Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 8, 1910, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free press Winnipeg thursday december a t t t t t t t t t t t t t f f t f t v t t t t f t t t f t t t t t t v y r v two of Birks Christmas watches an excellent gentle Man s watch one of the finest practical timepieces made embodying absolute accuracy and neatness of is a special Swiss made b i r x s movement. None better Cau be had. When considering the Purchase of a watch we will be glad to Tell you about our 14k Case or. Our service 14k Case. Silver an exceptionally Fine lady s watch we Are showing and recommend highly a 15-jewelled, highly finished solid Nickel move ment which is specially adjusted to the extreme variations in temperature of the West. This Birks 99 St. James movement can be supplied As follows solid 14k Gold Case Gold filled Case Silver Case. Gunmetal Case our store will be open next saturday evening until ten o clock and commencing the following monday every evening until Christmas to the same hour. Henry Birks is sons limited jewellers and silversmiths Corner Portage Avenue and Smith Street lumber Mill in t Portage company s property destroyed by Early morning fire yesterday. Toiv Tell u i oink their the of buildings comprising1 a l tic Plant of the rat Portage company in Xor Wood were destroyed by a. Lire which at -1 o clock yesterday morning value is estimated at by Ici als of the company and three of this is covered by insurance placed through Johnson Illg brokers of new York . J he Large Sash and door factory the company was left intact. To the greater portion 01 i 2 room the stables one dry Kiln find part of another and the lumber Yard of the West of the Plant. The Blaze was restricted to. The North Side Rion Street. To Vvs House destroyed. Of the buildings destroyed the firse saw Mill and the planing Mill and Box factory adjoining it. These were filled with valuable machinery All of which lies twisted and whitened Limong the smouldering ruins. Within an hour and half after the outbreak Tho Llames had engulfed the entire saw Mill planing Mill and a portion of a dry Kiln. When the a Ables were threatened All the in taken out without difficulty and turned Loose in. A Field near by. Fire chief s opinion. Chief Buchanan of the Winnipeg fire department said last night that while the tire at the rat Portage lumber company s premises broke out 4.10 Nis department had not been notified inti 5.33, when the Best assistance possible was rendered. He had no theory As to the origin of the fire. Chief Gagne of the St. Police personally supervised the re Moval tin patients from St. Roch s Hospital it the time of the lire threatened the building. The number removed was 20, and All the ambulances in the City were requisitioned for the occasion. The nurses report Chat none of the patients suffered to any extent from the experience. Talfey were to their old quarters about three hours later. The management of St. Roch s nos Pital has expressed sincere gratitude to the fire and police departments of and St. Boniface for the pittance and Protection rendered Dur ing the alarming Fri. Hospital in danger. Within a half hour after the big Piru started in Norwood the St. Roch s Hospital which stands about 100-t not from the rat Portage lumber Mill was so greatly menaced that it was decided to immediately move the thirty patients it contained. This is an Iso lation Hospital and the majority of the patients were Little children suffering with diphtheria Scarlet fever and other contagious diseases. The nurses in their dilemma telephoned to Philip Coutu the undertaker in St. Boniface 1 and to at once sent a Nurry Call to the1 Winnipeg police station to have every ambulance in Winnipeg called out. In the meantime the alarm was Given to the Winnipeg fire brigade that the Hospital was in danger and chief Buchanan himself drove Over accompanied by the brigade from number i two station. J company s second loss. This is the second disastrous tire for the rat Portage lumber com i Pany its Mill at Rainy River having i been a destroyed at the time of the conflagration there two months Aeo. The company has now a Box factory in course of erection on tache Street Norwood measuring j5 x 120 feet and it will proceed in the Spring to re build both the Winnipeg and Rainy River Mills. There Are 300 men employed by the rat Portage lumber company in Winnipeg but Only one half of thase will be out of work temporarily As 150 men Ivere employed in and door which was Savs-3. Superintendent Hamilton stated that for the Post seven weeks he had a gang of men at work putting the saw i Mill in shape for opening next week. J started in saw Mill. I according to the statement of the Secretary of the rat Portage lumber company the fire started in the saw Mill presumably from the electric wiring. There were no lamps or stoves kept in the building and it was lighted with electricity. The watch ate unwisely sometimes people do. And suffer because the stomach balks. Reeve the Piscor Rort at once and help digest the overload. The Lover of Rood things May feel quits Safe with a. Box of a Dru co dyspepsia tablets at hand. Soo. A. Box. If your druggist has not stocked them yet Send Soo. And we 34 us. Will mail them. L drug Chat Mill co. I Man who makes a round of the buildings had been there about five minutes before the outbreak was Dis covered another Man had been there a Short time before oiling the machinery and a third , employed in the Box factory Lead passed through the Mill a few minutes be Torii j the fire was noticed. J hones turned out. A Lane about live Yards wide separated the horse stables from Tho drying shed and at one time it looked if the stables would be wiped out. With this Prospect in View the horses about forty in number wore turned out and corralled in a vacant lot just South of the Mill. A number of the employees of the Mill who had gathered kept the animals from straying away. Under the circumstances the horses behaved remarkably Well and j Little trouble was experienced in keeping them together. The wagons i and harness of the company were re moved from the danger zone but it was impossible to get any lumber out of the shed. Flea to safety. Four families residing on a Lane South of the fire zone Sre Elna that their Homes were in danger removed their furniture to places of safety. The affected were those of Fred Walls. George Allen William Boyne and Charles charge. Two child Renot George Allen have been Laid i up for some time with s Carlo i fever and the door of the House bore a placard to that effect. Fortunately a nth patients have almost recovered acid did not experience unusual hard ship in being removed. Will rebuild. Interviewed at noon. President Cam Eron stated that Early estimates of the loss were rather Over the Mark and expressed his belief that the total loss would not exceed 75 per cent of which is covered by insurance. The insurance is controlled through o Loirro of new York insurance brokers who handle All the risks of the company. Details As to the different companies affected were not available yester Day but All the insurance was placed through this office which makes a specially of lumber Mill risks. We will rebuild at once and the new buildings will be ready As soon As we can get new said Jar. Cameron. It will take time to get this machinery but we should be run Ning again to full capacity before i Spring to the meantime the Sash and door factory will soon be under Way again As it escaped damage altogether and All that is necessary is to make Power connections. We have plenty of material for the factory As our Yard Stock was practically uninjured and we still have four Mills working at t Banning Keno a and the two British Columbia Mills at Vancouver and har Rison River. Then the Box factory which was destroyed will be replaced within five or six weeks by the new factory which was almost completed and which will have a capacity quite As Large As the burned factory. Our intention was to treble the capacity of our Box factory plants and we intended moving some of the machinery in the old building to the new. However the new machinery on order will enable us to turn grand Christmas Opportunity we have bought the premises and Stock of the Art Supply co. As we require the space occupied by their Stock. We will sacrifice on thurs a Friday and saturday of this week magnificent paintings and Art pottery below Cost a number of Ferris water colors will be sacrificed a Marci Chance act quickly three Days Only the Winnipeg paint is Glass co., limited 179 notre Dame Avenue. E. Out quite As much within five or six weeks As we have been doing la the past from the burned new Plant at Rainy River. Although this fire following so soon after the Complete destruction the Mill and Yards at Rainy Kiver aur Irig the big conflagration in thai District will naturally cause us a great Deal of inconvenience we expect to to Able to take care of a orders As usual. The Stock in the Yards at present will take care of ail business for the time being and the other four Mills can All ship to will i Tippet at once. We had arranged to Stan cutting next week and figured by running Day and night to More than double any previous cutting in Winnipeg. This we figured necessary to make up for the loss of the Mill at Rainy River. We had intended rebuilding at Hainy River Early next Spring and that is still our discussing the handling of the fire president Cameron said he was personally thoroughly satisfied with the work Dono by the firemen. Had the Are occurred in the daytime he was satisfied it would have done comparatively Little damage and he Oiin ski uie firemen entitled to credit for con fining it As Weh they did and Sav ing so Many of the surrounding build fortunes to be gathered in West new Booklet shortly to be issued will furnish much information of great value. A Booklet of one Hundred to one and fifty pages will be issued by the c. P. R. M january containing information with reference to the manufacturing and business openings in the Western provinces. This Book will be of special interest since it will con Tain information regarding Many new towns which Are being built on lines recently constructed. The new branches of the railway on which these towns Are located Are the Ine running North from Regma to Sas Katoon uie line running from Outlook to Ala Kiin sask. And a line in Alberta trom car Mangay to Alders de part of the line from Regina to Saskatoon Ihas been finished for several years the new part being that from Craven to Colonsay. In addition to the named there is a new Extension of the Weyburn Branch there Are about fifty new Points included in the list of new towns on these branches. Openings in All parts. In addition to the information re Garding the new towns on the lines of company full statements will be made regarding openings in All parts of the country from port Arthur to the coast. Fortun ii Are to be at Many of these places in the next ten years and the prizes will be to those who Avail themselves of the Onnor unities. The Book is being issued under the direction of the Industrial com missioner for Western lines and conies will be distributed through the United states and. Great Britain As Well As in Eastern Canada. Montreal men found guilty of abduction Montreal dec. And per Rault the men Long held in connection with the death of Cecile Michaud were this morning found guilty of abduction. They will be sentenced next tuesday. Derome the chauffeur was released on the abduction charge and immediately re arrested on a charge of being an accessory before the fact in the abduction of the Dagenais girl a companion of the murdered girl. Shoal Grain growers. Shoal Lake Man., dec. A re cent meeting of Grain growers association Here the following resolutions were carried l that the Hudson Bay. Railway should be built and operated by the government. 2 that terminal and Transfer elevators be built and owned by government. 3 that we approve of the establish ment of free reciprocal Trade relations with the unwed states on All natural products agricultural implements and that the same terms be accorded to the British manufacturer on Agri cultural implements. Dayton j new York dec. Charles w. Dayton of the state supreme court died Here to Day. Pneumonia was the immediate cause of death. 6-Srau piano salesmen w we have five Good Meir experienced piano. Salesmen and business be no others wanted. If you can make Good and to prove it we have the greatest opening in Doherty pianos Are the big hit of the Century we need help. Call at once. W. Doherty piano and Organ co., it g. L. Stanwood Western manager Enderton Block iz80 Margrave St. Phone Naa of Jap magic baking powder is the most important item in your grocery order that you get it costs no More than the Ordinary kinds contains no Alum we prefer Large sales at Small profits to Small sales at Large profits. Fresh and people appreciate Mitchell s and save Money. If you this for yourself already All you to veto do is to follow our ads in the daily papers and make it a Point to visit our stores often. Here Are some Money savers for Friday and saturday on Sale at each of our five stores. Curol a Mavorite Healing Oil Ament regular 25o Box Specia 2 for 29 Carls bad apr Klel salts powder form. From natural water special 63o 50c size Cut to 29o Glide s pet Omadigan a a that has satisfied both the profession and laity regular 51.uo for 35. Kay s essence linseed special 29c Mathieus tar and cod liver of regular Cut to 22o magic Corn Salve Hansen t. Old reliable special 80 in Altline tonic and dig Ester of starchy food Reg i in size Cut to 79o Paine s celery Compo id dour size Cut to 63i rival Herb tablets size Cut to Warner s Safe cure not but 70c Wyeth s malt regular 25-c, Cut to 19c or Benger s regular 50c Cut to 40o lactate Pood regular 2oo size special 15c Nestle s food special 35o tin jotted Pinaud s brilliantine regular 35o bot., bargain parisian Sage regular 60c, special 3 for excava Cream regular 60c, Spe Cial 50c Kose to Cream 50c, bar gain 37o Oriental Cream Large size Spe Cial forty seven eleven Cologne s of Wicker regular bar gain 80c St Taan s freckle Cream re 60c, Cut to 40o Lyon s tooth powder special 23c Lister s tooth special 17c Lavoris special 55o Tea Bury s tooth powder special 13c at a Castile dry bar weighs 2 ibs., special. 17c Ivory soap Large size special 10c Packer s tar soap regular 25e, special 19c Gilmour s hand c Eaner special 7o French milled toilet nicely in a Box Reg ular 35c, special 22c Hunyadi Janos it re Gular 3oc, special 30c West Baden strudel it. Bots. And one split to of for Price of one 35c razor strop English tanned Buff leather in inches Long by handle padded and sewn Nickel plated swivel catch Back finished Linen should last a lifetime. Special 39c lather by urfa bristle 2% in Ches Long line with spilt Points Ferrule ebon old regular 35c, special 22c Johnson s adhesive plaster 1 cd. By an Inch in aluminium Box just fits Vest pocket special 8c Nail Buffer 4 14 inches wide White leather with wire fasten ing can be replaced regular 50c, special 33c clinical thermometer pick Al i ated Case with Chain magnifying Lens one minute regu Lar special 74c genuine prussian rubber sponge Large size no. 6, re Gular s1.30 pc Cial styptic pencils special 5c Royal after dinner mints in 1 in. Tin boxes. Regular 30c, while they last 19o Box Jonev our own aromatic Cascara 2oz bottles regular 15c, special 9c Anodyne Fine expectorant 4 of. Bottle. Regular 20c, special 13c household ammonia 24 of. Bot., regular 25c, special 15c smelling salts for colds or headaches regular 25c, spec Cial i7c cod liver Oil emulsion 8 of. Bottles regular 30c, special 19c beef tron and wine pint size regular 75c, special 39o Violet cold Cream regular 15c, special 8c Glycerine and Rose water s of. Bottle. Regular 25c, special 17o Camph rated Oil 6 of. Bottle special 19c Bird seed 1 Earton sifted and mixed special 4 for 25e a few years ago soda water served properly was unknown in Winnipeg. Since Gordon jilt Chell opened their fountains last Spring thousands of people who had known the delights of a. Glass of soda in other cities have shown their appreciation of our High class service by becoming daily patrons at our fountains. Many business men who do not enjoy a heavy lunch in the mid dle of the Day Are getting the habit of taking the nourishing est drinks we serve with or without Horlick s melted Jilk. We Are making this Winter the Best hot soda you Ever tasted and Are sparing no expense to make the beverages and service perfect. Jot. Soda is More than a drink that tastes Good it is one that does Good. It nourishes warms Ami stimulates. It banishes fatigue and cold. After statin.? try out hot chocolate. If you get you eyeglasses at Gordon Mitchell s they la be right. Our of phial department at our Portage Avenue store 336 Portage Avenue it thoroughly equipped with the latest instruments for selecting imperfections in vision. Our optician is thoroughly experienced and competent to handle the most complicated cases. Let us help you with your Cut our Tea Portage Avenue store. Do Vou like Tea chocolate or Coffee if you do try them the Way to Servo them at Gordon Mitchell s Tea room. To you Don t say it s Tho Best you a ver tasted Well in surprised. Drop in Here for your mid Day morning or after noon Tea. Everything is Home made and Well served in this comfortable Retreat. Aitor eth five different from anything in the City. Watch for our saturday Cigar and Candy specials. It is doubtful if there is any. Thing in Way have provided for this at Gordon Mit Chell Candy counters with the largest Stock of Johnston s am Haylei s delicious confections to have Ever brought in. Over a ton of candies in Stock. At our new Portage ave. Store i m to glad Gordon Mychal have gone into the Flower Busi said a lady the other Day. Now Well be Able to get them at reasonable prices and have them Thoj la the very reason we have opened this Flower counter forget our Flower Depar nent when order ing for the table or functions of any kind. Our Florist has a great reputation for his artistic design work and is prepared to fill or Ders promptly for bouquets and wreaths. A truss that won t stay in the place under All conditions you can get your body into should be thrown away a once. Never be depended upon sure to fail you at a moment. Room City Hall store 526 Street we sell a truss neither Clumsy nor about the body and wears Volt. All our fitting is done by an pert. F foe All the news read the free press ;