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Thursday,
May
8,
1947
(Authorized
u
Second
Class
Mall.
Post
Office
Department.
Ottawa)
Furnished
every
alternoon
excrpt
sunaay
Dy
Prince
Rupert
Dally
News
Ltd.,
3rd
Avenue,
Prince
Rupert,
British
Columbia.
a.
A.
HUNTER,
Managing
Editor,
H.
O.
PERRY,
Managing
Director.
MEMBER
OP
CANADIAN
PRESS
AUDIT
BUREAU
OP
CIRCULATIONS
CANADIAN
DAILY
NEWSPAPER
ASSOCIATION
An
independent
dally
newspaper
devoted
to
the
upbuilding
of
Prince
Rupert
and
all
communities
comprising
northern
and
central
British
Columbia.
SUBSCRIPTION
RATES
B7
City
Carrier,
per
week.
15c;
Per
.ionth,
65c:
Per
Year,
7.00;
By
Mall,
Per
Month,
40c;
Per
Year,
14.00.
Roiid
Opened
Lp
TXlGHT
not
be
out
of
place
to
congratulate
the
I:
department
ot
puonc
wovks,
wnicn
we
are
inclined
to
pound
at
rather
regularly,
on
getting
the'
liighway
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrace
jii.r
vyen
better
than
two
weeks
ahead
of
last
year
and
V.
well
in
advancXof
the
estimated
date
of
May
24
in
ji
spite
of
11)46-47
having
been
a
winter
of
unpre-i
,"
cedently
big
snows.
This
was
made
possible,
of
!
'
course,
because
of
the
fact
that
the
deep
snow
be-!
Xweei)
Terrace
and
Kwinitsa
had
been
cleared
out
;
and
the
lesser
snow
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Kwinitsa
similarly
.opened
up
so
that
equipment
J
-
was
ready
to
dig
into
the
major
obstruction
of
the
tjKwinitsa
slide
at
the
opportune
moment
which
'
came
possibly
earlier
than
had
been
anticipated,
j
Now
that
the
Kwinitsa
slide
has
been
made
pas-
sable
and
the
road
opened,
it
is
to-Jbe
supposed
that
tnye
will
be
no
delay
in
getting
work
started
on
the
vwinitsa
slide
diversion.
With
this
done
before
another
winter,
it
will
then
be
possible
to
keep
the
St-0Srd.
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrace
open
all
tneyear
around.
v
rf
y
NOISE
IS
HARMFUL
although
we
may
not
think
of
it
that
way,
NOISE,
is
proving
a
serious
menace
to
the
educational
and
economic
life
of
homes,
communities
and
places
of
business
and
industry.
Medical
science
I
RADIO
IS
BAD
HABIT
R"
ADIO
CAN
BECOME
a
bad
habit.
In
an
im-,
mense
number
of
homes
the
radio
runs
con-;
stantly,
like
a
leaky
water
tap.
It
is
turned
on
for
breakfast
and
goes
on
and
on
to
bedtime.
'
Such
a
household
is
deluged
for
say
15
hours
daily
:
with
an
incredible
outpouring
of
good
programs
i
Cand.bad,
of
music
and
advertising
and
talks,
of
relays
and
soap
operas,
of
news
and
opinions.
This
!
iwijbqbomes,
as
Sir
Ernest
MacMillan
savs,
merely
a
I
Z
background
of
noise
before
which
all
the
house-'
hold
activities
are
maintained.
It
is
just
'the
radio,
.""
and
there
is
no
selection
of
programs.
Nobody
may
pay
much
attention
to
the
din
but
it
is
disconcerting
and
nerve-wracking
just
the
same.
Dustbane
and
Dustbane
Products
for
easier
and
better
cleaning
PRINCE
RUPERT
SUPPLY
HOUSE
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Box
772
Phone
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!
I-
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i
ff
-TT"-
-BTT
j
Rogers
and
Community
I
I
FLATWARE
NOW
IN
STOCK
I
I
Most
of
the
new
patterns
in
chests,
bulk
or
open
stock.
Prices
range
from
$1(1.00
fitr
2G
pieces,
up
to
jiOt.(M)
plus
tax.
I
j
;
A
CLASSIFIED
AD
IN
THE
DAILY
NEWS
WILL
BRING
RESULTS
GROUNDHOG
(Continued
from
Page
1)
large
cargoes
to
fill
these
dislocated
heme
markets,
hoping
also
to
become
permanent
shippers,
and
likewise
to
capture
the
Callfornlan
and
other
markets
farther
afield,
but
formerly
won
and
almost
exclusively
supplied
by
Nanalmo
and
Comox.
FREIGHT
HATES
EVEN
THEN
This
importance
of
outside
coal
to
replace
our
own,
which
should
reach
this
coast
rather
from
the
Interior
collieries
of
the
province,
namely,
from
those
in
the
Nicola
Valley,
Similka-meen.
Crow's
Nest,
Banff,
Bra-
zeau
and
other
Rocky
Mountain
district
generally,
Is
made
possible
because
railway
rates
connecting
producers
and
consu-sumers
have
to
date
not
been
properly
adjusted
by
the
federal
Railway
Commission,
for
one
reason
that
new
railway
routes
over
the
Hope
Mountains
and
by
the
Yellowhead
Pass
to
the
Fraser
Valley
are
in
the
process
of
construction,
which
when
completed
will
alter
and
maybe
automatically
cheapen
the
present
tariffs
charged,,
and
which
facts
account
for
the
former
remark
that
the
coal
trade
of
this
province
is
in
a
transition
stage.
The
several
coals
of
the
various
local
districts
have
their
specific
places
in
our
commerce
in
accordance
with
their
distinct
qualities,
the
one
for
cheerful
and
semi-bituminous,
another
supports
this
assertion.
Noise,
according
to
psy-
L!c:li
purposes.
as
the
bitumr
cniatnsis
ann
pnysicisis,
teniis
to
produce
irritability
as
well
as
fatigue.
Of
irritable
and
even
harmful
city
noises,
radios
turned
on
loud,
the
slamming
of
doors,
the
barking
of
sleep-disturbing
dogs,
the
yowling
of
cats,
the
shrieks
of
railways
engine
whistles
are
listed
among
the
worst.
A
campaign
of
education
might
do
something
to
eliminate
some
of
these
nuisances
although,
as
far
as
dogs
and
cats
are
concerned,
the
public
may
just
have
to
simply
grin
and
bear
it.
H
nous,
and
yet
another
for
smokeless
fuel,
an
anthracite
and
semi
-anthracite
In
steamers
of
the
merchant
service
and
the
fighting
navies
of
.the
world,
also
in
base-burners
and
for
heating
purposes
in
towns,
where
for
the
sake
of
health
the
smoke
nuisance
must
be
peremptorily
abolished.
On
account
of
these
several
requirements
each
in
dividual
'field
is
limited
to
its
special
market.
It
Is
to
enlarge
on
the
newfound
extensive
Groundhog
coal
fields,
containing
smokeless
coals
In
endless
quantity,
perhaps
the
largest
area
known
in
the
world
of
similar
quantity,
that
this
de
to
start
operations,
the
continu
ous
connections
with
a
coal
supply
are
so
dislocated
on.
a
possible
basis
that
commercial
en
ergy
is
handicapped.
This
is
owing
to
a
passing
lassitude
in
organization,
for
the
natural
wealth
of
coal
in
British
Col
umbia
is
immense,
and
of
a
suitable
quality
to
satisfy
all
requirements.
Furthermore,
the
oil
interests
of
the
United
States,
without
contradiction
from
cap
able
experts,
publish
Inspired
articles
broadcast
in
the
press
of
the
continent
perpetually
dinning
Into
the
public
ear
that
the
age
of
coal
consumption
is
past,
and
that
oil
alone
ls
the
fuel
of
today.
The
ordinary
oil-burning
steamers
or
land
loco
motives,
however,
leave
a
black
j
cloud
of
pungent
smoke
in
their
wake,
the
air
of
our
cities
wc
breathe
and
with
which
we
coat
our
lungs
reeks
with
uncon-sumed
carbon
from
oil
base-burners,
and
the
Diesel
internal
smokeless
combustion
engine
on
a
large
scale
is
still
an
experi
ment.
There
cannot
be
ignored
the
possible
short
life
of
oil
fields,
with
their
strata
punctured
by
new
wells,
and
through
human
economy
of
pipe
casing
the
admittance
of
destructive
surface
waters
to
the
underground
oil-storing
zones,
thus
driving
up
the
floating-
oils
first
into
the
anticlines
of
the
folded
forma
tions,
then
later
by
increasing
water
pressure
forcing
the
hydro
carbons
further
to
exude
through
the
fractured
and
cracked
apices
to
waste
gradually
into
tar
sand3
by
volatilization,
having
now
lost
their
valuable
qualities
through
sun
distillation
and
the
effects
of
atmospheric
chemical
reac
tions.
It
will
not
be
long,
too.
before
the
owners
of
oil
wells
cannot
afford
further
to
permit
the
extravagant,
wasteful
sale
of
crude
oil,
rather
than
to
refine
the
raw
stuff
and
utilize
Its
sundry
more
precious
separated
constituents,
eagerly
sough:
after'
to
furnish
cheap
moUve
power,
and
other
valuable
chemicals
produced
from
the
residue.
Oil
stocks,
too,,
are
being
boom
ed,
'and
the
Investing
public
arc
temporarily
being
relieved
of
their
surplus
cash,
by
methods
similar
to
those
in
which
the
rubber
promoters
previously
SPRING
COMES
TO
REOINA
WITH
SUNSHINE
AND
FLOODS
Not
Venice,
but
28
block
Robinson
Street
in
Reglnu,
Sask,
with
homes
completely
surrounded
by
flood
waters.
The
heaviest
run-off
in
years
caused
sluggish
creeks,
Wascona
and
Manbones,
to
become
swift
torrents.
In
the
city
of
Regind
the
Wascona
rose
tight
feet
above
normal
level
and
will
continue
to
rise
until
heavy
snows
along
the
100-mlle
watershed
of
Wa-scona
and
Its
tributary
Manbones
have
completely
melted.
LETTERBOX
CN.lt.
PARK
.
Editor,
Dally
New
t
Let
me
open
this
letter
with
a
few
words
at
praise
ifor
t-he"
Junior
nhntrWhor
nf
fVimi.prii
f-nr
open
fireplaces
as
the
lignites
hc
ex&in
they
haye
set
in
t'nelr
'Clear-lu.
I'aiivt-Up'
from
which
to
produce
gas
orjCamvaisn
wUh
Mr
aUack
Qn
a
high-class-
coke
foT
metallur-j
the
..dinjr
oW
wuseijm
build.
n$
which
has
been
transform-
ed
Into
a
"handsome
edifice"
by
Its
new
coat
of
green
and
white
paint.
Just
across
frcralihe
Museum
(which
when
opejred
will
once
again
be
visited
by
hundreds
of
tourlts)
Ls
the
C.N.R.
"Totem
Pole
Hill
Park."
once
one
of
the
beauty
fipot
of
the
city
and
a
vantage
point
frcm
wh'cti
tour
ists
can
view
th
city
and
our
wonderful
haitoor.
at
Its
best.
In
the
war
yeiw
this
hill
had
to
forego
Its
claiirufor
beauty
and
provide
site
for
the
aram-raenlts
of
war,
and,
as
a
result,
this
beauty
spot
was
sadly
defaced.
Trnnks
to
Mr.
Berner.
the
cutting
cf
the
umUifcrush
.
over
scrlptlon
ia
Intended.
Should
j
the
entire
hlHMe
and
the
re-large
Industrial
enterprises
along
.
bulUUns
of
the"
lorik-out
plat-the
seaboard
desire
Immediately
form
on
the
hill-top
is
gradually
restoring
this
site
io
its
former
status,
although
tere
ls
still
much
to
be
ctene
to
make
It
once
again
a
place
fitting
for
our
visitors
to
see
and
adjnire.
The
famous
totenn
pole,
which
adorned
the
WH-top
and
had
to
be
removed
during
the-
war
years
lies
rottint;
or.
the
ground.
It
is
honed
Mia:
it
will
soon
be
removed
from
therr
land,
after
bem?
preserved
by
painting,
SparUins
B-H
"En9li.K"
Taint
decorate!
and
protects
exteriors
with
a
coat
of
loitinj
colour.
For
outside
charm,
choose
B.H"EnSlish"
Paint
WE
DELIVER
Meltridc
Street
1'houe
311
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FRASER
HOUSE
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PHASER
STREET
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Black
823
similar
to
those
Jn
Alder
Park,
be
either
re-erected
on
Its
for
mer
site
or
elsewhere
on,
ihe
hillilde.
Its
mates
on
the
lower
slopes
are
also
In
need
of
titivating.
Unfortunately
this
hillside,
prior
to
the
cutting
of
the
under
brush,
was
the
rendezvous
of
the
many
degenerates
in
the
city
whose
only
love
of
nature
was
to
seek
this
beauty
spct
as
a
hide
out
while
they
consumed
their
bottles
of
extract,
shaving
lotion,
and
"Dago
Red"
and
the
grounds
were
littered
with
hundreds
of
theee
battles,
many
broken,
as
mute
evidence
of
these
orgies.
The
CNR.
sirtfeners
hive
done
much
to
remove
these
eye
sores,
but
cannot
be
ex"pectd
to
J.
P.
MOLLER
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Monday,
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From
the
East-Tuesday,
Thursday,
Saturday
the.
leavings
of
these
Baochillan
parUew
when
their
every
effort
should
be
confined
to
addirn
floral
beauty
lo
these
ground
Eefore
this
hill
earns
the
soubriquet
of
"Bottle
Peak"
or
"Glass
Mountain."
may
I
make
a
sugjejit'.on
how
our
magistrate
can
do
his
part
in
the
"Clean-iu
Catmpatg:!."
Let
some
of
the
"drunks"
who
come
up
bffure
Wm
be
given
the
taclk
(under
,upervis-on)
of
clearing
the
hillside
cf
the--c
botitles
and
rokTi
(tlass,
etc.
and
I
am
sure
some
bh?rlearted
citizen
would
supply
the
gunny
sacks
(plural)
for
th
rp"ectlon
and
the
C.N.R.
waiye
their
rights
to
the
proceeds
of
any
battle
sales
for
lire
enrJchtnert
of
:-ie
city
coffers.
In
conclusion'.
Mr
Editor.
spend
their
time
gathering
up'
please
aeeit
my
thinks
for
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and
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ones
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In,
let
us
keep
the
empties
rolling
out,
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BUILDING
AT
'
DECKER
LAKE
'
Interior
Point
Stepping
Out
'
From
.tfonslruclum
tStn,nrfpo!nt
Decker
Lake,
in
the
Balkleyl
vauey
region,
nas
ceen
iteippln
out,
speaking
conitrucMvely.
'
rwiWrm
the
past
tew
months
much
has
'been
acjonipllshed-installatlon
of
n
modern
powei
i
plant,
completion
of
a
good-ilzed
store
building',
commence
ment
of
a
ttto-strey
office
block,
excavaticn
for
a
.hotel
,and
erection
of
'everat
rcsl-
l
denccs.
FORMER
LOCAL
SISTER
PASSES
There
died
recently
In
St
Michael's
HU'tfital,
Toronto,
Sister
Mary
Carol
Grey
who
at
one
time
was
le-acher
of
violih
and
piano
in
the
Sliters
of
St
JosfDlw'
Corjvent
at
Prince
Rupert.
Surviv.ng
menvbers
61
the
faintly
are
the
part.it,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Alex
Grey,
and
three
brothers.
Rcfcert,
Alexander
and
Martin.
After
leaving
Prince
Rupert
Sidter
Mary
Carol
continued
to
teach
music
at
St.
Jcefflh's
Convent
In
Triorold,
Ontario.
your
valuab'e
npacc.
I
hope
Uvis
letter
will
te
the
means
of
removing
a
blemish
a3
well
as
bo
'
a
deterent
to
those
who
are
Box
1308
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way
to
needed
w
even
lacking
In
civic
jiride
to
repeat
;
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Ave,
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