THE DAILY NEWS The Daily News* The Leading Newspaper and the Largest Circulation in Northern B.C. Published by the Prince Rupert Publishing Company, Limited DAILY AND WEEKLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES—DaIy, 50c per month, or $5.00 per year, in advance. WEEKLY, $2.00 per year. OuTSip& CANADA—Daily, $5.00 per year; Weekly, $2.50 per year, strictly in advance TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch. on application. Contract rates HEAD OFFICE Daily Ne'ws Building, Third Ave., Prince Ruperi, B. C. Telephone 98. BRANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES New YorK—National Newspaper Bureau, 219 Fast 23rd St., New York City. SEATTLE—Puget Sound News Co. or hae ENGLAN})—The Clougher Syndicate, Grand Trunk Building, Trafalgar juare, Gen: VOTE DOWN THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC BYLAW DaILy EDITION. For several days lately, the city council has had placed before the public the text of two bylaws—one to confirm the G. T. P. assess- ment settlement, and the other to euthorise the city council to raise a sum of $550,000 with which to build a hydro-electric system. With the first question, the News has already dealt in extenso. At the time of the deliberations between the council and the G. T. P. representatives, it pointed out a multitude of reasons for concluding that the city was getting the wrong end of a horse trader’s bargain. In deciding not to reopen the question the News does not withdraw one jot of its amply expressed opinion on the G. T. P. assessment settlement. The question of the Hydro-Electric scheme is different. So far it has had little discussion. In the excitement of the immediate political campaign it is in danger of being allowed to slip through without examination, and the city be saddled with engagements entered into by a council which after next January will be a thing of the past. Tonight has been set for the opportunity of having the bylaw explained in public, Saturday is fixed as the day upon which the vote will be taken. There are several reasons why the bylaw should not go through. In the first place there is the legal objection that the bylaw is contrary | ™ to clause 75 of the Municipal Clauses Act which distinctly states that ‘‘No bylaw shall be submitted for the assent of the electors which groups together two or more subjects of expenditure, but each bylaw must be for a distinct purpose, and every bylaw must be voted on separately.” and electric light are two separate subjects of expenditure. There is good reason for this provision. One voter may want municipal light, but not municipal water. Another may want mun- icipal water but not municipal light. Yet in order to secure the utility that each needs, he must vote for the other utility which he does not need. There is the second objection, urged on economic grounds against the electric lighting portion of the scheme, that the cost of electric light under the city project will be very much greater than the cost submitted by the Tsimpsean Power Company. For the present needs the cost of the city scheme is computed to be $74 per h. p. The Tsimp- sean Power Company offers power at $28 per h. p. to the city. There is a third objection, more potent than both of the others combined. It is concerned with the character and fitness of the present city council to carry out such an enterprise, and to be entrusted with the spending of a sum of dver half a million dollars of public money. There is no denying that the city needs a water system. It has needed it since before the present council were elected, and the fact TUESDAY, AuG. 29 Even a clever lawyer could see that drinking water]. J ; ; information given in tabulated form are (1) the output and the per! B.C. MINERAL OUTPUT porn ie The detailed annual report of the Minister of Mines for British Columbia, lately published, is far from being en ordinary dry-as-dust blue book. Its varied illustrations, graphic tables, diegrams and maps, add materially to its interest and value. The net increase in value of the production of the provinee for 1910 as compared with that of 1909 is $1,934,041, the respective totals for the two years being $26,377,066 and $24,443,025. Last year’s totel value was the greatest of any year in the history of mining in British Columbie, the previous highest record having been that for 1907, with a total of $25,882,260. The proportions of the several minerals ireluded in last year's total production and the respective increases and decreases are in the following excerpt from one of the tables: shown Mineral Value Inc. or Dec. Gold, placer.........$ 540,000 I. $ 63,000 Gold, lode........... 5,533,380 I. 609,290 Silver: ote Pi i 1,245,016 I, 5,746 eae Sarees .... 1,886,250 D. 322,909 Copgietice fore 4,871,512 D. 1,047,010 CANE 2 eRe Ee Or 192,473 D. 207 ,527 Coals, . siren WE, 9,800,161 I. 2,177,495 Cok@sre ek i, -... 1,308,174 D. 244,044 Other materials... .... 1,500,000 i 300,000 Total product........ $26,377,066 REE NU wns ere ee PRS ORES $1,934,041 Aggregate Value This production brings the aggregate value of the mineral pro- duction of the province to the beginning of 1911 up to $374,197,650, of which gold accounts for $132,000,000. Comparing the output of certain mineral products in British Columbia with that of similar products in all other provinces of the Dominion, the report shows that in regard to gold, silver, lead, copper, iron and coal and coke, the province produced in 1910 an amount equal to more than 64 per cent of that of all the other provinces com- bined, exclusive of the Yukon. Increase in Coal Output The most notable feature in the mineral production of the year was the large increase in coal. made into coke, wes 3,139,235 tons (of 2,240 pounds). of 339,189 tons made into coke, tons, an increase of nearly 800,000 tons over that of the year 1909. The gross output, including the coal Aiter deduction The greatest net increase made in any previous year wa tons, which was in 1909, as compared with 1089. Included in the full and (2) analyses of accidents in coal mines in different 1910. The special reports included in the report are those of the pro- districts during vincial mineralogist on Portland Canal, Lilooet and Tatlayoko dis- tricts, and of the provincial assayer on part of Atli mining division, Bella Coola and Valdez Island. The Continental Trust Co., Lid. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $500,000 OFFICERS: WM. T. eee, M.D., President DAVID H. HAYS, 1st Vice-Pres. M. J. HOBIN, 2nd Vice- ants and Manager JAY KUGLER, Secretary- Treasurer b. PETERSON, Ass't.-Manager the net output of coal was 2,800,046 s about 328,000 QUEEN CHARLOTTE Continued Violations of West Coast Owing to Insufficiently Protected Fisheries. Poachers were plentiful scooping in salmon by thousands with trolls and purse seine nets off the west coast of Vancouver Island during last week. The steamer Grey, tender of the Canadian Northern Pacific fisheries company, when it arrived at Vanccuver with a full cargo of whale oil and fertilizer from the Queen Charlotte Island stations, reported having passed through a great fleet of poachers. There were over hundred of them at work in waters from amile or less from shore, the bulk of them operating inside the three mile limit. ‘There were among them a number of comparatively large vessels, of twenty tons or more. The Grey passed close to two vessels which were inside the three mile jimit, the names of these being read, one being the Pioneer No. 2 of Seattle, the other the Discovery. An officer took bear- ings of their position and found both considerably within the three mile limit. Officers of the Grey stated that the poachers were hauling in fish by thousands. a METHODIST FINANCES British Columbia Subscriptions Show Large Increase Ont., Aug. 23.—The income of the General Missionary Society of the Methodist church for the year closing June 30 was $648,908, of $54,486 Toronto, an increase capita production of coal in several districts during the lest four years, Maniioba, | | | | over the previous year. The in- creased subscriptions from the wes- ‘ern provinces were $2559; Saskatchewan, Alberte, $1517; British $5410. as follows: $2738; Columbia, Report on i al A volumnimous report has jsut been issued by the Canadian Com- The vol- It mission of Conservation. ume 519 pages. divided three sections, respective captions being ‘‘Lands,” Fisheries and Game,” “*Min- In the last-meniioned sec- is the contains into and erals.”’ jtion is presented a summary of | Dominion and laws. Provincial mining This is followed by chapters on conservation and on mine ac- cidents, and by statistical tables. The diagrams and meps that il- POACHERS NEAR | aeearaan — . LYNCH BROS General : Merch erchande Largest Moc hb Lowest Prices in Northern B.C ics catealis et ede rs oes ps ie t ou@ueee ee hpo—ade —— ph hem SAMUEL HARRISON (NOTARY PUBLIC) Sanmel Harrison & Co. Real Estate and Stock Brokers APPROVED AGREEMENTS FOR SALE puri Prince Rupert and Stewart KBD DPB BOD LPP BIOL PLIES Srnass We HAVE A COMPLET& LINE OF BEERS Win} AND LIQUORS, ALWAYS IN STOCK HERE ARE THREE OF OUR SPECIAL LINES Budweiser Beer, We are sole agents for Northern B ( Double OO Whiskey Guaranteed to be 12 years in the wood before being Sole agents for Northern B.C Victoria Phoenix Beer . Phone No, 7 Northern B.C. Liquor Company, '.,".’ iirc einai cart OPO 9-9 -9--0—-© — © -0-4-4-4-9 Double Weekly Service S.S. Prince Rupert, S.S. Prince George ee FRED. STORK! General Hardware ‘ 7 { Builders’ Hardwa y Vancouver @ Valves & Pipes Oxford Stoves * Victoria + Grariteware I + AND + ‘ Seattle SECOND - AVENUE + -*-+-+-+—@ + + + +o Mondays and Fridays, 8 a.m. ————_—__—_-—— et ys at 8 a.m, For Stewart, Thursdays at 8 a.m EMPLOYMENT | ss. Prince John sails for Port Simp- FREE ne | son, Naas River, Masset, Naden OFFICE: Harbor, Wednesdays, 1.00 p.m, Hor all kinds of | and for: sittin. Ain mes oe Queen Charlotte Island points, Sat- / eae eens e | urdays 1 p.m, chanics, cal! uj; / Railway Service to Copper River Mixed trains from Prince Rupert Wed Phone No. nesdays an Saturdays, ; gma re- or call at { turning ursdays an Sundays 5.20 p.m. Grand Hotel Free Emre oe | The Grand Trunk Railway System connecting with trains from the Pacific coast operates a frequent and conven- ient service of luxurious trains over its double track route between Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, Halifax, Portland, Boston, New York and Phila- delphia. Atlantic Steamship bookings arranged via all lines, Full informa- Headquarters for / aces eanet seer eerel SMITH & MALLETT THIRD AY By waiting a few months until a capable and businesslike council k a Executor and Administrator Receiver or Assignee Farm Lands and Mines ‘* tion and tickets obtained from the}] Plumbing, Heating, Stea: that no steps have been taken to get to work on the building of a Real Estate and Insurance Agent For Care of Real Estate Escrow Agents lustrate the chaptérs on mining | office of Sheet Metal W water system until the council’s death agonies are in sight is a sus- Fiscal Agents Trustees Registrar and Transfer Agent /are excellent. Statistics are digest- fice: Srd Ave icious te . ae Tsattes Under Mortgage ent Dads of Teast d much more readily when : ra A. E. MCMASTER Phone iit" tnd A § Std . ” » 2 > a F ne iTa- p “ : 3 Safe Deposit Vault and Boxes Collections je é 2 v FREIGHT AND PASSENGER AGENT The fact that the council have all along pursued a policy of handing SAVINGS DEPARTMENT, 4 per cent. on Deposits |phically represented. out public patronage to its friends, is another suspicious circumstance. We will be pleased to answer any inqairies regarding investments in Prince Rupert | eo ee | Leoesoseoooores Sbeetettet The fact that no guarantee is given as to when the work will ae eg tee ee ee : . ; ‘ if , V0 ay Z , Pp } be started, or when the work will be completed, is another suspicious The Continental Trust Company, Limited, %R0ON? AVENUE If you want money apply P. O. Canadian Pacific Railway iz W. J. McCUTCHEON circumstance. Box 953. tf B.C. Coast Service = Carries complete stock - . . ° a attention paid to The fact that no guarantee is given that the work will be completed | =————=;—;>> ee | es F : alt toad Ave , sia ; eo a ware Famous Princess Line | Theatre Block rons Hi, for the sum of $550,000 is another suspicious circumstance. GH 27 SE 2 GZS FS GWE DEE ERE DME wey car Rr 8 ae es The fact that no statement has yet been made by the council a || Weert bb beettttstt ~~ mae ensuring that the work will be awarded to the lowest tenderer in public an} ae $.S. PRINCESS ROYAL of i competition is another suspicious circumstance. NS ei Taken all together these circumstances blend themselves into one e aper IN|} Monday, August 28th, 9 a.m. Pre-emptions & Purchases iy powerful reason why the property owners of Prince Rupert should a) ia) FOR VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, SEATTLE y hai? af e » hv -electric bylaw : ay ne ) Located in La ne Nae Z defeat the hydro-electric bylaw on Saturday next. 66 iat J. G. McNab - General Agent River Valleys. A Loca a or tors,’’ Box N e at ‘ t _ te is put in control of the city’s affairs, the ratepayers will receive the ANDER i waterworks system at much lower cost and in much shorter time, 99 hy S. S. INL i than if it entrusted to Alderman Hilditch and the present Board of Y H ! | — . , fi Works to carry out without estimates, without contracts, without our ome e | “hes nee Ee ; , lay HASHING LAvNCNES, and Canoe guarantees, without supervision and without restraint. 4 -+» FOR... For H yA r Day Ne SSR < . gee ice : i HAZELTON Sen ba i COMMENTS ON RECIPROCITY It gives you all the news of your own city and district as well as the principal happenings pane aa aaa nas Serer” in all parts of the world. The pews is well edited, its news columns are clean and whole- |) vere fans Ne eee ane ti < rec. oe M ‘ nel ais aon ‘le - m —e , uanaer ° a € anti-reciprocity orators who shout themselves haart declaring some. It is a paper you need in your home. The advertising columns of the News bring 7 that reciprocity will entangle our trade with that of the United States rae Eee ania tuniti fan vettin, een onion 2 ‘ say should remember there is nothing in the reciprocity pact to compel you in touch with opportunities tor getting the full value for your money. : _ 2 CARTAGE and i ns cea ie Bae ba eae se’ aMbvaiteceie ‘ e Canadians to sell to esaaeti et ke to their advantage to do so. ee bie uy Bahay H. B. Rochester - Agent LINDSAY'S STORAGE Dae. i Fi Premier McBride speaking at Victoria, is credited by the Borden — nT nT, G, T. P. Transits Mr ea organ here with saying an annexation movement ‘‘was started’’ in In Commercial Printing Orders promp' gee i . : . . : we have a large stock of rIC B. Rock tres. I ne this country. He lied and lied deliberately.—Calgary Albertan. —SeSRGEAEGEES qpre-s Se Reading the lurid in T. { hard db a ae “aaa Laren 4 ngs e 7 eading the lurid stories in Tory papers of haz times and business ‘ . a ’ 4 ection 6 with ; depression in the United States, one is tempted to remark that in Price Lists Stock Certificates Prince Rupert Lodge, .0.0.F. For Sale: rontage # ® i ” the United States the protective tariffs are higher than in any country Memorandum Fo:ms Articles of Association NO. 63 bargain. ‘ : id — ay in the world except one. Clearly high tariffs do not cause prosperity. ‘ ; We handle Blank Ledger Meets in the Helgerson Block y eé: De Had not our Conservative friends better try some story that won't Commercial Cards Forms for Loose Illustrated Pamphlets E Tuesday E : Wanted it frac ectioe 1 for ah work like a boomerang?—Victoriz. Times. Leaf System ry. 2% ¥ SROERE mopeeeee | : AS alr ae eins All members of the order in the city shed apart: te Hon. G. E. Fosier in the House of Commons, March 15, 1888. are sequested to visit the lodge. For Rent: Goal i (Hansard, 1888, vol. 8, page 194.) For society printing, we ensure correctness of style and taste in Visiting Cards, Wedding $20 a mont! ; Pe “I say io hon. genileman opposite; Suppose the United States Invitations and Dance Programmes. For any kind of printing from the humble ~dodger"” ; ; SADE NO. Sec.| Fire, Life and Acciden! Insurane if had put a clause in their tariff act saying the very moment Canada to the highest grades of multi-color printing consult the ‘‘News Job’’ : ; $ $ aie then J t of te makes natural producis free the United States will make them free, ner Georg y ptree maps i meta we not have a pressure which it would be totally ogee i D fan or , ye at $50. , or us to resist?’’ Little’ NEWS Ag : ye t avenue 4 ncy One more lot 0! Is nct that the very situation in Canada today? The Casal aily News Building - Third Ave $ x Good re om Loan. States has made the offer of free natural products. Can the Con- M 3 i tt - agazines ;: Periodicals ;; Newspapers servatives afford to resist the pressure of the farmers of Canada Od rend PHONE 98 cIG TS JOHN ‘DYBHAY VN : —Ottawa F A AO ARS :: TOBACCOS :: FRUI ieee tee eeneptance? Ottawa Free: Bron siesetiieianesiainiibiadiisuanionanstiemenmenememn ! G.T.P, WHARF pov OT