ET
AIL
1930
GOOD
YEAR
HERE
l'rosress
of
Prince
Ituperj
During
Twelvemonth
Is
Briefly
Reviewed
..,((
Rupert
la
closing
one
of
ni'iht
prosperous
years
In
her
if
slightly
over
twenty
years.
.
:
many
places
have
suffered
i
rtnBuncy.
Prince
Rupert
has
busy
and
money
has
been
!ul
Only
during
the
past
few
has
there
been
felt
any
sign
:
rt"d
bad
times.
prosperity
was
due
largely
to
i
tivlties
of
the
Power
Corpor-i
.
uf
Canada
in
constructing
the
River
hydp-electrlc
plant,
the
plenUsus
run
of
salmon
skeena
and
other
rivers
of
i
trlct.
making
It
possible
for
hundreds
of
fishermen
to
ikkJ
money.
mi
iv
also
be
noted
that
build-in.
u
for
the
year
were
higher
:
r
1329,
and
also
the
timber
i
it
the
season
has
been
some-like
2.000,000
board
feet
f
last
year.
i
many
mills
have
been
shut'
.;
Uiruughoul
UMcouqlqr,
the
.
nlvTmbercmftfhM
'cfP
i
their
big
concern
at
Prince
the
dry
dock
and
shipyard!
i)i
i-n
busy,
among
the
work
t
lit
re
being
the
construction
i
,r
ferry
barge
to
operate
be-i
Port
Mann
and
Vancouver
id.
A
large
snag
boat
steamer
Is
under
construction.
j
Unemployment
Problem
V
i!r
Prince
Rupert
has
Its
un-'yment
problem,
more
than
hirds
of
the
men
asking
for
i
ue
not
permanent
residents
h
city
they
are
people
who
drifted
In
from
the
prairies
iher
points
to
take
advantage
mild
climate
and
the
posst-v
ol
securing
employment,
mre
Rupert
Is
now
looking
for
i
tries
to
use
the
natural
re-M-es.
arK
also
he
Is
expecting
i
a
move
will
be
made
soon
to
i
iu-
the
elevator,
which
has
i
practically
idle
for
a
long
filled
to
the
brim
with
wheat.
iven
the
proper
operation
of
her
i
tor.
the
reopening
of
some
of
mills
of
the
district,
one.
at
t
if
which
Is
to
commence
option
soon,
and
a
reasonable
In-trial
development
and
Prince
m
ft
will
continue
to
prosper.
OFFICERS
RE-ELECTED
J.
SI.
Morrison
Is
Again
Fishermen's
Agent
Here
Althouah
thu
full
futures
were
H"t
obtainable,
It
was
learned
this
'nurning
that
all
last
year's
officers
1
1
too
flecp
Soa
Fishermen's
Union,
''llovytng
the
voting
yesterday,
had
in
en
re-elected
for
the
coming
'ar.
P.
n.
Qlll
is
again
secretary-insurer
of
the
union
with
J.
M.
Morrison
agent
here,
Torvald
Kip-fibcrg
at
Seattle
and
Oust
Olsen
'
KOchlkan.
.Only
for
the
offices
"I
agent
here
and
at
'neve
contesw.rMri.
f
-elected
atefit'hVrc
"'ivlngmajorltlea
at
Ketchikan
and
Seattle.
The
voting
figures
here,
the
only
"tips
available
today,
were
as
follows:
luteal
Agent
Einar
LarseTfv
.,
w
J.
II.
Meagher
.....15
J.
M.
Morrison
Seattle
Agent
Axel
Edwards
11
Hnrold
Orottle
;
-a4
Torvald
Klpperberg
.s
33
Louis
Larecn
Seattle
were
tlirWfe--
LIQUOR
BOA
CANDIDATES
ENDORSED
Macdonald
and
Brown
to
Again
Be
Labor
Candidates
For
Council;
Olllls
For
School
Board
The
Prince
Rupert
Trades
St
Labor
Council,
at
a
meeting
last
night,
endorsed
Aid.
W.
M,
Brown
and
Aid.
S
D
Macdonald
as
candidates
for
re-elecUon
to
the
alderman
ic
board
next
month.
The
candidature
of
J.
j.
Oillls
as
a
scnooi
irusin-
endorsed.
The
meeting
discussed
the
work
of
the
city
In
relieving
unemploy-
(Continuea
oh
rB
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Dae.
31:
-
Wheat
was
quoted
on
the
local
exchange
today
at
51Kc.
sum
Turn
the
Page
to
i
A
New
Year
;
A
New
Year
Resolution
ET
this
be
our
New
Year
resolution:
To
speak
well
of
Prince
Rupert
and
all
our
neighbors.
If
we
cannot
say
something
pleasant
about
them
we
will
say
nothing.
Let
us
absolutely'
refuse
to
"knock"
our
home
town,
to
be
jealous
of
her
honor
and
to
strive
to
the
best
of
our
ability
to
make
the
part
of
the
world
in
which
we
live
the
best
place
in
the
world.
i
Development
of
Oriental
Export
j
Trade
Held
By
Bennett
As
Most
Important
to
Canada
s
Commerce
REGINA,
Dec.
31:
Speaking
here
last
night
at
a
iheeting
in
connection
with
his
visit
to
Regina
to
with
premiers
of
the
prairie
provinces
in
regard
to
,tne
wneai
SllUUUUU,
i
runuur
iv.
u.
Duuiicu
ua'c
ciooui-
!anc6
that
till
efforts
to
alleviate
unemployment
and
suf-ifeitoi
this
wmtok
would
have
the
hearty
co-operation
of
i
tne
red
em
i
Kunnuncm.
mure
pui
-
I
tlcutatiy
in
view
of
present
dj-'
nression,
It
became
the
duty
of
Ca
nadians
to
find
new
markets
for
thoir
nrodiicts.
The
Orient.
Mr
Bennett
declared,
offered
Canada
Its
greatest
field
for
trade
expansion.
The
premier
stressed
tho
necessity
of
development
of
th
Orient
export
trade.
The
government
was
putting
forth
all
efforts
possible
to
develop
such
markets.
It
might
not
be
In
the
public
Interest
to
reveal
the
details
of
these
efforts
at
this
time.
To
maintain
its
present
market!
and
secure
new
avenues,
for
trade.
Canada
must
be
able
to
compete
with
the
other
nations
of
the
Continued
on
Page
3.)
BUILDING
AWAY
UP
Total
Value
Thlr
Year
$118,691.50
As
Against
$93,617.82
In
1929
j
Building
permits
In
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
year
1930.
ending
today
totalled
$148,694.50
in
value,
showing
a
healthy
increase
over
the
figure
of
1929
which
was
$93,647.82.
Permits
for
the
month
of
December
were,
as
usual,
quite
light,
amounting
to
only
$2,700
as
compared
with
$2,500
In
the
same
month
last
year.
Following
is
the
building
record
for
1930
month
by
month
with
figures
in
1929
for
comparison:
1930
1929
Value
Value
January
$
February
March
April
-..
May
Ju.
'
June
July
.
August
-
September
....
October
.
November
December
4,600,00
26,73550
9,100.00
3,250.00
15.290
J00
36,260.00
20)60
JOO
11.875.60
7,870.00
7,554.00
3,400.0b
2,700.00
$
7.050,00
2,360.00
t
800.00
22,050.00
1
6,580.00
15,375.00
i
15,675.00'
4,060.00
'
7.000.00
2,755.00
;
7,442.82
!
2,500.00
I
$148,69450
$93,647.82
December
Permits
Building
permits
,
issued
during
December
this
year
were
as
follows:
I
E.
Group,
Ninth
Avenue
East,
porch,
$300.
3.
E.
Parker,
Second
Avenue,
porch,
$300.
i,
'
Dominic
Ello,
Sixth
Street,
gas
sign,
$300.
Empress
Bar,
Third
Avenue,
interior
alterations.
Three-Two
Taxi,
Sixth
Street,
gas
sign,
$300.
the
Premier
said.
Jurisdiction
to
fix
the
prices
rested
witfi'ihe
provinces
but,
apart
from
lega
consideration,
It
would
be
unwiseijtlx
the
price
in
excess
of
the
worltfjprlce
because
Canada,
unlike
thetfgnlted
States,
could
not
hope
to
absorb
her
surplus
wheat
by
domestic
V
Tides
Today
SPEND
AN
Wednesday,
D-
C
Wr
31,
1930
luetic
Enjoyable
Evening
HiiTh
-
a
&sa.
19.7
ft.
:
"
j
p.m.
16.5
ft.
AT
Low
i
g
a.m.
9.6
ft.
.
?Jn.
62
It.
Sunken
Gardens
V
c
V
XXI.,
No.
304.
NORTIIERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
DE
CEMBER
31,
1930
"
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
TOLD
FOR
MER
SHORTAGES
SINCE
1925
Five
Million
Dollar
Body
to
be
Organized
to
Assist
Farmers
in
Financing,
PremiervBennett
Says
RESUME
SEARCH
Provincial
Government
Offers
$5,000
to
Aid
In
Cost
of
Finding
Renahan
VICTORIA,
Dec.
Sit-Through
the
aid
of
the
provincial
government,
the
search
for
Pilot
Robin
Renahan
and
his
two
companions,
who
have
been
missing
since
October
28,
will
be
renewed
Immediately,
according
to
C.
II.
Johnson,
British
Columbia
manarer
of
the
Alaska
-17ashin;ton
Airways
of
British
Columbia.
The
decision
to
renew
the
search
was
reached
yesterday
at
a
sntrial
tneetinr
of
the
cabin-
$3Let
'after'1
which.
.
according
to
Johnson,
Premier
olmle
,
in-foirmcd
him
that
'$1$00
had
been
set
aside
towards
the
expense
of
a
search
plane,
this
being
supplemented
by
a
reward
of
$3,000
should
the
missing
airmen
be
found.
The
search
for
Renahan
may
be
resumed
by
Pilot
Anscel
Eck-mann,
chief
pilot
of
the
Alaska-Washington
Airways,
who
has
already
been
engaged,
in
the
quest,
It
was
revealed
today.
Eckmann
and
J.
L.
Carman,
manager
of
the
Airways,
flew
today
from
Seattle
to
Victoria
to
confer
with
the
British
Columbia
authorities.
Federal
Government
Will'
Nof
Tamper
With
Wheat
Prices
1930
Crop
to
Be
Saved
Markets
to
Be
Extended
Into
France
and
China
REGINA,
Dec.
31:
Financial
difficulties
of
the
farmers
of
Canada
will
be
met
by
the
creation
of
a
$5,000,000
corporation
in
which
banks,
transportation
companies,
industrial
concerns,
insurance
and
mortgage
companies
will
be
shareholders,
Premier
R.
B.
Bennett
announced
here
last
night.
The
corporation
will
use
its
capital
as
a
revolv
ing
loan
iuna
zrom
which
money
J"
may
be
loaned
the
farmers
to
assist
them
in
extending
their
operations
into
mixed
farming.
"In
addition,"
Premier
Bennett
stated,
"the
federal''
government
proposes
to
offer
the
provincial
governments
our
wholehearted
and
Immediate
co-operation
in
efforts
they
are
making
tdalleriale
the
suffering
of
their
pebpfe
during
the
winter
season
and
provide
them
with
the
best
gradejjf
grain
forf
spring
sowlngX'
V
I
N&"itepsaveea,taken
or
will
'
be
taken
to
fix
thelirlce
of
wheat,
f
China
to
discuss
the
sale
of
millions
of
bushels
of
wheat
to
that
country.
The
government
was
prepared
to
provide
credit
facilities
to
China
in
order
to
open
up
such
a
valuable
trade
channel.
LOW
RATES
IS
OBJECT
Country-Wide
Survey
to
Be
Made
With
This
End
In
View,
Premier
Bennett
Announces
.
REGINA,
Dec.
31:
Premier
Bennett
announced
here
last
night
that
gralri
freight
rates
on
the
Hudson.
Bay
Railway
to
Fort
Churchill
would
be
or.
the
basis
of
tire
present
Acting
in
the
face
of
an
admitted
!
Crows
Nest
Pass
rates.
He
thus
national
emergency,
the
govern-
i
meets
the
wishes
of
the
organized
ment
had
taken
steps
through
ex-
farmers
of
the
west,
tension
of
credit
f
acillUes
and
by
i
In
addlUon,
the
Premier
announ-other
means,
to
prevent
forced
11-Iced
that
the.
government
was
mak-quldation
of
the
1930
crop.
j
ing
a
complete
survey
of
the
whole
Two
other
announcements
of
vital
I
transportation
system
of
the
coun-lnterest
to
the
wheat
growers
were
J
try
with
u
view
to
securing
Iorsr
made
by
the
Premier.
Word
was
re-j
rate?.
ceived
that
France
will
guarantee
to
;
-
r-r"-"
buy
at
least
7.000,000
to
9,500.000
'
NO
PAPER
TOMORROW
bushels
of
the
1930
Canadian
wheat
!
crop.
At
the
same
time,
arrangements
had
been
made
with
a
view
Tomorrow,
being
New
Year's
Day
and
a
public
holiday,
there
will
be
to
marketing
wheat
In
China.
Honjl
no,
issue
o
the
Dally
News.
The
Herbert
Marler.
Canadian
minister!
next
regular
issue
will
be
on
Frl-to
Japan,
was
now
on
his
way
toSday
afternoon.
r
Brewers
Agents
Ltd.
Made
Defendant
in
Action
for
Damages
Short
Measure
Is
Alleged
to
Have
Been
Made
For
Many
Years,
Total
Loss
to
Government
Being
Estimated
at
$380,000
VICTORIA,
Dec.
31:
The
British
Columbia
Liquor
Board
haB
filed
a
writ
in
Supreme
Court
claiming
unstated
damages
against
the
Pacific
Brewers
Agents
Ltd.,
for
alleged
shortages
on
beer
sold
in
kegs
since
1925.
The
Liquor
Board
computes
the
shortage
since
1925
to
amount
to
$380,0,00.
The
Pacific
Brewers
Agents
Ltd.
includes
all
brewers
in
Vancouver,
Victoria,
and
New
Westminster.
The
writ
states
that
the
claim
against
all
defendants
is
for
damages
for.
fraudulently
representing
barrels
delivered
by
them
were
of
twenty-five
gallons
capacity
whereas,
It
Is
alleged,
they
were
of
twenty-four
gallons
capacity
or
lees.
The
beer
In
question
was
sold
under
an
agreement
made
In
1925
between
the
liquor
board
and
tin
brewers
agents.
Noted
Alaska
Furrier
Dies
Walter
II.
Flynn
Tasses
Away
Seattle
Today
at
Age
of
3?
In
SEATTLE,
Dec.
31:
Walter
II,
Flynn,
aged
39,
leading
Alaskan,
furrier
and
an
International
authority
on
furs.
Is
dead
here
following
a
series
of
operations.