If PAQfi TWO THE DAILY NEW9 The Daily News ritlNCE RUPERT BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Every Afternoon, Except Sunday, by Prince Rupert Daily. News, Limited, Third Avenue SUBSCRIPTION RATES-- ' By mail to all other parts pf British Columbit, tht Biitish Em- plre and United States, paid in advance, per year tf.O'i ; By mail to all other countries, per year . . 7.50 By mail to all parts of Northern and Central British Columbia, ; paid in advance for yearly period . 3.00 Legal notices, each insertion, per agate ?ine . .......... .15' Transient advertising on front page, per. inch' ' ' ,2.80'! Local readers, per insertion, per line ......4....'. .25, Transient display advertising, per inch, per insertion 1.40 Classified advertising, per Insertion, per word 02 Or four months for 1.00 For lesser period, paid in advance, per month 50, City delivery, by mail or carrier, yearly period, Daid in advance $a.00 Contract rate or. application. Advertising and Circulation Telephone ..... Editor and Reporters" Telephone Member of Audit Itureau of Circulations DAILY EDITION IS IT AN OMjEN .98 86 Friday, Jan. 16, 193) Herbert Schifr awarding annual Schiff trophy to Lieut -Commander Oindcr who ucrepted on behalf uf squadron an ached to aircraft carrier Lexington District News I Children's COUGHS Motlient Gire your children a few Pep; taMcti tt sue!, cvrrj day. Breathing the jfrccablc medicinal fumci itiveu off b Pep ii like breathing Invigorating pine foreit ir. Pept soothe the throat and delicate air tiihet, itrengtlicn the chert and keep coufli. coldi aod bronchial troubles at bay. 25c. box. The proposal 'to amalgamate the C. N;-,R. and C. P. RJ VANDFRH00F telegraphs in one Iar!0iijpaiiyniajj be the forerunner of ji a proposal to amalgamate the two -big railway systems in . , 4fc commis- N Ail three retiring village jri sloners, George Ogston, R. G, Mat mu -1L i i n i i 4.1. This is the day of Dig amalgamations. Only recently the tnews and R. M. Tayi0r win seek re-C. P. R. made a change in its share capital to bring it to a election at the municipal election place where it might be guaranteed wthout seeming to be here toward the enji of the month, guaranteeing too nigh a rate of interest. 7" :. ...... for removal of tonsils and adnolds, The Golden Keys were entertained at a party by Mrs. H. T. Allen on Saturday afternoon.. Under the leadership of Assistant Scoutmaster J. Sparkes the Boy Scouts. enjoyed a hike to Copper City where they had lunch, on Saturday. NEW HAZELTON Indian Agent Mortimer was called this week to the Kltwancooi on account of trouble among the In dians. One native got hold of a gun and shot two others, one of whom had to have his arm amputated while the other has serious leg injuries. Final touches have been put on the elevatpr In the new Hazelton Hospital and the workmen are now all oit. The contractor, however, will W be relieved until an inspection has been made by the provincial architect. GAVE SELF TO PUBLIC ' ..ai'i j.T?: - Late n.Vdam Sh'orttYYas Scholar. Lecturer and Publicist Liked Had Genius As Arbltor In Important Industrial Disputes J Gifted with a genius for public service, a icholar, lecturer, and publicist of -note, few men in Canada have given themselves to working for the public welfare so wholeheartedly as did Professor Adam Shortt, C.M.O., LL.D., Fit. CS.. of Ottawa, whose death was reported this week. He was CivJ Service Commissioner for the Do-j minion for a number of years, hi 1 appointment being In 1908, and in I the latter years of his life he was i Chairman of the Board of Histories' Publications. He became Chair- man 6I;the Board In 1917. In 'recognition of his valuable services to his country Professor Shortt was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George Jn 1911, 'the year of the coronation of Kine George and Queen Mary. Professor Shortt was -a member of the Ontario Railway Taxation Commission in 1904. He was Chalr- Some years ago a similar proposal was made in regard taken over fhe vJndtrhoot Jubnc (man of arbitration under the amalgamation of the systems but at that time there library and Miss Myrtle Mitchell j'eux Act In connection with a eood deal of onnosition. Now the C. P. R. has a fall- will hereafter be in charge. iputes between Qrand Trunk Rail ing income and the prospects are that it will be more dif- i i wa and "lechan,sIt, fidllt to pay ten per cent in future than it is today. With5 e Vanderhoof Choral Society .and t-ng'nee" the Grand w Trun ; company n . . F J ., . 1 , ,, ,. ... resumed Dractlces on Sunday of this M907. In the latter year ne was a this it the would be will- TT p,? JZZ L Lnh- m view is probable big company member nt of the h- pa,ii.n Canadian in.tnrirai Historical mg to agree to amalgamation as long as the interest on conCert early in February, their bonds and shares was guaranteed. Whether ,the people of Canada, avho.OWiV the C. N. R. Would consent to' The new police station and resl-the Change iS-l-attlniHTeTtain., ..': j dence has been completed and 0 -, II. J. - Constable and Mrs. Jennings have moved In. . DLIONp JUKILEE j This is the diamond jubilee year 'of British Columbia and 1 it is announced that there will be some celebration of the ; event. Doubtless we shall hear a great deal mqr.e about it ; before the year is out. It is fitting that there should be The Board of Trade held its an-5omething done to riiark the occasion and doubtless Prince ual meen in the Progress Hail Rupert will take her part in the celebration. BUY OUR QWN .SALMON THINKS ROAI) SLOW -IK. Editor, Dally News: wrote Mr. Gwyer about It and asked for "Us removal but our engineer did not believe in doing what is right. Re. your issue of the HUi .about It'i. been there nearly two -years good ptotrcM being mde , ,wlth now.w, highway construction. I suppose!, ftw about the" road camp at someone very Interested U' reepon- Skeena Cny? Ills own boy and slble for this writeup on the front 1 Brady's boy and quite a few more page. One mile of surfaced road and ! were up there all summer having a very near one year to build and 80 , good frnie drawing men's pay. and mllei to Remo. That means about as for the bridge out there, will he 80 years before one can get to the be able to place the span? It's a 50-end of the Remo road to Terrace, i 50 chance he can't, ten miles this side of that place. : The gasoline tax is going on all Now, Mr. Editor, they wane to fool the time so let us make one big the people and so maintain their howl, own Jobs. The road foreman at t lnank you Mr Remo dumped a big cedar from the 66-foot road allowance on to my C. F SWANSON. land where I had underbruahed. I Resident of Prince Rupert since 1907 TERRACE on Tuesday evening for election of ! officers. After the business in hand was disposed of an impromptu I program of songs and a short comedy thrown on the screen by The B. C. Packers' are jCairying on an advertising cam- f. c Bishop was enjoyed, a. s paign all over"the country with' tne purpose of inducing , Sma" plnce ?Tt wasa2; people toentrniore ofhikhrd oMoed. We draw particular J ior J Hepburn and T attention to the'advertBemenTpublished yesterday and '. ' ' in future numbers and would ask the co-operation of the c. c. King, can. brakeman of people in this district. If we eat the salmon that the fish- Jarper. u holidaying at home witw ermen caught last year there will be a market for the fish Mrs. King and children. they propose to catch this year. By helping them we help ourselves. IN THE LETTER BOX R. J. Collison of Smlthers ha3 returned here after spending his Christina holidays under the parental roof. Miss Jean McLeod left on Wednesday for Victoria via Jasper to resume her studies in St. Ann's Academy. She was accompanied by her sister, Marlon, and Mrs. R. Mc- ,Leod. George Parent of New Hazelton. who has spent the past month In California, returned on Wednes day, via Prince Rupert greeting his Terrace friends here enroute home. A. S. Small of Prince Rupert Is a business visitor In town. 4 Miss Doreen Wlllson Is recover ing very nicely after an operation Manuscript Commission. In 1909 he was elected a trustee of Queen's University. Kingston, his Alma Mater. Two years later he was ap pointed by the Canadian Instltut a member of the Fleming Electoral Reform Commission. Among his other activities Professor Shortt was for a time Vice-President of the Ottawa -Archaeological Society and President of the Ottawa Branch- of the Moral and Social Reform Council. It was perhaps as an arbitrator In large industrial disputes that Professor Shortt came closest In contact with Canada's people. Many wage disputes were effectv?-ly settled by boards of conciliation on which he served. In all he was chairman of all such boards, deal ing with steam railways, coal mines. shlppng and street railways. The report he brought down as a member: of the Ontario Pail-way Tax Commission In 1904 serv- as the basis on which other Provinces subsequently acted. League of Nation Professor Shortt was appointed by the council of the League of Nations as Canadian member of the preparatory committee for the peneral economic conference of 1927.' He was also named to tiv: economic consultative commlttftjfj ,t!iat followed. A frequent- contributor to the periodical press on economic and political problems, Pofessor Shcrtt had among" his best-known works! 'imperial Preferential Trade from a Canadian Point tof View." life! o: Lord syaennam," ana ine iawea ."Makers of Canada" series pub llshed In 1908. Was Scottish Of Scottish origin, Professor Adam Shortt was born at Kllworth Ontario, on November 24, 1839. He was a son of Oeorge and Mary (Shields) Shortt. He was educated at the Wajkerton Hlnh School and at Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. He graduated from Queen's In 1883, when in addition to obtaining his degree of BA hi won the Gold Medal in Philosophy and also the Governor-General's Prize. He secured his MA. In 1881. He was the recipient of the hon-orary degree of Doctor of Laws from Queen's University. Glasgow University and Edinburgh University. Professor sRortt was assistant Professor In Philosophy at Queen't University, Toronto, from 1885 to 1889,',j'(yjirer' ' in 'Political Science at Queen's from 1889 to 1892, and Professor pf Political Science at the same University .from 1892 to 1908. Professor Shortt married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Sylvester Smith. In 1888. He was an Anjll-can in religion, and he was a member of the Rlvermead Golf Club and the University Club, Ot tawa. and the Frontenac Club, Kingston. 4'aMw-u'9aBaa. Friday, Junuu. 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