&"*• flp.*-Br *'- THE DELTA TIMES !*.••*-. Volume 7 LADNER, B. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST JO, 1912. $1.00 A YEAR. BOATS NOT LADNER'S GREAT IMPROVEMENT DELTA'S NEW DELTA CROPS RELEASED HIGH SCHOOL TO LADNER HARBOR CIVIC HALL AND MARKET f si* -a Canadian Vessels Seized at Blaine Fine Building Has Been Planned Work Will be Commenced on Mon- Hay Cutting is Over; $13.00 Per Too Are Held Pending Decision of —Construction Will Commence on Handsome Structure Offered—Wheat and Oats U.S. Authorities. Shortly. Dredging Operations Have Resulted *•*• in Ladner. Ripening. in an Increased Depth of Water. The British Columbian, on Thurs­ The contract for the new High Hay cutting throughout Delta '» | School at Ladner has been let to Building on the new Delta muni­ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^day, reported that a telegram ^ha d Messrs. Catherwood and Slack, of Movement of King Edward cipal hall will be commenced on Mon­ practically finished, but there still been received at the New Westmin-. Hatzlc, day, one scow of material having remains a large portion of hay not ster office of tbe Fisheries Inspec-I It will be a fine building, the front arrived on Wednesday. yet stacked. Oats have been looking tor which stated that the Canadian entrance facing Hotham street, Lad- After one month's hard and steady land or bank of land in the middle The new hall will be a handsome fine and a heavy crop ls expected. iishlng vessels recently apprehended, ner The building will be 45x64, dredging operations on the feet ln of the river, facing Ladner wharves. structure of two stories. The base­ Mr. Rich, of Brackman-Ker, Lira- , mnine Washineton had not been dimensions with concrete """*• *••*-*•••>• - -* !' was then dumped Into a basin Ited, states that $13 per ton is being fJS'S"pugS reports receiveS basement. There will be two class Fraser River at Ladner were com- ment will be of concrete with upper paid for hay. Oat and wheat cut­ or pit on the land, by which means floor of brick .'•ti Irom the Canners' Association were rooms, each 27 feet by 36 feet, and pleted on Thursday. The dredge it cannot get back to the river, as • , , ., ting will be ln full swing in the to the contrary effect. •two cloak rooms, 9 feet by 27 feet, King Edward, of which the skilful some people have suggested. This Tne dimensions of the building course of a week or two. The wheat The New Westminster daily goes M* the, t«a c.h!i ^,-'™™ *"* be 10 Bklpper ls Captain Rogers has ren- Is not largely grown, being chiefly vby U ,eeat ln ndlmen8l< ,n8 :; debris was forced at the rate of 400 Will be 48 feet by 60 feet, and the „ i »„v in this connection- i* - * dered such important services ln the cubic yards an hour through the council chamber and other offices for chicken feed. , il 1, h !i. »_,_ ' Provl8lon ha8 bee» &*•»« f°r two deepening of harbors that the present It is feared that the heavy rainfall 28-inch diameter pipes, the extent of will be fitted up in the most up-to- prevalent in the Delta district oil t!,e detention °j the crafts were j acres as a playground. 8eeJfl8 a mlug opportunity to briefly piping averaging from 1200 to 1600 givethe nlon ing thdistance telegrae mtelephon but latee r o\eThre I Building operations are expected to its work at Ladner. feet'Tong,""accordlng'"to"the jTrea'of date style. The building Is expected i Thursday will have caused consider­ reter able damage to the hay not stacked. llritish Columbian learned that the to commence at an early date. i The river has been dredged for water covered. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ to be completed before December 1. mutter had been referred to the The King Edward dredge was ac­ Mr. A. Campbell Hope, of Vancou­ BLOCKIN" G THE CANAL, j| 2,000 ragfeet e alonof g 16th0e Ladnefeet wider channel, and, proper authorities at Washington, an ave companied by a small fleet of scow ver, is the architect, and Mr. C. G. CHILD'S SERIOUS ACCIDENT. D. Ci by the Deputy Collector Elis- * j to a depth of 10 feet at extreme low boats and a tug boat. These were Bowden, of New Westminster, the Many Fishermen Convicted of Vio- r, allowing a depth of 20 feet'four scows, one for a blacksmith's perman of the customs office at wate contractor. The building is esti­ While camping at Boundary Bay, Blaine who has had the matter in latin*! the Fisheries KeguU- at high water. During its opera-'shop, and one each for carrying re- mated to cost about $12,000. Mrs. Johnson's little soil was severe­ hand. The deputy ls now awaiting tlons; Others Summoned. 'tions, the dredge took out 53,000 spectively coal, water and pipes, with | j i According to the "British Coium- cubic yards of material. In this the tugboat "Point Garry." Alto- ly scalded on Tuesday. It appears word from Washington pending as to : that while playing, the child upset a disposal of the vessels. He expects blan," the Dominion Fisheries De- connection lt may be mentioned that gether about 20 men were employed DEATH OF MRS. DAVIE. dish of boiling water, which badly to obtain Ms Instructions ln a few partment Is strictly enforcing the sec-i among the mass of rubbish broughtV in the operations. | scalded his arms and back. The days. In the meantime the vessels tion of the regulations which pro- to the serface were hundreds of The dredge ts awaiting orders to The Kamloops Standard in an boy was immediately attended to by will be held captive. hiblts fishing in the Fraser river old potatoes, which had been thrown proceed to the oilery on the other no'unclng the death of Mrs. Thomas Dr. King, of Ladner, and it is under­ The boats were seized on July 30 channel between the sandheads and | Into the river from the wharves at side of the Fraser river, to dredge G. Davie, on July 30th, at the resl- stood that the little sufferer is now by the United States revenue cutter Steveston. Fifty-seven convictions! different times. It Is stated that in front of the wharf there, work dence of her daughter, Mrs. Josepn getting on nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Areata. It was alleged thr.t the have been made for recent violations, these were a source of considerable which will probably occupy one or Bulman, says: Johnson returned with the child to four boats were taken while lisu'ig and thirty more summonses for the trouble to the dredging operations, two days. I Mrs. Davie was born near Arono their home on Wednesday. within the three-mile limit. The offence have been issued and will the sacks getting blocked in the cut- It will then proceed to B.trr's in Clarke township, Durham county, boats were towed to Blaine and be heard in New Westminster this ter and causing delay tn the work. Landing, and will dredge in front of Ontario, in 1838, her parents being turned over to Mr. Ellsperman, ~»no Saturday. The material brought "up by the the wharves. Afterwards the dredge the late John Stalker and Isabella ALASKA SALMON PACK. at once disposed ofthe fish seized The "Columbian" further says: dredge was passed through piping on will return to New Westminster, McConnochl. Mrs. Davie had been for $149.80. The section ln question, No. 7, of pontoons, being forced through by where it will probably be over- visiting her sons, J. S. Davie, of SEATTLE, Aug. S—The salmon the British Columbia fisheries re­ a centrifugal pump to the small is- hauled. Crossfield, Alta., and Alex. Davie, of The boats are described aa two gulations, reads: 'No net shall be pack In several of the principal pro­ sail boats, 26 feet ln length, one cast or allowed to drift on the chan­ ————._________-_-____a----B--_g-S-g---_--_-_---l——^——— Ladner, B.C., and had recently been ducing districts of Alaska will be with 84 fish and one with 145 tlsb, short this season, according to C. H. nel side in the Fraser river within —"" SIX IS LIMIT. ~~~~ staying here with her daughter, Mrs. a gasoline boat 28 feet long with « 1100 dg of the ,|ne of „ „ THE SALMON BUN. j j Bulman, where she was taken III, Buschmunn, treasurer and general ' the end coming ln a few weeks. The manager of the Northwestern Fish­ fish, and a gasoline boat 34 feet. tween th Lightshlp t the'Band. New Game Regulations Place Num- Large Catches on the American Side funeral took place on Frdiav, August eries Company, who returned Satur­ l0ni wlt lrt A1 f h m W f ber ot Pheasants That May Be i ijuipped with gill nets and other •_,_ ... m._.„---.*- -ri--,. M— n-. i .-—During Full Moon a Large Run 2nd, at the Kamloops cemetery, the day from an inspection trip to the ? J- fl' -n, L- ! -!- « ! beadMrs . anF.d HSteveston.. Cunningham" , the chief Killed in Day. equipmeniniiiirii\/i/i t *"__»lTtfor- fishing*"TI I I y-inta. Thrm eri boat•-,; -wits* Expected. I pallbearers being SJ. Milton, J. company's canneries in the north. inspector of Dominion fisheries for He said indications are favorable seized were in charge of Japs in two British Columbia, states that he has VICTORIA. Aug. 7—Some new The first of the big runs of fish is Mitchell, R. H. Lyons, W. Buse*. J. cases and white men in the other rr!son al d for a fair pack in the Bristol Bay received a number ,of complaints regulations under the Game Protec- over according to the belief of local M° » R- Allen.