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Tuesday,
January
11
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Vol.
XXI.,
No,
10.
Taku
River
Mui&Ofi&Great
Business
Opportunity
to
This
City
Says
"If
the
people
of
Prince&u&erjt
really
want
more
bus
iness,
there
is
a
great
chance
new
mining
camps
on'the
Taku:
River,
says
a
visitor
from
that
region
who
is
spending
the
winter
in
this
city.
"It
is
Canadian
business
which
rightfully
belongs
to
Canadian
merchants,
but
they
must
remember
that
it
will
not
come
to
them
unless
they
go
out
and
get
it.
The
Alaskan
town
of
Juneau
.
is
after
the
business
and,
indeed,
got
the
most
,
of
it
last
year.
Prince
Rupert,
how-
NEW
RECORD
.
EMPLOYMENT
Conditions
in
Canada
Much
Better
Last
Year
Than
Pre-ceeding
Twelve
Months
OTTAWA,
Jan.
13.
Employment
In
Canada
during
1939
reached
a
new
record,
the
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics
announced
in
a
report
which
listed
6700
firms
employing
a
monthly
average
of
1,030,635
persons.
There
were
twenty
thousand
more
employed
in
the
Dominion
on
December
1
than
at
the
corresponding
date
in
1928.
Deputies
Off
To
Ottawa
to
Take
Transfer
i..
VICTORIA,
Jan.
13.
Oscar
Bass,
K.C.,
deputy
attorney-general,
and
Henry
Cathcart,
deputy
minister
of
lands,
left
for
Ottawa
on
Saturday
In
connection
with
final
details
for
the
railway
lands
transfer
from
the
Dominion
to
the
province.
Hon.
F.
P.
Burden,
minister
of
lands,
was
unable
to
go,
-its
he
intended,
owing
to
pressure
of
busi
ness.
.-
i1
1
"
1-:.
RUPtiRT,'
B.C.,
MONDAY,
:
i
j
ROBERT
L.
BURN
A
P
Announcement
has
been
made
at
;
Canadian
National
headquarters
of
the
appointment
of
Robert
L.
Bur-nap,
as
Vice-President
in
Charge
of
Trsffic,
with
headquarters
at
Montreal,
vice
A.
T.
Weldon.
The
appointment
being
effective
at
once.
R.
L.
Burnap
has
been
associated
with
the
various
lines
'which
now
comprise
the
Canadian
National
Railways
System
during
the
whole
of
his
railroad
career
of
36
years.
Visitor
From
North
Jor
;them
tr
get
it
with
the
ever,
is
the
nearest
Canadian
port
jand
is,
therefore,
entitled
to
the
!
trade
if
the
business
men
of
this
city
are
but
willing
to
go
after
It."
This
visitor
Is
very
enthusiastic
about
the
mining
possibilities
of
the
Taku.
He
says
It
is
going
to
be
the
biggest
mining
camp
in
British
Columbia,
bar
none,
and
that
there
are
at
least
two
mines
there,
and
possibly
more,
that
will
turn
out
to
be
the
province's
greatest
and
rich
est
producers.
Arrangements
should
be
made
to
provide
an
adequate
transportation
service
this
summer
from
the
mouth
of
the
Taku
River
to
the
mines
on
Canadian
territory
up
the
stream.
Last
year
a
float
was
es
tablished
there
for
the
discharge
of
goods.
It
would
be
better
If
a
wharf
could
soon
be
provided
near
the
mouth
of
the
river
where
coastal
steamers
might
land
to
discharge
cargo.
The
mouth
of
the
Taku
River
Is
about
three
hundred
miles
north
of
Prince
Rupert.
Going
north
aboard
the
Princess
Norah
on
Saturday
were
a
number
of
prospectors
who
will
go
in
over
the
snow
to
Taku.
They
will
reach
there
two
months
before
the
snow
is
off,
taking
their
own
supplies
In
with
them.
,
Motorshlp
Belllngham,
Capt.
J.
E.
Anderson,
arrived
in
port
at
7
o'clock
last
evening
from
Ketchikan
with
six
carloads
of
frozen
fish
for
transshipment
over
the
Canadian
National
Railways
to
the
Eastern
States.
i
.
PUBLIC
MEETING
TUESDAY,
JAN.
11,
AT
8
P.M.,
IN
INTEREST
OF
CANDIDATURE
OF
A.
J.
Prudhomme,
for
Mayor
All
candidates
for
municipal
office
are
invited
to
attend
and
speak.
r
JAN.
13,
1930
Canadian
Aviators
Land
Safely
In
New
Blue
Sky
Laws
For
British
Thirty-Two
Lives
Are
Lost
As
Heavy
Storm
Rages
in
British
Isles
Naval
Tug
Sank
at
Ushant
Communication
LONDON,
Jan.
13.
Thirty-two
persons
lost
their
lives
in
a
terrific
storm
which
swept
England
last
night,
twenty
victims
being
members
of
the
crew
of
H.
M.
S.
tug
St.
Denny
which
sank
north
of
Ushant
Light.
Five
men
from
th?
vessel
were
rescued.
The
wind
reached
a
velocity
of
125
miles
per
hour
at
Eastbourne.
Falling
trees
were
responsible
for
most
of
the
land
casualties.
London
and
other
large
centres
are
practically
isolated
as
far
as
wire
communication
is
concerned.
Fears
are
expressed
that
the
entire
scope
of
the
calamity
has
not
as
yet
been
revealed
DOCUMENT
WAS
HOAX
American
Senate
Committee
Laughs
Off
Shearer!
Secret
British
Memorandum
WASHINGTON,
Jan.
13.
A
document
given
to
a
senate
committee
by
William
B.
Shearer,
a
naval
propagandist,
and
described
by
him
as
a
secret
British
memorandum
was
ldetnlfled
on
Saturday
before
the
committee
by
Dr.
William
J.
Ma-loney,
New
York,
as
"a
skit
on
British
propaganda"
written
by
himself.
Committee
members
Joined
frequently
In
laughter
as
the
story
of
Shearer's
document
was
unfolded.
When
Dr.
Maloney
concluded,
the
Shearer
investigation
was
ended
definitely.
Light
and
Twenty
Drown;
Interfered
With
4
HOSKINS
APPOINTED
4
AS
JUVENILE
JUDGE
4
4
4-
VICTORIA,
Jan.
13:
Ste-
phen
II.
Hokln,
government
agent
and
.Pjndtary.
rnjgta-
trate
at
Smithers.
has
recelv-
cd
the
additional
appoint-
ment
of
Judge
5f
the'
JtfvenJIe
Court
for
Omineca
electoral
"
district.
Froze
To
Death
INNISFAIL,
Alta.,
Jan.
13.
Luther,
and
John
McLaren,
brothers,
who
were
both
over
70
years
of
age,
were
found
frown
to
death
in
their
house
In
Innlsfall
on
Friday.
They
were
among
the
first
settlers
In
this
district..
Earnings
of
Government
From
Sale
of
Liauor
Have
Almost
Doubled
Since
Start
in
1922
VICTORIA,
Jan.
13.
Profits
from
government
sale
of
liquor
in
British
Columbia
for
the
full
year
ending
September
30
last
amounted
to
a
record
figure
of
4,541,-225.
From
this
it
is
deduced
that
liquor
purchased
m
the
province
for
the
year
amounted
to
$18,164,900,
which,
with
an
estimated
sale
of
$2,500,000
worth
of
beer,
would
put
the
total
of
all
liquor
sales
at
$20,GG4,900
The
last
previous
sale
figure
made
public
was
for
the
year
ending
b
i
.
March
31
last
when
sales
to
the
pub-
DUGGAN
IS
TORYHEAD
CALOARY,
Jan.
13.
Alberta
Conservatives
on
Saturday
night
elected
J.
M.
Duggan,
M.L.A.
for
Edmonton
and
former
mayor
of
that
city,
as
their
provincial
leader.
Mr.
Duggan
succeeds
A.
A.
Mc-Qllllvray,
who
resigned
as
leader
a
few
weeks
ago.
I
lie
were
estimated
at
$16,188,910.
or
about
four
millions
less
than
for
the
vear
ending
September
30.
Up
to
the
end
of
last
September
the
province
earned
$26,823,000
since
government
sale
of
liquor
commenced.
..
..
As
against
the
earnings
of
last
year,
$3,851,145
was
earned
in
the
previous
year.
In
the
first
full
year
of
operations
ending
September
30,
1922,
the
net
profits
were
$2,306,025,
showing
that
the
profits
nave
ai
most
doubled
In
seven
years.
PUBLIC
"MEETING
MOOSE
HALL,
WEDNESDAY,
JAN.
15,
AT
8
P.M.
IN
THE
INTEREST
OF
S.M.NEWTON,
Mayoral
Candidate
AH
candidates
for
mayor,
aldermen
and
school
trustees
will
be
given
a
hearing.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
LANDED
SAFELY
Pat
Reid
and
Party
Turned
Up
On
Saturday
After
Having:
Been
Missing:
for
a
Week
FAIRBANKS,
Jan.
13
Getting-
their
bij
cabin
plane
into
the
air
again,
Capt.
Pat
Reid
and
his
two
companions,
William
Hughes
and
Jim
Hutchinson,
missing
since
they
had
taken
off
a
week
previous
from
here
for
Nome
to
engage
in
the
quest
for
Carl
Ben
Eielson
and
Earl
Borland,
landed
safely
Saturday
at
Unalakleet
In
Norton
Sound,
Information
of
their
safety
was
conveyed
in
a
radio
message
from
Major
H.
C.
Deckhard
of
Nulato.
MRS.
DONAGHY
DEAD
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
13:
Dr.
Florence
Muriel
Donaghy,
wife
of
Dugald
Donaghy
K.C.,
died
here
on
Saturday.
Columbia
Are
CANDIDATES
NOMINATED
Few
Surprises
Today
in
Naming
of
CanlMafet
For
Honors
at
Municipal
Election
L.
W.
Waugh
and
Mrs.
T.
M.
Spencer
were
elected
by
acclamation
today
to
two-year
terms
on
the
board
of
school
trustees.
Mrs.
Spencer
succeeds
herself
on
the
board
and
Mr.
Waugh
takes
the
;.seat
of
Thomas
McMcekln,
who
has
retired.
There
was
no
nomination
for
filling
the
seat
of
William
011-
Christ,
who
resigned
from
the
board
with
his
two-year
term
incomplete,
There
were
only
the
two
school
board
nominations.
Contests
developed
for
both
the
two-year
and
one-year
seats
cn
the
aldermanlc
board.
For
the
four
two-year
terms
the
nominees
were
J.
H.
Plllsbury.
H.
F.
Pullen,
F.
W.
Wesch,
Aid.
O.
W.
Rudderham,
Jack
Johns
and
James
Black.
Mr.
Black
was
chosen1
as
a
running
mate
for
Aid.
-Rudderham
on
the
Trades
it
Labor
CdUhbll
ticket
following
the
withdrawal
rfrom
the
field
of
Aid.
FrahPDibb
bw'ine
to
Ill-health.
The
raldfrnierivwhose
terms
now
expire
are
Ai
J.
PrUdhomme,
Theo
Collart.
O,
W.
Rudderham
and
Frank
Dlbb.
There
were
four
nominations
O
B.
pasey.
R.
F.
Perry.
Theo
Collart
and
P.
H.
Llnzey
for
two
one-year
terms
In
succession
to
Aid.
F.
O.
Dawson,
who
died,
and
Aid.
C.
II.
brnewh'A
Is
running
for
mayor.
is
'expccieu,
mere
were
imcc
rofcyorally
nominees
A.
J.
Prudhomme,.
SrM.
Newton
and
C.
H.
Orme.
Following
were
the
nominations:
For
Mayor
Alexander
J.
Prudhomme,
proposed
by
H.
B.
Rochester,
seconded
by
Max
Heilbroner.
Seville
Martlneau
Newton,
proposed
by
R.
F.
Perry,
seconded
by
A.
R.
Phillips.
Cyril
H.
Orme.
proposed
by
James
H.
Thompson,
seconded
by
W.
M.
Brown;
assenting:
Mrs.
Mary
E.
Gordon,
S.
E.
Parker.
W
J.
Greer,
George
D.
Tlte,
George
H.
Munro,
John
Currle,
R.
E.
Benson,
J.
W.
Scott,
M.
P.
McCaffery,
W.
E.
Fisher,
Dr.
W.
T.
Kergln,
A.
T.
Parkin
and
Ben
Llpsln.
For
Aldermen
Two-year
term,
four
to
be
elected
Joel
H.
Pillsbury,
proposed
by
D.
G.
Stewart,
assented
to
by
G.
P.
Tinker
and
L.
W.
Waugh.
George
W.
Rudderham,
proposed
by
John
J.
Judge,
seconded
by
S.
D.
Macdonald.
Fred
W.
Wesch,
proposed
by
Robert
McKay,
seconded
by
James
H.
Thompson.
Henry
F.
Pullen,
proposed
by
James
H.
Thompson,
seconded
by
P.
W.
Anderson
and
John
J.
Dore.
James
Black,
proposed
by
S.
D.
Macdonald.
seconded
by
Frank
Derry.
J.
Wlndrath
Johns,
proposed
by
D.
G.
Stewart,
seconded
by
W.
J
Thomas.
One-year
term,
two
to
be
elected
George
Bernard
Casey,
proposed
by
D.
C.
Schubert,
seconded
by
W,
H.
Sherman
Jr.
Roaer
F.
Perry,
proposed
by
S.
M.
Newton,
seconded
by
Wilfrid
Grat
ton.
,i
.
i
.
.
,P.
H.
Llnzey,
proposed
by
Max
Heilbroner,
seconded
by
D.
O.
Stewart.
Theophlle
J.
J.
Collart,
proposed
!
by
W.
O.
Fulton,
seconded
by
Frank
!
Dlbb.
I
For
School
Trustees
Two-year
term,
two
to
be
elected.
I
Mrs.
Grace
E.
Spencer,
proposed
I
by
S.
D.
Macdonald,
seconded
by
Frank
Dibb.
I
Leo
W.
Waugh,
proposed
by
D.
O.
Stewart,
seconded
by
O.
W..
Statements
Have
Been
Made
In
Matter
of
Financial
Houses
in
This
Province,
Pooley
States
VICTORIA,
Jan.
13.
Statements
referring
to
the
operation
of
some
financial
houses
in
British
Columbia
have
been
presented
to
the
attorney-general's
department
here
and
enquires
have
been
made
respecting
them,
Hon.
JR.
H.-
Pooley
said
on
Saturday.
He
preferred,
he
said,
to
class
the
reports
made
to
him
as
statements
rather
than
complaints.
"We
have
not
similar
legislation
in
British
Columbia
under
which
we
can
take
action
to
Ontario
and
Alberta,"
the
attorney-general
said,
"but
we
propose
to
have.
Legislation
will
be
drafted
to
come
before
the
legislature.
We
have
been
co-operating
with
other
provinces
and
representatives
of
other
provinces
have
been
to
see
us."
AlcLARNIN
TO
MEET
l
MANDELL
FEB.
17
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
13:
;
Jimmy
McLarnln,
baby-faced
i
Vancouver
Irish
lad,
is
to
have
another
shot
at
Sammy
j
MandeU.
the
llahtwelzht
klnz.
on
February
17.
His
manager,
Poo
Foster,
announced
on
Sa-
I
v
turday
that
the
date
had
been
set.
The
fight
will
be
In
Chi-
cago.
CITY
HAS
SURPLUS
Income
Exceeded
Expenditure
By
$2,43G.4Q
During
Year
1929
A
statement
issued
from
the
office
of
City
Treasurer
D.
J.
Matheson
announces
an
ex-,
cess
of
revenue
over
expenditure
In
city
finances
for
the
year
1929
of
$2,496.40.
Income
for
the
year
amounted
to
$415,891.11
and
expenditure,
$113,398.01.
The
general,
special
and
.
school
tax
levy
for
the
year
amounted
to,
$213,292.76
and
local
Improvement
tax
levy
wa
$104,841.24.
These
were,
of
course,
the
chief
items
of
revenue.
CANADIENS
LOSE
OUT;:
Ottawa
Took
Their
Measure
in
National
Hockey;
Americans
Beat
Pirates
TORONTO,
Jan.
13.
The
traditional
rivals.
Ottawa
Senators
and
Montreal
Canadlens,
battled
into
overUme
on
Saturday
before
Ottawa
scored
the
winning
goal
and
moved
into
a
tie
with
Toronto
Maple
Leafs
for
third
place
In
the
Cana
-
diah
section
of
the
National
Hockey
League.
New
York
Americans
hung
up
a
trlnmnh
over
Pittsburch
Pirates.
The
srores
were:
Ottawa
2,
Canadlens
1.
N.
Y.
Americans
3,
Pittsburgh
1.
Boston
Grill
LARGE
CABARET
Special
Dinners
Thursdays
and
Saturdays
fencing
Evrry
Baturday
Night,
to
it
Dane
BaU
for
Hire
AeoomzDodatlons
lor
Prltate
Parties
PHONE
4
PK1CE
FIVE
CENTS
Nort
Mooted
UlLll
lf
1
A
1
Utt
THE
BRUINS
National
League
Leaders
Lose
To
New
York
Americans
After
Fourteen
Wins
NEW
YORK
Jan.
13.
Displaying
a
remarkable
defensive
game,
the
humble
New
York
Americans
broke
the
fourtecn-eame
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streak
iot
th.
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champions-
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League,
here
last
night.
At
Detroit
the
Cougars
defeated
the
Pittsburgh
Pirates
after
three
periods
of
slow
uneventful
play
that
.
saw
most
of
the
speed
and
action
crowded
into
the
third
period.
In
a
rough
battle
enlivened
by
three
fist
fights
by
players,
the
Chicago
Black
Hawks
defeated
the
New
York
Rangers
and
replaced
them
In
second
place
in
the
league
race.
Last
night's
scores:
New
York
Rangers
1,
Chicago
2.
Boston
2,
New
York
Americans
3.
Pittsburgh
2,
Detroit
3.
Forest
Protection
Tax
This
Year
Is
To
Be
Three
Cents
VICTORIA,
Jan.
13.
The
rate
of
taxation
on
timber
land
for
the
present
year's
forest
protection
fund
will
be
three
cents,
the
Department
of
Lands
announces.
.
NO
REDUCTION
IN
FISHING
LICENCES
OTTAWA
Jan.
13:
There
will
be
no
reduction
in
the
number
of
licences
available
to
others
than
whites
or
na
tive
Indians
In
commercial
fishing
in
British
Columbia
this
year.
Together
with
this
announcement
from
W.
A.
Found,
deputy
minister
of
'
fisheries,
it
was
made
known
that
returned
soldiers
of
Oriental
origin
would
be
plac-
ed
on
the
same
basis
for
11-
cencing
purposes
as,
others
i
who
served
overseas.
REMEMBER!
'
'
ORME'S
MEETING
TOMGHT
Moose
Hall
at
8.30
p.m.
Everybody
invited.