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ITHE VOL. XIX, ^th YEAR. No. ’I. ni-NCAN. R, C„ THURSD.kY. M \V ’’nd, )919. Subscription Sl.SO Yearly, in Advance CITY BJjDGET BUSY MONTH WEIiCOm HOME XOBTH (WICHAN Conncil Re^oirea $25,912 —Tax Levy Father of Duncan City Pte. J. N. Jaynes Spent 3'A Years In Bylaw To Expropriate Roadway- Goea Up —Electrical Sefacme Germany-Many Returning Water Pipe Coau Duncan city cnuncil pa^^cd its c>- .April wa. an exceedingly busy On Monday night a large miml-er .After some delay- North Cowichan titnales for the current year at Mon month at the King ’s nniightcrs ’ hos turned out to weleonu- home I’le. J. council, at their meeting on Monday day niRht's mcclinR. The finance pital, Duncan, according to the report Jaynes from lerrild.- e.xpvrie pul through the first reading of comrailtee recommended that, provis of the hou-c committee, at the meet- the prison caiiip- of ■'•eriiiany. He (hr Maingiiy Road bylaw. This by- ion be made to meet the folliiwiiiii of the directors lasi Wednesday. enlislod -August 7th, 1914. in the 68ih|law provide* for the expropriation by 44 patients were irealrd. an average Hu., and was one of the original 7th ari>tfralion of a tliirlv-fonl roadway School purposes including debt. of 13.7 per day. Of these 28 were fin. which with-tood the fir<t g:i< :il- ilirougb Swall-ovfirld farm to give ac- $8,108.77 private ward patients, requiring a lack of the neniiaus at .'ll Julieu, dur-1 ee-« to Maingiiy Island, General debt (other than great deal of attention and eare. ing the scrnml battle of A'pre-. j ’I'lic Extraordinary Traffic bylaw schools ___________ ___ 1I.0S3.95 Unforiiinately. two of the pupil Here mi April 24i1i. 191.5. be was .md llie ’lax Kale 1919 bylaw, were General purposes ................... 6.7- irscs were also patients, and havej captured with his l.roilier I’erey, v.h.. -jiven their I'lual reading. been obliged to lake three months'! expected home iii ahum two weik-.j Mr. .1, N. Kvan- was officially ap- ....$25.912..% sick leave, while another pupil ha<! ’riuTc were fifteen of them left in pointed as assessor for the 1920 as- To raise this sum a lax levy been reeommended to lake a long ' Itic trench when ihcy were taken | >essmenl struck as follows: —For schools lO'l- •'t. They had suffered from gn>. had mo The recent granting of an increase mills on land vahirs. producing ap- Thus, during an exceptionally busy no siiiqioris and. .of 25 cents per day to all madmen proKtmalely SY.806.33; for dehl pur- close in front of them, were 8<I.(KIU 'brought ft>rih an inquiry from me. the matron had one second yrari l\i' TI..I. poses. \4y, mills on land values, pro. urse. one in her first year, and one Germans. Kobinson, who operates the ducing $10,760.17: and for geneml pur. probationer. Finally, the services of! I*te. Jaynes landed at I'over. ICi g-'road rolkf. as to whether he was in- poses 10 mills on 50% of ini(Trovc- 1). were secured. Miss Wil-j land, on November 29ili last and v aslelii'k'il The opinion oi the council ments. producing $1.932 00. and kin-on has proved an exeellem night] :iven two mouths’ leave. Mi-s iigjU.i' against hi- iucki-ion. and the ther 6 mils on land value*, producim; iirvisor and, lately, has had to go: papers and red tape -uiiiig him u- 1 clerk was instructed lo stale that the $4,460.76. day duty as well. Mrs. Strachaii. | tween Rhyl and Seaiord. tuti he ;il i tii'-re.-i-e did not apply lo him. The total estimated income from idso a graduate nurse, look her place length gni .T.v.iy. I Maple Bay Water taxation Is $34,979.26. It- differcnce 1 niglit duly for two weeks. | The prison fare wa< rank, lie -a The proposed extended water sup- of $933 10 hclow the estimates will hr The eniimiillcc reported that it j They cxi-led on niidilling- ami lo ply to the beach at Maple Bay has covered by the added percentages of would be necessary to keep these two. peelings. huivgry all the liiiii nn-ljbci u pin n-ide in the meamiiiie. owing taxes unpaid on June 30th. graduate nurses on the staff until Ihej h:-en b-r the p:ircels. r.mli! I-- i-xcc-sivc ci.si of water pipe. The Last Year and This third year muses c.m come hack I have lived. Tli- ir par.-els arrived e-titii:ned co-t would be about $250. Last year the rate totalled 25 mills 'I he board derided to engage another i safely, inelu-liiig one froiii Mr- D .and the reeii- pointed out that if this on land and 24 mills on 35% of :r:idualc mirse for tbrec months, and' Alexander. »*oiii.ait>iiig a pipe c-m- v.a- vne -m wiih there would he hut provement*. This year it totals 31 Iresolved that the matron ’s salary be ccalcd in a fruit liillr Itl'l for the Maple Bay streets. mills on land and 10 mills on .50% ?>S5 moullily from June 1st. and that Pie. H. Js. I'.slridgc. .^omeno,; Gnr. The rp>ad coiiimiltec iClrs. Smith of improvements. the graduate nurses lie |>aid alike. R. Cran. Qiianiichati Lake: ard Gnr. riid Sli-idien-i nt, which now has the Comparing the levy with that o< It was reported that the Scattered Carr Hilton are home again hanilling of .-ell road contracts, recom- 1918 h will be found that there is an Circle’s special sewing meetings had The last-named served two years in mvmied that Mr. M. K. Smith's ten der- for Mount Sicker road at $185. increase of $4,646.8.1. This increase proved a great help to the ho-spilal. the Hlh Siege nailery. C l-'.IL was fore.shadowetl in the annual re Permission was granted to the city On Sunday Cpl. H, R. I* Sunder and Maingiiy mad at $39, be accepted. port of the treasurer, and is accountc- I run an extension water main across land returned to Duncan after three Aitken considered this quite an ed for by thefollowing expenditures: theend of thehospital property. The -aiion. but appeared doubtful as 1 Chalmers Duncan Pump (40 h.p.) and motor. $3,000: board will charge a nominal rent of with a to ii< propriety. The tenders were 1101 general charge on acoum of special $1 annually for this. Mr. W. H, Elk- l.-iid before the council. Tools of various kinds have been survey. $1,064; and provision for dec ingion and Mr. T. A. Wood were ap Mr. William Chalmers Duncan died built the first log shack in Cowichan. quently serving with the trench mor- disappearing from the municipal trieal transformer. $800. pointed to inquire into a proposal a Friilay -at hi- hmi.e in Duncan.' In the fall i>f 1875 he and Mr. Harry ,rs in charge of a signalling section premise* or .n thedifferent road jobs. The first two items arc beyond the concerning electric light and storage The story of his limg life of nearly i l-.ians were building St. Peter's The Cassandra, arriving May I3lli. Included amongst themissing articles control of the present council. The battery. Mr, F- H. Price. Dr. Ruihcr- 83 years is hound up with the ehiiich. Quamichan. This brought Pic. C. .A. Scarborough for last should pay for itself inside three foord and Mr. F-. W. Carr Hilton will of the pioneers who, from many lattd^ ,year in which the survey of the E. & Victoria: Sergl. F. Field-, Plv. J. N -ni. The constable has been s by increasing revenue. r^ort on a scheme to acquire a new sought fortune in the farthest wesl. , \. line was begun. In 1876 Mr. Dun- Jaynes, Lc.-Cpl- T. L. Dunkk-y. am a«k<-d to take the matter up and the mail superintendent is to hold the odtlon o( City Properties ambulance. Bolh his parents were Scollish. He -an was married. Gradually he cleared Spr. J. Stewart Moore for Duncan and Pie. B. J. Kaglv for Weslholnie roadmen responsible for any tools -8 decided that the properties .April business totalled $1,030.00: as horn in Sarnia, (tniario. in Oci..- his land and. as the settlement gre< missing whileat work. acquired by the council at the 1915 ices collected S1.1I6.50. Bills totalling 1636. when William IV wax eecr lo the fore in all that made The Royal George, arriving May $1,086.61 were ordered paid. In fu- for further development. I4lh. brought Pic. .A. Dixon. Shawni- .Messrs P \V, Anketell Jones and tax sale be placed in the hands of the the British throne—he left hoiiic in Lakc. The Celtic. May 15lh, R. B. Ilallu'd notified thecouncil that various real estate sgenis for ihe monthly meetings will be the fall of 1801 for New York, wlieiice He was one of the "fathers of in- ilu-y had no ohjcctlon to offer to Mr. sale on terms s.-t by the cdiincil. The tield at 1.45 p.m. he travelled via Panama to San I-'ran- eorporaliuii" who created North Cow- broughl Pte. J. Crocker. Cmfioti ami Howe ’s application for water Potts building IS to he rented only for Mr. W.