4
TRANSFER
COMPLETE
Federal
House
Confirms
Agreement
Between
Dominion
and
British
Columbia
Governments
OTTAWA.
March
22:
The
House
of
Commons
yesterday
approved
a
I
rr.nlnllnn
innlrmlniT
thf
fUtTet-
'
ment
between
the
Federal
and
British
Columbia
governments
with
respect
to
the
transfer
of
railway
lands
and
the
Peace
River
Block
from
the
Dominion
to
the
province.
PROSPECTING
IS
HELD
UP
Cold
Weather,
Shortage
of
Supplies
and
Water
Seepage
Delay
.
Toorman
Placer
Work
RUBY,
Alaska,
March
22:-Ex-treme
cold
weather,
shortage
of
supplies
and
water
seepage
are
delaying
prospecting
In
the
new
Poorman
placer
district
near
here,
returning
miners
report.
Young
Smithers,
Man
Died
on
Sunday
Last
The
death
''RltaVred
last
Sunday
In
Smithers
of
Robert
Miller
Jackson,
aged
30.
He
leaves
to
mourn
his
loss
a
widow
and
baby
daughter,
Peggy.
Hls
father,
0.
L.
Jackson,
as
well
as
other
relatives
live
In
Vancouver.
The
funeral
took
place
yesterday
In'
Vancouver.
VICTORIA.
March
22:
Pro-
rogation
of
the
legislature
be-
t
fore-voi
est
Wednesday
seems
unlllceJ).
The
House
adjourned
las&nl&ht
for
the
week-end
and
wtfl
return
ttuinga
Mon-
day
morning.
Prince
Rupert
a
great
uem
u
..rahiB
mihllcltv
and
comment,
de
She
in
progress
all
this
week
and
attracted
widespread
inter-;
i
ii
i
.
r
1
1
-
i
li
i
i.
mi.
t
est
tnrougnoui
me
nnanciai
woria
oi
me
continent,
ine
trial
of
Solloway
and
Mills
will
likely
take
place
in
May.
Meantime,
both
men
are
out
on
heavy
bail
bonds.
PATTULLO
CHARGES!
Criticizes
Action
of
Government
In
Connection
With
Reinstated
ment
of
Timber
Licences
victoria
nr
March
M
Au
thority
has
bS'eTtttfcttf
Ttrepnr
Tlnclal
government'
under
amendments
to
the
Forest
Act
to
reinstate
lapsed
Umber
licences
,
on
payment
of
arears
in
taxes
which,
would
mean
a
loss
of
millions
pf,
dollars.
T.
D.
Pattullo,
Liberal
lead-,
er
charged
in
the
legislature
yes-,
tcrday.
In
ene
case
I
understand,
the
former
owners
will
have
to
pay
$300,000
to
regain
possession
of
timber."
Mr.
Pattullo
said.
"No
sane
man
Is
going
to
do
that
unless
he
can
make
something
out
of
it
"
WILL
NOT
PROROGUE
BH
FORE
WEDNESDAY
L..
;
.
TITLE
IS
CHANGED
Col.
McMullin
Now
"Commissioner"
Instead
of
"Superintendent"
of
Police
VICTORIA,
March
22:
The
lead
of
the
provincial
police
In
British
Columbia,
now
Col.
J.
II.
McMullin,
will,
in
future,
be
known
as
commissioner
Instead
of
superintendent,
according
to
legislation
which
has
been
approved
by
the
House.
PUBLICITY
FOR
CITY
Article
in
Electrical
News
and
En
gineering
of
Particular
interest
The
Prince
RUDert
district,
al
though
opened
up
in
1914
by
the
construction
of
the
urana
irun
Pacific
Railway,
seemed
for
a
time
to
be
overlooked
as
far
as
development
was-concerned
but
is
now
starting
again
with
new
vigor
and
enthusiasm
and,
with
bountiful
supply
of
hydro-electric
power
now
made
available,
development
of
tho
port
seems
assured,"
says
an
article
in
the
January
issue
of
"Electrical
News
and
Engineering,"
which
Is
published
In
Toronto.
The
article
Is
by
Dan
Anderson,
electrical
engineer
for
the
Power
Corporation
of
Canada,
and
it
gives
scribing
the
nature
and
resources
of
this
district
with
particular
rexer-
ence
to
power
development,
ine
,'
.("instruction
.operations
here
are.
described
In
details.
In
addition,
to
being
oinerv
interesting,
the
article
Is
Illustrated
with
a
large
aerial
view
of
the
city
of
the
district
of
Prince
Rupert,
map
pictures
of
American
Creek
at
Stewart
and
Big
Falls
as
well
as
j
views
on
the
Skeena
and
Naas
Rivers.
I
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
!
.
.
..nrviTtru-W
MArch
22:
Wheat
!was
quoted
on
the
local
exchange
I
today
at
$1.00V4.
POUT
ARTHUR,
OnU
March
22:
The
Western
Canada
finals
for
the
Allan
Cup
came
to
a
thrilling
conclusion
last
night
when
Port
Arthur
defeated
Trail
in
overtime
by
a
score
of
4
to
1.
The
British
Columbia
players
held
the
locals
to
three
goals
during
the
regular
duration
of
the
match.
Port
Arthur
won
the
round
5
to
i.
Trail
having
taken
the
first
game
by
a
5
to
1
scare.
TOMORROW'S
TIDE5
Boston
Grill
Sunday,
March
23,
1930'
ft
Jjttl
LARGE
CAM
A
RET
High
8.34
a.m..
Special
Dinners
Thursdays
and
Saturday
22.11
p.m.
.
A,
IHnelD(
Errr
flatordar
Nltht,
9
to
It
2.U
V
Dane
Hall
tor
Eire
Low
a
to.
12.
fcf.
15.34
'
Aecommodttlons
fur
Private
Parties
pjn.
7.6
1.
,
JW,
,
NORTHEItN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PHONE
457
fol.
XXI.,
No.
69,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
MARCH
22,
1930
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
.
.
SOLLOWAY
AND
MILLS
Two
Prominent
Stock
Brokers
Sent
Up
For
Higher
Court
Trial
Sxpccted
That
Final
Hearings
of
Conspiracy
Charges
Lam
liy
Alberta
Government
Will
He
Heard
in
May
CALGARY,
March
22:-Isaac
W.
C.
Solloway
and
Har
vey
Mills,
president
and
vice-president
respectively
of
the
Solloway,.
Mills
Co.
Ltd.,
were
committed
by
Magistrate
Sanders
in
police
court
here
yesterday
to
stand
trial
on
five
criminal
charges
of
conspiracy
to
defraud
the
pub
lic
in
connection
with
their
stock
brokerage
dealings
in
the
province
of
Alberta.
The
preliminary
trial
had
been
PATWLLO
PORTS
WIN
!N
HOCKEY
Cot
4
to
1
Victory
Over
Trail
In
Exciting
Overtime
Game
Last
Night
DISCUSSION
OF
TROUBLES
RADIO
SETS
Telephone
Systrm
Blamed
For
Much
of
the
Noise
in
Local
System
mTmeeiffisf'of'tlTe
Prlnee
Ru
pert
Radio
Association
last
night.
President
D.
C.
McRae
presiding,
the
whole
question
of
local
radio
interference
was
discussed
at
some
length.
Inspector
Felix
Batt
expressed
the
opinion
that
the
tele-nhnni
rineine
set
was
larcely
the
cause
of
a
greal
deal
of
it
and
com
plained
at
the
lack
of
co-operation
on
the
part
of
Superintendent
Mas-sev.
He
also
felt
that
the
voltage
regulator
at
the
drydbek
was
one
of
the
great
causes
of
annoyance.
If
these
two
were
properly
isolated
by
chokes
they
could
then
follow
up
the
lesser
annoyances.
Without
the
telephone
trouble
stopped
it
was
almost
useless
trying
to
lock
elsewhere.
After
considerable
discussion,
It
was
decided
to
appoint
a
committee
consisting
of
Messrs.
Rose.
Morrison,
Batt
and
the
chairman
to
interyiew
the
utilities
committee
to
ask
for
co-operation.
Other
sources
of
rouble
were
then
discussed
Including
the
motor
at
the
Summit
Apartments
which
It
was
thought
caused
part
of
the
noise.
The
association
showed
Itself
very
keen
on
getting
Interferences
removed
and
many
and
varied
opinions
were
expressed
in
regard
to
them.
For
Relief
of
Soldier
Settlers
Provincial
Government
Seeks
to
Have
Their
Burden
of
Dominion
Taxation
Lightened
VICTORIA,
March
22:
Relief
for
soldier
settlers
against
Dominion
tax
charges
will
be
sought
by
the
provincial
government
following
endorsement
yesterday
by
the
legislature
of
a
resolution
to
that
effect
moved
by
J.
W.
Berry,
ML.A.
for
Delta.
Quesnel
Farmer
Killed
at
Anyox
Jim
Basoff,
Aged
27,
Victim
of
Recent
Accident
in
Granby
Shaft
Jim
Basoff,
rancher
of
Dragon
Lake
In
the
Quesnel
district,
was
killed
recently
while
working
for
i
the
Qranby
Co.
In
the
mine
at
An
yox,
He
was
37
years
of
age
and
a
native
6f
Alager
In
sla.
The
Late
Cardinal
Merry
Del
Val
Here
Is
an
interesting
porcralt
o
uie
.ate
vatdma.
Merry
Del
Val,
taken
20
Tears
ago
Then
he
was
the
t
IrsV
apostolic
-delegate,
to
Canada.
He
died
only
recently
in
Rome.
Seizure
of
Chief
Capilano
Is
Ruled
Illegal
So
Canadian
Steamer
Resumes
Her
Voyage
SEATTLE,
March
22:
Tho
Canadian-American
Shipping
Co.s
freighter
Chief
Capilano
has
resumed
her
voyage
from
Port
Townsend.
The
vessel
was
released
yesterday
after
federal
Judge
E.
E.
Cushman
had
ruled
that,
under
the
Treaty
of
18-47.
the
craft
was
protected
and
her
seizure
illegal.
The
Chief
Capilano
had
been
seized
earlier
this
week
in
the
Straits
of
Juan
de
Fuca
by
the
United
States
coastguard
on
claims
of
debt
against
her
owners
arising
out
of
the
sinking
and
loss
of
cargo
aboard
the
steamer
Chief
Maquilla
in
the
Aleutian
Islands
in
.1923.
New
Telephone
Switchboard
Here
About
Ready;
Will
Take
Care
of
2,000
Subscribers
Installation
has
just
about
been
completed
at
a
cost
of
some
$4,800
or
so
of
a
new
switchboard
which
will
give
the
local
municipal
telephone
system
a
capacity
to
handle
well
on
to
two
thousand
instruments.
Some
numbers
are
already
in
use
on
tho
new
board,
these
ranging
from
"800'
to
"909."
Depending
upon
classification
of
main
lines
and
party
lines,
the
now
board
will
be
able
to
take
care
of
probably
some
three
hundred
and
fifty
new
subscribers
in
addition
to
the
1460
of
today,
representing
about
1670
instruments
now
in
use
including
extension
'phones,
etc.
The
new
numbers
will
be
listed
in
the
next
telephone
directory
which
is
expecte'd
to
be
ready
for
delivery
by
the
end
of
the
month.
Many
changes
are
to
be
taken
care
of
in
the
new
book.
..
'tib
,';
FISH
SALES
American
Trinity,
40,000,
Booth
and
Pacific,
15.6c
and
5c.
Canadian
.
Emblem,
3,000,
Atlln.
15.6c
and
7c.
CARD
OF
THANKS
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
Enockson
wish
to
express
their
thanks
and
Appreciation
to
Uitlr
friends
for
the
kindness
arid
sympathy
shown
them
in
their
bereveavement.
Special
mention
to
Ridley
Home.
COMMITTi
TURN
TO
FEDERAL
FIELD
Local
Member
May
Go
Into
Ottawa
Cabinet
Vancouver
Paper
Says
Convention
Called
For
May
31
in
Kamloops
to
Name
Permanent
Liberal
Leader
in
Provincial
Arena
VICTORIA,
March
22:
T.
D.
Pattullo,
Liberal
leader,
announces
that
a
Liberal
provincial
convention
will
be
held
in
Kamloops
on
May
31
for
the
purpose
of
naming
a
permanent
party
leader.
VANCOUVER,
March
22:
A
despatch
to
the
Vancouver
Province
from
Victoria
says
that
T.
D.
Pattullo,
at
present
provincial
Liberal
leader,
may
retire
from
the
provincial
field
to
enter
the
Dominion
cabinet
and
intimates,
in
that
event,
that
a
new
leader
for
the
province
would
be
chosen
at
the
forthcoming
convention
in
Kamloops.
It
mentions
George
Pearson
of
Nanaimo
as
Having
a
good
chance
for
the
leadership.
i
VANCOUVER
TOPS
!
HOCKEY
LEAGUE
"'
VANCOuVER'March
22
The
regular
playing
schedule
of
the
Pacific
Coast
Hockey
League
ended
last
night
with
the
Vancouver
Lions
at
the
top,
having
a
two-point
lead
over
Portland
Buckaroos.
In
last
night's
games,
Vancouver
l
beat
Victoria
three
to
two
and
SeatUe
won
two
to
nil
over
Portland.
LOAN
BILL
IS
PASSED
Manson
Critizes
Government
For
Concentrating
Road
Work
In
South
Part
of
Province
VICTORIA,
March
22
The
second
reading
of
the
-bill
providing
for
a
loan
of
$8,000,000
for
highway
construction
throughout
the
province
was
passed
yesterday.
A.
M.
Manson,
K.C.,
member
for
Omlneca,
declared
that
the
lower
mainland
was
being
given
the
lion's
share
of
highway
work
to
the
detriment
of
more
remote
districts.
Hon.
R.
H.
Pooley,
attornsy-gen-eral,
replied
that
roads
In
the
nor-
l
them
part
of
the
province
were
!
being
improved
as
fast
as
possi
ble.
THE
WEATHER
Dominion
Telegraph
Service
Pr!n-e
Rnoert
Raining,
lrtt
routheast
wud;
temperntuM
37.
Terra-;
Snnrlri.
calm.
32.
noswoor'
Snow'ng.
calm.
28.
Alice
Arm
Snowing,
calm,
22.
Anyox
Snowing,
calm,
30.
Stewart
Part
cloudy,
calm.
31.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
30.
.
Smithers
Cloudy,
calm.
24."
Vanderhoof
Cloudy,
calm,
30.
Quesnel
Cloudy,
calm,
mild.';
Eighth
Cabln-Snowlng,
calm.
Haysport
Heavy
fall
snow,
calm
34.
Port
Simpson
Snowing,
calm,
33.
MIGHT
HAVE"
BEEN
BETTER
A
novelist
writes:
"I
never
knew
what
happiness
was
until
I
was
married."
Boston
Transcript.
UriibirSteamships
L
Smnmer
Service
to
Start
Next
Week
summer
schedule
of
the
Un-
camsftms
Ltd.
on
the
north
coast
cdrtye'jhfo'
effect
next
Tuesday
frojn
'Vancouver,
the
service
to
be
practically
the
same
as
was
given
last
year.
The
steamer
Catala
will
arrive,
as
usual,
from
the
south
on
Sunday
afternoons
and
sail
the
same
evening
at
8
o'clock
for
Anyox,
Stewart,
the
Naas
River
and
other
northern
points,
returning
here
Tuesday
mornings
and
sailing
south
at
3:30
Tuesday
afternoons
Instead
of
1:30
as
at
present.
The
Cardena,
relieved
of
the
Ocean
Falls
and
Bella
Coola
stops
with
the
Camosun
back
on
that
run,
will
arrive
here
from
tho
south
late
Thursday
nights
or
early
Friday
mornings,
Instead
of
Friday
evening
as
at
present,
proceed
to
Port
Simpson
and
Wales
Island
and
return
here
Friday
evenings,
sailing
south
at
midnight
that
night.
Terrace
Man
Buried
Here
l
Funeral
This
Afternoon
of
James
Burns
Under
Salvation
Army
'Auspices
I
Thy
funeral
of
the
late
James
Burns,
whose
death
occurred
on
I
Thursday
in
the
Prince
Rupert
Ocncral
Hospital,
took
place
this
I
afternoon
rvom
the
chapel
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
to
Falrview
Cemetery
with
Adjutant
William
Kerr
of
the
Salvation
Army
officiating.
Capt.
E.
Warren
presided
at
the
organ
and
sang
a
sold:
"Some
Day
the
Sliver
Cord
will
Break."
Hymns
were
"Nearer
My
l
God
to
Thee,"
and
"Jesus,
Lover
jof
My
Soul."
I
CHALLENGE
TO
PUBLIC
VICTORIA,
March
22:
The
two-cent
Increase
in
gasoline
tax
was
given
its
second
reading
last
night
by
the
legislature.
A.
M.
Manson,
MJA.
for
Omlneca,
described
the
increase
as
a
challenge
to
the
public
to
test
tho
tax
In
the
courts.
oi
r