| THE DAILY NEWS Thesday, July 14, toys DAILY EDITION rr THE DAILY NEws THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN BRITISH CCLUMBIA Published Daily and Weekly by THE PRINCE RUPERT PUBLISHING CO, LTD., PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. a. F. McRAE, EDITOR AND GENERAL MANAGER HEAD OFFICE ws Re Tuesday, July 14, 1914. Wm. Manson declared on Saturday night that if the gov- ernment allowed the Prince- Rupert Hydro-Blectric Co. to enter this city's streets against Last municipal election Wim. Manson, the mayor and a few of their created quite an uproar in op- position to a certain agree. present salilites the wishes of the citizens he ment suggested between the would break with the govern- Hydro-EFlectric Company and ment and fight them on that this city. They opened a com- issue. This will be comforting news for both friends and foes mittee room, hired theatres and held meetings presumably of Mr. Manson's. The News to denounce the agreement. has been telling him for sev- Instead of an agreement with eral years that that was the} that company we are now in course he should pursue. It is even good politics and Mr, Manson is not heedless to that motive. But he says that he had put off this fight till now because any time before this danger of-having them turned loose in this city without any control by the city whatsoever. Those “philanthropic” gen- tlemen not holding any public meeting now to oppose was premature. Surely he their entrance, when a strong doesn't mean this. Does he expression of public opinion mean to say that it is an hon- would be of service. The im- est deal to this company to] pression this creates is that hesitate in his attitude toward not only were they insincere in them until they have spent their conduct last fall, but that hundreds of thousands of dol- even now they are not using lars on their scheme. This all the means at their disposal paper holds no brief for the for keeping this company out. company, and is delighted to anak haitsiainonia The excuse Wm. Manson gave for paying a president of the Conservative see Mr. Manson at long last take a man’s stand in the mat- ter, but he should have done this when the question first Association came up and before the com- $15,000 for Woodwarth Lake pany had spent a huge sum of water was that it would cost money. that much to have it expro- 7 6 priated. That's surely some Mr. Manson it is reasonable expense for a_ trifling little to believe would have never} C@s¢ at law. Wm. Manson could give another reason of he wished. What a_ killing somebody must have made on the “expropriation” of the post office site at that rate. taken the stand he now does if the News had not made any other position untenable. For five long years he fiddled and hedged with this question and now he suddenly seeks death bed repentance, and tells the people he will have his way or fight the government. A good many people will believe that he must have had a favorable promise from Bowser before he said that and that he was just making a grand stand play. Make a bluff to your bank- er that you want a thousand dollars and then go back next day and say you only need a hundred. In this way you make nine hundred dollars. That's the way Bowser said he made several millions for this pro- vince. A. E. Rand, President. J. 8. Pearce, Manager THE PRINCE RUPERT SASH AND DOOR COMPANY, LTD. Manufacturers Doors, Sash, Mantels, Mouldings, Scroll and Band Sawing, and all kinds of Finishings, Store and Office Fix. tures, House Finish a Specialty. Factory and Office: Seventh Avenue, Hays Cove Olrole Telephone 218 - P.O, Box 207 - Prince Rupert, B, OC. ROYAL BANK OF CANADA HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL ESTABLISHED 1869 ES $ 11,660,000 Reserve Fund..... - 12,560,000 Total Assets..... .. 176,000,000 Savings Bank Department — $1 Will Open an Account Branches Throughout Canada and Banking Connec- tions With All Parts of the United States Agents Throughout the World H,. P. WILSON .= . =~ Manager Prince Rupert Branvh PRINCE RUPERT LUMBER CO. A. J. BURROUGHS, Manager PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. Branch Yeré at Smithers Is oop 1D I COULD START \T-BuUT I DIDN'T say © oo Smithers and District Notes err (Smithers Tribune Mrs. Fulmer is Prinee Rupert. se UM visiting in Mr. Adams has installed a soda | fountain in his drug store. 2.9 Smithers baseball nine beat the Telkwa boys by a score of 7 to six, * * * J. D. Frazier was appointed night watchman, His salary is to be paid by the citizens. ee. & 8 Bigelow & O'Neill are building a shed for their automobile ad joining the Prince Theatre. ® 6.5 The question of the incorpora tion of Smithers was taken up by the last meeting of the executive board of the citizens association. * * * H. BE. Walker was down from Telkwa on Wednesday of this week, * * * Mr. and Mrs. Eggleston are spending a few days in Pleasant Valley. ee Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Eason re- turned last Saturday evening from Portland. et ee I. Anger, the New Hazelton tailor, spent the past few days in Smithers on business, > 6.5 Dr. ©. J. Cook, an optician from Vancouver, was a business visi- tor here this week. &. 8" 2 Dr. W. R. Stone, of Endako, was in Smithers over night Wed- nesday en route to Hazelton. ® £.% Mr. Barker, government tele- graph operator here, was joined Wednesday by his wife and two children. es Spencer Browne, a mining en- gineer from New York, is visiting our district with a view to ex- amining some of the mineral properties in the adjacent hills. * * &* P. E. Flaherty and down Wednesday from Endako, where Mr. Flaherty held the po- son came CUPID IS THWARTED WHEN PURSE IS LOST Alaskan is “ Touched” for His Bank Roll in Seattle Movie House Seattle, July 14.—Louis U. Gordon, a young merchant, for- merly of Knik and Juneau, Alas- ka, who Seattle last Friday to Chieago, where he was to have been mar- ried was robbed of $860, the earnings of a year, while in a motion picture theatre on 2nd Avenue, near Seneca Street, on Wednesday night. Gordon's plans to return to Alaska with his bride have been knocked out and now he is seek- ing employment to meet his im- mediate expenses. Gordon did not discover his loss until he had left the theatre and had walked about half a block. Thinking that the money might have siipped out of his hip pocket, Gordon returned at once to the theatre and a search ar- ounce where he was sitting was made. The money was not found and the management of the house reported the loss to the police. arrived in on his way i ee * * * WANTED, LOAN * * -———- * * 2,000 from private party. * * First class security. Box 14, * * Daily News, 159-61, * " * EHH EE sition of train left Thursday fornia, dispatcher, and morning for Cali- i ee Constable Kelly returned Wed- jnesday from Vaneouver and other jcoast cities. He sent his infant | daughter, who has been in charge lof a nurse in Vancouver, to his lold home in Seotiand. roe Wm. Oliphant and wife, of | Victoria, arrived in Smithers last | Saturday evening and left for the }coast on Thursday morning. Mon day evening they entertained a number of friends at a dinner in the Hotel Bulkley. a a Mrs. J. H. Manley arrived in Smithers Wednesday to join her husband, who is employed here by the railway company. They have taken up their residence in one of the WilliamsCarr Co. cabins Alfred Avenue until they secure a cottage. 70.8 The election of Trustees for the school board resuited in re turning the old board: Mr. Noel going in for the three-year term, Mrs. Williams for the two-year term and Mr. Wileocks was elect_ ed for the ensuing year. Mr. W F. Boyer was elected atiditor of accounts, on ean _. e Stephen A. Hoskins arrived in Smithers on Monday evening and om Wednesday evening held a ses- sion of the small debts court, the first court held in Smithers. Mr. Hoskins is always a welcome visitor here, as he has nothing but goéd to say of our town, <6" s A number of important trans- fers of real estate were made at the office of Henry & Dunlop this week, among which were a ten. acre tract adjoining the town on the east, by F. W. Ulrich to Wm. Pliphant. The building and lot on Alfred Avenue, in which H. P. Jones formerly conducted a pool room, was sold by Mr. Jones to H. A. Bigelow, who will move the building to the corner of Railway avenue and Murray Street. An- other sale was a house and lot on First Avenue, the purchaser be ing W. J. O'Neill. [RAISE INITIATION FEES "IN KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Forty-Second Annual Convention at St. Catharines Takes This Action St. Catharines, July 14.—At the forty-second annual of the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias for Ontario, which held its sessions here last week, is was decided to increase the minimum initiation fee in any locality to at least 815. A num- ber of delegates were in favor of a more substantial boost, Reports thus far presented are quite satisfactory. A campaign for further inau- guration of uniformed ranks for subordinate lodges was placed on foot. convention Alaska Excursions Round trip exeursions to Ket- chikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sitka, and Skagway on the fine steam- ers “City of Seattle” and “Spo- kane” sailing every six days. $32.00 covers all expense. A side trip Skagway to Summit of the White Pass Ry. at very small cost. For reservations and all information apply to Rogers’ Steamship Agency, Phone 116. 182-160 What everyone should know : People of discriminating taste dine at the G.T.P. Cafe. 83tf Care of club rooms and ovices: Fritz, the Handy Man, is reliable. Phone 583. ——— ? n0bekeédenonee * . 2 * HUBERT AND DISTRICT *| + News *| * Tree) The sidewalks on Main Street | are now laid and the contractor is commencing on those In Third Avenue "oe The Bishop of the spent a couple of days in Hubert last week when he made compli mentary remarks on the situation of the town, He signed the con tract for the erection of the An glican Church to be built on Fourth Avenue near the junction Atlin street. where it will handy for both the resi dents and those coming into ser diocese with be very vice over the bridge . 8.8 Emery Barger and W. Johnson walked over the hill to town the other evening Barger say*® an ideal road can be made from the bridge to Guy Farrow’'s road with little cost but s&s Mr. Kenney and a friend rode over from Smithers jast Thurs day evening — The postoffiee at Hubert was opened according to promise on July .2nd and the first mail was put off the train on that day and duly delivered A service was held by the Bis hop on Thursday evening last in the dining of the restau rant, by kind permission of Mrs Skelhorne, at which fourteen were present. After the the Bishop exhibited the plans of the chureh and said as long as it was room service the only church in the town he would welcome worshippers of any denominations, He asked particularly to be inforined when the building was completed as he proposed to conduct the opening service in person. He is also do- nating a hand-carved lectern. * *¢ ¢ Quite a crowd visited us in the Deep Creek stage on July 4th. Mr and Mrs. Carl Wakefield, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brewer, Mr. Bob Barger and our celebrated local photographer, Mr. W. Cox, drove in, also S.¢ «¢ To Mr. Bakke belongs the honor of making the first shipment of any note from Hubert Station. He loaded a of hay. «aA hegin- ning and a notable one. We buy and serve only the best the market affords. London Cafe. The man who puts his savings in oil or mining stocks takes a gambler's chance. He is not an in- vestor; he is a speculator. The man who works for wages and puts by savings for a rainy day cannot afford, to take the chance. He wants a safe investment where his capital is secure and brings him in generous rate of interest. That is the kind of invest- ment we recommend to you in the stock of the Prince Rupert Building & Invest- ment Co., Lid. This com- pany deals solely in Prince Rupert properties. It used the combined capital of many small investors to purehase city property, im- prove it and make it revenue bearing. The company has no paid officers, the operat- ing expenses do not eat up the profits. It has paid an average of seventeen percent per annum in the past three years. A limited amount of new tapital is being taken in at #11 per share. We recom- mend it to our clients. McCaffery & Gibbons THIRD AVE Prince Rupert GRAND Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle ¢ leaves Prince Rupert MONDAYS a: © a pane Shtaeo Queer leaves Prince Rupert FRIDAYS a: © 4 8 a Prince Albert lv. Prince Rupert TUESDAYS, 9 Steamers Prince John oF a Low Excursion Rates TO EASTERN CANADA and UNITE Mii October Stet September sou 6.8. HENRIETTE carries rough freight gasoline and explosives For full partioulare end all information of interest to travellers, apply io : ET OFFICE, Hart Biook, Third Avenue, Phone 200 ee ey ALL ATLANTIO STEAMSHIP LINES ee ST. 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