PRINCE GEORGE CITIZE
Vt>Ii. 4, NO. 93.
PRINCE GEORGE, B. O., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1st, 1021.
FIVE CENTS.
Angus McLean Talks on the Pulp and Paper Project
sVVS HE IS HOPEFUL THAT NECESSARY ENCOURAGEMENT WILL BE GIVEN AT VICTORIA WHICH WILL ENSURE COMMENCEMENT OS THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME AT OR NEAR PRINCE GEORGE WITHOUT DELAY.
lease of the shipyard and drydock here has not been accepted by the Canadian National Railways and announcement is made that the yard will he operated by tho railway company which wiM take over all uncompleted work at the time when the Canadian Britisher is completed, which, It is understood, will be next month.
Five Wells are Drilling in Fort Norman Oil Field
MO PUMP IS EN ROUTE
FOR THE ROLLA FIELD
There was a representative gathering of business men at the Alexandra hotel on Saturday U> hear wluit Angus McLean had to t<-Jl them as to the progress of the negotiations of himself and his associates with the provincial government in the matter of the establishment of the pulp and paper | industry in or near to this city.
There is no subject dearer to the heart, of the Prince George business! man than the pulp and paper mill, and while there was nothing very definite in the statements made by Mr. McLean there was a disposition on the ,,.,,-t of (he majority to accept it as the l>est that could be made under the circumstances and to hope for the best.
In 'i word Mr. McLean's message^*""
ffaa to the effect that he and his .much th;lt we wante(1 to ci�ch things, nssociatea were again ready to make lmt *'e felt that having secured the , commencement upon the pulp and tnecessary caP"al it would be good mill. They are on their way h"slnGSS to close the Proposition up.
Imperial Oil Officials Are Confident
They Will Have Oil in
Present Bore
paper
to Victoria to submit their proposition to the government, and if tho ncheine falls through, the' fault, in the language of Mr. McLean, will lie at the government's door. One way or the other something definite should be forthcoming within the nest two weeks and Mr. McLean has promised to see that the president of tho hoard of trade is advised as to the outcome of the negotiations at
:�.. earliest possible timo.
"W visiting Prince George,"
Mr. Jones and myself felt that having made all of our financial arrangements it. might be a very serious thing if anything should occasion delay, as we seemed to be just at the place where there might be a change in conditions. At the time we felt a little uncertainty as to the I immediate business future.
"However, I do not wish to appear I to blame the people at Victoria for the action taken by them at that!
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Oct. .11� A steam duplex oil pump seven-inch suction and weighing three tons arrived here Monday night, consigned to the Imperial Oil Limited. With it was a lot of reducing pipe and coupling. Preparations are being made at the location near Rolla to resume drilling within a week or ten days. The gas was struck just as the drill pierced the Dakota sands, and it is considered a possibility that, as the gas becomes exhausted, the vacuum created will drain the oil pool into the well. If this does not occur, the drill will be sent on down into the Dakota sands, which geologists declare are oil-bearing.
W. .1. Thompson of Timmins, Ont., has returned to the city from a ten-day geological survey of the Pouce Coupe district. Asked as to what he thought of the field, he said: "A real oil country."
time. I understand that in the way I
l lsure ()f in which the provincial statute read!
� the minister of lands had no power
said
McLean in opening, "I had two wor- to proceed other than in the manner
thy companions with me who were jn which he did, that is to make pro-
jpared to do all of the talking, so vision for the cruising of the timber
that I had a chance to do th ing. I refer to Mr. Frank president of the Canada Cement
listen- lands as a condition precedent to 'one=. putting them up for disposition. I understand now that changes have I
company, and Mr. Price of Buffalo. '� sjnrP Deen made in the statute, and This time I have two very prominent ; that tho minister has been given a! lumbermen with me. but I find that j Rreat deal more discretion and pow-I they absolutely refuse to do any of I er, and it is our intention to again1 the talking, so I will have to do the ' ,ake the matter tip with the govern-! best I can. ment and see if we can come to some ;
"When we came here a little less satisfactory arrangement, than a year ago you may have j "There is one thing 1 must tell formed the opinion wo were a little j you. It is not going to be as easy to too anxious to push our project put this proposition over today as it through, and get the details of the would have been a year ago. AJ same definitely settled. As to tuis .year ago we h,ad people coming to us! 1 can assure you that had we been with their money ready to come in j successful at that time we would and take an interest in the enter-j now have our proposition well under prise. We were not under the necess-1 way. I may also tell you that one ' ity of seeking any capital. But to-reason why we were anxious to pro- day. many of the people who origin-
ally intended to come into the pro- ject have felt compelled to back out. Some of them have since lost their
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G. E. LINK +
BADLY DAMAGED ?
VANCOUVER, Nov. 1�Nine ? miles of the Pacific Great Bas- -f tern railway, from Squtmish ? north, is under water and twen- ? ty miles of the line is damaged ? as a result of floods in Squam- ? ish valley, according to a state- + ment of A. B. Buckworth, gen- ? eral manager of the railway It ? will take one or two week.) to ? reopen the line, he states, as ? pile trestle work will be neces- ? sary to* carry the temporary ? line. -f
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SOLDIER SETTLEMENT FIGURES
ceed at that time was that we then had the necessary capital ready to put into the enterprise. This made
us ;t little urgent, and we may have money, and others, in the changes been a little urgent at Victoria. The which have come about, have lost fact of the matter is it was not so (Continued on Page 6)
Many Lives are Lost in
Terrible Coast Floods
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE WROUGHT BY CLOUDBURSTS IN VICINITY OF VANCOUVER�MINING TOWN OF BK1TTAN1A WRECKED BY FLOOD WHICH TAKES TOLL OF FORTY LIVES� VANCOUVER CUT OFF FROM COMMUNICATION.
VANCOUVER, October .11�Thirty-six are dead and fifteen injured, a mining town is practically wiped'OUt and a village is partially inundated, railway tracks and bridges re destroyed, completely cutting off Vancouver �nd the lower const of the mainland from railway communication with the rest of the province, and damage amounting to Wveral million dollars has to^n wrought as a result of floods which have visited tliis vicinity since Thursday or Friday evening, according to location.
The greater part of the town of<� Brlttania Beach was destroyed com-j Pletely, but news of the disaster! there was not known until the next! ^y- Brittania has communication | *ith Vancouver over its own tele-1 Rniph wires but these are rarely used ; al night and their destruction passed j ^noticed and the disaster which' caused the deaths of a least three do-7pn poople was unknown until strug-K'rng boats brought the news here On_Saturday morning.
town of Brittania, which is
Federal Government Loans Now Aggregate $86,000,000
OTTAWA, Oct. 31�Soldier settlement board figures to the end of September show that 27.003 returned soldiers have been settled on the land. Of these 6,089 are on free lands without loans, while 20,914 are settled on purchased and free lands with loans amounting to $85,-933.012.60.
The loans were granted for the following purposes: To purchase land, $47,457,303.14; to remove encumbrances, $2,019,836.77; for permanent improvements, $9,921,-591.5 5; for stock and equipment, $26,534,191.14; total, $85,933,-012.60. So far 415 returned men have repaid their loans in full.
'RUPERT DOCK WOI5K
PRINCE RUPERT. Nov. 1�Work on the ocean dock superstructure is commencing at once. J. A. Simmons of Simmons Construction Co., of Winnipeg, arrived on Saturday night to commence operations. The material is already here for the work, the main part of which will be a freight shed 150 by 8 20 feet in dimension, which will be equipped with all modern installations and accessories. The work will be continued throughout the winter and will keep many men employed.
ENGINEER RESIGNS
devoted to the mining of copper ore, W'J1 be unable to recover from the ^f�('ct of the catastrophe for months. *ully one-half of the hundred and ten roRidences there have been car-ri('------------------------------------------------
campaign to secure the final disposition of all outstanding claims und-�.r existing legislation has been instituted, and as a result of this a clearing house has been established at Ottawa with the organized co-operation of all interests and all departments, under the auspices of the G.W.V.A. All legitimate complaints against any 'department will be handled by this clearing house, and any claims to be adjusted by this new organization should be sent in at once to the brazich secretary, and these will be transmitted through the provincial command and speedily dealt with.
The Poppy Day arrangements were dealt with, and every effort was being used, according to the reports submitted, to make the celebration of Armistice Day a success as far as the Poppy Day feature was concerned. The school teachers, school children, civic authorities, G. H. fA. and W. H. A. are all co-operating to see that the sale of the beautiful French poppies, in memory of the flower of Flanders fields, shall be pressed here, as elsewhere. These sell for ten cents and twenty-five cents each, according to the size, and wreaths for business places are also being sold. One-third of the pro-
ceeds goes to the French Orphan's league, and a portion of the total fund is to be used to relieve conditions of unemployment among the veterans during the coming winter.
The most interesting business of the evening was the report of Dr. R. W. Alward, who recently returned from the Dominion convention of the q.W.V.A. held at Porth Arthur.
Comrade Alward stated that of the three resolutions drawn up by the local branch dealing with Asiatic imigration, the Soldiers' Settlement board, and the amalgamation of the various veteran bodies, the convention, after much deliberation, had payed the local branch the unusual compliment of passing the Prince George resolution on Asiatic imigration in its original text. This resolution calls for the absolute exclusion of Asiatic imigration, and for the deportation of all undesirable Asiatics already in Canada.
The convention was so inundated with resolutions regarding the Soldiers' Settlement board that it was unable to form a digest of every point of view on this matter. After three days the committee dealing with the matter submitted a resolution, which included in it a clause (Continued on Page 4)