nuiwiging
auwcuir
01
me
uimeu-
iUc
Fisheries,
and
Mr.
Prlns,
v"ur.unt
ot
the
company,
who
rxpuin(l
the
detail
ol
the
re-crsiiiiucd
co-operative
company,
f
li'wiiis
the
speeches,
questions
x
:
pui
to
both
Mr.
Kwapll
and
Wr
Prm-
w
E
Drake,
local
manager
of
Edw.trd
Lipsctt
Ltd,
presided
over
.
tr,"'''ing
which
lasted
about
an
1
ii
and
,i
half.
Fnii
wini'
the
meeting,
Mr.
Kwa-
t.
Mr
fima
sauea
oy
me
',1),
f.irrtcna
on
their
return
to
E:
m
Vancouver.
ASSESSMENT
DISCUSSED
ttfhfw
ind
Arnold
Tell
Why
Thtt
Prfer
!ow
Valuation
Ind
High
Tax
Hate
I:
.-
-;xnf
to
an
Invitation
by
A;
:
0
B.
Casey.
M.
M.
Stephen
t'i
O.
H
Arnold
explained
at
lai.
r..;:;:-
nwting
of
the
Prince
Uu-t
Ratepayers'
Association
whyj
wire
in
favor
of
a
system
or
w;
nation
and
high
tax
rate
In
avsessment
ratlier
than
a
."v
high
valuations
and
low
ia
rate
f
iiniuipal
reason
given
by
"
Mf
Stephens
and
Mr.
Arnold
i'P
ir:
of
the
policy
they
fa-M
the
fact
that
the
Cana-j
K.i
i
nial
Hallways
had
th
':nr;
"i
a
low
assessment
where-'
ntizens
still
had
to
pay
.
'he
basis
of
high
assessing
it
was
felt
was
emln-u
fair
to
the
citisens
who.
1
Had
to
pay
more
than
u'
hare
of
taxes,
-w
assessment
and
high
tax
1
"
had
the
tendency
of
be-i
n
vrntatlve
of
extravagance
part
of
city
councils,
Mr.
felt.
Mr
Arnold
referred
to
the
fact
i'
oupreme
uouri
in
ivn
ui
the
Canadian
National
F'
-
assessment
from
$2,800-W
tl
200.000.
The
assessmert
1
1
1
.t
ns.
however,
had
remaln-ii
ame
as
It
was
originally.
assessment
for
the
Canadian
-'i
nn,i)
Railways
was
double
Jc
.
.should
have
been,
was
not
:
the-
cltlsens
also?
Mr
Arnold
felt
that
there
was
a
J
"
i
ciuttabtllty
In
that
down-"
property
was
assessed
at
"u
1
its
proper
value
whereas
"'
'
'-
property
was
assessed
at
w
deal
more
than
Us
actual
'til
UP
Women
at
Hpni.
-
Of
Saskatchewan
Poultry
Pool
SASKATOON.
Jan,
22:
-Women
"w
the
destinies
of
one
of
West-,5"
Canada's
largest
enterprises
'ne
Saskatchewan
Poultry
Pool.
T-M
v,!ar
h
pool
of
which
a
ma-
'Ulv
f
the
directors
arc
women.
JMtf
u
turnover
of
over
$800,000.
."j;
President
Is
Mrs.
W.
Morrison
1
Elding,
sask.,
a
farmer's
wife.
FORESTALL
TAXATION
Ratepayers'
Association
Passes
Resolution
Opposing
Improvement
Tax
Move
On
motion
of
Ex-Mayor
II.
B.
Rochester,
the
Prince
Rupert
Ratepayers'
Association,
at
Its
meeting
last
night,
passed
a
resolution
protesting
at
any
move
which
may
be
made
by
the
city
council
of
1932
toward
the
Imposition
of
an
improvement
tax.
It
the
economy
which
was
being
talked
about
was
actually
put
Into
practice,
Mr.
Rochester
thought
that
there
would
probably
be
no
real
necessity
for
a
tax
on
Improvements.
It
would
be
a
sad
state
of
affairs
and
one
of
the
worst
things
that
could
befal
the
city
should
the
person
who
made
improvements
to
his
property
be
penalited
for
so
doing
by
the
imposition
of
an
improvement
tax.
The
last
thing
the
city
should
do
was
to
discourage
improvement
of
property.
MOTIONS
BY
RATEPAYERS
Finances
and
Assessments
Subject
of
Resolutions
Passed
at
Meeting
Last
Night
The
Prince
Rupert
Ratepayers'
Association,
at
its
meeting
last
nlahL
oaseed
several
resolutions
having
to
do
with
civic
affairs.
One
resolution
expressed
opposition
to
the
renewal
of
an
agreement
with
the
Canadian
National
Railways
whereby
the
dry
dock,
being
a
com-peUtlve
business.
Is
exempted
from
taxation
which
other
businesses
must
pay.
Another
resolution
urged
that
the
school
board
use
the
utmost
economy
In
its
financing
and
give
a
maximum
of
assistance
to
the
city
council
In
this
matter.
A
third
resolution
had
to
do
with
the
protesting
of
assessments
at
the
forthcoming
civic
court
of
revision
while
a
fourth
requested
the
city
council
to
have
a
copy
of
the
minutes
of
each
meeting
forwarded
to
the
association
so
as
it
may
keep
Informed
of
all
city
business.
The
resolutions
were
as
follows:
Moved
by
J.
A.
Curtis,
seconded
by
II.
D.
Rochester:
Thnt
whereas
the
tax
agree
ment
between
the
City
of
Prince
n,..,
nnrt
the
Canadian
ixauonm
Railways,
exempting
the
dry
dock
or
other
property
irom
has
expired,
and.
.
'Wherpns
the
Droperty
so
exemp
ted
from
taxation
Is
the
property
of
the
people
of
Canada,
and.
hualness
carried
on
'
....
M,
.
1..
.AninollllVP
W1MI
"iv
.
business
latftvij
of
others
paying
their
full
share
of
taxes:
Uils
meet
ng
-De
It
resolved
that
record
as
being
on
of
taxpayers
go
Contlnucdoni'ageruuw
1
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
H
-
1
Wmln
Sunday
January
24,
1932
V"
Digby
Island
Part"
.cloud-
-tsh
High
..
2:06
a.m.
19:9
It.
,outh
easterly
wind;
b
13:47
p.m.
22:2
ft
io:68;
temperature
40;
f
f
fy
Low
..
7:45
a.m.
9:4
It.
20:30
p.m.
1:5
It
X
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXIII
No.
18.
4,
Vol.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C
SATURDAY,
JANUARY
23,
1932
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
G.
SALE
TERMS
ARE
REVEALED
u
ECONOmWAKHWARD
Halibut
Boat
Owners
Decide
With
Fishermen
Against
Cooperative
Marketing
Plan
By
a
large
majority
on
standing
vote,
halibut
boat
owners
and
fishermen
of
Prince
Rupert,
at
a
meeting
last
night
in
Moose
Hall
with
some
two
hundred
men
in
attendance,
voted
against
signing
up
with
the
United
Pacific
Fisheries
of
Seattle
for
co-operative
marketing
of
halibut
this
si.von.
The
vote
followed
talks
by
F.
J.
Kwa-
Route
of
HBbH
BMW
mm
.-.',i'a'Vitr
-
'I
When
talking
by
radio
telephone
with
Vancouver,
the
voice
is
carried
through
the
air
to
Campbell
River
400
miles,
then
over
100
miles
of
land
wire.
32
miles
of
submarine
cable
and
13
miles
of
ordinary
cable.
Provincial
Government
To
Completion
of
Railway
Peace
Tnlmic
Will
Meet
Representatives
of
One
of
Kid-!
ding
Concerns
at
Victoria
Today
But
Ucclarcs
bale
Is
Not
Imminent
as
Yet
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
23:
Completion
of
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
both
into
the
Peace
River
area
on
Mnvfh
nnrl
tn
North
Vancouver
on
the
south
will
de
finitely
be
one
of
the
terms
under
which
the
railway
will
be
sold,
Premier
S.
F.
Tolmie
declared
here
last
night.
The
nit'ci
u.
uc
u.
vvm.
i
remier
win
lepifsvin-atca
bidders
for
the
railway
in
Victoria
today
but
the
government,
he
declared,
is
by
no
means
on
the
verge
of
a
sale.
POLICE
ARE
DISCUSSED
Ratepayers
Feci
That
Some
Eco
nomies
Are
possioie
in
Present
Service
The
matter
being
brought
up
oy
R.
T.
J.
Rose,
the
suggestion
w
offered
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Ratepayers
Association
that
something
might
br
done
In
the
way
of
eirecting
economies
In
the
policing
of
the
city
Mr.
Rose
did
not
think
Uie
present
policing
by
the
provincial
police
was
a
cheap
system.
Aid
Macdonald
was
asked
for
compat-atlve
figures.
'
Aid.
Macdonald
replied
that
policing
last
year
had
cost
the
cltv
$14,000.
In
the
last
year
of
city
policing
here
the
cost
had
been
$18,000.
Also
last
year
little
had
been
received
In
payment
of
flnei
which
tended
to
Increase
the
nel
cost.
(Continued
on
page
four.)
IN
MUNICIPAL
AFFAIRS
Radio
Telephone
to
Vancouver
I5QITISH
COLLmi3
-.4
River
and
N.
Vancouver
SENATOR
RESIGNS
lion.
W.
R.
Willoughby
Relinguishes
Government
Leadeship
of
Red
Chambe
OTTAWA.
Jan.
23:
Senator
W.
D.
Willoughby.
popoxes
to
resign
as
government
leader
In
the
Senate
for
reasons
of
health.
A
caucus
will
be
held
on
February
4
to
appoint
a
successor.
MAX
SCIIMELING
AND
JACK
SHARKEY
SIGN
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
23:
Max
Schmcllng.
world's
heavyweight
boxing
champion,
and
Jack
Sharkey,
principal
contender
for
the
title,
signed
articles
last
night
for
a
15-round
title
heavyweight
bout
at
Madison
Square
Garden
in
June.
Seek
Line
To
INJUNCTION
IS
GRANTED
Workmen's
Compensation
Board
Restrained
From
Imposing
Levies
on
Logging
Concerns
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
23;
Declaring
that
they
would
be
unable
to
carry
on
if
assessments
for
1931
which
total
9.75
of
the
payroll
were
made,
seventeen
logging
firms
operating
west
of
the
Cascade
Mountains
have
been
granted
an
Interim
Injunction
restraining
the
Workmen's
Compensation
Board
from
enforcing
two
proposed
levies.
MAY
ABSORB
PREVENTION
It.
C.
M.
I.
Mitht
Take
Over
Some
of
Duties
at
Present
Carried
By
Customs
OTTAWA,
Jan.
23:
Absorption
by
the
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
police
of
the
customs
preventative
service
has
been
under
government
consideration
for
some
time
but
no
definite
steps
with
this
end
In
view
have
yet
been
taken.
ALASKA
WEATHER
Juneau
High.
40:
low,
34.
Ketchlkan-IIlgh.
40;
low,
32.
Financial
Situation
In
Review
by
Orme
In
Speech
Last
Night
Chief
Magistrate
Is
Heard
By
Large
Gathering
of
Ratepayers
Tells
of
Prospects
For
Year
Co-operation
Between
Council
and
School
Board
"If
we
accept
the
situation
as
it
exists
and
govern
ourselves
on
a
basis
of
strict
business
and
economy,
there
'is
110
question
but
that
the
municipality
will
come
through
the
present
crisis
safely,"
declared
Mayor
Cyril
H.
Orme
last
night
in
an
address
before
the
Prince
Rupert
Ratepayers'
Association
on
the
affairs
of
the
city.
Speaking
in
a
general
way
ana
explaining
tnat
he
could
hardly
commit
his
coun-
cil
as
far
as
definite
matters
ol
policy
were
concerned
at
'his
early
date
In
the
year,
the
mayor
touched
on
many
matters
of
municipal
Interest
and
referred
more
particularly
to
the
financial
situation.
His
Worship
made
a
plea
for
the
assistance
and
co-operation
not
only
of
the
Ratepayers'
Association
but
of
the.
citizens
generally
In
the
crisis
with
which
the
1932
council.
WQ.Uld
have
tVdeal.
Strict
economy
would
have
to
be
the
watchword
of
the
year,
the
mayor
Intimated.
The
meeting
Itself
was
one
of
the
largest
gatherings
of
ratepayers
that
has
ever
been
seen
here.
Even
extra
seating
accommodation
which
had
been
provided
In
the
council
chamber
was
taxed.
President
F.
I
at
the
command
of
any
Prince
Ru-W.
Wesch
was
In
the
chair.
After
j
pert
citizen
through
the
Northwest
the
mayor's
address,
comments
were
offered
by
some
of
the
tax-j
payers
present
and
several
resolutions
were
dealt
with.
In
opening,
the
mayor
expressed
the
belief
that
every
member
of
the
city
council
and
school
board
was
fully
seized
with
the
seriousness
of
the
situation
and
was
prepared
to
carry
out
a
policy
of
the
strictest
economy.
He
referred
to
the
conference
which
had
been
held
between
council
and
school
board
on
financial
affairs
of
the
year.
General
tax
collections
in
1931,
'.he
mayor
revealed,
had
amounted
to
80
and
local
Improvement,
50
.
Relief
expenditure
had
totalled
$12,415
and
exchange
had
cost
the
city
$10,668.
These
were
expenditures
over
which
the
city
had
no
control
and
which
could
not
be
anticipated,
particularly
the
exchange.
In
addition
to
this
a
bond
Issue
which
had
become
ready
early
In
December
had
not
been
disposed
of
qwlng
to
the
situation
In
the
bond
market
following
the
action
of
Great
Britain
In
going
off
the
gold
standard.
Aside
from
this
some
$15,000
of
bonds
had
still
to
be
passed,
making
a
total
of
seme
$118,000
of
bonds
remaining
unsold
to
cover
work
which
had
been
financed
out
of
general
fund.
Furthermore
the'
city
had
not
as
yet
received
one
cent
to
reimburse
It
for
expenditures
which
had
been
made
on
relief
work
and
financed
by
the
city.
Bank
Interest
In
1931
had
amounted
to
$7,142.
Commenting
upon
the
matter
of
relief
work,
the
mayor
pointed
out
that,
through
no
fault
of
the
city.
the
program
had
been
Interrupted
when
It
was
but
half
completed
This
had
been
the
biggest
dlsap
polntment
of
the
year.
Had
the
original
appropriation
been
allowed
to
stand,
the
city
would
have
been
able
to
take
care
ot
all
Its
people
until
the
end
of
March.
Turning
to
matters
of
the
coming
year,
Mayor
Orme
stated
that
on
(Continued
on
Page
Two
)
W
1932
RUPERT
IS
PART
OF
A
BIG
SYSTEM
New
Coast-to-Coast
Line
to
lie
-
.
Opened
Monday
'
Enabling
Conservation
With
Halifax
Prince
Rupert
Is
now
a
part
of
a
huge
conversational
system,
according
to
the
publicity
manager
of
the
B.
C.
.
Telephone
Company.
i
Thirty-two
million
telephones
are
Telephone
Company's
radio,
land
line
and
cable
system
and
its
connection
with
other
systems.
On
Monday
a
trans-Canada
telephone
line
will
be
opened
by
the
Governor-General
which
will
enable
people
here
to
talk
with
Hall-fax
and
other
eastern
centres.
The
B.
C.
Telephone
Company
has
spent
a
million
dollars
on
Its
line
through
the
mountains
where
25,000
poles
have
been
erected.
Patterson
Elected
In
Prince
George
.Mayor
of
Interior
Town
Will
Serve
Sixth
Term
Opic
Heads
AN
dermanlc
Poll
PRINCE
GEORGE,
Jan.
23:
Mayor
A.
M.
Patterson
was
re-elected
chief
magistrate
at
the
municipal
election
here
over
C.
C.
Reld,
the
vote
being
306
to
202.
It
will
be
Mayor
Patterson's
sixth
consecutive
term.
Edward
Ople,
F.
D.
Taylor
and
W.
L.
Armstrong
were
elected
aldermen,
Levi
Graham
belnu
defeated
in
the
aldermanlc
contest.
COMPENSATION
IS
BEING
CONSIDERED
BY
GOVERNMENT
VICTORIA.
Jan.
23:-H.
D.
Twigg,.
Conservative
M4
iJ-
A.
I
for
Victoria,
has
asked
the
gov-
i
j
emmentl
bj.-sfJDolnt
a
Roval
-V
Cnmrnfiaftn
whole
system
of
the
operation
of
workmen's
compensation
with
the
object
of
obtaining
an
entirely
new
basis
of
benefits
and
levies.
The
request
Is
now
receiving
the
consideration
of
the
government.
r
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'
V
1
I.
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