—— : | | | OUR BUSINESS 18 Transportation . By automobile, bu ot . Or horee-back “We move freight, express and supplies by wagon, drays or pack - horses, We will move you or our goods and distance oes not scare us. --. TelkwaTransfer| Hoops & Mapleton Telkwa Ss BAC. Telkwa Lumber Co.| DEALERS - MANUFACTURERS| Building - Contracting Cabinet Making All kinds of building material carried} TELKWA Wagon Repairing in stock Bulklev' Vatey Hay and Oats ALWAYS ON HAND LARGE or SMALL QUANTITIES BOYER & CARR City Transfer Co. Y oreo B.C. FIRE, LIFE, AND ACCIDENT Insurance “Agent for the Best Companies | Agent for— G.T.P. AND NORTH COAST SmithersTown Property Farm Land —and— Town Lots List your property now while the demand is good District Agent for. FORD CARS ws S. pHs SMITHERS ( yD - . gperation this season in which 100. 000 ties were removed 100,000 at 18c, Tiemakera receive .......... 0c eee eee eee $18,000, 20 teamstera, swampers, etc.,.av. $4.50 day (5 mths.) 13,500 Supervision (foreman) 5 months cece eeeeseteneenesas 1,250 Loaders at 8c. per tie... ....- ses eseee seen eee r ene e ness 3,000 TOTAL PAID TO LABOR.....----6+0+-008 vs. 885; 750 - ‘Cookhouse supplies ......6c0.eceeee erence erent ersees $ 6,750 é Hardware ....-..ccceener dere ee eeenencgeeenenaeeceen 750 STORES RECEIVR ...... SD odneee saeeeweensee $ 1, 500. oo FARMERS RECEIVE FOR HAY .......-+++ .-- $ 3,000 Royalty... .....cscseeeesetereee neceeceeueeeneisesens . $ 1,600 Stumpage at Se. per tie,....2. ccc cee ccn eee eee eneees 6,000 PEOPLE OF Puovince RECEIVE......-00008- $6,600 GRAND TOTAL .........---eee $52,850 Contracts for the season 1923-24 have been let along the line of the Canadian Nationa] Railways- between Terrace and Endako for 1,080,000 ties. At least one million will be delivered, The operation above analysed is a typical one, so that we can safely apply the figures Cars_ WILL ARRIVE ‘APRIL ‘1st ” —SPECIAL— We have a number of Beds and Springs . which we offer at $5.00: ; _,for the two): fae GREGORY TIRES & TUBES : Vy REFRIGERATORS | a oe POULTRY NETTING oa _SULEY: PLOW,’ A ee na SE re ~ Smithers, B. £. t exCRnGe {fete MDe falas ce i) es |by the. leaders. of the respective | parties -in-B:C, that each. party in!jail: for. mire: than: one ‘offence, Our Tie Industry oN our valleys was, “Burn Off the. Timber and Bring in the ~ Settler.” Numerous fires were ‘started bv misguided — individuals who were under the impression that the” removal of the timber was essential to the development of - the evuntry. Thousands of acres were burnt over and . remain today a blackened and desolate waste. no nearer | _cultivation than they were when all was green, _ It is hard to calculate the potential wealth that was destroyed in this manner and that today would be turning into actual wealth. . -eseaped the ravages of fire are furnishing a winter payroll that well-nich staggers those who, but a few years ago, said the timber was valueless. . An analysis of one might prove iuminating and is here submitted:. ‘Iti is ‘only afew: -years since the popular cry throughout pees | ce The few patches of our timber that 1 a ae eros . fod yl Se : Vortex System Soda. and Sundae Holders . “Glasses Electric Drink Mixer. -" o Hey » Soda’ Cylinders -."" Buttermilk Cooler «+ “i ¥ SEB _ Show Cases Ete Wd. ccc, q Prince Rupert 2 oe c. | 4 | LARGEST DRUG HOUSE IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA BUILDING MATERIALS! Cement _Lime ‘Plaster - Fireclay od a Brick © Building Papers _ Roofing. ¥ Sash & Doors 3-ply Veneer Paneling’ | Fir Finish & Specialty — ALBERT & McCAFFERY, LID. Prince Rupert, B. Cc. given to the whole cut, showing that our timber: has yielded us in the space of five months: “To Tabor... cca cae cece ee eeee veeeoeee Lp etascnaneteete $357,600 To our grocers, etc.......... Leeann See eerenecenenenete 67,500 To our hardware M@N........ cece cece eee eee e eens 7,500. To our farmers sub eeencrareceeseesateteusscseenatanes 80,000 | Total... cesses ccecesee cous euenes + 8462, 500 Added to this the revenues of the province which go to cut down taxes have been increased by: Royalty ......45 Oo cenauauneaucuaaUeeugegesecenentens $16,000 - SUuMpPAge .... ccc ees eceee seen g ct eeen arene re ete noes 25,000 {Bsthinating 60 per cent of cut ‘from Total. ccc ceca veee ef 41,000 t Frown fants payabl e) stumpage is Grand Total......0.. $503,500 In the above figures the farmer does not appear to have -got a large share, but his $30,000 is for hay alone. Many of our settlers are tiemakers; still more of them have worked as teamsters, swampers, ete., and have shared largely in the $375,000 which went to labor, while their ORMES LIMITED. "ss" Dispensing Chemists . Prince Rupert Prescriptions are filled exactly 6 as ordered by the doctor. A fully qualified druggist is in charge of our dispensary and only the purest aud finest ingredients are used. . We also carry Patent Medicines: Toilet Articles - Stationery Kodaks Films Kodak Accessories — Yt _Filina developed and printed and retuned hy next mail, We prepay postage on all mail orders accompanied bo cash or sent Cc: O0.D.-mail.' butter, eggs and milk are represented in the $67, 500° which went to feed the camps. Even the nomadic’ tiemakers do not take all their money out of the country, and it is a safe estimate that 90 er cent..of this vast sum isspentin our midst. It matters not. -what @ man’s ‘oecunation may be, there is not one of _us.. whose. interests aré not affected by the value of our timber. The protits made by our main contractors, unlike the diyidends. from many of our mines, do not: leave the country to be spent in distant capitals. These men are ‘pioneers of the country and their profits are spent in still further developing our resources and bringing prosperity to our valleys... . © Another. point must be emphasized. The areas whieh, are now being cut over are not exhausted. All tie cutting - is selective and i in every stand there are trees just under ~ tie size’ * With’ the:removal of the larger trees and the a opening, up of: the’ canopy, these will make rapid growth. -Ten, fifteen or “twenty years hence the areas cut over this season may be cut again, if we Keep out fire, * - Jt is now proposed to establish creosoting plants ‘at Edmonton and Jasper for the treatment of spruce ties. ._ This means‘that our: spruce, whieh has heretofore been ‘rejected, will come into its own. ‘We must: gave’ “the future. winter payrolls. No forest Service, however efficient, can do this unless iti is backed - "by public opinion, ‘ Get each man, woman and child ‘make — "himself. or herself an’ apostle of forest protection, and Manufecturers of Rough, Dressed & Dimension . Lumber j HEMLOCK, SPRUCE AND CEDAR | Hanail Spur, B.C. 7 Lumber vf Com, D Note th ait +f! : our Post Office has héen changed from Royal Mills to- HANALL, B: & HEMLOCK; SPRUCE: AND BIRCH 4 Flooring J Get our prices before. ordering elsewhere Canadian Pacific Railway Company . ' BRITISH COLUMBIA. COAST STEAMSHIP. SERVICE. - SAILINGS FROM PRINCE RUPERT—3.8.: PRINCESS MARY, for Van- J} couver, Victoria, Sesttle, March 11, 21; April 1, 11, 22 - For Ketchilen, Wrangell, Juneau, and Skagway~March " 11,28, ‘April 7, 18, 28... SW $.5. “PRINCESS BEATRICE” —For Butedale, Swangon Bay, East Bella Y "- Bella, Ocean Falis, Namu,, Alert Bay, Campbell River. and Vancouver | every. Saturday ‘at 1 ‘p.m, ; AGENCY. EAN BTHAMBHIP LIN Full Information from. __ Propagate the gospel by example as well as by precept: 8 ‘Save the forest and ensure prosperity. we : It has. heen gerierally ‘admitted taste.” . “Phe election ¢ ‘and ‘the leaders; have ‘already op is led. by :the. most. efficient man ‘in the: party; that’ ‘each should ba Nader’ ‘ia the’ nreatest: vill All: ‘the; ‘people. thave to: do, + there. promises: ‘to, be ‘mi AWG. ‘Orchard, corner according to ‘thei, {individual ia paign®: ison! started in with mud-slinging. - It|°. not yet been decided: whicti Third Avene rand Fourth ‘Street, Prince Rupert a every, style. ‘to. suit ‘ther require . - ments ” ot our’ business, WeHm a fu range of ee ; it’ the. next: election i is to select | her lesser ‘or: he, greater < cevil,