CE GEORGE CITIZEN I, NO 31. PBINCE GEORGE, B. G, KH1DAV. JANUARY �, 1920. FIVE CENTS yor H. A. Carney Seeking Re-election on Platform of Progression y;H>EIiECTRIC PLANK APPEALS TO �'CITIZEN" AS EVIDENCE wBfc REAL C'lVir ENTERPRISE�STATION SITE FIASCO MADE MLVNICIPAL ISSl K� KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR1 INDUSTRIES. .. A w________________'.______------------- Mayor H. A. Carney has sounded new note in municipal politics by e introduction in Plank No. 1 of a platform, of a tentative proposal r hydro-electric power for this city, discussing the matter with the tizun, the mayor slated that the esent plant was fust becoming in-, lequat' for ev. n the present needs ' the (iommunity. Arrangements >r more extensive power supply are] amlnrnt, in any event, and sooner tan dabble with further units of the �eaent crude oil type, or consider earn units, it is very much better to. [into consideration at this time (act that power sites lie right lr doors ready to be harnessed [he lighting and power require-of this city at any time suffi-foresight and enterprise is evi-ed to take the. matter into con-ilion and to educate the public jbraCe this great opportunity. i Citizen feels that this proposal ^B"tmtitb-s Mayor Carney, in bis "tor re-election, t.o the best tion uf tho electorate. It is .Ot jfldiiricult matter lo bring home O the public "1 tins cit> the inestim .We boon lhat cliei.p light and power :nd ��leetrlcity brought within rates "Ider whii-h it..can be used for cook-would be. Consider fnenf the rival claims (if ; and of l.dmonUui in this �irical matter, nud it is easy (o real a city cannot afford to ig-e ceaseless powt-r going to t its doorways. In the next the Citizen some specific data >n water-powers available for use this cKy will appear. ,'lK' mayor bus opened his cam-|gn by publishing liis platform in issue, and it contains a number iseful planks of the usual descrip- Aside lieh may I from his � descrU**d first plank, �iii. the out- Hiding feature of his platform, the Ivor introduces the station site (stion, which has been dragging nc for years past, between the city the Grand Trunk Pacific versus Railway Commission and a town- proinoter, as a municipal issue. Ii'lie mayor's committee rooms were .MAN* KILLED IN MEXICAN "EARTHQUAKE Mexico Ciiy, Jan. C.�Couzetlan was i-ntiiety destroyed by Saturday's terrible earthquake, with 2000 casualties, which Include more than 1000 deaths, according to official reports given out last night by the president of military headquarters. These figures weNi given In by officers i" Vera Cruz, the centre of the diMurbance. At Toecelo the entire garrison was killed or injured. According to reports, all roads in Hip surrounding district are flooded or destroyed, und the stricken communities ar�. in terrible plight. Six hundred people are reported dead at Barraeana Grande near Couzetlln. At Port Barraeana the sea rose twenty meters. CANDIDATES FOR CIVIC HONORS IN NEXT THURSDAY'S ELECTIONS. For Mayor� HIRAM A. CARNEY, Maypr 1919, seeking re-election. HARRY G. PERRY, J.P.. was Mayor for two years, lit 17 and 1918. For Aldermen� Of the present council, which consists of Aldermen T. M. Watson, Henry Wilson, W. P Ogllvie, Thomas Portor, C. A. Gaskill and W. G. I). Harper. At this time only Alderman Henry Wilson has declared himself a candidate tor re-election. Many other candidates have declared themselves and are seeking tho support of the electorate. Their cards are in evidence in the advertising columns. Nomination day is on Monday next, and other entrants may appear in the interim. At the moment the line-up is as follows: For Ward One�Henry Wiison and K. II. Livingstone. For Ward Two�I. B. Baird and Barney Keegan. For Ward Three�Alex. Wimbles and Alan McMillan. All these men are well and favorably known in the community, and from all indications they will be elected. For Police Com miss toner� There is only one vacancy on the Board <>t Police Com missioners by reason of the tac) lhat the mayor is ex-oflicio chairman of the Hoard. Under the Act. Alderman Watson, who headed the poll at the laM election, retains his office fpr another year by virtue of this majority. City Clerk Fisher is the third mem tier of the present Board. He has declared himself for re-election. The candidates are: John Mclnnis, P. J. Moran, G R Fisher. John Mclnnis is the well-known exponent of Socialist and Labor principles, wh,o was at one time Socialist member for Grand Forks In the Legislature. He is undoubtedly the popular candidate. 1'eople who do not agree with his political creed will vote for him for the .ottlce of Police Commissioner. He is a man whose integrity is held to be inviolable, and the Citizen believes that he will fill the office of Police Commissioner with sound judgment and zeal. P. J. Moran is another candidate. He will undoubtedly have a large following, tor he has lived in the city for some years, but against such an opponent aa Jack Mclnnis his chances do not appear very rosy. (5. R. Fisher, member of the present Hoard, is a re- thPolitics. turned man. He was in the Second C MR. valided out of the army in 1910, For School Trustees� Mr. P. E. Wilson, city solicitor, ejection to the School Board and v. turned, as such action w,il] assure vicespt a gentleman whose efforts the community. It is generally hoped that Mr I his name to come forward again praise of Mr, Johnson's w.ork on th bis efforts have been unremitting splendid results. J. Q. Quinn and A. J. Rogers an ers of H. G. Perry. Moth ara v have children in the schools. It Mr. Quiim's long record as a n but was in- pe- i candidate for undoubtedly be re-i Board of the ser-e of such v alue to 11 Johnson will allow Kvoryone spfakB in a School Board, whore ami productive ol e endorsed by support ll-kivown citizens who s unnecessary to quote paper man in this sec- lion, l.'ntil last week he was editor of (his paper- Harry G. Perry Opens Mayoral Campaign With Strong Policy of Reform STANDS FOR UNCOMPROMISING ENFORCEMENT OF LAW AND ORDER�PROPOSES "RIGID SUPERVISION" OP "SO-CALLED" CLUBS � ORGANIZATION MEETING WAS LARGELY ATTENDED. HARDY PIONEERS, Urgent Need of Post Office and Customs Buildings Edward Seebach and Al. Huble, the pioneer traders of Uiscombe l'ortage. are in town. They brought in some fur, and are stopping here for a few days. Both members of the firm have been at Giscombe now for thirteen years. They own about 1500 acres of land at the Portage, and seem to be about to reap the reward for their years of pioneering, for the Pacific Great Eastern will bring them the boon of cheap transportation. The importance of this city lias for i , Tb-e proposed ID some considerable time justified a] vincial government proper appropriation being put into the Estimates to provide for a per- their site at the ving of the pro-buildings from old Hudson's Bay iil-lli .AN RUNS FOR CITY HALL PARK Post, on the Fraser, to a more appro- manent postoffice and customs build-1 priate location in Prince George will f Refraining-From Purticipnt- ling here. This building would also i add considerably u> the local post find space for such federal officers as I office work, for this postal buiness at _______ ! are employed in this district, such us ' present goes to South Fort George. A resolution was passed at the hi-! the fisheries inspector and the Bug- The mooted transfer Of t'hc assessor's med early this week in Dr. Al- monthly meeting of the G.W.V.A. to | gested assay office. th d's old office on George street, supporters are confident of his btory next Thursday, and look for-Jzation will keep out of politics effect that, for the present, at! The present postoffice cannot east, the local branch of the organi- considered as other than a disgra This t0 tile city and a reflection upon civic office for this district from QuesneJ to this place will also "'�' as a whole that an enormously increased postal iction; coming here abovit thirteen Tliere was a good attendance at He has been identified Monday night's meeting in the Rltts- Bars ago. fith many public-spirited movement's nd enterprises in this section, in-luding the Fort George & Alberta lephone & Electric Co.. and he ins to be peculiarly suitable for office in the city hall, as apart Irom his timber interests and other iffalrs here he is not actively engag-kd in business, and has a good deal If leisure to attend to the affairs of Ihe city. He was elected by acclamation at the last election. VANDEUHOOF LOOKS GOOD. Kifer hall. Two new members were admitted, T. O. Wren, 44th Batt., and Waher H. Crocker, 67th �att. A resolution was passed that a vote of thanks be sent the Ladies" Auxiliary for the cheque amounting to $23.20. being the profits &i a dance supper. A vote of thanks was also tendered the entertainment committee for the success of the dance on New Year's Eve. The latter dance was the most suc-| cessful of the season. The hall was comfortably filled and everyone enjoyed ahe event despite the sugar Alec Ogston, who I settling down .bor*** Two of the players for th , Aiec ugston, wno ,� ��".� ,7 three-piece orchestra which had been under the presen ice in the practice of law, his study three piece or a box k, ...,.i..^ ...��...,��------,�h hv ti,� war arranged for. left town just prior iu In connection with the possibility of securing a suitable postoffice and customs building here, a representative of the Citizen called at the Post office Department in Ottawa some weeks ago. The department, with every consideration, placed certain information at the disposal of our representative, as follows: The cancellation revenue of the local office reaches the not inconsiderable sum of $6000 per annum. Tho|aDout, seven ftHH in width by about, (postmaster is paid upon the percen-.eighteen feet in length! tage plan. Following the erection of a Government postoffice, the postmaster would receive a fixed salary. In addition to his percentage of can-, j.ect. is 0()eil in these columns. One cellation received by the postmaster I of tnese appears to us to be the ne-under the present system, he also re- ce88ity of having a ruling upon the business will ensue, which would altogether overflow and swamp the local office. In order that some conception, of the total inadequacy of the present office may be appreciated it may be stated that the total space to which the public has access to secure the mail from th� boxes, or from the general delivery, or to buy stamps, money orders or postal notes, is There are other matters In connection with the local office which should be considered while the sub- Mayor Carney has received from red Fulton, M.P., a communication with respect to the application made by the city for two German guns to be placed in the park aow being built up by the big borrow-and-fill in progress. The director of war trophies, Col. Doughty, states that he had no doubt that the city's request will be complied with when the collection of guns is complete, but the allotment cannot be made uniil nl\ the guns are in Canada. All guns being shipped to the same locality must go forward together. One hundred and sixty-odd guns reached Canada last month, and all that can be picked up readily in France are being 3ent forward, but many have to be dug out. and there is considerable de- � in consequence. >f which was interrupted by the war vhen he was with the late Neville Montgomery here in the old days, returned this week from Vandarhoof where he has been visiting his cousin, [Jeorge Ogston, of the federal and provincial Soldier Settlement Hoard. Mr. Ogston states that, the prospects at Vanderhoof are that the settlers there look forward to a banner year. th ,iii.iiir,-<*--->- � _____ the dance, but Mr. Balagno made up j Even during the past week for the disappointment by a splendid ci'y council has renewed its recoin-performance. Miss Austin very kind- mendations to the federal authorities ly played for two dances in her ex- with regard to obtaining a proper building for postoffice and customs cellent style, during supper. The G.W.V.A. weekly dances start purposes. A great deal of intornia- $10,000 "BUST-UP" AT RUPERT. A coyote hole behind the Knox Hotel at Prince Rupert blew out the wrong way a few days ago, in the operations for extending the yards, und did about $10,000 worth of damage to the G.T.P. tracks and rolling Btock, Several cars of oil were wrecked and a car of salmon was overturned, hut the llsh are being salved. A fortunate feature of the accident was that no person wan injured. W.A. MEETING. Thero will be a meeting of the W. A. of St. Michael's church In the school room on Thursday, January Sth, at 3 o'clock. h!ll ,�� �����.�� tonight at 9 o'clock, and these popu-erv bright, andltar events promise to have a good 'beginning tu which the reader is asked to contribute his quota by a persona attendance. The Fort Rouge Land Company Will be asked to put the building on George street in proper condition at once as the association is badly in ; municipality. exclusive of need' of a club room. A resolution j George and South Fort George, was passed asking the city council Upon receipt of the report the post- a office inspector, in turn, reported favorably upon the proposed erection from of }h(! much-needed buildings, but up to the present time nothing definite has been done towards assuring the tion was long ago forwarded to ln-specor Murray, of Vancouver, which showed the business houses here; the population from a special census taken at the time, which showed in March last 1647 residents exclusive of the large transient population. These were the exact figures for the seems an imposition upon people who mrtter of having the boxes open to subscribers on Sunday. The only objection to this, so far as our representative was able to gather frt'om the Department at Ottawa, was that in large cities complaints had been, made that when business men had access to their postal boxes on Sundays they sometimes required their stenographers to attend the offices in order to reply to the mails. This certainly is not a condition that could be held to apply to such a community as this, and it to take immediate steps to erect free library in the city. An invitation was received the Ladies' Auxiliary for Wednesday. January 14ih. and all members are reque8t�d to keep this date open for something very well worth while. LOST ARTICLES. A raincoat and a number of articles of clothing were found after tho New Year's dance at the ltitts-Kifer hall. These things can be had on ap-licution to Marshall Sales.nt Perry's store. city of an appropriation in the forthcoming Estimates. This time is now very near, and it is to be hoped that Mr. P. J. Pulton, MP., who represents this district in the Dominion House, will not so far fail in his duty to this community as to allow tho forthcoming session to pass without securing for Prince Oeorge u proper po9toffl.ee. Fort subscribe towards the personal funds of the postmaster in the renting of a box. that they hould not have the privilege of securing the mails which arrive on Saturday night without getting to the postoffice before a time set by the posfmaster on Sunday morning. Particularly this applies to people who drive, into town frfom the outlying district on Sunday and are unable to secure mail In theii boxes, Th.' Citizen has reason to believe that if cause is shown why these boxes should be available to the pub- be on Sunday lhat arrangements can made to secure uninterrupted ac- cess to them. Director of War Tropliies Promises Attention to Request for (inns. At last the time is nigh for the washing of the city's dirty linen, when Harry G. 'Perry gets to the washtub. Mr. Perry's platform on page three indicates a more domestic policy than that of his rival in the campaign, but a policy that will undoubtedly find him a large following in the city. From a conversation with th-; Citizen Mr. lV"ry is confident of eleo'jon again, fo'' h<; \�.is mayor during l'.il'i and l!�18 duriii.-; which time he l.s-charged ttlfi duties of Ins office with considerable ..eal. It 's rather .:;Ticult to follow (!,.� ijucond plonk in Mr. Perry's platform Which proposes the "rigid supet\ s-Icti of all ao railed clubs." it would appear that ceitain clubs are 111 -f. � -�i to be common gambling houses, doing business, ostensibly, as social clubs in order to camouflage their more sinister purposes. If this is the case, and the Police Commission is asleep at the switch, then the; obvious tiling is to get proper evidence against the places complained of and make an example of these cases. If one is going to reform a community it does not appear logical to commence by rigid supervision of alleged criminal practices, the obvious thing being to crush such things out of existence. Undoubtedly Mr. Perry's meaning will be made plainer on the public platform. As to whether there is room for moral reform in this community there is no excuse for argument, but this necessity would, in some opinions, be very much less obvious were better judgment exercised in municipal politics where issues are too often forced to extremes by policies of "open" or of "closed" towns. In either extreme a contretemps generally results. If the old days of the wild and woolly west recur, when bunco-steerers stand outside the gaming lvoti�t& tsi* the main thoroughfare and urge one to "take-a"* cnance at a square game," the ire of the self-respecting element of the community is hpund to be roused. Days pass by and a reform wave sweeps along, and the merchants complain that the town is losing money because the '-boys" will not spend their cash in a town where they can not have what they term "a good time." Apart from the reform planks in Mr. Perry's platform he proposes some other very sensible solutions to matters of taxation and assessment. Mr. Perry has been a resident and a business man of this community tor seven years. He is a fluent and clever public speaker, and he will undoubtedly give Mayor Carney a hard tussle, whoever is the victor, in the heat of the campaign. Mr. Perry is president of the Prince George Hoard of Trade. MOTOR LICENSE8 DUB. Motorists are being notified by the provincial police that the annual licences are now being issued. MATINEES AT REX. Owing to the two public meetings being held in the Rex Theatre on Monday and Wednesday of next week week, the management has arranged matinees for these two dates, to commence at 3:30. KUi FLEET FOR PACIFIC New York, Jan. 7.�A formidable British fleet in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans will be recommended by Admiral Viscount Jellicoe when he returns to England and reports upon his tour of naval investigation of the British dominions, according to authoritative information issued today. +�::+. + 4 + + + ?-f. + "f -f '? > ? "f ? ? FORT FRASER JOTTINGS. ? ? ?�?�???�?�???�?-�?�??�?�??? Fort Fraser, Jan. 5�-Mr. Nichol has arrived from Elbow, Sask., with a car of settlers' effects. All the houses in town are taken now. Mr. McAllan entertained on New Year's Day. A number of his bachelor friends enjoyed a very good goose dinner. Mr. Fraser and Mr. McAllan have gone to Stuart Lake on business. Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson move to their ranch this week. MiBS Tholma Tittemore has. resumed her studier, at Vanderhoof. A pleasant time was spent at the homa of Mrs. Kemps on Now Year's Eve. The old year was danced out, and everybody joined hands und sank "Auld Lang Syne." The New YeaV being Leap Year, the girls learned to say, "May 1 have the pleasure?" Mr. Aslin went back to Hums Lake on Sunday. Father Coccola is in town. CHANGE OP PUBLICATION DAY. In future tluj Citizen will be published on Fridays. This change is made after securing the merchants' opinions regnrdinR tlie best day for publication, as it enables them to feature week-end advertising. This does not apply to next week's issue, which will npi>enr on Wednesday. OR AND TRUNK PACIFIC RY. Owing to the S.S. "Prince Rupert" going Into dryflock at Prince Rupert for annual overhaul, it has Ihmmi necessary to discontinue sailing from Prince R"upert Saturday at midnight for Anyox, and southbound from Prince Rupert Sunday midnight for Vancouver, etc., for n short time. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the G.W. V.A. will give a social for children at the Ilitts-Kifer hall on Wednesday next at 4 p.m. The Robert Burns celebration will be marked by a concert, supper and dance In the Ritta-Kifer hall on January 26th. The regular meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian church will be held pn Tuesday, January 13th, in the church. The subject wil be "How Canada is Governed." ,|