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PRINCE GEORGE CITlz
Provincial Library
VOL. 5, NO. 11.
PRIMUS GEORGE, B.C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1922,
FIVE CENTS.
Progressives will Contest All Seats in General Elections
LABOR PARTY HAS DECIDED TO PUT A CANDIDATE IN THE FIELD TO OPPOSE DR. SUTHERLAND,.. WHO WILL OFFER FOR RE-ELECTION IN REVELSTOKE AS THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS IN SUCCESSION TO HON. DR. KING.
T. G. McBride, of Stump Lake, member-elect for the House of Commons for this district, is in the city with a view to consulting the electors as to the requirements of this section of his big riding. He was met upon his arrival by C. P. Deykin, his iocal campaign manager; Mayor Johnson, and a number of members of the board of trade, as there was no information as to what his itinerary called for. There was a general discussion of development plans, but the member made it easy for his callers by informing them that he would be pleased if a representative body such as the board of trade would undertake to set out in writing the developments which its members thought should be brought about.
Those who have had a chance to size Mr. McBride up as a candidate, and also as the member-elect, profess to see a considerable change in him. As a candidate, if a thing was right it should be secured as a matter of course, but as a member of the House of Commons he appears to have speedily slipped nto the mantle of responsibility, and desired improvements not only must now be right but they must also fall within the range of the government's ability to finance.
Mr. McBride is the representative in the House of Commons of the Progressive political party, which, he says, has been created by a fusion of the farmer and labor organizations, and if present intentions are acted upon the party will have candidates in the field in virtually every constituency in the next provincial elections. He says there will be no affiliation with either of the existing political parties as led by Premier Oliver and W. J. Bowser, respectively, and, in his opinion the only thing which will prevent the Progressives from sweeping the country will be the elimination of one or both of the present leaders.
In speaking of the by-elections in Revelstoke and Omineca. to fill the vacancies in the Oliver cabinet Mr. McBride said the Labor party had definitely decided to oppose the return of Dr. Sutherland, in Revelstoke, the newly appointed minister of public works, and he intimated that the doctor might have his difficulties in holding the seat, as the labor vote was particularly strong in the riding, and in the last federal election, it had shown itself to be very well organized.
Mr. McBride had nothing to say concerning the by-election in the Omineca, where A. M. Manson is offering for re-election as attorney-general in the place of de Farris. This riding is outside of the federal riding of Cariboo, and Mr. McBride is not so familiar with it as he is with the Revelstoke riding.
trict of North Vancouver has announced that it has been definitely decided to take a census in that municipality. This enumeration will be undertaken this sum'mer In an effort to show that the official total of 2944 for the district is away below the real figure. The reeve believes that the council's census will show a considerable increase over the Ottawa returns.
One interesting feature of the census figures is that the city and municipalities will draw larger dividends from the Liquor Control Board. The share of the profits is made on a per capita basis and the increase of 42,247 in the Greater Vancouver population since the census of li'll will mean a correspondingly large share ot the liquor receipts.
Promoters of the Pulp Mill Have Reached Agreement
J. A. CAMERON IS NOW ON HIS WAY TO MONTREAL TO SECURE RATIFICATION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT WHICH IS SATISFACTORY TO HIM, AND HE PREDICTS THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK ON PROJECT THIS SPRING.
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fxAKGE TURNOUT SAW
GOOD GAME SUNDAY
Fans Held in Suspense Until Final Minutes of Play
la a general discussion of the question of providing the Peace River section with rail connection for the movement of its crop Mr. McBride said he was alive to the necessity of providing some means of transportation for this section of his riding, but he is not yet in possession of sufficient information upon the subject to Bpeak with authority as to the best manner of providing it. He intimated, however, that he would he receptive to the view of the people resident in the district. He was quite prepared to believe that the next year or two would witness a
very large movement of grain, from the prairies to the Pacific coast, and he thought it would only be good business for the government to secure as much of this business as possible for the railways being operated by the government. At the present time he was not advocating any particular route for a railway into the Peace River, but when he did he hoped to show that the route he advocated would be the one most likely to meet the requirements of the country to be served.
In the matter of the P.G.E. exten-(Continued on Page 6)
Cardinal Achille Ratti
Elected Supreme Pontiff
DISPATCH FJIOM ROME OF TODAY'S DATE ANNOUNCES ELECTION OP PO1*K PIUS XL�CORONATION WILL TAKJE PLACE ON FEBRUARY la�GENERAL. SATISFACTION AT SELECTION OF MODERATE FOR PONTIFF.
ROME, February 6�Cardinal Archillo Ratti, Archbishop of Milan, bjw chosen Supreme Pontiff of the. Roman Catholic Church to succeed the
late Pope Benedict XV. His coronation as Pius XI will take place on
February the twelfth.
The election of Cardinal Ratti<^-fomes as something of a surprise, for his election to the college of cardinals is of comparatively recent date. The names of Cardinal Bishop Vinc-?�nzo Vannutelli, Bishop of Palestine; Uafeal Merry de Val, pecretary of the Congress of the Holy office, and I'ietro Maffi, Archbishop of Pisa, were moat prominently mentioned as
likely successors to the late Benedict XV.
Pope
CANNOT DEMAND LOSSES
The Railway Commission of Canada has issued a decision that it i-annot compel a railroad company, operating at a loss, to continue the
service that causes thia loss. The question was raised over the application of the Red Mountain Railway, a line of 9.47 miles in length from the international boundary to Ross-land.
The railway company claimed an average annual deficit from 1909 to 1921 of $24,388. The fundamental question to be decided was the jurisdiction of the board. It was'represented that the discontinuance of the service was a serious matter to Ross-land.
DOESN'T BBL1KVE CENSUS
Reeve J. Y. McNaught of the dis-
Some new talent was in evidence on Sunday afternoon when the Hose-buds crept up a notch by tying the Benedicts with a nine-all score. Ken McKay and Jimmy Williams were botli on the side-lines recovering from injuries, and their absence was keenly felt by the Benedicts in the hot pace the youngsters set.
Bud Graham and Ivor Guest did great work in filling the Benedict vacancies, and another promising blossom was noted on the Rosebush in the person of Carl Johnson.
The entire game was featured by individual play, in which lOddie Brown was the outstanding comet, adding numerous goals to his aggregate, and being ably supported by Howard Gross and MacKenzie. M. C. McKay pulled several more of his sensational rushes for the Benedicts while Alex Wimbles formed a barrier at cover which brought disaster to many a budding hope.
The largest crowd of fans of the season lined the boards, and they found the game much better to watch j than the number of goals would indicate. The Rosebuds led the pace for the first two periods, but showed lack of staying power for the heavy going of the final, caused by falling 3now.
Benedicts: Goal, A. Moffat; point,
An agreement has been arrived at between the provincial government and the promoters of the local pulp and paper mill, and a start upon this undertaking, which means so much for the future of Prince George, may be confidently expected this .spring.
This is the message which T. G. McBride, member-elect for the district of Cariboo, brought to the city on Saturday evening. Mr. McBride came in from Stump Lake, over the Canada Northern, and was a fellow traveller as far as Lucerne with J. A. Cameron, of Ottawa, the representative of the estate of the late Senator Edwards, who is associated with F. J. Jones, Angus McLean and E. S. Peck in the promotion of the pulp and paper mill. In conversation with Mr. Cameron Mr. McBride was informed that an understanding had been arrived at with the provincial government in connection with the establishment of the pulp and paper mill which was entirely satisfactory to himself and one which in his opinion would be equally satisfactory to his associates. Mr. Cameron said he was then on his way to secure the formal ratification of the agreement and that he anticipated no further hitch in the matter. While it might be well to assume nothing until the final papers had been signed, Mr. Cameron thought he could confidently predict a commencement upon the company's hydro-electric plant on the Nechaco, where the necessary power for the undertaking is to be generated, by the early spring, and the following of this work by mill construction without unnecessary delay.
The programme of the promoters calls for the erection of a pulp mill with an initial capacity of 100 tons of pulp per day, �orn in Ireland in 1H87, lunl lie served with distinction in the British armies overseas.
BOY CHAMPS
The Seventh Avenue hockey team, in the junior class, mopped up the Fourth Avenue boys to tho tune of 7-1 ou Saturday morning. These
boys haven't been beaten this season, which is a pretty good record, and from the showing of the teams that aspire to defeat them they will hold the lead for some time.