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HABIT
Ewjom
read
Um
Cluirid
kit.
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you
Iom,
sdvertlM
for
U.
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rou
Una.
locate
th
owner.
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you
need,
tdvertUe
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ODT
THE
CLASSIFIED
11
HIT.
Vol,
XX.,
No.
68.
tain,
where
48
per
cent
of
it
is
owned.
Canada
owns
only
'
17
to
18
per
cent
of
the
stock
of
her
own
railway,
but
Uni-
j
'
ted
States
is
interested
to
the
extent
of
about
33
per
cent,
was
stated
by
E;
W.
Beatty,
president
of
the
company,
j
Of
the
combined
common
and
preferred
stock,
both
of
which
have
voting
rights,
70
per
cent
is
held
in
the
British
;
Empire
and
only
24
per
cent
in
United
States.
This
rives
i
the
States
very
little
say
in
the
management
of
the
Cana-
dian
road
Hon.
C.
A.
Dunning
states
that
an
effort
is
being
made
to
provide
that
control
of
the
road
shall
always
remain
Within
the
Empire.
RAILWAY
LAND
FOR
PROVINCE
First
Step
Toward
Return
Took
Place
at
Victoria
Yesterday
VICTORIA,
March
23,
The
first
step
toward
the
actual
re
turn
of
the
railway
lands
to
the
province
was
announced
by
Premier
Tolmin
on
Friday.
Dr.
Campbell
Scott,
deputy
superintendent-'
gt
.pral
of
Indian
airairs
lor
t6end.e8ipwmd!r
vhile
Dominion,
and
W.
E.
Ditchbum.
ten
q,
W(.re
commissioner
for
Indian
affairs
of
'IaW-c
and
Gc
to
U6c
and
7t.
lirilisn
i
oiumuiu,
niet
ino
caumci.
,
and
discussed
the
terms
and
conditions
of
the
return
of
the
railway
lands
as
affecting
Indian
affairs,
particularly
the
reserves.
Following
the
conference
Pre-
mier
Tolmio
announced
that
Mr.
!
Scott
would
take
back
with
him
I
the
recommendations
decided
upon.
ACCIDENT
WAS
ALMOST
EVADED
Mistake
Discovered
But
Just
Too
Lntc
to
Avoid
Crash
PARRY
SOUND,
March
28:
A
matter
of
seconds
prevented
the
rectification
of
the
error
which
resulted
In
the
wreck
of
the
two
Canadian
National
passenger
trains
on
Wednesday
morning
with
the
loss
of
seventeen
lives.
A
statement
by
L.
V.
Savage,
brakeman,
a
passenger
on
train
No.
3
before
his
death,
to
Dr.
A.
Llnbcrt
revealed
the
discovery
of
an
error
which
caused
No.
3
train
westbound
to
pass
tho
siding
at
Drocourt
and
crash
with
No.
4
which
came
within
a
few
seconds
of
one
another.
Savage
stated
he
noted
the
train
passed
tho
siding
and
shouted
a
warninir
to
the
conductor,
Bar-
stead.
The
latter
leaped
toward
,
the
emergency
signal
cord
and
pulled
it
just
as
the
trains
crashed.
Barstead
was
Instantly
killed.
Savage
was
rescued
alive
but
died
in
hospital
on
Thursday.
WASHINGTON,
March
23.
President
Hoover
announces
that
the
yacht
Mayflower
kept
by
the
presidents
for
their
private
ue
is
to
be
abandoned,
the
service
not
being
worth
the
cost
of
upkeep.
FISH
PRICES
i
ARE
BETTER
Slightly
Higher
Bld3
Offfred
for
I27.0Q0
Pounds
of
Halibut
.
.
Today
i
Halibut
prices
at
the
local
Fish
Exchange.
,thiA
morning
wtiv
somewhat
'improved
over
yesterday.
Five
American
vessels
received
from
10.8c
and
6c
to
l".2i-
jm
nnn
Arrivals
wre
as
follows.
American
Marmot,
36,000
pounds,
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
Co.,
11.8c
and
6c.
Eldorado,
25,000
pounds,
Royal
Fish
Co.,
10.8c
and
6c
Reliance
I,
15,000
pounds,
Pacific
Fisheries,
13.2c
and
7c.
Suoml,
4,000
pounds,
and
Chum,
:
C.000
pounds,;
Booth,
'Pi$herlV!
'
13.1c
and
7c.
".V
;
'
?"
v
Harding,
lfc.wd
'pounds,
to
Se-i
'
Canadian'
Oslo,
6,000
iKHinda,
Atlin
Fish
cries,
11.5c
and
6c.
Aiken,
S.OOO
pounds,
Booth
Fisheries
11.1c
and
Cc.
Viking
I,
3,600
pounds,
Atlin
Fisheries,
11c
and
6c.
Kaien,
6,000
pounds,
Atlin
Fisheries,
11.6c
and
7c.
Cape
Spencer,
3,000
pounds,
Ailtn
KlaVioHna.
ll.Jte
und
Gc.
Ingrid
II..
4,000
pounds,
Booth
Fisheries,
11.2c
an
dc
Helen
I,
2,000
pounds,
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
Co.,
11.2c
and
6c.
Selma,
6,000
pounds,
Pacific
Fisheries,
11.4c
and
7.
Tuxedo,
2300
pounds,.
Royal
Fish
Co.,
11.2c
and
6c.
Bobby,
1,200
pounds,
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storago
Co.,
lie
and
Cc.
THE
WEATHER
Prince
fRupcrWclehr,
calm,
tcrnperature,yVY
-
.
Terrate-Foggy.
calm)
34.
Alice
Arm
Clear,
calm,
3G,
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm,
38.
Stewart
Partly
cloudy,
calm,
S3.
Port
Simpson
Clear,
calm,
28.
Haysport
Clear,
light
wind,
32,
Hazeltonr-Cloudy,
enim,
38,
Smithers
Clear,
calm,
38.
Northern
and
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
SA
tURDAY,
MARCH
23,
1929
CONTROL
OF
C.
P.
RY.
IS
Control
of
C.P.R.
is
Vested
in
Majority
Owners
Within
British
Empire
States
President
Beatty
OTTAWA,
March
23.
That
control
of
the
common
stock
of
the
C.P.R.
is
almost
completely
held
in
Great
Bri
SPRINKLED
GAS
ON
SCOUT
UNIFORM
THEN
THREW
MATCH
SEATTLE,
March
23:
Charles
Morse,
a
scout,
was
playing
yesterday
with
two
companions
near
a
gas
pump
when
one
of
the
lads
spurted
iT
trie
over
mm
saturating
i
his
uniform
and
then
lighted
;
t
&ut
tJn
I
foru
wcre
ma(ie
t0
put
0'ut
j
the
blaie
and
as
soon
as
it
I
was
extinguished
the
lad
was
1
rushed
to
the
hosnital.
T
SERIOUSLY
ILL
Sir
Hugh
Tihn
Mai-Donald,
Manitoba's
-veteran
magistrate,
who
is
in
a
critical
condition
following
an
attack
of
influenza.
Sir
Hugh
is
79
years
old.
MORGAN
MOVES
TO
SKIDEGATE
Well
Known
Logging
Company
to
Operate
on
(Jueen
Charlotte
Island
This
Year
i
The
J.
R.
Morgan
Logging
Co.,
which
ha
hn
ormratlnir
xtn-
lively
-on
the
northern
mainland
fnr
i.
tn
mnv
if
outfit
this
spring
to
Skidi'gate
In-
u
ni,...n
rhurnMi.un
It
is
lwrned.
The
company
has
about
completed
logging
its
lim-
Its.
t
MumI1
InleU
jlown
the
coaSf
ftoin'Pnnce
Riipejtj
where
It
ha
bfen
operatfng
f
of
the
past
year.
An
operation
of
equal
siae
will
be
established
at
Skidegate
Inlet
before
the
preaent
summer
is
over.
First
grade
timber
produced
by
the
company
will
be
cut
into
lumber
at
the
newly
established
RUN
mer
Spruce
Mills
Ltd.
near
Prince
Rupert,
which
Is
how
completed'
and
will
open
this
season.
Lower
grades
will
be
sent
to
the
Pacific
Mills
gaper
plant
at
Ocean
Falls.
"Have
you
n
rumble
seat
in
your
car?"
"No,
but
there's
a
grumble
seat
Jly
wife
Is
never
satisfied
with
the
way
I
drle."
Motoring.
PRINCE
RUPERT
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
PUTNEY
TO
REMAIN
WITHIN
THE
CAMBRIDGE
IS
WINNER
BOAT
RACE
LONDON,
Male
23.
In
the
big
annual
boa
tj
race
held
today
on
the
Tnames
River
at
Putney
was'
'Won
by
Cambric
ge,
the
Oxford
crew
finishing
six
lengths
behind
their
rivals.
It
Is
now
exactly
100
years
since
the
first
race
was
held
between
these
two
old
English
universities,
but
in
that
time
there
have
been
20
seasons
In
which
no
race
was
held.
Several
of
these
were
during
the
war.
Each
university
has
new
40
races,
so
that
the
ne:
t
race
will
have
special
interest
.
In
the
race
today
Cambridge
covered
the
course
in
19
minutes;
24
seconds,
which
was
more
than
a
minute
less
than
the
record
set
by
Oxford
in
1911.
The
Cantabs
started
off
with
a
jump
and
held
good
the
lead
from
the
first
stroke
although
Oxford
spurted
near
th
half
way-
mark-
but
from
then
on
faded.
The
entire
crew
with;
nne
exception
collapsed
at
the
finish.
The
Cantabs
finished
strong.
Cambridge
has
won
every
race
but
one
since
1914.
Weather
conditions
were
good
with
a
large
crowd
witnessing
the
rowing
classic.
HERE
IMPROVED
VANCOUVER,
March
23.
Charles
Reynolds
of
11th
Avenue'
West
was
killed
last
night
at
the
Though
Orders
for
Workers
Are
intersection
of
Broadway
and.
Not
Yet
Large;
Advent
of
Stevens
Street
when
two
automo-1
Spring
Should
Make
dies
collided.
John
McLeod,
It
Better
driver
of
one
of
the
cars,
was
ar-1
.
,
,
,
,
Though
much
im-fr.
prospects
are
rested
on
a
eharge
of
manslaugh
Proved,
there
Is
no
very
big
de-
He'
wsis
released
on
bail.
T.
Horrier,
driver
of
the
car
in
which
iraand
S'n
V?
M.
local
Campbell,
superin-jun?(j
Reynolds
was
a
passenger,
was
in-Hanf
jtendent
of
the
employment
service
;of
Canada.
Improved
weather
ARRESTTELLER
ROYAL
BANK
I
!
LOS
ANGELES.
March
23.
John
Alshaugh,
aged
26,
ex-teller
th.e
i'.1
Ilank
of
Canada,
niunani,
uni.,
was
arraigned
be;
fore
tho
UnjCd
statM
commls
sioner
yesieraay
on
a
cnarge
oi
?m!"1'n?
26'000
fr?,m
the
bank'
Extradition
proceedings
were
wnived,
nd
e
was
held
for
the!
.
i
COAST
OUTLET
FOR
PEACE
RIVER
IS
MAJOR
NEED
TODAY
(Vancouver
Sun)
A
Pacific
Coast
outlet,
for
the
Peace
River
is.
on
eof
the
major
requirements
of
Canada.
It
is
this
i
Dominion's
finest
immigration
magnet.
And
it
is
infinitely
more
important
to
the
progress
and
prosperity
of
Canada
than
Boulder
Dam
is
to
the
progress
and
prosperity
of
the
United
States.
Britain's
Airships
Boston
Grill
.The
British
Air
Ministry,
has
spared
neither
money
nor
t&'ittJg?
V"5'"
0Bl;raaein"4'ie
iest
in
-
lasi
weex
a
Nearly
Ready
for
Long
Distance
Tests
nejiymx.
momns
inese
two
giants
oi
tntsiair
will
have
flown
to
India,
Africa1
ind
Canada
The
RjOO,
whose
engines
use
jasoline,
cannot
fly
to
-India,
for
the
use
of
gasoline'
would
be
to
dangerous
in
the
tropl
:al
zone,
and
this
ship
maybe
given
first
opportunity
of
frying
to
Canada.
The
R101
uses
hsavy
oil
as
fuel.
The
above
laycut
gives
a
tfbod
dldea
f
the
distances
which
will
be
cove
'ed
by
the
airships
this
summer,
While
insef
are
Sir'
Phillip
Saloon,
centre.
British
Und
r-Secretary
for
Air,
and
Sir
John
Salmond,
right,
British,'
Air
Marshal.
and
reopening
of
various
forms
of
industry
this
spring
should
soon"br!ng
about
much
better
conditions.
Eighteen
men
will
be
sent
up
the
line
on
Monday
to
join
an
ex-
tra
gang
on
the
railway,
this
be-
ing
the
largest
single
order
so
far
this
year.
Mr.
Campbell
reports
that
he
has
about
80
unemployed
men
registered
today.
This
figure
is
not
believed
to
represent
all
tho
unemployed
actually
in
the
city.
VANCOUVER
MAN
COMPTOLLER
I
VICTORIA,
March
23.
J.
A.
:
Craig
of
Vancouver
has
been
named
comptroller-general
ofj
British
Columbia,
succeeding
A.
i
N.
Mouat,
it
was
officially
announced
yesterday
afternoon.
With
the
position
goes
an
fn-:
creased
salary
of
$7,500
a
year.
Mr.
Craig
is
a
chartered
accoun-
tant.
He
was
born
in
Scotland'
BOAT
RACE
-
....
dfcw.,
TORONTO
STOCKS
.(Courtesy
of
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
i
'
Home
Oil,
20.75.
Hudson
Bay,
19.25.
Intl.
Nickel,
50.25.
Mandy,
1.25.
Noranda,
55.50.
S
udbury
Basin,
10.50.
Sherritt-Gordon,
8.45.
Teck
Hughes,
8.65.
WESTHOLME
IS
CLOSING
Pioneer
Theatre
to
Discontinue
Showing
Pictures
at
End
of
Next
Week
Mayor
S.
P.
McMordie,
proprietor
of
the
Westholme
Theatre,
made
the
following
statement
last
night:
"I
regret
to
announce
that
this
theatre
will
be
closed
after
March
30.
"I
wish
to
thank
my
friends
for
their
support."
It
was
stated
that
this
would
be
the
only
official
announcement
to
be
made
following
local
theatre
negoti-tions
this
week.
This
will
leave
the
Capitol
exclusively
fn
the
local
theatre
field.
WHEAT
PRICES
ON
THE
SKID
In
1886
and
came
to
Vancouver
in
1912.
He
became
director
ofj
VANCOUVER,
March
23.
Shelly
Br(r.
Ltd.,
and
after
the
Wheat
prices
have
been
placed
on
Shelly
firm
sold
to
the
Canadian
.
the
skids
and
are
dropping
every
Bakeries
Ltd.,
Craig
became
sec
day.
The
highest
quotation
for
retary
treasurer
to
the
new
com-
No.
1
northern
at
the
local
ex-pany.
change
was
1.
20
7-8.
LAROE
CAIUKET
Special
Dinners
Thursday
and
Saturday!
Dancing
every
Saturday
night
from
9
to
12.
Dance
Hall
tot
Hire
Accommodation
for
Private
Parties
rhone
437
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
EMPIRE
skill
to
make
the
two
new
existence.
In
the
House
of
ivniikK.
-
u
Luai.
wHiin
tne
BUDGET
T0TE
IS
HELD
OVER
Strong
Protest
Made
Against
Retaliatory
Measures
to
U.
S.
OTTAWA,
March
28.
The
vote
on
the
budget
and
two
amend
ments
goes
over
until
the
after
Easter
recess.
The
house
rose
last
night
elarty
to
permit
members
to
getaway
home.
There
arstill
manjv'tieakers
to
be
heard,
-i
Frlday'aidebate
was
"featured
"by'
strong
protest
against
the
suggested
retaliatory
measures
directed
toward
the
United
States.
E.
J.
Young,
Liberal
of
Weyburn,
declared
that
the
policies
advocated
by
the
earlier
speakers
in
the
debate
"would
If
carried
into
effect
have
none
other
than
a
disastrous
effect
on
the
Canadian
trade."
TORNADOES
IN
EAST
NEW
YORK,
March
23:
Several
tornadoes
yesterday
swept
the
state
of
Alabama,
Georgia
and
North
Carolina,
killing
a
number
of
people
and
destroying
much
property.
Scottish
Humor
Imported
direft
from
tho
Aberdeen
Joke
Factory
QUESTION
OF
PERCENTAGE
Aberdeen
Grocer
(to
applicant
for
situation):
"If
I
bought
an
article
for
3d.
per
lb.,
and
sold
it
at
Gd.
per
lb.,
what
percentage
of
profit
would
I
make?"
Applicant:
"One
per
cent"
Grocer:
"You
can
start
orj
Monday."
.