The
Letter
Box,
BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES
POUNDING
AT
rORTALS
OF
PRINCE
RUPERT
.
The
Editor,
Daily
News
May
I
encroach
on
your
space
to
ex-press
appreciation
of
the
commendatory
remarks
of
W.
P.
Armour,
published
in
your
issue
of
Feb.
4,
regarding
the
efforts
of
the
Department
of
Mines
to
promote
the
prosperity
of
the
mineral
industry
in
this
district.
Although
these
efforts
are
all
in
the
absorbing
day's
work,
it
is
nevertheless
encouraging,
and
a
spur
to
increased
effort,
to
receive
commendation.
In
behalf
of
the
Department
of
Mines,
the
resident
engineer
desires
to
express
appreciation
of
that
commendation.
There
is
no
doubt
that
through
the
healthy
develop-ment
of
the
mining
industry
of
the
northwestern
district
(No.
l
of
which
Prince
Rupert
is
the
headquarters,
a
splendid
opportunity
for
business
expansion
is
and
has
been
pounding
at
the
portals
of
the
city.
Gradually
It
is
becoming
more
apparent
that
the
northwestern
district
harbors
greater
potential
wealth
than
perhaps
any
other
area
in
the
province
of
British
Columbia.
It
is
a
glaring
fact
that
the
logical
distributing
centre
for
the
development
of
this
area
is
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert.
Looking
at
the
matter
with
the
ere
of
an
engineer,
a
centre
for
the
distribution
of
supplies,
equipment,
machinery,
finance
and
labor
at
the
strategic
railhead
port
of
Prince
Rupert
would
be
a
facility
of
technical
and
economic
yalue
to
the
development
of
these
mineral
potentialities.
The
advantages
are
mutual.
In
a
technical
report,
such
as
that
on
the
Taku
River
area
recently
issued
by
the
Department
of
Mines,
it
was
within
the
scope
of
the
reporting
engineer
to
suggest
relative
commercial
facilities
and
opportunities.
In
this
Instance
such
sui-grstion
or
hint
was
perhaps
especially
essential
in
view
of
the
peculiar
geographical
position
affprding
opportunity
for
exprovincial
exploitation.
That
the
suggestion
has
been
correctly
interpreted
by
the
business
fraternity
of
Prince
Rupert
is
gratifying.
MORE
OPPORTUNITIES
But
opportunities
for
the
commercial
expansion
of
Prince
Rupert
relative
to
the
mining
Industry
are
not
confined
to
the
new
Taku
River
section.
There
are
the
older
areas
of
Alice
Arm,
Observatory
Inlet,
Stewart,
Al-lin
and
-the
Stiklne:
there
is
the
coastal
area
and
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands:
and
there
will
be
in
the
future
the
important
regions
of
the
Unuk
and
Uniting
Rivers.
-This
Is
a
klncdom
of
golden
commercial
opportunity
awaiting
exploitation
by
the
headquarters
city
of
Prince
Rupert.
Some
small
difficulties
that
for
the
time
being
may
handicap
the
immediate
and
complete
embarkation
of
Prince
Rupert
business
into
this
arena
are
doubtless
known
to
the
city's
industrial
sponsors.
The
removal
of
these
difficulties
is
a
toy
for
the
city's
business
acumen.
The
matter
of
smelter
construction,
referred
to
by
Mr.
Armour,
Is
perhaps
somewhat
premature
as
an
Immediate
undertaking.
However,
with
the
exceptional,
promise
and
more
rapid
development
of
producing
mines
that
Is
in
store
for
the
mining
Industry
of
the
district,
the
matter
of
a
smelting
facility
may
be
a
necessity
in
the
not
distant
future.
For
this
future
development
also,
as
Mr.
Armour
points
out,
Prince
Rupert
holds
a
strategic
key.
That
the
city
should
take
Immediate
leps
to
inform
those
Interested
that
it
possesses
the
essential
hydro-electric
power,
port
and
rail
facilities,
contiguous
coking
coal
and
flux
resources,
necessary
for
such
an
Industrial
development
Is
called
for.
Then,
when
the
stable
and
continuous
ore
supply,
essential
to
the
financial
success
of
the
appreciable
investment
required
for
a
smelter
undertaking
is
as-sutured,
the
foundation
will
have
been
laid.
JOSEPH
T.
MANDY,
Resident
Mining
Engineer,
Department
of
Mines.
Prince
Rupert,
II.
C.
vol.
x
?.
Sf
if
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
NortS$
fishermen
Willing
to
Sacrifice
in
Fight
Against
Monopoly
Oi'fer
to
Use
Shorter
Nets
and
Close
Certain
Areas;
Many
Conservation
Suggestions
Made
at
Meeting
Repudiating
in
their
entirety
the
proposals
of
Hon.
S.
L.
Howe
to
govern
the
processing
of
salmon
on
this
coast
under
provincial
government
administration
and
asking
that
the
suggestions
approved
by
the
meeting
be
substituted
for
further
restrictions
on
fishing
which
have
been
threatened
by
the
federal
department
of
fisheries,
a
mass
meeting
called
here
Wednesday
night
by
the
Northern
B.
C.
Salmon
Fishermen's
Association
surrrrested
as
alternate
proposals
for
conservation
of
the
fishery:
First,
that
the
length
of
Kill
nets
in
district
No.
2
be
reduced
ern
200
to
175
fathoms;
second,
'
Ihat
seines
be
similarly
reduced
In
!
length;
third,
that
drag
wines
be
abolished
altogether:
fourth,
that
75
of
all
salmon
eggs
that
were
formerly
taken
from
the
Skeena
to
he
Fraser
River
for
propagation
purposes
be
again
removed
but
transplanted
In
creeks
of
the
cen
tal
interior
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands;
fifth,
that
obstructions,
such
as
concrete
blocks,
be
placed
at
fishing
boundaries
in
creeks
to
prevent
illegal
fishing
above
the
boundaries;
sixth,
that
flagrant
breeches
of
fisheries
regulations
be
in
future
subject
to
complete
con
fiscation
of
boats
and
gear:
seventh,
that
actual
warfare
be
Instituted
i
gainst
hair
seals
by
employ
Ing
men
i
to
shoot
and
exterminate
them;
1
?tghth,
that
similar
warfare
be
de-;
dared
against
sea
lions;
ninth,
that
.
there
be
single
Instead
of
doable
I
control
of
the
salmon
fisheries,
and
.
that
that
coals!
be
avthe-
JttutM
of
the
federal
authorities;"
and,
tenth,
that
alt
gWneUlng-
be
In
future
prohibited
tn
that
part
of
the
Skeena
River
known
as
the
"Bone-yard."
The
meetinc
lasted
for
four
hours.
The
only
ones
who
voted
against
the
main
resolution
were
two
cannery
representatives.
A
Large
Meeting
The
meeting
was
quite
large,
at
least
one
hundred
persons
belli?
In
attendance,
and
it
was
also
quite
representative,
although
fishermen
predominated.
Among
those
present
were
Mayor
C.
H.
Orme.
some
of
the
aldermen
and
representa
tives
of
various
business
interests
of
the
city.
Mike
Anderson
occu
pied
the
chair.
The
resolutions
pre
sented
to
and
adopted
by
the
meet
ing
were
drafted
by
the
executive
of
the
Northern
B.
C.
Salmon
Fishermen's
Association
and
submitted
by
the
secretary.
Charles
Lord.
Also
present
were
F.
D.
Mathers
and
O.
M.
Ferguson,
local
officials
of
the
B.
C.
Packers.
Mr.
Mathers
ably
presented
the
ca
liners'
views
with
rgard
to
new
regulations
and
approved
of
the
proposed
provincial
regulations
but
to
little
avail.
In
introducing
th
resolution,
set-
ANYOX
STAFF
IS
BEING
CUT
Some
175
to
200
employees
Have
Been
Let
Go
During
Past
H'cck
ANYOX.
Feb.
6.-During
the
past
week
the
Oranby
Co.
has
reduced
Its
Anyox
payroll
by
letting
go
some
i?
to
200
employees.
It
seems
the
orders
were
to
reduce
and
every
de
tiarimpnt
was
affected
pro
rata.
The
payroll
was
already
-at
close.
all
Sunday
wont
nas
oen
(ur
some
time.
In
Anyox
it
Is
feltot
it
is
a
move
to
curtail
the
p'TOdue
Hon
of
copper,
in
ah
effort
to
keep
Itactts
present
level
of
price.
TOMORROW'S
TIDES
Friday,
Februaryd
7,
1930
High
TJ30
aw.
19.1
ft.
VM
p.m.
15.0
ft.
Low
L08
a.m.
0.0
ft.
14.41
a.m.
0.9
ft.
.
ting
out
the
proposals
of
the
North
salmon
risnermen
s
asso-
c,a"
"r
e
conservation
or
tne
if""0"
f
f
,
.
letter
from
the
federal
department
of
marine
and
fisheries
setting
out
aoditlonal
restrictions
upon
fishing
which
were
proposed
for
1930.
These
new
proposals,
the
departmental
communication
said,
included
prohibition
of
fishing
In
a
number
of
bays
and
inlets
on
the
coast,
particularly
in
seine
areas
No.
11
and
No.
2;
the
moving
out
of
the
gill
I
net
boundaries
in
the
Skeena
River
to
Raspberry
Island
and
In
the
Naas
i
to
Arrandale,
and
the
imposition
of
an
additional
48-hour
close
season
weekly,
making
a
total
close
season
of
96
hours,
in
gill
net
and
seining
(Continued
on
page
two.)
Little
Hope
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
THURSDAY,
FEB.
6,
1930
LEGISLATION
IN
ONTARIO
Amendments
to
Be
Made
to
Security
Frauds
Prevention
Act;
Bounty
on
Iron
Ore
TORONTO,
Feb.
6.
Forecast
of
amendments
to
the
Security
Frauds
Prevention
Act
eliminating
"certain
objectionable
features"
which
were
disclosed
In
the
investigation
into
trading
practices
of
the
Standard
Stock
and
Mining
Exchange
was
contained
In
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
delivered
by
Lieutenant
Governor
W.
D.
Ross
at
the
open-
ing
of
the
Ontario
legislature
yesterday.
The
payment
of
a
bounty
on
iron
ores
mined
and
smelted
in
Ontario
will
be
made.
It
was
also
announced
in
the
Speech.
Inquiry
About
WattDismissain
Abolishing
Undersea
Craft
wXBtifcMay
ResirkTheir
Use
Great
Britain
and
United
States
Will
Eliminate
Them
Al
together,
but
France,
Japan
and
Italy
Are
Not
Agreeable
LONDON,
Feb.
6.
What
power
agreement
by
means
of
which
submarines
will
not
be
abolished,
although
their
activities
will
be
restricted,
was
aaid
in
naval
conference
circles
today
to
have
been
already
achieved.
French
naval
circles
declared
flatly
to-
day
mat
r
ranee
wouiu
not
consmer
tne
aDoiuion
oi
sud-marinee,
but
it
was
said
that
France
intended
to
propose
humaHieation
of
submarine
At
the
plenary
session
of
the
con-
ferenee
next
Tuesday
It
Is
Indicated
!
that
Great
Britain
and
United
States
will
state
their
attitude
of
favoring
abolition
of
the
submarine
In
warfare.
Inasmuch,
as
the
proposal
is
not
likely
to
be
carried
through
because
of
French,
Japanese
and
Italian
opposition,
it
is
believed
that
the
delegates
will,
at
least,
devote
themselves
to,
evolving
methods
to
make
submarine
warfare
more
humane.
An
International
disarmament
conference
dealing
with
land
as
well
as
sea
forces
after
the
present
naval
conference
Is
completed
was
predicted
by
Rt.
Hon.
Ramsay
Mac-donald,
Prime
Minister
of
Oreat
Britain,
yesterday.
He
pointed
out
that
the
problem
had
been
under
careful
consideration
by
the
League
of
Nations
for
some
time.
Ths.
conference,
sitting
as
a
committee
of
the
whole
today
agreed
provisionally
upon
general
outlines
of
the
French
plan
for
limiting
naval
tonnage,
a
confer
once
spokesman
announced.
The
Italians
still
entered
reservations
op
all
points.
A
sub-committee
of
two
experts
and
que
adviser
from
each
delegation
will
be
named
to
adjust
certain,
.iteichnioal
.
differences
between
the
two
groups.
nSmely
the
British
and
United
States
on
one
hand
and
French
and
Japanese
on
the
other.
CREARFR
ELECTED
BRAKDON.
February
6
Hon.
A.
Grearer,
the
new
minister
railways,
was
elected
by
acclama-
tlon
here
yesterday,
there
being
no
other
nominations
Jn
the
fed-
ernl
by-election.
Twelve
Itcturns.of
Documents
and
Reports
Askid
For
by
Pattulio.and
Manson
VICTORIA,
Feb.
6.
-Twelve
re
:il
turns
of
document
and
reports
are
aed
for
in
motions
Hied
by
T.
D.
pattullo.
A.
M
MSnsah
and
other
Liberals,
lnctadm?
the
order-ln-
Kincll
dlt
ni&sirig
Norman
A.
Watt
.is
govern
ment
agent
at
Prince
Rupert,
together
with
all
correspon
dence
rlatlnT
to
h.
m!Ue-
of
Conference
virtually
amounts
to
a
five-
4
4
warfare.
nrn
fTT
A
nTV't
I
JjiJllA!
WINSRACE
llrydges
Second
and
Hard
Third
in
Eastern
Dog
Derby
OTTAWA,
Feb.
B.-Emll
St.
Ood-dard
of
The
Pas
yesterday
won
the
International
three-day
dog
derby,
covering
100
miles
in
eight
hours
13
minutes
and
23
seconds,
with
a
lead
of
more
than
20
minutes
over
Earl
Brydges
of
Cranberry
Portage,
Man.
Leon
Hard
of
Sepalla,
Alaska,
was
third,
only
38
seconds
behind
Brydges.
SERIOUS
PROBLEM
Sir
Henry
Thornton
Says
This
of
Wheat
Tie-Up
No
Reason
For
Depression,
However
I
TORONTO,
February
6
"There
is
no
doubt
about
It.
The
conges
-
:
tlon
ol
Canada's
1929
wheat
crop
Is
a
serious
problem
confronting
the
Canadian
railways;
1
said
Sir
Henry
Thornton
in
an
Interview
I
here.
"However
there
Is
nothing
In
either
that
problem
nor
in
the
recent
stock
market
crashes
to
give
Justifiable
reason
for
feeling
depression."
UNEMPLOYED'RevolutionaryPresident-Elect
IN
VIPTftft
I
A
i
Of
Mexico
Object
Yesterday
of
Marched
Into
Government
Buildings
and
Named
Delegation
to
Meet
Tolmie
VICTORIA,
Feb.
6.
Unemployed
of
Victoria
numbering
about
one
hundred
marched
into
the
legislative
buildings
Tuesday
night
and
demanded
assistance
from
the
government.
Provincial
police
officers
persuaded
them
to
name
a
delegation
of
five
to
interview
Premier
Tolmie.
The
Premier
said
yesterday
that
Ihe
delegation
had
been
courteous
in
its
representations.
"Until'
I
discuss
the
matter
with
the
mayor
of
Victoria,
I
am
not
in
a
petition
to
say
anything
about
the
unemployment
situation'
here,"
the
Premier
stated,
adding
that
the
responsibility
of
caring
for
the
destitute
rested
primarily
with
the
municipality.
r.opcsE
THE
ABOLITION
OF
SUBMARINES
LONDON
Feb.
-6
Complete
abolition
of
the
submarine
rs
the
proposal
that
will
be
made
next
Tuesday
by
Great
Britain
at
the
Naval
Conference.
Tt
isundtr'-aNxkI
th
proposal
will
be
opposed
by
France
and
that
other
proposals
will
be
made
by.
that
country.
-
TO
PROMOTE
ROAD
FAIRBANKS-SEATTLE
4
4
SEATTLE,
Feb.
6.
The
Pa-
clfic
Highway
Association's
plans
to
name
a
committee
of
4
25
members
to
co-operate
with
4
the
International
Highway
As
-4
soclatlon
of
Fairbanks
in
studying
financing
and
con-
structlon
problems
on
both
sides
of
the
border
and
plans
for
speeding
up
work
in
on
nection
with
the
proposed,
Se-
attle-Falrbanks
highway.
RECEIVED
PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON.
Feb.
C
William
Howard
Taft
was
so
much
Impro
ved
yesterday
that
he
was
able
to
receive
President
Hoover
and
late
last
night
was
reported
to
be
rest
Ing
comfortably.
CAUGHT
IN
MIXER.
DIES
NANAIMO.
Feb.
6
George
Clements,
aged
55,
manager
of
the
Veterans'
Electric
Bakery
here,
died
yesterday
from
Injuries
suffered
the
night
previous
when
his
right
arm
was
caught
in
a
mixer
and
mangled
to
the
shoulder,
tne
right
side
of
his
face
and
'body
being,
bruised
and
injured.
CARD
OF
THANKS
Mrs.
Hudson
and
family
'desire
to
thank
their
'
many
friends
for
the
kind
expressions
of
sympathy
and
floral
tributes
received
in
their
bereavement.
FUNERAL
NOTICE
The
funeral
of
Mrs.
Daisy
Btor
rie
will
take
place
Saturday
after-
noon
at
two
ociock
irom
iner'ja.o.
Undertakers'
parlors,
Rev.
Canon
.Rushbrook
officiating.
Assassins
MEXICO
CITY.
Feb.
6.
president
of
Mexico,
was
wounded
in
the
jaw
by
a
would-be
assassin
who
fired
six
shots
at
him
a
few
hours
after
he
had
been
sworn
in
as
chief
let
was
extracted
and
the
condition
of
the
president
is
not
serious.
Rabio's.wife
was
grazed
by
a
bullet
and
his
little
niece,
Maria
Rosa,
was
slightly
wounded.
A
bystander
was
also
nit.
i
ne
assailant
NOW,
WHO
HAS
BEST
WEATHER?
Official
Meteorological
Figures
Show
Prince
Rupert's
Superiority
Over
Vancouver
The
Vancouver
Province
In
a
front
pae
story,
boasts
that
the
fair
southern
city
had
less
rain
and
more
sunshine
in
January
this
year
than
in
any
other
January
of
the
preceding
23
years.
To
give
the
exact
figures,
there
were
100
hours,
yes,
and
forty-two
minutes
of
bright
sunshine
in
Vancouver
last
month
and
only
2.75
Inches
of
rain.
But
hearken!
Prince
Rupert
had
131.5
hours
of
bright
sunshine
in
that
same
month
and,
what
do
you
know,
but
2.39
inches
of
precipitation.
Not
only
this
to
Vancouver's
shame
but
Prince
Rupert's
mean
time
temperature
was
2S.7
above,
as
compared
with
Vancouver's
28.4,
while
12
above
was
our
lowest
reading
here,
as
against
Vancouver's
19.8
minimum.
If
this
keeps
tip,
one
may
well
imagine
that
Prince
Rupert's
weather
will
become
superior
and
what
will
Vancouver
say
then,
poor
thing,
after
all
these
years
of
meteorological
pomposity?
Nor
can
refuse
be
sought
in
saying
that
the
figures
are
inaccurate.
They
are,
indeed,
of-ficial-r-coinplled
by
the
Dominion
meteorologists
here
and
there.
Organization
of
Co-operative
Halibut
Marketing
Company
in
Seattle
Completed
Yesterday
SEATTLE,
Feb.
6.
The
United
Pacific
Fisheries,
incorporated
and
capitalized
at
$150,000
and
composed
of
nine
hundred
halibut
fishermen
representing
206
of
the
total
of
300
vessels
operating
out
of
hdre,
was
oganized
yesterday.
The
new
company
will
make
an
effort
to
stabilize
fish
prices
and
guarantee
a
fair
profit
to
fishermen
and
boat
owners.
A
nation-wide
advertising
campaign,
calling
attention
to
halibut
as
a
food,
is
being
planned.
Negotiations
are
under
way
to
pur-
chase
the
plant
of
the
Ripley
Fishl-
Co.
on
the
Seattle
waterfront.
1
1
n"lriY
frl
f
I
M
A
Tt'a''VAT
I
III
ft)
Trustees
named
for
a
ten-year
l
period
are:
Otto
K
Strizek,
president
of
the
American
Exchange
Bank;
Winter
S.
Martin,
attorney
for
the
fishermen;
and
Frank
Kwa-pll
of
the
Fishing
Vessel
Owners'
Association.
A
branch
of
the
United
Pacific
Fisheries
In
Prince
Rupert
is
also
planned.
LABOR:
COUNCIL
IS
OPPOSED
TO
REGULATIONS
4
.
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
6.
The
Vancouver
and
New
Westmln-
ster
Trades
&
Labor
Council
has
expressed
strong
objec-
tlon
to
the
regulations
pro-
posed
by
Hon.
S.
L.
Howe,
pro-
vlncial
fisheries
commissioner,
to
govern
the
salmon
fishing
of
the
coast
under
provincial
administration.
'
1
Boston
Grill
LAKUK
CAHAKET
8ptli4
Olnneri
Thursdays
and
Stturdar
Ovncinc'
Errrjr
Saturday
Night,
S
to
II
Dance
Halt
tar
Hire
AJoommsdaUona
for
Private
PaxUe
PUONE
457
PRICE
TIVE
CENTS
Bullet;
Is
Wounded
Pascual
Ortiz
Rabio,
the
new
executive
yesterday.
The
bul
was
arresieu.
In
his
Inaugural
address
the
pres-
ident-elect
pledged
the
government
to
five
years
of
hard
work
for
the
common
people.
He
termed
the
workers
and
peasants
as
the
"hope"
of
Mexico.
Restoration
of
conservative
or
even
moderate
men
and
systems
was
Impossible,
he
said,
because
the
country
was
heart
and
soul
intent
upon
the-radlcal
work
of
restoring
the
race
to
Its
heritage.
He
said
that
his
government
would
be
"entirely
revolutionary."
Daniel
Flores,
the
man
who
fired
the
shots,
and
seven
others
have
been
arrested
on
suspicion
of
being
lmpJlcated
in
a-
plot
which
the
government
attributes
to
adherents
of
Jose
Vasconcelos,
defeated
candidate
in
the
last
presidential
election.
Vessel
Is
Cut
Touch
With
All
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Feb.
6.
Reports
recel
.
d
here
last
night
by
short
wave
:adlo
are
to
the
effect
that
the
Antarctic
vessel
William
Scoresby
with
Captain
Wllklns
abeard
has
disappeared
entirely
from
communication.
The
vessel
if.
,tt,cjipulana
radio
can
be
ptekea
up
oy
tne
Antarctic
'
station.
LARKI.V
CREMATED
LONDON,
Feb.
6.
The
body
of
Hon.
P.
C.
Larkin,
Canadian
high
commissioner,
who
died
last
week,
was
cremated
privately
at
Ooldors
Oreen
yesterday.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
6
Wheat
I
was
quoted
on
the
local
Sxchange
today
at
$1.21.
UPON
RADIO
mil
to
Be
Picsentod
at
Ottawa
Will
Closely
Follow
Royal
Commission
Recommendations
OTTAWA.
Feb.
6.
The
bill
on
radio
broadcasting
which
will
be
presented
to
Parliament
at
the
coming
session
will
follow
very
closely
recommendations
of
the
royal
commission
on
broadcasting,
Hen.
P.
J.
A.
Cardln,
minister
of
marine
and
fisheries,
said
yeesterday.
The
government
wi
be
opea
to
conviction,
should
it,
be
,
shown,
that
some
ol
the
provisions
of
the
bill
require
changing.
DISCOUNT
REDUCED
LONDON
Feb.
6.
The
discount
rate
of
the
Bank
of
England
was
fed"ccd
today
from
5
to
4Vi
due
o
the
recent
flow
of
gold
and
the
1
Improvement
In
the
national
mon-
tary
systeha.
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