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barometer,
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XXII
No.
195.
Tomorrow's
Tides
Friday,
August
21,
1931
High
.'.
7:41
a.m.
15:2
It.
19:3Q
p.m.
18:1
ft.
Low
1;07
am.
6:0
It.
9:5
p.m.
0:5
It.
EVENUE
TAX
IN
BRITAIN
IS
PLANNED
MONTREAL
WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY
OWING
TO
VANDALISM
Part
of
Power
Lines
Destroyed
As
Result
of
Dynamite
Episodes
Portion
of
Big
Eastern
City
Without
Service
Altogether;
Linesmen
on
SUikc
as
Company
Disregards
Thoir
iiiur
ITninn
uiiiun
MONTREAL,
Aug.
20
:
As
a
result
of
a
series
of
dyna-
mitinps
of
the
power
lines
of
the
Montreal
Light,
Heat
&
IWnr
f'n
r1n-inrr
thn
nnsr
t.wn
rlnvs.
n
nnrtinn
nf
thf
P;r
v
.
.
'
i
Hi.,.,,
u-.-,.i
Md
yi-Muiuujr
niu
uuici.uiwii
jiuw
iwieo
""-,and
the
WM
taken
off
at
gt
int:
been
destroyed,
I
his
moniing
a
considerable
portion'
Cloud.
Minn.,
where
It
is
now
renos-
df
the
St.
Laurent
section
was
crippled
when
poles
carry
-
lng
six
transformers
were
destroyed.
'
DEATH
OF
I
DR.
COON
Loral
Chiropractor
Succumbed
Early
This
Morning
to
Heart
Attack
Tlir
victim
of
a
sudden
heart
at-U'k
Dr.
F.
R.
H.
Coon,
who
had
practised
chiropractic
here
for
the
past
six
months
or
so,
died
about
2
ori.H-it
this
morning
in
his
bed
at
tn
immp
In
Westvlew.
Deceased
had
bo
n
icpiing
ill
for
a
short
time
before
his
death
and
a
physician
was
mixt
but
nothing
could
be
done
to
save
his
life.
Earlier
In
the
evening
hi
I,.,
(I
apparently,
felt
quite
fit.
A
man
of
about
forty
years
of
age,
the
late
Mr.
Coon
was
born
in
the
I
nix
d
states
and
came
here
from
Cent
i
alia,
Wash.,
where
relative
r'
M
He
is
survived
by
a
widow
and
young
son.
A
"tew
years
ago
a
rimuiucr
was
instantly
killed
In
an
:i'ii"ii,,,blle
accident
In
the
United
Rt.i'c.s
and
Mrar
Coon
was
so
badly
mimed
that
her
life
was
despaired
i
sin',
however,
recovered.
Funeral
arrangements
are
in
the
hands
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers.
RICHARD
VAN
HORNEDEAD
Was
Only
Son
of
Sir
William
Van
llonip.
One
of
Founders
of
Canadian
Pacific
MONTREAL.
Aug.
20:
Richard
B
Van
Home,
only
son
of
the
late
Kit
William
Van
Home,
one
of
tho
builders
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway,
died
suddenly
tills
morn-
at
St.
Andrews,
N.B.,
at
the
age
of
r,n.
Halibut
Landings
American
i
Vansec.
35.000,
Booth,
55c
and
2
5c.
;
Canadian
I
Knien,
19.000.
5.1c
and
2c.
holding,
Atll,
8,000.
Storage.
6.2c
and
2c.
-
MISS
PAULINE
FURNESS
ENTERS
BEAUTY
CONTEST
Thn
Prlrffie
Rupert
Retail
Merchants'
Association
has
cn-
i
rrd
the
Beautcquest
Contest
t
connection
with
tho
forth-
coming
Prlnco
Rupert
Exhlbl-
t
Him
tirlt
V
nil.
rimiiiMfl
IPiiptiAu
A
'
w
Mrs.
Parker's
ladles'-reaay-
to-wear
store
the
official
can-
I
"mate
of
the
association.
The
cciunH
are
planning
jt
stuKo
an
active
camnalitn
n
sunnnrt
H.Hn
n
i:,w,
t,,:
Linemen
of
the
company
are
striking
owing
to
the
refusal
of
the
1
company
to
recognize
the
union.
I
Vancouver
Stocks
I
(Courtesy
B.
o.
jauatutu
Oo.
Big
Missouri.
2314,
25.
Gprk.Pi-Qvincc.nU
1
.
-Duthie
Mines,
4,
nil.
Georgia
River,
2Vi4.
Oolconda,
21,
25.
O
rand
view.
4,
6.
Independence,
nil,
1.
Indian
Mines,
1,
nil.
National
Silver,
nil,
1.
Noble
Five.
3.
4.
Oregon
Copper,
nil,
3,
Pend
Oreille.
70,
nil.
premier,
58,
60.
Reeve
Macdonald,
23,
nil.
Rufus-Argenta,
2,
2Vfj.
Ruth-Hopt,
nil,
5.
Silver
Crest,
nil,
1ft.
Snowflake,
ft,
lVfc-Woodbine,
nil,
1.
OILS
Freehold,
2
ft,
nil.
A.
P.
Con,
6.
9.
Merland,
5,
nil.
Mercury,
8,
9.
Calmont,
5,
nil.
Fabyan
Pete.
Eastern
Stocks
Noranda,
19.00,
19.75.
Inter.
Nickel,
13.25,
13-50.
Con.
M.
ti
S..
95,
nil.
Imperial
Oil.
14,
nil.
C.
P.
R..
22,
nil.
IN
CHARGE
OF
RELIEF
Walter
S.
Gifford
Named
Chairman
of
United
Stales
National
Unemployment
Board
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
Aug.
20:
President
I'rcciaeni.
Herbert
H.
"'"":",
Hoover
yestcr-
""
"
.
!
day
announce
vne
up.
.
.
uiiiora.
v.
-.v
waiter
s.
American
7h!
"V,
ai
uo..
u
oe
cim
.
unemployment
commiu
ee
j
I
ouiora
win
ari""?";"n.uert
for
seven
years,
having
come
campaign
oi
deration
of
state
and
local
;rhoTt.
authorl
-
We-
i
1
The
nPPlntmnVwa';,,Li
Te.'
his
national
re-
dent's
first
step
in
lief
plan.
MEM
HER
OF
JAPANESE
NOBILITY
HERE
TODAY
m
"
,
Viscount
T.
Klto
and
h
k
K.
Oku
Okura
or
of
Japan
orrwea
m
m
w
-
"""iiou...
where
they
have
been
spending
a
fn,
riv.
Thcv
sail
on
the
steamer
Princess
Louise
tomorrow
morning
ito
make
the
wund
trip
toSkagway.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
AUGUST
20,
1931
HIS
DEATH
1SSH0CK
Archie
Dcattic,
Well
Known
Pioneer
of
City,
Passed
Away
on
Train
in
East
Ills
many
friend
In
Prince
Ru-oert
will
learn
with
feellnes
of
sin-
cere
and
deep
regret
of
the
death
whIch
"
P,ace
ytrday
while
he
waB
trawMng
west
from
Rochester,
Minn.,
where
he
had
gone
for
con-
sulfation
at
the
Mayo
Clinic,
of
Ar-
jchibaid
c
ceattie,
carpenter
and
contractor
and
a
resident
of
Prince
!
Rupert
of
some
twenty
years'
stand-
!lng.
Mr.
Battle
died
aboard
a
train
g
pending
the
making
of
funeral
arrangements.
News
of
the
death
was
received
here
by
wire
last
night,
The
late
Mr.
neat
tie
had
been
in
falling
health
for
several
months.
He
had
gone
to
Vancouver
for
treatment
but
failed
to
obtain
any
relief.
As
a
last
retort
he
left
a
week
or
so
ago
tor
the
Mayo
Clinic
in
Rochester,
Minn.,
but.
apparently,
nothing
could
be
done
for
him
thcie
either.
While
"his
demise
mitht
hare
noinaeeirBiTOseinenrnexpeccearxne
hews
conies,
however,
as
a
shock
to
many
friend!
Born
in
Ontario
66
years
ago.
the
late
Mr.
Seattle
came
to
Prince
Rupert
about
twenty
years
ago
from
the
A
thn
district
and
had
resided
here
since.
He
was
unmarried
but
is
survived
by
a
sister.
Mrs.
Plant,
in
Acton,
Ont.,
and
three
brothers
in
tho
United
States.
The
late
Mr.
Beattie
was
a
mem
ber
of
the
Masonic
order
here.
RECORD
IS
EQUALLED
"Lefty"
Grove
Pitches
Ills
Sixteenth
Stralfht
Victory
CHICAGO,
Auf.
20:
"Lefty"
Grove,
star
southpaw
of
the
Philadelphia
Athletics,
won
his
25th
game
of
the
season
yesterday
by
defeating
the
Chicago
White
Sox
and
equalled
the
American
League
record
of
sixteen
straight
pitching
victories.
Grove
has
lost
only
two
games
this
season,
the.
last
defeat
having
been
on
June
5
at
the
hands
of
the
White
Sox.
SUCCUMBED
LAST
NIGHT
The
death
occurred
at
11
o'clock
last
night
at
the
home
of
his
son-in-law
and
daughter.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
iMaurellus
Holkestad,
343
Seventh
Avenue
East,
of
Johan
Christian
Martinson.
In
his
seventy-eighth
Tne
lalc
Mr
Martlnson
nad
r
Jn
aftemoon
nnd
hl,
death
came
peacefully
a
few
hours
laUr
M
a
reguit
0f
heart
failure.
Mf
Mattlnjon
had
vcd
1
out
from
tho
Old
Country.
He
was
Bode
Nortnem
Norway
on
February
9.
1854..
Deceased
was
Dre
deceased
V
by
his
wife
but
has
other
QJA
CQmtry
puneral
arrangements
are
In
the
hands
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers.
WEATHER
REPORT
!
,
w
Langara
g
Island-Clear,
light
wes
r
polntcloudy(
llght
southeast
wind:
barometer.
30.12
Triple
Island
-Clear,
,
westerly
breeze,
sea
smooth.
FIVE
HUNDRED
ARE
KILLED
IN
FIERCE
FIGHTING
IN
CHINA
HAVANA,
Cuba,
Aug.
20:
The
greatest
war.
In
the
history
j
of
this
republic
is
still
raging
between
the
rival
political
fac-
tlons
of
Cuba.
It
was
reported
last
night
that
600
rebels
had
been
killed
while
the
federal
forces
in
defence
of
President
Machado's
administration
also
suffered
a
considerable
number
of
casualties.
t
.
JURY
TAKES
CASE
TODAY
Trial
of
David
Clark
in
Los
Angeles
Nears
Conclusion
LOS
ANGELES.
Aug.
20:
The
case
of
David
Clark,
young
Los
An
geles
attorney,
who
Is
charged
with
the
murder
'of
Herbert
Spencer
1st
said
tms
morning
inai
me
tn-and
Charles
Crawford.
Is
expected
tlsh
Columbia
section
of
the
trans-to
go
to
the
Jury
today.
j
Canada
highway
will
run
from
Van-
Defence
counse.
in
argument
couver
via
the
Fraser
"Valley,
Cari-yesterdayTlrclaredf
iharthe
pro-
boo
Road,
Kamloops,
"
Revelstoke.
secutlon
had
employed
Inference
Big
Bend
to
Golden
whence
It
will
and
innuendo
in
its
efforts
to
con-
connect
with
the
road
through
to
vict
Clark.
I
Banff
and
Calgary.
Liberal
Leaders
Are
Opposed
to
New
Plan
To
Meet
Money
Crisis
Grits,
Tories
and
Laboritcs
to
Get
Together
Again
TomorrowFurther
Ten
Per
Cent
Food
Tax
'
Also
Mooted
LONDON.
Ainr.
20:
Opposition
to
the
proposed
ten
per
cent
revenue
tariff
as
a
remedial
measure
for
the
British
financial
crisis
is
believed
to
have
been
raisd
by
Liberal
leaders
today
in
conference
with
Premier
J.
Ramsay
MacDonald
and
Conservative
leaders.
The
conversations
will
be
resumed
tomorrow.
Yealerdav
the
Dally
Herald,
La-
bor
organ,
forecast
the
possibility
of
a
ten
per
cent
tariff
on
retained
manufactures,
including
those
partly
finished,
which
would
yield
revenue
of
$100.000000
annually
and
also
a
further
ten
per
cent
food
tax
designed
to
yield
.i
similar
amount.
Weather
Better
and
Lindberghs
Ready
to
Leave
TOKYO.
Aug
20:
Reports
received
here
last
night
from
the
Ku-rl'.e
Islands
stated
that
clouds
and
fog
were
clearing
from
off
the
sen
and
that
Col.
and
Mrs.
Charles
A
Lindbergh
were
expected
momen
tarily
to
hop
off
from
Kctol
Islant
where
they
were
forced
down
earlj
yesterday
while
flying
from
Petro-
pavlovsk
to
Nemuro.
The
steamer
Paramushlru
Mart
stood
by
the
plane
as
It
lay
on
the
sea.
DosDlte
the
prospects
last
nlghl
for
weather
Improvement,
Col.
and
Mrs.
Lindbergh
were
still
being
held
at
Keotl
today
with
motor
trouble
and
fog.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
Aug.
20:
Wheat
was
auntrd
on
the
local
exchange
1
today
at
53
c.
LIQUOR
CUT
BEING
MADE
Prince
Rupert
to
Receive
$5437
From
Province
Other
Alloca
tions
in
District
The
city
of
Prince
Rupert
is
about
to
receive
the
sum
of
$5,437
from
mentioned
Peace
River,
for
the
simple
reason
that
the
the
provincial
government
as
itslaame
was
my
destination
and
anything
that
would
serve
share
of
the
governments
liquor;
intwirliipMnn
tn
tl
tmvn
wa
ono-orlv
wUnmw1
Tnn
profits
for
the
six
months
ending
Much
31
last
Other
allocations
in
this
district
are
as
follows:
Prince
George.
$2,387.
Burns
Lake,
$275.
Smlthers.
$1,249.
Stewart,
$33.
Terrace.
$847.
Vanderhoof,
$588.
ROUTE
IS
SELECTED
VICTORIA,
Aug.
20:
The
Colon-
HARVESTERS
POURING
IN
Winnipeg
Authorities
Are
Unable
to
Check
Flow
WINNIPEO.
Aug.
20:
Local
authorities
have
found
it
impossible
o
cope
themselves
with
a
great
In
flux
of
United
States
unemployed
farm
workers
expecting
to
find
employment
In
Canadian
harvest
fields.
,
The
provincial
police
have
been
itlrorl
in
inVn
action
and,
railing;
1
m.
on
onnnni
win
hs
made
to
the
federal
government
to
institute
an
j
intensive
border
patrol.
,
1
I
jt
Visitor
to
Peace
River
Valley
Tells
of
His
Impressions;
Pays
Tribute
to
Heart
of
Empire
(By
J.
N.
Williams,
In
Xomincr
along
the
highway
cial
note
of
all
the
highway
signs,
particularly
those
which
were
soon
taken,
other
posts
came
1
into
existence.
A
railway
was
IS
ON
VERGE
sary.
Finally
the
steel
came;
the
vll-OF
MORE
TROUBLE
lage
of
Peace
River
grew
with
char-
.
acterlstlc
rapidity
Into
a
town
BOMBAY.
India,
Aug.
20:
AU
hope
of
Mahatma
Oandhl.
Indian
nationalist
leader,
attending
the
proposed
round
table
conference
In
London
opening
September
5
has
been
abandoned
and
it
Is
now
believed
that
India
Is
once
more
on
the
verge
of
a
calamitous
civil
disobedience
campaign.
MS
lyUMVVtVU
VVf
V
V
II
SI
IIMW
MWJ
IIV1VVIUVU)
AflV
one
sign
which
stands
out
above
all
the
others
in
my
mem
ory
was
one
many
miles
down
theK
.ilghway
from
here
which
read
offlc
telegraphS(
telephones,
a
plc-'Peace
River
the
Heart
of
Inland
s
an
ture
and
comfortable
toUrlst
lPirn
,A
St
1
mP.
talking-picture
theatre,
a
the
full
m
those
significance
of
words
covered
curlI
tinK
courts
but
I
turned
them
and
In
over
pver
and
a
falr
,f
d
t
ther
w,th.
1"d-T0besureIhaprevl0US"
a
country
club.
Then,
too,
are
the
y
studied
numerous
guides,
charts
wnolesale
and
retall
merchants.
the
indmaps.
but
to
me
the
Peace
Riv-;
hotclSi
restaurants,
barber
er
dhtrict
had
always
seemed
like
a
sh
and
varlous
otner
buslncsse,
small
constituency
tucked
in
the
up
without
wh!ch
town
and
dU.
.old
forested
wilderness
In
the
trict
could
not
In
f
t
peace
aor
hwest
corner
of
Alberta.
Impor-
Rlver
nas
aU
but
tw0
earmarks
0?
cant
only
as
a
refuge
for
unfortd-
a
modem
cit
namel
nate
prairie
homesteaders
who
were
sldewallcs8
TOter
on
u
and
cement
lorcea
mrougn
arougnt
ana
wina
to
tag
perhaps
for
a
holiday
trip,
cer-
talnlv
not
as
an
emnlre.
i
uau
noiea
uie
size
oi
me
ais-
met
on
the
various
maps-as
being
nln?ater
system
on
"terra"n-approxlmately
93
000
square
miles
Jtead
the
second
and
most
notke.
but
the
truth
of
this
statement
had
ahI.
...u
hfl..
,nr
not
registered;
I
hadn't
compared
with
anything
in
my
experience.
Why
that
area
is
equal
to
all
the
settled
land
in
the
province
of
Sas
katchewan.
twice
that
of
Alberta,
and
almost
thrice
that
of
Manitoba
Oreater
in
extent
than
any
European
country
except
Russia.
Now
I
understand
why
the
name
Empire
is
applied
to
the
district,
and
a
very
fitting
name
It
Is
too.
Town
of
Peace
River
j
The
town
Peace
River,
one
would
naturally
Imagine
as
the
centre
of
the
district
because
of
the
identity
In
names,
but
never
had
It
occurred
to
me
as
being
the
heart
the
vital
point,
pulsing
life
and
commerce
to
the
empire
through
three
arteries:
rord,
rail
and
river.
Of
course
this
organ
isn't
mature
yet,
but
should
continue
to
grow
for
many,
many
years,
sending
out
greater
vitality
through
broader
and
more
Intricate
channels
as
the
empire
develops,
until
finally
the
town
should
come
into
its
own
as
(he
capital
city
of
the
Peace
River
province,
and
take
its
stand
among
the
leading
cities
of
the
Dominion.
This
is
not
an
optimist's
Idle
dream.
If
we
look
back
about
twenty-five
years,
we
find
that
this
place
was
TJtn
ma
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1
r
a
Prncelno
nr
!
Peace
River
Landing.
Twenty
years
t
W.
mt.
tin.
mrlu
an
rtiit-
i
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4
CRtC
SViTWS
T
J
V4
V
J
Mia
wtav
post
composed
of
a
Hudson's
Bay
Company
station
and
two
other
buildings.
Then
because
of
the
convenience
of
transhipment
of
goods
from
wagon
to
boat
and
vice
versa,
a
llHle
frontier
outpost
grew
up
which
gradually
replaced
the
older
trading
post
across
the
river.
Transportation
for
the
northern
fur
trade
was
then
the
all
Important
factor
In
the
life
of
the
hamlet.
Af
ter
a
time
came
the
land
seeker.
That
marked
Uie
beginning
of
an
agricultural
era
which
U
still
in
its
primary
stages.
Once,
however,
that
settlement
began,
whole
townships
which
now
has
a
population
of
ap-
proximately
nine
hundred,
occupy
lng
some
one
hundred
and
fifty
residences
and
carrying
on
business
In
nearly
forty
establishments.
1
ADnearances
indicate
this
town
to
be
on
a
par
with
modern
towns
ot
the
Dominion,
having
various
gov-
crnment
offices,
churches,
schools,
a
well
equipped
hospital,
skillful
medical
and
surgical
aid,
banking
occommodatlon,
a
provincial
lands
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Peace
River
Record)
from
Edmonton
I
took
spe-
for
the
wa.
iter
is
to
be
found
In
the
shower
m,.
.
also
In
the
two
creeks
which
flow
through,
the
town
affording
a.
run-
it;bemi.
bsen
Perhans
hecausn
wood
Is
very
much
more
economical
than
cement
and
provides
employment
In
its
maintenance.
Possibly
the
change
cement
win
be
made
when
the
town
hammer
becomes
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on
Page
Four)
COMMENT
BY
BORAH:
Must
Be
Something
More
Than'
Straight
Debt'
Cancellation,
',
Declares
Senator
BOISE,
Idaho,
Aug.
20:
Com-;
rrientlng
upon
the
report
of
the
Wiggins'
bankers'
commission
on
Intergovernmental
war
debts
and
German
reparations,
Senator
W.
E.
Borah
declared
yesterday
that.
If
It
was
to
be
effective
in
the
return
of
world
prosperity
through
restoration
of
Europe's
buying
power,
any
plan
of
cancellation
or
suspension:
of
war
debts
would
have
to
be
ac-
companled
by
some
program
for
the
overhaul
of
European
politics
and
industry.
'
RlimnrC
I
hafr
HUU1UI
O
1
I1UL
Elevator
Here
?
Is
to
Be
Busy
Said
That
Six
or
Seven
Million
Bushels
May
Be
Shipped
This
Way
in
Coming
Season
There
are
all
sorts
of
rumors
going
the
rounds
in
regard
to
the
use,
of
the
elevator
this
season.
One
ot
them
Is
to
the
effect
that
it
is
planned
to
ship
six
million
bushels
this
way
and
another
says
seven
million.
What
seems
certain
is
that
the
local
elevator
will
be
filled
before
very
long
and
that
It
seems
probable
It
will
be
filled
more
than
once.
The
local
elevator
authorities
have
nothing
to
say
In
regard
to
the
situation.
The
city
police
have
an
Inquiry
ai
to
the
possibility
ot
there
being
In
this
city
or
district
relatives
of
Francis
J.
Walker
who
died
recently
in
the
untied
states
ana
me
seiue-
ment
of
whose
estate
Is
still
pending.
Deceased
was
born
in
1850
the
son
of
Frank
Walker
and
Eliza
Do-herty."
his
wife.
J