Sy sees ore ! i | iecar BEST age Steed wt Gr iamsundael — See a ae ee eta pmo THE DAILY NEWS aoa eqnauatepeneen The Daily New Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist Published by the Prince Rupert Publishing Company, Limited DAILY AND WEEKLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES—DAILy, 50c per month, or $5.00 per year, in advance. WEEKLY, $2.00 per year. OuTsiIDE CANADA—Daily, $8. r year; Week]. $2.50 per year, strictly in advance. : vith en TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch. on application. : HEAD OFFICE Daily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B. C. Telephone 98. BRANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES New YorK—National Newspaper Bureau, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. SEATTLE—Puget Sound News Co. eee ENGLAND—The Clougher Syndicate, Grand Trunk Building, Trafalgar are, f Contract rates ‘*The newspaper, with the law, should assume the accused innocent until proven guilty; should be the friend, not the enemy of the general public; the defender, not the invader of private life and the assailant of personal character. It should be, as it were, a keeper of the public conscience.’’—Henry Watterson. ag THE GRAND TRUNK ASSESSMENT DAILY EDITION. THURSDAY, JUNE 8 Owing to the near approach of the time when the citizens will be called upon to vote on the above question to bind the city to an agreement covering a long period of years, and owing also to the evident reluctance shown in certain quarters to discuss the question with the citizens, the Daily News will print a series of editorial articles dealing with the various aspects of the question. . In so doing, there is no desire to sway the minds of the electors either for or against the proposed settlement. The aim will be to state the case fairly, without prejudice, without exaggeration, and without rhetorical appeal, letting the issues be clearly seen, and allow- ing the facts to make their own appeal to the individual mind. Our chief concern is not which way the electors will vote, but that the electors may know what it is they are voting for or against. ARTICLE NO. 8—-HOW ABOUT THE FUTURE? It has been shown how the proposal to settle the Grand Trunk Pacific assessment by agreeing to accept a payment of $15,000 a year for ten years in settlement of all taxes, will reduce the city’s borrowing power by at least $1,250,000, make it necessary to either defer the installation of public utilities or enfranchise private corporations to supply them, and in addition, will make it possible for the railway} company to tie up the waterfront and thus arrest development. It is true that the proposals include the handing over of certain pieces of park land to the city, and the construction of machine shops and an hotel. Of the lands it is fair to point out that the proposed grant of one hundred feet of water-frontage at Fairview, is a real concession. The proviso that it must only be used for city purposes is a’ fair one to make. For the other lands it is equally fair to point out that they are only the park and other sites which the rail- way company promised to give to the city long ago. In the case of the park sites, the handing of them over to the city ensures that the cost of maintenance will be met by the city. In regard to the buildings mentioned in the agreement, no pen- alties are provided in the document for the non-fulfilment of the promise to erect them at once. It is extremely unlikely that the company would build them a day sooner than it needs them, or defer the building of them a day later than it needs them, to humor or spite the city. Mr. D'Arcy Tate’s threats might very well be placed against Mr. D’Arcy Tate's promises, and a negation be declared. The C. P. R. ii may be remembered made similar threats to Vancouver under similar circumstances years ago. It fulfilled its immediate promises fourteen years later. In these matter it is economic need which is the determining element. Were the managers of the G. T. P. to be swayed by sentiment instead of by economic consid- erations, they would prove themselves unfaithful to the trust reposed in them by the shareholders of that company. But granting that the immediate effect of the agreement will be bad for the city, what of the future? It is quite true that most of us live more in the future than in the present. We are prepared to sacrifice today if needs be, so that we may gain rewards tomorrow. Is the proposed settlement one that, while demanding sacrifice on the part of the city today, is likely to work out for the ultimate good of the city. That is the suggestion conveyed in the document to be submitted to the people in which park sites, a city hall site, and a small piece of water-frontage are to be offered to the citizens, and promises made to build a round house, engine shops, and an hotel reputed to cost a million dollars. It has been pointed out that cities live and grow, not on sentiment or scenery or park sites, however necessary these are, but by the ‘production and distribution of commodities. The economic value of a million dollar hotel to Prince Rupert may be approximately reckoned without difficulty. As between material and labor on ornate buildings, the cost on a contract is fairly evenly divided. But in a place like Prince Rupert which has no manufactures, the labor on a large building is not all kept within the city. The steel girders, cornice work, brick and cut stone, all interior finish, sash and doors, heating plant, radi- ators, plumbing fixtures, elevators, motors, etc., would be imported. The Prince Rupert labor would consist of the erecting more than the constructing of the hotel. It is improbable that one fifth of the million dollars would be spent on labor in the city. $200,000 would provide labor for 200 men for 200 days at $0 per day. That is the economic value of a million dollar hotel to the upbuilding of the city under present conditions. The operation of the hotel would confer a greater benefit, for while the staff of an hotel is small, and comprises much domestic labor which lives indoors—in short, does not give a great deal of employment to married men with families—the permanent character of the employ- ment would make it of greater permanent value to the city. But one sugar refinery, or a saw mill, or a flour mill, or a smelter, giving employment in creative industry to a couple of hundred men with families all the year round, is worth more to the city as an eco- nomic asset, than a dozen million dollar hotels. It would be false economy for the city in order to get the promise of a million dollar hotel to consent to any arrangement which may result in the waterfront being held idle for several years for the sake of unearned increment, thus keeping out sugar refineries, and saw mills and flour mills and smelters, If the city were satisfied to remain as it is—if we were not all water-supply, we might continue the development of the future. looking towards the future. looking forward to the future—we might consent with less drial. | nation to such an agreement. We might manage with our present without sewers in the residential sections, we might continue to tramp the plankways, and see the business section graded, but unsurfaced. if the future is to turn out well, it is imperative to see that the city is not shackled to agreements covering a long term of years, without a careful measuring of what effect those agreements might have on But if the city is to grow, There are other important aspects yet to be considered in this ROOMS 50c AND UP SAVOY : FRASER AND FIFTH STREET THE ONLY HOTEL IN TOWN WITH HOT AND COLD WATER IN ROOMS BEST FURNISHED HOUSE NORTH OF VANCOUVER PHONE 37 HOTEL P, 0, BOX 126 Prudhomme & Fisher Proprietors WAY TO RUSTLE A QUORUM Attractions of Hospital Associa- tion Meeting Rather Failed Twelve members of the Hospital Association are required to form a quorum. Tuesday’s meeting was timed for eight p.m. but at that hour President Stewart with Assistant Secretary Wright, and one or two energetic members of the Board were engaged in the anxious task of rustling a quorum. Secretary Wright was sent hot foot with the fiery cross from City Hall to Fourth avenue, while the President with M. M. Stephens, O. H. Nelson and Chief Vickers, who volunteered experienced and useful services, watched at the court room door to pounce upon passing members of the Associa- tion who vainly endeavored to slip by unperceived. Alderman Smith was ruthlessly torn from his wife's side and dragged into the hall. G. R. Naden was inveigled in, Mr. Mc- Caffery was decoyed from his office. Still there was a shortage of members, but Secretary Wright chased in a few more, and last but not least Alderman Newton passing with his daughters was rounded up and deprived of his evening walk. With the quorum complete the whisper went round amongst the rustlers ‘‘Lock the doors. Don't let any of them escape.’’ One or two did escape for no sooner did a casual visitor drop into the court room to see what was doing, than he was hurried into a chair, while one of the members first captured made a hasty exit. The quorum was preserved though its units altered. But the business was done all right. WARNING TO LACROSSE CLUBS Expulsion of Young Torontos and Its Effects Lacrosse players and _ lacrosse clubs that may not be.aware of the status of the Young Torontos will do well to give attention to the announcement and warning issued by President Forsythe of the Canadian Lacrosse Association, and avoid trouble by determining now whether or not they wish to put themselves outside the pale of recognized authority. Mr. Forsyth says: “‘As_ the Young Toronto Lacrosse Club was expelled from the Canadian La- crosse Association, all clubs and players are notified that players who take part in any games with or against the Young Torontos are thereby disqualified from com- peting with or against any C. L. A. team in this or future seasons. A list of all such will be kept, and none will be’ allowed to play in the Canadian Lacrosse Association. This applies also to the Young Toronto juniors of the Inter-assoia- tion League, if they are part of the Young Toronto organization, as I am informed they are. All who compete against them will also be under the ban of the C. L. A. It makes no difference whether the Young Toronto jun- iors are a new lot or not. If they connect themselves with a dis- qualified club they assume the penalties also.” HISTORIC BOAT. IS NEWINGTON Tight Little Steamer Which Left Prince Rupert Yester- day Morning. Into the harbor of Prince Ru- pert will steam many an_ in- teresting vessel before long, but only yesterday morning there stea- med out one of the most historic steamers afloat. The S.S. New- ington, Government | .ighthouse In- spection and Survey Tender, which is taking Mr. H. Killeen on his survey tour of Dixon's Entrance one of the famous fleet of North Sea trawlers fired on by the Russian ‘“Mad Dog’ fleet making for the Sea of Japan via the Cape during the Russo-Jap war. Adapted for her present work the still her hull name plates, and ship's bell. She is a beautifully engined boat, and like all North Sea trawlers, powerful and seaworthy. Under Captain Barnes she is doing ex- cellent service these The Newington is fitted with an experimental system of apparatus, and is also working in conjunction with the extension work now going oft at the Triangle Wireless station, by which a much wider range of communication is to be established this summer. is Newington bears on coasts. wireless Read The Daily News S. O. E. B.S. The Prince Rupert Lodge, No. 318, Sons of England. meets the first and third Tuesdays in each month in the Carpenters Hall, at 8 p.m. F. V. CLARK, Sec., P. O. Box 812, Prince Rupert Whites Portland Cement... G. C. EMMERSON AGENT Phone 125 Naden Block Second Ave ‘Windsor Hotel FIRST AVENUE AT EIGHTH STKEET Newly Furnished and Steam Heated Rooms A FIRST CLASS BAR AND DINING ROOM IN CONNECTION RATES 50 CENTS AND UP BATHS FREE TO GUESTS ROBT. ASHLAND P.0. BOX 37 al EMPLOYMENT ptt. SS FREE For all kinds of help, cooks, waiters, dishwashers, hotel por- ters, all kinds of laborers or me- chanics, call up Phone No. 178 or call at the Grand Hotel Free Employment Offce Headquarters for cooks & waiters § iessectibnisieannsiidllaiialeat ROGERS & BLACK —WHOLESALE DEALERS IN— Building Material, Cement, Lime, Hair-fibre Plaster, Coke, Blacksmith Coal, Common Brick, Pressed Brick Shingles, Lath, New Wellington Coal ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED See Us for Prices. - Phone No. 116 FRANK D. KEELEY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST Phone No. 200 P. O. Box 580 PRINCE RUPERT, B. C. a dppbibpbbb dh bbb hbhbbb bbb bdbbodd PPPS SSS SST TTT TTT tee W. J. McCUTCHEON Carries complete stock of Drugs. Special attention paid to filling prescriptions, Theatre Block Puone No. 79 Second Ave. Hbohdbbbdbdh bbb dood db dS eS SPSS SSS SSS ST STS TT TTT tF+44+ hb bdbdhb bb hed POSTS TT TS bbbdbddbaddssS aya tae a g \ MONROE on oy. Pa "& COAL 4 ar PHONE IIS FOR SALE Lots 5 and 6, Block 28, Section 1. $3000, 25 per cent. cash, balance 1, 2, 3 years, 7 per cent. GEO. W. MORROW 1076 Nelson St., Vancouver, B.C. PePPrr ’ BOWLING, ™i'es2° 4 Alleys. 7 Tables. A good exer- Ladies every be- cise. Aclean sport, afternoon. Newman Block, tween 6th and 7th Sts. TED MORRISON, Proprietor and Manager =—=F, EBY @® Co=== REAL ESTATE Kitsumkalum Land For Sale KITSUMKALUM - Prince Rupert Lodge, 1.0.0.F. NO. 63 Meets in the Helgerson Block Every Tuesday Evening All members of the order in the city are requested to visit the lodge. G. S. SOHNSTONE, N.G. H. MORTON, Secretary. LAND PURCHASE NOTICE Skeena Land Distriet—District of Coast Range 5 Take saealee that I, Bell Hall Kenney of Yar- mouth, Nova Scotia, occupation married woman, intend to apply for permission to purehase the following described lands: Commanding at a post planted et north east corner of T. L Lot 88026, Urence rn ning weet 40 chains, thence north 80 chains, thence east av chains, thence south 80 chains to place of eom- mencement containing 320 acres more or e post is on south east corner of land applied My tt S. E., about one mile west of tee south side of Skeena river District : 5. AY _ Bt aorl t Y 911. BELL HALL KENNEY Pub. May 18. John Haverty, Agent Skeena Land District—Distriet of Cassiar Take notice that 1, James Dunlop of Prince Rupert, B. C., oecupation teamster, intend to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands: C ing at a post planted about two miles south of the forks of the White and Flat rivers, thence north 80 chains, thence ver ef chains, thence south 80 chains, thence east 50 chains, Dated April 18, 1911. JAMES DUNLOP Pub. May 18. Francis 8. Preston, Agent Skeena Land District—-Distriet of Cassiar Take notice that 1 Francis 8. Preston of Prince Rupert, B. ©., oceupetion prospector, intend to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands: Commencing at a post planted about three miles south and two miles west of the forks of the White and Fiat rivers, thence south 80 chains thence east 80 chains, thence north 80 chains, thence -veet 80 chains. 5 pa ie Dated April 20,1911. FRANCIS 8. PRESTON Pub May 18 Skeena Land District—District of Coast Range 6 Take not ce that 1, Joe Jack of Prince Ky pert, B. C., occupation carpenter, intend to apply for —— to puretiase the following ibed ds; Commencing at a post planted about threeland one-half miles distant in a south westerly direction from a blind slough from Observatory Inlet where the same touches the Indian Reserve thence east 80 cha ns, thence “orth 80 chains, thence wests0 chains, thence south 80 chains to point cf com- mencement, containing 640 acres more or less. Dated April 14, 1911. JOE JACK Pub. May 13. Skeena Land District—Distriet of Queen Charlotte Take notice that Frank Levick of Woodstock, Ont., occupation bookkeeper, intends to apply for es to purchase thé following deseribed lands: Cc ata planted about seven miles west and two miles south of the mouth of Stanley Creek where it empties into Naden Harbor, Graham Island, thence 80 chains south, thence 80 chains east, thence 8° chains north, thence 80 chains west to point of commencement | and contaning 640 acres more or less. Dated Mareh 17, 1911. FRANK LEVICK Pub. April 7. Numa Demers, Agen Skeena Land District-—District of Coast Range 5 ee LAND PURCHASE Noticy Skeena Land Distriet— Take notice that 1, Willian John Const eriaee Super B. C., ovcupation rancher i a Sasteea nil » prema to purchase the fy ™ following Commencing at a pos! planted at the aor corner of Lot 5068, 5, Coast Disteawet south ZU ening, ¢ Cust 40 chai’ thence uorth 20 chains, thence west 40 chai of commencement, containing 80 ac . : ™, More uw Da April 8,191i. WILLIAM) ‘ Pub. April 29. »M JOHN Coniay Skeena Land District —District of Queen Chari Islands Arlette Take notice that George W. Arnot: of Px pert, C., occupation reai estate Prine intends to apply for permission to pure) Droker, following deseribed lands: “1 Commencing at a post planted miles and one-haif mile west « from the mouth of Stanly Creek, > thence west 80 chains, thence thence east 80 chains, thence nortt Dated Mareh 17, 1911. about SU chair GEO, W Pub. April 22. Numa Demery, Agee ul Coast Range 5 Land District Take notice that i, John He; t umn of K qumielaan, occupation farmer, intend to a or ‘mii p the followny deste? ned my ion to purchase the followng Leseribed Cotamencing at a post planted at the por corner of Lot 3983, thence east 20 ¢ vlna tae south 40 chains, thence west 20 ans north 40 chains to place o! commencement. “"“* Dated Mareh 18, 1911. JOHN HEPBURN Pub April 15, f 7 Skeens Land Distriet—District of Coas - Take notice that Honry Macartne, oe! pepe B. C., Occupation miner, intends t sppiy a to purchase the following desented Commencing at%a post planted « side of Exchumsiks River, avout 2 | its confluence with the Skeena Liver 1-2 miles west from Exchumaiks rapids chains north, thence 40 chains east. chaing south, thence 40 chains ¥ commencement, containing 520 acre y ~ or ena aed GE 18, “ELM. SW. cor a April 22, 1911. HENRY MACARTNE Pub. April 29. shir Skeena Land District—District of Casciar Take notice that I, Mary Carin of Stewart B, C., occupation married woman, intend to apply for m to purchase the followin, lands Ry Commencing at a post planted two @ nile south and @ two miles west of the torks of the White and Fiat rivers, thence 60 chains north, thence 50 chains west, thence 5 Take notice that Annie Mussallem of Prince Rupert, B. C., occupation married woman, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following deseri! lands: Commeneng at a post planted at a post at the southwest corner, 60 chains east from N. BE. corner of Lot 1116, Harvey’s Survey, Coast District, Range 5, thence east 20 chains, thence north 40 chains, thence west 40 chains, thence south 20 chains, thence east 20 chains, thence south 20 land: Commencing at a post | quarters of a mile north ea and on the east bank of St south side of the mouth of ai east 40 chains, thence hort! west 40 chaina, thence « of commencement and conta ur teas. | Dated Feb. 10, 1911. | Pub, April 7 CHRISTIAN A. +54 Distr | Skeena Land District 1 Take notice that J |B. C., oceupation commercial | to apply for permission to pur | deseri ped Lands: Commenang at a post pla miles west aad ane mile fou | of Staniy Creek, Naden Ha | chains, thence west 40 cha } Ciivjns, thence east 40 ¢ ins is | Dated March 17, 1911 . Pub, April 22. Skeena Land District-— Take notice that 1, Wi of Toronto, Ontario, to apply for permiasion to | described lands: Commencing ata post pia | corner of Lot 3055 Raag | east 60 chains, thence nor | 20 chains to Hell's Cate slough southerly to point taining 160 acres more or le Dated April 6, 1911 WILLIAM Pub. April 29. MELVIL Skeena Land Diatrict-—Distr« Take notice that I, ¢ Prince Rupert, B, C., occupa to apply for permission to pu dearribed lands post pla tiver a Commencing at a bank of Exchumsiks from its confluence with the | 20 chains eust, thence 50 ¢ | chains west, thence 80 cha | commencement, containing 0+ Dated April 21, 1911 CHAR | Pub, April 29. is Skeena Land District Take notice that I, Mrs. J Rupert, B.C., occupation t to apply for permission to | described lands: Commencing at a post lot 1733, Coast Distriet, Ka chains, thence east 4 chs chains, thence west 40 cha more or less, MRS, JOHN (! Date Mar, 20, 19 | Pub, Apr. 4, 1911 —— LAND LEASE NOTICE — 4 Coat Skeena Land District , Take notice that Williac Rupert, B, C,, occupation to a ply for permission to '* described lands: ; bout 100 em . Commencing at a post planted "ast sit ? south of the Indian Reserve on tbe peninslt Goose Bay and on the east © . thence " thence south 80 chains salon vi, alow 40 chains to Goose Bey, thers py in cor less # 80 chains, thence west 40 chet. RD ' t, containing $20 acres more Of WP ryNFO fated March 8, 1911, WI LLIA Pub, April 15, . + of Cont 1 Skeena Land District District of of Prat Take notice that Hume Babine at, ileal 2 Rupert, B, C., occupation ™* the {allo to apply for permission to | ala ( desi lands: 4 about 100209 In Commencing at a post plante’ ©) 6 osst south of the Indian Reserv? "7 cingule Oe Goose Bay on the east side of the a! he Keser north 100 chains along shore © to coms or le thence west 60 chains more 00 thence 100 chains along shore, {ht%a4o sa @hains more or leas to post, conte i nuME BABIN Pub, April 29, 1911, 4w more or less. Dated Mareb &, 1911. Pub. April 16,