save Money Boston Grill X III ,rv.-i way to buy th to subscribe by th st is 15.00 and your : ( i i-d to your address , . jut figure out th ... V"u for this dally .vc'ive months I :!). EDITORIAL tlullii I.NTH HIUTHIMY . i'liteenth i l birthday l; 1'i-rt. On, March 10, : wan incorporated , lime it was but a ..1i ly everything that we , h.H been put 'here 'ime. loaay we art , il ,i- a city . i.i i -in-cl credit r markets and with u , ,i . in face. a is ago the iieople ,m i In n' were full of opti-,,:ih. Things did no .. i la y expected. Some i'lifd and others are : uith hope for the fu- t as ever. III LI IB II I II PASSENGERS OFF it.' 11 1 1:1 naiMi AMI UtV to i.avi: III HIM, I'KL- :.trrs of the Hubert E 1 .fly today a'ler '.lie ire on Sis)i;iii Ru lis Manomtl Piiiu !. 1 i Bnows'.orm whih i. ' n t Hew Ytirk vera landed at PI) ' Mumberlug 113 are re- ..rn Uf abandun Oh- , 1 ted to U reaving !' "i weather. iwnien tram Manome: ned when their surf li!f a dawn othem -h rllnjlnf to the boat - . tl it ashore FDRKTRY fflMMITTFF IS SUGGESTED TO MAKE AN INTENSIVE STUDY ri, io. While tin- t the department of alivo to problems o! 'in mid la as active i limited funds at It-' nt. re torratry question a importance that tar i inoiis should appoint a ' tu make an Intensive ni'inii the yeeur and rr-ix' legislature next sea- " "Uon was placed be- ncy by a select oom-'(! two weeks ago. FOLEY WON DECISION VAX BENNY PELZ, PORTLAND " ' H M.rrh 10. Vie Poley "ml derision ow Benny ' !' 'i intl fi ithfrwetaht here i' niii.n event of a bos DUO WHEN FELL FROM AN OIL TANK u 1 s ''Minster, March 10.- i'ti t the top of a ii ' '"iTiui oil punt at looo, '' l.an:rley prairie toll to " iNtWA- ELAND BEATS WALES -INTERNATIONAL RUGBY Wale "'''"I W.,, van 1 '' VK( March 10. -Ireland ' an International 1'crv tod, u polnta w. V1HIIIVS wiiMT March l.'Mlm io The price yesterday waa lied peo Mc Hcrub ail"1 cunalile ! homestoci. The aiAcrnnH'ii um !.'!' It"' fuel Hi ''"' stead Tl" hoU"- n" governmi'iit 'a, !'' ''"' ' ment ph" railways tl"' "'"l vlnees would thought n pro tlon of till" Ti,.. ...,.. ,.r t .. w.. ;.. nn 1 .. M . k.u t 1 1 Income tax Dependents in respect ol wboflt a t-Uate inn) be claimed are redefined. sA rebate uu) atso be claimed In resptct : payment by employees Into a super- I annuation fund and all withdrawals oUtj : u'i uials are eMirely . xempted from! taxation. 1 rtv.t.c ii ; nude for entering into co-operative arrangement with UM Dominion guvenuncnt In the matter of cberklitK aiconie tax returns. Tlie i.atur il resources tax of last year i- repenlen and in Its plaoe la a prevision f ..r r uti4 of an allowance whleb may ix- il. iuied a deduction from mr:me m respect ol depletion or exhaustion of capital invested in timber, .n'.i.fs mid uther terminating or wasting e'.H llH.IIV s.MI AMI HllMiV. Al sTltM.lt. IN iOMMIMIATION H D Te.?. chief oiwrstor ol DUby Irland wireless atatlon. re-ptrt.. that the -Utlcn has been IS friuent communication with 8 !!'.. Australia, of lstr. short w.r e's being used on either n:- It is the first time that thr tc-.n ha been performed from Has coast and followa up the rrent keeping In oommunl-ctin o: the station with the nioi'Tnhip Aorani;l until that vrm'l reached Sydney. Communication so far. has oonalat-eil of exchange of signals, no commercial meassgea having yet txtii traiwuiltted although It la brum proven that this may be lmr. far the balance . . , . maa nnn - could rtl i. ,-ountry development. n,r .-ucli k t ration of tne pru- ...I UnSU 0e osaemiai. - th.l mitnoo oi w-,,,,,1 im under a crop pay- "I 1 1 i V nillll 'll ucrc LANDSLIDE KILLS ! MANY RIO JANEIRO RIO JaJIBtRO. starch 10 -Newspaper reports from Santos say that dim than two hundred persona are e-tlmated to have been kUled tods- in a landslide in Mont-arm. which burled many houses sad streets. Ol.ll Tlli;it MIHIT ISO Itltl HOUSC. March 10 obert Wtnkley. an old timer of the Oarlboo mining days waa found shot dead In hla cabin at Quesnel Dam. He had despondent. General McRae Mahes Proposal for Settling Canadian Lands PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. SATt ;:DAY, MARCH 10, 1928 Ten Per Cent. Reduction in Tax Announced by Premier Maclean and Other Changes in Taxation tm "S ";'i,";'so droP lne amount of gross lax paid by VARSITY DEFEtlEIJ trades, businesses or professions JMIMN KlVfcn lfcM nranaseA In Lpatslnlnrv I BASKETBALL SEJII r i -q-"' , ! NEW WESTMINSTER, March 10. VICTORIA, March 10. A flat reduction of ten per cent in Var:iy dermal Jordan River. theVan-thc rates of taxation on income '.a provided for in the taxation couv,r island cnamptpus 37 to aa in amendments brought down in the Legislature yesterday by l're- tbf "'ln :!r baaketoaii mii.P l I -un Tho ,,tn l.t... , ..i.i i if championship and email f led to meet liooe who are here deducing rebates lor dependents. Reductions in gross income tax I things do not work l"yablc by trades, businesses and professions are provided. rect. Perhaps it than they expect. At - is still u spirit of uling the people and is for their hote. nm s niinnn Kclcna in the ftoato. Anrenta Gigantic Scale from Britain" MIMMI MA.V. IHI.'S 1 m iaic in luAnuun uu ,nwi kiiuk nviu in rcnvi vc miu ciaiuii-; gpiATTLC aiarah 10 - Joshua il under me act is reduced irom rour to two per cent. afeeuacn. widely knwn Alaska mining Royalty paid under the Game Act by breeders of fur bearing mm. died last night aged 69. animal yiay be applied in reduction ol r i rriT ri nr Leaner or nusnie learn Leu women in Safety When Lost on the Froten Tundra Near Yukon River, in Alaska. HOLY CROSS, March 10. Lost on wind swept wastes of fifty mile portage between Kuskowkin and Yukon Rivers southwest of hers, two women ware guided to safety, by the laad doc of tfcaltetaftf of husWern. Word of ihe safety f Infc73ar.Pct- J rest and Miaa U. Leaxe, who were the object qf searchins; par ties, was brougtttiwstarday from Pirauta Lake by an Indian. Tne woman, he said, weft suffering from cold and exposure as a re suit of several flights spent on the shelterless tundra of the portage. The pair left- Bethel February 27 to drive' 100 miles to Holy Cross. Soon after crossing the Kuskowkin River they ceased trying to team the nine dogs and left their fate to the leader of the huskies. Not knowing where they were being taken for several days and nights, they faced northerly winds and low temperatures until the dogs led them into the settlement at Pi mute Lake. I. JURY FINDS . HICKMAN IS AGAIN GUILTY III: AMI WI I.IIV III N'T KII.I.I K 1)111 IKIIST ANII Kt ( II.IVIKMl-Kit I.I I : SKNTKXt K I.O AMll:l.i:H. VlsreU IS. The yty lw4.t round IVIHWmi tlelwsfd IDrkHuin and Wrlby llatat gUly of lite itnmlrr f ('. l) Tmk, tlmg-gHt. an4 rermHmeHdetl life linprht-wttmettt for Mh. VANCOUVER EX'CIIANdK Boundary Red Mtn iirhtlv Umbered iana wivn un m '"" sootmay Florence support'" 05.000 I ould clear eighty uh buUding ana ,-t of l 00" Ior 0IM,n nu,,re i.uiimti,;.- were ueunlly log , In. nt) cost SO" lm ; Ulil capltalnw 8100 at r 1 p.r lini imi,. ,,, i, i' would pay It off " m JO inatalm-'"- uted mat th. government ,,.,ld lw callcl upon Of 830.000.01)0 000. He UI lenient net of of ten ten million ror to the . sdlacent ,,1 liimi aajai- acre of o "i families could be adveruseu as iree l. and L. ... land in Peace Rtvrr would aecomwodatc jlahwelew 17.800 families Al carta and British ' jLeadunltb Columbia eould furnUh the homesteads Lucky Jim .. and the Dominion could finance tb Marmot Metals range men ta almost a million ram now SUvercreat on farms In the British Isles would be Sllvermlth . . available for Canada. Sloeaa King Motta said "Peace River wanU ajSunlooh .... trunk line to the sea and not a branch .Terminus line outlet." A strong thlrty-sut mile southeast wind, which prevailed pretty well .throughout the night, was accompanied 0.' i ploti- r.ilnf.ill. Whitewater Woodbine . Bid. J3 Coast Copper 43.00 OTTAWA, March 10. General A. V. Mcuae, conservative cork Province .. m.....l.ei for North Vancouver, made a proposal to the House of Oeorge copper ?, yesterday contemplating a settlement of 50,000.000 acres Olattoton. lis mm. r upwards of 00.000 farmers, who with their , , n land l.y VC ?nX ,LuUt urban population w0U,d .dd two Hl.on ; tu u- i"ic wiisn'' . independence .... , iL.i lAinnnnA mmwmu .if mnrn ni 1aa .... liae s scheme was inai i,uu,ww v,v ... inter. Nat. Coa . .47 4.76 ssv, M M .IS W -M',4 clearing and buildings. Britain would Nat. SIL Oas finance the temporary requtr-wveerta for Pendorellle 1740 settlers which she did now la part. The Pramler . . British government might see fit to Poster I dab transfer aome of Its dole funds M Bufus bonuses to induce termers W train Ruth I tope pnnpeetlvej migrators. Under sueh ar-iSalklrka ... ,18 08 .41 ,18 S.K Ml. . .11 tJS I.TO M ti:Tiii:it itKitiitT Prince Rupert - Raining, strong wind; 'ctni-r.itiri 13. Asked ' .58 1.88 .11 04 84.00 .48 8.00 .10 .60 M .T7 94 At A .15'A .08 .04 .48 JO .W 18.M a.Ts M M M .04 II .80 H .18 4.00 .86 8.78 .88 81 . PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper H.U6UT BIDS SHOW TENDENCY TO BETiER Ti'tiil of II.1.INM) round- Soli In Seven Yium-Ik lit II til Ktrlumce To-lay Hu'.lbut prices .ihowed a tendency toward improvement this morning when a t'.tal ol 14fi.NO pounds was ir.kl at ire Fish Exchange, three Ainericsn vessel- receiving from 8 lc and 4c to 8 4c and tc fcr 108.000 pound, while four Canadians obtained 7c and 3c to 7c arid ec U.r 87 000 pounds. Arrivals and .!e were as follow-: AMERICAN Sitka. 400 pounds. 8 tc and 4c Dcnanra. 38,000 pcunds, eries. 7c and 4c. Booth Fish- cries. SJc and 4. fAXAIHAN Helen. 7.000 pcunds, Canadian St Old Storage Co.. 7c and e. I P. Dcrrten. 8.000 pounds. Royal GOOD PROGRESS MADE rish Fish Co.. 7c and c. p I Vtklng I. 7,000 pounds. Atlln Fisher ies. 7c and ac. nsld, 1SXXX) poaiuti. Booth Fish IN LOADING SHIPS NOW ON BERTH HERE The grain sh'p Fernmoor, now load ing at tbe elevator. Is expected tc get iENTO away early next we The Skegness at ; wnt boat. Mr. Xdmonda ststcd that ttey -lo t-alnc and wilt soon follow the, did nut reach the Ssorameato Vedse bvat Wrsanrr. , 7 -Maatwoal KM Be meterfni. row s't anchor In the stream will follow on berth, rp to noon today, the Empire Ship- nine C reported that no further charters for the port were in sight. OLD COUNTRY FOOTBALL tMiLiMi i.mdt r. IUIHhi I. Blackburn 1 Liverpool 1. Birmingham 4. Sheffield i. , Btlton I, Arsenal 1. Cardiff 8, Leicester o. Eeerton 0. Pnarnouth 0 . Huddersfleld 4. Sunderland 2. Manchester United 1. Wast Ham 1. Mlddlesboro 6. Bury 1. Neweavtle 7. Aston Villa 6. The Wednesday S, Burnley o. Tottenham I. Derby County 2. IMiMon II. Blackpool a, Hull Ctty'l. Bristol city J. Barnal-y o Chel-et 8. Preston North End I. Qapton I. Swansea 1. Grimsby 8. Notts Forest 1. Notts County 4, South Shields I Oldham 0. Leeds I. Reading 1. Manchester City 1. Southampton I, Port Vale 8. Stoke City J, Wolverhampton a. West Bromwlob 4. Putnam 0. motiihii i.i:.i(iii; lli Won I. Aberdeen 8. Partlck 0. Alrdrtconlana-Oaltlc poitponed. Clyde 8. Queen's Park L Oowdenbeath-Motherwclt postpostad. Dundee 4. Hibernians 1. Hamilton 4. Ralth Rovers 1. Hearts 8. 8t. Mlrren 1. Kllniamock I. Falkirk 1. Rantrers-Dunfcrmllne postponed. St Johnstone 4. Boness 1. ttafed. re -taxed mi -old stowing- kawwft as tbe Oold and Crowd which was located many years ago by men named Steele and Dunn. Mr. Edmund clattas that this 1- a property of doubtful value although extensive work was done cn It before It was abandoned. Mr. Edmonds claims that be waa the crtg-j inal bolder of the secrets pertaining to the Sacramento ledge- The only r-as;n for his rush'ng north at thai tim ti protect the showing waa that ht had reason to believe that Morgan had sl-o received some Information pertaining thereto. This evidently proved t ; be the case although Morgan and hla man ended up at the Osld and Crown, wme five mtlea from Kitimaat rather tban at the Sacramento ledge Morgan, reports Edmonds. Is now at Butedale whence he. too, will prsoeed south. willorgT speculation mm inn million snvitix or HAIHO t'OHI'OKATION ( IIAMIK IIAMM TOIIAV NEW YORK. Mareh la. All sal-arday rerord were broken in uwl Iter wlW vrgy ef aeulstkMi tutUy with total wilea alxe tao million altares nf iwiaaniiaia steefc l RsilM Corpufa-thwi wHh an etlretne ail va nee of 811 to 8181 JU. a new high reenrd wltlrh NMpere-lel (leneral Mlm eommwna m tltr market leader. tirneral Mi-taea tieiel lep reeord al SISI. I hell selling dean In 8111.73. Heavy profit Inking detrfopr-t In nt- of the uillie hsueaat the ele. Sir Arthur Carrie Defends His Action at Mons and Brings Suit for Libel Against Detractors Former Commander of Cunadian Corps Declare Canadian Troop Had Taken City Hefore Armistice Wits Signed COIiOURC, Ont., March 10. "The Canadian troops entered Mons at midnight and the town was cleared at, 4,30 in the morning. The armistice was signed at five and I did not receive notice until a nuarter to seven," said General Sir Arthur Cuvriti in a brief inter -.tsaa tkiu tasha-. w(rt I It Waft lUatrw. f K fAII 1 Vl fnllO a Bl A Alt has Sit t"i til fin i -nut tor alleged libel which he has brought against F W Wilson, publisher I ol the Port Hope Clulde. and W. T. R I Preston, author of the article appearing 1 in the Ould on June 8. 1837. I The article declared there had bean ' useless sarrlflc of life In order" that Cmnidhii hc"d!U:irtrr tuff mlht huve the honor of aaylng Canadlaps tired tlie last ahot in the war and taptured th' last of the Oerman entrenchment-Sir Arthur aald thr difficulty had been to hold the Canadian troops back. One unit of the Prluoass Pats hsd strenuously objected to leaving the line when 'he time cim tj he relieved. Lfcctre Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing floor, for hire. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. The latest and best for the Jeast Phone 457 Price Five Cents TlW al U un inn K VTWA VWWH Wk. SmOk. ap niwuliui aK n saw wot. -hwv . wtr ww-avca ,rvr jk mm a-wcna sos jam xr-. nai ram na nram ? r ' m i u n w n in n iimi m i ns. hi Husiajriki MTiriT. ti n w a i u th ra m va, v jr r vn in mi m vi r o DMONDS WINS OiH,. RACE TO STAKE FAMOUS SACRA GOLD LEDGE Famous Sacramento Gold Ledge Was Successfully Staked by Gold Seekers c. II. Edmond of Vancouver Arrived Here Today on Venture After Heating Out the Rival Morgan Party in Quest Reporting success in his two weeks' quest to relocate the ol I canndian pish i Sacramento gold ledge, some ten. miles from Kitimaat, discovered in Gold Storage Co.. 8.3c and tc. 18G2 bv William Downie and subseauentlv lost excent for ancient North. W.000 pounds. Atiin r.siienes. maps and docurncnta WBch have, it is believed, led to its rediscovery, C. II. Edmonds Vancouver man, who led one of the rival parties to the old location, was in Prince Rupert this morning aboard the steamer Venture returning to Vancouver. Mr. Edmonds stated that he found what is thought to have been the old Sacramento ledge and ' staked the country all around 'n order to protect the location. Mr. ram ".."da is taking scuth with blm a 1 - i.umuer A sample- fraiu the vlclnl'y fori .'ivay ir the'e prove up to expectation-., he expects to go ahead with de velopment c! the property. If they do not prove up. It wlU merely be taken thai the p!o:ieer Dwnle wa mlataken :n his bellefa and statements. In any c&-. say Mr. Edmonds, there Is no c.iU'f for any excitement. The Sacrament i ledge Is bet.eved to consist of fr.e milling gold snd silver) to the value I of 33 or so per ton. SpeaUng rf the activities of the rival I party, headed by Major R. T. Morgan. which came north two weeks ago on tbe I NEW LIBRARY IS DISCUSSED ISOAIlll .MAKES SlUflENTKI.V THAT IT IIC INt'Ultl'nitATtUl IM UAH MLMOKIAI. The library board, a Its regular monthly meeting last agt. discus tbe question of a new bttualng. he stvgestloa helag a4 that .the ceta--taa or ta salt tee tse aypswaehed- wtth the peapossi that a rRMBfj: laTing8gaJnried In any scbesae for sueh a mmnmm tesat might be devised. Tt Was felt that the memorial might receive setter public support and be better eared for If It contained something of that nature tn--tesd of consisting merely of bare rook. It was pointed out that 4k tastent library building could not last much longer. Miss Utauuea. field matron of TCspios. , had' a coaununloatlon before, the board asking for the use of abaUldln library books for distribution Ml Vr field imong the natives. The board deohfed to comply with the reqBeal provldtng th payment of freight aa such books l looked after by anas attastei. The repcrt of th librarian for the month of February ahowad that a total of . 4888 books hsd been loaned out during th period, the s versa being 81S.B books per day. Books loaned were classified as follows: Fiction. 884: duplicate pay- 181: non-fiction. 880; Juvenile, 880. The library had bean open twenty-one days during; th month. There were 48 new Uf mwra and 88 cancelled, making a total lkft of borrowers of 9848. Books risalied by gift numbered 89: 87 hd usgn purchased and 18 discarded making a total number of volumes on hand Of 8810. The meeting was presided over by the chairman. James Black, others present being Mrs. W. J. Klrkpatrtck. VtOar Bssso-Bert. Aid. Frank DMJb. O. V. Wilkinson isecretaryi. and Mis Alice Crulkshank. librarian. SCIENTIFIC YESSEL IS DUE HERE ABOUT TENTH OF NEXT MONTH The big auxiliary schooner Morrlsswy. which, under command of Capt. Orlf-fltha, veteran Arctic explorer, who accompanied Capt. Peary to the North Pole, will pick up a parti scstiitarts here for sn exploration trip of several months north of Alaska and Russia, la reported to be due her about April 1 10 from New York via tat Panama Canal. The schooner, as well as plckV ' ing up the parly here, will finally out fit for th long voyage to the wast water of the north. COMMITTEE FAVORS ABSENTEE BALLOT Vim llllP lliwi lit lift, "o "viv Miiuwg,n 4ta'i(r eiiu "it. vsj vsf aaig niuu ( ,jv A , liefore the nrmistiee was signed and yet I am accused of sacrificing' , , , '. , .T. J. .isj 'v,t, ft" ' th Legislature late last night .u.. ii. r n,..ii W. .,),! l, uu U.-.0 w. v,.....m.-,..o - ... v..,. '""" reported In fsvor of th retention continued Sir Arthur, who vft8 formerly ( anadian corps commander. the .heentec ballot. who came here today to attend an examination for discovery in a 1 . . . of ENGLAND IS WINNER INTERNATIONAL SOCCER OLASOOW. March 10 England defeated Scotland six goal to two tu au uiU'rici'.k'iul j.cer gujue. tuduy. 3