Msrrh II. 1f25. To ba rfectly OWHcu Perfectly P'"'"8 JORSET V n ungo. femers 0x 327. Phone 27 'iir dry i t . almost .lit yiird i,vr I llill WO i-r.-irl inii with iiny In fart. - i.li'i ;i ly iallem Grocery I Co. 1J Pnones 84 Fifth Avenue East k Modern enta 1 Service 1 1 Moderate Fee I L. Alexander Bock Phone 575 Rupert' Leading Miuurant. linsurpad Third Avenue. I ALDERMAN STEPHENS OPPOSES METHOD OF SELLING CITY LOTS AND SUGGESTS ,AN ALTERNATIVE. (continued from page one) 5, price recommended: j t.".!:j; Assessors' value: l(i; City's charges against lilf lots. ii5.ua. Parcel :i, lots ) nm m, 17, seel ion T, price ii'ciiiiiiiifiid-i'd: .'JH(i.ii:j; Assessor's value: i 1.1)511.(10; City's charges against' 'In- lot, :ik7.i:i. Parcel I, lnls 35 ami 3(5. hr,,ek I.I. f f It i, pilCc recommend ii 100.(10; Assessor's value h.kii.uo; liiiy charges agaliis.l Hie lots: if-'ll.Hi. Parcel 5, lot K, hlnck see. timi 7. price recommenih'd 41.8(1; Assessor's valui', $ioo CHys charges against the hd S 1.8(1. I wish, herehy In go on record as .opposed in Hi,, haphazard anil unlitisuicssliko way in which (lie properly of the ,;ity is he ing disposed (if. Miri'iy n comparison of the olTers recommended fur sale will convince anyone that no mature iMiusiileralion has hem-. given lh mailer hiuI Ihal the sylem, nr lacR or system should! say. Is unfair to the city, ami to the original owner whoso properly lias heeii jiraclically confiscated through taxes, and of lillle hene-fit In the purchaser. Location of Lots Parcels ami I are located on Allin Avenue, Section and on Sixth Avenue and llasil Slreel, Section 7, respectively. The amount of accrued taxes against them Is (he same, tun the former is assessed al il,(l(MI while Milliliter Is assessed at only 7K0. 'I'lie olfer recommended for the one of the higher assessed value is s.'lllfl ami that for the one of (he lower value is Mild.- Parcels 3 ami I are hnlli localed on Sixth Avenue, the former lielwccn Tallow ami l.ol-lieuiere Slreels, and the lalN-r at llasil .Street. One is within three hlocks of the city hall an. I on a sewer and is recommended Tor sale al :iKi.i.1 while Ihe. oilier 'iKiiwI i is over a mile from I lie city hall and without, any posihlc sewer connection for the time hoiiig and is recommended at a price of llio. The former is assessed al I. (55(1 and is recommended for- sale al '.'3.15 jier cent of its assessed i value while I lie taller with all its disadvantage is assessed al $78(1. and is recommeded at .M.2H per cent, of its assessed value. If these discrepances did nol occur In I he resolution I hey might he understood. Further comparisons would seem unnesessary lo elahlish in-jcualilies. General Scheme ! The city owns properly the lvalue of which considersihly ox-'eecds the charges for wliicli it Uva sold at tax sale. II also has WINTER Steamship Service met RUPERT -aiK from Prlnc Imnurt FOR VANCOUVER. WI0T0RIA, will iii. iinio iHiints ratit I rlday ti.oii ajn. M ANyox ,..."..;. KE. 'I. "PRINCE Jnuu.. i uvea . - - rninvK " via ourrm .ud . n " .nnnbui I C IDUHnuo ... . AVcliicmla, 11.00 pjn RUPERT fortnlghllv for PAIsENftrD TO.... . nl,nroT IK'l.lPE0 .mDAV' TUR0AV, S.llll p.m. fir I'rlncc llcorti'. EDIWONTON. -. ... , tani-rn r.anacla. Unllnl stales. F't Olflc.R.NI.,L,- 0CEN TEM8MH LINES. K WHIM, E2S Third Ai Prlnr. R,.n.rl PIAN Fine Phon 260. Canadian Pacific Railway B. C. Coast Services Sailings from Prince Rupert ... r"'nit5H MARY tKetthiu IKan Wrangell, Juneau and Skagway Vanm, March 0, 16, Z7 ! louver, Victoria and Seattle March 10, 20, 31. Butedal cS 8, PR,NCESS BEATRICE everv'!,. ri Bay Campbell River, and Vancouver, Saturday, ii a.m. iliri.n,,iJ?"?y fP 811 Steamship Lines of 4ih oncHARD, General Agent ... tin street anrf rA n ....... ri n n.inor, RC ll. w. u niOMUSf ri IIIVV IIM(.I " i N STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF B.C., LTD. "NCOUvtR, victod rr0,n ,rlnr ,,u"r' "NCOuvtR viCTno ,",n,0 . lrl . Tuaadaif, B P.. N"0i ftLir. . ' Ur' ""on Ba, lalurdaj, 10 .. XVaV'J " --.. rii ir cannar ta. man n.m. Barnalav. Aani Prlnc iinci Run Rupart, .0. BAD BLOOD IS THE CAUSE OF PIMPLES AND BOILS . . . ....... .....i nrai wncn the IiIimmI fen f.til t unirr I ii itikhI ionic to tun aixl .ullrt tip the yHMA and put ll I.I.khI liir i'iial thl MTj. ihi'ri Is nothing lo BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS lr. I.. A, PHbert. Allan, "for ix-Wal jnp, with ImiIU and pimpion. UvalmrnU Jmi could fH Safk.. wrllc: was troiinlml I Iflcil inativ no reaultn. - " 'ir"i K iiiiDiii rill If rs ami Ik'ciiiiio free .,r no; ifonliln. It u thx only mcdicliif. i tfM,k , m . II.V itihmi," ll.li.lt. has ,n n Hie market fornix Imsi o years; put tin ,H,ir hv Th r tlillnirn Oi., MuiiiPd Torontn, Out. properly iilii.-iined ihruiiKli the ,aiiie ini'diuui which cannot he expected to m fr fhaiviM aKainst it, and j is f,,r le.Kon that I advocate a nnliev Jfor lliit council fur the tale nf all lull in the future willed will lie Imlh fair In I lie ejy am i,, the iuircliaser. lu- Hi nmMi xyilein Ihe hi'sf ,,f f. cHy's piojieriy , i heiny diisip:it f,iP the hare taxes juaiiisl it, while il i lieiiiK left with all lie lis, and all the losses iiiui js hand.' I helieve lie, properly uwneil hy Hie city is cajiahle, under proper handliitx, of realizing every cent of lAxes charu'cd against il us t w hole and that hy a proper val uation fid' sale i.illiMix's j will lie found lo exceed the amount of taxes fur which il was snlif! yei in Ihe maiiuer in which il is now handlei fK value is reduced to (he (axes for the hest of il, while the poorer portions are lieeniiiiiiK a To and drap upon Ihe cily. i We have an aesm'eul which has' cost the cily. coiisidera'hle money. 'This assessment has Jieen approved 'ami adopted hy Ihe Court of Itevision and hy this Council, as :i fair valuation oT properly generally.- If this as sessment i cnrrecl, as it is said lo he, j is grossly unfair lo the (Jllv and to those assessed," lo sell the properties hovc men tinned at the price retviinuiend i'd. On the other hand if the assessment is incorrect it is crossly unfair Ihal taxes should he levied on such an assessment Personally, I think ho(h are wronjr: Ihal Ihe assessment is hoo liijrh, and that (lie jirices re commended are loo low. hut lha' Ihe assessment is much nearer the true value of Ihe properties than are Ihe prices recninniendeil for sale. Protect Investor . I.asl year the cily sold 2'.) lols assessed at r,00 for the tola! sum of iMH0.2i!, which was less than one third r Ihe as-seseil value. The amotinl realized was nol preal enoucli l i.mteriallv assist Ihe city in its financing, hut Ihe'nunUier of lots Isold was sufficient lo ilenvnal-jize the market for all lots except j those owned hy the city and he-Jiii! Iiandled on' the same hasis. i.N'ow. wJtile the city continues lo : ilemoi-hlizo properly values by its present syslejn of "ilumphiK" its lots, what chance is 'left Ihe investor who has paid taxes for many years, lo do more Hum continue In pay high taxes without hope of a sale until Ihe cily has finally ilispnsed of all its holding? What encntirnurrnienl has Ihe lax payer to hold on lo iiuiiiiproMMl and uuremiineralivn properly while Hie city plays at sellinpr with ,Jhe result Ihal in i li)'.'l il sold I'll lots niiil k"1 in ' return some three hundred rVt , tax sale? j ' I tu t apart from any unfairness in the cily itself, tho lax payer 'ami to Hie original owner nf these lots, I helieve that no other sinsle acl of this council lean strike with more 'damaging effect al the very root nf its fi-(nancing than a continuance nf I ihe present inelhnd of sellintr its jlols. It is a method which cun-Inol loner ronliniie without the graesl results to lis own .as sessment, and is likely to cause groat alarm anmnar those whn have investei and kcpl faith with I lie cily for many years nasi hy paying Hie taxes demanded. Answer Questions llefore following present methods further lei each nf us satisfy himself nn each nf the lYdlnwIntr n.urVslnn: Wlial cfrccl Is this tnrlhnd having on Ihe real eslnln inarkrt ami in particular nn llto nssess-inenl? What cjtnbliShos markit TUB DAtli?' NEWS iiricos? If il is actual sales, are rate payors' hits worth more than those sold hy tins' cily in the same vicinity? How lonir can the city continue to maintain a douhlo. standard of values; one for-'Tlio cily uml another fur Ihe taxpayer?' Assiuditiff that oiiKassesstnent was adjudged unfair" and ordered reduced lo the hasis of actual sales, the city heinsr Ihe largest, vi-infor, how. long- can Ihe city continue Jo finance without a receiver? " lit answering Ihese ijueslions, keep' always in mind the f.tel Ihal ' this is a hurrowiui.' iiMinici. jialily, that Hie securiTy fur its ..... . .11 1' - i-reiin nes in us laiui values and in Ihe. confidence and punctuality of its ratenavers: also lli.il the s)stein of luxation is on land alone and that Ihe driving out nf Hie speculator hy unfair taxation and 'unfair competition only rcaclK on those who not fortunate enough to he aide to drop their improved nro- perly. Question of Taxation I.asl year's taxation was raised on a rule of Id mills. This years proposed spending cnniiol he financed on lli.il rale mm. I willi Ihe great amount of street wurk, whether necessary or not, will hl'llil dm ..ill' o.r-.ii.l n ....I.. ..... ....y . .. tiuiii... ,1 i inn near r.li mills next vear and furl several succeeding years if a hall is nol called, for ffcneral fund must lake care of the cost ofi intersections and in many cases hylaws are heiug passed wheie-hy il assumed a large proportion of the cost of the improvement liesides. There was, perhaps, never a lime in the history of this city 'when greater cure should he exercised in all mailers which in any way afreet the financing of Ihe cily, and I plead for serious ami solier consideration of the mailer from every pnssihle angle perore anything further is done Ihal may etnlager values of properly, whether that properly lielongs fo the cily or lo others. I lie whole finavial scheme hangs on the values jif Jhciand in Hie city, it ma.tters not whether held for specitf aUnjT jr otherwise. k " . ,' j The Man in the loW ! n .tel.". T I TI1K puzzle Ihal makes me cross is to find how In handl-' Ihal lillje five letter word he-ginning with "m" and ending in "y" and meaning somethiiig the same as ca.-li. A (I()W is Hie mosf useful animal there is as long- as she is nol on the railway Tracks. AS women grow older the) remind the young men how an old flame can spread. I I. IKK a man who' speaks nut and say's what lie thinks. Of course I do not like personalities when directed al myself. A NOIIMAI. Prince jtuperi per son loday is one .wilh strong views on the .opeir or closed porl question. ' THIS Is Jhe,Hine of year when people make up their minds that they cannot go on as lltey have lieen going. Somclhin must ho done alioul il. Till", minister of finance lolls us we should always remeinher thai we are (Sanadians? How could we forget il when we live so near the U.S. holder. YOU are an important person when' people hegln jo wrijahnut you and your work. TIIH remedy for the I o,w'; prices of halihul In Canadian .boals, is something like vaccination as a cure for small pox. Soineliine the remedy is worse ihan Hie disease. IT seems a wonder that Ihe local hoys who make Hie squeals on Ihe small radio receivers do tint shrivel and die cons'ideriiif! Hie curse.s Ihal are called upon their heads hy I hose whn are using radio Ten Years Ago j In Pilnno Nupert March 31, 1915 Amos flodfrey, one of Ihe host known prospectors ,of Ihe rtrotindhog enal country, was In Ihe city litis' inoruin'iMVaroute Every day these shop-windows are lined up for your inspection in this newspaper from Vancouver north. He pre I diets that coal will Jie shipped; from the (irouudhoi; soon afli'i'i the war is over. ' . The sum of $ j .000,000 is said! lo he involved in the purchase of I lie Standard Fisheries Mil. hy Joseph Swlfl and other capilalisls of Ontario. The Standard Fisheries own a plant nl Jed way, Ihe trawler Kingsway ami other considerable concerns on Ihis coasl. Al I lie West holme Theatre this week, local movie fans will have their first opportunity of seeing Charlie Chaplin. BURNS LAKE ' An Intjuiry conducted hy Pro-? vincial Police Chief W..l. Service and Con. FnirhJiirn of Sniithers into Ihe recent fire here resulted in the conclusion lieing readied Ihal. it .was entirely of accidental origin. v J. Yool, local inanager of the lloyal Hank, is taking his annual vacation and i Arnold Flaten is here from Prince Ooorgo" relieving during his ahsonce. Hugh Macilonald of Ihe Silver Island mine has purchased (i. S. Wood's speed hoal "Dainfjtin" and will lake il lo Itahine Lake. The infant son nf .Mr. and Mrs. .1. Yo'ol died last week a1 Telkwa. i Mr. and Mrs., Harrison of Wistaria were'- visiting here last week with Mr." and Mrs. P. Care. Fond Father, WliaJ are you going lo do fin'-a livjijif?-, . Son Write. ' Fond Father- Wrile what? Son-llnme. ' AdVerllse In the Dally News.'' PAuTt FIVE Shop-windows on parade IN THE quiet and comfort of your home, newspaper in hand, the shop-windows of the town's best stores pass in review. Look at that charming little hat just the style you have been looking for, and so reasonable! And say, isn't that coat a darling? . . . Not only do you see illustrations of the merchandise, but you are told in detail of its merits and prices. A passing panorama that may be halted and started and halted at will. A shopping trip at home! How long do you suppose it would take you to reverse the process to go up one street and down another, until you had visited personally every worth-while store in town? And how exhausted you would be, physically and nervously. There's no doubt about it. The modern way to shop is to read the, advertisements, then make notes of the stores and the particular offerings that appeal to you. What a lot of time and bother such a method saves. You know beforehand what you want to look at, who has it, and what you will have to pay. Read the advertisements. Make it a daily habit. The regular reader of advertisements is better informed, makes the family budget stretch further, has more time for recreation, gets more value for her money, and profits in many other ways. Advertisements are frequently the most interesting news in the pap sr. Canadian National Railways Prince Rupert DRYDOCK SHIPYARD Operating Q. T. P. 20,000 Ton Floating Dry Dock Engineers, Machinists, Boilermakers, Blacksmiths, Pattern makers, Founders, Woodworkers, Etc. ELECTRIC AND ACETYLENE WELDINQ. Our plant is equipped to. handle all kinds of MARINE AND COMMERCIAL WORK. PHONES 43 and 38F New Spring HATS BROCK $6.00 BILTMORE $5.00 BILTMORE $4.00 STEVE KING Phone Green 85. Third Avenue Another Portland Canal Opportunity The, first Trcnmiry Issue nf ihe Purler-Idaho Mining (X, hid., is now offered Hm puhlic at Uoc, per share. This is ho only ulher shipping rnmo liesides Ihe Premier in Hie Portland Hanid District. Oro shipped last year more than paid development work. For full infortunium apply H. W. M. BOLSTON & CO. Stewart. Stockbrokers. Victoria. 1 I Hi i