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Prince Rupert, B. C. :

: European Plan.

Rates $1.50 per day-up. Od

B The Batkiey Hotel

E. E, Orchard. Owner:

" Buropéan, or American Plan
The headquarters for the Bulkley

Valley. Tourists and Commercial men
find this a grand hotel to stop at.

All trains met. Autos; . livery or rigs,
saddle. horses provided.

‘Smithers. B.C:

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7 | Omineca Hotel

Cc. W. Dawson Manager

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] Beat attention to tourists and to :
commercial men. -

Dining room in connertion ‘e.

Rates reasonable. . Patronage is
solicited a
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SHACKLETON

Hotel a

USK, B.C.

” New, clean and comfortable .
First-elass Dining Room in connection

a Ravea . WARE... ATTRACTING .

THOS. SHACKLETON - Prop.

Special | attention to travellers
arriving or departing‘on ="
night trains |

Grandview Hotel

fe} South Hazelton, BC.

H. CARVATH + PROP,

Dining Room
and. Sample 1 Rooms in connection

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B.C. UNDERTARERS

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great fane which is. now. but
__ { [ruins. .
‘céptional privileges we ‘enjoyed i in

As'an ingtance of the ex-

England, it may. | be..cited that on
no.. aceount ig the Abhey. open on
Stindays’ to’ “Visitord. ‘it’ was

twenty:yeard: sirfée:this: ‘rule had}

been waived.. The-place is pri-
vate property and our good friend

Jon:this occasion was the ‘owner, |’

Mr. Clare Vyner.-  -.

#| Ripon, whither we adjourned
next amid rain, .

all the municipal treasures at the
fown hail and at the Wakeman’s
house. . This is-a wonderfully
interesting city, the third oldest

back ‘to. Alfred the Great—but
here are the motor coaches and
we must be off’ to Harrogate,
where the rest of. Sunday evening
went all too swiftly at the Royal
‘Hail, where we were the guests
of the corporation at.a delightful

‘} [eoncert, which included several

Canadian items. Early the next
morning we were off to York—a
thirtv: minuté ron by train.

The Fire. Demon
Provoking Law

Canadian Forest & Outdoors Magazine

Recentiy a firm of lumber man-
ufacturers ‘in British Columbia
was muleted to the extent of sev-

‘dleral hundred thousand dollars for

damages caused by a forest: ‘fire’
which, starting - outside their
boundaries, passed across their
limits and destroyed a soldiérs’
settlement. The defence claimed

they were not responsible as the

fire originated off their: property |

jand every effort to block. it prov-
Jed ‘unavailing. |
Now comes a news despatch .

The court held

from Dunean, .B.C.,. intimating

ging debris.

which,
bilities:
to the

owner,
holder.

however, contains possi-

Only a few weeks ago a

fire-fighting amounting | tu $2,500,
on a pair of amateur fishermen,

panies is adjudged good law and.
in public i
velopment ‘surely is to apply the’

campers,: ‘fishermen, or others,

recklessly. destroy ‘the’timber hol-
| dings; cainps, or ‘other- property’ ue
of industrial corporations. It is|-,.

to be, teared.. ‘that: tthe’ total dam-'

aa" 0 hel 'fumberniai.

ee Beagons: ago’ a “settler, i aari

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land by fire i in order. to grow 7 five
dollars “worth ‘of’, “potatoes, ° “Tet
loose destructive forces thatswept
away a half-million dollars worth
of. white and red. pine, . Three
years ago, in new Brunswick,
fishermen. accounted for. almost
half the timber loss., ‘Whatabout
damage suits i in these instances?

What: about: a joint suit of pro-

holders against,” say; two ‘bun-
dred fishing parties to recover
three million dollars worth of

vincial government and - limit’

ruined resources?

+ The thing has. great possibile
ties, It would certainly bring
home to the public :the drastic
truth. that forest-destruction i is
not due to the axe, but to theig-
norance and thoughtlesaness of
thousands . of woods travelless.
Let's: ‘have’ a docket: full of law
suits: TheKing vs. Sans Souti
Campers’ Club for $850, 000 worth
of young growth destroved by
carelessness; B, V.D; Lumber Co.

| ‘caster, for eam 000 worth of pulp”

lone set afire; the Pulp:and Paper
Workers’ Union: vs. ‘John Doe,

prospector, for ten weeks ‘unem- °

ployment; because .of low water.
due “to “forest fires, It would.
make 2 stimulating document if
we could.“once™ place’ ‘thie blame
for forest fires and ask the care-.
free children of .our. Personal —

Liberty regime to show cause
why they should: not:pay to the.

State and industrial companies a

‘The Yorkshire Newspaper Sos
fyciety. entertained us at tea at

The mayor pre-|
sided and afterwards éxplained |

in England, - with charter going ||

‘Suit Possibilities

that settlers plan’ to take action:
claiming damages for forest fires |:
tT originating in the burning of loz:

This introduces a new ‘problem 7

not: altogether favorable: ~
settler, camper, cottage’
or other small property’

California court delivered ajudg- mf
| ment, imposing the entire cost of

whose negligence. had caused a _ a
difficult conflagration. If ‘the| «
asseasing of costs on lumber eom- fo

nterest, the’ ‘Topical ‘de- |

3]eame ‘medicine “in: libéral- doses |.
to. those: ‘who; be’ they’ settlers,

axes, ee out settler, for ‘ se :

vs. Richard Roe, champion bait

forfeit of $15,000,000 annually,

woes

"PIANOS AND BEDDING AS BAGGAGE

inset. Tibetan Spinner, Market Square, Darjeeling,

_ wrayer, Agra Fort.
Tre Indian railway, guage is the broadest in. ‘the
world and a modern first-clasa. compartment
“is the last word in’ eomfort.
Fans, ‘shaded lights, cooling arrangements. ‘blue
" glass windows to let down in ease the glare is too
/Sirong, ‘Venetian blinds to supply an: airy twilight.

; juxurious. bath-room: next door, arm-chairs, tables,
- beds . Yes, beds.
his isedding with him by train. After dinner his
servant enters the carriage, makes the bed ani lava
out the Sahih’s pyjamas ad. slippers.

Unless otherwise ordered, he will await the
Seth's returh’ and help pull off his boots and
clothes. Perhaps this.is:.a relic-of the old “John
Company” days, when the Sahib came back of an

“evening. carrying’ more than -» necessary dose 6:
brandy pawnee; at any rate the old-fashloned ‘ser-

. Vant, ati]. expects to, unlace his’ ‘maater's: boots. -

*  It‘ia, however, unnecessary to‘do what. one’s ser-
vant expects But: td ‘be’ without a. servant in India
Would be impossible. For a. ten-day trip each mar-
” pied couple and ‘every ‘two ur. “three bachelors will
find, it desirable to have an‘ attendant .

word as.to their treatment Many of these aer-
va iis are excellent and trustworthy ‘men; but the
vides af “liberty, equality, fraternity” is abhorani to
than ..Phe twnriat: who {is condescending enough to
bhaw them any! ‘port of brotherly love will be merely
stiebhed for-his pains, for the*relations of master and
man have been established ince immemorial . time
. Mhroughont the ‘Bast

The: averuge ¢ ‘sompartment on the Indian railways
ta. nearly” twice the: size. of the Amerivan. drawing
rool car | Two cotiches’ run along its length on either

nyt “pide, under: the windows. At the’ foot. of each:there
> fs, door-spaceand.‘ap. armbhair, Above ,

_ ‘are. . two more ‘berths, to be let. ‘down

a me _ogeasion aires --

co AN Svery large. quantity: ‘of: -paguage. te “carried: ain

“pyary ‘compartment, for, many ‘passengers. take, “in
eddition to: wardrobe: trunk; bedding, svitedse, helmet.
rar “ones _typewriter: and all: jaorts. of ‘oda. and ends such
7 jogapears. “golf-sticks,, fishing rods. and. siffin

a ~basleete ‘But: there ia room. tor averything and any-:

tates ding. (me persinbwlapor Is.e common sight and. a cot
tage. fano has been, taken as personal: luggage) on

“thes ‘wide’ floor ‘ofan Indian’ tallway’ compartment,”

aip:the: extly morning,;whet the tlred sun of India| a
fighting ite. way..over. the miata . lying’. Over the

ie ‘breakant™ ‘of: wie a Baek lating

ue of';tea
.* ‘buttered tonal. ”

top: ist and centre inset, Empress of Canada passengers and the train which took them across indta his year,
Other views are of the Canadian Pacific &.8. Empress of Fran
to carry the Canadian flag around-the-world in 1825 and of the Tame Maaiid lucknow.

Tn India, the traveller takes |:
‘provided, travel’ is not expensive in India

-been laid out’on one of the sofas.

the couches |" —

t. ht as.
: nl Pe ‘| press .of Canada” "1824 “Round... the World” cruise

gains. sour servant comes: With, “chota- “bugle” the)

Tap
selected
Lewer right we e Moha medan a

Later, he returns to-lay. out your. -clothes. - So do
the servants of the other passengers; if. there. hap-__
pen to be four travellers. in a compartment, each
with a servant and with the articles of baggage

enumerated above, the routine of shaving and ‘dress- a

ing is apt, to resemble a film comedy. . ns
-One compartment on the train, or. sometimes more
is. reserved. for ladies traveling alone. A whole com-
partment ‘can. always be resetved by” paying ‘for. four.
first class seats_, _ Considering ...the accommodation
A first
class fare from Bombay to Delhi costs about $3h .*). .:
The day passes quickly on the train, -for- the a
plains of India, having--been cultivated for: ‘untold

ages, hold more of interest than similar places in

other parts. of the ‘world, which have. not been lived

fin so tong. : The diversity of types to be seen at the

wayside stationsia truly amazing,  .

‘Twilight... Dinner-time The teeming - - plains of
India. stil) unroll ‘before you.
’ .You, return. ‘to ‘your carraige; wtiere yout. ded: hae
-With’a novel-and —.
a-hedside light”. you while away a few more hours,
reading.’ smoking,. watching ‘the dim “villages. shorn
of their dirt and ‘deerepitude, and invested with a
certain: magic ‘in the moonlight Between these vil- «
lages, thick~ with:a Hfe lived in uw’ key. sq.minor, that
the. North: ‘American. could hardly live a-day-on, the»
morth’s food of an Indian peasant. slow bullack carts ..
areep: along, bound on ‘errandswe know! nothing nf,

The. mystery of India. steals, . wover our. drowsy
senses ‘gow awitch ‘off the- lights'the fan overhead
moane, the coach wheels ‘shatter’ of. thelr travel and.

you: pass: into. -your..‘own particular.” Western brand vs

of nirvana. until, at-last; day, returna..and. ‘a dusky
fignre | says" “Salaam, Sahib, “shotahazivi ‘ready!
The- photogra he: reproduced. above Were.

by ‘members of the- ‘Actoss--India. party- of: Phe ia

passengers. .. Next’. season ; ithe’ “second: “Round; the,
Wart”. erulse wil). be. “gonducted’ nnder- “Canadian- ‘Pa:
cific: gusplees;:: famous: trans-Atiantic-liner.:"Eim
tirass,.6f Prarice” being -acheduled: ute. sal vom. jNew:
Yark. on’, January. Adth,:: returning... via Ane Mi
May 29rd: Shore: éxcursions will be Trade’ acy ave
port of all, abd: amongrother: things; :al!: members.
of ‘the ernie will: be takes by * ‘ral to ‘Dellti,one of
the: vahtelent cities: oP ‘the’ world’ and-‘ca

d’ to: Agr i, the: heautifubicit, 2 she, ogulavwh ere.
tne “a MN. alee. be.-available. for, monihers
‘erulge G9 egire.
“Agre: tg: “Bonaran, ‘and -& r*ploutta. Daricelings

Madras. and ‘Malle solange ship. at Colombo.

ital of. Todla, -\

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