I
TOMORROW'S
TIDE?
Wednesday,
February
26,
If
High
0.50
a.m.
17:
12.34
p.m.
19.5
ft.
Low
052
a.m.
8.9
ft.
19.10
p.m.
4.1
ft.
Vol
XXI..
No.
47.
Cc
of
New
Westminster
with
a
loss
$35,000.
It
was
known
as
the
Ool
den
Ears
mill.
Another
Chinaman
named
Hop
u;
badly
burned
and
a
third
Chinaman
sustained
slight
burns.
Between
seventy
and
eighty
employees,
mostly
Chinese,
were
thrown
out
of
work
by
the
blaze.
.
INFANT
BURIED
Aftor
a
brief
service
In
the
cha-P
ol
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
at
which
Rev.
Thomas
McConncll
of
Fir't
Presbyterian
Church
officiated,
the
funera'of
George
Beattle,
"
v
uiu
OUll
U
fVU,
UUU
James
B.
MacKay,
took
place
quietly
m
Fairview
Cemetery
afternoon.
this
OLD
COUNTRY
FOOTBALL
Third
Round,
Scottish
Cup
Replay
Dundee
2,
Alrdrleonlans
0.
Falkirk
1,
Lelth
Athletic
1.
HOCKEY
SCORES
Coast
League
Seattle
0,
Vancouver
3.
'St
w'f.
V,
mm
ALDWINC
Empire
Free
Trade
is
Great
Ideal
Although
Not
Practical
Policy
No
Responsible
Statesman
Could
Promise
It
to
Country,
Former
Premier
Declares
LONDON,
Feb.
25:
"I
hold
Empire
free
trade
as
an
ideal
for
which
every
Conservative
should
work
but,
as
;
a
practical
policy
today,
it
is
impossible,"
Rt.
Hon.
Stanley
1
Baldwin,
Conservative
leader,
said
in
a
statement
yester-
day
in
expressing
officially
the
attitude
of
his
party
toward
the
new
United
Empire
party
of
Lord
Beaverbfook.
"No
responsible
statesman,"
he
said,
"could
go
to
the
country
and
tell
the
electorate
it
would
be
introduced
if
he
were
returned
to
power.
It
cannot
be
done.
The
Dominions
will
not
have
it,
Mr.
Baldwin
declared.
i
RAIL
LINE
FOR
PEACE
Alberta
Has
Company
If
ON.K,
and
CJ.U.
Fail
EDMONTON.
Feb.
24:
II
the
Canadian
National'
or
Canadian
Pacilir
Hallway
Company
Jointly
Individually
will
undertake
to
baud
a
new
northern
line
giving
ti.ii
muru
desired
Peace
River
out-Jr
t
)
the
British
Columbia
coast,
lulonnation
to
that
effect
will
be
appreciated
by
the
legislature.
Otherwise
there
Is
fairly
good
chance
i.
Uic
charter
being
granted
to
the
Beaver
Lodge-Nerawa
River
Rall-nr.i.
Company,
which
is
asking
per-ill
Mion
to
construct
a
line
through
the
dray
pass.
It
Is
revealed
here.
Thr
bill
to
Incorporate
the
company
was
before
the
railway
com-nu;we
of
the
house
and
was
given
a
.uorough
discussion)
the
outcome
b
a;
that
C.RR.
and
CPJt.
official
arc
to
bo
asked
to
attend
a
fu-hri;
bitting
of
the
committee
and
&:&-.
what
objections,
if
any,
and
intentions,
if
any,
cither
or
bc-Mi
of
the
transcontinental
roads
nr..
have
In
the
matter.
MILL
FIRE
INSOUTH
One
Chinaman
llurned
to
Death
In
Destruction
of
Port
Coqultlam
Shingle
Plant
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
Feb.
26:
Shoo,
56-year
old
Chinaman,
ho
Ls
missing,
is
believed
to
have
teen
burned
to
death
in
a
fire
last
mshi
that
destroyed
the
shingle
mill
three
mile
from
Port
Coqult
lam
owned
by
the
Dwdney
8hlngle
MAY
ENTER
1
POLITICS
-
Saskatchewan
Section
of
United
,
Tarmers
In
Annual
!
Convention
SASKATOON,
Busk.,
Feb.
25:
Saskatchewan's
fanners
may
decide
this
week
to
enter,
politics.
At
the
annual
four-day
convention
of
the
United
Farmers
of
Canada,
Saskatchewan
Section,
opening
today
at
Saskatoon,
political
action
will
be
probably
the
most
Important
topic
of
the
discussion.
Besides,
the
farm
body
is
expected
to
take
a
stand
on
the
compulsory
pool.
Agrarians
of
all
three
prairie
provinces
will
be
In
the
political
field
If
Saskatchewan's
farmers
take
the
step.
Alberta
is
ruled
by
a
powerful
farmer
government,
directly
associated
with
the
United
Farmers
of
Alberta.
A
farmer
administration
is
enthroned,
as
weU,
in
Manitoba
though
the
United
Farmers
of
Manitoba,
as
a
body,
have
never
been
active
In
politics.
Conventions
In
seven
of
sixteen
farm-body
districts
in
Saskatchewan
have
carried
resolutions
favoring
political
action,
according
to
official
returns.
In
five
districts,
political
action
resolutions
were
lost,
while
other
sections
tabled
motions
or
came
to
no
definite
decision.
Some
of
the
approving
districts
Advocated
direct
action
by
the
United
Fanners
of
Canada
(Saskatchewan
Section)
as
a
body,
but
others
believed
merely
locals
In
a
constituency
should
be
permitted
to
organise
politically.
present
status,
ol
the
wheat
situation
will
focus
attention
on
the
Saskatchewan
organisation's
move
with
regard
to
the
compulsory
pool.
In
annual
session
last
month,
United
Fanners
of
Manitoba,
expressed
oposltlon
to
the
principle
of
co-operative
marketing
by
legislative
compulsion,
though
they
favored
a
'100-ner
cent
voluntary
pooi.
a
month
ago.
President
Henry
Wise
Wood
denounced
the
compulsory
pool
Idea
at
the
session
of
the
United
Farmers
of
Alberta.
A
dosen
districts
in
Saskatehewv
an
have
gone
on
record
as
favoring
100
per
cent
coniroi
oi
marnewiia
by
legislation;
official
statement,
however,
has
not
Indicated
whether
all
those
districts
favored
the
100
per
cent
poo1
"bv
legislation"
the
compulsory
pool
plan.
Opposition
developed
in
two
oiswcw,
whwo
resolutions
.backing'
enforced.:
cooperation
were
lest.
One
district
tabled
the
resolution.
,
Saskatchewan's
attitude
on
the
compulsory
pool
is
doubly
important
in
view
of
the
preponderant
wheat-farming
populace
In
the
province.
Saskatchewan
ls
estimated
to
have
produced
well
over
half
of
the
entire
wheat
yield
of
the
west
last
fall.
Moreover,
tho
province
boasts
nearly
CO
per
cent
of
the
total
membership
of
the
powerful
prairie
wheat
pools.
I
1
Herekjjif
jjfiflPp.:se
flapper
of
1930
She
is
Miss
Shlzue
Ta-.iW-rtwicV!!r?
was
8lePtcd
over
2000
contestants
in
the
r
ii:tf
no
he'
Japanese
capiuu
University
Lands
Scheme
Was
Great
Debacle
According
to
Special
Investigator
Report
VICTORIA,
Feb.
25:
The
report
of
A.
N.
Daykin,
special
investigator,
which
was
tabled
in
the
legislature
yesterday,
said
that
the
sale
of
the
entire
Point
Grey
subdivision,
which
the
government
twenty
years
ago
set
aside
to
finance
its
university
and
pay
its
operating
costs,
would
not
pay
the
cost
df
developing
it
including
the
university
buildings,
leaving
nothing
for
operating
cost
of
the
university
and
nothinir
with
which
to
complete
the
university
building
scheme.
Thp
total
cost
up
to
June
last
chargeable
against
the
lands,
the
report
satd.p
was
$6,607,000
Including
Interest
so
that
against
all
the
land
In
the
arts
there
wax
a
charge
of
$3,896
an
acre
which
was
more
than
the
present
value
of
the
land.
The
report
says
that
a
man
was
retained
whose
principal
duties
were
the
sale
of
real
estate
for
a
period
of
nearly
three
yean
at
$280
per
month.
During
this
period
only
16
lots
were
sold
and
several
times
this
number
by
a
real
estate
office
adjoining.
"I
find
no
evident
of
connivance
between
anyone
in
the
endowment
lands
office
and
this
firm,"
the
report
states.
T.
J.
Shenton.
Inspector
of
mines
returned
to
the
city
on
the
Catala
this
morning
Irom
a
brief
trip
to
Stewart
on
official
duties.
t
.
.NEW
GOVERNMENT
,
iim
'
.
iOF
FRANCJ3BUAT
LONDON,
Feb.
25:
The
Chautemps
Government,
which
came
into
office
only
a
few
days
ago
in
succession
to
the
administration
of
Andre
Tardleu.
was
defeated
In
the
Chamber
of
Deputies
today
by
a
margin
of
11
on
a
non-confidence
vote
and
must
now
rejtgn.
.
TORONTO,
Feb.
38:
"We
wonder
why
it
is
that
there
ls
such
a
wide
gulf
fixed
betdeen
the
theory
iif
dietetics
and
invalid
cookery
and
practice
In
hospitals,"
says
"Bride
Broder"
In
the
M
ill
and
Kmplre.
As
women's
editor
she
published
a
noem
by
a
sufferer
wtwse
tonsils
were
removed,
and
.she
was
over
whelmed
by
those
who
had
simitar
comp'.iinta
to
m;;kt.
She
thinks
that
In
Ui
multitude
of
complaints
there
must
be
some
cause.
These
were
some
of
the
offerings
on
the
day
of
operations
Hot
soup,
when
he
thermometer
stood
at
00
de
gress
and
the
doctor
had
ordered
coaling
nourishment
Toast
that
scratched
when
the
throat
was
a
scarified
area
of
pain.iPoached
eggs
done
thoroughly,
lettuce
and
rice
puddings
that
require
perfect
harmony
in
the
system
before
they
can
be
eaten
will;
ease
and
equanimity.
Mrs.
J.
Borsuk
was
discharged
today
after
biit
i
treatment
in
the
P-incp
Ruw'it
General
Hospital
and
will
return
tomorrow
mornlnt;
to
her
home
ui
Woodcock.
xStfa&
NORTIlERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,,
B.
C,
TUESDAY,
FEB.
25,
1930
v
VANAOTAkNO.
2,
.
HAS
BLOWN
IN
Boston
Grill
LARUE
CAHABET
Specla!
Dinners
Thursday!
and
Baturdajt
Oandnt
Etj
Saturday
Night,
'9
to
U
Dtno
Htll
lor
Hire
A5commodOoiu
fur
Prlrtte
Ptxtle
PHONE
437
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
HALLENGES
BE
A
VERBROOK
A
Charming
Nipponese
Flapper
S
ELECTION
AT
EARLY
DATi
Gulf
Between
Dietetics
and
Nursing
Care
Government
Will
Not
Defer
Contest
Until
Last
Moment
Prime
Minister
Tells
House
vantitaiNo.
Tbiew'tn
OTTAWA,
Feb.J25
:
Premier
King,
in
the
House
of
with
about
four
million
feet
;
Commons
last
mgnt,
said
that
his
government
had
not
yet
of
gas
this
morning
accord-
considered
when
an
appeal
to
the
coup
y
would
be
made
mg
io
a
leiepnone
message
-f.-elved
today
from
the
field
by
J.
E.
Taylor
of
HALIBUTTERS
ARE
LEAVING
t
4
Seven.
rMts.l!atlTakennClrar-
-ance
rapeivFrpBv
Customs
Up
to
This.JUorninj
Up
to
this
morning,
seven
local
halibut
boats
had
cleared
from
the
Customs
IIou.se
for
the
deep
sra
fisheries.
Within
the
next
day
or
so
many
more
will
be
off.
Some
wilLro
direct
to
the
banks
while
others
will
call
at
Alaska,
ports
16
tike
on
bait
By
mutual
ajrreement,
fishing
will
start
on
March
I.
Boats
that
had
cleared
up
to
this
morning
were:
D.S.T.,
Capt.
Peter
Mause.
Bayview,
Capt.
I).
Wedge.
Takla,
Capt.
Chris
Park
void.
Embla,
Capt.
A.
Anderson.
Southend,
Capt.
A.
Moen.
Cape
Bealc,
Capt.
Edgar
Ar
nott.
Signal,
Capt.
J.
Ivareon.
50-Cent
Fee
Against
All
N.S.F.
Checks
I
EDMONTON,
Feb.
26:
No
more'
can
the-
facile
financier
who
has,
say
$10
to
his
credit
at
the
bank,
append
his
dashing
signature
and
"get
away
with
It
scot
free."
At
its
last
meeting
the
Clearing
House
association
decided
to
charge
SO
cents
on
all
checks
presented
through
the
Clearing
House
which
are
refused
on
account
of
not
sufficient
funds.
The
association
explains
that
the
action
has
been
taken
on
representations
made
by
a
number
of
businessmen.
It
ls
falling
in
line
with
charges
made
by
Clearing
Houses
in
other
cities,
and
becomes
effective
on
March
1.
Explaining
the
situation,
the
chairman
of
the
association
points
out
that
the
maker
of
the
check
will
have
50
cents
charged
to
his
account
If
his
check
ls
refused
on
account
of
there
not
being
sufficient
funds
to
pay
same.
League
of
Nations
Pastor's
Subject
Iiev.
A.
Wilson
Gave
Interesting
Address
to
United
Church
Young
People
Rev.
Alfred
Wilson,
the
pastor,
gave
the
Young
People's
Society
of
First
United
Church
an
Interesting
talk
on
the
work
of
the
League
of
Nations
last
night.
Duncan
Miller,
the
president,
was
in
the
chair
and
there
was
a
good
attendance.
Tariff
May
Provide
Issue
For
Appeal
to
People,
King
States
Bennett
Attacks
Government
and
Brady
is
Speaking
Today
ljut
he
could
assure
the
House
that
it
w
ould
not
wait
until
he
last
day
of
the
last
week
of
the
last
month
of
the
last
-ear
as
the
Conservatives
had
done."
The
date
would
depend,
he
said,
upon
what
might
develop
in
Parliament
or
possibly
something
affecting
Canada
as
a
result
of
what
j
might
be
done
in
a
foreign
country.
"I
can
imagine
a
situation
In
Canada
conected
wlthO
-
tVi
t.iHff
imnn
tnhlch
an
nnnwl
tn
I
Imade."
I
The
Premier's
reference
followed.
a
statement
by
lion.
R.
B.
Bennett,
Conservative
leader,
that
the
Pre
mier
should
appeal
to
the
people;
before
the
Imperial
Conference
in!
Well
September.
In
Uie
debate
In
reply!
I
to
the
Speech
from
the
Throne,
Mr.
rBennett
directed'
criticism
at
the"
tariff
arrangements
and
failure
of
the
government
to
assist
the
Ca
nadian
farmer.
The
Premier
said
that
unemploy
ment
was
primarily
a
municipal
problem
but
declared
that
the
government
was
assisting
very
materially
indirectly.
J.
C.
Brady,
Conservative
member
tor
Okcena,
adjourned
the
debate
and
spoke
upon
the
resumption
of
the
session
today.
TORONTO
STOCKS
(Oourtejr
6.
D.
Jebnitsn
Oo.)
The
following
quotations
were
bid
and
asked:
Amuet
$1.30,
$1.32.
Dome,
7.80,
735.
Falconbridge.
4.00.
4.05'.
(
Holllnger,
5.54.
5X0.
Howie.
.75,
.77.
Hudwn
Bay.
12.00,
12.10.
Imperial
Oil,
2250,
22.70.
In
Nickel,
33.36,
nil.
nl
Mining
Corp.
2.90,
3.00.
Manitoba
Basin,
7.
7Vfc.
Mclntyre,
17.25,
1750.
Noranda.
36.00,
3825.
Sherttt
Gordon.
2.38.
2.40.
Sudbury
Basin,
2.60,
2.63.
Teck
Hughes,
530,
5.85.
Ventures.
152,
155.
Wright
Hargraves,
1.70,1.74.
THE
WEATHER
Prince
Rupert
Clear,
calm;
temperature,
31.
Port
Simpson
Clear,
calm,
32,
Haytport
Part
cloudy,
calmf
28.
Terrace
Clear.
N.E.
wind,
29.
Rosewood
Clear,
calm,
22.
Alyansh
Clear,
calm.
22.
Alice
Arm
Part
cloudy,
calm,
22:
Anyox
Clear,
calm,
22.
Stewart
Clear,
calm,
19.
Hazelton
Clear,
calm,
16.
Smlthera
Clear,
calm.
19.
Burns
Lake
Clear,
ealm,
frosty.
Vanderhoof
Clear,
calm,
6.
Eighth
Cabin
Clear,
calm.
Atlin
Part
cloudy,
calm,
-4.
Whltehorse
Clear,
calm,
-4.
Carmacks
Clear,
south
wind,
-4.
Selkirk
Cloudy,
west
wind,
-18.
Dawson
Part
cloudy,
calm.
4.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
25:
-
Wheat
was
quoted
on
the
local
exchange
today
at
$1.07Va.
showing
little
change
'from
yesterday.
0LESK0G
IS
CHARGED
Known
Seiner
Charged
With
Having
Fished
Illegally
in
Pearl
Harbor,
government
from
the
angles
of
un-
j
Having
been
arrested
last
week
employment,
depressed
conditions,
i
by
Dominion
Fisheries
officers
on
wheat
marketing,
unsatisfactory
a
charge
of
Illegally
fishing
In
Pearl
Harbor
for
herring.
Ole
Skog
came
before
Stipendiary
Magistrate
H.
F.
McLeod
in
provincial
police
court
this
afternoon,
his
case
being
adjourned
for
eight
days.
Meantime,
Skog
and
his
selneboat,
Fredella,
are
both
at
liberty
on
the
jiersonal
recognizance
of
the
owner.
E.
F..
Jones
Is
acting
for
the
fish
eries
department
in
the
case
while
Milton
Gonzales
is
acting
in
defence
of
Skog.
Were
Wedded
at
Telegraph
Creek
Nuptials
of
Miss
Marjorie
Waring
and
Charles
Ellis
First
at
Stiklne
Itiver
Town
An
Interesting
wedding
took
place
at
Telegraph
Creek
recently,
when
Miss
Marjorie
Waring,
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
O.
Waring,
Vancouver,
was
married
to
Charles
Bills.
Mr.
Bills
is
assistant
manager
for
the
Hudson's
Bay
Company
at
Telegraph
Creek,
and
as
they
were
the
first
white
couple
to
be
married
there,
their
names
have
been
enters
in
the
II.
B.
Co.
historical
records.
The
bride
has
become
an
enthusiast
of
the
north
during
her
stay
there.
She
has
a
dog
team
and
complete
fur
outfit
typical
of
the
fro
zen
country.
She
hunts
deer
and
)
follows
other
vigorous
outdoor
sports.
Mr.
Ellis
came
to
Canada
from
England
two
years
ago,
and
Is
i
well
connected
there.
It
is
In
Kent,
Eng.,
that
the
young
aouple
will
go
next
summer
to
make
their
home.
DIED
IN
ENGLAND
Dr.
Archie
Fee
of
Kamloops,
Wlto
Held
College
Apointment
at
London,
Passes
Suddenly
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
:
Dr.
Archie
R.
Fee,
aged
24,
brilliant
graduate
of
the
University
of
British
Columbia,
ls
dead
from
pneumonia
In
London.
England,
where
he
held
an
appointment
In
physiology
at
the
University
College.
He
was
born
In
Kamloops.