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NOTICE
Lights
Will
Be
off
on
Sunday
Morning
5
'
9
30
and
10
o'clock
Northern
H.
C.
Power
('ompany
EfllKUfcf
IV
dian
National
Railways:
E.
W.
SENTENCED
1A
Jan.
:
v
uf
six
counts
of
stock
I
n
1
1
1
1
lit
:
f
it.
ex-breker
Pacific
Railway,
and
Hon.
Senator
jOideon
Robertson,
minister,
of
la-Ibor,
participated.
The
railway
head,
li
U
reported,
rowTs-IIcrbrrt
of
Vic-
m
mapping
out
their
wmmtt
pro-
Draws
Three
Year
Terms
on
Fraud
Charges
31:
Found
tion.
grams,
were
anxious
to
know
just
what
atUtude
the
government
was
going
to
take
in
regard
to
immlgra-
-S0RDER
TO
i
head
here
of
the
Oon
Co.
and
the
Canadian
Corporation,
was
yes-nred
to
three
years
ltn-i;
penitentiary
on
each
'
'mictions,
the
R1BST0NE
MRS.
SPENCER
IS
CHAIRMAN
Rr-F.lectrd
as
Head
of
Board
of
School
Trustees
For
Coming
Year
Mrs.
T.
M.
Spencer
has
been
reelected
chairman
of
the
board
of
school
trustees
for
1931.
The
board
on
supeiniijiu""""-
Hon.
'Ernest
W
mends
Via
Vancouver
and
Dawson
Instead
of
Mac
krntle
River
mam
WASHINGTON,
Jan.
3l:-Brnest
W.
Sawyer,
member
of
the
Pacific
Yukon
Highway
Oommlsaton,
announced
today
that
he
had
urged
upon
Postmaster
General
Brown
a.
intnrv
li!TTTI,'ri
V
!
T
$.lUIWa'
asu
ae
SEEN
HERE
FRIDAY
!
The
mild
weather
that
OTTAWA,
,
.
RuDfrt.
of
Rupen.
Wallace
Cory,
deputy
m
InWjr
060
miles.
There
were
19
men
aboard
the
DO-X
when
she
took
off
from
here
this
morning
for
the
Canary
Sawyer
Rccom-
iands-15
of
a
crew
and
four
pas
sengers
who
will
disembark
at
Las
Palmas.
The
ship
has
three
pilots
who
will
navigate
by
watches
on
the
ocean
flight.
Weather
conditions
were
reported
favorable
as
the
ship
bopped
off.
LAS
PALMAS.
Jan.
31:
The
the
establishment
of
an
air
mallnoon
Rfter
the
nignt.from
Lisbon.
line
to
Alaska
by
way
of
Vancouver
and
Dawson.
Sawyer
differed
with
proponents
of
the
plan
to
route
mall
from
the
United
State
to
Alaska,
Russia
and
China
by
way
of
Ottawa
or
Toronto,
Akllvak
and
the
Mackensie
River.
He
said
that
this
route
would
be
over
a
comparative
wilderness
whereas
the
course
he
recommended
would
be
over
a
populous
ter
ritory
and
fair
weather
line.
.
t
,
Is
now
engaaed
in
the
mawr
,
pdnct
Rupert
u
enjoying
this
considering
its
estimates
for
w
wlnUr
to
yoster-
year
and
the
next
regular
Beu"
Dy
the
fact
that
a
beautl-
will
be
on
the
second
Wednesday
in
butterfjy
wtlg
Ken
February.
fluttering
yesterday
morning
She
will
stay
here
overnight,
check
her
engines
and
then
take
off
for
Cape
Verde
Island.
B50
miles
away.
From
there
the
long
water
hep
of
1300
miles
to
Brazil
starts.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
31:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
58c
on
the
local
exchanie
today
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JANUARY
31,
1931
Huge
Plane
DO-X
Is
Now
Flying
Across
Atlantic
Ocean
wkc-
m
i
i
i
m
in
!
ii
rii
wi
mui
iiMMi-
it
J'
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MINISTER
IMPRESSED
Hon.
R.
W.
Bruhn
Sees
Pros;
pcrlty
for
Province
Follow-in?
Trip
to
Prince
Rupert
VICTORIA,
Jan.
31
Further
reasons
for
confidence
that
there
will
be
a
steady
recover)'
Oerman
seaplane
DO-X
landed
In,
of
business
In
BrUjsh
Columbia
the
harbor
here
at
3:10
this
after-
were
revealed
to
Hon.
R.
W.
Bruhn,
minister
of
public
works,
who
returned
to
Victoria
yesterday
from
a
trip
to
Trinre
Rupert
where
he
went
on
official
business.
Pulp
and
paper
plants
are
working
in
overtime
shifts,
lumbering
Is
improving
and
other
commercial
enterprises
are
opening
up,
the
minister
found.
J
Two
Men
Arrested
at
Petersburg
in
Connection
With
Mysterious
Deaths
Lately
on
Alaska
Coast
BUILDING
IS
DOWN
List
For
January
TliU
Tear
Very
light.
Providing
Only
For
Re-'
"-alrrndltejativni
Building
permits
issued
In
Prince
Rupert
during
the
month
of
Janu
ary
ending
today
totalled
only
$2,-890
as
compared
with
$4,000
in
the
same
month
last
year.
The
list
for
the
month
Just
ending
included
provision
tor
repairs
and
alterations
to
a
number
of
existing
Permits
issued
In
January
were
as
follows:
Philip
Rowe.
Eight
Ave
W,
repair
foundation,
$100.
N.
Gunrtch.
Sixth
St
W.
alterations,
store,
$100.-
J.
MoUer,
Seventh
Ave.
W..
addition
to
residence,
$200.
P.
Johnson.
Fifth
Ave.,
general
repairs,
$180.
W.
Putman.
Fourth
Ave.
&.
shingle
roof,
$65.
Mrs.
Slaney,
Fraser
St.,
general
repairs,
$100.
V.
Basso-Bert.
Sixth
St.,
alterations,
$150.
II.
Underdahl.
Beach
Place,
repair
foundation.
$350.
'
J.
Lowen,
Eighth
Ave.
E.,
repair
foundation,
$135.
R.
A
Church.
Water
St.,
addiUon
to
residence,
$50.
A.
Skuland,
Sixth
Ave.
E.,
general
repairs
to
residence,
$1300.
ail(l
Li.
Li.
LmYlS.
Iisiierinun,
aim
ine
ucuui
ui
uwiu
man.
I
VICTORIA.
Jan.
31:
The
butterfly
on
January
30
violating
the
dry
laws.
Their
gas-
the
interior
since
1905.
reureo
wu,4,
4
4.
4.4.-4'
Iland
lat
November.
The
men
said
!
murdered
several
weeks
ago.
FIRE
IN
CALGARY
$125,000
Damage
When
Geortesoii
Building
Burn
People
Driven
From
Theatre
CALGARY.
Jan.
31
Fire
swept
the
old
Oeorgeson
building
in
th?
heart
of
this
city
.last
night
with
a
loss
of
$125,000.
Two
thousand
patrons
were
driven
out
of
the
Palace
Theatre
next
door
as
the
flames
threatened
to
spread.
PETERSBURG,
Alaska,
Jan.
31
:
Clarence
Langfor!,
British
Columbia
i
.,.
and
Charles
Anderson
are
being
held
here
for
investiga-i
el
oiltax
is
j
tion
in
connection
with
the
disappearance
of
Al
Farrow
,t
defimtlu
off
1
British
Columbia
fuel
oil
tax
but
it
eluded
its
emptors.
To
see
I
Hans
Wick
of
Petersburg
arrested
the
men
on
charges
of
provided
for
at
the
last
see-
such
such
a
a
Is
is
am
....
n
William
winter
in
from
or
a
aowntown
reauy
.
.
.
i
.
Deputy
Minister
uS
tu?
creature
i
Deputy
United
States
Marshals
Caswel
lof
Ketchikan
and
Superannuated
t
sion
of
the
legislature
has
been
ample
evidence
that
the
1
boat
Is
said
to
be
the
one
In
which
that
they
had
found
the
boat
near
i
definitely
wrapped
by
the
U
very
mild
In
Prince
;
Farrow
and
Davis
left
here
for
their
camp.
government
ana
nam
wui
oe
Lanaferd
St
Anderson's
eamp
on'
The
third
man
was
a
Ketchikan
imposed.
Premier
Toimie
an-
Of
Special
Interest
Jave
you
read
the
classified
advertising
page
in
this
paper
jo-day?
If
not,
now
is
the
time.
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FIVE
CENTS
AN
AD
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TO
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Lie
Kept
Out
of
Country
Until
Work
Increases
mportant
Announcement
Made
by
Minister
of
Colonization
Following.
Conference
With
Heads
of
Rail
way
Companies
and
Minister
of
Labor
WA;
Jan.
31:
The
lid
will
be
kept
down
tightly
ration
until
such
time
as
the
employment
situa-s
a
very
great
improvement.
Such
is
the
interpre-
laced
in
official
circles
on
a
statement
issued
last
Hon.
W.
S.
Gordon,
minister
of
immigration
and
i
:n.
Issuance
of
the
statement
followed
a
lengthy
conference
In
which
Sir
Henry
....
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His
Sight
j
Mil
for
Cataracts
Trove
I
nr
cssful
for
Noted
American
Author
iRK.
Jan.
31
Booth
noted
American
au-';v
toUUy
blind
yetter-
11
operation
for
remo-
lacts
from
nis
sole
re-vi'
proved
unauoeessfut.
riKo.
Tarkington
lost
t
his
other
eye
because
fining
Classes
Begin
Monday
at
City
Hall
Here
'
Nmitherlngale
Is
in
the
open
Monday
after-
I'
of
classes
In
geology,
uid
mining,
under
the
f
Mines
at
Victoria,
'x
are
held
twice
dally,
nd
evenings,
at
the
"id
continue
throughout
mod
out
by
officiate
of
mnit
that
this
Is
a
great
for
people
of
the
city,
'hose
who
may
not
be
't
now,
to
get
some
ln-ui
rpgard
to
mining
and
To
Supply
Toui
Hunrtrd
Barrels
of.
Crude
Oil
Dally
to
Canadian
racific
Itailway
CALOARY.
Jan.
Jl:
Arrangements
have
been
completed
be-tween'the
Ribstone
Oils
Ltd
of
Calgary
and
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
for
the
supply
of
four
hun-
i
dred
barrels
of
crude
oil
daily
to
the
railway
from
the
wells
at
Ribstone
for
use
of
main
line
locomotive
operating
through
the
mountains
between
Calgary
and
Vancouver.
CREW
OF
COASTIiUAKIl
BOAT
EXONERATED
WASHINOTON.
Jan.
ai:
Rport
of
the
coastguard
board
report
of
the
coastguard
board
which
inquired
into
the
cap-
ture
of
the
Canadian
rum
run-
ner
Josephine
K.
today
exon-
e
rated
the
crew
of
the
patrol
boat
145
of
wrong
doing
and
said
that
the
rum
runners
were
clearly
within
the
12-mlle
llm-
it
from
the
United
States
eoast.
I
vto-wt,
nan
haivase
Job
-
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
31:
Pilot
Stan
McMillan,
who
hopped
off
last
Tuesday
from
Fort
Mc-Murray
in
a
Commercial
Airways
plane
to
assist
in
salvac-Inc
the
plane
of
the
late
Capt
E.
J.
A.
Burke
in
the
Liard
district,
had
not
reached
White-horse
up
to
early
Friday.
At
Whitehorse,
Pilots
R.
L.
Van
Der
Byl
and
W.
A.
Jocrss
are
awaiting
McMillan
to
fly
to
the
stranded
plane.
It
Is
possible
that
McMillan
might
have
flown
direct
to
CHANGE
IN
AIR
ROUTE
DO-X
Makes
First
Lap
From
Lisbon
to
Canary
Islands-
on
Ocean
Trip
Covers
First
715
Miles
of
Journey
Is
Bound
for
New
York
Via
Las
Pahnas,
Kio
dc
Janeiro,
Isatal,
Havana
and
Miami
LISBON,
Portugal,
Jan.
31:
The
giant
12-motored
Dornier
flying
boat
DO-X
is
now
on
her
way
across
the
Atlantic
Ocean.
The
great
machine
took
off
from
here
at
3:10
o'clock
this
morninjr
for
Las
Palmas,
Canary
Islands
ion
the
first
715-mile
lap
of
her
ocean
flight.
Breaking
her
ocean
trip
from
Las
Palmas
with
one
stop
en
route,
tne
DO-X
wUl
cross
the
Southern
At-H"
lantlc
to
Rio
de
Janeiro,
Brazil,
whence
she
will
fly
north
via
Natal,
'
Havana
and
Miami
to
New
York.;
The
total
distance
Is
placed
at
14,'
Giant
twelve-motored
flying
toat
DO-X
which
hopped
off
this
m
uraing
from
Lisbon
for
Las
Palmas
en
route
to
Rio
de
Janeiro
AVIATOR
MISSING
rilot
Stan
McMillan
Fails
to
Uracil
Whitehorse
on
Durke
GIRL
HAS
COLLAPSE
Young
Girl
Involved
In
Delinquency
Case
Has
to
Be
'Rushed
From
Court
Room
to
Hospital
The
15-year
old
girl,
to
whose
delinquency
four
local
young
men
are
alleged
to
have
contributed,
collapsed
In
court
this
morning
during
the
course
of
the
preliminary
hearing
by
Stipendiary
Magistrate
C.
L.
Monroe
of
the
charge
against
Leo
Contoli
and
had
to
be
rushed
back
to
the
hospital,
whence
she
had
been
brought,
in
the
ambulance.
Yesterday
afternoon
at
the
hearing,
the
girl
also
showed
signs
of
breakdown
and
the
case
was
adjourned
until
this
morning.
Today
adjournment
was
taken
untU
next
Monday
morning.
The
case
is
being
conducted
In
camera
at
the
court
house.
Only
the
principals,
including
William
Murray,
Roy"
Fisher
and
Splro
Gurvlch,
Jointly
accused
with
Contoli
and
whose
hearings
will
be
conducted
later,
were
present.
City
Solicitor
E.
F.
Jones
is
prosecuting
and
A.
M.
Manson
K.C.
ti
defence
counsel.
Fifteen
Appeals
.
Entered
Against
1931
Assessment
There
are
15
appeals
on
the
list
for
the
civic
court
of
revision
which
win
sit
on
February
9.
Practically
all
the
appeals
are
based
on
the
rounds
of
alleged
over-valuation
ind.
in
a
number
of
cases,
it
Is
also
contended
that
the
assessment
on
buildings
is
excessive.
Those
appealing
on
downtown
property
are
Paramount
Theatres
Ltd..
Christian
Bclence
Society,
Prince
Rupert
Club,
Dybhayn
&
Hanson
and
S.
J.
Jabour.
GLASSEY
PRESIDENT
Named
Head
of
Fair
Board
W.
D.
Vance
Reappointed
as
Manager
The
1931
Fair
Board,
at
Its
initial
meeting
yesterday
afternoon,
elected
officers
far
the.
ensuing
year
as
follows:
Honorary
president,
T.
D.
Pattullo
M1..A.
Honorary
vice-president,
plof
Hanson
MP.
President,
H.
F.
Glassey.
Vice-president,
W.
H.
Tobey.
;
Honorary
secretary
-
treasurer.
Aid.
P.
H.
Umey.
The
board
reappointed
W..
D.
Vance
to
be
managing
secretary
for
the
coming
year.
Setting
of
the
date
for
the
1931
exhibition
was
deferred
until
communication
has
been
made
wlthlln-terior
fatr
authorities,
the
object
being
to
have
co-operation
in
.the
matter
of
exhibits.
The
local
fair
data
will
probably
be
set
pext
week.
There
was
a
full
attendance
of
members
of
the
board
with
but
one
exception.
The
Weather
IsWdi-Fresh
TrlDle
south-east
erty
wind,
heavy
north
westerly
swell,
clear
with
light
clouds.
;
Dead
Tree
Point
Cloudy,
south
easterly
wind,
barometer
29.80.
temperature
46,
choppy
sea.
Langara
-Overcast,
light
south
easterly
wind,
sea
moderate.
Dlgby
Island
-Cloudy,
south
east
the.
weat
eoast
of
Prince
of
Wales
fish
buyer
who
is
said
to
have
been
nounced
yesterday.
i
wina.
e
mues.
oaromeier.
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4;
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i
temperature
;
sea
smootn.
t