-NIk.jN Aug. I. An "S o. s. ... ti. a (LlriklAJ fcLa 1 oday s Stocks (C:un.j I. O. Joteoo Cu. Vsncosvrr K. i- Jru, .02. blli' w. B. Nirkel. M. &4 M-Mourl, .38. B: ::.r 15.00. II-1: liv. B. T X 39 U .:-:: OoW, U3.: Dc a 51. i'.,- ... at. t- x 01. C . . 'u. .35. n . .04. I : 1)1 U 19, r. 09. M g 8Ur. .17. Na .,: stiver, .04. N ' Fivr. .07V'4. P' ' On uie, .70. P Idaho. .03 V4. P 138. R x ,r 05. n ia E Crest, .03. T v Bridge. .39. W .08. V later. .05. w- Tangier, bl, , Empire. .25. C C L O: 1: M N r c: r V Toronto ) Patricia, 1.10. Jkamau, .09. Cad. ,13. 'da. .65. ? Nickel. 25.25. i; J 2 86. ;.dx 42.50. i' Oordon. .69. 2.81 on Cadillac, ,47Vi. 'ires i.oi. ti 1 k' Maron. .08. T" k Hughes. 7.00. E-dbury B.uln, 1.58. C -'marlo. .21V. Er"' Gold, .23. cw Malartlc. .72. Long Lac. 755. A; or a Rouyn, .07. E'.adacona, .38. Manic Leaf. JO. P' kle Crow, 1.64. Ling Lae Lagoon, .15. Manitoba it Eastern, .35. Murwood, .37. ' Oils A P Con . .10V4. Amalgamated, MYt. " E . .75 clmont, 07. Dalhousle, .30. Pabyan, ,oovB freehold, .0714 Home oil, 1.00 Wetland. .21 Vi. Ma" Jon , .08 1',. United, .1 1. fating their fourtu successive year of crop failure. ; It U estimated that half a million livestock will be moved. Under the terms of the agreement .the railways wtll transport the eattte to ferine grounds In the north at forty peroral of the not- Imal frt4fcht nates, aad settlers and ef frets at sixty -ux and two-thirds 'percent Feed fodder wtll be carried 'to the drought areas for cattle own- led by families remaining there at l sixty-six and two-thirds percent 1 The federal government splits tthe transportation costs with the I provincial governments on a fifty 'fifty basis. lOBJECT TO LAND TAX Sabotage is Resorted to by Farmers Of Irish Free State LIMERICK. Irish Free State. Aug. 23: Farmers of Limerick and Waterford have registered their objections to the annuity land tax sales by felling trees over roads, cutting lines of communication and ripping up railway tracks CONFERENCE NEAR CLOSE: Wheat Pact Nations Give Approval To General Propoals at London Parley LONDON. Aug. 23: The International wheat conference was pre- oared to wind up Its work yesterday 1 by giving final approval to a series 1034 wheat pact. sssslslllllBalliiisllssslslssssssssBsssslssssllsssslssslssss sl She Plan of Hon. Robert Weir, Minister of Agriculture, Seen As Solution For Plight of 10000 Families Suffering Fourth Straight Crop Failure TORONTO- Aug. 23: (CP)-Hon. Robert Weir, min- j,hn Gritrwjn, utitbh riier, Forced' ister of agriculture, announces, according to the Toronto io. Mike unuim in ictUndic Mail and Empire, an agreement with the provinces and nor railways whereby settlers and livestock will be transpor ted at reduced rates from drought-stricken southern areas of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta to the , from the 0r,.h trawler i.JTh. out Minnii. Jnim flrleiiuin. , ' " .. , , problem of forty thousand families i - Imu ,.i on it,- the L: i .'i jown in a ... . . f I ' .and t New Wheat Evolved At 1 district on official duties. Ottawa Advancing Million Dollars to This Province For Public Works Program VICTORIA. Aug. 23: (CP) The federal govem-i. ment will advance $1,000,000 to British Columbia for public works, Premier T. D. Pattullo announced this afSo far'as direct relief is concerned, the Premier stated no agreement had as yet been concluded on the question of monthly contributions, the matter being left in abeyance until returns are completed as of August 31. Vanderhoof! For fourteen years the farmers of the interior of British Columbia have been asking for an experimental farm but so far have failed to secure anything. The result has been, according to George Ogston of Vanderhoof, that they have been doing a lot of experimental Work for Game Warden Ed. Martin sailed nf General nronosals for submission this morning on the Princess Louise ndherlmr to the for a trip to the Telegraph creek VU UK 8w.v......"- ..... j Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides prince Rupert Clear, light High 0:25 im 222 ft. northwest wind; barometer. 30.40; 13:09 p.m. 21.1 ft. temperature, 68; ea smooth. Low ... 6:59 am 1.1 ft. 19:13 pm. 35 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER v. XXIV . No. 195. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1934 PRICE: FIVE CENTS Settlers grate To Northern Prairies MTED STATES NAVAL CRAFT ARE READY FOR NEXT HOP Arrangements Made to Transport Settlers and Livestock Out of Drought Areas To Better Field AVIATOR IS DOWN1 H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester Paying a vilt j Linslp it-re agr. alt.ai suw Ths pi:f-ure shon-s HHJl walking round the show grounds with otCaials. BOARD IS APPOINTED rcpler, Grant and Gunn Named To .Marketing Body Dr. Lamb Provincial Librarian VICTORIA, Aug; 23: (CP) The British Columbia Marketing Wi?W m A w FOR N.R.A. Beinp Charted by President Roosevelt and Will be Completed Early in September WASHINGTON. DC. Aug. 23: I President Franklin D. Roosevelt, In themselves. One farmer, A Crant and Wallace It. Gunn. j completed in September. Haakon Stangebye of the Vanderhoof district, has lor lour years oeen Ti working on the development of a new wheat suitable for the district. Some of the wheat was shown by Mr. Ogston at the convention of the Associated Boards of Trade of Central Bri tish Columbia this week i and elicited much favorable comment. It is a 92-day wheat and the originator feels sure he has a wheat that will give increased yield. It has not yet been named. Board has been appointed by the 1 a series of conferences, has charted provincial government as fol- Ja reorganization of the recovery lows: Eric Pepler. chairman; J. administration plan which will be All are government officials. also made j Announcement was 1 r f 1 1 today of the appointment of Dr. ! Jotll KeiieiS AfC tvaye urao, a name ui, . 1 Westminster and graduate of the I University of British Columbia and London, as provincial Northern Prairie Days, Turns up ai luacK uiver WINNIPEG. Aug. 23: George O. Mackie. northwestern aero-marine ' pilot, who has been missing for four 1 days, Is rep-rted safe at Black i River, northwest of here. Card of Thanks Mother, husband and family of the late Mrs. Violet Pollard desire to thank their marly friends for the kind expressions of sympathy and floral tributes received during their- recent bereavement. AUSTRIA NOW O.UIKT . IT '1BU .11(11111114 13 LIFTED ON' TLESDAVit VIENNA. Aug. 22: Martial law, which has been effective In Austria since the Nazi putsch of July 25, was lifted on Tuesday night. The country Is reported as being generally calm. Liable to Arrest In United States Gold Price Is Up Both in New York ' And London Marts MONTREAL. Aug! 23: TCP1 GoitiH was up four cents to $3432 per 3, ounce In London yesterday m Ca-;"J nadlan funds The American price was $34.06 in Canadian funds. Grit Election In Athabaska ' 1 Is Confirmed PRINCE ALBERT. Aug. 23. -The election of D. Hall, Liberal, with a majority of 390. is omciany ae-jpi clared with the completion of the L final count of the deferred election 5 In Athabaska constituency from the Saskatchewan general election. Twelfth Plane Here and Will Make Trip South With Squadron Expedition Now Under Twenty-Four Hours' Notice to Depart But May Not Get Away Until Saturday, Regularly Scheduled Date Lieut G. L. Huff's flying boat, which made a forced landing on account of engine trouble near Coronation Island, Alaska, on Tuesday afternoon while coming here from Sitka with the United States Navy squadron of twelve planes, arrived in Prince Rupert at 7 :30 last eve-ning on the deck of the aircraft tender Swan and had com- 1 . Hpleted repairs this afternoon and rprLTriT'NT jn (made test flights. The ma- AUilUiVlt 1 r.rfnllllN XVJ In chine will be ready to Join the (squadron when It hops off from ITVJPDi? A CIMf here at end r the week for lllVlirulivl Vancouver enroute back to San I Diego. Menace ot Second Russo-Japanese The three surface craft and 12 War Appears to be Intensified I aircraft are today under orders to I I be in readiness to leave within 1 TOKYO. Aug. 23: Menace of a twenty-four hours although the second tRusso-Japanese Kar ' ap; Original, plan, was that they would pears to be Intensified as a result j remain here until Saturday, of Increasing tension between both I 1 natlnnt nvor f-ot-tirront InrlHAnf " along the Manchukuo - Siberian; border. Jews to Continue German Boycott L'ntil Their Full Rights as Citizens Have Been Restored, Geneva Conference Decides GENEVA, Aug. 23: Delegates to the World Jewish Conference have issued a communioue declarlne TRADE PACT having forfeited ball bonds of j followlnz their Indictment on 11 quor smuggling charges. Henry Relfel and his son, George Relfel, if Vancouver are now both subject to arrest when they step on United States soli again. The offences are non-extraditable. I TTrTIM7D 117 A V : UNDER UilJLEiI WAY Yl l 1 GOING INTO SECLUSION Grief-Stricken at Causing Brother's Death, Spanish Princess to Retire to Convent PARIS, Aug. 23: Grief-stricken at having recently caused the death of her brother, Prince Gon-zalo. in an automobile accident, the Infanta Beatrice, daughter of themselves in favor of eontlnulntr Former King Alphonso of Spain, the anti-German boycott untU Plans on spending the rest of her Jews have been reinstated with , 1Ue ta a convent. full rights as German citizens. AMY MOLLISO.N BECOMES COMMERCIAL AIR PILOT SEATTLE, Aug. 23: (CP-Both OVER ENGLISH CHANNEL DM 1 1 J C t l0O,wo on lauin w appear in 1 LONDON. Aug. 22: (CP) 1 llOt LanUS Oaie federal court here for arraignment j .Negotiations Between Canada and Amy Johnson Molllson. noted 1 George O. Mackie Missing For Four Poland Have Been Opened uruisn aviamx. wm De me t 1 first woman pilot on a regular WARSAW. Poland, Aug. 23: Pre-' cross-channel service, having llmlnary negotiations for a trade accepted a post as commercial agreement between Canada and pilot with the Imperial Air- Poland are now under way. , ways. She explains that she : wants a maximum, of practice NO FISH SALES before she enters the London- : Australia air race with her ' No boats being In with catches. husband In October. " here was no sale of halibut on the local Fish Exchange this morning. Tonight's Program 7:45 Mr. Collin and the Anlmatophone. 8:15 Home Gas Optimists In a change of program featuring Isabelle McEwan. Ernest J. Colton. Frank Anders, Chris Kenny with his Punch and Judy Show. Home Gas Orchestra and entertainers. Added attraction. "Halght & Halght." European , dance team. A two-hour vaudeville show. See these popular radio artists In person. . ..Dancing. Following Program to the strains of the Home Gas Orchestra Admission, 50c; Children, 25c TOMORROW'S PROGRAM 7:45 Pictures and vaudeville In building followed by a big dance to the music of the Home Gas Optimists Orchestra. Additional seating provided for tonight s .its 1 lL. 1 1 ia s a B B B si & & 5 u