PAGE TWO Transient, rwr inrh ..Contract, per inch Readers, per line DAILY EDITION THE DAILY NEWS PRINCE RUPERT, BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by Prince Rupert Daily News Llmitetf, Third Avenue O. A. HUNTER, MANAGING EDITOR LOCAL ADVERTISING Dangerous Streets . . . W. GOLDBLOOM $1.00 ... 50c 25c MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to use for publication of all news despatches credited to it or to the Associated Press in this paper and also the local news published therein. All rights ol republication of special despatches therein are also reserved- ':snmv Tuesday, February 2, 1943 EDITORIAL Wartime Housing Deal ... The city of Prince Rupert, there appears to be no doubt, got a poor deal with Wartime Housing in the agreement with the new industrial housing projects. The members of new city council are now scratching their heads to find some way of getting out of a position where they, apparently, are committed to provide services for a price below cost. Legally, the city may have itself in the hole ,but that does not mean that, if the case is taken to the proper quarters, there may not be some redress forthcoming. It. does not seem reasonable that any attempt would have been made to put it deliberately over the city or that there should be any intention of holding the municipality to an unfair bargain. The corner of Fourth Avenue and Agnew Place, where a car took a fatal midnight plunge over a precipice 'last week, is only one of many danger points in the city. In fact, there are other places ,that might be considered even more hazardous including, some streets where there is a good deal heavier traffic and .where not one or two but dozens or scores might be killed or injured in one fell accident. Many of us are so familiar with the streets and their weaknesses that we may not appreciate the hazards they present, particularly to strangers. Now that the dim-out is here, it is all the more necessary that proper precautions be taken and every safeguard afforded. Incidentally, the first night of .dim-out last night made apparent the necessity for the utmost caution on the part of both those who ride and those .who walk. There are responsibilities, as we have pointed .out before, on both sides. Ppstal Service.. In spite of what the Postmaster '.General may have told the Junior Chamber of Commerce in his letter last week, there is, as yet at least, certainly no perceptible improvement in the local mail service. We still say .that adequate facilities are not being made for the efficient (and speedy handling of the mails here. Congestion . and delay of mail is .effecting all of us and, particularly, the business people. It is interesting to note that, as far as the department concerned, there is ,a definite tendency to avoid .even mention of the street delivery system. Many feel we are .entitled to this and believe it would be the most effective means of relieving the congestion at the Post Office jvhich ,is wasting many people's good time these days. t The .city .council, jt is interesting to note, is also .joining its voice to the representations that have been made for better mail service. 1 Goldbloom Has No Trap For i hi Trappers I Come up town, you are sure to get 30 more. Furs advanced. 20. Have order for 5,000 Mink. Must fill the order. I fj (The Old Reliable) jj UI:jB3!B1;2;kiik JUST ARRIVED - -CONVERTO LOUNGES BEDROOM SUITES CONVERTIBLE FOLDING CARRIAGES ELIO'S FURNITURE Third Avenue i ACTIVITIES OF Y.M.C.A. AND Y.W.C.A. By DOROTHY GARBUTT The Hostess the Empress Hall. It was a combin ation concert and sing-song anci the men thoroughly enjoyed Joining in the choruses. 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F. 1 1 Bunny i Ahearne, .Secretary of the British Ice Hockey Association, has popped up with the suggestion that professional hockey will sweep t Britain after the ,war. In London . Uor the annual meeting of the Last t Sunday J a very enjoyable Irxh.a.. ,n,,nv 'v!Snii.rt n rir- concert for the troops was held in auJt. ,hp . the Nfltion. V- 1" " - - w- - al League of Canada and the United States. Then he returned to his job as assistant general ser- SPO t.hflt. s no-.cr.nirc ir haln " "VS!t thing? The sing-song was led by be overcome if such a project was old old chum, Breen Melvin of the to be a success. They also won-Y.M.OA. How he got to leading o leered as to .the possibility of luring sing-song simply beats me Sorry, j prof essloual material from Ciin-Breen, but I have heard you lnVada Just as English promoters then furnished .by Sergeant Reg ment at tne -Queensberry All-King's comedy .skit, followed by Les Services Club and the program Osland and Jim Nichols, both Navy was shuffled to suit the duties o! boys, playing novelty numbers ir guitar and violin duets. The concert was then brought to a close with "The Aristocrats" playin-z the nation anthems of both nations. United States Army headquarters in London tells of a new game for some vague reason called "Irish ( North of England racing prospects jumped high when a meeting of he Pontefract Park Race Company at York expressed opinion it probably will be the best in Britain next .sea-son. Two-year-;old racing is expected to reach a new top and .efforts will - be made I to cater to Juveniles' by introduc tion of special events well endowed with prize money. Tonight's train, due to arrive from the East at 10:30, was reported this morning to be ten hours late. Victor E. Diebel pleaded guilty In city police court on. a charge of contributing to juvenile delinquen- i cy and was remanded for eight I days. Young boys are involved and j indecency is alleged. are tmmmmxmmmxm both on active service out win tie back on your grocer's shelf soon as condl- - TT 1 GOLD SEALS mm Fancy Red Sockeye Salmon and Herring In Tomato Sauce Ft PAST RECALLED HISTORY OF EARLY DAYS OF NATIVES Indians Have Lost to .Civilization Their .Vo1pji Spoons ami Alany 'Other -Happy Things By HAROLD SINCLAIR) KITWANGA, .Feb. 2 In ancient days the Indians of the Skeena factory to figure out more lfJ brought into the Sunday enter- i . .. . . tailzies, in his snare time. London . ?.. " lammcuis again. ememDer ine o a r ,, ' T . . fv, as uncivil zed people. There , were time sing-songs at the Legion wayi lters p"ked "p L?" no factories of any kind but. with beainninz of everv- ;wwn. nicy spune oi piuuuu lu their 0k,i,i aboriginal devices, ,e th the n.nni. people provided their livelihood and there was a marked degree of intelligence among them. In the summer the people lived almost In a state of nakedness tut in the cold winters they clothed monies was Sergeant Cleaver Wil-.teurs here In pre-war days when ,son. And just here a word about Britons first became hockey-con-CJeaver. He is jnore or less talent scious. The suggestion was made SCOUt for the ssrvipps In thlfc rile- that RrlHch rlnhs n-nnlrt hivo tn themsX'lves with bear skins, moun tain goat. Mdss and .ground hog pelts. Their blankets were made trict and his time out of rabbit sklns and thelr r,oot spends finding build gradually from lower-grade out who's who and why. He used to players and, it possible, from their wear out of moose and seal hldes do a lot of theatrical work In vfc- own amateur leagues with young cu"d and ta""ed toria and has had plenty of .expert- Canadians and Britons. The ama- f co,u,rse th"e, were " ,EU.ns' ence in that line. In fact, when his te,ur clubs woud act as farm-teams ammunition or knives so it is in- friends speak of him they leave the fJr the moneyed circuit. ' teresting to recall how b.ack, "A" out of his name and just call And even ,the formidable .grizzly him plain "Clever." He told me so Little Jackie Hughes a South bears as wel1 as otner anlma,s hIm,Snf- , . Wales coal miner, worked all night we're slain. Their snares and Well, with ,t Cleaver at the helm, !n the pUs then hop d a traln to wooden traps were made out of as it were, the concert got away to gave one of Britain's best bost cedar branches, a good start. Accompanist for tha -London, Amateur featherweights a .terrific Eows and arrows were made out tZ'Ttl r,h A6e aaht. caught a train immediately ' the toughest dry bones of cari- Who later in the M enter- . . . program ,, ...t ... t boo or moose lees and snears l.l.j J,u ,J urn.- UllCI MIIU WWII, .ligUl. VaiC-R. IU HU1IV, - - ?-aSZS! " ckie lost the six round decision were fashined out of long poles. Aristocrats an American Army Hnnon iiront' f fmim M n but received a far greater ovation W1tn these almost any klnrt of than his opponent, Doug Sullivan iroun of nonnlar nnmfaP nnri t of Slough. The fight of gnce established themselves as fav- was part oritpc nf thP -hnvs a litrht tniirh ti-oe the London Fire Forces' touma- animal could be killed. Instead of .the modern pots tight woven baskets were made out of the fine roots of ihe willow and .the inner bark of cedar. Theso were adequately tight to boll a war worker. Bill PrentlCC 0I '. im-ai., vcgcwuics ana nner London. He was beaten in his foods, bout then hied to his night shift. I Cooling System Marine Bill f el- Cottrell, a tough Qne mlght ,wpnder how these fresh from work with ow convoy baskets would nQt be b Jn the Royal Navy, dislocated Leslie thdr flre had Jones shoulder with one punch in built the baskeU wiln the second round and on the next blow earned a knockout. Jones vm t r-m- 3 F, ln became red hot and on them were a VHsh shipyard to participate, j kced the , waier. in a lew minutes me water was boiled and then the mcr.t or other food was put in and boiled. Pool" -which American troops are "V" c , p. hard, dried willow or cedar playing jn French Morocco. Ten tomato tins sunk lrY the ground and numbered in the same way as pins in a bowling alley. Stones are rolled on a smooth mud "alley" with the object to get them into the tins. Baseball and football, however, remain as favorite games although the doughboys are without proper equipment. Pick-axe handles substitute for bats in ball games. branches, grinding them togetlier until sparks were produced to ignite featherly ground inner bark of dry cedar. Another way to produce spark was to rub together pure white rocks, hard lllce flint. Such rocks were carried in the packs while the men were out trapping or hunting. Axes and knives .were made in those olden days out of stones. With stone axes .any sized tree, even up to three or four feet, could be cut down to build log and split board houses, make dug-out canoes and other craft and fashion totem poles, .wooden Jtowls, spoons, etc. As for provisions, the early natives cured their own meat and fish, dried berries, produced their own wild grown rice, grew tea- on lake swamps. With no butter, lord or sugar, the 'fats of bear and mountain goat were extensively used. There were no churches or Bibles, of course, but the people wre aware that there was a definite creator of all things that obtained upon the face of the earth and they gave thanks to and wor shipped the Creator. It is Incor rect that the Indians used to wor ship the ravens, king fish, .noon, stars, etc. The totem poles were made to record history as well as to be memorials to .the dead. Each totem crest had a history of its own .with tribal crests such as the eagle, raven, owl, . wolf and others. In those days the Indians used to trap and hunt and fish, making their homes freely and openly ,on any areas which they found suitable. There was timber In abund ance for dwellings, canoes and other wood ,craft. There were no liquor stores in those days. Neither were there any reserves. The people had free use of their wooden spoons. Today they have lost their wooden spoons. For Income Tax Kelurns see R. E. Mortimer Phone 88 321 2nd Ave. WRITES HOMI ATLANTIC NAVY LIFE IS HAPPY Lieut. ,Jack Mcltae .Tells or Visit To Jrelan-J sEnjoyhis: the Sea "Here we are Jn mid-ocean on our way ak tP Canada alter spending Christina and New Year's on the other side," writes Lieut. Jack McRae to his parents, ba? from the Red Cross which in eluded socks, candy, wash cloth, handkerchiefs, tooth paste and brush, razor and soap, sewing Jr.lt, etc. all articles wete really p.p-preciated. Each one of the ship also got three bottles of beer. The sight on board was one looked at with amazement by .thp$e at the waterfront expect they had never seen a Canadian. Christmas. All the officers visited .the mess .decks and had sing-songs, etc. Altogether. I beljeve there were about eight different decorated and lighted trees. "In the evening, the Captaip had some friends he wanted to visit and later on to attend a dance where the sailors would be.. So I put on a petty officer's unifcrm, 3BV: he with the seamaid jpd went. His friends were t,,',' aged couples both ran-cers but very EngUi r1lrint tnnm ...1 . all. These people d;y. j miles from town bUl ' : fully thumbed our wav f town as the trams t :i Everyone was then; y .; hall having a marvel : ' ' 11 wearing one a)w ;(., "WtXiyy ot the off. tor n few days, The ant went, so that, w.-a few days, and pefore .the first Iieute so 'I ,was the boss f,. hours. "The officers on b I ,1 1A4 . liauu iui, ana we r. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. McRae. 'Today ',,: . u.u. ry. it is Sunday and the weather is ab-1 tands various watrir 1-solutelv Derfect just Dluadng . . ui one pr along with the oonvoy. The un Is m ; ; shining, sea smooth and its really very war mfor a day in January." Imn, and j . a c "We arrived in Belfast a couple ,nfrran8 of days before Christmas. About "0n Boxing ,Day urn;. . j .i and I went tn n,r. six oiucprs ana myst-ii went ua.'iuic u - js in the evening to the various ren- ieni-uve miles away ; a, dezvous. Everything is Wacked out he weeje-end. The E. . :, but otherwise things seem quite are very fun"y with ., usual and everything going full BauKe' and many too:. T ; Blast. The, next night we asaln time I may possibly n t l went up town and, believe It or ftld e what it took ik v not, came home in a car drawn travel free of charge t. ' , by a Tiorse. Instead of the ensine and a"y of the sailor., v the driver has a seat and rides ,eave also travel grati. ' outside. We all got a big kick out -one, thing which w, . . ol it. Horses end enclosed bugles " ECod dea, wa, lha, , v ' are very popular and also cars con,istently for a En-. with a gas bag on top. Also the and frpm why p ; " two story or double-decker trams jand 1 had come are quite different and. of course. ' ci0thlng rj. , . all the traffic is on the wrong side hwe maklng u hard , cf the street. For the first few thing, days I had a lot of trouble .with sterling for example, one day I "At present we are : gave a woman a coin for a paper than one-half way ai:r and walked on. She (jailed ,to me big ocean. This ship o . and I told her .to keep the change roll and throw spray ? but It turned out I had under-paid to end. On the bridge v: her. control centre, is who.-' 'Christmas day on the hlp was our watch. It's abou' : quite enjoyable' and everyone had lull of gadgets and -i marvellous time. A tradition in is extremely open o the navy is for the captain to ood weather but r. wear a tailor's uniform and the bad weather-althou .) youngest sailor to wear the rap- fresh air. tain's and be treated as such. Can- .. . dies, decorations. Christmas trees' ?e i?eal? and lights, etc.. were brought from' S y Slt Nc'A Canada. Everyone received a ditty , ' r "It .is really very ecu. board. There Is a rad! the ship .with many spc.ik .gives entertainment ui and quite a bunch ci t: t i aral .nights .we have r t : a. and get a lot of Jun (::. example last night I o...;!: :i thinking .that here vt wrr Atlantic fighting a vu bridge,, card table, a: id the electric fireplace i!i .-drinking lemonade w!;. u yorite at sea. "Each night there t a : dip program for abcui a: and entertainment pnn . ! ! V crew members. The tu.r ur..! quite skilful. Entcruiiiir.' as Inside stories, go.p poetry, quiz contests ev ords, etc. are the gennruj Wanted - Raw Furs HIGHEST MAKKET PKICES PAID Representing HUDSON'S HAY COMPANY Ship to J.E.QR.MHEIM. Cow Uay, Prince Rupert, B.C. Ph. Red 81i WORK BOOTS Out Stock of Working Roots is second to none. Sizes from fi to 12. Arch-King, Valentine, Grcb, Til-sonlmrjr and Sterling makes. Guaranteed solid tlir.qughoul Priced to fit any pocket. .Come jn and let us show you. Family shoe store ltD, The Home of Good Shoes" tn. ij umm wimmmmmmm Early Ad. 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