Advertising and Circulation Telephone Editor and Reporters Telephone . . : Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations DAILY EDITION wheels rf industry would have to ston. Building Permits For the Month Building permits for the month of November, amounting in all to! $7441.82, follow: i Aider Block. Third Avenue, foun-! dation repairs, $200. Father Bunoz. Fifth Avenue, shingle root, $500. Bryant & Oreer. Sixth Street, j erect electric sign, $85. J. B. Scott, Third Avenue, re-1 pairs to residence. $100. ; Westenhaver Bros., Second Avenue, foundation repairs, $100. unnnes element, lutn Avenue 1 Bast, shingle roof, $150. .98 .86 Saturday, Nov. 30, 1929 YALUE OF RAIN When visitors in Vancouver have had to tramp the streets in the rain and have cursed the weather they nave Today there is a rain shortage. The heavens have failed to perform their usual duties and the result is a power, and water famine in most of the cities of southern British Columbia and the state of Washington. Prince Rupert people this fall have been sometimes annoyed at the w. falling rain, ..t j yet if they v had - that ----- in Vancouver today it t woul WOUld haps millions, J. Q. Frizzell, 7th Street, erect garage, $100. O. Tyson, 1st Avenue, repair ver and ah, $20. O. A. Hebb, 11th Avenue, erect garage, $50. . A. O. Morse, Taylor Street, add! tirm to house. $300. Charles Yeterberg, 8th Avenue East, shingle roof. $150. C. E. Johnson, Comox Avenue, wood sned, $30. Mrs. J. F. Maguire, 4th Avenue East, erect dwelling, $5000. Japanese Mission, 6th Avenue, addition. S1B0. O. P. Tinker (ageht), Fifth Avenue East, shingle roof, $120. J. H. Macey, 2nd Avenue, foundation repairs, $200. F. J. Fuller, Seal Cove Circle, I Single roof, $146.82. LUMBER 1x6 No. 1 Spruce Shiplap $23.00 1x10 No. 1 Spruce Shiplap $25.00 1x6 No. 2 Spruce Shiplap $20.00 1x10 No. 2 Spruce Shiplap $22.00 2x4 and 2x6, 8 to 14', S4S, No. 1 Common. . . .$25.00 ,(2x4 and 2x6, 8 to 14', S4S, Np., 2 Common -. . .$22.00 Kiln Dried Flooring, Ceiling and Finish, Mouldings Lath, Shingles, Doors, Windows, Etc BIG BAY LUMBER COMPANY, LIMITED PKINCE RUPERT, B. C. Sawmill and Head Office, Seal Cove, Telephone, 3C1 Ketall Yard, Cow Bay, Telephone 423 THE DAILY NE77S Saturday, November j. PAGE TWO 30. it2, The Daily News PKINCE RUPEKT . BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Every Afternoon, Except Sunday, by Prince Rupert Daily News, Limited. Third Avenue H. F. PULLEN - - - Managing-Editor Writes of Beginning of Halibut Industry in British Columbia and Says Canada Began the Business 18S0 jfflS $300 Auxiliary From time immemorial to the present day, perhaps centuries before the story of Jonah and the whale was first nhrfYm1orl ficti ctnrioc Trtnvp h(Ar n npfiilmr fnspination in beUe'hlmlelf ft MS i one night a steam vessel came Into of the commercializing of the hall- """J" ViEwi wv" oowf Mtachtef of Vancouver vw A a but on the coast. I do not mean that I had anything to do with the Ptotjoo J."" financing or launching of the ta.e n&VE,M, eS atnhd' dustry. but to go to the bedrock of !ich was to i test the s toth of the its history, I think I may claim to f511J2a5Pth5 BeBm f " be the originator of the idea and : i 7- (... rf ud to them. I acting n as internreter. i ri? "!t " ,""5 The arranpement was made for the be WOrtn many mousanas Oi uuuars, per- oi "'i,.-.,- to take four canoes out on TRUE TO FORM Prince Rupert ii running true to form, according to the manager of the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage, Most big commercial cities in Burope started as fishing villages and today are large seaports. So Prince Rupert has been a-fishing village for a long time but is slowly evolving into a real city and the prospects of being a commercial centre are bright But, as we have said before, cities are evolved. It takes time and many a big commercial and political fight to place them on the map and much of the work must be done by the residents themselves. As the people are, such will the city be. VETERANS AND FLAG The members of the Canadian Legion who passed the resolution favoring the Union Jack as the National Flag of Canada cannot have studied the flag question very deeply. The Union Jack is the symbol of the Union of England, j Scotland and Ireland, but; part.qf Ireland now refuses to use it on their national f,Ug. u,Qanada is .not represented on that flag in any way, .m. . The objection to the Canadian flag which has been used is that the coat of arms on the field of the ensign is not truly Canadian in that British Columbia is not represented on it and it has no meaning at all to the average individual. wnen a uanaaian snip enters a ioreign porx sne warns .to let the world know she is, .British snip and also that she is a Canadian ship. . This -con be done by the use of a British ensign with a simple device on it which tnakes it clear to everyone that thTupTs from Canada. The maple leaf would do that better, perhaps, than anything else. It could be easily recognized. It would be artistic and quite different from any other flag. A sheaf of wheat has been suggested but wheat is the product chiefly of the Canadian prairies and not of either the eastern or western maritime provinces. . The maple is generally looked upon as a typical Canadian tree, songs have been sung about it, and it has been used by steamships and others as a Canadian emblem. What is clear is that there should be, some typical, artistic, distinctive, simple emblem and it should be chosen soon and formally adopted by the state. Sr-JET" JT' Vb .H. much was nakJ per man. and $1 uurc , per fish for all caught. Like the Qecp .Queen of Sheba. they said: "It was Caujht by Cook a true report we heard, and the half We karned from Mr. Nicholls that was never toM." In 17T8 the crew of Captain Cook's Vancouver Has the Palm vessel caught halibut on this coast. xhus Vancouver belongs -the rnat is mosi prooaoie, iot wiey air palm ,f any, to Uie Fader am wondering whether those white men were the same as the first whites seen on these shores by Indians who were halibut fishing at the time, believing them to be some supernatural beings and propitiated them with a gift of their fish. But that is another story. Mr. Nicholls told also that halibut was first commercialized about 1887. That is nearer the mark, but it was in the early '90s. Further, he Is re ported saying that in 1898, that me brothers the kudos; while Mr. An derson and I are something like the Canadians in the cartoon on the Armistice parade and "We Won the War." we can flag-wag and say "we helped." Prince Rupert was not then on the map, and as for those Klondike-bound United States schooners, well, it is the first time I ever heard of New England-en or any other United States ves sels building our fishing industries, and I was on the coast years before we launched the idea, and Vancou- morable year when the whole world j ver capltai and business men devel- suffered an epidemic of gold fever, "American" united states ne meant. I suppose schooners discovered an Eldorado in halibut fishing, being disappointed in their quest of the Eldorado of the Klondike. - Now. mat I trv to straighten, out this historical accountas I know' the facts to have happened, na supply mformaUon regarding the very commencement of trie commercial venture ' in halibut which is not given in Mr. Nicholls' account? Poaching In B. C. I certainly can not accede to the statement that the United States initiated the halibut fishing. I am oped it. The only connection New England had with the industry was wnen faacr Bros, iaiied. the New England Fish Co. carried It on. But at that time I too had headed into the Yukon and for fifteen years never saw the British Columbia coast again. Fish and Bootlff I ' As I mentioned before, there were alien boats and crews engaged In 1 poaching our fish and game, which 1 I took steps to stop. These boats 1 would run cargoes of liquor into Alaska and load up with fish as bal- I last on tneir. return south. So the story otHheifeekers of the Golden Fleece seems to me a "real fish not quesUonlng the presence of .-..Ft. rfPL or nme ' United States vessels on our coasts ars,aiterAc,haiiburt iishetV which were poaching our fish and a established fact I may nUje probably finding a very ludratlve absolutely correct about the Krjg. market to their own country. I "fl part and the names I jaje, they were there; and bbut 1890 I-r2ViBt F"5 b?.c ' made strong represerrtatrssw both Perfectly certain, - with all due g , to our Provincial and Dominion P?t to the declarer from RaperC , governments on the matter. wlthii,snuldJilke to iavc been present! the result that the D.OJS. Quadra , a5gr?8B-It must .T been 1 made periodical trips for the pur- ;n Wort.h hearing, especially from 1 pose of putting a stop to the to-, 80 close'f C0T?ri.ec,ed1 th the ovrO;.,. ; nf nr fah ; industry as Mr. Nicholls Is. aliens And it was not only fish . If that Mr. Anderson U sUll allye they carried off. but deer and wild ! andJn,tile nT.and the skipper catffe from Queen Charlotte f M1Wef. I should like to get Islands ta touch wlth em. The initial movement made in British Columbia towards develop-, ing what has since grown to be re-1 garded as one 01 Uie provinces: greatest assets was in 1890 or j thereabouts. . At that time I was : -living among the Qitkatla Indians on Qoschen Island, about 50 or 60 ; District News PKINCE GEORGE Us..fi? S-AWE: Charles A. Pyne. president of the island is to the Pacific exposed ist;rir thrirtnr t r7S Ocean, or that part known as Prin-!n5, J..lSS?,5nSS-toJS?S?? clpe Channel, These Indians torn ' " rHhTVi. FXTFJ a hrahKh nf tha mnch on Tflmflv w " j v w. 4- i Indrtta.riirs'ibcrta boundary from iU prewmt, - - - taw.li .a m . A W C troublesome lot. They were lui and tearless canoemen stin-1 terminus at Longworth. Such a' From ' mw, wuuiu wusiuoruwjr , the sea and surroundlnc countrv. ! n l"e "cvwmB up -uk uie tus- both islands and mainland, theyirLCT- 1 ; - huntrt thflr Kfanlp fnrvla nnrl mn. I ' ; ' condition of Mr. Orchard health. Their departure from Smithers is greatly regretted. all Bert Oagne. who for several other supplies. Early in the spring, i'ear8 worked out of Prince George wnen tne nortnwest winas mewl wi mc uuwuhui steadily day after day and the win- National Railways, has now taken ter gaies were past, tne more in-,"'" "JC uuuee ut general yara trepld would go farther afield in pursuit of the fast-disappearing sea otter, as iar soutn as cape scott is master at Kamloops. Charles Gow has been attending lands and then along Flattery to the Dominion convention of the Vtrtnrin hnnt.lno ntnnc tho mul I Canadian T.pHnn in Wpflna n 9 ?. ti? " ' 1 4 tt 1 rf.Un.l. ri larly those not engaged in the sea j branch, otter hunt moved out first to Banks - Island and later to Bonilla Island. Not only measles but mumps, where was another of their camps chicken pox and scarlet fever are which they used while fur seal hunting. They would spend a short while on Banks Island fishing the halibut banks. I had Interested Messrs. Fader Bros, of this city and this was the first step towards commercializing our halibut fishery. I suppose it was the result of a combination of ideas which culminated in the vision of as great an industry in tne province as tne salmon canning business promised to become. I had stumbled on to the knowledge of the source of supply; the CPR. was operating from coast to coast; steamers and cold storage were Ao be had for transporting the rish from the banks to Vancouver, from thence by rail to an eager and waiting market In the East. It was all epidemic here and on one day mis weex mere were no less man 116 absentees from school. The school board has secured the ser vices of Mrs. George Bond to enquire into conditions in the homes of children attending school. Strict quarantine Is being The marriage took place quietly here on Wednesday of Miss Kathleen May Robertson and James Edgar Allen. Rev. P. Connal officiated. It is reported that J. B. Arml-shaw may take over the manage ment of Douglas Lodge on Stuart uuce next season. Mr. Armisnaw a tnruiing dream even to me. When ;wa. ft a yicitn- ln n Prince "ince opnnrn Ueorge &t at our fur Rpnl htint. urn nvor aH tho TV18 J"10' . . - - -- -iv in pnn rir tact herds had passed on on their way to the rookeries on the Prlbyloff Islands, the Indians moved to the 8keena and Lowe Inlet for the salmon season. At one of these canneries I met a Mr. Anderson who hailed from New Westminster. I broached the halibut dream to him. He was quite taken with the idea and suggested keeping It to ourselves till he went south ln the autumn and he would endeavor to SMITHERS Harvey Davies of Houston will take possession of the Hotel Bulk-Icy here tomorrow and on Tuesday next Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Orchard will leave for the State of Washington where they will take up residence, their departure from Smithers being necessitated by the The annual bazaar last Satur- !dav afternoon of the women s of St. James Anglican was a great success, auuui being realised. Mrs. G. H. Mogden. who came to Smithers as a bride In 1919, died Jn the local hospital on Monday alternoon. her death being due to a hemmorhage of the brain. She their relating, whether fictitious or founded on fact, writes j taJf2,e Ehere"n frorn F. L. Stenhenson in the Vancouver Sunday Province, a Medecine Hat, Aita. year ago there was one in the Province in a synopsis of an address given by the comptroller of the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. of Prince Rupert Unlike the general run of fish stories, it lacked their romance. Being a hunter and fisherman myself, my eye was immediately attracted by the title of the article, "Halibut caugm iSSffi1 Here in mo. '"JL..0. aucn nn ..hi uf nvfetmipo nf tha ntv is in fl large ex- . STo tiT uA without It th.::!to,"" ItAlnlv r !iTirlv nxiri hv one who uwuuu was inafc wuiuu-, ""en Aiter a lone illness, the death occurred last Sunday afternoon of Mrs. James Hannah, mother of Mrs. D. A. McRae of Smithers with whom she had resided for the past ten years. She was 81 years of aw. having been born m Lan arkshire, Scotland. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon from the United Church. Mrs. J. A. McLean returned to Smithers on Sunday after a trip to Edmonton where she consulted with eye specialists. J. J. Beesley, who has been in oharce of the provincial depart ment of public works office here for several years, nas Deen transferred to a similar position at Kamloops and will leave at the end of this week to assume his new duties. Joe Williams, who recently returned from a visit to his oM home in Ireland, arrived here on Monday from Prince Rupert and will be employed on this division of the Canadian National LUMBERJACK OF INTERIOR ASFIGHTER Angus McDonald, Formerly of Ois-rome Looks Like a Champion Heavyweight PRINCE OEOROE. Nov. 30:- GIRLS PLAY CLOSE GAME Maple Leafs ZeatT As Kesult of 'the first half xtih. was W?. Victory Over Tollers; Players .being 23 to 20. HtehVSL?? Club Beats 32 By winning a .'keenly contested j lOlnt over the Toilers, the MaDlew DouRlas of this city and started on his road to fame.1 Douglas tried !o make a deal with fight" promoters in Seattle, but failed, and then moved On to Minneapolis where he came to terms with Messrs. Black and Wolfson. For the past year McDonald has been under the instruction of Jimmy Potts, onetime claimant to the Canadian lightweight champion-hip, and the man who made Mike j llbbons the remarkable fighter he f terwards proved to be. William Black. In a letter to Douglas .expresses the highest satisfaction with the manner in wnicn McDonald is shaping up and he is confident he has in the " leiiow ine coming neavy-weljtht champion. He is now receiving attention from the sport-rtr Journals. The last issues of the Minneapolis Star and Minenapolls Tournal carry pictures of the new tar which the lumber camps of Central British Columbia have liven to the fistic firmament. Mc-Oonald stands S feet. 6 Inches in his sox. has a wonderful reach and weighs 235 pounds, and the only fighter of modern times who approached him in size in the -ing was Jess Wfllard. McDonald has yet to make his first fight appearance in the ring. William Black says he has been learning the game fast and he plans to give him his first aDoui tne miauie 01 January. 111s Angus McDonald, the big lumber-1 host of friends in Prince George tack who used to entertain the ! and along the railway line expect boys around the sawmills at Long- , he will make a mark when his worth, Snowshoe and Oiseome 1 chance comes with the gloves, is being touted as the coming heavyweight cham- Wallace's 95c Sale today and pton by Messrs. Black and Wolf- Monday. .4t : 1 "wMSipjui a, scars nf Will Mltkhell TeferePrt " U In the Intermediate Lcacue Bankers showed their mm winning 37 to 25 tim thJl Bchool who thus 2S,.H m tirst defeat of the Z Th. forward. Sonny games. Individual lows: riiiretfh 4. r High Sfhool .. Big Four : Bankers .: C. N. R. C.... Naval Reserve Maple Leafs Toilers SUU- fol.. Uafs took a decisive lead last Bankers and Z !r,'!,r e night in the Ladles' Basketball most of the scorino w Tfe ,0f 'ague. At half time, the ToUerslrefereed R W'J m :iad an 8 to 5 lead over the Leafs, j The Senior Leariie rhcy failed however to keep the rough affair whftf fh?Cp a ead and the Maple Leafs ran om. Club won 43 to 19 from TliC;yTrir ... .. - . ine urama lists of or MlnneaDolis. Minneapolis. It It is is a a vear year,1" ine ic" ieaa .uie the xn way ;lM(i .... Hn u.n..u l. - 1 flhpfln S In O at hair . ""-'( mv finite imy mtJ-'Uiiiiiu. as t - wiuic Lee Dell vas known around the mills, was ; wa.8 reieree. 'aken.in hand by Frances S. the .. A larBe wd of funs witness scoring wax UM Senior Three-Two E. Ratchfrd Stalker; E. Smith; H Menilr Ladies Visit Wallace's and Monday. W 3 3 2 1 1 w 3 1 No Argument - No Doubt A frigid test conclusively proves Home "Winter Grade" Gas the finest cold weather spirit six to start i no got like Home fol. Ladles Maple Leafs Mav r . Boddii. 2: J. Walters 1 f uJ. 2; L. Lowe, 2: total 13 w 1 oners 11. aim. N r,rv ,. . F. MacUren: V Krlkevsk. 4 r Irvine, 8; E. Stem: tot..- Intcimfdlate High School D Mornsot u Tohr&an, 11; R. Smurt'w..; . K.. NMCamOtO, 4; R Irvi.ie Bacon: total. 25 Bankers H. Maodonaid i-Barlow, 9; J. Scott; F. Burtlfiiu j. uncerwooa, 0; s Smith $7. Senior League W Players' Club 4 Three ' Two Taxi a Elks 1 Intermediate W E 3 I P I I J 4 3 J L P 85c S.uc tab