PACE TWO Have Toss Skin Trouble? Try "Sootha-Salva" at Our Expanse. gaetna Salvmhaa it wMiMTft! tu at hare a to try it WI' nioi'T teat. Soetk Sslva W a soothinajiealing. dstineetant ointment, proparea Lithe pJtyeietaB who dtmverM Freit-a.tite. the famous fruit mad i '-in. It is tae mult of 16 years' eaperi-meating a ad ia amaswghr healing in the treatment of infanta eczema. enema In Urge or small patch rile, holla,, ulcers, pJjnnlea, rd blot cue, r hated akiiu frost bit. tvr.h-.-.m, imm-rim fact, ht fl treatment M .anv diss see, abram or ii l)siiMajtiaa f la akin. To mbduea Sootht Balr to mora poodle, leading dnjggista nave been supplied with a Bomber el full ait aarkafaa to gHe lr te purchasers of 60c. boiee jsf jrVut-a-tivjk. .Tk aappiy ia Malted, ao go tjajgr drurcist'i at 6ne and avoid Mbnpointrnent. ' XUdV'tsW Fruit-a-tives limited. aflectinf aduht, sore or itching; . Ottawa. Dnt. The Daily News PRINCB RUPERT - BRITISH C0LU.MI1IA Published Every Afternoon, except Sunday, by Prince Rupert Daily News. Limited, Third Avenue. H. F. PULLEN - - - JUnaging Editor. SlinsCUIlTlON RATES: City Delivery, by mail or carrier, per month By mail te all parte of the British Empire and the United States, in advance, per year To all other countries, in advance, per year Transient Display Advertising, per inch per insertion Transient Advertising on Front Page, -per inch Local Reader, 'per insertion per line Classified Advertising, per insertion per word Legal Notices, each insertion per agate line Contract Rates on Application Advertising and Circulation lelephine Editor and Reporter Telephone - - Member of Audit llurcnu of Circulations. DAILY EDITION 98 SC 75 , $6.00 $7.50 $1.40 $2.80 J2f HEALTH RECIPE So many health hints are scattered broadcast in periodicals and otherwise these dayB that even those who believe in them become confused,! the plethora of advice thus given. One suoli "infallible -reciuy. to preserve children" in the Michigan Health Bulletin, how-S&tV, is different from the usual run. It reads : I 'Palm nnn 1 .... ...... ...... 4':..U L..I 1 , ., , f In The Letter Box MAKi: V.iiX. A IIIUIhVAV fldltor. Dally Nrrc. Everyone who Xtoursdeyje. V i - I commer comment Joeha (Herat ana taod uw report a. 1 -JsVnal I pwiitmawi uwamiiluu of or a a wnrtnf WrrHI Iciub" ub The The Bota:7 Botery Club. Club. His His arg argttflaeaf I was ingenious ans) was sufBelenUy ivnicuv; to cavil araiM vonoruii from the Daily News. A w ago Mr. Pattullo bad to lace prokleau ( aajpa ittn his cmbtnrt oa tHa POX. or fish tins northern B.C. and resigning As our Minister f Lands bas slated. lh P.O. expects to gat tbe aunt of i raffle from freight oamlng iMin long the OT P and destined tor Van cuver He states that tot it not far oon.rac: to this effect the P.CLE. n?uld neer have tecu built. The 3 TP has gene and its successor tbe C.N R already has s much better outlet to Vancouver, over tbe Canadian Northern Continuing Mr. PattuUo'r reasoning one further there Is no need now of the P G R road. What was the O TP ha ui) outlet to - Vancouver That outlet is tar ahort of a nonaal traffic mid 1- not likely to donate an; ?! Its business to a competing road ar long as l can handle It lUi-lf It la hard to accept our meaSfcer'; viewpoint that since tbe O.TJ" entered into an agreement with the P OX. that the "C.N .9 a'f under s moral onli- . . , .u .. ,v ...... ...i m . I ever. If his contention Is correct then ; the Province of B.C. Is under a greatei ! "Moral obligation to pay annual Inter est on a4S.oeo.OOO of Canadian Northern bonds guaranteed by the province ; Leave a sleeping dog alone." ENUIMXI.s AtiAINST IT Competent engineers all advise against the P.OJS. as a possible nrmt n 1 1 ma i4 fta 11 1 1 mom , Ml, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 1927 prcvmotai Government sent sn eminent j engineer to Peace River hoping that he L-ppii vivivroe cfiirvii would recommend the PO.E as an out- KEbl HISAInCLS SOUND !t fof thelr ,dvtae1 to British Columbia is to be congratulated on the state of her fi- ?ut to Vanderhoof. Engineers with nances. She has the largest sinking fund of any province in Can- :h8lr reputation at stake do not recom-ada, considering the siae of the public debt and the credit of JZ province is being steadily maintained. The result is that when -cached with a climb or a tew hundred bonds are Sold they are higher than any that are offered. j!eet They do"bot adTUe to use a road ! Possibly we shall be accused of talking politic if we mention TJT.X that the present government of which Hon. T. D. Pattullo is a mem-: carried along another route by one ber is responsible for the present condition of affairs. When they'The government that wishes to corn-took hold the finances were in a parlous state but little by little the imnr"x tn nf,den tn public wu: confidence of the financial world has been won until today the pro- accpt tne 1"ce ot tbelr nlnw 1nce stands pre-eminent in the matter of finance. ifcr"P.t,,! T1 T wiiw,d-T0U- ... , ' . stoelt and the .,, , ... m? give public a new e do not always agree with everything the provincial govern-!and highway that wiu be o ment does. No government hus ever eaziBted thai is iHjrfect. We do , real anaiee and vataw to the pravinoe. not believe . that unjcnewnpnper should back a usurty for ood or for! jhvf.iihhis ioi.i3- ill. We take problems as they arise and try to discuss them on their' Sow lei us brtHly coasiaer the' Rail merits. However, on this matter of finance the present provincial from "e Northern and government is ahead of anv that has ever irnn l.fnr. it uen"1 ' siioBjim. owvmi yea "ZZr? ---4r lax in the a,lminitration of I 'TZSTSZ jiuuui. niuiirj. tw iiiuticr wnere one iravets on mis comment, at any rate, criticisms will be heard of the way in which public funds are squandered. The present government is not wholly free from blame in this respect. Take the first work done on the Helen Island highway, we all know the province did not get full vrilbe for the money expended. Two years work carried the road, only a very short distance. It was not that anyone did anything particularly UTnnif in I Vint nuiuint lint that in ....... I.:... !,.. . il . , " I: , " ",c K"":iu mere lven aw,y and the effort still eon- did not seem that stimulus to speed that there is for a private in-1 unues to build up what already is by dividual,' The result is fatal to efficiency. So bad -war the condi-tar our largest city, tion that even the Labor leaders of the city asked for a change. Now j tn the same address in which he the work is let by contract and the change is at once apparent. Yet,booste for th nom tfSc mto Van- the pressure of public opinion was so ureat that at first it would I couw ,nd Irom Rupert. have been difficult for the government to have let a contract until the fallacy of the other method was shown. Now that it is clearly evident that the only way to make progress is to let the work by contract, it is to be hoped that the government, of which Mr. Pattullo is an important member, will continue the contract method, even if by doing so loses some of the friends wfhq strongly believe in the day lalwr method. As a local labor man said at a recent meeting, what we want is results and the only way to get that seems to be by the contract system. thorn and made their guarantee condl Uoaal on diverting tbe road to Van-tvwver Then they buUt the P.O.E. Now they want to recapture the-Peace River Block, not to develop It but to give it to a railway company as a bonus to go to Vancouver. In other words the resources of the north be advocates the establishment of oasan llnara to the Orient. ' Probably he will load them with tbe output of tbeeven or eignt paper plants in Rupert, one In Prince George and the one at Ext tall River. If Mr. Pattullo wishes In bis last days to do us a service he will give us at ah early date a segregated report of the groea income and expenditures In Nor tnern and Central B.C. in the last twenty years That will help up to In teulgently discuss the problem of the new province. Thanking you Mr. Editor. T. ROSS MACKAY, I'MCK IIIVKH OITI.BT eioor,., uciu, ijuc-iimu uozeu cnuuren, iwo or suitor. Dally News. i.mitc ....an uu(i, a ,HiiL-n 01 nroos ana some .Mix the pebbles. child- Is the last veetage of hope for Prince ,cu "uu iKeiner anu pui mem in a Held, stirring con-:""" a adjacent north land to stantly. I'our the brook over the pebbles. Sprinkle the field with vnth through the obscure passage to flowers. Spread over all a deep, blue sky, and bake in the hot sun. vneouver Mn tne recent announce- v hen orown, remove and set .iwav to cool in a bathtub i rremier aiscian tnat nis gov- Of course it mav ! lakon fnr ! crnmtnt f"vored completing the P.O.E . . p nw.Fi.ti , mat me iurc going was not written by an orthodox "health hint" doctor. ro Prlpcr George and its ultimate ex tension to Peace River? Such will In- TH2 DAILY NEWS 1 UMOI 'Lot- Is. i V 'ft . rr- ill ' , 1 ill '.. m :V 3fV mm 5 1 a m m sj m -wn ssuaa a rteries OF COMMERCE TWTUCH of the great development of national and international commerce is directly attributable to the development of communication. It is of primary importance that news of widely separated parts of the country be ox-changed quickly and accurately. Today Canadian commerce w depending more and more upon electrical products to keep in constant touch with btiinos. and social conditions. t From mininp camps in the newly conquered wilderness to the offices and factories of the int tropoliB a network of wires and cables knit widely divergent interests and communities together. The Northern Electric Company serves Canada by making a great deal of the equipment necessary for the development and maintenance of -communication throughout the Dominion. The Northern Electric laboratories and factories are cotutantly seeking fa perfect means of transmitting sound and wtver NotfhemEtectrk Company Limited Equipment for Transmitting Sound and Power dicate tbe trend of tide. The man on tbe street will tell us there Is nothing we can do about it. But work and pray, live on hay etc. Hut In the words of Patrick Henry: "if we wish to be free we must fight." An appeal for Justice or the Gods of battle Is the only recourse left us. Is this northern portion of the province to be made a perpetual vassal of Vancouver through Intriguing politicians? Ireland for ages endured the same. But a sad ending finally gave Tellef. Mayor Taylor of Vancouver In his shrewd persistent manner brought Into being what Is known as tbe Western Unity League that appears to be functioning cnetlvalv, in th? development of western trade. 'In my opinion right now the northern country should organize and prosecute a movement tor the development of tbe north for the north. A development league made up of representatives of all the centres of '.he north should be organized and a drive instituted on the powers that be-both Federal and Provincial for a show down. As all engineering authorities tell us the only logical outlet for Peace River Is Pnnce Rupert or Stewart So why i not seize the situation now and make a drive to: Na-.ure's endowment"' We ctinnr -: fca. and nuj xhe delusive spasm ol nope until our enemies have ment by the voters and as many aspir ants for municipal honors aa Dosslble so that next year's couneTl may go Intc offlce prepared for action on the Issue. Let the slogan of Prince Rupert and the North be "A Peace Rivet Connection or a Peace River Province." Thanking you, Mr. Editor. Respectively. O B. 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