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VICTORIA DAILY "TIMES, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1920 16 rr- --rrmz- WJJU-ll'WIW 'f .1 11 l.l i. FORMER CITY MEMBER PASSES AT RIPE AGE; EDGAR CROW BAKER JOIN the big, happy family of CALORIC users banish the drudgery of old -style heating- methods and save one-third to one-half your fuel. New Vandyke Camisole Lace 75c Yard' New Narrow Belts 25c and 30c n- jr ili VV VT 1 "With the CALORIC your whole house will be' II I Phone 5510 739 Yates Street warm and cozy as In Summer. No ashes, smoke or soot your rooms stay Find out about the modern CALORIC and you will never be content to worry with Inconvenient and expensive out-of-date heating. a.

Come In and see the CALORIC and learn about our positive money-back Comfort Guarantee. Drake Hardware Co, rtain Cu Nets Mew Crisp 2E13 Oak Bay At. 1418 Ioulaa St root. LTD. I f.

'V- Thousands of Yards to Choose From WALL PAPER LARGEST STOCK LOWEST PRICES H. HARKNESS SON Phono 4744 Office and Showrooms, 919 Pandora Avonua These new Curtain Nets come to us" direct from the mills in Sotland. The styles are all new and the selection is all you could desire. A stylo for every room at a reasonable price. Come and look these over to-day.

HOTEL DOUGLAS DINING ROOM Special Merchant's Lunch Daily 50 Dinner Table d'Hote or a la Carte Lunch 12 to 2 p.m. Dinner 5.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Banquets, Dances and Parties Especially Catered For PERCY C. PAYNE, Proprietor Dining Room Phone 6947 Residence 4254L Double Bordered and Lace Edge Bungalow Nets Special, 65c Yard These serviceable Nets are shown with scalloped edges, plain edges and double lace edges, in shades of white, ivory and eeru; neat stripes, squares and floral de-' signs; full 36 inches wide.

Special, yard 65 '36 -inch Two Thread Bungalow Nets Yard, 89c Heavy double lace edge, plain edge and double scalloped edge Bungalow Nets all neat shadow designs, suitable for any window; ivory, ecru and white; 36 inches Price, yard ,.89 I He then accepted a position as ac With a record of nearly fifty years public service in the community, Manaimo Wellington countant in tne stores ceparimeni oi the Inter-colonial 'Railway, in which he continued until March, 1874, when he left with his family for RrlMsh Columbia. A Busy Career. Since his arrival in Victoria Mr. Crow Baker had been engaged in various business pursuits, having occupied the position of accountant at Victoria agency of the Hastings Mill 45 -inch Double Bordered Scotch Curtain Nets Special, 79c Yard 45-inch fine, soft, clear double bordered Scotch Curtain Nets, with lock stitch, scalloped edges, in shades of ivory and ecru; full 45 inches wide. Special, per yard 79 A 45-inch Strong Two Thread 1 Double Bordered Nets 0 Yard, $1.10 43-inch heavy two-thread Scotch Curtain Nets, with rich double bordered and scalloped edges and neat shadow centres.

Splendid nets for hard wear; full 45 inches wide, in ivory and ecru shades. Price, $1.10 Best Filet Weave and Fine Lace Nets in a Splendid Selection of New Designs, All "the Very Best Possible Value For Your Money. 36-inch, plain edge and lace edge. Yard, $1.39, $1.59 43 inches, plain edge and lace edge. Yard, $1.75, $1.95 52 inches, plain edge Filet and Lace Nets.

Yard, $2.25, $2.50 to For Furnaces, Ranges or Heaters EXTgA SPECIAL Washed Nut for Ranges J. Limited Oar Method: Twenty Sacks to tba Ton and 100 Iba. of Coal In Each Back. 1004 Broad Street Phono 47 Company for three years; afterwards he was similarly employed for nearly two vears in the Provincial Treas ury. Under the Dominion Act of 1873 he organized the pilotage sys tem of British Columbia.

He has also held the position of secretary of the British Columbia Board or Trade, 1878-1885, and vice president 1885-86. of that body, president of the British Columbia Riile Association, vice-president of Dominion Rifle Association, grand secretary and later grand master of the British Columbia Jurisdic NAG PAINT LTD. Paint, Stain and Varnish Makers, ROOF EXPERTS and dealers In PAINTERS' SUPPLIES tion of A. F. A.

vice-president Filet Weave Nets in Ivory and Ecru Shades, With Two-Inch Hem and Lace Edge, Also Plain Edges. 36 inches wide, plain edge. Price $1.19 43 inches wide, plain edge. Price .91.39 52 inches wide, plain edge. Price $1.75 34 inches wide, lace edge and hern.

Price $1.39 43 inches wide, lace edge and hem. Price. British Columbia Benevolent Associa Phone 887 1302 Wharf Street tion, member of the Council of the Imperial Federation League in Can ada, director of the Royal Jubilee Hos pltal, secretary Howe Mining Com pany, president Alice and Kmma Consolidated Gold Quartz Mining Company, managing owner steamer ACHINERY REPAIRS We are equipped to handle gas, oil and steam engine re 1YI pairs at the shortest notice. First class workmanship guar Alert, Justice of Peace for the Province, real estate and financial agent, hydrographic and marine surveyor, conveyancer and notary public. His Public Work.

In January, 1882, he was elected a member of the City Council from Yates Street ward, and in July fol anteed. FRED PATTON Lately With Hutcheson Now With Jameson Willis, Ltd. 740 Broughton Street Phone 2246 Lowering of Prices on Lowering of Prices on Women's Fall Coals lowing was returned at the head of the poll by the electors of Victoria Fall Millinery district as a Conservative to a seat in the Canadian House of Commons, his colleague being Noah Shakespeare, and at the general election of 1887 Coats Regular $29.50 to $39.50 Reduced to he was again elected as a senior $23.95 $38.95 hoe Specials member for Victoria in the Dominion House of Commons by a larger ma-pority than in 1882, but owing to his commercial pursuits demanding his undivided attention, he resigned his Coats Regular $55.00 to $75.00 Reduced to Handsome Hats. Regular $8.50 to $13:00 Stylish Models. Regular $7.50 to $9.50 Smart Hats.

Regular $4.75 to $6.50 $6.95 $4.95 $2.95 seat in the Commons on September Fashioned from dependable fabrics in all colors, stocked in sizes 16 to 44. v. For Friday You'll like these shoes exceptional values, every one of them. More in the store than we have room to advertise. Come and see.

during whicjihe was successively a member olrthe City Council and of the Federal Parliament, Edgar Crow Baker died last evening at his residence. Gorge Road at the ripe age of seventy-six years. Although he had been in failing health for some time, the end came in the nature of a great shock to his many friends, for the late Mr. Crow Baker had retained his faculties in remarkable degree. Besides his widow he leaves a brother residing in Nelson, whose arrival is awaited before funeral arrangements can be completed.

Began in Navy. Edgar Crow Baker was the third son of Edward William Whitley Baker, of Liscard Park, Cheshire, England. He was born September 16, 1845. at Lambeth, Surrey, England, springing from an old English family that traces its descent from 1310. lie was educated at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich, and in 1860 obtained nomination by competition into the Royal Navy as master's assistant (now styled navigating midshipman), having held the first place in the first class nautical for fifteen months previous to the examination and passed with honors at the head of a class of 400 competitors at the general examination, winning the first prize in mathematics, navigation, nautical astronomy and Scripture history, and on passing final test examination at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, was awarded the silver medal and thirty-five guineas in coin, also fifteen guineas worth of nautical instruments and books.

lie was then appointed to H. M. S. Victory, but was transferred to the Rolla, a ten-gun, sailing brig, in which he continued until the Spring of 1861, when he was appointed to H. M.

S. Cygnet, on the North American and West Indian stations, and was present at the bombardment of the Haytien capital when H. M. S. Bulldog was lost.

He also landed with the Naval Brigade at the Jamaica inrurrection, 1866. He went up the Mississippi River in II. M. S. Cygnet to protect British interests, and was sent away as prize officer in 1863 in charge of the ship Dal-housie, of Glasgow, salved by the Cygnet in the Straits of Belle Isle, and navigated her thence to St.

John's, Newfoundland. Served in Fenian Raid. He was paid off from the Cygnet at Halifax, in October, 1864, and joined H. M. S.

Duncan, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope, C. C. a ninety-one-gun line-of-battle-ship, on the same station. During the Fenian trouble in the 60's he took troops to St. Andrew, Bay, of Kundy, and landed for service with the Naval Brigade.

He passed his examination, receiving first class certificates, and obtained his first commission as navigating sub-lieutenant September 11, 1865. Returning to England in June, 1867, he obtained a first class certificate in examination for navigating lieutenant at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, and an extra certificate in his examination before the Elder Brethren of' the Trinity House as a Channel pilot for H. M. frigates. Subsequently he served in H.

M. S. Fox in the transportation of boilers and machinery from the various dockyards in the United Kingdom for three years. 'Afterwards Mr. Crow Baker served in H.

M. S. Cockatrice as naval sub-lieutenant in charge up the Mediterranean and the River Danube, enforcing the rules of the European Commission, and during this time made a survey of St. George's the River Danube and several places where grain vessels had been sunk. He had been granted his lieutenant's commission August 9, 1870.

Returned to England. He returned to England across the continent, and remained on half pay until March, 1872, when he was appointed to H.M.S. Royal Alfred, as navigating lieutenant, then to H.M.S. Sirius, in the West Indies, but he exchanged into H.M.S. Niobe, and took that vessel from Bermuda to Halifax, and thence to the various ports in Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and the Gu'f of St.

Lawrence, protecting the fisheries. At his own request he again went on half pay in September, 1872. He served for six months on the Board of Examiners of Masters and Mates, when he was superseded by a political nominee. THE "HOOVER" Electric Suction Sweeper Women's Pumps $4M Mens Boots $6H Telephone Company. Mr.

Crow Baker in 1880 organized the Victoria Esquimau Telephone Company, Limited, or which he was managing director and- secretary-treasurer until 1900, when the company was merged into what is now the B. C. Telephone Company, Ltd. Mr. Baker was the financial adviser at; that time for the late Alderman R.

B. McMicking, for whom he established the company which was the first in the Pacific Northwest. Also, In conjunction with the late. Mr. McMicking, in 1886, he introduced electric light in the city, both for commercial and house purposes under the name of the Victoria Illuminating Company, which concern was merged with the B.

C. Electric Company, which operates it at the present time. For many years he took an active Interest in the Protestant Orphans' Home, and his many kindly acts in this and numerous other connections will be long remembered by those who came in touch with him either as co-workers or beneficiary. On March 17, 1869, he married Frances- Mary, eldest daughter of Captain Richard Jones, Halifax, N. secondly, in June, 1896, lie married Marlon Henrietta, third daughter of the late John Greaves Clap-ham, N.

Quebec, 'who survives him. Plain patent pump with leather ui 8 heel; 'all sizes. Seal brown calf Blucher welt sole, full weight; all sizes regular price $10.00. A Timely Showing of Woolen Coatings 54-Inch Blanket Cloth Yard, $5.00 An ideal material for Fall Coats, being cosy and warm and smart looking, in popular shades. 54-Inch Cheviot Coating Yard, $5.00 Cheviot Coating of British manufacture.

A good, heavy, serviceable cloth, in a large range of colors. 54-Inch Heavy Jersey Coating Yard, $5.95 A splendid all ''wool material, in a good heavy quality. Colors grey, green, brown and" navy; heather mixtures. 56-Inch Check Blanket Cloth Yard, $7.50 A' beautiful soft and warm quality. Will make a very useful coat.

56-Inch Silvertone Coatings Yard, $755 and $9.75 A very popular material for stylish coats, in a beautiful weave, which will give entire satisfaction. All the popular colors. 56-Inch Wool Velours Yard, $7.00 A high grade material for Suits and Coats, in all the wanted shades; Yard 56-Inch English Broadcloth Yard $7.05 An excellent quality of all wool English Broadcloth, fine finish, in the popular colors. Yard 50-Inch Salt's Plush Yard, $15.00 This is a particularly beautiful fabric, with a deep pile, noted for its splendid wearing qualities as well as for its rich, handsome appearance. Yard Salt's Beaver Plush Yard, $17.50 Only Th Hoooer lift the rag and flutter it over 000 timet a minute on an air cushion School Boots, $3.85 Good high-cut lace boots for girls and boys, in smooth calf and elk leathers; brown or black; sizes 11-2.

Arrange a free demonstration to-day. Women's Boots, $6.00 Calf leather, brown or black lacc with military or Cuban heel. GIRL SCIENTIST'S SMALL WARDROBE FOR WORLD TOUR Twenty-Five Per Cent. Off All Fabric Evening Slippers Gretna Flannels Miss Cossley Batt, D.Sc, B.A., who passed through Victoria last year after a world tour has arrived in Montreal from England on the start of a 20,000 miles tour, embracing Canada, the United States, New Zealand, China and Japan and lasting two years. Since her return to England, Miss Batt has been studying conditions in British factories and on her tour she will lecture on British trade and British economic THE BOOTERY 1111 Government Street Phone 3344 Per Yard, $1.50 These Flannels were imported by us direct from Educated at Oxford and London i the Scotch mills.

A fine soft quality flannel, thoroughly shrunk, which will give splendid wear. Shown in white, plain colors and stripe effects; 30 inches wide. Yard universities, Miss Batt speaks seven languages. For her two years' tour her wardrobe will be very small. She will wear an ordinary thick, short skirt and Jumper, a British warm, Alderman Hart again brought up the question of a city manager.

The alderman maintained that the work of a municipality, from bookkeeping to engineering, could be done by a competent Pity the Specialist! Kanaimo: To draw upon the ex-pcripnoe of Kamloops, where a man-HKfr has been conducting municiiml war) the docimon of the Citv Council Monday evening, whea top boots to the knee, and neimet snajpea.