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1947
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Highway
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One)
Little
Salmon
Rivers.
It
might
be
that
this
railway
should
ga
west
from
Whltchorse,
passln?
along
the
foothills
some
dist-Rficeouth
of
Kluarie
Lake
and
the
highway.
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open
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r.uouNniiOG
'Laterals
from
the
Hstzeltoi!
rSul
to
Stewart-Hyder
and
the
Panhandle
cltlfs
are
feasible
from
the
Hazelton
project
only.
It"
leads'
directly
to
the
moat
densely
populated
areas
of
Yukon
and
Alaska.
Land
ibased
planes,
with
which
no
carrier
based
planes
can
compete,
stationed
along
this
route
could
protect
a
great
part
of
our
western
ccast
frcm
attack
by
sea.
With-a
railway
frcm
Hazelton
wjth3.'
branch
tying
in
the
Groundhog
coal
area,
anthracite
In
unlimited
quantities,
ceukt
be
delivered
to
the
coast
cities
for
about
$10
a
ton.
Geo-ists
claim
that
there
is
every
likelihood
cf
oil
bearing
strata
irl
the
vicinity
of
the
eround-
hog.
The
geological
formation
of
OHT.
MI
09
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RUPERT
MENS
I
Boys'
Clothes
that
Wear
B
It
isn't
an
accident
that
we
haTe
the
things
you
want
school.
Years
of
experience
have
taught
us
what
know
quality
and
value
from
our
own
experience.
See
5
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Underwear
..
Boys
Socks
From
35c
Boys
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Pants
....
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Suspenders
....
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Shirts
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An
Announcement
of
Interest
Miss
Margaret
McLeod.
no""ces
the
opening
of
her
Jewelers.
Miss
Ontario
and
after
Toronto
returned
McLeod
Dr.
Harry
She
Is
of
Optometry
V
experience.
Her
father,
Mr.
Murdock
McLeod,
has
an
extensive
practice
throughout
B.C.
and
her
brother,
Clyde,
is
a
prominent
optometrist
in
Penticton,
B.C.
Miss
McLeod
has
.installed
the
most
modern
equipment
for
the
examination
of
eyes
apd
,a
conscientious
service
will
be
given.
TEMPORARY
OFFICE,
ROOM
10
STONE
BLOCK
For
the
your
MANSON'S
SEE
US
FOR
ALL
REQUIREMENTS
IN
Office
Supplies
Consult
us
for
your
needs
In
all
types
of
printing
work.
Everything
In
high-class
stationery.
Cards
for
every
occasion
Fountain
Pens
DIBB
PRINTING
COMPANY
BESNER
BLOCK
the
eastern
flanks
of
the
Coast
Range
is
the
same
as
at
the
Premier
Mine
on
the
west
flank
With
access
there
is
room
for
several
Premiers.
Many
of
the
precious
and
base
minerals
have
been
found
in
quantity
along
this
route.
There
are
billions
of
feet
cf
merchiyitatle
timber.
There
are
half
a
million
acres
of
good
arable
land
in
the
KLspiox
and
Naas
River
Valleys,
with
a
mild
coast
climate
and
quite
unoccupied.
"The
Alaska
Highway
must
be
kept
open
now
from
Dawson
Creek
to
Fort
Nelson
as
it
give1;
water
connection
to
Fort
Norman,
Aklavik
and
the
Arcti!
Ocean
and
as
a
secondary
highway
for
that
matter,
all
the
way.
The
distance
from
Edmonson
to
Wlhitehcrse
via
the
Yel-lowhead
Pass.
Prince
George
and
Hazelton
is
less
than
via
Dawson
Creek
and
we
have
gas
and
other
supplies
all
along
the
Canadian
National
Railway.
It
takes
a
little
lers
time
to
travel
by
rail
frcm
Edmonton
to
Haz
elton
lhan
It
does
from
Edmon-
'ton
to
Dawson
Creek.
nit
'
AND
BOYS
STORE
From
$1.10
Boys
Suits
rBiEnBiBajsBDnBIBIimiBli;
optometrist
of
Vancouver,
an.
permanent
office
at
Manson's
McLeod
graduated
from
the
College
of
Optometry
in
1943
an
association
with
aproml-nent
optometrical
group
she
to
her
home
province.
Miss
has
since
been
associated
with
Perrln,
optometrist
In
Vancouver.
well
trained
in
the
practise
and
has
had
considerable
She
Is
of
a
family
prominent
in
ontometrv
in
R
n
THIRD
AVENUE
It
is
essential
that
the
Western
States
and
this
province
have
more
direct
highway
communication
with
the
Yukon
and
Alaska.
Three
routes
have
been
suggested.
1.
The
"B"
or
Rocky
Mountain
Trench
Route.
Although
condemned
by
General
Eisenhower,
the
interests
who
dictated
the
location
of
the
Alaska
Highway
are'
still
pressing
for
the
construction
of
this
project.
It
lies
in
a
deep
trench
between
the
Rockies
to
the
east
and
the
100
mile
deep
Stlkine
Ranges,
4,000
to
10,000
feet
high
to
the
west.
It
receives
only
the
noon
day
direct
sunlight
in
winter
and
is
subject
to
intense
subzero
temperatures,
and
winds
funnelling
down
the
trench.
It
is
not
mineral
bearing
formation.
It
requires
22
major
bridges
and
innumerable
fills
between
Dawson
Creek
and
the
junction
at
Watson
Lake.
It
has
been
surveyed
for
a
railway
see
par.
5.
It
closely
parallels,
comparatively,
the
Alaska
Highway
and
would
not
develop
northern-central
cr
western
British
Columbia
as
claimed.
2.
The
Prince
George,
Stuart
Lake.
Takla
Lake,
Bear
Lake
Skeena
River
project
was
chosen
by
the
InternatlonaPTgh-way
Commission.
These
gentle-
and
Wear
I
for
your
boy
for
you
want
and
we
for
yturself.
From
$10.95
2
CENTRAL
HOTEL
Weekly
and
Monthly
Rates
for
your
convenience
NEWLY
DECORATED
Transient
Rooms.
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In
Connection
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(Renovated)
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men
were
not
allowed
any
ay
or
hearing
In
the
location
of
the
Alaska
Highway.
There
is
much
that
can
be
said
for
this
route.
However,
the
first
200
miles,
which
could
not
be
built
for
a
song,
closely
parallels
the
Prince
George-Prince
Rupert
highway.
Its.
construction
would
.mean
th
maintenance
of
two
roads
for
ever
where
one
will
serve.
This
200
miles
cuts
across
existing
roads
and
connecting
water
ways
that
furnish
ample
accommodation
for
that
country.
It
would
develop
nothing
new.
It
reaches
the
Skeena
at
about
the
200
miles,
attaining
the
same
northing
as
Hazelton
but
is
still
75
miles
east
of
Hazelton.
It
reaches
the
Groundhog
coal
area
but
nowhere
throughout
its
entire
length
does
it
touch
the
Naas
River
Valley.
Ti:e
Skeena
and
the
Naas
flow
west
Into
the
Pacific
and
these
two
both
tap
the
Groundhoz.
That
is
the
coal
and
other
heavy
in
dustry
that
may
develop,
must
go
to
the
Pacific
seaboard
and
net
east.
It
has
been
said
that
the
shortest
way
from
Seattle
to
Alaska
is
by
this
route
but
this
is
not
so.
A
shorter
way
would
be
to
leave
the
Cariboo
Highway
at
Williams
Lake
or
even
at
Clinton
and
head
north
west
directly
for
Houston,
Smi-thers
where
there
Is
an
excellent
fog-free
airport,
and
Hax-
elton
thence
to
Whltehorse.
Present
highways
to
Hazelton
from
Prince
George
or
Prince
Rupert
amply
suffice
however.
This
route,
from
the
200
ml!e
point
mentioned,
continues
northwest
to
Join
the
Hazelton-
Whitchorse
project
at
the
Klas-
tine
River.
3.
The
Hazelton-Whltehorse
Highway
Project.
The
oroginal
A
route.
The
people
of
Central
British
Columbia
(have
known
the
possibilities
cf
all
three
routes
for
many
years.
In
December
1943,
a
delegation
re
presenting
about
30.000
people
through
Chambers,
Boards
and
Different
f
Classified
Advertising
Pays!
Advertise
in
the
Daily
News
SINGER
o
Electric
'
'
Sewing
Machines
For
Rent
Reasonable
Rates
n
'Phone
854
Prince
Ruperti
Sinrer
Keulnr
MirMn.
rn
A
Dry
Lumber
We
have
just
received
a
substantial
shipment
of
KILN-DRIED
Finishing
Lumber
Get
Yours
While
It
Lasts
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EVITT
&
CO.
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AND
652
Coal
Lumber
Hardware
Paints
Associations
called
and
presented
dur
project
to
our
Premier
and
Minister
of
Putollc
Works.
These
gentlemen
were
greatly
Impressed
and,
Mr.
Hart
said
to
us:
"You
can
tell
yeur
people
of
Central
British
Columbia
that
my
government
will
not
consent
to
the
building
of
any
highway
connecting
to
the
Alaska
Highway
until
your
Hazelton
project
has
been
surveyed
and
thoroughly
investigated."
(This
excepted
the
Peace
River
Block
connection
at
Dawson
Creek
of
course).
That
was
all
we
asked,
a
survey,
confident
that
a
highway
survey
would
prove
that
ours
was
the
best
of
all.
A
geodetic
survey
has
been
made
to
date
of
mountain
peak
areas;
an
aerial
general
survey
o
fthe
entire
area
is
to
be
made
this
year,
and
a
government
surveyor
is
making
a
ground
re-connalsance
at
present.
Much
more
along
these
lines
has
still
to
be
done
to
complete
the
job
of
course.
Supreme
Court
Judge
Anthony
J.
Dimond,in
a
letter
to
me
while
he
was
Representa
tive
for
Alaska
said:
It
would
be
tragic
if
a
second
mistake
should
be
made.
A
western
highway
is
needed,
one
that
will
serve
as
a
whole,
the
best
Interests
of
British
Columbia,
the
Yukon
and
Alaska
but
the
decision
must
be
made
on
complete
data.
It
should
be
noted
that
an
aerial
survey,
taken
from
a
great
height,
exaggerates
the
steepness
of
the
mountains.
ONLY
,1'OSSIBiTILY
OF
COAST
CONNECTION
"As
noted
before,
this
is
the
only
project
where
coast
con
necting
laterals
are
at
all
feas
ible.
The
inside
channel
Is
tortuous
and
more
or
less
dangerous
and
lateral,
connections
might
be
worthwhile.
A
road
connection
to
the
great
Groundhog
anthracite
and
semi-anthracite
coal
fields
would
be
a
simple
matter.
There
is
eoal
on
the
Naas
In
quantity.
Kaiser
William
la
said
to
have
held
20
sections.
There
is
an
almost
dead
water
grade
to
the
Skeena
coal
found
by
following
the
Damdocha
and
Klankis
rivers
from
near
the
famous
6th
Telegraph
Trail
cabin.
Lord
Rhonn-da,
a
Welsh
coal
magnate,
held
a
very
large
number
of
claims
on
the
Skeena.
He
secured
a
charter
a
build
a
railway
from
the
coast
to
the
Groundhog
and
probably
would
have
built
it
but
the
First
World
War
intervened.
2100
claims
in
all
are
said
to
have
been
taken
up
and
seams
up
to
20
feet
thick
were
opened
up.
Winter
mow
conditions
ore
generally
better,
most
certainly
no
worse,
than
on
either
of
the
two
other
routes.
Anything
met
on
any
of
them
could
be
handled
with
ease
by
the
present
day
snow
machinery.
Winter
in
the
Naas
Valley
Is
4'
to
0
weeks
shorter
han.
at
Prince
George.
"The
Hazelton
-
Whitehorse
project
Is
a
big
undertaking
In
itself
but
it
Is
a
mere
gateway
to
Infinitely
vaster
possibilities
Steamer
Service
from
PRINCE
RUPERT
to
OCEAN
FALLS
WESTVIEW
(Powell
River)
VANCOUVER
Thursday
at
11:15
p.m.
To
KETCHIKAN
Wednesday
Midnight
(All
Times
Pacific
Standard)
Pnr
reservations
call
or
write
City
or
Depot
Ticket
Offices.
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J
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CUT
VIRGINIA
CIGARETTES
Why
is
Bulger's
a
Good
Place
to
Buy
a
Watch?
We
have
been
watch
specialists
for
over
forty
years.
Ve
have
repaired
and
studied
and
sold
watches
in
Rupert
since
1915.
We
have
had
a
chance
to
know
which
are
the
good
watches
out
of
eleven
hundred
watch
factories.
We
sell
our
watches
at
the
standard
nationally
advertised
prices
for
all
the
well
known
makes.
We
are
able
to
advise
you
as
to
the
best
watch
for
any
special
use
you
may
want
a
watch
for.
We
will
not
knowingly
sell
JOu
an
unsatisfactory
watch.
And
we
have
the
WATCII.MASTF.lt,
an
electronic
machine
which
listens
to
the
heart
beats
of
a
watch
and
prints
them
on
a
paper
record
so
you
can
sec
for
yourself
the
difference
in
watches.
TODAY
and
THURSDAY
iisn
STREET
bndolph
SCQT1
Robert
RYAM
ran-
Reopening
for
Season
REX
BOWLING
ALLEYS
Third
Avenue
and
Sixth
strut
ls
such
heathful
fun;
such
dean
sport!
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regularly.
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