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Even
Closer
Identity
of
Interests
Seen
by
Alaskan
Official
Major
Port
Here
Predicted
By
GEORGE
6UNDBORO
Executive
Assistant
to
Governor
of
Alaska
Consultant,
Alaska
Development
Board
Prince
Rupert,
and
the
Central
British
Columbia
communities
eastward
to
Prince
George,
have
clearly
demonstrated
throughout
the
years
the
real
meaning
of
international
co-operation.
During
World
War
II,
citizens
of
Prince
Rupert
worked
long
hours
handling
supplies
and
military
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,
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equipment
used
to
fortify
Alaska.
Following
V.J
Day,
General
Dwlght
D.
Eisenhower
credited
Prince
Rupert
with
playing
an
Important
role
in
winning
the'
battle
of
supply
in
the
North
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PH01ESESS
cific.
Prince
Rupert
has
been
the
source
of
many
of
the
necessities
of
life
meat,
eggs,
flour
and
groceries
for
Southeastern
Alaska
communities
when
maritime
difficulties
have
halted
Alaska's
shipping.
Hay
and
other
animal
feed
from
the
Smi-thers
region
have
kept
Southeastern
Alaska
dairymen
from
slaughtering
their
herds.
International
sporting
events
baseball,
basketball,
boxing
tournaments
and
track
meets
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Ketchikan
are
now
annual
events.
Another
evidence
of
the
close
Identity
of
interebt
between
the
two
neighboring
areas
is
the
manner
in
which
their
commercial
organizations
have
co-operated,
notably
through
the
program
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Columbia
and
Affiliated
Chambers
of
Commerce
of
Southeastern
Alaska.
Depletion
of
natural
resources
G.
R.
S.
BLACK
ABY
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
President
Outlines
Some
Reasons
For
New
Progress
By
G.
K.
S.
Biackaby)
In
and
out
of
the
deep,
sheltered
ice-free
harbor
of
Prince
Rupert,
northernmost
B.C.
port,
more
and
more
ships
are
mov-
el
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PRINCE
RUPERT-Railway3
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Hill
Park.
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in
Canadian
National
(Photos
by
Wrathal)
Here
are
some
of
the
reasons:
in
the
more
lieavi'y
populated
Columbia
Cellulose
Co.,
sub-lareas
of
the
continent
have
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nf
inHii.ct.ru
intn
the
Fur
trading
in
Prince
Rupert
Vnitf
Ame,
U
ereaing
i
and'!
slales
ana
canaaa
co-operate
district
is
estimated
to
have
dailv
can.mit.v
nin
..t
tn
h
Central
British
Columbia
an
VER
SINCE
the
first
lumber
was
sawn
in
British
Columbia,
in
1848,
the
record
of
the
forest
industries
has
been
one
of
steady
expansion
and
development.
Today,
to
a
greater
extent
than
ever
before,
these
industries
form
the
foundation
of
our
Provincial
economy.
The
people
of
British
Columbia
cannot
afford
to
endanger
the,
future
of
their
resource
so
vital
to
their
continued
prosperity.
in
operation
within
two
years:
1
Alaska.
Celanese
and
pulp
mills
Large
schools
of
tuna
in
ad-
are
planned
or
being
construct-
i
jaeent
waters
have
drawn
many
ed
at
Prince
Rupert
and
Ketchi-
i
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x,,
annual
turnover
of
$200,000
per
ing
but
also
in
encouraging
and
year.
The
city
is
the
meeting
assisting
economic
development
j
place
of
traders
and
trappers,
of
the
"New
Northwest"
far
full!
Bank
clearing's
.
in
Prince
Ru-utilization
of
its
natural
wealth,
pert
total
over
$1,000,000
per
defense
of
its
shores
and
skies
'
month.
With
-titfrefcsed
indus-and
the
welfare
of
the
tiiuusands
!
trial
developmerii,
"that
U'gure
who
will
settle
it.
!-Is
growing.
tRLB
i
fishing
boats.
j
kan.
Aluminum
reduction
plants
j
Wartime
use
of
Prince
Rupert
are
talked
of
for
Kitimat
and
as
the
port
for
Alaska
offers
Skagway,
where
tremendous
po-!
hope
that
this
may
be
continued
tentiais
of
low-cost
power
are
;
with
the
bulk
or
Alaskan
canned
available,
'salmon
passing
through
the:
port
for
transhipment
east.
J
PRINCE
RUPERT
IS
Prince
Rupert
is
also
watch-'
NATURAL
GA1EWAV
-ing
with
interest
Dominion
gov-1
The
growth
of
in-luKtry
in.
:
enuncnt
study
of
the
Canadian
Southeastern
Alaska
will
cm-
Wh
en
in
snipDuucting
situation.
Early
m
.
phasize
the
fact
that
F;!nc
Ru.
;
the-war
the
Prince
Rupert
i
dock
and
Shipyard
was
1
verted
for
construction
of
10,-
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is
the
natural
g;ogiaph:c
gateway
to
Alaska.
Legislation
now
rest.rip.r.inff
ripvphympni
nf
000-ton
freighters
ancr
small
j
tnis
trade
route
will
no
lunger
naval
vessels;
this
activity
has;
be
eMectlve
whcu
Aiaska
be
stopped,
but.
it
is
.hoped
some-
state
iiiiug
may
oe
aone
soon.
As
a
war
legacy,
Prince
Ru-
Piinee
EMpert
...
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PROTECT
YOUR
GREATEST
ASSET1
PREVENT
FOREST
FIRES
!
'
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acquired
a
$200,000
YMCA,
now
used
as
a
civic
centre.
Re-i
placement
of
the
civic
telephone
j
system
at
a
cost
of
$550,000
was
;
approved
at
the
December
munl-
cipal
election.
j
Of
500
wartime
houses
built
In
Prince
Rupert,
only
a
dozen
:
remain
in
the
government's
'
hands,
with
owner-occupants
buying
more
than
450.
Two
de-
!
partment
store
uuildings
have
been
erected,
a
theatre
is
under
construction
and
a
large
hotel
and
two
or
more
apartment
houses'
"are
being
considered.
portation
costs
will
bs
reflected
In
lower
living
costs,
one
obstacle
now
confronting
widespread
development
in
Alaska.
It
appears
certain
that
Prince
Rupert
is
destined
(i
i
become
a
nrijor
Pacific
Coast
port.
It
will
play
an
important
role
in
the
industrialization
of
Southeastern
Alaska.
Trade,
now
periodical,
will
develop
on
a
permanent
basis.
Industrialization
of
the
northwest,
and
stabilization
of
world
affairs
will
permit
ships
plying
the
Great
Circle
route
to
the
Orient
to
stop
at
Prince
Rupert
and
Alaska
ports
to
load
cargoes
of
paper
and
allied
forest
products,
aluminum
and
ether
metallurgical
products.
With
the
pattern
already
firmly
established,
international
ties
both
social
and
economic-
will
be
strengthened
as
population
growths
and
industry
develcps
in
the
two
areas.
As
the
region
cxpcrWnct-3
development,
however,
it
appears
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rcLlcckin
and
Sons
Limited
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&
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of:
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Hoses
Flour
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Rose
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Flour
Fruit
and
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FnjsU
Eggs
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TO
ALASKA
130
Third
Ave.
East
Prince
Rupert,
11.
C
V.
O.
Box
838
Phones.
J3
iind
Jl
Route
Recognized
;
Mention
ot
l'hnce
Rupert
Is
;
being
made
in
Washington
in
;
connection
with
the
all
water
;
route
from
the
United'
Slatos
to
j
Alaska.
,
;
Col.
John
R.
Noyes,
Alaska
Road
Commissioner
describes
it
as
definitely
the
American
life
line
to
Alaska,
and
always
!
will
be."
He
so
told
the
House
British
Columbia
Forest
Service
Appropriations
sub-committee.
He
could
visualize,
Noyes
jaid,
the
possibility
of
an
all
American
route
to
the
territory,
using
car
ferries.
Good
Luc!
It
Department
of
Lands
and
Forests
ALASKA
In
your
bid
for
Statehood
H
n.
E.
T.
Kenney
C.
D.
Orchard
Deputy
Minister
"It
would,"
Noyes
said,
"be
very
advantageous
if
they
could
go
to
Alaska,
slopping
at
Prince
Rupert,
Juneau,
Haines,
Skagway
and
other
ports
and
connecting
with
the
highway,
utilizing
the
magnificent
waterways
of
Southern
Alaska
and
British
Columbia
for
water
travel
instead
of
road,
thereby
saving,
I
think,
considerable
sums
of
money
for
road
construction."
Col.
Noyes
has
been
instructed
to
make
a
study
of
the
feasibility
of
car
ferries
in
Southeastern
Alaska
by
the
U.S.
Secretary
of
the
Interior,
J.
A.
Krug.
"The
successful
operation
of
car
ferries,"
remarked
Col.
Noyes,
"is
of
great
importance.
It
would
be
a
calamity
If
this
project
were
allowed
to
fall
through."
We
look
forward
to
the
time
when
the
interchange.,
of
ideas
and
facilities
will
bring
i
i
economic
development
to
the"
;
area
north
of
54
degrees.
Minister
Albert
and
McCar'fery
Ltd.
(
COAL
LUMBER
BUILDING
SUPPLIES
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