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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 07, 1910
Page
5
Permission granted from headquarters to recruit musicians for Earl Grey's Rifles militia company. Cap Stork orders immediate recruitment, enabling a bugle band to accompany parades, despite lack of drill hall. Uniforms complete, gear ready, band expected to enhance unit’s appeal and drill-night morale.
Neil McGillivray of Skidegate reports the district will expand beyond quartz and coal into placer mining. He plans washing operations this winter once water from creeks rises, with a sizable workforce and aims for commercial returns. Moulton will run oil treatment for high market prices. McGillivray also backs promising placer claims near town.
At a Wednesday meeting Alderman Hilditch pressed for a water service on Ninth Avenue noting water is available there and asking if the water committee plans to extend service to any willing area at a reasonable price. Alderman Mobley said the engineer has not yet reported findings.
Completion of the Portland Canal Short Line Railway from Stewart to the district mines is slowed by a decision to add a Bear River tunnel. Four hundred feet long, the tunnel increases work not in the original plan. Sol Cameron and Thomas Cameron oversee the graded section and tunneling delays.
Joseph McGrath’s brother Mr. McGrath, a well known mining man, fractured his jaw after a fall at a Port Essington quarry used for granite for the Canadian Fish and Cold Storage company. He was brought to hospital via Port Simpson after treatment by Dr. McPhee, delayed notification noted until help from Ensign Johnson and city officials. Mr. McGraths doing well.
Special dispatch from San Francisco reports Dr. M W Glover of the U S Marine Hospital service at Angel Island has discovered a simple way to check Hindu and Oriental immigration by identifying hookworm infection. The finding suggests a disease barrier to admission, noting the illness is curable but used as grounds to refuse entry. Millions are spent eradicating hookworm in the southern United States.
Public School Inspector Leith is in the city this week before leaving for the south in a few days. G A McNicholl of G T P returns from southern trip for company work. C H Topp of Gore MacGregor Victoria goes south after surveying on the Queen Charlotte Islands. Rev Laycock and Mrs Laycock host in city before London curacy. Mr and Mrs James H Rogers celebrate twenty fifth wedding anniversary in Vancouver. Arthur H Mallett of R G Dun Co is in city to cover Stewart and surrounding areas. Mrs Mallett accompanies him. Mrs J H Gray and Miss Gray and Miss Pearce of Kamloops arrive after overland trip via Ashcroft and Prince George.
Provincial Electoral Act notice states written objections to names on the Skeena District Register of Voters. A Court of Revision will sit November 7 1910 at Prince Rupert Court House at eleven in the forenoon to hear and decide the objections and may strike names if unfounded. J H McMullin Registrar of Voters dated October 5 1910.
L Crippen returns from the south with prisoner Alphonse Rider. He orders Chinamen from the best lounge on the Princess Victoria between Vancouver and the capital. They protest first class tickets. officers uphold them, but locals urge separate quarters for the chinks. Crippen loses technically, but wins a moral victory.
Notice is given of a public auction on Monday November seventh, 1910 at eleven in the forenoon in Atlin Court Room to sell Crown granted mineral claims for unpaid taxes due by June thirtieth, 1910. If not paid, the claims may be sold to the highest bidder. if no sale, lands revert to the Crown and grants void.
The passage suggests that many prefer easy status such as a third vice president position in a corporation. It claims about six million Americans could perform illustrated songs at a movie theater, implying widespread untapped talent and appetite for showmanship in cinema settings.
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