ae : i ' Brine SE Sg a eR ae eee a ee 1019, ita the system in this city, Rupert Telephony; C Com-, Le ra ; FOR MAIL ORDER | sav nd’ DEPENDABILITY, | ; ; Just 5 41 i DIAL se 312 THIRD AVE. W. "PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. By- Law ~ leit ‘Low UF Dini ing. ine Bh , August, Prince Ru- man to whet his whistle. pert's city council ametidéd the | Cliuse :% of the: ‘pmended bys ts A private concern, was|Ilquor licence by-law and stil] /!W provided! that’ drinking es- pric constriction! + Sof the! left plenty of time fox a thirsty week, ‘d slosed all doy Sunday, imuskeg, , feet which means slow: “progress, |The system when completed {s eu tty of getting the line up fulton Street on account of the ‘curves has finally been over- come,” Semen ene meme ney Y mtpeemmae OPTOMEF Rit Fred E. Dowc's | Phone Green 260 | 203 3rd Ave, MY, Se etemneanad Use Want “Ads they Pay. a” vy " * ri h arn “ sey "nde ie ‘ A a rie ie" ee ¥- BESTS ASSERCESSESELCVECLES ZES BES SSELERSES @g22tavaztz : : - _ Northwest Construction Ltd. IN THE INITIAL PERIOD PLEASE. DO NOT TO SPEED UP YOUR Jigs 7 t oe a ~ teblishments had to close be- lween the hours of midnight and) .f 5 o'clock in ‘the mor ning during On Saturdays the bars had to close at 11 p.m. and stay- Meanwhile the Evening Em- w repurted progress of the | ‘elephene system construction as follows: “the setting of the poles: | ig tether slow on account of| | All the poles are thor-|' | louchiy. rocked in, In some places} -}" | rook has had to be carried 300 “peeked to cost $15,000 and be] ™ «ho best on the coast. The dif-| ‘ Mince hi! rene es ray "BAR ny, Sear’ i ‘te san, auras AR asa enna rene eye pe Re ¥ Kho! Aight, plan get off race , lp ‘Whltad all ovér;thia: -The report was: 0: Aengthy. that. ba nd ack ln ther “aulnmer ; 0 if 1910. ‘were “stirring mos: both | ‘In the elty arid In the: world, * Inslallatton’ ‘of ithe: feleptiones wis begun ont July; i5,. 1910, ‘and Accgrdinig, to: the Evoninig Empire files, the-day betore world cham: plon Jack Johnson battered ax- champion Jim Jofferles into sub. |Mmilssion inthe: 15th round at | Rarig,. ‘Nevada, . The. Empire car- ted. a Touhd-by-rquni. report of. betwee en Negroes ‘-an ds ‘United States’ a The Empire quit., at:-thé:elghth. {eound..on: July 6 ‘ard: completed’ | dhe: sever In.’ its.. next. edition | ‘* ‘I ah il tly 2 | fa “Duhtig. “his: ‘growing years, a! Fenita ‘should » have 400° interna- | onal. units of! vitamin. D dally, ' | to. Help -th"' the. development. of, strong, normal bones and teeth, | Photo by Van Meer Studio, , SHOWN STANDING in front of the rack of second selectors in: ; the new telephone exchange are-some of the qen who ‘instailéd ‘| and tested the new equipment for Prince Rupert’s $675, 000 auto- - matic dial phone system, Left to right are, Dick Frankin, Charlie Bennie (foreman), Dick Stubbs,,-Newton Harrah, Bill’ Memillan, John MacDonald and Reg Martin. Nickerson Company First To Get Telephone in 1910 The honor of having ‘he first “and telephone installed in Prince Ru-i perl, 44 years ago went to the?it. as modern as the steamer firm of George W. Nickerson, Prince Rupert.” pioncer city businessman who! 1 a8 newspaper went on to say wag also allotted the first num-| Pap ber, No. 1. Mr. Nickerson’s premises in those days were at the corner of Fifth Street and Third Avenue. Lj where the Royal Bank of Canada building is today. However, The Evening Em- pire, Prince Runert’s only news-| 1 paper of that day, then situates! . “ir, Mekerson asserts that the down on Rupert Avenue, assert-| itor of the Empire was having | ed in ths issue of July 5, 1919,;° Pip: drecm. : hat it had the honor of recelv- | ing the first telephone, When fluorescent lights are Editor and president of the} installed in home or office, care “mpire, S. M, Newton, wrote ! ehould be trken to properly dis- | ‘Woillantly on the front PIE: rose of breken - or ‘discarded hat ‘luck fell our we yin ha ving | tubes, The coating on the in- the first telephone.” "side of the tubes containg beryl- “Mr. W. R. Love installed, it"! tum, a dangerous poison. iV’s none of your old fash iened cow-bell styles cither. No, | are now being placed, but it will ve towards the end of the month , before we can say ‘hello.’ There Is every reason | for expecting AJihat the system wll be in every ire-spect worthy of this progrzs- ‘sive community,” OPERATIO! | for M Years jth it “ebout 100 of these beauts {| 1 ' THE PEOPLE OF: PRINCE RUPERT HAVE BEEN CALLING 174 For | Punting and Heating (Services Now : mm 6227 SMT ELKINS “LIMITED | PIONEER PLU IBING. AND HEATING éo} TRACTORS st iy ‘elophotig! Rist b '/ Trunk Paclfie's “Prince te vt notes Sang Rarller thas, month after . ter. 9 rifle bulld- “ups the -lagt. Word, in! Slot ocean golng steamers, the Gt rand | Patty me Rupes" = fala ch and i, arrived on June 16, 1910, The vessel which had ale from Neweastle, England, was | given a rescunding civic recep | | tlon with ths clty couneil and! hundreds ‘of people taking the: afternoon off to greet it, The Prince Rupert was. skp. ee ce B. L Yohuson eee cin ape eee ene wee pe —— rey i yous . 259 ThirdAve, W. N AT” ~ saeol e als am. SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 19, 1954 } é s ¥ b t ‘ oa 4 USE Your TELEPHONE UNNECESSARILY Al Telephone Conversations: Must Be Completed By 1130 pm, Saturday September 18, And No Further. Calls Should Be Made Until Atter The Cut-Over y Should You Have Been In a my } vELEPHONE SERVICE PLEASE BE SURE ‘TO CONSULT YOUR aavertently Missed. Ir The Delivery Of The Telephone Directory, Phone: 868 Before The Cut-Over, O- Dial 2000 After The Cut Over, And One Will Be Delivered To¥ou: 4 ‘ ‘ ‘ hae > THE. cITy OF PRINCE RUF Tel 5 , 4 ' Mato faye i heh, ephone Departmen