Daily Colonist (1904-12-09) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1904-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

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Your Chickens Will Lay

AND WB CAN TBLl, YOU HOW. Use BXCBLSIOR UBlAIi. This being a special blending of all grain, cannot

fall to bring good results. DIRECTIONS—To be fed hot In the iiionilng.

8r-89 YATES STREET ■ • Tel. 413.

M Mmw Feed 60..

Ttie Mika'

Japanese Fancy Curios, Silk and Linen Goods Hand Drawn Linen Turn-Pver Collars and Handkerchiefs 20c and up. Great Reduction in Prices on All Lines. 138 GOVERNMENT ST., COR. JOHNSON ST

Ring Up

Va^icouver

Long Distance Telephone Line to Mainland Cities Is Now Opened.

Some Talk Over the 'Phone to Vancouver People Last Nisht.

Tills morning j'ou cu.u talk over tlit^ 'plioaii- to your friends in' Vancoiivor, -Vow Wcstniiiislcr or I'el'iii^'luiiii.

Al'tiT iiiDiitlis of anxiiiiis worU, (ien-(.Tul Sui)t'riiilc'iideiit Herbert W. Koul, of the tolepliouo company, had the satis-Xactiou last evening' of talking vvitli i'asi> and <-(iiiirort to iioi>iiIe in thosi' .■ilirs, and l!io line is ■njoii X'lr \<\i>\-ni'.s.s tins uiurniiit;. To laik to Vaueoii-vor will c osi inty cuutsj for oue miuute, and tin- oacli additional fifteen seconds the cluirge is ten cents.

The opeuiug of this line is an event of great infca-est in the iiistory of Vic-■ torla, and nmrks a distinct advance for the city towards sprouter vav norcial iui-i^ortaiice. 1'hc> n-lrjilh-ii , more than .tlii! tdegr'apli, ti'iuis ti> aiiiiihiliito dis-.i.aiicc, iuid as .\li'. Anluir (.'citl(*M, city

• ■liitor ol' tlio Xi'W.s-A.hcrtiscT, reinai-lcrd Mcr the 'pluniL- iast nijrhl. lu a nluialifr

• il ihe (Joloaist stall', N'ictoria is mui.-li liss isiilated than she was before thiB ni'w cuiiueL'tioa was made with the .M aiiiland.

At -Ml'. Kfut's invilaliiiii, a Colniiisl a-epartcr wonl to the cillire (if lli<' loral jiiana.L'cr, :Mi-. it. 1'.. .Mi-AI ii.-Uiii;,', la^^ ('vriiiii;^ to lirar^^ome of the Jim coii-vcisalions ever lu'ld betwoou people in ^'ictoria and ijcoplo iu Vancouver. IKent, air. McJMicking and other offl-AWils of . the telephone company, and Mr. .1). ll. Ker wore present. Owing to im-' iportunt eIl^^^soln^nlts, Mayor Jiarnard land otlior iirominuut citizi.'us were linkable to join in tlie loii^'-dititaneL' talk. The News-Advertiser was railed nji .iirat, uud Mr. Arthur Cotton uxtendrd Jiis coiignilulatioiis on beliali of tliat .iiewspaiier to the conipany on the sm,'-ccssfnl ooniplction ot lliis iiiiporiant .nndcrtakiiv,'. lOvory word ^pokcn could . J)e liear(l willKUit the least elf,)!-!.

Tln-ii -Mayor ,Mr( ini,:;an, of \'anco\i-ver, was called ii|ion. His w.)i'sliii) also cNlcnded !iis In-artiest conu'rarnlaliiiiis li) .Mr. Jvent ami cx|irrssed his pli-asnre this now tiJnnection liiU,ween I hi' two cities. After these formalities, liis wor-sliip iinliil^rcd in a little badina!,'e, little thinUin^c that -Mr. Ker, Mr. McMick-iiii; ami—'worst of all—a reporter were Jiiiteniug to it all. The doctor loves his Jittlo joke.

"iCan you call up >">■ S'l'l ^ i*--ioria?'" iiis worship emiuired.

"Certainly," replied Mr. Iveiit, is Kho?" .

•Tla! Ha:" laiiKlied the genial doclor. ••I Iitiven't t;<>t one, you know. I!nt now that I ca;;. talk to Victoria like .this, I shall have to come over and ;..:v\ one."

"Von won't hafb much chancd," said

;-.\rc ymi near any. of the vlubs.' asked his worship.

'•WhyV" _ ,

"l{peau.s-e if you are, just drop into ihc nearest and^ have something with

't'lias. 1). Saii|irell,

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