THE DAILY ‘NEWS 2 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. TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch rates on application. BRANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES New York—National 23rd New | York City. Seattle—Puget Sound News Newspaper Bureau, 219 East St., Co. H. F. McRAE, EDITOR AND GENERAL MANAGER HEAD OFFICE Daily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B. C. Telephone 98.} SUBSCRIPTION RATES—To Canada, United States and Mexico: Daily, 50c per month, or $6.00 per year ($5.00 if paid in} advance). Weekly, $2.00 per year. All Other ( es: Daily $8.00 per year. Weekly, $2.50 per year, strictly in advance. Contract | | | | | | | LEG-ENFIELP APERTURE SIGHT OPEN SIGHT ON ROSS RIFLE London, England—The Clougher Syndicate, Grand Trunk Building, Trafalgar Square. — Subscribers will greatly oblige by promptly calling up Phone 98 in| OLD SIGHT CONTRASTED WITH NEW case of non-delivery or inattention on the part of The News carriers These sketches show the old Lee-Enfield open sight and th ee area Fr Soa hee ie a nae te a newer Ross rifle apet sight used in the Canadian service. DAILY EDITION aig Monday, Feb 1944 The war office ordered the discontinuation of this sight in gg So ne ioe contests at Bisley, which resulted in a declaration of defi- sats SSS re ance from the Canadian militia department. The matter has The citizens of Prince Ru-| porations while playing to the now been satisfactorily adjusted by the war office withdraw- pert are being treated with | gallery of a fickle public own- ing their objection to the Canadian rifle. a fair sample of Bowserism. ership mob. —_ . —_—_——— William Manson has_ been} me ete boasting for a long time that} Ya ope ee ONE MILE OF BAD ROAD PER YEAR he had saved Wark’s Channel | light of recent developments power tie his city, He toni] ‘bat the “city ‘cownnil : refused VAI FY the electors at the last muni-| {to ask for Wark’s channel cipal election when he was} power in order to start the advocating party politic 3 'N| “municipal plant there. The! ge—pplerR writes To LOCAL PAPER ABOUT THE ROAD CON- civic matters that if the citi-| local Tories, too, favored de- DITIONS AND CAUSE OF COMPLAINT—SETTLERS wens supported the scheme veloping a two thousand-h. p. GENERALLY DISSATISFIED and started to develop We oe scheme when a ten thousand worth Lake he would see to it one was apparently to be had. ra : tat ag os eas i an , that Wark’s Channel power | ar Se en nce na The following letter is nen (renee the: pest ve years, with would be ours. preferred the larger " proposi- from the Bella Coola Courier OG oe tha cha ae . ; oe T Torie wer,|is a faithful report of a settler’s| the road had been properly : : tion. The Tories, however, I surveyed, it would no doubt be Woodworth Lake will sup-| did not have the backbone tojview of the provincial road straight, instead of following the plyabout two thousand horse- | oppose, Bowser, so they ac-|pbuilding in that district: old wagon path. However, the power. This city will soon| cepted the smaller stream.| Sir: [ have been a close reader/road is being hitehed over a little need ten thousand. There is| William Manson, while telling/of your paper since it was first|eyery year, so it is only a ques- no other power available and} ‘he public that the larger|published, and I notice in nearly|tjon of time and money until it Prince Rupert is bottled up| power couid be had, no doubt every issue there is something] js straight as it should be. completely. i told the inner ring that this/about the roads through this} During 1909 several crews William Manson likes to} Was not the case. valley. jwere put to work at different pose as a public ownership | Sag To people ou the outside it)points from tidewater as .far up man. In that he is aping from; Surely in this William Man-jmust seem that there must be|the valley as fifty miles, and his superiors of the govern- sor s shown his hand. HejS0me cause for these complaints.|much of the slashing done at ment. Bowser likes to pose has revealed to the people that}/er else that the people of Bella|that time has been left to grow as a democrat while he enjoys he is insincere and that he}|l0ela are chronic “kickers.” jup with brush worse than ever. despotic power. William Man_ cares nothing for their rights. Perhaps it would be well to gol A weak attempt at grading son in advocating a municipal He has pre ven himself to - ajover the ground, so to speak, and|was made at the Bella Coola end power plant at. Woodworth friend of the big corporatio let those people on the outside|of the road the same year. The Lake has put us in the posi- He has shown the people that have a better understanding of|/Canyon bridge over the Nootsat- tion where we just get the he is not a fit man to repre- the matter. isum river and the “short cut” taste of this advantage with sent them, and when next [It is common knowledge that | around was commenced. So no opportunity of developing election comes around the|the Bella Coola valley was first)/closes the first year of “vigorous that scheme. Al! the time he{ people should make this very |S¢ttled’by a colony of hardy Ner-| policy.” was the friend of the big cor-{| clear. wegians, and according to the; During 1910, some grading ' terms of an agreement, the pro-|and gravelling was done from the QQ ———— . era, vincial gover rent was to pro-|town to about half a mile above vide them with a road through/the first bridge crossing the the settlement. | Bella. Coola river (a distance of F ? c Prior to the year 1909, the | some two and a half miles), but RED STORK S HARDWARE™ government had no settled roadjonly in patches. About three- policy other than that, and even|quarters of a mile was slashed cae i a so a Sarees ptinneeab het that was not carried out. and graded between the 23 and 710 SECOND AVE rhe SRRGA! appropriations|24 mile posts, and some slash- e small, and were supple-jing done above the Crossing (24 Carpenters’ Tools Builders’ Hardware Ship Chandlery ited by much gratis work on/miles from tidewater With the Wire Cable Stee! Blocks Fishing Taekle the part of the settlers. In fact, ! exception of a small amount of Iron Pipe Pipe Fittings Rifles and Shotguns 1 man to be anyway sure of work/trail work, nothing was done ian Valves Reaviiasdiading on the road had to furnish his|above that point. own tools. So it is plain to be In 1910 road work boomed. A Pumps Hose Paint seen that the local foreman was|gang worked around the town Stoves and Ranges Rubberoid Roofing Corrugated Iron Justified in undertaking any|short time, another at Hagers- WE SELL NOTHING BUT THE BEST” rk of a heavy nature, and nat-|borg, another between the 18 and rally followed the lines of least!49 mile posts, another at the ——- =—— Sere <== esistance, as the small sums!{Crossing and Gibson's Cabin. ted out by the government|Some small bridges were put in FRED STORK’S HARDWARE were not sufficient to keep the}on the Upper Atnarko and som existing road in decent shape.|bridge timber was got out fot Nevertheless, much excellent)the Canoe Crossing bridge ork was accomplished. I ni912, thanks to the railroad 2 re ts With the spring of 1909, how-|surveyors, we got in a straig¢nt ever, we see a change. A per-|piece of road. The first -zwod manent road superintendent was|honest piece of work since the appointed and a permanent pol-|introduction of a “vigorous pol- ey seems to have been laidjicy.”’ Some grading was done ai lown by the government. Hagensborg for a distance ef ] 4 It must be remembered that,/about one mile The Oanre prior to 1909, it was possible to|Crossing bridge was constructed drive a team with a strong wagon|and about a _ niile of adijace SHINGLES, MOULDINGS, SASH, DOORS not too heavily loaded, from the|road graded. A bridge Seat om ——s steamboat landing at Bella Coola|Kahyhist river was completed PRINCE RUPERT LUMBER CO. to Firvale P. OO. formerly|and a sleigh road opened as far Piet. and MieMride Sietnes tides meres enieb moot aee ‘ oe as Mr. Gillenspitz’s ranch, aad PHONE 25 Branch Yard at Smithers, B. C. of ig aaa rae ets tal Dae ete eee What progress has been made Nineteen-thirteen was a busy ! , vith a big roller. Some grading | at Hagensborg and a little slish ing oh the Sealoomt side of the river Iwo miles of egrreding| Sw cange “Grossing ‘nase |f §,$, PRINCE ALBERT OR Joy iThe road extended about rile N and a half above’ Gillenspitz’ Sundays at 6 p.m., wane h and the season’s work was For Vancouver, Victoria an: ec t another attemp oO ; end .. wita Ror i % " _ t For those contemplating a trip to any po j use the yal roller as a wring rRURK R\ILWAY SYSTEM (t : RANn ing machine, and also a little sefvice second to none. Speed a rs g j}mud-mixing with the grader, }dustr ial sites. year, Li spent kink-locating in the] lower part of the valley. In the efforts were made to the water out of ther rad | most of the time pena | | spring squeeze For full partict Continued on Page 3 (Agent for Genera! Agent Port Edward offers ideal in- 39tf S.S. Prince George Fridays at 9 a.m ilars and information regard ALBERT DAVIDSON all Atlantic St TT Mond Prince Rupert ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY ROOMS g ver I En Theat Bb meetung Soe 1 nu \ 8 amen a i ‘ for ha ent a secretary D. MA NALD HA Bookkeeping Taught By Private Lessons WENDELL R. JONES. EXPERT AOCOUNTANT 3rd Ave. and Sth St., PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. THE UP-TO-DATE HAIRDRESSING PARLORS 211 Third &t. Vork Strictly First Switches of All Kinds and Hair Goods a +433 Specialty UNION $8. ConA UF B.C,, Ltd ‘* CHELOHSIN ”” ps “ : | TAXIDERMIST Animals, birds, fish kinds of game heads mounted; hides tanned and made into rugs and robes. All work strictly first A, MITTLER, Expert Taxi- and all Twin Screw Steamer class, dermist, 728 Heimcken St., Van- ieomasandls couver, B.C, | SAILS FOR VANCOUVER Be GEORGE LEEK a } Real Estate, Insurance and Loan Broker Notary Public. Rents and Collections Wednesdays i AUCTIONEER 2p. m. oy |220 Second Ave Prince Rupert _—— | Get tickets and reservations LAND CLEARING } Peter Nelson is open to take coutracts for clearing land in and areund Terrace; ordwood for fuel, ete Terms, ete., Rogers Steamship Agency °» ss»: Second Ave. Phone 116] ——— HARRISON W. ROGERS ~ Architect -Church Services - Suile 1, Federal Block TT Te eT PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHUKCH ip ‘ ie Services every Sunday in the |} Phone 300 P. O. Box 1635 Chureh Halli at Ll am. and ” impress Theatre at 7.50 p.m. Pe ee ee ee eee = = Sunday School at 2.30 p. m. SECOND HAND GOODS REV. F. W. KERR, M.A., PasTon THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH f will buy sell ail : COR. YOUNG and FIFTH AVE nouseh 1 s Services every Sunday at ll s, guns and am. and 7.30 p.m. Sunday School 2.30 p. m. Baraca Will ca iny time Bible Class 2.30 p.m. REV. W. W. WRIGHT, B.A., Pastor. + F. M. CROSBY eee eee eee ee 839 3rd Ave. W. Phone Red 245 THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH SIXTH AVE. AND MUSGRAVE PLACE Services every Sunday at 11 am. and 7.30 p.m. Sunday School at 2.50 p.m. . KEV. MR, DIMMICK PASTOR : > Shichi tiie Blacksmiths & Horseshoers ST. ANDREW'S ANGLICAN CHURCH B oat Wo Cor. Fifth Ave. and Dunsmuir Place rk Morning prayer, 11. Even Phone 525 1st Ave., Manson Way ing prayer, 7:30, Sunday school, 2:30 p. m. Holy Communion first Sunday 7 say ait, "| PRINCE RUPERT FEED CO and third Sunday at & . a, m. REV. G. A. RIX - RECTOR 908 Third Avenue THE SALVATION ARMY CITADEL oe ae Soe Granville Court Vealers 10 Sunday services at it aliers 10 6. m., 3 and 8 p. m Sun day shoal, 1:30 p. m. FEED SEEDS Week aight services Mon day, Wednesday, Thurs- HAY TIMOTHY day and Saturday. 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