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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 21, 1910
Page
4
Publication notice for the Prince Rupert Journal dated Friday October 21 1910. Provides subscription rates to Canada and abroad, office address on Third Avenue near McBride Street, and advertising application details.
The article notes a local hospital nearing completion and discusses naming it to honor the late King Edward II. It mentions the common practice in the Old Country of naming hospitals after Edward II and proposes King Edward Memorial Hospital as a possible local name.
The Provincial Government plans a wagon road line from the Cariboo through Nechako and Bulkley Valleys to Hazelton. It argues railways have limits and a wagon road will ease pioneer movement and access routes to the northern domain of exploitation.
The Liberal party in the city buys the Optimist to promote Liberalism and asks the public to stock in the venture. The Journal notes the move as an attempt to extend political influence and credits managers for seeking broader reach and experience through this newspaper connection.
The Toronto News reports Vancouver and Victoria residents remain wary of Asiatic immigration. Locals favor limits on Japanese entry and fear social and industrial impacts, with officials conceding discontent beyond unions and business interests.
The coast people grasp the labor problem and the need for workers for development, while a determined push for a "White Canada" persists. Parliament must address the growing disaffection as Asiatics move into prairie regions and strain the labor supply.
The Carpenters Union donated 160 to the new hospital. Plans for city streets were filed Sept 1. City Council schedules meetings Mondays with optional Thursday sessions. A funeral for Charles Dake heads south to Nelson for burial. Street and sidewalk permits discussed. no adverse petitions on Eighth Avenue. Legal wrangles surface in Rex vs Rosang case with judgment reserved. Presbyterian Young Men's Club organized with elected officers. Savoy and Royal Hotels upgrade dining facilities. Lesnes Abbey ruins found beneath an orchard with a knight effigy. Color photography advances permit simultaneous primary color negatives. Labor disputes in 1909 affected 800,819 workers across 436 cases. conciliation and arbitration rising. Railway boards cited as main cause.
Hon. Clifford Sifton chairman of the Dominion conservation commission told the St. Catharines Canadian club that Canada’s forests can endure for all time if proper conservation is adopted. He blamed railways for waste, warned U.S. timber demand, urged planning to eliminate slums, improve public health, and conserve water powers totaling eighteen million horsepower for future Canadians.
Obituary notes the death of Alexander Sinclair a Glasgow Herald proprietor and former Glasgow magistrate. He joined the paper at seventeen, rose to cashier manager and partner, and authored Pitty Years of Newspaper Life. Also mentioned are Major Murray of Polmaise presenting a Bannockburn flag at Borestone and the Oddfellows flagstaff dedication in 1877.
Director Durand reports widespread census padding and urges prosecution. Tacoma Seattle Aberdeen Portland Minneapolis Boise Fort Smith cited. Tacoma shows 82,972 after second count up 120 percent from 1900. Initial Tacoma figure was 116,248 with 83,296 padding across districts, some many times larger than reality. President Taft endorses Durand letter urging legal action and grand jury indictments where fraud is found.
A reflective note imagines a life where one selects a calm, self set salary and vows to be a soothsayer, expressing contentment with this unique vocation.
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