PAGE
BIT.
WHALE
IS
NOT
FISH
Interesting
Toint
is
Raised
in
Trial
at
Portland
Yesterday
PORTLAND.
Dec.
34:
A
whale
is
not
a
fish,
a
Portland
judge
ruled
yesterday
in
an
interesting
trial.
A
small
whale
found
its
way
up
the
Columbia
River
for
a
distance
We
extend
to
our
many
friends
and
customers
our
best
wishes
for
a
'
Very
Merry
Christmas
and
a
Happy
and
Prosperous
New
Year.
an
d
Promise
Yourself
To
be
strong,
that
nothing
can
disturb
your
peace
of
mind.
To
talk
health,
happiness
and
prosperity
to
every
person
you
meet.
To
make
all
your
friends
feel
that
there
is
something
in
them.
To
look
at
the
sunny
side
of
everything,
and
so
make
your
optimism
come
true.
To
think
only
of
the
best,
and
to
expect
only
the
best.
To
be
as
enthusiastic
about
the
success
of
others
as
you
are
about
your
own.
To
forget
the
mistakes
of
the
past
and
to
press
on
to
the
greater
achievements
of
the
future.
To
wear
a
cheerful
countenance
at
all
times
and
give
every
living
creature
a
smile.
To
give
so
much
time
to
the
improvement
of
yourself
that
you
have
no
time
to
criticize
others.
To
be
too
big
for
worry,
too
noble
for
anger,
too
strong
for
fear
and
too
happy
to
permit
the
presence
of
trouble.
Max
Heilbroner
Diamond
Specialist
Third
Avenue
of
140
miles
last
October
and
was
I
caught
on
the
Portland
waterfront
!
by
two
men
who
jrere
liter
charged
,
with
fishing
in
the
city
limits
without
use
of
rod
and
line
which
Uj
j
contrary
to
the
law.
'
The
trial
iudee
dismtaiMf
th-
lease
on
the
grounds
that
a
whale
was
not
a
fish
but
a
mammal.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER.
Dec
24:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
Wc
on
the
local
exchange
today.
1
Dies
After
Being
Struck
By
Motor
Mrs.
Elizabeth
Purdr.
Aged
63.
Lost
Her
Life
in
Vancouver
Last
Night
VANCOUVER,
Dee.
24
Elisabeth
Purdy.
aged
65.
was
fatally
Injured
when
she
was
struck
by
an
automobile
last
night
dying
a
few
hours
later.
By
ROYAL
APPOINTMENT
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advertisement
is
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Thursday
December
24,
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WATERFRONT
WHIFFS
Fishing
Outlook
Much
Improved
New
Type
of
Container
at
Porcher
Island
Biological
.
...
Men
In
Ottawa
In
view
of
the
general
hard
times
and
the
fact
that
relief
work
may
not
continue
much
longer,
it
seems
more
than
likely
that
an
exceptionally
early
start
may
be
made
in
all
lines
of
fishing
endeavor
next
season.
Agitation
is
on
to
have
the
halibut
fishing
season
opened
in
1932
on
Jan
uary
15
instead
of
February
15,
the
present
legal
date.
In
some
quarters
the
expectation
.
seems
to
be
that
this
will
be
per-1
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mitted.
In
any
ease,
many
of
the
j
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VHK
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1
boats
are
planning
to
be
at
work
just
as
soon
as
possible.
It
also
seems
likely
that
the
salmon
t
rollers
will
be
oat
at
an
earlier
date
than
usual
next
season
and
the
end
of
January
or
the
first
of
February
will,
undoubtedly,
see
many
boats
at
work.
Market
conditions
for
all
types
of
fish
appear
to
be
encour
aging
for
next
year.
Frosen
stocks
of
halibut
and
other
fish
are
auth
oratively
stated
to
be
much
leas
than
at
the
same
date
last
year.
Canned
salmon
stocks
of
aU
varieties
are
also
going
down
satisfactorily
and
it
is
understood
that
practically
all
canneries
in
District
No.
2
will
operate
next
year
when,
incidentally,
a
big
run
of
pinks
is
due.
Without
being
unduly
optimistic
it
appears
safe
to
say
that
times
will
be
a
good
deal
better
for
the
fishing
commun
ity
at
least
daring
the
coming
year
than
they
were
in
the
course
of
the
The
Porcher
Island
cannery
packed
a
quantity
of
fancy
sock
eye
salmon
in
half-pound
oral
tins
during
the
past
season.
These
were
all
snipped
to
the
United
Kingdom
where
consumers
demand
the
very
best
and
are
reported
to
have
been
highly
spoken
of
there.
Col.
F.
H.
Cunningham,
managing
director
of
the
Chatham
Sound
Fishing
tt
Packing
Co,
is
very
particular
that
none
but
the
best
fish
go
into
tins
at
Porcher
Island
and
the
resultant
pack
attests
to
the
care
taken
in
this
respect.
Capt.
Peter
Byrne,
owner
and
j
sktpper
of
the
halibut
boat
Helen
ground
fish
and
other
varieties
which
he
is
landing
dally
for
the
Prince
Rupert
fresh
fish
market.
For
this
work
he
is
using
his
smaller
boat.
Dolphin
II.
He
is
fishing
in
the
neighborhood
of
MeUakatla
and
off
the
moeth
of
the
Skeena
River.
The
local
halibut
boat
Em
Ma
has
been
at
the
McLean
shipyard
plant
at
Seal
Cove
for
the
past
week
or
so
undergoing
reca
Hiking
and
other
hull
repair
work.
The
McLean
plant
is
keeping
fairly
busy
on
this
sort
of
work
throughout
the
winter.
John
Dybhavn.
member
of
the
Biological
Board
of
Canada,
and
H.
N.
Brocklesby.
dtreetor
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Fisheries
Experimental
Station,
wiirisave
on
tomorrow
afternoon's
train
for
Ottawa
where
they
will
attend
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Biological
Board
of
Steamship
Sailings
For
Vancouver
Tuesday
ss.
Catala
1:30
psx
Thursday
ss.
Pr.
Rupert
10
pjr
Friday
ss
pr.
Mary
10
pjn
as.
Cardena.
midnight.
From
Vancouver
Sunday
ss.
Catala
pm
Wed.
ss.
Pr
Rupert
10:30
am
Friday
ss.
Princess
Mary
4
pm.
:
Friday-
s
Cardena
pjn
i
Dee.
36
ss.
Princess
Norah
ajn.'
For
Naa
RSvcr
and
Port
Simpson
j
!
Sunday
ss.
catala
0
prij
From
Naas
River
Ac
Port
Simpson
'
j
Tuesday-si
Cats
la
11:30
ajn
'
j
For
Stewart
and
Anyox
j
Sunday
ss
Catala
0
pjn.'
!
Wednesdsy-st.
Pr.
Rupert
4
p.ni
From
Stewart
and
Any
!
Tuceday
ss
Catala
11:30
ajr
Thura
ss.
Pr
Rupert
..-...
p.m
..
From
Ocean
Falls
i
,
Wed.
ss.
Pr.
Rupert
..10:30
aw.
!
Frtosy
Pr
Mary
4
pjn
Fria-s
ctrdena
..-.jar
For
Ocean
Falls
...
;4
Tuesday
ss.
Oatefea
.
'
1:30
p.inM
Thursday--s.
pr.
Rupert
10
pjn
1
Friday-
-ss.
Princess
Mary
10
pjn.
From
Skeena
River
i
i
Friday-
ir
Cardena
......
...
pjn
!
Arthur
AIkii
of
Usk
arrived
to
the
:"v
on
Uits
jaorntng'
train
,
fn.3
the
interior
and
wUl
spend
rhrtstm
here
as
the
guest
of
Mr
and
Mrs
Frank
Morris.
Sec-
jund
Street.
METLAKATLA
Entertainment
Held
at
Neighboring
Village
to
Mark
Feslirc
Season
METLAKATLA.
Dec.
23:
-Last
Thursday
night
a
fine
entertain
ment
was
given
In
the
village
town
hall
by
the
pupils
of
the
MeUakatla
Day
School
before
an
appreciative
audience.
Chief
Councillor
Leask
was
chairman
for
the
occasion,
and
every
thing
went
through
without
a
hitch
and
was
a
splendidly
successful
af-
i
nr.
ine
louowtng
program
was
rendered
with
Mrs.
Henry
Ryan
at
the
piano:
Overture,
MeUakatla
Orchestra.
O.
Haldane.
pianist.
Singing,
-o
Canada.''
"Hark
the
Herald
Angels
Sing,"
school
chil
dren.
Reading.
"Wind
Bird."
an
Indian!
legend.
Richard
Leigh
ton.
Singing.
Tta
the
Night
Before
Christmas,"
"We
Want
U)
See
the
Reindeer."
school
children.'
Reading.
"Bpannondos."
Leon
ard
Leighton.
Spelling
match
between
teams.
won
by
Horace
Leighton's
team.
Singing.
"Jolly
OU
Si.
Nicholas."
"See-Saw."
Junior
Pupils.
Work
and
play,
word
boiMinc
match
between
teams,
won
by
Frank
Robinson's
team.
Recitation.
"Furry
Bear."
Leighton.
Song.
"Land
of
Freedom,"
Sehool
Children.
Reading.
"How
the
Humming
Bird
Oot
His
Osy
Feathers."
by
the
Juniors.
March
of
the
Merry
Christmas
Children.
Reading.
"A
Wonderful
Journey."
Senior
Pupils.
Singing.
"Welcome,
the
Beauteous
Christmas
Tree."
"Santa's
Some,"
School
Children.
Finale.
Santa
Clsus
distributlne
Christmas
da
in
ties
and
toys
to
ev
ery
child
of
the
community.
No
one
was
forgotten.
"God
Save
the
King."
Chairman
Leask
distributed
nri-ms
to
the
following,
Frank
Robin
son,
for
good
conduct:
Alvtn
Leask.
for
attendance:
Marjorie
Rudland.
for
progress:
Leonard
Leighton.
for
lunior
reading:
Lillian
Leighton.
for
writing
Chairman
Leask
Droposed
a
vote
of
thanks
to
the
village
council
for
all
the
candies,
toys,
prises,
etc.:
to
the
orchestra
for
their
assistance:
to
the
decoration
committee,
and
above
all
to
Mr.
Bryant,
the
teacher,
for
the
oolendld
oratress
made
by
the
children
In
all
departments
It
was
seconded
by
Peter
Leithton.
and
the
audience
showed
their
appreciation
bv
aoplause.
So
ended
a
ver?
haoov
and
successful
affslr.
Of
special
interest
was
the
exhibit
In
the
hall
of
crises
won
by
the
Dunlls
at
the
last
Fall
Fair
at
Prince
Rupert.
Prince
Rupert
DRY
DOCK
AND
SHIPYARD
Operator
three
ixrr
bocks-Total
capacity
19,66
tans
'
Shipbuilders
snd
Ship
Repairers
for
Sleel
snd
Wood
Vessels
Sawmill
and
MinlnrMachlnery
Repaired
and
Overhauled
Iron
and
Bra.
Casting
Electric
and
Acetjlene
Welding
5Mm
Derritk
for
Heavy
Lifts
g
Wednesday
&
Thursday
HVO
SHOWS
7
and
9
p.m.
I
Feature
Starts
at
7:40
&
9:40
S
ADMISSION
20c
&
63c
jj
William
Haines
g
in-
I
'A
Tailor
Made
Man
if
With
Dorothy
Jordan,
Joseph
Cawthorn,
Marjorie
llambeau
A
Beau
Brummel
By
Night
A
Pants
Pressor
By
Day
A
Ileal
J
Laughful
Comedy
Comedy
"Fur,
Fur
Away"
Musical
"Lessons
In
Lore"
p
FOX
NEWS
NO
MATINEE
ON
THURSDAY
g
;
Fri.
&
Sat.
-
Two
Shows
-
7
&
9
p.m.
The
Noted
Musical
Comedy
Whoopee
m
Starring
Eddie
Cantor
and
a
wonderful
cast.
A
cror
geous
spectacle
all
in
technicolor
and
with
tuneful
p
melodies
and
beautiful
dances.
Directed
by
Ziegfield
and
and
Goldwin.
Goldwin.
t
Razors
Knives
Carvers
Scissors
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THIRD
AVENUE
Novelty
Ripley
in
"Believe
It
or
Not"
Scenic
"The
Wonder
Trail"
Cartoon
"Minding
Baby"
Admission,
20c
&
63c
Feature
starts,
7:25
&
9:25
Matinees
on
Friday
&
Saturday
at
2:30
15c
&
10c
Feature
starts
at
2:55
MONDAY
and
TUESDAY
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Cages
Spark
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Clothes
Racks
Polishing
Mops
Rifles
Ranges
Roasters
Percolators
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n
morr
n
,hf
Christmas
than
to
bh
that
the
patronare
ve
have
enjoyed
may
be
returned
to
our
friends
in
the
form
of
true
Christmas
joy.
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