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PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
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I'Kl.WK (!K(>l{(iK. B.C.. KUIDAV. MAY 7. IH2U.
K1VK CENTS
g Ignore U. S.
Support to "Irish Republic"
NAR LAW .IN REPLY TO MR. BOTTOMLEY. STATES THAT GREAT BRITAIN WILL MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS TO THE STATES REGARDING SUPPORT O\< "IRISH REPUBLIC.1
iXDON, May 6.�The subnet ol support ^i\m to the "lrisli ublic" by some persons in the l.'nited States < ami- upin the -r ni Commons today. Horatio Bottomlcy askred whether the eminent was aware that appeals lor aid i-i the -ale of. bonds [�ssed b\ De \ alera as "Pr-csideni "i the Irish Republic" were �iuncaring in American newspapers, and were supported b)
ether Great Britain proposed
;| up]g vernors of various States, and e representations on th Ittcr to I'resident Wilson.
LILLOOET RACHER
I'I'KETS IWISION IN
Kit WI1K I'l IC CASK
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Mi. Sliiu'l lleiiilt-rsou Si'cun'v l��-�i--
imi Setting Aside Htteolton
M ji Hisl rat <'"s UtH'isioli.
a cuse of much Interest to aril trappers ami fur buyers in Northern itritish Columbiu vus up before Mr. Justice Murphy in the Supreme Court at Victoria on April 20,th.
Last February James Kramer, well known in Fort George, brought In . |5000 worth of beaver pelts from tin- Buhlne, Dear Lake and Stlkine. They wire neized under h search warrant by R. s Sargent, .1.1'.. under Section 50 of the Game Act, '>" the , sleigh driven by Kramer.
The case faun- before Dr. H �'� Wrluch, .1.1' . at Hazelton, who lined
\m \ i in:
.ATHLETIC ASSN. (iiris A GOOD START
Standing upright in tbc water Big Lake, a few feet from h re be bad ^< �lie through the
. tho body of Anthony Bishop, well known rancher in the Kni-Valley, was found by provin-constables last week arid
the accused $Uo and $4 costs and
lar Law replied in be- DROWNS WHILE FISHING confiscated the fu--, ordering them
forwarded to the provincial name warden al Victoria.
Mr. Stuarl Henderson applied foi certlorari to quash the search warrant, the conviction and confiscation on the ground that the magistrate had not jurisliction to deal with the furs, alleging ( 1) There was an improper seizure under Section 50 of furs on a sleigh; (2)Tbey could not
Mr, Bishop bad gone fishing in the ice and must have broken throughi I Ii- feet were caught in the mud and there he was until bis body was found bad lived in the district for many wars and leave- a wife, several children and three brothers in the Lillooet district. Jle vvas 6o,
|li ni the Government and said i- understood that such ap-
we're -till appearing in cer-American papers, but he warn a position to say whether
ivere supported b\ any Gov-r- Great Britain, he added, pir �lot prepared to make any re-, cin
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Ianitobans buy farms in this district
irmers From Gilbert Plains, Man., Purchase Farm Lands East of This Place.
Work Will ( oniiiicncc on (I.mint; "f
I Miches* Paik Tonight�l>o
\"in Share.
Tin' lio) � u ho u re behind the Prince
llnorw Amaleiii Athletic Association arc �' K.....I hunch Of hustlers. They
have H|read\ carried ihelr arrange-in r1- Id ti point where provision for V splendid athletic park is made, and iviT-ii mi the clearing of this pain cm in- i.i .� tniiiuhi. This work will :ia\e in he ilcuie largely by voluntary labor, and iho promoters of the move infill ti'(|ue�l thiii everyone who can possible iiiteiiil will repair to Duchess Park loniKhi with the old family
ha'chei lii dear up the scrub. The lioui -'i i 7 p.m. If you can't gel ihere 11�> and n> i a substitute.
The 'ii> has promised ;t donation ci J26H towards getting the park it; proper rendition for athletic purpose- The grount
Mississippi Will Offer No
Welcome to Mennonites
GOVERNOR RUSSELL HAS GIVEN NO ASSURANCE OF HIS STATE EXTENDING WELCOME TO 8ooo MENNONITES IN CANADA�THESE SETTLERS WANT GERMAN TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS
\\ I \.\ I \'\i(\, \\.i\ <>. -The Manitobi publish the following special from lack sell -tate- thai he has given no assuraiu writing, thai Mississippi will extend .i \\ Soon Metnoiiites in Canada who desire t prepared t... -a\ what he will do consi be had not b.id live matter under in ill
in,
Mass.: eithei (i nne mi >\ ( i
�ration, an
matter.
u ill touiorri'w "i >� ivernor Ru-\ erbally or in i he colony of this state ; that is therefore not inet the an
I,
kjiulM '
iinl ii tree fi upon
hleti
Hie � th'
are to be used fixtures and fternoons they school rhililren
FISHER CASE HEARING
OPENED YESTERDAY
Case for Prosecution Proceeded
All Day and Is Still in
in Session.
The case involving alleged misappropriations <>� city funds by
Prince George Athletic Asaocl-1 Ex-City Clerk Fisher, who was incorporated as a lim-
and
t Clinton.
be seized under-Section 51, as there must be animals, birds or ����'< on the vehicle before seizure; < ;J>� aihi oeing held : improperly seize'1 'hey could not be ]jc legally confiscated under the r,4th Section of the Game Act.
Mr. Henderson's contentions were strongly opposetKoy the attorney-general's department, acting for the 22
wil to plaj
Til-
.itioii Is to h
it*�� I liability company with a capitalization of $25,000, divided into 50.00 ..hares al $ij a shale The executive! propose to form two
offi
also a Police Commissioner under in the public the Hiio regime at the City Hall, opened in Magistrate Uanielt's court yesterday. The case pro-
uoiricfiiient frutn Winnipeg that the Mennonites intend to move to tin- state the matter has been rather freelj discussed in the slate pies-, and opinion seems to In somewhat general that the Meinonites \\ill not receive a cor dial welcome, especially ii the) ui>i-l oil having their own public -�hi>"ls with German languag taught. I he teaching of Germs hools of the state
was iod.
mongst the settlers arriyjrfg
thi.- week are Mr. Jamc-
Ids and Mr. Robert Wilson of
ierl Plains, Man., who have
chas ugh i ity
d a section of land Mr. X C [orgensen of
y
-<� farmers will return to '��]<;[ and later in the year will return here with a com farming outfit to develop iiew.ly acquired lands. They ii neighbors to the them P.G.E. ex�
press despatch coast last week. - made arrange-ork t'' proceed.
surveying in tin work of the nort! tensii in.
According to a
gi\ en ' 'lit ' ill the
I 'rcmier Oli\ cr h; merits for this w<. Mr. I.. C. Gunn, whose work on reconnaissance lor the G.T.P. and '�tiler railwav-. ba- placed him in possession of much valuable information has received no intinia-tion a- i'i the new survey-. Mr. (iimn completed considerable re-con;iaissance work i"i" the P.G.TTi
Murphy and it is likely to be argued about the middle of the month before that body sitting at Vancouver.
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SPECIAL MEETING ?
BOARD OF TRADE ?
de i
\ special i Roard of Tr
to-iight at *
cuss busines p
All members are requested t
attend this meeting. . �
>i the
called for 'clock to dis- f importance
-i line \ ears a,^' >, and in i"ti the line should cro* chaco here and proceei Millan Crcjt'k through farmiug iand ti i Summit
ii\ tbe Title 1-aSS |i
CotiiV eouritn
v \tit ), Mav (>� The Chi-
i .unillerinen's Association, ;li fjeorge H. Rinn, chair-: the Employers' Labor tittee, declared toda) that iildinc tie-up has failed in ... as a result of the mill ^ l'"mAl" iters' -trike. the Association � ravine its offer of Si i<> a-i � 11< rti\ e |une i st, for mill) "i is, when the men did not \
lo work Wednesday. The
� demanded Si.U) an hour Mav I -t.
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VACATION VISIT.
Mr 1-: W. C. McPhail, paymaster
.)i i he ilranby Consolidated Mining. Smelting & Power Company, was a \isiidi in town this week -nil. and later with the Hudson's l'..~r~< 'o.iijiali^v there. He htis been at Aiiynx for .some time with Ihe bis mining company. "Hill" ('ollins, v.liu is running the hotel for the same company, was formerly factor of the Hudson'.- Bay Company at Quesnel, Mr. Collins expects to \isit ihis dis-tritt during Ihe summer #
the I'-iiti
Big Hospital Drive Is Carefully
Organized With a $5,000 Objective
<>\ Wi:i�MSI)\V XKXT
Library
STEWART MINING CAMP.
ivelopment work at Stewart. IJ'-C. the new silver mining cam]'. :aining speed as the season ad-ances. Contracts have been let the construction of permanent - to accommodate the larg-) hips plying Mofth Pacific � : waters. This work is being "shed forward so that (locks will '<� available for this 'summer's 'tisiness. One shipment of 250 1.1s of ore has already been mafle � Mm-hers ;it Tacoma, Wash.
LUMHER BUSINESS ACTIVE
Ol
Tin? I'lince liaorge l'"r will he open on Wednesday afternoon nexi. t he l :m ii of May.
It contains at present 600 volumes inn of which are loaned by the Dominion Government and form two of the "Travellers' Libraries", and 500 of which came from the Vancouver Carnegie Library and can be renewed every three months.
The City Librarian, Mr Alleyue Wright', who has undertaken this work gratuitously, has attacked his task with energy and precision. Tbe following rules have been drawn up by him and will he in- force:
I The Library will l�e open for the loan and return of books at the City Hall mi Wednesday afternoons from 1 : 30 p.ill until t> p.m.
2. All applicants for books must hold a card signed by the Librarian If not ratepayers^,, they must be vouched for by two ratepayers at the discretion of the Librarian.
returning
ALL OIKJ.ANIZATIO.NS <>r I'ATKIUTIC AND (lUIMII
rio.vs iilem) Activities in .�!�<. \m/.\ti<�\ ok big dhivk
ASSIST KXTKNSI<�\ OF HOSt'll \I/S WdliK DltlVK niMMi:\i M \\ 15th.
to
in�- w ill probably -i une days, as then it- registered in th time.
The witnesses so far the prosecution rtppcar* ii Mowing i irder : //
Mav' >t 1 'erry, v\ hose showed lu^ instructions on receiving the rc|'oii of the deficit in tin-report 6l the special audit This dctint, it i> alleged by the prose-(filtion, i- wholly or in part traceable to the alleged defalcation- of the accused during his employment a- city clerk.
The next witness vailed was Miss-Mae Gross, a young lady
� v\bo ba- acted ;i< city clerk and a-. ' assistant � itjy clerk for a long I period and whose capability is
generalh acknowledged. Miss (iross gave evidence as to'tbe sys t ;i ii empli >\ ed in the I itv .Hall '""ik-. and replied t�> questi'itis as to the manner in which certain transactions involved in the ease \\ ere ci inducted.
The present eit\ clerk, M r. � '.e. > I I � in w ick, u;a\ t evidence on i b<4 proving of the Ixioks during cer lain in\ <--t ij^.'i11� mi-.
The cil v audit' t. Mi llutt, fi �r the firm of Kendall, I3arr & *.'�'. '�I \ aii'i >u\ ei �. l- ^i\iiiL; evidence
� toda\ ii|n'ii tire findings ol his
udit
� KUsumkalum Lumber Co.
;". />inacord, on tbc Skeena '. is being put into operation i> year's business. This is "� the largest and most rnod-itiills in British Columbia, 'n1' a capacity of about 45.000 11 "i rough lumber a day. The 'ml'lu uf this mill for the season
nill
"tip ern
\ meeting of representativtjw from the Associations in (he city was held in the city Hall on Wednesday at 8 p.111 The Hospital Hoard had re-quented a meeting of this kind for the purpose of instituting a vigorous campaign and drive from May 15th in June 2nd, with the sum of $5000 as their objective.
This sum is required for the sup-porl anil niuiutenuiice and for the purchase ol' new equipment for the hospital and for the proposed extension. The new wing to be added to ihe<-biiilding will cost $25,000, and efforts are now being made to secure ibis amount from the Provincial Government and the city. The latter will submit a bylaw to the ratepayers as cioon as .Mayor Perry receives information from the Government as to tho amount they will give
I'ihi George ' Cache, nd Miss Milli-
Th
nu
track v the
lg
.'!. When renewing or .~n.......�,
hooks, applicants are requested to : Mayor Perry stated at th produce their cards, that number of |n the north to Sixth Av -.'iith. and the Crescent
Mrs. Fen wick uiul Mrs Fisher l"r��ni Third Avenue on the west iiu eluding east side Of Third Avenue I" ihe river 011 the east From th. 1 rack on the north i�> Pfttrlcin Avpiiu I'll the east
Mrs. hixon and Mrs II Miller Section 1 All past Hill.)
Mrs. Randall and Mrs South Fort George. Miss Gross and Miss Murray -From
Hruuswick on th.....e,st to George
Street on the east (.including west -ide of Qeorge street) From the track on the north to Thirteenth Avenue on the east and l'.G/.lO. camp.
.Mrs. Attwood and Mth. Ogllvie-From Frns'er oif ilu- west to Brunswick on the east.' from Sixth on the North to Thirteenth on the east.
During the drive all hall rent and
Tlii- 1111' 'I'tnati. 'ii in tin- case wa-lii'l .'ii \|>iil },\<\. and adjimrn in 111- have been made from week t'. week while the investigation of ibe hoi iks '.it the pan of the de fi'iice has proceeded.
Tbe prosecution 1- being cow* ducted b\ Mr. P. K. Wilson, the . m -� 'licit 1 ir, who handles the csise with a -ure knowledge ''id\" j,, ,-,-.e~-i'(| l'\ lawyers "i his great e\|ierietice. Mr \\ 1' Og'ilyie, for the defence, i*- conducting a
abolished during the. war p<-r AI that time tho language was being taught K a few of tb�* high schools and sentiment demanded that" it be discontinued. I 'here ba- been 110 revision since that^rmie, and speaking German, eyfii in ordinary conversation, is quite sufficient in some communities to �et a person into serious trouble."
COUNTY COURT IN
SESSION THIS WEEK
Judge Robertson s Court Busy at
South Fort George�Small
Docket of Minor Cases.
The County Court is in session1 this week at the South Fort George. Several cases have been beard since Tuesday, and an a.-> sault case irom Dome Creek, involving the heaving of a chunk of wood ai a gentleman bj a lady is proce 'ding todiy
\ case brought against Mr. G. k. l.ocwen by Mrs |. K. VVynn arose out oi an auction sale '">i a house and sonu- wood, n which the lady, a colored person, alleged misrepresentation, and won \\o\ ease in Regard u> the cofdwood.
Some lien cases in\ "1\ inj; a tt \\ ill ^ro t. � the Sii|).reme Court, as there ap . pears to be a difference between the two a- t" which owes the 1 .tiler a sum � >! ab' lak'ii tlbe i'
I'a. 1 has laud -tali
Rup
. ibt ra| dace in � . if the
Vine
WIImou "oiinaughl
.hi
-earchin
the
har
cross-exaiTiination
witnes ficht
ami bis
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s^�^o\^ \h;h'
\-�l loiioinical I'llCltOlllCllU I'lainlv
Seen I'roin (lie <>unil Kancli
Not Se�-u in City.
union
lighting will be requested free by the.
payments of $r> eacu, and thai he
"'I heavy timber for railway �ri(''-:'' construction.
and
longer than one week, but may brought back and checked out ngiifn al the discretion of the Librarian
organization, and all orders in the will be canvassed for subscrip-
tako notes for the balance unpaid at lions, and the Board of Trade will he the time of .subscribing. He stated asked fo co-operate in the drive.
.tbrarlan. 5. nooks will not be loaned for ; _^ ^ ^^ ^ & ^ ^^ ^ ^
was a total eclipse of the Sunday niKht at S o'clock, which was socn very distinctly from (he Gunn ranch. Mr L. ('. Gunn brought a"report of the occurrence to The Citizen On Investigation we find this eclipse accounted for with a certain exactitude peculiar to the as-
ittlenient now territory aoug 1' ci nitiguouH this railway's
c coast terminus, a company ecu formed and 350 acres ot pnrchasexl at Woodcock, a ill 14'' mile- east of Prince it. for the purpose oi operat in.u .1 modern stock and dairy farm ilu companj i" be known as the Cas'siar Farm and Stock Coin l'.iu\ I.t is said that only registered stock will l>e bred, and it is anticipated that friilce Rupert und other local markets will ab -"ib the total product of the lann. Ijctiigs i'i men are at present en clearing the land, contracts twarded in lot- of 50 acres I'art of the acreage will be crop tins season
gagei
IvillL'
each'. tliidei
WESTERN COAL MINES.
At the present tune there are forty-two coal mines located on the line- of the GjKind Trunk Pa
v,.i(ii..................________ eilic Railway, practically all 01
tronomical gentlemen to whom punc- which are located west of Edmon-
mi-
h
'BUTTING IN."
�WI N X1 PEG, .May 6.�Aliens' _leatrica1 enterprises of Canada Keen offered four principal ian music halls. The con- was pm before the share for ratification, but the
noliected on ov
TO K.\.SOM>1IOKS.
Each of the ladies' organizations have organized a Tea on different for the benefit of the hospital,
r g
tuality is such a line art. The Astronomical "dope sheet" refers to tho
inatti
an �advance" story as
follows
''In the year 1920 thore will be
A fine of ten eeritg per week will'thai the. Hospital Hoard would irdue books dertake to collect these notes.
Tin* following Associations iy�i� uatoa hm mV .^^..^..v _______.___. ......_
epreBented at tho meeting: and a tug day has aluo been arranged.) to,ir eclipses, two of the sun and two
St. Michael's Women's Auxiliary. The necessity for a large and well I of (]le rnoon.
"A total eclipse of the moon May visible In the United States be-
ci Micliaoi s women s Ainuuiiji j m ,
.on Women's Hospital Auxiliary. Girls', organized hospital in this city is very
All complaints re gratuity, pension � ^xMArt, Daughters of the Vital, owing to the great distances
o., in Prince George and district HOBP�� i h^ it from her
h u..
will be taken up by II - F district representative, s.i'.ii Rupert! Ii.c
^xMArt, Daughters ,
nd district HOBP�� VuxiUary of G.W, | Vfhiih separate
Wearmouth ... u... . ^ { f ^ ^
th^ -
city from her
Prince
:.2t
V A.. Board of Trade. iNavy League. larger It was moved by Mr. Hornsby, sec- of the
^ -( and wes( .� any Citizen readers- iri places
solicited in
The w.a. of 1 ho First-Presbyterian
'7�ui was withdrawn and the I church take this opportunity ot ^ business diBtrlct
llI"s adjourned to consider a thanking all who in any way con- stead or
tli7'753 cars, or approximately 000,000 tons of coal which includes commercial as lal for railway purposes.
ginning at Th lm p.m. and ending at wt>||
loh 4 1m p.m. Eastern Standard time.________
Totality begins at 8h 15m p.m. and wat fatY'r
ends at 9h 27m p.m. Visible gener- B1U "A^lcS" l
ally in the western.countries of Eur-' ;( ~ ;
opp and Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean The catch of halibut for the
and In the Eastern part of North and month of March brought into
South America." How do they do It'
Prince Rupert totalled I, pounds.