PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
4. NO. 28.
PRINCE (JKORKiE, B.C., TUESDAY, MARCH l.Mh, 1�21.
VlVK CENTS.
premier Oliver Denounces the P. G. E. and District.
NOV
THAT ELECTIONS ARE OVER THE PREMIER HAS fie DOUBTS ABOUT SPENDING MONEY TO COMPETE RAILWAY TO PRINCE GEORGE.
Seattle, seven to nil. The next game will be .played tomorrow at Seattle. The number of goals will count in the decision. The winners will play with Ottawa for the Stanley cup.
WKEl KA(iK OF NOTl-AJ)
Moderation Bill is Made J ! Stringent in Committed
HAS BKEN RECOVKRED,
Ueiirvrt'thc Boat Was Wrecked Off' ALCOHOLIC CONTENT IN NEAR BEER CUT TO ONE PER o>as, of Prince of Wales ^^ and the NUMBER QF PERMITS TO PUR-
CHASE LIQUOR HELD AT TEN.
}__Premier Oliver, in moving the sec
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�nd
Island
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PRINCE RUPERT. March 14� Reports received here indicate tie, fishing boat Notlad, which with fivej men has been missing Blnce f-arly in
vernment bill to pr
i r .,.,1 February, was , wrecked vide ai additional. ...-.., ,,._,.�
fl Prince
of Wales island. Wreckage has been found which is believed to be of the missing boat. One piece of wreck-
N
the rest obliterated.
official number�of the boat.
word has been received ot lht
PRINCE GEORttE TENNIS
(LIB ORGANIZES
Sitv
Secured to Accommodate Courts This Spring
v! \. March Friday oi the g_ ......
- dollars for the completion oi the P. b. h. railway to rge, made a sorry exhibition ot himself. Sumy no doubt
~- of the opposition upon hi- management q\ so much
' -\ in operation, the premier threw caution to the winds
� his supporters by virtually denouncing hi;-., own mea-
� >\\ further money a> a mi-take.
.action in sight, and no voters to bribe wim-i impletion or extension vi the railway . , ;. tlu' j.reinuT took the house int.. In
� known a- much in lyi; and iwis al
\ it will serve .as he know- ho\v it was d
'- the expenditure of another dollar.
break of the premier, and his denouncement ol tin iv... i ^ jn tne City Councl, chamber.
served by the 1'. G. E- was very distressing 10. tne mem- Qn Frjday evenlng ia9t and? consider; , ' r ' ' Hmj Cariboo, hoth ot whom are supporters oi jns tnP severity of the weather, the rovemrnent, and both being warm suppers of the rail-1enthusiastic turn-out indieittea that
- rarlv completion. ,
try in his reply to the premier -aid the Liberal party wa 'complete the railway to Trince George, and that it sli
unev for it- extension to Peace Kiver L his .......
. pledge in the matter caused Fred Anderson augh and ^hake hi- head, and prenner . rocked tfftb laughter irrhis chair. 1 he i
\ k m 1 '� Si rr
nn an1
with promises of into the Peace indence and iUt the railway and ubtiul if he
A well attended meeting foi terri- organization of a tennis club held in the City Council
Two
the
was
uld reminder of
the Liberal ( )li\ er was so ike must be on
'rince
(Kvir^c anliver -aid: '"Now comes the U\, ^ur1^!,. -tend the Hnc. ^ W ill the ere,, J.
-taud an additional $25,600,000 or $3>ooo,ooo to com,
into the Peace Rive> country ? It >- time we r a fpOl's paradise and have plain talking 1 j We could cash iiw>� the scenery along tne 1 1,1 be over." _
Ml,t suffcie'nt trainc along the inc. revenue- Nor could traffic point- a4ong the route. In some idace
vears while in other sections it �011
the club will be a success right from the start.
The chair was occupied by Mr. W. L; Hornshy. with Rert Watson as secretary pro tern. The name of the club was decided upon as "The Prince George Tennis Club." The following officers were elected for �the coining season: His Worship Mayor \Vilson. honorary president; Mr. \V. L. Hornsby, president; Mr. T. Ogg. vice-president; Mr. Littler, secretary-treasurer; committee: Messrs. Youne.^Kwert. Tate and Watson; entertainment the Misses Pyne. Murray
I \. March 14�-In the committee stage on the Xlodera-re \vas a1 disposition on the part of the member- toward tightening of the law against the near beer saloons, and thef likely that the bill \vi 11 give the liquor pernimifsio.i ance] the license"! any club or near beef saloon, a\n\ icli decision of the commission there will he no appeal. Attorney General Karri- introduced a number of important amendments this afternoon which will furnish material for further debate. These amendments provide that dub-, and all persons selling near beer must be licensed. The age limit is taken off, but the alcoholic content oi near beer is reduced from 2% pier cent, to one per cent. \- there ha- been a general disregard ot the present legal restriction as to the alcoholic content of near beer it is the conviction of several members that, given the right to ^ell near beer ot any sfrefigth. the practice of saloon men will be to ^ell beer of the full strength and take their chance- with the law as they have been doing in the past.
Another amendment submitted by the attorney general limits the number oi purchase permits which any one person may have to ten for the year.
The attorney general's provision for the licensing of persons or individuals who may engage in the business' oi shipping liquor into the province is very drastic. As it statursNrl will impose a license of $1,600.00 for each and every representative^J such person or turn. and thev will all be made subject to heavy penalties for breaches of
Hi v. the act.
rounds t. . .1
ot away
British committee �,.F... urn
liqu
-aid. to produce
there w require a
ivercome the difficulty v.ith r,esnropos]e^l thai all persons found with
1umn1.ee. ...> .......,�.�.................. not purchased froili the governtrwMit shall be required to pay
and Wilson with Messrs. Watson and \\u- liquor board a ta\ equal to the profit the government \wuld have Randall. insult* had the liquor been purchased i"i the gw^ernment stores, \Au^
nalty of ten per cent.
The member-*- <>i the house have cpm'e �t'o realize there will be great difficulties in regulating the traffic ii the sale of lucv �ot^ into the hand- <>( the saloon men again, and there i> a disposition to -wine toward the sale of beer in incorporated clubs, and in liotels in connection with nuaN. While it js conceded that there will be abn-c- even under this system, it is held thev will not be as tlavra.it
mac
The committee appoint*',l at a", previous meeting reported thafafter J'
>e expected to originate at looking over the ground very
care-
g
fully. 1 he only suitable site available was beside the curling rink. and. while allowing for an extension of the rink which has been decided on. there would still be quite sufficient room to accommodate at least two courts. The grounds committee will take up the matter with the curling
a
ct inau inis � _ rai]way treiguL, ro�u. � - ^
vvhat th,.....�, VICTORIA. March 15�Thjs mod-Id ub and the city council for pencils- eratipn bill w.aa further considered sion to instal the courts on" this~nMe.', in the committee state and the last The membership fees, were decid-i fifteen section dealt with, but the
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ed on as follows
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Gentlemen $1 0.00.! majority of them are still held over ' - - - � J ttioua points In the
i, would cost more, to haul freight road, interior of this f^dfe" $7.50," married couples $Ib36.'I 'The'real contentious points In
from Prince George to bquamish over oprmeni ci us , m,n_plHying nu>,nbera |3i00 and vis- 1,111 still remain to In- discussed.
(; K. than it would to send it ,1 to Vancouver via R>*l Pass on on the Canadian
pointed out that the es-
-----00.000 to
E. would
from jr week. The next meeting will lie
VICTORIA. March 15.�Restricting the rifeht of, persons to ten pur-held In chases a year. Attorney General Par-
,-.� ,,c , ho rlisnrooortionaie. - the council chambers on Monday, ris believes., will chm-k liquor pur-
H,,l 1 known of these conditions not he "spropor ^ ^ thp, ^ ^ ^^ re- chases by irresponsible who mlKht
,r even in 1918.- added the, ^nre �? Mr. Perrywent oa. 'The gardjng thP site. and if these are purchase for others unentitled doubtful 11 1 1 province >n-
Dver if they were given a cha*ice. buy Non-resident permits are to fit gooil for two weeks instead of thirty days. The "package" in the bill is designated ns ally mrpptncle. Tfio thousand dollar Hr�>iiHe for Importer* will b<> unnecessary if Ottawa grants British Columbia tlie sole ii>rht to import The tax of $L'.f>0 h quart has been dropped. Thn go-vernment has ejfpres.spd its willinp-
ipectal
,, 00.:. (1r even in 1918. added the But ina^ perry went on. -The. Kan,,,,R ,he site, and if these are
premier,, "it is very doubttul ' iir^'T monPV lost is that which leaves � favora.biP, specifications will be pre-; Should Have favored the expenditure , nnljjon > inlprpst on bonds. { pd- anfl tenders called, for the in-1
,of another dollar. We are only rune-, the P" ^ ^ thp lndlrect ad-, sfallation of a( lpns1 ,xvo c0urt8 as;
tf-ei&t miles from Prince ^orRe You.""f truing to the cities or1 soon aj thP fros( ,8 out Qf the and only a few miles fron^ Quesnel. vantages accru^ ^ expen(Uture ofjgrouml
We are bound to go as far as Ques- the <"^1 There is a profit com-1 Tht, rlllb hns alreii men and wage ship of abou( thirtv :n,d anyone de-' nprs of this province from the, siring to join should communicate
o eninc up of the country by tne.jwith Mr. Littler, the secretary, aa
P. G. E>
to
ness to carry a brands of liquor
tasd's.
stock of to suit
GARR1TT I,. ISRAEL
net, and after that ._
two miles waiting for the ties ami | ing to ine uu""ir^1~^ from the another thirty-eight with very little | earners of this province ^ ^ ^cirk required. So it might seem liit- best plan to proceed to Prince p. hut 1 must say that although
KILLED HY HIS HOUSE
Kick on tin- .law Tears Awaj Part of Faoe.aiwl fractures Skull
The death of (Jarritt L. Israel, a well known pioneer of Ness Lake
I buuii un ,(l.�....r. �..�. -..... �vr..... ; district, occurred In the city hospi-
as a Liberal par-| tjon8 wjh he submitted to the execti-
.......D this legislature to vote this
M,OOO.OOO; I can not give any a�-surance that this will be the last amount that will have to be asked for."
I say that the north country can not be developed without railway transportation," said J> N. Ycrston >>f Cariboo, when1, the premier sat down. "If we 8ay the building of II"' P. G. E. was not justifiable, then we say that the north country is not �"- worth while.
1 We know that these roads do not SiVe us a direct revenue, nor can we expect any great amount of revenue from roads like this. What we have Km to look at ia not whether the road during the next few years will pay running expenses, but whether the northern half of this province is ^orth developing."
lief ore we can develop any fur-tner we ha-ve got to get access to the "ihrkets of the coast." Mr. Yorston '"ntinued. "For years tc come we need not expect any great revenue. Wen in that country have had to arive cattle out 2Sft to 300 -miles to
ty
the railway to Prince ^ould provide money ' t Pouce
soon as possible, and such ill be submitted to i their next meeting.
out �>{ But the
to 300 -miles are going
in
�����*�-�" w�c nexi iww yeaio a �reat many more will go In. It will , a (f>nsiderable time, however, be-�ore the country win produce any
� amount of tonnage for the rail-
way
'�We should look at this thing not '"im the point of view of direct re-. '"'10 from freight rates, but from ,' �ftne '"direct revenue, not only
1 r')ITl inrragoAj . .. . t_
rect revenu
l"creased taxes, but also IT Pr�(1�nion It i8 not
in-
r�(1�nion. It i8 not a stion of whether the P G. E. is ousiness proposition in Itself, but r?ha (lx\�tion as to whether that
'nt think"the people of this wr">
iwi IIIC �-.v.u.o .�v................. r-----------------"Jill Vllllll IU �""
like! against penalties now being imposed j ^juries prover give! by the entente for Germany's fail-i work of the nu
ure to fulfill its reparation obligations, j
STOCKHOLM, March 14�A Rega correspondent says eighteen to twenty Bolshevik divisions, with artillery
the
.. (1 too serious. The. ~v,. � ... ...� nursing Rtnff of the hospital, under the direction of Dr. Lyon, was of untiring effort In their hard fought battle.
The deceased was seventy-three years of age. and lenvjps a wife and children tr> mourn his loss. Mrn.
and aeroplanes, lire advancing j Israel wbr a widow with two cnild-against Poland in the Smolensk. I T0T, when married, l^sa than a year
Vitebsk and north districts.
O1ISSELDORF. March 14 � al crown officers, wearing citizens' clothing, were held up at CroHshaven and in a fight which resulted two
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George. He suggested stopping railway construction at Quesnel. For the section between that point and Prince George he advocated a policy of building feeders to existing federal lines as the best measure for developing the north. Pattullo. minister of lands, argued the resources of the north justified a continuation of construction. The bill was given Us second reading.
men were killed.
DUSSELDORF. March long revelry. In which ians and
15�Night
VAXCOUVKR DEFEATS SEATTU5
^-Van-
VANCOUVER, March.,> couver won the first gafne in the' play-off of the Pacific'coast series for the hockey championship from
freely fraternize, holds sway in Dus-seldorf's cabarets, dance halls and wine restaurants. The popping of corks and the screeching of jazz bands continue throughout the night.
BRITAIN'S NAVAL ESTIMATES
LONDON, Eng.. March 15�The navy estimates for 1921-22 were made public yesterday and show a reduction of some million pounds on the net estimates of the last fiscal year, which was $84,672,300. There will be a possible reduction of ten million pounds, The government adoptB the principle tl^at a capital ship must continue to be the main unit until the fleet is effective.
ngo. and is now residing at Chl�f Lake, where the lnte Mr. Israel owned a farm.
For sdme months past, the deceased hns been employed on the P. G. E. working two of bin own teams, nnd It is understood that the fatal Injuries were received from one of his own horses which was suffering from a severe attack of colic, and later died bb a result of same.
iHisii
i.s han<;
in pairs in m blin
Twenty ThoiiNnncI Persons
Work nn