1 ( ' Without u doubt, iiul a mile in a rain is a long way. Prince Rupert Daily News As 1 Sec It Victoria Report Tuesday, July 17, 1951 ray.. Reflects and Remin sees ... by J. K. Neobitt Must of us have heard of the surging river floods in Missouri and Kansas. When the Manitoba wetnvss scared Western Canada not long ago, there were calls fur help and the general situation was mean enough but not like more kyowlvrtn,1J CALYIH BUlJ Milfion Dollar Headaches Average Salaries Goinr Up . VICTORIA. One financial headache after has been the lot of the Coalition government - iwhats g-ing on today away It is midwinter now in south- j clown m tne Mississippi Valley, east Australia. Winds ftveze and Tnls time, whin it comes to An Independent dally newspaper devoted to the upbuilding of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia. Member of Canadian Press Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Daily Newspaper Association O A. HUNTER, Managing Editor. H. O. PERRY, Managing Director . SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 3y Carrier, Per Week, 20c; Per Month, 75c- Per Year, sr . $8.00; By Mail, Per Month, 73c; Per Year, $8.00 U&0fS Prince Rupert Daily News Ltd., 3rd Avenue, Prince Rupert. Published every afternoon except Sunday by Inert' are snow drifts. Later on.i jcsses and all thu, .13 in the Iblllloii dollar clas in recent years. Despite the millions rolling into the ;Canada can say lne same, ai-provincial treasury, there's always the possibility Barley Coffee FIRST TIP on how a deficit an unbalanced budget- -because expends, nned stl.eets er bananas and ; oranges ripe inough- to pick. mount daily. The eovernment now has to make a coffee substi ANYWAY, SAMf. OtU STITV Someone -has been describing mil f'nd another $2,000,000 x year for tute comes from a and round the vicious' circle. 13 one knows where it will stop. B.C. Bureau of Statistics shows that B.C. salaries are now higher than ever before $5075 on an Last year, 4.320 bald eagles were- shot! in Alaska. Shades of Washington and Lincoln, isn't ther room in a country like that for the national bird? Or must two dollars be reckoned too precious to be at large? Years ago, it u: nothing at ail unc inimoii to watch an eagle drifting slowly over the townsite. Just, a neighborly call, and he seemed to know it. the fighting in Korea as World War No. 2' 2. This leaves the $47. '.9 situation beautifully uncertain average compared with d prairie vetei an i make up an ef fort win be- mix.iL Charlie Bullock. He says to cut down the civil service. , , i -l i j. I There's no doubt now that it's they Used barley, not overstaffed. There's too much wheat, back in the old ! empire " buildin. Give the aver- is but it suggests Communism this time last year. Vancouver has the highest mining iwkc mo r,,i average weekly wage ii.u, B6' days. he wants to hire .staff and dos Nl'MBF.R ONE Simply take the barley grains, so, unless he's carefully wat ;he:l Victoria is next, with $47.95, Thomas . Dewey, governor of compared to $43.74 a year ajtf. i New York State, wearing army Are people better off, now that j khaki, combat boots and a green The annivrrsary o tlje Router A few years of .such empire field cap. has been touring the I Correspondence Bureau founded! building and the civil service is fceavl'.v overkisdrt which ad ! front lines in Korea. The lastp' " -j. put them in a flat pan, and roast in the oven till they ara dark brown. Then grind them and use them just as you woid coffee. A prairie lady says to use bar-lev, but be sure you leave the up to inefficiency time he campaigned he did not ; ouserveu in -home U,elW of Routers They displayed leave ana was- given they're set tins more money.' is the standard of living improving for everyone? Well, those are questions that can start an arg-jment anywhere, any time. Matter of old-age pensions is one of the government's biggest current headaches. In January masks on it is better that way. Ottawa will start paying pen devil's own buatingt by a fellow y " c "'" ., f"st- Perhuiw there was of Ivn named naiiicu Harry narry Truman. iru.ua 1 I pre-ious liule time to spare but np rni nsF i tne competltiim was always nvn e ! than met Tho staff at first a Its a tonglsh time since any- 1 No Time For Speeding THE Department of Public Works reports a marked tendency to disregard the formal published notice to motorists to keep down their speed on the highway between the city and Port Edward during reconstruction work, especially between the time when the preliminary oil coat is put on and the black topping takes place. It should not be necessary to emphasize the need for this surface being carefully preserved so, that the subsequent paving may be guaranteed. High speed at this time, it .is pointed out, develops potholes which become enlarged by the penetration cf water with ultimate disintegration. Such speeding is not only discouraging for the departmental officials who are hoping for a good paving job but it is short-sighted on the part of the drivers who are quick to complain at poor roads and are always advocating better ones. Of course, there are always the irresponsible? speedsters, youngsters who may .not know any better and oldsters who certainly should. Officials are hopeful that they will take a little thought that eventual mutual benefit and enjoyment may be the result. Thirty miles is the limit. However, they aie questions The catch in that will be that s-ions of $4 a month to every- one over 70, irrespective of pri- worth debating caimly, lnieni-va-te income. That's fine by the ; gently. Everyone should try and B.C. government but whet j sort the matter out in his or her Is today a small mere- handful one mtntioned the Loch Ness This was fn Scotland j &"T'y- ! monster. own mind. i yearc ago. And Ivore comes Town Clerk Harper of Lincoln (Eng. I to solemnly proclaim he saw it while on a finning trio with his son. He reckoned the distance from his small boat was at least a mile, and bff.sio.js It was raining. He was without field glasses. So sure was Mr. Smith he was also i ; city folks won't be able to get it with the husks on. Another reader says somebody is making a cheap coffee substitute from carrots. She promises to dig up the exact process and when I get it I will pass it on. AS I READ the signs on the horizon I think that most people are going to be very ha'd pressed to make ends meet in the next few months. There are only two favored classes in the country today the rich business men, who are now reaping profits beyond their wildest dreams; and members of the most powerful unions which are in a position to boost th.Mr wages almost into line witn soaring living costs. But the unprotected people who do not belong to su;h unions are simply out of luck. These include all sorts of white-collar workers in business or I 5 i ; ) s il about the $lu-a-menth eost-o:- : living" benus B.C. now pays lo , pensioners? Can that bonus re! given to every new pension.'!', j irrespective of private incom?? j Hardly! ! People on old-ac pensions ' now. who get the co-it-of-livin bonus, will not have it t.iken , away from them. That would ne j political' suicide for the govern-! ment. But it would be financial ! ruination to give $10 a month j to every person in B.C. over 70 j years. So, much as it hates a means test, it seems the government will have one for all who want j the $10-a-month living- bonu.?. j There will be a lot of com-1 plaints about it but It's the only j fair way. j Then there's the matter of the 65-70 group, which will get a j pension under the means test. Should this group get the $10-a-month living bonus? The cabinet is divided on this question. But n aeems to this observer , , An Essential Public Service mi i:i nn; ganizations, also teajhers, preachers and pensioners. But even more they include small business enterprisers. In many lines of business the small man has already been pushed, not just to the wall, but right through it and out of the picture. that, if people over 70 who qualify get it, so -should people between 65 and 70. It's one of the toughest questions any government in BC. CCC PUBLICIST Gordon Root, well known British Columbia newspaperman, who hat; been appointed Direct Jr of Public Relations for Columbia Cellulose Co. Ltd, is arriving in Prince Rupert today. Mr. Rout has been actively associated with the newspaper business In B.C. for the past 20 years and since 1946 has represented ti'.j Vancouver Daily Province in the Legislative Press Gallery at Victoria. He Is no stranger to Prince Rupert, having visited here sewrai limec in the past. has been up against in a Ions THE BEST OFF family today is 1 while. Not only are millions of m fizz the one with a fair cash In dollars Involved, but the whole vast concept of social service I : 1,' " B.C.'s average salaries are ris British Columbia Telephone Company, with the principal- telephone system in the Province o( Britislv Columbia, is the second largest telephone operating company in Canada. The Company recently installed its 250,000th telephone, bringing the total ' number of instruments in service in its system to twice what it was in We offer as principals: British Columbia Telephone Company 434 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares ' ' ' ' - $100 Par Value n Price: At the market, to yield about 4.87 British Columbia Telephone Company has paid dividends on all outstanding preferred and common shares in each year since its incorporation in 1916. Order9 for these shaces placed with us will receive prompt attention. M'ood, CIii nil y & Company Limited 7U West Hastings Street S9 U Kemi Street Vancouver .Yra Westminster . Telephone: Pacific gniti , Telephone: N.W. Ml come, but which lives outside the city where it can produce part of its own food. When we were raising our ON DRY GIN ing every month. So is the cost , three youngsters, and sighing at of living, and thus we go round: I times at the high cost of food, -I ! I used to ask myself " how in'm,,st. hvp hpnn tremeftrlmr: I STFAMtR Prince Ru SAILS F Vantou ami liitcritnili. Each Thur at 11:;,. For KETCH Lrmry at I . S ft ' 1 I Y (, PLUMBk and HEM i The Reliable rt Prompt Sen : You Knov I PHONE J"! Tor Repairs anil V P.O. Boi .11 Vacate Can TWO 1950 FOR? Low nii!"" 9 TWO 1950 Fv' PREFECTS 3.M0 lViilPs I A-1 &, Ready lol Bob Park FORI) - MONARCH' rrlnce RPfrt' Lone II. " heaven my mother and father ,A!s0 th(, prie of hay and oa:;i ever managed ;o oring up noiffM SOmethine, even then. Bit: less than thirteen. . if you lg.ure that half thJ fjna But now I see it wasn't so ; ,.; f ml,t " htt,Pr in mysterious. We, the earlier tribe, j.and fruit' is 'in the selling or lived on the outskirts of Hamil-. ditrlbution eostSi you get tne ton, uniario. we naa one acra answer. rf THE BESf oClMl OualityW of ground, with just about every j A amily that has lts own milk known fruit tree, also nuts. We ; butter, eggs can surely raiie SwerFizz I "'. kept one or two cows, pig.s chickens, and of course a horse. Even at that our grocery bills three children for what one ; would cost in the city. Or am I wrong, again? j TO ME the most ominous part Careful selection of the finest Oriental herbs andtbotanicals make Silver Fizz Canada' ' finest London Dry Gin . . . Dry and distinctive, you will like it as summer f refreshment. ) of the present drift in Canada Craftsmanship is that it repeats tne pattern of what happened in Germany and some other countries after tho First World War. That is, inflation begins to wipe out a whole class. The Big Shot business man can survive, and indeed thrive. 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