Tuesday,
December
2,
1930
THE
DAILY1
NEWS
Prince
Rupert
District
is
in
Natural
Resources
:l
Dy
II.
W.
M.
UolstonY
t
oiiblless
have
got
on
their
feet
if
in-
depression
had
set
in
a
year
'
r
tnm
it
did.
However,
deprcs-i'
ns
.such
ar
the
world
is
now
ex-
1
itncing,
bring
in
their
wake
re
al.)
usttnents
essential
to
ii
unrest.
Realignments,
consollda
IfnllHn
iH-ns
and
savings
that
make
for
1.
uter
economic
strength
and
sta-
iliiy
are
effected,
and
hunan
so
;uih
Stewart.
tftwftrt
V.'liil"
as
stated.
It
may
be
saM
;
hv.
the
mlntng
development
of
the
s'
"
wart
district
has
been
ratarded
bv
the
preeent
nU
frntn
whlph
arm
mUttn
to
Excellent
Opportunities
Exist
for
Mlninff
Investments
today:
ml
HUT
Deal
with
conservative
companies
with
knowledge
and
ixperienco.
Stewart
Land
Co.,
Ltd.
(Est.
1D06)
Fifth
St.
Pemberton
Did.
Stewart,
Il.C.
Victoria,
B.C.
:
T"
Wm
The
world
wide
depression
wrtniniv
lina
nt
c,....
Edinburgh,
Copenhagen
and
Moscow.
As
a
matter
of
fact
these
three
European
cities
are
also
situated
on
Pacific
Railway
Co.
through
its
sub-
known
similar
area
of
the
world
s
Cellar
iwu.M
ui.i
surface,
containing
millions
of
acres
greatr
and
Smeitin..
urMt
o
.hw,
oi
agricultural
lands,
water
'
....
,.
.
.
r
.
.
ana
very
valuable
waterfront
rights
'
'
'
8"
",,
country
has,
geographicaiiv,
access
for
a
line
of
railway
from
Stewart
beda
mun-
every
variety
of
coal
t0
0ly
a
very
few
pnrl,
throuer.
I
to
the
Fintoy
River.
Since
then
ex-
trmn
linlx
10
anthracit-
timber,
whlcn
to
market
its
future
surplus
j
""Tcr-
product.
TTom
a
teintni
LuiriMrint
th
oureeis
nara;i
3Uwrt
dWrict
was
never
sounder
fwmcn
Wlfl."
xy
01
oiner
miner-
,
Mature
has
dictated
that
iU
chief
le
of
natural
re-
mrt
ha
athwart
equal,
ad
is
iration
and
dtv!1-
t
he
case
Tne
dtotrict
has
Jut
paw
.
towns,
cities
and
industries,
of
the
1
ii
tri
catch
lt
breath,
as
a
prelim-
..
.
.
.
,
I
,.
.
D,TClj,i-n-
J1
future
Stewart
is
U
89
fe
to
that
no
district
,
so
geographically
nrv
to
still
areator
thlnw.
tor
vhicb
the
foundations
are
being
lr?t?
u"r'u
attracted
the
pon,
and
h
v.cll
and
solidly
laid.
ot
this
great
hinterland
will
grow
place"
!
Powerful
financial
inter-
In
1"
the
first
"
P
the
Premier
frem,f!
eeU
durlne
the
oast
two
v.
a.
from
a
mere
village
to
a
great
and
Quid
Mining
Co.
has
continued
.
to
!
rate
and
pay
a
hlfh
rate
of
di-
lend.
In
addition
to
this
since
the
.."i
ld
slump
set
in,
Premier
has
put
to
production
the
Porter
Idaho
id
Prosperity
properties,
ship-
investment
of
such
a
with
the
development
of
has
this
Stewart
district
at
the
head
1
mg
port,
with
Its
shipping
ply-
01
canaoa,
tnat
is
free
or
ice
tne
i
i
nun
m
ow
nuiimc.
year
round,
tip
to
the
moment
la
Not
Fantastic
Dream
toil
a
5hlW
of
m,nlflg
ln
v,
netted
handsome
returns
:
iu
of
the
phenominaUy
low
price
r
stiver.
In
which
metal
these
two
i.r.ipertles
predominate.
D.
C.
Silver
;,i.s
continued
development,
ln-:
nslng
Its
ore
reserves.
The
Consolidated
Mining
and
I'ltlng
Co.
has
a
situation
on
Dig
Mi
sourrthat
has
warranted
the
:ti
tallatlon
of
a
100-ion
pilot
mUl,
id
if
developmenuV
the
future
liMve
that
this
mill
U
Justified,
as
Mu
re
is
ample
reason
to
anttetpat.
h.'
district
will
have
anotilet
and
1
large
tonnage
shipper.
In
addition
durint
ihe
past
sum-in
r,
a
number
of
smaller
proper-I'-s
have
reacted
favorably
t
the
:nal!
amount
of
work
done,
and
of-ti-r
sufficient
promlsf
t
warrant
!
velopment
capiuil
a?
ro"rt
as
in'
t
U
prtoea,
and
momv
markets
over
to
aomewhen
nar
their
i
rmer
levels.
From
the
standpoint
of
mining
:
velopment,
Stwa-t
and
di
1.1ct
'i
i
a.:
no
cause
for
pessm.i.sm
There
1:1
few
mining
dlstricui
anywhere
'luit
have
made
the
progress
during
!."
past
year
and
a
half
that
has
?
m
made
by
this
district.
The
J
imber
of
men
permanently
em-t
ived
locally
In
the
Industry
has
.01
reased
at
least
40.
During
the
nod
two
more
properties
have
"
n
put
into
production,
and
de
v
l
ipments
promise
at
least
two
re,
with
a
number
of
very
prom-nit
prospects
to
follpw.
To
facill-1"
the
work
of
the
future
the
die-n
t
is
much
better
understood
logically,
and
there
are
rumors
i
important
savings
having
been
Uocted
ln
mill
practice.
Power
Corporation
Comes
Two
years
or
so
ago
the
strongest
Hydro
Power
group
in
Canada,
the
Power
Corporation
of
Canada,
en-t'
red
the
district,
and
In
spite
uf
hfi
slump
has
never
for
a
moment
urt
ailed
its
persistent
policy
of
ex-v
nslon.
examination
and
surveys,
in
the
Canadian
area.
As
a
mark
of
'ill
greater
confidence
ln
the
fu-uro
of
the
district,
an
American
Power
Co.
recently
acquired
very
Valuable
water
powers
on
Davis
fuver,
which
empties
into
the
Port-:.md
Canal
some
12
miles
south
of
Hyder,
on
the
Alaskan
side.
This
i
Uer
company
has
since
late
summer,
had
a
large
crew
of
men
at
dustry,
but
born
to
play
an
lmpor
tant
part
ln
many
other
Industries
of
Northwestern
Canada.
This
is
easily
verified
by
a
glance
at
a
map.
Situated
Just
south
of
the
56th
parralel,
Stewart
Is
no
farther
north
than
many
great
cities
such
as
Q.
Charlottes
Are
Valuable
Island
Group
Depression
In
Lumber
Market
lias
lilt
Dlstrlft
Rut
Future
Is
Assured
Some
day
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
will
be
a
very
important
part
of
British
Columbia.
They
will
be
settled
by
many
thousands
of
prosperous
men
and
women
and
will
have
a
dally
steamship
service
with
Prince
Rupert,
both
the
northern
and
southern
sections.
Today,
the
Islands
are
suffering
because
of
the
depressed
condition
of
the
lumber
market,
the
temporary
falling
off
of
the
local
fish
supply
and
the
isolation
which
comes
to
districts
that
are
not
thickly
Inhabited.
All
the
mills
are
closed
Just
now
and
rrrost
of
the
logging
camps
inoperative.
The
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
have
the
finest
stand
of
Sitka
Spruce
logs
ln
the
world,
rich
mining
prospects
that
will
some
day
be
utilized
and
fisheries
that
provide
employment
for
hundreds
of
men
who
are
good
earners
and
good
spenders.
There
are
oil
seepages
at
a
number
of
places
and
oil
shales
ln
abundance
but
so
far
the
supply
of
oil
has
not
been
discovered.
In
fact
very
little
boring
has
been
done
but
one
well
that
was
bored
many
years
ago
is
still
giving
a
plentiful
supply
of
natural
gas.
flnm.
dav
Prince
Rupert
will
look
To
some
the
foregoing
may
seem
like
a
fantastic
dream,
but
is
it?
Let
us
draw
a
few
comparisons.
Remember,
the
area
described
contains
some
879.000
square
miles:
remember
also
Its
resources.
Doing
so,
let
us
take
a
look
at
Europe.
Sweden.
Norway
and
Finland,
comprls-
olumbia
will
be
proud
of
the
islands
and
anxious
for
the
business
emanating
therrfrom
and
Canada
will
look
upon
them
as
quite
as
valuable
as
Prince
Bdward
Island
although
not
for
the
same
reason.
In
the
meantime
development
is
slow.
Terrace
Is
Fruit
Centre
Terrace,
the
nearest
town
to
Prince
Rupert
on
the
railway,
about
one
hundred
miles
Inland,
is
a
fruit
growing
centre
and
also
does
considerable
mining,
lumbering
and
logging.
Mirny
Prince
Rupert
people
holiday
there
In
the
summer
time.
The
people
are
keen
and
progressive.
Two
lumber
mills
are
operated
at
Terrace
and
others
in
the
TOWNS
ARE
IMPORTANT
Anyos
Mlnln:
Ccntrfrcrtn
Falls
V
"
v
Pulp
and
Pap&fllK.
Several
coast
towns
ln
the
Prince
Rupert
district
are
very
important.
There
Is
Anyox
with
Its
large
mine
and
smelter,
and
Its
neighboring
mining
town
of
Alice
Arm
where
there
Is
promise
of
several
good
producers
in
the
near
future.
Southward
there
is
the
paper
town
of
Ocean
Falls
where
one
of
STEWART
I
i
Its
Present
and
Future
ing
447,710
square
miles,
with
many
cities,
towns
and
industries
but
without
the
same
variety
of
re-
tne
56th
parralel.
and
many
great
j
sources,
sustain
a
population
of
and
prosperous
cities
in
Europe
are
i
some
12,125,000.
Put
12,000,000
peo-sltuated
still
farther
north.
j
pie
Into
the
hinterland
of
Stewart,
What
has
been
done
in
Europe
in1
me
conception
is
gained,
of
can
surely,
to
some
extent,
be
re-
j
what
sort
of
town
Stewart
would
be.
Piled
on
this
continent.
At
the
Such
countries
of
.Western
Eur-momeflt
we
have
within
the
follow-
ope,
as
Portugal,
Spain,
France,
lng
described
area,
a
vast
expanse
Italy.
Holland,
Switzerland,
Ger-
ftdttMBped
cntrftrflcagn
mauty.
Belgium,
Dftfcnark
and
PHsotttife,
mu
W,
atdtM
dfeat
&rttftin.
commfc
sume
831.-
rr
the
ISnA-.'KioiUHBld
InCifK.
Mi
afiiifit
miW
olMt
mmlilTwri
lliity
Ot
man
to
convert
tbern
to
hu-
population
of
some
282,000,000
peo-mH
m.
PB.
fWlllIJieuciIIf,
Commencing
at
Stewart
rle.
I
,
.
1
J
"J
IIU
IC1K
kJttJ
W-
an
uiibuuciiuu,
uut
me
retardation,
if
it
12
such,
has
been
and
iwnB
the
58th
parallel
east,
mora
1111UHUIU17
man
real,
unquestionably
the
difficulty
m
in
...ccurinK
development
capital
by
a
number
of
the
smaller
i
iwrtnrtf
nf
a
tinMhv
r9
-
.
""
"
piumunii
-
looo
miles,
thene?
couth
to
Stew-
).'
sjttCtS,
Some
Of
Which
WOUld
i.
,
art
1100
.
mmnrkln.
tntal
f
10
.
of
a
power
plant
that
is
estimated
000
quare
milcs'
ThLs
aiva
em
to
cost
some
i3
()()
braces
as
great
a
variety
of
re-
In
other
words,
the
area
described
the
eastern
boundary
W
Alberta,
u
the
hinterland
of
Stewart
is
distance
cf
some
800
miles,
thonce
about
the
site
of
western
Europe,
initio-nrimniVotf
rUiA
,
.:a
Iti"
.
"w
nortn
ttle
Arctlc
Coast,
a
scaled
but
possibly
richer
in
natural
re-
2
Z
Tn
a"'
.
31
prices,
re-
distance
of
850
miles,
thence
west
to
sources,
though
it
must
be
admit-
oi
ce.i
activity
n
ana
postnonea
lor
the
timf
hpinnr
tho
rlavai
'.h
iwLhnt
h,mn
ai,i,
.u
n
.
of
our
hinteHand
is
not
conducive
to
a
congested
population.
The
marked
differenci'
between
this
hinterland
or
stow
Tit,
and
Som
two
years
ago
the
Canadian
Juree8
P0911
as
an:'
other
Europe
that
it
ha
tensive
survey
and
reconnaissance
i'"
'
":
benefit
accordingly.
So
it
Is
reco"n,a,tonce
4hd
a
wifie
H
ol
lh
vtku
routes
available,
have
tj,
T.
ham
onrrWI
rm
:ni
will
not
produce.
f
not
oven
w
fiacticn
of
the
sea
coast,
that
has
Europe
or
the
Scandinavian
countries.
Thl,;;
1,,
immense
undeveloped
Tbe-
Pacific
Ocean,
by
virtue
of
its
stte
and
the
rnimettse
populations
on
1U
Oriental
shores,
and
growing
populations
in
the
south,
will
one
day
be
the
world's
greatest
trade
ocean.
Western
Canada
Is
an
immense
country
richly
endowed
in
natural
resources,
with
a
very
limited
coast
line,
on
which
the
future
will
hare
to
find
ports
through
which
to
ship
its
surplus
products
to
the
markets
of
Portland
Canal.
lng
the
seven
seas,
to
accommodate
the
world,
and
thrown
which
to
THE
FUTURE
which
engineering
difficulties
import
those
vast
quantities
of
Stewart,
the
most
nortberly;port
Sld
be
experienced
in
providing
1
commodities,
which
It
djoes
not
or
With
this
in
mind,
it
stands
to
reason
that
the
future
growth
and
development
of
Western
Canada
will
be
such
as
to
make
large
and
thriving
cities
at
Vancouver,
Prince
Rupert,
Stewart
and
other
points
on
the
coast,
for
these
three
cities
will
not
be
dble
to
serve
the
teeming
millions
onhVuture.
'
MT'TTTMM
11
ISM
I
r
OC
EAN
FALLS
Paper
mill,
one
of
largyst
producer-
;n
this
district.
SKEENA
AND
THEBULKLEY
Farming
and
Mining
Chief
Industries
Rut
Pole
and
Tie
Cutting
Also
Important
The
Bulkley
and
Skeena
Valleys
east
of
Prince
Rupert
are
steadily
developing.
The
farms
of
the
Bulk-ley
provide
most
of
the
cream
and
milk
supply
for
the
city
and
are
valuable
industries.
There
are
also
a
few
farms
aAong
the
Skeena
which
give
promise
of
greater
things
ln
that
line
ln
the
future.
In
both
valleys
there
are
thousands
of
acres
of
unoccupied
lands
that
will
some
day
produce
heavy
crops
and
sustain
a
large
population.
Mining
is
also
very
Important
but
Just
now
the
drop
in
the
price
of
silver
has
hit
the
district
hard
with
the
result
that
little
is
being
done.
The
shipping
mines
have
closed
temporarily
and
development
of
the
r
inspects
is
slow.
The
pole
and
tic
market
is
also
depressed
with
the
result
that
hundreds
of
men
usually
occupied
ln
The
depression
Is
only
temporary.
'fV
a
mltiiMi
si?
11
1
vonisAts
1
11
a-f
nm
ennn
stic
sKssivria
s
ssvvit
juov
no
own
.
s
there
is
a
demand
for
the
ores;
the
pole
camps
will
operate
again
toon
and
the
farmers
will
then
have
a
better
market
for
their
produce.
I
There
Is
a
.wonderful
future
for
this
district
through
which
the
Canadian
National
Railway
passes.
Time
is
needed
to
develop
its
re-ources
but
it
will
not
be
many
uoon
the
Queen
Charlottes
ai
most
I
the
big
paper
mills
of
the
west
is
years
before
it
will
be
the
richest
,
Eble
I
;
J
A
Potential
Great
City
STEWART
TOWNSITE
Provided
by
nature
through
which
to
market
the
products
the
future
will
derive
from
the
vast
resources
with
which
Northern
B.C.
and
Alberta
have
been
so
richly
endowed.
M
W
5TEWART
ICE
FREE.NATURALPORT
FOR
NORTHERN
BCi
PEACE
RlWr5S
1
ASfa
If
N
maiufdiTSOO
Mswia'
Mmi
I
VtirTEb
STATUS
STEWART
The
embryo
port
that,
with
Princ
Raport
and
Vancouver,
will
have,
in
the
f
uture,
to
take
care
of
the
vast
Pacific
trade
of
Western
Canada.
McCormack
Peering
Tractors
Gardner-Denver
Compressors
Novo
Engines,
Hoists
and
Pumps
S.K.F.
Steel
D.
D.
Novo
Hoist
831
Howe
St.
Vancouver,
1J.C.
Ily
the
1
Model
D.
II.
Tractor
Were
used
in
the
construction
of
The
Falls
River
Dam
and
Transmission
Line
Power
Corporation
oi
Canada
Supplied
by
B.
C.
EQUIPMENT
CO.
LTD.
CU
naker
St.
Nelson,
B.C.
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