a THE DAILY NEWS Saturday, December 27, 1913 - ° THE DAILY NEWS THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Daily and Weekly by THE PRINCE RUPERT PUBLISHING CO. LTD., PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. H. F. MeRAE, EDITOR A ND GENERAL MANAGER SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 per year. RATES—To Canada, Daily, 50c per month, or $5.00 per year, in advance. All Other Countries: United States and Mexico: Weekly, Daily, $8.00 per year. Weekly, $2.50 per year, strictly in advance. HEaD OFFICE Joaily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B. C. DAILY EDITIO a Telephone 98. Saturday, Dee, 27, 1913 Ex-Mayor Newton has al- ways been noted for his men- tal density. Many of the citi- zens will remember the tirade he made against a former council beeause they devided the city into two wards, he maintaining that the ward system was an evil thing that countenanced. sifted the speci- not be this should When down it matter was was found that Municipal Clauses Act fied that the council had no other option. Even then Mr. Newton continued to abuse the council because of their action. * * * From that day to this the citizens -will well remember that the same Mr. Newton has adopted a policy of attacking his opponents without making any attempt of getting at the facts. Honest criticism is al- ways welcome and justifiable, but the eriticism of a man who has not brains enough to grasp an issue or who refuses to re- ceive enlightenment is despic- able in the extreme. Let us now look at his criti- cism of the work done in Sec- tion 2. He attacks the council ‘first because the work was done by contract; in the sec- ond place, because the price paid was too high, and in the third place because the mini- mum wage clause was not in- serted. On all three counts it can be shown that Mr. Newton either wilfully misrepresents the facts or is entirely ignor- ant of the first principles of understanding. The public is entitled to aecept the more charitable of the two. Pah Kes ee What happened in Section 2 was this: The organized prop- erly owners of that section had been persistent in their de- mand for improvements. The touncil had repeatedly. told them that the only chance was for them to finance the scheme themselves. When they had arranged -for this the council promised to handle the legal end of it. Accordingly they went to work. They soon found a contractor who was willing to undertake the work and who would aceept very easy terms of payment, extending over three years. enivtgre@ this arranged, the property owners approached the council. They asked that body to call for tenders for the work. Every cent of the cost was to be borne by the prop- erty owners of Section 2, and was guaranteed by every lot in the district. The council did as they were bid and it so hap- pened that only one person was able to accept the offered terms. Perhaps the price paid was a good one, but then both parties to the deal were satjs- fied, and when both parties to any deal are satisfied what business has any outsider got to interfere? . : * Having But why was not the mini- mum wage clause’ inserted? For a very good reason, and that because the contractor in question would not agree. The property owners of Section 2 had either to do without devel- opments or to agree to a con- tract untrammelled by = any conditions. . How very different this looks from the case that Mr. Newton would like to make. He would place the odium for everything on the council, who had abso- lutely nothing to do with it. This is a fair sample of the * oppositions logic, and it should not take long for the ordinary citizen to see through it. a es a NEW YEAR GOODS! for your wife, your child, or kindsof TOYS and Dolls. What's the matter with A Set of Furs from $5.00 to $30.00 per set. ’ ~ Let,the children see our. wonderful. display. of. all your sweetheart. Prices Third Avenue JABOUR BROS. THE HOUSE OF @00D VALUES 335~ "57?! Prinee Rupert RECRUITS FOR THE SRITISH CANADIAN SHIPS When addressing the Canadian Club recently, said Grath of Newfoundland, the sailors for Canada’s ships if the from the crags to some ship in distress above illustration, showing foundland signalling off their coasts, shows the reason tion. Hon, P. T. Me- Newfoundland could provide they were needed. The rugged fishermen of New- for Mr. MeGrath’s asser- KING BOWSER CLAIMS HE IS NOT DEPOSED B. C. STILL HAS RIGHTS IN FISHERIES — WILL CONTINUE TO COLLEC TLICENCE FEES AND RETAIN MONOPOLY “The powers exercised in the} past by the Provincial Fisheries Departinent have been in on wise curtailed by the récent judgment of the Privy Council, pronounc- ed by Lord Haldane, following an appeal from the Supreme Court of Canada in a reference made to that tribunal under an agreement between the Province and the Dominion.” The above statement was made by the Hon. W. J. Bowser, Com- missioner of Fisheries for Brit- ish Columbia, who has just re- ceive and advance proof print of the judgment. “We have always recognized the fact that the power of re- gulation was vested in the Dom- inion under the British North America Act,’ said Mr. Bowser. “In the fishéries case of 1898, the Privy Council decided that, while the right to regulate was transferred to the Dominion at Confederation, the property right in the fish was retained by the province and was still vest- ed in it. We have always dif- ferred about the exact definition of the two jurisdictions, and the present judgment removes some of the difficulties. “Pending settlement of this case, the sole right exercised by the province, under its powers of direct taxation, has been that of raising arevenue by tht collec- tion of licenses, and in the pres- ént judgment the law lords have been careful to avoid expressing an opinion or judgment which would limit our right to tax those engaged in fishing, whether in tidal or non-tidal waters. This we shall continue to do. “This judgment, summed up, decides that the province pos- sesses the property rights in the fish and fisheries above tidal waters, whether rivers are nayi- gable above that point or not, provied, of course, that the beds Maybe Scoop Has A Whole Lot To Be Thankful For of the rivers are not in the rail- way bell and owned by the Do- minion. Ip tidal waters there is no property right vested in either the Dominion or the province, since, under Magna Charta, this fishing was a common right of all the people. The Dominion and province may impose license brut exclusive privileges, the guise of regulation, cannot be given by the provinee. “The judgment further desides that with the transfer of ‘the solum, or property rights, in the lands of the railway: belt to the Dominion, the fisheries passed with these. In other words, that our ownership of the fisheries tidal does not in- clude the ownership of fisheries within this belt, since we trans- ferred our property rights to the Dominion at the time of the fees, above waters union. “The question of the ownership of the fish in our great: rivers and lakes in the province which lie outside the Dotinion zone lying twenty miles each side of the C, P. R. is not disturbed, as these fish are unquestionably owned by the province. “We shall continue to collect license fees from those engaged in fishing, and the money real- ized will be devoted, as in the past, to the encouragement of the fisheries. The work of the pro- vineial fisheries department will be expanded instead. of being eurtailed. I may state that the value of this work is recognized both by those engaged in this in- dustry and by the Dominion de- partment as well. We have ‘re- tained scientists to work out the life history of important food fishes, to chart our shell fish beds, and to study animal life which is inimical to fisheries. We have been enabled not /only fo give valuable Dominion in this the but service to direction, to place in the hands of the can ners and fishermen information of great value to them in their industry and business. “In passing, I may say thab the Act has never been mentioned or attacked, and that under it we possess wide powers which we shall continue to exercise, with the result thal; no one can oper- ate a cannery in this province: unless he has received a provin- cial as well as a Dominion license.” ——E—E——————_——————————— NOTICE I, the undersigned, for and on behalf of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power ‘Company, Limited, have de posited with the Registrar of the Prince Rupert Land Registration District ,Prince Rupert, B.C.; (a) A description of wharf which this company proposes to construct in front of Lot No, 479, Granby Bay, B.C., said lot and the adjoining under-water lot upon which the wharf will be constructed being the property of the said Company. (b) A general plan showing the position of the property relative to the proposed wharf. (c) A general plan showing more par- ticularly the relation of this wharf to the shore line, with cross-section of the pro posed wharf showing type of construction. F. M. SYLVESTER. General Manager BEST BUY Fifth Avenue, Sec. 6, Double Corner We can deliver Lots 114 and 12, Block 11, for $9,500 Cash There is a fine well finishtd house on the back 25 feet, fac- ing Green Sireet, rented at $35 per month on lease, leaving 50 feet on Fifth Avenue and 75 ft. on Green Street. APPLY Harrison, Gamble & Company FINANCIAL AGENTS Third Ave. Prince Rupert PUBLIC NOTICE $25.00 A CHANCE TO WIN I will forfeit the above am- oun if there is any stove’ in Prince Rupert that I cannot cause to give perfect efficiency in heating its hot water tank without any increase in fuel or in any way effecting its baking qualities. My device is new in this city although I have in- stalled quite a few. Don't wait hours for your hot water. Get my devise and enjoy satisfac- tion. The price is very reason- able. Harry Hanson The Reliable Plumber PHONE 489 Second Ave., near McBride St. Bookkeeping Taught By Private Lessons WENDELL R. JONES EXPERT ACCOUNTANT 3rd Ave. and Sth &t., PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. THE UP-TO-DATE HAIRDRESSING PARLORS 211 Third 6t. Work Strictly First Class Switches of All Kinds and Hair Goods a Specialty LAND CLEARING Peter Nelson 1s open to take contracts for clearing land in and around Terrace; also cordwood for fuel, etc, Terms, etc, on application. I —————_——== P. O. Box 208 Phone 47 P. ROBERTSON INCORPORATED SecounT any (€ng.) CHARTERED SECR Y Audits, Investigations, SAluetmenta, Liqui- dations and Assignments Smith Block, 3rd Ave., Prince Rupert, B. C. validity of our Canneries License try, Hart Block CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS If you are planning a trip for Christmas to the south or to Eastern Canada or United States or to the Old Coun bear in mind the Grand Trunk STEAMERS PRINCE RUPERT AND PRINCE GEORGE and Seattle and the Grand Trunk Railway System [roi Chicago to the principal astern cities. SPECIAL CHRISTMAS ATLANTIC SAILINGS Are now to hand and we can quote lowesf rates in connec tion with above and any Atlantic steamship line desired Call on us for rates and reservations. ALBERT DAVIDSON, General Agent eS ase to Vancouver, Victoria Prince Rupert B.C. Coast Steamship Service SAFETY SPEED SERVICE oe PEEL PACIFIC RAIUWwAY FAMOUS PRINCESS LINE Princess May southbound Satur day night, 9 p, m. Princess Beatrice southbound Sunday, 8 p. im. J.G. McNAB, General Agent ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY HALL formerly Kaion tsd. Gymnasium To rent for Dances, Public Mee ings, etc. Particulars at Secretary, P. O. Box 268 hall COAL Coast Phone 116 Best on the Rogers & Black ~ TAXIDERMIST *Animals, birds, fish and all kinds of game heads mounted; hides tanned and made into rugs and robes. 728 Helmcken 8t., Van- B.C, GEORGE LEEK Rea! Estate, insurance and Loan Broker Notary Public. Rents and Collections Albert Block, 2nd Avenue Prince Rupert Between 5th and 6th 8 dermist, couver, treets Office 606 3rd Ave. Phone 93 PACIFIC TRANSFER CO. General Teaming, Safe, Piano, Furniture and Baggage Moving Carefully and Promptly done. Storage and Forwarding Wood and Coal HARRISON W. ROGERS Architect Suite 1, Federal Block PRINCE RUPERT, B. C. Phone 300 P, O. Box 1635 F. M. CROSBY * Second Hand Dealer Wants to buy all kinds of Household Fur- niture, everything in the line of Mechanics’ Tools, Guns and Men’s Clothing. WH call any time. Highest prices paid. 839 3rd Ave. W. Phone Red 243 If you are looking for an up- to-date renting agency, place your property in the hands of George Leek. GEORGE LEEK 220 2nd Ave. Phone 203 _THE RELIABLE PLUMBER HARRY HANSON 138 2nd Ave. Phone 488 DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE Out-of-Town Work Hotel and Restaurant Work Tenders on New Work Plumbing Insured from Frost Done Promptly and Guaranteed at Reasonable Prices One Trial Will Convince You Work a _ EE INDUSTRIAL SITES With Rail and Water Transportation Apply * HARRISON GAMBLE & CO. Financial Agents Third Ave. Prince Rupert All work strictly first) class. A. MITTLER, Expert Taxi- | ' SMITH & MALLETT THIRD AVE. Plumbing, Heating, Steamfitting and Sheet Metal Work Workshop Office: ard Ave, Phone 174 2nd Ave. bet. 7th and “th Sts : 216 Second Avenue Phone 4% WILLIAM T. HOUSE B.C. Land Surveyor PRINCE RUPERT P.O. Box 6i8 D. C. STUART Accountant 808 2nd Ave. -t Phone 280 PRINCE RUPERT, B. 0. M. Manson, B. A. W. E. Williams, B. A., L. L. B WILLIAMS & MANSON Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. MONEY TO LOAN Box 1585 Helgerson Block Prince Rupert, B. ¢ Alex HAYNER BROS. 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