"4ccf5e73-eae0-45d3-ad9c-70e186b2cf9e"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "[The Daily News]"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-12-10"@en . "1909-10-01"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/princero/items/1.0227536/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " The Prince Rupert Optimist\nA Newspaper for Northern British Columbia.\nVOL. I, NO. 14\nPrince Rupert, B. C, Oct. 1, 1C39.\nPrice, Five Cents.\nAN INCREASING DANGER\nPrince Rupert has now a large colony of horses, animals accustomed to\ncity streets or country roads, but new to the plank walks. The business streets\nare sometimes crowded with drays and delivery wagons. Supposing one of these\nheavy teams should start on a mad rush down Centre street or Second or Third |\navenues! One shudders to think of the carnage that would lie in the wake of a j\nmad runaway should it happen at a time when the school children and the ladies j\nand the crowds of men are abroad on these walks. There would be no escape. A\nrunaway would never be able to pass another team on a 16-foot roadway. Itj\nwould mean death of the animals and possibly to human beings. This is a\ndanger that cannot be done away with while we have plank roads, but it can be\nconsiderably lessened by a little care. The police should issue rules to all j\nteamsters that any team left standing without a driver in charge should be tied\nto a weight or hitching post.\nDon't put yourself to bed with\na shovel.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDOnly dead ones can't\nmake good here. Keep in touch!\nThe Optimist is the royal road!\nFive cents a copy or two dollars\na year.\nCivil Service Commission Here\nThe manager of the B. C. Telephone Co. says that no deiinite action will\nbe taken in regard to the Prince Rupert system until Wm. T. Farrell returns i\nfrom the Old Country. Mr. Farrell will probably get a warm welcome-in Prince j\nRupert. The proposed \"definite action\" will be a decision to leave this city\nalone\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDor get the first black-eye for his ('ompany.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDK\.\nMUST HAVE BUILDING INSPECTOR\nSome weeks ago The Optimist drew attention to the necessity of a building\ninspector to see that inexperienced builders use a plan of construction that will\nat least assure a measure of safety in this rather strenuous climate. Since then\nseveral buildings have collapsed and others damaged through faulty construction,\nproving the wisdom of The Optimist's suggestion. Several others have taken\nup the question since then, including the Carpenters' Union. The fact that no\nlives have been lost has been mere luck, and certainly human life will be sacrificed unless immediate action is taken. Every day buildings are going up that are\na constant menace tothe public. Newcomers/even though they may be practical\nmen, do not understand the danger of the muskeg and the gales of thte.couritry:\nWhy should we'Wait to teach them this lessorrjtt a .cost of human lifer?\n' This office would probably come under tjSe authorityof the fife wardens.\nAt any rate they have sufficient power to see that a' building in which there will\nbe fire is socopstructed that it is not likely to, Collapse and start a conflagration\nwith the first wind. Let the fire, w.ardeflts gefr/bUs'y.-7\"'-; \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\".;\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nThis week Prince Rupert has a distinguished visitor in M. B. Cotsworth.\nMr. Cotsworth is one of the commissioners appointed by the Provincial\nGovernment to re-grade the civil service of the province. This commission,\nof whom Wm. B. Sampson and John A.\nMara are also members, are thoroughly\nexamining into the work of every civil\nservant in the employ of the government. Reports are being made on each\nand every man. It is an attempt on the\npart of the government to put the service on a business-like footing. The object is to eliminate from the service\nparty politics. By a thorough examination of every job ahd every man the\ngovernment will be in a position to reorganize the service, making merit\nrather than pull the chief factor in appointments and promotions. A commission will be in charge, and by them\nall appointments of civil servants shall\nbe made.\nThe work of this commission-is somewhat broader than was that of the\nDominion commission, as it includes\nevery man permanently in the employ\nof the.government. '\"'.Tnecommissioners\nwere appointed regardless of party, and\nthey are given a free hand so that the\nold evil of favoritism shall be utterly\nrouted from the government service.\n o\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\t\nGOT $6,i)00 FOR LIGHTS\nPrince Rupert will haye lighted\nstreets this winter. The pedestrians\nwho have been dropping over the edge\nof the walks in the darkness, will have\nsome consolation for their bruises and\nbreaks. Premier McBride has said\n\"Let there be light,\" and he has put\nup $6,000 to make good.\nSome weeks ago The Optimist suggested a concerted movement to get\nlighter streets. The Board of Trade\ntook it up, and President Thos. Dunn\nwas authorized to interview Premier\nMcBride and ask for funds to put in 24\ngas street lamps, and some fire fighting\nappliances. A telegram from Mr. Dunn\nlast week, announced the success of his\nmission, and that $6,000 had been provided by the government. No further\ndetails are available until Mr. Dunn's\nreturn this evening, but as he was\nauthorized to purchase the lamps when\nSouth, there is every probability that\nthe streets will be ablaze.\nmmigrant Inspector Changed\n- v TV\n..v-The Des-Momes system ol' municipal government has been largely \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD>nH:proyed'by'arTa^is^pToduce\nMUNICIPAL PLANS\nMorice River Coal\nThe coal of the Morice river, discov-1\nered and located this year, has be#n 1\na coke of i\n^ent)$;'on throughout Anferlga, and the result of. that city's experiment has been 1 good quality. The basin is\n^fe^he'i-.ju ahnofif every Big daily <\i tneVoentinen*. A'fter nH, their commis\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'nti' occn^.jng 25 s.-:, 1- ,y*-.. 0\nfrWynUich -\\keii village council1, where five men are in absolute'control of the '^\"K '\" ;1 convent n**hli\n* v\nis \"very\ncorporation's affairs. The fact that success and economy has attended the efforts\nof these five commissioners is due to the fact that they are good men, and not\nbecause they were elected in a particular way. The Des Moines system was\naltered only after graft and extravagance became intolerable. The business men\nrose up and smote the evil. Good clean men were ready to take hold, ancl the\nelectors were ready to take them. Will they do so when the next election comes\nalong? Will the politics of the partisan and of the grafter be content to continue\nbeaten? Can Des Moines keep its good men?\nThese are questions our citizens must decide on. If Prince Rupert has a\ncommission form of government we want high grade men and we want to keep\nthem. Under any elective system the chances are against attaining that object,\nand by the ordinary election it is almost impossible.\nDes Moines holds a primary election which is open to all comers. After\nthe ballots of the primary all but the highest running for any office are struck\nout and only two go to the poll at the deciding election. This is certainly an\nimprovement on the old method.\nIn Winnipeg the Board of Control, who are paid Commissioners forming\nthe Executive, are also elected. The City Council, however, is the real power.\nThey are elected for two-year terms. The Winnipeg plan is giving fair results,\nbut the criticism is frequently made that its Board of Control should have more\npower and its Council less.\nWhen Prince Rupert adopts a system it should bean improvement on that.\nHave you a plan or a suggestion? The Optimist columns are open to you. All\ncommunications must be accompanied by the name of. the writer, although the\nname will be withheld if so desired.\na large one,\nr mere _;ipr'\nace to he\nreached by a short spur from the main\nline of the G.T.P. F. M. Dockril\nstaked the ground in the interest of the\nBulkley valley people.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Omineca Herald\nDuncan Ross At Work\nDuncan Ross has a gang of 20 men at\nwork building a wagon road and putting\nup permanent quarters for the winter\nwork. His contract of 4 miles commences about one mile from the Haquel-\ngate Indian village, and continues from\nthere up tbe Bulkley river. From\nHazleton to his camp will be about\neight miles by the road, but considerably less in an air line. It will probably be about a month before everything\nis in readiness to commence work on\nthe grade.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDOmineca Herald.\n: \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD o\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nBig Real Estate Deals On Second Ave.\nMr. O. M. Helgerson sold his 60ft.\ncorner on Second avenue and Second\nstreet, to Mr. C. Planitz, of the British\nColumbia Real Estate Syndicate. The\nprice paid was $300 a foot.\nMr. Planitz sold lots 16 and 17 in block\n12 on Second avenue, belonging to Mr.\nHelgerson, to an outside investor for\nthe price of $12,500. There wili be a\nsplendid brick block erected \nAlder Block Open\nThis week saw three new businesses\nstart in the Alder block, which is fast\napproaching completion. The North\n('oast Commercial Co. which has been\noperating in Port Essington, have\nopened a men's furnishing establishment. J. J. Sloan and the North Coast\nCo., are so well known in the district\nthat an introduction is unnecessary.\nThe tidy windows of the store are an\nindex to the stock carried within.\nM. Weinstein who formerly operated\na tailor shop on the Rupert road, has\nstarted a similar shop in this new block.\nMr. Weinstein is carrying a fine line of\nimported tweeds and suitings.\nThe Brin Furniture Co. are likewise\ngetting into shape to compete in the\nlocal furniture market. Mr. Brin is\nstarting an innovation in the town by\nopening a credit house.\n o\t\nW. W. Leach, of the department of\nmines, who has been working in the\nvicinity of Hazleton this past season,\ncame down on the Hazleton, leaving on\nthe Beatrice for Ottawa on Wednesday.\nSwanson Bay Pulp Mill\nMr. J. M. MacKinnon, general manager of the Canadian Pacific Sulphite\nPulp Company, is in Vancouver, from\nSwanson Bay. He reports that the\nmanufacture of pulp began at the\nworks on Monday last, and by this time\npulp will have been produced. Already\norders have been received from Japan,\nancl the next freighter going to the\nOrient will carry some of British Col-\nI umbia's first pulp. Previous to the\nstarting of the machinery, the making\ni of acid was proceeded with, and an- :\nI alyses have demonstrated that the acid ,\n' produced at the works is of the very\ni highest grade.\nThe Canadian Pacific Sulphite Pulp\nCompany has expended about $800,000\nin the establishment of this new industry, and there is every prospect that\nsuccess will attend its operations. Its\ncapacity is 25 tons per day. I\n&4\n\ni~j\nTHE\nMARK VERNEY\nNATIVE BOY WHO ORIGINATED THE SLOGAN OF THE PRINCE RUPERT\nPUBLICITY CLUB.\nH.\nR. C. Hyde, of Spokane, Wash., is\nbuilding on the corner of Third ave. ancl\nFifth st. This will be a store 24x40,\nand a large warehouse in the rear.\nThe place has been leased by J\nMerry field.\nMark is 27 years of age, and known to every resident of the city. He is\na Metlakatla Indian \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDan exemplary type of the civilized native. He was\neducated in the Indian Industrial School, and knows several trades. He is one\nof the chief councillors of the tribe, ancl officiates as interpreter. During the\nvisit of the Premier and of the Governor-General he presented addresses to them\nE. I from the natives of his village. Mark is engaged on the Skeena river line of\n'boats, but does a little in real estate on the side.\nThe Local Liberals Refused to Recognize\nDr. Eggert's Appointment, and\nRaised a Row\nThere is trouble in the Liberal camp.\nThe evil of the patronage system is\ncoming home to roost, and the officers\nof the local association have a nice\nmess on their hands.\nIt is all over the appointment to the\noffice of immigrant inspector, ancl the\nattending salary of $1,500 a year. Dr.\nEggert was appointed some ago, but\nto-day he is to give up the office, and\nDr. Reddie is to take it up.\nSome weeks ago The Optimist announced the creation of the office and\nthe appointment of Dr. Eggert to fill it.\nThe Doctor had been advocating the\nappointment of an immigrant inspector\nfor many Jmonths, and through the influence of the ex-member of the riding,\nMr. Sloan, he was selected to fill the\njob when the department got ready to\nappoint an inspector for this post. The\nlocal Liberal Association first heard of\nit through The Optimist, and they were\nwrothy.\n\"For a year or more the Liberal\nparty here was a joke,\" said the president of the association to The Optimist,\n' 'but we 're-organized, and have some\nof the most prominent citizens of the\ncity now at its head. You know ancl\neverybody knows, that all these appointments must be recommended by\nthe local association. We never heard\nof it until we saw it in the paper.\nWhen Hon. Wm. Templeman arrived\nhere on his return trip from the North,\nwe had a talk with him. EveYi he\nknew nothing but what he saw in the\npaper. We intimated very plainly that\nif Vancouver Liberals were going to\nrun the patronage they could also run\nthe elections. We would quit. The\nminister did not state what he would\ndo, but the next we heard of it was the\nchange in officers. It is a most regrettable affair.\"\nNaturally Doctor Eggert's friends\nyiV sore. The appointment is worth\n$1,500 a year. Dr. Reddie who gets it.\nalready has an appointment as Indian\nDoctor for Metlakatla. It is worth$60\na month, requiring a trip to the Indian\nvillage once a week.\nThe local Liberals claim that the appointment was made by Bob Kelly of\nVancouver, and they refuse to be overlooked even though the office hacL been\ncanvassed prior to the re-organization\nof the local association.\n\"As far as we know,\" said one, Dr.\nEggert may be a Tory. But anyway\nit is a matter of principle with us.\"\nThe other side say that Bob Kelly\nhad nothing to do with the appointment,\nand it would appear as though he had\nnot, for he was with the Minister in\nthe North, and the Minister did not\nknow.\nIt is learned that Dr. Eggerts was\nfirst slated for the position nearly two\nyears ago, while he was in Montreal.\nAfter coming out here, he met a number of trachoma and scarlet fever cases\nbrought in by men at the camps, which\nhe reported to the immigration department. It was practically owing to [his\ninterest and energy in the work, that he\nreceived the appointment. Dr. Reddie,\nwho came from Colorado about two\nyears ago, made his first application\nlast winter, after Hon. Templeman's\nelection. Wm. Sloan, who gave his\nseat up to the Minister, naturally\nthought his recommendation would go\nthrough with the seat. It went through\nbut it does not hold.\nWhen seen by The Optimist, Dr.\nEggert was rather reticent about talking of the affair, he said he felt he had\nbeen unfairly treated, so preferred to\nlet the matter drop. His friends do\nnot take it as calmly.\n 0\t\nThe Conservatives of the Omineca\ndistrict met at Aldermere on SepL\n22nd, and formed a central association.\nThe president is E. H. Hicks Beach, of\nHazleton, Chas. Norris, of Bulkley, is\nvice-president, and Fred Field, of\nHazleton, is secretary. There are 17\non the Executive, which will hold i's\nfirst meeting on Oct. 6.\nW. L. Somerville, representing\nAmerican capital, has obtained a\n$60,000 working bond on four claims on\nNine Mile mountain, owned by G. A.\nRosenthal and Hugh Harris, of Hazleton. Work will commence this fall.\nThe showing on the properties concerned in this deal is one of the best in\nthe district, having a strong lead with\n30 inches of steel galena running $100\nper ton in silver and lead. CHURCH SERVICES.\nRoman Catholic Church.\nParochial Mass will be held (D.V.) every Sunday\nand Festival of obligation at 10.80 a.m. and evening service at 7.30 o'clock. Sunday school at 2\np.m. Low Mass daily at 7.30 a.m. ,\nChurch on Fifth Avenue and Fulton Street.\nREV. F. KIENTZ, D.L., Rector.\nPrince Rupert Real\nEstate Exchange\nSt. Andrew's Hall, Church of England.\nSunday Services at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m., Holy\nCommunion first Sunday in month, 11 a.m.; Sunday School 2 p.m.\nBISHOP DU VERNET\nREV. E. P. LAYCOCK\nFirst Presbyterian Church.\nSunday Services at 11 a.m. and 7.30 pm. Sabbath\nSchool at 2.30 p.m.\nREV. W. J. KIDD, H.A..15.D.. Pastor.\nMethodist Church.\nSunday Services at 11 a.m. and 7.311 p.m.; Sunday School at 2.311 p.m.\nC. F. CONNOR. M.A.. B.U., Pastor.\nGeorgetown\nSawmill Co.\nLumber\nand\nMouldings\nA large stock of dry finishing lumber on hand. Boat\nlumber a specialty. Delivery\nmade at short notice.\nOur prices are as low as any.\nCall on us before ordering.\nOffice: Cor. Centre St. & First Ave.\nR. A. White\nReal Estate, Insurance, Farm Lands,\nMines and Timber\nI have call for lots at reasonable\nprices in all parts of the townsite, especially First, Second, and Third avenues West, and Sixth avenue. If you\nhave lots for sale, furnish me particulars.\nFarm lands for sale in the interior\nand near Prince Rupert.\nSettlers located on pre-emption.\nP.O. DRAWER 368.\n^wyvwwvvwww\nScotch\nBakery\nPURPOSE\nThe purpose of this organization is to\npromote the real estate interests of\nPrince Rupert, to encourage the friendly co-operation of owners and agents,\nand to secure uniformity in charges for\nthe sale and managemeut of property.\nOne chief object of the organization I\nis to bring within the reach of the in-;\nvesting public the best available list of \\nproperties for sale. To this end the \\nmembers of the Exchange contribute j\ntheir best offerings toward the compila-!\ntion of a list which is daily revised by I\nthe Secretary and is procurable at the\noffice of each member.\nMEMBERS\nBirnie & McLauchlan.\nPrince Rupert Agencies.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD James Anderson\nB.C. Real Estate Syndicate, Ltd.\nH. N. Boss\nG. R. Naden Co., Ltd.\nRupert City Realty ancl Information Bureau, Ltd.\nG. B. Emmerson.\nS. Harrison & Co.\nM. M. Stephens & Co.\nPeck, Moore & Co.\nC. B. Schreiber & Co., Ltd.\nC. D. Rand.\nPattullo & Radford.\nDavid H. Hays.\nMcCaffery & Gibbons\nPrince Rupert Securities, Ltd.\nGeorge E. Gibson.\nThe Helgerson-Leonard Co.\nLaw-Butler Co.\nChristiansen & Brandt.\nThe Hub Real Estate Office.\nThe Potato Crop\nPotatoes and all other vegetables will\nbe up to the average point this season.\nThe usual yield ot 300 bushels to the\nacre is expected. Last year's yield netted local ranchers a little better than\n$450 per acre, with potatoes selling at\n$2.50 per hundred lbs. They will not\nbe below that price this year. It is\nclaimed that the potatoes grown at Copper River and along the Skeena surpass\nin both size and quality* the famous\n\"Greeley\" potato of Greeley, Colorado.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDBig Canyon Weekly.\nCorrection\nIn last week's issue, through a typographical error in C. D. Newton's advertisement, Mr. Newton was advertised as a member of the Real Estate\nExchange, whereas he desired to emphasize the fact that he is not a member of\nthe Exchange.\nThompson\nHardware Co.\nDealers in BUILDER'S HARDWARE, ROOFING MATERIAL,\nTARRED AND DRY SHEATHING, CUTLERY and KITCHEN-\nWARE.\nSecond Ave, near Government Buildings\nSocial Reform\nWhile in Prince Rupert Mr.Cotsworth,\nof the Grading Commissioners, who is\ndeeply interested in social reform, on\nMonday evening invited a number of\nprominent citizens of the town to discuss local social conditions with him in\nthe court room. Movements such as\nhave been started by Lever, Cadbury,\nand many others in the old country,\nwere cited. A social hall was deemed\nan absolute necessity by the men present. The opinion was expressed that\nif such an institution were in existence\nit would allow the free intercourse of\nthe working men. It is, in other words,\na club for the working man that is\nwanted. The long winter evenings are\nat hand. The present fire hall has, so\nfar, served in a very crude way the\nneeds of the men. Something more\nadequate is required now. Notice was\ndrawn to the fact that the carpenters\nhave taxed themselves $10 a piece to\nstart a building if only a site could be\nbe secured. Several thought that the\ngovernment could well enough supply\nthis, if only to lease a lot for a term of\nyears. The meeting broke up without\nany definite action having been taken.\nLittle's News\nAgency\nAll Magazines, Periodicals\nand Newspapers.\nCigars, Tobaccos and Fruits.\nG.T.P. WHARF.\nDeacon & O'Reilly\n0R Fine\nTailored\nClothing\nUnion Transfer & Storage Co.\nDo a general Transfer Business\nPiano and Safes moved at our risk.\nFive Days Free Storage.\nWhy be without\nFRESH FRurr\nAND\nOR A\nSuit Made to\nMeasure\nFit and Workmanship Guaranteed.\nVEGETABLES?\nWe receive shipments on every boat.\nGroceries, Fruits and Canned\nGoods\nJ. E. Merryfield\nCentre Street\nPrince Rupert\nG.T.P. Hotel Building.\nDon't Fail\nto see me if you contemplate\nBUILDING. Prices Right. Good\nStock.\nLet Me Figure Your Lumber j\nBill anjl (Save You Money!\nSPRUCE FIR CEDAR\nTimbers\nDimensions\nSiding\nFlooring\nCeiling\nShingles\nFinish\nLarge selection of Sash, Doors and\nMouldings I\nA. GILFILLAN\nOFFICE AND YARDS\nCorner Sixth Ave & Tatlow Street\nf********4\nHotel\nPremier\nPrince Rupert.\nAs its name indicates\nThe First Hotel in Northern\nBritish Columbia\nBoth in cuisine and appointments. Electric lighted\nthroughout. Baths on\nevery floor, free to guests.\nHose reels throughout house\nwith ample pressure for\nfire protection.\nEuropean and American Plans\nCommercial Rates.\nJ.E.G1LM0RE - - Manager.\nC. D. Rand - Real Estate\nPRINCE RUPERT II\nAND\nANNEX\nOwned and operated by the\nGrand Trunk Pacific Railway on\nthe American arid European plan.\nExcellently furnished, with\nsteam heat, electric light, and all\nmodern conveniences, being absolutely first-class in every respect.\nThe appointments and service\nare equal to any hotel on the\ncoast.\nRates: $1 to $3.50 per day.\nG. A. Sweet, Manager.\nI\nThis is to Announce that Our New Office\non Second Avenue is Open for Business.\nOur Specialty is Prince Rupert Real Estate.\nStore or Office for rent.\nPainting and Papering\nCalsomining, etc.\nHigh-class work at reasonable figure.\nW. S.D. Smith & Son\nFraser St. near Seventh St.\nis the m*st celebrated clothing\nin Canada for wear, style and\nquality.\nDIRECTOR COHEN & CO\nSole Agents for Prince Rupert.\n1\nPrince Rupert GEO. D. TITE\nHOUSE FURNISHINGS\nOur Stock of Goods is\nnow arriving daily and\nrecord values await\nyou in Housefurnishings.\nNo effort will be spared\nto give the people of\nPrince Rupert the best\nprices and quality\" to\nbe obtained.\nc\nz\nCO\nX\nZ\no\nc/3\nSi\n^j/Ml\nCO\nO\nZ\nX\n J\n15 BO\n19 50\n32 50\n39 (Kl\nPRINCE RUPERT, B.C., Oct. 1, 1909\nORIENTAL LABOR\nThe Hon. Wm. Templeman was probably right when he states that Colling-\nwood Schreiber might have been J are cutting timber into cordwood as\nRepairing Gold Creek Trail\nForeman Richard Lowery and fifteen\nmen went to work on the Gold Creek\ntrail last week.\nFor this work the Provincial Government has appropriated $1,500. This\nsum is sufficient to place the trail in\nfirst-class shape for teaming for a distance of three miles from Kitselas,\nwhich will enable local ranchers who\nincorrectly reported when he made the j they clear their land, to haul it to town\nstatement that the G.T.P. would not be < an\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD se}1 at a5air Pnefc\,. oi , ..\n..... , .. ... , .. Early next spring tins wagon trail\nfinished for a long time without the | will have to De continUed into the Bulk-\nimportation of Oriental labor. Mr. i ley Valley, otherwise the settlers of the\nSchreiber is also credited with saying j Bulkley Valley and miners in the hills\nthat the contractors could only o-Pt I will have a hard time getting their sup-\nget\n2,000 men to work on this end of the\n. transcontinental, at $3 a day and board.\nEveryone knows that is incorrect, and\nso does Mr. Schreiber, because he only\nleft here a few weeks ago after investigating the work.\nLast summer, by the contractors'\nown statements, there were 3,000 men\non the work, and many of them re-\nl ceived $2.50 per clay. They paid $5.25\nper week for board. It is also well\nknown that it is difficult to keep men\non the work here, because of the continual wet weather and the heavy expense the men were under for living\nand clothes. But now that the work\nhas advanced into the dry belt, this\nlifficulty will be overcome. The laborers will not only find the work and\nclimate more agreeable, but it will be\nharder to get out. Undoubtedly a\nlarger number of men can be secured\nfor the interior work than on the\ncoast.\nEven if the more favorable conditions\ncannot induce sufficient white laborers\nto take up the work, in order to get it\nfinished in time, it is still unnecessary\nte import Orientals. There are sufficient\nOriental laborers now in this country,\nand there is nothing to prevent the\ncontractors engaging them if they\nchoose. There are 1,600 Japs fishing on\nthe Skeena river alone this summer.\nThey are available. There are many\nthousands of them in the South. If the\ncontractors want Oriental labor, they\ncan get it. though it is very doubtful\nif the Jap \vould#aceept anything less\nthan $3 a day. The contractors possibly\ndo not want the Orientals. Certainly they i\nhave not yet tried to employ those already in the counir/, and Premier\nLaurier is authority for stating that\nthey have not asked to import any.\nThe philanthropy of M. B. Cotsworth\nin proposing a public hall for the use of\nthe working men, and for general\namusement purposes, is not likely to\nmeet with much enthusiasm here. To\nbegin with, the citizens have a great\nmany undertakings already underway\nwhich draw heavily upon their time\nancl purse. These must be put through.\nHowever, Prince Rupert would not\nquit for that cause alone. If such a\nhall as that proposed were necessary\nfrom a charitable point of view, the\ncitizens would provide it, but Prince\nRupert working men have plenty of\nmeans of their own to build such a\nhall if they want one, ancl if they do\nnot want one they certainly would not\npatronize it if it were presented to\nthem. Prince Rupert needs organization in many respects, but not chanty.\nplies in during railroad construction.\nBig Canyon Weekly.\nyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyA\nI Boscowitz I\nI Steamship Co. |\n\\ Steamers *t\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD w\n| Vadso anu |\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD St. Dennis 3\nft Leaves Vancouver for Prince ft\nJ Rupert every Friday. 2\nft Weekly sailings from here to ft\nJ Port Simpson, Nass River 2\nju and Goose Bay every Wed- *f\nft nesday night. ft\njl Sailing south every Friday 3\nft night. ft\nJ Steamer J. L. Card, 2\nX Carrying explosives and gen- ooooooo<>oo<\nFINE PRINTING\nSome people have an idea that if you want a really\nfirst-class job of printing you have to send to Vancouver for it. If YOU have that notion, beat it. The\nOptimist print shop can equal any job of letterpress\nprinting that Vancouver can produce.\nWe do not ask you to accept our word for it; turn\nyour next job into us and we will prove it. You get\nprompt service, have the privelege of seeing a proof,\nand the prices are right.\nHigh Grade Stationery\nIs a Specialty.\nTHE OPTIMIST\nJAP. ALLEY,\nFOOT OF CENTRE STREET.\nThe Telephone Question\nThe committee of the Board of Trade\nto whom was left tht question of dealing\nwith the telephone service for the city,\nhave been busy getting information and\nputting a few things up to the government. The committee is in receipt of a\nproposition from a local company to put\nin a system, and binding themselves to\nturn it over to the city any time within\nfive years. The company is prepared\nto give the public 40 per cent, of the\nstock, and offers a fixed price for the\n'phone. The committee refused to deny\nor confirm the information. The Council\nof the Board of Trade are now consider\ning the proposition. They met Monday,\nand some deal will doubtless be consummated with the business men in a\nfew days.\nWeather Report for the Past Seven Days.\nFrom Records of the Dominion Meteorological Service. Reported by H. O. Crew.\nDAY\nFriday, Sept. 24th\nSaturday\nSunday\nMonday\nTuesday\nWednesday\nThursday\nWEATHER\nPart cloudy; heuvy rain Storms; tremendous gale at night\nPart cloudy, intervals of sun\nRain; wind rising; to terrific gale at\nnijrht\nRain; wind still raging:\nRain\nFog-; bright intervals of sun in afternoon\nCloudy; rain showers in afternoon\nRAINFALL TEMPEltATURE\nMax. Miri.\n.57 5S.4 49.0\n.42 52.9 43.5\n1.1(1 51.0 45.6\n1.69 53.9 45.8\n.10 60.1 52.0\n.03 51.0 49.2\n.76 55.0 60.0\nRainfall for week \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n.67 inches. Rainfall for month 20.67 inches. Rainfall for year,\nFinal reading each day at 6 1'. M.\nto date, 84.25.\nP-AAAA/\nKAihAAAAAOAAAAAA*til4AAi>MX\niAAAM\nMAAAAAM\nkAif\nLOCAL\nThe Prince Rupert Securities, Ltd.,\noffer to-day the best buy in the city.\nFour choice double corners $2700.\nThe Hercules expects to clear on Sunday for Portland, where she enters on a\nthree years' charter to trade with the\nOrient.\nMorrow & Co. are selling selected\nEastern Eggs $10 per case, in face of\nthe advance. This beats Vancouver\nprices.\nThe Crown of Galicia expects to finish\ndischarging her cargo ol' rails by Saturday night, clearing on Sunday or Monday, for Victoria.\nThe bible class of the Presbyterian\nchurch meets at 2:30 p.m. every Sunday\nat the church. All are most cordially\ninvited to attend. Subject Sunday, Oct.\n3rd: \"Paul a Prisoner; the Arrest,\"\nActs xxi, 17, to xxii, 29.\nThe Misses Barbeau will have their\nmillinery opening Saturday, Oct. 8, and\nwill display some pretty and practical\nmodels in fall headwear, at Eighth\nstreet, between First and Second avenues. All are cordially invited.\nPatrick J. Donahue, who has spent\nmany years on the coast, has opened an\noffice in the Thompson block on Second\navenue. Mr. Donahue is an architect,\nand has been a visitor to Prince Rupert\nbefore. Now he thinks the time is ripe\nfor the construction of a big city.\nGo to O. M. HELGERSON\n& CO., Second Avenue,\nnear McBride Street, for\nPrince Rupert Real Estate.\nlAyyvvvWyVW^^^^^^^^^^^^^A^^^MMAl\nKeep the Ladies' Dresses Clean\nCarpets and Cushions supplied\nwith all our BOATS AND\nCANOES\t\nRover Boat House.\nF. W. HART\nFuneral Director\nEmbalmer\n$10 and costs was a gentle reminder\nto John Mooney that the intoxicated\nancl disorderly state in which the constables found him last evening, was one\nquite unbecoming to a citizen of this\ntown. .1. C. McLennan, J.P., sat on\nthe case this morning.\nThe Native returned from her special\ntrip to Stewart this morning. On her\nreturn trip she had the misfortune to\nlose her rudder, having hit a log while\nturning in a narrow passage, a short\ndistance from Port Simpson. She made\nher way into a little bay, where she\ntransferred her passengers to a gasoline\ncraft.\nMinnie, a Polish lady of the demimonde, did not behave in a.seemly\nmanner last evening. She even used\nlanguage quite unlady-like. J. C. McLennan, J. P. was called upon to dispose\nof the case this morning, which he did\nby fining her $25 and costs. He also\ngave 48 hours to get out of town.\nThe road which is being extended\nfrom Third avenue northerly, will make\nit possible for the lessees of tin' warehouse lots to commence operations\nimmediately. Clearing has already\nstarted on several of them. By a\nworking agreement among the holders\nof the lots concerted action will be\ntaken as far as possible. Bunkers will\nbe built for coal, gravel, sand ancl lime.\nA slip will be built to the cove, from\nwhich scows can be unloaded. This\nwill mean that a great bulk of the\nbuilding material, lumber &c, which is\nnow handled over the present wharf\nwill be transferred to below the market\nplace to facilitate the handing of which\nup-to-date machinery will be installed.\nBorn.-At Queen Charlotte, Scptem-\nter2(ith, to Mr. & Mrs. Jas. Falkner,\na son. >\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nNORTH COAST TOWING CO.\nTugs \"McCulloch and\n\"Topaz \"\nLaunch \"Hopewell,\" <^c.\nGeneral Towing and Passenger\nBusiness.\nScows for Hire.\nOffice: First Avenue and Centre Street\nAtlantic Steamship Agency\nThrough Tickets and Excursion\nRates to\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nEngland, France, Germany,\nItaly, and all\nScandinavian Ports.\nCall or write for rates to any part of\nthe world. I am also agent for all\nAmerican Steamers to and from Prince\nRupert; Northern Pacific Railway; Alaska Pacific Express.\nJ. H. ROGERS\nGeneral Steamship and Railway Agent,\nPrince Rupert, B.C.\nCanadian Pacific Railway.\nB.C. Coast Service.\ns.s. Princess Beatrice\nLeaves Prince Rupert every\nWednesday at 1 p.m. for\nVancouver, Victoria, Seattle, \\nand intermediate ports of call.\nArrives at Vancouver Friday at\n9 a,m.\nLeaves Vancouver every Saturday at 11 p.m.\nArrives at Prince Rupert every\nMonday at 11 p.m.\nFARES.\nFirst Class \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD - $18.00\nDeck Class - - Vancouver 6.00\nVictoria, Seattle 7.00\nDouglas Sutherland \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD General Agent\nCENTRE STREET.\n^ NATIVE\nLeaves Prince Rupert for\nPort Essington\nDaily~ 10 a.m.\nReturning\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDLeaves Port Essington for Prince Rupert\nDaily* 2.30 p.m.\nCalls at Canneries both way,\nwith or for passengers.\nS.S. Native leaves Prince\nRupert every Saturday at 7\np.m. for Stewart, Portland\nCanal.\nCall on Agent for full information.\nWHEN THE WIND BLOWS\nSunday night was a busy one in Prince\nRupert. Everyone had troubles and few\nhad sleep. It was just one of those\nwarm breezes that slip around the corner of Kaien Mountain about the season\nof the equinox. As usual it was accompanied by a shower of aqua pura,\nshingles, tar paper, planks, rocks,\nstumps, sidewalks, out-houses and an\noccasional tree and house thrown in to\nadd to the variety. It reminded the\nsociety editor of one of those granite\nshowers a bride sometimes gets, only\nmore so.\nNeptune was certainly working with\nenthusiasm. He was doing up one of\nhis prize packages, and it is suspected\nthat he had the family on the job, too.\nAt any rate Frank Dowling insists that\nCyclops was taking part in the celebration, because he awakened in the middle\nof the night by the crashing of a stone\nas large as a dinner plate through his\nkitchen window. It was picked off a\npile some distance away.\nIt sure was not safe to be out, and it\nwas rather more dangerous to be in, so\nmost people sat tight and said prayers\nthey thought they had forgotten years\nago. After everyone's sleep was broken, windows smashed, lumber piles\nscattered, buildings overturned and\nthings generally demolished, dawn\nfinally broke, too, and those who survived were able to view the wreckage.\nThe most serious damage was the shoving of the big new Catholic church off\nits foundations, the complete demolition\nof a new Chinese house on the corner\nof Fulton and Eighth streets, the sliding of the piles under a boarding house\non Second avenue, windows smashed,\nroofs torn off, and a bleary look in\neveryone's eyes. Fortunately no one\nwas injured, but there were some badly\nfrightened people.\nJ. E. Gil more, of the Premier, says\nhe did not know it was blowing until a\nman came in about 2 a.m. and asked\nfor a room. \"I thought you had a shack\nof your own,\" said the landlord. \"I\ndid have,\" answered the prospective\nguest, \"but it got away from me. I'\nchased it around three blocks, but I've\nrun out of matches.\"\nC. D. Newton says he slept through\nit all except for a moment, when a\nbranch off the big tree over at the foot\nof Shawatlans Lake blew over and\nstruck his roof.\nMrs. Frizzell found some packing\nboxes part way through the plate gla^s\nwindow, trying to get the first glimpse\nof her new fall millinery.\nChristiansen & Brandt's sign tried to\nexchange places with Dr. McNeil's\nprofessional shingle, with the result\nthat the former plunged in real estate\nand the latter was fractured.\nG. W. Morrow, in the role of \"the\noldest inhabitant,\" tells of a storm in\nMetlakatla six years ago, when the\nwind picked a dog off the street and\nhurled him through a second-story window. The dog was so surprised that\nhe missed his bark.\nWhen J. Y. heard that, he remembered\na storm in Ottawa when the wind shook\na tree so hard that one could hear its\nbark half a mile away.\nThe proprietor of the Talbot House\nsays he does not care much about blowing himself, but if it occurs again he\nwill be ready for it.\nDe Fritz was hoping another $17,000\nclient would blow in on that gale, because he needs another hair cut.\nCol. Fred Stork [did not succeed in\ncatching the velocity of the breeze with\nthe wind-guage on his new Ross rifle.\nThe manager of the Bank of Commerce says: \"We had a fine view of the\nstorm up on Graft hill, but I'll protest\nanother draft like that.\"\nThe officers of the Liberal Association\nsay that is nothing to the storm that is\nbrewing.\nPart of Ore Shipment Arrives\nOn Tuesday, one of Barrett & Co. 's\npack trains arrived in town with the\nfirst part of the shipment of ten tons of\ngalena ore from the Lead King group of\nclaims on Nine Mile mountain. The\nremainder of the shipment will be\nbrought down in a few days, and the\nwhole lot started for the smelter. The\nclaims were located in July, and this\nshipment made within 60 days after the\nfirst stake was planted, will go a long\nway toward proving that the camp on\nNine Mile has what has been claimed\nfor it; shipping ore on the surface in\npaying quantities.\nAssays have shown this ore to run\nbetter than $100 per ton. If the\nsmelter returns go equally high the\nores of Nine Mile are a commercially\nprofitable proposition at the present\ntime, without waiting for the rails.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nOmineca Herald.\nProvided for the Orphans.\nThe Beatrice Monday night brought\nMrs. Kennedy up from Missouri to take\ncharge of the Willis children. Immediately the object of this visit was\nlearned on board the boat, a collection\nwas started and $57 dollars were collected. Reaching port the subscription\nlist was taken up to the government\noffice. Mrs. Manson and Mrs. Naden\ntook the matter up, and in the few\nhours they had before the boat left for\nthe south got $215. The story of the\nchildren is this: The father was killed\nlast winter in one of the construction\ncamps up the line. The mother, about\na month ago, went insane, and was\nsent to New Westminster. At this\ntime several ladies were willing to take\none child, sooner than separate them\nMrs. Vickers took charge of the three,\nuntil the friends could be communicated\nwith. They left on the Beatrice Wednesday. Mr.s. Willis will probably be\ntaken home by her sister.\n o\t\nGet that suit pressed up like new at\nthe Panitorium.\nMILLINERY\nOur Hats have been the admiration of\none and all. dp "Titled The Prince Rupert Optimist up to and including April 29, 1911; titled The Daily News May 1, 1911 and thereafter."@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Prince Rupert (B.C.)"@en . "The_Prince_Rupert_Optimist_1909_10_01"@en . "10.14288/1.0227536"@en . "English"@en . "54.312778"@en . 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