| Show AFLA A FLAG EPISODE AT An American Attorney Hauls Down Downa Dowra a British Ensign CAUSES EXCITEMENT I J Trouble Vi 1 That Hill 1111 MUM Sr unit and 1 Vancouver 1 II IL C June Juno 23 0 from tram to today today tomy day my newt nv n wl uC ut an exciting Inn un episode nt at V F 1 S 8 Canadian customs there here acting on Instructions from froni to Ottawa the tho Jim Ill on Oil a pola above lIt lilt office incendiary remarks followed tho hoisting pt of the ensign on the Itt morning u a nil Ini Irig man up at tho the ling HUB arid and an ut nl the tho tool Soot oOt o ot or the fital Alart tool out Me hIM cutting Ow lit pulled down fl the Has and ami rn pin tho ho halyards Iho Its w rolled up UI the tho and ani 10 Ill them Into Inlo n Li J ces ot oC It did not toke take Agent long to 10 come to tho th defense ot of the tho 1101 of ot lI country Whim he io reached the tho th the tho latter calmly pulled a n acard card from his Ills pocket and anil after hand handIng Ing It IL to the astonished Canadian n turned turne on all his hI heel and onil walked On 01 the lie card was aSI Miller A La Law w l Ore are Oregon Oregon gon Miller Is n ft of at o JO Miller iller tho the California poet pet und and i U visit visitIng Ing Inn friends In III n Miller said mid lOr I cut down the he lug on oft my own authority by lIy virtue of ot resting rentIng In III every overy American citizen dUzen A paper toys ays Thi lad dent which lias hns ha caused no end em Of Ut com coin l haa has been brewing for or several everal n When th ho flagpole was wn put on the depot building fhe tu mutter matter wa called to 10 tho the attention of ot C J I An Andrews drews drewe United States deputy collector ot if customs Mr Andrews Investigated the tho matter antI found nothing In Ms his which lie ho thought would tho the Canadian supervising olli In IU the ling lag of ot his hIli country unless tho the Stars Stripes waved above bov It lie He accordingly called on Mr lr 11 Husby and had hall a l talk with him re ye garding the proposed Innovation Mr Nr Husby Busby showed howell him a i letter from tto tho chief customs of Canada which stated lit III in that as no American customs operating on Canadian soil In condition corresponding corr to his hla Mr Busbys were wele permitted to tolly fly lly the linn lla of ot their country ho was entitled to the sumo right and to go ahead nhen with the On the tho hypothesis that the Cana Canadian dian dlan official would not go on record with such Huch n a 1 statement If It It were not a 1 fact Mr Andrews concluded that Mr Busby Husby was within his hl rights rJ and no ac cordingly took look no 10 action In III the ie matter malter While WIio it U jg generally regretted that lint any friction should occur between the citizens of ot this the one country and andI I the officials of ot the other tin th ti people are e as willing willingto to 10 lae that there Is no occa occasion sion slon whatever for tor the trouble On this strip of ot land which the United State has occupied undisputed since the tho days cOS of the tIie transfer trans tel In tho the Canadian have gradually encroached un unrestrained restrained by b the lie American govern government merit ment Hy Ily leaps and bounds the Cana Conn Canadian than dian has advanced a to toward II t ward tidewater From rom Tagish to lien Hen Hennet Bennet net liet then to I Lor fr Cabin and lastly to the summit und and when then the cus customs customs customs toms of t Canada wis as hoisted at It Itis Is small wonder that John Brown would not wait walt for tor or tardy action netlon tram from rein Washington but cut cuI down own 1 the lag Hat t Tho The hauling down of ot the flag occurred on Saturday June All day dA Sun Sunday day doy there was much discussion In ILL l uny over oer the tho Incident and on onI Monday lo morning Canadian I Agent Busby Husby again had bad the Hag flag lIa up Husby Busby states that he was by bya U Un a n committee that lint the flag lIa was Willi as L not lIot to be bo hoisted unless tho tiLe States Slates lag hag was raised above It Il To this BUsby refused to consent Then Tush according to statement Judge Jud l lj j Capt Jenks United States SIn i Marshal Manhal Snook and other American citizens Informed b that lint he lie took down the tho flag nil nt at least until they the had bad some Bome advice from Washing Washington ton In tho the matter maller they would not nol hold themselves responsible tar for an aLl any action of at people Husby then took down the tho lag Hag pending further Instructions In toLls from rota Ills Ids department at a Ottawa |
