THE DAILY NEWS sane AAAAAAAAAAAARANAAASAAAANANAAANAAARAAAAAAAAAAAI, When in Vancouver You Should Stay at the CARLTON HOTEL Finest Cafe in B.C. European Plan. Rates $1.00 to $2.50 per day. Hot and Cold Water in each room. CANADIAN IN | MEXICAN GAOL § > | Sores te y Eritish State Department Will Take Up Case of Banker Who 4 >| Has Been Incarcerated Two CORNER CORDOVA AND CAMBIE STREETS ¢| Years in Mexico City. r . . $s Teeny B.C, 2 Ottawa, Feb. 2.-“After lan- Z| cuishing in prison in Mexico City VY", R for over two years without being able to force an’ issue in the Mexi- can courts as to his guilt or in- nocence, George I. Hamm, a Can- adian citizen and president of the defunct Mexico City Banking Company, will now either have to |be promptly released and given a fair trial in the eivil courts or else the British State Department will know the reason why. Correspondence in respect to the case has been under’ consider- wen “FROM HOME TO HOME,” HOTEL ELYSIUM Sid. Sykes, Manager e Finest, Newest and Most Up-to-date Hotel in Vancouver. Excellent Cafe. Moderate Prices. ation of the State Department 1142 Pender Street West ° - Vancouver, B.C. |here and of the British Foreign Phone 8500, /Office for some time. Finally, action has been taken to prevent jany further subterfuges and de- lays on the part of the Mexican authorities, and if Mr. Hamm, as creases Aa rruP es oF "i ES } ee a British subject, does not forth- jwith get justice in the Mexican | courts the government of the re- jpublic will be called to task by Great Britain in an unmistak- able manner, | That is the ultimatum delivered ithrough the British Ambassador is Washington. | STATUS OF FRENCH tmenesue Impression That Can- ada Is a Bilingual Country. | pau Contrary to the generally cepted impression there no |}stipulation in any of the treaties |that the French speaking inhabi- tants of Canada shall have the privilege of using their own lan- guage either alternative to ac- at Home as an Th English or to the exclusion of the e § latter. } The only concession is made in ° the British North America Act, Se oj according to which the English language is official throughout Canada, but French may be used {in the Dominion Houses of Par- liament and in the Houses of |Legislature of Quebec. Both lan- It has all the news of the |guages must be used in the rec- week’s progress in the priasmy farials. ot, Hepes city and district. It tells ae | Be follows Gat Bastian a An more about the place than = 3B i! ues. tut pre hue tian you could write in a month. one Pacnoh ne aisles See throughout Canada, and the Do- minion is not of necessity a bi- lingual country. It will come regularly each week like a letter from you. INSERT YOUR LAND PURCHASE NOTICES IN THE “We feel as if we know ae NEWS : everything and everybody 2 |— sinien in Prince Rupert through 23 DRIED BREWERS’ GRAIN reading your paper. 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C. -Church Services - Georgetown Le — —— SBYTERIAN roe : | Sawmill Co. Ltd. FIRST PRES ee es every Sunday in the : ee: en ee : i mpr 8 Theatre, 1] a.m. and | : p.m. Sunday School and | | bab ble Class at 2.30 p. m. | mbe REV. F. W. KERR, M.A.. Pastor u r | | | and i HE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH | 'YRE HALL, 38RD AVE., NEAR 6TH BT, or Services every an Sunday at 11 and 7.30 p.m, Sunday school 2.30 p, m, Baraca ; Bible Class 2.80 p.m KEV. W. H. MeLEOD B.A B.D, Pastor srenaumnpiieirambeitiaei se tS ‘HE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH "WEEN CENTRE ST, AND 2nd AVE. Mouldings ANNEX A large stock of dry finish- ing lumber on hand. Boat lumber a specialty. Delivery made at short notice. jervices every Sunday at 11 a “7 and it 0 pm, Sunday 100 ; ay ae ata 72 a a Our prices are as low as any, Owned and operated by the 3 : Grand Trunk Pacific Railway on Call on us before ordering. the American and European plan, Excellently furnished, with steam heat, electric light, and all modern conveniences, being abso- lutely first-class in every respect, OFFICE: EMPRESS THEATRE BLDG. PAPERHANGING ‘ger oer WPKEEN & HUNTER Horseshoers Carriage Repairing General Work SILVERSIDES BROS. 80x 120 PHONE 1 ‘FRASER AND SEVENTH STREET Phone 59 Red The appointments and service are equal to any hotel on the coast. —AND— HIGH CLASS SIGN WORK OUR SPECIALTIES ‘Rates: si to $3.50 all aay. G. A. Sweet, Manager. 56 GREEN 1" Second Avenue, near McBride Dated at Victoria, B. C., this 5th day of | December, 1911 ROBERTSON & HEIS TERMAN, | Solicitors fcr the Applicants, the British Columbia & Alaska Railway Company. LAND PURCHASE NOTICE Prince Rupert Land District—District of Coast, Take notice that I, Lemuel Freer, of | Vancouver, B. C., occupation broker, in- tend to apply * permission to purchase the followiug described lands Commencing at a post planted on the shore in a northerly direction from Port Nelson Cannery, marked L. F.’s S.E. corner, thence 20 chains north, thence 20 chains west, thence 20 chains south to shore line, | thence east along the shore to point of commencement, containing 40 acres, more or less. LEMUEL FREER Dated Dec. 7, 1911 Pub. Jan. 5, 1911. Skeena Land District—District of Coast ianged. Take notice that I AROLINE JOHNSON, of Vancouver, B. ¢ occupation married woman, intend to for permission to purchase the following described lands Commencing at a post planted at the southwest corner of Lot 3065, thence south 80 chains, thence 80 chains, thence north 60 chains t southeast corner of Lot 3062, thence west 40 chains along south line of Lot 2, thence north 20 chains along west of Lot 3062, thence west 40 chains a south line of Lot 3065 to point of nencement, contain- ing 560 acres, more less. CAT INE JOHNSON, R. Carr, Agent. Dated Dec. 23, 1 Pub, Jan. 18, 19 Skeena Land Distr District of Coast, Range ; Michas Beganis, cook, nd to apply for per- the following de- Take notice that of Victoria, B mission to pur scribed lands Commencing at a post planted on the north side of Williams Creek, where the Kitimat branch T. P. Ry. crosses jut ten (10) chains from the creek , thence south 30 chains, thence east 40 chains, thence north 80 chains, thence west 40 chains to. point of commencement staining 120 acres, more or MICHAS BEGANIS, Williams Creek, ar Fred E, Cowell, Agent. Dated Oct, 31, 1911. Pub, Dec. 9 Skeena Land _ District District of Queen Charlotte islands Take notice that John Scott Young, of Saanich, B. G., occupation farmer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following des ed lands; Commencing at &@ post planted at the | northeast corner of Lot 1550, thence south | to the north boundary of Lot 1551, thence j}east along the said boundary to the sea- | shore, thence following aleng the shore to {the point of ¢ Inmencement, containing | three hundred and sixty-one (361) acres, more or less JOHN SCOTT YOUNG, George Young, Agent. Dated Noy. 15, 10911, Pub, Dec. 15, 1011 Skeena Land District——District of Coast, Range 5, Take notice that 1, Samuel Beiltees, | gardener, of Victoria, Intend to apply for permission to purchase the following de- scribed lands Commencing at a@ post planted on the north side of Williams Creek, about ten chains back from the creek bank, and about fifty chains southeast from where the Kitimat branch of the G, T. P. right- of-way crosses Williams Creek, thence south 40 chains, thence east 40 chains, thence north 40 chains, thence west 40 chains to point of commencement, con- taining 16¢ res re or less 'SAMU EL BE!ILTEES, Fred E, Cowell, Agent. Dated Oct, 31, 1911. Pub, Dec. 9 | IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, IN THE MATTER OF *THE ADMINISTRA TION ACT, and IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LUDGER ROY, DECEASED, INTESTATE TAKE NOTICE that by an Order of His Honor, Judge Young, Made the 28rd day of November, 1911, | Was appointed Ad ministrator of the estate of Ludger Roy, Deceased, Intestate, and all parties Baving claims against the sald estate are hereby required to forward the same to me at Prince Rupert, B. C., properly verified, on | oF before the 12th day of Marecb, A. D 1912; and all parties indebted to the said estate are required to pay the amount of} their indebtedness to me forthwith, | Dated this 5th day of January, A. D {1912 {THOMAS A. ROY, Administrator. | Feb Prince Rupert, B, C. pre, aoe REE asersheseeendserenes 3 ae, me, BRS PS CES ee eeee .o, °. e .o, ° '? .e, . ? ¢, e ? i i 1 y ° ” oe ‘ov You Want Sow Watch Then get into communication Fier Birks Jewel Managing Director Vancouver -:- —Limited— lers and Silversmiths Geo. E. Trorey a ae . 1} REDUCTION IN Fer ead a i | ei 2 S.S. | [am weary; oh, so weary, TLS Prince | And the prospects seem so dreary t Nothing hopeful in the future, . \ t Grim misfortune in the past. ‘PAC 1 Ruper Oft I've sworn by all that’s holy p = | Dollar Keeps Shrinking in Walue/And by other things more low Sails Every Friday at 8 a.m. for in Terms of Necessaries of Life|'‘That this season is my last. VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, SE aoe eee ’ . ATILE | And the melancholy marmot 3 8.8. PRINCE JOHN An inspect of the prices of Safely perched above th plain, Every Wednesday at 1 p. m. for Stewart. | F Whistling shrill Also maintains weekly rvice to Queen|the principal necessities of “daily MSsteag sarily in derision Ghaciotte, imand point For particulars | read” in the east today as com- Eechoed back the sad refrait Train Service to Van Arsdol pared with twelve months ago Oft I've seen the Yukon’s ice ¢ Mixed trains leave — Princ Rupert | s 8 buyin crwat pe Rona Se ee Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1p. mo> hows that the buying power of{oft Pye chased the distant rain- For all points East of Chicago travel via/ ithe dollar bill, in respect to these bow the Grand Trunk away System for| lities hs fir OW) safety, speed and comf: [pone ities, tas diminished|Gpranite dikes and strakes of pro- For full information, reservations and|@bout 5 per cent. If you narrow yhyry tickets to all points apply to i pnhyry, the range of commodities to that] genjet rook and diorit cunislan ; ose “k ¢ ‘ite . ¥ lof butter, eggs, sugar : a- ‘ { . : A. E. MCMASTER & ind pota-|Many a ton of quartz I've broken, GENERAL AGENT GRAND TRUNK toes, the percentage diminution Vainly lool i. } . PACIFIC RY. ¢ ain ooking for the token, in the buying power of the dollar|“Cojor” glistening to the sight Agency all Atlantic Steamship Lines bill is nearer 20 per cent., so that sight. ——— | from the standpoint of the house-]And the tangled crimson fireweed |keeper and th itizens that{Idly drooping in the rain, pay for the food that thrice daily}Murmuring low a solemn re- lis set on the dining room table, quiem, ) a s : |the almighty dollar is becoming a|Echoed back the sad refrain. ee Valet | lrather sickly looking creature, an I must hit the'trail ¢ ‘ ius e f T PACIFIC leconomie weakling. As a writer cha ; ' ane d forsake ale esis lalla lin the Saturday Evening Post said Nott tefl aes vale of: sorrow Nothing le f g “ppe recently: “If a dollar goes any . ng ; aw salt — m pper, 7 acon Tir é € 5 P r B.C. Co ee Seite: farther in the present year of],, A ENE Eee ea eas -C, Coast service — Famous Princess ; : Gad, tis hard to work for wages : ee ; ; ; ad, i » wor or wages Line grace than in any recent year, it And éwion a t And ge "1c r @f , stages ‘ ‘ will do so only because its pos- But 5 ‘ : ” agente a a is ut my s are ge , . Princess Beatrice | «°**0" siveietes it harder, ny funds are getting low. | alata OS Lae And the hungry magpies chat- Saturday, February 10th, at9 a.m. | re f 7! a The World’s Cables. tered, For Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle | ’ ; ‘ : : Whe--cehia ties ot tid. word Chattered on in high disdain, g Ss » or , ‘ J. G. McNab - General Agent | We will leave you on the mor- jamount in a grand total to over row | ’ —— =| two hundred and sixty thousand! Eehoed back the sad refrain. NOTICE miles, more than enough to draw —Babine Sourdough ja girdle ten times around the ay | ri Notice is hereby given that an applica- earth at the equator. This work weey weeps. tion will be made to the Legislative As-|has ¢ 1e ace she s 1e " > are re r i sembly of the Province of British Columbia | h AS all be en accomplished sinee How are you getting on with at its: next session for an act amending/1865. The longest line is from|your new governess, Robby?” ection 3 ish © oy ’ Railway Act, i910 teh Meh Gidtone ct England to Australia by way of Well, she doesn’t seem to British Columbia, 1910), by striking out > Cape 10 , 5 Ww Pat aali: ail” the -warte-aterttee freed eDeinee the Cape of Good Hope, 15,000 know anything at all. in Line 10 of said Section and substituting) miles. The busiest section of the “What do you mean, you silly therefor the foilowing a l , . shild?” “and or from_Fort George in a north-|S€@ bottom is, of course, the|child? easterly direction to the valley of the’ Nort lantic, seventeen es S “We she es ( r Parsnip River by way of Fort McLeod, rth Atlantic, Rasa en Cane ete - on netiine bat thence along the Parsnip River to a junc-|centreing in the St. Lawrence|ask me questions all the time! tion with the Peace River, thence along . an J rar T Vv the valley of the Finlay ‘River through | S°CUoOn and New York. The long- e oo at ae ee Sifton Pass, thence down the Stikene/est stretch without relay station If you like to sing don’t do it River to a junction with the main line at , : * Telegraph Creek; also powers to build|/is from Vancouver to Fanning|by yourself. Find three others, or'veace Kiver passes tp ihe casters Eeuas | fsland, 3,600 miles, made neces-jor ten times three others, and get dary of British Columbia, or by way of|sary by the rule of the British|acquainted with good choral work the most feasible route, or in the alterna . | , tive by the most feasible route between| Government forbidding wandings/snd enjoy the stimulus of ensem- Lytton and Teslin Lake, also to build from | ,, : a . e eo . . a point on said line of patiway to the City On 8ny ays sritish soil. ible work, of Vancouver or from the City of Van- | couver to a point on said line, by the most - cs feasible route.” | And Far ete for in act extending the napa PSSESePSePaseases: time within which the company has to commence construction and expend ten per | oe eae aeheone cent of its capitalization. i ae with us. We can serve .you as satisfactorily 500 miles away as though you stood before’ the counters of our watch depart- ment. 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