Why Not Take Vote On Beer With Election. There may be stun" good reason for holding Ihe heer pleh iscilo and the provincial election on separate dales lint if there is We have not heard it. To hold Ihem on Ihe same day would lie a giral sating of expense and that is what is wauled just now. n V PAUI TWO. THE DAILY NEWS, Friday, A wife i,, : In 1892 Life of Halibut Fisherman we first offered the public our SA1ADA" The Daily News IMUNCI3 MJPF.UT - naiTISH COLUMBIA. H440 Milli ons now use it with, great satisfaction. Have you tried it? Published Every Afternoon, excspt Sunday, the Prince Itupeil Oaily News, Limited, Third Avenue. II. F. PULLKX, Managing Rdjtor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: City Delivery, liy mail or carrier, per month By mail to all parts of the British F.mpire and the United Stales,, in advance, per year ....... ........ To nil oilier eounlries, in advance, per year ........... Advertising and Circulation Telephone . 08 Editor and Reporters Telephone - - - 86 $1.00 $0.00 $7.50 All advertising should he in The Daily News Office' on day prs ceding puldication. All advertising received .subject In approval. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations. DAILY EDITION Friday, April I, 193 1. According to all Ihe advices from the capital, Ihe election i likely lo he held in the. summer or early fall. 'That would he a suitable lime, il would seem, to hold Ihe plebiscite. ' On the last occasion of a, plebiscite there was a good deal of erilicism at Hie cost or holding it on a separate dale" from the Plenum. If there is a good reason for Ihe separate dales, we should like lo make il public and if there is no reason, then the votes should be on the same dale ami Ihe expense to Ihe public be saved. Edmonton To Adopt A Service Tax. The city of Fdmoiiton is to .adopt a service fax or what they also choose to name an educational tax. Another name for il i a "mongrel income tax." .Single persons with incomes as lov as $70 pay while married persons are exempt until Ihey reach via i m t is grauunieu according .to. income. ror single men those below $l,p00 pay $5'; below 1,500 pay I0; below 2,00fl 15; below 2,500 $:0, and'sn On until $0,000 when the payment is $250. For married people, the grading is similar only il is 5 for those below $2,000 and $250 for those below S.00O. 1 There are certain exemptions' and other modifications and it is provided thai persons paying Ihe full $250 shall tint have lo make any return of their incomes. The bylaw has not been adopted in detail yet but the prin ciple has been approved. By jt the council hopes to make up the amount they asked the trustees lo lop from Ihe school estimates and which il is understood will be allowed to stand. Reform Of Canadian Senate. , One of the Senators has suggested that there' be a reform of Ihe constitution of the Canadian .Senate. The suggestion i an evidence of Hie trend of thought in regard to that body. To amend it would lie better than leaving il as il is but lo'lop il off would be better yet. What is the use of wearing a carbuncle on me Itoily politic all Hie limn.' Pronouncing And v , ' Correct Spelling. There are people in the world who niusl he absolutely cor rect hi everything they do, even in their speech, their spelling, their manners and their dress. If not carried to extreme this u a very good feature in anyone, but pronunciation is largely a mailer of custom and so is spelling, and both are arbitrarv. In nrenkiug rules in either case there is ho vital principal at stake iu juw jears ago spelling was very loose and pronuncia iiou worse, hveii today in Prince Mupert a dozen people will pronounce in different ways. This is especially true when there Hie pcopie in inc community that use dialects. In this cilv It frtl-v . ....rim,, .it I.. I....... .. 1 I' f I. . Where Is Correct English Spoken? .i " ni-ur nni.Hi rtcois oiaieci, a rrencn or nxvciiisji iiiaieci, an OxTord English dialect or an English dialect iii which Ihe person drops the aspirate from its proper location and inserts it where it should not be. Even the premier of Ihe ,,,, ui.iH-ci jinn uicaiiy a is -very common. wu:iu is me correct, Kuglisli spoken Many a city claims o have a monopoly of Ihe best pronunciation. Inverness, Dublin. Cardiff , Upclown, all have their volaries, vel each has an ..... i i on n is peculiar ......... to it. The i- i.. iv. j up .uiicriraii American drawl urawi , largely , used and Ihrealens lo overwhelm all others, while is Eastern very Canada, loo. is developing an individuality in speech. None w m in. ,in- rorreei ior.no s niw on v i... i ...... i" . ii un l I.IIK'II. A Growing Bank Account Is an incentive to greater effort, and a stepping stone to success. For 58 years the Union Bank of Canada has helped many thousands of people to save their earnings. Open a Savings Account NOW ; acquire the habit of saving regularly ; and you will have that feeling of. security which, comes with money in the bank. 94 UNION BANK OF CANADA Prince Rupert Brajich A. T. Broderfck, Manager Is ' Filled with Danger and Romance of Continuous Work Under Hie li.lle "The Halibut llunlers r lluperl," fieorge AViMtillaiid, manager f the Imperial Oil Co.'s station lie re lells in Hie Imperial Oil Ueview of the value, of oil and oil pro ducts' in the halibut fisheries and of the development of the in. duslry .and its centering around the I'ort of Prince lluperl. I hen he skelehes interestingly the life of the average halibut hermnit and choices I he telling of a trip as follows Hie is n Canadian lioal of sixteen Ions registry, fifly feet loner, equipped with a 27 h.p. Alias, heavy duly pas engine and arrying five men. We will now equip Iter for Ihe fishing grounds. She proceeds to the Imperial Oil wharf at Prince llupcrt and takes on approximately :,) gallons of Imperial Knginc Pistillate and ahoul 30 gallons of Imperial l'olarine Special Heavy ami about .'.i pounds of Imperial Arctic l.iifi Orease. Seven Tons of Ice She next proceeds In the plan) of Hie Canadian Fish Cold Storage Company, l.imile.l, where he lakes iu'i approximately seven toils of crushed ice and three Inn of frozen herring hail, if in summer, or I wo Inns if in winter; Ilial is, If fresh herring hail is, nol procurable. The fro.en hail is pul cnooner ivnien a an illustration lies of risli heside lialilmt brought up from deili varying from twenty lo ope hundred and fifty fathoms, e.g., gray, red and black cod dujr fish and an nr-easiona! shark. The dog fish and Ihe shark are Hie fishermen's enemies, more especially Ihe lat-ler as he not only destroys the ear hy Idling il hut sometimes Idles pieces mil oj Ihe halibut As many as three or four hali hul might be hit ten in two rigid ill succession o Ihnl the fishermen 'think thai .Mr. Shark laxity waits for Ihe fisherman lo haul his pear and at Ihe lialilmt am drawn nasi him he lakes a bile. One of the h'ieiv on Ihe "Kaien" informed us Dial on a recent trip Ihey caught a shark on a hook and fie had wrapped himself several limes around wilh Hie ground line and was brought to up in squareldoeks the surface, lie . must have weighing fifly pounds and isiwciphed about 151)0 pounds and thawed' out before being placed was ahoul fourteen feel long. As on the hooks for hail. soon as he was brought lo Ihe After taking nil, ice and bait rM of Ihe boat Ihe crew iuimed- Ihey yo lo Ihe outfitters and lake on ?ear and rood slulis. I lie equipment consists of eiphleen skates of rear. A skale of gear is made up of hemp line, weiph-in? about forly-eifriit pounds and three hundred fathoms in length Anchors, dories, huoy-ke.is. etc are also taken aboard. A buny- kep is a small fourteen gallon Vcf wilh iron hoops on it. II i very strongly built' lo stand heavy lidal pressure as, occasionally, Ihey are pulled under the water hy tremendous tides and burst. The boat is now ready for the fishinjr grounds. When the fish ermen are in port or on their way lo Ihe fishing .ground hcy over haul Ihe xkalcs of gear and rig up Ihe new gear, which means thai small loopsare pul In the line. The. loops arc called "bec'kel.s."' and are mad thirteen feel apart and to each is lied a three fool line, which Hie fishermen call a "ganion." To each "jranion" a hook is faslenAI by band. These hooks ;ir made from the very best sleel of a certain temper. Strings of Gear With gear properly rigged. Hie boat arrives al the fishing ground. The hooks are then bailed, the book being placed through the centre of Hie fish. The gear is then set in strings, and run oul over the chute a! Ihe stern of Ihe boat. Each string consist., of four skate and generally Ihree strings ar put oul at a set. Each end of a siring is attached (o a twenly-five pound anchor, which latter is attached lo a buoy, already dei.rriheiC Al-faehed lo Ibis buoy by a Iwclw fool rope is a bamboo pole twelve feel long and about one inch and a half in diameter. Around Hie centre of Ihe pole are twelve corks to float II and al one end Ihere is an eight pound wejghl to hold II erecl. On the lop of Ihe pole is a Hag which Is placed there so thai the fishermen may readily find where his gear is set. At night lime a small eleclrie light lakes ihe place of the Hag.. It is connected by wire to a small ballery fast ened a Hie centre or bottom o! the pole. This baltery is waterproofed by immersion jn Imperial 1'arowax. Mug Up After Ihe set is made the boat "lays to" for about three hours during which lime the crew rest and have a nap or refreshment or as me iisiiermen call II -a miig-iii." It Is now lime lo haul Ihe gear. One man attend ing Hie winch or "gurdy" which is yeaiHil lo Ihe engine, roil down Ho; gear as il comes in, anoUier attends (o Ihe gear as it comes over the roller at Ihe side ,of Ihe boat. Jusl. as Hie "ganlnns" come to Ihe. side of Ihe boat he catches (hem, and wlllt a swih jerking motion as one would snap a whip, remove the fisfi from the hook. The guiily is not slopped to take off the fish unless the fish is exceptionally big There are a great many varie- iately al lacked him wilh choppers anl cleaver and dispatched liiMl Ihey look Hie keenest pleasure in so doing. Listed for Sale On arrival al Prince llupcrt Ihe skipper lies up his hoal wilh iuiuierous others in front of the fish docks and hails his catch. Which is marked down on a large black board in a room which is railed the fish exchange. In other words, his fish j listed fur sale. They are lifted as No. , No. 2 ami black rod. The No. Is, which obtain a better price than the No. 2 s, a it (he fiMi weighing from leu lo eighty pound. The o, 2s are Hsii we ij lung over eighty pounds and chicken hali but which are Tea pounds and under. The calrh is then auc Honed and bid for by Hie various fishing companies and concerns and prices ranging from 7 cents lo 20 4 cents are bid for No. I fish and from 't cents lo 1 1 cents for No. 2. The fish i knocked down lo the highest bidder and immediately unloaded, packed in ice in 200 pound boves, placed on express refrigerator cars and forwarded mi the day thai it is brought into the harbor straight lo Toronto, Chicago, Ilnslon and other eastern markets, For Physically Fit Such is the routine of a fish erman's life when the weather is fair and Ihe seas are kind. Al such limes il is a greal life; a life for full-muscled men wilh something of the Viking in their souls. Hul il is no place for any hul the physically fit. The hour of work and Hie physical exer tion required call for prodigies of labor which are simply tin believable to the man who lias never seen this grand, champion of all Ihe toilers of Ihe sea in his own environment. When Ihr halibut school is located the work is as nearly as continuous as human endurance will permit until Ihe ship is. loaded or Ihe school is lost which is seldom. Twenly lo I wen I y four hours il a si retch Is by no means un usual. With Ihe full sweep of Hie Pacific to conlcnil against, the halibut fishermen's "fine weather" would be simply lerri fying to a landsman, and even to tile deep sea sailormaii who view's TONGUE COATED, BAD TASTE IN MOUTH, EYES TINGED WITH YELLOW Liver Trouble the Cause a Mr. A, c. Mron. "runwn, ont whim: "I luvo Iss'ii trouMciJ wllii my liver for t few (rim lii'k. nl hi bad 1 did mil fwl able l tin niy work. allow coinrleildit I had rrail a rret deal alxml Mllburu'K Mia-tOrr IMIla and ditrldi-d I would try vial, and arirr laklnar twu nr Hire I found I va frully linlfovd, and ran truthfully nay lliat I frit iuir like II vtuir and ran nw do niy own, work wIUmmii any trouble," Mllburu'a I aa l.lvr fill ire tec vial at all drab-M, or will l inalhvj direct on rM-Mpt by,T' T. Miiburii Co., Limited, Turiiiilo, Onl. Manufactured by Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Limited Ihe lace of Hie ocean from Ihe bridge of a modern leviathan the diminutive lialilmt craft looks like a bail nk in normal weather. Ill bad weather il is worse than that -far worse. Many's the lab of tragedy that has been ad. led to Ihe folk-lore of Prinre llTlperl's waterfront. They do nol talk ahoul it much before strangers, lhee fishermen, probably for Hie same reason that the man from the Irenchcn is silent in Hie presence of Ihe s'ay-at-homes: liecatise Ihey realize that such nil audience would never understand. Hul Ihe wrecks and loses are a mailer of record and some day Hie Conrad or Oalsworlby will Come along who will (Mil In words Hie ejoe of Hie halibiil-hlinler's life, and the dominion of Canada will thereupon awake In dis. cover that Ihey have a race of men wlioe heroism and cxploils enlille Ihem lo a niche of honor in Hie nation's ball of fame. SEAL COYE MARINE WAYS WINDING UP Company Goes Into Voluntary Liquidation Walter Oale Receiver and W. Gllchrlet, Truetee The Seal Cove ' Marine Way Co. litis gone iuln voluntary liquidation wilh Oaller Oale al ollicial receiver and W. IlilchrisU trustee for Hie sale of tlm planT The company was formed several years ago lo go Into the small hoal repair business. Local men were Ihe principals with W. I'.. Thompson, manager. Ten Years Ago In Pilnce Rupert April 4, 1914. II. C. lliTwsler and John Oliver addressed an enthusiastic meel. ing which packed the Weslholine Theatre lo the doors last night. They illustrated the unhealthy condition of provincial iidminls. traliou and described Ihe government as a gang of political adventurers. T. I), Pallullo presided. The monthly luncheon of Ihe Prince llupcrt board of trade was I luid ver pain In my M'tnai-h, held today on the steamer Prince bad I rimlu hardly .land u.ii at in.i (;,...(. O. II. Nelson .was Ihe cuamd lniru; bad tal ln; Oh; HiuiiiIi.I . ... ..i..( i.,.i t,..., his being subject Ihe of ,y,l',akcr, Mn.iiy in u. asiriimiri ihim tiutfsi mill jHi.m, and ImiI muddy aiid..ew rruire unpen ami us ie. nvi nils. W. I'. lllilonf general Irnffln manager for Ihe n.T.I'., and O. A. MeNiclirill, Industrial rommls. sloner, arrived from Ios Angeles on Ihe Prince Oeorge Inday nnd left Immediately for Ihe Inferior lo be present at n temporary linking up of the road. find ing finish 25 " 35 ELKAY'S STRAW HAT DYE 7' Make old Straw lints look like new. II permanent waterproof. Kay to nppljr and lne ipm klv lo a lat In AH The Popular Colors ORMES LTD: The Rexall Store. The Pioneer DruggltL Decrease the Family Food'Bill Serve ft (ieneroiis Amount or ?'4 "ELECTRIC" Bread wilh every meal and cut down on oilier more m-lly roods. Select "ELECTRIC" Bread at your grocers It Slays Fresh Longer. mi'' A' ' ' -v- i aaKl This mlvcilMnirnt is not published or displayed hy1 the l.i(iinr nnnlrnl Hoard nr by m riovernmeitHrrf Itriliih Columhia.