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THE. OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1925 .

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area iataminge. everyday se page Sill be bright ic. Ey SAWLE a " PUBLISHER ~ —_~~—|| Send*Yod: it:

nae. Jonteel Cold. Gream Met as
 Jonteel Vanishing Cream .
Jonteel Soap.......0+r-+ $1.25

J onteel Taleum Powder.
Klenzo Tooth Paste. sees

" Large Box of Chocolates
Two Dutch Silver
Flower Vases.....--- $5.00

‘Kienzo Tooth Paste, large ; "5

‘Klenzo Tooth Brush
Lf you cannot get to Prince Rupert to see our stock we shall
| be glad to send you gift suggestions if you will write us.

ORMES LIMITED

P.O. Box 1680 Prince Rupert

WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL DRUGCISTS

The Rexall Store

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Advertising rates—$1.60 per inch per “month?
reading notices i6e per line first insertion. 10¢ per
line each subsequent insertion. .

Oneyear . = 0 v2. 7 8800 1.

Six months - soe 1.00 .
U. 3.and British Isles -- $2.50-per ‘year
Notices for Crown Grants . sous ered E .

Purchaseof Land = - -

" " Licence & Prospect for Coal . “00

The merchants in Smithers had.
a pretty good year and are able.
to close up this Christmas for.
three daye all in a row. -

Manufacturers of

Rough, Bressed & Dimension

Lumber

Hanson
Lumber &

Timber Co.
. HEMLOCK, SPRUCE AND CEDAR
| HEMLOCK AND SPRUCE -
| Flooring
Mill at

Get our prices before ordering elsewhere .

HANALL, B.C.

The legislature finished the s seg
sion Saturday night and the mem-
bers lost no time getting away to
their homes and Santa Claus. -

Canada has a couple of billion
dollars tied up in transportation
facilities, Canada grows hund-
reds of millions of bushels of the
world’s finest wheat. The bulk
of the Canadian wheat that was
exported last month was shipped
over United States lines and via
| United States ports. Our own
railway rusts for the want of
traffic and Canadian elevators on
the Atlantic and on the Pacific

areempty. That is the result of

BUILDING MATERIALS!
Cement Lime _ Plaster Fireclay
Brick Building Papers _ Roofing |

Sash & Doors 3-ply Veneer Paneling
Fir Finish a Specialty

ALBERT & McCAFFERY, | LTD.

Prince Rupert, B.C.

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|having a government more con-
cerned about keeping in office
than it is about Canada’s busi-
|ness and Canadian people.

- The scheme of holding sessions:
of the Legislature in the fall-has }.
not been the success anticipated,
and the Premier announced that
in future the sessions would be
ealled-eatly in the New Year. ©:

‘Canadian Pacific Railway Company

COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE

| BRITISH COLUMBIA

December 18, January 1, 14,
For Ketchikan, Wrangell Juneau, ’ Skagway—Decemher 98, January 11, 26,

3.8. “PRINCESS .BEATRICE”’—For Butedale, Swanson Bay, Hast Bella
Bella, Ocean Falls, Namu, Alert Bay, Camphell River and Vancouver
every Saturday at 11 a.m.

AGENCY FOR ALL OCEAN STEAMSHIP LINES
\ WwW: €. Orchard, corner Third Avenue

and Fourth Street, Pr Prince e Rupert

SAILINGS FROM PRINCE RUPERT—For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, —

New Hazelton | ‘subscribers to
the’ Dominiori Telephone Service,
as well as South Hazelton and
Skeena Crossing, have an honest
to goodness complaint. “For three

Fall information pert)

days the telephone has been ont
of commission and Santa Claus is
the only one who knows when it
will operate again. Subscribers
1 can hear Smithers housewives or-

ly the
Pewsty ci te Scares

Get that Writing Urge
rons DVUOFOLD

CaS to this store and take a Parker Duofold on 30
trial, Neat gold pocket-clipincluded f free, or gold
ogent with Lady Ducfold. Ita balanced swing and gu-
point mako writing a new delight—you won't
your correspondence and you'll be rated aa ono >
who can afford tho finest pen, .
‘ Lacquerered with black tips or plain black, if desired,

Oversize Duofold 37+ Daafold Je. $5 - Lady Dusfold gs

7 We b. “McCUTCHEON _ pRUGGIST
: "Péines Rapert ae gas igo

“: Generat Agent, for the: Parker Duofold Pomtsin Pen

{dering meat from Sealy & Dood-
son, and ‘can hear Austin (jood-
engugh giving instructions to load
a.car of poles at Kallum. : They
can hear the police asking. for
“Desperate Ambrose’, at Burns
Lake, but never a ring will their):
own. phone, ring.
Fred .Stork’s modern. telephone
service for which the,full modern
price of $30 per annum ia extract |;
ed from each sub., with outside
ealls extra. Some. modern ser-
‘viee the government pives,

Christmas holidaying - ‘started
fairly early: for the Hazelton out
side. correspondent... He has al-|,
ready. seen eariboo.on- the. hospi-
tal grounds,’ and he discovered a
central heating plant. in Alaska,

thus far in this district... - ;

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| os Laat Monday was: the shortest

day and twice that day the, sun
was seen... Tt will_not, however,

.-Hlast.week.. - Work is being, active:

ly, to join their parents here. for.
the Christmas holidays. -

_‘ The Misses James, teachers at/[
the local school, are spending the
Christmas vacation at- ‘their home
in Vancouver.

left on Sunday morning to apend
-{a few days in Prince Rupert. «.-

the country; with such havoc to
trails, roads and railway, was the
most terrific known to the mem-
ory of the oldest inhabitants.
Trails in the mountain sections
wera obliterated, and planking
and corduroy on many roads be-
came merely flotsam.

flood-borne burden, excelled. it.
self in-quantity: and character of
debris which it swept seaward.

chicken coops and telegraph poles
4all intermingled in. as.varied a

.|floated down. the tide.
‘way roadbed near Andrew Pete’s,

were weakened.

And that is].

| that has. caused the. mild. weather’ - .

be long until the Sun, sill ghing |
Ly all: the: ‘time,

BE. -H. Edwards, president and
manager; cof thé Canada Produits |}
Ltd, returned. from. Edmonton

ly -proseeuted at the mill...

from their. schools in Prince Ru-
pert: and Vancouver, “respective-

-Mr.-and Mrs, T. W, Shackleton

The recent flood which swept

The Skee-
na River, the path of many a

! Miss Violet Whitlow and Miss|{
| Kathleen Durham have returned |[- ;

Gatalogac

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We are sting out this
year.a beautiful illustrated —
catalogue,.and when ready
we would like all our cus-
tomers and friends to have —
one. .

Many of the ptices are
specially marked low to
compete with the mail order
catalogues. . If you'd like |
-a catalogue fet us know.

The goods are all gua-
ranteed and- we will-cheer- -
fully refund money if some-
thing does not please you.

John Bulger
pance Roper B.C

pore

Boats adrift, pieces of bridges.

collectién of wreckage: as- ever
_ The rail-

below Usk, was shot into the
river, the bridge at Lowrie Creek
became a suspension of, ties hung |;
on rails, likewise the Nicholson
Creek bridge, and other points
However, the
hands of the repair gangs worked
magic and now everything is as
it was before. The isolation
caused by the tie-up affected the’
old-timers not at all; they once
got the habit of self- immolation
for as long as five months at a
time, but to others the lack of
trains and mail proved more or
less irksome.

The children of Usk school
presented an enjoyable program
of closing exercises to their pa-
rents last Friday afternoon. The

upon their teachers and. them-

following: .'

récitation— Rosie MacDonald and
Barbara Post. roe

‘Christmas Evein Wildwood,’ ae
yecitation—Pauline Lowrie. -
“Christmas: Candlee,’’ recita-
jon—Edna Paine, Margaret Rich-
‘mond, . Bessie, O'Brien, Fanny
‘Post, Hilla Richmond, Dorothy
Stewart,

-: “The Christmas. Wish Fairy,”
--Dorothiy Whitlow, . Pearl Paine,

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‘ald, Ralph Skinner: -" -°

Barney ‘Post, deck hs +
Gift,”’ reading — Arthur. Alger,
‘Marie Lowrie.
., 'Santa’ Claus,’”’ a recitation —:

| Importers and.

Dealers i in ae

Kinde
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' Burlaps largest and:
- Paints most varied
Cils | -+ stock in
Varnishes Northern
Glass British
Brushes, Eic. Columbia

Write ua for- information whén
_ yenovating or-building your home.

Miike Your ‘Home Attractive !

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youngsters reflected great credit | ~

selves in the presentation ‘of the}!

“Christmas All Over the Land,’ || .

Sadie MeDonald; Donald: McDon- |.

“A Pieco of 'News,”: recitation 7
Lege —Johnby | Scully.
A Boy’s Christmas,’ sheteh 1
Arthur’ “Alger, ‘Perey. ‘Mian |]

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~ Exchange

Get our prices before you buy
’ . new hardware.

RANGES.
HEATING STOVES
COOKING UTENSILS

Goods Bought. arid Sold |

. Second Hand Stock
Always on Hand ”

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