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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
4
Prince Rupert News notes the debut of regular train service from the Grand Trunk Pacific boosts the city, marking it as a railway and steamboat hub. It highlights rapid development ahead as rail access opens hinterland, aiding settlement and trade growth.
The license commissioners approved two bottle licenses after city solicitor Peters reinterpreted the act to separate bottle licenses from hotel licenses. He plans to redraft parts of the license bylaw to align with the law and define liquor quantities for wholesale and bottle licenses.
The Edmonton Capital cites Grand Trunk Pacific plans as a push into central British Columbia trade. It urges local boards of trade and wholesalers to secure connections and keep commerce from diverting to rivals, noting Edmonton gains five-year advantage until the Vancouver line opens and stresses entrenched competition.
The text envisions Prince Rupert as a commercial center with sea and rail openings, stressing that business men must build friendly trade relations with interior points. Citizens are urged to assist fully to establish Prince Rupert as the natural distributing hub for the entire British Columbia territory reachable from the city.
A large Nelson audience voted against the Dominion Government's reciprocity policy. Speakers included A. Goodeve who denounced reciprocity and criticized Oriental immigration and the eight hour bill, and Hon. Thomas Taylor who spoke on provincial issues, urging Canadian autonomy under the British flag.
In New Westminster the Court of Appeal reversed the $151,000 judgment against L. W. David in the Swift vs David timber land contract case. The dispute began when Lester David sold timber land to Canadian Western Lumber Company with a guaranteed timber cruise. Davis and Pugh represented the plaintiff. Bodwell and Reid the defendant. A further appeal to a superior court appears likely.
Deputy Minister W W Foster attended Victoria court house with grand jury to review jail conditions. Plans include a new fire alarm, automatic general release system via lever, and feasibility study on replacing gas lighting with electric throughout the jail. Fire Chief Davis compiled the chief findings.
London syndicate represented by L A Bonner has secured an option on the Bullion hydraulic mining claims owned by the Guggenheims. J B Hobson, Victoria mining man, built a large plant and planned ditches to a lake for water supply. Work halted two years ago. London experts to report. option price said to exceed 1.5 million dollars.
Moran Company in Seattle launched the Paterson, the first of new steam whaling vessels for Canadian interests. The 100 foot steel vessel, an oil burner, will reach 12 knots and fly the American flag, operating with Canadian North Pacific Fisheries Limited at Gray's Harbor. A duplicate Paterson is nearly finished and will launch soon.
A. C. Bliss of Vancouver, agent for the Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co of Toronto, has reached the coast by the Venture and is touring the coast to become acquainted with local conditions and market needs.
Government agent J. H. McMullin plans a Sunday departure for a brief vacation in the Okanagan region. His wife Mrs. McMullin and the family are already there. Mrs. McMullin will likely stay longer with her father after her mother's sudden death last week.
Ottawa dispatch reports Commissioner Henderson granted six months leave of absence before retirement. Arthur Wilson, longtime Yukoner and BC resident, will succeed him and be the first oldtime Yukoner to hold the post. He is well known in British Columbia and the Yukon.
The inspector reported 70,616 condemned trees among imported stock. Most imports came from the United States with some from Europe and other regions. Mr Cunningham projected a poor fruit season for the North Pacific Coast due to a dry cold season, predicting a short peach crop and scarce, expensive apples. interior prospects were not favorable.
Reports from Washington cherry sections indicate a crop not exceeding ten percent of last year, with British Columbia and other areas sharing weaker yields. Strawberry production is also lighter than normal, contributing to higher prices south of the border.
Nora Combe, 21, daughter of Victoria golfer Harvey Combe, won the Pacific Northwest women's championship in Portland Oregon. Mrs. T. B. Curran of Tacoma reached the final bracket but lost 3 up and 1 to play.
Pacific Standard time applied at 120th Meridian west from midnight to midnight. Heights are in feet and tenths above the Low Water datum used on the chart. Harbor datum, set by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, is one foot lower than the Low Water datum.
District Registrar William Burritt in Prince Rupert gives notice of intention to issue a duplicate Certificate of Title for undivided one half of Lot 8838, Group I, Cassiar District. The original title 326R dated September 30, 1910 is to be duplicated after one month from first publication, in the name of William Jordan Larkworthy.
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