SASKATOON, Feb. 17: (CP) Five billion gallons of uter which previously drained from western farms will ! retained for croi) trrowine as a result of drought-attack Usurps, according to John A. Vallance, chairman of the Immittee oneratinir under the Prairie Farm Rehabili- W . w . . - ii i l fluon Act. bast year, ne siuu, i,iuu omau yiujcvus, uuK- its, small stock-watcrlng aams d irrigation schemes were com-irr lv if" A RiT ted. He estimated these would I K K I It 1 K A VI i nonnn r-pr ! V XA i 1.1.1 approximately 5,000,000,000 gai-i is which formerly trickled away mo the Oulf of Mexico or Hudson 6.000 applications for assls- ...(lUlonl rv Iraan Y A PJ-trYt - f" M. V 111 I II 111 I 1 . Hrril LI IV. ft- J. A tte husv ror two vears. ine neeo. (--UHnft (rum oloht tn flftppn i tor small stock-watering uiLiiiT inn in rno t irm rr xPcrt enttinpprMr Htrnn i . . . -w----v ..if3 uutivc io Last year the Val Marie dam - v it i i, u:ik nnmn Atnri nr n i of $150,000. It will irrigate 6.- "v.i.o. uie liasi Eina project - .wu mm Wui irrigate a.uuu C'CS. Others WUro xnninlotorl ot - .n.v vviiipiv bvu 11 W OPPOSED " . " " lti n that. It mlcht. Involve ey might receive the assistance m a UPn committee is prepared to give. I . 1936 the federal government ,oasiguara o nip A MPn 1 . r I ttll-.l I- -ft 41 11.1. i in inn ii-r-u- ir inn umiiiiiiili . . A 1U9V IIHU V V. abuvhih J" - -abor and It gave work to 1,815) Are Xaken to Juneau nprp is nnr. n niunrL in me w JUNEAU. Feb. 17: The coast- - u. ...I Y --k tcAn rmra Trnm inP . . .... . I itLii, nti tjsf ..r, w - - TP n m i n'fifriiMi qnri chn tnr rWMT. I wen as several acres or lrngatcaj NEW RADIO INAUGURAL , riSCV. "Voice of British uoiumDia, . ... . ,' ' i all drainage areas in the west ." 1 U 4.-1 . 1 II 1 --vm U1J iillU bllWlllOVt VJ U4 The chairman strpsspri nrnvln- - .uuitgiuilll, Y 1U1 VtVV4 Joins CBC Network , . , ...... With Special Program The big radio feature last night was the Inaugural program from the newly made over station CRCV of Vancouver to be known henceforth as "The Voice of British Co- i li.ii ...u iu Mfflti1fv InlnpH the ... , nmn a iiiiii til i iL.iit.1 1 Jul.... . -e.ii.uij m Hie Uliuciliuiis. I . ,, . until U nm.. n c,innM..j i M.UUIUB - i "-"n " " ... ' ...... n. v. n'i... . , a f.nn, n 11 1 1 in hn .I....1J 1. . ..... . . .1.- luwuuiu B.vv...0- m.uu.u UK uuui, uu uuuci uic n,.n nrltaln nntl rpartmcnt of natural resources ..... Rtntps me&&3LZes by i.ii wouin np nrrnnrprt tn r.irrv . VT.k" I of various provinces as well as by nc Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Broad- . officials of the Canadian "L U'OC tin rsr.-.-3 I II. M I ' ..'-. Hau oy lye ieaerai gov-icastlng commUsion. Premier i. u. nment In 1935. Farmers whose Pattullo spoke from Toronto, ex-ncmcs have been Improved re-! Dresslne aDDreciation on behalf of 'e irom me committee four and 1,1. ,-,inffo hn messanes and lp.niir i . . . -- ... . . i-wiw u uuoic vara lor ex-1 pynresslnns of EOOdwm irom sisi-ci """ ' vnt n ...1. I.. . -"s varwi wnn a maximum provinces. There were also many ouu allowed for any small jj0eclal entertainment (eatures oject such as a dug-out and up , from an narts of the country. The program came in quite weu in Prince Rupert. Lack of Interest Rv Foreign Buyers Han, Like it or Not Ruthless Chief But is Skillful Builder of National Structure seph Stalin, Soviet chief, who rose from a hovel, has marked his dozen years of supreme leadership with monumental works. Many other nations question the beauty and desirability of some of these works and bitterly condemn Stalin's methods of building. But the structures, good or bad, are great pyramids in Russian history and the Steel Man has In large measure accomplished the mighty tasks which he laid out for himself. Per- haps his outstanding achievement J TlirpP I.lhprats Announce Thev Are? tin knin motrlnn o irltnlWari unit m-.--.- v i uuo u..,t tuaiv.,& n .....jvv w..v Against Government's De fence Plans OTTAWA. Feb. 17: (CP) Three ""6""6 . " . . " i.lhernl members rose in the House ...u . u- ir-. ,01 commons ycsicruiiy hj cauim " '- ! opposition to the government's de- of 175.000,000 people of various creeds and races largely illiterate poverty - stricken, down - trodden peasants who were plodding aimlessly and hopelessly through life. Stalin started from scratch In solving the great problem of edu cating and unifying the masses. He hasn't solved It yet. for that will take generations, but he has turned Russia Into a world pawer a i world-menace, Germany and other antl-communlsts call lt ' One of Stalin's first moves when he assumed power was to start rebuilding the economic structure of the country. He ended private trading and Instituted collectivized farming. 1 Then, In 1928, he launched his five-year plan for Industrialization of Russia and the outside world laughed. He began constructing and operating great steel plants, electric works, automobile and tractor factories. He built ships, railroads, canals and hydro-elec tric plants. He opened mines and established foundries and smelters. Because all this was new to Rus-1 sla, technical experts were called ( from America and other countries to teach the Russian workman his' job. Tills program required im expenditures abroad. The ItlVllOV mense hAVIlUmWlVtf MWtVUM OV LIBRAE t I Special Aid Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides (8 . AJM.) Che Wmln . T5i ri nlnnriv prince uji w V High 6:16 am. 19.6 ft. coathwest wind, 4 miles per hour 19:40 p.m. 15.8 It. 29.00 (falling); tcmper-,ture. barometer, Low 13:11 p.mf 5.9 ft. 30; sea smooth. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 'XVI. No. 40. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1937 rRICE: J CKNTS HN BULL IS BOLSTERING DEFENCES i nnrmrmri nr k 'I'l'ii fm iii rum i PRAIRIE FARMS MEANS RE-BORN OF BENEFITTING CROPS n inn fnmmitfpo f!nmn1otes 1.450 mni - . Small Projects in Year Drought work Recounted by Chairman ! Has Become World Power on Stalin For Prairies NEW YORK, Feb. 17: (AP) Jo- katchewan, who; i OTTAWA, Feb. 1 17: (CP) Premier William, ; Lyon Mac- kenzie King announced In the House of Commons yes- terday that special federal aid would be granted! to the pro- vlnces of Manitoba and Sas- e finances HALIBUT BOAT SANK Western Fisher Turned Over In Grenville Channel and Ihree Men Uaitly Escaped The halibut boat Western Fisher bound from Prince Uupert to Vancouver, hit a) rock at 7 o'clock last evening In Stewart Anchorage, turned over and sank. REDUCING OF DEBTS They slaughtered cattle for feasts decided upon by the government and refused to plow their ground for grain. It was then the Steel Man showed the streak of ruthlessncss which Is In him. Soviet agents seized from which the government would have been entitled from a normal crop. Since there already was a scarcity of grain, millions faced dire want. Estimates of deaths from starvation, went to more than a million. "The kulak is the enemy of the government," said Stalin. "He Is to be liquidated as a class." Speeded Reconstruction Under Stalin's driving power the r Wheat nntiin, five-year construction plan was Forces o",n;ompJleted ln four years. ieader . . ,nn, nu'.! promptly embarked on another before the forthcoming session of the Legislature. The debt reductions of the farms would be borne by a mortgage com pany and by the municipal, pro- the kulaks the amount of grain to'Vlnclal and federal governments, Well Known Native Dies The death occurred last week at Port Esslngton of Andrew Spalding, 58 years of age. one of, the well known natives of the coast. The funeral took place Sunday, Rev. Frank Bushfield officiating and with the Port Esslngton Band in attendance inrto lack of Interest by foreign five-year construction drive, the Mr s ,dlng was nlgnl res in?tP the community. He wa ROBLIN K.C. PASSES ON Former Premier of Manitoba Was One of Picturesque Figures Of Canadian Prairies Led Conservative torces at Winnl peg For Many Years Opposing Thomas Grecnway are in a precarious condition, WINNIPEG, Feb. 17: (CP) Sir provision will be. supplementary estimates, Pre mier King said. heart attack. One of the picturesque figures of Manitoba's eventful political history Sir Rodmond Roblin was associated with some of the province's greatest movements and controversies of the pasi 30 years. As premier from 1900 to 1915 he NO LET-UP IN BRITISH RE-ARMING; DETAILS OF HUGE NEW PROGRAM OUT Was 81 Years of Age All Arms of Service to be Vastly Increased With Spending Of Seven and Half Billion Dollars During Next Five Years LONDON, Feb. 17: (CP) A white paper read in the nouse 01 oiniiioiis rtiuiuuiiLcu umi,wiC.c pending permanent reorganl- Rodmond P. Roblin, K.C., M.G one yeaiwurty zation of their If fairs. This cf the outstandlne Canadians of ne no let-Up in ureal uruam s rearmumeni program. iu hiade in the -s- thp iast eeneration. uassed away reduction at this time was uistified, it was declared. Dur- 4 4 last evening in Hot springs, Ark., jnjT the next five years, the white paper said, it was plan-aged si years, as the result of a . fi to snenA $7,500,000,000 on defences. Three new capital ODD CAUSE OF STRIKE was at the helm during the greaj Seventy-Five Key Men in Ontario formative period In the develop- 'P ' ,ru,csl ai -ment of Manitoba, and though the tion Po,icy tiHir voire nf Vile llfp hp llvprf in mattpre ,rprP rnnr.prr.Pri hp U still t v,f ) rony-livc fccj College. Belleville, young Roblin In his twenty-fifth year went west North Dufferln as a Liberal candi date. His party was unsuccessful, and Roblin was one of the defeat- men In. a pulp and paper mill have gone on vividly remembered as the power- following a dispute with the Jul leader whose oratory, sagacity Strike management over the policy of i mMti,m rp no. aim Ubiouuai maii-vwai f ., . . , , . nromotion. Several hundred other . . .v. ..u.u.. .i m The crew of the Western Fisher, that employees are also out as a result. fey Conservatlves durlng liipi.' 1. 11UUU3 VI, viatitv M.ii. W. Hussey barely escaped in a boat. After rowing eighteen hours towards Prince Rupert they were picked up by the steamer Princess Norah and brought here this afternoon. The Armour Salvage Company will institute salvage operations. The Western Fisher stranded during a snowstorm. ,She had been here with a load of fishing supplies for Edward Lipsett Ltd. The vessel is 60 feet long and has a 70 h.p. Atlas-Imperial diesel engine. Her decks are awash at low water. There is full insurance. time. Of United Empire -Loyalist- and Ketchikan Gets - Dutch stock Sir Rodmond was born In SoDhlasburg. Prince Edward Heavy Snowfall County, Ontario, in 1853. Two of streets of .Flrst city- Are Heavily his uncles, John P. Roblin and Da vid Roblin, had sat In the legisla ture of Upper Canada. After corn- Laden With "Beautiful" KETCHIKAN. Feb. 17: Ketchl- pleting his education at Albert kan- had another heavy fall of snow yesterday afternoon and last night like that which had been ex- ( and took up farming on a large perlenced on Sunday. The streets scale near Carman, Man. Two jears are neavny iaden wlth snow, later he started a grain business in Carman. In 1881 he was elected reeve and country warden for North Dufferln. The controversy arising out of the C. P. R. monopoly of the railway situation soon enveloped young MOST SNOW ON RECORD Roblin, and in 1886 he campaigned x,,rty.Sevtn Inchcs Falls in Week At Terrace Total Depth Leait Five Feet At ed candidates. Its-failure to put an tfjirace. Fbe. 17: There ha.? shlps, seven cruisers and two air craft carirers will be built, these being in addition to the present program of two capital ships, five cruisers and two aircraft carriers. The program of modernization of existing naval craft would be continued and there would be, a large Increase In the naval Two new Infantry battalions would be raised, primarily In con- """" ,TTO troK n.,WUUlU UC iatU, pwuiuw.J ...vi... rtrlet retirement, so far as political nectlon with the strengthening of overseas garrisons. Plans were be- lng made to make the army more attractive to recruits. The personnel of the air force, already Increased from 31,000 to 50.000, Is to be further raised and there will be many new aircraft and. airdromes. The new program, as disclosed in the white paper, will be discussed In the House of Commons to- iday. Today's Weather (Government TrtegTapha) - ' i W4U v v money could only come from ex- scnemc niWi ia '" end to me u. r. k. monujiuij .c- ben an unusually heavy lau oi calm; barometer, 29.34; ports, and Russia started to dump sasKaicncwan is unper suited in ine aeieai oi me v,on- snow durmg the past week, in Uue. 32; light swell. her products on the markets of vUUMUVlilllull the world, wheat being one of the ' " ' " .... ' EDMONTON, Feb. 7 :-A debt re- large exports. Action scheme similar to that of encountered Stalln shortly in which province triiKin frm th. n.iairc thp tnrffpi" i Saskatchewan Hazelton Clear, southeast wind, 0 above. Smithers Clear, caUii, colder. Burns Lake .Clear, calm, 11 above. Stewart Clear, calm, 22 above. Prince George Cloudy, soutlicrjy wind, 4 miles per hour; barometer, 28.90. Trlpte Island Cloudy, southwest wind. 18 miles per hour; sea moderately rough. Langara Island Cloudy, barometer, 23.90; temperature, 28; sea moderate. Dead Tree Point Part cloudy. tcmpcra- .ervatlve governmeni unaer wwr- tjie seven days up to yesterday, Estevan Raining, northwest quay, and Hon. Thomas Greenway mere was no less tlian 37 inches, wind, 36 miles per hour; barometer came Into power as Liberal premier most of which still cumbers the 29.23. of Manitoba. The retirement of ground. Victoria Raining, southeast Dr. Wilson from the Dufferln seat A week ago the local meteoro- Wtr)di 38 miles per hour; baro- and more prosperous farmers who ' $75,000,000 has been struck off I ieft jt open and Mr. Roblin was i0gl?al observer recorded an ac- meter. 29.38. debts Is being considered March 10, cumulated depth of 18 inches refused to co-ODerate and supply farmers' eiected at a by-election, Vancouver Raining, easterly . . 1 1 . , ...111 u n J n 1 1 1 ho irnvprnmpnt wlfh nrnrilirp. rtiuciva uu ... """; 1888. ,uw 14 vtlu vwtij 1 .vmu, o mues pernour; Daromcxcr, For five months he continued as the snow is he would likely say a supporter of the ureenway gov- oiey intu we wuni iui -a ernment, but upon the question of yards and you will find It's up to the taking over by the Northern 'he arm pits." vMte nf the Red River Valley swn a conaiuun is wiuiuui, yie Railroad the new Dufferln member, along with several other prominent government supporters, split with the premier. Upon Mr. Greenway's adherence to the bargain with the Northern Pacific Mr. Roblin went over to the opposi tion, and was in 1889 elected Conservative leader in Manitoba. Ild . .u. . Il "' U" "... . 107 i crease production ana improve, ,..., ,u. rniM , n,.ticV, former (treat great Conservative uonservauve premier. prenuei ,t nl ""ol mc SOUtnweSt COr- 1 vnttcrrinv w th MaV ClOSinK ui. , - . . 111 oi.yv. ..1 w.v H' .....i... ,'v" quality, uie 1 OI Saskatchewnn SaSkatphpw'in ., . Tn Tn CnIV,orn RmilViprn . . . i .. V ..v... .1. uie i.niinnn I nH Tt .v..! vumnnnv nrnlppt um i-o. nu. l. . : ' v u tt tusl, 01 j,o3iiiiiu. A -xou.uoo will have been oueni on Riirh n.nru u ii,. i a oo !-')! nn tne . " 1 II Ul II U, bllC .1,U0 u. " i the fiscal year. , change market yesterday measure of success ...tilM-i Htnlln nphleveri was recor Columbia. POUND IN MONTREAL i Jn & report Qf the lntrnatlonal DOLLAR IN NEW YORK T The labor office at Geneva in 1936. This I NEW YORK, Feb, 17: (CP) The rp i 17 i ' Feb. 17. MONTREAL, i jtatcd that tne govlet Union has, Canadian dollar closed at a dls- Montreal ex- Ined a level equivalent to 300 count of l-32c on the New York (Continued on Page Four) cedent. At any rate It has not been recorded for at least 20 years. The! 1 crsby cannot see over them. For the next ten years Mr. Roblin 4-was at the helm so far as the Con- 4- DR. DAFOK FIGHTING sorvatlves were concerned. He dls- 4- AGAINST REDUCTION played many leadership qualities. IN PUBLIC DUTY but was regarded as having played school discussion. He retired as may be through being physl- 4-leader and was succeeded by Hon. , clan to the Dlonne quintuplets, 4- 29.36. Weather Forecast Furnished' throug. the courtMj 01 t Dominion Mioroloizical Bureau it i'1-i 1 - n -1..- . n ..... t-i. 1 . . .. vitiuiia niiu nunc nuuw,. ..ui uic- . . ,., . . streets of Terrace village are be-: enst u COm.piied from ohaervotiotu t. llig cleared by the public works ken tit S a.m. today and cover tbe 3 rlod endln 8 ""w snow plough and the snow banks shour pm- thrown up are so high that pass- Synopsis A storm is passing in- vtind on the northern Coast caus fng gales on the coast of British Columbia and in the interior' with pome rain. Prince Rupert dtstriotr Strong winds shifting to northwest and little colder with Unlit snow. PAY Qeen charlotte Islands...tron 4 1r1wi tn nnrt.liuct m-IiiHq rlnnrtnj a rather negative part, particularly CALLENDAR, Ont.. Feb. 17: and somewhat colder. in rnnnpctlon with the separate (CP) World famous as he WANTED LA KG Elt PANTS Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe is also 4 SAULTE STE. MARIE, Ont.. Feb. still medical health officer or 17: (CP) George Ernes' appear- of Canada. Under the latter's lead-1 this Ontario township and, as 4 ance ln court here was delayed by ershlp the Conservatives came Into such, he Is fighting ln court 4- lack of trousers. Held on a vag-power In Manitoba in the general against a reduction ln his fee 4 rancy charge, Ernes said clothes elections of 1899. A year after- ' from $75 to $40. His appeal were taken from him. No pants wards Mr. MacDonald resigned the will be heard on February 23. Jargeenough to fit him could be I leadership, and. Mr. Roblin, then 47, I found so he was remanded without foreign exchange market yesterday, years of age, became premier. , 1 4 hearing. .....