THIS
AND
THAT
ISrinre
Rupert
rectus
ttD.
Tuesday,
May
25,
1948
Personalities
Of
Early
Days
HAMILTON
DOUGLAS
An
Independent
dally
newspaper
deroted
to
the
upbuilding
of
Prince
Rupert
and
all
communities
comprising
northern
and
central
British
Columbia.
(Authorized
as
Second
Class
Mail,
Post
Office
Department,
Ottawa)
Published
every
afternoon
except
Sunday
by
Prlnoe
Rupert
Daily
News
Ltd..
3rd
Avenue.
Pilniw
Rupert.
British
Columbia.
G.
A.
HUNTER.
ManngtnK
Editor.
H.
O.
PERRY.
Managing
Director.
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Police
Officers
Are
Transferred
Transfers
involving
officers
of
the
British
Columbia
Police
In
this
.division
are
announced
They
include
the
following:
Constable
O.
W.
Anderson
from
Burns
Lake
to
Massett..
Constable
Robert
Hauden,
Victoria
to
Burns
Lake.
Constable
R.
T.
Haron,
Ocean
Falls
to
Prince
Rupert
City.
NYLONS!
ONE
PAIR
WITH
EVERY
$11
OR
MORE
PURCHASE
MADE
AT
DOMS
DEPARTMENT
STORE
Hamilton
("I
SUBSCRIPTION
RATES
City
Carrtr.
per
wee.
15c;
Per
Month.
65c;
Per
Year,
17.00;
By
Mull,
Per
Month,
40c;
Per
Year,
M
OO.
Douglas,
who
Might
State"
flourished
In
when
the
city
people
and
this
4
Prince
Rupert
was
new,
liked
was
one
of
several
reasons
why
Col.
J.
L.
Ralston
he
was
frequently
elected
to
the
city
council.
Everyone
called
him
"Ham"
for
short,
and
that
was
logical,
for
he
happened
to
be
of
short
and
sturdy
build.
He
might,
on
occasion
.have
shown
a
temper
Just
Arrived...
FOR
SMELTING
TESTS
AUCKLAND,
N.Z.
tCP-A.
H.
Nordmeyer,
minister
of
industries
and
commerce,
announced
that
an
electric
furnace
will
be
Imported
from
Britain.
The
fur
The
Popular
nace
will
be
located
ay
One
kaka
I
F
r
A
N'T
1
MAT,
on
the
North
lsia.na
ana
wui
carry
out
smelting
test
on
iron
sands
and
ores.
i-uuiNUAiiUN
GARMENTS
3tyled
and
manufactured
by
the
Parisian
Cortr
J
se
Parisian
garments
garments
are
are
ma,i
mado
,
frm
,v
.
ul
but
it
is
questionable
if,
during
the
time
he
lived
and
labored
in
Prince
Rupert,
It
was
-ever
revealed.
He
was
always
the
same
calm,
good
natured,
believing
the
best
Instead
of
the
worst,
possessing
a
strain
of
optimism
and
enjoying
a
chat,
i
"Ham"
was
along
in
years
but
he
had
the
rebound
and
cheer
I
of
youth.
If
he
had
a
hobby
It
must
have
been
the
city
council.
I
Always,
he
had
his
weather
I
eye
in
that
direction.
Again
and
again
he-ran
for
alderman
The;
.
waaeu
iwfits
properly
constructed
and
d
to
pive
the
wearer
piimni..
..,..
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Musiartum.
Available
in
sizes
34
to
41)
there.
Mr.
Douglas
himself
could
dance.
Sometimes,
in
the
heat
of
a
local
election
campaign,
he
would
trip
the
-light
fantastic
on
the
stage,
and
U
was
never
known
to
lost-
him
any
votes.
He
was
a
nun
of
comfortable
girth,
yet
a
neai
stepper.
"Come
into
my
private
office!"
I
and
it
pleased
him
mightily
to
BLOUSES
-BY
JORDAN
SPORTSTfEAB
Striped
Jerseys
in
navy
and
white.
Femim,.
tailored
and
espeelall
pretty
for
sprint;
Sponaj
Reminiscences
By
w.J.
and
Reflections
BUY
WITH
CONFIDENCE
AT
sit
in
at
committee
meetings
or
Ham's
alert
interest
in
Prince
deliberate
at
regular
sittings.
jRupert
did
not
lessen,
after
he
One
one
occasion
he
was
chair-
jnioved
away.
Had
he
not
moved
man
of
the
finance
committee
SOuth,
he
might
have
been
alive
and
they
called
him
"minuter
today.
In
Seattle
he
was
struck
of
finance."
There
was
once
he
by
a
car
and,
after
a
lingering
ran
for
mayor
not
that
he
was
niness.
passed
out.
He
will
long
sure
he
would
fill
that
august
remembered
as
one
of
Prince
chair
but
just
to
see
what
would
Ruperf.s
useful
citizens
and
A
tvlkirTTfu
Yes,
getting
back
to
work
is
a
start
and
inquire
if
he
had,
by
any
chance,
suffered
an
Injury.
dreary
sort
of
nuisance
and
you
523
THIRD
AVENUE
WEST
nappen
anyway.
Me
captured
colorful
would
not
mind
another
few
days
pioneers.
of
leisure,
perhaps.
For
there
Is
"perhaps"
and
it
does
not
take
long
to
develop.
Lounging,
dreaming
and
dollars
growing
fewer
and
weaker
become
a
melancholy
bore.
Ball
games,
when
Prince
Ru-
thirteen
votes,
and
how
he
pert
had
no
ball
ground
and
would
go
off
into
peals
of
laugh-certainly
no
grandstand
were
ter
trying
to
describe
how
it
played
on
the
GTP
dock,
and
made
him
feel
ad
confessing
this
took
a
bit
of
doing.
With
a
he
never
thought
there
were
so
harbor
on
one
side
and
a
con-iariy
people
with
such
bad
centrated,
primitive
looking
'judgment
left
in
town
not
so
place
called
a
city,
on
the
other,
many
"liars."
hurling
a
sphere
and
swinging
He
took
great
pride
in
hi
son,
a
bat,
did
not
allow
much
latl-Jwno
had
developed
a
duneing
tude.
Nevertheless,
it
was
no
academy
in
Seattle
and
worked
trick
to
work
up
considerable
it
up
to
such
a
degree
of
success
excitement.
'
that
it
was,
of
its
kind,
about
!
the
foremost
establishment
The
press
of
Prince
Rupert
and,
By
Jove,
there
were
three
daily
papers
proclaimed
on
May
25,
1911,
that
the
city
had
basked
in
sunshine,
that
all
the
Indians
hi
Skeena
had
come
to
town,
and
lawyer
and
public
servant,
the
late
SOLDIER,
James
Layton
Ralston
-made
his
way
to
the
top
of
all
three
professions
by
hard
work
and
meticulous
attention
to
detail.
He
was
one
of
Canada's
most
respected
and
courageous
statesmen.
His
record
generated
such
confidence
in
his
capabilities
that
even
his
political
opponents
recognized
them
and,
during
the
1940
war
session
of
parliament,
urged
his
promotion
to
the
post
of
prime
minister.
A
popular
choice
for
the
finance
ministry
when
Hon.
Charles
Dunning
resigned
in
July,
1939,
because
of
ill-health,
Colonel
Ralston
refused
the
post
to
remain
at
his
legal
practice,
standing
by
his
19:55
decision
to
abandon
politics.
The
outbreak
of
war
on
Sept.
3,
1939,
changed
that.
He
offered
his
services
in
any
capacity,
preferably
on
active
service
such
as
he
had
experienced
in
the
First
Great
War,
when
he
rose
from
a
cap
taincy
to
command
his
battalion
as
lieutenant-colonel
and
was
wounded
and
decorated
Instead,
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
appointed
him
finance
minister
on
Sept
7,
1939.
When
Hon.
Norman
Rogers,
minister
of
national
defence,
was
killed
in
an
airplane
accident
on
June
10,
1940,
Mr.
King
chose
Mr.
Ralston
as
his
successor.
Col.
Ralston
was
given
general
supervision
over
all
branches
of
the
services
with
particular
responsibility
for
the
army.
Major
C.
G.Power,
his
old
colleague
in
the
House
of
Commons,
became
minister
for
air
and
associate
minister
for
defence
and
Hon.
Angus
L.
Macdonald,
former
premier
of
Nova
Scotia,
became
navy
minister,
giving
Canada
a
defence
ministry
trio
of
First
Great
War
veterans
The
months
following-saw
the
Canadian
force
in
the
United
Kingdom
grow
from
one
division
plus
to
an
army
corps
and
then
to
two-corps
army
projected
in
the
1942'
program.
Soon
after
taking
office
Col.
Ralston
made
a
number
of
staff
changes
in
the
department
and
pursued
aggressively
a
policy
of
exchanging
senior
"officers
as
between
national
defence
headquarters
and
the
forces
overseas.
He
himself
made
more
than
one
trip
across
the
Atlantic
by
air
to
visit
the
forces
in
Britain,
confer
with'
British
army
leaders
and
learn,
of
,
overseas
conditions
and
requirements
at
first
hand.
On
one
trip
he
suffered
a
painful
attack
of
sciatica
but
that
did
not
stop
him
from
going
about
his
job.
He
moved
in
a
wheel
chair,
limped
about
on
crutches
and
later
with
the
use
of
a
stick
kept
moving,
visited
the
troops
and
even
took
a
bumpy
ride
in
a
bren
gun
carrier.
The
increasing
danger
of
direct
attack
on
Canada
which
followed
the
entry
of
Japan
into
the
war-in
December,
1941,
led
the
minister
to
speed
preparations
for
home
defence
but
he
decided
home
defence
should
not
result
in
any
less
men
going
overseas,
and
that
the
overseas
army
program,
projected
before
that
development
.should
be
carried
out.
The
measures
taken
included
additional
defence
forces
on
'the
two
coasts,
formation
of
two
additional
home
defence
divisions
to
provide
defence
in
depth,
and
intensive
development
of
the
reserve
army
to
provide
a
second-string
force
for
local
defence
in
all
parts
of
Canada.
In
the
spring
of
1942,
Col.
Ralston
made
a
personal
visit
to
the
west
coast
including
Prince
Rupert
that
these
included
no
less
than
seven
brass
bands
garbed
in
bril
BLACKHEADS
Sailing
aboard
the
Princess
May,
to
go
to
work
in
Prince
j
Rupert,
the
writer
back
in
the
spring
of
'09,
chaneed
to
chat
with
a
middle
aged
stranger
i
who
had
a
few
questions.
Get-
liant
uniforms.
Something
recalls
to
us
a
pleasant
time
was
had
by
all.
Learn
TODAYfhe
imp,
dlMOlv
Mid
dltappMr
by
thU
m
unpla.
hI
mi
murm
latlhud.
Gmt
ouncea
of
peroxin
pomfor
from
any
drug
Morw.
aftrinkl
m
hot.
wt
rlorto,
and
vl?
nUr
mrr
blMthwd
U1
k
r
ting
off
at
Prince.
Rupert,
eh?
j
Prince
Rupert
real
estate
skills
of
the
Flfl
never
What
was
my
line?
Oh,
news-
,
boosters,
years
ago,
had
papers!
He
knew
Mr.
Houston!
been
trained
to
think
of
big
Yes,
knew
him
quite
well.
A
lot
money
tha't
is,
real
big
money.
They
would
have
run
completely
HEW
ROYAL
HOTEL
of
folks
knew
John.
He
was
getting
of
at
Prince
Rupert,
too,
and
intended
to
stay.
Big
town,
some
day!
Name
of
fellow
passenger
was
Hart
Frank
Hart.
TV
I
out
of
copy
could
they
have
heard
there
was
a
prospect
of
four
hundred
million
dollars
being
spent
a
few
hundred
miles
-r
'
.
a
A
Home
Away
From
Home
50
Rooms,
Hot
and
Cold
Water
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.
Phone
Ml
.
P.O.
Bo
IIM!
If
you
ore
nearing
the
end
of
your
school
inf
away.
None
could
have
thought
up
the
right
words.
Here
was
something
too
overwhelming.
Plainly,
they
were
all
outclassed
just
mere
pikers.
With
a
thousand
of
them
in
town,
Canadian
Legion
convention
delegates
will
just
about
own
Saskatoon
this
week.
They
come
from
all
over
Canada.
Saskatoon
has
travelled
a
long
way
art
thinking
of
your
future,
you
cannot
do
bej
than
conidr
carefully
the
fine
oppottJ
offered
by
the
R.C.A
F.
Prince
Rupert,
prior
to
and
after
incorporation,
was
given
unwanted
and
distorted
renown.
Nearly
anything
concerning
Prince
Rupert
suffered
exaggeration
and
the
wrong
slant.
It
was
not
to
be
expected
the
terminus
would
be
a
model
of
discretion.
The
community
was
rough.
It
could
not
be
anything
else.
Whoever
saw
a
railway
camp,
in
the
middle
of
construction,
different?
Who
looked
for
delicate
distinctions?
But
anyonemale
or
female
who
minded
their
own
business
and
played
the
game
was
safe
perhapa
safer
than
where
more
When
yo
joi
the
R.CA.F.
you
gft
0
H
Margaret
McLeod
OPTOMETRIST
.
IN
NEW
OFFICES
troinirg
in
o
trade
such
o
radar,
radio,
mechanics,
photography,
armaments
-10
mi
Instrument
Mechanic.
only
o
few.
You
earn
while
you
learn.
ROOM
10
y
rj
Ti
than
70
clerical
ond
lH
STONE
trade.
In
the
R.CA.F.
in
which
men
who
e
find
the
work
ond
career
of
their
choice.
since
1907,
when
it
was
just
another
prairie
town
with
lots
of
ambition
and
dust.
There
was
no
university,
nor
was
there
a
lordly
Bessborough
hotel.
Jimmy
Lanl-gan
.however,
had
a
hotel.
One
day,
a
travelling
man,
sitting
down
to
dinner,
inquired
what
kind
of
soup
he
was
serving.
"Good
soup,"
said
Jimmy.
Sh,d,nt,
with
orode
1
1
high
school
standirn
culture
could
be
found.
BUILDING
NEW
PHONE
BLUE
593
general,
technical
or
commercial
subjects
ore"
eligible
for
the
trades
illustrated.
fr0,t"
with
lower
edncoM
men
may
be
accepted
.tandards
provided
they
show
better
than
GREAT
YARMOUTH,
Eng.
(ft
Scheduled
for
demolition,
the
350-year-old
house
on
South
Quay
where
Cromwell's
officers
plotted
the
death
of
King
Charles
I
has
been
reprieved.
aptitude
for
learning.
mm
Aero
Engine
Mechanic.
Some
of
Prince
Rupert's
earliest
football
matches
were
staged
on
Second
Avenue,
a
favorite
location
being
west
of
ALL
THE5I
YOU
GET
RCAf
seventh
street.
There
were
all
i
IN
THE
RUPERT
MARINE
REALTY
sorts
of
people
in
town,
then,
j
Those
interested
in
football
knew
all
about
the
sport.
The
indifferent
knew
nothing.
Which
led
a
spectator,
seeing
Continues
.mploymtnt
ond
pr.
Tothnical
trodts
Iroining.
full
opportunity
for
odvoncemti
o
Progrottivo
poy
incroo.
.Sport,
end
r.cr.oti.n.1
''''"
.
30
day.
"
Y"'wi,hWW
o
Modical
ond
dontol
coro.
0
Clothing
provided.
Rotiromant
Incomt
ortd.
(J.
CLAUSEN
&
SON)
We
Take
Listings
of
.
.
.
BOATS
FOR
SALE
OR
CHARTER
BROKERS
IN
BOATS,
MARINE
AND
FISHING
EQUIPMENT
TRY
RUPERT
MARINE
REALTY
FOR
QUICK
SALES
OR
CHARTERS
the
ball
land
smartly
on
a
hat-
.
less
player's
head,
to
give
a
j
"!
:MK
Radar
Operatpr.
4
(Just
East
of
Llpsett's,
Waterfront)
Phone
Green
975
Box
548
Chilli
SiStXyiKfO'lH
and
conducted
a
detailed
inspection
oi
defences
in
order
to
see
for
himself
that
the
best
possible
dispositions
were
made
of
the
larger
forces
anjd
arma-
ment
being
provided
for
the
area.
Formation
of
groups
of
militia
rangers
to
guard
outlying
districts
of
Alberta
and
British
Columbia
was
an
outcome
of
his
trip.
It
was
typical
of
the
integrity
of
the
man
and
courageousness
of
his
convictions
that
he
parted
company
with
the
government
in
1944
on
the
iser'e
of
conscription
for
overseas
service
and
resigned
from
the
government.
POLITICS
ACTIVE
SASKATCHEWAN
will
vote
next
month
announce
ed
Premier
Douglas
last
week.
The
voice
'
of
the
C.
C.F.
will
mingle
with,
the
prairie
breezes.
Ontario
and
Alberta
will
make
their
provincial
appeals.
Here
and
there,
over
Canada,
will-be
a
few
by-elections.
Soon,
in
the
spuds-
and
herring
belt,
New
Brunswick's
ballots
will
be
cast.
And
right
now,
Newfoundland
is-m
the
throes
of
discovering
how
the
electors
are
feeling:
Meanwhile,
where
federal
fates
are
concerned,
all
that
can
be
done
is
wait-
and
see.
All
in
all,
the
immediate
poli-1
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future
should
be
anything
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when
you
bring
your
watch
in,
and
it
tells
you
it's
right
when
you
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it
away
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For
every
house
or
apartment
offered
for
rent
'in
Stockholm
last
year
there
were,
on
an
average,
la
prospective
tenants.
In
January
of
this
year
22,733
persons
were
looking
for
homes.
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LUTON,
Eng.
A
Toronto
man
has
offered
weekly
food
parcels
and
10
($40)
reward
to
anyone
giving
news
of
his
brother,
Frante
Titterington,
formerly
of
tills
town.
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