PAOE TWO THE DAILY NFA?3 weune-qar. junuory 1 ms "SALADA" scaled In alr-tlght metal Is the modern tea dust-free pure fresh delicious. Sold DINOSAUR EGGS CAVES REVEAL by all grocers, 80c to $1.05 per lb. Bulk tea. with methods dust weighed have displaced In, Is a relic It. off the old days-new DISCOVERED IN RACE HISTORY DAILY EDITION Five BHBHBHU bbsI i '" i" The Daily News PKINCK RUPERT - BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Every Afternoon, except" Sunday, by Prince Rupert Daily News, Limited, Third Avenue. II. P. PULLEN - - - Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES fi TV-vl!.x. I ;i . . . v,. uy man or carrier, yearly period, paid in advance $5.00 ror lesser penoa, paid in advance, per month 50 y man 10 au part ot Northern and Central British Columbia. jiu in nuvniuT mr yearly penoa $P 00 wr iour mourns ior Ry mall to all other parts of British Columbia, the British Empire and United States, paid in advance per year By mail to all other countries, per year Advertising and Circulation Telephone Editor and Reporter Telephone Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Million Bolla&$ is 98 86 $J.OO $6.00 $7.50 Wednesday, Jan. 4, 1D28 SHALL WB TAX IMPROVEMENTS? Oh New Year's Day the people of Prince Rupert received a rather 4?f)pleoant intimation that It may be necessary this year to tax ipfrfireraeate. It was very unpleasant intimation because it mayK putting on the biakes so far as the progress of the city Is Thl" ,B omething for the voters to take cognizance of at'lhi election next week. jrtfjiere are always two opposing opinions in regard to the taxing M mtiiftmnta. There are those who believe in the single &x 0? taxing of lahd values for everything and those who think im-proVernjeaia ahcmiri bear a share of the cost. The single tax encourages people to improve their property. It says that a man should not lie -taxed iietause he fs more progressive than his neighbors. Those who adv-uate the system say that land values are increased l.y Imildi ngs, bo'.h vab.es ot the land buil upon and also other land surrmindm it. Building is something to be encouraged. If owners ol property are led to think they will be taxed for the improvements they make, they will be slow to improve their property. They cannot aftnni to put up buildings unless assured of a sufficient income, not only to pay for the building but also to pay the 'ax. So far this city has set itself strongly against am improve ment tax. The result is that buildings have been erected, such as the block now going up on Third Avenue where the owner is taking! great chances in spending the money. We are expecting other build-; ings to go up and it would be a great pity for us to do anything to1 discourage them. We cannot expect the erection of modern build-' ings if '."( are going to iienali.e those who spend their money. We1 suggest that voters think this matter over well and find out the, vr'ews of the candidates before casting their ballots. is the huge sum represente(py the pol- . ides in force in this CompanykaJ the close of its most surcessfulyear--islz7. x TheCompany extends to all Policyholders and friend its best wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year. NIADOfTICl W anhli DESERT OF GOBI M. Mr- In aTWGk jSPfrtibltehed dealing Willi the work of the Central Asiatic expeditions sumc remarkable discoveries have been made. On analogy It has been mprc.ied that the gigantic reptiles o! the Mewuttlc petlod had large eggs like those of moredn birds and reptiles, but ' this was only an inference, and it was not mowr whether they were oviparous, laying the eggs, or retaining the egg within the body until hatching toe place. The expedition found sev- ral clutches of the eggs of a gigantic extinct dinosaur reptile, and within tome of them even the delicate bones 6f the developing embryo. Very natur ally uuch epaee is given to this re nmrkable find, one of the most exciting In the history of paleontology and by Itself a sufficient reward tot the whole enterprise. EXTINCT HEPTH.M in addition to the eggs very many extinct dinosaurs, belonging mostly to . f genera ai.u species, were found in tht cretaceous beds, the first unearthing 31 extinct reptiles In Asia north of the .liinalayas A find of great Interest was that of the shull and many of the bones of balucnrterlum. one of the largest land mammals that has ever lived, and that probably survived to be a contemporary possibly a victim of primitive man. was a massive herbivore, remotely allied to the tapirs and rhinoceroses, but . landing over 13 feet at the shoulders and rearing Its massive head as high as that of a giraffe. At the other end it the Kale of alae were the n it tiny animals not bigger than rate contemporary with extinct reptiles, and lepresenting the most primitive of the .nammalian types known. The excltments of the expedition were not only scientific. There were pei lis from bandits, from the contend lng armed bands ot Chinese, and from iiie greed and superstition of the lion gonans. mr climate was severe: even up to June sudden storms brought snovi and hailstones, and at any tune sand' storms descended almost without warn lug, wrecking the camps and making life .a misery. Approach to the monas tertes of lamas was always dangeroui from the savage dogs accustomed U fred on dead hum.in bodies and ready to attack the living. But the stimuli of success, the excellence of the organ! zauou. and the high spirits or the members of the expeditions overcame ill the obstacles. I'EN TEARS AGO (XTOIIHIt it. IDIB. Tin' Sitka spruce of Northern British Coiumhi.,. the Queen Charlotte Island: pnrticuiar'y. is looked upon as a poten tnil supply ior the making of aircraft for tlir war A pit 'y t local Serbians Including Suva Byelcikli. Sava Bjeletich, Kedjelko Ornncli Sm.i Voii li Mcksim Kneaevlih l-aiir viijr,H-h. R;i Sarovlch. and Vaso Ouii-.it 11 let tiiiK morning for Salonika 10 11! 1 -1 1:1 '),- Allied forces on the Balkan front At a social rvcnini: In the Presbvter '"" Cl1 r " ,afl nl-ut CANDIDATES NKKIlEli IITST Vnw 1 r,J:J, ..1 . , . . . I chair was presentott to Rev. Dr. 11. R, v.. u,u.ir, ,,, IHT.U-U mm UH' xai.nu on tne positions city conn- orant m rccoKimi.m of the horwr con ll art1 fna ti.,Vww.l ...1 ....l : 1.1 i 11 . i i , . .u. .,w,n,i aim u wiunu ue wen ior most- wnn nave tne!terret upon liim by Westminster Hall mieresis 01 me city at In art to look around them and m;e that good!lil making iiiu a doctor of divinity, men are urged to offer themselves. Manv of the best people do!1-"' prewnution was made by O. It not like to push themselves forward but thev are willinir to serve if N,Jen on behalf of the congregation. urged to do so. INTERESTING SUGGESTION Louis Forkrud in a letter published today suggests that the railway from the Peace River shall come through to the upper Naas valley and then cross to the C.N.R. at some point in the neighborhood of Terrace. This is a feasible route and one that has ben suggested before. It is one that should be borne in mind. Some day a railway is pretty sure to come in that way. The matter of route Is largely one for engineers but at the same time it is well for the people of tjhi part of the coun.ry to keep their eyes on the engineers uerause many mem are not infallible. PKCK McSWAIN. PRINTER Peck McSwain, printer, has been sending out blotters for new year cards with hia dollar mark thereon. Peck is now residing at Stewart a'nd he is at home there among the miners and prospectors with whom he has lived and worked and smoked and enjoyed a convivial glass for many a day. Nobody seems to know how old Peck is, and some of the miners at the camp Intimate that he will never die. At any rate he still looks on the best side of life and his wish to his friends, as expressed on the card is: "May you never have to turn a handspring tor a meal in 1928." The News wishes Peck many a good listener for his yarns and many a jolly companion so that his latter years may remind him constantly of the good days that have passed. Man in the Moon THIS Daily News la the cheapest pape. in British Columbia, considering the quality. At anyrate that's what Jake ays. and he' ought to know. OUR legacy to the coming generation Is one of debt, ven Prince Bupert ha fits- legacy fir" those who eome 'later to P. vod can hire a man to do almost anyluing but I hardly think it woulo no to mre one 'x last tne wile to a bridge party. THIS year seems very much like last and the bills seem even more numer ous. POOR people are away cigarettes, rich who give cigars or nothing. those who give people are those nothing mostly IT'S much better to have sunshine in your soul than moonshine In your tummy. Ten Years Ago in Prince Rupert tXt'AUY 4, 19IS. writes a letter Msfcjbp F It. DUVex DuVernet to fhe press Urglii ig that the city council be not reduced from eight to tour members. He also advocates proportional, representation system of voting In the olvlc election here. The Trades and Labor Council last night endorsed Aid. O. B. Casey, w. O. Barrle, John Rank. Fred Shaw. Peter Rorvlk snd Mrs. W. J Klrkpatrlck as nldermanlc candidates and B. D. Mao-dons Id for police oommleslon. The sum of 1400 was realised at a tea. sail and dance held on New Yenr'i Day for the Rrd CriMw Society. There I wore mnny tluimtlonn lor raffle 20,000 YEAR l'.UTIX!. OF ANIM US KOI Ml MII.B IIKMIATII I'VUAMXfc MOUNTAIN OK i:i KOl'K The caves In the Dordogne region are now so well known that charabancs filled with American tourists make a dally round of tnem during the summer, while the far more interesting group in the Pyrenees remains almost unknown says the London Times. Their interest lies In the evidences of human life that have been miraculously preserved through two or three millenniums. Where else In the world can we look for the prints of human feet and human fingers still preserving the ridge prints of the akin; clay statuary with the finger-prints still fresh upon them; evidences of dally life, such as the skulls ot the care-bear robbed of their fangs by the people whose little naked footprints are all about the skeletons? Certainly in no museum, even if a musrum could be built to endure flv times longer than the Pyramid. Poi in the recesses of these caves, half j mile or more from the entrance, neither the temperature nor the dampness evei vartea, no current of al ever blow end the limestone has distilled through the centuries a thin veneer of trans parent stalagmite which- has preserved everything under a sheet of tmperlsh "ble glace. To penetrate Into the most nterestlng calls for the equipment or an athlete; you must navigate a boat to reach tne entrance; you must do art of the Journey on hands and knee and wriggle through the narrowest passages under the curse of the serpent. EXI'LOICIMi EXPEDITIONS With the object of popularising the 'yrenean caves an expedition organised y Count Begoucn. who is in thl fore-ront of prehistoric studies In France .'i<ed the famous cave of Niaux, three miles from Tarascon In the Ariege, with a large number of Journalists and persons Interested in the science of pre history. This cave lies high above the road and U entered through a nolo Just large enough to admit a human body. Thereafter it widens into a high tunnel, the ancient course of a subterranean river fed by the melting glaciers of a past age. but now dry throughout the year It calls for no Uhletlc feats, for It follows a stralch' ?oure into the mountain for nearly a nlle. through lofty, cathedral-like halt-estooned with crystal stalactites, which irre and there have grown Into majee-:c columns that support the roof. In he deepest recaes lie the paintings ol nlmals now extinct that ranged thsn ighlands when the climate was sub- Arctic. There are reindeer and bison and wild horse, all drawn In Imperishable manganese and ochre. DonbtlsM the object was magical; many of the bison bear on their Hanks aesegaU pointed at the heart, to conjure a successful hunting. They belong to the Magdalenlan period, which cminot have been less than 99,000 years ago, and L more likely to be nearly 30,000 Under no shorter period could all the flora ind fauna have changed so completely. In The Letter Box I'KOI'OSKs TIIIKI) KOI TK. Editor, Dally News. rtjf The people of Prince Rupert are for warding s petition requesting the gov- nment to build a railroad to the eace River and to make Runart (Kp ui'et. I am Inclined to believe that he government knows beforehand that he citizens of Prince Rupert want heir chy to be the outlet and ..so hat the people of Stewart are In a .ke frame of mind conosrnln ttudr wn town. The voloe of a divided. north will carry little weight but U united in sn application for a northern outlet and the logical route left to the decision of din Interested engineers. Ottawa would sit up and take no tic The route advocated In the Rupert petition is advantageous. It Is short 11 would tap the most popu.'ou par of the Peace, the Intervening oountn i highly mineralised and as such has otentlal possibilities. Prince Rupert has a fine harbor and an elevstor readv o rry've the Pace River uraln. HTFtVAHT KOI TK The Stewart route would also traverse territory, een greater in its mineral postulates, the aroundhog coal field would m opened up aud some agricul tural lands would be made available but a short way from Stewart looms great natural barrier and the expense of overcoming this would bo almost prohibitive and Stewart furthermore has practically no harbor facilities Tlllltli KOI TC There Is another route which as yet has uot beet; mentioned but which ap pears to me worthy of consideration. This Is the same Stewart route which as stated runs through a country rleh In minerals and also taps the aroundhog, but instead of turning towards Stewart it continues down the Naas m Madttae A. Larivlcrs of Fall River, Mass., suffered with eczema for three years, and had treatment from several doctors, all of whom gare op the esi. "Fiaalry," nhe says, "I went to a specialist, which cost ne another 120, but I was so better. "A friend advised me to try Zim-Bak, which I did, and fer which I hare ever since been thanh fol. I very soefl felt some relief, and perseverance with Zam-Duk completely rid me of the disease." swings Into the Kalum Valley and con-. r TM This way the distance would be greater i but the extra mileage would run through fine timber and agricultural lands. The grade Is th; best and there are no natural barriers ,o contend with and from this line, when developments would warrant the east, a brunch line could at any time be built into Stew art. A charter for this railway was granted before the war but the great struggle tied up all available money. Nature has so fashioned the great In terior that its outlet must necessarily be located within its own latitudes. To' force the commerce of this vast country , to a southern outlet is a political move and an outrage not to be tolerated. If the north la to develop and prospe: It must be allowed to do so along the i lines nature Intended. Personal and ' political differences should be forgotten. ! A vast land Is waiting to pour its; latent riches into this port. Let tats 'e directed to a southern city and Prince Rupert may as well face tne! fact that her notion nt rut,,.. , I :ee Is a mere Illusion. LOUIS FORKRUD LONDON'S PUBS ARE LOBSIDED MIME CI.OKK AT 10. OTIIF.KH AT II I TAXI DltlVKKH I1EXKHT ! LONDON, Jan. a. London Is all lobslded when It comes to drinking' hours in the pubs. In some borough the publto houaev must dose at 10 a j night, while across the street, in anj adjacent borough, the pubs do not close j until eleven In PaddlngtaB. Marylebone. I St. Pancraa and llusbury. where the; ten o'clock closing hour Is the. rule.! -slicabs are In great demand when, the pub oeasee serving drinks and there a race for the different saloons in nearby borough where the regulations illow an hour longer. The tail driver ere paid extra tares for fast driving by the patron who value their time accord ing to liquid rerun smptloc. I Th Oboreb of njtgland Temperance j Society favors Uniformity 'of hours'! uniformity of the shortest and not the' longest hoursand therefore ha coma out for closing at 10 pin. In all the! boroughs. The Temperance Council of the Chris- j t!an Churches assume the same view 1 and has taken a hand In a fight j against longer hours in Kensington, j ntwtngton and Wandsworth where the pub owners are petitioning for an extension until it o clock. Temperance workers do not blame the taxlcafe drivers for taking advantage of the situation nor the publicans, but has put the onus on the drinkers themselves who. they cc:c;:d. should be able to get all the i.'.'re-.hmenta re ouired in the eight or nii.r l"ur dally wnen tne lid is off. HOTEL .IRIIIV.U.. Savoy C. B. Flewln and O. E. Brown. Victory Cove: A. D. Stew-t, Spliler River; it. Olbson, Port Estington; Mr. John MicKenzle. Port Qdward: U MacDsn-ald, A. M. Stephen 'and Charles Ursen, city. Prlnre lliiiert Mr. and Mr. E. Bourget, city; K. Scherk. Duma Lave; Mrs. W. Hagen, Copper City; Mr. and Mrs. Q. OUchrist! nucha ns. Newfoundland; N Sherwood, Terrace. Central Mils M. Wlngate and Miss A Burnett, city; Lone Eagle and K Pete. Ottawa; H. McLeod. CNR; J McKensle, Smlthers. WEATHER REPORT. Prince upert. - Overcast, stron? wutheas wind; tcmneratnro. 40. Advertise in The Dally New Mr. C. Oakley of Saskatoon, who sustained a terrible cut on his leg, says: "Had I known of Zamlluk when the see idi-nt neenrred, t eould have saved myself a 140 doctor's bill I A doctor sewed up the cut and attended me for live week, bat the wound dkl not heal, and he advised rue to go into a hMpital "I objected, however, and used Zaa-Huk inMead, and to two weeks' time ttsi back at work." "Father iUwl"i'eil a painful sore on liis fuce, " writna Mis N. Lewis of hiker Luk, Oregon. "Numerous remedies asd trsat-tnrnt from several iloeturs failed to heal it, and the doctor sdvis.il til ui,-r;itiin. hmneooe adtriMni him to first try Znm Ruk. A few application liroulit relief, and continued use if Zam-Buk entirely herded the snre, saving fittier from an operation." Zsn-Bak Istmt fw eeirma, riatwwm. 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