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VOL. 4, NO. 61.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., FRIDAY, JULY 8th, 1921.
Raids and Arrests Follow Breaches of Liquor Law
I'OlK VANCOUVER CLUBS RAIDED AND ARRESTS MADE FOLLOWING BREACHES OF THE LIQUOR LAWS�MUCH LIQUOR IS CON-I IS( ATKD� LIQUOIl MEN COMBINE TO FIGHT THE GOVERNMENT.
VANCOUVER, July 7�Four clubs were raided and nine people, including one woman, were arrested for breaking the liquor laws. Two thousand bottles of beer and a hundred bottles of whiskey have been seized. It is understood that the names of forty prominent citizens have been handed to the city prosecutor with instructions to prosecute for importing liquor without paying the importation tax. The question as to whether the province has the right, in law, to impose this tax is not ye-t settled. The roast liquor firms have combined to fight the government in this mutter, and threaten to carry it to the Privy Council. The cases were called for today, but were adjourned from three days to a week.
BOARD OF TRADE CALLS
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT
Will 1><'*>1 with Provincial-Wide Matters on Request of Other Boards and Organizations
The meeting of the board of trade ; on Monday evening promises to be ii interesting one if the agenda prewired by the secretary can be ac- ] repted as a criterion. There are a number of matters coming from other commercial bodies throughout the province upon which the members of the local board are requested to ko on record.
The Rossland board of trade is seeking assistance in the fight it is ; making to compel the Great North-ern Railway to continue the operation of its short branch line of rail-j way which connects Rossland with j the United States railway systems. ! This branch is known as the Red j Mountain railway, and during the I loom days of the gold camp the line j was a great money-maker. It continued to earn good dividends up till the outbreak of the war, since when the Great Northern officials say it I lias been a very unprofitable under- \ taking. The Great Northern com-j pany docs not carry any Canadian branches which fall behind in earn-ings. Its policy has been to scrap ' tliem as 4bon as"they cease to' return ! satisfactory earnings irrespective of j the losses such action may entail up-' on the enterprises formerly served j by the line. This was done in the \ case of the Kaslo & Slocan railway, j which served the mines of the Slocan j district, as well as in the case of the Victoria and Sydney railway, and the Rossland board of trade is now try- i ing to prevent the abandonment of j the Red Mountain line by appealing to the railway commissioners of Can- j ada.
The. railway commission has ac- j cepted the statement of the Great Northern that earnings of the Red i
Mountain line last year were only $7,000, while operating expenses were $49,000. These figures are disputed, and it is shown by the aggrived parties that the actual receipts were $3 6,000.
Rossland demands that the hearing be held In that city, so that full figures for previous years may be presented. In 1913. the only year before the war for which figures are available, the actual cash receipts were $104,000.
The Victoria Chamber of commerce is submitting for approval a resolution dealing with the Drug and Food Act. As this act stands, the retailer is made responsible for the contents of the articles which he sells and samples are tjiken for the purpose of government analysis from the goods sent him by the manufacturers. The Victoria chamber of commerce is seeking to secure an amendment which will make the manufacturer of the goods responsible for their contents and provide for analysis being made from the product at the factory or, in the case of imported goods, at the point of entry into the country.
The matter of the local freight rates on lumber will also be up for consideration and it is likely an effort will be majde to, secure the appointment of a special committee to prepare data dealing with the question which will assist in the presentation of the case of the interior lumbermen before the railway commission at its next session.
There will also be a number of road matters up for consideration and, among other things, the board will be asked to support the action of the Beverley and Mud River Farmers' Association in requesting a bridge over th<% Mud at a point above the Cunningham', ranch.
The meeting is called for 8 o'clock in the Council Chamber at the City hall.
Great] [Britain Faced By Huge Immediate Obligations
COAL STRIKE COST THE COUNTRY SEVENTY MILLION' DOLLARS IN I-OSS OF WORKING DAYS�COUNTRY FACES IMMEDIATE OBLIGATIONS AMOUNTING TO THREE HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS.
LONDON, July 7�The coal strike has cost seventy million pounds in working days lost alone, and has incurred an extra expense on tha government alone of eighteen million pounds, according to the official statement of the Department of Labor. Great Britain is still in a bad financial way and it is stated that instead of one hundred million pounds, �s brought down in the budget, the country faces immediate obligations amounting to three hundred million pounds.
The more hopeful outlook in industrial England, with brighter prospects in Ireland, indicate a great re-s'>mj)tion of manufacturing and a �enod of prosperity which will contrast with the dark days which have passed. It ia unlikely that any ser-
ious industrial troubles will now menace the country, owing to the readiness of the government to meet labor in a fair manner, and also as the labor unions' funds are now in a condition of depletion which it will take years to recover from.
Citizen, besides the grading and clearing work which 1e proceeding rapidly. The contractors have a tractor working on the grading, and there are about forty men employed on the work, which is already about half completed.
The work follows a carefully surveyed location, and is of a permanent nature. Galvanized iron culverts are being put in and the road is well cleared to allow proper drying.
The trestles at Camp Creek and at Mile 30 are under way and will be completed, with the rest of the work, early In September, according to Mr. Caine.
The scenery along this road, especially where it traverses the Fraser river on top of the high bluffs below Stone Creek, is remarkably fine, according to the contractor, who sees In the completed project a highroad which will attract a great tourist travel in the years to come.
FIVE CENTS.
Smuts Meets ryValera and Believes Solution in Sight
RESULT OF CONFERENCE BETWEEN PREMIER OF SOUTH AFRICA AND IRISH REPUBLICAN LEADER, DE YALE1PA, IS CAUSING OPTIMISM IN LONDON�SMUTS INVITED TO IRELAND BY DE VALERA.
THE RAILWAY WAGE QUESTION
TORONTO, July 8 � The railway brotherh��od chiefs will notify the railways that the United States brotherhood.-, having refused to accept a wage cut until a ballot has been taken, the Canadian unions will also refuse the cut until the question is settled.
liONDON, July 8�Genera] Smuts is back from Dublin where he con-I I erred with de Valera on the Irish question, which he believes can be I solved by a policy of give and take. The result of his report has given
! ondon cause for optimism and the government confirms the report that | the outlook is hopeful, although the Sinn Fein denies that Smuts brought j back to Lloyd George documents for a settlement. The Prince of Wales : visited Liverpool today, and found Sinn Fein flags intertwined with Union | Jacks. A Sinn Fein official said that this was done by orders from Dublin. j General Smuts whs invited to Dublin by de Valera. On his return he ron-
ferred for half an hour with King George. A well founded rumor in
Dublin says that the Sinn Fein has abandoned the demand for an Irish
republic.
GREAT HEAT WAVE
CONTINUES IN EAST
Much Illness Reported from Heat
Wave Which Continues in
Eastern ('anada
TORONTO, July 7�The heat wave continues and 'much illness is report-
GIvEAT WAR VETERANS CALL
CONVENTION IN THE FALL
Get Together Movement Progressing
Amid Veterans' Organizations
�Important Resolutions
PORT ARTHUR, July 8�The Great War Veterans have decided to
ed as a result. Temperatures rang-1 hold a general convention at Fort ing from 90 to 100 degrees are re-1 William and Port Arthur between
OLIVER GOVERNMENT WILL EXPLAIN FINANCIAL STANDING
ported from all parts of Ontario and business is suffering as a result. Se-
September 19 and October 22. The executive concluded its session with
Financial Statement Being Prepared in Victoria Explaining Government's Position
veral plants are closed down. In Ta resolution calling for the state northern Ontario forest fires contin-1 control and distribution of employ-ue and only the absence of wind j ment agencies; the compulsory em-saved some settlements from destruc- ! ployment by firms of twenty-five per tion. Property damage is very slight I cent, of returned men; cent a mile
VICTORIA, July 8�The finance? of British Columbia are sound and are being controlled by the government ia a way designed to keep them sound, it was stated today.
A statement is being prepared, and Will be issued soon, dealing authoritatively with the government's finan-
so far, but no definite report been received of the loss of life.
has
MRS. SMITH COMING HERE
One of the most interesting women in the west will visit the city at the latter end of this month, in the person of Mrs. Ralph Smith, minister without portfolio in the Oliver gov-
cial position. It is understood that J ernment. Mrs. Ralph Smith will be the road work has been temporarily I on ner way into the Pouce Coupe
railroad fares for returned men going to jobs, and the restriction of immigration and the deportation of undesirables. It was proposed that public works should be opened up immediately to relieve unemployment, one of the principal projects to be the construction of a grand national highway from coast to coast.
stopped to extend the work as far as possible into the winter, on account of hard times expected then.
It is generally ^tavceded in? labor circles that the peak of bad conditions will be passed through in the coming winter.
DEMPSEY TELLS STRANGE TAIJE OF THE FIGHT
country when she reaches this city. She will speak at the opening o� Community hall at Roujid Lake, near Smithers. orv the -0�h :.:staut. Mr*. Smith will remain' in this city for a short visit to her son, Dick Smith, of the C.N'.R. telegraph service, who is a pioneer of the Nechaco valley.
FOREST FIICES WASTING
TIMBER THROUGHOUT EAST
Unprecedented Damage Being Occasioned by Forest Fires in Prov- of Q. rob*--
CHICAGO, 111., July 7� Jack Dempsey, while here en-route to Salt Lake to visit his mother says that two men appeared mysteriously in the ring on Saturday in the third round, and went to his corner, with the intention, it is believed, of throwing his towel into the ring and creating disorder. These men were ar- . rested Dempsey claims. * I intense heat.
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QUEBEC. July 7�Forest fires are laying waste vast timber areas of j this province in an unprecedented degree in numerous sections. Officials are consulting on measures to check the devastation. In Nova Scotia the DUBLIN*. July 5�Views were ex- fires threaten Colony Hill and Dale, changed of agreements proposed by in Cumberland County. The neigh-the contemplated conference, be-1 borIng county has been swept by fire
EXCHANGE OF VIEWS
tweeu representatives of the Irish republicans and some of their supporters from the United States, in southern Ireland. The conference has adjourned until Friday.
DEATHS FROM HEAT
MONTREAL,, July 7�Two deaths are reported here as a result of the Many prostrations are
and the situation is threatening.
LUCERNE PROTESTS
VICTORIA, July 7�Representations by a delegation frorn Lucerne, protesting against the removal of the divisional point from there to Jasper, have caused Premier Oliver to wire a formal protest to D. B. Hanna and the railway commission.
LOCAL TEAM WORKING
HARD TO WIN WEDNESDAY
OREGON BANDIT KILLED
AFTER DESPERATE CRIME
sh�Mirrs Pohnc Overtakes Bandit,
Killing Him and Rescuing
Abducted Women
HOOD RIVER, Ore., July 7�Luther Fagan was shot and killed by a sheriff's posse near here last night. Two women and a boy he had ab-ducted were safely recovered. Fagan was a parolled convict, who was charged with an attempted assault 0� a young woman. After his release ho returned to her home and w'hen told that ohe was not In he shot ber stepfather and abducted his wife and daughter and a small boy. His flight was only ended when the Posse obeyed orders to shoot on
sight. The stepfather of the girl, ' whom he had pursued so relentlessly, will recover.
GOOD PROGRESS ON
SOUTHERN ROAD CONTRACTS
Caino & Brnun Have Moved 10,000
Yiu'ds of Excavation�Work
About Half Completed
While in the city for a day, to attend to the affairs of his camps. Martin Caine. of Caine. & Braun, contractors for the lower section of the road work being done south of here, on the Prince George-Quesnel road, a federal aid project, stated that excellent progress is being made.
Ten thousand yards of dirt have been moved, stated Mr. Caine to the
Third Game Against Vanderhoof to
be Played Wednesday Next
at that Town
The Prince George ball players are right on their toes to beat Vanderhoof In the third game of the season, which will be played at the latter town on Wednesday next. After the great improvement in form by the Prince George team, aa shown on Dominion Day, local fans hold high hopes of the success of Prince George against the doughty Vanderhoof team, which has already carried off the first two games played in the series.
There will be a practice game at Duchess Park on Sunday at 3 o'clock, between picked up teams, when the best material will be gathered to play at Vanderhoof. A great crowd of local fans are going to the Nechaco town with the Prince George team, to give them all the moral support possible.
On^Tuesday and Wednesday, the 19th amT 20th, the Jasper Outlaws are coming here to play a series of three games, one of which will be played on Tuesday, with a double-header on Wednesday. This team will be much the same as the Lucerne team which has already played the local boys, in which the laurels were held by Prince George.
Canadian Government Sells Bonds for Railway Purposes
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT ISSUES $25,000,000 IN TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING CANADIAN NATIONAli RAILWAYS�IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT MONEY WILL BE USED FOR MAINTENANCE.
STRIKES IN JAPAN
KOBE, July 8�Thirteen thousand employees of the Kawaaki dockyard struck for an increase in wages, Strikes have also begun in all other industries.
NEW YORK, JULY 7�The Canadian government, on behali of the. Canadian National Railways, has sold to a syndicate of New York bankers $25,000,000 in twenty-five year bonds, yielding Q% per cent, interest. This money is to be used, it is understood, for the purpose of finding equipment and making improvements in the road.
The need of money on the western end of the C.N.R: is particularly UOticoable, and the news that this bond issue will serve to put the road in the. l>est of condition and add much needed equipment, is encouraging to people living in the territory which is served exclusively by this railroad system.
RAIN REDUCED DANGER
COBALT, July 8�Rain is general in northern Ontario today and reduced the danger of fire in the settlements to a minimum. The bad situation reported yesterday is believed to be under control.
THE SCOTCH FOOTBALLERS
TORONTO, July 8�The Scottish professional footballers defeated the all-Ontario eleven by three to one. Any Wilson failed to score for the first time on this Canadian trip.
GOVERNMENT COUNSEL GIVES GRAND TRUNK NASTY KNOCK
Proceeding of Arbitration Board Result in Knocking and Praising G. T. P.
Mining operations in Northern British Columbia are on the increase, new properties are being worked, and old ones re-opened.
MONTREAL, July 8�The government counsel before the Grand Trunk arbitration board, W. N. Tilley, declared today that the common stock of the Grand Trunk was not worth a
i dollar. The Grand Trunk Pacific occupied most of his argument, which
j claimed that apart from the growing deficits of its subsidiaries the Grand Trunk line itself would, in time, go into liquidation. The hearing is expected to close tomorrow with the rebuttal by Grand Trunk counsel.