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ALASKA
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RUPERT
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ONE.
I'RINCK
RUPERT
DAILY
NEWS
takes
Lurp
in
nresentinsr
this
special
supplement
Bthe
occasion
of
the
annual
convention
of
iociatcd
Hoards
of
Trade
of
Central
Hrit-
ftumbia
which
has
honored
the
city
with
this
its
venue
for
the
1917
convention.
I
now
recognized
that,
due
to
new
indus
OGRESSIVE
HIGHLIGHTS
1947,
TO
DATE
Definite
announcement
of
fifteen
million
dollar
cellulose
Plant
by
a
subsidiary
of
Cela-ese
Corporation
of
America.
U
Establishment
of
weekly
freight
ship
service,
Prince
Rupert
to
Jncati,
by
Rriggs
Steamship
Co.
Inauguration
of
daily
air
service
Prince
Rupert
to
Vancou-vcr,
hy
Canadian
Pacific
Air
Lines.
Ocean
Dock
and
Warehouse:
Highway
trucking
licenses.
Kstablishmcnt
of
several
small
industries
serving
producers
of
flsI
and
timber
products.
TERRACE
ft
rS
4'
HAZEJLTON
lie
A0
.V
victor
a
c.
j
.SMITHERS
trial
development
and
the
post-war
appreciation
of
the
potentialities
of
this
port
and
district,
the
last
great
northwest
of
Canada
is
on
the
eve
of
an
era
of
expansion
and
exploitation
such
as
has
never
before
been
known.
It
is,
therefore,
fitting
that
the
business
and
industrial
leaders
of
the
area
should
gather
here
at
this
time
to
discuss
BURNS
LAKE
NOimiEIiN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
ALL
THE
CITIES
SHOWN
HERE
HAVE
THEIR
BOARDS
OF
TRADE
OR
CHAMIERS
Of
COMMERCE.
FORT
FRASER,
aa
unco
unnt
PRINCE
GEORGE
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
-Northwest."
PRINCE
RUPERT,
D.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST
q,
1947
and
appraise
problems
having
to
do
with
the
progress
of
the
country
in
the
light
of
tho
new
outlook.
Particularly
fitting
is
it
that,
in
addition
to
the
visitors
from
our
own
central
and
northern
British
Columbia,
we
should
also
have
guests
in
goodly
number
from
Alaska,
the
gateway
of
which
we
essay
to
be,
and
from
our
big
neighbor
city
of
Vancouver
to
the
south.
Officials
of
thc
governments
and
of
the
railway
arc
also
welcome
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
City
of
Progress
and
Community
Activity
i
ii
i
iTifl
in
mrrntr
-
Prince
Rupert,
site
of
Nelson
miles
from
8
port
EDWARD.
Serf
safmon
and
herring
cannery,
filleting
plant,
and
fbh
meal
1I11U1
and
oil
plant,
I'
'
providing
auecw
-
persons,
and
Indirectly
to
over
1200
fishermen,
This
Is
the
site
of
the
new
cellulose
plant,
preliminary
steps
in
the
construction
of
which,
are
already
under
way.
4
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
Supplement
"BY
RAIL
BY
HIGHWAY
BY
SEA
BY
AIR
'I
HEY
COME'
AN
EDITORIAL
WELCOME
.M'BRIDE
I
INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT
NUMBER
:
:
:
j
an'd
their
active
interest
is
appreciated
as
will
J
be
their
co-operation
which
must,
of
necessity,
A
be
part
of
the
future
advancement
"which
seems
so
imminent.
j
The
management
of
the
Daily
News
bids
wel-
J
come
to
all
the
visitors
and
bespeaks,
success
for
J
the
convention.
If
the
special
effort
here
pre-
I
sented
may
play
some
small
part
in
speeding
and
facilitating
the
birth
of
the
better
days
ahead-of-
'
which
we
are
now
assured
vc
are
glad.
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i
It
THE
PRINCE
RUPERT
CHAMBER
OF
COMMERCE
(Organized
Nov.
17.
1908)
MEMBER,
'The
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce.
,
MEMBER,
The
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
ot
Central
B.C.
OFFICERS,
1917
President;
G.
Alex
Hunter.
Vice-President:
Dr.
R.
G.
targe.
Past-President;
WiMam
F.
Stoni.
Executive
William
L.
Armstrong,
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A.
Brooksbank.
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A.
B.
Brown,
A,
Flaten,
James
T.
Haney,
George
C.
Mitchell,
;
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W.
J.
Scott,
,
v
(
William
M.
Watts.
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Secretary:
Edward
T.
Applewhalte.-
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RUPERT
CHAMBER
OF
COMMERCE
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RUPERT,
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