eh ey bh i a EG cates THE DAILY NEWS — The Daily News The Leading Newspaper and the Largest Circulation in Northern B. C. Published by the Prince Rupert Publishing Company, Limited DAILY AND WEEKLY TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch. on application. Contract rates Sets | 97-Piece Dinner $15.00 We are clearing some of our patterns, See them in our | | hence the above price. | 2nd ave. window. We are also clearing some Bed Com SUBSCRIPTION RATES—To Canada, United States and Mexico—Datny, 50c | [O'°'s and Blankets. At per month, or $5.00 per year, inadvance. WEEKLY, $2.00 per year. Other Countries—Daily, $8.00 per year; Weekly, $2.50 per year, strictly in advance. c HEAD OFFICE Daily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B. C. Telephone 98. BRANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES New YorK—National Newspaper Bureau, 219 Fast 28rd St., SEATTLE—Puget Sound News Co. em ENGLAND—The Clougher Syndicate, Grand Trunk Building, Trafalgar quare, Susscripers will greatly oblige by promptly calling up Phone 98 in case of non-delivery or inattention on the part of the news carriers. DAILY EDITION. FRIDAY, FEB. 2 TWO NEWSPAPERS OF ONE MIND. We feel inclined to sing with the Psalmist——“Behold how | Phone 62 Aili BIG FURNITURE STORE F. W. HART 2nd Ave. & 6th St. | vw roy HOS. } | } | | | good and pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwell together! in unity.” The Daily News immediately took up the suggestion of the Board of Trade that now was the time when Prince Rupert needed more publicity, and gave a long editorial shadow- ing the manifold attractions and inducements this city Has to offer. Our morning contemporary’s attention was directed to this and paraphrased the editorial in its news columns yesterday morning under the caption “Promising Summer for Terminal Port.””. This shows that it is with us in the laudable desire to give publicity to Prince Rupert's attractions, although it has not yet gone so far as to encourage or endorse the movement for publicity started by the Board of Trade. ever, to count them in. As imitation is acknowledged to be the most sincere form of flattery it is pleasing to note that our evening contemporary Let us hope, how- } | } has followed our lead in regard to need of public action ‘to pre-| vent, if possible, the resources of the province being use to sap for the sole purpose of satisfying Vancouver's insatiable greed” in reference to the trade of the Peace River country. This a quotation from the Empire’s very able editorial on the subject yesterday. We are pleased to find that cord on a matter of such supreme import of our city, and again urge our readers sideration. to the future prosperity to give it serious con- BUT DON’T BREATHE THE WORD RECIPROCITY. Western Conservative members of Parliament want tariff reductions on both sides of the line; they would like to see grain and cattle passing freely from Canada to the United States and from the United States to Canada. But this must not be called reciprocity, observes the Toronto Star. There would be an understanding that if the duties were, removed on one side they would be removed on the other. But for goodness’ sake don’t call this understanding an agreement. body call it a pact. Names are wonderfully potent. church fairs was justly condemned as a form of gambling. One It raffles entirely, substituting therefor an arrangement by which a prize was awarded to a person holding a ticket bearing a certain num- ber. Apparently the Western Conservatives are going to adopt the same means of winning the farmer away from his desire for reciprocity. Above all, don’t let any- The holding of raffles at congregation introduced a drastic reform, abolished is| one of Prince Rupert's prospective natural commercial resources we are working in ac-| Entrance on 2nd Ave. MADE» AND REPAIRED JOHN CURRIE SECOND AVENUB ° PRINCS RUPERT Servian Labor Benefit Society No. 195, S.S.S.S. Meetings held every Ist and $rd Sunday of the month in the Carpenters’ Union Hall G. VUKOVICH, T. MAZLUM, Secretary P.O. Box 991 President —o—o—0—_9—9 — @-# 9-44-08 FRED. STORK | ~Genera! Hardware— —e—4—4—@ Hardware Oxford Stoves Builders’ Valves & Pipes Graniteware Tinware @ — +0 —¢—«— | SECOND - AVENUE | —e—¢- 4-0 — © -@-¢-¢ 6-@-¢ e444 - @ + Littl’s NEWS Agency Magazines :: Periodicals :: Newspaperr TOBACCOS FRUITS G.T.P. WHARF CIGARS 1911 The Bank of British North America 75 Years in Business, Capital and Reserve Over $7,300,000 Letters of Credit For our customers’ convenience 1836 we issue Letters of Credit payable | in Pounds Sterling for use in (Sreat Britain and all parts of the | world, and payable in Dollars for | use in Canada, United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba and the West Indies. We buy and sell Drafts on France, Germauy, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India, China and the West Indies. Prince Rupert Branch — F. S. LONG, Manager. The Calgary. Herald jubilates, rejoices: and waves the Ag qracremremsrmermsew sedcsrmermevmermsrmedh because it knows of single office holder appointed by the Liberal Government who has not been dismissed by the Borden administration. But it has nothing to say of the army of efficient men who have been ruthlessly slaughtered without any investi- gation by the same Borden administration, a Heated by Steam Telephone for Guests -« Beautifully Furnished Rooms Now Ready The rooms in the Alberts Block are now ready for occu- pancy. Everything up to date, including bath and telephone. Steam Heated Furnishings all new and up to the minute. ALBERT’S BLOCK UPSTAIRS Second Avenue Near New Theatre Head of Centre St. TO CURE folie Ww, & COLDS »—> Mathieu’s Syrup of far and Cod Liver Oil not only stops a cough but cures it. Its tonic and_ restorative properties enable the system to permanently throw off a cold. 35¢ for large bottle, Sold everywhere. - J. l. MATHIEU CO., Prop. SHERBROOKE. MATHIEU'S SYR Or TAR @ COD LIVER OI | | } | | } | | | | Cor. Third Avenue and Sixih St. The Finest Rooms. The best equipped and steam heated. Hot and cold baths. Dining room and restaurant | ™ Royal Hotel ! ! Corley & Burgess, Props a Nis TY SG RN SE i UNION S., COMPANY OF 8. Li The new steel Passenger Steamer “Camosun’ leaves Prince Rupert every Sunday at 6 p.m. for Vancouver, arriving Tuesday morning. | For Stewart City on arrival from Vancouver Friday night. Northbound, leaves Vancou- | ver Wednesdays at 9 p.m. Steerage Fare - $6.00 ” The ‘‘Camosun’’ is the only steame on the run having water-tight bulk- heads and double bottom, thus en suring safety of passengers in case of collision or wreck, J. H. Rogers, Ticket Agent. | AT DAVIS’ F. M. DAVIS tin'titse General Machine Shop and Ship’s Carpentering. Also agents for Fair- banks-Morse and Knox Gasoline Engines. Gasoline Engines and Ac- cessories carried in stock. TRY THE “NEWS” WANT AD. WAY OF FINDING agreement } with | municipalities | While Launches and Boats for Hire N.E. end of Wharf | Ee WHY GOVERNMENT HOLDS ITS _ CITY LOTS FROM MARKET Scathing Arraignment of McBride Administration by Vancouver World and Financial Newspapers The Very Worst Kind of Real Estate Speculation | } | | The cold-blooded bargain eee altogether are begin-} ced on Prince’ Rupert by the/ning to pul this query. As one | Grand Trunk Pacific, whereby|of them says, if what it hears | Rupert is well found-| the company pays a paltry $15,-|from Prince Columbia gov 000 a year in taxes on its hold- | ed, “the British ings, is to receive legislative en-jernment is not assisting the de- dorsement at the behest of the|velopment of that city along the McBride government, says ~ the}broad and liberal lines anticipat- Vancouver World of last Mon- |ed.” day. Some idea of the extent to It continues: which the railway company site in the province, capes its just proportion of the}out, has been “No other town- it is pointed} expensively | ly residential | es- so civic ~expenditures which will} brought into tolerab year by year make its property| condition. The money spent Dy more valuable may be gathered} those assoviated with its devel- by the statement of the premier|opment has made the government that the provincial government's |property worth all that it is to- property in Prinee Rupert, which,day, it Is contended; yet ‘when ‘is far less in extent than that of|the Grand Trunk Pacific is oblig- the railway, was now worth thir-|ed to offer more for sale in teen millions. order to provide room for the ex- iots An administration which has|panding city, the ee proclaimed its own bargain with holds its property out of reach the Grand Trunk Pacific as de-|of the would-be buyer in order i é that its values may be still fur- ther enhanced by the expenditure of more of the investors’ money.” The government, in facet, is ac- cused of ‘entering the real estate field as a speculator of the worst kind—the kind that holds its property idle while the other pro- left to do the i serving of the admiration of all and sundry might have done bet- ter, we think, than permit the railway to play the hold-up game on the northern port quite outrageously. If the boasted made some years ago the company by the local government were of any value it ought to have been possible for the latter to protect Prince Ru- pert, and, incidentally, other) along the line, are liable to the of one-sided bargain. on this Prinee Rupert question, we may ask why the government continues to hold its land there out of the market? |Finaneial papers outside of the 50 perly owners ,are development.” Our contemporary hardly belive that the govern- ment wantonly holding back the development of Prince Rup- ert, being unable to reconcile the popularity of the administration and the eonfidence it enjoys with such a policy. As Prince Rupert has itself assisted to the utmost in creating the impression which the London paper incred- of wrongs, there a poetic about the finds it- il can says is many of which same sort makes ulous certain situation in which it now self. is its justice The Call of the North. Paraphrasing Browning, } If it may be fair; Oh, to be in Cuba, ' NNEX Now that summer's there. —Chicago Record-Herald. | Is something of a crinfe; PRINCE RUPERT INN } AND Paraphrasing Browning, But how about Seattle Where it’s summer all the Owned and operated by the time? Seattle P. 1. Grand Trunk Pacific Railway on j the American and European plan. Excellently furnished, with steam heat, electric light, and all modern conveniences, being abso- lutely first-class in every respect. Paraphrasing Browning May be merely wind; All the same for weather We have Seattle skinned. LAND PURCHASE N¢ 7 ITICE The appointments and service se Taga?) a are equal to any hotel on the coast, Skeena Land District—District of Cassiar. Take notice that I, James T. Fullerton, of Vancouver, B. C,, Occupation engineer- ing Student, intend to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands: _ Commencing at a post planied 62 chains east of Naas River and 40 chains south ef pre-emption ho, 397 (SEC), thence 40 chains north, thence 24 chains west, thence 40 chains south, following the Naas Kiver; thence 52 chains east to point of com- mencement; containing 160 acres, more or less, J. T. FULLERTON, RK. H. Stewart, Agent, Dated Prince Rupert, Dec, 11, 1911. Pub. Dec, 13. Rates: $1 to $3.50-per day. G. A. Sweet, Manager. Skeena Land District—District of Coast, Range 5. Take notice that I, Abraham H. Barber, of Prince Rupert, B, C,, occupation miner, inteud to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands: Commencing at @ post planted at the southwest corner of a small island about twenty-five (25) chains north and two (2) . ~ | chains east of the northwest corner of Lot Take notice that Benjamin Ki of} 1323, Range 5, Coast District, Porcher | Prince Rupert, B. C., occupation waiter, intends | j)4n4 ‘ticnce followin : | i? : ; nce @ the shore line in to Suply, tor peruiasion to purchase the following | , hortheasterly direction about twent Commencieg a post planted 65 chains south (20) chains to the north end of the island, LAND PURCHASE NOTICE. } | | Skeena Land District—District of Coast Range 5 ussel Rice SAMUEL HARRISON (NOTARY PUBLIC) & GAMBLE Samuel Harrison &(p Real Estate and Stock Broke. APPROVED AGREEMENTS FOR SALI IASED Prince Rupert - and mr errr UH ae a an | { es | Sere | | Lowsst Prices in Northern B.C. | m +++ Se a thence in @ southwesterly direction along j fromm toe. entehpens one te aa. anit the shore line about twenty (20) chains west, thence 65 chains north, thence 70 chains | '% the point of commencement, being an | east,” thenee 66 chains south to point of com- island containing about forty mencement, containing 453 acres more or less. more or less. BENJAMIN RUSSEL RICE ABRAHA | Dated October 21, 1911, Sth, 10114 Pub. Nov, 2. Skeena Land District-—District of Cassiar Take notice that Angus James McKenzie of | | Vancouver, B. C., occupation bookkeeper, intednns | to apply for permission to purchase the following | deseri' lands: | Commencing at a tt planted at the /con- fluence of Blackwater wo with Naas river, about | two miles south from the sixth Dominion Telegraph cabin. Post marked A. J. M. N. _ Corner, | thence 80 chains south, thence 80 chains east | thence 80 chains north, thence 80 chains west | to point of commencement, containing 640 acres } more or less, | ANGUS JAMES McKENZIE Dated font, $3, 1911. ov. 2, M H. BARBER, Dated Dec, : Pub, Dee, Skeena Land District-—-District of Queen Charlotte Islands, Victoria, B. C., ovcupation spinster, to apply for following described lands: Commencing at @ post planted at southeast corner of Lot 1552, thence west south to beach, thence point of commencement, hundred and four (104) less. along beach to acres, ELLEN MARION YOUNG, George Young, Agent. Pub. N Dated Nov, 15, 1911. Pub, Dec, 15, 1011, | Skeena Land District—District of Coast, | _ R 6 Skeena Land. District——District of Queen | ange 5, | Take notice that I, John Argiraclis, car- Charlotte islands, enter, of Victoria, B, €., intend to apply | for permission to purchase the following | described lands: Commencing at a post planted about one and one-half miles northeast from the intake of Trout River, on the west side | of Lakelse Lake, and about five (5) chains back from the waterfront, thence south 80 chains, thence west 80 chains, thenee north 80 Chains, thence east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. | JOHN ARGIRACLIS. Take notice that John Scott Young, of Saanich, B. C., occupation farmer, intends | to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands: | Commencing at @ post planted at the} northeast corner of Lot 1550, thence south | to the north boundary of Lot 1551, thence east along the said boundary to the sea- | shore, thence following along the shore to the point of commencement, containing | three hundred and sixty-one (361) acres, | more or less, JOHN SCOTT YOUNG, George Young, Agent, Fred E, Cowell, Agent. Dated Oct, 34, 1011, Dated Nov, 15, 1011, Pub. Dec, 9. Pub, Dec, 15, 1914, | - Skee . ao . : | Skene Land District—District of Coast, keena Land Danie puatrict of Coast, Hange 5. Take on The " iic | Take notice that I, Dagobert Auriol, of ates of Victoria. B G Geare Ticbelts, Can., intend to} Nanaimo, B. C., occupation miner, intend purchase the fol- | | | to apply for permission to purchase the | following described lands: } Commencing at @ post planted at the | Southeast corner of Lot 4484, thence south | 40 chains, thence west 40 chains, thence north 40 chains, thence east 40 chains to point of commencement, containing 160 acres, more or less, DAGOBERT AURIOL, Fred E, Cowell, Agent. apply for permission to lowing described lands: Commencing at @ post planted at the | southwest corner of Lot No, 2287, thence | east 80 chains, thence south 40° chains, | thence west 40 chains, thence south 46 chains, thence west 40 chains, thence north | 80 chains to point of commencement con- | taining 480 acres, more or less, , THEODORE NICHALIS, Fred E, Cowell, Agent, | Date Noy, 10th, 1014, Dated Oct, 31, 1 > . 81, 10414, Pub, Dec. 9. Pub, Dec, 9. Skeena Land District—District of Cassiar.| Skeena Land District—District of Coast, | Take notice that Frank Furey, of Seattle, Take notice that I, Paul Curtiss, clerk Wash,, occupation chainman, intends to apply for permission to purchase the fol- lowing described lands; of Victoria, intend to apply for permis . Ssion to purchase the following ‘described lands; | Commencing at a post planted on the | Commencing at @ post planted about six/ east boundary and about five 5 miles east of the Naas River and about| from the soltheast corner ot Pes be seven mniles north of Aiyansh, thence north] thence north 60 chains, thence east a0 chains, thence south 60 chains, thence west eighty chains, east eighty chains, south | 30 chains to point of commence ment, con- | elghty chains, west eighty chains to point of commencement, taining 180 acres, more or less . FRANK PORBY. | prea Auk CURTISS, Dated Oct, 31, 1911.” ‘ Dated Oct, 91, 1911.7 WH Agent, | Pub, Dec. 14, Pub, Dec. '9. (40) acres, | ' 13. | } Take notice that Ellen Marion Young, of | intends | permission to purchase the | the | to the northeast corner of Lot 1553, thence | containing one | more or} | SG ecrmmcrmns © coer cesses erse sos . . ppt =. 1 Pree ( It Is The Trained Man or ‘oman Who Rises to the Top of the Ladder! To fit your son or daughter for a business career them a business training. The best place to send th: Nanaimo Business College (eH as ie ees, tuition Our shorthand course \ f The Ben Pitma Shorthand Business Englis! ter writing Commercial! Ar! Office Routine It is the nearest business college to Prince Rupert, It’s fees are within reach of everyone. Its tuition is versonal, and develops the individuality of the pupil, Room and board is cheap Let in Nanaimo, The pupils Spelling are away from the distrac- Typewriting tions of the larger cities Penmanship It May Mean all the Difference Between Success and Failure (0 You Ask at Daily News for our booklet teaching how to writ THE NANAIMO BUSINESS COLLEGE C.-E, Perry, Principal Nanainio, BC. reer ann! | { | if | { | ive { | {! | | | | 6