GENERAL ELECTION. —OEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEEOEoEoOoEoEoooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEaESEySSs THE DAILY NEWS THE DaAILy NEWS | THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Daily and Weekly by THE PRINCE RUPERT PUBLISHING CO. LTD., PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. SUBSCRIPTION Daily, 50c per month, or $5.00 per year, in advance. All Other Countries: $2.00 per year. RATES—To Canada, United States and Mexico: Weekly, Daily, $8.00 per year. Weekly, $2.50 per year, strictly in advance. HRaD OFFICE Daily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B.C. Telephone 98. BRANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES New York—National Newspaper Bureau, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Seattle—Puget Sound News Co. London, England—The Clougher Syndicate, Grand Trunk Building, Trafalgar Square. TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch. rates on application. Contract Subscribers will greatly oblige by promptly calling up Phone 98 in case of non-delivery or inattention on the part of The News carriers DAILY EDITION IN CASE OF A If the Borden government should go to the people at the present time, or in two months or six months, would it be en- dorsed? That is a question which occurs to many people who have been noticing the elections in Ontario, and thé Morning Albertan very ably and conservatively sums up the situation as it stands. It says the Borden government might be endorsed but it is very doubtful. It would have the advantage of being in power, which, unfortunately, is a, big advantage in this country. It has control. It takes charge of the election. Its officials man the polls. With Rogers in control the party will be or- ganized as no government party was ever organized be- fore. With him directing af- fairs, the election methods will be different from elections in the past. That will mean much to ithe government. But there is some indication that these methods do not always prevail. There is here and there some sign that Ontario is swinging back again and the Liberals have done well in the two by-elections, winning one and reducing the majority in the other, In the recent by- elections for -the provincial house the majorities of the Conservative candidates have been reduced. The govern- ment has much greater ad- vantage in a by-election than in a genera! election. So judg- ing by the signs of the times, with a fair redistribution, On- tario would probably increase the Liberal contingent by at least one dozen. Reports of the general dis- affection from the government in Quebec doubtless are some- what exaggerated. The gov- ernment framed its navy bill for Quebec, and the National- ist supporters of the govern- ment are telling their constitu- a Tuesday, Nov. 18, 19!3 ents that the emergency vote will not be followed by any permanent policy and the best way to dispose of the navy is to vote the $35,000,000, even though it be large, and let it go at that. In the next elec- tion, doubtless, Bourassa and his associates will support Mr. Borden again, though perhaps not as vigorously as_ before. The Conservatives, however, are weak in leaders, and Pel- letier is the only one who can stand up for his government. The Liberals would gain ten seats without doubt, and prob- ably more. The reports from the Mari- time provinces seem to be sat- isfactory. The government has made some serious blunders in its detailed administration. The shifting policy of the min- ister of railways’ has caused dissatisfaction. The adminis- tration of the public works has caused some disappointment. The governinent would not gain in the west, unless the re- distribution were unreasonable. The Liberals will make some gains in British Columbia. The Conservative organization is complete, but the people are beginning to lose faith in Mc- Bride and the Conservative party. The Dominion govern- ment is not fulfilling the ex- treme promises that some -of iis supporters made for the coast province. The two new _ provinces would return Liberals. They have no reason for altering their decision. The Conserva- tive party seems utterly de- moralized in Saskatchewan. Manitoba would probably do better for the Liberals than at the last election. The west will have more seats in the new house and the majority of them should be carried by the Liberals. Summing it up thus closely and fairly the Albertan con- cludes that an early election would probably result in the defeat of the government. LUM BER First and MoBride PHONE 25 SHINGLES, MOULDINGS, SASH, DOORS PRINCE RUPERT LUMBER CO. Prince Rupert |; Read The Daily News CRANBY MINING COMPANY PAYS HANDSOME PRICE FOR MINE COMPANY OPERATING AT GRANBY BAY PURCHASES MIDAS COPPER MINE FOR $123,000—NEWSY NOTES FROM THE SMELTER CITY. Special Correspondence. Noy. 45.—It is hard to realize the of the undertakings of the Granby Con- solidated Mining Company at Anyox without being on the spot and seeing them for oneself. Work on their property border- ing Granby Bay is, however, pro- ceeding at a rapid pace, and a force of over 1,000 men is em- ployed here at the present time rushing construction forward as far as possible before snow flies. Large, up to the minute machine shops have been in operation for Granby, magnitude some months. The temporary power house is doing good work, and the mines, which are about a mile from the residential part of Granby Bay, and have a sep- arate little mining village close to them, are in shape to feed two thousand pounds of ore per day to the large smelter, which, it is expected, will be completed by the first of the year. The construction of the smel- ter presents a scene of extraor- dinary activity daily, for from here comes the incessant noise of the steel riveting, while the massive machinery is being put up and numerous gangs of men, under Mr. Frank MacVanugh, are working as if they had not a minute to spare. The building of the making good progress, the pipe line from the dam to the new power house is completed, and for the latter the brickwork is practically finished, and it only remains for the machinery to be placed before it will be in readi- ess to generate the power for the many huge undertakings throughout the works. Every day in the week Granby is hustling, but on Saturdays and dam is Sunday mornings particularly the wharf is at its busiest, for these are steamboat days, and the regular arrival of the Prince Rupert Sunday at 7 a. m., bring- ing passengers mail and freight, is an event looked forward to with no small amount of interest. This big company, the Granby Consolidated, is undoubtedly the most progressive mining com- pany in British Columbia at the present time. Their shares are quoted in the neighborhood of $70, and their expansion policy culminated last week in their closing negotiations for the pur- chase of the Midas copper mine, on Solomon Gulch, near Valdez, Alaska. The purchase price 1s said to have been a cash deal representing an investment of $123,000. The first payment of $25,000 has already been made, and the balance is to ba turned over within thirty days. Quite recently the company ac- quired the Copper Queen mine, on Texada Island, where large de- posits of lime bearing ore exits suitable for fluxing purposes. The Mamie mine at Hadley, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, has also been bought by the com- pany from the Brown Alaska Company, and this property con- tains a large tonnage of mag- netic iron ore carrying a con- siderable percentage of copper. This mine is at present equipped with a power plant, compressor plant and an aerial tramway 8,000 feet to the beach with a capacity of 100 tons per hour, It Washington, as well as operac- ing their extensive mines at Phoenix and smelter at Grand Forks, in the Boundary country. | Everything possible in the |short time available has been | done by the company for the jcomfort and welfare of their em- ployees at Granby Bay, There is a commodious and well filled general store, with office and drug department in connec- tion right by the landing stage. | The general office building, in |}which the engineers and other loflicials of the company have their offices, is modern in every way. The hospital, in charge of Dr. Dickson, by Dr. Stone, is thoroughly to date, post assisted up resident to take care the sick. built houses are occupied by the married employees of the com- pany, and Granby already has the appearance of a flourishing min- ing town, where only a few short months ago there practic- nurses was community, and this is in charge of Miss Fotheringham. The Granby Bay Hotel pany, Limited, runs a splendidly equipped hotel, and Mr. Manly is to be congratulated on his meals and all the Com- service, water and telephones in them. The hall and pool room is and a grand ball was recently given by Mr. Manly to celebrate the of that building. A social club has inaugurated and it is proposed to devote at evening a week to dancing. are put on in the recreation hall on Monday and Tuesday evenings by Messrs. Strassberg and Koller of Prince Rupert. The Northern makes Granby a regular place of call, and Archdeacon Collison is ex- pected here again the last Sun- day in November. Between times Rev. H. CG, Andrew holds service in the recreation hall every Sun- day night. A handsome building is in course of erection for the faithful of the Roman Catholic Church, and Rey. Father Schuster, 0: ML, ioons after the of his con- gregation and preaches in a vate house. Mr. F. M manager of been here for several left for Vancouver last week Mr. Wake Williams, the pany's general superintendent of smelters, is in residence here, and will probably remain in Anyox until the smelter is operating. recreation close by, since been least one Oross meanwithe spiritual needs pri- Svivester, the general has and the company, days, The Canadian customs are represented at Anyox by “Doc” Hyde, and the other Dominion government officials are Mr. R. T. Cook, postmaster, and “Jimmy” Bryden, telegraph operator, John Hutchings of the Provineial goyv- ernment police department is the constable stationed at Granby SIR-ARE You LAUGHIN’? AT and for the present there are two} of) Quite a number of well | ally nothing but rocks and trees. | The large saw mill mess and bunkhouse accommodate about | 500 men, and there is another | camp at the dam, also a large} nfess and bunkhouse up at the | mines. A spacious school building has been erected for the educational needs of the youngsters in, the bedrooms | having electric light, hot and cold} opening | Moving pictures | OUR MUSTACHE? NO-L WAS JUST CANAL READY SOON Goethals Believes Navigation May Open in January. Francisco, Nov. 14. George W. ,chief engineer of the Isthmian | to of San Colonel Goethals, Canal Commission, letter the /Gommerce, writes that the Pan- lama Canal will be ready for navi- | ration in January or February, 1914. 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