The Saturday Chinook
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issued: 2016-08-24
issued: 1916-02-26
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note: SATURDAY rs*1 CHINOOK VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA Vol. IV. No. 43���Established 1911 SATURDAY', FEBRUARY 26, 1916 CANADA Price Five Cents [EDITORIAL OPINIONS- a ��� GEORGE M. MURRAY I-ldltor "The truth at all tlmea flrmlr atanda And ahall from ngc to aire endure." 1 THE PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY vf\NE thing about Mr. Bowsej-.which makes him stand \^y out among our public men is his marvellous blunt- ness. Not much diplomacy about Mr. Bowser, So far as the Pacific ���Qjeat ftMtcrn Railroad is concerned, Mr. Bowser lias outlined bis course. In doing so. lie lias risked tlie chances of the election .of his three ministers. But Bowser would risk anything to have his own way. Bowser is going to the aid of the Pacific and Great Kastern Railway hammer and tongs. Ile isn't going to ���endorse any more of their bonds. But he is going to take a straight six and a half millions of money out of the treasury���money borrowed by the Government on further pledges of our natural resources. This six and a half millions of dollars goes direct to Jack Stewart and his associates. How much of it goes into the Bowser campaign funds is not mentioned. The -iiitrageous waste and looting engaged in So far upon the railway will not be investigated, as the SATURDAY CHINOOK predicted, by thc Bowser ministers. It has to be this way because the Railway Act says that no information regarding the finances of the road can be given "lit without the consent of the company. Mr. Bowser said the other night that the boom had subsided. THE BOOM IS OVER BUT NOT BOOM METHODS OF SUBSIDISING RAILROAD CORPORATIONS. It is unfortunate that more about the Pacific and Great Eastern raid has not been heard from the public platform and from the press during the course of the bye-election. The SATURDAY CHINOOK has been the only publication in British Columbia to register any definite protest against the great steal that is going on. Next week we will take up the Pacific and Great Eastern question again and hope to…
note: Titled "The Greater Vancouver Chinook" from 1912-05-18 to 1915-05-01, for 1915-05-15, and from 1915-06-05 to 1915-09-11; "The British Columbia Chinook" for dates 1915-05-09, 1915-05-22, and 1915-05-29; "The Saturday Chinook" from 1915-09-18 to 1916-04-15; and "The Standard" from 1916-04-22 onward. Published by Greater Vancouver Publishers Limited from 1912-05-18 to 1916-01-01; Chinook Printing House from 1916-01-08 to 1916-04-15; The Standard Printers from 1916-04-22 to 1917-04-07; and The Standard Company from 1917-04-14 onward.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0315561
language: English
lat: 49.2611110
long: -123.1138890
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Chinook Printing House
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text