6 si ft " 'L 1 Mi B-IS 'A LIS iCLARIDGE F SH The Most Outstanding Line of Men's Shoes 5 Made in Canada Fit, workmanship and the very newest in style. Made by the famous makers of Astoria Shoes. Theseshoes are in a class" by. themselves. 9 styles to choose from Priced 55,95 AMILY SHOE STORE LT Thp Home of Good Shoe? THE DAILY NEWS. PRINCE RUPERT - ItRITISH COLUS1RIA Published Every Afternoon, Except Sunday, by Prince Rupert Dally News, Limited, Third Avenue H. F. PULL EN Managing-Editor ADVERTISINO RATES Classified advertising, per word, per Insertion .02 Local readers, per line, per Insertion 2f SUBSCRIPTION RATES City delivery, by carrier, yearly period, paid in advance $5.00 Paid in advance, per week . 12 Paid In advance, per month .50 By mall to all parts of British Columbia, the British Empire and United States, yearly period, paid in advance 3.0C By mall to all other countries, per year 9.0C Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations DAILY EDITION t .iurav. rll 27. 1939. DEFENCE OF COUNTRY , Under the present law ot tiie jungle, as it obtains in almost every part of the world today, it seems to be the duty of every young man to prepare himself to defend his country it it shouid beconYe ndesssary. So we believe it k HIGH COST OF LIVING STATISTICS Survey Compares Facts Fron Tw?Ive Centres In Canada tly V. II. WARD Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA, April 21: ""P government survey of the average family budjet in a dovn Canadi an cities would Indicate there is no escape from that Public Enemy No. 1. the Hl$h Cost of Living, and no part of the Dbmfnton has a decided alvcntage over otriers. Trade Minister Euler sent Bureau of Statistics exoerty to invps-U.?ate representative f,9rpll" hud-gets of incomes in t'hV $450 t $2500 n ea" ch In Halifax. Saint John. Charlotttn Qubc Montreal Otlnwi Toronto. Ln-don, Ontario. Wnnlner. Saskatoon Edmonton' and Vancouver. .'.'V.' I 'V! ' .... T- p.nr twit THiT DMLT NKVCT3 , A 7 m'.r.m 4 a and 4.8. eauruiion. vaUare and gilts 3.3, 3.1 2.9; recreation 5.1, 5.3, Twmfmiiri. wa arrived at for that est in the '.ountry. Education, wc fnrA nnH oifte nrvtimf Art fnr 3fl i although it Would smarten Up many of our young men to for four percent, recreation 5.9 household furnishings. Health and have a year or two under strict discipline with plenty of automobile operation three percen t n ed:,1Mts?" welfare and ?lfU V4. ecreaM-p 6.' l,ennlavaM;M. rrBntt n f .1, clnu ,iu and other forms of transportation streets does not speak well for our free and easy system. VooTand housing were a uttic Happily many take advantaize of the voluntary system un-lower in chariottetown at 25 2 der which they receive the training without any feeling of and 15.1 percent respectively, thfl compulsion accompanying it To Consider Building Your House OIL DRILLING The British Columbia government decided some tim expenditu nditure ago that it would ;corh'mence exploratory drilling in ih- ax at s.i reace River country. Now cpmes word from rouce Co" that drilling is likely ta recommence" at Guardian Oil V.V Number 1. The'question of piping oil to the coast a a discussed, it being sugested that Bella Coola would tc L nearest tidewater point, a distance of 400 miles. We hav no authoritative inforrnation in regard to this but v would like to see the o'lcomo to Prince Rupert or Stewa1 PROTESTING OVER MUCH At every critical point in their history the dictato-of Germany and Italy find it desirable to state that the: will be together to the-endj that the axis is still unbroken and that nothing can shake their faith in each other. It is curious that such renewals of faith should be necessary Usually people who trust each other do not have to say so every few days. The reiteration always implies doubt. If they were sure, it would not be necessary . renew their pledges every time there is a crisir. at a tirnr when crises come every few days. What seems evident to the outsider is that they distrust each other so much that it is necessary to remino each othp often that they are still friends and allies cl : they might forget. THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR PhilpottEvitt & Co. Ltd. call 'cUVewfsseaA 'VjXllllillllaii.wwwijl Will Be Pleased to Quote You On All Kinds of Building Material PHONES 051 and 652 other racial origin. The food al lotment was highest In the land at 30.7 per cent for the French group, 31.8 for the English and 32.4 for those of other racial origin. Clothing allowances for all three groups were also highest at 12.4, 11.9 and 12.5 for French, English and foreign families respectively. Housing allotments were 16.3, 16 and 18.6; Fuel and light 5,5.7 and 4.8; household furnishings 8.8, 6.5, 8.2; health and personal care 5.4, "vings 9.8. auto .obile? 3.3 anr -ther form of transportation 22 er cent. There was litt'p annrecinble d!f latter the lowest In the country '"ence in Sisknon. whre food Fuel allotment was 7.7 nercent .j , clothing 11.1. household furnish ings 9.1 and health 6.5. Recreation j was the same as Hall-". 9c percent. Savings allot ment was 10.2. tducatlon, welfare and gifts, 4.2, automobiles 4.5 and other forms of transoortatlon .4 of one percent, another low figure for the entire survey. I Food allotment in Saint John was second only to Montreal at 30.1 percent, with the housing percentage at 17.7 per cent, level ,wlth Winnipeg. Fuel and llRht cost: Saint John householders 12 ner-r cent of their Income, clothing 10 percent, household furnlshlnps tlv lowest In Canada at six, health 5.9, savings nine, education 5.6, re-, creation A2, lowest In the Dominion, automobiles 3.7 and other transportation 1.1 percent. Quebec spent 29.3 percent oiif j food, 17.7 per cent.on housing and! had the lowest fuel and light ex-j penditure in the country at 45! percent. Clothing was 10.7 percent of the Income and household furnishings hit the peak of all .cities at 112 percent, with only eight families of the 70 surveyed own-inst automobiles. Other percentages were 1.2 for transportation 8.S for savings, A2 for recreation, 3,7 for education, welfare and gifts and 6.7 for health and personal care. Central Provinces Percentages In Montreal were di vided Into French-speaking, Eng-' llsh-speaklng families and those o! j TAKE THE "LEAD" FEELING OUT OF YOUR LEGS Gtt Mort OtJien In Your Blood (nd CC tKt Pro that Sends You Boundinf Up the Stairi roll who i mother to drath dit heraiiM oxygen hat been comptctelr tut off from them. Juit aa aurelr uu are alowlr amoth-erin If jrour blood latks red eorpuarlra. Red eorpuarlra art your oxyfetwarriera. They carry the oxygen yon breathe In to e. try part of your tyttem. without enough oxy-gen-earryliux eorpuiclen. your kldneya, IWer, atomach ami bowelt alow down. Your akin geta pale, flabby, often pimply. Your nentrt may become jittery you tire quickly feci drprrtaed. l What you need it Dr. Williami Pink I'lllt. Theae worM-famoua piUt help maka more and better red eorpuKlet and thut inerraae the oxygrnarrying power of your Wood. Ot Dr. Willlama Pink filla today at your drugglat. JleeVor yourwlf how qulrkly thit time-prorrn blood-builder will help give you back your pep. Cw. ina, Q. T. rW c... La. NEW ROYAL HOTEL J. Zarelll Proprietor "A HOME AWAY FROM HOME" Rates $1.00 up 50 Rooms Hot & Cold Water Prince Rupert, B.C. Phone,281 P.O. Box 19C NOTICE ! Commencing Saturday, April 15th, our CONFECTIONERY STORE Will Open Until 10:00 p.m. Mussallem's Confectionery Opposite Canadian Legion Twenty -Five Years Ago April 27, 1914 The local Sons ui Eugland honored St. Oeorge. the patron saint of England, with a fine bantjui ' in the Central Hotel. Thomas W Silversldes, the president, was In the chair. Canon O. A. Rix gave the address to St.' George-. It Is reported that the city of Prince Rupert la to dispose of ten 5.8: savings 9 1. 8.8, 6.4. Automobile and twenty-five year bonds at 85 allotments were respectively 1.3. the There is oonsiaeraDie crrueism. ja-ie as lor the French in Quebec; , rr , 3.5 foi the English, and 11 foroth- President Wood row Wilson hns a bill autlfcriflr the ex-M ci racial gnai'as represented by utiles, other transportation wndlture 6t W50iW0 fer ths z3.:- were two per cent, 2.6 and 2.5 uWdTn or a railroad m Alaska, per cent- N , ' .ltlicns of Oltgwa enjoyed the lowest &od expenditure in the Dominion at 24 .6 per cent of the 27: WINNERS I.OSi: 1 CP --Here's on contest where budget though homing cost were 26: CP-Hcre's one conten where highest at 20.9 per cent. Fuel and the winners dwi't get the prtae. . . i u ltntmpn via' 5 1 n.r ront In the 1939 Victoria MKIP UOK nan ioicv m- --- - i - tTom wnat iomuy . vestlgators In each centr- h y- with fl-7 lor clothing. 12 for hous-:Drby one of the prises, won by erage percenter of lnew for hold furnishings, 62 for health andla bojr, was a pwraaixsit wave and Wh stnndard "and familiar ex- 10 for savings, the latter the high-1 aMtrr. a box of claretU. irttcuiar cuy. "t4- on 5 ,,r r.nt. hmnlna 17 5 fuel Montreal had the hlhest ,x- recreation 5 .5, automobile transppr-1 ; 1M S nendlture nditure for for food food and and clothhvr clothlnj tatlcn 4.4 and other forms of trans-Ln I.V 7R. . 7. .."f but the ftat'sticisns did not sav jwrtatlon 1.4. whether fond enits more In Mont- Toronto's food ad vance stood . , i , , 1 nt Oft Q tin r Mnt t Vi iim aa PH.! s.:UMhold furn'i hints 8.4 per cent fealth and ca-e wat budgeted at 1 educat:n. welfare and gut real -w...4 or wneuicr uvcuica muic nn mnnfnn -- -- PnPnrt!tr nntoMO-1 ' ,,,, r Pr Ccnt- , recreation ,,nn 12. ttvlBf ,.,in.. housing and savings, Oubec most tiles was tops ior all 12 cities at on household furnishings and C4 per cent with 59 out of 129 fam- health. Toronto spent most on Hies owning cars. On the other ' 8. ame as Winnipeg, autoinobttes 1 9 and other transportation 1.4 per -nt. The lowest clothing expenditure other forms of transportation, btment for health and personal " TllZt Saskatoon most on recreation, care at 5.1 per cent. Housing cost ". c XlZ hat of Ottawa and Halifax, the rv, i .t. f..i ttpr iR7 npr rnt fni and ttoht Cnlnf Trthn mnct rn oH nn Inn i-... .iif.. no c i oo I lowest In Vancouver at 8 6 per ?ent "'nditure tor neaim was a s housing and transoortatlon. Que-.per cent and tranjportatlon 1.9. i f u least , . to automobiles un. and fuel, I t Lowest -h,.-.m education, wel for education welfare a bee figure on Vancouver least to savings and fare and gifts was found in London clothing, Saint John least to re-jOnt. at 2.8 per cent of the budget creation and household furnish- Major expenditures were average Ings, Toronto least to health and at 25.7 for food. 17.1 for housing .London least to education. .7.5 for fuel and light and 10 per I In Maritime Cities cent for clothing as In Toronto. Condensed results of the sur- Household fumKhlrrg cott 85 per vey for Individual cities follow: iCent, health and care 5.7, recrea-Halifax. like all the other cities, tinn lv spent most on food, a percentage' mobiles cloe to "Toronto's figure at of 25.9 of the family Income goln' srx ber cent and 6'ther transoorta- the duty of eveiy young man to work for peace and to try for 19.8 percent, fuel and light I Halifax. tQ Keep the peace. . . u , seven percent and clothing' 9.7: J Ih Britain the wonder is 'that'thev HaV& not had con- Household " furnishings took 7 6, scription many years agi as a general policy just as they 6.4 J?cent' Der cent health and and savlnes personal 9.6. Edu- care have in Pance, Russia and Sweden and many other 1 lnto the larder. Housing accounted, tlon 1.1. same asSamt John and) Westfif Great Likes Goin further west. Winnipeg ex- pended 27.6 oer cent on food, 17 cation, community welfare and'on housing, seven on fuel and light countries. In Canada we do not need a law of that kind Piru rmnnoH tp.thr n.rAnntHl9.8 on clothing and 6 5 oer cent on FOR RENT ;LEAN. Well - furnished modern apartments. Phone Red 4U. if. KIIK SAl.F ?OR SALE 1937 deluxe Fordor Sedan, good as new: mileage 15,-000. Phone Red 415. tf BURROUGHS five-bank: Addrr. Machlnef good condition. Reas onable cash offer accetttl Phone 18. write nix SW. 91" FOR SALE Cheap. Launch "Dlxl! Rupert." Length 35 ft. Impertsl heavy duty gas engine fully , equipped In first class condition. 1 Suitable for pleasure, trolling or j patrol purposes. Call Newcombe's j Confectionery. 8tal Cove. tf. 'FURNITURE for sale-Fine solid diningroom suite and sdlid wal- nut bedroom suite, etc. Phori' l evenlns. Red 413 'tf' FOR SALE A few iKtamns Dallv New. FOR LEASE t mum ...-HW!..wM'"t'"' ' . J per nd lift 4.2 for automobile 3 9 and other trarportat! n 27 rcr rent American tf.) FOR SALE Chesterfield Milte ear. j pet, nlano, bedroom suites, kltch-j en furniture, refrigerator, dup I lex cleaner and various othr household articles. Prune Red ! I 192 from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. ! 98l FOR SALE Chesterfield and few small articles Phone Black 89. FOR SALE-8-10 h.p. Petter Diesel engine suitable for gill-net boat. Oolng at snao price Annlv V. Slmonsen. 1203 7th Ave E. Phone Black 767. (9gi 4 Cubic Fo'ot Northern Electric Re-, frlgerator, sliding shelves guarantee 2 years automatic, newly reconditioned, $125.00. Phcne 210 Northern B. C. Power Co, Ltd. (100) FOR LEASE The whole of the two upper floors of Alder Block; 33 rooms. Furniture for sale. Ap-ply W. J. Alder,, City Hall. tf. WANTED WANTED House to rent, three or more bedrooms preferred, Apply P.O. Box 577, city. tf. TENDERS WANTED - t TENDERS will be received by the undersigned on or before April 30 lor the purchase of Dwelling and Lot 49, Block 34, Section 1. Thp. highest or any tender not necessarily accepted, a. P. Tinker , Ltd., Besner Block. (PS) Ut it! rtiS' ien. Is not publisher or displayed by f,he L - " r Control Hoard or by he Government of Hilton (&.ir- ELIO'S THIRD AVENUi: Prince Rupert, ItC Phone CiRKN 91S BABY FURNITURE CHILD'S HIGH CHAIR cnMilan itardwu.d ' u.n tra. Color: ivory r ns ?lnfc Enamel flni-Ji. Prlcr vU f O ISAKV FOLDING Ci.it It IT. If Heel frame, with waten.r A ret with hood. Ootor fu, r" " MD.n 'Prke HAIIY I'I-W YARI-Disnaaloiu. 3exM"x3S ,. high inzhm from ground: fold op completely; uMol tn the out of door. Kmos the little tots safe and ot of mi lsh natural, vamlsh eotored beads. 7 50 HARY SWING Pine quality duck pink or blu. Mton t ported. Colored beads. Complete CM TQ with spring DAISY WALK5R Dimension: height II". dUmeler t. 'HV. rfwet' 'rlfrf M": net weight four lbs TliU baby very popular and comfcrtable model. The saddle to su J)j J pended from spiral springs: Heel swrtel casters Price oooooooooooooooooooooo-oooootvvoooooooocoooooc : ;::so Clearing Odd Lines Hair Brushes Itaiors From Makeup Mirrors Candle Holders Pair at Special Prices Citarrtte MUiter At CUartlte I!oie From lOcc 35 c 10 75c 35c Class I lower Vases At (Ilass Cigarette Boxes and Ash Trays From Oil and Vinegar Bottles Pair 70c, S1.65, 82.50 65c ' 81.00 I 15C 10 50C .e Holder, Each Mechanical 1'enril At Iad Pencil Dozen AND NUMEROUS OTHFR ITEMS 70c 30c 10c KSc tnd 70c n m In f4 OC ? Ormes Ltd. Pioneer Druqgists The llexall Store Phones; 81 & K Open Dally from 8 a.m. till 10 p.m. Sundays and Holidays from 12 noon till 2 p.m. 1 p.m. till 9 p.m. 65c oooooooooooooooaooooooooooooaioooouooooafHSOOOOOOOOOo CENTRAL HOTEL ROOMS and CAFE Phone 51 For Best Household Coal MRS. C. E. BLACK J. H. BULGER Optometrist Royal Bank Bldf- If you have somfithhiK to sell, a classified advertiseinen In this paper will soon let you know if thero is a buyer the city.