“an independent | newspaper - devoted to the upbuilding : of. Prince. Rupert and Northern and Central. British Columbia. : A member, of The Canadian Press — Audit Bureau of Circulation ” ’ Canadian “Daily Newspaper Publishers Association " Published by The Prince Rupert, Daily News Limited. - J OHN. F, MAGOR - - President. G.. PB. WOODSIDE Geueral Manager ONDAY marked the ‘official end ot ig with mingled regret-and satisfaction ‘Regret, because seldom before - Columbia’ 'S brief history h has ‘ear vied ‘out, 80 capably: as it. was. ir. Ross and his good lady. ‘Satis-. an. because. ¢ the. eee Angus. ries, an estimated 14, 000, | sy : WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER Thanks, | Gc odspeed 1 to His Honor, Mrs. Ross — : ' have. served both the Queen and the: | : ne Philip, Princess Margaret and. and’ also thank them sincerely for do- id nited Kingdom and for= ing such an outstanding job of what is, 28, 1960 ae oo a Government House. last year alone. It paid to- Prince Rupert, that has en- py oximately $500, 000, of his own money , to make certain the job was dgne prop- er ly and in refurbishing the new. Gov- - THREE INHABITAN TS of aptiy-namec. ing, lear - Lieutenant - Governox ‘Frank: M.. was. his bringing Government. House: : | | quir ng, e to learn rig Ros » five year’ tenure as the Queen’ s and all.it. stands’ for to the people of | oo nable at nic ° ne - representative in British Colunibia.,I¢ this province with. visitssuch -as “he | oft. , that we see His Honor and.Mrs. ‘Ross, deared Mr. Ross to the people of B.C.. he said: | the new $2,000,000. Governmenit In addition Mr. Ross has spent ap- a tm igonduetin g iment. The law here, ‘a8 in Copyright: Canada Wide When I got a flat tire on one”: of those wonderful stretches of: great modern: throughway:. in which there is no service whats. ever for. miles and. miles, I was given a lift to the next servicg:' aA station by a passing motorist~: who was kind enough to rez", spond to, my signals to the.» heedless passing swarm, aN As we rejoined : the braffic stream, most - parts ‘of the continent ig, that the motorist shall keep,, a certain specified ‘distances: sear ‘Fass near ‘Stewart _ ernment House which, replaced .. - the former: one destroyed. by’ fire in April, 1957. Mrs, Ross herself has bought. are, shown | waiting for leftovers from ‘supper at the: Dawson: > > Wade and: Emil Anderson construction: camp. Bears are regular et visitors. at camp, accommodating men working | on ‘Stewart- .. : Cassiar road.-—(Photo by! John Juul- Anderson, Stewart.) ‘ LETTER NEW LIQUOR LAW URGED from the car ahead.’ I am trys ing to keep that distance. Anat -evéry time 1 do so, some motor="! ist from behind rushes up and? cuts in, in order to occupy thes OX laws. Even Prinee Philip, when -and: ‘selected | thousands. of dollars - worth. of. treasures. which’ now. make , Be! 'S: Government. House ‘the grandest. “and, most: exquisitely | furnished: man- sion in. Canada. ; * To. His Honor and Mrs. Ross, ‘who . “He bought. a dry diving suit, ‘the air-compressor.and a small . engine to power. the: outfit. Bill, who has 11 cabins and: if done’ well, | one. of the most arduous _ lean-to’s on various creeks ‘in- ~ erate on. Gold or. - Kleanza Creek, 12 miles east of. Térrace..: He knew from experience ‘that the. district of which three: are , Time and Place “By. STAN: "ROUGIL “DIVING “FOR GOLD. oe Sixty- -eight- -year-old: Luther, Whitfield. (Bill). Elder ‘is leading - the way. in placer mining. in, the province. ‘After 32 years of ‘pros- pecting ‘Bill decided in the spring Of 1959 to. go under water. “Its logical and: easier,” he told me recently. '. enause the laws frail. Sonn sand. courtly manner give him - fo a'distinguished ’ appearance, He = was born ginia and after working as an in ‘Brookneil, interior decorator came to Canada to enlist in the No. 4 Seige: Battery, afterwards the | -131 Battery, and saw service in . France. In 1918 he was inval- Vir- The Editor, » ‘The Daily News: . Much has béen said vegard- ing the unjustness of liquor | laws as they apply to Indians. Yet. no one has stated why. we have so. many. complicated Jiquor laws. I believe the reason is be- were passed ‘ under pressure. from people - trated old women who are all afraid their. husbands may en- joy’. themselves. The people who enjoy an oc- ‘easional drink are ‘afraid to - exercise their democratic rights to ask for sensible liquor Short sermons he last visited our: country, was’ chastised for commenting: on: Canada's: outdated Hquor laws. _ We can easily follow the ex- ample of: our. Mother Country ‘or continental Europe where people know how ‘to™ enioy themselves. They drink", pubs, where families can eae ther and have sing. songs, - play darts -or ‘days they can enjoy. them- selves with their entire fam-. ‘ilies without hiding . behind closed doors. They do not know what a booticgger is over there . . and. you see very few drunk-~. “ards. No doubt there will always © be a few drunkards who abuse. cards, In con-. ‘I want constables in ‘fine. .in a 50-mile drive. If that one: little space I have allowed if," conformity with the law. I bab. there isn't one: motorist ini 1,000 who, on seeing the legaly Nistanse. kept between the twos cars ahead of: him, doesn’t ins} ‘variably jump. ahead to 06-4 Hast cupy, that space. - ““T have tried to interest mys superiors in. a little scheme,” plain, 150 feet of air hose, 150 feet of ‘almost — who ~ who never use it, such as tem- clothes and plain cars to travel: i al they have. en. hosts to. the © ‘Queen. ‘and. a - yestful. ‘and enjoyable “natirement” oo lead. weights, a compressor,.air sneaks with a iow southern’ perance societies, fanatical re- -danues 1 Europe day, dank the highways maintaining the, , tank, a friction pump to cool drawl. His’ wavy white hair . ligious organizations and frus- in pees gardens. Even ‘on Sun- legal distance and taking the; license numbers of all drivefs who perform this little trick, and have them socked a good: I could collect: hundre@§, rule regarding distance bes tween cars, were properly ob= , served, accident rates would be: ‘reduced, by 50 per cent. Shes there. were no.major gold. ore... i i- Mee * porti “It accounts for one fifth of —podies along the ckeek, rather’ 402 Nome and went wing owe, case tO ee en ee eee iad ven 7+ gq number of small. ockets and: / very year it seems tO take 1oOW good a iquor aw we may Im ne value of all exports, Actually the that gold would: me aa ea. Eaton's. less time to fly across. the have, but why penalize the — The lighter side: Columbia Cellulose.” EA SB t. manufacturer and largest ex: ie Over in. Londo they’ re taking. nasty. cracks “at the colonies: ‘again, - It/is. reported ‘that, the ‘itaste to make a killing by selling souvenirs to _ Canadians. moe ~: Poreelain figurinés of. sir John Gielgud and “the Oliviers, and ‘nicknacks of the. “Present, ‘from Margate” type are brisk in trade, as are “dolls in Pearly King coster suits, A bottle- top, “in the shape of a policeman’s head. is” the best : Victoria: Report ; VICTORIA—Promier ' Bennett’ was: in, ‘high | ‘humor, and quite sure of himself, and. with good reason, when he gave his first, post-elec- tion press conference'in his office in, the Legis- a dative Buildings. | . ai "well, the wars are over—for the time. bas Be | ing,” said. the Premier, as reporters trooped in, " +» ‘But he wouldn't, discuss, the election results, * “T had my say on the night of the election," he “said, “been. “fulfilled, Tn the Prine Rupert, to. various "governments: “area; “the pulp company ‘provides a pay- » new capital investments of the indus- ‘roll of $4,000,000, with gain to other: try have. averaged. about $100, 000, 000 Andustries affiliated or working with, annually.” ERS ‘All in all the pulp and paper jndus- | On the national. scale, the pulp and try is due for a deserving salute on its Bs er industry is by far. Canada’s day, for both its national and _local “Design Centre in the Haymarket is lowering its: ‘overseas visitors, “particularly Amerleans. and - into’ the “creek and the. coarse. _ . gold. would be. trapped | in some- of the pools.:. “Since “1945, contributions. Bobby i ina bottle - “seller. And all the fault of the bad taste of overseas. visitors, “particularly American and Canadian!” As the shame of it! Clearly there should be a law, prohibiting people from dunk- ing ‘British Bobbies in alcohol or otherwise cheapening the exquisite taste of the British. That'nation of shopkeepers, may otherwise rise at UN one day and plead’ genocide. ‘Andsome is as 'andsome does and Americans and Canad- jans. should be more particular. —The Ottawa Journal, by J. K. Nesbitt over-pricing of the Canadian dollar.” This wag old hat, but the Premior believes that if you keep repeating: something over and over and over people will. eventually come to believe it. — “The first twa policies slowed ‘down and - then depressed the healthy rate of Canadian industrial expansion,” intoned Mr, Eckman from the Premier's statement, and the Premier . sat. enjoying and drinking In his every word, the Giving. Athis age. he can ¢ only do two: one