W 4 PAGE FOUR THE DAILY NEWS BRINGING UP FATHER By George McMap.i. He Was Not Going Blind Ho pouta not rgad th netfpjfjjr WfthoatWfelriachi or eye smarting and some times could not even then net the print. He was afraid, and thought he had to go to Vancouver. A friend told him our on- tician had passed tho same exaras that opticians in Vancouver have to. Our optician found it was juHt the natural eye change at that age and the proper glasses are giving htm eonv fort. Our charges are also reas onable. JOHNgULGER t BO cJEVELLEIo THE STORE WITH THE CLOCr ( WE OlVfOUtt COAL 15 PICKEP) We pass our coal over a screen four times larger than any other coal screen in town. We are therefore putting out the cleanest and bsst prepared coal. We make it a point to get coal for you that will give the most heat with the least waste. Let us have your order for delivery now. Albert &McCafferjr Limited Phones 11C and 117 ROWE'S Sheet Metal Works Manufacturers of "Pitch and Gravel Roofing TJalvnnUed Roofing Chimney Tops Have Troughing Conductor Pipe Roof Flashing Warm Air Furnace Stove Pipe and Elbows Metal Hoofs and Siding Phone 340 IJtox 467 COAL Prices DOWN Pembina Peer I efts Egg $12.00 Pembina Washed Nuts $11.25 Albert Bootless Egg $12.00 Alberta Lump $13.00 These Coals are under cover and delivered dry. HydeTransfer AND COAL CO. 139 Second Avenue LINDSAY'S Cattage and Storage Phone 63 Cartage, Warehousing, and Distributing. Team or Motor Service. Cos! Sand and (J ravel We Specialize in Piano and Furniturr M ing. DA.DDY- YOU BETTER NOT LET MOTHER SEE tOU IN "VOUR ONDER3Hin.T- 5HE'i IN.A QAD TEMPER TMl .MORNING'- i lias Heen (treat Event in House Allhouf h Not Very Important I Document I (By R J. Deaehman.) OTTAWA. Feb. 38. When the Budget come down there la nothing else to talk about in Ottawa. It may not be famous document, but It blanket all the doings In the House (or a week. It doubtful If Its real - Importance on the things thst seem big and roll ing hundreds of millions from the end of the tongue Is a sporting proposition for the average man. Time bare changed since the postwar budget. Then, the Minister of Finance had nothing to talk about, lave deficits and taies and more taxes. The bluest of Budgets delivered In toe House of Commons, was the last on 3f Happy Harry Drayton, who landed on the job and had the helm Just when things were at their worst. One or two following that In which Mr. Fielding was the main figure, were not noted for their cheerfulness, but Mr Robb ha been able to sing a sweet song to the members of the House and they listen so cheerfully to I the story of prosperity that it almost sounds as If be would sing them to sleep. A GOOI STOKY However, the story of the fiscal year is a good one. The surplus of revenue aver - expenditure will, he anticipated, total M4,1S.OOQ. This, of course, is an estimate. The year Is not yet complete and Mr. Robb has a canny habit of not making things any better than they actually are. Loan to soldier net-tier and seed grain relief have been written off aa bad debts to the extent or sn.000.000 This makes the net urplus for the year. SS8.816.0O0. This will be devoted to the very worthy Idee of paying off the Notional debt. In the proposal (or reduction of uses, there ere some very pleasant feature, especially for those who pas; Income tax. There 1 a further cut of 10 per cent In the Income tax. The tax on Corporations will hereafter be per sent. There Is an allowance of an exemption to those who are supporting dependents, who through physical or mental Infirmity are unable to support themselves. In regard to the sales taut, there I s out of 39 per cent. The rale in force will not be S per cent. Apparently it is the poller of the Oovernment to the sales tax gradually until in process of . time, we may hope to see its complete elimination. This will be very cheerful news for business , because, beyosi question sales tax has its' Influence in increasing the coat ol living end adds aa well to the expense of doing business. (TAimr ( iiiMiMi TWtiil!seri conspicuous for their number than for their importance. There is a rebate in the duties on paper used in the pro duction of magazines. There Is a measure of Justice In this, although a rebate privilege must at best be only secondary means of reducing a tralff. It select a particular class for a spec ial favor and we have class favorite enough in Canada without resorting to this. Minor changes are made in other items, palm oil and Shea butter Is sow free Nickel Chromium Is also on the free list. It Is probable that very row people know what these article are, but it' a satisfaction at least to ae that they are free. Printing presses receive I reduction of S per cent when imported from countries enjoying the intermediate tariff -our total imports of printing presses in 1938 amounted to IM7.QO0 313.000 worth of these came in from countries enjoying the intermediate tariff It u safe, there fore to say. that no one will be shock ed partlculaall in regard to the changes in this item. II OOTTOV Milt lit ITM In regard to the cotton schedule, there I a complete re-srrauseaient of the item. No one can pass a hasty Judgment snd say whether the change la upward or downward - certainly there are some Items In which it Is lower. Certain extreme top have been taken oS here snd there. It may happen thst six months hence, when th public baa hail occasion Ui examine th schedules snd to test the result upon actusl imports, we will be able to say that a reduction In th tariff ha taken pluoe llrdurlloiift Imve h,eM nmrle in ciiialn itiirih ut :, niufrl:il for the Co '.tun Monului. t m fih It ii, a h-.isou- THINKS FOR iTnt INFORMA- TIOM- I CUVb I HAD BETTER ulacturera for any downward revision hat ha taker, place and that they should be sitting tight and pretty mak ing bigger profits than e.er throughout the coming year. That opinion however, must be subject to modification, because much will depend upon the way the new machine la operated. A close driver may een succeed In making it higher than It ha been be- toie. MliEISE ARE WOflLLKNflf In regard to woollens, the situation Is even more doubtful. Take one item at an lUustratlon: The duty on knitted ?ood was formerly SO per cent Bri ule on all items valued at more than ! works. 00c a pound. On all items selllne lor Mrs. J. ii. Johnston, who has bees pending the winter in California to: lie benefit of her health. 1 expectee me early next month. In the dlatrlcts of Vanderhoof and on Fraser. the value of ties produced his yer wUl be in the neighborhood 1 lft0.0O0. J. D. Moore and William Bunting of - ort Frajser were v.sitors in VauderhooJ ast Tie loaders arc now operating In the Vort Fraser district. The Central Interior Oram and Hay Pool ahlpped a carload of grain to tht Sinclair miUs during the week. tish Preference. SO per oent Iatermedl-i Richards Motors have sold a Cbev te end S per cent Ocneral. It re-' role t truck with dump body and cu. main the same under the new scbed- to provincial department of Dublit leas than 00c a pound, the duty under! Dr. W. Ross Stone was called t the British Preference Is cut 5 per Chilco last week to attend Mrs. Gcor-. cent. The net saving to the pecple of Johnson who Is suffering with an at Canada from this reduction, will be so lack of pneumonia. nflniteelmaUy small that It is ex- j remely difficult to measure. The ssnie ! A psrty was held Friday evening at process of reasoning spplies to a fcreat the home ol Mr. and Mrs William many of the changes made (Smith, non' Substantial reductions In the tariff , nd Mrs. Ar would have been a greater forward in- pulse to business than anything ele ' Nearlt hat could have happened In the Dom- dance lulon of Canada at the present time, he r : We are approaching a great construe- Clem tive era We ar produsers of basic materials. Our wealth lies in forest. A field, mine snd the sea. We require set ' new settlers to develop the country. sloi.t. t MBtta0&t9BataV8sstaxacxfi town, in honor of Mr 1 M. Johnston. ;uest were In atten-vable social evening in and Mrs. E. C. Mc- aday evening. 5U r teen mills ha been ' y the village commla- ..l "hoof, this bring the These settler will net be Interested in same as laat year. It baa been decided nil HI n jor46 years ano Know Qjv none hotter RIB! TEA , C6FFEE BAKING POWDER 1 V anted . For Sale For Rent WLU-VJHER DO YOU Thimk" YOU ARE COIMG? TEqff ' I wi croo .. h J m ' J JP FLEA" HBK- I 1 1 TMAT THAT SUIT- SUIT- YOU YOO'UL LL NOT NOT OUT OF TVUb HOU'bE- 5Hi IT-1 ,r j i 'SFWt I Ii.ls rf4f!f M II. " l "V x- ' '' l Jirfl X ! fiA 11 TO! DISCUSSION ON OTTAWABUDGET menu the attention It receives. There !Rble guess that the lertuction in these ' are other thins that are more Im-litems of raw material should be more! portent, but we centre our attention than sufficient to cumpcnwite the man- ' I l jlli ' 'lr ''Ij l 'C j j eductions eductions which which have hve taken taken place place In In , JL .;e ':c intone income Ux. ux. Changes change:, in in the tne Sales ssies.i j V7 eshon fax will not effect them to a very Teat extent. Substantial reductions In the tariff would have been a potent ' and powerful factor. In ameliorating ;he business situation, but the relief n that regard has not come from the present Budget. We forward to the future. must still loo) YANDEKIIOOF Bert Black and Mr. and Mrs. Steele were among the Fraser Lake visitors Is town with the hockey team last week. DAILY NEWS CLASSIFIED ADS. 22c per word in advance. No Advertisement taken fo lets than 50c id take a census of the town and Inv ,3S a .poll tax. The three children of Mr. and Mrs. rank Belsham of Proper Lake aie ortously 111 and are at present under itiarantlne. The hour of service opening at the -cal United Church has been changed i 7:16 on Sunday evenings I. A. Ahlm Is In Edmonton with trs. Ahlm who is receiving medical reatment following several months of erlous lUneaa. Mrs. Frank Bowman apent rlnce Oeorge on business. UUHNS LAKE s week in Peony plants, a memento from the rlnce of Wales of his recent tour of .'anada. have been received In Burm ake. Mr. A. H. Silk 1 a patient In the rlnce Oeorge Hospital, having been iken 111 here last week. . Felix Johnson left the Burns Lstkc Hospltsl laat week after having received reatment for an injury to his ankle. Fred Joudry. Prince Rupert optician, i a visitor here on professional busl- Mrs. T. Trousdell has returned to 'er home In Burns Lake after having pent several week in Vancouver. Mrs. V. Schelderup la visiting in Smlthers where she la havlnn some tental work performed. Charles Carlson Is s patient in the 3urns Lake Hospital suffering from a adly bruised leg. the result of an ac-Ident In a tie camp. Tyson Radley. who sustained injuries hil skating recently, is 'now making atisfsctcry progress toward recovery. District Visitors in town during the isit week have included Axel OJsen. Mnskln: Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bhlnn. southbank: T. W. Brewer. Smlthers: J. Roberta. OoUeymount: Albert Irwin. Fraeer Lake; Brie FJeaUd. Top ley: a araaten. Southbank; J. Cameron. The Omlneea Ski Club of Bums Laaw boast the largest membership of any kl club in British Columbia. It has in enrollment to date of 71 members. Weather during the past week has taken a summery turn with comparatively high temperature readings dux- T. 0. Thomson l the guest of Mr nd Mrs. Andrew Walker at Francois Lake. W. H. Pym of Vancouver, well known log judge, was a business visitor here last week. LITERARY MEETING OFFIRESIDE CLUB The monthly literary meeting of the KJ Club was held last night in the Baptist Church, hymns and hymn writer th stsbject of the evening. The Uvea of the -writers and the origin of many of the best known hymns we have today, was the subject of papers read by Misses Y: Terrlen, C. Uussallem. B. Ollker, Miss Dawson and Mia W Col-Iison, Mr. Price, and Mrs. Pl let tier. Solos were given by Mrs. Larktn, Mr. Oolllson. Mr. McLachlan and Mr. Howard. Rrf res heme tit were then served. Next week a debate with the United Young Pople'a Society and social will be the feature of the evening. ELKS' WHIST Sirs. II, J. HreillMiry and K. A. Swan- Winner. In Merflng last Mghl In the Elks' Whist drive series last night Mrs. H J. Bradbury won ladle' first prlve with score of 300 while Simon A Swanaon touk th- men's prle wiim i-t.T 1 1,( rr was ,1 court "ill if lil.iyers. xi'ert turn- High Low WANTED WANTED. EXPERIENCED BOOK- keeper: permanent position; out of town: gucd salary. Reply In own har.dwritlng. Box 06 Daily Newts office to OIRL WANTED FOR Phone Blue 306 FOR SALE HOUSEWORK. tf FOR SALE. tlSOO BUYS A MSwXY finished house 5 rooms, bathroom, pantry and basement. Handy to sawmill. Phone Black 631. tf FOR BALE - FIVE ROOM HOUSE AND bath Sixth Avenue and Hall Street. lltOO.OO: Easy term. Apply Theo. Collsrt. Co , Ltd. tf FOR SAUC - NEABLY NSW UFtUOBT Orand Piano Phone 70S. 01 FOR RENT FOR BSNT. BOOM IN PRIVATE home 432 Eighth Ave. West Phone Red 737. 61 FOR RENT ROOMS WITH OR WTTH-out board Central location. Phone Blue 163. tf HOUSE FOR RENT 6 ROOMS AND BATH. Apply Munrr. Bros tf FOB BENT - FURNISHED HOUSE Apply ait Fourth Ave. East tf jHJRNrrunB and ranges DONT BIUMO YOCR DIRTY BOOTS from the garden into the kitchen Place a Diamond Rubber Mat at the Kitchen door. W -arry them In dock, also all kinds of furniture and ranges. A. MACKENZIE Furniture Phone 776. CHIMNEY SWEEP II. i. ZdMKBIIK fleer Handy Man furnace and Stove Cleaned and paired. ChlmnlM Swept. Cemetery Plot Oar) Per. Phone Red S4a Prtne Rupert, bo EXCHANGE XKW AND KKCOMi ltl FfRMTt'ltr bought and sold snd exchanged Mayer Piano and Two Cash Registers in stock PAFAtHllM'IOs MtRt N Third Ave. Pitts tit CHIItOPHACTlC tin. H. E. EYDUKOM Chlmprartsr I ' BM Third Avsmie. j Telephone for appointment now to Blew tf. Resldeno j"" T:'.tik Mt, ' '4 w M Vwir aVipdfinel'ti 'now. PRINCE RUPERT TIDES vvvvv4 TIBHIMY. rCrHH ANY M High g.sa a.m. 10.4 ft. 90 00 pjn ' 1S.7 " 0:17 .m SJ " 13 33 pm. Si) " FDNKHIAY. FERMI HV M High I'M a m. 10.1 ft 31 33 pm. . IS " Low 1 36 a.m. 0.7 " 14 m pjn (4 -Till RNIMY. MAItril I H!?h t 16 a m. 10.1 ft 93:46 p m. ICS " ' 3:83 SJB. 10.3 " 16:10 p.m. 6J " miii v, ma urn t High 10:38 am. 10.6 ft. 33:49 pjn. VI - L" 4:It 0L 03 " 17:16 pBL 4 3 " ' "ATI IUMV. Jl tflgh' : . . . 'MllV High Ixw High Iiw Ulttfl 3 ll;37THr? 363 ft. 1 iU 0 37 am. 19:17 pin 0:36 a m. IS as p m. MOMIAV. MAItril 1 06 a.m. 13:00 p.m. "11 n.m. 14:33 pjn. TrHNii.tY. muni 140am IS 'SO p m 7 40 a.m. 20:01 p.m. 19 ft. 90S " 76 " la 31 3 64 " 3 6 " 90 3 ft. 31.3 " S4 " 37 " STEAMSHIP rrm WneSMiTrr Suhdata Wessr3jSe Frloayk ' CF.HfrJeb. II s-ni Trains Sunday. T .fcJt. Tn AirWt. Allee Ann nrucieil Lcitind F ound,4t MOVEMLNI far Vaneouvrr TUSsdiy- s Csni'isun Friday a. Pru.r, ,.. Saturday at Csrdeti ss PrincM B'i ' Feb. 18- as Ptn, ,-. m , Feb 3 . 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From Cjneen rh.rlotl' I'1""1 Feb 9 and as . C.N.R. TRAINS For th F.s' Monday. Wednesriiv " at tlM aJn. Frsin !he Ba-Ttiesdsys. Thursdny at 340 pm. I.ANI) AT Inst nistrlpt of Tel". i n hi lOM'l '"'I .rl I 'II ,i s"" In Oaaalsr Land Dl" ;('' ' .k irfl 31 .f alfuate at ttwi north"'' Like, about 40 ml e " ' .. town of Atlln. in "' ' Mr longitude, and bm" v",r- . latitude. . .n f , , j TAtr urvrirt I in' ' J .. mieux. of oiiy - " ,f,.d 1 oeuption Tmpr; in, 7 e. I'M " ft., for Isaac of the land Coisvnenelng st hvthmst u id hi (il l I'. IfiO feet north cil ''" r.atrM niMAv th,iir LtH' " one mile south; Mi' i " ( thence one mile n ' ' IM0 acres, more or ! vn , (Bed.) JOHN Ai" Dated Decern bei 8 it;. l!lf I