I 1 ft YHB DAILY KUWS Wednc :d page two . . , . . -J-Mi-w----w"' , : . - n The Daily News PRINCE RUPERT ONTARIO ELECTIONS GOING ON TODAY. BRITISH COLUMBIA. Published Every Afternoon, except Sunday, by Prince Rupert fj ; . Daily News, Limited, Third Avenue. . . . ' II. F. PULLEX - - Manairlng Editor. '; SUBSCMPTION KATES: City Delivery, by mail or carrier, per month $1.00 By mail Ho all parts of the British Empire and the United States, in advance, per year i.... $5.00 Toair other countries; Iiradvance, per yearvtifc.. -.,.... $7.50 Tranieni' Display Advertising, per irich per insertion Transient Advertising on Front Page, per ini .,... Local (Readers, per insertion per line Wia33iiieu .AUVfiiisint. per ni&eruuu jjci. nuiu Legal 'Notices, each insertion per aestc line. ft , i sj ' Contract Rates on Application., ) ) -, t,. ,;... ; 4 .u. . - , iH .'fiil.VAtertklnR: and Circulation; Telephone .ibU'!l ' Editor and Reriorters Telenhono - ,.v.;.uo ....... 2.S0 '"t -f? .. .98 SO on be 15c All advertising should be in The Daily News Office before 2 p.m. on day preceding publication. All advertising received subject to approval, Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations. DAILY EDITION. Wednesday, Dec. ACCEPT INVITATION TO VISIT ED3PONTON. It is to be hoped that the Board of Trade of Prince Rupert will accept the invitation to visit Edmonton and that a large delegation wili make the trip to Alberta's capital city. It is a goodly city and the people 'there are all right. It is possible that there may be a representative of the city, of the provincial cabinet and also a dozen or so members of the Board of Trade. That would make a showing that would be really worth while. Possibly other local citizens might like to make the trip, accompanying the delegation, only It can hardly be expected that any person with sufficient pub as if there might be exciting news from that part of the world soon. If the anti-foreign agitation continues, either the powers will have . Tnmnrrnw wp should know the fatfi of the Feriruson ffovum vet. If the passing of a prohibition law settled the matter, we WAS PROPOSED BY " SIR ROBERT BORDEN ! signing Immediately after Or cat Brit ain." It ought ,tq interest Canadians to v' ' learn that this 'la the 'Identical 'pxor ( (Winnipeg Free Press) cedure ' recommended by 8ir Robert In the cable despatch by the Can-! Borden to the British Empire delega- EDWARDSBURG CROWN BRAND CORN SYRUP THE CANADA STARCH CO, LIMITED - MONTREAL tail I An Outlet on the Pa A Prince toperf, .fte City or" ope in Northern British Columbia By the Man with a Spy Glass (Published in 'The Sailor" Organ of The Navy League of Canada) A visit to the West Is a certain cure for pessimism; that is to sav, unless the victim to that dire malady is so far gone as to be , convinced of nothing except his own gloomy doubt and fears, but to anyone who has the faintest gleam of hope left in his heart the breath of the Pacific is enough to put to flight every shadow of gloom. For a development taking place on that seaboard that could hardly have been imagined even as recently as a quarter of a century ago. On every side progress is evident; there is a uuuuing- up of the population by leaps and bounds;, the commercial activity marked In the Ut degree, and th i 1 ' - shipping Interests are ECjpe otmast da; by day. enlarging In The prediction hM been confidently made that the future of the world trade Ilea in the Faclflc. k Perhaps this prophecy-can be regarded ai altogether too sanguine: for It la difficult to be lieve that the Atlantic, with It teeming avenues of commerce, will easily take tecond place, and there Is alio to be 1, 192t remembered that Europe, war notwith standing, as well as the Eastern seaboard or this continent. Is showing no lessening in commercial enterprise: but. rather that, if the recent important In crease in cargo boats means anything at aU. the years to come will be characterized by advances in "the trade of the Atlantic far In excess of what has been seen in recent times. VALIAUI.E CAKfiOKM 3 till, that Is not to declare that trade in the lands bordering that ocean Is only beginning to awaken, and the dimensions it may yet assume are hard to estimate, petus that exists the future prosperity of our Pacific province Is assured. Among the places that have felt the uuch of the larger life on the Pacific Coast, Prince Rupert, the chief port on the northern shore of British Columbia, has not been held behind. It seems almost yesterday since It sprang Into be ing with the completion of the Grand Trunk Pacific, that great connecting to leave that country or take forcible means of strengthening their 1 link between the Atlantic and the Pa- position. Which would be best for China and the Test of the world is subject for debate. Should the Cantonese be successful in overwhelming the rest of the, country and taking over the power, it is possible that a better condition may be brought about, but with it there will probably be hardship worked on Europeans in that country. The foreign conces sions were made necessary by the unsettled conditions on that coast, but if a fltrontr government can be formed, there will be no need of them any longer. . The best government China ever had was during the few months when a Cantonese president had charge of affairs. The dif ficulty was that Dr. Sun Yat Sen was a man of peace. His follow ers are, however, developing a warlike spirit that may carry them to final victory. clflc which was intended to mean so much to the development of- our nor thern regions Just as the Canadian Partite -made Canada a united country from East to West. NAME IT.1NCE KITKKT The name Prince Rupert smacks of history, and serves to keep fresh a per-sonsge who, though he never trod the soil of Canada, nevertheless meant more, than Is perhaps considered, to the Dominion in the pat. Prince Rupert, the ada. ' KAIEX ISLAND Situated on Kalen Island In a shelter-, ed bay, In latitude 84 degrees, IB mm- utes north, longitude. 130 degrees, 21 1 minutes west, It has a climate, much ! the same as Liverpool, mild almost j throughout the whole year, and with a dry season stretching from AprU to October. It Is nearly 500 miles nearer the Far East than any other terminal port on the Pacific, which means at least a day or so shorter, sailing time. Possessing a large and commodious harbor, It can afford ahelter to a fleet of almost any size without fear of the wildest storms that sweep the Pacific. The harbor Is completely landlocked with good holding ground of mud and rock. The maximum rise of the tide la 21 ft.; minimum fall, 20 ft, and the mean range from 17 to 18 ft., with a minimum depth of anchorage ground at low water of 15 fathoms. The approach to the harbor la easily accessible, and necessary lights and buoys are tully provided. Vessels can anchor from 50 to 800 ft, off shore, The harbor also Is open all the year round. There Is no Ice In contleuous waters: no winter fogs to contend with, and shipping la never delayed on account of weather conditions. ' KH1IIT WIIKtS To meet the steadily growing needs of the part, eight wharves have been built, among which are the Canadian' National, with 2500 feet frontage, including the warehouse 800 feet long, the whole supplied with all modern electrical appliances; that of the Provincial Oovernment. 600 feet long, with Its en tire f sont of reinforced concrete and boasting of a handsome two-storey warehouse: that of the Imperial OU Company, stretching 300 feet, and at which v fuels of 3.000 tons can discharge, the whole being conveyed by pumping into huge tanks in the rear; and that of the Dominion Oovernment. atretchlng 400 feet, made of concrete and boasting a quarantine station. Another wharf that demands special mention la that lic spirit and energy to go to Edmonton for such a purpose would I jamaj cargoes of immense value are0f the Canadian nsh and Cold storage not also be a member oi the local uoara oi iraae. CUSTOMS COMMISSION GETTING INFORMATION. Real first hand information in regard to export liquor traffic is being secured by the Customs Royal Commission on the coast. They will go back to Ottawa much wiser than they came and it is probable some changes in the Dominion- laws will result At any reaching British Columbia from China Company. 300 feet long, while addition- and Japan, and a steady stream of trade is also flowing In from Australia and New Zealand, while on our Pacific seaboard are to be sten the flags of almost every European country that boasts an export trade. The development In this direction has been so rapid, that It is hard to credit what has taken place. rate it is now made clear that Canada haa been officially conniving and it u safe to say that with the tm at the breaking of the American laws and aiding thereat. It will be either a. question of changing the laws or admitting to the American !eople that we are out to harass them as much as possible. CRISIS IN CHINA BECOMES MORE ACUTE. The crisis in China is daily becoming more acute and it looks al wharves exist for fuel and ore and have all necessary transfer machinery. Nor Is the port lscklng In provision to meet the export require menu of the great grain-growing provinces that lie to the east--Saskatchewan and Alberta. A great modern grain elevator of a mUllon and a quarter bushel capacity has been erected by the Dominion Oovernment. It can receive 200 cars of grain per d'.em and discharge to steam ers at the rate of 60.000 bushels per hour, while it has nothing lacking In the shape of drying and all other neces sary facilities, and 1U wharfage runs to 1,000 feet. m:w hock Beside all this, there Is going forward soon the building of new docks for the numerous mosquito fleet of fishing vessels. If the question were asked: what Is the chief industry of the port? There Is but one answer the fishing. What may develep later la hard to say. Min erals in abundance He In the region to the cast. Coal has been found, and ores of all kinds also exist. There Is nc doubt that time wUl yet see great progress in connection with these, but for the present the fishing predominates and has been developed on a large son of the Winter King of Bohemia, was , scale. The official name given to the a grandson of James I. of Brltsln, and cousin of Charles II., during whose relea the Hudson's Bay Company was fisheries connected with Prince (Rupert la the "Sterns River District.- and this Includes the fisheries of the Skeena fcunded. He was the chief cavalry lead- j Rirer itself, which lies Just below the I er on the Royalist side In the civil wars j port, the Naas River, Queen Charlottt sf the seventeenth century, and after j Wsnds, with all adjacent watera. Prince the Restoration was Instrumental In Rupert, though a separate district, lies of th,e world, and the Fish to Cold Storage plant U not merely the largest In Canada but In any country In the world. itsll JIANDI.II) . Twenty ;mlllloi ipouhds- of fish are hnfl1H rm vaarlv. anil tYim rnntntlv "Was Soon Able To Sleep Well" The usual iperlence of nerve-racked people .who us Dr. Chase' Nerve Food When the nervea are starved and depleted you become resile, irritable and aurler from low of aleep. The regular use of Dr. Chaae'e Nerve Food toon lifts you out of thU condition by aupplylng to the syitfm the elements of Nature from which nerve force la created. Mrs. H. N. Tardell, Harrowsmlth, Ont. writes: "My nerve were In a very bad sUte, and I did not know what It wa to have a good night rot. I could not eat, and never felt well. After tuklnjr Dr. Chase' Nerve Food for a few day I wa able to leep well at night. My appetite also returned, and 1 felt stronger and better, and After taking three boies of Dr. Cham' Nerve Food I wa quite well," Third Avenue. MM From $12.95 Handkerchiefs per doz T.'f Men's Handkerchief!, regular $3.00 dozen. Sale Price $l.tW Braces Ier pair :NC Towels each Only 2 pair to each customer Pillow CaM-s imported, each "Htf Sheets full size, imported from Ireland. Regular $2.75. Sale Price $IJU A great assortment -of Men' Leather Work Gloves at less than ' manufacturers' price. Men's Wool Lined Uather Working Mitts , Regular $1.00. Sale Price HC ment in Ontario and with it the fate of the present prohibitory obtaining the charter that enabled thejm the centre of the entire industry. un ct u"on Jn' ,nd na 1 " liciuor r law. If Ferguson is again elected with a sufficient follow- company to operate, and gave to it con.j,d u the place through which passes,'"" ito 1923 prlnce ""J ing, a government liquor sale measure will be introduced. If he is defeated, the present law will be maintained and probably enforced more strictly than ever. .Liquor has been a problem sirlce the time of the earliest history and It will worry statesmen and legislators for many a generation trol of the vast dsmaln formerly known I the whole product of the fishing grounds, RuPrt Exhibition was n the North.West Terrltorv. He was I H ! th rmlftt hillhut nort on the , warded first prlM. also first chairman of the company. pacific, and the Skeena River was the the whole affair was perhaps only most productive for salmon la the whole matter of proilt to him, but he was at least Instrumental In aiding in the ne cessary steps that ultimately led to the should all vote prohibition, but the difficulty is that there is no development of our great West, it may fettling the liquor question. It is always with us. When we have not be altogether fair to Prince Rupert nrohibition we are stirred bv tales of bootlegging and poisoning, to, view him only in the light of one When we have sale of liquor we are worried by drunkenness, ruined thinking olely of his own pocket; for t,v,.,yB .s..u.. wnl cerulnly a ffiln of n0 smaU .cent! !Tn. ., jnr , -f. r,nu,,, fic attainments. In his days the Amert- adlan Press summarizing the constltu-1 tton at the Peace Conference at Paris tionat declaration by the Imperial ia 1919; and at that time rejected by Conference, we read: i the British authorities as a much too "It recommends that In future daring advance, treaties British plenipotentiaries sign - , for Great Britain, northern Ireland, the I Queen Mary Is a competent art critic Colonies and Protectorates, instead of as well as Queen of the British Com- for the1 Empire, each Dominion and ! monwealth. ' flvX V H oo& 1 can continent presented even a stronger fascination than today to alt men of adventurous spirit, and perhaps the Prince, In interesting himself In the founding of the Hudson's Bay Company, had larger alms than those that appeared on the surface. In any case. It Is only Just that his name should live In Canada as a reminder of one who had a part In our country's past, and In Prince Rupert, the Pacific Port, the commemoration Is such that the name of the Cavalier Prince will be maintained for all time in honor. For, although at present the port - boasts no more than 7.000 of a population, yet from Its numerous ad of Canada last year. In 1923 the value of tht halibut catch was 2.744.108, while the salmon taken amounted to 11,043.472. the total value of all fish thst nuwd thrnuah the nort betnir 11.- m bo,u 00 the Skeen mm 182.327, which is no small sum even lni1' Mnr to be th. of nt enterort.es. On the : Skeena River there are fifteen canneries! which send their products to aU parts.! The company's distribution Is world-vide, and It operates what Is probsbty the largest fleet of prtvalcly-owned fishing vessels In Canada. This consists of twelve vessels, Including three steamers. 1 which engage in all kinds or fishing, 1 In addition, the company operate about Utter Is V halibut thst weighs 340, pounds with Its head off. and many I ethers that tip the scales at 250 pounds ' cr better. A 74-pound spring salmon; was the isrgest of Its kind caught last . season!' ' " ... , , ' Some of the fish, however, are shipped fresh without any preservative treatment whatever infr.mr mitnut of in. ni.nt shows I These are taken , from the U' their head, cut off, that the food value of fish U stesdlly I wideiv I Pked In boxea manufactured In the hom.,,. mnr.nd mr. trcnt. nhred. The varieties handled are- fresh and frozen fish, halibut, red spring sal-man, co hoe salman, pink steelhead salmon and qualla salmon, black cod, red cod and ling cod, brills, soles, flounders, skate and herring, bloaters, black cod i and salmon of all arades. salt fish. company's own shop, and rushed directly to refrigerator cars a few feet away, whence they are scsttered to all corners of the continent, M'.MIlUt ItlMNKwS The lumbering and pulpwood Indus tries show a marked Improvement this ' ... .1 J . .J.I..1.U . , cod. herrlna- and salmon of all STldes, i jesr, nu it pu.uit wj rroinnwr vantages It bids fair to ' become one of j The cannery last year put up 3S,0O0that this district supplied practically the great centres of population In Can-' i - I all the aerowlane spruce during the late ; war. which goe to show the quality of the timber grown. There are virgin j stands of timber in the district conservatively estimated at 42,000,000 acres and ! carrying approximately 15,000 feet to the acre, awaiting development. As a , lumbering and pulp and paper pro' jduclng centre. Prince Rupert occupies a most enviable position, being the ter : minus of one of the greatest railway 'system on the continent, and having the most favorable natural harbor cou-jdltlon of any port on the Pacific: to- with the vast timber resources ' ' " ' Igether at its very doora. The Canadian National Railway, In entering Prince Rupert, paM through a timbered area more than 500 mile In width within which distance are lo cated numerous sawmills, while the coast line both to the north and to the south Is broken by numerous long inlets and natural canals penetrating virgin forests. To these is added the Queen Char-Ictte Islands, home -of the "lllg Sitka Spruce," with their vast timber wealth. The sawmills adjacent to Prince Rupert and along the Canadian National From 'vl Sale of Sale; " i -.-in 5; To realise caxh quickly, our whole tock n lern marked down to a ri'nculf.1, tl.. 1 ....1 I...... .!... ..Mil ......... level. Uur necessity is your opiwnunuj i n r'i" " '" i nem, se prices! MEN $12.95 HOYS OVERCOATS From 7.lr o Kl'J.U.1 II.ijV Uather IJnrd .Mills K' Mrn'n Overalls Al make, fr rr Men Khnkl Combination (h. $8.75. Sale Price tht 'S SUITS , MEN'S OVERCOATS Montreal Importers .tvl J. . Miller I'ropriel These Chilly Nights Il(Miiirc heal m Hie home. We h-tve j i- Fall slupmrnt of Gurney Oxford Heaters For eroiKitnv ami effmenrv lliey rami IcanaoianT VACinc NsllB'T 710 Second Avenue B. C. Coast Services n Call ami uispprt tnir slock. Wr ulo mrry Condor Electrlo Lamps In all slie Stork's Hardware Limited Canadian Pacific Railwaj Silinmi from Prince Rupert o ,, .. . To Ketchikan, tVraniell, Juneau anil "k""r.,rN11L 'j5, ?' To Vanioutrr, Victoria anil Krattl' N. t. 1". ,,rc- "' I'lllSCt'.H IU.ATHH ,Mf, Tor ItuteiUle, T-aU Itella IJrllil. Otean rails '' CaiupUfll alter, and Vamouver eery iuiuhmj. -",. (roi- W. C. OIK imil. Oenersl Agent. lf (nrnr ..r itii hlrrrt mid 3rd Aenoe, Trim liu" UNION STEAMSHIPS LIMITED lor VAM'm'YMt, VICTOHIA, 4 .. ... xalllnr "" iTinre !", IL1V Mw union imj " " " " !'" .....i ...nun IUT, r if I or VAM OUVKIt, VICTOHIA, Aien nj - :i a.m. ......, ,t snd SM' lor I'OIIT MIMI'NON. ANVOX. Al.K B AllM. pi ... Canneries Nuntlav. H 123 Unit Avenue. t lit l. M. hMlTII. Agent. lisllway,, ou the western slope, have dally capacity of more than a million feet of lumber. In addition to which Is a large production of cedar polea, piling and railway ties. I'l l.l'WOOIl im,imiti:i naw material for the production of (continued on page five) Prince ssiarW n FORGE v ANT AND AUDIT01 rnone . XI3 HM-nnd Avenue 1-rlnre Kup"