Today's
Weather
(8
AM.)
prince
Rupert
Overcast,
southeast
wind,
5
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.60
(rising);
temperature,
41,
sea
smooth.
Vol.
XXVI..
No.
64
f
IMPORTANCE
OF
Put
Products
of
Peace
River
Country
Out
To
toast
Resolution'
Passed
by
Peace
River
Board
of
Trade
Favors
This
Port
as
Pacific
Outlet
For
Great
Northern
Empire
At
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Peace
River
Board
of
Trade
held
recently
a
resolution
was
passed
forcibly
urg
ing
upon
the
federal
government
the'
fact
that
the
time.
"iii
lei
was
jJiuviueu
via
i
ev;c
i
hob
auu
ixai.cii.uu
cu
mc
x
a-
cific
Coast
at
Prince
Rupert.
This
should
receive
first
consideration
of
the
federal
gov-Kr;
.
.
.
emmcnt
before
further
experimenting
on
major
expenditure,
It
was
held.
The
resolution
was
as
follows:
1
Whereas
the
Pacific
Railway
for
the
Peace
Klver
country
is
away
past
due,
and
all
government
j
pledges,
such
'We
arc
going
to
make
the
Peace
River
Country
the
spear
head
of
development.'
'We
wiil
build
the
Coast
Outlet
as
soon
as
humanly
possible,'
'We
will
start
tomtructlorT
of
the
Coast
Outlet
vithln
one
year
If
the
railways
fail
to
do
so,-
'We
will
build
the
Coast
Outlet
as
soon
as
the
finances
of
the
country
will
permit,'
have
all
been
forgotten
by
our
governments,
but
by
no
means
forgotten
by
the
thnu
and1
of
Canadian
people
who
are
:
-ndln?
lives
in
their
faithful
endeavors
In
building
uo
a
very
important
section
of
Canada,
Whereas
there
are
thousands
of
people
who
have
invested
their
m;:;iey
staked
their
all,
and
.
have
been
lingering
these
years
in
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
on
Just
such
promises
as
are
referred
to
above,
Notwithstanding
that
there
have
been
many
millions
sunk
in
the
St
Lawrence
River,
and
on
the
Hudson's
Bay
experiment,
away
bc;ond
the
value
of
the
same
to
the
country
as
a
whole
and
many
millions
spent
on
other
projects
mat
could
be
mentioned,
Therefore
be
it
resolved
that
e
the
residents
of
the
Peace
Klver
Country,
meeting
in
this
an
nual
gathering
of
the
Board
of
Trade,
do
hereby
very
forcibly)
urge
upon
our
Federal
Govern-1
ment
the
fact
that
the
time
has
arrived
for
them
to
see
to
it
that
a
line
of
railway
is
built
without
further
delay
from
Hazelton,
B.C.
to
Hnlay
Forks,
and
thence
by
the
Peace
River
Valley
into
the
wheat
"elds,
and
also
a
line
Into
the
"attic
River
Country
from
Grim-snaw
The
building
of
these
lines
ould
absorb
many
of
the
unem-
p'ujea:
develop
the
farming,
mln
water
nnu'pr
nnr(
nfhor
rp.!
"wirces;
elve
tho
riir.
nrmt.
Wnst!.,.-
tr
...,..
cirvir
Kvchanire
af-
Ick
access
to
the
sea:
nut
the
.
products
of
the
Pence
River
Empire
"to
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert,
and!
"'us
bring
lines
of
ships
to
that
1
pon;
and
fulfil
the
many
promises
i
our
federal
Government.
"Tills
we
claim
should
receive
"f
it
consideration
of
our
Federal
Government,
before
further
experi-jncntlng
on
any
major
expcndl-
KAII.WAY
DUI'ICIT
.....
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March
17
i
(CV)
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for.luxL'H,
rentals'
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casn
neucm
1-U0V.'j:i
durliiK
the
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report
of
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national
Hallways,
lab
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of
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PRO
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C
LIBRARY
VICTORIA!
Toi
morrow
s
Tid
es
mm
KlVLK
RAILWAY
lb
at
Kupert
rort
Vancouver
May
Join
Up
Board
The
order-in-council
bfing-
tng
the
British
Columbia
hall-
but
industry
under
the
provln-
clal
Marketing
Act
will
not
be
put
through
until
Thursday,.
according
to
word
which
was
received
here
todav.
The
Dut
ting
through
of
the
order-in-
council
has
been
deferred
in
view
of
the
fact
that
the
Van-
couver
fleet
is
now
consider-
ing
putting
two
men
on
the
marketing
board
with
which
it
had
previously
declined
to
Join
up.
MILL
RATE
INCREASED
Vancouver
Will
Have
to
Pay
More
Municipal
Taxes
This
Year,
It
Is
Announced
VANCOUVER,
March
17:
A
three
mill
increase
in
the
tax
rate
of
the
city
of
Vancouver
will
be
unavoidable
this
year,
It
is
said
at
the
City
Hall.
Government
Now
In
Full
Charge
Of
Hcdley
M'me
VICTORIA.
March
17;
(CP)
The
provincial
government,
through
its
investigators.
Is
now
taking
full
charge
of
operations
to
determine
value
of
ore
at
the
property
of
!
Hcdley
Amalgamated
Oold
Mines;
i.trf
The
investigation
is
at
expense
j
of
the
company
trading
in
the;
-
...uit,
.nc
cncnpnrtpd
on
w
n
snnrtacular
droa
in
price
on
FeDruary
23.
.,
I
THE
SITUATION
ATA
GLANCE
The
accompanying
map
shows
clearly
that
rrmw
mmcrt
Is
the
natural
port
for
the
Peace
Rlvercoun-
try.
$
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
17,
1937
OUTLET
AT
PRINCE
RUPERT
EMPHASIZED
National
Importance
The
great
Peace
River
farming
district,
linked
by
a
railway
through
Hazelton
to
Prince
Rupert,
where
there
is
the
finest
harbor
on
the
Pacific
Coast,
a
government
elevator
and
terminal
facilities,
would
combine
and
develop
a
great
northern
empire
and
world
port.
The
completion
of
such
a
railway
would
be
an
event
of
national
importance.
;
,
W.
J.
ALDER,
City
Commissioner
of
Prince
Rupert
Minister
of
Canada
Is
Urged
to
Construct
Railway
Connecting
Peace
With
Rupert
of
National
Importance,
Solving
Unemployment
In
Committee
Suggests
ft
.11
is
a
Work
Would
go
Long
S
Way
to
West
and
Would
Take
Rnmn
wpoks
nirn
T.Vip
inint.
and
Prince
Rupert
people,
representing
the-board
.
of
trade
of
Peace
Paver
and
the
chamber
of
commerce
of
Prince
Rupert,
sent
a
letter
zie
King,
prime
minister
of
commence
on
construction
of
BAD
RIOT
IN
PARIS
Fiye
Killed
and
300
Wounded
In
Clash
Between
Communists
And
Fascists
PARIS,
.March
17:
Five
persons
were
killed
and
an
estimated
300
injured
in
serious
rioting
yesterday
in
the
suburbs
of
Paris
between
Communists
and
Fascists.
The
trouble
started
when
leftist
sympathizers
with
the
Blum
government
raided
a
meeting
being
addressed
by
Fascist
leader
LaRoque.
Mobile
guards
later
took
a
hand
and
finally
restored
order
after
much
bloodshed.
The
chief
clerk
to
Premier
Blum
was
among
the
wounded.
Two
mobile
guards
were
stoned
to
death.
Premier
Blum
has
threatened
to
resign.
PARIS,
Marrh
17:
(CP)
Labor
unions
of.
the
Paris
region
have
called
a
half-day
strike
for
tomorrow
morning
as
a
protest
against
last
night's
bloody
rioting
at
Clichy.
STItKKTS
I)AN(;iJKOU.S
VANCOUVER"
March
17:
I)Hz7.1lni
rnln
has
made
the
streets
of
Vancouver
very
danjrer-
ous
of
late,
here
having
been
numerous
traffic
accidents.
up
Economic
$lack
rnmmittep
nf
Ppiipp
River
to
Right
Hon.
W
b.kgn-
Canada,
urging
that
work
the
railway
at
an
early
date
as
a
work
of
national
Importance
and
as
a
means
of
helping
to
solve
the
unemployment
problem.
The
text
oi
the
leUer
follows-
"It
is
generally
recognized
that.
the
prime
need
for
the
railway
Is
an
economic
one
to
relieve
the
Peace
River
farmers
from
paying
excessive
freight
rates
on
their
grain
as
a
"
result
of
the
long
haul
to
the
Pacific
seaboard.
When
the
price
of
grain
or
any
other
of
his
products
is
low
the
farmer
gets
very
little
from
what
he
sells,
and
finds
It
very
difficult
to
make
ends
meet
He
has
been
promised
again
and
again
by
the
heads
of
governments
and
railway
presidents
that
a
western
outlet
would
be
built
as
soon
as
conditions
warranted
the
construction
of
this
railway.
The
Peace
River
district
this
past
season
produced
approximately
.26,000,000
bu-ihcls
of
grain,
with
a
huge
section
of
the
district
still
uncultivated
owing
to
lack
of
railway
transpor-taton.
This
we
believe
is
sufficient
to
justify
the
government
In
giving
the
people
of
that
district
the
relief
they
are
asking
for
and
unquestionably
are
entitled
to.
"With
the
construction
of
the
railway
there
would
undoubtedly
be
a
groat
stimulus
to
the
movement
of
settlers
Into
that
country
and
this
would
give
the
government
an
opportunity
to
move
many
of
the
farmers
from
the
prairie
dry
belt
lntb
a
part
of
the
country
where
they
could
make
a
good
living
and
regain
their
economic
Independence
and
self-respect.
"It
would
be
a
work
of
national
innntlniiPO
On.
MstPf
Unit
OLFrPEACE"RiYER
ID
PBINCEJSUEm-SHORTEST
aijE7n
"XlvTl
)
r-"
-WVO'4
.
,
...
(Jf
5Ti
V
'i
B
President
0
Peace
River
Board
0
Trade
Urges
That
Railway
to
Coast
be
Built
THE
NATURAL
PORT
Trlnce
Kupen
is
the
natural
port
for
the
l'cace
Kircr
and
the
Peace
itivcr
country
needs
a
western
port,
The
problem
now
confronting
Canada
is
the
building
of
the
.rail
way
connecting
the
present
Peace
River
railway
system
at
Hinesj
2
i
civinr
giving
at
the
same
time
the
most
direct
and
useful
route
which
will
be
a
permanent
asset
I"
ne
de-
vetopment
of
country.
.'SS
tll??or
a
railway
which
would
th
e
them
'an-tntietorthe
Pacific
coast
for
thelr
products,
one
after
another
oi
uanauian
statesmen
nave
promised
that
they
would
be
given
it
and
raihraymen
hare
joined
with
?tatme
and
politicians
In
mak-
ltlB
Promises-
Then
came
lhe
?e.-
Passion
which
made
it
Impossible
for
anything
to
be
done.
Peace
River
people
became
discouraged
and
had
it
not
been
for
the
heavy
crops
and
the
high
prices
paid
for
rain
they
could
not
have
carried
op.
With
the
passin;
of
the
depression
the
people
of
the
Peace
are
turning
once
more
to
the
government
of
Canada
and
asking
It
to
implement
the
promises
and
connect
the
Peace
River
country
with
the
Pacific
by
rail
so
that
their
wheat
and
other
farm
products
may
get
the
advantage
of
the
cur
rent
prices
instead
of
being
over-1
tixed
with
freight
charges
as
is
the
case
today.
Prince
Rupert
also
has
some
ancient
promises
unfulfilled
and
the
port
is
joining
with
the
people
of
the
Peace
in
an
effort
to
Induce
the
government
to
take
immediate
action
toward
the
building
of
the
railway.
Already
meetings
have
been
held,
resolutions
passed
and
letters
written
to
the
Prime
Minis
ler
and
to
other
ministers
and
members
at
Ottawa
asking
for
the
construction
of
this
railway
as
an
important
national
work
which
will
not
only
give
relief
to
the
far-
mers
of
the
Peace
but
will
also
take
up
the
unemployment
slack
and
cause
the
country
to
become
more
prosperous.
NEGOTIATE
OVER
AIR
Trade
Bargaining
Between
Canada
And
Australia
Proceeding
By
Wireless
CANBERRA,
Aust,
March
17:
(CP)
Canadian-Australian
trade
negotiations
are
being
continued
by
wireless
between
the
commonwealth
government
here
and
Hon.
W.
D.
Euler,
Canadian
minister
of
trade
and
commerce,
who
Is
returning
to
Canada
aboard
the
liner
Monterey.
Prime
Minister
Joseph
Lyons
says
the
resignation
of
Sir
Henry
Oullett
has
advanced
prospects
of
an
early,
settlement
between
the
Dominions.
High
Low
.
JVZ)D
Pleads
Cause
of
Disappointed
People
in
Asking
For
Immediate
Construction
of
Line
to
Connect
;
With
Prince
Rupert
(By
Page
Rldeout)
On
July
29,
1903,
the
Dominion
Government
and
some
prominent
financial
men
of
VrY
,
"t,tu"c"1'
Railway
The
government
required
the
railway
company
to
build
itself
to
provide
shipping
connections
upon
both
the
Atlantic
and
Pacific,
sn
a"
X2.SA0
(100
flnnrino-
rlrvAnnti
..
Taken
-cajc
iaicii
BiUmor
Mi
U
Announcement
is
made
of
the
leasing
"of
the
Blllmor
Spruce.
Mills
Ltd.
sawmill
at!
.
Porpoise
Harbor,
about-
seven
t
mnes
aiong
ine
railway
line
1
from
Prince
Rupert,
to
Harry
Towne
of
Toronto.
It
is
a
one
x
year
jease.
ine
piani
is
now
i
being
put
in
readiness
for
an
"-opening.
The
lease
does
not
include
the
shingle
mill
which
may
be
reopened
later
by
B.
E.
Morgan.
'.
CREDIT
TO
EVERYBODY
Alberta
Government
Still
Hopeful
Of
Putting
its
Plan
Into
Operation
EDMONTON,
March
17:
(CP)
Minister
of
Mines
Tanner
said
In
the
Leglslatuie
yesterday
that
social
credit
will
go
Into
effect
In
Alberta.
The
Aberhart
government
Is
determined
to
make
the
change
in
sucn
a
way
tnat
It
will
be
permanent
and
beneficial
to
all.
"I
feel
safe
In
saying,"
Tanner
declared,
"that
Alberta
credit
will
I
be
available
to
the
people
of
Al
berta..ln
the
ncar
uture
and
that
It
will
be
made
available
to
all
PeoPle
and
a11
merchants."
"
"
"
anorlnn
IVlavni
vaiiaUWU
ITiajTUI
Visits
Scotland
I
i
SOUTHAMPTON,
Eng.,
March
17:
The
mayor
of
Fort
William,
Ontario,
arrived
here
yesterday,
bcinz
on
his
way
for
a
visit
to
Fort
William,
Scotland.
..
4:46
a.m.
20.3
ft.
18:01
p.m.
16.5
ft.
11:41
a.m.
4.6
ft.
23:40
p.m.
8.8
ft.
TRICE:
5
CENT
.
S
Great
Britain
and
Canada
enj
uumI
t,,c
i.u
swas
built
at
Prince
Rupert
in
anf
tlclpatlon
of
it
beine
a
great
rail
road
terminal
and
ocean
port
on.
the
North
Pacific.
In
order
to
attract
people
to
bullH
the
port,
both
the
Dominion
and
provincial
governments
and
the
railway
heralded
the
news
to
the
world
that
a
great
port
was
In
the
making
on
account
of
Its
being
nearly
five
hunrded
miles
nearer
-I
,
.
It.
.
.
I-
L
iviic
ui
iciirumn
aiij
uuiei
purl,
oil
hhe
Pacific,
and
in'rahlcbntinental
terminus
of
a
railway
with
the
best
.'and
iowest
grade
on
the
continent
Lnd
wlth
drvdock
and
shlnbuildimr
facilities.
Peopie
nocked
to
the
newiy
born
!clty
called
Prlnce
RUpertt
vl
visual-
j,zlng
the
great
seaport
so
her;
heralded
and
they
had
great
faith
In
the
future.
They
started
to
build
a
real
city
with
hotels,
bank
buildings,
City
Hall,
courthouse,
scho.ols,
churches,
parks,
hospital,
store?
homes,
paved
streets,
waterworks,
electric
light
and
power
lines,
two",
cold
storage
plants
and
abattoir;
confident
that
the
government
and
J
the
railway
would
do
their
part
In
the
building
up
of
the
traffic
ne-;
cessary
to
the
future
growth
of
the
city
but
they
are
still
waiting
forj
those
promises
to
be
realized.
For
thirty-five
years
the
people
have
waited,
after
doing
their
part-so
splendidly
but
so
far
the
government
and
the
railway
have
no
completed
their
agreement
In
the
building
up
of
this
great
seaport.
The
Edmonton,
Dunvegan
aruL
B.
C.
Railway
was
started
with
jJ
federal
charter
and
the
backing
dP
the'
Alberta
government
This
rai?
way
was
to
go
from
Edmonton
to.
the
Alberta
Peace
River
Block
and
connect
with
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
at
thq
British
CoU"
umbla
boundary,
making
a
direct
connection
to
the
Pacific
Coast.
The
Prime
Minister
and
member
of
the
Alberta
government
took
rio
little
pains
to
tell
of
the
great
country
the
railway
would
open
up,
and
advised
settlers
to
get
In
withi
out
delay
and
the
people
did
come
from
every
clime
and
they
had
a
good
reason
to
come.
The
First
Railway
The
E.
D.
and
B.
C.
Railway
was
(Continued
on
page
five.)
lJy
making
I'rinee
Kupert
the
:
outlet,
for
the
Peace
River
you
are
carrying
on
this,
Sir
Wilfrid's
greatest
undertaking.
.
(J.
W.
Nickcrsuii.