United
Pacific
Now
Established
For
Distribution
o
Halibut
of
This
Coast,
Official
Declares
(Ketchikan
Tribune)
j
All
arrangements
for
the
financing,
shipping
and
distribution
of
the
product
of
the
Pacific
Coast
halibut
fisher-'
mm
have
been
perfected,
and
the
United
Pacific
Fisheries
is
now
prepared
to
handle
halibut
in
any
quantity
through
a
system
of
country-wide
distribution.
This
is
the
word
brought
back
to
Ketchikan
by
J.
E.
Berg,
Alaskan
mana-
LONG
TRIP
ON
OCEAN
Coquet.
65
Feet
Lone.
Reaches
Vancouver,
111
Days
From
Hone
Kong
VANCOUVER.
April
20:
After
a
(rip
of
111
days
across
the
Pacific
Ocean
from
Hong
Kong,
the
(.5
foot
boat
Coquet,
with
Capt.
VYaard
and
three
companions
on
board,
has
reached
Vancouver.
It
was
an
arduous
voyage
and
the
small
craft
encountered
terrific
storms
through
many
of
which
the
crew
despaired
of
living.
Municipal
III
At
Terrace
Is
Q
f-Cll
TInriirPfl
Perfect
our
organisation
is.
the
U11I1
UlllUl
CUigtaoyuMUon
0f
the
market
must
'
necessarily
depend
upon
the
source
TERRACE.
April
20
George
Lit-j
of
supply,
which
Is
the
fishermen
has
resigned
his
commissioner-1
themselves.
If
we
can
continue
to
!
P
in
the
municipality
and
Nigel
!
handle
the
bulk
of
the
fish
brought
MxTtrood.
who
had
aeeeDted
the'
Into
the
market,
we
can,
without
Tr
.
-
!
ition
of
clejk
to
the
munlcipa-
:
!v
vice
11.
Halllwell,
has
aU?
Matters
are
in
a
somewhat
'
:
'l;
led
state
and
Interest
in
the
-M,
i
veiling
is
keen.
Meantime
municipal
of
fke
remains
closed
.mil
aij
parties
pursue
their
several
'm'.Us.
The
two
remaining
com
mission
-
'
approached
J.
Klrkpatrtck
In-'
iiR
that
gentleman
to
fill
the
v
m
itney.
He
had
not,
however,
un-:
i
.i
late
hour
on
Saturday,
agreed
'
.iccept
the
offer.
IS
DEAD
INPARK
Body
of
Fred
Jordan,
Pioneer
Resident
of
Vancouver,
Found
on
Sunday
VANCOUVER,
April
20:
The
fc'Kiy
of
Fred
Jordan,
pioneer
resl-
11
nt
and
prominent
bowler,
was
"'nid
in
tanley
Park
yesterday.
He
'
"'
been
missing
since
Friday.
Be-
Klc
the
body
were
three
bottles
bc-lifvod
to
have
contained
poison.
Approach
at
Edmonton
Is
Being
Rushed
EDMONTON,
April
20
Three
'rewB
of
sixty
men
each
are,
rush
!"K
to
completion
the
new
approach
which
will
connect
SouUV
Edmonton
with
the
main
section
ft
the
city.
Notice
All
men
hlrrvd
to
work
on
crnln
ger
of
the
United
Pacific,
who
has
I
Just
returned
from
an
extended
trip
to
Chicago,
Boston
and
points
east,
made
in
the
interests
of
his
:ompany.
"The
organisation
has
been
per-:
fected
to
the
smallest
detail,"
Mr.
Berg
said
today.
"Our
headquarters
n
the
east
will
be
dhlcago.
withj
distributing
offices
in
Boston
and
'few
York.
On
this
coast
the
head
;
f
f
Ice
will
be
in
Seattle,
with
other
offices
established
In
Vancouver,!
Prince
Rupert,
Ketchikan.
Peters-
j
urg.
Juneau
and
Sitka.
Branches;
will
be
opened
at
other
points
,
whenever
the
amount
of
fish
of-
j
fered
for
sale
at
those
points
ap-,
pears
to
warrant
it.
j
"Every
detail
from
financing
to'
distribution
has
been
arranged
very
j
satisfactorily."
Mr.
Berg
continued,
"and
the
success
af
jbjit
venture
is
now
absolutely
assured.
with
the
stabilisation
of
the
halibut
market
firmly
effected
provided
we
cbn
Unue
to
receive
the
co-operation
!
and
support
of
the
fishermen
that
:
w
h
hn
for
th
nast
fen'
weeks.
.
doubt,
I
prevent
any
sudden
and
vide
fluctuation
In
that
market,
but
our
control
of
the
market
depends
enUrely
upon
our
control
of
the
ma
jority
of
the
fish
offered.
The
fishermen
have
stood
solidly
behind
us
at
a
time
when
our
organisation
i
Continued
on
page
six.)
RIGHTSF0R
THIS
PORT
Mayor
Orme
Asks
Ottawa
For
Treatment
Similar
to
That
Given
Vancouver
Endeavoring
to
secure
similar
rargo
rights
for
Prince
Rupert
to
those
enjoyed
by
Vancouver.
Mayor
C.
H.
Orme
took
up
In
Ottawa
last
veek
with
officials
of
the
marine
department
the
question
of
lighting
lids
for
navigation
In
Hecate
Straits
mrl
also
the
load
line
limitation
north
of
the
fiftieth
parallel
The)
uayor
received
no
definite
assur-mce
since
the
minister
of
marine
was
absent.
HANBURY
SPEAKER
OTTAWA,
April
0
-Wilfrid
Han-bury.
MP.
XOr
Buititrd
t
Vancouver"
dellverccuhli
inWeta
Apeech
in
the
Commons
on
Saturday,
ne
JIo
Oj
WEATHER
REPORT
Trlnle
Island
Misty,
rain,
light
easterly
wind,
sea
smooth.
Langara
Rain,
strong
easwny
wind,
moderate
sea.
sltp
will
bo
taken
on
at
the
Oovern-
Dead
Tree
Point-Cloudy,
soutli-ment
Employment
Office
only,
none
east
wind;
barometer,
30.32;
twn-will
be
hired
at
the
elevator.
(92)
'perature.
40;
light
swell.
Today's
Weather
T
Tomorrow's
Tides
Tuesday,
April
21,
1931
PiM
Cloudy,
light
High
2:39
am.
21.0
ft.
.outheat
g
W
barometer,
30.40;
.15:30
p.m.
17.7
ft.
tnmperai
U-
wa
smooth.
Low
9:29
a.m.
3.9
ft.
5"
21:14
p.m.
8
.2
fl.
3
d
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
3
mX'l
r
-B
-
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
APRIL
20,
1931
price
five
cents
uMted
JMPRnssUiXM
EMBARGO
ON
GOODS
OF
Drawing
the
Lucky
Number
at
Irish
Sweepstakes
Otii
oX:;:
.
vmI
)m;;.aac..cr
tif
Civ,
Qua.
.
u
from
a:
.tOi
u.-
lut-ky
nuaoei-
:.
older
in
the
great
Ir.-a
ewe-pst
WELSH
CITY
APPROACHES
Grain
Ship
Should
Arrive
By
Midnight
Tonight
or
Early
in
Morning
The
Welsh
City
was
reported
this
aftemoon
to
be
due
at
Triple
Island
at
8
o'clock
tomorrow
morning.
The
vessel
will
be
boarded
there
by
her
pilot.
Capt.
C.
W.
Wearmouth
and
should
be
here
around
noon.
1
No
further
time
of
arrival
ha
been
set
for
the
gram
boat
Wettt
City
staee
13
midnight
tonight
wai
announced
By
wireless,
the
teasel
reported
that
ahe
was
MO
miles
from
Prince
Rupert
at
2
o'clock
Saturday.
This
should
enable
the
vessel
to
arrive
here
by
midnight
tonight
r
early
tomorrow
morning.
POLICEMAN
ARRESTED
Dtofoverv
of
Moonshine
Distillery
Causes
Officer
to
Be
Apprehended
SEATTLE,
April
20:
Edward
W.
Johnson,
constable
at
Maryvillt,
WMn.,
was
piacea
unaer
arrest
on
Saturday
following
the
discovery
of
a
huge
moonshine
distillery
near
his
post.
He
Is
the
second
policeman
hereabouts
who
has
been
arrested
within
recent
weeks
In
connection
with
dry
law
violations.
FLYING
IS
SUSPENDED
llreak-l'p
is
on
North
of
Edmonton
'
and
1'lanrs
Cannot
Move
EDMONTON.
April
20
All
airplane
transportation
north
of
Edmonton
has
been
suspended
temporarily.
Winter
Is
over,
summer
Is
not
yet
here
and
the
break-up
is
on.
making
It
Impossible
to
use
either
skis
or
pontoons.
Iu
a
week
or
so.
It
is
expected
summer
flying
will
be
practicable.
DOMINION
ORDERED
BY
T
FEDERAL
REVENUE.
.
IS
$80,000,000
LF.SS
'
!
OTTAWA.
April
30
Revenue
of
the
federal
government
during
the
fiscal
year
just
.
past
was
$W,080jOeo
teas
than
!
In
the
year
Immediately
pre-
vlous,
Premier
Bennett
told
the
House
of
Commons
Satur-
.
day.
Income
tax
collections
were
$2,000,000
greater.
i
el
!
WILL
FLY
PACIFIC
American
and
Japanese
Aviators
Will
Both
Hop
Next
Month
TOKYO.
April
20:
Thomas
Ash,
American
aviator,
plans
to
hop
off
from
Kaslmagaura
Field
about
the
rnd
of
May
for
a
non
stop
flight
to
the
United
States,,
landing
at
Seattle
or
Tacoma.
lie.
will
use
the
plane
"City
of
Tacoma,''
in
which
Harold
Rromley
j
unsuccessfully
essayed
a
Pacific
.
flight
last
year.
While
he
hopes
to
be
able
to
make
the
hop
In
less
,
time.
Ash
will
be
prepared
to
1
spend
18
hours
or
two
days
and
two
nights
in
the
air.
The
date
for
the
departure
of
SelJI
Yoshihara,
Japanese
flyer,
for
his
flight
by
easy
stages
to
the
United
States
has
been
tentatively
set
lor
May
6.
l
ANOTIIl.lt
POLICE
COMMISSIONER
OF
VANCOUVER
QUITS
VANCOUVER.
April
20:-
e
There
is
a
second
vacancy
in
the
Board
of
Police
Commlsv
sloners
of
this
city.
As
a
pro-
teat
against
the
decision
of
the
t
city
council
lnasklng
.Harry
Burgeas
to
resign
hW
seat
on
the
board,
Norman
McLean,
re-
1
preaentatlve
of
the
Vancouver
j
Rateoayers
Association
on
the
board,
tendered
his
resignation
on
Saturday.
McLean
and
Bur-
gea
nad
oeen
leading
in
a
movement
to
remove
W.
J
Bingham
as
chief
of
police.
4
:
s.e
-
.
.luiji'
who
took
ui
Dublin.
Ireland
BRITAIN
MAY
ACT
United
States
Informed
That
Cruiser
May
Be
Sent
to
Nicaragua
LONDON.
April
20:
Two
Englishmen
having
already
been
kitted
in
the
Nicaragua
revolution,
the
British
government
has
sent
notice
to
the
United
States
government
that
.unless
full
protection
is
afforded
British
citizens
in
the
South
American
republic,
it
(Great
Britain)
may
have
to
send
a
cruiser
to
the
scene
of
the
disorders.
ancouver
Stocks
(Ccurtry
a.
D
Johnston
Oo.
)
Big
Missouri,
41.
444.
Duthie
Mines.
5.
6.
George
Copper.
54.
nil
pfaavji.
tp.
I
independence,
nil.
1.
I
Indian
MMH
1.
l'j
Kootenay
Florence,
1.
l'fc
!
L.
Si
L.,
nil,
1.
Lucky
Jim.
2,
3.v
Morton
Woolsey.
nil.
3.
National
Silver.
2.
24.
.
Noble
Five,
4
Vj.
54.
Oregon
Copper.
7,
9.
Pend
Oreille,
1.15.
nil.
.
4
Premier.
H,
t.
)
Pprter-Idaho,
6,
1.
Reeves
Macdonakl.
,
50.
I
Rufus-Argenta.
nil,
S.
'
I
SUver
Crest,
2.
3.
!
Whitewater.
4,
5.
!
Woodbine.
1,
1V.
OILS
!
Freehold,
84.
7.
lUrgal,
5.
nil.
Calmont,
13,
nU.
Dalhousie,
nU,
37.
Devenlsh.
nil.
8.
'
'
.
Fabyan
Pet,
SVx.
1
Homo.
TT,
8.
Royallte.
10.00.
1025.
Merland.
IS.
16
Mercury,'
144.
18.'
''
IJastern.
Stocks
Noranda,
22.50.
24.00.
Int.
Nickel.
16.28.
16.78.
JC.
P.
R..
37.80.
38.00.
ONLY
ONE
BOAT
IN
Only
one
halibut
boat
was
in
with
fish
this
morning,
this
being
the
Pierce
which
sold
a
catch
of
6,000
pounds
to
the
United
Pacific
Fish
on
the
usual
term.
eries
MAYOR
ORME
BACKED
IN
OUTLET
FIGHT
BY
THREE
MEMBERS
4
!
OTTAWA.
AprU
20
Mayor
!
'
Cyril
H.
Orme.
of
Prince
Ru-
pert,
here
to
urge
upon
Pre-
mler
R.
B.
Bennett
and
his
!
colleagues
the
desirability
of
i
building
the
Peace
River
rail-
urav
nutlet,
tn
Prlnr
Pimort
l
was
backed
up
not
only
by
4.
e
Olof
Hanson,
the
member
for
4
J?kwna
hut
tjut
fllao
also
hv
by
J
A
Fra-
ser.
Cariboo,
and
D.
M.
Kennedy.
;
Peace
River.
e
I
,
i
CANADA
IS
,
!
f
BOYCOTTED
1
Soviet
Russia
Forbids
Importation
of
Goods
From
This
Country
t
MOSCOW.
April
20:
M.
Rosen-gloz,
people's
commissar
for
foreign
trade,
issued
an
order
yesterday
1
forbidding
all
Soviet
importing
organizations
and
trade
representatives
abroad
to
buy
Canadian
goods
or
use
Canadian
shipping.
'
OTTAWA,
April
20:
The
embargo
by
Russia
against
Canadian
goods
was
not
unexpected
here.
Between
$1,000,000
and
$2,000,000
of
Canadian
trade
will
be
affected.
SEAL
HERD
GOES
NORTH
Fur
Bearers
Made
Safe
Passage-Indians
Did
Not
Hunt
Them
WASHINGTON.
April
20
Thej
annual
migration
of
fur
seal
has
I
passed
safely
the
British
Columbia
j
and
Alaska
coast
enroute
to
their
sanctuary
on
the
Pribtlof
Islands,
the
United
States
fisheries
department
has
Just
been
advised.
Only
Indians,
who
usually
use
the
spear,
are
allowed
to
hunt
seals,
and
on
account
of
the
low
price
of
fur,
they
were
not
Inter
-jetted
this
year.
The
herd
was
convoyed
north
by
Canadian
and
United
States
government
vessels.
.
Diphtheria
Still
Raging
at
Barrow
All
Efforts
Unavailing
In
Stopping
Spread
of
Epidemic
in
Far
North
POINT
BARROW,
Alaska.
Apr'l
30
A
diphtheria
epldemla
1
still
raging
Jiejfe
deapits
all
foita,
that
'are
being
exerted
to
curb
the
outbreak.
If
te
disease
continues,
more
antitoxin
will
have
to
be
brought
In.
IS
KILLED
AT
MALAHAT
Gordon
Jones,
Aged
Eighteen,
Victim
of
Car
Smash
on
Island
Road
at
Week-End
VICTORIA.
Aorll
20:-Oordon
Jones,
aged
13,
was
Instantly
killed
j
when
a
car
In
which
he
was
driving!
crashed
into
a
pile
of
stones
while
rounding
a
curve
on
the
MalAhat
Drive.
Three
companions
escaped.
SOVIET
IVi-llVU
ARE
NAMED
ruiicrmrn's
Co-Operativc
Executive
Authorized
to
Go
Ahead
.
With
Plans
After
an
all-day
meeting
during
th
the
c
urative
handltas
of
;l?lmIon
JLch
topte
of
dig-
;--'".
"'
'
nuiv
riaucj
mens
oo-operanve
Association
on
Saturday
eventng
Jfelted.
the
lowing
permanent
onfecisgwho
wers
authorized,
with
certain
rescrva-
tkms.
to
go
ahead
with
plans
for
the
handling
of
fish:
President,
Qostave
Norman.
Vice-presWent,
J.
Roberts.
Secretary.
Charles
Lord.
Executive
Mike
Anderson,
Leon
;8anvar.
William
Thain
and
S.
Pa-ton.
The
meeting
was
open
only
to
members
of
the
association.
While
no
ann
mncrment
was
made
by
of-
fci
j
zt
the
association,
it
is
under--toc?
rh-it
It
has
not
yet
been
definitely
deetded
as
to
Just
what
scope
the
association's
activities
will
take.
&00SEVELT
FAVORITE
New
York
Governor
Expected
to
be
Democratic
Presidental
Candidate
WASHINGTON.
April
20
Oover-
nor
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
of
New
York
continues
to
remain
the
favorite
for
the
next
Democratic
presidential
nomination.
If
nothing
unforseen
happens,
he
should
bi
the
choice
at
the
forthcoming
national
convention.
Contributing
to
Campaign
Funds
Further
Revelations
In
Connection
,
Sound
Savings
Si
Loan
Company
SEATTLE,
AprU
20-J.
Thomas,
state
printer,
testifying
before
the
Orand
Jury
investigating
the
affairs'
of
the
bankrupt
Puget
Sound
Savings
ic
Loan
bo
stated
that
he
had
received
$2,300
on
one
occasion
from
the
now
defunct
company
and
on
another
occasion
$5,200
at
contributions
to
the
fund
for
the
re-election
of
Governor
Roland
H.
Hartley
in
1928.
ELECTION
IN
SPAIN
Poll
to
Be
Held
In
May
For
Purpose
of
Naming
Permanent
Government
MADRID,
April
20-
The
provisional
republican
government
of
President
Zamora
announced
Sa-turdy
that
general
election
would
be
field
tn
May
for
the
purpose
of
eieetlnjf
a
general
assembly
for
Spain'
which
changed
last
week
from
the
monarchlstlc
to
the
republican
form
of
government.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
April
20:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
62Ac
en
the
local
exchange
today.