people
UP-TO-DATE
Prince
Rupert
Steam
Baths'.
Boston
Grill
LAKUE
CAHAKET
Prop.
D.
Elio
if
Hh
St.
B;xc!l
Dinner
Ti.urdiy
tnd
BatunUxa
OPENS
MAR
Dancing
Every
Saturday
Night,
ttU
l.a'IIr
TlmrMlnja
and'
"
'
'
'
-(ImtN.
Dance
Hal
(or
Hire
Saturday,
Monday,
AocomicDdttloni
for
Private
Partle
Dully,
2
P.'.
to
12
.m,
.
.
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?
PHONK
457
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
4-
Vol.
XXI.,
No,
53.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
TUESDAY,
MARCH
4,
1930
PRICE,
FIVE
CENTS
CITIES
Municipal
Taxation
To
Be
-Revised
Shelly
Announces
In
4f;-
Budget;
Liquor
Profits
Cut
Wild
Land
Tax
to
Be
Cut
Almost
In
Half
New
Personal
1'roperty
Inmost
Is
Proposed
T
"
VClhl
rche
lMuniciiml
taxation
is
regarded
!
t
iup-icrtv
v
mm
uyiau
m
14
T
1
.
L
Z
'
1
4i
i
recnsiriDuuon
is
to
dq
enecteti,
lion.
w.
u.
Shelly,
minister
of
finance,
said
in
Jijs
budget
speech
yesterday.
The
muni-1
cipalities'
share
of
liquor
profits
will,
'
in
future,
be
limited
n
i
nnn
nnn
nn,
ti
.
.u...
r
u
A-rt
iw
i,wu,uuw
uiiu
wen
oiirtic
ui
luuiur
licences
to
$ou,uuu
although
their
one-fifth
share
of
the
entire
provincial
revenue
will
not
be
reduced.
Total
assets
of
the
province
were
placed
by
Mr.
Shelly
SEEKS
GRIT
LEADERSHIP
W.
R.
Howson,
Edmonton
Barrister,
Announres
Ills
Intention
EDMONTON,.
March
4:
W.
R.
Howaon,
barrister,
told
the
Young
Liberal
Association
here
last
night
that
he
wqulc),
be,
a
candidate
for
the
leadership
of
the
Liberal
party
of
Alberta
at
the
provincial
contention
la
be
held
at
Calgary
on
March
27.
DEPUTY
IS
RESIGNING
R.
A.
C.
Henry
of
Railways
Depart-ment
to
Join
Bcauharnols
U.
E.
Smart
I
Us
Successor?
OTAWA
March
4:R.
A.
C.
Henry,
deputy
"minister
of
railways
and
canals,
questioned
regarding
reports
that
he
would
sever
his
connection-
with
the
government
service
to
become
vice-president
and
general
manager
of
the
Beau-harnols
Light,
Heat
it
Power
Coated
that
It
was
true
that
he
had
asked
to
be
relieved
of
his
duties
as
deputy
minister.
It
Is
rumored
that
U.
E.
Smart
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
Montreal,
will
succeed
Mr.
Henry.
D0UKH0B0RS
0UT0FJAIL
One
Hundred
Members
of
Sons
of
Freedom
to
He
Released
Tomorrow
From
Okalla
VANCOUER.
March
4:
-One
hundred
members
of
the
Cons
of
Freedom
sect
of
Doukhobors,
48
women
and
52
,
men.
will
bercleased
;
'
V
om
Okalla
prison
tomorrow
ana
j
WW
be
returned
imedlately
by
train
to
their
homes
at
Brilliant,
a
short
dlstanr-ft
vjit
nf
Nelson.
I
They
have
been
serving
time
for
staging
nude
parades.
j
:
DEMI'SEY
ANNOUNCES
RETURN
TO
RINO
IN
HEAVY
TITLE
QUEST
,
CLP.vn.AMn
n
Mmh
4
f
f
t
W
"
Jack
Dempsey,
former
World's
champion,
announced
def
In-
itely
yesterday
that
he
would
fight
again
for
the
heavy-
,
weight
title
In
the
event
of
Max
Schmellng,
the
German
aspirant
for
the
crown,
defeat
mg
Jack
Sharkev
In
June.
This
Is
providing,
of
course,
that
Dempsey
will
be
able
to
reach
lighting
condition
again.
-
many
instances
ana
an
enure
;
W
a
I
wu
ioo,wu,uuu
wun
liabilities
of
$111,000,000,
leaving
a
consolidated
surplus
aggregating
$45,000,000.
The
aggregate
debt
Is
placed
at
only
$12,000,000
more
than
eight
years
ago.
The
finance
minister
stated
that,
while
the
province
cannot
embark
upon
any
substantial
new-expenditure
at
this
time
without
Increasing
taxation,
It
must
be
prepared
to
spend
money
for
constructive
work
which
will
return
dividends
in
the
future.
Mr.
Shelly
announced
a
reduction
In
tax
on
wild
lands
of
from
five
to
three
per
cent
In
an
effort
to
stem
the
tide
of
land
reversion
u
thai
w
.
i
.
T
goYommeni.
ne
aiso
announces
uie-t
imposition
or
a
new
tax
on
personal
property
In
outside
school
districts
where
no
school
taxes
are
levied
now
to
provide
money
for
school
rebates
to
farmers.
SHIP
IN
S.O.S.
From
Frci;hler
Rclling-ham
In
Aleutians
Is
Believed
Safe
SEATTLE,
March
4:
An
S.O.S.
and
message
stating
that
shifting
cargo
had
caused
her
to
list
were
flashed
yesterday
from
the
freighter
Bclliriham
in
the
South
Aleutian
Islands.
There
is
a
crew
of
33
men
aboard
the
Bellingham.
The
Bellingham
was
believed
to
be
out
of
danger
today
with
the
steamers
Nevada
and
Iowa
nearby.
Phone
Department
Had
Good
Surplus
Revenue
In
February
Exceeded
Ex-penditurcs
By
$1,4(5.31
During
the
month
of
January,
I
the
municipal
.
telephone
depart-
.1...
41
lit
.
Ol
ment
snowea
a
SurP.u,
ui
according
to
a
report
V
..
.the
city
council
last
night
by
tne
superintendent.
Samuel
Massey.
Revenue
amounted
'
to
$4;104.30
while
expenditure
was
$2,650.31.
Forced
In
With
Clutch
Trouble
Ine
H.
Sold
2l?00
Ponndi
of
Halibut
Yesterday
it
11c
and
8c
m
Forced
Into
port
yesterday
with
-li.irh
trouble,
the
halibut
boat
Inez
H.,
Capt.
Skogmo,
orougni
in
J
J
j3acon
Flsherles
at
14c
and
,.,..
are
bem2
made
and
the
Tn'
H
will
nroceed
again
to
the
banks
immediately.
A
Parliament
is
nothing
less
than
hitr
meeting
of
more
or
less
Idle
D
HIT
modification
of
FISHERY
POLICY
VANCouvlRr"March
4:-
X
British
Columbia's
attempt
"
to
limit
limit
fishing
fishing
gear
gear
will
be
ab-
andoned
and
the
g
government's
;?
nJl
'.if
will
be
re-
.stricted
to
limltatl
limitation
of
can-
nery
licences,
according
to
well
founded
reports
In
circu-
latlon
here.
WRECKED
ON
DUNDAS
ISD.
Albert
Eyolfsen
Drifted
All
Nicht
From
Tugwell
Island
and
Finally
Stmck"
Rocks
TICKED
UP"
BYfcATIVES'
Camped
Two'
'NI;fil',rt.Vlone
on
Reach
When
Fire
Attracted
Men
to
Ills
Rescue
.
.
Aifrt
Eyolfsen
had
a
rather
thrllllne
experience
last
week
when
hu
,lne
new
rolling
I.
poii.,
Amor
drltted
aU
nignMtttrhirVr'Sound1
at
the
mercy
of
n..
seas.
finally
'striking
the
rocjcs-,at
Pujndas
Island
;
when
It
now
'Is,
supposedly
a
total
'
"l
Iwreck.
Mr.
Eyolfsen
left
Tuesday,
having
been
sent
out
to
scout
for
herring.
As
he
was
rounding
Tugwell
Island
he
hit
a
snag
and
bent
the
shaft,
thereby
stopping
the
engine.
After'
drifting
all
night,
he
at
last
hit
the
rock
on
Dundas
Island,
where
the
boat
to
now.
He
camped
on
the
beaoh
till
Eriday
when
some
natives
of
Port
Simpson,
who
were
passing,
saw
the
blaze
of
his
camp-fire
and
proceeded
to
invesUgate.
They
brought
Mr.
Eyolfsen
to
town
on
Saturday.
Th
boat
Is
practically
new.
having
been
purchased
only
last
year
0NAH
FIRST
YANK
BOAT
Capt.
Harry
Selig
Beats
Rest
of
American
Fleet
Here
With
Catch
38,800
Pounds
Sold
Today
The
Onah.
Capt.
Harry
Selig,
Is
the
first
American
halibut
boat
of
the
season
to
hale
a
normal
fare
at
the
Prince
Rupert
Fish
Exchange
this
year.
He
brought
In
10,000
pounds
which
he
sold
to
the
Cana
dian
Fish
,
4V4S
O
et
cold
VUiU
storage
UtUinKC
Co.
VU.
this
tititl
mo
for
,4c
amJ
gc
is
usuilly
among
the
first
each
season
to
land
a
catch
here
and,
In
at
least
one
year
In
the
past,
has
been
the
first.
The
American
ivah-hre
was
also
in
with
a
catch
today
but
she
had
to
return
to
port
with
a
broken
gurdy
shaft,
having
only
1400
pounds
on
board.
Two
Canadian
boats,
the
Prosperity
A.
and
Sea
Maid,
were
also
in
for
today's
sale
with
good
catches,
having
made
speedy
trips
to
jh.e:banJc?,
..
.:
,
Today's
isales
were
as
follows!,
v
Canadian
Prosperity
A.,
19,000,
Atlln,
14c
nnu
oc.
and
6c
American
Onah,
10,000,
and
Ivanhoc,
1,400,
Cold
Storage,
14c
and
6c.
There
Is
only
one
way
to
reach
the
people
of
Northern
B.C.
That
Is
through
the
Daily
News,
BY
FINANCE
MINIST
BIG
NEW
SALMON
CANNERY
DEAL
Tiniest
of
Racing
Sailboats
Tiniest
of
racing
sail
boats,
Skim
Tiers,
sailed
by
young
boys
and
girls,
win
be
admitted
to
nationa1
competition
tor
flrif
time
during
fourth
annual
winter
sailing
championships
off
Los
Angeles.
British
Cojumbia
Forestry
Act
Invalid
To
Impose
Tax
)
Privy
Council
Hs
Decided
LONDON,
March
4
The
Forestry
Act
Of
British
Columbia
is
ultra
vires
so
far
as
it
seeks
to
inVpose
a
tax
on
timber,
it
was
decided
by
the
judicial
committee
of
the
Privy
Council
today
when
it
dismissed
an
appeal
of
the
attorney-general
of
British
Columbia
against
the
Mac-donald-Murphy
Co.
The
case
also
disposes
of
the
question
of
whether
or
riot
a
subject
may
commence
an
action
against
the
attorney-general
to
obtain
a
declaration
that
a
provincial
act
is
invalid.
The
attorney-general
had
stated
that
such
action
should
be
by
way
of
petition
of
right.
.
.
VANCOUVER
AND
PORTLAND
TIED
VANCOUVER.
March
4:
Vancouver
Lions
swamped
the
homeless
Victoria
Cubs
In
a
Pacific
Coast
Hockey
League
fixture
here
last
night
by
a
score
of
seven
to
nil.
The
Lions
are
now
tied
with
the
Portland
Buckaroos
for
the
league
lead
ership.
4.
CITY
TAKES
OVER
ROAD
Cow
Bay
Thoroughfare
Dedicated
to
Municipality
By
Provincial
Government
The
Cow
Bay
raftd
Is.
tobe
dedi
cated
by
the
provincial
government
(
to
the
city.
At
last
night's
meeting
of
the
council,
steps
necessary
to
effect
the
transfer
were
taken.
Ai
recommendation
from
the
board
of
works
that
the
government
be
no-
j
tif
led
that
the
city
was
prepared
to
assume
responsibility
In
connection
with
the
road
was
adopted.
.
The
city's
responsibility
on
tak-
ingi'over
the
CowBay
road,
would
be
the
same
as
with
nil
municipal
streets,
City
Solicitor
E.
P.
Jones
advised
the
council
FATALLY
INJURED
NORTH
VANCOUVER,
March
4:
i
Ernest
Oalpin,
aged
eight;
was
fatally
Injured
when
he
stumbled
'under
a
truck
whel
here
yester
-T"-
-vy
--------
-
-
,
-
.
Ttm-
.-
,
'r
NEW
HEAD
FOR
NAVY
Sir
Charlcj
Madden
Retiring
and
Will
Be
Succeeded'By
Sir
Frederick
Field
'
LONDON,
March
4:
Sir
Charles
Madden,
admiral
of
the
fleet,
who
Is
the
principal
nava'
advisor
to
the
British
delegation
at
the
naval
disarmament
conference,
will
retire
from
his
post
as
Lord
Commissioner
of
the
Admiralty
and
chief
of
naval
staff
about
July
1.
His
post
automatically
carries
with
it
the
position
of
First
Sea
Lord.
Admiral
Sir
Frederick
Field
will
be
Sir
Charles'
successor.
BODIES
ARE
ATTELLER
Remains
of
Kiehon
and
Borland
Brought
From
North
Cape
In
Plane
ny
Ed.
Young
TELLER.
Alaska.
March-4l--The'
bodies
of
Carl
Ben
Elelson
and
Earl
Borland,
killed
last
fall
In
a
plane
i
crash
In
Siberia,
arrived
here
last
night
in
a
Falrchlld
plane
piloted!
by
Ed.
Youngf
rom
the
motorshlpl
Nanuk
at
North
Cape.
j
The
bodies
will
be
taken
on
from
;
here
to
Fairbanks
where
the
re-!
mains
of
Elelson
will
be
met
by
his
1
father
and
taken
to.
North
Dakota
for
burial.
Borland
will
be
Interred
at
Fairbanks
where
his
wife
and
two
children
reside.
Independent
Fishermen
To
Take
Over
Control
Of
Millerd
Interests
Acquire
Two-Plants
at
Coal
Harbor
and
Another
at
Alert
BayWill
Extend
Later
VANCOUVER,
March
4:
Independent
salmon
fishermen
of
British
Columbia
yesterday
signed
preliminary
agreements
to
-purchase
for
$77,500
a
portion
of
the
cannery
interests
of
Frances
Millerd.
Six
hundred
fishermen,
known
as
the
British
Columbia
Fishermen's
Co-operative
Association,
are
involved.
They
are
buying
two
fully
equipped
canneries
at
Coal
Harbor,
near
Vancouver,
and
one
plant
containing
some
machinery
at
Alert
Bay.
These
will
be
added
to.
They
are
also
negotiating
for
leases
of
f
urther
cannery
sites.
O
-
Officials
anticipate
that
the
?r
fj
m
r
ttt
plants
will
have
an
approximate
Y
AI
Hi
6
I
I
r
production
of
250,000
cases
this
year
and
will
expand
next
year,
probably
In
the
northern
part
of
the
province.
The
Co-operaUve
As
sociation
expects
to
employ
this
vear
all
of
its
si
hunrfrpH
mrmhrn
who
will
be
paid
at
the
prevailing
scale,
getting
benefit
from
the
association
at
the
close
of
the
sea
son.
Mr.
Millerd
will
assume
general
management
for
this
year.
BOB
ALLEN
IS
MOVED
i
Transferred
to
Kamloops
As
District
Forester
Vancouver
Man
Is
Successor
Robert
E.
Allen,
who
has
served!
as
district
forester
here
for
slxtne
neighborhood
of
$300
or
$400.
has
been
transferred
from
years,
There
was
no
Insurance.
Prince
Rupert
to
Kamloops
In
a
I
similar
capacity
and
will
be
leaving
J
toward
the
end
of
this
month
to'
ft
iMM
ITT
UU
assume
his
new
duties
In
the
south.
V'-ZiVzlflA
X
1
JLljLi
Hls
successor
here
will
be
A.
E.
Parlow,
who
has
been
assistant
dis-
1
trict
forester
at
Vancouver
and:
who
is
expected
to
arrive
in
the
;lty
about
March
20.
It
will
be
with
feelings
of
real
regret
that
the
public
generally
and
,
the
timber
trade
particularly,
to
say
nothing
of
his
many
friends.
will
learn
of
Mr.
Allen's
departure
from
here.
He
has
been
at
once
an
efficient
and
a
ppulr
.
official.
St
ice
1910
Mr
Allen
has
been
In
the
service
or
the
B.
C.
Forest
Branch,
having
first
become
lden-j
titled
with
the
department
at
New
'
Denver
In
the
Slocan
country.
He
was
stationed
at
various
points
In
the
southern
Interior
until
1912,
when
he
came
north
to
Hazelton;
'
as
district
forester.
In
1917,
on
the
amalgamation
of
the
Hazelton
and
.
T)rn
Prince
rrt
DnnAft
Rupert
f
forestry
AfAst
PU
HlBftir
districts,
he
VSH
'
came
to
Prince
Rupert
to
make
his
hcarJciuarters
as
district
forester.
In
December
1919
he
resigned
from
the
service
to
take
over
the
management
of
the
Royal
Mills
at
Plt
man
Spur
In
which
he
was
Interested
with
Olof
Hanson.
In
September,
1926
he
returned
here
as
district
forester,
succeeding
Parker
S.
Bonney.
Mrs.
Allen,
who
la
also
well
known
and
popular,
will
gQtouth
for
a
visit
In
Vancouver
with
her
husband
when
he
leaves
but
will
re-
turn
to
the
city
The
family
will
rc
-
tain
residence
here
for
about
three
months'
time.
Then
Mrs.
Allen
and
the
two
younger
children,
Miss
Wk"S:
r
other
daughter,
Miss
Alice
Allen,
who
has
been
in
the
service
of
the
Power
Corporation
of
Canada
here,
is
to
be
married
on
Thursday
night
of
this
week
to
Reg.
Kelsey.
avaa
V
HOUSE
FIRE
Shef
Thomson
Lost
Most
of
Be-
longings
tn
Blaze
This
Morning
The
two-room
dwelling
of
the
i
caretaker
on
the
Prince
Rupert
iRowlng
St
Yacht
Club
floats
was
gutted
by
fire
at
10:20
this
morning.
Shef
Thomson,
the
caretaker,
lost
most
of
his
clothes,
Including
a
brand
nt
w
overcoat
he
had
bought
only
yesterday,
as
well
as
other
personal
efefcts.
Mr.
Thomson
was
working
with
his
boats
when
the
fire
broke
out
and
the
alarm
was
turned
in
by
the
Union
Oil
Co.
The
origin
of
the
blaze
Is
uncertain
although
It
is
believed
It
may
have
been
caused
bv
defective
wlr-
ON
PENSIONS
Returned
Soldiers'
Problems
to
Be
Dealt
With
By
Body
Constituted
By
Commons
OTTAWA,
March
4:-On
motion
of
Hon.
Dr.
J.
H.
King,
minister
of
health
and
pensions,
a
special
committee
was
constituted
by
the
'
Commons
last
night
to
Peuns,ons
and
returned
8oldlers
Problems-
P
fin
PA
Fall
If
HI
t
O"
maiMllg
f
1
p
UOOQ
ilCCOVCry
0(
ficia,
llulIctin
To(,
g
ne
,s
Convalescing
and
Will
Leave
For
Uganda
March
9
NAIROBI.
Kenya
Colony,
British
Tast
Africa,
March
4:
An
official
bulletin
said
t6day:
"The
Prince
of
'.Vales
Is
now
convalescing.
He
ex-iccts
to
leave,!
or
Ujginda
on
March
as
originally
planned."
suffering
from
a
touch
of
malaria.
YANCqUVERjlWHEAT
VANCOUVER
Xtnrnh
4
Whpnr.
was
tcd
on
the
Iocal
cxcnanga
d
gt
$1
097.8
j
.TOMORROW'S
-'ni,AnriA11Mn
IMS
Wednesday,
March
5,
1930
High
4.12
aan.
20.3
ft.
1
16.48
p.m.
17.5
ft.
Low
10.43
am.
5.3
ft.
i
,
y
22.42
pjn.(
6.9
ft.