Legislative Library aso soFeLeIeLeIOIeFOIOIe Tare & AILS TENTS } . nd Sizes made b i) Kinds @ _H, Jones & Co., Ltd. “(40 Years’ E xperience) A ily News F. MAGUIRE PRINCE RUPERT Second Avenne __prwuurresaretnratana Northern and Central British Columbia’s a ene M, H. LARGE ; 707 Second Ave. - Prince ers —— —_—- fn a 1 xr, NO, 118. : ie PRINCE RUPER Tr, B. c, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1920. PRICE FIVE CENTS ——— “ -- eee —_—— = —- _—— ee AY, PAY, PAY, SAYS THE MINISTER OF FINANCE — — = a a NTH BIRTHDAY OF CITY BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF EARLY HAPPENINGS ae EE eee # DITORIAL |Increased Taxes on Luxuries ‘NATIONAL ‘Prince Rupert Ten yay reskab Incomes and Business Profits ss = Years Old Today | voce’ 1 Dominion Budget Proposals | °" "2" One Decade Makes Great Changes is with it the makings of Very Few Articles of General Use Escape the Clutches of) °2%* spiesh yesterday, Sir | ity; Short Review of Work Done | e e » sabshbrepincathtit er sex 8 | Henry Drayton, Minister of since Incorporation of City : DI | Finance, said that at the end | vork has been done Mi } ed i pe STE AERA ETT BS sine evel been done i inister of Finan ances Ae Outlin ” S ech at | mes to i r | Today is the tenth anniversary of the first municipal election : thers: waka tau Ottawa Yesterday | rete “sine so014- in this city. Ten years ago today Prince Rupert chose its first : _ 481,774.12. This included muni¢ipal offieers and took on the rights and powers of a self- investmentg amounting to xoverning, corporate body. On May 19, 1910, Alfred Stork was | $1,078,596,461.27, leaving a elected first mayor and a policy of progress was instituted that | co oucen” debt of $1,935,- has been kept up with varying degrees of success up to the Oy errr ar: present day. Chosen with him to form the first city couneil were incial ae oat hopef most hopel! Smokers and: Drinkers pn oad to Pay More to Revenue ifter birth The remade the late Frank Mobley, Dr. A. A. Mcintyre, Hon. T, D. Pattullo, R. H. BREWER iS W. P. Lynch, A. R. Barrow, V. W. Smith, J. H. Hilditeh and George R. Naden. The defeated candidate for mayor was William Manson and the aldersnanic as- = iad pirants who failed pwere M. M. provincial contest in whieh the os ‘phens, George W. Morrow, H. defeated candidate for mayor had o Motor Cars to Contr bute Ten to Fifreen per cent; even ee Chewing Cum and Gri mcphones to Pay due to the OTTAWA, M i? Sir He y bb ton, m ster of tipance, | ; ’ : who have held on} | ade his { iget speech yesterday afternoon. Among dhe Tekes Place of H. MoCall Who eas : te eo been returned by a large majority 5 ; junto riv { > : has been steadily im ' “er i n tax Prince Rupert eee ger Car wagers of $1,000 each of the re- jmet on the public platform and sala ef e tod $ an- wase in taxes. Prince Rupert. Me shook P ! the future is rosy. OLIVER LIBEL ; , a tel aie Ta o cas Le ae Sree a tse ————~| Mr. Brewer is an old railway _— ee ee a trae ‘ ‘ re many who ask: , o rn foods, coal or goods ex- nan. He now holds the dual peo-! > Politics: a Factor. . Pi f 7 F h p leet speech yesterday | ported. sition. of rint n jent of the Following shortly after a keen continued on Page Four.) 1 say that rince On, Of CORPS anew Ef a " ned ta te rm) ‘ SUIT PROCEEDS , is follows } Stamp Duties. istern and western sections of ‘ Other Luxuries. Existing taxes on cheeks are/the line. Before coming here he | 5 contmued, but the rate 18 iIn-Inald « * r . : : ‘ vy tay f ten per ent on reld a similar position to Mr. Mc- ul Son ay agean q SMart Peing:: fine fe. Dave & ne ote. eee Sw its OF OxenaNge and) (Call with headquarters at Winni- ; Realize Our Destiny. Bet iar ’ is a trite one and Ceme Before Jury Before : Se natin promisory notes. There is to be|peg. Now he is in charge of both be eq tril ee ms yp & filin tax of fifteen cents a day.) ofiices. Prior to joining the G. \ ae i instruments, BUR income and Profits Taxes. r. P. on the inception of the road S rea pec ac e - oF Ise (PORTA May iv hf ts : ¥ ; . ' y Dn) Income taxes payable in 1920!np was with the Grand Trunk . with us. If we dis- | ay } le | to wet the ~% , jon the 1949 ine e has been very| Railway at Montreal. ‘ fi ‘ry amount of en-| libs ght by Hon. Joh droite holders and. pipen,| eet. .o'een: A. teem sso Brilliant Weather, Colorful Pageant Parade gressiveness. the Vliver, Pre f Brit Gol : Ce a sara general addition to these taxes ’ ‘ ? | inst MR. T. Elliott, K. re. , of five per cent is now add + METHODISTS WANT Great Crowds of People at Memoaable g “ steadily We tei j 2 elt the D \ ‘ . incomes of $5,000 and up, emer t growth by acting ! ea y tt « th \ X payavle the pu chase tive this year HIGHER SALARIES V D ° ‘ eae nd we fancy toilet ware, Oriental hie: sdad ‘ , . ie ee ancouver emonstration ‘ izers ine ‘ 4 , 4 fe i vacat ! 1e isiness profits i pres- expensive house-| nis a ty fied ‘ District Sesretaiies Appointed for _ vt zing ] { Xx] \ ents a tax modified by increased ; ‘ a ‘ res 3 : ‘ ig our i , Bre Se oe ticles, mechanical musical |. emptions allowed of do eee Port Simpson and VANCOUVER, May 19.—A brilliant sun in cléar blue sky with a ; . 7 nis and records to ten per cent and a changing Hazelton. dense crowds formed along the sidewalks on Hastings, Granville As however » he ile ' i ] ‘ i ; ne sf nt ¢ i che £ g : ; . ’ ee ee { dete put by KI It rary cent gold for) sohedule of the taxation terms. ae and Georgia Streets to Stanley Park forms tHe setling to the fer it iat A . . a hie |: i , sei tented ee ee ee B ' d Wi On Pipepe an SEOtND wee ee DOR M acd oe a i May 19.—The | memorable pageant commemorating the 250th anniversary of the A es : orce ‘ ‘ i ’ or n ine. cent o sani hut Oo XC ERK ,| Methodist Conference in session . Fy A Ve oeletas rane ee ee a oe n IA beater iene pptnaetbncabernpetge j «CPR: set cecre, landing of the gentlemen adventurers from England, headed by sometimes by the yr ‘ De wines and spirits 15 per cent, the tax will be 20)here bas apt ointed district secre- ee ' ie Se ¢ ' f he s an increase in the excise) 6, cent; in excess of fifteen per |{aries. For Port Simpson Rev J., Prince Rupert, who held the original charter of the Hudson’s i id us and sizing e a ; 10 cents a gallon; on beer}aant and not exceeding @0 per Spencer, D. D., was appointed,| Bay Company. ne * yi Tt ew ante sce lpabere: co cent, 30 per cent; on profits inj@nd for Bone an: Ramey AG. Over one hundred autos decorated gaily with floats and fags if Often heen said t in extra 82 a galion, ant xcess of 20 per cent on capital Wrineh, M,. D, and bearing over one thousand persons in the triumphal parade onee more take BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL rkling wines 83 @ gallon. and not. ex eoding 30 per cent,|_ Educational fund appropria- Soak tah two hours to pass the post office corner this afternoon. M ‘cars are not to escape. “ ee oO -ofits (tions for Port Simpson were $150 , s the tax is 50 per nt, n profit The pageant procession started from the Georgia Street yia- ' ! there is an excise tax on excess of 30 per ce eiand Hazelton $75. % The Fisheries. Fe conte ee . A cannaiah Manutadturad and an tg A ee tr a rhe éonference approved the duct where it was assembled, down Main Street to Hastings, o place we have that Pitishure 7. |} d cars of from ten tO/gont, taking of immediate steps in cir- | alorg eae to Granville, up Granville to Georgia and along a ecan rob us. Wel Now York 8. | ; fleen per cent; a sales tax Of/ por gmall businesses with a/Ccuit missions to get the mission- = |Georgia to -the catseway ane at ries, The halibut Pacific international. nt on the sales of all capital of not less than $25,000 aries’ salaries up to @ MINIMUM « #¢ ee 8 ee Oe Oe BStanicy Park. Here speeches are e| 10us and steady. | Yakima 2, Seatt 0 nulla ers, Wholesale dealers, and under $50,000, 20 per cent of $1,500, increasing on a sliding u # being delivered, the presentations perpetual harvest,| Seattle 7, Spokane 4 ibbers or importers (not rptail-|5y all profits exceeding ten per|s¢ale. * STRIKE SETTLED * to the winners of the Hudson's : wes | ancouver 45, Vi ia 3 ers cent will be taken instead of 25 RAEI wt)” * AT ALICE ARM * Bay prize essay competition are paid for the product! yoo ver now heads. the rhe new taxes do not apply tO| yer cent as at present ‘SON OF VANCOUVER . acini ®/being made and singin *4 lew millions as were. en list of eaeential foodstulfs , : beage ae ; 8 is being ! ions in cash is lougue. a large list of essential foodstulls,| Under the legislation of last . his afternoon Chief *|rendered by the Yaneouver Welsh P iL the port Very See : Radetpemmdiineataaaesit aie ‘sssion the maximum seale of} BISHOP IS KILLED * Minty of the Provincial #*)/0 thoral Society and the Festival “hething the world needs, | |busine ss tax is in effect this year meee * Police received a wire from *)Choir of 150 voices. fear of rethoaehinin h T iff jand the modified tax will apply to Flight Goniiacndan dike DePencier * the Provincial constable *| Ten Bands. ur basic ob i 1 Coquetting wit ari }1920 profits taxable in 1924, i oh Aeroplane Accident at * at Alice Arm, saying the */ No less than ten bands inter- “ation iy S Hi W. Fieldin _ _ Tariff Changes. Cologne, Germany. * strike is settled. and work Baperene the parade and rendered Z a alas ays on. S. g rhe 7% per cent customs duty} a ~ fs * will recommence there at 2 ear ee airs, The floats were a i bal and all around A Be hes beet taken off all remaining} VANCOUVER, May 19.—Flight/* once, ‘ # | picture of wonderful kaleidoscopic eT adjunets and brin i items ast year the five per cent/Commander Jack DePencier, sec- |# ee Ae Mense lot of business ve Former Minister of Finance Criticises now Budget and British pyeference war tax was/ond son of Bishop DePencier, Was # ## ##* ## 8&8 #8 888 e) Launch Alice BR, Phone Blue 548, ee piace, he Indians who moves Reduction of certain Taxes pending Revision entirely removed as well as the/killed yesterday in an accident at — + es - - [me ' " 7% per cent on food, clothing,/Cologne. Flight Commander De-| i lk ii Of the lishing ». Fe he 3 the o¢ = TURKISH TROOPS Sper } en o In the debate on the new budget yester-/agricultural implements, ete. The} Pencier was 23 years of age and pend ny OTTAWA, May 1%. n } luch of it here. ‘wi Se tall ‘ ; ~ ne tt ce. st 1e Govern-|War customs duties imposed in}a member of the Imperial Flying | GREE | ing Soloman’s Mines. day, W. 8S. Fielding, former minister of Hance, iid the Gove i ote ; FIGHT THE KS are now entirely removed.) Force. | WESTHOLME A fish special train leaves fpr) Barrieau and Billy Shade, ’ { ‘ndment that) : Mines of th ment coquetted with the tarill and moved an amen¢ A publie sifting for tariff re-| ? i sa : ie district are a revis : STON. Serer een I marae bt’ puis pclae edeehicee ¥ Ps those of King Sol there be a reduction of certain taxes pending a revision On & DASIS|\jsiog will be held thoughout] FRANK BARRIEAU MATOHED | CONSTANTINOPLE, May 19—| WILL ROG val and gota & Soloman. Af sound finatice. ‘Today there was no sound basis of finance and/ Canada after prorogation, Pee a | Greek and Yurkish troops clashed ei rom the earie n eee are y could not look to the Gonservatives, He condemned | — - VANCOUVER, May 49,—Frank /¢ast of Smyrna, the Turks taking “Water, W r, Everywhere” ‘© earth to the north, for this they could no the |the offensive, ° | » trade, If you feel blue want to cheer up » @ . . r vC an 0 | | ED SED bag st and we st, Just now absolute protection an 1 open fre ) \ sidoe’ int a elk aie was [the east this evening with four!(California welterweight, are! nt ’ me S i ) i s i i t é 5 or Af Y, people are being at- Drayton's budget speech fasted two 1 , art of tt cars of halibut. As the cars|matehed for a six-nound contest) William Balagno is returning) 0 the district and in thig}uotable for its strong advocacy of economy on the part o ‘®/needed repairs it was impossible Hin the Arena tonight. jhere next week from the prairies mth “! Gnd present should} Canadian people With economy the country could look ahead){d send them out on this morn. |} a a ito become violinist in the West- ODL yy 6 MANAG ' » Theatre Ned on Page Six,) with optimism, he said. Jing’ s train, | B. co. Undertahaie, Phone 41, | holine rheatre,