ia 8 oi a ee ee 7 e: aa JN Bi. s 4 WHY | WILL VOTE AGAINST THE BY-LAW 2 (Continued From Page 2) to me that the city could only collect $15,000 per annum as gen- eral taxes, and if the property holders of Prince Rupert do not waken up to the nature of this agreement, I fear we are on the verge of the biggest blunder that has yet been made in our history. If my interpretation of the section is correct, we stand in imminent danger, and I ask each and all to look into the matter carefully and defeat this bylaw. “It may well be asked why the people should consider seriously any such adjustment of the G. T. P. assessment. Many people ap- pear to think that an adjustment of this matter will settie our money market so to speak, make our securities unquestionable, and cause a rise in real estate. By what manner of logic they arrive at this conclusion, I know not. How can a higher rate of taxes upon the land held by private owners in Prince Rupert increase the value of real estate? How | that we have consented to bear the burdens of the Grand Trunk} Pacific Railway Company. Under the very worst conditions imagin- | able, the Grand Trunk Pacific} Railway Company could not re- duce its annual taxation to any-| thing like $15,000 per annum, ! and the outside money lender | could quite easily be convinced of this, hence how can such an adjustment add to our security “The word padding in sections 7, 8, 9 and 10 means nothing for these are merely,ancillary to trans- | portation and traffie and are gov- erned by laws of economic necessity | more immutable and _ irresistible | that this agreement. The future of Prince Rupert is assured and there is no accelerating its progress | by trash agreements or retarding its development by a railway com- pany petulant over a few thousand dollars of taxation. The great danger is lest its progress stayed by a foolish shifting and irrational apportioning of the bur- be | can a decreased assessment add|den of taxation from the shoulders to our security? Truly a tug-of- | of the giant to those of the pigmy war condition between the city | holder. Treat the railway company and the railway company is not to| fairly, but surely this sacrifice on be desired, but this may be better than the condition which will behalf of the people is too generous and the efficacy of the agreement too uncertain.” THE DAILY NEWS “The News” Class ified Ads. ==Qne Cent A Word For Each Insertion== —THEY WILL REPAY Phone 150 The Insurance People Fire Life Marine Accident Plate Glass Employer’s Liability Contractors’ and Personal Bonds Policies Prepared While You Wait. Mack Realty, & Insurance COMPANY. P.S.— Houses and Rentals. Fresh FLOWER: On S.S. Prince George, tomorrow morning ARCTIC STUDIO, #2.4°5;38 Butler Buili’g OPEN SUNDAYS FIREHALL LOSES A GOOD MAN Leonard Porter on His Way to Okanagan Today Will | Wanted a woman to work’ ent ~~ 4 Money to Loan on Pr at A CAREFUL LOOKING OVER— Money to Loan t Real Estate | i P.O, Box 958 | nts of sale bought Help Wanted n totel out of town. | Apply immediately at King George hotel. 199-2t | j Boy wanted at once to learn the printing trade. | Apply News Office Boy Wanted—Apply at Orme's Drug Store. i9s-tf | Wanted—Good sized bey to help in kitchen and | } make himself generally us¢ ful. Apply James | Hotel, 8rd Ave.. corner of Sth Street. tf es Housework wanted, also washing and ironing by ' Scotch woman. Third Ave., near News office. | 196-tf i Wanted 3 room cottage se in. partly or wholly | furnished. Will lease for 12 months if satis-| factory. Apply at A. W. Edge Co. 2nd Ave. i 197-2 Wanted—Young active men's furnishings man j for warehouse. Apply in person to J. Piercy, i Morris & Co. 199-200 et For Rent Furnished house, cor. Sixth Avenue and Young St. Modern in every respect. Phone 83 or call Pattullo & Radford 1gs-tf : Special rates Furnished rooms with bath. 165-tf i the week. Talbot House. | a ne Lee ae | | | ~liiiinenieligdl | probably ensue when we and i world at large come to realize —_—_—————— A PROPERTY HOLDER — MR. PETERS’ LETTER Dear Sir,—Owing to the position that I occupy as City Solicitor I deem that it would be improper for me to take any active part in any election affecting Municipal matters, but in your paper of the 29th inst. there appears an article which in my opinion should be answered by me as I personally drew the contract in question. The article is headed “Property Owner Points out Flaw in the Assessment Agreement.’’The substance of the supposed flaw is that it would be possible for the G. T. P. Railway to take a conveyance from the Town- site Company of all the property owned by the Townsite and then to claim exemption not only for the property originally owned by the Railway Company but also for the property now owned by the Town- site Company. I have no hesitation in stating that as a matter of Law such a proposition, to put it mildly, is absolute nonsense, and any one looking at the agreement which is set out full in the bylaw will notice that both the Railway Company and the Townsite Company are parties and by the very first recital in the agreement it is shown that there is a question with regard to the taxation of the lands belonging to the Railway Company, and there is also a recital showing that the Townsite Company owns certain properties. The part cf the agreement, namely Secs. Nos. 11 and 12 which relate to the fixing of the amount to be taxed clearly applies to the property mentioned in the first recital, which is the property owned by the G. T. P. Railway at the time the agreement was made. I have no hesitation is stating in the clearest manner so that every rate payer can have a full under- standing of the matter that it is perfectly clear that a transaction such as that suggested in your article of the 29th Aug. is a perfect impossibility and even if the Townsite Company were to attempt such a thing—which is not for a moment to be imagined—it would be utterly futile. I venture to say that no lawyer of standing can be induced to lay that any other construction than that which I now put upon the agreement is tenable. Again, in your paper of 30th inst. it is stated in very large letters as follows—‘‘Many Property Owners to be Disfranchised,’’and in your editorial you boldly state that every citizen of Prince Rupert who has purchased property since December 1910 is disfranchised, and that all those persons who have sold their property since Dec. 1910 are to be voters instead. I would be greatly obliged to you if you would inform me who was the author of this very peculiar pro- position. In point of fact,and this is also a matter which comes pecul- iarly within my Department every person who has taken the trouble to give a proper Declaration to the Assessor up to within 5 days of the date of the election will duly appear upon the list as a voter. The statute throws upon the Assessor the duty of making these changes from time to time, and when the list is finally complete, which will be in ample time for the election,it will be found that the very extra- ordinary point raised in your editorial is purely imaginary. If I may be allowed for a moment to depart from my own particular depart- ment, I think it is a pity that newspapers should make statements of this description without at all events taking some pains to ascertain if there is any foundation whatever for what they say. Fair comment is always right, but your statement is not a comment it is simply I remain, Very truly yours, FRED PETERS, City Solicitor, an incorrect statement. The Graham Island Oil Fields, Limited CAPITAL STOCK $1,000,000 We are offering for sale a very limited amount of shares of stock at 25¢e per share; par value $1.00, These shares are going quickly and will soon be off the market THE MACK REALTY & INSURANCE COMPANY SELLING AGENTS Run Ranch Now but Has) Neatly F i noms, gentlemen ferred. Left His Mark on Prince! Aatls Mee paalin, over Majestic ‘Theatre. Ru S um . i McIntyre Hal, for ncerts, entertainments, Pore ee dances, ete. Apply J, H. Rogers, phone 116. i Fringe 7 re — “ Nice Furnished Rooms, Mra. Greenwood, Alder | Prince Rupert Fire Department | "Sic Thind Ace. tis-tf | is losing a good man in Leonard | For Rent—Sons of England Hall, 2nd Ave., for | J : | Dances, Fraternal Societies, Socials, ete. Apply Porter who left for his ranch by| Frank A Ellis, Box 369 or phone 68. 186-tf | Okanagan Lake, Penticton, by | the morning’s boat for the —* for, the For Sale Lecnard Porter has : ; 3 , oe eee - nected with the fire depariment Ap- tf been ce south. | me} Launch 20 feet, in good running order $110. ply Moorehouse, cor 8th Ave. and Donald Street. since a long time previous to. the} Insurance city, and has been present at every | fire that has occurred Prince Rupert during his stay in the ciiy. in OUR Companies are noted for prompt and just ° | settlements. We write every known class of exervions It is certain that his Insurance. The Mack Realty and Insurance Co. have saved many thousands ef} ~-4 dollars worth of property for Pri ce] Rupert citizens, and Chief Mc-| aes ‘ sR ae a Innis will most certainly miss him. | i Lost and Found Lost, last evening between Suminit and Fifth Ave. and Post office, a small black purse con- | taining three $10 bills and some silver. Reward | on returning same to News office. | Leonard Porter's frequent re- gret was that the fire department of Prince Rupert was kept in such a primitive stage the | city council's sluggishness in this An energetic man him-| ' DY direction. slef, he chafed at of the City Fathers, and used to} BOYS! Two Five Dollar bills to be given away to bright the tardiness teeter work off his surplus energy with boys. See Mr. Munroe at Pe ; f the News office. his fireman’s axe upon the stub- born stumps on the muskeg MCAT | Gpmirmeermermer were mermermsrmermmede the Fire Hall. A stump nicknamed | === “Alderman Clayton’ was one of | Tenders Wanted the first to get a move on towards the fire hall stove after Fireman Porter had interviewed it wil hhis little hatchet. Tenders wanted for clearing lots 1 and 2, block 23, section 1. Specifications at C. D. Newton's office, Exchange Block. 198-201 Your Last Chance You will probably. live time before you will have another VOTING TOMORROW The voting on the two money | by-laws takes place to-morrow at} the City Hall between 9 a.m. and 7p.m. A three fifths votes is necessary to carry the by-laws. SS os a long opporiunity to buy furniture such as will, be offered Saturday after- noon and evening, when Mr: F. x: Ellis, auctionec ry, will sell ul der of the Furniture Co., the hammer the balance stock of the Brin on Second avenue. Today begins the hunting season A number of intrepid hunters have set forth in the small hours armed | to the teeth. Venison upon many restaurant menus in ——___—_———- what must surely be agreeable | Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners, figures |of cost. anticipation. | Phone 4. Read The Daily News 50c PER MONTH DUNCAN ROSS ‘ Who will hold a great meeting in the McIntyre Hall tomorrow night | | there | } | . ’ ° . 199-201 city’s incorporation, when oom . For Sale—Chicken Ranch. 2 Storey house, house- was only a volunteer brigade. He] hold goods. Near Prince Rupert. A snap if . } taken atonce. Address Box 368. tf has a thorough knowledge of the] ~ ‘ - : } ee whole fire protection system of the : he , . ' Everything must go regardless Do away with this. Patronize a white | laundry. White labor only at Pioneer Laundry. Phone 118 Two Went Below By the Prince Rupert this morn- ing there went below in charge of |the provincial police the young Indian Campbell, sentenced to two | years in the penitentiary for shop |breaking at Port Essington, and a Jap who went crazy up river recently. This is the first instance of a Jap having gone crazy. The race is, as a rule in this country, particularly level headed. —— PHONE 301 P.O. BOX B44 PONY EXPRESS } SYSTEMATIC MERCHANTS’ DELIVERY SERVICE | Baggage, Storage and Forwarding Agents. For Rigs or Motor Car day or night Seventh Ave. and Fulton Phone 301 —— } '..Whites Portland Cement... | G. C. EMMERSON i AGENT | Phone 125 Naden Block Second Ave | | | | | | | j j } | OFFERS FOR SALE Offices on ground floor on corner Prices, $35-40-50-75-125. FOR RENT Seventh street. Low rent. Two lots Section 8, Block 34, on $300 each, $115 cash, balance easy. FOR SALE Three room house and lot Taylor street, $1250. $500 cash, balance 6 and 12 months. ASK UNCLE JERRY FEED STORE den seeds at the lowest market prices, at Collart’s olg Feed Store, Market Place PONY EXPRESS Prompt Delivery Phones 41 or 301 PRESENTS For all occasions can be purchased from our up- to-date stock of : : ;: Watches, Jewellery and Souvenirs eeoeee R. W. Cameron & Co. j G.T.P. Official Watch Inspector. Cor, 6th St. and Second Avenue, PHONE 82 Jeremiah H. Kugler, Ltd. | One lot Beach Place, Section 1, Block 5, fine location. Price, $2350. $1000 cash. One lot near McBride street, front- | ing on First avenue also on Market Place. Special Price, $4800. $1500 cash. FOR RENT Sixth street and Second avenue. | Store corner Second avenue and | ACME CLOTHING HOUSE~ - Qe Eleventh avenue between Con- | rad and Frederick streets. Price, | on} In Any Store That Does Not Display “The Sign of | The } ” Slate. The Sign of The Slate is your means of identifying both the Slater Shoe Store and Th Slater Shoe. The Sign of the Slate is displayed outside all | stores authorized to sell The Slater Shoe, The Sign of the Slate is sewn inside all geny; Slater Shoes. PT Don’t encourage substitution by going into other stores and asking for The Slater Shoe, N Dealers may say they have something just as good. Thousands and thousands of men and women know that The Slater Shoe has no equal at the price. th We, and we alone, display The Sign of the Slate in this city. A We, and we alone, in this city sell The Slater Shoe, labelled with The Sign of the Slate. "i Goodyear welted—with prices as fixed by the JN" makers. .. 12 SECOND AVEN Sole Agents for Prince Rupert rae ae ere teesatn ened mer ene ete eer meer er rer arr armern j h tetera creer mnrmar mera cramer erm mer % | Launch Owners, Look Here! @# ee ee Plain Facts of a Vancouver to Prince Rupert Power Boat Cruise told in plain j j terms for Possible Purchasers j erm eee eee ~~ oo TWO Launches came into Prince Rupert Both were beautiful pleasure craft. Both had long cruise. Both had fifty H. P. gasoline eng BUT one launch was towed by the other straight for the Rupert Marine Repair Wharf the Rupert Marine Ironworks her owner NOT A “STANDARD”—had given trouble couver. Had it not been for the continual | disabled one could never have made the triy THE ENGINE OF THE OTHER LAUNCH WA IT DID PRACTICALLY DOUBLE WORK ALI NEEDED NOTHING FROM THE REPAIR ATA’ 1AM RUPERT. THIS LAUNCH TOWED THE ] OF THE WAY AND ALSO LIT HER ELI! MEANS OF A CONNECTING CABLE, \. HICH I INSTANCE FROM ACTUAL EXPERIENCE 1! ee ee Et The “Frisco The Best Engine for Northern B.C. waters is AGENT Rupert Marine Ironworks & Supply P.O. Box 51 varies C28 Office Phone: Blue 38 Well Equipped Repair Shop ——_—e—eeeneee ~~ a Oe 8 8 00000000000000000 OO0OM Ross Rally: Committee Rooms FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. Ist Rooms All supporters of Reciprocity are invited | open every evening ——— (; 3.30 o’eld Cor. 5th Street and 3rd Ave. 8 00000000000000000000000° Qo00ey The Canadian General Electric Co, am TORONTO MANUFACTURERS OF I VERYTHIN HEAD OFFICE; ‘ ¢ nto, U The Canada Foundry Co., Limited ~_ ep AIR COMPRESSORS DREDGES Mesut’ SS ENTAL BOLLERS GAS AND GASOLIN! BUCYRUS STEAM SHOV- GINES GAS PRODUCER HOISTS LOCOMOTIVES MATHER & PI ATT BINE PUMPS ELS BOILER FRED PUMPS CAST PIPE be COCHRANE FEED WATER HEATERS CONCRETE MIXERS GRAHAM KEARNEY, AGENT