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WHY
PROSPERITY?
Out
of
uur
friends
wants
to
know
why
are
mi
hopeful
of
ronllnufd
Improvement
in
this
part
of
Itrilish
Columbia.
Here
are
ome
of
tlic
reasons:
Hie
lry
dock
shiptard
is
uuuv
Dally
busy
fur
this
time
of
jrar
mil
this
ia
given
us
a
koihI
start
in
tlir
matter
f
local
bujinr
rrr
A
mo
in
thr
employers
have
been
fishermen
who
owed
the
dry
dcKk
money
for
past
service.
They
will
Mart
the
new
fMilnj
season
wllli
a
r
Ira
n
le.
A
new
ire
plant
has
been
built
anil
is
in
operation
on
the
waterfront.
A
new
rohl
storace
plant
Is
belnj
built
here.
Murks
of
fish
are
being
rapidly
depleted
and
the
bujing
power
of
Hit
east
Is
Improving
csery
day,
(litis
assuring
a
better
market
for
halibut
ami
Mlmon.
Salmon
fishing
promises
well
so
far
as
high
grade
fish
are
concerned.
The
lllllnmr
lumber
mill
has
orders
ahead
and
will
Mart
cutting
1
very
won.
I
The
Georgetown
mill
has
been
kept
busy
practically
all
winter
and
orders
are
still
coming
In.
Other
mills
in
the
district
will
open
for
business
soon.
Shipments
of
white
poplar
loss
ill
be
made,
through
Prince
Ku-Prt
soon.
This
Is
new
business.
A
thousand
men
will
be
em-pl")ed
soon
on
Queen
Charlotte
Mauds
spruce
forests.
I'ole
contracts
are
being
filled
long
the
Skeena
Itlver.
The
local
pulp
mill
project
Is
Mill
a
live
issue.
)uccn
Charlotte
Islands
mines
are
busier
than
they
have
ever
been
before.
Portland
Canal
mining
is
pro-mishif
well.
More
men
have
been
em
ploy
td
In
the
Stewart
district
than
in
most
past
winters
anil
the
prospects
there
were
never
better
lan
today.
Mining
Is
looking
up
at
Usk
lirc
the
Columario
Is
being
developed
and
a
mill
Is
being
hiatal
led.
Tlic
Surf
Point
mine
Is
operat-ng
steadily
and
shipping
runren-rales
(o
Ihe
smelter.
"rraler
lntrrrtt
Is
being
taken
In
milling
in
the
Itulkley
Valley
re--'n
than
for
some
(line
past.
Increased
prices
will
give
the
'arincrs
of
the
Interior
greater
Purchasing
power.
'
A"
that
Is
needed
to
complete
,he
Picture
is
a
reasonable
amount
of
instruction
Work
on
the
high-
"
Premier
Itennett
decides
to
J-pere
with
rremler
1'attullo
"l
"iulng,
that
work
will
go
ahead.
WAR
t
Soviet
Does
To
Fight;
For
War,
Japan
Should
be
Read
to
,
Declares
War
Lord
in
Congress
Tomorrow's
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
AlQNDAY,
FEBRUARY
12,
1934
PK1CE:
FIVE
CENT?
CIVIL
RUSSIA
WOULD
DESTROY
CAPITALISM
BY
ARMED
FORCE
Forty
Persons
Are
Killed
Pitched
Battles
In
Cities
Grazena
and
Linz;
Socialists
Proclaimed
Nation-Wide
General
Strike
and
Government
Retaliated
With
Martial
Law
Bombs,
Machine
Guns
and
Artillery
Used
VIENNA,
Feb.
12:
(CP)
From
thirty-two
to
forty-:
two
persona
were
reported
killed
in
pitched
battles
between
Socialists
and
the
authorities
today
as
the
former"
proclaimed
a
nation-wide
general
strike
and
the
government
retaliated
with
martial
law
which
was
enforced
in
Vienna,
Grazena
and
Linz.
Fighting
in
Linz
accounted
for
.
.
.
.
most
of
the
deaths.
Large
numbers'
STRIKE
IN
PARIS
ON
Twenty-Tour
Hour
Tie-Up
In
Protest
at
Political
Situation
Commenced
at
Midnight
P.MUS.
Feb.
It:
At
the
call
of
the
National
Federation
of
Labor
a
general
strike
commenced
in
Paris
at
midnight
last
night
"in
protest
at
the
etistlng
political
situation
in
France."
Many
industries
and
businesses
are
tied
up
for
the
day,
the
strike
being
described
as
(lie
most
eitcnslve
since
the
general
strike
of
1919.
Picketing
is
general
in
the
effort
to
prevent
strike-breaking.
In
protest
against
'Fascism,'
a
quarter
of
a
million
persons,
most
of
them
belonging
to
the
working
rlass,
assembled
In
the
Cours
de
Vinrennes
today.
It
was
the
first
large
scale
demonstration
of
Paris
workers
in
the
general
strike.
Police
and
soldiers
were
held
in
readiness
but
there
was
little
trouble
up
to
early
evening
with
only
a
few
minor
clashes
reported
throughout
the
country.
Tlic
general
strike
slowed
down
the
whole
of
France
as
one
million
workers
walked
out
as
a
warning
of
what
they
can
do
should
their
rights
be
Infringed
upon
by
a
government
resorting
to
dictatorship.
Local
Man
Named
To
Executive
Of
Jewelers'
Ass'n
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
12:
C?
Allan
O.
Carruthers
was
elected
urcsldcnt
of
the
British
Columbia
section
of
the
Canadian
Jewelers'
Association
at
the
annual
meeting
here.
John
Bulger
of
Prince
Rupert
was
elected
a
member
of
the
district
executive.
Mrs.
Samuel
Insull
Jr.
Dies
Suddenly
Passed
Away
In
Chicago
Hospital
Yesterday
as
Result
of
lllood
Clot
Following
Operation
CHICAGO.
Feb.
12:-
Mrs.
Samuel
Insull
Jr.
died
In
hospital
here
yesterday
at
the
brc
of
3d
years.
She
had
been
taken
on
January
20
from
her
home
to
the
hospital
and
underwent
nn
operation
last
week.
At
first
she
appeared
to
be
making
a
good
recovery
but
a
clot
In
the
bloodstream
caused
her
sudden
demise.
Besides
her
widower,
she
Is
survived
by
one
child.
BREAKS
OUT
IN
AUSTRIA
In
of
Vienna,
Many
Hurt
were
wounded,
many
of
them
pos-;
sibly
fatally.
i
I
At
Unz
machine
guns
and
bombs
were
used
and.
finally,
the
government
turned
artillery
on
the
mobs,
i
BRITAIN
TO
RETALIATE
Tariff
Reprisals
Against
France
to
Come
Into
Force
Tomorrow,
It
Is
Announced
LONDON,
Feb.
12:
CP
The
British
government
announced
at
the
end
of
the
week
that
tomorrow
it
would
Inaugurate
for
the
first
lime
the
retaliatory
clause
of
the
I
Import
DuUcs
Act
as
a
weapon
to
jdcal
with
what
it
alleges
are
discriminatory
French
quotas
on
British
imports.
Today's
Stocks
(Country
S.
D.
Johiuhou
Ob.l
Vancouver
Alexandria,
.08.
Big
Missouri.
.30.
BRX
Gold.
.74.
B.C.
Nickel.
.89.
Bralorne.
11.10.
B.
R.
Cons.,
31.
Dunwell.
.30.
Georgia
River,
,02!j.
Indian,
.02.
Meridian.
.26.
Mornh-K
Star.
.36
tj.
Native
Sons.
.09.
National
Silver.
.05;.
Noble
Five.
12
Vfc.
Pond
Oreille.
.95.
Porter
Idaho.
MY,;
Premier.
1.09.
"
Reeves.
.17.
,t
Reward.
.13.
''
Reno.
1.13.
SUvercrcst,
.0214.
,
-t
Salmon
Oold.
.27.
w'
1
United
Empire,
.22.
f
Wayside,
.42.
Whitewater.
.07.
Waverley
Tangier,
.03
i.
Oils
Fabyan,
.OOi.
Home,
1.88.
C,
U
E..
1.03.
Freehold,
.14.
Sterling
Pacific,
63.
Toronto
Alexandria,
.07
Central
Patricia,
J7.
Chlbougamau,
.OOii,
Lee
Oold,
.14.
i
.
Granada,
.63.
.
Int.
Nickel.
22.45,
'
Mafassa,
2.16.
Noranda,
35.00.
Sherrltt
Oordon,
1.12.
Slsco
Oold,
1.79.
Thompson
Cadillac.
.37
U
Ventuers.
.06,
Lake
Maron,
,093i,
Teck
Hughes,
5.90.
Pawnee
Kirkland.
.02.
Sudbury
Basin,
1.40.
The
Ladies
All
When
Mahatma
Oa
dhj
visited
Bezwada,
India,
to
hold
a
meeting
of
his
followers,
he
as
greeted
by
this
huge
crowd
of
'
women,
proving
that
the
aged
leader
has
lost
none
of
his
popularity
with
the
womenfolk
With
Ganuhl,
whose
visit
to
this
part
ot
southern
India
was
ihe
first
since
his
release
from
jail.
Is
shown
Srlmathl
Durga
Bale
who
was
r
ponsible
for
leading
the
rirst
civil
disobe
dience
campaign
an
I
who
also
was
sent
to
prison.
;
MOSCOW,
Feb.
12:
(CP)
The
full
extent
of
the
Soviet
ring
of
iron
and
concrete
fortifications
along
the
Man-churian
border
was
revealed
yesterday
with
the
publication
of
the
text
of
General
Vassily
Bleucher's
address
to
the
All
Union
Congress.
Bleucher
is
commander-in-chief
of
the
Russian
Armies
in
the
Far
Fust.
Hp
rlpsprihed
tn
rhp
AH
Union
Congress
a
Red
Army
so
strong
that
It
will
"administer
aj
blow
capable
ot
cracking
and
in
some
places
destroying
the
very
foundations
of
capitalism"
In
the
event
of
a
Russo-Japanese
war.
"War
Is
not
included
In
our
se
cond
five-year
plan,"
declared
Bleucher.
"We
do
not
want
to
fluht
but
If
we
are
compelled
to
do
It.
let
our
neighbor
be
ready
to
receive
a
bitter
lesson."
Dr.
Lopez
Elected
In
Quiet
Colombia
Pnll
nn
QifitwloJllrnll,ng
pra,rie
wheat
Rcrc
acreage
1
Ull
U1I
JdlUrUdy
accordance
with
the
London
ment.
IYI
ASS
f
BOGOTA,
Colombia.
Feb.
12:
Dr.'
Lopez,
Federal
candidate,
was
elected
president
of
the
Republic
o'f
Colombia
on
Saturday
In
one
of
the
quietest
elections
held
In
years.
'
Exchange
Rates.
New
York
and
Montreal
NEW
YORK,
Feb.'
12:The
British
pound
sterling
closed
at
$5.01?i
on
the
local
foreign
exchange
Friday.
The
French
franc
closed
at
$.0044.
Go
For
Mahatma
Not
Want
Is
Prepared
Nevertheless
Receive
"A
Hitter
Lesson,"
Addressing
All
Union
on
Sunday
.
...
.
,
,
e
....
Lontroi
ot
Wheat
Production
Needed
So
Says
Member
For
Qu'appcllc
in
Speaking
in
House
in
Support
Of
Acreage
Limitation
OTTAWA,
Feb.
12:
(CPi
"Control
of
the
production
of
wheat'ls
what
Western
Canada
needs,"
declared
E.
E.
Pcrley.
ConservaUve
member
for
Qu'appelle,
in
speaking
in
the
House
of
Commons
in
sup
port
of
the
government's
plan
o!
In
agree
General
0'Duffy
Is
Re-elected
By
Irish
Fascists
WESTFORT.
Ire.,
Feb.
12:
lCP
General
,0'Duffy
was
re-elected
president
of
the
United
Ireland
i
Fascist
party
here
at
the
end
of
the
week.
Wore
Active
Mining
i
In
Central
Interior
This
Year
Expected
Increased
Interest
in
Silver
and
Anticipated
Rise
in
Price
Should
Result
in
Many
Properties
Getting
Busy
During
1934
'
With
the
increased
interest
in
silver
and
a
promise
of
an
early
rise
in
price,
there
are
many
properties
in
the
Babine
Range,
across
the
Bulkley
Valley
from
Smithcrs,
which
should
be
under
active
development
this
year
says
L.
S.
McGill,
manager
of
the
Omineca
branch
of
the
British
Columbia
Chamber
of
Mines,
in
a
review
of
the
minine
trict.
Among
these
is
the
Babine
Silver
King
Mine,
which
Is
owned
by
the
Omineca
Silver
King
Mines,
Ltd..
and
exhibits
some
very
high
values
in
sliver.
Near
Topley
there
are
several
gold-silver-lead
properties
which
could
very
easily
be
worked
with
a
little
capltaL
The
Topley
Silver
property
of
David
Heenan
and
Charles
Matheson
has
some
very
high
sliver
values.
Mrs.
Frank
H.
Taylor
was
successful,
in
1933,
in
opening
up
a
deposit
of
ore
carry
ing
both
free
gold
and
native
silver
In
close
contact
with
one
another.
The
Topley
Richfield
property,
now
In
the
hands
of
a
Smlthers
syndicate,
was
the
scene
of
a
new
find
j
during
1933
and,
with
the
Increased
'price
of
gold
during
the
past
year
j
could
easily
be
mined
at
a
profit
Mathew
Sam,
the
Indian
prospectoi
J
of
Topley.
had
good
success
In
development
work
which
he
carried
ion
last
summer.
All
of
these
pro-tpertles
can
be
reached
by
motor
road
and
all
of
them
show
great
promise
and
invite
the
coming
of
capital.
The
outstanding
success
achieved
by
the
prospector-owners
of
the
Glacier
Gulch
Group
In
getting
out
a
shipment
of
gold
ore,
unaided
by
,
capital,
which
brought
In
returns
of
$100
per
ton
In
gold
alone,
has
at-i
traded
widespread
interest.
A
few
SALMON
IS
IN
DEMAND
Movement
Into
Consumption
in
January
Best
in
History
ot
Industry
SEATTLE,
Feb.
12:
(CP)
If.
B.
Friele,
president
of
the
Association
of
Pacific
Fisheries,
says
that
the
movement
of
canned
salmon
into
consumption
during
January
was
"the
best
In
the
history
of
the
in
dustry."
having
been
370,000
cases
as
against
171,000
cases
In
January
of
1932.
'The
market
is
firm
with
an
advancing
tendency
and
there
Is
more
than
usual
activity
In
foreign
demand."
said
Mr.
Friele.
Another
"Public
Enemy"
Has
Been
Caught
in
South
:
days
ago,
after
numerous
offers,
llc
enemy."
is
being
held
here
pend-
-the
property
was
bonded
by
the
inS
arrival
of
officers
to
take
him
owners
to
prominent
mining
people.
t0
South
Dakota
where
he
is
warS
with
a
cash
payment
made
on
the
ted
as
a
member
of
a
machine
gun
option.
Men
are
already
at
work
sang.
Otto
was
trapped
here
last
getting
out
a
further
carload
ol
ore,week
and
surrendered
to
police
o
and
preparing
for
extensive
devel-!
iccrs
without
a
struggle.
opment
with
the
arrival
of
spring,
j
Further
development
Is
expected
on
a
larger
scale
at
the
property
of
Babine
Oold
Mines,
Ltd..
on
Dome
Mountain,
thirty
miles
east
of
Tel-kwa.
Under
the
supervision
of
R.
W.
Wilson
of
Great
Falls,
Montana.!
.
.
n
1
.
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n
I
...
.
.
1
1(101
'
iuH.1:lu.M.I-uUutuUluls
was
successiul
in
proving
up
un
derground
the
veins
already
explored
on
the
surface.
The
values
are
chiefly
In
gold,
and
in
some
parts
of
the
property
they
run
very
high.
Silver
Lake
Group
Plans
are
under
way
for
an
extensive
development
on
the
Silver,
Lake
Group
and
adjoining
proper-
i
tics
on
Hudson
Bay
Mountain,
near:
Smithcrs.
The
chief
values
are
uv
silver
and
lead
but
gold
I
an
Important
constituent
as
well.
The
surface
development
on
the
Silver
Lake
Group
was
conducted
under
i
the
supervision
of
Charles
M.
'
I
Campbell,
mining
engineer,
of
Van-
icouver.
durlnc
the
summer
of
1931,'
since
which
time
an
improvement;
of
silver
and
lead
prices
has
been'
awaited
before
carrying
out
the
program
of
tunnel
development
re
-
,
SANTA
MONICA,
Feb.
12:
Dutch"
Otto,
described
as
a
'pub-i
Pioneer
Dentist
Of
I
Prince
Rupert
Dies
Hr.
Lirty
Gilroy
Tassed
Away
in
Vancouver
Yesterday
at
Age
Of
Fifty-Two
Years
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
12:
CP
Dr.
Larry
Oilroy.
aged
52,
who
practised
dentistry
in
Prince
Rupert
in
the
early
days,
died
here
on
Saturday.
t
More
Loggers
Go
On
Strike
Twelve
Hundred
Men
In
Camibill
Klver
District
Want
Higher
Waies
CAMPBELL
RIVER,
Feb.
12:
(CP)
-Some
1200
employees
of
lumbar
eamtw
nt
nit
nir
ft,mK.n
m
.
and
Menzies
Bay
are
on
strike
for.
.cw.miMriiueu
uy
Mr.
v.nipoeu
on
.higher
wages
and
rectification
of
completion
of
the
surface
work.!
other
grievances.
Loggers
at
Bloe-Last
summer
the
approach
and
del,
also
in
this
district,
have
been
(Continued
on
Pago
Four)
1
on
strike
for
a
couple
of
weeks.