i | { | THE BAILY NEWS ey ; $$ 4 i pressed air lines put in. Tt is ) eee | jay | THE W. expected that the contract for 4 f i ‘ . DAILY NE S this will be let very soon. H) ; THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA mn / ai Published Daily and Weekly by [> Mr.iW. 1. Dorivehty, . WRO ee ae ‘ THE PRINCE RUPERT PUBLISHING CO. LTD., PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. | bui it some of the finest floating Hf 8 —— + ————— ldocks in the world, is the design_ H. PF. MeRAR, EDITOR A ND GENERAL MANAGER ine engineer of the work, Mr, J. Tht HEAD OFFICE Daily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B.C. Telephone 98. . Pillsbury ts the engineer in Sine : f ben ilaities will ee aueashstae a S.S. PRINCE ALBERT OR JOHN lthe machinery installed by No |vember 1, but it will be a year For Vancouver, Victoria and SUBSCRIPTION RATES—To Canada, United States and Mexico: Sundays at 6 p.m., i} Daily, 50c per month, or $6.00 per year ($5.00 if paid in 3 it rt : 1ak} 2 ‘ e027 : ilies | before the whole works are He advance Weekly, $2.00 per year. All Other Countries Daily, |! ninhod . For those contemplating a trip to any point ag $8.00 per year. Weekly, $2.50 per year, strictly in advance I finisher TRURK RAILWAY SYSTEM (the Dou agree service second to none. Speed a The puny child of poor par- TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch Contract ents would be delicate if he were rates ou application, For full particulars and information regar ALBERT DAVIDSO ord i each oe : Ae | trich. ‘ : , Faaa e OFFIGES AND AGENCIES ‘i | s ncshielietalicatilalnsilia - (Agent for all Atlantic St . ¥ ationé Newspe i “e 2 Sast 23r Sts . . New yet “ Nationa ewspaper Bureau, 219 Ea 23rd St ew } Port Edward offers ideal in- General Agent se York Uity. dustrial sites. 30tf “pert Seattle—Puget Sound News Co London, England—The Clougher Syndicate, Grand Trunk Building, ’ frafalgar Square "ST. ANDREWS SOCIETY a ROOMS: Subscribers will greatly oblige by promptly calling up Phone 98 in second Avenue, Opposite Empress Theat RHANCY case of non-delivery or inattention on the part of The News carriers lHusiness meeting #nd Friday in mo il ING Visiting Scotsmen are cordiall in Tihs . | or rates for hall rent apply secretary ' ! ‘ en 3 : eb. 2 914 &. D. MACDONALD CHAS. DENNIS LISHING AND DAILY EDITION * gar > Saturday, Feb. 24, 1944 | ee i wh ING AND ~ TNT When the Conservatives east can only at hes! be a i Bookkeeping Taught Phone 639 r Os } By Private Lessons % came into power at Ottawa wild guess. i j = they started a big fuss about .% WENDELL R. JONES Martin Swan ' he ot The work of building this EXPERT ACCOUNTANT e SON the cost of the ations road, however, was given by | ari Transcontinental railway A tender. Why didn’t those Srd Ave. and 6th &t., PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. MeBrik cominission was appointed to Tories who say the prices : scinscieieieinsaesitincntnaic investigate the whole matter we too big put in a bid. Con- GUARANTEED BY THE THE UP-TO-DATE GEG. 2 and report back to parlia- tracts are invariably given to GOVERNMENT of CANADA P ORS HAYNER BROS. rt back to parlia-) the lowest bidder. If the| - ae HAIRDRESSING PARL eat ROS ment. It is hardly a , prices’ paid were too much CREST (A) FALLEN | 211 Third 6t. f to say that the Kk e ‘ much surely that-was not the|The Lady—I don’t know what -you are doing, John, but you are Work Strictly First Class eve. 0m ant Caras woe ar 4 es government's fault. They not helping a bit. Switches of All Kinds and Hatr Goods 4 Wee Oo ht Y could not furnish contractors. i Specialty | LTE ew —$— $$ $$ | It yr could be and that the very worst that could be said about Liceniata ae cat aiictis er " the city have remained for;the waterfront at the west end of UNION SS. COMPANY OF B.C., Ltd TAX T lto-date , the late government would be years uncompleted. Plainly|the docks. The dimensions of ' over which the government : Po Ses your p trumped up. a nitive some departmental reorgani-j|this building are 160x300 feet, a ce George sae a las no con rol. : zation is necessary. l which is almost as big as a whole Animals, birds, fish and all Zc The report is now in and it We are pleased to | : F : 7 ¥ ) City block. The ridge of the roof Twin Screw Steamer kinds of game heads mounted; GEORGE LEEK e are pleased to learn, as Does not this bring home|will be 100 feet above the docks. hides tanned and made into rugs)... , is curious to notice that there and robes. All work strictly first ; ~ ; doubtless also was our morn- the reflection that the gov-|Or i atm i | is not. one charge of graft. AS eR eerOe eee, aa gov-|One the water side the roof will) 66 FF : LT ing contemporary, that subse- ernment which has put a re-|be cantilever style, necessitating class, A, MITTLER, Expert pa lermist, 728 Helmeken St an- iris 72s deimeden’ st. Y=) CQ) AL] They of course say that there,| j i was in their opinion a need- quent to the advertisement of servation. on MeNicholl andjheavy anchorage. It is in this less expense of forty million. | eoncellation of the water re- Cloyah creeks might well have}building the new ships will be They tell us that the road was! serves upon Kaien Island and put a similar reservation upon/eonstructed, The launching ways ° pent ee ane det ae eae, aa built too well. They say the the Tsimpsean Peninsula, a Woodworth Lake instead of) are already in place. SAILS FOR VANCOUVER GEORGE LEEK Con a grades are too easy and the notice was published in the B. giving the er away to 8) Berths for Many Big Ships eee curves too long. In other | C. Gazette making several Hed oh cagh See den. io the! On the different wings of the eudeey Chae eons = coe Phone 116 Rogers & bt ia words, they would have build- specific réservations, notably Nee rae Hebets i . ldocks there are berths for sev- e nes ays irda soe a ed a much inferior road, and| MeNicholl Creek and Cloyah city? e are ais core tA of 4) .+al big ships as well as the AUCTIONEER Diachin 474 Bot H of course they could have] River. This is well and it is ee icay b ota mee me three, sections of the pontoons 2p. m. 220 § p R t ao a | builded such cheaper. | gratifying that the matter ee ne only S only water) which will be used for the dry nee. Ege SMITH & MALLET ‘ Soe hike i ; 2 ‘ supply. It is too much to hope : ae : . iain: cncctincds las was brought home to the at- the due: Dake oheld dock. The framing for these Senders Larg rad { \ Every knows—except a few} attention of the government so aat airs wore 4zake COUId) Fontoons is now being done by a LAND CLEARING a > quench the thirst of all these Get tickets and reservations voted Ave., Head of Seces ie heel d it an) gang of skilled wood workers. oar y, Cee Se AeSBlpek Bat They take Peter Nelson is open to take contracts Prince Rupe cheap politicians in Prince} sufficiently forceful that the » a tremendous amount that a reservation would seem +4 for clearing jand in and around Terrace; | i | 1 Rupert—that the estimated} reservation would now seem | | timber. The actual construc- , cost of any undertaking | to be a permanent one, al- ‘ ii, bh i s 2 tan feat : nearly always falls far short} though no advices in the mat- o have “been placed uUpOnliion of them will not begin for R St i Smmoniens (oe ce are D. C. STUART 2 en | yther adjace alters . e on application, i . of the actual cost. To. esti-| ter had been received at the ae 4 er wae ” ha for some time yet. Mr. Crowell, wh« ogers eamship Agency bi nie | 3 gmate the cost of building aj city hall. This perhaps is not aGy, 0, "are swEHOWOU UP. is to be the permanent manager|{Second Ave Phone 146 Accountant ' read through -some of. the|. surprising, for even in the ea 000,000 of the docks, has this work ir — , es HARRISON W. ROGERS eee Ane, are - an " rough places of Dancda nd] ocd life of this city matters PROGRESS ON $3, ’ bares ¥ . PRINCE RUPERT, & 6 ch : ee SREY Nias IMMENSE DRYDOCK | : . Architect e . these conditions exist in the} between the government and | Hays Creek Covered - Church Services ; — —- | ° . ta : | _ Se Continued from Page 4 The mouth of Hays creek, So Pe en Suite 1, Federal Block alex. oe . te if ier y CC which runs into the centre of the ee PRINCE RUPERT, B, C. | WILLIAMS @ MANSON i atin.” hee’ heen: covare oe FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 4 ail } foundary building, having steel |’ ig slip, has been covered ovet Services every Sunday in the Phone 300 P. O. Box om , t ; aici ‘ Mt for a distance of 400 feet and the Chureh Hall at 1] am. ang Oe Nas } Barristers, Solicitors, Eu (|framing and wooden walls and ane ha bein Sarad” with Empress coemre at 7.90 p.m NEY TO LOAN p culver Ss eiIng coveret \ 1 Sunday School at 2.30 p. m mo Y Oo + roof with many lights. Even this | rock fill A grading will be REV. F. W. KERR, M.A., Pasror ~ SECOND HAND Goons : : aces = ee ——— puilding is some considerable | placed over the entrance to keey THE einer BAPTIST CHUKCH I will buy or sell a nds { | Helgerson | k te) 710 SECOND AVE size, being 75 x 100 feet, which|venturesome persons out of COR. YOUNG and FIFTH AVi household goods mechanics : t }) < about the same area as four dange! In the slip several Services every Sunday at ll tools, guns and mens oliing yifice ¢ Carpenters’ Tools Builders’ Hardware Ship Chandlery tot thousaid vards of silt, clam ee aad aa pv need Will call any time , FER (f Es ; g city lots. ; . aa Call any tl a ih mere Cope en) Peeek? Pekiag seers I t t t hict shells and mud are being dredged REV wow. RIGHT, B A., Pastor F. M. CROSBY PACIFIC TRANS aid) : . ; he big machine shop which], edg T ayes mes Seo re + ig iron Pipe Pipe Fittings Rifles and Shotguns {| yn” steel frame building gn by a clam shell dredge. The — }|839 3rd Ave. W. Phone Red 245 Gene: és . A gO ry deposit is dumped out at the end THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH a Rope Valves Ammunition will stand just west of the foun-|or the west wing of the dock Cath 5, ae ee he phe : se ’ Serv Sunday at li Careft Pumps Hose Paint dary building. South of these} where there is a very deep hole. Sm and 18 p.m. Sunday A IVARSON & C0 $ Stoves and Ranges Rubberoid Roofing Corrugated fron two will be the administration] ppe method of unloading the ae ee ae ae . Storage and Forwe Woo building Sore go. “This will DOlenowe is hydraulic pressur P , » ore Blacksmith - i “WE SELL NOTHING BUT THE BEST” a more stylish building in rein- “i 0 ; pre Pte nity $f. ANDREW S ANGLICAN CHURCH es ane ee 7 oa : aL ‘ ‘ i poe ors oo forced concrete. PGE eas rens Cor, Fifth Ave, and Dunsmuir Place a P. RO OBERT SON ! At the base of the big chim- One of the features of the dock Morning prayer, 11. Even Phone 525 ist Ave., Manson Way } will be a coal handling plant lo- ing prayer, 7:30, Sunday ner ee Chartered Accountant » yoint ards solid cement building with steel aii 43 yards. and third Sunday at & ib " aI . ois > ace 4 a ’ pert. SSS frame and cement roof. The|*"°!! hoist will be placed out at a Smith Block, 3rd Ave 0 908 Third Avenue - ” ae FRED STORK’S HARDWARE ney the boiler house is now in Pied at Us anos ‘ , school, 2:30 p. m. Holy | Shieh een neruciOns. it ieeehoe eo OEE. ROT bawoar Communion first Sunday ss tnations, ROOM 1 | 7 afcated at the xtreme orthwent pine eta |PRINCE RUPERT FEED CO, |e" vasa": 2 the west wing of the wharf to REV. G. A. RIX . RECTOR power house which adjoins it is], load coal boats. Coal will also a RE a cement building with steel THE SALVATION ARMY CITADEL een : | frame. The size of it is 104x150]°° handled from cars on the Grenville Court Vealers in | 4 U M B E : ailroad 1 srvice: t feet. In the boiler house at the|"® Sunday services at 3% am, 3 aod 8 p.m. Sun- a present time will be placed four System of Railroads day School, 1:30 p. mm FEED SEEDS , 600-h. p. boilers. The power rhe plant will have a complete ae eieht services Moe: HAY TIMOTHY O A L ] system of railroads running day and Saturday OATS CLOVER i . house will be equipped with two {000-k. turbo generators, both|from all the buildings to various : 7 ' a CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MEETINGS WHEAT ALFALFA SHINGLES, MOULDINGS, SASH, DOORS put on heavy cement bases. parts of the yard and docks. This Held in Hays Bidg, 245 2nd Ave CORN ETC These generators will furnish will handle all the heavy traffic Sunday service 7.30 p.m | Complete Line of school meets 2,30 the power and light for the/about the plant, Fm restimony anectings — Pe ; PRINCE RUPERT LUMBER CO. Reta «eine Teuiaiig as| © Meng entebine to at Wednesdays at "8. pal BUILDERS’ SUPPLB net A SE OR BIEL ES whole plant, . en . 4 ' First and McBride Prince Rupert large enourti: to eniaves the 04- hive tk tn Rie. erates oe Reaping | room. te. eee CHICKEN FEED A’ SPECIALTY : MBER CO Lid | PHONE 25 Branch Yard at ‘Smithers, B. C. pacity many times. water mains, sewers, electric and legs). holidays from erreaerene WESTHOLME LUMDLS LD one ’ 3 to & p.m, if” > 8 ; 5 vo The immense ship shed is on'conduits, steam lines and com- Mail orders promptly attended tu _— ee 1 | Good Tlustration But No Chance To Run It Drawn for The Dail eo ne Coop M IDEE FOR NC uke ODESITY HINT 5 fs KODAY-RuUN 1 AN ILLUS TRATION et (0 F AN ANTONY FoRL CORPULENT=To sHow THe_ Ae dee 7 Loo Like ( WUM-HERE \T \s - ANTONYM FOR) CORPOLENT- THIN: SCRAGGLY- BONY- SCRUBBY~ SCRAWNY- LEAN - LANKY - SPINDLE SHANKS FALL- APART - ILL-FED-ETC = OH BOSS-DO YOU MIND |= L OSE YOUR PIC TORE FOR. THAT STORY . \LLUs TRATION - (TS JusT ILLUS TRATION FOR AN ANTONYM FOR’ ‘CORPULENT:? GEE -1L WASNT TO SCHOOL THE DAY THe BOSS was