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27
AfrlcultttralUt
Good
Seed
Year
rirthrr
I'rogrrM
Wa
Made
In
De
velopment
ol
!urnei
t
fif
ral
atpect
conditloni
.at
the
hot
them
central
In-u
wed
decided
Improvement
sc
existing
during
the
tv.o
:s
,,'
"rious.
rivw-
siaiea
ouurei
in
!'.
returns
received
for
farm
l':.-U!:e
m
order
to
forge
ahead
r;
...
C'isonal
conditions
were
much
re
favorable
for
plant
growth
-'
during
cither
of
the
two
pre-
years.
Ample
moisture
In
the
-
and
freedom
from
summer
"
resulted
In
satisfactory
yields
"f
fr::lt.
vegetables
and
field
crops
"I
rs
nllcnt
quality,
tack
of
sum-nT
rains
checked
srowth
somc-
so
that
yields
were
no
greater
u'-n
usual
and.
moreover,
wet
wea-
t':-
in
th
Iota
foil
oinuut
Hlfflcnl.
ft"
and
delays
In
harvesting.
To
f
rnpensate
for
this,
however,
the
'-fl
was
open
and
the
weather
cx-
urance
of
sufficient
supplies
of
folder
for
livestock
and
of
seed
ur.Jn
for
spring
requirements
with
U'-
exception
of
Individual
cases
duo
largely
to
lack
of
effort
on
the
l,art
of
the
settler
himself.
Particular
progress
was
made
IUl
tho
H
for
Interior
produce
through
the
ef-'oru
put
forth
by
agricultural
and
'"c
ornanlzntlons
ITOVlnclal
and
frdrral
mpmliprs
(Continued
on
Page
Four!
Today
s
Limerick
mostcr
while
out
iw
a
Till
some
wise
men
came
out
Plucked
the
quills
from
his
snout
"Cn
SWOre
he
nnlv
n
shark
,
Oivinir
tn
snnuv
rain
anil
flnnd
rnnrlitinng
in
the
lower
PKiMir
imfrprei
oTer
Preceding
Kraser
Valley
between
Boston
Bar
and
Vancouver
having
e.
tn.irirt
completely
ffimnletclv
crippled
crinnled
the
the
Canadian
Canadian
National
National
nnd
nnd
Canadian
Canadian
,
Pacific
railway
lines
with
numerous
slides
and
wash-outs
which
cannot
be
cleared
until
the
mfddle
of
next
week
at
the
earliest,
the
Canadian
National
Railways
has
resorted
io
wt
expedient
oi
re
-ruining
iu
.7
Vancouver
passenger
traffic
to
and
from
the
eat
by
way
of
Prince
Rupert.
The
steamer
Prince
Oeorge.
arriving
at
Vancouver
this
after
1
1
won
from
her
regular
weekly
voy
age
north,
it
turning
back
Imme
diately
to
Prince
Rupert
with
pas
sengers
from
Vancouver
who
will
hi
al
frnm
hr
hv
rail
TTi
v.
v
,
w
..
.
....
j
.
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,
"
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t...
1...
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I
...
.
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.
.
i
t(
Met
iinru
mraiuL
aim-
ti
vrriw
in
arnvi-
nrp
unnnav
ur
in
a
resume
oi
.ncuiiuii
morning,
wui
au
inai
aay
on
ner
t(''-jjRi
In
ine
northern
eentrUrlurnitn
Vancouver
with
Dassen-
in
1014.
nretented
h
.
uptl
cniftibnr
of
uonr
setts
tast
evening.
"Improvement
.ir
V.-v
and
Lak
district
where
-i
succeeded
In
harvesting
a
;
of
timothy
seed,
prices
for
:
tre
double
ordinary
values.
I
0
crop
fallu.es
In
other
U-r
need
producing
areas
on
the
-J
A
-
however,
from
this
un-
f
ortvitous
occurrence,
there
tc
a
continuous
improvement
cumber
and
quality
of
live-X
t
uUsfactory
harvest
of
'
urden
and
Held
crops,
con-.::s
development
of
markeU
produce,
particularly
at
-
Rupert,
and
a
new
coheslve-nd
activity
evident
In
farm-ranlzaUons.
These
all
reflect
Jcnlntt
nnd
strengthening
of
tl:
t
::ndaUon
necessary
for
a
more
:
jrr.ms
acrlcu
Rural
mausiry
require
only
a
continued
rise
to
the
I
.era
for
that
cftr
from
the
east
who
triave
'been
tied
up
at
Kamloops
since
the
first
of
this
week
owing
to
SWORN
IN
AT
DINNER
New
Feature
Introduced
at
Annual
.Meeting
of
Chamber
of
Commerce:
Executive
Choen
A
new
feature
was
Introduced
at
Uie
annual
dinner
mecUng
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Com
merce
last
night.
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
was
present
as
an
honored
guest
and.
after
the
election
of
officers.
he
administered
the
pledge
of
office
to
the
new
president.
Vice-president
W.
M.
Blackstock
was
not
present
so
he
will
have
to
be
sworn
In
later.
On
motion
of
Theo
Collart
It
was
decided
to
refer
to
a
committee
of
thi.
new
board
the
work
of
raising
a
few
hundred
dollars
to
bonus
a
trial
I
shipment
of
hemlock
logs
out
of
Prince
Rupert
at
the
same
time
tnci
next
lot
of
aspen
is
shipped.
The
Importance
of
doing
this
was
strcs-
j
sed
by
several
speakers.
j
President
John
Dybhavn
saldj
Uiat
the
ss.
Prince
Robert
would'
nnt
finvo
her
annual
overhaul
at
i
IM
ivirt
H
T.
ChaDnclI.
C.
N.
R.
timerintenricnt
for
British
Colum-
bla.
had
spoken
to
him
about
It
In
j
sible
to
have
Uie
work
done
econo
mically
In
Prince
Rupert
Most
of;
the
work
was
such
as
couia
noi
oq
done
here.
Brief
speeches
were
made
by
T.
N
LcPage.
president
of
the
Junior
Chamber.
M.
P.
McCaffery.
Lieut.
Col
J.
W.
Nlcholls,
W
It.
Tobcy.
W.
P.
Armour
and
C.
V.
Evltt,
the
last
mentioned
of
whom
thanked
the
chamber
for
Its
confidence
In
clcct-him
nrMldcnt
and
promised,
and
by
locallwjth
lhe
help
of
the
other
officers.
to
make
the
work
oi
tne
year
a
ac
cess.
Th
evolutive
for
the
coming
year
was
chosen
as
follows:
W.
J.
Alder.
W.
P.
Armour.
W.
E.
Drake.
W.
O.
n..u.n
t
n
.inhnson.
S.
D.
John-
,u,.ston.
Ir
uikuii,
J.
J.
Little.
"
O
W.
r
Laldler.
W.
R.
McAfee.
M.
V
Mcuaueiy.
w.
NUkcrson,
J.
W.
Nlcholls.
C.
n.
Orme.
S.
E.
Parker.
W.
H.
Tobey
and
O.
P.Tinker.
both
railway
lines
Into
Vancouver
being
blocked.
These
passengers
arc
being
brought
here
by
special
train
from
KaJrJoops
which
will
arrive
or
Monday'vlat
Jasper
Park.
It
Is
the
first
tune
in
transporta
tion
hlitory
of
the
province
that
It
has
been
necessary
to
resort
to
this
expedient
In
6rdr
to
handle
Van
couver
railway
'.traffic.
It
will
de-
nnA
nrwiri
vhit
nmirrpiu
Is
marie
In
.
ho.m
"
w
f
m
-
i
clearing
up
me
souuicrn
rujr
lines
;
whether
or
WtttMrtll
Ve
ne
cessary
to
handle
more
business
in
this
emergehcy
fashion.
The
special
run
north
of
the
Prince"
George
will'
Involve
a
disarrangement
of
her
regular
schedule
next
week
under
which
she
should
arrive
here
on
Wednesday
morning
from
the
south.
The
.expectation
Is
that
she
will
operate
a
day
or
so
late
unUl
the
is
able
to
catch
up
the
Ume
-lost
owing
to
the
special
voyage.
The
-local
line
of
ihc
Canadian
National
Railways,
was
reported
to
be
in
normal
condition,
this
morn
ing
with
no
Interruption
along
the
rnaH
TYmlcht'
train,
due
from
the
last-
at
10:15.
is
however,
eleven
hours
behind
time
owing
to
a
late
connection
at
Jasper
Park.
This
would
bring
the
train
In
at
9:15
tomorrow
morning.
No
announcement
was
available
up
to
early
this
afternoon
In
regard
to
times
of
special
steamer
and
train
movements
DENIAL
BY
hAUptmanN
Declares
on
H'lthes
stand
That
lie
Did
Not
Kidnap
lUtiy
or
Collect
ittmotn
Money
Vancouver
recently
ana
naa
asxca,
mminuivw.
Jan.
zo:
as
him
to
explain
that
It
was
Impos-jhad
been
forecast
by
his
attorneys
at
the
opening
of
the
trial,
Bruno
Richard
Hatlptmann,
charged
with
the
kidnap-murder
of
baby
Charles
Augustus
Llndbcreh
Jr..
took
the
witness
stand
In
his
own
behalf
and
specifically
denied
having
kidnapped
,thV
child
or
collected
the
ransom'
Irioney.
He
said
he
had
never
seen
the
.Lindbergh
baby
and
had
nothing
to
do
with
securing
Uie
rdniom.
ttauptmann
denied
having
been
al
or
near
Hoimwc11.
NJ..
at
the
time
of
.the
kidnapping
and
charg
ed
that
New
York
police
had
submitted,
him
to
third
degree
methods
lil
th$'
attempt
to.
force
him
by
duress
!to
admit
the
crime.
He
declared
that
he
was
at
his
home
on
hc.,Vilght
of
the
kidnapping
and
denic'
exr
tiavlng
seen
Dr.
J.
F.
Condon,
until,
last
September
when
he
was
arrested.
VIC-
!
'..
Tomorrow's
Tides
NOKTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JANUARY
26,
1935
Gives,
Up
Business
to
Go
Fishing
bujuu
"
BlHIiliiHIiHvlRIRH
BlHiAAAJMjIlillllliliHMl
Mrs.
Oliver
dromweil
Ortnneli
5"
turned
aver
her
tniUloB
dollar
lithographing1
tsc
ic
Ne
York
to
employees
and
retired
to
devote
herself
to
her
favorite
pa
Umes.
fLshing
and
reaaing
She
prides
herself
on
having
caught
the
first
broadblU
swordflsh
ever
landed
toy
woman
on
the
Atlantl
c
coast
Ward
Line
Figures
For
Third
Time
in
Disaster
Of
Sea
Off
East
Coast
Passenger
Vessel
Mohawk
Crashes
With
Freighter
Off
i
New
Jersey
Coast
Death
List
May
be
Even
Higher
Frozen
Bodies
Washed
Ashore
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
26:
(CP)
At
least
thirty-two
persons
are
known
to
have
perished
and
fifteen
are
missing
as
a
result
of
the
sinking
of
the
Ward
Line
steamer
Mohawk
following
a
collision
on
Thursday
night
off
Seagirt,
N.J.,
with
the
freighter
Talisman.
Thirty-one
frozen
bodies
have
been
picked
up
including
those
of
eight
passengers,
four
women.
.
It
is
the
third
major
marine
dis-'
aster
in
which
Ward
Line
vessels
have
figured
during
recent
months.
The
first
was
the
burning
last
sum
mer
with
heavy
loss
of
life
of
the
steamer
Morro
Castle.
The
second
u-n
the
strnndinsr
nf
the
steamer
Havana
off
Florida
three
weeks
agof
when
one
passenger
died
of
heart
failure.
Saar
Transfer
Expected
About
Mid-February
GENEVA,
Jan.
26:
While
the
date
for
the
transfer
of
the
Saar
Basin
to
Germany
following
the
recent
plebiscite
has
not
yet
been
definitely
announced,
it
is
expected
it
will
be
made
by
the
League
of
Nations
probably
on
February
16.
iPIane
is
Missing
At
Finlay
Forks
A
plane
of
the
Two
Brothers
Min-'
i
ing
Co.,
intcnmng
io
maicc
a
searcn
for
Pilot
"Ginger"
Coote,
missing
on
a
mercy
flight
to
the
Finlay
;
Forks
,
district,
was
held
at
Prince
I
George
today
by
weather.
TIE-UP
IS
COMPLETE
Three
."Vlen
Killed
by
Avalanche
Near
Nelson
While
Clearing
Railway
Line
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
26:
(CD
Train
and
olhcr
services
of
Vancouver
are
still
paralyzed
as
a
rc-ull
of
the
unprecedented
snow
and
rain
conditions
which
have
been
prevailing
here
this
week
Meantime,
heavy
rain
Three
railway
workers
clearing
slides
near
Nelson
were
killed
by
an
avalanche.
Three
men
were
killed
and
three
seriously
injured
yesterday
when
a
snow
slide
struck
a
government
unemployed
camp
at
Clan
William,
11
miles
west
of
Revel-stoke.
Victoria
and
other
Vancouver
Island
points
are
gradually
recovering
from
the
effects
of
the
unusual
weather.
Twenty-five
miles
of
telegraph
wires
were
reported
yesterday
to
be
down
at
one
point
not
far
from
the
city.
Fifty
poles
had
fallen.
'
High
Low
..
5:53
ajn.
18.8
It.
18:40
pjn.
15.0
It.
12:37
pm.
13
It
PRIOE:
FIVE
CENT
8
MJYCOlVER
TRAVELLING
VIA
RUPERT
THIRTY-TWO
PERSONS
DEAD
IN
ATLANTIC
SHIP
COLLISION
Passengers
To
and
From
East
j
Being
Routed
This
Way
Owing
To
Southern
Railway
Tie-up
;
FARMING
IN
1934
Unprecedented
Expedient
in
British
Columbia'
TransportationSteamer
Prince
George
Being
Rushed
North
To
Connect
With
Special
Trains
TWO
THOUSAND
MEN
ARE
EMPLOYED
BY
MINES
OF
DISTRICT
DURING
YEAR
Not
Including
Prospectors
and
Smaller
Outfits
Activity
In
All
Branches
of
Industry
Increased
-
"Activity
in
all
branches
of
mining
has
increased
during
1934,"
stated
Dr.
Joseph
T.
Mandy,
resident
mining
engineer
for
the
Northwestern
Mineral
Survey
District,
in
a
review
of
mining
developments
in
1934,
presented
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
night.
"The
various
phases
of
the
industry
in
this
district
are
featured
by
business-like
soundness
and
tne
ao-'
sence
of
boom
aspects.
Employment
has
increased
and
about
2,000
men
have
been
on
direct
payroll
In
about
40
separate
operations,
exclusive
of
numbers
of
individual
prospectors
and
smaller
outfits
scattered
throughout
the
district
The
Stewart
camp
is
in
the
soundest
condition
of
any
time
in
its
history.
Negotiations
between
the
Premier
Gold
Mining
Co.
Ltd.
and
the
B.
C.
Silver
offer
additional
encouragement
for
continued
and
increased
gold
and
silver
production
from
this
camp.
At
Alice
Arm,
beside
the
likely
silyer-prospects,
gold
aspects
are
becoming
appar-
TriVand
the
ouflook
for
early
act!
;for
1934.
"Eastern
operating
companies
have
become
acUvely
interested
in
the
district
during
1931.
These
In
clude
Mining
Corporation
of
Canada.
Bobjo
Mines
Limited
and
the
John
E.
Hammell
Interests
of
Toronto.
"Operations
have
been
mainly
centred
in
gold
and
the
prevailing
high
gold
price
has
not
only
stimu
lated
the
activity
of
all
gold
pro
ducers
but
has
offered
further
encouragement
to
undertakings
characterized
by
low-grade
gold
ore
oc
currences
such
as
Big
Missouri.
"No
Important
revival
of
acUvity
relative
to
purely
silver
and
base
metal
deposits
has
materialized.
The
prevailing
low
copper
price
and
discouraging
market
outlook
has
had
a
depressing
effect
on
present
and
future
operations
concerning
this
metal
and
has
adversely
effected
the
Granby
Consolidated
operation
at
Anyox.
"Outstanding
prospecUng
and
exploration
has
been
carried
out
In
the
Unuk
River
area
by
Unuk
Valley
Gold
Syndicate
and
promising
discoveries
in
this
area
have
been
made
by
five
outfits.
'.ounces
eold
and
4.38
ounces
silver.
I
to
the
ton.
With
the
resumption
of
!
;
negotiations
the
possibility
for,
bringing
the
B.
C.
Sliver
into
pro-!
ductlon
is
encouraged.
The
prevail-j
I
Ing
low
copper
price
has
adversely
.affected
production
and
shipments'
!
of
blister
from
Anyox.
Ore-tonnage
i
f
the
Dunweil
mine
came
into
regular
production
about
the
end
qf
May
and
production
for
the
year
to
estimated
at
about
8,000
tons
of
ore
of
about
0.195
ounces
gold
and
12.5
ounces
'silver
to
the
ton-with
the
possibility
for
an
increase
during
1935.
I
'Exploration
and
development
has
been
carried
ou
on
many
properties
throughout
the
district
The
Stewart
area
has.
been
especially
active
in
this
respect
and
the
possi
bility
for
future
.additional
pro
ducers
is
bright
I
,
4.
"In
the
Atlln
area
acUve
expidra-,Uon
and
dvejpmenfe'l'fifj--
ceeaed
on
tne
Atiin
Facuic
cd
vlty
Is
brighter
than
it
has
been
for
fwrn
Umlled
(formerly
NorgoId
some
time.
Lode
mining
has
been
revived
in
the
AUln
area.
property,
where
Bobjo
Mines.
iLimi-ted
have
undertaken
the
operation
"Placer
operations
have
increased
of
th-
nrnnPTtv
At
the
AUln
Rnfr-
ind
exploration
has
expanded
lntoin(r
Boblo
Mine
Ltd
have
also
Mr.
,outlyInr
areas.
Placer-gold
produc-jned
out
some
further
exploration.
IHnn
(Hon
will
will
probably
nmhamv
show
thnw
an
an
increase
inrroncoi
...
.
.
.
.
i
F.
ana
ine
oia
engineer
mine
nas
ocen
purchased
by
Mining
Corporation
of
Canada
Snd
further
exploration
of
this
property
is
planned
for
1935.
"Placerigojd
mining
and
pros
pecting
by
individuals,
syndicates
and
substantial
company
Interests
has
been
very
active
especially
in
the
Atlin
Division"
and
an
Increase
of
placer-gold
quanUty
and
value
output
for
1934
is
Indicated."
ADVENTURER
IS
MISSING
Harry
Williams
Missing
on
Overland
Trip
From
Pouce
Coupe
To
Mount
Robson
A
search
party
nas
set
out
from
Pouce
Coupe
in
the
Peace
River
Block
to
look
for
Harry
Williams,
u
young
Australian,
who-
left
Pouce
Coupe
on
December
9
with
a
view
to
;
travelling
overland
to
Mount
Rob-son
on
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
On
leaving
Williams
had
wiUi
him
five
dogs,
a
toboggan,
a
rifle
and
three
weeks'
provisions.
Three
nf
th
rific
ha
VP
rptnrnAH
in
Pnne
"
'
-
-
-v.--.
m.
-
!
nn
onmo
I
:-o-
uPe-
divisional
headquarters
of
from
Premier
Dunweil
nn
Granby
J
Consolidated
at
Anyox
Sur
Point
j
faut
ther,s
no
5,
of
w,.
and
production
of
small.
tote.
from
Uams
elther
there
or
at
his
desttna-the
Spider.
Joker.
United
Empire,
.
and
it
will
possibly
be
next
week
-Lakevlew
Blackhlll
id
"wmje
j
fdt
as
to
his
safety.
He
had
Intcn-before
restored.
iPrlncess
Gold
Mines
traffic
can
be
Royal
L'dj
continues.
ded
vUltmg
friends
at
Loos
station
l
,'c
,
on
the
railway
ne.
j
totalled
153.950
tons
averaging
0.17
j
v
THRONE
SPEECH
ADOPTED
WITHOUT
DIVISION
FOR
FIRST
TIME
IN
HISTORY
OTTAWA,
Jan.
26:
production
from
the
Anyox
mine
j
The
address
in
reply
CP
to
tho
during
1934
may.
however,
show
a,
Speech
from
the
Throne
was
jtllght
Increase
over
1933.
At
the;
passed
by
the
House
of
Com-!
Anyox
operation
about
1,100
men
mons
on
Thursday
without
dl-are
employed
with
a
monthly
pay-i
vision
for
the
first
time
since
roll
of
$135,000.
Confederation.
Premier
R.
B.
'
"Thj
1934
gold
production
from'
Bennett
has
suggested
a
ha-the
Surf'Polnt
mine
on
Porcher
tlonal
housing
scheme.
Island
Is
estimated
at
4186
ounces.'.