i ft THE DAILY NEWS fi-GE KOUB Transient disDlav advertising, per inch, per insertion .st DAILY EDITION trate country aood or w APRIL DULLNESS ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES ,.98 ..86 3.00 1.40 Transient advertising on front page-, per inch 2.80 Local readers, per- insertion, per line Classified advertising, per insertion, per word Legal notices, each insertion, per agate line Or four months for '. .U.... ;. By mail to all other parts of British Columbia, the British Empire and United States, paid in advance, per year By mail to all other countries, per year Contract rates on application. Advertising and Circulation Telephone Editor and Reporters' Telephone Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations 25 .02 .15 1.00 COO 7.50 Saturday, April 27, 1029 Rev. Geo. W. Sparling, D.D., acting president of West China University during the recent revolutionary troubles in China who receives the degree of doctor of divinity from the United Col leges, Winnipeg.) Dr. ."?Strlina w$s one of the Canadian mfihtf Unit ed States and Canada are taking the reasonable ' Whne canners clata that salmoii travel, north in and around the .t i ir.i rru-4. 1 a 4 u: it in anv hostile iritx Thev heard our case and expressed. the r.ortlank(f Inlet ' great interest' and sympathy. That was all we could ex- ,n -v,ef . M.,W .4 ... " can. traps are.sJtUate alioad of 1 the Canadian trap, tjiat was at, if .n w ui i,i. ,v, . nt fu d 1 11 iVV1' "'M'ti uiai ouii.c j,iciuui:io ui wic -uuaiu 4j,e Haystack Island, h6w could of Trade were prepared to give evidence without notice it b possible for Canadian trap at the sitting. They deserve the thanks of the community, situated behind to catch any sal-The city is securing great publicity from the sessions. mon that was already caught in , American traps in front of it i Solving such a putsle will task Tviirr-ii a in tccii nnnv fv aitkt The Board of Trade is a much abused bodv of men. cleverly tricked one of our can Thev arc blamed for most of the ills to which tho pitv is ners into Emission that he la in hnr Vint wVinn tliPro ic npprl of nrnmnf npf5n fl,n UnA ,'D favor ' ealmn traps situated on "7 ' 'i,"V:" r: Clir mi1 1 n the border line between Canada mwuya cjiuitu upou lu iiuip. iney are usuany reauy to step anj u. S. in and take up the burden. Yesterday was one of the many why should,. ot the sam.an instances, in wjucn tney nave acted with promptitude and ner be in fayor u have a. trap despatch.. M the mputh pf Skeena, at least ' it would save, some pf iranafioria- WESTERN ROUTE bury Ko Hoard of Trade ' ; Won expenses n.,-4 . 4u. r,-- In eastern Alaska 400 aaltnoa Z. r m . r: "urn: r 25.68l.447 aalmon in 1W6. rn 1 niTAn a mnrw " V.Hl ro.r whRe the glll-net fishewnen. 400 ' C Z 'TT "Sri D" the. same year in ,W Matter Laid IMt Ortfn (m., ;;;,r7r7 ' ' - 'c,,u'4 Alaska 2,337 gill-net fish. nilsHloners U.V 4. 11. I'llto- . crmen caugni i per cenv ot iomii, .Tne bujijmiw ie com- or g.r)02.575 salmon, while missioners and data on the routes trups caught i per cent of total as rompneu oy a commute of or 231,660 salmon tu.. ,.... ni.,..,.. in.e uoaru nru' tD visitors show- Our conclusion was that sal 1 73""!"" ed great nt-rest in the matUr mon trap. In southeaatorn Alaska ,k r . , VT .i u i , K nwny qu" h"ve P'acl large aumber d Mom,, .Miuuvu ii. imiin. iney kmir inn mini ami ..ill .4 i.u-.. 11. misliury, the advantapoa of br t-f with them, including it in shipping Rrain Ihrnurh Prince " !- rf-ords. -nrr- WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST MEANS TO ADVANCE INTERESTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL B. C? PRIZES ARE OFFERED The I).-ity N(Wf! , ijjdfaostip.ns as to the bemoans of 'advancing Him I nterusts, 6f northern and central Hrffib Columbia. As a m'o'jrinHon'of bur'lU'tcreHt in the subjceVwe offer three pririM fur the bent suggestions put forward In a brief nnwsjiaiH r art cle not to exceed 600 words. First prlie, 5; Mf'cond piif. n yp;ir'n subscription to The Dally Nowfe; and, third, nix rMin'hs' subscription to the paper. A school boy or school airl is just as likely to wtn the priie for this as is a grownup. Write on one side ef the paper only ni m ail addressed: Contest Editor, The Daby News. Prince ttimcrt.n.C. On the other hand. Mr. Payne, who was supposed to have refu nil our arguments, haa met ted leu i (bis St"" point by . statement tint net fishermen ft-r nwr desk live than the traps. We have obtaineq, soma very eor.scrvntivR figures, which at 4h time of the trap inquiry were only "I complete now showing Wdnme of trade that ltupert poi at-SHCH duo to the largo number of Minion f ishvmen, of th,e, northern iSftion of, the,, HiatrJct .,.,,2 SPkeenn and .norfthweai , thereof ),, and amounting to $363,000 yearly. Cross earnings of salmon fishermen in the area above indicated aggregates to $2,487,100 on an average per year. It Is time the businessmen of Hubert would realize that this fight against the salmon traps Is their's just as much as fishermen's, and that it would not be advisable to leave the decision on this trap issue to be arrived at in the secret chambers of the 'Fish- j eries Department in Ottawa, oui compel its airing on the flor '' the House in Ottawa; Yours for the fishermen, M ANDERSON. ,.,,; r)in Sub -of fiee-Nor 1,-Prince -Rupert, B. C. 1Ll THEATRES TO GET April is always n dull month in Prince Rupert. Usually lonarie? ho remained fi.v'U ... going on lor yGUrjs oumeiiines vc aiv xyiu hick m& rent April is tjn tiines duller than any in previous seasons. The only year there was' no dull April was the one in which shipbuilding was going on at the drydock and there was a large payroll there. In April that year the billy complaint was that business was not as good as it should The Tetter Box ; i be. , - Mav of this year should show an improvement and then Dear Mr. Editor business should be better each montn until JNovemoer. That is the usual trend. ! r mi SALMON TRAPS AGAIN Please let me have little space in your paper for the purpose of throwing more light on the issue of salmon traps. bland . it is trie modern meinou. insieaa 01 me stronger tra ; 8ftuaUM,; thut lni ... (0mfnuing of the Weaker that it retract ailtl make 8et in such a way as to yfsieri si- ' " " take the conscnuences. the reference to a court is mon that couid"trtiVei,lfWni wesdv far aupewojv.; -.. ., - .eBt' r ,n rwriroin ai- Every successful arbitration is a precedent for other cn' .. '..I."..'.'.-', nations and Jringd the world one step nearer the time when J 'J&Xfi wars willbfc rdally outlawed. '.. enf.i caught in Aiaeriei. Ira " and they have sljoWn tit Urge SYMPATHETIC COMMISSIONERS, ,. .(fce,chart' numeroo rM The grain mrftiry commission which sat here-yestehlay rin j .u iheronte th'atl ounivu tv j lfwfiwwvvv w,,wv. ww w nauuvn. . iravwiinK toward stwinf in nn,iio nnniirnvno mif f lintr ltn nnf tnnm f n hd flnmrr a..D Q1wJa Ttt4wi. il'utiUliu 1 ncio TEN PER CENT OF AMUSEMENT TAX -VICTORIA, April' 27: In the future theatres will be allowed 10 per cent on all amusement taxes they collect to compensate them for the expense involved in the place of the 5 per cent paid in the past. 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