av April zo, ivtv C3BLS fW ias eer been staged by THE DAILY NEWS PAGE FIVE IWPtfl Mi Roads First Interest of People Northern and Central B. C. Urges Contributor to News Contest era Stofs Friday Morning at 9.o'cloa scBxraBarari The New Hats for Spring They're here afire attractive and more loroJy Uian ever bufore. Siiafi fitting raodeU, flippy brim . and so adorably trimmed. The low price will amaee you. 63 ONLY AT 52.95 59 ONLY AT J Owing to bad weather and the late Spring, we have decided to make a clean sweep of our entirely new stock bought for Spring selling. Mr. Richmond has just returned, bringing with him direct importations from New York. This Sale will be for Friday and Saturday and will start on Friday morning at 9 o'clock. Ladies' Wear 1 DOEEN ONLY, PURE WOOL SWEATERS Sizes up to 84. For, each $1.95 26 ONLY, SHADOWPROOF SLIPS in heavy allk and in all colon. Regular $4.50 value for .$1.95 20 ONLY, . LADIES' $ILK NIGHTGOWNS Lace trimmed. Regular value to $5.00 for $1.95 Every Coat in Store Reduced to Less than Cost LADIES' DRESSES 40 ONLY, LADIES' DRESSES New Geornet! Caston Crepes, and other materials fafchioti thanf Kew-K- standing trimmings and colors. Regular values up to for, each $5.01) 42 ONLY, LADIES' DRESSES in a host of clever, cunning styles that express the very latott tiyle trends in their distinctiveness. Regular values to $29.08, for each $1(UK) 64 ONLY, LADIES' DRESSES in Crepe de Chine, Flat Crepe, Prints, etc. Adorable silhouettes, as new as the ooaann. Grace in frocks is an outstanding featurethi t fashionable women admire. And this seltoti&n hNli&at No two alike. Price $14.5' 50 ENSEMBLES in all the latest shades and colors. Fashion decrees the Ensemble for Spring. And what more becoming could possibly bo chosen? Now Silk Coats with flowing scarves, combined with a cleverly styled fvnek Each may be worn separately. Sites 'Id te 46. TPrnm $21.50 RICHMOND'S LOUVRE Third Avenue, Prince Rupert, B.C. For the immediate advancement of the interests of Northern and Central British Columbia, the very first requisite is easy means of communication between the various communities, so as to link them into one entity. From the beginning of history right down to the railway epoch now closing, the routes of travel.and trade have controlled the growth of cities. King Solomon knew it, for the height of Israel's glory was when that wise monarch controlled the ancient trade routes, making access into his mountainous kingdom easy. The Phoenicians knew it, when they alone had charts and sailing directions of the waters of ... , the Mediterranean and beyond the,on a Pub,ic Platform ln hla home nillara of Hercules. Later the Ro-town. The wonderful Interior mans learned it, ana toaay me proverb remains as a witness to their perspicacity, that "all roads lead to Rome." The people of Prince Rupert, apparently not be- country, "the land of the peavine and the vetch," as Alec Manson calls ft everytime he gets a chance. Sure, they're there, all right, but what use are they to Prince Rup- ing studious enough to learn from ert people, or to her growing sons the past, or curious enough to seek and daughters if you can't get at them for Iack of roads? What's for the cause of the success of other races and peoples, seem con- the U8e of developing the lands of tent to sit in isolated obscurity, the interior and the farmers there unable to go anywhere without growing crops If the railway corn-paying tribute to thetransporta- Pany collects its whole value in .ion companies. And conversely.."11 charges? Do Prince Rup. ert merchants work for nothing? visitors are unable to come to Prince Rupert unless at equally God forbid! Did Job serve God zreat cost also collected bv the for naught. No. no. It isn't transportation companies. Wisdom of Solomon done. Yet, Pattullo, Manson, Wrinch . Hnd Kergin are returned af- year xt , T,. c i j ;r Now old King Solomon and these tmr . .. , 0;aUtftn. Roman road builderB long since , . ., . .... - . noth'ng! The bu,,ding of roads dead were B C people They the ia ' the Legislature, value" roa'ds-and knew the of J prospered. Other B.C. people .n f h" Vhef d"tyTr h r ht to d lt That duty has out Anno Domini-of Vancouver jnd Victoria knew the value of nnrla anA ftinv ore nrnariAHntr ha. noi oeen penorroea. jusi ima gine two Prince Rupert men c"n ministers from north cause of them. But the people of the nd Provincial Government I Prince Rupert, although B. C. have u 've miles of road (people also-ome of them, any- "n 19in tU And i way-having no experience, know ! nothing of the value of roads, and 8Ucn f,ve mlles " ?,uld ut . nvdinvXv r nnt nronr And W cr n rage a"er One trip. And ending nowhere. Just knowing oothlng else, are content not to pwsper. judging by their m:ttine Mt treatment be-f ff dn wvaH at Kwn &ny constituency in all toaaywhere. And this lack of Vancouver or in the south. Yet. prosperity is straitly due to their vou PPl in 1 rt,nco KUP" .ignorance of the value of easy aoin 10 V Ana yu ! communications with their nearest coming to you. for youve communities, or else to their in- asked for it by electing such ertness in the matter of securing representatives time and again. inHonn,t tn tho nxmjiln. Thin is contentious, I know, but der of Canada. Prince Rupert people foHow the great apostle's dictum to be "in the world but not of it" too liter as an absolute outsider with no vote in this constituency, that's how it seems to me. Besides, what ' have said cannot be denied and I want to get that $5 just to ally. They are content to ie in thflt 1m r, ht vet into Canada are concerned, are wtofit. They might better be in Alaska! But perhaps they wouldn't, after all. For the Alaskans want a road across Canada to the United States, and the I Yankees, being no longer a mari- ime race, would dearly love to be ible to drive through to their Trade Denied City Now to recapitulate what I've said already: Prince Rupert is broke because of the lack of trade with the districts contiguous. Many of the merchants pass their discount dates and on this I speak with northern territory, and with Ro-, ' Thl" lrad denied a a nce man thoroughness, centralise its Rupert merchants because of the great wealth in their own coun- iMek of a road, evfn as far as J ' jHaysport, some twenty miles, Duty to Community which alone would double the . number of wage-earners who x. Now. as i I see t. it. iv the great duty ... . . . ... ralght trade in the city. Were . to ii the community . i, n lies ..ju with iv, the Allc Any" and Stewart ewart trading or business men of the nn by road with Prince city. The employmmt. or rather f Ru thi trdo m,t be quad-he the provision of employment for rising generation lies with ru!"l .. . . . , no such road is them. WMch is a duty often over- nJ merchant, tnc 'uK-and a crime it is not looked by local every- where. Are they creating that ex- me,rey , misdemeanor-prlncl-oanaion of the merchants of the of their business to take nd of the whole community care of the growing young folks f,tv; ut primarily of the el- ,fter they leave school? These representatives to the leg- business men live off the com- munlty. but they, no more than if,ltu"!- com , to he community for cl- live them- anyone else, can unto selves alone. This provision of ctinK 8ch represenUtlves. And employment is their duty. And J the community? ou, and their duty to the community is you. and you! This is as I see more than giving value for money 't. for I belong elsewhere where and pocketing the excess Oter we have not only roads, but overhead. Yet this recognised pavements which you poor people social duty cannot be made com- of 1'rlnce Rupert have paid for, oulswry. The duty remains never- while at the same time you theleas and if heaven or hell ac-! tually exist some people will find it out whether they ever thought of it that way or no. If' they didn't think of-It that way, what were their brains given! them fer? However, that's by the' way.., Meantime, we find the young people of Prince Rupert j having to go away to other cities j o find work for their subsistence. , Of course, this same thing ap- plies to many other Canadian cities but in no place in all Canada is there less reason for this state of affairs than in Prince Rupert. Look at the .resources of this great northern country. Where are they? Ask T. D. Pattullo. He raves about then! every chance he gets (Continued on page eight.) Ladies' and Children's Silk Hosiery AT REASONABLE PRICES Montreal Importers THIRD AVENUE