THE DAILY NEWS THE PRINCE RUPERT PUBLISHING THE DAILY NEWS | THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Daily and Weekly by j CO. LTD., PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. H. F. McRAE, RDITOR AN D GENERAL MANAGER HEAD OFFICH Daily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B. © SUBSCRIPTION Daily, 50c advance). per month, or $6. RATES—To Canada, Weekly, $2.00 per year. and Mexico: if paid United States 00 per year $5.00 $8.00 per year. Weekly, $2.50 per year, strictly in advance. . Subscribers will greatly oblige by promptly calling up Phone 98 in ease of non-delivery or inattention on the part of The News carriers DAILY EDITION Monday, April 6, 1914 relephone 98.) awakened l erations, pe to ~ Tsuccessful }funds necessary: for a continua | ———t ee IL. General Man- Elmendorf of the Canal Tunnels, Utd considerable interest to future operations company, recently it The return of eget W,..2. | Portland jin by town the as as i ; : ay. | Was found expedent to reduce the All Other Countries: Daily, | working foree to some _ extent j and this gave immediate rise to the prospects of continuous op- stated Mr. Miner Elmendorf that he had securing al! The been in the Portland Canal Mining Notes | neansisigatitibnniadtin ahd icvichapaie | alt a profit, it is safe to presume more extensions or shutes must lie somewhere in the near vicin ity, and it is expected that one of these will be exposed. The fa cilities for stoping ore which the low level tunnel will offer will permit the working at a profit of a very moderate grade In fact if the veins already dis covered are found with work to widen out big things are to be expected, Indian Mines—Roy Clothier is good more the | down from the Indian mine and summer and that the crew will | reports he has already establish- besa as ine sil i ras | tion of work throughout For the third time in three | look rather sick. The govern-) shortly se hien hack to. its months the Conservative press} ment press have hardly ceased@|old strength of some two dozen of this town has announced! from lauding it to the skies,/miners. As he had not had time that the road round the island | and now it turns out” that at this writing to visit the works was just going to start. This! there is no virtue in it. The he was unable to give any par- time of course there is a little government is to share in the ticular information regarding qualifieation. They say they timber profits only when the operations, beyond the statement are only going to build a few price exceeds $18 per thou- that some forty inches of ore miles to find out just what it sand. Now it turns out the|ad been encountered in one of will cost. There are now manufacturers can turn over the drifts. He was hopeful that three years since Premier Mc- their raw material to a sub-|it would not be very long before Bride told us he was going to sidiary company at $18 and|the drift was in a good ore-body, have that road built immedia- that company can manufac- and with his return at the camp tely and that as his own gift ture it and sell it at any price the policy of development will be to the city. For a couple of they please without the gov- outlined, following an saameina- years he has been urging the} ernment getting any profit. tion of the work since he baat . G. T. P. to pay a share of his They can also ship the rough visited the seene of operations. ie hd tf a. “cift,’’ and now he is going to timber out of the province and} find out whether he can really have it manufactured on the build it at all or not. | prairies and thus avoid the oS eee ® | government sharing their Morse Creek bridge bids profit. This regulation, too, fair to share the fate of the cannot be changed for fifty- five years. That is surely a road round the island. Over a fine monopoly the year ago the government made an appropriation’ for has given to the lumber kings. this bridge on condition that ee the G. T. P. paid their share. } This paper has_ criticised It happened, too, that the G.! very severely the manner in T. P, had no property which| whieh the public money has this bridge would serve, while | been wasted in the attempt to the government still held all build government trails and their property in section two.) roads. This of course doesn’t | Nevertheless, quite recently! mean that the men immedi-| the G, T. P. signified their | ately in charge are the chief willingness to co-operate in| offenders. In many cases the building of the bridge.| there are excellent men con- This made it necessary for the; nected with the road work, government to keep their bar- | but they are under a system gain or seek cover. It looks that prevents them from do- now as if they had taken to the! ing their duty. It is not al- fall timbers, for the party | ways easy for a man to throw press has just announced that/| up his job beeause of some the 34st day of March was the | unpleasantness connected with last day when the amount] _ it. In cases like that the could have been secured, That| public would be inclined to is certainly a threadbare ex-| feel sympathy more than cuse for breaking their pledge} wrath toward them. It is im- to the city. John Oliver's eriticism of time somewhat affect ing grovernment possible, however, to condemn a system without at the same its Stoves and Ranges Rubberoid Roofing Corrugated Iron “WE SELL NOTHING BUT THE BEST” the new timber law makes it! innocent victims. FRED STORK’S HARDWARE 710 SECOND AVE Builders’ Hardware Ship Chandlery Wire Cable Steel Blocks Fishing Tackle Iron Pipe Pipe Fittings Rifles and Shotguns Rope Valves Ammunition Pumps Hose Paint Carpenters’ Tools ( FRED STORK’S HARDWARE eee oO Emme CARPENTERS 50 PER CENT. discount.from Bb. CG, List on Doors Mouldings with lumber orders 4.+. ! and | Portland Canal Tunnels—The {The latest news from the Port- jland Canal Tunnels reports the striking of about 40 inches of good copper in the Richard Il lclaim, and those who have seen it say it is by far the best show- ing far encountered. Ever since drifting on the mineralized starting, numerous mi- of have been of which have car- in silver and lead, some gold carried by the e, and while perhaps noth- found to date could be mined was bodies ore rone Inor ! | struck, values most i ried lw ith jpyrit ying A TOILETTE DE BAL flesh pink crepe with raised broche pattern, the slight tun- ic of tulle to match being edg- ed temporary quarters” in the place of those destroyed by fire Tents have been erected, which will serve until the snow has gone. Work has already been resumed in the upper tunnel, the face of which in solid ore which, being decomposed, mits the tunnel to be continued at a great pace, most of the ground being mined by alone. Yellowstone Group Shorty Stevenson and Jack Hoveland are is the pick | | | per-| iSecure one | taking in supplies over the crust} to do until such time as pack horses can be taken through. A crew of five or six men will shortly be put to work on the property. ! Big Four Group—E. Arn. strong and Louis Watkins are taking in supplies by dog teain and intend to continue the tunnel on this group. The Big Four one of the most promising pros- pectspects on the Salmon River. It lies near Silver Lake and easy of access. A thirty-foot tunnel has been driven in a big quartz vein which can be traced right through the claims, and which gives good gold vdlues and from which some samples of free wold have been obtained. is 1s Beach Claims-——Charles Chal- mers and W. Fraser are now working this property which is owned by G. W. Bruggy and H. C. Magee on a lease. The group situated right on salt water near Marmot River and is one of the ideal locations in the district. Over a ton of ore which will run about $150 per ton has been sacked the past week, and as this can be placed directly on a without further handling, will give a good profit. The ore is rich in ruby and brittle silver and has also a good percentage in lead Portland Canal Miner. is scow ALASKA MOOSE PUT ON CLOSE SEASON LIST Washington, April 4.—Alas- ka’s big game, which yearly fur- nishes excellent sport for the wealthy huntsmen from all ove the world, is to reeeive greater protection in the future, as the result of new regulations made publie today by the department of agriculture. Effective imme- diately and for a period of two | years, the shooting of moose in| southeastern Alaska and of} mountain sheep in the eastern part of the Kenai peninsula, is prohibited. The area thus closed to moose hunters lies south and} east of longitude 150 degrees. | Districts affected by the new) regulations are among the most| readily accessible to sportsmen. | Hitherto Alaska game has been| protected only by a closed sea- son and the system of fees for} shooting and shipping licenses. 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