PAGE TWO Sharp Pains In His Heart -. Nerves In Bad Condition Mr. Fred J. .Chase, Thomson Station, N.S., write: "I Lave uaed Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills with wonderful results. My heart would beat to fast I would have to Bt down wbqn-t work japping in the-woods. I had sharp paini in; to j'. heart when I would lie down at nlsht : n . My flervea were turn in a very bad condition, rflCC 50C 2 DOX b.ut ft"'. tw0 boxes of MUburn's Heart and Nerve Pills I feel jiwt fine, and am fourteen pounds heavier than I have been for years." 6ol4 ! !! dm and troer.1 .ton, or nitlUd diret on rwpt of 4wie by Tb. T. llilbura C., Ltd.. loronM. Oot. JTHE DAILY NEWS. PKl.NCK RUPERT - BRITISH COLUMBIA Publisher! Every Afternoon. Except Sunday, by Prince Rupert Dally News. Limited. Third Avenu- H P. PULLEN - - Managing-Editor ADVERTISING RATES Transient display advertising, pei inch, per insertion 1.40 ClasdtM advertising, per insertion, per word ..... .02 Local readers, per Insertion, per line 25 Legal notices, each insertion, per agate Jine 15 DAILY EDITION SUBSCRIPTION KATES ui,jr uciivcry, oj inauor earner, yeany penoa, paia in advance $5 00' For leaser periods, paid in advance, per week 1!. i0c i coufltfv has a wheat harvest estl ty'htth year, built his own memor-; Bv mall tn all nart.ii nf Mnrthsm ni.i n.iti.v. i. , inatrrl at ?fl tfV 000 hntheli Tt I lal. : paid tn ad ranee for yearly period .... 3.00 By mall to all other parts of British Columbia, the British Empire and United States, paid In advance, per year $6 00 ' By mail to all other countries, per year 9 00 i Contract rates on application. j Editor and Reporters Telepnone 86 Advertising and Circulation Telephone 98 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Wednesday, Dee. 9. 1931 UNITED STATES DEFICIT Another proposal is being made to hand over the Alas-Kan panhandle to Canada In exchange for other territory. I his time the suggestion comes from the American side. While we do not think the exchange proposal is feasible, !lW2 d brtl welcomed by Candiang in this part of the couatry. It would tie a groat thing for British Columbia because it would cive access to a huge country that is at present hamperaT by customs restrictions. Prolmbk the exchange would bo a good thing for the Panhandle m well as for British Columbia. Prince Rupert would stand to train because it wroihl hrW th t ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES One of the difficulties in connection with the settlement of the Indian is the question playing for power of tne great reJifRjus sects in that country. The Moslem, the Sikh and the Hindu cannot agree and, there seems no hope of future agreement. Each at the Round Table Conference played for position in connection with the proposed new constitution. Then there is keen opposition to the federal system on the part of the great southern states unless some definite guarantee is given of the price they have to pay for becoming part of a great Indian federation. Re igous Riots In Spain Following decree expelling Jesul's from Bpaln, religious riots have broken out in several Spanl h cities causing death in some lii-Pi ami uumage to properly THE DAILY NEWS Wednesday December j. 1B REPORT OF TRIBUTE TO ENGINEERS CAPT. TROUP Findings n Peace Kiver Outlet Expected to Be Presented lly End of Year lh;a) .h, JVIeurued f Steamship J -MW tVn4 Was Kliov. ri Froin -'Frisco to Rupert Before the end ol Ihe year, ac ' Th are half-must today at the otdtntf tn renorts f mm fHinttm ' tmttmtt -f tha .mil mt "mi( . " i w " ' VHitlUlW VJ iklW UIl(lt V V 4 vu engineers of xhs two major Cana- j and the word has none from ship to man railways wui nave presented , snip oi uiem all. says tne vancou- "leir fnnrt and wcnmnWnflaHnrn tMtiniu nA,,rlill,t - ......... ....v. 4 UIU1L CU ,Ji IWUJT . WMpbu.A. on route lor Peafce-toPaciflc rail- j James Troup 1 dead. Shipmaster WaV lineS. MVS Ule fltlftnHjll NU;S ni thinknllfur r orrf fatVi.r nf v . v - - - U1IU i-iuwuuuvii DUll i i . v.. v. . v . , of Vancouver Rrlnlprrt nf this sri. I -.-.., , i.. ...uu v, nf ' vice will be the Dominion govern- ' last and come to his ultimate port. , mfnt. ; He was known "front 'Frisco to Ru-1 While the report will be largely nert." and down In Montreal, and' j scientific and tcclmical, dealing along the ways of the Clydebank I primarily with the subject of con- shipyards, but best of all and rtluction problems. It should be there he will be most greatly mis-I considered in conjunction with the Fedamong the men and the craft ! general facts of progress in the of the coastwise shipping of British i ' Peace River country, mueh of which Columbia. Me was commodore of has been made during the .period the finest coastwise fleet of the n which the rertort has been under em paner vessels in all the preparation. world, and far more than any other man's, it was the work of his bands I Alberta grew 29,060,000 bushels of and fcra,n atld heart- Captpm whetrt. This J4mM vy? Troup, aeaa tn ms seven "w fni year the l,JC Peace "acc River nirer - one area where the railways are de 11 ln the first vear e tne new riving more agricultural tonnage century, thirty years ago. that he this year than a year ago eame to ne scrvlse 0 the Canadian In the history of the Peace River PatJf,c Rnay. when that com-courrtry there has never been a J?ny took over the.o!d "eet 0i droutht and never a crop failure Cana(I,in Pacific Nsvleatlon Corn-Only once-in 1916-was there an J"' 1?e id Cnarmer- now tled early frost and this hazard, with l,p ot thc ?iJm the hardier 01 that At ,e others, wheat varieties of to- day. is no longer a serious menace. Jf,andt!r; Amur Tcer- Yoemlte and . . ...,, the rest are now only memories JSTlSt. prtSLb,mtle!:, ""I names. But that fleet, was the greater In the Peace River district nwltUf and wlnnln of t iZ J n1 P"neprai. rlendld ruccesslon of fast and fc T ?CC . fa" .f"? 01 beautiful-vessels which has made Js i?Ta!T the name and reputation of the B. For a number of years while all the rest of the world ?. "! e'on ,ana lh.e c. fa nthe seven seas, and the credit far-, suffering financially as a result of the war United States forth tb hope of a more stable do 'ieirt belongs.flrst of all to Captain was showing annual surpluses and there seemed plenty of puiation than elsewhere- on thetTald the money in the country for all purposes. Now things are be-.P where mere winters gen-h?Pri'nce foiindatkjn 2 4" ol lt 5 mg reversed. The message to Congress of President Hoo- erte amonsl wttiew the victoria-i. his own design and the ver yesterday was anything but an optimistic document u? ventuaI nmOTal to a mlld Pride of the fleet for twenty yes. The deficit of two billion and the intimation that next vear, L. . . e was a complete master of ship.' WOUld Show another two hillinn nn thTXl f S! the ! RefaleM ot & al. Its Umber. He knew what, they were for. an lXir ?mL Z Y,ng?lde its ts how - aPO. non-metalllc they should be built, and h ledger w. Was anything but encouraging. Also the need of minemb. the record of wheat and knew how they should be manned leueral action to meet the present emergency was admit- mli farming production In the and found and managed when they ted and.Congrggg.y . intfXta bring into being.an emw- pew nhvT fcl2ntry ln and were bunt He was in harness untu iiciiuy ItXUJIMI UUUUn COrDOrauOll '" me yruuK ""ft ;n oju. ana lie served It is n tiPitr mf,,nfin fi,. , ,. wI from drought rust and ships and shipping, faithfully an,l , , " "w iui uic oLcitcMneji 01 me repUOllC other damage, has Justified the be- well, ror upwards of fifty years. ! 10 nave to grapple With, something Of which they have had lUeflhat In Peace R'lver the railways They like to tell a story about; little experence. It will be interesting to note how thev of "vada naTt toaay thelr 111081 CaPtaln ttp in the wheeihousM meet it. ; proaltlng pmsppct of great ahd Bhd the forecastles of the coast . ! consistent agricultural tonnage. npet K 1 the story uf the trial run TRADING THE PANHANDLE . ... .... , . 01 ,n? aP'' "did new Princess Speculators Justified Kathleen, coming up the Sound Peace River stands today where from Seattle to Victoria, and over-Southern Alberta stood 20 years banlin the old Princess Victoria ago. In 1911 the railway companies fast enough to beat her Into DorU-oonridered that money spent on ' he old Victoria, first of the Cap-branch lines in Albertu was an em- tain's own boats and the pride of inently satisfactory investment ln his heart. "Slow lier down." saM the future of a rich agricultural Captain Troup to the skipper cf country. They were right. How to1 Kathleen, "and dont let he? much more justified they would be P" the old Victoria." And Urn- mi speomaisiiTC opiimuuctuiy "i,w l w- ne wms a straight on the future of the Peac Rlvef country. It is well within the realm of pos-"Mllty that Peace River will equal Mberta's present wheat crop of Northern B. C. and Alaska Intn mj? 130X100.000 bushels in less than a a x wuov. i.uuui man 1 jpcaae. Ana wnen mat time comes Ul nrp UbtJIlU JJI I oountrv drnlnM hv thu pM.o a; 11 be growmt another 30.06o.o0o jtirticls or more of coarse grains and will be producing many other kinds of farm products In abundance. The speed with which this devel- c 1 1 'mem meni tsks lares place Diace will wiu be De governed Eoverner "an. a man 01 nis wora. . and a dour man. sometime, but he had. that in him. He nlayed a sizeable part ln the making of British Co-: lumbla, and we ought to salute him as he goes over the side. I Twenty Years Ago In Prince Rupert December 9. 1911 Opposition was expressed at a meeting of thr Property Holders' by two considerations. One will be Awclatlon in the Presbyterian tt.. ..i.i j i j . Church llnll Inst nlfrht t.n n. r,rA. t (JivTmvu vji unuabc uiiu low -..... v-- cost transportation. The other will P.081 10 dlvlde the city Into three 1 1 1... .in Bldermnnlr tunrrli w M 4r.nnnn.i uc gcurnti inarnei. cunuuions. UI ...... i,imni- the two the former is by far the efy vms among those who spoke In more Important. For even with con- 0PPlthn to the propowtl. Under tlnulng low commodity prices lt Is such a 8VStem & was held that Set-conceivable that Increase ln Peace ,lons 0ne and nv wflttld have six River setUement will go on, and the "ldrmtn while Sections Six. Seven . .... ... nnH tWV. I ....... 1 . I. .. . 1 migration tnence from less favored iu mvc uiuy mree parU of the prairies will be con-ibetween them- Creek tlnuous. ! sewer question .was also discussed To the casual mind lt mav seem ; D' vPe meeting. an approach to folly ln conslderinel - a large scale ntivav uroleet for . Victoria Week, which is the Peace River country at present. ' , own as 8 Conservative publlca-But a little analysis and common Uon' Cr,llc,Ze the actlvlUes of the sense reasoning would suggest that brokera6e firm of Clements and . . . . . ITpVUfnrH nf Vannnti,... In mere can dc no Detter investment wut m mw for all Canada than to spend the "on with the sale of lotB on the New 'necessary money to give Peace IIaze,ton townslte. River low cost access to a Pacific , , 'port and to further develop branth Joc Dayley of Victoria Is having lines ln that province, encouraging 1 succes ln campaign to win the 'development ot greater export and f "8hlwel8ht championship of Oan- consumptlve tonnage there. I aa' He rec,ntly scored an easy It Is to be hoped that the forth- vlctory ovcr Hrry Lombard In five coming report by railway experts 1 rounds Will serve to bring this entire pro-) ' Ject well forward In the Canadian In Fm nrsft imU )AH rf iVtn 111n1.l1 mind, as one of present Urgency ln lng population are industrially em- .c micoi, oi navionai prosperity. , ployed. Of the. estimated 21.000,000 j workers, 8,800,000 are farmers, and !of these, 5.000.000 own their own Oet quick result with a want ad little farms. PLANS FOR CONSERVING OF HALIBUT International Fisheries Commission Believes Further AeUtm is Necessary in Order to Protect Pacific Halibut Stocks VICTORIA. Dec. 8 Recommendations of the International Fisheries Commission, under which Canadian and United States halibut fleets operate in North Pacific waters, which are likely to embody a deilnlte set of proposals for the conservation of the halibut fisher- ies ofl this coast and afford a i greater measure of protection! 'ag-ainst fast depleting supplies on i the fishing grounds, will be for-' warded to the Federal Govern . ments of the two countries in the , ! course of,,thenext few vvteeks lj ' " : underwood tiere'.' John P B:iUcoi;k chairman o; the commission and assistant pi'o-; vincial commissioner of fisheries, ' has returned to the city fron. Prince Rupert where conferences j I were held with the Industry, in' ; company with W. A. Found, Dep-j uty Commissioner of Fisheries for the Federal Government, nt Ot-' tawa. Mr. Babsock declined to anticipate what . the report of the International Fisheries Commission to the respective governments j would contain, but reiterated a1 statement made by members of the' it BANK OF MONTREAL EstabLtaked l8l7 &t presentation, in easily understandable form, of tfte Bank's ANNUAL STATEMENT 31st October, 1931 LIABILITIES LIABILITIES TO THE PUBLIC Deposits ....... Notes of the Bank ln GrculitJon ... . PayaiU on imoni. Letters of Credit OuttUnding mmUl trrniuoioms mi icnn oiwuM M "KAnttcn'j. Other Liabilities . ..... htm -which it tut im mirr V i-rfMI Ww&ft Toul Liabidei to the Public . . . LIABILITIES TO THE SHAREHOLDERS Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits fit Reserves for Dividends . . . ThJ mrnnmil ttfft jvfitt liW i ftfttt Wi titfpfvfsf Ai CrW &L wM ltiluxi M the pMt Ult frmJncx. Total IltbOitki ..,. RESOURCES To meet the foregoing Liabilittet the Bank hoi Ctth tn Its Vaults and in the Central Gold Reserves Notes of and Cheques on Other D-nLs . Money on Deposit with Other Banks , Government & Other Bonds and Debentures , Gltl-tJtt Smirititt tht trrly attrl. Stocks . K77 nV InJtariJ mtd etkrf th r irin nwrlw Call Loans ootlide of Canada . . 5cyti h f. W ifit mrptiMi skvtMi tf 'rrtmn dt liWti tht I msi mi TrpTtmtmf tmmryi fmicUj fmA Sxit M itturtuif tjnl tn iWiWtl is CtntmU. Call Loans in Canada . r7l tn JrmtlJ r4 n,-V V LmJl tni 0txb tfrtfrr Mf t lrrmt quutkmi tkH it mi. TOTAL OF QUICKLY AVAILABLE RESOURCES (equal to 38J1 tf aU LiabilitUi to the Puitk) Other Loans Tt mufm ftrmm. menUtHmJUm, m nmUtmt i nam mih tomni Mting. Dank Premises V!?'r7il?'7S? m" wh Motet tni SWi Vr if cvmfnin tn rWjisW IhTtttk " 7 ' tt. Ml nhrr tfikt g'JSZS&t? . Real Estate and Mortgages on Real Estate . rtXJ Mm fk &"iV bvlnt ni M prttHi f Lilf x Cultofliers Liability under Letters of Credit . Other Aieti not included In tlie Foregoing . Asking Total Assets of . . . fmttlptjmnttfUtUlitiriHAtPMitf Usring mn exetu of AtteU met Liabilities to the Pmttie PROFIT and LOSS ACCOUNT Profiu lot ih. ytt ttiWf Jit OctoKM, 19)1 , , Diviimdi piJ f prkU to SWUt t , Proviiioo for TttM, DofniniM Gemnkw. , , Rswtvsuosj tot BwJc Pwn-i Muict of Profit Sftd Uts Aecoum, iri OctoW, ., WAut. of Prvht tni Lot, eni hmi , , DlARlXS a GORDON. PniiJmt iO,OX.OO 300,000.00 y. A BOO, Jtt69,047,2S1.3! 58,021,1780 8,941,524.05 2,)11,58J.19 718,J0,729.12 f 76,l2,604t4 f794,521,J).96 f 81,625,914.91 35,794,511-20 22,270,ill.79 2J6.41M17.82 l,785,2ia.94 28,25202.06 941,921.73 H7,4O6,508.45 348,525;l48.48 14,500000.00 1,7J5,466.32 8,941,524.05 3,412,686.66 f 794,523, JJ 1.96 718,110,729.12 76.192,604.84 186.S79J7 f).23O,0a)00 .947.&47.H I,103,4.1 IL been, thtfarfnmt ofCtnadun finance. JJ II commission on many pmin K caSlons that further at am, to mn! serve halibut stocks would nvt t be tuken.