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News:
of
finance
owae
it
to
the
public
to
tell
what
evidence
he
has
)hc
'"7
cou,d
,make
Ih.i"?M,tJ
against
the-gYernment'agent
iSsVi
WHICH
END
TO
UELWVK?
C0PETITI0j
ENDS
NEXT
WEEK
The
suggmt'ons
for
improving
conditions
in
northern
and'
contra!
British
Columbia
have
mostly
been
along
one
line.
The
buildicg
f
a
highway
and
the
formation
of
a
new
province.
While
some
valuable
suggestions
have
been
made,
the
last
word
has
Upt
been
said
and
there
is
still
plenty
of
room
tor
others.
(r-
,
The
competition
will
end
definitely
on
Saturday
of
next
week,
after
which-the
article
will
be
judged.
taiuuuii,
us
wus
sre,
s
i
wwtaau
faet
td
to-be'
a
dlfrtfeiit
Terfy
fNB-the
ionesihat
-a
in
use-
farther
&p
wjtU;
South
or
north
side
is
all
the
it,
is
iiibiiiu.uEi
umi.
me
m
neat
uui
nm
auu
iu
ito
Dim-
g&me
to
me
The
main
thine
is.
aire
caDacitvteD-Vancouver
to
the
extent
of
two
and
three-
w
a
quarter
milltopushels,
increasing
the
overhead
by
about
c.
jj,
'
MILLAR.
$300,000
anhutllly,
while
they
have
under
lease
half
the
nroposed
increase
here
which
they
are
permitting
to
watt
dismissal
lie
idle,
notwithstanding
that
wheat
cargoes
should
be
shipped
as
clfcwply
from
Prince
Rupert
as
from
Vancou-
Editer,
Daily
News:
ver,.tnu8
saving
tne
annual
overneaa
oi
!ibu,uuu.
Tne
it
is
not
only
those
who
mhiht
mi'lion
and
a
hfilf
capital
outlay
would
then
be
available
be
expected
to
be
critics
ef
the
for
increasingrfacilities
at
country
points.
present
provincial
administration
If
we
weremembers
of
that
organization,
we
should
who
are
Bayin
todv
xhMt
feel
compelled
to
ask
the
management
for
an
explanation
f!Lth
H0"0"
V
Minister
aa
to
the
wiid;m
of
the
oolicy
of
increasing
the
shipping
iTi
oinacitv
whenthre
re
already
a
large
unused
capacity
in
miMiaR
the
local
government
g-what
may
bjAhc
largest
crop
year
for
some
time.
lent
for
alleged
participation
in
fwuiea.
mere
is
a
storm
oi
in-
dilution
in
Prince
Rupert
about
;
this,
shabby
action
on
the.
part
of
,the
government
and
it
ia
stating
a
fact
to
say
that
many
Conservatives
as
well
as
Liberals
feel
badly
abeat
it
Better
had
been
expected
than
this
of
such
admin-tot
raters.
a
Mr.
Shelly
and
there
to
more
surprise
that
he
should
have
been
a
party
to
such
a
thing
than
there
Is
at
the
thisg
itself.
There
was
a
feeling
that
itch
men
as
the
minister
of
finance,
men
who
have
been
well
known
and
respected
in
their
J
private
spheres,
would
not
stoop
to
such
rotten
things
as
this
in
their
service
to
the
public.
As
for
the
dismissal
itself,
it
'does
not
come
altogether
as
a
!
surprise
to
those
who
may
have
observed
some
of
the
things
i
along
this
line
that
have
transpired
in
the
province
since
the
j
Totmio
administration
took
office.
It
brinns
closer
home,
how-
Record,
Philadelphia,
ever
a
rank
and
ruthless
policy'
.
.
.
.
of
political
patronage
that
is
.
bound
to
wreck
the
civil
service
1,.
-
.
THE
DAILY
NEWS
Friday,
May
17,
1923
that
any
single
actof
his
during
would
never
have
had
the
oppor-
that
period
can
be
construed
to
tunity
to
dismiss
him,
for
he
have
been
actuated
by
political
would
have
beaten,
them
to
that,
favor
or
disfavor.
To
Liberal
or
He
may
derive
some
comfort
from
Conservative,
to
-Canadian
or
this
statement,
and
it
is
voicing
alien,
to
one
and
all
alike
atten-
the
feelings
and
sentiments
of
tive
and
courteous
service
has
ninety-nine
per
cent
of
the
people
been
(rendered
by
the
dismissed
of
the
city
and
district
with
1
njflfsday's
issue
of
your
paper
Government
Agent
-rind
his
staff,
whom
Mr.
Watt
has
come
into
icarrfi
a
communication
from
C.
That
he
should
bedfiow
dismissed,
contact
in
his
official
capacity,
in
RiSwAnson.
wherein
he
nokes
at
without
even
theAiurtesy
of
be-
saying
it,
that
he
is
regarded
as
City
deliver,
by
mail
or
carrier,
yearly
rwrtodi
paid
In
'advanCgj&tf.OQ.
thefd6a,
that
there
are
mudflats
ins
allowed
to.
make
a
decent
de-
probably
the
best
government
For
Iesr
period,
pam
in
advance,
per
m9nini,v....ivv.r
.ov
that
dry-off
at
low
tide
in
the
ience,
is
maewj
a
.poor
rewaru
ngeni
rnnce
jiuperi
nan
ever
nau
By
mail
to
all
parts
of
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia",
iSketria
RiVer,
opposite
to
Tyee.
for
his
good
servleahere
and
for
and
that
he
leaves
his
place
with
paid
in
advance
for
yearly
period
.
.;,...
.......
:5K00
,
itfo
well
known
that
a
boat
his
three
yearf
overseas,
the
more
friends
in
this
agency
than
Transient
djaplay
advertising,
per
inch,.rjej$ierion
.-.
.
.
.
.
.-..1,40
f
,
B&
a't
.Tjfe
during
high
marks
of
which
he
.still
bears.
of
the
tide.
This
condition
is
isters
of
the
crown.
It
is
farj
Bj
mail
to
all
other
parts
of
British
Columbia,
the
British
Em-
InreVont
twice
a
dav.
Then
durine
from
an
admirable
state
of
af-!
9
1
rtfijWMfJi
Columbia
by
charging
the
very
foundations
of
,Mfj
l;tipwhlgh
standard
it
has
in
,re-
!
v.
cent
years
been
permitted
to
at-jy'!
,
tain.
'
Mr.
Watt
sieclfically
denies
tithe
charge
of
political
parttcipa1
i'tlon
upon
which
his
dismissal
j
has
been
based.
Thoso
who
know
L,
Mr..
'.Watt
apd
his
work
will
ag.
'
F
ree
with'
his
repudiation
of
the'
i'
Charge.
During
his
fivo
years
of!
service
here,
his
policies
have
,
been
clear
cut
and
business
like
:'j
and
there
are
none
who
ean
say
'
ifo?rta"
'
'
y
-
trtl
Mr'
i
t
:-.,!'
,;
-i
...
ithe
Conservative
government
ean
Transient
advertising
on
front
pagf,
r
wi;;..
.,..,.
j;.Z-oJ
.
Ufl
.
.
.
j,ut
t
'lo-ivf
.
tide
there
is
a
It
Ti
I
bodes
J
111
111
for
.the
future
of
hope
to
win.
Local
readeris,
per
insertion,
per
H;i;vJlt....5
'ttjud
fiat
that"jlHes
off
at
least
the
civil
service
o&this
province
-
NONPARTISAN
1
Classified
advertising,
per
insertio'
width
of
the
if
such
actions"
ar
this
are
to
be
.
j
Legal
notices,
each
insertion,
peryayaf
-Ifnerji-U.;'.
..V.-
1&
Uni'df
fat
varinir
with
the
ranore
tolerated
from
ISteonsible
min-
Or
four
months
for
A
POLITICAL
CRIME
nire
and
United
States,
paid
in
advance,
per
year
6.00
mnu.
4uar
i.
a
fairs
that
faithful
emolovees
of
Editor,
Daily
News:
By
mail
to
all
other
countries,
per
year
7,50
.great
-deal
of
floating
Ice,
and
the
government,
gven
though'
Public
opinion
that
intangible
DAILY
EDITION
DISMISSAL
OF
NOIIMAN
WATT
-
Lometimee
a
solid
sheet
of
ice!
they
should
not
be
tarred
with
substance
which
makes
and
un-
from
one
bank
to
the
other
for
the
same
political
stick
as
the
makes
government
in
this
May
17,
,t
moo
1929
.
.f
administration,
should
be.
as
a
was
shocked
to
its
centre
by
the
The
suggestion
of
ferrying
'consequence,
dismissed.
Such
ac-nws
you
published
yesterday
af-traffic
across
the
river
under
thetions
will
certainly
not
give
the'ternoon
of
the
summary
and
un-above
named
circumstances
ore-1
security
to
the
service
that
it
just
dismissal
of
Norman
Watt,
The
one
subject
of
conversation
around
.the
city
TJJSJtXS'tJSTAS
7
.'"'v.T'S!
yesterday
seems
to.
have
been
the
dismissal
of
t
'A
s.i.
i
iv
mv
hv
th
nriri
nt
-honor.
Norman
Watt.
Hl
Rally
y
raa?'delpged
AVlth
re-f
k
ccgiuiy
ttvSh
government
that
lowers
itself
to
able"
before
his
name,
but
this',
quests
to
take
Up
thematter
'
ail'd
Speak'
out
-Strongly
thelce
conditions.
That
will
have
participate
in
them,
action
belies
his
title.
j
against
such
action.
Some
of
these
requests
cam'
from
to
be
done,
if
the
tourist
rush
is
The
only
reasenTthat
can
ibc'
Mr.
iWatt
was
dismissed
be-1
supporter
bf
the
government
Which
was
responsible
for.
to
be
kept
in
good
humor.
seen
on
the
rt!ff4fe
to
account
eause
of
his
alleged
political
ac-!
the
dismissal
'
'
-
')'
A"
ft.-
'B.--HYCILFSON
"for
Mr.
Watt's
dteaisaal
ia
that
tivitlea.
Now
whatever
political
Genenil
regret
is
felt
throughout
the
city
that
the1
min-!-'
'
!
on4.;
-tfe
W.
-secre-
pinion.
Mr
Watt
may
rssess.:
.
.
,
6
tary
to
the
now
leader
of
the
few
people
know,
if
at
all.;
i
any
i
u
u
i-v.
i
:
a
v
-
j
-it,.
op-
ister
of
ftnance
should
'have
felt
t
necessUryHo
take
it
highway
is
th-tiung
IpJn
att4
by
strMng
He
doe.
not
express
them.
Mr.!
drastic
action
such
as
that
announced
yesterday;!
It
is
dif-
-
'
jhlm
(Uwy
uy
imaine
they
are
-vatt
has
been
the
local
agent
of
ficultto
believe
that
Mr.
Watt
committed
any
indiscretion
Editor,
Daily
Newa:
(striking
at
Mr.
Pattullo.
Such
a
the
government
de
jure
et
de
fac-j
worthy
of
such
action
as
dismissal
from
the
service,
espe-
With
interest
I
have
read
the
motive
is
as
empty
as
it
is.un-
to
ai
Victoria
and,
he
would
bej
Ciaiiv
When
it
is
considered
that
he
is
a
returned
man
and
two
Utters
concerning
the
Ter-,
worthy.
a
bold
man
who
would
say
that.
was
hirllv
shot
un
fri
the
war
irac
Highway,
one
from
C.
F.
Mr.
Watt
will
at
least
have
Mr.
Watt
ever
overstepped
.
.
-
a
C,
IU
alLni.
VT
T
iLl.
it
u
V-
llll.
t
LI.
...4s..t4
t...
i-l
nvor
vhnnoreAbhax
."Tif'in
iinvwivnv
nffpndpr)
-iri'n
n.irtfcnri
t
deal
with
them.
There
could
ficient
and
respected
public
ser-
wnv
hr
i
;
"
:
"'
1
be
some
kind
of
bridge
built
out
v,t
thit
he
'la,
Mr.
Shelly
and
V
IlUl
Ce
"
A
,
-
,
t.
.:n
v,.
JxAiJnX'.i.i.',iUii-iti..
rki:.
t0
deP
the
While
we
agree
with
the
minister
that
a
government
"",
e""-imi
2
.yTTS.
Tr
Ji
,
.
.
,
,
.
....
.
..
'
Coultier.
I
.u
that
Mr.
ifi
f
ft
i
'
;t
i
must
aay
should
be
the
victim
of
a
miser-
fering
in
matters
political.
Mr.
should
not
take
if
also
employee
any
part
in
politics,
is
can
not
very
keen
fm
ab
lltica,
pniak:
he
Watt
didn.ti
that.,
true
that
many
who
were
keen
partisians
under
the
Me-
th
-i.
OP
hB
Wftuld
not
uv
i
w,
.i.nort...
(rnm
m.
u
hP
oriaHn
rnui.
-e-n
t
i
i
j
i
Urute-liOWSer
atimmisxrations
reiainea
meir
positions.
"No
ferry
or
no
road."
Mr.
Swan-
a
clean
character
and
a
good
esce
in
this
most
unjust
and
sum-Locally
Mr.
Watt
has
been
a
most
careful
public
ser-
son
must
be
acquainted
with
name.
Had
he
actually
been
the
"ry
dismissal
of
an
honest
and
vailt.
He
Was
a
Close
personal
friend
of
Mr.
Pattullo
and
these
rock
and
mudflats,
and
I
politi-al
henrhman
that
he
is
ae-
upright
employee
Of
the
govern-naturally
WOUkl
be
favorable
tp
his
return,
but
no
one
has
m
sure
fte
aM
t
an
idea
how
cuserl
of
being,
and
not
the
ef-
went,
they
must
bear
the
onus
of
If
on
the
other
"hnl,
'thix
is
water
on
both
sides.
.the
Conservative
administration
some
high
handed
aeijon'
on
the
wiu
uc
Ku.iu
u
m
w
w,C
uiivci
Kuvuiii-
After
Hl
the
one
who
hM
ment
took-
overfthe
government
m
m'Colonel
McMullin
to
build
the
road
has
to
decide,
was'goveipmerit
agent,,
an
appointee
.of
the
Conservative
where
it
has
to
go
through.
All
administration.
He
was
retained
and
later
promoted
to
a
v&.
wajU
.
to,
,the
.
wad
,
a4
tkat
in
position
of
greater
trust
We
are
of
.
opinion
that
Mr.
Watt
pWtye
.
,
t,
yme.
,
V
ferry
1
was
onunllv
wnrthv
At
At
nnv
mto
rate,
wo
we
thinW
think
tVio
the
miniator
minister
might
'Kht
even
be
worth
seeing
and1
part
of
the
Vancouver
member
of
the
Victoria
government,
which
may
not
be
unexpected
in
this
northern
part
of
the-
province,
which
Vancouver
is
sucking
dry,
the
local
Conservative
Association
will
duobtless
place
themselves
on
record
in
opposition
to
Mr.1
'Watts
dismissal
and
retain
oi
thonsiB
Four
basic
mlvnntngcs
enable
Fisher
so
remarkably
to
increase
body
value
while
holding
down
price,
as
to
make
Fisher
Hotly,
for
tens
of
thousands
of
motor
car
buyers,
the
determining
factor
in
motor
car
selection.
This
preference
is
the
result
of
the
greater
Fisher
I
tody
value
which
in
enrs
outside
the
Fisher
Itody
group
is
oh
lain-ahlo
only
in
cars
costing
several
hundred
dollars
more.
1
First
of
these
fundamental
Fisher
advantages,
is
tho
enormous
resources
of
the
Fisher
llody
Corporation.
Sonic
idea
of
thocxtcnt
of
Fisher
resources
may
be
realized
when
oneconsiders
that
Fisher
operates
the
world's
largest
manufacturing
plant
for
automobile
body
hardware
and
fittings
(Tcnistcdt);
one
of
the
largest
plate
glass
manufacturing
plants
in
the
world;
and
harvests
timber
from
its
own
200,-000
acres
of
forest
lands
and
converts
that
timber
into
lumber
in
its
own
mills.
O
Another
reason
for
the
un-
precedented
valna
of
llody
.by
Fisher
is
-Fisher's
huge
pro-
til's
l
4'
MS
him
Hi
livelihood.
For
Mr.
Watt
is
a
good
government
agent.
This
is
one
action
which
the
local
Conservatives-will
find
hrd
to
justify
and
which
mol
0(
them
who
have
any
decent
y
will
condemn
thumbs
down.
ARTICLES
ON
PE4CE
RIVER
I
e)
n
COT
Will
C$I1S1
9'
"INDEPENDENT"
The
Pence
River
is
very
much
in
the
public
eye
today,
in
order
to
keep
Prince
Rupert
foedpi'
folly
informed
in
regard
to
tbe
situation
there,
we
haVe'flf
ranged
for
a
scrieH
of
six
articles
by
a
mm
who
has
just
nuf&e
a
tour
of
the,
district.
The
first
of
these
will
be
pil-blisnWl
on
Saturday
and
the
others
at
convenient
Intervals.
These
articles
will
give
an
klea
of
the
way
in
which
the
district
hi
developing
and
naturally
will
taj-l
to
a
more
ttetermined
effort
to
secure
direct
railway
connection
for
Frince
Rupert,
the
logical
outlet
to
the
sea.
1;
d'.
Ms.!?
v.
II
only
tkose
cars
wiili
tJyiiy
fisher
duction,
icith
all
thnt
mcrins
therefore,
does
not
bid
for
con-in
reduced
costs
of
fabrication
tractnit
always
knows
well
in
and
assembly
and
huge
saving
udnmce
what
its
mamifactur-by
reason
of
great
purchasing
fcViiig
program
is
going
to
be,
and
power.
to
co-ordinate
its
operations
so
As
u
"iovalill
further
ccon-production
everyone
known,
quantity
is
one
of
the
chief
'amiw
"J"10
itnmmS
high-factorsin
miiiiiifarliiriiiiri
.
nn-
ost
quality.
omy.
FishcremplnyH
more
than
60,000
persons,
who
build
annually
in
lit
great
factories,
upwards
of
1,2.)0,000
automobile
bodies.
Some
idea
of
Fisher
Itody
purchasing
power
will
ho
gained
when
one
notes
that
in
the
twelve
months
of
1920
Fisher
required
for
the
manufacture
of
Fisher
bodies,
moro
lhan600,000,000poundsofsleel,
205,000,000
boa
r
d
fee
t
o
f
1
u
m
her,
26,000,000
square
feet
of
plate
glussand
about
20,000,000
yards
of
upholstery
cloth.
Ql
third
basic
reason
for
Fish
er
Itody
va
luo
is'Fisli
cr's
certainty
of
marhet.
.
'
V
4
A
fourth
basic
reason
for
Fisher
llody
value,
is
tho
proxi
m
i
ty
of
Fish
cr
llody
manufacturing
plants
to
the
chassis
plants
of
its
customers.
This
eliminates
much
costly
handling
andhnldsdown
transportation
expense,
and
thus
permits
Fisher
to
put
still
greater
value
into
its
bodies.
i
i
i
This-cxplains
why
Fishcrisnblo
to
build
value
so
superior
us
to
make
Itody
by
Fisher
tho
determining
factor
today
in
thousands
of
motor
car
sales.
Compare
Fisher
llody
cars,
listed
below,
with
other
cars
in
That
market
consists
pfj,
the
their
respective
price
fields
and
companies
manufacturing
General
Motors
cars
Fisher
Body
Girporat
ion
be-ingadivision
of
General
Motors.
Fisher,
2S'
BODY
body
vay
FISHER
Kn.ynii.i
t.
Morons
of
tU.V.IIM.
LIMITtm
you
seo
that
in
Fisher
llody
cars
alonodocs
yourmoncypurchuso
all
thobody
valuoyou
havo
n
right
to
expect
in',a
motor
car.