a o n a B D nam Practical HIKER UNTEIt BLONDIE Idrfnrr Uiijjrtt Daily J3cui0 Friday. December JO, 10U GROUND SHEETS PACK SACKS PACK BOARDS DUNNAfJE BAGS TENTS iDSQSJBBfliBaaa RUPERT MENS & BOYS STORE Just A Little Out of the Way BUT Just A Little You Might Not Find Elsewhere THE GIFT FOR DAD AND LAD Well not suggest. Take our word for it this time. We haven't everything you ask for but we have plenty and many things you might not have thought of. Come on in and see. RUPERT MENS AND BOYS STORE OME OUSEWIFE SHOPPING BAGS UTILITY BAGS PASTRY SHEETS WINDOW BLINDS VENETIAN BLINDS WATERPROOF COVERS for BADMINTON RACQUETS BOWLING SHOES TRAVELLING BAGS, etc. Edmondson Awning &"Sail Works ICO East Third Avenue PHONE BLUE 1!I0 Ilominj; Pigeon! ., 1,11, HUH., ..minim, it - B B a B a B a SI IBIinilllBIIDIflBIBIDIBBflSUXBDBIIBniDBR We are here to serve you and guarantee you will be pleased. FREE DELIVERY OF ALL ORDERS BLAIN BROTHERS "HOUSE PHONE r 17 OF FINE Pacific Phone Blue 803 FOODS" P.O. Bex 171 726 Third Ave SPECIALIZING IN WORKMEN'S MEALS Chop Suey , : ; Chow Mein 6:30 A.M. T0K12 MIDNIGHT COURTESY AND SERVICE NORTHWEST CONSTRUCTION LTD. Expert Foundation Work and Interior Alterations CONTRACTS LARGE OR SMALL Planning and Designing . Estimates 5 STONE BLOCK Phone 563 OPENING OUR NEW STORE P.O. BOX 1381 Evenings: Blue 30 aiAiu aiuthi phone BLUE USIJ ' NEXT TO J ONES NEWSTAND) FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES Wholesale and Retail BUY FROM OUR FINE STOCK DRY DOCK SETTLES DOWN siTO PEACETIME EXISTENCE H H a a a a a a a, i a a a a A 1 a a a a a a n a n a Substantial Activity Seen at Once Noisy Wartime Shipbuilding Establishment Despite the quietness that seems to linger over the Prince Rupert Dry Dock, when viewed from outside the high fence that surrounds it on the landward side, the huge yard is one of the busiest places in the city, doing a large part of the marine and industrial repair work at present under way on the waterfront. For the average average person who feels that, because the advent of peace has stilled the wartime shipbuilding clangor and reduced the staff that once numbered over ,CC0r a minor surprise is waiting when he steps inside the wire mesh gate. Its 75 employees have a scedule of work ahead of them that will keep them . busy for months. NOT SPECTACULAR BUT SUBSTANTIAL It is not the spectacular type of work, like steel ship construction, which made the city aware of itself by the power of a 2,00C-man payroll and the thunder of rivetting guns on hollow steel, but it is a substantial ser-1 Iron work for other industries. The How of work to the dry dock this fall has been responsible for a staff increase of 10 men during the last week and, even with this boost In man-Rower, the pressure of work-is considerable. Despite material shortages, which are particularly pointed in the matter of hardwoods used in boat building mahogany, teak and yellow cedar the plant is rebuildii'.j one halibut boat, plans to build another and is (Join:; repair and overhaul work to many more. j Under the cantilever roof of i the big ship shed is Harold Hcl- land's veteran halibutter Parma, I undergoing re-construction from done at an estimated cost of IN THE SUPREME COORT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA IN PROBATE IN THI5 MATTER OP THE "ADMINISTRATION ACT' AND IN THE MATTER OP THE ESTATE OP LEE DONO. DECEASED I NT ESTATE TAKE NOTiCE tliat by Order ol His Honour W. E. Fisher made on the 2nd day of December. A D. 1946, I was appointed Administrator of the Eistate of Lee Dong, deceased, and all parties having claims against the aid estate are hereby required to furnish same, properly verified, to me on or before the 18th day of January. A D. 1947, and all parties Indebted to the Estate are required to pay the amount of their indebtedness to me forthwith. DATED at Prince Rupert, B.C.. this tnd day of December. A D. 1946. GORDON F. FORBES, Official Administrator, Prince Rupert, B.C. 296 BY LE N.TFTerTC "Miracle,"KiKia iaic' be" loved perfume? is'a distillation that pulls t'the heart-' Etrings-that sets you dreaming. Its lovely fragrance will lend you an aura of grace and serenity-it' a perfume, that inspires devotion! 'Wreck". Pgrfum $1.50 to 27.50 O R M E S LIMITED 65-foot length. The ponderous and serviceable Fairbanks-Morse diesel engine, which has been taken into the machine shop for overhaul while the vessel Is being re-built, will be installed again. VANCOUVER JOB RECEIVED HERE X fT I. . ; uuprtsui as I I Slippers Whatever his or her favorite type of slipper, be assured that we have it. Our stock is. complete from fancies to mocassins. 0 75 TO $6.50 1 . 1 A m FOOTWEAR Fine New Store STONE BLOCK. aas..ai3.3iiaai3i3i3,aa,,3,aiaa n 1 By Chic Young ( DOGWOOD. ITS J ' ji tIKW ' R..po ( ITS AMAZING -N. VOURTURNTOS l lji7 f itc romM I HOW VOL) CAN GET i ( CLOSE THE WINDOW; xv !f j ' W'tOLD.) ( OVER THERE AND BACK Seiner Is receiving a new stem. A Bendlx depth sounder also s being Installed in the Seiner. CAMP SCOW IS TO BE DOCKED A large Atlin Fisheries camp scow Is tied up at the Jetty and soon will be docked on the pontoon for bottom repairs. Clarence Campbell's boat Joe Baker is receiving a general overhaul and Herman Rensvold's Advance II is to have a new Caterpillar diestl engine placed below. On Number Three pontoon Is Han Knutsen's Lorna H, being repaired after striking' a rock at the north end of Banks the deck from amidships aft, j Island a month ago. The Lorna with some small increase in her I If. will have to have a number of new planks, re-caulking, and a general overhaul in order to be put back In service. The Crawford Moore logging camp's "A" frame Is moored at the wharf while Its. winch en- j glne Is being overhauled and on the wharf, still abroad a rall- Backing in the ship shed, ' way flatcar is a 40-foot name- which was placed during the war i less vessel which was shipped assembly floor, Is being taken i owner in- Ketchikan. out to make room for a building i An emergency job corn- berth for a new 46-foot halibut! pleted Thursday afternoon Other fishing boat jobs being done, or recently completed, include John Wick's Johanna, In which new tanks are being Installed, and James Donaldson's Two Rivers, receiving a new after deck and bulwarks. The North Pacific Cannery boat London was taken off Number One pontoon Thursday after being re-caulked and has left for Vancouver. Charles Hann's Zenardi is receiving new bulwarks. Chris Park-void's Takla is receiving general repairs to hull and deck. Otto Jerstad's Anker A Is having installed new beams and a new deck. A new engine is to be installed in Paddy Ivarson's boat Signal while Axel Olsen's Oslo is tied up" at the Jetty having her deck re-caulked and an engine overhaul. Anton Martlnusen Is having the Dovre B. overhauled generally and Peter Hanni hi 2 was repairs to the tiller of the 232-foot steel logging tug J. R Morgan, which was damaged when she ran astern into a boom of logs. The -Morgan was towed here and quick repairs made so that the vessel could get free to take several booms of badly needed logs to Ocean Falls. The Larry H., a well known halibutter owned by T. Sollien, has Just had a new Catterpillar diesel engine Installed and is now berthed with several other vessels near Number Two pontoon. Among jobs being done in the machine shop are repairs to a huge steam engine owned by j Carl Pohle of Terrace, and con-' struction of a number of large j steel tanks, with Intricate piping (systems inside for treatment of ftsh oils' at the new Co-opcr- Gift I OR THE YOUNG , . . Hicycles - Wagons Holler Skates - Skis Scoofers - Kiddy Cars A small deposit will hold any article til Christmas. McBridc Street HELEN'S -BEAUTY SHOP Permanent Waving. Beauty Culture In all Its branches. 206 4th Street : Phone 655 ' HANDYMAN HOME SERVICE GENERAL CONTRACTORS Building and Repairs of all kinds Roofs, Chimneys and Oil Burners PHONES: - Green 486 Red 894 JONES NEWS STAND Eastern and Western Papers Magazines ' SUBSCRIPTIONS TAKEN Sixth Street Red 808 MAVIS COLCLOUGH Studio of Dancing FORCIIILDREN Tap, Ballet, Acrobatic and Interpretive To Enrtjl Phone Blue 480 HI-WAY SERVICE Now Open for Servicing, Light Repairs and Vulcanizing i BELLAMY & TWEED 404 McBrlde Advertise in The Dally News, Oi0i000OoaDOCr0i000000CiiSOppj7gJVj'pc POR AU 4.4 frr. AILING VETS T T 1151 I ICID From The Waterfront 000000000000000000000000 Union steamer Camosun, Capt. Ernest Sheipard, Is due In port at 3:15 this afternoon from Vancouver and Ocean Falls and will sail at midnight for Ketchikan whence she will return' here tomorrow evening southbound. HOLDING DviWN SHEETS Put weights on the lower hem or shower heets if you have trouble keeping then! In place. aUve Hvcr plant which is under construction. The Prince Rupert Dry Dock's senior employee, from a stand point of long service. Is to b? retired soon. He Is Adolph Ivar-son, who has served at the plant for the last 33 years as a black t smith. His retirement, oh pension, will become effective ar li.uuu, uivuivcs aume JC-piailK-j iiuiu oaun tic. mane, miiiu.i!i, uary g jj encrC(j fe plant and of and will have gasoline , h.or,,1' lng re-ribbing, widening a Qrey -hort,' ,ftr (t .. , so that the seaward side of the ! engine.installed at the dry dock; ,Q,, Duuaing couia oe usea ior an ; oeiore n is- consignea w a new vice to the citv's waterfront and I Vimt fnr irirnM simnnHmn .n I WUW .W. 11UI U.U UUllUHU,WUf I Wntinmu tihlh nf n,oeont In. ' l.Hnt.. 1.111 , r I im- Miuv,it uauuub inuii, iruni vun- volves servicing and repairs to ' couver, who came here specially almost a score of fishing vessels ; recently to place an order at the and a quantity of machine and 1 drv dock for the vessel. JOHN H. BULGER OPTOMETRIST 9 John Bulger Ltd. Third Avenue LING THE TAILOR We are taking cleaning and pressing and steam pressing while you wait. PHONE 649 220 Sixth Street Phone 174 PHONE 311 Business and Professional SMITH & ELKINS LTD. Plumbing and Heating Engineers P.O. Box 274 GEORGE L. RORIE Public Accountant, Auditor, etc. Income Tax Returns Compiled Besner Block - Phone 387 If its a Rock Job-Call a Rock Man can" M.SAUNDERS Blue 666 Concrete Sidewalks, Base'ments I don't take work I cannot do myself. JERRY VREBOSCH PAPERHANGING and PAINTING PHONE 372 P. N. Kllborn W. Peterson BERT'S TRANSFER AND MESSENGER Lumber Coal Wood - - - Baggage Freight - Express Phone Blue 810 ,Nlght Calls Green 077 Prince Ruiert PRINCE RUPERT FLORIST A. R. LOCK Wedding Bouquets . Corsages Designs Potted Plants Bulbs Novelties MODERATE PRICES Prompt attention to mall orders. Box 516, Phone 777, 300 3rd Ave PROMPT and EFFICIENT SERWCI tall sour a,Uttt to COLUMBIA OPTICAL CO. UU Thirty-five pounds cf ChrLft-mas presents for ailing veterans In southern military hospitals were dispatched this week to pitivlnrial headquarters of the Canadian Legion In Vancouver by the Prince Rupert branch. The presents were articles donated by the citizens to the collecting depots In several local stores and were made up of comforts for the veterans such n.s cigarettes, toilet, articles and clothing. In addition, $10, donated by the Orai?e Ladtrs. was sent to Vancouver fcr the same purpose. Legion manaln-? recrr.tary P, M. Ray cV": lbed th public response to the appeal a . "very satisfactory." IS y Steamship Service from PRINCE RUPERT to OCEAN FALLS WESTVIEW (Powell River) VANCOUVER Thursday at 11:15 p.m. TO KETCUIKAN Wednesday Midnight XMAS SAILING Dec. 10th,- 11:15 p.m. For reservations call or write City or Depot Ticket Offices. KX.WZXXK'XX.tKti(.i A. acKenzie LIMITED PLACE PLACE I PLAYING CARDS : TODAY and SAT CONTI CONGRESS. GAINSBOROUGH . . . AND THE NEW PLASTICS fr, i . P:r- SAFETY DKIVLVO HEtl CARTOON news The Finest Christinas Gift . . . Twee d by LKNTIIHK1C Perfume - , Cologne Dusting Powder OrmesI Pioneer Druqtfats vat umtture A OOOD TO BI V CHRISTMAS GUTS THAT LAST 3-PIECE BEDROOM SUITE Walnut Dresser. Chiffonier. Bedstead S!Hi..Vl SPRING FILLED M ATRESSES I n nil i the Supreme and Bcautyrest N:H.."0 ,SI!)..0 CUTTER SLEIGHS with handle, railed .- A Ideal for this weather Si."il A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF OQGK SUITABLE Port rumKTMA:-; r;iFT ; Phone 775 327 3rd Ave, Prince Rupert, B.C . . . and a splendid variety of fine Greeting Cards MIT WK.UTIXOS TAGS SEALS Leather Goods Bibb Printing Co. BESNER BLOCK SUPPORT RADIO TIlUtD ST.. DOWNSTAIRS AUCTION General Contractor Wo do basements, rcsliingliiui, build fences, sidewalks, remodel, your kitchen. Demolish or move buildings. 100 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED CALL BLUE filO and we. will civc an estimate. pn unv ri . PRINCE RUP