Hnilway
traffic
and
telegraphic
jommunication
of
Pniu-i'
Rupert
to
the
outside
world
are
completely
tied
up
v
ek-end
owing
to
high
water,
drift
ice
and
land
and
..i
-
t...
d
t:
rn
:
4L..
Hints
along
wiu
luvtur
om.cuu
unci
lunuwuij;
mv
ht
;iv
y.
v
arm
rains
of
the
last
few
days
and
there
was
some
wrtuinty
'
up
to
early
afternoon
today
as
to
when
ser-
'
vice
might
be
expected
to
be
re
Has
Birthday
Wmm
fohmi:ii
kaiser
DOORN
Hohand,
Jan
27
'
F
;
,:
t
Kauer
Wiihelm
II
of
t:
rina:
iy
celebrated
Ins
seventy-fil
I)
birthday
quietly
today
on
utm
his
relatives.
He
Is
In
excellent
health.
Merger
of
City
And
County
Of
LOS
ANOELES.
Jan.
27:
-The
civic
budget
efficiency
bureau
has
united
that
$9,200,000
could
be
raved
utinually
by
an
amalgamation
of
civic
and
county
administrations
of
Los
Angeles.
Senator
Huey
Long
Trailing
Stormy
New
Orleans
Solon
Itelilittl
In
Mayoralty
Primary
In
CJulf
City
NEW
ORLEANS.
Jan.
27:-Sena
tor
Huey
Long,
stormy
petrel
of
federal
and
state
H)lttlcs,
was
15.-000
behind
In
the
mayoralty
run-u'f
prlmmy
In
this
city.
SILVUt
AND
COPPER
PRICES
NEW
YORK
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
27:-U.ir'
silver
closed
nt
43Uc
per
ounce
on
the
local
foreign
exchange
market
yes-
icruay
und
copper
at
8,ic
per
pound.
stored.
It
was
hoped
that
the
train
1
I
j
for
the
eat
which
was
to
have
left'
!
last
evening
might
get
away
to-1
i
morrow
night
and
that
the
train
'from
the
east,
ordinarily
due
at
10
'o'clock
tonight,
might
get
through
by
Sunday
night,
these
estimates,
however,
beiag
entirely
tentative
j
!
Railway
officials
are
rushing
work
4
with,
a
v
lew.
jetting
theJUuu.
cleared
as
soon
as
possible.
Tele-
j
i
jiaphle
linen
have
been
down
sin
I
i
Tliursday
afternoon
and
the
cltv
j
;
has
since
ben
dependent
upon
wireless
for
outside
communlca
'lion.
Late
yesterday
morning
a
mud-;
"Ude
cam
down
over
the
rallwax
!
line
at
North
Pacific
cannery
on
the
Skeena
River
slough.
This
ha
-;m
sxmer
been
cleared
up
last
iv.'ihi
than
another
slide
came
down
at
the
same
point,
once
again
nvoring
the
line
with
mud,
rocks
and
trees.
This
obstruction
ha
been
cleared
up
at
mid-day
todaj
Minor
damage
was
done
to
Ka-yex
bridge
by
Ice
and
high
water
coming
down
In
a
swollen
torrent
against
the
trestle
last
nigr.t.
i
was
expected
the
bridge
would
bp
made
passable
by
this
afternoon.
At
various
pqlnts
between
fir
and
Kwlnttaa
some
eight
or
te
snowslides
are
reported
across
th-railway
line,
length
varying
from
40
to
600
feet
and
depth
from
five
to
tweny-five
feet.
The
landslide
at
North
Pacific
and
the
trouble
at
Kayex
bridge
delayed
the
rotary
plow
and
other
equipment
gettln
t
to
these
slides
from
this
end.
j
The
only
damage
so
far
reportec
i
had
been
that
at
Kayex
bridge
am
i
there
have
been
no
casualties.
L.A.
Advocated
Actress
and
Her
Husband
Abandon
Young
Daughter
j
LOS
ANOELES.
Jan.
27:
-Coral
I
Clarke.
31-year
old
actress,
must
!
appear
In
court
here
on
a
charge
of
child
abandonment,
it
was
ruiea
yesterday.
Thomas
Sheen,
Miss
Clarke's
husband,
will
appear
In
an
1
Ccntro
court
shortly
for
sentence
for
failure
to
provide
for
the
child,
a
one-year
old
daughter.
Vancouver
City
To
Sue
Gov't
Municipality
Will
Seek
to
Collect
Taxes
on
Crown-Owned
Leased
Property
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
27:
-
The
Vancouver
city
council
Is
taking
sicns
with
a
view
to
suing
the
gov
ernment
for
taxes
on
crown-owned
leased
property
within
the
city.
The
total
valuo
of
such
property
is
es
timated
at
$30,000,000.
Graft
Charges
Pattullo
Tells
Montreal
That
B.
C.
Has
Contributed
More
Than
PL...
I
.
FutkMl
TIIIPV
MONTREAL,
Jan.
zi:
visiung
.
.L
i.
.....
u..
fnl.
'
mis
yuy
ucuic
icmuimj
v.
lowing
the
recent
Domlnlon-pro-;
vlnclal
Intergovernmental
confer-
ence
In
Ottawa,
Premier
T.
D.
Pat-
tullo
of
British
Columbia
stated
yesterday
that
his
province
In
the
last
five
years
had
paid
$20,000,000
more
than
Its
share
Into
the
federal
treasury.
Premier
Pattullo
reiterated
his
appeal
to
the
east
for
more
sympa
thetic
consideration
of
the
appeals
of
British
Columbia
and
the
other
western
provinces
for
assistance
In
connection
particularly
with
unemployment
relief
and
economic
Are
Widespread
Vast
Amount
of
Correspondence
Is
Being
Received
Dally
by
United
States
Government
WASHINGTON,
DC.
Jan.
27:
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
has
let
It
be
known
that
he
Is
receiving
an
average
of
two
hundred
letters
a
day
charging
graft
In
connection
with
the
economic
recovery
public
works
program,
both
Republican
charged
ln
this
connection.
The
president
added
that
the
admin
istrator
of
the
National
Recovery
GERMANY
AND
TOLAND
SIGN
IMPORTANT
PACT
FOR
NON-AGGRESSION
BERLIN.
Jan.
27:
Heralded
as
being
an
Important
step
to-
wards
the
cause
of
peace
In
Europe
which
also
may
faclll-
tate
the
solution
of
dlsarma-
ment
problems,
a
10
year
aon
aggression
pact
between
Oer-many
and
Poland
was
signed
yesterday.
i
VOTE
OF
MILLION
Canadian
Broadcasting
Commission
To
Get
Grant
This
Year
of
Same
Site
as
Last
OTTAWA,
Jan.
27:
It
Is
lntl-j
mated
that
a
vote
of
$1,000,000
will
be
made
to
the
Canadian
Radio
Broadcasttng
Commission
In
this'
year's
federal
estimates.
This
Is
the
same
as
last
year.
Cuisine
Staff
Of
Great
Hotel
Has
Gone
on
Strike
NEW
YORK.
Jan.
27:-The
$30,-1
Is
operating
with
a
greatly
reduced
cuisine
staff,
six
hundred
waiters
and
kitchen
workers
having
walked
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
mm
High
0:27
a.m.
17.3
It.
rrim
e
Rupert
Overcast,
lli
v
-
northerly
wind;
barometer.
ZOZl'b
11:56
p.m.
19.8
It.
temperature.
48;
sea
unooth.
'
'
'fff'
Low
6:09
am.
10
.3
ft.
18:49
p.m.
4.2
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
is.
v,.
V
!
XXIV.
No.
23.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JANUARY
27,
1934
PK1CE:
FIVE
CENTi
'-
V
RAIL
AW
WIRE
SERVICE
DISRUPTED
IMPORTANT
PORTLAND
CANAL
MINING
DEAL
IS
PENDING
Warm
Rains
Cause
of
Much
Trouble
Along
Lower
Skeena
Valley
High
Water,
Drift
Ice
and
Isanti
and
Snowslides
Completely
Tic
Up
Communication
of
Prince
Rupert
With
Outside
World
Ghost
Town
of
British
Columbia
Comes
Back
The
historic
mining
town
of
Barkervllle.
British
Columbia,
is
once
again
coming
into
Its
own.
In
the
-boom
days
of
he
60's
whe
the
placer
gold
rush
to
the
Caritoo
area
was
at
its
height,
it
was
known
as
the
gold
capital
of
the
world,
with
Its
population
once
numbering
as
high
as
15,000.
Now
It
Is
coming
back
to
life
again
as
the
latest
rush
for
lode
gold
in
the
area
is
under
way,
and
prospectors
are
now
crowding
Into
the
town
that
in
late
years
has
been
nothing
more
than
a
ghost
town
with
but
a
population
of
a
few
hundred.
Between
twenty-five
and
thirty
millions
of
dollars
worth
of
placer
gold
was
taken
from
Williams"
creek,
which
flows
through
Barkerville,
in
the
Ws
and
70's.
Old-timers
say
that
Bukervllle
hasnt
changed
much
since
the
"boom"
days
of
70
years
ago.
A
fire
in
1868
destroyed
all
but
one
building
In
the
rough
frontier
mining
town,
but
it
was
rebuilt
In
1869
In
much
the
same
manner
a
rough
frame
shack
along
the
banks
of
Williams'
creek.
Inset
Is
Baby
Helen
Snoxell.
the
"million-dollar
baby"
of
the
Caribou
gold
camp.
Seen
beside
her
are
the
first
gold
bricks
from
ths
new
mine
situated
on
Cow
mountain.
PROVINCE
OVERPAID
'IBOATRUNS
TO
ALASKA
Eleven
Voyajes
to
be
Made
to
lng
the
year
49
of
whlch
were
to
Skagway
Dy
l.
.awamsinys
Commencing
the
summer
service
on
June
20
as
far
as
this
port
Is
concerned,
there
will
be
eleven
sall-
The
Prince
Oeorge
and
Prince
Rupert
have
sailings
from
here
to
Skagway
scheduled
for
'June
20,
27.
July
4,
11.
18,
25,
August
1,
8,
15,
22
and
29,
A
three-hour
stop
will
be
made
it
Prince
Rupert
Wednesday
northbound,
four
hours
at
Ketchikan,
five
hours
at
Juneau
and
a
full
day
at
Skagway.
Returning,
the
boats
will
spend
several
hours
here
on
Mondays
southbound.
Foreman
of
Prince
Of
Wales
Ranch
Has
Passed
Away
IIIOH
RIVER,
Jah.
27:
James
I
Is
dead"
here.
He
was
a
noted
Al-1
berta
horseman.
1
Licutennnt-ftovcrnor
Of
Washington
Pays
Visit
to
Vancouver
and
Democratic
leaders
being
,
000,000
S
HAA
tlt.U
Waldorf-Astoria
A
A
.
.
ft
Hotel
here,
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
Salmon
Gold
Ore
May
Be
Treated
In
Plant
On
Missouri
Property
Only
Final
Formalities
Said
to
be
Awaiting
Completion
Before
Smelters
Acquires
Interest
of
Sixty
Percent
STEWART,
Jan.
27:
A
deal
whereby
the
new
Salmon
Gold
mine
would
pass
to
the
control
of
the
Consolidated
f
Mining
&
Smelting
Co.
of
Canada
through
acquisition
df
i
a
sixty
percent
interest
in
aaimon
upiu
mines
Liui.
is
re-!
ported
to
be
concluded
to
the
point
of
awaiting
only
the
i
final
formalities.
Owing
to
the
difficulty
of
transports?
I
rlon.
a
small
company
would
'nrnATiT
rT
j
precluded
from
developing
the
!
K
H
Hi
ill
I
llr
ground
economically,
and
acqulsi-
FIRE
DEP'T
of
chemicals
and
500
feet
of
ladders!
were
used.
The
members
of
the
department
made
650
Inspections
ot
business,
houses,
hotels,
schools,
hospital
and
moving
picture
theatre
during
the
year.
Two
hundred
notices
to
correct
unsafe
conditions
were
given
and,
as
a
result,
there
had
been
(department
be
kept
up
to
the
greatest
efficiency.'
'the
report
observes.
During
the
past
year
the
efficiency
of
the
departnnt
had
hppn
prpatlv
lnrrpaxrrt
thrnuirh
the
I
McMillan,
foreman
of
the
Prince
of
.
acqulsUlon
of
a
new
truck.
Fifty
waics
rancn
nere
ior
seven
ycuia..
...
mat.r
hQM
u.h.ch
had
b-en
"
-
-
...
--
-
-
"
purchased
had
useful.
Expenditure
also
proven
most
tlon
of
the
Salmon
Gold
by
Consolidated
Mining
&
Smelting
would'
be
welcomed
.as
a
piece
of
liighly
constructive
news.
,
'
It
is
understood
that
Consoll--
Vctivities
of
important
Branch
of
dated
engineers,
who
are
engrossed
Civic
Service
During
Year
Re-
in
the
problem
of
making
a
com?
viewed
by
Chief
Damage
$24,000
Practically
All
Covered
by
Insurance
Need
of
Maintaining
Efficiency
Stressed
Interesting
parUculars
as
to
the
activities
of
the.city
fire
department
during
the
year
1933
are
given
in
the
annual
report
of
Fire
Chief
J.
R.
Morrison
which
has
Just
been
Dresented
to
City
Commissioner
W.
J.
Alder.
Total
damage
to
property
I
by
fire
and
water
during
the
year;
was
$23,915.45
of
which
$19,685.45.
was
loss
on
building
and
$4230
on
contents.
The
total
amount
of
in-
surance
paid
was
$23,410.45,
leaving
'
a
net
loss
uncovered
by
insurance
of
$505.
The
value
of
property
involved
was
$257,000.
I
Thefe
were
104
alarms
in
all
dur
merciaUoperatlon
of
the
Big
Ml.'
River
Valley,
are
considering
the
j
possibility
of
transporting
ore
from
,
the
Salmon
Cold
mine
to
the
81?
Missouri
mill,
eight
miles
distant.
Those
details
of
operation,
however,
remain
to
be
worked
out.
Prosecution
Has
Setback
in
"Jake
The-Barber"
Trial
CHICAGO,
Jan.
27:
The
prols.-cutlon
was
noticeably
worried
whep.
seven
star
witnesses
tailed
to
de-,
finitely
identify
Roger
Tuohy
and
three
co-defendants
In
connection
with
the
abduction
of
John
Factor
better
known
as
Jake
the
Barber.":
The
trial
is
proceeding
Yesterday,
however.
Factor
him-
!.-
.i
self,
from
the
witness
stand,
dosj-
Cilimucy
iiics.
viKoicvc
siuuo
oiiu
-
-
--
-
-
r
h..h
firra
rauvd
six
alarms
each.;"vely
Identified
Tuohy
and
two
ot
five
alarms
the
other
men
as
his
abductors,
sparks
from
chimneys
and
automobile
backfires
four
"
alarms
Thorp
aprp
fivp
f.llsp
TJ
flYYT
lings
to
Alaska
for
the
1934
tourist-
,arms;
,
riUPiLlLJgA
;
season,
11
is
annoux.u
uy
v."-
nurln
thp
vear
iinno
feet
of
dlan
National
Steamships.
h
,
id
hundrpd
canQns
?
"
11
IS
DEAD
Jim
Crane,
Colorful
Miner
of
Carl
boo
District,
Passes
Away
'
1
QUESNEL.
Jan.
27:
Jim
Crane,
colorful
pioneer
mining
man
of
thn
Cariboo
district,
died
here
yesteN
riav
after
havine
been
111
for
several"
marked
effect
In
reducing
the
fire
j
weeks
at
the
age
0f
35.
ue
was
born
haiard
during
the
year.
During
the
ln
Ontario
and
came
to
British
Cor
year
several
old
buildings
which
jiumbla
ln
1876,
having
lived
prac-had
been
a
fire
hazard
were
re-
tlcally
continuously
since
that
Unit
moved.
I
in
the
Cariboo.
"The
frame
construction
that
is
1
.
!-!...
.
V.
...V.n...
.
U
.
.14..
v.nt.A
.
It
absolutely
necessary
that
the
fire
1
Prohibition
Party
To
Be
Very
Active
In
State
Election
SACRAMENTO.
Jan.
27:
The
Prohibition
Party
announces
that
It
will
have
candidates
in
the
field
of
the
department
j
for
every
elective
office
in
the.
for
the
year
amounted
to
$11,240.13
of
which
$9,555
was
In
salaries.
In
conclusion,
the
fire
chief
thanks
the
commissioner
for
co-
27:
Lieut.-
operation
and
assistance,
members
forthcoming
general
state
election.
EXCHANGE
RATES
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
27:
The
Brl-
Oovernor
Vic
Meyers
of
Washing-,
of
the
department
for
faithful
at-'tlsh
pound
sterling
closed
at
$4.99
ton
and
Mrs,
Meyers
are
paying
a
tentlon
to
duty
and
successful
work,
,
on
the
local
foreign
exchange
yes-brief
visit
to
Vancouver.
Meyers
is
the
water
and
police
departments
terday
as
compared
with
$5
In
Mon-
Act
was
dealing
with
some
2000
.out
ln
protest
at
the
dismissal
of
a
well
known
Seattle
radio
orches-
tor
assistance
rendered
and
the'treal.
The
Canadian
dollar
closed
such
letters
dally.
'
an
assistant
chef.
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