i-hOL TWO UAtttY ftquaoroi team TH2 DAILY KTiVS Moaday. Deces The Daily News FMOEC8 HKTHRT - BRITISH COLUMBIA Except Saeay . ay Prime Jhupert Department ot Trade and Commerce Dairy Me Lisctsd. Tasrd Avcaee Ottawa, Canada. By mil I all eSLai pern 'af fcntsae Calaaabn, : Stitiaa fcca-fire d r::.ed States is adraace, per rear CuM f eaaJ te all ehr eesutnes, per year tiH Br axil i ill fans A Xi .aers o Ceatial lantisa Cahnsfriii. paid ia advance for yearly prios XjM LfJ eeflcas. each ismartUa. per agate n JE Laral rwadera. pgr lav ;rtiaa, per law JO Cetraet rates e tvateaon. jteWtisan aad llrctttadaa Teteaeeae S r aad Vwtl Tejepaaat ef Awaat Ha ia af Oreafetfaas Dee. MANY ARE BETTER OFF Many people it? Prince Rupert are better off this year than !-t. They are earning the same salaries but the cost of Hviner te k3, m they are w ell ahead of the game. Instead of paying fifty to fixty cents a pound for turkeys they this year paid ' n!y thirty-fije cents and moat other goods were 2L50 lov er. When we hear some merchants complain about the hard times, we should also hear wage earners, who are carrying on at the oid rate, telling how good times are compared with what they have been in the past year or two. what is good for one is not so good for the other, but we seldom hear from those who are benefitted whereat those who are hurt trumpet their grief to the world. FAITH IX CANADA We draw particular attention today to the advertisement of the Department of Trade and Commerce which is offering a colored copy of a pledge suitable for a wall hanger aanger or or for wrinumng framing if ir the ine coupon coupon on on tft the advertisement tywOment ' : M c L..v: - Schneide slowing nd Miss Joyce Cooper, fresh from success in Empire game at Hamilton, won ladies' long distance swimming championship of Eng.' land in River Thames from Kew to Putney, recently. Mis Cooper (Left) congratulated by MU. Gladys Vine-Jackman, second. Basket efier '.3 :&r- . PC- 3f "' Ti t-ofcod! cddo Indian, naltbaet aad captain of a aud .o be ma; cerwes cotmnlesatm for bena aa Aii-Ameneaa mathiS ia. Queen Chariolte Island Logs Important Factor In British Columbia Paper Mill Industry From Powell Rim Dlf ester i About three hundred and fifty miles northward and "J?? ? - ?urned- No stamp needed on the ea- westward of Powell River, a groan of kiands, shaped veiope as it is m the government service. roughly Hke an inverted imeek triangle, rise above the waters of the i'acific Named ttee Qneti Charlotte Islands 1 no nuyi nn zrrr t 1 M 2 V . ? 1 i J: j.. . 3f explorers a century and a half ago, in honor of UrdMelchett, one of the leading : mdustnalnts m Bn- Charlotte Sophia, consort to sUmH and stuhWn old George tain, better known to the world as Sir Alfred Mond, was nmayiwa mittn ummi' . - 6 ; an outstanding figure in the British world. He was a Jew treat tote ceatre of Brttah Tmk Treb of toes, bread-1 and inherited from that race many characteristics which rf''" "1" J" trom ea uk u, aad flawed my a lJmt u: i nLi of alxt adha on Oranaai laauad at .. . . . T" w loiHaEtaw; in onuua was fmB tne ata-i b. aarth. to than a tb am ta very great and his death wifl be a distinct loss to the Em- aJemmmh. 1 cMMt im -r aw of av! PU- keathef m There s a kind of koline :hat -atopic knocking. We are planning to order a ; i consignment and serve it free to those wno are r-. it customers. titan "tie tot." "-4J thaae Umj paai sad' .waves of the gulf run high. Winter Operations for tME, ye cartoes a Ua-, and osBltty of their spruce UanlaT. sane w jfcurcr a nOe and a half here flonriih the celebrated Sttka boeaabc sroanda. Tlweef ranrty white, atraiaht graaMd, . trB tK tntteni term the kog fibred which m addition to beekbone of the present Sehvyn in. iU aevenl bkc as hixh grade finish . opecalions. and once the month Somber. reeogntxed as one af the!0 Stefeb peer aroaad the eomer.l finest palp woods m existence I the craws twtof qateUy snto actum. , For many years a large percen-'1 lyeJ . bB7 mtttamt taae of the snruee naad fen the ma. i -aoT"" m Jtm neaniBOfnooa ol tea , nafactare of PoweU Rfer nrss-1 "fi" & f . wbidh had print hat been logged from the fertile sofl of ihe Queen Charlottes. Operations are still proceeding and will continue to proceed for many yean to come Today one of the chief centres of legging actrrtty m this area Is on th? borders of Sel-wyn Inlet on LoaUe Island, a smaller member of the Charlotte brotherhood From these limits come the majority of those big Dart rafts, vhirb the company tog, St Faith, deposits reaularty in oar log pond, and which, in addition to their use- wyn operation, six-ton trucks and trailers are used to transport the logs from the operation to the four hundred and flf iy-mlle water Journey to the mills at Powell River. The Spring Offensive The spring offensive opens with sosd-sel:ed durmg the winter. Their average load approximates i lets iect The heaviest drag on re-eoaa mat year was the transporta-1 t ion to the booming grounds ef a, ingjs, garanue spruce, sealing, in Itself, sSghUy over 10.000 feet, and biea made eatte a splash wnen tt cropped m the pond beside its "eosm" coQipaiilons. Haohng the logs down the track road It not as simple an operation as tt sounds. The average grade on Use SOwyn operation tt 13 per cent; fulness as newsprint stock, serve as and to ensure toe sale twt of temporary break-raters when the .heavy loads like Ua above, the old rrtmble donkey Is cosamandeered for service A line is run from the demae thmuh a (iu.ihMu ' . oer oo the truck and tracers a rtS!!!rnt f &ppro3Lmt'ly toW brake, as tt were, to peoteet 'f1??1 ur .rT; lead to event of the Uuek rU, Ttrr T"7 brakes faiiinc to respond. I the of bsglnntng October, the crews j strike for the woods and actual j The "Faith" Takes Over jTlirooghoat the winter month, and TTi nA tk. i tk. ,.n iare D"ut P to Darts raJU, each and backers hold the spotlight. This ; is the season when the big spruces raft containing approximately one and a half mBMon feet Here the aeuiimw o TV la L. s and saw; when the high rigger andffJZ the yarders are seen in thV noon 'LT "Z'Sl ,Mle0H!, to an d Throughout the ,im. nf titMr mmmmnn,m mritm, in th. Mrn. Tn Ik. c.! " "f 5 ' m0 ww eyi sea, 4-1 vssw; td9 the arrival of the fit. Faith Drfhg these operations on the Queen. Charlottes, numerous trees, eight and ten feet tn diameter, have months the track lines are flanked i1 108 ?wl nc Particularly fine by huge piles 0 timbers, "cold $T":eDUy , L? decks" as they are known In log- Italt J111 near,y feet af ging parlance, freshly logged, and "umbet ?n' e!ear Pruce- 8ora- thw assembled by the Wid.n7e-tt!mes' n operattog along the paratory for the outward Jojrney V 'h0T? 8e,yn InIeir wJ?,e Uf theboommggrounosh,X 2rStt" mt? th spring - s J water, and bucked to tog length In March falling operations cease. !WitJ' 1,0 wer dra aws wh,Ie the wa Then comes the work of breaking ' up the "cold decks." hauling thera ; From tne booming grounds at Sel-to the booming groundand eon- iwyn Inlet to tne te Vnd at Powell dltioning the winter's eut for its ",ver ouw not be a long trip, if you were aboard the Mauretania or the Bremen. Both these flyers, with all boilers in action, woujd arrive In Powell River sixteen hours out from Selwyn. But the Mauretania and trucks' and traders snorting up the the Bremen are hot tugs, and they the Uuck roads for their loads. fare not engaged In log hauling. December 27th, To My FeBow Citizens, Everywhere fa Canada. Ring Out the Old, Ring in the New Another few days and 1930, with whatever it has brought us of success or of failure, wfll have passed into history, and our thoughts wiH be centred od a sew year. 'and on the better times we sincerely hope it has in store for us. Wafte the opportunites of the past are gone beyond recall, the future is ours to raair of it what we will. And we can make it a far bn'thtrr. far more protperocj fatUTe, for ourseh-es individually and for Canada as a whole, if we aJ resolve to profit by the lessons our experience has taught us. Among thos; lessons, surely we have learned how dependent each of us is for his own ewortansties and his own advancement upon the weO-bcing of Canadian producers as a class, and bow much better it would be for every one of us if in our daily buykig we were all to favour Canadian products. If you believe that 'TrodBced-in-Canada' doctrine is sound common sense, that it points the logical way not only to relieve unerapkyrrent but to lay broader and deeper the foundations of our national prosperity, why not ccake the practice ef it one of your forerjost resolutions for 193 1 7 j Celebrate the new year by ringing out old habits of carelessness in buying, and nagac m the new resolve henceforth to be studiously fcarefnl For 1931 let this be your creed: I "I befieve in Canada. "I love her as my home. I honour her institutions. I rejoice in the abundance of her resources. "I skry in the record of her achievements. I have unbounded confidence in the ability of her people to excel in whatsoever they undertake. I cherish exalted ideals of her destiny as a leader among world nations. "To her I pledge- ray loyalty. To the promotion of her best interests I pledge ray support. To her products I pledge ray patronage. And to the cause of her producers I pledge my devotion. If you are wfi&ng to embrace this creed, a copy of same artistically executed in cokain, and on heavy stock suitable for use as a wall hanger or for framing, k yours for the asking. Just dip and fifl in the coupon herewith. Address your envelope as shown on the coupon. Mail it without affixing stamp, for this particatar letter wtH be carried free. Very sincerely yours. Minister of Trade and Commerce. The Minister of Nan iJ-.Uj tU Li Trade and Commerce Ottawa, Canada Addmi Office Please mail copy of JmnmCltr jw "MY CREED t0 Wtrmxi W fl - 1 1 tT 'i1iH Tti In 1 fri 1 The DsBy ' From the Usne she powerful St Faith uses the strain of her tow lias at Sehvya Inlet, until the white outline of Powell River looms up. rstvnssnts. given favorable weatherw a lft-day trip, tn which she covers nearly JO0 aiMes, and traterses some of the worst pieeas of water along the coast. Heavy Weather Hecate Straits is famous fer its sudden ehasmes of wind and heavy, choppy swells two elements whkh are deadly enemies of the log-tow. tag tag. Probably mare booms have been lost and more towing troubles encountered here, than In any of the eoaatal waters. Once out In the trans no shelter Is forthcoming, 1 and the distance from Selwyn Inlet to Campbell Island Is nearly 150 miles. Over this dangerous stretch the Faith tows only one boom, or about a million and a half feet. From Campbell island she returns to pkk op Ms companion, and with the full three mUllon feet behind her. starts on the long trek to Powell River. Tows of three million feet, even on the B.C. coast, are de cidedly uncommon, particularly from as far north as Campbell Is land, and many of the recent trips of the Faith through these dangerous waters have been made with what are very dose to reeord-slzed booms. The Dally News can be pur- chased at Post Office Hews 8tand. 325 Man in the Moon unratmaj is gene and no is my money and yet the merchants say they had Very little business. I suppose they wanted me to mortgage my parental estate. Jake says his wife Is so careful about keeping the bathroom clean uat sue wont let him sing any, of those old army songs while bathing. "You must give up staying out late at night," said the doctor. "You think the night air (s. bid for me. doctorf "No," said the doctor, . "it Isnt that H'i the excitement alter get ting home that harmx you." When all Is wet and chaos rules, And we run 'round In spreading pools, Who comes and then forgets his tools? The plumber. When Gabriel blows his trumpet call. Wholl be the very last to' call Providing he gets in at all? The plumber. . A Terrace farmer received a crate containing some fowls. He wrote to the sender, informing him that the crate was so badly made that It had Granville st, Vancouver. corns to pieces when he was takmg Karl Anderson, Prince 1 the hens home with hhn and they Oeorge, B.C. Smlthers Drug Store, Smith ers, B.C. R. W. Riley, Terrace, B.C. Oeneral 8tore. Anyox. had all escaped, and, after much searching, he bad only succeeded In finding eleven of them. In due course, ht received the following re- 4 "You were lucky to find eleven! hens, because I only sr: Booth 8ehool Teat he: the smartest man Hvir; Pupil Thomas A- Edi " vented the phonograpf- 1 dlo so people would sta y and use his electric liet ' They say a prairie Ir-his hat on the back of ' order to keep his wiswar Mary had a swarm of t ' (8ueh odd things she ' The went with her whf . went For Mary had the hivr - Fanner (proudly shown plgs: That's the eute I have. His name Is Ink Visitor: -How's that Fanner: "Beeaose he running out of the pen. Jake says he knew one "suicide blondes" dyed by hand. 15 What la the name of y r f "I call her 'Shasta1 M "Because she's a "daisy "No;, because she has to V. " she has to have oil, the pa air, she has to have somt t i the time.'" it '.as, : all C N. R. TRAINS From East-Sundays, TuesdayJ and Thursdays. 3:30 pi". For East-Mondays, Wednesdayi and Saturdays, 11:30 am. Pel Pjra. ' tho Ad. reading habit