PAG 2 TWO 1 THE DAILY NEWS. PRINCE RUPERT . BRITISH COLCMRJA Published Eviy A-temoon. Except Sunday, by Prince Rupert iSly ."'ews. Limited. Third Avenu- H. 1. PX7LLEH - - - Managing-Editor I suBSChirno.N kates Cttjr delivery, by maU or earner, yearly period, paid In advance. For lesser periods, paid in advance, per week By mail to aH pari ui Northern and Central British Columbia. paid In ad ranee for yearly period v .- By mall to all other parts of British Colombia, the British Empire and United States, paid in adrance. per .year By mall to all other countries, per year : . Contrac. rates on application. Editor and Reporters' Itlepnone Advertising and ClrtBlatlen Telephone daily EDITION Member of Audit Borean of ClrcnlaUons ANOTHER MINISTER SPEAKS JSS W-OQ 10c S.00' $0 00 900 Monday. "Feb. m REASONS FOR OPTIMISM Hon. H. H Stevens, in a letter to themtinicipa'l council of North Vancouver, refutes the statements that the rea son for unemployment relief failure was due to the federal Sores Irokc Oil All Over Her lily Mr T. E. CUS, Kelvood, Ms., writes:- Uj httU daughter's Wikfc and anna brvk out is aorta hka aprtad all orr Jierbody. S'otUng I triad fivt bar tmy rtJW mtil I got a bottU of Burdock Plaxi Uti'tri, and 1 rould trt an improva tnti.-.aJ tb aurea ttfas to diaapirar, I sava bar tlrra kettlaa a&d tin baa bad bo mora trouU." Jil ',' k '' t it m: .atMtatW. Im IU It J. It V TU ALL OUR COALS ARE IN A DRY SHED Delivered Dry tb'Vinii' Bin. You are assured In getting full writbt JASPER WILDFIItL EGC-Per Ton. tltO: Cash Price IASPER WILDriUE LUMP-Per Ton, $130; Cah Prjce .. PEMBINA EOG-Reg. rrlce, I1JJ9; Caah Price Dry Jack Pine and Cedar J1U0 io 1UI HYDE TRANSFER-PHONE 580 PROVINCE IS USED WELL BY OTTAWA 0 & Sk, Vcri j Writes Prince Grcrje Newspaper Defending Position of Bennett Gtvernrnent A;in$t Tol-mle'S to lenient dise are ver' low and only a little buying will bring about rai government was numbered. a bkf chanee. He also suireests that the Deriod of deores- and acordin to the agreement. Ansesm Kor of Pratvoto Lake' t u u ..u. i v. a 1 , r the Dominion sovernment was to was a boatoess visitor in town at k. . ... I! . 1 . V- . I . i. a i . tt v: u.. rv,, uc nipucu wiui juu aetaus on pivusreso nu ui uus auuuiaujiK cypwi.. i huxu) chlule forms to cover the differ- savs that people are getting tired of keeping their money ent provincial and mumctpai pre-, idfe. When idle it burns a hole in the pocket end its spend- ject. but, even to this date, tor ini? creates business activity. What is true of Canada and'fuH details of the municipal pro- United States is true also in Europe. Conditions tend to'" beliec!,T,ed by ot ! fJSL? Mff" right themselves naturally once wS have learned to Hve'rCenu lwM2lt niiin our means. . .from Uie federal to the provtndal The statistician says that the pessimistic 'attitude today! government on receipt by Ottawa, is just as ioonsn ana unreasonaDie as was tne over-con- oi cracaie or of expenditure expenaiture fidence which prevailed a few years ago. COST IS TOO HIGH certificates, and as the province was in need1 of funds to finance both Owing to her financial condition British Columbia' has provincial and municipal opera-had to pay six and a half percent for money she is bor-lS"fInnUarld!llI, rowing. The interest on five million dollars will prove ZIZ great handicap to future developments. Also it is an ad-1 the federal government to send an vertisement to the world that all is not well with British. additional $225,000, on Monday next Columbia finances. i ln connection with provincial aeorfcs. It is to be hoped that Premier Tolmie will quickly set hisi 'u"der the v ,and p- V,m,c t wU- 4l," U u agreemrni. municipal worts confidence of the financial world so that if it should be necessary to again go outside for funds a more reasonable rate may be secured. for each specific project, but there was in British Coiumba have been ap proved n the sum of $2,749,746. and naturally the department of labor hat been awaiting the receipt of schedules and certificates of expenditure, but up to this date certificates amounting to only $235,000 have been received at Ottawa. The federal reprecentaUre at Vancouver has Informed the department that he expect to receive shortly certificates of expenditure on ac government. He repeats a good deal of what the minister :munt r h.ii v. . of labor said recently but he also declares that vouchers ing to about $1,000,000, and when for $1,500,000 were not properly drawn and included items ,ne account are received and not allowed in the agreement and had to be sent back for checkfd at ottawa- provincial correction. He says that the government was at all times IZt "ZL?? ready to pay its half share of the $6,000,000 approved and vancXldy rByVJTwt to advance the other half to the province anq concludes: ai agreement, the terms were that "I regret to say that British Columbia for some reason or aH payments by the federal gov-Other seems unable to meet the ordinarv husinpas rnnrli. ernment should be made a and tions u hu.li ua Kqvo fU : " wh Victoria submitted voucher "One difficulty has arisen be tween the federal government and the province of British Columbia which in the opinion of this gov. ernment Is not insuperable, and ' that Is the province has apparenUy been unable to forward its vouch ers ln accordance with the agree ment promptly enough to enable It to properly carry out Its financial obligations to the municipalities and to tne banks. The federal gov ernment has Insisted that these vouchers be forwarded In accord ance with the terms of the agreement, but owing to the distance of British Columbia from Ottawa and to ths (act that the works carried on are in areas scattered aU over that great province, certain delays nave recessanly occurred In as eembling. checking and forwarding vouchers. Recognltlng this, the fed- era) government ha made advan THE DAILY NEWS Monday, Febm g as - i NORTHERN B. C. NEWS ! 3URNS LAKE Mr and Mrs. Robert Love and two daughters returned tx Bums Lake last Vednesday night after having spent abort eight ' months holidayint in England and ' J. A. Fraser. MP. for Cariboo fed-1 Scotland. J. S. Biown. who went eral riding, writes to the Prtuce jom with Mr. Lowe, returned before .George newspaper defending the him and is now m- king satisfactory position of the Bennett government j recovery faUeYlng in operation for ! against statements- made by the appendicitis. sutboritte were responsible forj Miss KUlop of Decker Lake, who the chuttlnc oowa of relief work, j is quite a skiing enihusiasY, made a He outlines the works approved by , Aiing trip to Barns Lake last Wed-Ottawa and appends a copy of. a ! nesday. statement made by the minister of I'slwHOMswe as to the Maine for1 Mr. and Mrs. C R. MacLeod left I the present unsavory condition: ' but week for Vancouver en route 7 " ... "To praiet presented by Brl-. to Penttetoo to which city Mr. Mac- AcCOrding A tO Roger Babson, bllSine&S 15 Only 21 percent Ush Columbia and approved by Ot- 'Leod has been transferred as man-below normal today, whereas, this time last year it was 81 : aggregate six million dollars. . ager of the Royai Bank of Canada. percent below. That is a very great Improvement to regis- COVMtn timm-canada bifa.j Local friends omental them with eoftsttuetton. provincial rut-ja sbstttllr filled pone as they ter in twelve month. itrrin iveivc iiuuui. . woy. monksoal and other works. departed W. Jfebeniott. who baa Lying m bed in a hospital in Florida, Babson IS Still wnt-iM4 ,rr thTfederal government 'ceeo ..eeounUnt at Kelowna. has ing optimistic article for the press. In a recent copy- agreed to bear one-half of this six. assumed the post of manager of right article the eminent statistician states that condi- mutton, it took for granted that 0 locoi branch m oecroeton to tions are much better everywhere in the United States to- HtHUh Columbia aad the mumei-jVr MacLeod-day than vhatthey were ten yean ;ago. SvZ t uZT Fn u In his reasons why conditions Should bk giving improve, somnment advanced to the'wmill operator, was a TMtor in Mr. Babson says there is a change in the spirit of the peo- province of Brtueh Columbia $-; Bums Lake at toe uxt of fast week, ple as a result of the depression and this change in spirits mx. of thu com tiooeo re-iHe reported the aawmifl business as tends to bring about prosperity. He says that just as Op- Presents part of the Dominion's jing very ejafot. timism was over-developed during the good times, so pes- ?' . a J0? f1"" T . , simisni and fear have been over-developed during the per- proect by the! rm Fraser. was a nattor here kut lOd Of depression With the result that Stocks OP merchan- province and ararated or the fMl- i week on official boHness. The marriage took place m the Darted Church Manse here last Wednesday, Rev. E. 8. Fleming of- Brewer. well known pioneer rancher of M&dina. Witnosse of the ceremony were Mrs. Fleming and Mrs. L. E. MacKeer The coo pie are ; considerable delay on the part of weU known throughout the district we province in forwarding these imm nave toe ntarty eongrata- la tions and beat friend. wishes of many Miss Violet Carrier wa elected Queen of the recent Island Ski dub carnival. PRINCE GEORGE Holding the opinior that the teachers are under contract for a year and that it has no right to make any revision until June 30, be local school board has decided not to cut salaries of local school oaohers in the meantime. The sal aries of Janitors and sahool nurse have, however, been oat. Totel ahool esttmatos here for the yecr amount to Wjn.lv which is about $2,006 oelow last year's ue- ual expend It ut e. Sigurd Oak, aged 23. died fn 'be local hospitai on Tuesday last from complications following ha exposure to a flow of gas rn the bottom of an 88-foot wll which r e -vas engaged in smkrog on toe farm of Alfred Larson on the Queanel highway. The funeral was held here oa Friday last with Rev Brich Hopka, Lutheran Church minister, officiating. The big sawmill plant at OU- come is to resume ctlVtlns lumber early next month If weather con- dttiens permit, it Is learned here. Both sawing and planing mill will be in operation and employment will be be afforded about 150 men one-half million dollars as an advance payment on the Dominion's share of the ujwfoynjT relief, with the understanding that when accounts of expenditure were received from the province they would be applied against this advance. "On December 23 a further advance of $aoo.GGO was made and on January 30 there wa stftl another advance of $500,000. on exacUy the Um Ha.if noRla. jtH.-. .aat m ce in anticipation of the receipt of account, u-nich it was understood ,v?1ueher"' e to be rendertd immediately. e!LyU,mm.arl,the ,,toa- Dominion government has H lion i ts that in view of the finsncta.j arranged to send an additional condition or British Coiumba. the't225.000 on Mnnrit nnt nn in. Dominion on December 1. last 'count of nrMrinti ...u. loaned the province one half mil. Hon dollars to help It Inanee It share of relief expenditure. "On the same date the Dominion sent to British Columbia another a - - nuiP Apart from the relief work, there hat been a straight loan to BriUsh Columbia of S3 .371. 000 to permit that province to meet New Vork maturities" As the company has enough logs on hanc to keep the plant running aU summer, no logglnz operations, win probably be carried out in the, meantime at least Alfred Peters, ten-year old son of Sheriff and Mrs. E. S. Peters of Fraser Lake, is seriously 111 In the Prince George Hospital suffering from peritonitis following a rupture of the appendix. He w5 ruthed here last Monday from Fraser Lake and an operation was performed by Dr. Carl Evert George Kennedy returned here last Monday after a visit to various points on the prairie. Mrs. J. E. MHehett of Sammtt Lake arrived here last Wednesday enroute home after an extended visit lr. San Franetoso. L. C. Ounn is to be the new district engineer (or the pfovtoctat department of public works her? succeeding i. C. Brady who is tssiisforred to Prince Rapes L ! The Letter Box BEER PARLORS Editor. Daily News: In the report contained In the Vietoria Times, of the delegation of probJbiUonUts who appeared before the provincial cabinet, among other statements made by the Rev. R. 3. Mclntyre, the following is remarkable: The Rev. R. J Mclntyre also charged that minors were admitted to many beer parlors and that women of low character were known to solicit in sueh place " The public is getting used to wild and irresponsible statements made on this subject but when a direo) charge of this kind is made by the reverend gentleman surely ho should be mad to prove it. One of the Ten Commandmenta says: "Thou shaft pot bear falie witness against thy neighbor.'' 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