l'ossible to Get Government no- Interested In Project letter received from Olof Han-M P advised the Junior Cham-of Commerce, at Its meeting night, that he was doing every- possible to bring to the no Prince Rupert ami iHMnf n rpnlv rn mTm ' .. .. . i . a nur kii oc to I W III! 1 I I I Too Stringent? iiuno butai biivit " v.j Amended Shipping Act or chamber wiuuiuii .that Willi, an UIl exception CAMHW" --"vnig UUVllUttMVili A w W w w lit ui nit: aiscussion was uicf rin i v v vt U LVIUHIibWV tWII . o a, w, iTttitaiiid aiiu r ; rrir tn nAHr.H lit- tu. n I - j u iiwti v a n ikti ii(i uvittvt n.M) FOR ST. PAUL'S TORONTO. Mnreh 3 (PPl"Th PPortod by elBht nlors most of I B fWnMu.U . . Weather Forecast Ftu-nlBlifil throuiti. th courtc o. Dominion i t . . ...i. i . cWla Mir Prince Ruix-rt. Thin for. y.niuvu irum ODHrrvauoiu mi vMumg y p.m. uinnrrow. UWIUIUI SV inni 1. T rt... nr....."i vva 1.U11L11IUH mm inn I'nriiirT ith southerly gales prevailing on northern British Columbia "" u connnuea mua m- nri - '"lie Itunert II Str rt nnA rinoon aariotte t.i..j. o...,. ;-i. ina ...111. . . iomiius ooumeasienv . . i .1 1 1 1 inn cnmaii.nnT aim . wmignt. t Coasl Of Vancouver. Tstnnrl . ... . ouiac 1UII1, fit r n : r 1- 1 I - - i:,w. ii mac t iirL'iin riuu in i - iiivim i . n i v Headlined Articles m ucgaru to western Outlet to Prince Rupert The Peace River people, both in the Alberta and British i iini r it vi v w " ' i o MrAmrurhara nnrnpn mnv in mp firPSs arm ml nun- i r 1 1 i v i a a i w a w j i - i meetings. The Peace River Record, published at Peace k . 1 1 11 1 A. A." rer, gives three column neaannes 10 an account oi a :Mmrrtl"c at that town at which a nnsnn rressm? For Peace Outlet tt....l.Aw Iia nn l-'vitrvthmir - - at resolution was passed at the annual meeting of the Board of Trade urging that a line of railway be built from Hazelton to Flnlay Forks and thence to the Peace valley wheat fields. The report In the Peace River Record says the building of this line together with the construction of a line from Orimshaw into the 1 Battle River country "would absorb 1 many of the unemployed, develop; the last Great West quick access receive first consideration of out federal government before further experimenting on any major expenditure.'' i The resolution recites promises both both to to ,tlsh Columbia, appjars a somewhat lenzthv letter written' by the ne junior aecuon oi me mute prmce Rupert Peace R.ver commit- nprr i 'niw nor nr i nmmHi ir ii u a Afinrt ?sv tia 11 t 1 ... . ivv ft -V4 - - r monthly meeting last nlgnt, e Peace Country with the port ir fii .MiMiiiniif i -1. wiiiiLi iini-i iiEn 111 ri i r 11 . i n nil. r:iii" ' I o --r'j " w v " " - " - ---w 1 t i t I L I I I II Alixt (Un ----- ....... a. D( VOC3'0 t. . if U.IU..... T ooints in the immediate neleh- and h'ghway weie not in compeu- Kuiatlons these boats would be ciai project anu wic iauwa, it mlttee received a letter from P?gc . .... , , ..1.1 u u h,s morning n which he Ight be made of boats under 35,Rldeut ns subject to approval by the lo uib Injr sent u to w the cabinet ministers he says the people of the Peace arc much stirred over the posslbll lty of getting the coast outlet in the near future. DANCED AS FIKC BLAZED HAMILTON, Ont., March 2: (CP) It Just had to happen. While city firemen danced at their annual ball last week an alarm sounded from the Canadian National Rail ways station, but the men on duty doused the blaze and the dancing firemen kept dancing. L. W. Patmore K.C. sailed yesterday afternoon on the Princess Norah for a business trip to Vancouver and Victoria. EARTH TKEMOKS ARE t FELT IN MID-Wfcai t CHICAGO, March 3:-Earth tremors were reported yester- day from the Canadian bor- rtr n Kentucky. Some da- mage was done to property but nci1'llHe. T there wen: ! t departure of Train For the East Is Deferred Until Tomorrow Morning; A bad snowslide about 400 feet long and covering: the line to a depth of about thirty-five feet caused the Canadian National Railways this afternoon to defer the departure of the passenger train scheduled to leave at 6 o'clock this evening; for the east until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. The point of the slide is about midway between Skeena and Kwinitsa stations at the same location where a snowshed collapsed last winter under a slide. It is estimated that it will take at least twelve hours to clear the line. There are also other slides. It has been raining: heavily 'in the Skeena Valley since last night. the farming, mining and water . ! T power and other resources; give Alicfl-alia ' ftW frt the cr.o rnt fh nrv-wHnchc tf . T 1 1 iu. -j t . k i- f-' , i I n - w i nirnri Kntn c ut M ".v the Peace Emplre lnt0 the port 0ll viiciiiuiuycu ua- :essiiy OI a runway uuu uCuS prln;;e Rupert and bflng jlnes - ... r 111 .M11IL UI UliLL IMJL U tf&llLl A LAI A 11 er district to the Pacific Coast promises oI our federal mere were- a mvnmmoTit Tht w p.ia.fm shonlrt Marked Increase Work Over Muirca 10 nave miiy ceruncaiea .s -" i-tv, ncto ..n . ment assisted the province ir.""vl.wl ""Wis ,ii WCil VUillC UUUtl fciv ttiuaiup inspection act. ne : .. , in Number Depression At CANBERRA, Aust, March 3: OLD DAYS RECALLED Omlneca Mining Area Once Again Influx of prospectors Into the Omlneca mining area has recalled the trek of pioneers who ventured from Fort St. James as early as 1870 to tap rich placei iDcas ior goia. CHARLOTTETOWN, March V. (CP) W. B. McNeil has In his possession a deed dated 1803. He also possesses a lease of 340 acres dated 1700, when Prince Edward Island was known as the Island of St. John. SOME EARLY BIRDS STRATFORD, Ont., March J: (CP)--Add signs of serine: Chlca provinOJal LIBRARY Todays Weather Tomorrow's Tides (8 AJM.) prince Rupert Raining, southeast gales, 50 miles per hour; barometer, 29.60 (falling); temperature, 43; sea rough. Importance of Giving Market The Product it Wants Stressed By Local Company Executive Speaking Last Night Many Problems R. M. Winslow of Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. Speaker Before Junior Chamber . Of Commerce "There seems to be an ever-ln- one of considerable promise for the future. There . are, however, plenty of problems..; The world seems to want our fish. It is up to us to give as good a product as we can." So asserted R; M. Winslow,, assistant manager of the Canadian rhh & Cold Storage Co., at the conclusion of an excellent address on the fisheries at last night's regular monthly dinner meeting oi the Junior Section of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce. "No matter what the destiny ol all gave some Idea of the wealth there was In the sea If means could be found of getting It out. Canada had produced 400,000 tons of fish last year, half off this coast. Pos-siby this country could produce survey of the territory. "But that's 600.000 to 700,000 tons without de- nothing," he said. "Not long ago a miner picked up a two-pound nugget. Most of the gold Is pure." LEASE DATED 1700 pletlon. The problem was to suit the product to the available market. The speaker then went on to discuss new mechanical develou- NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1937 Response Secured In Movement To Have Connection With Nationwide Radio Network Over 2000 signatures have been! "See at the grain elevator M A a () Prince Rupert may be." declared Industry will always be an lmpor tant one for the port. Th-2 industry, (CP)-Only 10.7 percent of trade it can be said, is stll only in Its unionises were unemployed, in, .the .infancy."- ... .dfU. quarter year ending December 31, Expansion In Industry 1936. according to figures released Thprp hart hppn rpmarlcnblp y. made in the past the by the Australian Commonwealth pansion of the Industry, partlcular- Mr. Winslow then cited some hr ! stances of expansion in the industry. The year 1936 had been the ! biggest in the building of fish boats ; and floating fishery equipment in the history of the Pacific Coast. True the most of this development had been In California but this ! part of the coast might be expec ted to develop as well. Last year over twenty million cases of can SALT MINE DOES WELL Artesian lake in Southern Alberta Fosters Healthy livestock OYF.N Alta March 3: ICP1--A Active jned flsh had been produced on the thriving salt mine on the shores Pacific Coast of the United States, of an artesian lake in nearby Canada, Alaska and by Japan to Acadia Valley U paying dividends say nothing of Russia which had not only from Its market prices not made public its production fl- but also In the healthier cattl gures for some years. This repre- sheep, hogs and horses it gives tc sented practically a billion pounds farmers using it. of fish for human consumption. Located on the farm of Tom and hendmnrt-s neaaquaners California had - produced over three Sidney Abbott, the salt bed covers ther trap licences would be issued. unce me uirivmg .. , A -w an n.-re Ro far no mlnintf of a humming mining field, Fori St. James was deserted when a rush to the Klondike started a at Ottawa and to Olof Hanson and j i IC few years 'J1 s later . . . . from three ounces up to two pounds have been found, according to F. Doncaster, mining englncc: who recently visited the district. a, half million cases of tuna and operations have been undertaken one and a half million cases of 'n the sumimortime although foi mackerel. Canned salmon nroduc- years u nas Deen a popular wair tlon had run over thirteen million in? cases last year, more than a mil- trct- llrn rases In evress nf the nrevlnns Last year Hydraulic apparatus Is being war such as pilchards and tuna. It used to flush out old streams Many of those are burled below the surface where gold deposits were laid down' centuries ago. Doncaster displayed a thres- ounce nugget picked up during his for stock of the dls- D. W. Bohannon of to attend the mining. They do It ill In the winter. Last winter 400 tons were taken out and this yea, they expect to market 1000 tons Laboratory tests by the Albert government have shown the sail contains sodium sulphate, mag nesium and other minerals found In common salt. It Is com pletely soluble In water and contains impurities amounting to only j .33 percent. At agricultural schools In Al- .berta the sale Is being u,sed with ' ... n conditioner AA1HUn for n 1lt, live ments In the fishery such as the success as a replacement of the old means of .stock and poultry and a a soil propulsion by the dlesel engine. 'dress in potato and hay, fleld3 New types of boats were also men- Sidney Abbott also claims that U tloned, the fact that one new will conserve moisture In garden trawler a week was now being plots. launched on the Atlantic Coast! , , t .1 . I , a . , , , . 1 ot-ing reierrea iu. ;cna oi uie industry ana us a saics- jg New types of flsn were being i man he has a unique record, so' produced for marketing. More fish was being frozen than ever before due to Improvements In freezing dees and peewces, not usually seen methods. Changes of eating habits until Marcch or April, are already In regard to fish and the dlscov-hopplng around Stratford back- erles of scientists advancing the yards. . (Continued on Page Two) Craft the British Columbia coast and asking that the minister of fish LONDON, Mar. 3: (CP) Is there to be a second Crystal Palace on the site of the old? It Is highly unlikely that even if another house of entertainment should arise It not will take the form of the former huge house of glass. The cost, for one th'ng, would be prohibitive. The o'd Crystal Palace, moreover, is believed to have been a fine landmark for hort'le aircraft during the war, much In the same way as the Thames proved another excellent guide for enemy airmen. High 5:11 a.m. 18.1 It. - 18:35 p.m. 14.6 ft. Low 12:11 p.m. 7.6 ft. 23:58 p.m. 10.2 ft. TRICE: S CENT ERRITOIAL , POLICY OF BRITAIN Takes Action With View To Making Rupert Port of Peacv BIG SLIDE FIELD FOR . UP SKEENA i MORE FISH LA" Ball Not Giving Up Any Land Under Western Europe Pact secured for the petition requesting' that station CFPR be hooked up' , . . . , ',. with the Canadian Broadcasting Tokyo Hears That Treaty is Neanng Completion Where-commission's national network, it by Britain Will Abandon Certain Rights In was reported by J. C. Gllker on be- Flowery ' Kingdom half of the radio committee at last night's regular monthly din ner meeting of the Junior Section declared in the House of Commons of the Prince Rupert chamber of Secretary, yesterday ii.- r 'i. I- 'l i i j. !.1 i i Commerce. There had been many mat tne uruisn government nau not consiuereu anu is eat more fish, our ' salmon and signatures from points outside the not ' considering any transfer of British territory. "That U., n h.aII m .tttitrt TVi Jnn urn 0 ! t( t i n ) 1 I j it tu " wc" is our saia Eitien wno was to tne halibut are among "the kinds they poncy, vapt. reiemng like best. The fish business Is still LONDON, March 3: Capt. Anthony Eden, Foreign to have the petition, resolution and f orrM:aia na..r Woctom Rnmnn connrifv nn'V nlViAr Hafa In ntiaursi in t. mp fnr ... O .': a general meeting of the Commission to be held March 16. EIove to Regulate Grain Elevators "ovc on Foot to Have Them Observe Certain Hours gregate, may soon be a forgotten phrase if a suggeston of town council here Is acted upon. "It is'- plahned "to ailTthe' gov-' ;.r ji lx :: l on tne pacinc c-oast- aunns ine of s P.m and e a.m. m addition a..u w " wjui a peaK. uiicinpwyiiicui ut JU last comparatively few years. De- sundavs and all Ieal hol'davs WV Mvrvvi wv.-.w, - - - SV:i Vtil 1 UiAl Uil. U.pt l,MtW4 election of officers Page Rideout years. was chosen president for the year, while the figure does not rep-In the Peace River Block News resent the total number of unem published at Dawson Creek in Bri- p'.oyed, the statistician declared 11 gives a "reasonable picture of recovery from the unemployment crisis," EYEBROW, Sask., March 3: (CP) with Germany to replace Locarno. It was a reiteration of what had been previously Teported as British government policy. Rights In Japan TOKYO, March 3: It was reT ported here yesterday that an agreement had been practically reached between Great Britain and Japan whereby the former country would relinquish certain territorial rights in Japan. Fish Traps By Skeena Highway Should be First Olof Hanson, M. P. For Skeena, Agrees With Views of Junior Chamber of Commerce The Junior Section of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce, at Its monthly meeting last night, had a letter before It from Olof Han- y-ii l siaerauon Deiore any sucn project JUniOr liamber new txansproylnclalhighway- eastward from Beila Coola, as pro rnment to pass legislation mak ,ng compulsory the closing of all The Junior Chamber of Corn- grain elevators between the hours merce last night, feeling that it was not competent to judge upon the merits of the onestlon. filer! a spite the extraordinary changes Id Elevators have long been con- letter imm the irvni no-nnemtive son M.P. expressing approval of the idea that . the Skeena River Highway should have first con- posed in a new southern tourist route plan, is embarked upon. Mr. Hanson approved of a resolution to this effect that had been passed by the Junior Chamber. the world, however, there seemed ..Ldered 24-hour meeting places commonwealth Federation seeking to be room for a little more fish Sundays included, for farmers and support Ior a resolution requesting Tpr-aro UaJ in the markets. others Interested in grains. traps Cold Month ' eries reconsider the decision to re- new licences for seven such traps Temperature Below Average And in tne Victoria district. Snowfall Above Normal The letter from the C. C. F. de- clared that traps were the mos4, TERRACE, March 3: Terrace destructive form of fishing gear in weather rigures show the month use against which it was difficult of February as having been a typl-for other types of fishing gear tq cally winter one. t, compete. A new element had also 'Maximum temperature was 41 entered Into the matter through on February 29 and minimum two the move of the United States to be!ow zero on February 6. The abolish fish traps. average temperature for the month ' There was some discussion as to was 9 above which was much cold-whether or not the seven traps er than the twenty year average , which were to be renewed actually of 30. worked a hardship. The minister Precipitation was all In the form had given assurance that no fur- f snow and measured 53 Inches. New Palace Is Unlikely high year. Some of these lines of aameIcl leased lcasea the e property property Fi,mous !csort Wrecked by nrodnrtinn were new slnee the AnX appointed the ADOOtt Drotners Too Fine a Tars;et for Hostile- The usual snowfall for February Is around 30 Inches with some rain to work It down was no rain. This year there RACER NO SWLMMEIt CHATHAM, Ont., March 3: (CP) Fire I Ben Mlllman's racing greyhound, Alexander, Is pelnty fast on dry land but his performance In tlio water is disappointing. While oa the river Ice the other day he felt through and three men went to his rescue In a lifeboat as Alexander nearly sank. Today's Weather I Qovemment Tlegraplw) Triple Island Raining, southeast wind, 38 miles per hour; sea rough. Langara Island Southwest wind, 36 miles per hour; barometer, 29.32; temperature, 46; sea rough. Dead Tree Point Raining, In pplte of this the Palace became southeast wind; barometer, 29.04; "H.M.S. Crystal Palace" during the I temperature, 43; moderate swell, war when It was used for the I prince Oeorge Cloudy, south- tralnlntr of the Roval Naval Divi- oc ntlttrl 1 fl mllov ra r limit Ki - , . . . . . , " " V V W UiU AU All 14V t UV A ttVUt Utt- Bohannon attends to the selling slon Probahly the government will ,r0meter, 29.96. far he has placed some of product in every town visited. the WINNIPEO, March 3: Wheat was up at $1.27o for May futures on the Winnipeg market asked to give Its aid to the! Vaneonverrlondv. east wind building of a new palace and Its 6 mues hour; barometer, 30.34. attitude towards such a scheme! ' victoria Cloudy, northwest would obviously be influenced by wind, 6 miles per hour; barometer, consideration of national safety. 3032 The Crystal Palace, which , wi Esievan Ralnlng southeast a reconstruction of the building wlnd 18 mlks hour. baro. LlfU.l lJl li V.C UICll ijAUlUil'llt VI tYlptpf lfl Oft 1851 in Hyde Park, cost $7,500,000. j