THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG rr ------------ TT ---- . Safe Fur Storage Guarantee Insurance Against Fire, Theft § and Moths. "Phone 603. Our Fur Van will call. Receipt mailed to you by return post. - JOHN McKAY, Limited FUR HOUSE 149-157 BROCK STREET, KINGSTON | COLORITE 3 Available in fourteen attractive colors. Dries in thirty ~ minutes. Water-proof and durable. Thirty cents a bottle. Branigan's Drug LIMITED 268 Princess Street 7g --~ Phone 18 Mess, four out of five suffer with it | after the age of forty, and many younger, are dentist's Statisles, gums are the da If the teeth Tore theirsockets and the poison seeps ¢ hrough- the rod Ee rs Brahe ba tin go to your den. immediately for treatment. . He can help To t pyorrhea consult him at least twice a year, and brush your oie and morning with Forhan's This t dentifrice contains For- How Long Since You Saw Your DentistP freat am aching Visithim reg. ularly at least twice 1 i (THE WOLFE ISLANDER 10 BREAK THROUGH The Ice in Harbor in Attempt to Cross to the Island. i Capt. McDonald of the steamer Wolfe Islander, announced on Wed- {pesday morning that he expected to leave the city wharf at the foot of | Brock street on Wednesday afternoon {for the purpose of trying to break a | channel through the ice to Wolfe | Island. | 4When speaking to a representa- [Hive of The Whig, he said that he feared the ice would be very thick, and the trip to the island would like- ly take considerable time. It was the intention of the captain, after leaving the whart, to follow the open water up the shore line, which was made by the Salvage Prince, and then get into the opem water In the channel. The ice in the bay at Wolte Island is still considered to be very thick, It was on March 26th list year that the steamer Wolfe Islander made the first trip to the island. The steamer Salvage Prince broke the ice on March 18th. F On Wednesday morning iceboats, carrying tip mail, same over from the island. The men in charge of the boats reported that the ice was firm close to the island shore, but there was considerable open water in the channel and close to the Kingston shore. There was a sail on the boat, and it was used when open water was met. Landed at Rockwood Wharf. The tugs Russell and Glyde sopped at the Rockwood wharf Tuesday af- ternoon on their trip back to Hamil- ton from Ogdensburg. Little ice trouble was experienced on the return trip as far as Kingston, but the weather was rather rough. The steamers Rahane and Brulin have received orders to clear the end of this week. The repairs on the steamers have been completed and it is likely that they will clear Satur- day or Sunday, The schogney's and steamers owned by local concerns are undergoing re- pairs in preparation for the season. The work affords employment to a large number of men. The government steamer - Scout left the Davis dry dock on Tuesday after undergoing extensive repairs: Another boat will enter the dry dock within a few days for overhauling. It is reported that the' ice is jammed in the river about nine miles below Kingston and is liable to hold up' the ice flow from the lake for a few days. TELEPHONE EMPLOYEES HELD A JOLLY DANCE Event in Ontario Hall on Tues- day Night Was a Great Success. The employees of the local branch of the Bell Telephone Company held one of the most successful and en- joyable dances of the season, in On- tario Hall, Tuesday evening, over one hundred and fifty couples being present. Dancing was enjoyed from 9 till 12 o'clock, splendid music be- ing rendered by the Sid Fox orches- tra. Noise-producing balloons and fancy paper hats, were distributed for the novelty number, after inter- mission, and added much galety and amusement to the event. The patro- nesses were Mrs, A. Drew, Mrs. A. J. Evans, Mrs. BE. 1. Mooney and Mrs. A. R. Worden, and the committee, to whom much credit for the com- plete success of the evening is due, was composed of Miss' G. Houton, Miss K. McKegney and Miss 8S. Rogers. A ------ Across Canada and Back. Marvelous beyond conception in- aptly describes. the glories of Can- ada's Rockies. To be fully appreci- ated they must be seen. To start cut on a trip by one's self nto this unfamiliar but far-famed paradise- on-earth, to many appears quite a task. Realizing this) Dean Sinclair Laird, of Macdonald College, an ex- perienced Rocky Mountains travel- ler, for the third year in succession, has undertaken to conduct a party through this glorious wonderland. A special train of dining, standard sleeping, and observation compart- ment cars. has heen chartered, to leave Toronto on July 19th via the Canadian Pacific Rajlway. Stops will be made at Port Arthur and Fort William, which together form Canada's greatest grain port; Win- nipeg Beach, the popular summer re- sort for Winnipegers; Winnipeg, Canada's third largest' city; Indian Head, the chief tree distributing cen- tre of the Federal Forestry Branch; Regina, the capital of Saskatche- wun; Calgary, Alberta's largest city; Banff, the world-famous mountain regort; by automobile for 104 miles over the Banff-Wildermere Highway, the most spectacular drive in Can- ada; through Kootenay Lake to Nel- son, the commercial centre of South- etn British Columbia; then through the Doukhobor country to Penticton; along lovely Okanagan Lake, and to Vancouver, thence by steamer to Vie- toria. Returning, the trip will be by the main line of the Canadian Pacific, through the great canyons of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers, and through the Selkirks, and Rockies, || VELOUR BOLSTERS, $7.50 SHAW'S DAILY STORE NEWS {> BOLSTERS, $7.50 . 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An . unexpected happening, il says Webster, Your car burns! | lr Ban's Liquid which has been by dentists for the last 15 years with the Royal Canadian Air Force, a wealth of detail has been collected, comprising lakes, rivers, portages, Tour tar ot falls and similar information, which as o would have required an immense You injure someone! 4 amount of effort to obtain by ground Complete Automobile Insur- surveys alone, ance covers all these unex- The map has been published on pected happenings. the scale of one inch to two miles Special rates on application. and covers an area about forty miles | -- REAL ESTATE by sixty miles fn extent, approxi. A complpte list to choose fro Picton, April 20.--The annual Your car is stolen! meeting of the Prince Edward Board of Trade was held last eveming in thé Public Library. Arrangements were made for the annual banquet. It is hoped that Hon. Charles Mec- Crea, Minister of Mines and Minister of Fisheries, will be present as chief speaker. Mrs. J. English has returned to town after spending the winter in the sunny south. Mr. and Mrs.| J. A. Wallace of Toronto have been recent guests &f Mr. and Mrs. James Inrig. Mrs. W. H. Branscombe is prepar- ing to go to New York early in May to spend a month with her daughter, Mrs. John Tenny, and family, Claude Dulmage of Point Traverse, one of the fishermen who was ma- rooned on Lake Ontario in an open boat and given up by friends as lost, came up to town on Monday to re- port on jury duty. Mr. Dulmage seemed none the worse for his trying experience. Stafi-Capt. Wright of Montreal came up to Picton to help with the services in the Salvation Army Cita- del over the week-end. Pictonians are delighted at the prospect of having a passenger steam- er service on the Bay this subsmer. Secretary R. B. Woodward, of the Chamber of Commerce, Rochester, N.Y.. has announced that, beginning about July 1st~the steamer Rapids King will make three trips a week through the Bay of Quinte, calling at all intervening ports. Rochester will be the home port. There will be a masquerade ball in the Armouries Wednesday night. Mrs. M. E. Knox will be hostess to the Youman's Y this (Tuesday) even- ing at her home, Talbot street. LATENESS OF THE SEASON. Reason for the Extending of the Muskrat Season. An announced in. The Whig on Tuesday, the muskrat season has been extended till April 30th. This action has been taken by Hon. Charles McCrea, Minister of Game and Fisheries in the Ontario Government, in ree to repre- sentations made from all parts of the province. ~ The season for muskrats, nomal- ly, would close on April 21st. The lateness of the season, which has left the ground frozen up and has made {t impossible for the trappers |leagu lo secure their normal nuniber of muskrats, is given as the reason for the extension. 5 : affording scenery such as can be found nowhere else on earth; Lake Louise, the Pear] of the Rockies, the most perféct gem of scenery on the world; another day at Banff, Edmon- ten, th@iCapital of Alberta; Saska- toon, the city of optimism; Devils Gap Camp, on the Lake of the Woods, near Kenora, thence to Fort William, where one of the fine Cana- dian Pacilic steamers will be used across Lakes Superior and Huron to Fort MeNicoll, then rail to To- ronto, where the trip will terminate. Everything is included in the price of $330, from Toronto; trans- portation, sleeping cars, accommoda- tion in hotels, and bungalow camps, meals in. diners, hotels and on steamers, and sight-seeing tours at poinis visited. - The trip is open to all, and appli- cations for accommodation, are be- ing received. . Fares from other points than To- ronto will be named, and deseriptive fliustrated booklet sent on applica tion fo Dean Sinclair Laird, Macdon. ald College Post Office. Que. VETERANS' PLAYERS DELIGHTED PATIENTS At the Mowat Hospital--Pra- sent Fine Programme on Tuesday Evening. The Jubilee Minstrels, presented by the Great War Veterans' Associa- tion Club' Players, scored another success when the entertainment was presented at the Mowat Hospital on Tuesday evening for the patients and staff. Bach number was received with enjoyment, and marked ap- plause greeted the efforts of the per- formers. . Twenty-two numbers, interspersed li | with jokes which produced gales of ji | laughter, made a very fine entertain- ment. "Um An Airman," by Mr. || Charles Hicks; "Chick Chick Chick- jien," a comedy duet by Messrs. T. Flint and C. Hicks; "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia," by J. L. Ramsay and quartette, and ""Jungle Moon," by the guartette, with C. Edwards as soloist, were some of the outstand- ing hits, while "Capt. Junkett's Fam- ous Underseas " was a scream. The company was composed of W. ll Burrows, Ivor Bdwards, N. Turner, IH. Ashton, T. Flint, Charles Cross, | Charles Hicks, A. Hinks, J. Corbory, Charles Simpson, F. Goddard, J. L. il Ramsay, T. Angrove and C. Edwards. il | Miss L. Connor was the accompanist. A vote of thanks was moved to the players for their splendid entertain- ment. Formals of R. J. Forhan, D. D, Forban's, Ltd., Montreal to mately centred at Red Lake. Whereas | |i : jrospecting has up tothe present been i confined to areas close to Red Lake itself, it is anticipated that with the i ald of this map as a guide, the ex-|[fi '° ot 33 x 96, at a sacrifice tension of these activities over |} Price of $1,000. broader areas will be greatly facili-: E Ww eo |tated. 'As an indication of the maze Real Estate and Insurance. Clerey Street West, buflding all's wEOR THE GUMS of waterways in the district it may be stated that something like 700 [ji lakes are: shown. Indeed, so many |i lakes and other features have been suddenly brought to light that only a relatively small number have been named. This map will aid the prospector in getting through the district and will help him to chbose the most direct route of getting out to the Mining Recorder's office. For pro- perly recording his claim, also, he will be better able to indicate to the mining recorder exactly where it is situated. A system of reference squares, into which the map has been divided, particularly facilitates this object. This is of especial import- ance on account of the large number of so far unnamed physical features. EE Sick bodies 'made strong * Disxyspells, head- aches and cowstont servens fession Finest quality, per dos... .10c. RINSO 4 packages for ....,.. Buy Quality Island Roll Butter, Ib, . . WE ARE THE LIVE WIRES who should do your A da D. R. Kerr, Montreal, is dead. He was forty years. with the Bank of Montreal, He was at Cornwall, Al- monte and Brockville. He married Miss Mary E. Wylie, daughter of the late Capt. David Wylie, Brockville, fire. - 'Lot us steve who survives him with two sons. you electrically --- ||} I Re rm iat il find you will 4 hl = comp! t. you | are Interested in the cal appliances | A Noted Irish-Canadian | F Y SHARE LIABILITY Two Cars Injured and Both Owners Pay Part of Damage. Automobiles belonging to R. J. Graham, mayor of Belleville, and Mrs. Mary Davies, Ottawa, met at a cross-roads at Britannia Heights, near Ottawa, on July 12th last, and both cars were damaged. Mayor Graham and his wife were injured and sued Mrs. Davies for $3,600. Mrs. Dévies counterclaimed for $35. The case was tried by Mr. Justice Grant, who finds both parties wers negligent--Mayor Graham "in runn- ing at from 20 to 25 miles an hour "with a roar Tike an airplane," when : {fornte Globe) Ontario loses an endearing figure in the death of Joseph P. Downey, for the past fifteen years Superin- tendent of the Ontario Hospital for Mental Diseases at Orillia, and pre- viously for eight years member of the Legislature for: South Wellington. Mr. Downey was early chosen editor of The Guelph Herald, but his taste and capacity led him into the field | of public life, where he attained a wide reputation as an orator, but he also earned hosts of friends. He haa a natural gift for platform speaking. but he was warm-hearted, witty and persuasive, as befitted his inherit- ance of Irish blood, and soon became i i : it fi til 2 : i t : 4; : CRRA Cadre EN aaa VE