TOMORROW'S
TIDES
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Boston
Grill
LARGE
CAUARET
Tuesday,
December
10
SptcUl
Dinner
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and
Saturday
High
8:43
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Krrrj
Saturday
Night,'
8
to
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Dnce
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for
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Low
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PHONE
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iv
tit
Vol.
X
No.
280.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
AJONDAY,
DEC
&rW2fr
PHICE
FIVE
CENTS
-oi
tlga
0
"r
Forest
Activities
Outtmed-bjL
The
District
Forester
Shows
Some
Improvement
In
Logging
Operations
Number
of
Mills
In
Operation
and
Some
Closed
Down
Owing
To
Lach
of
De-
t
,
mand
For
the
Product
k
While
the
season
just
about
ended
has
not
been
as
busy
as
was
expected,
owing
to
the
BiUmor
mill
not
operating
and
the
curtailment
or
demand
for
lumber
owing
to
the
short
crop
on
the
prairies,
there
has
been
some
activity
in
I
.
T"i
'
T
k
.
i.
I."
1.
1.1
1t
j.
r;
l
1
!
me
rnnce
y,ujjert
uistrici
anu
Bcuunir
iigures
nave
Deen
quite
a
lot
higher
than
for
last
year.
The
district
forester
has
issued
a
review
of
the
season
which
reads
as
follows:
Sawmills,
Coast
Conditions
pertaining
to
sawmill
Ing
on
the
coast
In
the
Prince
Itu
peit
forest
district
are
very
much
the
same
as
a
year
ago.
The
Big
Bay
LumbjjLCompany
has
operated
contlnuousWnn
their
new
plant
at
Prince
Rupert
their
COI.OSNAR
Jlty
FELTHERl
s
id
Chilly
Northeast
Wind
Ushers
Prince
Kupcrt's
Winter;
Nine?
Wias
teen
ucgrees
or
Frost
The
first
cold
snap
df
the
winter
for
Prince
Rupert
settled
in
ever
the
week-end,
a
fresh
and
chilly
northeast
wind
tending
to
make
conditions
rather
frigid
and
it
uncomfortable.
The
lowest
official
thermometer
reading
was
at
8:30
c
tock
this
morning
when
13
above
or
nineteen
degrees
of
fros
was
registered.
The
lowest
reading
the
night
previous
was
25
above
at
4
a.m.
while
yesterday
at
4
pm
Z3
aoove
was
registered.
Thermometers
on
this
side
of
the
harbor
have
been
showing
lower
readings,
i
At
9
o'clock
this
morning,
the
(Ion
barometer,
which
has
been
flue-
vicinity
of
Terras.
Th4otal
cUUy
tuaung
up
and
down
for
the
past
capacity
of
these
mills
approxl-two
days,
stood
at
2932.
A
brisk
mates
50M.
Their
products
have
rorhrast
wind
was
still
blowing
at
been
ties.
and.
.squared
timber
for
that
time.
'
the
Canadian
National
Railways
THREE
GOALS
60
iJUVvlillJ
Vl4l
nniAimn
I
1
rVJ
I
IV
-luxfa
rsace
m
me
in
terror-portion
Fast
Scoring
In
Hockey
Came
at1
'of
the
Prince
Rupert
forest
district
Toronto
Saturday
Against
except
small
orders
Jor
local
con-Montreal
sumption.
j
Lumber
Industry
TORONTO.
Dec.
9:
Ottawa
rani
The
eastern
market
for
aeroplane
in
a
two-goal
lead
against
Mont-
and
upper
grade
clears
has
been
real
In
the
first
two
periods
by
very
keen
throughout
the
whole
taking
advantage
of
the
Maroon
year,
but
lower
grades
have
not
penalties,
only
to
lose
it
when
oeen
in
demand.
For
this
reason
they
themselves
were
three
men
,
the
coast
mills
have
had
an
advan-t!-.:rt
and
Montreal
slapped
in
tage
over
those
In
the
Interior.
Box
three
goals
In
60
seconds.
I
shooks
have
been
In
the
same
active
The
Canadlens
consolidated
idtmand
as
in
1928.
their
third
position
by
defeating
Lorelnr
Industry
la!$L
Wyto
Mana
8Corlngl
thp
loint
industry
in
this
dls-
wie
oniy
goal.
.Boston
downed
Detroit
two
goals,
t
)
one
Scores
In
National
League
i
games
were:
Ottawa,
3,
Montreal
3,
Canadlens
1,
Toronto
0.
Detroit
1,
Boston
2.
Two
Convicted
of
Assaulting
Girl
Southern
Assizes
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
Dec.
9,
In
the
assize
court
Saturday,
Roderick
Archibald
Macdonald,
aged
19,
Rd
Dewey
Vaughan.
aged
40,
were
icunu
guilty
of
criminal
assault
Gainst
a
21-year-old
Vancouver
iri,
The
assault
took
place
May
20
last
near
loco.
The
convicted
men
were
remand-fi
by
Mr
Justice
D.
A.
Macdonald
to
the
end
of
the
assizes
for
sentence
Heavy
Freight
Here
For
East
Clear
Spruce
From
Big
Bay
Lumber
Co.
and
Frozen
Fish
From
Cold
Storage
Among
Commodities
Shipped
i
.
One
nf
tha
Vinavlat
frlrVlt
ever
to
be
despatched
from
here
left
for
ic
tast
on
Saturday
evening,
con
r-stlng
of
fifty-five
loaded
cars
ut
being
mostly
for
rail
shipments
all
nut
and
the
local
box
Industry.
New
mills
at
Porpoise
Harbor
Which
were
under
construction
a
year
ago
by
the
Blllmor
Spruce
Mills
ind
the
National
Aeroplane
Spruce
have
not
been
operated.
The
former
Is
completed,
ready
for
opera-
yon,
while.
In
the
case
of
the
latter.
inlv
o
mall
tAmrvrtrfi
mill
tav
of
10M
per
day
has
been
erect-If0
to
be
used
In
cutting
lumber
for
it
be
erection
of
a
larger
mill
which
expeoted
to
have
a
rapacity
of
5QM
aerdiy.
.
No
information
Is
available
regarding
their
future
lans.
Brown's
mill
on
the
Ecstall
River
operated
.intermittently
throughout
the
year
cutting
box
snooks
for
the
local
canneries.
A
small
tie
mill
was
erected
this
year
at
Port
Clements,
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
by
the
Deran
Tie
Si
M,fHnVmf?rnliii2d
cldfr1"1
i
1
SLMt
JiJ&L
252
ftrhVfnnrfi.n
taken
place
on
the
coast
with
the
exception
of
the
sawing
pf
minor
,
1
quantities
of
lumber
bytr
Patlfic
lion.
FiVi
re
been
m
opera-
diftlh
the
nasi
vaar
In
the
and
lumoer
lor
the
prairies
and
ern
markets
The
demand
S
the
me
early,
eariy,
par
t
jf
,thls
year
1
oI,.lollowed
pv
AB,
al
axmine
i
ari
oroers
aimnr
in
e
pasii
few
monins.
c
k
No
xither
sawmljl
(Operations
have
trlct
-;
"",rnZ
h.
rnut
and
I
the
Q'
2"r
the
n
vtinilv
i
of
Terrace
ana
rrancois
lakc
mere
has
been
a
considerable
improve
ment
over
1928
as
snown
on
me
attached
sheet.
Most
of
the
better
grades
of
spruce
leaving
the
district
have
been
shipped
to
the
Vancouver
market.
This
year's
increase
in
the
output
of
logs
originated
from
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
where
new
operations
took
place
In
Skldegate
Inlet,
on
the
west
coast
of
Moresby
Island
in
Moore
ana
insnip
wwn-nels.
and
in
the
vicinity
of
Sewell!
Inlet
on
the
east
coast.
Log
trans-1
portatlon
to
market
has
been
by
barge
and
sea-raft.
a
new
tvne
ot
operation
has
re
cently
been
attempted
at
Copper
Bay,
Moresby
Island,
whence
a
small
quantity
of
rived
spruce
Is
now
being
shipped
to
eastern
markets.
.
,
.
A
proiiiaoie
lorm
oi
luggm
m
the
vicinity
of
Terrace
has
been
the
filling
of
orders
for
spruce
boomstlcks
for
Eastern
Canada.
A
good
price
nas
inus
Deen
uutamfu
for
low
grade
spruce
logs
which
otherwise
would
probably
have
been
left
In
the
woods.
Tie
Industry
The
production"
of
railway
ties
has
again
been
on
the
Increase
and
has
this
year
amounted
to
more
than
one
million
pieces
which
establishes
a
new
record
for
the
Prince
Rupert
forest
district.
The
contracts
for
the
ensuing
year
have
L.ti
heon
let
and
are
for
only
about
50
of
those
of
a
year
ago.
It
must,
therefore,
be
expected
that
a
considerable
decrease
will
,
take
in
this
Industry.
The
pinch
will
feel
this
reduction
to
the
great-
eStCcedarnrole
and
Piling
Industry
The
Increases
of
the
past
two
have
been
maintained
in
1929
Among
the
commodities
shipped
on
Js
aUcady
bKr4rihwiihmi?
It
were
clear
spruce
from
the
Big5
many
tie-makers
,
are
.
without
em-Jay
Lumber
Co.
and
frozen
fish
ployment.
The
district
from
.Smlth-
"m
the
Canadian
Fish
Si
Coldiers
east,
lnciua
ng
owrage
Co.
for
the
United
States
??5
ru..eI
011
and
general
freight
In
v.,uaa
lois
tor
interior
points,
R.:and
years
v
.
-
...t
there
there
will
will
be
he
n
a
VANCOUVER
Dec
9--W
It
is
expected
nnycastlevcwlas
'Ccted9-Prident
slight
;
further
rise.
The
manner
of
the
Association
of
Professional
handling
.
the
polea
both
in
the
ln-Englneers
Satijrday.
1
(Continued
on
page
four.)
USE
PLANES
PREVENTION
SMUGGLING
v
WASHINGTON.
Dec.
9:
An
air
patrol
'to
curb
Immigration
smug-
j
Biers
ana
otner
border
law
breakers
was
rocommendd
to
Congress
today
bv
Secretary
Davis;
of
the
Labor
Department.
Supporting
his
request
fof
an
air
fleet
the
secretary
asserted
that
enforcement
of
laws
could
be
accomplished
only
through
us-
'nit
ine
same
or
Better
weapons
than
were
wed
by
smuggiers.iie
nrlnt4
pointed
out
nut
that
Vnf
airshlDS-
alnkln..
already
.lu.Ju
were
being
used
In
evading
the
law.
Three
other
recommendations
to
Congress
are
made
in
the
annual
i
report
or
the.
season
as
follows:
Codification
and
consolidation
of
Immigration
statutes
now
scattered
In
various
Congressional
enactments;
Construction
of
Increased
detention
facilities
at
ports
of
entry
to
care
for
the
greater
number
of
alien
held
there
Modification
of
the
law
which
foreyer
bars
a'lens
once
departed
"i0,,?,!14
them,
to
permission
were
given
by
the
Secretary
of
Labor.
Francois
Lake
Wedding
Took
Place
Last
Week
BURNS
LAKE.
Dec.
9:
In
the
Presenw
ot
many
fr,cnds
oi
the
eoptiactlng
couple,
the
weddjng
of
Anna
Mathilda
Hamre,
dtotrtrt
I
tE
eSctor
took
SjSTi
"J8!
"Hev
chii?L.ni
8
brtS'sSrSte
it
Lare
Rev.
WR
.Ahfird
ot
Burns
Laife
o'dciatTng
The
bride,
who!
wore
pink
urflEUb
necklace
of,
pearis
ana
bouquet
oz
chrysanthem
narcissi,
was
given
in
mar
y
her
father
and
was
atten
dnrjb
y
Miss
Alma
Hamre.
her
whose
geaiupxe
of
"Nile
green:
Khule
'Nyvsen
was
groomsman.
After
the
cere
mony,
a
wedding
sunoer
was
serv
3
to
one
hundred
and
flftv
ber
"'On.
Many
beautiful
gifts
testified
to
me
popularity
oi
tne
Dride
ana
i
iioom.
Naas
River
Totem
Off
To
Edinburgh
Fine
Bl
Red
Cedar
Pnl
Sent
To
Old
Country
to
Be
Placed
In
Museum
In
Its
natural
state
of
preservation,
a
Urge
Naas
River
totem
pole
wms
shlnped
south
from
hers
aboard
the
steamer
Prince
CnAtfej
last
night
en
route
to
Edinburgh'
where.
It
is
understood,
it
will
betlac,ed
in
a
museum.
The
pole
was
hewn
out
01
of
red
rea
cedar
ceaar
and,
ana,
while
wnue
evidently
cviaenuy
venr
old.
the
wood
is
still
quite
und
a"
n
seen
at
the
butt1
where
the
pole
was
chopped.
The
pole
was
one
secured
by
Dr.
C.
Mar-iu's
Barbeau
of
the
federal
archae-loglCal
department.
AIM'
Ot1
-STATES
IS
TO
PROVIDE
WORK
FOR
ALL
WHO
WISH
WASHINGTON.
Dec.
9:
The
De
partment
was
cognizant.
Secretary
Davis,
In
his
report
to
Congress
toelay,
said,
of
both
the
encourae-
Ing
and
discouraging
aspects
of
the
situation
among
waee
earn
ers
"but
on
thetwhole
It
is
clear
that
the
general
trend
is
forward
and
along
some
lines
the
advance
nas
ocen
rapid.
The
secretary
held
that
ques-l
tlons
of
unemployment
would
eventually
be
solved
so
that
every
person
who
desired
Work
would
be
provided
with
an
opportunity.
Many
Americans
Leave
States
In'
Year
Just
Ending
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
9:
Nearly
half
a
million
American
citizens
have
left
the
united
States
to
take
up
residence
abroad
during
the
last
twelve
years.
Of
these,
435.800
wetc..
hatjyp
born,
while
62.000
were
rraujrftflzedi
and
the
Department
of
Labor,
ju
its
annual
report
today,
said
they
had
sought
"permanent,
or
at
least
extended"
places
of
living
in
other
lands.
Dr.
Slye.
who
is
also
associate
professor
of
pathology
at
the
University
of
Chicago,
has
been
honored
as
few
men
have
been.
Only
16
of
them
rank
with
her
as
winners
of
the
radiologists'
medal
New
Canadian
National
According
to
an
announcement
made
following
a
conference
between
Mayor
W
II.
Malkin
and
A.
E.
Warren,
vice-president,
Canadian
Na
tional
nauways.
western
region,
wno
visnea
ine
city
recently,
worK
on
the
new
Canadian
National
Hotel
will
be
commenced
eavly
in
the
new
inii&reached
Vancouver
and
w"rkihave
a
rather
quiet
time
during
will
be
started
as
soon
a.s
steel
delivered.
.
t
th
comlna
winter
month
and
ADove
is
aepiciea
an
arusi
s
drawing
oi
tne
nnai
plans.
Tne
notel
wiU
be
of
the
French
Renaissance
type,
zoned
to
meet
the
latest
require-
mentJi
rwtiim
lleht
and
sr,n.
and
will
rt
ha-lf
frnm
th
.trp.f
of
J
tho
the
tenth
tenth
and
and
thirteenth
hlrtjinfh
fnnre
floors.
Tt
It
nHII
will
h
be
frM
faced
toith
with
stone
cnn.
over
.
a
steel
1
and
concrete
frame,
rising
fifteen
stories
above
the
ground,.
There
will
be
600
guest
rooms
with
spacious
banquet
and
ball
rooms
and
the
appoint
menxs
mrougnui
wiu
De
mow
moaevn.
a
unique
ieaiure
ci
ine
oed
rooms
will
be
the
addition
of
a
new
irom
me
existing
type
oi
Deoroom.
ine
nignesi
naouaDie
iioor
will
eiven
over
to
a
roof
garden,
above
which
a
tower
will
rise.
Bv
means
an
arcade
the
roof
garden
will
permit
promenading
around
the
entire
building
which
will
present
a
view
of
,
REPORT
ON
UNITED
STATES
NAVY
BY
SECRETARY
ADAMS
EWAS
MADE
ON
SATURDAY
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
9.
Parity
in
aircraft
carriers,
increased
enlisted
personnel
to
man
new
ships
coming
into
commission,
a
higher
ratio
of
officers
to
enlisted
men,
and
upward
revision
of
pay
for
all
ranks
were
asked
for
the
navy
Saturday
by
Secretary
Adams.
No
reference
was
made
in
his
annual
report
to
the
postponement
of
work
on
three
cruisers
by
presidential
order
nor
to
the
possible
reduction
of
future
construction
under
any
limitation
agreement
that
may
be
reached
at
the
London
conference
In
January.
The
problem
of
maintaining
the
fleet
in
a
good
engineering
condition
was
said
to
be
an
increasingly
difficult
one
as
the
ships
grew
older.
The
secretary
said
that
grave
concern
was
being
felt
because
of
the
Inability
to
grant
all
the
repairs
asked
for
by
the
forces
afloat,
but
that
an
experimental
.
budget
plan
A.
M
1
I
1-1
I
1
wa
IJSiS!
11
tS
fiLS'Vffrt1
1
ua.r.??.S
&ffwJS
evrfenS?
to
secure
more
efficient
expendl-
,
ture
of
the
engineering
approprla-
j
.
th."n,ritnfcii.
uanaaa
was
conouciea
at
tne
end
irkS1
ffiEfJ'Hl'ot
last
week
by
Commander
Balrd
nraft
carrier
tonnage,
provided
for
in
the
Washington
limitation
of
armaments
treaty
Is
the
most
urgent
need
of
naval
aviation."
Cost
of
Treaty
The
totai
cost
to
date
of
scrapping
the
battleships
and
battle
cruisers
sacrificed
under
the
Washington
!
ter
Hume,
local
commanding
of-treaty
was
set
as
$42,796,388
In
the
,
fleer,
who
was
prevented
by
illness
report.
Some
claims
are
yet
to
be
settled.
The
increased
proportion
of
small
vessels
In
the
fleet,
the
introduction
of
new
auxiliary
weapons
and
the
needs
of
naval
aviation
require
that
the
old
ratio
of
line
officers
to
enlisted
men,
fixed
at
4
in
1926,
be
raised
to
6,
the
report
said.
1
To
effect
this
Increase
it
was
rec
-
1
the
Naval
Academy
be
increased
f
rgm
four
for
ach
state
to
five.
Under
the:
riyei-appolntments
plan
the
Naval
Academy
could,
by
1934,
produce
75
to
100
more
officers
annually
than
at
present.
The
secretary
also
urged
enactment
of
legislation
amending
the
system
of
promoting
officers
and
furnishing
means
for
retirement
of
staff
officers
not
selected
for
promotion.
New
Cruisers
1
v
,
H.r.r(ln..
v,X
'
j
the,
London
limitation
conference,
department
estimated
that
the
first
.
of
these
should
be
completed
by
No
vember,
1932,
and
the
other
two
by
February
and
June,
1933,
respectively.
The
two
ships
contracted
for
at
the
same
time
with
private
firms
were
to
be
completed
by
August
15,
1932.
It
Is
understood
that
the
dates
for
completion
given
In
the
report
did
not
take
Into
account
(Continued
on
page
two)
Hotel
at
Vancouver
type
dressing
room
getting
away
j
the
city
and
environs
from
all
sides.
j
,
Naval
Volunteers
And
Sea
Cadets
in
Annual
Inspection
Annual
Inspection
of
the
IomI
unlt
the
Royal
Canadian
Naval
rrni,
,..
r.
,::-.
.v.
i
i
Sea
CadeU
of
the
Navy
of
k.ujw.
or
Ottawa,
second
chief
of
staff
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy,
wno
len
Saturday
nignt
ror
the
east
alter
a
Brief
visit
here.
The
R.C.N.VJR.
paraded
In
full
muster
under
Lieut.
L.
H.
Haworth
who
took
the
place
of
Lieut.
Wal-
from
being
in
attendance.
The
Sea
Cadets
paraded
under
Lieut.
Robert
Blance.
Commander
Baird
congratulated
both
organizations
on
their
smart
appearance.
I
T
rlOWlQr
IS
lO
ijfi
Tried
Wednesday
John
MJones
Name
ot
Man
Who
Was
Taken
Into
Custody
In
Rear
of
Gratton's
Store
John
Mjones
Is
the
name
given
by
the
man
who
wa3
found
prowling
at
the
rear
of
Wilfrid
Gratton's
store
on
Friday
nleht
and
who
was
nuiea
10
come
up
ior
nearing
on
Wednesday
'
of
this
week,
FUNERAL
NOTICE
The
funeral
of
Robert
Bygdnes,
who
died
Saturday
nleht
at
the
hospital,
will
take
place
from
the
.means
such
as
undertaking
cxten-B.C.
Undertakers
Tuesday
after-!lve
improvements
and
repairs
In
noon
at
2
o'clock,
Key.
johit
Han
-
ron
officiating.
Service
all
In
Eng-
llsh.
JYnce
RiJDert
Is
NoW
Centre
of
Activities
For
Consolidated
in
North
B.
C.
and
Alaska
Territory
i
The
important
Consolidated
Mining
&
Smelting
Co.
has
recognized
the
advantages
and
strategic
position
of
'
this
city
as
the
centre
of
the
immense
mining
field
of
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia
and
Alaska
by
establishing
in
Prince
Rupert
its
headquarters
for
field
examination
and
mineral
assaying
work,
i
It
was
in
February
last
that
Smelters
established
its
i
district
headquarters
nere
and,
since
that
time,
an
impos-
!
vv
activity
has
developed.
The
,
.
!
chief
ConsoTdated
official
located
hcrr
Is
D.
C.
McKechnle,
chief
tftPPIOJAM
Meld
engineer,
who
has
as
his
as-
g
II1.!
J.lSt
IN
'ilstine
engineer
P
T.
TtnoiVr
nnH
"
1
jW
F.
Castle.
O.
W.
Dunn
is
as-I
sayer
In
charge,
his
assistants
be-i
Ins
Jack
"Shore
Hare
Donaldson
an
-J
A.
C.
Mattingly.
The
assay
department
Is
fully
i
equipped
In
all
modern
devices
for
i
the
testing
of
mineral.
While
gold,
!
silver,
copper,
lead
and
zinc
are
"(penalized
In
other
such
minerals
la
nickel,
platinum,
etc..
can
be
tnmHed
here.
There
are
four
furnaces
in
the
assay
office
and
the
us".a!
laboratory.
Electrolltlc
machinery
and
minute
balances
are
among
the
Interesting
pieces
of
equipment
to
be
seen
in
the
shop.j
Teal
Smelterj
workers
are
winding
up
what
has
been
fori
them
a
verv
busy
season.
Even
L
rreatcr
activity
is
anticipated
field
staff
will
of
lti
m.mMra
win
i7vP
mta;
W
vaniagft
OI
of
ine
orwtunitv
opportunity
to
to
n.aT.?
l"e.;5
lne'F
VaCMlonS.
T9
lbf
aSTOV
l
throughout
thSr
cont
teue'
1U
WOrk
William
Holojafe
Is
Laid
T
Rest
'nterment
Male
In
Falrview
Ceme
tcry
This
Afternoon
Following
Catholic
Service
The
funeral
of
the
late
William
Holowatz,
whose
death
occurred,
at
the
end
of
last
week,
too
piacftt
o'clock
this
afternoon.
ernooa.
'Following
Following
a
service
In
the
chape:
i.ot
.Hayner1)'
Bros,
unoeriaxers
ai-wnicivKeVi
Father
J.
Hammond.
O.M.I.,
'offK
elated,
interment
was
made
in
Falr-'
view
Cemetery.
Pallbearers
were
W.
Nahornlk.
J.
Sylner.
F.
Prysty,
P.
Borklr,
S.
Czyz
and
M.
Mosek.
X
HESITANCY
OVER
'
WESTERN
OUTLET
y
l
i
TO
PEACV.
RIVER
.
fi
..
.
.
.
"We
shall
lok
bath
some
day
in
amaEerhfent
at
our
own
1
hesitancy
in,
opening
the
i
t
Sfinnd-LHLveU3
X
'
we
wonder
now
at
the
skeptl-
cism
and
the
faint
hearted-
1
near,
that
came
so
near
to
"re-Ving
the
project
of
build-
j
'n?
a
railway
line
from
Win-
nlnrg
to
the
Pacific
Coast."
,
Financial
News.
4.
;
4-
44'
4'
4'
l
Water
Shortage
and
Business
Deflation
Having
an
Important
Effect
On
Business
in
the
South
The
whole
Pacific
Coast
frorr
Vancouver
south
to
Mexico
is
suffering
more
or
less
from
water
shortage,
the
past
summer
and
"aM
in
California
having
been
the
driest
in
eighty
years,
states
Walter
Smith
of
the
C.N.R.
city
ticket
office
who
returned
to
the
city
on
the
Catala
last
evening
from
a
vacation
trip
in
which
he
travelled
as
far
south
as
Tla
Juana,
Just
across
the
Mexican
border
from
San
Diego.
In
many
of
the
larg:
American
cities,
steps
are
Deinp
taken
to
curtail
use
of
hydro
electric
power
in
view
of
the
water
shortage.
There
was
little
hope
fo.
an
Improvement
In
Ihe
water
situ
atlon
in
Vancouver
where
the
tem-terature
was
droDDtnir
on
Friday
after
a
light
rain
that
day
which
did
little
If
anything
to
improve
the
situation.
California,
like
the
rest
of
the
United
States,
is
suffering
from
business
and
industrial
denatlon
lust
now
because
ot
the
billions
or
dollars
which
were
removed
from
tavlngs
banks
and
lost
in
the
stock
market.
Steps
are
being
taken,
however,
to
make
a,
tem
porary
improvement
by
artificial
.
industrial
piants.
During
During
his
his
stay
stay
at
at
Los
Los
Angeles,
Angeles,
'Mr.
Smith
availed
himself
ot
the
STRIBLING
PARIS,
Dec.
9.
William
L.
Strib-llng
won
the
decision
over
Prlmo
Carenera
Saturday.
The
Italian
was
disqualified
when
he
struck
the
American
after
the
bell
had
sounded
at
the
end
pf
the
seventh
round.
The
f'tht
was
fairly
even.
Orderly
at
hospital
Dies
Robert
Bvtdnrs
Had
Been
Identified
With
Local
Institution
For
Eijht
Years
The
death
occurred
Saturday
night
at
eight
o'clock
of
Robert
Eygdnes,
orderly
for
the
past
flKbt
yearn
at
the
Prince
Rupert
Qeneral
Hospital.
He
was
52
years
ot-age.
unmarried,
a
native
of
Norway,
and
had
been
In
this
country
for
many
years.
His
brother.
John,
and
a
nephew
live
on
Hays
Cove
Circle.
The
funeral
takes
place
tomorrow
afternoon
from
the
B.C.
Undertakers.
Rev,
John
Hanson
of-i'iclatlngi
Capt
Nedden
Is
Elected
Head
of
Mariners'
Guild
Capt.
H.
E.
Nedden,
skipper
of
the
CNH.
steamer
Prince
George,
has
bo-n
elected
president
of
the
Canadian
Merchant
Service
Oulld
in
Vancouver
for
the
year
1930.
succeeding
Capt.
James
Flndlay
of
the
Union
Ktear"r
"amotun
who
hss
been
head
of
the
oreanlzatlon
for
the
past
two
years.
Captain
Nedden
Is
gradually
re-
covering
irom
tne
erects
of
an
op-
nation
he
underwent
about
two
months
ago.
Before
long
he
Is
ex-
iJected
to
be
able
to
resume
his
du-
ties
on
the
northern
steamship
run.
INSTALLATION
GOING
...
.
ON
AT
,m
vicirr.
METLAKATLA
.m,
METLAKATLA.
Dec.
9.
Some
IS
!men
were
put
to
the
work
of
elec-
trie
light
installation
for
lighting
up
the
vUlage.
under
the
supervl-
slon
of
a
public
works
engineer
from
Victoria.
pportunity
to
make
his
first
airplane
flights,
go.
.
;
on
two
or
hree
occasions
as
high
as
3.000
act.
Airplane
flights
are
as
com-non
for
the
ordinary
person
In
"allfornla
now
as
&xfi
taxi
Jaunts.
Mr.
Smith
had
a
very
en
lovable
'Jlp
which
was
favored
by
bright
sunshine
throughout.
'
ST.
THOMAS
RUGBY
CHAMP
MOOSE
JAW.
Dec.
9
St.
Thomas
Tigers
wor
"ie
Canadian
Junior
rugby
chan
nhlp
Saturday,
defeating
Moan
fatp
ilawona
l
to
0.
:
'....r,
'
ii
.'si1:-
''
GAVE
Up;
flpAUCll
:
SEATTLE,
Dec.
9:
The
U.S.
"utter
Unalga
has
given
up
the
earrh
for
the
lost
nanoui
scnoon-r
Kanatak
but
it
will
be
continued
by
other
boats.
.
WIRES
WERE
DOWN
High
winds
up
the
Skeena
River
thtt
tnnrnfnff
caused
a
break
in
the
telegraph
wires
which
has
hMd
Up
tip
th
the
telegraphic
news
this
morning.
4i