PAGE -WO The Daily News PRINCE RUPERT - BRITISH COLUMBIA. Published Every Afternoon, except Sunday, the Prince Rupert Daily News, Limited, Third Avenue. H. F. PULLBN, Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES t City Delivery, by mail or carrier, per month By mail to all parts of the British Empire and the United States, in advance, per ysar . . To .all other countries, in advance, per year ........... $1.00 $6.00 $7.50 Transient Display Advertising. ... ..$1.40 per inch per insertion Transient Advertising on front ,fage $z.su per incn Local Readers, per insertion,......,. .,..5c per line Classified Advertising, per insertion... ......... ,2c per word Legal Notices, each insertion 1 5c per agate line Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation. DAILY EDITION Monday, August 25, iQ2 1. Congratulations To Nelson On Sensible Action. The city of .Nelson is to be congratulated on its sensible action in electing Premier Oliver and thus refusing to throw the whole province into political chaos. He was given a big majority on so small a vote, an intimation to the rest of .the province that What the people wish is for the government .to carry on. The opposition trained all its big guns on the constituency. The. two leaders figured largely, both It. Jl. Pouley and General McRae. That theyxiiot only failed to secure the defeat of the premier but allowed him to be elected by so. large .a majority is not speaking very highly of their political influence. It is to be lipped that political turmoil is over for a time and that for a feAV years at least the business of the country will have an opportunity to expand. Most people, whatever their political faith, will agree that it was better that Premier Oliver should be elected and that there should be a more settled state of affairs than could have been possible if he had been defeated. The personal aspect of a campaign of this kind should jiot be considered as a factor but it must be admitted that for a mau like John Oliver, who has served his country so well, to be ig-nominiously defeated in a by-election would have heen a rather sad end of iiis political career. Now he can go forward with his fight for m,ore equitable freight rates for the province and for the carrying out .of the other policies to which the government is pledged, and, having brought them to ,a successful conclusion, he will be able to retire with honor and allow somrone else to take up the good work where he left off. Navy Policy Is Discussed. 'I he necessity of naval protection for Canada is a matter that has been discussed a great deal. Usually the navy is more popular than the army because when there have been riots aris ing sometimes from labor troubles, it has been the army that has been called out. The navy has not had to do this disagree able work. A Canadian navy was started during the regime of Sir Wil frid Laurier and two training ships were purchased from the British government, the Niobe for the East coast and the Raiu-t bow for the West. These vessels .were never inteiuied for ac-. uve service but simply to prepare men for active service. After the arrival of the -two ships recruiting was sjow and no steps were taken to follow up the move, due, it js said, to in flnences in the Bast which were opposed to naval preparation. Finally, however, tendors for new light cruisers were called just before the election at which Sir 'Wilfrid was defeated. Original Policy f . : v . Is Reversed. . ' The Conservative governmeit which theji came juto power tried to reverse the policy of the naval department. It refused to build the cruisers which had been planned and later, following a conference with Imperial authorities, introduced a bill into Parliament providing that a direct contribution of money should be made to the British Naval department as Canada's share in naval defence. The bill passed the House of Commons, even though it was never very popular in the country. The Senate killed it and nothing has been heard of it since. It is the opinion of many that the Senate did the country good service at that time. All depends upon the point of view of the individual. That is the last that has been heard of a Canadian navy The war came on and Canada did her part nobly and since then she has been struggling to pay her debts so that any suggestion of increased expenditures has been dismissed. Do We Need Navy For Canada? A great many are asking if we really need a navy for Can ada. The answer is "We do." Today, we are. depending im the British and United States navies to defend our shores. '.In-case; of war the seaport towns would be the first to be attacked and Prince Rupert would fall into the hands pf the enemy immediately. During the last war it is said that only the presence of Japanese cruisers prevented raids on British Columbia ports. In case of the establishment of a Canadian wavy, Prince Rupert youhl undoubtedly be one of the naval stations. The harbor here is so well suited for naval vessels and (he railway serving it is so remote and so little accessible to enemy attacks that the port would prove of great value in any operations. Two Policies Are Clear Cut. Only two naval policies have tever been )atl down fori the Dominion, There was the Liberal policy of a purely .Canadian navy which would be built in Canada, manned and supplied by Canadians and used in co-operation with the British navy. The other is the Conservative policy of a direct contribution to Brit. Third Party One Of Latssez Falre The third policy, that of going on as we are going, is rather a popular one until something occurs to arouse the people to the necessity of action, II is said thai a big fire is a good thing for fire insurance companies because everybody at once rushes lo insure property, A death id the family draws attention of the other members to the need, of life insurance. So &onie international trouble may lead Canadians to realize their unprotected position and make them rush to Die extreme by a opre making large expenditures on a navy, The difficulty wih n navy, as pointed out by Admiral -Field, is that l takes years to develop, Ships have to be built and men have to be trained. The navy has to be a gradual development. ' In view of this, the present js a good time lo consider the matter with a view td possible action. ' ' I . WEEK AT THEATRE Monday and Tuesday Tom Mix in "Eyes of the Forest." Comedy "Roaring Lions." International News. Wednesday "The Galloping Fish" Fox News-(laiette. Thursday, Friday and Saturday "The Covered Wagon." Fun from the Press. COVERED WAGON Great Picture to be Shown Week End Here Pays For Three EPIC OF WEST A magnificent epic of the early west is James Cruzc's lato-t Paramount production, "The Covered law days beginning next. This is a piclurizalion ever seen on the screen. The features embraced in this story are many and varied and include among others, the start' of 350 covered wagons from Westport Landing (now Kansas City), in 18t8. The terrors of j fording freshet rivers, prairie; fires and the like are depicted: with , great realism. A huffajol hunl'is one of the' most excitingi dividing of the trails to Oregon and California at old Fort Hall, a touclrof the gold fever in Cal ifornia, magnjficent mountain One Night Picture Show Under Water Scenes and Diving Venus a bow on the silver sheet in many moons, He registers derision and mirth and anger with unmistak able emphasis. Miss Fazenda handles him as if she had been dealing in fish all her life, while the timid little man, played by Syil Chaplin, keeps out of his way With a gusto that seems far from forced. Stunning theatrical sets. ajn as a naval insurance fund. It is possible that either of these i beautiful "tank" act with a dozen policies may be modified in the future, but up to the present bathing beauties assisting Miss Iliey are the only opes that have boen before the country. The Fazenda and "Freddie," the seal; question is uounu io come up again soon, for it is already being and spectacular Hood and under-discussed in connection .with the visit of the Imperial squadron water shots mingle thrills with mat is m Canadian waters just now and that recently visited the ports of Vancouver and Victoria. The story "Oalloping Fish" starts out with a timid little man. He is a limid little bridegroom who unexpectedly spunks up at the wrong moment and has a quarrel with bis bride who hastens home "to mama." And that is the beginning of twenty, four harrowing hours for "Fred-dy," who promptly becomes en-tangled with a "Diving Venus' mm ner jisn ami winds up flpunderingj about'in a speclacu- "Freddie" the seal gets him into even deeper trouble because be bears the same name. Incidentally that seal is about the cleverest eomedian who has made the chief entertainment of laugh ler and keeps the seven reels rolling along lo the ac.onijiani ment of uproarious hilarity from the audience. CAVE DWELLINGS IN SIBERIA KIIASNOSAILSK, Siberia. Two exp.orers, Auerbach and Rosnov sky, are reported lo have discov ered tli cave dwellings of pre historic inhabitants of piidille Siberia. Rome 700 utensils, nuide of stone or of bones, were found, oh wero also articles of adorn mnt and the scepters of chief taint. the daily frown v I TUn, NU. U Nsi i ii i m; niaa in lav mwwu ii j SAYSt Til Kit K Is always enough tim ber .to build politjcal idat forme. WOMEN may have thp same rights to smoke and driuk as man, but when 'you sec; ton look they get from the spectators you doubt if it is' .true. THIS life would be a happy one if nobody bad Co steer. 1 NOW that the" prairie Jrrain crop is not as had a was paint ort what will Ine calamity howl ers do? They will probably for get grain ami hang on .to noine.l thing else which may happen or may not. 'MINOR re iwibViVot so very a bad when the sun Shines', friends are true, the old boat is running and the appetite Is good. Wagon," which will be the feature jn aml an attack of dlspepsia . 1 It... W ,M...U, TliAnl.. f . . r. . Thursday I of of or WHAT makes pessimists i9 having clouds in the sky, 'friends. go back on you, the engine-stall AFTER a visit to' the Interior Jake says what he does, not un hnierson Hough's new novel ,urafnnii vol i whv the rood he same name, ami itns said to .,, mstnuifoes and did he be one of the greatest photoplays .... . k ,.,. r they a uroduct of the devil? There's a poser for you. TOM MIX AND HIS WONDERFUL HORSE IN EYESOF THE FOREST Tom Iix faces" more perils scene. Old Fort Rridger with a than the well known Pauline 'her-, night attack and fight by day' self in "Eye of the Forest," his with Indians, are shown. Thejalest starring vehicle, which tonight ionigiii opens here now ciose he came to being blown to the place where all good movie act ors go may b real tied 'from the shots and a culmination of the fact that about two hundred pen romance with the establishment, hies were extracted from his back- of one of the first homesteads in Oregon these are all incidents in a picture that bristles with big, scenes. Such hfclorical characters as Kit Carson, Jim Rridger and Rill Jackson, scouts and typical western characters, are portrayed In the Paramount screen version of the novel, which is conceded lo bo one of the most notable literary achievements of the present decade. GALLOPING FISH IS CLEVER COMEDY PLAY las the result of -the .premature explosion of dynamite in on scene in which the roadway wa blasted. Hut, Tom rode Ihrpuglj on Tony, and finished lh scene despite his wounds. At another time in the picture Mix, riding to eseape a vicimi band of lumber thieves, leap from Tony to an airplane. H clutches the axle between Hi binding wheels of the plane which dives to within ten. feel o the ground and' is lifted thou sands of feet. jnlo the air t "safety." ; , , There are other stunts per formed by Ihe intrepid Tom Jhaf are said to exceed anylhljijf h has attempted before. Ten Yean Ago In Pf lnc Ruprt August 26,, The first ponloon of the Prince Huperl dry dock was launchei yesterday afternoon Aud. th spconu win laRe.me water on Septembei; 22, j hefiil t' to, te. coin-pi e t w 1 bV flwe ft) e f r it j ji 6 f i hfr a r j TlieeV ilre now 126 nit-n' employed at the ry dock and .this, number is to be doubled almost immediately. Mr. Justice Morrison and Mri Justice Macdona'ld, commissioners on provincial redistrilHi'tibh, sat in the c'our hou'so yesterday afternoon. William Mahson; M.P.P. suggested i that fikeena h divided into fou distriefs Prince Hupvrr binineca, Coast, and Queen Charlotte slaxtdit. jje jg no jsrier suggestions were also made by A. M, Manson, T. D. Patlullo, II, 'Douglas, Neil McLeod and Alfred Carss. Ruperiro forces of the flermans compelled the Allies, to retire to defensive positions on the Western front today, The .Hermans are in the city of Namur, and In posssession of the, forts but still have the entrenched position of the Allies' lo. overcome. .- JAPAN BUYS LAW LIBRARIES JIAirnuno, fierntany- Japan Is syslemnutloally buying valuable fiermau libraries. The Tohoku University recently ac, quired Iho' library of I)oclor K. Seckei. a celebrated professor.; chased Ihe 8,000vplgn)e Ijbrgry of Doctor Neubecker, a lleldelUrg. Jurist. and Toklo University has pur.) 19? RRITISH COLUMBIA The Mineral Province of Western Canada TO END OF DECEMBER, 1923. Has-produced Minerals as follows: Placer Cold, $7fl,lW2,2nn: Lode Cold, 534,05r; Silver, ti:),fi:i2,15r; Lead, ftfiS, 132,WI ; Copper, $170,01(1,508; y,mc. rt )0i,7r0; Miscellaneous ilineraJS, $1,108,2.77; Coal nnd Coke, ?2r0,008,i 13; Hii,utu,g Stone, Brick, Cement, etc., $30,415,234; making its MineraM'roduction to the enl 0) lUS.'I show an Aggregate Value of $810,722,782 Production for Year Ending Dec. 1923, $41,304,320 The, Mining Laws of this Province are more liberal and the fees lower than tho e of any other Province in the liominion, or any colony in Ihe Uritrsh hinpire. Mineral .locations are granted 'to discoverers for nominal fees. Absolute Titles are obtained by developing such properties, the security of winch ,s guaranteed by Crown Grants. . Full information together with Mining Ileporls and Maps, may be obtained gratis by addressing " . . 1&.J1SKKBKM THE HON. THE MINISTER OF MINES i" Victoria, British Columbia. PRINCE RUPERT TIDES Tuesday, August 24 High 11:30 a.m. 10.3 ft. 53:18 p.m. IHJ " Low ZiOH a.m. C.2 " 17:09 p.m. JI.2 " Wadnssdsy, August 27 High' 12:10 aJn. -17.1 ft. 23:05 p.m. ID.t " Low 5:51 a.m. . 5.2 " 17:57 p.m, 8.1 " . Thursday, August SB High 12M5 p.m. J8.0 Low 6:31 a.m. 4.1 18:38 pju. 7j0 THECAUSE OF HIGH ft LUMBER PRICES PROFITS A VARIANT BETWEEN FIXED PRODUCTION COSTS AND CURRENT WORLD MARKET RATES Further Taxation Means th Passing of British Columbia Forest industries A luihlteriiian these days has lo pay considerably more for a suit uf clothes than he-did before the war. If be demurs at the price lift is lom tnai ine pronts are jio greater, and is liiiixfed a re rem, clipping from a newspaper proving that then;. are fewer rieh tailors and more bankrupt ones today- than there Jiuve ever been in the history of. the clothing in. dustry. The lumberman accepts Ihe situation bocauso his own in iluslry furnishes n'parnilel. Although it . is 'certainly the most reasonably: prided; of nit building materials todays dumber ims(s considerably" more hUn jt ;dld. in 191 4 . Yet 'there Is not a ent niore profit tp -be ,maile in ls. tiiaiiufjictorji jban; at- ihst i n must pe realized that ih pnee..of lumr is- not fue'd diy Ihe luinbcrnian. lie is'helplessly between the lower millstone uf i . . . -. ...... prouueuon cqsis anu. ,l lie upper one of' keen sajeA competition, i Cannot. FU Rslss The iumtkerman '.pays ihe mar IT kct rate for first-clnss Inhnr im. Jo-date machiliety sriiarl IfAiis pbrlalipn, effective distributioiii and above all. ho paysoiie third .of the taxation of the Provincd more able to fix these Items than to eat them. On the other bands be receives the market rates for his products rates fixed by world-wide com. petition, not only of foreign lum- per uui oi wood sutisuiules. In a word, If the lumliermnn makes poor lumber be cannot sell jl, and if he tries to Increase the price of his product, he is in the same predicament. i Any further Increase In the cost of producing lumber, especially in the form of Increased taxation of raw material, can only result In the crushing to death of Hritish Columbia's premier industry. This series of articles communicated by the Timber Industries Council of British Columbia. Advertise in the Dally News. Lakelse Lodge Lakelse Lake, via Terrace, B.C. Now open for service under management of Mjr m. Haven. Ideal place to spend your summer holidnj lb?.- ouable rates, flood home cooking. Comfortable rum Fjshing, Hoallng, Bathing in Lakelse Lake and Sl-e.ims. BATHS AT THE LODGE CONNECTED WITH THE HOT SPRINGS. Terrace TAXI M otors Operating Taxi and Launch Service between Itttvt and Lc-dge landing, assuring guests of quick, cozunf-trip. Also operating taxi servipe to all parts of the vi"i "KoV reservaUoiis and fates, apply to' LAKELSE LODGE, OR TERRACE MOTORS, TERRACE, B.C. - - STEAMSHIP SERVICE S.S. Prince Rupert or Prince George Will sail from PRINCE RUPERT for VANCOUVER, VIC TORIA, SEATTLE anil intermediate points each Mondty. Thursday and Saturday at 11.00 p.m. FOR ANYOX Wednesday, 10.00 pm FOR STEWART Friday, 10.00 p.m QUEEN CHARLOTTE I8LANDS SERVICE. 8.8. PRINCE JOHN for Mallei, Port Clement! and BucMej Bay, every Monday, 8.00 p.m. For Skldegate and all ports south every Wedur-sdw: ' 8.00 p.m. PASSENQbR TRAIN, DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, . teve prince nupri S.od pjn. tit rniMCE OEonnE, Elivi'MT X mreo. hi pomn ruirni r.in(i. vntwi sttie. SOIKOT ALL OMAN' STKSMSHir UNCS. . - - . OHf Tlelft Office SM TSIfS At- mint Rrt. fMf Children's Shoes OF QUALITY . SPECIALLY PRICED $4.95 Tan or Ulafk Calfskin, welled soles. Ilurlbiits. liiiltou only. JSizes 1) to Inn ti OH n.i.l rt HO , $3.95--Taii or Black Calfskin. Welter soles. 8 lo IOVj. Regular ul&? 05c Child's Patent Leallierfilippors. Chums and HiiUon only patent bcalh" Hoots and Hubber SolediHtrap Slippers. $2.00 pair. Value 1 Family Shoe Store UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF B.C., LTD. SiUinn friou rriiwe nupcrl. . . m. r VANCOUVtR, VIOTORIA, Swnion S, n Al.rt Biy, Tud ' . ff VSNOOUVIN, VIOTOmA, AUH tnd Swtnton 8r. SiturdO. fr AMTOX, aLIOI ARM, STSWAUT, :W1 ,ltln, Sundty, ror rORT SlMesON n Nm Iim OMntrlM, rni . l - A79 9m AiSiUS. J S..i PflHCV M-r-