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TIDES
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Iff
.1.
n
LARGE
CAUAUET
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Dinners
Thursday
and
Saturdays
'
High
S,
jb
t.
Dandne
Every
Saturday
Nlfht,
9
to
II
Dane
Hall
for
Hlrt
Low
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Vol
XXJ
No.
44.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
FRIDAY,
FEB.
21,
1930
PUICC
FIVE
CENTS
YOUNG
MAN'S
DEATH
Harold
Beaton
Passed
Away
on
Georgia
Trail
Snowshoeing
to
Beach
Portland
Canal
Tragedy
Investigated
.
Yesterday
By
Coroner's
Jury
Was
Warned
of
Difficulties
STEWART,
Feb.
21
:-
Death
from
exhaustion
was
the
verdict
brought
in
by
a
coroner's
jury
here
last
night
in
an
enquiry
into
the
death
of
Harold
Beaton,
22
year
old
son
of
Wellington
Beaton
of
Vancouver,
head
of
Beaton
(
and
president
of
the
Georgia
River
Gold
Mines.
On
Tuesday
of
this
week
Harold
Beaton
was
found
dead
on
t
in
trail
between
the
beach
and
mine
camps
of
the
Georgia
River
mine,
aparently
having
lost
one
of
his
snow
shoes
and
finally
giving
in
to
exhaustion
about
a
mile
and
a
ohalf
from
the
beach
camp.
TTi
IP
P
T
A
PfTTi
I
At
the
inquest
It
was
brought
out
I
KrSP
ASSr
K
tnat
yun
Btn
had
started
out
1
lYJLiUJ.
rUVili
from
tne
mtne
on
February
15
at
in
fTJ
T
f"iT
noon
despite
"warning
from
Dan
IS
t
1
1
I
V
I
I
"ume.
an
experience
timer
at
itne
mlR-th
tfcarouW
be
hard
and
should
not
be
attempted
Jimn
Campbell
Lost
His
Life
Near;at
that
time.
It
took
Mm
three
Prince
George
When
Hit
jhourt
to
reach
a
aacht
ttttt
miles
By
Train
I
down
the
trail
from
which
point
he
-
-
.
-
.4phonft
baefc
4a-iha
o4ne,
.to
mj
James
Campbell,
a
trespasser
on
that
he
was
continuing
his
journey
rai'way
property,
was
killed
on
the
j
to
the
beach
another
seven
miles.
Muwav
track
39
miles
east
of
Nothing
further1
"Was
heard
of
him
Ft.
nee
Oeorae
last
Monday
when
he;
struck
by
a
train
and
run
over,
'irdinn
to
word
reaching
the
dl-
vi
i
i
a)
superintendent
s
of
f
Ice
t
l'f
Campbells
remains
were,
in
i
by
the
crew
or
a
way
xretgnt,
a
i:un
which
passed
previously
j
iMiw
evidently
killed
him.
An
inque.was
held
at
Prince
u
and
a
verdict
of
accidental
(It
t
ii
returned.
Campbell
was
at
t'iiv
ume
employed
In
the
Eagle
L
iK
sawmills
at
Olscome.
TWO
YEAR
SENTENCE
Aged
Vancouver
Business
Man
Sent
lo
Penitentiary
l
or
Publishing
False
Statements
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
21:
Found!
umity
on
five
of
six
counts
in
an
!.".:iictmcnt
charging
him
with
the
,'UbU.shing
of
false
statements
per-uining
to
the
Bawen
Utirittes
Corporation
Ltd.
of
Vancouver,
Alfred
D.inid
Bowen.
65
year
old
former
pit'iiident
of
the
oompany,
was
sen-t
'ii
red
in
county
Oourt
here
by
Judge
Cayley
to
two
years
In
the
Penitentiary.
Defense
counsel
announced
that
an
appeal
would
be
entered.
Soup
Line
Starts
In
Alaska
Result
Herring
Failure
SEWARD.
Feb.
21:
Owing
to
the
complete
failure
of
the
herring
Pack
in
the
Seldovla
district,
reliable
information
reached
here
yesterday
that
22
Indian
children
were
being
fed
there
at
soup
lines.
I
.
4.
V
City
Withdraws
flrr,.,
Tn
rJthe
B.
C.
Undertaker,
to
Fairview
vrilUWa
1ClCgtUC
Because
c.
W.
Frederick,
the
Peace
Rhe
representaUve,
will
not
be
In
Ottawd
by
the
time
the
Prince
Rupert
delegation
would
reach
ere,
n
has
been
decided
by
the
ntv
ennnnii
.u.i.
.li-
until
his
body
wWfWuna
on
tne
eighteenth
rtcP'tra
a'ffy'ufieastness
felt
as
paie'"1
bow
camp
tflougni
ne
was
saieiy
at
me
owicr
and
the
phone
line
between
the
i"f
"
day
a
man
named
Peterson
went
up
the
trail
from
the
beach
to
snovci
snow
off
several
bridges.
Seeing
tracks
of
a
man's
shoes
he
followed
them
and
found
Beaton
lying
dead
under
a
spruce
tree.
Appar
ently
he
had
tried
to
negotiate
a
creek
crossing
in
the
dark
and
lost
one
of
his
snowshoes
and
finally
dropped
from
sheer
exhaustion.
Bits
of
string
found
along
the
trail
also
indicated
that
he
had
been
having
trouble
with
his
snowshoes
and
was
trying
to
bind
them
more
securely
to
his
feet.
The
trail
from
the
beach
to
the
Oeorgla
River
Oold
Mines
is
a
tough
one
at
any
season
and
is
rioublv
so
now
with
the
recent
heavy
snowfalls
and
rain
in
this
district.
Georgia
River
Is
about
18
miles
down
the
Portland
Canal
from
Stewart.
The
body
Is
now
in
Stewart
awaiUng
the
arrival
of
Wellington
Beaton
who
Is
due
to
reach
Prince
Rupert
Saturday
ana
como
w
Stewart
by
special
boat.
Besides
his
father,
Harold
Beaton
is
survived
by
his
wife
to
whom
he
has
been
m.rriMi
two
vears
and
a
young
child.
His
mother
died
last
year.
He
was
very
popular
In
Stewart
ana
his
death
lias
cast
gloom
over
the
town
He
was
in
charge
of
the
beach
camp
of
the
Oeorgla
River
Oold
Mines.
BKOKKKS
REMANDED
TORONTO.
Feb.
31
frlrther
remand
to
April
3
has
been
granted
nine
brokers
and
ate
of
their
employees
on
charges
of
conspiracy
to
defraud.
INFANT
BURIED
;
OLI-rh.
funeral
of
Arnold
Sorenson,
L-mnnth
old
infant,
took'
place
from
the
Chapel
of
cemetery,
Rev.
A.
wiwon
oiuciai-
ilng.
lUtHAVAVlfc.V
,.,.,,,
umrn
KILLED
REVELSTOKE.
Feb
21.-C.
J.
Treat.
C.P.R
conductor,
and
M.
V.
Boucher,
master
mechanic,
were
l.mi
ni
nownlf
ea.t
or
nere
on
Wednesday
n'Kht.
in
a
snowslide.
DUE
Frozen
in
Here
is
an
interesting
photognph
showing
the
steamer
N.
R.
Lanr,
frown
solid
in
the
Columbia
rfver,
near
Vancouver.
Wesh.,
after
a
severe
cold
spell,
passengers
and
crew
from
the
boat
walked
to
the
shore.
Logging
Activities
Continue
On
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and
Good
dUvity
in,
Ue
logging
industry
on
the
Qudfen-Gharlotte
Islands
continues
and
prospects
are
for
a
good
year
in
the
business
with
the
possibility
that,
in
some
cases,
there
will
be
considerable
expansion
of
operations.
That
of
the
T.
A.
Kelley
Loggng
Co.
at
Selwyn
Inlet
on
Moresby
Island
is
the
major
operation
at
present.
There
are
over
one
hundred
men
at
work
hero
getting
out
logs
for
the'
paper
mills
on
the
coast.
Just
recently
a
new
gas
donkey
was
installed
to
be
used
in
connection
with
a
sky-line
in
the
taking
out
of
logs.
Another
steady
operator
is
Ed.
Crawford
in
the
vicinity
o0j
BUCiciey
Bay
In
Maseett
Inlet.
..
JUDGE
QUASIICS
SEIZURE
ORDER
4
j
TORONTO,
Feb.
21:
A
warrant
issued
by
Victor
WiUtams,
chief
magistrate
I
of
Ontario,
on
behalf
of
the
;
attorney
general
of
Alberta,
directing
the
atteure
of
all
books
and
documents
of
Sol-loway,
Mills
St
Co..
was
quashed
yesterday
by
Mr.
Justice
McEvoy.
CANT
CLOSE
WAREHOUSES
So
Manson
Tells
Private
Bills
Com-mlttee
of
Legislature
in
Discussing
Vancouver
Proposal
VICTORIA.
Feb.
21:
Approval
of
the
application
of
the
Vancouver
city
council
for
power
to
license
distillers
and
liquor
export
houses,
forecasting
some
keen
debating..
on
the
subject
of
export
houses
later,
was
given
by
the
private
bills
committee
of
the
legislature
yesterday.
Col.
A.
Pepler
of
the
attorney
general's
department
told
the
committee
that
legislation
abolishing
liquor
export
warehouses
would
bo
passed
this
session
but
A.
M.
Man-son
K.C.
said
he
had
studied
the
situation
and
found
it
could
not
be
done.
Will
investigate
oil
possibilities
queen
ciiahlottes
SKtnKOATE.
Feb.
21.
-Word
has
1
.
..
B
B
'
I
the
Wands
this
year
to
look
into
the
oil
possibilities
EXHAUSTION
the
Ice.
'i
t,
.
..
Year
Is
introspect
,Thls
camp
is
now
in
process
of
'movlne
to
a
new
location
nearby.
Bome
twenty-five
or
thirty
men
n
ta
amnlrwa
Among
the
other
more
important
operators
are
the
J.
R.
Morgan
Log-
Iging
Co.
near
Queen
Charlotte
City,
which
is
now
taking
out
logs
for
the
paper
mills
and
will
Increase
the
scope
of
Its
production
when
the
new
Blllmor
Spruce
Mills
mill
near
Prince
Rupert
starts
cutting
which
is
expected
to
be
this
sum
rner;
the
Baxter
Pole
Co.
at
Port
Clements,
which
is
taking
out
poles
Idled
this
week
in
the
Prince
Rupert
at
Albernl
Canal
and
at
Coal
Har-steadlly
for
export
to
the
United
I
General
Hospital,
took
place
thlslbor,
Vancouver.
This
action.
It
was
States,
and
the
Bernefeld
Logging!
morning
from
the
Chapel
of
the
B.
said,
has
been
taken
as
an
answer
Co.
near
Skidegate.
which
is
spe-
c.
Undertakers
to
Fairview
Ceme-,to
the
Howe
policy,
which
it
was
cialtelng
In
rived
spruce
for
shlp-jtery,
Rev.
Father
J.
Hammond
of-!
announced
would
be
enforced
this
ment
to
St.
Paul,
Minn.
Besides
filiating.
Pallbearers
were:
D.
E.
year.
these,
there
are
a
number
of
smal-
'
ler
operations.
Montliambert
&
Rolston
of
Van-
couver
at
present
have
a
survey
crew
near
Queen
Charlotte
City
taklna
surveys
for
a
proposed
log-
glng
railway.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Feb21:
Wheat
was
quoted
on
the
local
exchange
;
today
at
$1.13s,
showing
somewhat
.
0f
a
recovery
since
yesterday.
Nine
Million
Dollars
To
Be
Expended
This
Year
In
West
On
C.
N.
Branch
Construction
WINNIPEG,
Feb.
21
:
Nine
million
dollars
will
bo
spent
on
branch
line
construction
by
tho
Canadian
National
Kail-
ways
in
Western
Canada
this
year
the
western
vice-presi-
dent,
A.
E.
Warren,
announced
today.
This
is
exclusive
of
the
Hudson
Bay
Railway
and
does
not
include
any
expen
-
tliture
for
betterment
of
or
new
work
on
lines
now
in
opqr-
jation.
Whan
VV
nun
the
win
worn
WVIAI
projected
UIU
tXlt'U
.
.
1
V.
..
year
program
appruvuu
uy
seSSlOll.
HOWE
WILL
SPEAK
SOON
fishermen
and
Canneries
Will
Then
Be
Enabled
to
Prepare
For
Season
VICTORIA,
Feb.
21:
Announcement
will
be
made
soon
br
Hon.
S.
L.
Howe,
provincial
commissioner
,
of
fishe'ries,
which
will
enable
fishermen
and
canneries
now
tied
up
awaiting
action
on
his
proposals
to
commence
operations,
Col.
Nelson
Spencer
of
Vancouver
told
the
fisheries
committee.
of
the
legislature
yesterday.
ro
REFORM
BROKERAGE
Recommendations
of
Toronto
At
torney-Gcnerals'
Conference
Have
Far-Reaching
Effect
TORONTO.
Feb.
21:
If
recom-riendattans
of
the
conference
which
was
held
here
between
attor-noy-generals
or
their
representa-jitaa
from
the
varlou
province
x
the
DomlnloiT
are
adopted,
broker's
will
be
prohibited
from
trading
against
their
clients
and
will
In
future,
be
required
to
furnish
their
customers
with
written
confirma
tion
of
each
transaction
Including
the
time
of
execution.
The
report
of
the
conference
fur
ther
recommends
that
the
provinces
adopt
uniform
security
frauds
prevention
acts
and.
wherever
possible,
all
stock
transactions
be
made
subject
to
the
same
exchange
1
1
emulations
and
restraints.
It
is
recommended
that
a
wider
Interpretation
of
bucketing
be
made
by
the
federal
government
and
that
a
maximum
seven
year's
imprisonment
be
fixed.
Theodore
Johnson
Is
Laid
to
Rest
The
funera
of
the
late
Theodore
;
Johnson,
formerly
of
Terrace,
who
Murphy,
Ed.
Maloney,
T.
Finnegan
and
Hans
Berquist.
.
UfirKTY
rORF
11VJ1.ij
1
UVVlVluU
Coast
League
Seattle
1,
Portland
3.
National
League
Montreal
3.
N.
Y.
Americana
3.
Pittsburgh
0,
Toronto
4.
Ottawa
5,
Chicago
2.
j
.
.
I
is
13
completed,
tUlHUJC.t.i,
tne
wit.
vuiuwhiij
company
win
m
n.lAMnl
rrr,.Alriirinrif
lner
me
ix-ucitu
Suviiiiviu
NORTH
ARTHUR
B.
WOOD
Vice-President,
Sun
Life
of
Canada
NIECE
OF
LOCAL
MAN
WINS
PLACE
IN
AIR
CIRCLES
Miss
Amy
Johnson,
who
has
been
getting
consider-
able
publicity
recently
In
Old
Country
papers,
lllustra-
ted
supplements
and.
movie
news
reels
,
-as
na,;
',
qualified
air
engineer
asitweU
.as
a
HcensednpiloVl
anlece
of
4
T.
II.
Johnsoiujnanager
of
the
Canadian
Fish
It
Cold
Storage
Co
here
and
a
4
daughter
of
Will
Johnson.
wheels
we4JiraBaila4?rtoc4d.
Rupert
through
having
paid
visits
here.
Miss
Johnson,
who
lives
in.
London,
is.
according
to
,
reports,
fanning
to
attempt,
a,
solo,
night
shorUy
from
England
to
Australia.
,
4
4
4.
T
FISHERMEN
BUY
PLANTS
Arrangements
Made
to
Take
Over
and
Operate
Mlllerd
Salmon
Canneries
SKID
EO
ATE,
Feb.
21:
Word
has
been
received
here
that
a
B.
C.
Fishermen's
Co-operative
Association
has
been
formed
in
the
south
and
that
the
new
organization
has
purchased
the
three
Francis
Mll-
lerd
salmon
canneries
at
Alert
Bay,
TEN
MEN
FINED
NEW
WESTMINSTER
,
Feb.
21-
Robert
guards.
and
J.
H.
McArthur.
trade
ary.
have
been
dismissed
from
doty
on
Instructions
of
the
minis
ter
of
justice
for
lack
of
vigilance
In
connection
with
the
tweape
of
Robert
Lay,
a
prisoner,
on
July
25
last
year
IMPERIAL
CONFERENCE
LONDON,
Feb.
21
Premier
Ramsay
MaeDonak)
told
the
House
of
rv,,.
th.t
h.
n.vt
mim.
v.
-
of
the
Imperial
Conference
would
be
held
In
London
on
September
30
next.
NANAIMO
GIRL
DROWN
NANAIMO,
Fetv
21
While
play
ing
with
companions
on
the
banks
rw.7
m
i
oi
Tl
Dorothy
Bamhati.
aged
five.
leu
into
the
stream
and
was
drowned,
Trapping
Is
Poor
1T..J.
,nnnn
f,
n
.
1
-
1
oten
very
poor
owing
w
wit
c-
tremeiy
Daa
weatner.
ASHORE
IN
ALEUTIANS
Steamer
Koshun
Maru
Leaking
in
I
Two
Holds
and
Forepeak
Fol-I
lowing-
Stranding
SEATLE,
Feb.
21
:
Oroundlng
of
the
Japanese
steamship
Koshun
Maru
of
the
Namashlta
Line
near
Scotch
Cap
Light
a
Unimak
Pass
of
the
Aleutian
Islands
is
reported
today.
The
ship
is
leaking
in
two
holds
and
the
fere
peak.
The
Koshun
Maru
was
bound
from
the
Columbia
River
for
Yokohama.
DIED
WHILE
SPEAKING
Frank
Burnett
Was
Weil
Known
Vancouver
Resident
and
South
Sea
Explorer
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
21:
Frank
Burnett,
aged
76.
well
known
resident
and
South
Sea
explorer,
dropped
dead
last
night
while
speaking
at
a
banquet
of
the
Vancouver
branch
of
'he
Canadian
Authors'
Association.
NoRevisionOn
Assessmentof
Imperial
Oil
Co.
The
civic
court
or
revision
concluded
its
work
for
the
year
at
the
final
session
yesterday
afternoon,
Mayor
Orme
presiding,
when
it
was
decided
not
to
reduce
the
assessment
on
the
Imperial
Oil
Company's
improvements
this
year
as
asked.
Theee
will
not
be
taxed
this
year
and
the
case
can
be
consider-
ied
next
year
if
an
injustice
Is
be
ing
done.
The
argument
In
favor
of
reduction
given
by
A.
O.
Rix
on
behalf
of
the
company
was
that
tanks
were
valued
on
the
company's
books
at
the
price
asked
to
be
set
The
court
has
asked
for
the
original
cost
of
construction
of
the
plant,
but
this
was
not
forthcoming.
LAYING
CHARGES
Winnipeg
Men
Are
in
Trouble
as
a
Result
or
Disposition
of
Two
Million
Dollar
Will
WINNIPEO.
Feb.
21:
Charges
will
be
laid
against
John
A.
Forlong
and
W.
A.
Irish
In
connection
with
ease
'Of
the
two
million
dollar
will
of
the
late
Alexander
Macdon-
"T"T
general,
stated
in
the
Manitoba
le-
SS?!;"
SST
Forlong
is
the
huaoand
of
Mrs.
Qrace
Ann
Forlong,
daughter
of
Msedona
IrM)
1
,
.
AVhuupj
contractor
ana
was
witness
to
the
testament!
mad$
bjr
Andonald.
Warrants
for
UptfferlMt
of
For-
'ong
and
Irish
on
charges
of
sub-
ornatlon
of
perjury
in
the
case
of
frTO.,
.nrf
rrinn
bi
k
ml
of
the
latter
were
issued
last
night
by
Chief
of
Police
Newton.
Local
Man
Gets
Radio
Papers
William'
Cumming
is
Awarded
Amateur
Certificate
For
Proficiency
OTTAWA,
Feb.
21:
-
William
Cumming
of
Prince
Rupert
has
been
granted
an
amateur
certificate
for
proficiency
in