page two No Purer Tea than delicious SALADA ' 1 1 ' 1 I" ' 1 IPT rpy"" I! H616 Its sparKling freshness is revealed in every steaming 'cup. Black Green or Mixed Blends. The Daily News PRINCE RUPERT - BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Every Afternoon, except Sunday, the Prince Rupert Daily News, Limited, Third Avenue. ' II. P. PULLEN, Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: City Delivery, by mail or carrier, per month $1.00 By mail to all parts of Ihe British Empire and the United States, in advance, per year Su.OO To all other countries, in advance, per year $7.50 member of Audit Bureau of Circulations. DAILY EDITION Wednesday, .lime 3, 1923. Regret Resignation' City Engineer. A great many Prince Rupert people regret the resignation of City Engineer Pearson, lie has done good work here in con-uecliou with the streets, and taxpayers appreciate the savjng that; has been made in construction work and the excellent results obtained. It is satisfactory to know that he is going to a betier position, which he well deserves. It is to be hoped that his successor will be equally well qualified for the work. Position Of Peace River Outlet. The position in regard to the outlet from the Peace River is not o involved as might at first seem. The railway companies know that for a lime at least it will loe money and for that reason they do not want to be saddled with it. We can all understand thai. The government is being urged continuously to keep down taxes, so they do not want to spend more than they can help. We can see their point of view. The people in Peace River want to be able to sell their grain so as to make a living. Their position is clear. The people of Edmonton, Vancouver, Prince Rupert and others w'ant the Pacific outlet built so that they may beneift. There is no doubt as to their motive. The question then resolves itself into one of politics. If the cities interested along .with settlers of Jhe Peace River 'can use sufficient-political force, the railway will bebuilt by Ihe government or by means. of government7snbsidies. they cannot, the line will remain simply an idea". .' Immigration Urge Of Construction. - - -- One of the arguments used in dealing with the government Js that the building of the railway and the consequent opening up of new country will be a great impetus to immigration. Tiie imagination is firmed by.Uie opening up of a new district. People flock in from all parts of the world and some of them stay. In the long run ( lie raijway will pay, but only a railwayman can well estimate how soon that will ber- How Far Should Government Incur Liabilities? . 1 To what extent a government sju,uld incur liabilities for development work which -will not prove immediately remunerative, is always a debatable question. If Ihe country is to make progress, there must be always a certain amount of speculative investment on t lie part of a government. Take the case-of Vancouver.' Some years ago the government built an elevator there which was not used for several seasons, Had it been done by a private' company the concern would probably have gone into liquidation. As it is the loss is made up by the fact that it wan instrumental in initiating the westward movement of grain and creating an outlet for the farmers on the prairies during a time when the eastern route is blocked. Less Risk Here Regard To Elevator. ' There is less risk here in regard to the 'elevator. The western' Voule, is now established and Prince Rupert provides the alteriialive i outlet anil jjielps'ftii, prevent' grain.: goijjg to an American port and developing' U.S. 'railways'arrd7 cities. His'-llie, onlt for a developing part of Ihe Dominion and is bound to prove a good national investment. Incidentally it is a good thiiig for Prince Rupert and for the Canadian National Railway. I lie question of spending twenty million dollars on a railway into Ihe Peace River comes under the category' of peeula-tive.ivwiturcs in that no direct return can be expected for several years. Yet until the railway is built there is little likelihood of the Peace River country being setlled up and il is only by building railways tjial the country can expect lo expand. i iul-i imri Hi III MMH IH I iMll I r1 I rsi correct solution sub- nulled to I -Quicker 4-H.i urfvy BULGER & CAMERON, Gets One Dollar In Trade. for correct solutjon see Friday's issue ACROSS ItTuntTclkn f-Thr rar Ccuen lUtbun W.uliri IKNotwit It-l.inCmuiy U-Mait 23-Trwd 24-Mulct 2J-VyptsU WMi , , H-Mkr U Mtm o.me h iwada Urucn Jl-W.r )J Ail Jif it alu wuiu Cfuu im will " "' - l-Bcit J-Arlid. J-Tpw.tJ rmt J.R,,l,t(.b.) iti 1. , H-Prrfil mnif down DOWN 10-T.Mt IIEh(.b.) 12'U'hcrtOucn w.IlW. r jJ 6kcilciitl Cfillru Uh ) IVA (lit 7-Unwa li.(kuiruri (b.) 17-Crunu m iKHtd Urn k (t. X. L.) 2Mih nd 2nd Inura ol .Iphtbrt 22-Nt lb Uuk (.b 2i-Utia lot uti 24- Ut('U City in Ut.li (b.l 26-Otu.d B.U (.b 270IJ DIIJ. (.b.) 25- TUuriuin (b.) JO-Old btyh Ub.) Conservative Criticism of the Prince Rupert Elevator Vote Recorded in Hansard Report In connection with the discussion on Ihe Prince Rupert elevator vole in committee of the House of Commons at Ottawa recently it is seen by copies of Hansard now to hand that Hon. Arthur Meighen, leader of the Conservative opposition, criticized the amount to be expended and the cost "if building the elevator here. He pointed to the fact that Halifax elevalor wilh a capacity of 1,0:12,000 bushels was to cost only $rM),.S00, whereas that at Prince Rupert wilh l,:ir0,noo bushels capacity Ihe elevalor was lo cost .$l,:n 1,000. He '.insinuated that it was costing that much to elect thoj govern men I candidate Sir Henry Drayton, Mr. Meigh en s ciuei iieuienani, men aiu. 'Mr. Chairman, when this matter was up initially last year I protested against the work, am I I ''Ink I very fairly pointed out the traffic conditions at Prince Hupert. It would be warehouse there. This wilt help the gentlemen in the hardware business, hut how does it help Prince Jtupert? Again t ask, is I here no cheaper way of doing it, if it must he done? Last session I asked what business there was to justify uch an enormous expenditure, but I could not get any in forma tion. The government has now had in operation for some years an expenisve warehouse at that' point, there is one voy dislinc- livn tiling about that warehouse it is doing no business worth while talking about. Has Hie government ascertained what it is making out of its present facilities in Prince Hupert? 11 may be said that we eannot make money, unless wo have the facilities. Well, thev have a ureal 'CI warehouse there, and they have 1 i . i. . i . .. i ii. .... .. . .. I. : . it I " ' K , Wllill U1U lilt: Illilh,IO out of it? The government never look Ihe (rouble to consider that aspect of it; a demand is made, the -money is only the money of the taxpayer and it has to go. Surely the government will tell us what their estimate is of the business lo be done. Surely they will give us some reason why we should now throw away -!t,320,-000. They know what the loss is on the warehouse and they know what business is bejng done. They should give that informa tion now." Mr. KKLLN'HIl: The minister lold us a little while ago that the cost of tiie foundation was $232,000. Well, once you havo your foundation in, I should think Ihe re! of the elevator could be built just as cheaply at Prince Hupert as at Halifax cheaper, in fact. There is, however, a difference of half ft million dollars in the cost, regardless altogether of the foundations. , Mr. Murdock: There is a material difference in wage rates as lielweeii rluc? ,;Ilup'ert and Halifax: Tile "'fair" or current wage for a carpenter at Halifax is fixed at 57 cents an hour; that Is the agreed rale between labor and the employers in Halifax. At Prince Hupert and Vancouver the rale will be approximately thirty cents an hour higher than that. The rale has not yet been fixed for Prince Hupert. but in Vancouver Ihe rale Is $7 for an eiighl hour day. The comparative rate of labor would be from 33 to 35 cents at Halifax as against, say, 15 cents in Prince Hupert. V have not yet definitely determined the rale. iinai is io ne pain, mil t.lio same I comparison as between other classes of labor can be considered, Sir Henry Draylon: Would Ihe Minister of Labor lell us what t Ii o percentage for lalior is in the cost of this structure? Mr. Murdock: No. I did not give tills particular elevalor conatruo- llioirany thought from that view point. I am giving my lion. friend a comparison between Ihe carpenter's wage which in about 30 cents an hour higher in Prince Hupert than It woutd he in Halifax. I fthould judge the laborer's wage would be about 15 cents, maybe only 13 cents, an hour higher, and Ihe, same holds good generally for other classes of labor, which would run up to a material Hem during the course of construc tion: I could not say exactly how much. Sir Henry Draylon: My lion, friend sees, of course, that we cannot fret ..tiny very useful result in regard lo this structure unless we know what the percen tage of the labor cost would he. such a erood thing for this coun-j understand this is lo he a con- try if we could find some cheap er way lor me governmeiu 10 took after its election expenses, nine way in which a real bene fit could he given to the people of Prince llupcrt. Now we have this enormous expenditure of s 1,329,000 for an elevalor at a place where there is no business for it. Undoubtedly some of the government's friends will make large profits in the supply of hardware, as they did in connection with the erection of the crete elevator, lias my lion friend ever considered Hie proportion of labor cot as againsl Ihe eosf of materials in concrele elevalor construction? I should not think the carpenter work would be very heavy, but I may aMBalMMaaMaMMBSB be wrong. My lion, friend is Hie' expert on (hist question lo whom casl. What earthly use is there I am appealing. Mr. Murdock: There would be considerable carpenJerSng work in concrele construction. There would lie many form builders even in the construction of a concrete elevalor. and concrete mixers and would get a proportionately higher amount. I would say now but Ibis is only a snap shot opinion at the moment that the coM of labor would be -30 per cent, possibly 32 per cent, high er in I'rince I unert than in Hali fax, and I am judging from the canenlers' and laborers' rales which I have in mind. Not Wheat Country Mr Henry Draylon: If I really! thought that we would have tnu-j fic here and that any useful result would come from the build-j ing of this elevalor I certainly.; would not ohjecl to it. My lion, friend tells- me lo go and visit, the country 1 have been up and down il, and I know a wood deil has nothing ahead of It as a wheat raising country. Il is simply idle and ridiculous nonsense Hi rough that country and I know Ihe cost of clearing laud there. It is well wooded country that nr one need be ashamed 'of. A district is not a had district he-cause you cannot grow grain in il at once so that it will pay. It is a good country but it is nol a grain country. I know- that there are places in It where the clearing of Ihe land will cost $150 an acre, and in some places a far larger sum has been spent. Years ago I went through the accounts of one of the different colonization projects that I had to look into, a townsile proposllinu I am now speaking from recollection which is 'pretty nearly r'whl and at that lime Ihe biggest crop that was raised along Hie line of Hie Grand Trunk Pacific; ,is lownjl6 propositions, lining! into l)osef ,)cruns the cheapest tejirfiifAjjltaJ I could find ' was at ii 'place" called Van-dcyhnof, where there is good soil and good agricultural possibilities; as recollect it some want lo ilo would be to traffic in a way I hat would Cannot and will not grow grain, to go inln I lint country? They would lose money Is doing so, and Ihere are thlings In" which they cay make mney, which they should go inlo, The grain comes from the prairie section lu thei S. A. I'he provincial police are to so describe It. I have been r.P(.j,, 0r enquiries for two I missing men whom II is believed' might be found in the vicinity Of Prince Hupert. Mrs. I. Heid, 11523 Tenth Ave West. Vancouver, impure for her on, William Heid, known I" friends as "Moose Hill." He was last heard from at McCarthy, Alaska, in 1023 and is suli-seiiienlly believed to have been in hospital at flewarl or Prince Hupert. He 1 21 years of age, six feet in height and weighs 170 pounds. The Salvation Army in Van couver Inuuiries for Herbert Lord, 30 years obi ami 5 feel. 8 inches in height, lie came to Canada from Knglaml in I '.I I1.). Two or three months ago. in Vancouver, lie said he was going logging in the Prince Hnperl LAND AOT. Notlc of InUnllon to Apply to Luu Land. In the I.an.l llernrdriir Dlttrlrt of rniice lliiiirrt. ami lliulo on tlio iKirtli- i u.f ruHitl rif I'fai'Mf I.Jalul. 11. C. . ftimrux- forty-five miles west of Prince !i""'-iy Uinn milr norm frwn iiic imhjiii Mir Wlnlpr lUrlitir. iteorge. me clearing there cost, tk .Notu-e mat rrixtcil'i Limited of the trees were light, they were not the regular heavy Hrltlsh Columbia trees only $35 an aere.. In other words anyone that talks about raising grain hi that country has got to start out I'Mnre huwrt JI.C, oi'i'iiinllon pnikfrK iiiumi 10 i'l'ij ror a n f or ino im louiiilf ilenrriliPd land: CiiMiiiifiM-infr al a pout planinl apprni-liiuMy three miles imrtl) from Hie liicuilh nr Winter llarhor, I'earne Inland; tlienee iiiirlliwcut two ( 1 1 rlulns. iikhp or lean, to low water mark; tlii-nee anuUiueat alonir low water mark one hundred and filly (ICOi rJulnS; tlienee aolitliea.t Willi iilli oloupi.. i.i. i.... i . ..two ( i rliaim; tlienee norineait one Clcimiijg his land at a cost imndred and amy (ICO. rhnlm. more or 01 ail acre more than lie e.-m "'Mt " I"""1 or "'etneiit and eon- , . . , . . Miiiinn inniy-iwo i) Hiiiii jor, inai is lanu weiiiieaa. adapted for grain raising, in n1 proper grain district. Only Political Scheme I slill say that this hemc. you can only call It n scheme : is simply nothing elso but niw'ln other instance or political wasto and political expenditure. Kvery-body knows that who knows any-Ihiug at all about the mailer. It fs necessary that we should have, arrea, mure or riUZZELIS LIWITKII. .Naino or U'l'lirant. Paled May Itlh, tf.. LAND ACT. Nolle of InUnllon to Apply to' Lata Land (keen l.nnd l)lilrlrl, tlerordlnir Mi ni ct or I'rlneo llii.tl and annate, il I'olt Kdward, ll.C. TAKE MOTICK that the Skeena lllvrr I'mklnir Coiiiimny, Limited, or Port Kdward. ll.C, ixN-npailon IMsti Parkerf, In lend to apply for permlialoii to lea the r olio win ir dewrllied linidii: r.iiiiiiiiiiiclnr at a ixiat planted at the. iM..fin n. , . . , , . "iiiinwi'pi rorner oj im 4170 it, v. ronat IrarriC Of course, hilt I SllOUld HIMlIrl; thenee soiilheily alnnV low have thouglit ttmt one of Hi o : J?'Vr.,;,,".5;k-. ''i.f:!.'""."! j .. . I nmiiiiri j III III I Mill V i tilings this , government would I5' n.; tiienre m.nlieiiy parallel ni.Liin ,,r V' Uieme mirth- Olliain . raaleily alona- the southerly liniindarv of Lot mTI produced, tto feel lo the ixilnl ll.A ttfi.-. " "''"r tiMiwuium nan an ni'i h " i ii inr M L nyniriii, Hiiai mr, inure or lea. Vbjecl Is there, wihen the locality h kit: l.n a niVK.n packino COMPA.1Y. LTD, A","e"- D.led M.v in. 8, KALIOMININO CITY HALL. TKMiKHS for Kls7i7nliilnr Clly Hill )l III lie rerelved lip to 5 p.lti. Minidaj'. lal June ne. Work numb lie, done In workmanlike mniiner. speeiririiions and par tlllllurai aa I nrrii.it a .....a ..a 117 I). i. MATHKSO.N. 'urcbiiluf Alent. 'W.-drw-s Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees. Absolute 'lilies are oniaineii ny developing such properties, the guaranleed by Crown drains. I'liii iniorniauon logciner wiwi .Aiming ucpms am .Map., nmv be addressing in Ibis government turning round and making compel ilion between their own terminals. Vancouver on Ihe one side and Prince Hupert on the other? You have no grain in the latter dis- all therict. You have to go east of pouivrs that for your grain. .Mr. Mng (ioonMiay : we win have grain there. Sir Henry Drayton: Y'es. possibly you will, when Hie time comes that nur vacant lands on the boundless prairies are taken up and you can gel in your first crop; you will have some grain then. My lion, friend from Koo-lenay thinks they will have grain there. Well you can. if you go far enough. If you do that, -you will have lo carry your grain further. My lion, friend knows il ami knows it well. INQUIRIES RECEIVED FOR TWO MISSING MEN,! about the costs of operating ; William Reld Known as "Moose that country. In certain dire.-i B,.. Wanted by Mother nun ii ii.i jiiucii aneau oi n ; it; and Herbert Lord bv SALMON TR IdV Hefore outfitting it wdl pay von Trolling (tear. Wc have a new in -: o Swivells, Cuttyhunk and Gear oi ul! k:-- In our slock vou will find eveiytli Anchor?, Rope, Chain, Marine Hardware and Copper Paints, Galley Stoves and I t . I no.), BRITISH COLUMBIA The Mineral Province of Western Canad iv trcu ui- ubgtYlUER, 1024. Has produced Minerals as follows: Placer Hold. 77,:tS' iy- i i 100! Silver. I1S.X2 t.."7U : Lend ?n.ri-fft .V7S- r., .. u TJ," . '"'"' '-' ' ; i rn -Prii r.h I.,, 171, i07; Miscellaneous Minerals. ."M.t.'U.aiO; Coul ami Coke vi( sjiu,"" Stone. Brick. Cement, etc.. S i2'2.YN 1 1 : making iu l.n.....,i i '! I It,, ' ' " ' ' ,HU",,"U' ' V 101M show an f! Aggregate Value of $859,427,386 Production for Year Ending Dec. 1924, $48,704 604 The Mining haws of this Province nre more liberal and the fee tower h nnv oilier I'rovmee in tiie Dominion, or anv rn onv in Dm n. ....... " . THE HON.. THE MINISTER OF MN Victoria, British Columbia. A.n, i'liii in iin tin miiiMi i.iiinuiiHii .Mineral rroicriie npim work has been done are described in some one of Hie Annual He of Mines. Thoe considering mining investments should refer i,, are available without charge on application to the llcparl incut oi Reports of. Ihe (ieological Survey of Canada. Pacific llnih Iiiik. V,, mended as valuable sources of information. win mr. Mm if Mi DON'T FORGET! Barrie's FURNITU Sal e RE One door tast of Daily News Office Phone 123 Third Ave OLLffi ir.p.r' .I, III' Cedar Timbers and Shlplap. Cedar Boat Lumber. Spruce and Hemlock Finish. Spruce and Hemlock Flooring. Spruce Shiplap $19.00 and $21.00. Spruce Dimension $18.00 to $22.00. ("let our prices before placing ' Salmon HmVi, ij-iI- If its for the boat wc have il. Hoats are lost everv vear liv fire--hav " " ' S Sprm or'tec HjII Pyrene Fire Extinguisher yet? W'e ril iliem Call and see us. STORK'S HARDWARE, LTD. 710 Second Ave. (Near Post Offic) SUPPORT LOCAL INDUSTRY Wc are Agents for the Prince and can quote you attractive prices Mil! ' ALBERT & McCAFFERY, LTD RAW FURS If you want lo bo paid ,i$!icsl P-'',: uv (or your HAW KUItS, forward Ihem to R. S. ROBINSON & SO, u . Baa Bdg( iwlnn Office Office: 1225-0 Standard Branch Recelvina Vancouver, B.C. Hca.l'-TWico: ll.S.H. Hhlg., 43-5 1 honie t.in. s, v,iiiiipcP' ..... .oU., I"rw Dr. E. S TAIT DENTIST Helgerson Block, Prlnoe Rupert, ua Office llottra 0 t" (I' X-RAY SERVICE Phone 680. ven,ngs