TAX
iy
and
Tomorrow's
Tides
The
only
reliab
5
rt
town
Friday,
March
2d,
1931
High
1.55
a.m.
20.6
ft.
For
Quick
c
14.05
p.m.
20.2
ft.
Service
-
66
Low
8.12
a.m.
4.6
ft.
b
20.18
pjn.
4.5
ft
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
.BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
ft
8
XXU.,
No.
Vol
'PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MARCH
19,
1931.
PRICE
'FIVE
CENTS
VANCOUVER
CI1
Y
HEW
TO
BLAME
,y;
M
ANSON
"Just
Another
Case
of
Failing
To
Understand
Simple
Thing"
'Tis
Said
Inpayment
of
$700
Was
Skecna
Member's
Long
Out-standing
Right,
It
Is
Clearly
Explained
to
Legislature
VICTORIA,
March
19:-Dr.
H.
C.
Wrinch
and
A.
M.
Manson
replied
in
the
Legislature
Wednesday
to
the
accusations
made
by
Hon.
W.C.
Shelly
Tuesday
that
they
combined
tp
repay
$700
taxes
to
Dr.
Wrinch
illegally
in
the
last
days
of
the
former
Liberal
government.
"This
is
,;ust
another
case
where
Mr.
Shelly
has
failed
to
under-
-
aid
a
simple
transaction,"
de-
t;'d
Mr.
Manson,
who
described
able
')
accusation
as
"twaddle."
In
imple
language
Dr.
Wrinch
he
:..!
before
the
House
the
whole
in
'
uf
the
transaction
under
fire.
i'lir
minister
does
not
read
the
u
li
urder-ln-ceuncll
on
which
he
to
i
!-
his
personal
attack
on
my
'I,..
Meter,"
said
Dr.
Wrinch.
"I
wish
i
ad
it
so
the
House
may
have
I
'!,'
full
information.
iuc
orner
recuea
uav,
utraugu
but
t
rror
oy
me
crown,
not
Dy
ur.
W:;iich.
the
crown
found
itself
un-
an
Manson
Queries
he
In
Legislature
pay.
Wants
to
Know
About
Activities
of
j
to
Attorney
General's
-Sleuth"
i
A
M
Manson,
M.LA.
for
Omin--
had
questions
to
ask
In
the
He
I.'
-Mature
last
week
regarding
a
M:
Cox.
a
"sleuth"
of
the
attorney
in
ral'8,
who
had
gone
up
Into
a
null
town
to
"get"
a
provincial
own
constable
because
he
was
a
L
im
,il.
incidentally
carrying
on
j
.jural
work
in
country
consutu-"
up
ie.v
Attorney
Oeneral
Pooley
re-l
fy
that
he
would
have
some
in--imjr
and
valuable
information
vo
out
on
this
matter
shortly.
KEELEY
RESIGNS
not
VANCOUVER,
March
19:
It
was
med
today
that
B.
C.
Keeley,
Pa-:
he
Coast
manager
of
steamships
'
'he
Canadian
National
Rall-.
for
had,
on
the
advice
of
his
me-
)
ndvisors.
submitted
his
reslg-'
m
to
take
effect
as
soon
as
the
ipany
could
relieve
him
of
his
Donstbllitlos.
olonel
Hlam,
executive
repre-'
to
itive
on
the
Paoiflc
Coast,
Ca-
on
i
-n
National
Railways,
when
i
A
a
today,
expressed
his
deepestfmaae
a
.
-----
,
-
"
inai
regret
at
tne
necessity
lur
Mr
Keeley's
decision
and
added
he
his
fellow
officers
hop
11
uu
and
atiu
ilia
iCiivn
vvvi-
f
1
.hat
a
complete
relaxation
from
wniilrt
rnnlt
In
a
SueeflV
re-
'''TV
1
nas
to
spend
some
time
in
me
u
It
is
further
rumored
that
M:
Keeley.
ley,
upon
upon
n
his
rewn
return
to
Van-!
cr,
will
become
associated
wun
local
shipping
interests.
Miiawii'a
"
"
Prince
Rupert-Southeast
wind;
"uimu;
barometer,
29.23;
temper-
uhirr,
50;
sea
moderate.
Ti
iple
Island
-
Raining,
fresh
"Hitheast
wind;
sea
moderate.
Inngara
sland--Ualning,
light
f,teriy
wind;
sea
choppy.
Dead
Tree
Polntr-Ralnlng,
frch
Mmtheat
wind;
barometer,
29.38;
temperature,
43;
sea
moderate.
AND
WRINCH
RESPOND
TO
SHELLY
ALLEGATIONS
to
convey
vo
him
five
blocks
of
land
to
which
under
the
Land
Act,
was
lawfully
entitled
when
the
.subdivision
on
the
area
in
Hazel-ton
was
cancelled.
It
had
taken
a
period
of
seven
years
for
the
matter
be
straightened
out,
during
which
Dr.
Wrinch
bought
the
land
which
was
rightfully
his
from
the
crown
for
$586,
and
paid
townsite
taxes
for
seven
years
on
land
that,
fw
cwwn.g
error
would
have
reverted
to
an
agriculture
status
seven
years
earlier.
The
or
der-lri-tourtcn
set
out
that
this
wb
injustice
to
Dr.
Wrinch
and
returned
to
him
$700
Of
$786
which
thus
unjustly
was
compelled
to
Dr.
Wrinch
staled
that
he
had
desired
to
set
this
area
reclassified
be
available
for
settlers
and,
lh
doing
so.
had
incurred
greater
cost
than,
the
proceeds
of
the
sales.
There
had
been
no
personal
gain.
had
sold
the
land
to
settlers
before
the
matter
was
cleared
up
and
found
himself
unable
to
give
the
purchasers
their
title.
He
quoted
hla
letter
to
the
deputy
minister
of
finance
asking
as
a
personal
favor.
that
the
question
of
title
be
cleaned
wun
an
speea
so
ue
cuum
ww
the
settlers,
but
stating
he
was
willing
to
accept
any
reasonable
setUement
of
his
own
claims.
"Surely
that
was
not
unreason
able
when
I
had
been
waiting
lor
seven
years."
he
said.
"If
thU
statement
Is
not
enough
to
convince
any
fair-minded
person
of
my
Integrity,
the
hours
of
talk
wouia
do
so,"
he
concluded.
A.
M.
Manson
said
that,
In
putting
through
the
order-ln-couaeU.
was
convinced
that
the
course
taken
was
the.
only
honorable
one
the
crown
to
take.
The
crown
should
be
the
last
to
commit
an
injustice
upon
the
subject.
1
By
Canadian
Press)
VICTORIA,
March
19:
Replying
charges
made
In
the
Legislature
Tuesday
by
Hon.
W.
C.
Shelly.
m
Manson.
Liberal,
Omlneca,
blunder
had
been
made
In
the
t
nonartment
more
than
20
uaiiM
r
.
year,
ago"
;
and
that
an
a
0
nrHr.
de
1U
---
-,
count"
'fneli
verV
fully
and
appended,
be-
that.
,hrouh
an
taxes
hwlng
error
of
the
department.
Dr
Wr
tnch
n
.
.
ouUay
oI
$780
,,
if
nvrinfirtn
khiu
limb
n
iv
"
-l4i.
WiBtiwi.
file
had
been
tabled
in
me
laturatwojyears
ago,
adding
thai
ot
under-
..
....
A
m.ti
stand
a
comparatively
tuuVn
ter."
ONE
BOAT
IN
The
local
boat
Pair
of
Jacks
was
the
only
halibut
veseim
w.u.
u
catch
today.
She
disposed
of
7.000
pounds
to
the
United
Pacific
Fisheries
on.
the
usual
terms.
United
States'
jfflsmrvHHK
v
im
i
iir
.
This
latest
type
lipht
armored
ear
was
recently
tested
at
Fort-
E
;s,
Va.
Cftr
is
operated
by
three
men.
has
road
speed
of
U)
nuies
per
hour,
cruising
radius
200
miles
on
one
filling
of
gasoline,
and
carries
two
machine
guns
MORE
THAN
h
50
MILLS
City.
Tax
Rale:
Will
be
Higher
Be-cause
of
Loner
Assessment
and
Relief
Charges
MEETING
LAST
NIGHT
Whole
Field
of
Municipal
Finance
is
Carefully
Canvassed
by
Mayor
and
Aldermen
For
over
two
hours
last
night
the'
city
council,
with
the
mayor
and
all
the
aldermen
present,
wrestled
with
the
estimates
for
the
present
year
with
the
purpose
of
keeping
them
down
to
a
level
whurp
the
mill
rate
will
not
be
so
high
as
to
be
prohibitive.
'Before
adjourning
it
became
czear
mat
th
rate
would
have
to
be
higher
tbaTfidear,
owing
to
the
ten
pVenv.
T-exluctlon
In
the
assess
ment
and
to
the
fact
that
the
direct
unemployment
relief
for
last
year
Is
not
yet
paid
for
and
must
be
DTovlded
In
this
year's
estimate.
It
was
Impossible
to
arnve
at
any
1
definite
conclusion,
owing
to
the1
fact
H
is
not
yet
known
how
much
extra,
If
any.
will
be
paid
by
the
provincial
government
this
year
In
j
the
school
grant.
In
the
past
Prince
Rupert
has
been
rated
as
a
city
of
the
second
class
but.
now
that
the
number
of
pupils
attend-in
the
schools
is
over
a
thousand
it
Is
probable
that
the
city
will
be
rated
as
of
the
first-class
and
therefore
entitled
to
a
different
basis
of
pay-
Efforts
are
being
made
to
prune
the
estimates
to
the
very
limit,
holding
back
desirable
improvements
until
a,
time
when
there
Is
more
money
available.
The
question
Is
Just
how
much
more
than
fifty
mills
It
will
be
necessary
to
levy
In
order
to
carry
(Continued1
on
Page
2)
'
FINED
$30
.
,
Found
guilty
on
a
charge
of
keeping
a
common
bawdy
house,
Mabel
TibblU
was
fined
$50,
with
option
of
Sptdayi'
Imprisonment,
by
Magistrate
McClymont
In
city
police
court
this
morning.
Cases
of
Babe
O'Reilly
and
Andrew
Hanson,
charged
with
being
Inmates,
were
adJournl
until
March
26.
v
Latest
Type
of
Armored
Car
I
.,:
BIG
ADVANCK1N1
:
TRICE
OF
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
March
19:
Silver
has
made
a
sensational
'
Jump
of
three
cents
to
31ic
per
ounce
on
the
New
York
Ex-
change
today
Irom-28c
on
Monday.
Copper
held
firm
at
IOV4C
per
pound.
Son
ofBertGagne,
Formerly
of
Prince
George,
Is
Dead
PRINCE
GEORGE,
March
19:
Qulnton
Oagne,
13-year
old
son
of
Bert
Oagne
of
Kamloops,
formerly
well
known
local
railwayman,
died
recently
In
Kamloops
after
a
brief
Illness
with
pneumonia,
according
to
word
received
here.
About
the
same
time
as
Mr.
Oagne's
son
died,
word
was
received
that
his
nephew,
Ray
Morln,
aged
12,
had
lost
an
eye
while
playing
hockey
at
Asslnibolne.
Sask.
HIGH
GRADE
ON
N0RANDA
Report
of
Gold
Discovery
is
Confirmed
by
President
ot
Company
TORONTO,
March
19:
Discovery
of
high
grade
gold
ore
in
drilling
operations
on
the
Noranda
property
has
been
confirmed
In
a
statement
which
has
Just
been
issued
by
Pre
sident
Murdoch
of
the
Noranda
Mines
Ltd.
PRINCE
RUPERT
.
i
.
,
REPAIR
RIG
JOR.
t
VANCOUVER,
March-
19:
Tt
u
understood
that
renalrs
to
the
steamer
Prince
Rupert,
which
sank
at
Yarrow's
dry
dock
wharf
tn
Victoria
two
weka
aco.
will
cost
$100,000
and
will
require
eight
weeks
to
carry
out.
It.!..!.
a.
BLAMED
Coroner's
Jury
Holds
Corpora-tion
Responsible
for
Georgia
Street
Tragedy
VANCOUVER,
March
19:
Holding
that
"insufficient
precautions
arc
provided
in
the
way
of
warning
signs
in
rase
of
the
bridge
undergoing
repairs"
and
that
"the
evidence
also
shows
that
the
parapet
failed
to
provide
sufficient
protection
to
the
party,"
a
coroner's
jury
yesterday
placed
the
blame
for
the
quadruple
fatality
early
Sunday
morning,
in
which
four
people
lost
their
lives
when
their
car
skidded
and
plunged
over
the
Georgia
Street
viaduct,
upon
the
Corporation
of
the
City
of
Vancouver.
Vancouver
Stocks
(
Court
ejr
3.
O.
Johunou
Oo.)
Big
Missouri
45,
47.
Cork
Province,
1,
nil.
George
Copper,
nil,
80.
Georgia
River,
3,
3Vfc.
Grandview,
6,
7.
Indian
Mines,
nil,
2.
Kootenay
King,
nil,
IVfc.
Lucky
Jim,
2,
3.
Morton
Woolsey,
3,
3V4.
National
Silver.
3,
3V4.
Noble
Five,
6,
8H-Oregon
Copper,
8,
9.
Reeves
Macdonald,
40,
45.
Pend
Oreille.
1.40.
1.47.
Premier,
70,
73.
Silverado,
nil,
50.
Snowflake,
3,
4.
Topley
Richfield.
IVi.
2.
Whitewater,
4.
nil.
Bluebird,
2.
2
4.
OILS
Freehold,
5.
8.
Hargal,
7,
10.
A.
P.
Con.,
19,
20.
.,
Calrnont,
12,,,!
4,
,
k
Dalhpusle,
30,
nil.
Devenlsh,
5,
7.
s
Fabyan
Wb.VS'fc.
Home.
i:03,
1.10.
Royallt.
10.50,
nil.
United.
18.
nlL
Mercury,
16V4,
17.
Merland,
12,
nil.
Eastern
Stocks
Noranda,
23.75,
nil.
1
Int:
Nickel,
19.00,
nil.
C.
P.
R-
41.50,
nil.
Manson,
Wrinch
and
Pattullo
Make
Plea
in
Legislature
For
Central
Interior
Seed
Grain
VICTORIA,
March
19:
It
took
nearly
an
hour's
pounding
by
A.
M.
Manson,
Dr.
H.
C.
Wrinch
and
T.
D.
Pattullo
to
elicit
from.
the
government
Wednesday
night
any
stronger
statement
than
a
promise
to
consider
the
application
of
settlers
in
Central
British
Columbia
for
seed
trrain.
Hon.
W.
A.
Atkinson,
minister
of
agriculture,
said
the
Dominion
had
been
asked
to
include
Central
British
Columbia
in
its
seed
grain
provisions.
Mr.
Man-
son
said
that
the
Dominion
had
already
turned
down
the
direct
ap
plications
of
the
Farmers
Institutes,
saying
It
was
a
provincial,
matter.
"Ottawa.
does
not
know
about
Central
British
Columbia,"
"he
commented.
"I
hope
the
settlers
won't
suffer
while
Ottawa
and
Victoria
pass
the
buck
to
and
fro."
'
Mr.
Atkinson
said
the
banks
had
helped
some
of
the
settlers.
"I
am
speaking
for
those
the
banks
cannot
help,"
said
Mr.
Man-
son.
The
House
was
In
committee
of
Derations
on
quite
a
substantial
supply
on
the
minister's
salary
and
scale
and
that
a
goodly
number,
of
the
northern
member
refused
to
al-,
men
are
already
In
employment
low
the
vote
to
pass
until
they
re-
i
there.
The
company,
it
is
under-celved
assurances.
:
itood.
will
dispose
of
Its
logs
t3
Finally
Premie.
Tplmle
said
the
mainland
pujpjrdlls,
,
.
.
,
Dominion
seed'
branch
TwaV
HjiefVjoJin
R,"
Morgan,'
head
of
the
proper
agency
to
provide
the
seed
,
company,
arrived
in
the
city
yes-but
agreed
with
Mr.
Manson
that
terday.
after
a
trip
to
Vancouver,
experienced
settlers
should
not
be
I
and
Is
now
at
his
sawmill
at
Bill-
anowea
to
leave
tne
country
lor
want
of
help.
He
said
there
was
no
reason
to
believe
this
would
be
allowed
td
happen.
This
being
the
strongest
"statement
that
could
be
elicited
from
the
government
the
voe
was
allowed
to
pass.
Formal
denial
was
made
by
Dr.
Wrinch
that
he
had
In
any
way
benefitted
wrongfully.
LOG
CAMP
REOPENS
Goodly.
Number
of
Men
Already
In
Employment
at
Cuimhewa
In
Morgan
Operations
Word
bro'tght
to
the
city
from
the
Islands
on
the
Prince
John
today
is
to
the
effect
that
the
J,
R.
Morgan
Logging
Co.'s
camp
at
Cumshewa
Inlet
Is
resuming
op-
mor
before
proceeding
Saturday
ntvht
on
the
Prince
John
to
Cumshewa.
Mrs.
Morgan
came
north
from
Vancouver
to
Cumshewa
on
the
present
trip
of
the
Prince
John.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
March
19:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
57c
on
the
local
exchange
today.
CONTEMPLATES
AN
ADDITION
POWER
PLANT
The
Financial
Post
of
Toronto
has
a
list
of
power
Installations
In
1
1930
which
Includes
6,000
horse-
Further
Allegations
Are
Made
Against
Former
Government
of
Province
by
Attorney
General
VICTORIA,
"March
19:
Confidential
reports
which
Hon.
R.
H.
Pooley,
attorney
general,
-stated
had
been
delivered
to
A.
M.
Manson
K.C.,
former
attorney
general,
were
introduced
in
the
Legislature
yesterday.
Mr.
Pooley
said
that
startling
disclosures
had
been
made
in
reports
of
Andrew
Blygh
bf
Vancouver,
who
is
said
to
have
been
Mr.
Manson's
confidential
agent
when
the
latter
was
attorney
general.
Mr.
Pooley
charged
that
the
former
administration
had
spent
$650,-000
in
one
year
for
"secret
service"
and
that
there
had
been
nothing
left
to
show
for
It.
,
Mr.
Pooley
said
that
in
March.
19x7.
wnen
two
commissions
were
Investigating
conditions
tn
connection
with
government
liquor
stores,
Blygh
had
reported
to
Mr.
Manson
In
respect
to
an
Inquiry
before
Mr.
Justice
Murphy
that
"It
Is
very
at
Flla
River
for
the
North-little
gratifying
to
me
to
see
how
(vryP0Wr
of
the
real
conditions
came
to
err
B-
C
Power
Company,
light."
I
Anotner
ll4t
of
"Hydro
Dcvelop-
Mr,
Pooly
also
charged
that&e
ments
Contemplated"
Includes
10,-former
government
was
a
party
to
000
horsepower
for
the
Northern
B.
liquor
transactions
with
bootleggers.
C.
Power
Co.
at
Falls
River.
Annual
LiberalfaMeeting
Annual
meeting
Prince
Rupert
Liberal
Association
will
be
held
in
the
Metropole
Hall,
Friday,
March
20,
at
8
p.m.
Business1
Election
of
officers.
Ladies
especially
invited
to
attend.
(671
'
SB
il