B.C. Not Getting Equitable Bp Prince Rupert Daily News As I See It Monday, March 8, Ki54 From Federal Governmental; ; VICTORIA CP- The Hi IHsii I ment in . Mice Prove Money-Maker If Albinos Columbia government says It iiirauidlv- tv. . in 111 Jependeut dally nevvspuper devoted to the upbuilding of Prlnc Rupert and prlliern and Jtritral Hrltlsli Columbia. ' Member of Canadian Press - Audit Bureau of Circulations CiiUbdian Daily Newspaper Association. Published by The Frlnre Rupert Duilv Ne. Limited. t. T- MAGOH, President 11. Ci HRKftV. Vlre-Pr-sld-nt "Drr,viri0 '"r f" " l A ! " ' " Subscrlp'.lon ItatM: iy carrier Her ween, 25c; per month. ! 00; per year, 10 0n. raZ1sir-iy mall Per month. 7Sn; per year, t8 00 " -iW-'' ftuuiorizea as secouil class m.dl by the Poet Office Department, Otuw iNwiPtit- i noi keuuig an equuauie re turn from the federal government for ftiuit (he senior Kovern-ment takes out . In his budget address to the legislature, Premier and Finance Minister Bennett said the province expects t earn a total ol $43,374,000 under I he dominion- provincial taxation agreement in the fiscal year ending March 31, lUoo-an Increase of $1X08 000 over the year ending Jt aKoexoecled 1 OOu.000 from .... .... ... I Can:.li.J. one-jian oi me icaerai income iT . su,tr' SADDLE WORTH, Yorkshire (CP)-Mice make money (or 48-year-old James Houxh but only if they are wliitc. Hough, who .st'll.s albino mice to scientific research laboratories, has 80,000 in his "moiwcrie" all descendants of four pairs he purchased 20 years ago when out of work. He sells youngsters at a shilling each, mules at 2. 6d. and ' expectant mother" mice for five shillings. Sales are approximately 6,000 a week. Says Hough: "Wild mice are taboo here they bring disease." Cats? Hounh says a number drop In during the summer when the mouserje doors are open, "but they don't cause any trouble. New Unit Boosts Power Capacity For Quesnel Area tax on power distribution cor- "al Uw .pW k' ijoi atii.ns an incruu.se ol ijuo -1 ,, rc:oS"Lc Re; j,,. 00U. j ullv- Hut the premier .soul i; Li I u0 Iec' Wut timal,,'.t the lcderul Rovenunent BOing tohavn makes coilectlons In din-ct ondi ,ouru'S pn.nf . indirect taes, non-tax revenues t f pr,tSs cunI'.i zvitm i uiui special leceipis and credits I '"" i Salesmanship Needed" JNT CASE there is any douht aliout the federal gov-I einment's position on -sale of the drydock and shipyard, we offer this excerpt from Hansard by Transport Minister Chevrier. Replying to V. G. J. Hahn, New Westminster, who asked about the proposed closure in March, Mr. Chevrier said: "I made a statement on that matter last week but since then there has been a change. Perhaps I should advise the house that the change came about because of representations made to myself and to certain colleagues of the government by the hon. member for Skeena (Mr. Applew haite), and the fact that he brought a delegation from Prince Rupert in the riding of Skeena. "The change is that the Canadian National Railways have now agreed to postpone the sale for a period of six months in the hope that a purchaser may he found and also with the expectation that those keenly interested in the fishing industry iji that area may he able to find someone who would he a satisfactory purchaser either of the whole dry- A NEWS MESSENGER In Paris whose occupation keeps him out in nil kinds of weather tries a .system long practiced by Oriental potentates, but It's not easy without a flunky along to hold the umbrella. It may be hard on his backbone, hut at least it keeps his cigarette dry. The MT's Day HERE is one typical working day of an M.P. You arrive at your office about nine-thirty. Your secretary brings in a biV pile of mail. You day the newspapers aside j to read at leisure. j j The letters are of two kinds. ; l Sume ure general, that is commending you or condemning ; you for something you have ! ! dons, or not done. Of this class, ! the vast majority are from peo- ' pie drawing old age pensions or. I WVA grams, but who feelthe.se should be larger. Another class of lettei.. jv- jcrs actual applications for lm- j migration into Canada, or for j j naturalization papers, or for i ! r.ny one of a score ..r more of i ! things. These all require ' per-j I'sonal answers, plus letters j j phone calls or personal visits to ! ; ii;c ui niumia lunLniicu. i My own immigration mail is Ivory heavy. j ! . . .. . . . j ii'' iuu AKt on tne Dankinj ftrtiTvi it i c -. i-twwit nt Aln.iAn o'clock in the morning. You , that total $474,700,000. In direct taxation alone. Including personal Income tax, non-residents tax, corporation income tax, .succession (Kit i and income tax on undistributed profits, the federal government (lathered $200,700,000. Premier Bennett, former Fin-once Minister Kinar Gunrlersnn and Attorney-General Robert Bonner, went to Ottawa Dec. 11 OTTAWA DIARY By Norman M. MacLeod OL'ESNEL Canaeltv of the,...;... . V.... ... 7 . I ed Sunday from . ! three-dawwi .v rii, -.., ..a t.,.-,,. I nii vorli goodwi:: ,.,!,'. ilnBC - j reporters here iusr 3. From start to finish it was a completely happy and successlui function. The colored streamers 1 iei Kxise upon ine crowa en- tangled Conservative members with Liberal, CCF members with Cabinet ministers, Social Credit . . l : L. i ( wiui torre-p(nat?iiwi ..The development of the prov- ' ,v'slt 5tu'h K 1 sman RtlPe ice's resources Is manifestly of '1 malor Imoortance to the econ- umv of the nation." tiio Prem'.r 'I'rv Dnilu Iw, r 1 lock oi' of a portion thereof." It would appear from this that the government rnm tnp rt;ji r.n erv No rPii.iln.ime nf DP'. traints could survive the mix- Rac Canada has &w:h a varicly, as wjll as such pttentmU In unde- veloped natural resources." hear witnesses giving evidence I " "siere season of Lent. It is u I'ps and any number of MP's post-war growth which is show-iis to how they think the new ! Iast ninS of worldly pleasure, who thought th?y hid come just 1 ing no signs of abatement. Housing Act will work out. You:The twin spirits of carnival and to watch the novelty of the oc-1 When the Power Commission casion settled 1 " JS lne nope 01 me gov-r happily to having commenced operation here Aug- i good time. Competition for , ust 1. 1947. there were 289 cus- I er"rm"nt ' into a partner- possession of the balloons , tomers. and it had been estimat- j ship wlth the federal jovern- Miare in the cross examination nlole or-Jess recKiess gaiety ar.' of those witnesses. i lts deities. Fanciful costume.-. At one o'clock you come back ! maMJues, balloons, paper stream-to your office for a tray lunch, ers- music, rich foods and exu-bi ought down (o you by a mes- berant Averages are its tradi-fenger. By half past two you I tlonal trappings. . ne in the House of Commons! The Hoac of Commons had ; the first Mardi Gras celebration in its history during the past aim cjuytru ii, u goou aeal better than thoroughly. PT the benefit of any who may be strangers to the term. ; M ri rrl . rii-nx I in.'n .. rr xiany uil UU.V I IS H IPSLlVal rPIPhriltjri n mjnv pwres to inaugurate th? Parliament has never ccle- oiaiea u Delore. But this year sP"ker Hsne Beaudoin, who nas sponsored a number "rsls nce he acceded to th'.- '""""''s. us wru as tne r - r(.i;i Cnnarlj;, " ' WIS I SEOUL (T11 t- Laurent n,'" 8ovcrm.ie.it 0! Ct.it ernincnt tip ne a:.so toil c.... will remain in fa' necessary to , fe He added, ho,,,,, task ot the Uniteci Si in Korea is not r of that country. t that aggression"'.'" era ted. The prime mir.uc . Fredtw OPTGMET. New address: 3(8 ? Phine Gr MARCH EM-CK RADIO-M COMBINA'-: Ony m Casy Trims 1 r,i nil v. stnw 1 'Custom rficiio i;K A K:irain lot ONLY -- 50 MONARCH SMI Custom hi'aUT. & upholstety. A " ONLY ' for the nravers and oneniii' I questions of the'day. j But you must leave the main I 'chamber by half past three and ! fet back to the banking com- , s putting the burden of the selling job on Prince lupert. Since the city stands to gain most from he right kind of sale, perhaps the arrangement is easonahle enough. Put if the job is to be carried :.-ut in the best mannei: possibleand it is also in the government's interest to see that it is Ottawa should handle it. As a first 'step, there could be the distribution of an illustrated' brochure giving all necessary in-; formation about the property and the district as a whole. Any large -private concern about to Undertake an important selling project puts out its own promotional literature, and there is no reason why 'he government should not -do likewise. This could fe supplemented by advertisements in rade magazineanl instructions to Canadian consulates everywhere to check on all possible prospects. Merely calling for offers is not gopd enough Some real salesmanship is needed and, while Prince Rupert should, np ignore its own responsibilities in this respect, OttSj'a is in by far the best position to line up potential customers. m i 1 1 e e which is working. n'Z" oince or First Commoner parties, which commenced un-l Reflecting the Impioved liv-' r!ainst time to rush through issucli invitations to a Mardi rter Speaker Rons Macdona Id and ing standard in the area, aver-, i.he new bill in time for this ! ras reception to be held in the ! ore being carried on with an age residential consumption has 1 season's construction. Railway Committee Room dnr- original touch by Speaker Beau-, increased from 45 kwh per month ; You have from six to eight 1 '"8 th- dinner recess hours'' of doin, arc a good thing.. They in 1U47. to 140 kwh in 1953. Av-i o'clock free (unless you ar? a ! Commons. serve to relax the Parliamentary erage commercial consumption new:. paper writer like myself 1. j ft was a family party, with all tensions and to mnp up th? bit-; has Increased from 85 kv.h to I At eight you go back into the MP's and their wives invited ternesses. .sometimes left by Par- 1 230 kwh per month. I House and sit through till ten. without regard for political af- liamentary debate. They furth- ( with this increased consump- 1 vvnile you uslen to tne speeches, j ' wtin one ear, you catch up oni"'"11'- '"b1""11 "se ui papier RUPERT RADIO & ELECT S13 3rd Ave, Prince Rupert f imuena oy tns Parliamentary ' turn amongst Mrs 01 all put- . ,M7 .... .. ..,,, carpentcry staff, colored pap. ' ties. It i.-.n't too much of tn 'nsi -streamers from the ceiiing.gaiiy;, gyration of hope to believe LwhTlta, ScJ J 8 wnw floating balloons, and two vol- that out of them some day will J!' 1 r h 7v . ""teer orchestras recruited from come a definite parliamentary,"", , tx ve-r. n c. Power Commi.inn'K riie.l . 'electric generating station here - will lie increased from 3 200 kw I to 4.200 kw this year with instal- ; latlon of a new 1,000 kilowatt ' , . t r 1 unit, district iiwiMBcr u 1 IDobie has announced. ... . - yuesnei nas Deen one or the ; which has shown 'remarkable , ed mat there were only about 1 u potential consumers VJlleh i could be added. Today, more than 1.500 cus-1 tomers are served. in 1947, peak demand was 210 ! kilowatts; in January of this year, it reached a new high of 2.580 kw tion ha.s come lowei average COst to customers. 1, It- Vw. Lomn ut.-u In ntU,. classifications; average commercial cost dropped G2 per cent from 8 2 cents to 3 1 cents per kwh; power service decreased 51 per cent from 3 3 cents to 1.6 'cents per kwh on the average; and the overall average for all classifications decreased 00 per it from 0.1 to 2.4 rents per kwh. Short Holiday PRINCETOWN, England (CP) "Trusty" convict Thomas Scho-fleld. working as a waiter in a Devonshire hotel used by prison wardens, donned jaeket and nunneis ana jusv wumru uui TTn uyw .fiiif.ht !1 fnw hniiri Ifll.er . . BEST OF FOOD FrNEST OF COOKING FOR TjAKE OUT ORDERS Phone 200 Broadway Cafe REFLECTS and REMINISCE? IT'S JUST GOOD HORSE SENSE iouvenirs oecame a 101 Keener ; inu uen.er-iemperea man ae - bate ever gets in the Chamber, The volunteer orchestras were; found to have just the right beat lor good dancing. j : Th re is a general feeling in ; Purhament that these family - i kikuu: a iceung 01 sou- amy auu iiiuluui consiaera- iraoiuon. ! Power; To Borrow I $30,000,009 1 I Sought for PGE j I VICTORIA 9 The le-fisl.itnre will t,P asked to approve borrow ing power of $30,000,000 for the f'overnment-owncd Pacific Great Kastern Railway. Premier E-nnett gave no details of how the monev will he spent In his budget address in ! th legislature todav. rr-U..' . . 1 . -. ... ..... j 1, L T,' ?J2 latf rior 0 ,he bovine into the Peace River country and from Pouamish 45 miles to Vancouver at the southern end. lne noruiern extension Is rstl- rn' ' " some S50.0OO.TH)0 a"d the southern end $10,000,000 ' ' ' 19 Y V "emment ','"lmer'1 is s also also replac- repiac lng slctl 0,1 trie railway. ine legislation submitted will "'cianwuy. , your 'must" reading. At ten o'clock at night yo-i aiefice. ' ' 1 ONCE a week the various paity caucases meet. These of course are .se"cret. We aiso have our provinrtai caucases. where , we lake up --tilings of most in-1 (rest to ouKhome folks. There is a good deal of social ; life connected with the job j mostly smallish parties amorg frundd. A few times each year the S';o;ker and his guod lady put on a party for all the MP's. They hed one on Mardi Gras night j wedged in however, complete witli dance, between six and eight o'clock when the Hous? met a;;ain as per asual. WHEN I first came down here 1 thought that the Ontario and Qu'tbec. fellows were lucl:- .y , " "uw ',' ., en those long weekends they have to take all sorts of speak ing engagements, and so on, '' which never arise in our case for we are too far from home "ne , i7 10 ; get them. I write my own newspaper pnlnmn nitViar Vicf.... T li.n 111. tion of a possible half dozen are rot in u.-e when he drives his tar. - The price of coffee goes up, !. but we would like to know the grounds for it. London Free Press. Tuff-adder venom has been ! found valuable as a ufe saving mirli-in,. . oil...- i.,n,..n c .,n i. You may be flatter than a mile of prairie W can afford to buy on economical A-1 U": ot BOB PARKER LIMITED. . Itfotregnlarly'froft. Misiand In i ipl;'"J;n- weraii .tDe. n .South Africa, to rupply the'feet homP lllmost cvery we'ek" , 'rld market, which means a," 2?" If" ff?nfn T2 KOKI) C'l'S'fOM, KE.DAN Good motor, new'tires.'cus-tom heater and aircohdi-. Honing j(l I (to '51 STl 1)1 HAM It PK KI P Like new, 0-ply tires, low niileaue. Box on back. ONLY $ I il'Jt't ' ?r annual salary of three thousand pounds. Rattlers may : be imported from the Ur.';!cd S' ties. As for Canada. Ekeeiii in not. recommended as r. s-our'C of supply. Ql'ITK A JOI.T There ire some things one vni o mDn.AnwARrH DEALER vear-an increase of 5.9 home in the mornine. or at lhe!thls. per BOB PARKER LIMIT "SK commons laieni, iran:,- j Ierrpa ,np usually Junctional 1 eojimiittee room into a satisfac- wry - replica ,.! a ,t ypi ul sc iu I1"' N'w Orleans, tb(S t.arliUoiul shrine of Mardi Gra.s on this continent. Each guest on arriv- a 1 was supplied with a masque to wear. Fancy-dress costumes were lacking, but iheir place was taken in .sufficient measure by novelty hats. A generotr; uu"n suppiieu ine appropriate ! icfreshments. Provincial Costs Upped S7.995J05 vitally made up a $7,995,70 in appro- priations outside hospital insur- ance by the, British Columbia " ,,":.u,, ,L'' year , suiting iVlUiVIIl Ol, IViii). 1 The hudeet rend In th ir.i. I !ture today said not counting ' hospital insurance, $142,083,783 in.Mii will h be appropriated nnnrnnrintoH for the k. vear i I against a total of $138,892,218 ! . ruin TInivers tv nf THlh -. lumbia $200,000; social assist-1 ance and mothers' allowances 1 $385,000; old-age securitv and I cost of living to the old-aged i $2,179,000; mental health ser-: vices $301103; maintenance of i roads and bridges $459,956 ; j grants to sundry homes 'and i charitable organizations $284 -738. Luxury Steamer Prince George SAILS FOK VANCOUVER and Intermediate Ports Each Thursday at 11:15 p.m. For KETCHIKAN WF.DNESDAY Midnight Comfort and Service for reservations writ or KXf.l City or Depot, oitlce, ji Prince Rupert, B O. 'The Home of Friendly Servire rever suspects. Here's a man who noon or dinner break, or in lulls tr"1' I "r , " 7- L" handles statistics, doing, the job in the day's work. I Jhe increases ure made up J'" llZYZVuT in a neat little office in Ottawa. If the House is too boring, Ih.eflv by: RCMP policing $195.- ,w' blnf"J y ""I;-He says the fiBr,s , there ' come back to the office, He on ! "4 grease; provincial jails Se , CTU ' ' are more suicide coses among the couch and read. ,$449,554; educational grants and hp6 u an marri. d folks. A.id ail the! n,.. ,v,r . ' . j teacher superannuations $2,980,- ?.'' . . u. f.nd make ad" , D D I M r" E PIIPFRI Went to a show the oth'-r night to find the semen staging a surprise. We've never actually beheld Gibraltar, but this was the next thing to it. The impregnable shores, lofty preci pices, challenging helgfi and awesome cannon made ; mar ' vellous picture. .Studying r. w ways and methods of kissint; can be ail very well, but Ui's .iau 11 nrilltp a mill', i, ,. : '-4 AKOIXI) A UOZKN An anatomist tells us the av. (rage person has twelve billion brain cells. All, with the exeep- t if I r'Sr jf' .f ' - v A -' - i . . V ' I if ts - - 1 lRA VYING WITH HER TOES is a favorite pastime for Celia White of London. ThelO-ycar-old glri discovered her artistic 'ot quit by accident. Told to pick up pencils with her toes o help her fallen arches, Celia gfasped them between, rather than beneath, the dicits and starred to draw. TO lonely years we ve her n takift for gran.ed that if old single .''fs arent reasonably happy, they jolly well should be. PI.EA!slRE ABSENT In fact, I believe some of the imhappiest I have ever known ! during my lifetime have been; 'ains 8 lodges at DVA hospitals people who made the mistake of: The Canadian Red Crass main-trying to accumulate money, and j throughout Canada. By EXPERTS KETCniKAN w WRANGtXL ...... v o around here u reminds me oX :my s(.hool days Wp are caUed , lnl0 ses(iion b gonK anrJ lso into lhe mai votfcs h I think I have j.... missed one ! vole so far that was the night. If Iclt for the Christmas holiday. DINING PLEASURE in SPARKLING NEW SURROUNDINGS Commodore Cafe m'EKSBrRG with few exceptions, whether ; they made a lot, or very little ; money, they missed a great deal : in life A. M. Nicholson (Mac-1 kenzie) speaking in Hansard, February 22. . There appears to be a strong impression that the national flag question will be settled before the end of the nresent ses- 1 sion. Perhaps, but only perhaps! How many of us realize the ! numDcr oi aesigns already sub- milted? The total is said to be , 2,605. if the origin of every flag i on earth today could be dcter-I mined it would doubtless be discovered Uib choice just "didn't; ; happen". Some one who knew what was wanted, was there, iand had the Intestinal fortitude j to go ahead and do It. JVSKAV $4140 when you FLY ASPHALT ROOFING and SIDING Tops in Durability . . . Tops ft Beauty DUROID COLORFAST SHINGLES Need no Paint or Stain. We. con offer you an instalment payment plan to suit your reauirements. GREER & BRIDDEN Ltd. $5 51 ELLIS AIR LINES (Office opposite Post Office) Phone 909 215 First Ave. W. Phone 266