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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 29, 1911
Page
4
The Prince Rupert Journal notes it is published twice weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays from Third Avenue near McBride Street. It lists subscription rates at two dollars per year within Canada and three dollars per year for points outside Canada, with advertising rates available on request.
The article discusses potential Ottawa cabinet entries under Mr. Borden, naming Hon. Richard McBride as a likely figure. It notes provincial pride, McBride’s long career, and his strong influence in British Columbia, suggesting he may stay local or join federal service based on national interest.
Press despatches from Ottawa say Hon. William Templeman will retire from politics. Ironically, he is described as a dismal public man with few requisites for leadership. His only notable qualification was party loyalty and lack of graft. He won just one election in a long public career, a by election when awarded a portfolio. The electorate aided his retirement.
The late Sir William Gilbert Wis 27 is recalled as a promising writer whose success spurred his retired naval surgeon father to publish a semi metaphysical medical book titled Shirely Hall Asylum. The father had underrated the son's talent, joking that if he could write then anyone could.
Case dropped against an Henry Doyle employee cited for violating regulations as fisheries inspector Williams withdrew the charges. Trade in Europe Arrangements at Taraaki New Zealand to ship frozen meats to the prairies and to British Columbia aim to open profitable markets. Edmonton plans a new city hall costing at least a million dollars to be the finest municipal building in Western Canada.
The government crop bulletin projects spring wheat at 187,000,000 bushels for the Dominion, 19.14 bushels per acre, with total wheat including fall wheat at 204,500,000 bushels, 82,000,000 more than last year. Oats total 368,000,000 bushels, up 85,000,000. Prairie wheat total 185,000,000 bushels.
Inland Colonist reports a major bridge project fourteen miles below Hazelton taking months to finish with 140 workers, expected to double by year end, and a growing workers’ town beside the river as construction proceeds.
News from New Westminster reports Died in jail Colquhoun once linked with the 1905 C P R express robbery near Ducks B C and air bag theft. Colquhoun, associate of Bill Miner and Shorty Dunn, died yesterday in the penitentiary hospital after capture by the Royal Northwest Mounted Police following a foothills firefight near Kamloops. Miner and Dunn received life terms. Colquhoun had twenty five years.
Months ago Colquhoun's health failed and tuberculosis hastened his end. Strawberries picked on September 19 in Nelson are a novelty for the Kootenay region known for late varieties. The Givens Late variety from Andrew Sutherland's ranch near the West Arm went on sale in the city, the second crop of the season. With vines still heavy, Sutherland anticipates showcasing fresh berries at the Kootenay fruit fair September 26 to 28.
The register of stock companies in British Columbia is being cleaned by canceling incorporation rights for those failing to meet law requirements. Last week many foreign firms such as Koote nay Mining and Smelting, Kootenay Reduction, Duluth & St. Paul Mining, and others were struck from the rolls with two months’ notice to reestablish rights. Many are extinct or absorbed, including the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company and Victoria Thea tre Company.
The Craigflower building, noted as Vancouver Island’s first educational institution, will cease active operation though preservation efforts are planned. The Public Works Department invites tenders for a new two room schoolhouse to be erected.
In August 1911 a body found near the Coquitlam River near the dam was identified as Mr. Bunyan and buried after an inquest. Thirteen months later Mr. Bunyan returned, denying death, leaving foreman and jury stunned as to the true fate of the drowned man.
Western Fuel Company and its underground employees have renewed their six year old agreement for two more years from month's end. The settlement followed two weeks of negotiations and promises two years of industrial peace, pleasing the company, workers, and Nanaimo residents.
Officials report lasting agreement with employees has been faithfully observed, leading to a smooth renewal. With new mines nearby and extensive development planned, two years of industrial peace are assured, signaling a prosperous outlook for Nanaimo’s mining industry.
Dinner ends as a cloakroom worker Pat laments loss of a shilling he put in the plate as a decoy. The last guest notices his misery and asks why he seems paid poorly. Pat explains the missing coin was his own contribution.
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