Today’s Weather Digby Island—Cloudy, light north ee SEs 4 “ EEE es PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, FRIDAY; AUGUST 26, » 1982 = et |, we Daily News (-"S: amare a ge SKIMO MEN ARE SAVED fted Thirty Miles From Shére n Grinding Ice But Brought In By Rescue Boats OINT BARROW, Alaska, Aug. -—Twenty-eight Eskimo men e brought back safely to shore | last winter rescue boats yesterday after a Mr. McGeough, in his letter, al- over rough ice to the aban- |leges among other things ed Hudson Bay steamer Bay- Moneys forwarded a Ott wa no. They said they had been (to Briti ried 30 miles from land on the | ment ding ice after trying to find Baychimo fur cargo. sh Columbia for unemploy- relief were diverted to other | as s by the provincial minister of | finance and never reached the pub- | lie works department ? Of the 16,000 people on relief pay A jrol early in the fall of 1931 a large proportion were not entitled to as sistance The purchasing of supplies and equipment for relief camps was done at extravagant and unnece public works h Sentence Conmmuted to Life y prices through 2 stead of by the purchas- a prisonment at Ei Duesa in lofficials in Santander Province ine ts | The Dominion government re- ID, Aug. 26:—The ranking|tyrned over $400,000 { Spain, Jose San Jur ried enroute by y to El Dueso peniten der Province to serve vouchers for 1djustment ol price 2 Double: Headed for rebellion against the ; ee sentence had Dahlias Found Librarian Home Some double-headed dahlias have been discovered in his garden on Borden Street by Alderman Theo Collart. They are curious flowers and are similar to some that the |Vancouver newspapers have been Cruikshank Arrived This orning and Library Reopened This Afternoon oliday spent i oria ind Mrs. Kirkpatrick, for different plants in the Collart gar- f Prince Rupert and a brief den reer

: | SU geoaette igen noliond on Soe Motored South From Vancouver Mr Mr rivea couvel ry Does Not Expect to Leave Dutch | upsportsm: unlike item Harbor Until Gasoline Ar- DUTCH HARBOR, Aug. and Mrs home this morning to Longview, Wash Watts Mr parents live | Watts said on his arrival that} they had motored south from Van- and had much, This | ba k on the job at the well known | GRONAU IS GIVEN UP Not Arrived Aug. 26: across the At- * WELL-KNOWN ITALIA | Dino Gradi suddenly of the Italian bassador to the court of St dropped from his place James Doesn't seem to be upon his arrival in NEW ROLE in the foreign office government, reappeared recently in England, as am- This exclusive shot was taken taking it too Lard. Premier Mine Manager we Tells of Visit to Los and Mrs. William Watts i Enjoyable Trip to Longview, Angeles Olympic Games Washington William Watts ar from a where Mr enjoyed the trip} . afternoon he is} The wonderful itail and the wo. ithe breaking . | sports at Los z |manager of the p remier ‘Dale Pitt Enthuses Over Splendid Sportsmanship and Wonderful Organization at Big Athletic Event at Which He Was Present | organization, wonderful attention to de-| water derful weather conditions made possible | so many world records at the Olympic |ship Co. operates one of the largest ngeles this year, according to Dale Pitt, | ating dry docks on the continent Gold Mining Company, rived this morning from. the south on his way back to Pre- who ar- | | mier DELA Y ED | Mr. Pitt enthused over the splen- j did event which he wr days and in which he saw only one throughout | MADRID To that the huge audience vented | j its displeasure but the judges did jnot rule against the guilty man 26:— | Mr. Pitt spoke rives on Steamer terday to lish gener splendid jof leading of the Von Gronau, the German round - : . i the world flyer, is being delayed here and will probably not get away until September 1 as he is | awaiting the steamer Derblay with a supply of gasoline for the plane. VANVOUVER, Aug. 26: PRICE OF WHEAT ; showing made by (¢ big opening ceremony where all! | were dressed in white with end |) Sports coats, men and women jwas the second largest delegat ion | present, the United States leading | ‘and taking last place in the display meat | Discussing some of the races, Mr. Pitt were so close . The ‘that only the photographic record 30 on the Vancouver ‘could determine the winner, Every Continued on Page 3, arrival of the Visitor je losely contested ;said many of them Bayview Atlin a nadians in the|republic and - Halibut t Landings American 6,000 pounds, Se and 3c,|shipped either as fresh or frozen most) Cold Storage Aug. 26:—A was granted by the president yes- Jose Sacanello, the Span- il who had been convicted watehed for =| Reprieve Granted reprieve rebellion against the sentenced to death. Canadian 10,000 pounds; 5.3c and Gibson, 14,000 pounds, 5.8¢c and $c,|neries are operated close to Prince ‘Cold Storage 1/15 fathoms. The outer approaches | re eerie ncoeatenganistenmenaetassamanstneetamenaamamaademmeteamtmensaieatiin Tomorrow’s Tides Saturday, August 27, 1932 Se xe 10:51 am. 153 ft west wind; barometer, 30.27; tem- 2:38 pm a - perature, ats o 16:09 pm. 11.0 ft. % X NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA’S NEWSPAPER ee , >, ee a XXIII., 200, Wi ce )ALE PI IT OF PREMIER TELLS ABO UT OL YMPI C GAMES Shipping Man Writes of Prince Rupert Giving Nautical View of Port and Its Future Possibilities (J. R. Elfert, Port Warden and Harbor Master in Journal of Commerce 2 and Shipping) Prince Rupert is a Pacific Coast terminus of the Cana- dian National (Trans-Continental) Railway and is the third largest seaport in British Columbia. It is located on one of the finest natural harbors in the world, about ten miles long and from one to three miles in width, and is open all the year round, being entirely free from ice conditions, ulso winter fogs. It is destined to¥ oe the port through which will oem the products of the. Vast reece ENTRIES FOR River district, also the nerthern sections of the provinces of Alberta s'tanceeee”“""" FAIR COMING | Situated in latitude 54 17 north, . \longitude 130 20 west, Prince Rupert | is 485 miles nearer to the Orient) IN RAPIDLY than any other Pacific Coast port, | md is therefore the logical link be- | tween Eastern Canada, the Prairie|Staff Busy Making Preparations provinces and the Orient. In addi-! For Opening of Big Exhibition tion to the considerable saving in | On Tuesday Next ocean steaming time. the railway | grade east from Prince Rupert is! Secretary Vance of the Fair Board of one percent, as compared with | tries for the fair-next week were {two percent grades on lines further/ coming in well and it looked now as }to the south, so that it is reasonable/if there would be a very good ex- to assume that in the near future, | hibition. Terrace people were send- the port should be handling a large |ing down a good list of entries and portion of the import and export/local people, who had been rather trade from and to the Orient. islow at first, were now bringing in |their entries All entries should be made at the office in the City Hall before 5 p.m. Monday and all articles to be ex- | hibite © » j ac ; - maximum range of tide is 24 feet— fr eenodyp ot ag Seale aahdie mean range 15 feet. The minimum | seonday Judging will take place depth for anchorage at low water ls |Tuesday morning and the official | opening that evening. Full preparations have been made for the event by the directors and officials of the fair and it seems as if the event will be well up to the usual standard. Good Holding Ground The harbor of Prince Rupert is completely landlocked, with good holding ground for anchorage. The sompare favorably with other ports on the British Columbia Coast. The \ distance from ocean to docks is 26 miles, and the route is provided with all necessary lights, buoys, and wireless beacons. Pilots are avail- | able, but pilotage is not compulsory There are five wharve Le wane nee SOA Te from 1,300 to 300 feet in length, or a total frontage of some 4,000 feet, THOS BI i CK * excluding the elevator wharf. The minimum depth at all ocean |Well Known Local War Veteran Died Last Night at Prince wharves is 35 feet The Prince Rupert elevator, own- Rupert Hospital ed by the Canadian government, is operated at present by the Alberta | Wheat Pool. Of 1,250,000 bushels! 16 death took place last evening capacity, the elevator is fully equip- at the Prince Runert General Hos- ped with modern appliances and pital of Thomas Black of the Com- can deliver to vessels at a rate of mercial! Hotel, aged 43 years. He $0,000 bushels per hour. The wharf was a widower with no children. jadjoining is 1,016 feet in length,) 4) piack, who had been in Prince |providing ample space for tWo|p ort eighteen to twenty years jocean-going vessels, the depth of fought throughout the war and was |water at wharf being 35 feet at low ja member of the Canadian Legion and Eagles’ Orders. He was born in Midlothian, Scotland, where some of his people still live. Thomas was a brother of Alder- ; The dock is built in three sections, | |man James Black of this city and jone of 10,000 and two of 5,000 tons, | lof Archie Black in Vancouver. Two which can be used together or se- lpbothers who are mining engineers parately. A fully equipped marine jive in scotland where a sister, Mrs. repair shop, foundry and ship- Armstrong, also resides. building plant is operated in’ con- It is planned to hold the funeral nection with the dry dock Sunday, arrangements being in the Fishing Centre hands of the B. C, Undertakers Prince Rupert is the centre of the ie i halibut and salmon fishing indus- #4#¢#¢#¢44¢4¢¢4¢°¢444 4 tries. Being the terminus of a trans- |} @ continental railway, also 500 miles|# nearer to the fishing grounds than |# any other railway port, large num- |# bers of Canadian and United States | @ fishing vessels land their catches|# DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, # through the port. The fish is sold|# Aug. 26:—Adolph von Gronau, @ + + + + + + * a The Canadian National Steam- * ’ GERMAN PLANE AT + DUTCH HARBOR > LAST EVENING # + ‘on the open market and trans- | the German round the world # |# flyer, and his three compan- # ions, landed here last night # after flying from Cordova where they had spent the pre- # vious two days, + * e**++e+¢0¢004004¢4084 j fish over the Canadian National 'Railways to points in the Eastern United States and Canada. A number of large salmon can-| : (Continued on page four.) i exceptionally low, being only 4-16th] announced” this ‘morning that en- se - 6 gy - re * b