The Greater Vancouver Chinook
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issued: 2016-08-24
issued: 1914-12-05
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note: T^uve* CHINOOK Vol. HI. No. 30 SOUTH VANCOUVER, B.C.. CANADA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1014 Price 5 cents Fire-Fly, the Candidate's Steed, Gives Interview to the Press Big Sorrel Thoroughbred Owned by Up-lift Artiat, Who Will be Candidate in Ward Nine, Vents Grievances His name was Fire-Fly. He was a big tawny inaneel fellow and though his ribs sin me like- the' riffles e.n a well polished wash-board, he had seen better days. lie was a trifle eever in freiut anil he had a spavin and a ring bone, but hi- small Bat bones told thai he was from gemd stuck, thniigh now fallen upon evil elays. lie was thin, was Fire-Fly. sn thin that ynu could bang your hat on his hips���sn thin that a well forced chew nf tobacco wniild pass right through liim like a bullet. lie was short a shoe in front and limped perceptibly as by the cemetery at Mountain View he came at a forced trot under tiie line and whip of the candidate for municipal honors, As for the candidate, be was mounted nn the seat ul" a high cart, such a cart as ope will see; nn lhe back concessions in Ontario eluring muddy weather, a sulky, -nine call tlle vehicle. The candidate Wore a great coat of tlie same identical color as Fire- Fiy's name. The coat, though pulled well round his Kan person, failed t'e Covet a pair oi skinny knees, which formed an angle of forty-live degrees while either foot was extended eeut mi the shafts nf the cart. Like all reformers nf his ilk, '.he candidate's hair was long. His eye. were blue, bulging from sunken sockets, Tiie mouth was allowed tn h.mg���as did the lay rug���t'i facilitate, doubtless, thc heaving of the candidate which wa* in unisieii with that eif Fire- Fly, the scion nf a race of Kentucky th iroughbreds. Anon, the elriver threw fmni tin cart as the ..tittit turned into Eraser Sireet, sheets of printed paper which set forth that a meetin:,' of ratepayers would be held somewhere and at some time when the candidate and others would make lengthy aildresses on subjects dealing with…
note: Titled "The Greater Vancouver Chinook" from 1912-05-18 to 1915-05-01, for 1915-05-15, and from 1915-06-05 to 1915-09-11; "The British Columbia Chinook" for dates 1915-05-09, 1915-05-22, and 1915-05-29; "The Saturday Chinook" from 1915-09-18 to 1916-04-15; and "The Standard" from 1916-04-22 onward. Published by Greater Vancouver Publishers Limited from 1912-05-18 to 1916-01-01; Chinook Printing House from 1916-01-08 to 1916-04-15; The Standard Printers from 1916-04-22 to 1917-04-07; and The Standard Company from 1917-04-14 onward.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0315453
language: English
lat: 49.2611110
long: -123.1138890
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Greater Vancouver Publishers Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text