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Blakemore","@language":"en"}],"DateAvailable":[{"@value":"2017-03-21","@language":"en"}],"DateIssued":[{"@value":"1910-01-08","@language":"en"}],"DigitalResourceOriginalRecord":[{"@value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/pwv\/items\/1.0344385\/source.json","@language":"en"}],"FileFormat":[{"@value":"application\/pdf","@language":"en"}],"FullText":[{"@value":" Let us show you the new 5\nPocket Edition\nGillette Safety Razor\nTERRY CASH CHEMIST 3\n^ IS.B. coiner Fort and Douglas 3\n&ai_8JL\u00bbJl,8JUULB_B..ag lUtAJUULlUtAJ\nThe Week\nA British Columbia Review,\nPublished at Victoria, B. 6.\nHALL & WALKER 3\nAgents 3\nWELLINGTON COLLIERY 3\nCOMPANY'S COAL 3\n123-2 Government St. Telephone 83 \"J\n8.8.8\u00bb..\u00ab.\u00bb -SLASH 8 8 gJtJDUUUUtW\nVol. VI. No. 4\nTHE WEEK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1910\nOne Dollar Per Annum\nINTERFERING ALDERMEN\nThe Week lias been taken to task and\nvery properly, for failing to carry ont its\npromise to place certain Aldermen in the\npillory. It is generally admitted by wise\nmen that second thoughts are best, and on\nthis occasion The Week re-considered the\nsituation, and decided not to abandon, but\nsimply to defer making the promised announcement upon grounds which can hardly be objected to by fair-minded men. The\ntwo Aldermen, who are the greatest offenders in the mater of persistently interfering with the work of the Engineering\nDepartment, are candidates for office at\nthe approaching Municipal Elections; and\nit might be considered that The Week was\ntaking an unfair advantage of them by\nsingling them out for unfavourable comment at this particular time. The matter\nis not going to be allowed to drop, but in\nthe interest of fair play it will keep until\nafter the Elections; then at least two of\nthe meddlers, who are largely responsible\nfor the inefficiency of th'e Engineering\nDepartment, and for Mr. Topp's resignation, will have an opportunity of making\nexplanations.\n^HE THEATRE BY-LAW\nAmong the many matters upon which\nthe ratepayers will be called upon to vote\non Monday next (January 10th), is the\nTheatre By-law. Briefly the provisions\nof the By-law are that a portion of the\n.Tames' Bay mud flats shall be handed\nover to a committee of well-known citizens\nfor the purpose of enabling them to float\na company to be known as \"The People's\nOpera House Company.\" That the land\nshall be valued by three competent\nvaluers, and the Corporation allotted stock\nin the Company, equal to the value agreed\nupon. The Company must within six\nmonths commence to build an opera house,\nto cost not less than $100,000, and when\nthe same is completed the City is to grant\nand convey the land to the Company. So\nlong as the opera house is maintained for\nthe purpose designated the Company is to\nbe free from all manner of municipal\nassessments and taxes, except light and\nwater rates. These are all the main provisions of the agreement, and it is impossible to resist the conclusion that tlie passing of the By-law would be the best thing\nsolicited, and would be in keeping with\nthe progressive spirit, whicli is now characterizing public affairs? The gentlemen\nassociated with the movement are among\nthe foremost and most influential of our\ncitizens. Mr. J. Herrick McGregor, in an\nable letter, published in a local contemporary a few months ago, showed in his\nown inimitable manner the advantage\nwhich Victoria would derive from a first\nclass opera house. No one attempted to\nanswer him; least of all the wealthy gentleman who has filled the Victoria Press\nand flooded the post office with articles\nand pamphlets for the purpose of showing that unless an enterprise can be made\nto pay in dollars and cents it does not pay\nat all. This is about the lowest ground\nwhich could be taken, especially where the\nentertainment of the public is concerned.\nThe day has gone by for denunciation of\nthe theatre. Like every other human institution it still has its weak points, but\nin the main it is recognized as a beneficial\nand necessary feature of social life, and\nto rate against it is like the \"voice of one\ncrying in the wilderness.\" The strenuous-\nness of the age, the diffusion of higher\neducation and the cultivation of artistic\nand aesthetic tastes are all responsible for\nthe growing popularity of the theatre. The\nworld and his wife now go; European\ncountries have long favoured state-aided\ntheatres, to the immense benefit of their\npeople, ancl the Victoria proposal is a step\nin the right direction, taken by men, who\nare safe custodians of its good name, and\nwho are prepared to spend their own\nmoney to ensure popular entertainment\nwithout stipulating, or even expecting, the\nmodest five per cent, dividend. The Week\ndeclines to believe that the ratepayers of\nthe Capital City are so short sighted as to\nrefuse them the opportunity.\nTHE MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION\nThe Ministerial Association of Victoria has in its wisdom placed a ban on\nthe Theatre By-law. Their action ought to\nensure its passing by a large vote. It certainly will have this effect with every ratepayer who has read Buckle's History of\nCivilization, and has noted how every progressive social movement has been banned\nby the clergy. The Colonist symposium\non Church-going might well add another\nchapter on this branch of the subject. It\nwould be easy to show how, even in the\nlifetime of many men, who are still able\nto attend and enjoy a theatre, the clergy\nhave banded themselves together to deprive\nthe public of many of their innocent\namusements, only to find themselves relegated more and more to a position of obscurity and unimportance. They may be\nperfectly consistent in regarding every\nkind of amusement as \"worldly,\" but their\nattitude only deepens the conviction that\nin such matters they are altogether too\n\"other-worldly\" for this mundane sphere.\nIt is amusing to notice the ground which\nthe Ministerial Association takes in opposing the By-law; it is .that its provisions\nare repugnant to a large section of the\nratepayers. This is true of a thousand\nthings which, nevertheless, have to be tolerated in the public interest. The declaration of the Ministerial Association is a\ndistinct bid for minority rule, a system for\nwhich the world is hardly ready, as yet.\nThe Ministerial Association is no doubt\nanimated by the best of motives, and it\nmay be conceded that its members have\nconscientious scruples on the subject of\ntheatre-going. This, however, only emphasizes the hopelessness of their case, and\nintensifies the pity which all intelligent\nmen feel for an Association which is so far\nbehind the spirit of the times, and which\nmore and more, as time goes on, is preaching to empty pews. The Ministerial Association can well afford to get in touch\nwith the people, for whether the By-law\ncarries or not, it cannot be denied that\nthe average man is a theatre-goer, and that\nho sees no harm in taking his wife and\nchildren with him.\nSCHOOL CURRICULA\nThe Week has been asked by a well-\nknown school trustee to take up the question of-the public school curriculum in this\nProvince. This is no new topic for the\npages of The Week, and its views on the\nsubject have been so fully and frequently\nstated that everyone knows just where it\nstands. The request, however, is one\nwhich is entitled to compliance, and The\nWeek is glad to voice the opinion that the\nbest interests of education would be served\nby greatly modifying and simplifying the\npresent curriculum. Teachers, parents\nand children agree that the subjects are\ntoo numerous and too abstruse, and it is\nalmost impossible to understand why the\nnumber has been added to so constantly\nuntil the list has become unwieldy. The\nill effects of such a curriculum are everywhere observable. Education lacks thoroughness ; pupils, who have passed through\nthe High School with distinction, are rarely able to spell or figure correctly, and\nnow-a-days, never able, to write a decent\nhand. Anyone who has employment for\nstenographers and typewriters knows how\nlamentably true is this statement. The\nWeek makes bold to say that not one stenographer out of fifty in Victoria can take\na page of Addison, Macaulay or Hallam\nfrom dictation at a moderate speed and\ntranscribe it correctly. The average misspellings would run to> at least, one in\nevery four or five lines. In addition' to\nthis grave defect there is a lack of acquaintance with geenral topics, and a palpable inability to utilize or adapt such\nlearning as has been acquired. This all\nresults from trying to do too much, and\nfrom spending time on technical and\nscientific subjects, which should be spent\non the more elementary studies. There\nwas a time when The Week argued that\nthe working man objected to a simpler curriculum, because he thought he would be\nsurrendering some advantage for his child\nwhich the richer parent would secure.\nThis, however, is not by any means certain, and it begins to look a little like\nthe fiction of a pedagogue. The school\ntrustee who brought the matter to the notice of The Week declares that the average working man would gladly consent to\na curtailment of the curriculum, and that\nhe would demand little more than a thorough grounding in the \"three K's\". The\nworld *\"> had its fling at electorate curricula a _*. superficial science; it is an\nutter failure and brings no credit to the\nteacher and no profit to the pupil. The\ngreat lack of present day education is its\nsuperficiality and unadaptability. This\nmatter is largely in the hands of the Provincial Government through the Minister\nof Education, and the McBride Administration might do worse than add to the\nmany services it has rendered tho Province that of simplifying education, and\nmaking it practical by stripping it of the\nsuperfluous, and adapting it to the needs\nof the people and the age.\nTHE B. C. ELECTRIC\nThe AVeek is especially gratified to note\nthat the B.C.E.R. have taken an option\non a block of land on Douglas Street for\nthe ostensible purpose of constructing terminals for its suburban system. When the\nJordan River project was under consideration Thc Week pointed out that this\nwould be one of the earliest results of the\ndevelopment of power at that site, and it\nW. E. OLIVER\nFOR MAYOR\nhas come even sooner than anticipated.\nSaanich peninsula is peculiarly adapted\nfor such a purpose; it is a rich fertile\ncountry, through which a number of railways can be constructed with easy gradients. Thc land is so productive and valuable that it is certain to develop into a\n\"small-holding\" proposition, with intense\ncultivation. Tlie principal crop will be\nfruit and garden truck. These will yield\nan abundance of freight, requiring quick\ntransit, and will ensure substantial profits for the transportation company. The\ndirectors of the B.C.E.R. have shown\nthemselves fully alive to the situation and\nhave made a first move towards doing for\nVictoria what they have so well done for\nVancouver. It is well known that their\nlocal manager, Mr. A. T. Goward, has\nbeen very persistent in urging this scheme,\nand to him no small amount of credit is\ndue for its fruition. It is only the first\nof the many benefits which Victoria and\nthe surrounding country will derive from\nthe enlightened policy which they adopted\nwhen passing the Jordan River By-law.\nGETTING BUSY\nThe men who, according to the Victoria Times, are the \"fake promoters\" of\na 'fake railway project,\" and the owners\nof a \"ram-shackle\" transcontinental line,\nhave reached Victoria. Their mission is\nto carry out the provisions of the preliminary agreement concluded by Premier\nMcBride and Mr. D. D. Mann a little\nmore than two months ago. The promptness with which such busy men have reported at the headquarters of the Provincial Government would seem to indicate\nthat after all, and in spite of thc criticism\nof the Victoria Times, they really mean\nbusiness. One of them intends to remain\nhere for several weeks in order to perfect\nnegotiations and to be on hand while the\nnecessary legislation is being piloted\nthrough the House. Incidentally their\nvisit will be fraught witli important consequences in other directions, for they are\nstudying the question of harbour accommodation with at least as much interest as\nthat of railway construction. It would\nbe surprising if, after all the sacrifice of\ntime, Mr. McBride docs not conclude a\nsatisfactory contract, and Vancouver\nIsland secure additional railway and\nsteamboat accommodation.\nTHE OLD TACTICS\nThe Victoria Times sometimes lacks\nthc courage of its convictions, and at such\nthen it is astonishing what a crop of anonymous correspondents turn up to support its\nwell-known views. For several weeks it\nhas been preparing the public for the announcement that a respected fellow citizen,\nMr. E. E. Leeson, might receive an appointment in the Treasury Department.\nAs soon as Mr. Leeson assumed certain\nduties the inevitable anonymous correspondent rose in the columns of our contemporary to make false statements and,\nif possible, prejudice the public generally\nagainst lir. Leeson. It is a pity that the\nTimes did not insist on such a letter being signed as honest men sign tlieir letters,\nwith their own names; it is even more\nregrettable that a daily paper should be\nso ill-informed as not to; know that Mr.\nLeeson is a good British Subject, and that\nthe statement that not loiig ago he was a\ncitizen of tlie United States is absolutely\nand unqualifiedly false.\n__d THE WEEK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1910\nTo the Electors of the City of\nVictoria\nI am willing to act as Mayor of the\nCit yof Victoria if the Electors want\nmy services.\nThe two matters at present most\nessential to the welfare of the City\nof Victoria, are:\n1. The settlement of the Water\nQuestion.\n2. Street Improvement.\nAs to the first, I want all essential\nfacts regarding all feasible water supplies placed clearly before the Electors, leaving to their vote the choice\nof remedies.\nI am myself in favour of the creation by the Provincial Government\nof a Water District embracing all the\nsouth end of Vancouver Island, directed by a Water Board composed\nof representatives chosen by the City\nof Victoria, each Municipality within\nthe District, and by the Provincial\nGovernment in respect of unorganized\nareas, with powers:\u2014\n1. To take over and expropriate\nall or any water systems and to construct new systems where necessary.\n2. To supply the City of Victoria\nand surrounding districts with an\nample supply of good water for: (a)\nDomestic purposes; (b) Irrigation.\n3. To raise necessary funds on security of water rates and guaranteed\nby each Municipality and by the Provincial Government in their respective proper proportions. (The whole\nburden not, as previously, to be\nborne by the City of Victoria alone).\nNote.\u2014This Board should acquire\nnot one system but all systems for\nimmediate use and should control all\nundeveloped sources of supply within\nthe District, for future needs.\n1 As to Street Improvement, the first\nstep is to have the street system\nclassified after advice by competent\nengineers and discussion by the Council and the public, the aim being to\ndetermine the parties benefited by\neach street with their proportion of\nbenefit so that the cost of streets so\nfar as power is given by Statute, shall\nbe charged to the parties benefitting\nin proportion to the benefit received.\nAssuming for example that the\nstreets are of three classes: (a) Those\nprincipally for the public benefit; (b)\nthose equally for public and private\nbenefit, and (c) those for private\nbenefit only, the City in the first instance ought to bear the bulk of the\ncost, in the second\u2014the City and the\nprivate owners equally, and in the\nthird, the private owners should bear\nthe whole cost.\nHaving classified the. streets, public\nbenefit should always be placed before private. All the main thoroughfares should forthwith be put in perfect order and kept in perfect order\nin preference to any other streets in\nthe City. To put it shortly street improvement should commence at the\ncentre and work to the suburbs, on a\nconsistent and carefully considered\nplan.\nThere are of course a great many\nother matters which are at present\nneeding attention and reform. These\nmatters will have to be attended to as\nthey arise, but in most cases they are\nmerely questions of ordinary business\nmanagement.\nOutstanding, however, amongst\nthese is the extinction of the Indian\nReserve. The removal of this public\nnuisance is second only in importance\nto the matters I have previously\nmentioned and only, in my opinion,\nrequires to be handled firmly by a\nMayor and Council determined to\nsettle the matter fully.\nYours truly,\nW. E. OLIVER.\nMr. W. H. P. Sweeney is a candidate at the forthcoming elections for\nthe position of school trustee. Mr.\nSweeney is one of the young men of\nVictoria who is well and favourably\nknown, and is \"making good.\" He\nhas a large following among the\nyoung men of the City, who have\nbeen his fellows in ahe athletic field,\nand who are following him with their\nsupport in a wider sphere of labour.\nIn the day when energy and enterprise are more indispensable than ever\nin all public affairs, the advent of\nyoung men of character, like Mr.\nSweeney, is one of the most signifi-\nWas It\nWater?\nWas your New Year's resolution to drink nothing but\nwater?\nIf so, remember there are two water-wagons. The\npresent typhoid fever epidemic in Montreal is an illustration of what impure water will do.\nBetter be on the right water-wagon. Be on the safe\nside and drink only \"White Rock Lithia Water\"\u2014the\npurest of all effervescent mineral waters.\nWhite Rock is a natural mineral water, certified by all\nleading analysts as being \"absolutely pure.\"\nWhile it is more expensive than inferior table waters,\ndiscerning people easily realise that it is well worth the\nadditional price. It is the only mineral water which will\nblend perfectly with milk, hence its very large use in all\nthe leading hospitals.\nThe best physicians highly recommend \"White Rock\"\nfor all cases of kidney trouble, rheumatism, etc. Call for\na bottle at your club, cafe or hotel. Your licensed grocer\ncan supply you for home use.\nPITHER & LEISER\nWholesale Agents for B.C., Victoria, Nanaimo, Nelson.\nHeadquarters for choice nursery stock.\nApple, pear, cherry, plum and peach trees\nand small fruits, also ornamental trees,\nshrubs, roses, evergreens, etc. Largest and\nbest assorted stock in British Columbia.\nTen per cent, cash discount on all orders\nabove $10.00.\nPRICE LIST AND CATALOGUE ON\nAPPLICATION.\nGood Skates\nGood Instructors\nSKATING\nAssembly Rink, Fort St.\nMorning 10.00 to 12.00\nAfternoon 2.00 to 4.30\nEvening 7.45to 10.00\nGood Music Good Time\ncant signs of the times, and The\nWeek would gladly see the number\nincreased. There is little doubt that\nhis fellow citizens will give him the\nopportunity sought to show that he\nis capable of rendering them valuable\nservices.\nA Lucky Investment\nIt looks like the Victoria and Vancouver people who put their money\nin the Canadian Pacific Oil Company\nof B. C, Ltd., have'wone the capital\nprize.\nThis Corporation, a local affair\nstrictly, owns 740 acres of oil land\nin California, disposed of considerable of its stock at 25 cents per share,\nboth on the Island and in Vancouver.\nThe par value of this stock is one\ndollar.\nNow comes word from Midway,\nCalifornia, where this Company is\ndown upwards of 1,000 feet, that a\ntremendous oil gusher has been\nbrought within three-eighths of a mile\nof the Canadian Corporation's property, a well called the St. Lawrence,\nwhich is flowing 4,000 barrels per day.\nThis Company has 60 acres of\nground here, and according to the\nground plans formulated by H. H.\nBlood, field manager, will hold 21\nwells.\nThese wells will be put down as\nfast as possible, and it is expected\nthe entire property will be drilled up\nin a short time.\nThe Company also owns 60 acres in\nCoalinga, which it acquired by outright purchase, and is surrounded on\nthree sides by producing wells. Arrangements have already been made\nto drill the land.\nA dispatch from the head office of\nthe Corporation in Vancouver to the\nlocal offices on View Street announces\nthe contemplated advance of the stock\nfrom 25 cents to 50 cents per share,\nalmost immediately.\nAndrew Gray, President of the\nMarine Iron Works, Victoria, and\nVice-President of the Canadian Pacific Oil Co', of B. C, Ltd., accompanied by H. E. Springer, Managing\nDirector, are now in the oil fields on\na tour of inspection and plan to acquire additional property for the corporation.\nCORRESPONDENCE\nThe Week accepts no responsibility\nfor the views expressed by its correspondents.\nCommunications will be inserted\nwhether signed by the real name of\nthe writer or a nom de plume, but the\nwriter's name and address must be\ngiven to the Editor as an evidence of\nbona fides. In no case will it be\ndivulged without consent.\nBetter Prices for Our Fruits\nTo the Editor of The Week:\nDear Sir,\u2014I have read Mr. Hamilton's letter with great care and much\ninterest. The main point at issue is\nthe co-operation of the fruit farmers\nin British Columbia. This has been\ntried over and over again, and no\npermanent success has resulted. Now\nwhat the Province requires with regard to the fruit industry, which will\nwithout doubt be the largest in the\nworld is to get in line and establish\na sound, permanent system of handling this fruit.\nThere is only one way to do this,\nthat is for the Government to take\nhold, establish packing and grading\nwarehouses in every district in the\nProvince; these must be situated\n(Continued on Page Six)\nBuild Up a Reserve Now\nNow, while your earning power is good, why not convert part of\nit into a Cash Reserve that will, later on, yield a competence for\nold age? You can easily do it by regularly depositing a part of your\nincome in\nThe Dominion Bank\nOne dollar and upwards opens an account, and with systematic\nsaving and Compound Interest, the fund will rapidly accumulate.\nBegin today.\nVICTORIA, B.C., BRANCH\nTemporary Offices Broad and Fort Streets\nC. E. THOMAS, Manager.\n1\nB. C. Funeral Furnishing Co'y\n1016 Qovernment Street, Victoria, B. C.\nChas. Hayward, Pres.\nR. Hayward, Sec.\nF, Caselton, Manager\nOldest and most up-to-date\nUndertaking Establishment\nin B. C.\nEstablished 1867\n1\n1\nTelephones\u201448, 594, 1905, 305, or 404.\ncA machine That Has No Equal\nThe Underwood Typewriter\nSold by Baxter & Johnson\n809 Government Street - Office Supplies\nWhat can be more enjoyable than a glass\nof sparkling Burgundy or genuine imported,\nhigh grade, Claret? If you want the best\nash for SCHMIDT'S.\nRADIGER & JANION\n1318 Wharf Street 'British Columbia Agents\nJanuary Clearance Sale\nOF GAS STOVES\nFor the next 30 days only we will install and make all\nconnections FREE OF CHARGE, to persons on our\nmains, any Gas Range purchased at our office, corner Fort\nand Langley Streets.\nWe offer as a SPECIAL BARGAIN a Range with\nfour burners and one simmering burner and a 16-inch\nbaking oven for $18.00 cash; or $20.00 on installments\u2014\n$5.00 with order and $5.00 per month until paid for,\n'Phone or write if you cannot call, when our representative will call at your house.\nVICTORIA GAS CO., LIMITED\nCorner Fort and Langley Streets\nSharpen with ctoytess sauce his appetite.\n\u2014Shakespeare\nMajor Grey's Chutney, per bottle 90c\nCol. Skinner's Chutney, per bottle 90c\nC. & B. Tamarind Chutney, per bottle 75c\nC. & B. Bengal Club Chutney, per bottle 35c\nC. & B. Mangoe Chutney, per bottle 35c\nC. &. B. Bombay Chutney, per bottle 35c\nC. & B. Pickled Mushrooms, per bottle 65c\nCapt. White's Oriental Pickles, per bottle 65c and 35c\nC. & B. Soho Sweet Pickles, per bottle 25c\nC. & B. Long Red Chillie Pickles, per bottle 35c\nC. & B. Tarrogon Vinegar, per bottle 25c\nC. & B. Parmesan Cheese, per bottle 35c\nC. & B. Aspic Jelly, per bottle 25c\nSherwood's Bombay Ducks, per tin 25c\nDIXI H. ROSS & CO.\nIndependent Grocers and Wine Merchants\nTela.: 50, 51, 5a and 1590 1317 Government Street THE WEEK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1910\nOCIETY\nAn engagement which has been recently announced is that of Miss Dorothy Spencer, only daughter of Mrs.\nLeigh-Spencer of this city, to Mr.\nGuthrie, from Scotland.\nMr. A. G. Howard Potts is registered at the Empress Hotel.\n* * *\nSome of the Victorians that went\nover to Vancouver to be present at\nthe Club Ball were: Mr. John Arbuckle, Mr. Young, Mr. James Law-\nson, and Miss Violet Pooley, Miss\nIrving.\n* * *\nMr. Jack Cambie, from the Bank of\nMontreal, visited Vancouver during\nthe holidays.\n* * *\nMr. P. Landry left during the week\nfor New York to visit relatives.\n* * *\nMr. A. T. Goward was a visitor to\nVancouver during the week.\n* * *\nThe Misses Monteith, Lampson\nstreet, entertained at a small tea party\ngiven last Sunday afternoon, some of\nthose invited being: Miss M. Little;\nMiss Perry, Miss Mason, Miss Doris\nMason, Miss Lorna Eberts, Miss\nCombe, Miss Pooley, Miss Rome,\nMrs. Cecil Roberts, Mrs. Arthur Gore,\nMiss Bryden, and the Messrs. Lowry,\nYoung, Jephson, Rome, Wilmot, Jack\nCambie, Captain. Parry,. Pemberton,\nCaptain MacDonald, Johnston, Bruce\nIrving, Duglas Bullen, Muskett and\nM. Mason, W. Newcombe.\n* * *\nMr. and Mrs. John Mott from Vancouver are guests at the Driard.hotel.\n* * *\ni'!** A marriage which took place recently was that of Miss Isabel Dunn,\neldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.\nDunn, Cadboro Bay Road, and Mr.\nS. J. Clark, principal of South Hill\nSchool, Vancouver. The marriage\ntook place at the residence of the\nbride's parents, the Rev. Joseph McCoy officiating at the ceremony. The\nbride, who was very becomingly\ngowned in crepe de chene over white\nsatin, carried a large bouquet of roses\nand was given away by her father,\nMiss Alice Dunn, sister of the bride,\nacted as bridesmaid, and Mr. H. Marrion from Vancouver, supported the\ngroom. After receiving the congratulations of their friends, Mr. and\nMrs. Clark left for Seattle and other\nSound cities to spend their honeymoon. On their return they will take\nup their residence in Vancouver.\n* * *\nLast Monday afternoon Mrs. P. de\nNoe Walker entertained a few of her\nfriends at a tea given in honour of\nMiss Blakemore. Her pretty home\non the Dallas Road was very artistically decorated with pink carnations\nand trailing greenery. Among those\ninvited were: Mrs. Boulton, Mrs. Paterson, Mrs. Langton, Miss Earle, Miss\nBrown, Miss King, Miss Blakemore,\nMiss Newcombe and others.\n* * *\nMiss Amy Angus has returned from\na visit to Vancouver.\n* # *\nMrs. Garnet, Cobble Hill, was hostess of a dance given at the Strathcona Hotel on New Year's Eve.\nAmong the Victoria guests were: Mrs.\nMcCann, Miss Dorothy McCann, Mr.\nO. Farrell, Miss Mackay, Miss Bulwer and others.\n* * *\nMiss Adelaide King is spending the\nweek with Mrs. Joseph Walcot,\nWestholme.\n* * *\nMr. Andrew Gray left during the\nweek for Southern California.\n* * *\nJ. W. Lyons of Seattle is registered at the Empress hotel.\n* * *\nLast Wednesday evening W. J.\nRoper was host of a delightful gathering of the pioneers of the province\nat the Union Club. Those present\nwere: C. E. Pooley, Dr. Jones, Hon.\nC. Cornwall, Colonel Jones, R. P.\nRithet, J. A. Graham, J. Dunsmuir,\nA. P. Luxton, C. A. Holland, Hon.\nR. McBride, Captain Tatlow, G.\nKeefer, Major Dupont, A. W. Vowell,\nThomas Ellis, Hon. E. Dewdney,\nLieut.-Col. Hon. E. G. Prior, Fred.\nPemberton, D. Doig, and J. Boscovitz.\n* * *\nMrs. A. W. McCurdy and children\nand Mrs. Graham Bell left during this\nweek on an extended visit to Southern\nCalifornia.\n* * *\nA very pretty wedding was celebrated on December 29, at St. Peter's\nchurch, Quamichan, when Miss Ann\nRobertson, daughter of the late James\nRobertson, was united in marriage\nwith Mr. John Bertram Green of Victoria. The Rev. Archdeacon Scriven\nofficiated at the ceremony. After the\nceremony a reception was held at the\nhome of the bride's mother, only a\nfew intimate friends being present.\nThe bride, who looked very handsome in a gown of white satin, was\nattended by her sister, Miss Charlotte\nRobertson. The groom was supported by Mr. H. D. Irvine from Cowichan Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Green left\nthe same day for the Sound cities and\nCalifornia, where they will spend their\nhoneymoon. On ' their return they\nwill take up their residence in Victoria.\n* * *\nMr. R. W. Coleman was a visitor\nto Vancouver during the latter part\nof the week.\n* * *\nMiss Aline Mackay, who has been\nvisiting Mrs. Burchell at Thetis\nIsland, has returned to town.\n* * *\nMiss McCandless, Burnaby Street,\nwas hostess of a very charming dance\ngiven during the week in honour of\nMiss Starr of this city, and Miss Fitzgerald of Spars, Nevada, who arc\nguests in the city.\n* * *\nMrs. and Misses Halfted, from Tacoma, are guests in the city.\n* * #\nMr. Justice Irving spent a few days\nof the week in Vancouver on business.\n* * *\nCaptain and Mrs. Hughes and children are registered at the Empress\nhotel.\n'H # *\nMr. and Mrs. Hervey Stewart, who\nhave been guests in the city for the\nlast month, have returned to their\nhome in Winnipeg.\n* _y *\nThe Bachelors of the 'Retreat,\" St.\nCharles Street, Messrs. Craddock, Al-\ndous, Yates and Barnes, entertained\nat a very enjoyable tea given one day\nlast week. Music and games were indulged in during the afternoon. Those\npresent were: Mrs. E. M. Johnson\n(chaperone), Miss Johnson, Miss\nRome, Miss Viva Blackwood, Miss\nHeyland, Miss Cecelia Helmcken,\nMiss Day, Miss D. Day, Misses MacDowell, and Miss Marie Cross.\nOn New Year's night the Misses\nBlackwood, Linden avenue, were hostesses of a farewell party given in\nhonour of Mr. P. Landry and Mr.\nTempleton. Those invited were: Miss\nRome, Miss Heyland, Miss Day, Miss\nA. King, Mrs. Love, Miss Hannington, and the Messrs. Payne, Craddock, Jephson, Spalding, R. Wilmot,\nLandry and Templeton.\nThe ball given by the J.B.A.A. on\nNew Year's eve in the Broad street\nhall, proved to be a great success in\nevery way, a very large number of\npeople attending.\n* * *\nOn Christmas Day a quiet wedding\ntook place in the Reformed Episcopal\nchurch, when the Rev. T. W. Gladstone joined in matrimony Miss Edith\nMadeleine Reade, only daughter of\nMr. and Mrs. Reade, Oak Bay, and\nMr. Granville. Vernon Cuppage, of\nMount Edwards, Antrim County, Ireland. Thc event will be of interest\nto many in the Old Country, where\nthe bride has many relatives and con-1\nncctions in the social and political\nworld, she being one of the Readcs\nof Ipsden, Oxfordshire, and great\nniece of the late Charles Reade and\ncousin of Sir Richard Paget, Bart.,\nSir William Wedderbum, Bart, and\nRt. Hon. Herbert Gladstone, also\nclaiming kinship with the Duchess of\nWestminster and the Princess of\nPless. The bridegroom, who has\nlately succeeded to the family property in Ireland, is thc recipient of\nwarm congratulations from his family and friends. The wedding arrangements were of the simplest, only\nthe immediate relatives of the bride\nand bridegroom being present with\nthe exception of Mr. William Pigott,\nwho ably performed the duties of best\nman.\nNever pour boiling water over japanned trays, etc., when washing\nthem. All such articles are best\ncleaned with linseed oil, with which\nthey may be quickly polished and\nmade to look as good as new. When\nwashed in boiling water, the varnish\nsimply cracks and peels off.\nBRASS GOODS\nare very fashionable just now.\nOur showing is an exceptionally\nfine one, including all the\nnewest novelties:\nELECTRIC LAMPS\nCANDLESTICKS\nSHADES, FERN POTS\nRemember we welcome \"lookers\" as well as buyers. Call and\nsee us.\t\nW. H. WILKERSON\nTHE JEWELER\nTel. 1606 915 Government St.\nSpecial Notice\nFive cents car fare all this week\nwill take you as far as the\nVictoria\nTheatre\nand ten cents more will admit you\nto see the London Bioscope and a\nGrand Amateur Entertainment.\nA whole evening's amusement for a\nsmall price.\nSpecial Saturday Matinee for children\u2014Five Cents.\nSILKS\nAt Extremely\nModerate\nPrices\nLee Dye & Co.\nNext Fire Hall\nCORMORANT ST.\nInteresting\nInstructive\nROMANO\nTHEATRE\nA visit to our amusement house will prove that we have the best\nin Moving Pictures and Illustrated Songs.\nDaily from 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., and 7 until 11 p.m.\nSaturday performances commence at 1 p.m. sharp.\nComplete change every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.\nADMISSION\u2014Ten Cents; Children at Matinee, Five Cents.\nORCHESTRA IN ATTENDANCE.\nA PLACE OF ATTRACTION FOR THE\nYOUNG AND OLD IS\nEMPRESS\nTHEATRE\nThe strides made in the improvement of Moving Pictures are\nnothing more than marvellous.\nThey are not only interesting to look at but instructive and\nimpressive and oftentimes portray a lesson worth learning.\nComplete change of programme on Mondays, Wednesdays\nand Fridays.\nContinuous performance: 2.00 to .30\u20147.00 to 10.30 p.m.\nChildren's Matinees: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday\u2014Five Cents.\nAdmission - Ten Cents\nflflJEJTIC\nTHEATRE\nYates Street, Just Below Government\nwhere you can see the latest and best Motion Pictures\nmoney and skill can produce. Illustrated songs. Continuous performance daily from 2 to 5*30\u20147 to 11.\nAdmission\u201410 cents; Children to Matinee, 5 cents.\nCHANGE OF PROGRAMME\nEvery Monday, Wednesday and Friday\nShelac varnish is made by putting\nthe shellac in a bottle and covering\nit with ninety per cent, alcohol. Keep\nin a warm room and shake it occasionally and if the shellac is not thoroughly dissolved add a little more\nalcohol. This makes a good varnish\nfor most anything and dries very\nquickly.\nIn marriage he who hesitates\u2014is\nbossed.\nTHE\nNew Grand\nWeek of Jan. 10\nTHE FOUR MELANIS\nFamous Castillian Serenadcrs\nPAULINETTE and PIQUO\nIn an Original European\nAthletic Specialty\nLA MIRETTE\nThe Dancing Sensation of\nEurope, assisted by Joseph\nGerardi\nWM. J. COLEMAN\nMonologist\nTHOS. J. PRICE\nNEW MOVING PICTURES\nOUR OWN ORCHESTRA\nPANTAGES\nTHEATRE\nWeek of Jan. 10\nKAWANA TROUPE\nJapanese Acrobats\n\"PAT\"\nEducated Horse\nULINE and ROSE\nSinging and Dancing\nComedians\nHARRINGTON\nAmerica's Greatest\nVentriloquist\nARTHUR ELWELL\nIllustrated Ballad\nBIOGRAPH THE WEEK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1910\nThe Week\nA Provincial Review and Magazine, published every Saturday by\n\u2022THE WEEK\" PUBLISHING\nCOMPANY, LIMITED.\nPublished at VICTORIA and VANCOUVER\n1208 Government St., Victoria, B.C.\nW. BLAKEMORE, Editor\nSPORT\nBY BOHEMIAN\nIt is gratifying to every man interested in Sport in British Columbia to\nknow that the Rugby championship\nof the Pacific Coast is held by a\nBritish Columbia team, Vancouver\nhaving defeated the University of\nCalifornia. Now it behooves the athletes of Victoria to see whether they\ncannot wrest the honour from those\nof the Terminal City and defend the\ncup in a manner which would reflect\ncredit on them.\nNow there is one point on which I\nmust touch which does not do honour\nto the football players of Victoria,\nand that is the lack of keenness on\nthe part of the players with regard\nto practice. No man can expect to\nkeep himself fit and in good form,\nunless he turns out regularly to practice; and this is where the football\nplayers of Victoria fall down. There\nis too much slackness in this respect,\nand unless the local players get right\ndown to business, and not only make\nup their minds, but also make up\ntheir bodies, to capture the championship of tlie Province, they may as well\nbe prepared from the outset to lose\nthe rubber.\nPermission to use the horse show\nbuilding as a practice ground has\nbeen secured, and regular practices\nwill be held; but what is the good\nof this if players will not turn out to\npractice? I have always thought that\none of the finest traits in the character of the ancient Greeks, was the\nway in which their athletes used to\ntrain for the various games. The\nwinner of an Olympic event literally\nearned the distinction. It was not\na case of one of Ouida's heroes, who\ndrank champagne the night before \"he\nhelped his 'Varsity to win the boat-\nrace\" (vide \"Under Two Flags\");\nstrict training was the rule of those\nstern days. But the present age is\naverse to such rigid methods, and\nthe athlete of the twentieth century\nthinks that he has done wonders if\nhe turns out for practice once a week,\nand \"cuts out\" a couple of cigarettes\nand as many drinks in the day. There\nhas been much written lately with regard to the falling-off of British\nsport. It cannot be denied that Great\nBritain is yielding the palm in many\nathletic exercises to her sons and\ndaughters. Let the example of the\nparent be \"read, marked and learned\"\nby these same children, lest they too,\nby over-indulgence in luxury, and\ndisinclination to deny themselves for\nthe sake of the game, also fail to\nprove that the Anglo-Saxon blood is\nAi in matters of sport.\nAnother matter, and this is entirely\nlocal, is the method in which the team\nin Victoria is selected. The selection\nshould be left to the committee, and\nno one man should take it on himself\nto select a team and submit it to the\nothers. The idea of going from one\nplayer to another and asking him to\nplay is a very childish way of picking\na team, but, nevertheless, it has been\ndone tllis season, much to the disadvantage of the team. Some of the\nplayers who have been the most active are those whose places could well\nhave been filled from the J.B.A.A.,\nseveral of whose members are capable\nof filling a position. There must be\ncomplete harmony amongst the members of a team, if that team is going\nto win; under the present system\n* such harmony cannot exist. There\nshould be a regular selection committee who would choose not only\nthe regular team, but a number of\nsubstitutes; these latter should take\nthe place of any regular member who\nfailed to put in an appearance. Preference should always be given to\nthose of the reserve brigade who turn\nout regularly to practice.\nTo give an example of the deplorable lack of \"esprit de corps\" which\nat present exists, I will quote what\nhappened before the game scheduled\nto be played in the City of Victoria,\nwhich was unavoidably postponed.\nPractices were called at thc Royal\nAthletic Park, and from my own personal knowledge there were never\nmore than seven or eight players out\nat one time, and half these were not\non the chosen team. This policy has\nbeen adopted in Victoria games for\nthe last ten or eleven years, and it is\nto this cause that the general apathy\nof the players can be traced. Any\nman who cares enough about sport to\nbecome an active member of a team,\nmust consider himself thc slave of\nthat team's master. That is the only\nway in which proper efficiency can be\nobtained. The man who turns out\nregularly to practice is worth far more\nto his captain than the fellow who\ntrades on his reputation and only\nturns out when there is some big\nmatch coming on.\nBefore finishing this article I\nshould like to congratulate two members of the High School, who showed\ntheir local patriotism by going over\nto Vancouver on New Year's Day,\nand made an excellent showing there.\nW. Day and E. Beasley are the two\nboys of whom I am writing, and I\ntrust that in years to come they will\nbe as worthy upholders of the colours\nof the Province, as they have been of\nthose of the High School.\nVictoria boys \"buck up\"; keep in\ngood training; turn out to regular\npractices; obey, not only God and the\nKing, but also the man responsible\nfor the management of your team.\nThat is good advice given by\n(2tS^f~__\/\u00bb*^b~+*s\\i*>S^fiQ\nAt The Street ^\nCorrier \\\nk\nBy THB LOUNQER\nSome day there will be a sudden\ndeath on Simcoe Street and the City\nwill find itself \"up against\" a damage suit. Many and bitter are the\ncomplaints from residents at the Dallas Road end of Simcoe. There is\nan open drain running down one side\nwith a precipitous fall from the sidewalk. The Council have been approached on the matter, and actually\ndid some work to abate the nuisance,\nbut never concluded their repairs. I\nwouldn't mind breaking my own leg\nthere just to have the pleasure of\nsuing the City for damages and seeing the roadway put into a proper\nstate.\nWe are very proud of our City and\nlove to call it \"The City Beautiful\";\n\"Victoria, the Fairest City in the\n\u2022Dominion,\" and so on, but I wonder\nhow it strikes the new arrival at the\nOuter Wharf. Visitors who arrive\nat the Inner Harbour always receive\na very favourable impression; not so\nthe unfortunates who disembark at\nthe Outer Wharf. . Victoria is peculiarly hideous at this point. The\nchemical works belching forth foul\ngases; the extraordinary building\nerected by the Dominion Government,\nyclept \"The Immigration Shed\"; the\nstate of Simcoe Street, all these give\nthe, lie direct to our claim for beauty.\nOn reaching the Causeway the critical visitor is edified with the seetnuy\nappearance of the lamps. It is so\nentirely Victorian to spend large sums\nof money in putting the road-bed into\ndecent order, and grudge the amount\nnecessary to replace the broken globe.\nI should have thought that a public\nspirited alderman or mayor, making a\nbid for popularity, would even have\nput up the cost out of his own pocket.\nBut no; there stand the standards,\nclad in their nakedness and nothing\nelse.\n* * *\nBicycle riding on the sidewalks in\nVictoria is becoming a nuisance. It\nmay be granted that in many cases\nthe roads are impracticable for a\nwheel, and when the machine is ridden by a boy possessed of some\nsense of decency the average pedestrian is inclined to make way for him\nand to say nought. Not long ago a\ncouple of boys were riding their machines on the path outside the Jubilee\nHospital; one glance at the road\nshowed me that they had every excuse for avoiding it. I stood aside to\nlet them pass and much to my gratification both boys raised their caps\nand said \"thank you.\" Under those\ncircumstances there is really no objection to the practice. Unfortunately, there is another class of offender;\nhe is usually aged about seventeen\nand he rides furiously up and down\nthe side-walks, hurling friendly abuse\nat some friend and ally; hc regards\nnot one whit the rights of the pedestrian and prefers to steer his machine as close to the latter as is possible without an accident. I want to\nsee gentlemen of this kind punished,\nbecause they deserve it.\n* * *\nI wonder how many people exchanged the compliments of the season during thc past week, who really\ndid not care one little atom whether\ntlieir wish for a happy New Year\nwas fulfilled or not. I know that I\ndid. It is a hackneyed phrase, that\n\"Compliments of thc Season to you,\nold man,\" and is only equalled by the\nreply, \"Same to you, and many of\nthem. And yet we have to keep it\nup. I know one man in Victoria who\nhas the strength of his convictions\nihe merchants of this good burg of ours\nii ave plenty of enterprise.\n0 f business=getting they have powers\nM asterly, keen and wise.\nA. number of them are millionaires,\nSome own their hundreds few,\n\/v unning with wisdom their affairs==\nC ourteous, straightforward and true.\nc\/sers of Printing these merchants are==\nSome get it locally, some from afar.\nA 11 they who have it done right here at hand\nConfess that Cusack's the best in the land.\n\/knowledge like this\u2014 What's that ? Go slow!\nBut, anyhow, Telephone Two=Two=0h!\nand deliberately makes no answer\nwhen somebody whom he hardly\nknows by sight makes the remark. If\na man is lucky there may be about\nhalf-a-dozen people outside of his\nown immediate family, who do really\nand truly wish that he may be happy\nfrom year to year. Count up the\npeople for whom you have this wish;\nif you need more than the fingers on\none hand to help you, I am surprised.\nI know that there are not more than\nfour people at the outside who would\nbe affected by the news that the\nLounger had suffered some disaster.\n* * *\nIt is not often that complaints reach\nme from Vancouver, but this week I\nwas surprised by a gentleman from\nthe Terminal City to voice a complaint with regard to the arrangements made there for the cart-mg\naway of dust, etc. The regulations\ncall for the dumping of dust in bins\nprepared for the purpose; a city official is supposed to call twice a week\nto empty these bins. It appears, however, that this official is more conspicuous for his absence than for his\npresence. Consequently many people\nare forced to contravene the law and\ndump their dust on the public highways.\nMany and loud are the complaints\nagainst the new \"pay as you enter\"\ncars which are in use in Vancouver.\nTheoretically they are sensible and\nconvenient; practically they are often\na nuisance. It is no unusual thing\nfor a crowd of twenty persons to\nboard a car down on Hastings or\nGranville Street; at least five persons\nof this number will require tickets or\nchange; the consequence is that there\nis a \"jam\" in the rear of the car, and\none of two things happens. There is\neither a delay, or the car moves forward before all the people are on.\nSo far these cars have not been introduced in Victoria. I should imagine\nthat here they might be a success, as\nexcept in the case of the Gorge\ncrowds in the summer time the cars\nare not crowded as they are at certain times of the day in Vancouver.\nI think that the B. C. Electric Railway Co. would do well to take notice\nof these complaints from Vancouver.\nI have frequently in these columns\ncomplimented the company on their\nprogressive policy, and no one appreciates thc development work they\nhave done more than I do. At the\nsame time, these cars are by way of\nbeing an experiment and are a fair\nsubject for criticism.\nI have received a letter with respect to some remarks I made lately\non the subject of Anglican ministers\nand their indifference to the stranger\nwithin their gates, as compared with\nthe action of Roman Catholic priests.\nMy correspondent marks his letter\n\"Private\" and I am _ therefore debarred from giving his name. But\nthere can be no harm in quoting thc\nsubstance of his letter, if only to\nshow that I am not alone in holding\nthe opinions I do with respect to our\nChurch of England clergymen. The\nletter is dated December 29th, and the\nwriter says:\u2014\n\"Dear Sir,\u2014I thoroughly endorse\nand fully appreciate your remarks in\nthis week's issue in regard to the\nwant of kindly feeling and hospitality\non the part of members of the Anglican Church. For five years I have\nworked in various parts of British\nColumbia, and those I have received\nmost kindness and consideration from\nhave been Roman Catholics. I received three invitations, one from the\npriest and two from members of his\nChurch for Christmas Day, but was\nentirely overlooked by members of\nmy own Church (Anglican), they\nwell knowing that I live alone.\nYours cordially,\"\nMy own experience has been very\nsimilar. I have many good friends\namongst the Anglican clergymen of\nVictoria, but in every case I approached them before they came to\nme. I know many men living alone\nin Victoria and Vancouver whose parish priest has never been near them.\nPossibly they wouldn't appreciate it\nif he did, but still it seems to me that\nit is his duty to make the attempt.\nI trust that these remarks of mine\nwill not be construed into a personal\nattack on the ministers of the Anglican Church. They are made in\nwhat is, I trust, a spirit of fair criticism.\n* * *\nHuman nature is quaint. You\nwould have thought that by this time\npeople would have out-grown the excitement caused by the passage\nthrough the streets of a fire engine\nand auxiliaries. But no; everybody\ncrowds to the edge of the sidewalk\nand comments on it. I confess that\nI am as big a baby as the rest, and\nthc fire engine always gives me that\ncreepy, patriotic sort of feeling at the\nbase of the spine, which is usually associated with \"God Save the King\"\nand \"Rule Britannia.\" The fire brigade has just driven down Government street, and I had to get up and\nNOTICE TO CONTRACTORS\nBeresford School\nSealed Tenders, superscribed \"Tender\nfor School-house at Beresford, B.C.,\"\nwill be received by the Honourable the\nMinister of Public Works up to noon or\nTuesday, the 25th day of January, 1910,\nfor the erection and completion of a\nsmall one-room frame school house at\nBeresford in the Kamloops Electoral\nDistrict.\nPlans, Specifications, Contract and\nForms of Tender may be seen on and\nafter the 6th day of January, 1910, at\nthe offices of the Government Agent at\nKamloops, and at the Department of\nPublic Works, Victoria, B.C.\nEach proposal must be accompanied\nby an accepted bank cheque or certificate of deposit on a chartered bank ot:\nCanada, made payable to the Honourable the Minister of Public Works, i_c\na sum equivalent to ten per cent, of the\namount of the tenders, which shall be\nforfeited if the party tendering: decline\nto enter Into contract when called upon\nto do so, or if he fail to complete the\nwork contracted for. The cheques or\ncertificates of deposit of unsuccessful\ntenderers will be returned to them upon\nthe execution of the contract.\nTenders will not be considered unless\nmade out on the forms supplied, signed\nwith the actual signature of the tenderer, and enclosed ln the envelopes\nfurnished.\nF. C. GAMBLE,\nPublic Works Engineer.\nLands and Works Department,\nVictoria, B.C., 4th January, 1910.\njan S\n. 2*__\\ ^_m\n%\nFURNISHERS OF\nHOMES\nHOTELS\nCLUBS\nSINCE idea\nAT VICTORIA, B.C.\n1\nI\nWATER NOTICE\nForm No. 1\n183\nNOTICE is hereby given that an application will be made under Part V of\nthe \"Water Act, 1909,\" to obtain a 11-\n\u2022cence in the Coast District.\n(a) The name, address and occupation of the applicants. The British\n\u2022Columbia Canning Company, Limited of\nVictoria, B. C, Canners and Sawmillers.\n(b) The name of the lake, stream or\nsource (if unnamed, the description is)\nlunnamed stream running in a southerly\n\u2022direction through lot 3, range 2, Coast\nDistrict.\n(c) The point of diversion: 1,200 feet\nfrom head of creek.\n(d) The quantity of water applied for\n(in cubic feet per second) four.\n(e) The character of the proposed\n\u2022works: Water will be used by means\n.of a dam, ditch, flume, pipe, hydraulic\n.ram and other necessary appliances.\n(f) The premises on which the water\nis to be used (describe same): The\nsaid lot 3, arnge 2, Coast District (which\nis owned by the applicants in fee simple) and the foreshores thereof.\n(g) The purposes for which the water\nlis to be used: \"Steam\".\n(i) Head Offlce of above Company in\nB. C, is in Wharf St., Victoria, B.C.\nThe Company is licensed under the\n\"Companies Aet, 1897.\" Capital \u00a340,-\ni000 in ,10,000 preference shares of \u00a31\neach and 40,088 ordinary of 15s each\n\u2022all paid up with objects (inter alia) \"to\ncarry on salmon fishery and canning\nbusiness and any other business which\nmay seem to the Company capable of\nbeing conveniently carried on in connection with the above and to acquire\nany rights or privileges which the company may think necessary.\"\n(k) This notice was posted on the\n15th day of December, 1909, and application will !be made to the Commissioner\non the 31st day of January. 1910.\n(1) Give the names and addresses of\nany riparian proprietors or licensees\n\u25a0who or whose lands are likely to be\naffected by the proposed works, either\n\u2022above or below the outlet. Only the applicants.\nTHE BEITISH COLUMBIA\nCANNING CO., LTD.\nVictoria, B.C.\nNICOLA DISTRICT\nNOTICE is hereby given that I intend\n\u2022to apply to the Assistant Commissioner\n\u2022of Lands for a Licence to prospect for\nCoal and Petroleum on and under the\nthe following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about\ntwo (2) miles west of E. Todd's No. 2\nlocation post, being \"M. L. G.\" N. E.\ncorner; thence west eighty (80) chains;\nsouth eighty (80) chains; east eighty\n(80) chains; north eighty (80) chains\nto point of commencement.\nDated 1st December, 1909.\nM. TL. GRIMMETT,\nJan 1 Per A. B. Roberts, Agent.\nNICOLA DISTBICT\nNOTICE is hereby given that I intend\nto apply to the Assistant Commissioner\nof Lands for a lilcaace to prospect for\nCoal and Petroleum on and under the\nthe following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about\ntwo (2) miles west of \"E. Todd's\" No.\ntwo (2) location post, being \"G. R. B.\"\nS.E. corner; thence west eighty (80)\nchains; north eighty (SO) chains; east\neighty (80) chains; south eighty (80)\nchains to point of commencement.\nDated lst December, 1909.\nG. R. BATES,\njan 1 Per Emmett Todd, Agent.\nNICOLA DISTRICT\nNOTICE is hereby given that I Intend\nto apply to the Assistant Commissioner\nof Lands for a Licence to prospect for\nCoal and Petroleum on and under the\nthe following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about\ntwo (2) miles west of \"E. Todd's\" No. 2\nlocation post being \"E. T.\" S. W. corner;\nthence east eighty (80) chains; north\neighty (80) chains; west eighty (SO)\nchains; south eighty (SO) chains to point\nof commencement.\nDated lst December, 1909.\nEMMETT TODD,\njan 1 Locator.\nNICOLA DISTRICT\nNOTICE is hereby given that I Intend\nto apply to the Assistant Commissioner\nof Lands for a Licence to prospect for\nCoal and Petroleum on and under the\nthe following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about\ntwo (2) miles north of \"E. Todd's\" No.\nthree (3) location post, being \"G. R. B.\"\nN. W. corner; thence south eighty (80)\nchains; east eighty (80) chains; north\neighty (SO) chains; west eighty (80)\nchains to the point of commencement.\nDated lst December, 1909.\nG. R. BATES,\njan 1 Per E. Todd, Agent.\nNICOLA DISTRICT\nNOTICE is hereby given that I intend\nto apply to the Assistant Commissioner\nof Lands for a Licence to prospect for\nCoal and Petroleum on and under the\nthe following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about\ntwo (2) miles north of E. Todd's No. 3\nlocation post, being \"A. B. R.\" N. E.\ncorner; thence south eighty (80) chains;\nwest eighty (SO) chains; north eighty\n(80) chains; east eighty (80) chains to\npoint of commencement.\nDated lst December, 1909.\nA. B. ROBERTS,\njan 1 Locator.\nNICOLA DISTRICT\nNOTICE is hereby given that I intend\nto apply to the Assistant Commissioner\nof Lands for a Licence to prospect for\nCoal and Petroleum on and under the\nthe following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about\ntwo (2) miles north of E. Todd's No. 3\nlocation post, being \"M. L. C.\" S. W.\ncorner; thence east eighty (80) chains;\nnorth eighty (80) chains; west eightv\n(80) chains; south eighty (80) chains\nto point of commencement.\nDated lst December, 1909.\nM. L. GRIMMETT,\njan 1 Per A. B. Roberts, Agent.\nNICOLA DISTRICT\nNOTICE is hereby given that I Intend\nto apply to the Assistant Commissioner\nof Lands for a Licence to prospect for\nCoal and Petroleum on and under the\nthe following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about\none and one-half (1-&) miles from Otter Creek in a northerly direction or\nLot nine hundred and three (903), being M. L. G. N.E. corner post; thence\nwest eighty (80) chains; south eighty\n(80) chains; east eighty (80) chains;\nnorth eighty (80) chains to point ot\ncommencement.\nDated lst December, 1909.\nM. L. GRIMMETT,\njan 1 Per A. B. Roberts, Agent\nNICOLA DISTRICT\nNOTICE is hereby given that I intend\nto apply to the Assistant Commissioner\nof Lands for a Licence to prospect for\nCoal and Petroleum on and under the\nthe following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about\none (1) mile west of M. L. Grimmett's\nNo. 1 location post, being \"G. R. B.\"\nN.E. corner; thence west eighty (80)\nchains; south eighty (80) chains; east\neighty (80) chains; north eighty (80)\nchains to point of commencement.\nDated lst December. 1909.\nG. R. BATES,\njan 1 Per E. Todd, Agent.\nNICOLA DISTRICT\nNOTICE is hereby given that I intend\nto apply to the Assistant Commissioner\nof Lands for a Licence to prospect for\nCoal and Petroleum on and under the\nthe following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about\none (1) mile west of E. Todd's No. i\nlocation post, being \"A. B. R.\" N.E. corner; thence west eighty (80) chains;\nsouth eighty (80) chains; east eighty\n(80) ehains; north eighty (80) ehains\nto point of commencement.\nDated lst December. 1909.\nA. B. ROBERTS,\nJan 1 Locator.\nNICOLA DISTRICT\nNOTICE is hereby given that I intend\nto apply to the Assistant Commissioner\nof Lands for a Licence to prospect for\nCoal and Petroleum on and under the\nthe following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about\none (1) mile west of G. R. Bates' No.\n1 location post, being \"E. T.\" N. E.\ncorner; thence west eighty (80) chains;\nsouth eighty (SO) chains; east eighty\n(SO) chains; north eighty (SO) chains\nto point of commencement.\nDated lst December, 1909.\nEMMETT TODD,\nJan 1 Locator.\nNICOLA DISTRICT\nNOTICE Is hereby given that I Intend\nto apply to the Assistant Commissioner\nof Lands for a Licence to prospect for\nCoal and Petroleum on and under the\nthe following described lands:\nCommencing nt a post planted about\ntwo (2) mlles west of E. Todd's No. _\nlocation post, being \"A. B. R.\" N.W.\ncorner; thence east eighty (80) chnins;\nsouth eighty (80) chains; west eighty\n(SO) chnins; north eighty (SO) chains to\npoint of commencement.\nDated lst December, 1909.\nA. B. ROBERTS,\nJan 1 Locator.\nNOTICE TO CREDITORS\n180\nIn the matter of the Estate of Andrew\nMcAfee, deceased.\nNOTICE is hereby given that all persons having any claims or demand\nagainst the Estate of Andrew McAfee,\ndeceased, who died on or about the 2nd\nday of November, 1909, are requested\nto send, by post prepaid, or to deliver\nto the undersigned their names and addresses, with full particulars of their\nclaims, and particulars of all securities\n(if any) held by them, duly verified, on\nor before the 10th day of January, 1910.\nDated this 10th day of December, 1909.\nBODWELL & LAWSON,\nNo. 918 Government Street, Victoria,\nB.C., Solicitors for the Executor,\ndec 11\nNo. 402 179\nCERTIFICATE OF THE REGISTRATION OF AN EXTRA-PROVINCIAL COMPANY.\n\"Companies Act, 1897\"\nI HEREBY CERTIFY that the \"Mi-\nchigan-Puget Sound Lumber Company,\"\nan Extra-Provincial Company, has this\nday been registered aa a company under the \"Companies' Act, 1897,\" to carry\nout or effect ail or any of the objects\nof the Company to which the legislative\nauthority of the Legislature of British\nColumbia extends.\nThe head office of the Company is\nsituate at the City of Detroit in the\nState of Michigan.\nThe amount of the capital of the\nCompany is fifty thousand dollars, divided into five thousand shares of ten\ndollars each.\nThe head ofllce of the company ln this\nProvince is situate at No. 1114 Langley\nstreet, Victoria, and William John Taylor, Barrlster-at-law, whose address is\nVictoria, B.C., Is the attorney for the\nCompany not empowered to Issue and\ntransfer stock.\nThe time of the existence of the Company is thirty years from the 22nd day\nof November, A.D. 1909.\nGiven under my hand and seal of\noffice at Victoria, Province of British\nColumbia, this third day of December,\none thousand nine hundred and nine.\n(L.S.) S. Y. WOOTTON,\nRegistrar of Joint Stock Companies.\nThe objects for which this Compnny\nhas been established and registered nre:\nBuying, selling, manufacturing and dealing In forest products,\ndec 11\nNICOLA DISTRICT\nNOTICE is hereby given that I intend\nto npply to the Assistant Commissioner\nof Lands for a Licence to prospect for\nCoal and Petroleum on and under the\nthe following descrlhed lands:\nCommencing nt a post planted about\none (1) mile west of E. Todd's No. 1\nlocation post, being \"A. B. R.\" N. E.\ncorner; thence west eighty (SO) chains;\nsmith eighty (SO) chains; enst eightv\n(SO) chnins; north eighty (80) chain's\nto point of commencement.\nDnted lst December, 1909.\nA. B. ROBERTS,\njan 1 Locator.\n177\nNOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.\nSealed Tenders, superscribed \"Tender\nfor Sewerage Works, Prince Rupert,\"\nwill be received by the Honorable the\nMinister of Public Works up to noon\nof Wednesday, the 19th of January,\n1910, for the construction and completion of a portion of the permanent system of sewerage at Prince Rupert, B.C.\nPlans, specifications, contract and\nforms of tender may be seen on and\nafter the 7th day of December, 1909, at\nthe offlce of the undersigned, Public\nWorks Department, Victoria, B.C., at the\noffices of the Government Agent, and\nof Mr. James H. Bacon, Harbor Engineer, Prince Rupert, B.C.; at the offlce of the Government Agent, New\nWestminster, B.C., and at the offlce of\nthe Provincial Timber Inspector, Vancouver, B.C.\nEach proposnl must be accompanied\nby an accepted bank cheque or certlflcate of deposit on a chartered bank of\nCanada, made payable to the Honorable\nthe Minister of Public Works, In the\nsum of five hundred dollars, which shall\nbe forfeited if the party tendering decline to enter Into contract when called\nupon to do so, or If ho fall to complete\nthe work contracted for. The cheques\nor certificates of deposit of unsuccessful tenderers will be returned to them\nupon the execution of the contract.\nA guarantee bond in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars will be required\nns security for the faithful performance nnd completion of the work.\nTenders will not be considered unless\nmade out on the forms supplied, signed\nwith the actual signature of the tenderer, and enclosed in the envelopes\nfurnished.\nThe lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.\nF. C. GAMBLE,\n_ ... _ , Public Works Engineer.\nPublic Works Department,\nVictoria, B.C., 2nd December, 1909.\ndec 4\nSatisfaction\nWe guarantee quality and satisfaction with every purchase of\nGroceries.\nPhone orders carefully attended to.\nA. POOL\n623 Yates St. Phone 448\nWatson's Old Stand THE WEEK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1910\n1\n!\nBETTEB FBICES FOB OUB FBUITS\n(Continued from Page Two)\nwhere the farmer, can reach them by\nwagon.\nThe farmer picks his fruit as carefully as possible, puts it into barrels\nor boxes and delivers it to the Government Fruit Packing warehouse,\nwhere it is then and there weighed,\nthe farmer then to receive spot cash\nfor his fruit, so much for No. I apples,\nso much for No. 2 and 3, and so much\nfor his culls; the better shape he gets\nhis fruit to this station the more hc\nmakes. The Government then grades\nand professionally packs the fruit,\nships it to the best market, stamps it,\nadvertises the country in the best possible manner and makes a good profit, at the same time the farmer is\nquite contented; he has got a fair\nprice, done his work and got his cash,\nwhich, believe me, is the main point\nwith the grower. How many of us\nhave picked, packed and graded,\nshipped and done everything and then\nafter all received sufficient to pay for\nthe boxes?\nApproach the Government with this\nscheme in a proper way, and full details and I think they will come up.\nYours truly,\n\"EU AVANT.\"\nDecember 29th, 1909.\nFOR ALDERMAN\nTO THE ELECTORS OF\nWARD FIVE\nGood Reason\nDoes your wife always talk back\nto you?\"\n\"Never.\"\n\"How do you manage to control\nher so?\"\n\"I don't. She always talks first.\"\nFor Mayor\nTO THE ELECTORS OF THE\nCITY OF VICTORIA\nLADIES AND GENTLEMEN:\nI beg to announce that I am a candidate for Mayor at the approaching\nelection. After having served as Alderman for three years I now respectfully solicit your vote and influence for the more important position,\nand promise to do my utmost for the\nprogress and betterment of our city.\nMy views have already been published, and will be more fully explained\nfrom the platform. My principal objects are:\nThe securing of Sooke as a water\nsupply.\nThe introduction of more efficient\nmanagement of the public works department.\nThe stricter guarding of public\nmorals.\nA systematic improvement in making and beautifying our streets and\nP'lr S' A. HENDERSON.\nLadies and Gentlemen:\u2014I respec-\nfully solicit your support as Alderman for your Ward.\nMy sole object in offering my services is that I may assist in securing\nwell made, clean and dustless streets,\nattractive parks and boulevards, an\nample water supply, a complete sewerage system, more modern methods\nof street lighting, an efficient fire brigade and more fire protection.\nVictoria now \"Is at the parting of\nthe ways,\" and the City Council\nshould lead in all matters that will\ntend to bring more industries to Victoria and provide better business facilities. Nine live, progressive and energetic men in that Council, determined to use her natural advantages\nto the utmost, can have a most potent\ninfluence in shaping Victoria's future\ndestiny, in bringing increased prosperity to her citizens, and in helping\nher to take her rightful place\namongst the up-to-date cities of the\nCoast.\nI have always worked hard for Victoria, and have spent seven of the best\nyears of my life in her service, during\nwhich time I had the opportunity of\nobserving the latest and most modern\nmethods adopted by over thirty cities\nin the West in municipal improvements, which should be of some value\ntu our City Council. If elected, I\nshall, in a year's time, not be ashamed\nof my record, and promise you that\nI shall have accomplished something\nworth the doing and outside of the\ncommon rut of days gone by.\nI have not the time to call upon\neach elector personally, but shall take\nother means of placing before you\nmy views in detail on municipal matters. In the meantime, I ask your\ngood wishes and support on a policy\nof more permanent improvements and\nless waste in public works, and an\nequitable assessment with a reduced\nrate of taxation.\nYours faithfully,\nHERBERT CUTHBERT.\nFOR ALDERMAN IN\nWARD FOUR\nTo the Electors:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg to\noffer myself as a candidate for alderman in the above ward, and respectfully solicit your vote and influence.\nA. A. HUMBER.\nFOR ALDERMAN IN\nWARD FOUR\nFor Mayor\nJohn A. Turner\nRespectfully solicits the vote of thc\nratepayers for the office of Mayor\nduring the ensuing year. Hc stands\nfor a progressive policy and a\n\"Greater Victoria.'\nFOR\nSchool\nTrustee\nLadies and Gentlemen:\nI beg to offer myself as a candidate\nfor School Trustee at the forthcoming\nMunicipal Elections and respectfully\nsolicit your vote and influence.\nWm. P. Sweeney\nFOR ALDERMAN IN\nWARD FOUR\nTo the Electors:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg to\noffer myself as a candidate for Alderman in the above ward, and respectfully solicit your vote and influence.\nA. McKEOWN.\nTo the Electors:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg to\noffer myself as a candidate for Alderman in the above wardl, and respectfully solicit your vote and influence.\nP. A. RAYMOND.\n-\nFROM MALT AND HOPS ONLY\nVictoria=Phoenix\nBeer\nTHE ONE PURE BEER\nWe wish everyone a most Prosperous New Year\nFOR ALDERMAN IN\nWARD ONE\nTo the Electors:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg to\noffer myself as a candidate for Alderman in the above ward. Your support will be appreciated.\nW. N. MITCHELL.\nFOR ALDERMAN IN\nWARD ONE\nTo the Electors:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg to\noffer myself for the above ward, and\nrespectfully solicit your vote and influence.\nW. M. ROSS.\nFOR ALDERMAN IN\nWARD TWO\nTo the Electors:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg to\noffer myself for re-election for Alderman in the above ward, and respectfully solicit your votes and influence.\nH. F. BISHOP.\nFOR ALDERMAN IN\nWARD THREE\nLadies and Gentleman,\u2014I beg to\noffer myself as a candidate for Alderman in the above ward. Your support will be appreciated.\nE. F. GEIGER.\nFOR SCHOOL TRUSTEE\nTo the Electors\nof the City of Victoria:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg to\nannounce that I am a candidate for\nre-election as School Trustee at the\nforthcoming Municipal Elections and\nrespectfully solicit your vote and influence.\nP. J. RIDDELL.\nFOR SCHOOL TRUSTEE\nTo the Electors\nof the City of Victoria:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg to\nannounce that I am a candidate for\nre-election as School Trustee at the\nforthcoming Municipal Elections and\nrespectfully solicit your vote and influence.\nMARGARET JENKINS.\nJanuary 3rd, 1910.\nFOR SCHOOL TRUSTEE\nTo the Electors\nof the City of Victoria:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg to\nannounce that I am a candidate for\nre-election as School Trustee at the\nforthcoming Municipal Elections, and\nrespectfully solicit your vote and influence.\nMy aim and policy shall, as it has\nbeen during my term of office, be\nprogressive, careful and economic in\nkeeping with the progress of our city\nand educational needs,\nANGUS B. McNEILL.\nFOR ALDERMAN IN\nWARD TWO\nTo the Electors:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014Having decided to seek re-election as Alderman\nin the above ward, I respectfully solicit your vote and influence.\nRUSS HUMBER.\nELECTORS OF WARD TWO\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014David Mcintosh asks your vote and influence\nfor election as Alderman for No. 2\nWard.\nFOR ALDERMAN IN\nWARD THREE\nTo the Electors:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg to\noffer myself as a candidate for Alderman in the above ward, and respectfully solicit your vote and influence.\nGEORGE JONES.\nFOR ALDERMAN IN\nWARD THREE\nTo the Electors:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg to\nannounce myself as a candidate for\nAlderman in Ward Three, and solicit\nyour vote and influence.\nA. M. BANNERMAN.\nSomething New\nWe are now able to offer to our patrons\nA GUARANTEE\non our splendid Une of PLATED KNIVES, FORKS and SPOONS.\nThis line which is specially made for us is guaranteed to have\nMORE SILVER than any other standard make and we GUARANTEE to replace\nFree of Charge\nany of these goods which, a er use, do not prove satisfactory. This\ncondition we believe accompanies no other flatware made.\nPrices as follows:\u2014\nCOFFEE SPOONS .per doz. $8.70\nTEASPOONS \" 3-15\nDESSERTSPOONS \" 4-95\nTABLESPOONS \" 5.85\nDESSERT FORKS \" 4-95\nTABLE FORKS \" 5-85\nDESSERT KNIVES \" 4.95\nTABLE KNIVES \" s-40\nChalloner & Mitchell\nDiamond Merchants and Silversmiths\n1017 Qovernment Street Victoria, B. C.\nFOR ALDERMAN IN\nWARD THREE\nTo the Electors:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg to\nannounce that I am a candidate for\nre-election for Alderman in Ward 3,\nat the forthcoming Municipal Election, and respectfully solicit your vote\nand influence.\nW. F. FULLERTON.\nFOR SCHOOL TRUSTEE\nTo the Electors\nof the City of Victoria:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg to\nannounce that I am a candidate for\nre-election as School Trustee at the\nforthcoming municipal elections, and\nrespectfully solicit your vote and influence.\nGILBERT D. CHRISTIE.\nFOR ALDERMAN IN\nWARD FOUR\nTo the Electors:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg to\noffer myself for the above ward, and\nrespectfully solicit your vote and influence.\nANGUS McKEOWN.\nFOR REEVE\nTo the Electors of the Municipality\nof Saanich:\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg to\nannounce that I am a candidate for\nReeve at the approaching election.\nAfter having served as Councillor for\ntwo years, I now respectfully solicit\nyour vote and influence for the more\nimportant position and promise to do\nmy utmost for the progress and betterment of our Municipality.\nJOSEPH NICHOLSON.\nTO THE VOTERS OF\nWARD FIVE\nLadies and Gentlemen,\u2014I beg t(\nannounce myself a candidate for thi\nAldermanic Board at the forthcom\ning election, and respectfully ask youi\nvotes and influence. If elected '.\nshall advocate among other things\nThe abolition of the $4,000 now pai(\nto the aldermen; the introduction o\na system of controllerships in ou\ncivic government; the taxing of auto\nmobiles and other vehicles; the pro\nceeds of this tax, legislative sanctioi\nhaving been obtained, to be fundei\nand the maximum amount (probabl;\n$150,000) borrowed thereon for im\nmediate use in repairing the streets\nthe adoption of contract work ii\nmunicipal affairs whenever consisten\nwith true economy; and an honest at\ntempt to get $l.oo's worth of work fo\neach $1.00 of taxes we ratepayers pay\nA. G. SARGISON. THE WEEK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1910\nNOTICE is hereby given that I intend\nto apply to the Chief Commissioner of\nLands for a Licence to prospect for\nCoal on and under the following described lands:\u2014Commencing at a posi\nabout three miles north of the Wendle\nCoal exposures on the east bank of the\nBear River in the District of Cariboo;\nthence north 80 chains; thence east 80\nchains; thence south 80 chains; thence\nwest SO chains to point of commencement.\nOctober 25th, 1909.\nMRS. J. ROWAN\njan 1 W. Blakemore, Agent.\nNOTICE is hereby given that I intend\nto apply to the Chief Commissioner of\nLands for a Licence to prospect for\nCoal on and under the following described lands:\u2014Commencing at a post\nabout three miles north of the Wendle\nCoal exposures on the East Bank of\nthe Bear River in the District of Cariboo; thence North 80 chains; thence\nwest 80 ehains; thence south 80 c'lains;\nthence east 80 chains to point of commeneement.\nOctober 25th, 1909.\nW. H. PRICE,\njan 1 W. Blakemore, Agent.\nLICENSE TO AN EXTRA-PROVINCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY\n\"Companies Act, 1897.\"\nCanada:\nProvince of British Columbia,\nNo. 649.\nThis is to certify that \"The London\nand Lancashire Plate Glass and Indemnity Company of Canada\" is authorized\nand licensed to carry on business within\nthe Province of British Columbia, and\nto carry out or effect all or any of the\nobjects of the Company to which the\nlegislative authority of the Legislature\nof British Columbia extends.\nThe head offlce of the Company is\nsituate at the City of Toronto, in the\nProvince of Ontario.\nThe amount of the capital of the\nCompany Is two hundred and fifty\nthousand dollars, divided into two thousand flve hundred shares of one hundred\ndollars each.\nThe head offlce of the Company in this\nProvince is situate at Vancouver, and\nRobert Ward & Company, Limited Liability, whose address is Vancouver\naforesaid, is the attorney for the Company.\nGiven under my Hand and Seal of\nOfflce at Victoria, Province of Brltlsn\nColumbia, this third day of December,\none thousand nine hundred and nine.\n(L. S.) \"S. Y. WOOTTON,\nRegistrar of Joint Stock Companies.\nThe objects for which this Company\nhas been established and licensed are:\nThe making and effecting of contracts\nof insurance against loss or damage to\nplate or other glass. The making of\ncontracts of insurance against loss or\ndamage by burglary, house-breaking, or\ntheft, including theft by servants, workpeople, casual employees or any other\nperson lawfully or unlawfully upon the\npremises of the person insured.\nNOTICE is hereby given that I intend\nto apply to the Chief Commissioner of\nLands for a Licence to prospect for\nCoal on and under the following described lands:\u2014Commencing at a post\nabout one mile North of the Wendle\nCoal exposures on the Western Bank of\nthe Bear River in the District of Cariboo; thence north 00 chains; thence west\nSO chains; thence south 80 chains;\nthence east 80 chains to point of commencement.\nOctober 25th, 1909.\nJ. ROWAN,\njan 1 W. Blakemore, Agent.\nNOTICE is hereby given that I intend\nto apply to the Chief Commissioner of\nLands for a Licence to prospect for\nCoal on and under the following described lands:\u2014Commencing at a post\nabout one mile North of the Wendle\nCoal eposures on the West Bank of the\nBear River in the District of Cariboo;\nthence south 80 chains; thence west SO\nchains; thence north 80 chains; thence\neast SO chains to point of commencement.\nOctober 25th, 1909.\nMRS. F. H. HEPBURN,\njan 1 W. Blakemore, Agent.\nFORESHORE LEASE\n184\nTAKE NOTICE that I, James Chichester Harris, of Victoria, B.C., intend, 60\ndays after date to apply to the Chief\nCommissioner of Lands for a lease of\ntne following Foreshore, viz.: Commencing at a post planted at the southeast corner of Lot 56, Esquimalt District, thence northeasterly following the\nsinuosites of the foreshore a distance ot\n15 chains more or less to the northeast\ncorner of said lot 56.\nJ. C. HARRIS.\nDated December 16th, 1909.\ndec 25\nLAND REGISTRY ACT\n185\nIn the matter of an application for\nDuplicate Certificates of Title to\nLots 786 and 778, Victoria City.\nNOTICE is hereby given that it is\nmy intention at the expiration of one\nmonth from the date of the first publication hereof to issue Duplicate Certificates of Title to said lands, issued\nto. Robert. Paterson. Rithet,. William\nFisher and William Fitzherbert Bullen\non the 7th day of May, 1886, and numbered 6874A and 6875A respectively.\nLand Registry Office, Victoria, B.C.,\nthe 22nd day of December, 1909.\nS. Y. WOOTTON,\ndec 25 Registrar-General of Titles.\nNOTICE TO CONTRACTORS\nClayoquot School\nSealed Tenders, superscribed \"Tender\nfor School-house at Clayoquot,\" will be\nreceived by the Honourable the Minister of Public Works up to noon of\nTuesday, the 25th day of January, 1910,\nfor the erection and completion of a\nsmall one-room frame school-house at\nClayoquot, B.C.\nPlans, Specifications, Contract and\nForms of Tender may be seen on and\nafter the 6th day of January, 1910, at\nthe offices of the Government Agent at\nAlberni; John Price, Esq., the Secretary\nof the School Board, Clayoquot, and at\nthe Department of Public Works, Victoria, B.C.\nEach proposal must be accompanied\nby an accepted bank cheque or certlflcate of deposit on a chartered bank of\nCanada, made payable to the Honourable the Minister of Public Works, for\na sum equivalent to ten per cent, of the\namount of the tender, which shall be\nforfeited if the party tendering decline\nto enter Into contract when called upon\nto do so, or if he fail to complete tne\nwork contracted for. The cheques or\ncertificates of deposit of unsuccessful\ntenderers will be returned to them upon\nthe execution of the contract.\nTenders will not be considered unless\nmade out on the forms supplied, signed\nwith the actual signature of the tenderer, and enclosed in the envelopes\nfurnished.\nF. C. GAMBLE,\nPublic Works Engineer.\nLands and Works Department,\nVictoria, B.C., 4th January, 1910.\njan 8\nVermin of no kind will stay upon\nclothing that is scented with either\noil of cloves, oil of cinnamon, amise\noil, or cedar oil. This is a valuable\nsecret for the traveler, for a small\nbottle will protect him from the vermin often found in hotel beds. No\nbed-bug will venture between sheets\nso scented, and a few drops is all that\nis required.\n178\n^11_1_1___ NOTICE\nPBOVINCIAL LEGISLATIVE\nASSEMBLY\nPRIVATE BILLS\nCopies of Bills, Petitions, and notices\nas published must be deposited with,\nand all fees paid to, the Clerk of the\nHouse, not later than 12th January,\n1910.\nPetitions for Bills will not be received by the House after 31st January,\n1910.\nBills must be presented to the House\nnot later than 10th February, 1910.\nReports from Standing Committee on\nBills will not be received by the House\nafter 17th February, 1910.\nTHORNTON FELL,\nClerk, Legislative Assembly.\nVictoria, lst November, 1909.\nnov 20\n182\nLICENSE TO AN EXTRA-PROVIN-\nVINCIAL COMPANY.\n\"Companies Act, 1897.\"\nCANADA:\nProvince of British Columbia.\nNo. 550.\nThis is to certify that \"Dodwell and\nCompany, Limited,\" is authorised and\nlicensed to carry on business within\nthe Province of British Columbia, and\nto carry out or effect all or any of the\nobjects of the Company to which the\nlegislative authority of the Legislature\nof British Columbia extends, except the\nconstruction and working of railways.\nTlie head offlce of the Company is\nsituate at the City of London, England.\nThe amount of the capital of the\nCompany is two hundred thousand\npounds, divided into eight thousand\nshares of twenty-five pounds each.\nThe head offlce of the Company in\nthis Province is situate at Victoria, and\nNorman Hardie, Merchant, whose address is Victoria aforesaid, is the attorney for the Company.\nGiven under my hand and Seal of\nOfflce at Victoria, Province of British\nColumbia, this tenth day of December,\none thousand nine hundred and nine,\n(L.S.) S. Y. WOOTTON.\nRegistrar of Joint Stock Coompanies.\nThe objects for which this Company\nhas been established and licensed are:\nTo acquire and take over as a going\nconcern and to carry on the businesses\nnow carried on by George Benjamin\nDodwell and Arthur John Hepburn\nCarlill, in the Colony of Hong Kong, at\nShanghai and Hankow, in the Empire of\nChina; at Kobe and Yokohama, in the\nEmpire of Japan; at Tacoma, in the\nState of Washington, and at Portland,\nin the State of Oregon, in the United\nStates of America; at Victoria, in the\nProvince of British Columbia, in the\nDominion of Canada; and at Dock\nHouse, Billiter Street, in the City of\nLondon, under the style or firm of\n\"Dodwell, Carlill and Company,\" either\nwith or without all or any of the real\nand personal property and assets of the\nproprietors of that business used in\nconnection therewith or belonging thereto\u2014and either subject or not subject\nto the liabilities of the said firm or\nany of them and with a view thereto\nto adopt and carry into effect (either\nwith or without modifications) an\nAgreement dated the 30th day of August, 1898, and made between the said\nGeorge Benjamin Dodwell and Arthur\nJohn Hepburn Carlill of the one part,\nand Philip Charles Emil Dennys (a\nTrustee for the above named company)\nof the other part.\nTo carry on, develop, and continue\nas Joint Stock Company, Limited, and\nas a going concern the businesses referred to in the said Agreement, and\nsuch other businesses in connection\nwith the above-mentioned businesses as\nare customarily or usually carried on\nin connection therewith or are naturally\nIncident to such businesses.\nTo carry on the businesses of merchants, exporters, and importers, shipowners, carriers, agents brokers, storekeepers, and contractors, and the business of marine Insurance in all its\nbranches, and in particular without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words to make or effect insurances\non ships, vessels, boats and craft of all\nkinds, and on goods, merchandise, Uve\nor dead stock, luggage, effects, specie,\nbullion, or other property, respondentia\nand bottomry, interests, ^mmisslonu,\nprofits and freights, and to carry on\nall kinds of transit, Insurance business,\nand generally every kind of insurance\nand re-insurance business, except the\nissuing of Policies of Assurance upon\nhuman life.\nTo carry on any other business which\nmay seem to the Company capable of\nbeing conveniently carried on ln connection with the above, or calculated directly or indirectly to enhance the value\nof or render more profitable any of the\ncompany's property.\nTo buy, sell, manufacture, and deal in\ngoods, wares, and merchandise of every\ndescription.\nTo purchase or by other means acquire any freehold, leasehold or other\nproperty for any estate or interest whatever, and any rights, privileges or easements over or in respect of any pn,\nperty, and any buildings, factories,,\nmills, works, wharves, roads, railways,\ntramways, machinery, engines, rolling\nstock, plant, live and dead stock, ships,\nor shares in ships, barges, or things,\nand any real or personal property or\nrights whatsoever and wheresoever situate, which may be necessary for or may\nbe conveniently used with or may enhance the value of any other property\nof the company.\nTo purchase or by other means acquire\nand protect, prolong and renew, whether\nIn the United Kingdom or elsewhere,\nany patents, patent rights, brevets d'ln-\nvention, licenses, protections, concessions, trade secrets, and secret processes which may appear likely to be\nadvantageous or useful to the company,\nand to use and turn to account ana\nto manufacture under or grant licenses\nor privileges in respect of the same,\nand to expend money in experimenting\nupon, testing and in improving or seeking to improve any patents, inventions,\nor rights which the Company may acquire or propose to acquire.\nTo build, construct, maintain, alter,\nenlarge, pull down and remove or replace any buildings, factories, mills,\noffices, warehouses, works, wTiarves,\nroads, railways, hydraulic or electric\nworks, or any other works for applying,\ntransmitting, or supplying energy ln\nany form, machinery, engines, walls,\nfences, banks, dams, sluices, or watercourses, and to clear sites for the same\nand to work, manage and control the\nsame.\nTo acquire and undertake the whole\nor any part of the business, goodwill,\nand assets of any person, firm or company carrying on or proposing to carry\non any of the businesses which this\ncompany is authorized to carry on, and\nas part of the consideration for such\nacquisition to undertake all or any of\nthe liabilities of such person, firm or\ncompany, or to acquire an interest in\nnmalgamate with or enter into any arrangement for sharing profits or ror\nco-operation or for limiting competition or for mutual assistance with any\nsuch person, firm or company, and to\ngive or accept by way of consideration\nfor any of the acts or things aforesaid,\nor property acquired, any shares, debentures or securities that may be\nagreed upon and to hold and retain or\nsell, mortgage, and deal with any shares,\ndebentures or securities so received.\nTo promote any other company for\nthe purpose of acquiring all or any of\nthe property and undertaking any of\nthe liabilities of this company, or oi\nundertaking any business or operations\nwhich rtiay appear likely to assist oi\nbenefit this company or to enhance tne\nvalue of any property or business of\nthis company.\nTo search for, get, win, work, raise,\nmake marketable and use, sell and dispose of coal, oil, iron, clay, precious\nand other metals, minerals and other\nsubstances or products on, within or under any property of the eompany, and\nto grant prospecting and mining and\nother licenses, rights or privileges for\nsuch purposes.\nTo sell or otherwise dispose of the\nwhole or any part of the undertaking\nof the company either together or in\nportions for such consideration as the\ncompany may think fit, and in particular for shares, debentures or securities\nof any company purchasing the same.\nTo invest and deal with the moneys\nof the company not immediately required upon sueh securities and in such\nmanner as may from time to time be\ndetermined.\nTo lend and advance money or give\ncredit to such persons and on sucn\nterms as may seem expedient, and in\nparticular to customers and others having dealings with the company, and to\ngive guarantees or become security for\nany such persons.\nTo borrow or raise money in such\nmanner as the Company shall think fit,\nand in particular by the issue of debentures or debenture stock, perpetual or\notherwise, and to secure the repayment\nof any money borrowed or rt..sed by\nmortgage, charge, or lien upon the whole\nor any part of the company's property\nor assets, whether present or future,\nincluding its uncalled capital, and also\nby a similar mortgage, charge or Hen\nto secure and guarantee the performance by the company of any obligation\nor liability it may undertake.\nTo draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and Issue promissory\nnotes, bills of exchange, bills of lading,\nwarrants, c-ebentures and other negotiable or transferable instruments.\nTo apply for, promote and obtain any\nAct of Parliament, Provisional Order,\nor license nf the Board of Trade, or\nother authority for enabling the company to carry any of its objects into\neffect, or for effecting any modification\nof the company's constitution, or for\nany other purpose which may seem expedient, and to oppose any proceedings\nor applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice\nthe company's interests.\nTo improve, manage, cultivate, develop, exchange, let on lease, or otherwise\nmortgage, sell, dispose of, turn to account, grant rights, and privileges In\nrespect of or otherwise deal with all\nor any part of the property and rights\nof the company.\nTo enter into any arrangements with\nany Governments or authorities, supreme, municipal, local or otherwise, oi\nany corporations, companies, or persons\nthat may seem conducive to the company's objects, or any of them, and to\nority, corporation, company or person,\nany charters, contracts, decrees, rights,\nprivileges, and concessions whieh the\ncompany may think desirable, and to\ncarry out, exercise, and comply with\nany such charters, contracts, decrees,\nrights, privileges and concessions.\nTo subscribe for, take, purchase or\notherwise acquire and hold shares or\nother interest in or securities of atij\nother company.\nTo act as agents or brokers and as\ntrustee for any person, firm or company,\nand to undertake and perform sub-contracts, and also to act in any of the\nbusinesses of the company through or\nby means of agents, brokers, sub-contractors or others.\nTo remunerate any person, firm or\ncompany rendering services to this company, whether by cash payment or t>y\nthe allotment to him or them of shares\nor securities of the eompany, credited\nas paid up in full or in part or otherwise.\nTo pay all or any expenses incurred\nIn connection with the formation, promotion and Incorporation of the company.\nTo support and subscribe to any\ncharitable or public object and any\ninstitution, society, or club, which may\nbe for the benefit of the company or Its\nemployees, or may be connected with\nany town or place where the company\ncarries on business; and to give pensions, gratuities, or charitable aid to\nany person or persons who may have\nserved the company, or to the wives,\nchildren or other relatives of such persons, and to form and contribute to\nprovident and benefit funds for the\nbenefit of any persons employed by the\ncompany.\nTo distribute among the Members of\nthe Company in kind any property of\nthe Company, and in particular any\nshares, debentures or securities of other\ncompanies belonging to this company,\nor of which this company may have\nthe power of disposing, but so that no\ndistribution amounting to a reduction of\ncapital be made, except with the sanction (if any) for the time being required by law.\nTo procure the company to be registered or recognized in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or ln\nany Colony or Dependency, and in any\nforeign country or place.\nTo do all or any of the above men\ntioned things in any part of the world,\nand as principals, agents, contractors,\ntrustees, or otherwise, and either alone\nor in conjunction with others.\nTo do all such other things as may be\ndeemed incidental or conducive to the\nattainment of the above objects, or any\nof them.\nTOV__ FEB CENT. OH\nDEPOSIT.\nWe pay four per cent, lntnut\noa depoilti of $1 (one dollar)\nand np, withdrawable by ch\u00abqu\u00bb.\nSpecial attention riven to de-\nposits made by mail.\nPaid np Capital over $1,000,000\nAssets over - - 3,000,000\nB. O. PERMANENT LOAN OO,\n1310 Government Street,\nViotoria, B.O.\nCures\nColds\nBowes' Drug Store prepares\na cure for colds and coughs\nthat does wonders for people\nso afflicted.\nBOWES' BRONCHIAL\nBALSAM\nis composed of soothing remedies, compounded in precise\nproportions. It alleviates the\nirritated membranes of the\nthroat and removes the soreness\nfrom the lungs. It does not\nstupefy, IT CURES; soc per\nbottle, here only.\nCyrus H. Bowes\nCHEMIST\n1228 Qovernment Street\nNear Yates\nI\nEdison's\nLatest\nInvention'\u00abthe\nAmberola\nA Cabinet Talking Machine\nwith concealed horn. In mahogany or mission oak.\nTwenty-five Amberol Grand\nOpera Records specially prepared by the world's artists.\nM. W. WAITT\n& CO. LIMITED\nThe House of Highest Quality\nHERBERT KENT, Manager\nWING ON\nEmployment Agent.\nWood and Coal for Sale.\nAlso Scavenging.\n1709 Government St. Phone 93\nVICTORIA. B.C.\nThe Taylor Mill Co.\nLimited.\nAll kinds of Building Material,\nLUMBER\nSASH\nDOORS\nTELEPHONE 564\nNorth Government St., Victoria\nThere's\nNothing half\nSo Sweet\nIn Life as\nLove and\nDudleigh's\nMixture\nilfllEe Richardson\nCigar Store.\nI\nPhone 3_|6\n%mmmmtm_mm\u00a5imm_i\nJ-\u00ab-S*S-\u00ab-S*~-\u00ab-M-\u00ab-~'M-_J-\u00ab-S-W-Jt-S-S'S-S-2-5\nThe Working |\nMan Comes\nHere\nbecause he gets a good\nsquare meal\n20c.\nft WINES, LIQUORS AND\nCIGARS.\nRooms, 35c and up.\nTelephone 841.\nA. LIPSKY, Proprietor,\nMilne Block, 568 Johnson St\nVICTORIA, B.C.\nWE SOLICIT'\nA TRIAL\ni \t\n: In order to convince you that\nwe are prompt, careful and\nmoderate in our charges.\nThe Pacific\nTransfer\nCo.\nNO. 4, FORT ST., VICTORIA.\nA. E, KENT, Proprietor\ni_ Phone 24t.\nI\nLeave your checks with' us.\nBLUE PRINTS\nAny Length in One Piece\nSix Cents per foot\nTIMBER AND LAND\nMAPS\nDRAUGHTING\nElectric Blue Frint &\nMap Co.\n1218 Langley St. - Victoria, %C.\n8\n1SEE BOLDEN\nTHE CARPENTER AND\nBUILDER.\nFort Street THE WEEK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1910\nBLOOD ON OIL\nHE BLOOD, a noted oil expert and member of the California Stock\nand Oil Exchange, made an interesting talk on California oil in\n. the Board of Trade rooms, Victoria, Tuesday night, December\n28th. Andrew Gray, President of the Marine Iron Works,\npresided. Mr. Blood is the Field Manager of the Canadian Pacific Oil\nCompany of B. O, Ltd. See what he said about this wonderful industry:\n\"Oil is the biggest industry in California today. Ten years ago the state\nwas producing $4,000,000 worth of crude oil; or against $30,000,000 today\n\u2014from the day of lie. oil to 75c\n\"Ten years ago there was not a mile of pipe line in the state; today there\nare 4,500 miles\u2014enough to reach through the Continent to St. John's and then\nhalf way across the Ocean. It cost $10,000 per mile to put this line in place,\nthus making a total of $45,000,000 wrapped up in pipe-lines alone.\n\"California has a contract haul of 65,000,000 bbls. in 1910.\n\"The Japanese government has a standing offer to contract for 10,000,000\nbbls. at current price, but no company in California or elsewhere is prepared\nto give bond for the fulfillment of the order.\n\"In 1908 California produced one-fifth the petroleum of the world, or\nabout $25,000,000. In 1909 this state will produce $30,000,000, with the\npromise of $35,000,00 in 1910.\n\"Every locomotive west of the Rockies and between New Orleans and\nPortland is burning oil for fuel. The Japanese steamship lines are all\nequipped with oil burners. Eight new battleships and gunboats being built for\nthe American government are oil burners. Oil is the cheapest fuel from Cape\nHorn to Alaska, three bbls. of oil being equal to 1 ton of coal.\nMoney in\nthe Mail\nMoney in\nthe Mail\n\"Crude oil sells for 50 cents per bbl. at the well. It king's $1.00 and\nupwards at tidewater; so you see the marketing companies make their profits\n\"The great California Oilfields, Limited, an English corporation financed\nby Balfour and Guthrie, of London, started with an investment of $100,000\nsix miles away from the proven district. They got oil. The stock is paying\n40 per cent, today and the company has bought $2,000,000 worth of property in\nthe past few years. You could not buy their holdings for $25,000,000. I say,\ngentlemen, the' Canadian Pacific Oil Co. of B- C., Limited, officered and\nfinanced by you gentlemen of British Columbia, has' the opportunity to duplicate\nthe success of this English corporation.\n\"Tite C. P. O. Co. of B. C, Ltd., is operating in two of the best fields of\nthe State\u2014Coalinga, where it has 40 acres, absolutely proven with producing\nwells on three sides; Midway, where it has GO acres, with the Crandall well,\n2,700 bbls.; the St. Lawrence well, 4,000 bbls.; and the Santa Fe, 2,200 bbls.,\nwithin from % to 1 mile west of the Midway line of this company.\n\"Twelve months ago there was scarcely a derrick standing in the Midway\nfield. Today there are 100.\n\"I say unqualifiedly this is not a gamble.\n\"Tlie C. P. O. Co. of B. C, Ltd., should pay 25 per cent, and may bo\n33 per cent, per annum.\n\"All we have to do to pay this dividend is\u2014get a 2,000 bbl. well. This\nwould mean $365,000 per annum, figuring oil on tlie basis of 50 cents at the\nwell. Figuring on 1,500,000 shares outstanding Treasury stock, each.shareholder would get 40 per cent, per share dividend computing his stock on' the\nbasis of 50 cents at the well. Figuring on 1,500,000 shares outstandmg\nTreasury stock, each shareholder would get 40 per cent, per share dividend\ncomputing his stock on the basis of par, or $1.00 per share. Stock in this\ncorporation is selling for 25 cents per share\u2014-thus shareholders purchasing\nnow at 25 cents would get four times this amount, or the grand total of 160\nper cent, on thc investment.\n''I could talk California oil all day and then only begin to tell the\nwonderful storv.\n\"I invoke the irrevocable law of supply and demand to bear me out in the*\nstatement that oil has been raised from 15 cents to 65 cents in the past three\nyears.\n\"In a few years, yea, even months, it will be $1 at the well.\n\"This company has 74 acres of ground and is good for many millions of\ndollars.\n\"All that is required is the capital to sink the first few wells,\nwells will amply provide for the remainder.\nThe first\n\"Three of the oil corporations with which I have been identified in my lifetime\u2014the Sterling, Del Bay and San Joaquin, are heavy dividend payers, the\nSterling having last year paid its entire capitalization in dividends. I put $800\ninto one of these companies and sold out for a quarter million dollars.\n' I look for the Midway field, where we are down 500 feet to prove a\nsensation in the oil world. The great wells already brovtght in\u2014the St.\nLawrence, 4,000 bbls. per day; the Santa Fe, 2,200 lrbls. per day; the\nCrandall, 2,700 bbls. per clay; all from three-eighths to a u ile away from the\nwestern boundary line of the C. P. O. Co. of B. C. _Ud., holdings\u2014afford\nample reason to base these conclusions. The structure and formation of the1\ncountry is all the same, and as water seeks its level, so does oil. There is no*\nreason, therefore, why this company should not get a well as big if not bigger\nthan any of those already brought in.\n\"Not in any spirit of boastfulness or braggadocia, gentlemen, I am here\nto stand or fall on my record. In my experience covering twelve and a half\nyears in California oil, I have drilled 59 wells. I am now drilling the 60th\nfor the C. P. O. Co. of B. O, Ltd. I have yet to experience the sensation of\nfailure.\"\nMost of this stock has been taken by a local syndicate; there is still a little\nleft at 25 cents per share. The stock should go to par almost immediately\nand Blood says should pay 4 to 6\u2014to 10\u2014to 20 to 1.\nThe Canadian Pacific Oil Company of B. C, Limited\nROYAL LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, LTD., Fiscal Agents\n638 VIEW STREET, VICTORIA, B.C.","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Newspapers","@language":"en"}],"GeographicLocation":[{"@value":"Victoria (B.C.)","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"Week_1910_01_08","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0344385","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Latitude":[{"@value":"48.428333","@language":"en"}],"Longitude":[{"@value":"-123.364722","@language":"en"}],"Notes":[{"@value":"Publisher changes in chronological order:
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