THE DAILY NEWS Tuesday, February 26, J329 fAGE FOUK The Daily News PRINCE RUPERT BRITISH COLUMBli PuWIihed Every Afternoon, except Sunday, by Prince Rupert Daily News, Limited, Third Avenue. II. F. PULLEN - - - Managing Editor. " r :r SUBSCrtllTION RATES City Delivery, by mail or earner, yearly perl?VPld in advance $5.00 riod. naid in advance, ixr month . -" Rv mail to all Darts of Northern an3 Central British Columbia, nald in advance for yeariy period ... Transient Display Advertising, per inch,. per insertion Transient Advertising on Front PKe. per inch Local Readtrs, per insertion, per une . Contract Rates on Application Advertising and Circulation Telephone 99 Ed(or and Reporters Telephone . . . ,86 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation. DAILY EDITION fit J3.00 ,$t.4U 25 Classified Advertising, per insertion, purToru !V'. Lesral Notices. seh inse-ttin.pej iintc jlnf Vt-! 'tloi ,-J Or four month tm By mail to all other parts ol British Columbia, the British Empire and United Stales, paid in advance per jear .... $C0v 8y mail to all other couutries. per yea Tuijrf February 26, 1020 CHAIN STOKES GROWING FELL DEAD IN THE LIBRARY Herbert Duncan Mclntyre Passed 1l Away. Suddenly i esterday ; Afternoon J$ to S 1 While chattfngMr1th friends in the public library, where he had gone to obtain a book; Herbert Duncan Mclntyre, assistant office manager of the Alberta Wheal Rool'a Frinte Rupert levator and 'dean" of the elevator staff which he joined when the house was opened some three years ago. ckopjied, dead. "at 6:30 o'clock-, Ta at evening. ''Dr. J. P. Cade, who was immediately called, expressed the opinion that death had been due to a sudden stroke. v Mr. Mclntyre had left" his duties at the elevator at 5 p.m. and hd been driven as far as the post office by William Mclver, superintendent of the plant. From the post offiee he went on to the library and had just turned in his card and was looking over the book shelves with friends about when he collapsed and fell dead to the floor. His associates at the elevator state that Mr. Mclntyre had never 'comnlained and, right up to the The growth of chain stores is indicated in a report moment of his death, seemed to be mnrln Ur Pannrlinn Riiei'nMsc Pflapsimh Rnrpnii u'hiph ' in auite normal he"alth. He had shows a general increase of 23 per qent in 1928 over 1927. : dJhbr,ght and chery right up t0 According to that report, there were last year 1670 chain e5-ne' ,ate Mr jicintyre was 40 groceries and 297 chain drug stores, 237 meat stores, 223 yeBr f , aj and a wrtive of variety stores'and 217 tobacco and cigar stores. The total BranUordL oBt,. He taught school for last year was 3704, as against 3021 stores in the pre-, s-?i years in the province vious year. RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT (Victoria Colonist) If the P . G . E . is to be extended into the territory north of the C.N. R. line to Prince Rupert, its present owners YOUNG WIrB (teariujly): 'i be so cruel J-j-jurt because 1 m-m na flakes instead of rice flakes." t'nn't ; why y-y-u bouM the Mudding out of soap- The Humorist, London. SELVIG BROS. MEAT MARKET h 3rd Avenue u, . Phon7C5 MEAT, FISH AND VHGEOUULES M Specialty: "OLD COUNTRY SAUSAGES" Our make Fresh every day. Superior Quality. Daily News' Ads. Bring Results later became a commercial traveler. He had been for a short while at Fort Wilfiam receiving training in the grain business be' fore coming to Prince Rupert where he was first accountant at the elevator for the Department of Trade and Commerce. Her and any others who may acquire it in future, should regard inin.ri th e service of the Alberta the opening up and development of that country by the Ca-. wteat Pool when it took over the nadian Northeastern as a great piece oi good iortune. local house. ii'i n wi lKr.r,TT' nnfnwT o vimi. ttnAtxrmnrtA nnA uvUn.r Deceased is survived by - ucj a 4aajr cllVv.o u-m,,,-i,u brotherho is engaged in farming give territory, years must elapse during which it must pro- in thn r,ifnrH fIi.tH.t so tnr vide transportation facUities while as yet the volume of as can be learned, nifflrasi J iraiiic is msuiiicjrHio procura-an t equate return upon ,uiaie reiauves aurvjye. the capital investeal Not until the development of the ,e'n awaited Mm' 3211 SOD . I . . prosper country is well advdtakc an it tope f or" enterprise to a BTE?BdC Decome proniaoie - i ms province nas sobhj einer-kers. The late Mr." Mclntyre lence with the operation pi a colonization any thetafk ottas a member of the Masonic. developing the artas served. 4'Cn ft and the Royal Arch Masons If the north country is to be still in a wholly WyolMiSrtiztS W' oned state when, the P.G.E. is extended into it, is it not: An inquest is being hld Ujls obvious that profitable returns will be deferred, and that ' afternoon. ; ' large financial QiitWys Will have-to be made, during the The inquest is being conducted! neriod. more or less prolonged, that will be required to y Coroner Norman A. Vatt and hnihl nn j vnlnmp nf traffic thfitpf On tho nthor hnnrl if Jurors are Jack Keefe, William the territory is already largely developed, the P.G.E. will Sullivn' F-G-Py, l "vi ui ..i Jf f i,i.. i, ,1 n ens. Samuel Pierce F. A. Stev-and George HHve a. cuiisiuci vuiuiuc ui uttint icauy uu nuiiu. 1LMcIimoyl will have the only route capable of giving direct, speedy ! all-rail trahsportion between that territory and the chief a fish usually rests with its centres of trade, commerce and shipping in this province. ' head upstream. The reasons of-If the P . G . E . goes ... in first and ... builds up a population . ll ent,"t for 4 that Via f (f it breathes riraovViAa mnya easily sill if 4Kflf that and important interests there, that population and those interests will not submit to being deprived of any other railway outlet which they think will be of benefit to them. Nor will it be possible to prevent them from getting it. Both outlets are certain to come, sooner or later The only question is which railway is to do the pioneer work. more way. . , P5 Illustrated St. Charles Recipe Book sent free. Write The Border Co. Limited, I Iomcr Arcade. , Bldg., Vancouver. ST. CHARLES MILK (unsweetened) 71 GRAIN SHIP IS FINALLY AWAY Swedish Steamer Sydland Sailed Yesterday Afternoon W y). Full Cargo for U. K or Continent i" f After having spent an even three weeks in DC :.!. ?. ' t! Ml i ami ".1-, i rf ' .:ti'.l. l. IMS ,H. rortithe orththe Swedu SwediSH - -w - T steamer Sydland. sailed at 4 o'clock , yesterday afternoon for the Uni Flu iV3 V-.f ffcH . : -..( li'i-l'. fntli ; '$ - ' .'4V'W';i Uif ' AU'&mSl' " - f--M ' ' Mi , . I v I' . i -G np Checked at the start RUB your hcst ,tp check the. cold WfY1 complications: ', (1) It is vaporized by the heat of the body ana innaica lor noui s ui- ted Kingdom or Continent with arectto the inflamed air-passages; full cargo of grain loaded at thej m It acts through the skin like Alberta Wheat Pool's' Prince Rup ert elevator. Shortage of required grade? of grain caused the delay to the Sydland. Overnight 20 carloads of grain arrived from the prairies for the local house. The movement of grain to the port is reported to be lightening up again and there is uncertainty as to when another ship may be expected here to load. an old-fashioned poultice, "draw ing out" the tightness ana pain. ways at once . t r i rr ni vttH tf rv e Oyer & Million Jars UsEDYEARLt HYDE TRANSFER PHONE 580 , r, NEW SHIPMENT JUSTuVItUIVED , rlMine Head Alberta Lump l7Kkh $13.50 Mine Head Alberta Sootlcss Large Egg $12.50 Mine Head Sootlcss Egg . . .$1200 Pembina Peerless Egg , , ..... $12lo0 Also all other classes of coal. DRY RIRCII, JACKPINE AND CEDAR Single load $3.50 Double load . . . . . ;" , , ., . , . , . . .; . ; ... .. $6.50 Large KtcK ' . . 50c Box wood cuttings, large load . . . $3.50 Piano and Furniture Moving. Express and Baggage Day and it-ht Service 139 Second Avenue The producers average weekly wage In.' British Columbia Is $28.39 . . . 49 higher than the rest of Canada. In 1926 seventeen industries Increased weekly wages by $12,951 Actually In ten years our annual payroll has grown from 7K million dollars to 175 million dollars . . . the greatest advance by far of any Province during that period. This, of course, does not include' agricultural workers, professionals, clerks and others. British Columbia's gross payroll is estimated at 210 million dollars! Life Is more enjoyable ... we have more time to enjoy the year-round pleasures and recreations at our doors, whllejour general standard of living Is very much higher. 1 Taxation durlng'thc last four years has been . reduced by two and a half million dollars . . . concrete proof of our province's sound hnancial condition. !"!!' 1 111 I f ' if-.: 't-v Hi u CONSTRUCTION E GoingUp' A FTER all, tKcreVn placed i Ice British Columbia in -C- which to yyorkind liyxi and play! Ilerq there are no long ".off Sea'spjis" to cut ,down a man'svorking time. Our terripefate climate keeps a man fitf. .1 enables un to produce more . . . earn more. . ' : V Construction, that outward evidence of the faith we have In our province, has played a large part in the wage situation. In ten years British Columbia's construction activity has gone up ten times. In 1.910 it involved only $2,800,000 ... for 10 months In 1927 it amounted to $27,277,000! This activity has an immediate effect on current conditions. Cash funds arc disbursed for materials, employment is good . . . wages fairly steady . . . money in circulation. It Increases the capital Investment in our ' Province. And there can be no surer indication of future progress than when producing machinery increases ... a sign of growing markets . . . a sign that British Columbia products are winning a place in the markets of the world. J Real then, tnmuntmentt and umtnttnJ ytur pretinct't T pnimi j v w tup thfm tkl and ttni Htm Hrntndt. If ytu j it tin txira (tfitt thtH announemtntt i ntit to Ihu ntwtpaptr will ing them. Aiwtiit ytv Pmimtl BRITISH COIUMBIAS PROGRESS