. 27.\u2014Declaring that residents of Mars have\nmastered the problem of radium rays\nand that, with proper' facilities lt\nwould be possible to read messages\nfrom the earth's nearest neighbor. Professor Fred Taylor, of Johns Hopkins\nuniversity, Baltimore, a recognized authority on astronomy, left North Vancouver yesterday with a mass of data\nwhich may result In extended research\nbeing made into the theory of \"attempted communication between the\nearth nnd Mars becoming ultimately\nsuccessful.\"\nFor the' past two months Professor\nTaylor has been carrying on his Investigations on Grouse mountain. According to statements made by him to C.\nW. Knight of North Vancouver he hud\nlearned that there was an exceptionally\nsecluded place to be secured In the vicinity of the Ambitious city. On arriving here last December, the professor established a camp on Grouse\nmountain.\nThinks They Signal With Radium.\nHe states that during the 60 days he\nspent on the mountain ho made a study\nof certain light effects noticed In the\nsky. Prof. Taylor asserts that from\nthe regularity of the flashes noticed\nnightly it Is his belief that residents of\nMars are trying Bomo experiments, the\nultimate hope of which is to perfect\ncommunication with the earth. He\nalso states that he believes they are experimenting with radium rays for tho\nreason that ln the Ultra-ether zone\nnothing but radium could be transmitted through any such great space.\nMr. Knight says he engaged the professor In conversation regarding this\nsubject. He said thnt Prof. Taylor informed him It was the purpose of the\nJohns Hopkins university to solve the\nproblem of Intercommunication between the earth and Mon***. if possible.\nBelieves Problem Solved.\n\"I came to the conclusion that they\nhad some immense quantity of radium\nor something which *we liken to that,\nas a result of my Investigation made\nwhile living on Grouse mountain,\"\nwas the statement which Mr. Knight\nattributes to Professor Fred Taylor.\n\"Was It your object ln coming hem\nto Investigate the reported attempts of\nresidents of Mars to communicate with\nthe earth?\" nsked Mr. Knight.\n\"T have no doubt in my mind at nil\nthat they have solved the problem of\nlong distance messages, transmitted by\nrays of light\" replied Professor Taylor,\n\"and on account of * the regularity of\nthe flashes, I believe they were, and\nare, attempting to communicate with\nthe earth.\"\n\"Can It be done?\" Interpolated the\nprofessor In answer to a request for a\ndefinite reply; \"If wo knew that, Johns\nHopkins college would not be spending\nmoney for our research.\"\nPRINCE MAX OF 8AXONY IS\nTRIAL TO RELATIVES\nBERLIN, Feb. 27\u2014Prince Max of\nSaxony, who has just been offered the\nchair of liturgy at thc Archcpiacopal\nseminary in Cologne, though made of\nthe stuff that produced the monks of\nold, Is a severe trial to hla relatives,\nHe Is the youngest brother of the King\nnf Saxony, but. as a Roman Catholic\npriest, ho spent some years \"slumming'\nin thc East End of London.\nAmong the many indiscretions In the\nmemoirs of Prince Max's sister-in-law\nthe ex-crown princess, one of the most\namusing Is her description of his re\nturn. Tbo princess hns loft on record\na lively account of tho state of his hair\nand nails, his clothes and shoes, and\nInforms her readers that his single\nbrush answered all hlB requirements,\nbeing used successively both as tooth\nbrush and hair brush.\nShiloh'sGum\nQUICKLY STOPS COUQH8. CUFU.9 COLDS,\nHEALS THB THROAT AND LUNCS. 28 CENTS\nDENIES DISCRIMINATION AT\nBISLEY AQAIN8T CANADIANS\n(Canadian Associated Press.)\nLONDON, Feb. 27.-^Lord Cheylesmore,\nchairman of the National Rifle association, told the Associated presB today that\nhe had nothing to pay regarding th\u00a9 Ross\nrifle difficulty, excepting merely that the\n\u25a0Sutherland sight was outside tho scope of\nthe regulations. He also denied that\nCanadians were Interfered with or treated\ndifferently than other competitors at\nBlsley.\nGAS, DYSPEPSIA AND\nINDIGESTION VANISH\nDiapepsin Settles Your Upset Stomach\nand Ends All Indigestion in Five\nMinutes,\nYon can eat anything your stomach\ncraves without fear of Indigestion or\nDyspepsia, or that your food will ferment\nor sour on your stomach, if you will take\na little Diapepsin occasionally.\nTour meals will taste good, and anything you eat will bu digested; nothing\ncan ferment or turn Into acid or poison\nor stomach gas which causes Belching,\nDizziness, a feeling of fullness after eating, Nausea, Indigestion (ilka a lump of\nlead In stomach), Biliousness, Heartburn,\nWater brash, Pain In stomach and Ini-\ntestines or other symptoms.\nHeadaches from tho stomach are absolutely unknown where this effective\nremedy Is used. Dla*-*;*-sm really does all\nthe work of a healthy stomach. It digests your meals when your stomach\ncan't. A single doso will digest all the\nfood you eat and leave nothing to ferment\nor sour and upset the stomach.\nGet a large 50-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from J*2ur druggist and start taking now, and In a little while you will\nactually brag about your healthy, strong\nStomach, for you then can eat anything\nand everything and everything you want\nwithout the slightest discomfort or misery,\nand every particle of Impurity or Gas\nthat Is In your stomach and Intestines\nIs going to be carried off without the use\nof laxatives or nny other assistance.\nShould you at this moment be suffering\nfrom Indigestion or any stomach disorder,\nyou can surely get relief within five\nminutes.\n\"Cowichan\nStrain\"\nAn experiment in Cooperative\nAdvertising\nThis strain outnumbers all other\nstrains In the Cowichan District.\nWrite for free pamphlet giving\ndirectory of breeders and descriptions, with illustrations of\ntheir plants, to tbe Secretary,\nCowichan Station, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.\nCowichan S.C. White Leghorn Utility Poultry Club\nCowichan Station, Vancouver\nIsland, B.C.\nCunard Line Canadian Service\nENGLISHMEN\nA new way to a new land by a\nwell known line\u2014Give us an opportunity to show you how we can\nInsure your relatives and friends\na well planned and comfortable\ntrip at the very lowest cost to\nyou,\nft you do not want them to\ncome until the spring months do\nnot wait until the last moment.\nYou can reserve their accommodations now.\nNew Twinscrew S.S., \"Ausonla\"\nsails from Portland, Me,, Feb, 17,\n1912.\nFor further particulars apply to\nany steamship agent or\nH. E. LIDIYiAN, Gen'l Agt. Can.\nWest. 445 Main St.. Winnipeg.\nMAHOMETANS WILL\nCENTRE IN LONDON\nMosque Will Be Built at Cost of Half\nMillion at Pimlico in Near\nFuture.\nLONDON, Feb, 27.\u2014London Is soon\nto become the centre of western Ma-\nhometanlsm. Of late years the number of business men ana students who\nare members of the Moslem community\nhas largely Increased In the metropolis,\nln Liverpool and other centres. At tbe\npresent time the services of their faith\nare held in inconvenient places, such\nns hotels. Some years ngo a mosque\nwas founded at Liverpool, but it has\nceased to exist. Today with the exception of the Inaccessible mosque at\nWoking there Is not a single Mahometan place of worship fn this country.\nTo meet thc needs of the community,\ntherefore, an Influential committee wns\nformed with the object of raising a\nfund, of nt cast $500,000 to build a\nmosque fn London. This committee bas\nfor its president the Aga Khan, and\nfor its chairman the Right Hon. Sycd\nAmir All. Several sites have already\nbeen under consideration, but tho most\nfavored one is In Pimlico, not far from\nthe Thames embankment of that district. Several rich Mahometans bave\nsent subscriptions, and the movement\nbids fair to succeed at on early date,\nBoth the sulian of Turkey nnd thc begum of Bhopal aro among the contributors.\nThe new mosque Is to bo of oriental\nsplendor, and a pat\/ic-ring ground or\ncentre for Moslem worship and activity.\nAdjacent will bo, as nt present proposed, other Institutions for Moslem\nculture such ns library, meeting rooms\nand a hotel. As a whole the buildings\nwll| be nomparnhlc with the great pub\nlie buildings of London. \"It Is possible\nthat a start will be made during the\npresent summer.\nGREAT FOR BREAKFAST.\nGive thorn Kellog-'s Tbnated Corn\n\"Flakes every morning for breakfast.\nThey're sure to like It, and find lt nourishing nB well as flavorful.\n30\nHudson's Bay Stores\nIncorporated 1670\nIncorporated 1670\nNew Goods direct from Great Britain\nA Large Consignment of Turkish, Huckapuck and Cotton Towels\nThese are of good dependable quality being nice and soft, but of sturdy texture. We can freely recommend them. Prices from 40c. to $1.00 per pair.\nWhite Grecian Bedspreads in Three Special Lines\nThese linos aro famous for their good wearing qualities. They are a much superior article to what our\nremarkably low prices would indicate. They go at $1.25 $1.50 and $1.75.\nMarcella Bedspreads in Five Distinct Lines\nWe confidently Invite your Inspection of these and are sure that you will be agreeaby surprised when you\ncompare the extra quality with the moderate price at which we offer them. They are firmly woven and\ncome In very attractive designs, are fully bleached and will alunder beautifully. Prices $2.00 to $4.50.\nAdvance Styles Spring smi Summer Footwear\nSeveral shipments ln the newest shapes and leathers ln men's footwear have been put Into stock and\ncomprise a great variety of the best makes. Not a few leaders.\nMen's tan button boots, $6 per pair.\nMen's tan button Oxfords, J6.50 per\npair.\nMen's patent button boots, JG.00 per\n.pair.\nMen's patent button Oxfords, $5.50\nper pair.\nMen's gun metal button boots, $6.00\nper pair.\nMen's gun metal button Oxfords, 55\nper pair.\nN.B.\u2014We will be pleased to have you see the latest arrivals in ladies shoes and Oxfords.\nBetter bargains ln\nSHADES\nhave never been seen anywhere.\nWhat were 40c. 60c. and 60c. now\n25 Cents\nSpecial offer of Art Glass Shades\nsuitable for hall lights and cosy\ncorners. Were 32.00, now\n$1.00\nJ. H. Ringrose\nctrtcal Supplies\nPhone 227A 508 Stanley St.\nRAILWAY POLICY MAKES\nREALTY VALUES INCREA8E\n(Special to Tiie Dally News.)\nVERNON, B.C., Feb. 27.\u2014Following the\nannouncement of tbe government railway\npolicy and the granting of a subsidy to\nthe C.N.R. for a line from Kamloops to\nKelowna via Grand Prairie, Armstrong\nand Vernon with a branch line to Lumby,\nand the activity In connection with the\nnew tram line project has caused quite a\nmovement ln the Vernon and Armstrong\ndistricts. Properties worth approximately\n$300,000 changed hands during the past\nweek. Numerous survey parties are at\nwork on the new Ilm-s.\nREMEMBERS PAARDEBERG\nOTTAWA, Feb, 27,\u2014The Canadian Defence league held a well attended meeting\nin the capitnl today in celebration of\nPaardeberg Day, the anniversary of the\nsurrender of the Boer forces under Gen.\nCron ic at Paardeberg, Feb. 27, 1900.\nDOCTORS GOULD\nNOT HELP\nHIT GIN PIUS m\n\"\"During August last, I went to\nMontreal to consult a specialist as I h;id\nbeeu suffering terribly with Stone iu\nthe Bladder, He decided tooperate but\nraid the stone was too large to remove\nand too hard to crush. I returned home\nand was recommended by a friend to\ntry Gin Tills,\nThey relieved the pain. I tool: two\nboxes and went hack to;tht specialist.\nHe said lhe stone was smaller but he\ncould not remove it although he tried\nfor two hours and a half. I returned\nhome and continued to take Gin Pills\u2014\nand, lo my surprise and joy, I passed\ndie stone. Gin Pills are the best medicine in the world, and, because they\ndid me so much good, I will recommend\nthem nil the rest of my life\",\nJ. ALBERT LESSARD, Joliette, P.Q.\n50c. a box, 6 for $2.50\u2014at all dealers,\nand moticy back if they fail to give\n-:olic*. SatnplQ box free, Natioind\nJf)rafj & Chemical Co. of Cahada,\nLimited, De.pt. B C Toronto. 39\nIf you care how you look\nyou will only wear clothes that make you look your best. You can't\nachieve that ln a ready made suit. You can In a suit mado by us to conform to your particular bullf* and style. Look over our new spring patterns and leave your measure NOW.\nD. SMALL & CO.\nExpert Tailors\nGents' Furnishers\nBaker St.\nSanitary\nPlumbing\nIs more important than some people\nthink. Thc health of your family depends on It. Let us give you an estimate on any new plumbing or gas fitting.\nRepair work trusted to us ls done on\ntime.\nE. K. STRACHAN\nPlumbing and Heating\nTelephone 262 313 Baker St.\nBOW ISLAND--\nTHE \"GAS CITY\"\nThe latest advices from this promising city Is that gas well No. 8 has\njust heen tapped, and registers a flow\nof 35,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas\nevery 2-t hours; and that jjaa well No.\n9 has been tapped and pro-Micas 12,-\n500,000 cubic feet of natural gas each\nday. These nine welts have a daily\nproduction of 119.000,000 cubic feet -er\n2! hours. And 10 moro aro being, or\naro to bo, drilled.\nPIPED TO CALGARY.\nBy September next Calgar-- will be\nburning this gas at a cost of 35 cents\nper 1,000 cubic feet. Eventually there\nwill he a net-work of pipes throughout Alberta carrying this gns.\nBuy lots now. Easy payments.\nT. M. RIXEN\nRooms 2 and 3, Alan Block\nP.O. Box 373 Nelson, B.C.\nJUST ARRIVED\nA Nice Assortment of\nHuntley & Palmer\nBISCUITS\n30c. to 75c. per Ib.\nJoy's Cash Grocery\nWe atend to your\nPLUMBING\npromptly and well\nB. C. Plumbing & Heating Co.\nVictoria Street, near Opera House\nTelephone 1ST\nKootenay Lake General\nHospital Society\nNotice of Annual Meeting\nIn accordance with tho bylaws of the\nSociety the annual general meeting wilt\nbe held in the Hoard of Trade rooma\non Tuesday, March 12Lh, at 3 p.m.\nMembership Conditions\u2014All annual\nsubscribers of the sum of \"{10 aro members of the Society eligible to take part\nin the election of Directors for the ensuing year and in case of illness are entitled to freo treatment in the hospital.\nGEORGE JOHNSTONE,\nSecretary.\nSTOCKS\n_,r ... . 100 B. C. Copper J 4.25\nWp llTrPr For KaIa -\"\" Standard Silver-Lead .... 1.-15\n\u2022\u00bb\u00bbe -unci iur oaie 250 Sunset M1Ua 160\n300 McGllllvray 21\n10,000 Juno Mine for 125.00\nE El McDermid\nBaiter Street\nNeison, B. C.\n PACE EIGHT\nCtie Sail? slttoss.\nWEDNESDAY\nFEBRUARY 28\nFor Rent\nFurnished house, 5 rooms and\nbath room situated on car line,\n10 minutes walk from postoffice.\nThis house is thoroughly modern\nin every way and can be occupied at once; rent $35.\nWe also have listed with us\none of Nelson's finest homes\nowner is going away for three\nmonths and is prepared to rent\nthis house furnished during that\nperiod. Call on us for particulars.\nI\nNAWDSLEY, SHAW & CO\nUnequalled for General Use\nW. p, T1ERNEY, General Sates Agent,\nNelson, B.C,\nCars shipped to all railway points.\nQueen Studio\nEstablished 1899\nP.O. Box 206 Phone 180\nPortrait\nLandscape\nCommercial\nPHOTOGRAPHY\nCampbell's Art Gallery\nPhone 46 715 Baker St.\nNext Door Kootenay Steam Laundry\nThe Studio For\nActual lifelike pictures. True to pose\nand expression. These are the work of\ntrained experience, and represent In\nNelson the fruits of modern photography. AH are the products of a\ntrained artist, and thus ensure satisfaction, commendation and a good name.\nThis we ever mean to keep and make\na Campbell photo a thing of beauty\nand a domestic Joy forever.\nSpecial sittings and speedy fulfillment of orders.\nSardines\nA handy lunch 2 for 25c. 2 for\n35c, and 20c straight.\nC. A. Benedict\nGrocer\nneGEM\nOverture, \"William Tell\"\nVltagraph Feature\nA REFORMED SANTA CLAUS\nEdison Comedy:\nHow Sir Andrew Lost His Vote.\nEdison Descriptive:\nBrockton Fair and Horse Show.\n10c. ADMISSION 10c.\nFriday find Saturday, \"Alaska,\"\nthe Land of the Midnight Sun.\"\nI Swift\nCurrent\nWe advise purchase of lots In\nOntario Place subdivision, distant three-quarters of a mile\nfrom depot\nPrice\n$75 to $150\nper Lot\nEasy payments; discount for\ncash. See us for particulars.\nH. & M. BIRD\nNelson, B.C.\nSomething Unique\nOur factory haa Just completed\nmounting half a -dozen\nFreak Pearl\nStick Pins\nRepresenting:\nThe Missing Link.\nA Pox Head.\nA Skull.\nA Ram's Head.\nAn Aborigine.\nAn Irishman.\nThese are remarkable pearl formations. Call and see them.\nPhone 169 For Eatables\nFish for Lenten dinners\u2014We\nhave a big variety.\nOur potatoes are delicious, $2.00\nper sack.\nSpecial A No. 1 Wagner apples.\nSpecial price $2.25 box.\nCooking apples at tempting\nprices.\nDon't forget the cash discoun\nThe Dollar Grocery\nRing up 169.\nW. W. HARRIS, Manager\nCor. Hall and Baker St.\nClear as the mirror-painted scene,\nAmid Columbia's vales of green,\nMay faces, loved, be held in view,,\nPictured to life, which breathes anew;\nBrief beauty here, undying, speaks\nEach day to love, who gladly seeks\nLife's very smile and form imprint,\nLimned In the treasured Photo Tint.\n-NELSON NEWS OF HE DAY\nH. Perry Leake, Dominion -government\nengineer, Is at the Hume.\nR. K. Hedley, the well known Vancouver\nmetallurgist, Is a guest at the Strathcona.\nThe executive of the Nelson Conservative association will meet on Friday evening.\nThe Nelson Male Voice choir will meet\nfor practice in the Oddfellows' nail at 8\no'clock tonight. The practice specially arranged for will be field at 7.30 o'clock.\nThe Ladles' Mission circle of the Baptist\nchurch will hold its monthly meeting this\nafternoon at 3.30 o'clock at the residence\nof Mrs, W. O. Rose, \"Vernon street. Mra.\nC. W. King will give a brief address.\nThere will be a meeting of the Falrvlew\nConservative association at the Hume\nschool at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening for\nthe purpose of electing delegates to a\nnominating convention for the Ymlr riding\nwhich will be (held shortly.\nAID FOR THE AGED\nThe tottering feebleness of old age\nis pitiful, and Ib caused by the fact\nthat the fires of life are burning very\nlow, Yet many people, ot ei-jhty are\"\nmore vigorous than those twenty years\nyounger, because they know how to\nkeep up their strength.\nWe can truthfully call Vinol a staff\nof strength for the aged because *$\ngives them new strength, makes the\nblood richer and causes it to circulate\nmore freely. Vinol ls our delicious cod\nliver and iron tonic that even the old\nand feeble can take with the greatest\npleasure and benefit. Mrs. H. W. Avery,\nNorwich, N. Y., says when she was 89\nshe took Vinol and found it brought\nher strength and vigor. It is good for\nthe weak and run-down of all ages.\nWe sell quantities of lt and always say,\n\"If Vinol does not please you, we give\nback your money.\" We make thiB offer\nbecause we know by observation how\nmuch good Vinol does.\nWm. Rutherford\nDruggist\nAT THE THEATRE\nThe program at the Gem theatre this\nevening includes: \"The Brocton Fair and\nHorse Show,\" Brocton, Mass.. Oct. 3 to 5,\nlMIi From first to last this Edison film\npictures a complete tour of the great fair\nof 1911, races, parades, the reception of\nGovernor Foss, horse and dairy cattle\nshow, all beautifully and highly Interesting. \"A Reformed Santa Claus\" Is p, Vltagraph Christmas story full of the right\natmosphere and very pleasing. \"How Sir\nAndrew Lost His Vote\" Is a high class\nEdison comedy, refreshing In its originality, adapted from \"In the Fog,\" by Richard Harding Davis. On Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2. will be shown a feature performance consisting of six reels\nand lecture by Jack Qlnlvln, \"Alaska.\nJack,\" depleting most realistic scenes of\nthe far north, without question a most\nmarvellous collection of motion pictures.\nSENATE WILL PASS\nNEW INQUIRIES ACT\nOTTAWA, Feb. 27.\u2014There will _ be no\nAUCTION SALE\nHousehold Furniture\nThursday, Feb., 29\nUpstairs in the Carney Block\nat 2 p.m.\nMrs. J. E. Moore has instructed us to\nsell by auction on Thursday, Feb. 29\nat 2 p.m. in the premises upstairs\nknown as the Carney block, Baker St.,\nnext to Kootenay street, a quantity of\nfurniture such as five cookBtoves, five\ndining tabes, chairs, cupboards, etc.\nTERMS: CASH.\nNelson Opera House\nWEDNESDAY, FEB. 28\nNelson Operatic\nand Dramatic\nSociety\nwill present\n\"The Man in the Street\"\na one act play, followed by\n\"The Snowball\"\nA farce comedy in three acta.\nPrices: 50c, 75c, and $1.00\nFlan at Poole's.\nclash between the senate and the house\nover tlie Inquiries act which was advanced\na stage In the upper house today. Senator\nLougheed for the government accepted the\namendments by Senator Power, designed\nto maltc the bill more clear. One provided\nthat the records of experts or engineers\nsh'nil-l be preserved.\nSenator Kerr changed his amendment,\nwhich provided that any one engaged as\naccountant, engineer, technical adviser or\nother experts should not be capable of\nholding office for five \u2022\u2022\u25a0ears. He reduced\nthe term of disqualification to two years,\nHe thought the government ln the interest\nof fair play should accept the amendment\nand so prevent men who were seeking\nplaces In the government service from\nmaking places for themselves by acting as\ncommissioners and reporting against the\npresent holders of places they might want\nfor themselves. However, If the government thought the bill would be Injured by\nhis amendment he would be willing .to\n\u25a0withdraw it.\nJ. 0. Patenaude\nManufacturing Jeweler, Watchmaker and Optician\nAll Size\nWashboards 25c\nThese washboards are well made\nand can be used on both sides. Today\nat 2.80 o'clock you. can (buy one for\n26c. Only one Bold to a customer.\nAlger book special tomorrow.\nThe Variety Store\nHeadquarters for Popular Priced\nBrushes.\nNelson, B. C.\nSocks and Pants\nCheapest In the City,\nThe Ark\n60S Vernon St,\nPhone A395\nNew and second hand furniture\nof all kinds.\nA WANT AD IN THE NEWS WILL BRING QUICK RESULTS TRY ONE I *\nTU'ifc' Chick food\nA perfect food for your baby chicks,\nduring tbe first month.\nComposed of cracked grain ot different varieties, with Millet seed and grit:\nContains a liberal allowance of granulated Oatmeal.\nThe Brackman-Ker\nMilling Co., Limited\nThis Gigantic Price Sacrifice Sale\nLasts a Few Dags More\nIf you have not taken advantage of this sale i\nOne dollar does the work of three.\nso before to late.\nJ. A. GILKER\nMen's Furnisher Baker Street\nShavers\nTo get a clean comfortable shave you need good cean cutting razors. We\nhave them.\nStraight Razors Gillette Safety\nStrops, lotions, powders, everything\n~ Our $1.50 Special Safety ls a dandy.\nto make shaving easy.\n\" Nelson Leading Drug Store\nThe Rexall Store\nThe Poole Drug Co., Ltd.\nNelson's Prescription Depot\nlhe Rexall Store\nThe Druggists of Ability\nLOCAL AMATEURS\nPLAY TONIGHT\nMost Amusing Pare* Will be Proceeded\nby Clever Curtain Raiser\u2014Those\nWho Will Act\nThe dress rehearsal of the dramatic performance being- given by the Nelson Operatic and Dramatic society this evening at\nJjtjecj-pera^-io-ua^\nC. A. Waterman & Co.\nWard St.\nNelson, B.C.\nAuctioneers\nWe have just received a car load of\nLime and Sulphur Spray\nAnd can supply In barrels cases or gallons.\nWe also carry Sprayers Spray Pumps; and a full line of Tree Prun-\ners, Pruning Knives, etc.\nWood-Vallance Hardware Co. Ltd.\nWholesale and Retail\nTORONTO HAMILTON\nNelson B. C.\nWINNIPEO VANCOUVER\nSMofi's Gure\n*TnDC CnilPllfi HKAI.S THE LUNGS\nOlUro WfUlillO price, as cents\nsituations in \"The Snowball\" are most\namusing, tlie troubles and complications\narising out of a practical joke causing\ngreat merriment and many ludlolous\nsituations. The curtain raiser tells the tale\nofavagabond father whl discovers ln the\nwife of a young artist his long lost daughter. The play has many dramatic moments\nand gives scope fvr good character acting.\nThe caste Is as follows.\n\"The Man In the Street\"\nPhilip Adare (an artist) Leslie Craufurd\nMinnie Adare (his wife) Mrs. Craufurd\nJabez Gover (the man ln the street)\n R. W. Hinton\n\"The Snowball\"\nFelix Featherstone Mr. Wilkinson\nMr. Thornycroft (his Uncle John) \t\n D. Cunningham\nHarry Pendergrast Mr. Jackman\nSaunders (the \"butler) W. Matthews\nMrs. Fatherstone Mrs. Cornish\nEthel Granger (Featherstone's ward) ..\n Miss A. Kerr\nPenelope (maid) Mrs. J. *W. Astley\nStage manager H. Treby Heale\nThe Nelson Symphony orchestra,\nCANADIAN CLUB\nANNUAL MEETING\nSuccessful Year Anticipated by Members\u2014Member for Ymir Elected\nPresident\nAt the annual meeting of tbe Nelson and\nDistrict Canadian club held in the board\nof trade rooms yesterday the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:\nProsldcnt-J. H. Schofield, M.P.P., Trail.\nFirst vlce-preBldent\u2014P. Irvine, Nelson.\nSecond vice-president \u2014 -Lord Alymer,\nQueens Bay.\nSecretary\u2014George H. Playle.\nTreasurer\u2014J. H. Lawrence.\nLiterary secretary\u2014H. H, Currle.\nExecutlve\u2014J. E. Annable, F. A.