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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 23, 1913
Page
1
Residents will travel by special Grand Trunk Pacific train from 2 15 pm to 4 45 pm to Port Edward to inspect the new townsite. The trip offers a chance to view lots and the Prince Rupert Hydro-Electric Company headquarters. Plank walkways have been laid to ease public access and viewing.
Developments in the Balkans suggest peace talks may conclude within days. The death of King George influences the scene as investors plan a first sale tour offering a new townsite and sightseers, with a 50 cent fare for the trip.
Ottawa March 22 Hon J D Hazen minister of marine and fisheries left for Washington to confer with the Democratic administration on the boundary waters treaty between Canada and the United States. The treaty framed three years ago has not yet been assented to by the U S Senate. If no satisfactory reply is received Canada will abandon further efforts to jointly manage the waters.
Grand Trunk Pacific starts double weekly steamer service this week from Prince Rupert to Granby and Stewart with the Prince George on Wednesday and Prince Rupert Saturday. The Canadian Pacific Railway plans a summer schedule alternating with GT Pacific steamers to improve coast access and interior travel, promising better coastal service than in years past.
Public invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Connaught wing at Prince Rupert General Hospital. The event features Hon H Young and will be informal due to the minister’s short stay. The ceremony follows the Princess May’s arrival, around 10:80 or 11 o'clock.
Militant suffragette Miss Sylvia Pankhurst is freed from Holloway prison today after a hunger strike. Officials ruled continued confinement would endanger her life.
The Karl Grey Rifles drill parade scheduled for Monday has been postponed to Tuesday evening at two o clock due to a holiday. The unit will assemble at the usual drill hall for the rescheduled event.
M Donaldson vice president of Grand Trunk Pacific returns from a line tour to Boulder Creek with W C C Mehan and G A McNicholl. He reports excellent road condition, few snow slides, steel across Boulder Creek nearly finished, and track laying to advance rapidly over the next hundred miles. He plans to depart for the south tonight.
The funeral of the late King George will be on March 30. The body will be placed aboard a warship at Salonika on March 26 for transport to Athens, with King Constantine traveling to Salonika. Two Indians drowned on a fishing trip near Port Simpson Tuesday. No coherent radio messages were exchanged between Paris and Washington, but faint signals suggest future communication may occur.
Local effects of opposition tactics in Ottawa slow business and delay needed public works. Supplementary estimates propose about sixty thousand dollars for dredging and equipment in Prince Rupert, with additional hundreds of thousands sought for district projects, all stalled by Ottawa opposition and Liberal factionalism.
The Atlin Fish Company plans to bring the Carlotta Cox to the port to be fitted with an engine as auxiliary power for halibut fishing. The Borealis returned with 40,000 pounds of halibut in five days near the harbor entrance, despite crew illness. The Carlotta Cox, once a leading sealing vessel from Victoria, has been purchased by Mr. Smith and will be fitted with a new engine in May to fish halibut alongside the Borealis out of this port.
Juarez report states more than a hundred Mexican rebels have been executed. The terse dispatch notes a harsh crackdown with no further details provided.
Land commissioner G U Ryley visits Prince Rupert on company business with M Donaldson. No sale plans for new Prince Rupert townsite now. Smithers to be second divisional point, townsite ready after rail to Telkwa. In Prince George former Fort George, lots perhaps to go on sale this fall.
J. B. Owens arrives in Atlin with a thousand dollars in gold from the Teslin Lake district as renewed excitement stirs the new diggings. W M Ogilvie warns against stampedes to Silver and Moosehorn Creek until proofs of paying quantity are found. A Nahlin dispatch notes a store being built at Old Teslin town and Silver Creek arrivals freighting. Meteorological figures list barometer 29.99, high 8.0, low 28.0.
Ottawa March 22 Sir Wilfrid Laurier defends the opposition stance and urges appealing the naval bill deadlock to the country as the only path to resolution.
The High school team defeated a Public school lineup 26 to 0 yesterday at 10. Manson hit two home runs, White one, and Anderson one. Rowell contributed two triples, Anderson one, and Manson one. Umpire Currie and scorekeeper Leggett noted the game.
Paris March 22 Jean Barthom the justice minister in the retiring French cabinet has accepted an invitation to head the new cabinet to be formed.
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