ne ul CMe: “iy i pS of be 7 PAGE FOUR THE DAILY XEWs maemo eo Cut Rate Shoe Store On Is WATERFRONT WHIFES American Halibut Landings Ahead of 1931—Salmon Canning Nearing Close—Trolling Conditions lands BIGGER & BETTER BARGAINS IN MEN’S, WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S SHOES New Shipment Just Arrived From Montreal. Priced For Quick Action Selling at— CUT RATE SHOE STORE All overtaken that of last year with the 1932 landings standing at a total of 6,617,800 pounds as compared with last year’s 6,592,440 pounds at a si-| milar date. During the week ending yester- day landings totalled 609,000 pounds of which 180,000 pounds was from! Canadian vessels and 429,000 pounds | from American, Prices showed ‘a! falling off as compared with th] few weeks immediately previous. The top bid of the week for Cana- dian fish was 5.5c and 2.6c which the Vera Beatrice received for 18,- 000 pounds while the low price of the week was’4c and 2c which a number of boats were paid. For Am- jerican fish the high price was 5c jand 2c and the low 3.5c and 2c. } Salmon Pack Figures on the British Columbia ‘coast salmon pack up to August 6 ‘this season show a production for! 'the year up to that date of 422,493 leases as compared with 382,604 | icases last year at a similar date. The pack for the Fraser River) | this year, up to the date mentioned, | was 69,765 cases as compared with |30,433 cases last year. The Naas! River pack was 44,288 cases as against 12,660 cases, the Skeena |River pack 95,008 cases as compared | with 142,713 cases, the Rivers Inlet }pack 61,669 cases in comparison iwith 70,251 cases, the Smith's Inlet pack 25,636 cases as against 13,915 }cases, the central area pack 79,418 cases as compared with 67,146 cases, the Queen Charlotte. Isiands pack 2,175 cases comparing with 2,780 cases and the pack for District No. 13 44.534 cases in comparison with 1| 42,436 cases. Per varieties the produttion in cases for this season up to Atgust 6 was as follows, figures for last year up to the corresponding date ‘being also shown: EUROPEAN EXPERT WATCHMAKER HL S. OLSEN Five years’ apprenticeship at the Royal Danish Watchmaker School at Copenhagen, then 12 years abroad working in the big cities of Europe. All Mail Orders Promptly Attended to. TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA Prices Reasonable. SUPPORT HOME INDUSTRY UR natural resources in lumbering, fishing and mining are second to none and our future prosperity is unalterably at- tached to these assets. Every person, not only in Prince Rupert but also in the Skeena and Bulkley Valleys can do their bit by giving their mental and physical support. Pull for the lumber industry—boost for the establishment of a pulp plant in Prince Rupert. Take pride in the quality of our sea products and tell the world. Give the mining industry that support and optimism that leads to greater things. When arranging for next winter's fuel re- quirements remember that you have a local industry already established producing the highest grade article offered on this Se Bulkley Valley Coal The Fish which made Prince Rupert Famous é 99 1932 1932 u p e rt r a n Sockeye 203,671 231,386 : Springs . 48,622 17,156 Steelheads 507 592 Blue Backs . 20,130 19,931 SMOKED |Cohoe rs 33,614 17,407 | Pinks ‘ 41,924 13,366 Reports of splendid fishing on the | trolling grounds of the Queen Char- jlotte Islands are being received in Prince Rupert. Some boats are re- | ported to have made as high as $100 jper day. Very few pinks have been |showing up in Queen Charlotte Isl- and waters, the run of this variety being late. Quite a few salmon which were tagged at Nitinat on | the West Coast of Vancouver Island are reported to have been caught at |Langara Island. Prepared Daily By Canadian Fish & Cold Storaye Co., Ltd. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. According to statistics compiled by the United States Bureau of Fisheries the grand total of the CANADIAN PACIFIC AUGUST SAILINGS FOR VANCOUVER PRINCESS ADELAIDE—Fridays, 10 p.m.via Ocean Falls and way ports, halibut catch on the Pacific Coast PRINCESS LOUISE or PRINCESS ALICE—Saturdays 5 p.m. direct for the 1932 season up to the end For KETCHIKAN, WRANGELL, JUNEAU and SKAGWAY ‘ ; Pp Mondays, 10 am. of June was 21,250,930 pounds as For Information call or write compared with 21,422,678 pounds W. L, COATES, General Apent, Prince Rupert, B.C a during the corresponding period last year. The Seattle catch for the ; year is almost double that of last LE ES SS CSS UNION STEAMSHIPS LIMITED ports are just about half of last Steamers leave Prince Rupert for Vancouver:— | Season, Prince Rupert is just about 3.8 A EVERY TUESDAY, 1:30 P.M. 1 : Sin Wrarpetene deine Snakentenin Thursday 0.20. | holding its own so far as American T.8.8. CARDENA EVERY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT, landings are concerned while Cana- Arriving Vancouver Sunday midnight. approx = . “ . i: ; . Weekly sailings to Port Simpson, Alice Arm, Anyox, Stewart and Naas dian landings are considerably River points, Sunday, 6 p.m down Further information regarding all sailings and tickets at Following are figures covering VRINCE RUPHRT AGENCY: Second Avenue. Phone 568 to the end of June at various coast ports: 1932 1931 Pounds Pounds Alaska: boat was simply forced to leave the American 3,548,669 6,910,199 | grounds and go elsewhere. Prince Rupert | Fur seals are protected by inter- American 4,108,400 4,509,000 | national agreement, the abrogation Canadian 2,118,250 ese) which is favored by many fish- | Vancouver: ermen Canadian 578,500 889,500 pilailicnipssenticiieriblpictandigianile Van. Island: Canadian ... 108,600 105,780; RETURNS TO SEATTLE Seattle: FROM NORTH ISLAND American 10,788,511 5,772,529 Canadian 12,760 NORTH ISLAND, Aug. 20:-—Rus- ———— _ sell Miles jr. of Seattle, after a wisit Tt'l Amer. 18,445,580 17,191,638 | sere with his uncle, Bill Larkin; left T’t'l Canad. 2,806,350 Grand Total 21,250,930 21,422,678; Co-operative Assigns Finis has, apparently, been writ- ten, for the time being at least, to! the activities of the British Colum- bia Fishermen’s Co-operative As- sociation in the canned salmon in- dustry of this coast, The association has assigned its cannery in Van- couver to the Canadian Credi: Men's Trust Association which, in turn, has leased the plant to Fran- ces Millerd. What Mr. Millerd in- tends doing with the plant has not yet been announced. The well known Seattle halibut schooner Dorothy, operated under charter from Capt. Ole Hvatum by Capt. Ed. Larsen, returned to Seat- tle recently after a two months’ eOdfishing trip, bringing in 72 tons of fine fish taken ffm the waters west of Unimak Pass. Aftbr dis- charging at Seattle, the Dorothy sailed again for the westward and will cure a cargo of bloater Stock at Dutch.Harbor. The Helgeland is an- other Seattle halibut schooner which is how engaged in codfish- ing, having retirned to Seattle re- cently with a catch of 60 tons. Off to England Bill Bacon sailed on the Princess Adelaide last night for Vancouver where he will visit for a while be- fore proceeding to England where he may remain for the next two years. In the Old Country Bill will visit with relatives of his father, Jim Bacon, Prince Rupert's fish curing pioneer. Billy is expecting to see many things of interest in the Old Land. It will be his first trip abroad and his many friends will join in hoping it is a pleasant and profitable one. Weather conditions on the trol- ling grounds of the Queen Char- lotte Islands, particularly North Island, during the latter part of the summer have been the worst in years, according to word received in Prince Rupert. Despite southerly winds, abundant rainfall and con- iderable fog, there has been a good average run of fish Conditions on the Frederick Isl- and grounds have been somewhat better as at Seven Mile Point. The run was off, however, around Shag Rock. Prices being very low, many boats are reported to have hardly clear- ed expenses this year while others of course, have not done s0 badly. A number of small halibut boat: }/Charlotte Islands this year, find- 4,231,040 | recently on the fish packer Takla jing the halibutting hopeless. Fur seals, in the opinion of tne | North Island fishermen, have been idestroying a large quantity of fish this year. Spring salmon caught learly in the season showed a great | many scars and under marks. It| was during this time that the fur | seals were migrating north past {ae Queen Charlotte Islands. Dur- Halibut landings at the port of Prince Rupert for the|ing the latter part of the season, | | 1932 season up to and including yesterday totalled 9,698,-| when there were no such seals, th» | |050 pounds as compared with 11,113,240 pounds at a simi-|S°4?5 47d marks were found to be; lar date last year. Canadian landings so far this yea | }amount to 3,080,250 pounds as against 4,520,800 pounds. |nave been very high. | Despite the falling off in Canadian landings, | American landings has actually¥ ilmost nil. The total amount of fish destruction, however, is believed to volume of | Halibut fishermen have also re- ported ravages on the part of fur seals. One halibutter, fishing on the Frederick Island grounds, claimed }to have had all the fish taken off} Se hooks on an 11-skate set. The| for New Westminster whence he will proceed home. 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