Pint! rvc Why Wot Publish In Common 'IM... 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 nr carrier, per month ... By mail tn all parts oMhc British Empire and the United Slates in advance, per year . . To all other countries in advance, per year Advertising and Circulation Telephone -Editor and Reporters Telephone ',- - -. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations., DAILY EDITION ft. A Book Of Humor? Iln I,.... ... . . 98 86 $1.00 $0.00 $7.."0 ggg Thursday. April 30, I02T.. One Of Canada's Sweetest Singers Charles (i, Jj. Huberts, one uf Canada's sweetest singers, is wilh us today and also it is i he noted that he is one of Canada's great humorists. Last night to a select few in the Roolh School he read some of his poems and talked, or himself and his work and the people he had met. And his talk jttsj. bubbled with humor, spontaneous and natural. Apparently Dr. Roberts knows that poetry is something to be taken in small .quantities. Like pie it is too. rich for a steady diet. Knuwing. this the visitor dressed it all up'in a background of humor and cutting it carefully, in little slices, dealt it out carefully and gently and soily and sweetly and rnitsicallv and passed" it into the s-ytcm of those present without nitv danger uf giving them poetic dyspepsia. Jl was wonderful, the Way he did il. Ourelie read: three-poems, conse-.ulively and the audience wis then already wishing for rpore of the dressing and they c: 1 -.ii . .i. . ! . . . oiinic miuiors wjio iry 10 rean ineir-own works, injure the ..iiuii: mini: saie sue oi ui llteir men- ItOOKS. hooks, jni DM not noi so i Huberts. II.. All Ml n. tln ...... who were out last uyjlil wjl yant more or the kind thev heart huf tinrorluuately they wilLhave n take iUwilhuiil the tlressini id. sing, .... 1 1.? ii,i.YHiinni pocnis, nature stones romances .iiiu Historical works, lint so far as we know, he has not pub Jished ; 1 1 1 - hiiniii'iiiK nnt- .,..,1 ..... ........i i... : . "tut wr. viuiiurr wny. Illirillir IS inn stiMiig grace in life anil he has it in almndance, vet he re-fuses to give it to the world. Perhaps he, .has thuie lids and w. urn n-ni ii, imh ii ne mis, ne should tlo it more. Whv be always serious officially, and so delightfully human in his'-un- . iiri.u c-ipaniyr i.et us hope that, he may yet round out hi Ulsr "J p.Miuisuing a volume,- Iku j; ev.er st .small, of muiks, poetry tr prose pos.Mldy bollu And Why Call Him Charles G. D.? No. wonder Bliss Carman is a poet. He has a poet's Mani'. But hoAvever a man could be a poet ami known officially as .har es (, D ,s heyt.ud comprehension. He, might easily be Uiarhe fobcrls the poet, hut nothing hut hard work and " persistent adyer Using could possibly'offsel the handicap of a name s ich as that held out It. us. If we came to know him nffer"imi-alely ns a Tew possibly do, what are we to call him? "Dear Uiaries.ti. I),.? ' The poelry and romance imme.lialely take flight ami wo,,have mdhiirg hut the man left. ".or.ct-Hl'g'Jinir, we admire DrRoherts, hut will, such nil nu official name .t is difficnll, although we have to ,lo it. j spile or the severe handicap. Even yet,, perhap. it mav 'not be . late, when he publishes that book or l.umor, ' It, sign son.e-Ihiiig JhaLwe cab repeat, without n shudder. See The Beautiful on Things:,. )fa ,,. 'ijwm$$$Fti&& ..I., l'lcasurable 'irusoraoie iasK iu&ri.NW, nr thn r...i :j ... ir.r.i-" 'i -..ti ? 'rTTi3 ii in- l.enollf.,l i . ... "I ' ' " " mo iiiicrproi ""crprm ine me . v i.iaj tilings around ns is. searching for the beautiful and ticcnsionnllv inllt 1 o be n wavs In ... t. n :i t. . own as to be able efrectively It, pass V 7 lo e " n ,,sl e he w rbl.as lo UMIIce people ft, In.y his works ami thus make a .mi. Mr n'am? Huberts must Y1" he a ',,,e happy '"P man, f hRWln l,e Pi- But, friends, tlo not Iry In be poets, unless von are unite wire you .can't be anything else. Only mpi a few of H,e g , tl of hem can eat three t.mes a day and now ami and i.e., lake a-glass of wine. And above all, , not try lo, comme c" our Ihcl.fo- by inflicting yonr efforts on your fe how o ne "Over Trouble so Severe I Had to Quit Work" Mr. Thoma. Honey, Brantford, Ont, write: 1 was a great aufferer from enlarraent of the Ii... U. monthi, and hnally I had to quit work. I would wake up in the mornings with a, bitter taste in, my mouth, had frequent headaches, yellow complexion, and pain in my right side, and between the shoulder blades. It was almost unbearable, and terribly weakening. I could not sleep at night and. my heart also bothered' me. But the whole trouble has now left me, thanks to that wonderful medicine, Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills." Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills 85 t. n hox of 35 pills, l'lmanson lUt A ., IUl., 'ftiruntu ?; BLACK BUGS ORGANIZATION Local Club Formed to Look Af- iihiiiIv ter Interest of Everybody, Especially Members The Daily News is informed on reliable authority that a new; or gini.allon has been formed in ilhc cily iuid Dial alreadyofficers for the year have been . chosen land properly installed with- due cclal,. The club has as its. mot to: "He who works hardest eats most," and occasionally mem hers regale themselves at dinner at one of tile local hostelries The organi.alioii has named it self The . Black Dims lioo, Club" and -fiat-1 of the iniliatinn ceremony consists in Hie candi dale being compelled to repeat I he name nY the club rapidly and willinui hesitation. One of the objects of the club is-lo eulerlaiu illustrious or no torions visitors and two of these were recently honored, and the police are now on their track. The club expects to take its place anion)! the other eighty fraternal more or less unselfish organizations of the cily and lo lake a particular interest in civic affairs, especially in guarding the inferesls of. the lpcal beer parlors and bootleg joints. It will also see that (ho government dispensary is conducted' in such a way as lo give the largest amount of Ihpior possible, on every permit. The organization does not at present wish lo publish the list of officers an.'Ldoes n't have its meetings reported, believing, like ome of. the fraternal orgauiza lion, that publicity is the worst enemy of bugs. They also be- ieve that they would have (o go out of existence if the police once irol wind of what they were do ing. The Man in the Moon and everyone string of his has eyeglasses. A HICK town is one that .quarrels wilh some oilier village as to Ihelr relative imparlance. A.N open enemy Is worlb a Int. Cherish him. He won't hurl, you much. TIIH larger you are thn snial Icr your I roubles appear. TIIK more a man sees of some dappers, Ihe more ho'appceelatcs his wife. YOU may have heard or Ihe woman who (old. he teacher her ; CII.MH.KS (i. D, Huberts, the hlpenose poet is with ns today not iced I lie r IT was a great shock lo many to think that this poel had not, it shock of hair to shock us. TIM poel read A bit of verse Il rolled in cadence . Full ye I lerse; And il filled 'our souls With Ihe love of Brings And carried us on" On dreamland wings. Bui the 1'oct's hair Was cropped quite shorl, For Ibis was a poet Of ililfereul sort. It gave us a shock To see his glasses, And we opeped our mouths Like silly "asses. Hub the poet talked About men and things, 'And clippetl ipiije short Our dreamland wings. ;; Ahd 'we found, alas, iti our great msniaj ,Tiat;,)ie. ptiel j-gve'uti IAKR says in the old day married life was just one darned kid after another but lodav il U ust one jazz parly afler another. IF one got only sixty cents an hour for whipping' a si ream, very few would lake tin trout llsliin! as an occupation. " ARE YOU ' TORTURED WITH ECZEMA? lm, ,r Silt, lifiuiit, a It I rt.m-. .iMimI, it unp nr Hie iiMtsi mtiitiiilim uf alt -kin (It sfa --. , aiitll Tim IiiIpiW liui ni n ir. IK'liln iii;irtli:ir, rHVIaliy at nifrlit or whwt lliO Prl nr f tiTil in hrst irn alni,i-t mi-ItMiralilH and rillcf I.' rf.itly wflriiuisl. I Tho l rollalil'anil rrrw-'llvf ritiiwly Tor Ihl tritulile U BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERSi Mr. J. rt, JuIiiimiii, ii.lt. No. 1. Oniuwa, Ont.. write:- fur years I a lr(.iil)l-il wlili enema, .and ImiI thai terrible tti'tiliiar ami biirnlnir sensatiun, anil roiilit fhxl no relief" for II. Finally. I u ailvlsed In ne It.H.lt aiul after, tny oeciuiil hltle 1 lMMn lo a irreat llfrre:ire, anil I ran, inw." ailvle anyone, trniiMed a I ta tn lice Oil wdii'lerfiil renielv." For sale at all druiraUl and dealert: pin up only by The T. Mlllnirn Co.. Mraltcd.-'Torimto. ' Onl. t lite smart el to enjoy life, if there was nobody to snub? PKON.r; known as ' sniail" ue not really thai way. It's only lie sel. KETCHIKAN IS TO BE MECCA Members of Rotary, Club Will; go Tlieee For Presentation of Charter A doen. or nmre members of the Prince. Unpen llolary Club will visit- Kelchikan on .May It to ake part in the presentation of the charter lo the recently formed Kelchikan Club. A boat will probably be chartered to tae them across. (ioM-ruor Frank Itiggs will be in Prince Ituprfhf next .Thursday lo install Ihe officers til a ban quet to be meiitiu the exening at which'' inenvlieJ'k iif. the- iio Cliih will be iuyied. lie will go on,'to ivelchjkan Ihe following day. For local member lo go on Ihe I'rincess .Mary and wail until her return would lake mice lime Mian could he spared. Ac coniingly it will lie necessary lo o on a inaller boat. At the Itnlary luncheon here yesterday a cordial invitation was received from Ihe Kelchikan i.ltih sent by Frank .Niuian, the president, who.. Jurinerly. lived here. Also, a letter from fJover- nor Miggs- tij-geif "Jhal represii lalives from here cross to Fu riri i.iij oi .iasKa lor lite nt- casion, iw' f Hie inembe s will n)s be welcomed. I lie committee in charge of Irausporlalioii arrangeme n t consist of C. II. (Iriui- Sid .lohu- ilone. Consul Wakefield, and .larvls .McLeod. JITNEY DANCE FOR CHILDREN New Hospital Ward to Benefit From Opening of New. Ten-; ' nls Court The- i-'irst ll.C. ilesiincnt hu respiidiHli'jlpj.llieijiil lni'ii;i t ne cnijiiren s ward :il, he l,o. .Hal by iHuniising, lo celehraJe Ihe opening of their now, leunis ourt on Kotirlh Street between Ihe Library and tin-Armories hy giving a jitney djince, (be nro- cee.ls lo go to the fund now be ing rained. This is a valuable concession as it Is lh'i)ii,ghl Ihnl, fiven n riue warm eveninir. n large crowd would attend such an event lie dale has not yet been sel but il is expecled lo lake place abottl. Ihe middle of .May. boy was naturally dull but lo do! Mnnlgoinerv . t. ... . . . . .. the be.il possinie ror m. ; was a ralry slory. WHL.V ynu read Ihe newspapers if makes you realize what a child at. the game was Itobln Hood. HOW Ten Years Ago In Prince Rupert April 30, 1915. , The. cily coiinuil, at an informal meellng, !asl. night, denhled to accept a proposition from the Mank ofi Miiireitl for the renew-of Ireiistn'y eerliflcaUs amounling to 1 ,37 1 .00, which mature on .June I. A motion lo Ibis elfeecl Was nrnnosed hv Aid i seconded by Aid. ILiKerr and carried; Aid. .Miilllnnd alone dissenting.' Lieut. II. II. I), lleinninll, Lieu). W. K. Marshall, Lieut. .I. W. Nichols and l.leiii. Vaii tier llyl sailed Ibis mnrnliig fm Victoria where I hey will would It be possible Tor Work I'oint barracks prepara- STRAW HAR f v "iV , Makes your h m i r-ii IP Of lory lo proceeding overseas. Sold only at 77(? ?fe$ca More for service Lieut. Col. (Jeorge Moss. II.C.O. of Ottawa, ehicT post oilier superintendent, is yisiliui; the city, lie arrived on lasl night's train and Wits tuel by It. L. Mcintosh, Ihe local postmaster. SAYS MEN SISSIES FUSSING WITH FACE Spend Mora Time Than Women Making up Declares Authoress WINNIPKO. April - Men are higucr sissies than the girl, when it conies to tnaking up llielr faces, according Jo Mis 1. t'.arlisle. "Kitgllsh author and Al berta rancher, who passed through Winnipeg on her Way lo her Htm acre farm, sexenteen mile from Cajgary, afler spending three mouths isiling relatives In the Old Country. "I just watched tlicni with their lotions and their massages down in Ihe barber shop, and I decided thai If women spent as much time on their looks, they would mil get mil all day.'' she asserted. .' j "Knglishnien," Miss Carlisle! added, "never have their faces done up like thai. These men are sissies." To a suggeslion that the' I'tiK-i lisli. climate was kind to Ihe. KiigJihman's complexion, and, thai he ihd, riot need beautifying; tin thai account, she replied:. Ob, Maby! II isn't Hint!" Whal; it vas she didn't tell "Baby." Miss Carlisle Is a firm, be liever thai women can farm just is .well, as niett. "You can hire the brute force, and. muscle and ue your own brains." she said. COSTLY. j Tomo. fLx 'all fcllled, eh? Hold you love would find a way. Iijck 'lugubriously Yes. JhiI it look a migbly expensive road. To womeq everyAvhete Spring brir all the many problem, cm h the ' word "Ims' Not the the natural Vtion, "Shall last season's straw which only nfeX? difTerent color and new trimming-su. me exactly, or shall I t-t 3 with a new straw which well on me at all:' . p Vhy;not let Elkay's Straw flat Dve settle the question? With th inf pensive, dye you can make !a t straw, look new and difTerent k !y and' easily you will wonder why nu VOiu dtdn t try it long ago. The results will delight will u,- .' "."u?,,ir ..... wii.iunamc wiwaru 0' opnng apparel, Elkay's Straw. Hat Dye i,rcrm,nPnt anl-vaterproo, dries quickly to ,.t. inp, lustrous coloj and actual! . r, life to the straw. Directions .m.: .t, with each bottle. " '? Select your favorite color fr ,i following: Dull Dltck, Liljertv B'up Burnt Straw, Old Rose. i..;tr tural, Gloss Black. N'aw Y:nr ( " Cerise, Saj;e Green. C:inJma R Yellow, Cadet Blue, Ih'.wv,, L,v r v Ormes Ltd. THE REX ALL STORE Phones 82 and 200 MONTH END SPECIAL! SimmonsMattress guaranteed 4 ft. 6 in. $11.40 Formerly sold at r..'itl As Ihe lust day of Hie month falN mi , T bolida. this nrfer will continue until o (, .. k May 2tnl. BARRIE'S Home Furnishings 3rd Avenue and. 1st Street. FOR SALE Halibut Gear $10.00 to $25.00 per skate including gangings and hooks Canadian Fish & Cold Storage fo PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. BRITISH COLUMBIA The Mineral Province of Western Canada TO END OF DECEMBER, t IIi.s produced Minerals 09 follows: Placer fiold, 70,ffl2,2rt:if Lode Hi id. ri.rl't.oro: Silver, stfin nny nr.r r.nnd ri .r.9 nni ? dimmr. .i W.filii.ftON: Zn" i),7r(l; Miscellnncotis Mincrnls, $1,108,257: Coal and Coke,' $2no,t)S,l I'1 slh'i s"7, llnilili' Slonc, Mrick, Cement etc., 15,231; inakiug its Mineral Produclioii lo I'm en 1123 show an ol Aggregate Value of $810,722,782 Production for Year Ending Dec. 1923, $41,304,320 Thn Mining Laws of this Provinco arc more libernl, and Iho. fees lower t'l-ni l,l,sC ()f any oilier Province in the. Dominion, or any colony in llio Urilislf Umpire-Mineral location!? nro granled to discoverci-fi for nominal fees, Absolute Titles arc obtained by developing, such properties;; llio security of win1''1 giiarauleetf by Crown Grants. ...... Full informalioii logelher with Mining Ileiporls. nr.d Maps, tiiny bc oblaincd (?r.''bs ,y addressing ..ours THE HON. THE MINISTER OF MIN" Victoria, British Columbia. I