PRINCE GEORGE CITIZ i Provincial Library VOL. 5, NO. 18. PRINGB GEORGE, B.C., TITBSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1922. FIVE CENTS. Wind Holds Canada National for Four Days in a Cut WITH SNOW-PLOW AND ENGINE DERAILED, THE GALE DICOVE THE KNOW INTO THE CUT AS FAST AS A. SMALT, ARMY OF MEN COULD DIG IT OUT�PRINCE RUPfilPrs OTTAWA DELEGATION AMONG THE DELAYED PASSENGERS. ' General Superintendent Walton, of the mountain division of the Can-;wli;ia National, between Edmonton and Prince Rupert, has had an exper-irnec lie will not soon forgot. He reached Fort Fraser Sunday morning after spending four days on the road between that point and Prince Rupert. The superintendent wan making a trip of inspection in company with operataing officer Chinnirh, who fills the office of inspector of operation for the Railway Commission of Canada, and among the passengers on the train were Fred Stork, M.P., AttorneyrGeneral Miulsihi, ex-Mayor Mo (Taffery, Fred. DawMon juh! Olaf Hanson, the special committee of the I*rince ICupert city council nand board of trade, who were headed for Ottawa to impress upon the Mackenzie King government its obligation to make Prince Hupert the rival of Vancouver as a seaport, as well as the necessity of building sufficient new railways In :tbe northern interior to solve the unemployment problem for the next ten years. It was an ordinary trip out of Rupert on Wednesday morning for the first forty miles, until Kwinitsa was reached. Here it was learned a new element in operating had to be faced. The Skeena river had become frozen over ahout five miles above this point, an unusual thing in the history of the railway company, and a steady gale was driving all the snow from the Kitimat summit along the ice and packing it into a solid mass in a deep railway cutting. A wing plow, driven by a heavy engine, had been sent into the cut to clear the road for the passenger, but shortly before the arrival of the train the plow had been forced off the rails and the engine had followed it. There was nothing for it but to drain the engine, and, ten minutes after this was done the plow and locomotive were buried in the snow out of sight. A hurried call was sent out for additional motive power and men, and the response came in a couple of engines, a rotary and an army of workers, and the fight with the elements was on in earnest. All the men that could be piled into the cut could not remove the snow any quicker than the wind would drive it in and pack it down. In the meantime a time-freight hind it. When the wind kept driving, and there appeared to be some uncertainty as to when the passenger would get through the cut, there was no chance to run the passenger or the time-freight back into Rupert, and no snow-plow equipment at the Rupert end to help them out. To add to the difficulties of the situation a little child of one of the passengers in the sleeper took violently ill. Superintendent Walton got into communication with Rupert and ordered out a special with medical aid and a crew of seventy laborers. By dint of hard digging the special got through, and the reinforcements were put to work digging while the little girl was sent back to Rupert for an operation. For four days the wind kept up and the fight went on, while the passengers became the guests of the company in the dining car, and the Prince Rupert politicians discussed a manifest lack of elasticity in the application of the provincial government's moderation act. By Saturday night the fight was won and the delayed train began its eastern journey while the passengers are still wondering at the force of a combination of a sheet of ice, a four-day gale, an unlimited quantity of snow and a sent through two on flukes and won the game. MAROONED INDIANS ALMOST PERISHED OP EXHAUSTION Kitkatla Indians Taken Off Island Following Wreck of Gas Boat on Coast Brighter Outlook for Saw-Mills Tributary to the City THERE ARE NOW SOME 400 MEN IN THE BUSH GETTING OUT LOGS AM) INDICATIONS POINT TO UPWARDS OF FOURTEEN MILLS CUTTING DURING THE SUMMER�NEW TIE CAMP OPENS ON MUD RIVER. PRINCE RUPERT, Feb. 14�In; the last stages of chill and exhaus-j tion Joseph Spencer and William ; Gladstone, Kltkatla Indians, were**? rescued at Kinahan Island and j Although they are not making much noise the men interested in the brought to the city last night by an-i^'ftoon OI> twenty small sawmills strung along the line of the Canadian other native, Phillip Douglas. Fol- j National between Prince George and McBride are getting ready for their summer cutting, and all the indications point to a better season than they have enjoyed for some )'Qa>rs. Two factors liave contributed to this altered condition, a substantial cut in bush wages and a material reduction in freight rates, and while no further betterment Is looked for in logging or milling costs there are said to be good grounds for expecting further reductions in the railway lumber lowing the wreck of their gas boat j the natives were marooned without ( food or shelter for twelve days in ex-' ceedingly cold weather. It is expected that they will recover, although the condition of Gladstone, who is a mere boy, is critical. SEVEN-PIECE ORCHESTRA VOll TONIGHTS DANCE I _______ The dance, which is being put on tonight in the Ritts-Kifer hall, under the auspices of all the departments of the Canadian National Railway's employees of Prince George, and with the support of their tariffs. At the present time the mills in 4 i what is known as the Prince George 4 ' area have a rate of 88 % cents to the 4 eastern United States markets as + | against a former rate of 104%. This + j enables them to do business in com-4 petition with the southern mills. The 4 market' conditions for lumber look ? good at the present time, the demand 4i being strong and the prices show a + : small advance. A considerable pro- 4 comrades east and west, prom- 4 f portion of the cut in the Prince 4 ises to eclipse all previous ef- 4 j George area finds its way into the had followed the passenger out of j railway cut in the operation, of Rupert and had been brought up be- : transcontinental railway. BOMB THROWING IN BELFAST BELFAST, Feb. 14�One child has been killed and eighteen persons injured in bomb-throwing today. One man has been killed in sniping and there are numerous casualties, many of whom are girls. Street cars rushed through sniping areas at great risk. Fighting is increasing in violence and the situation is serious. WILL PUNISH SLAYERS DUBLIN, Feb. 14�The Irish republican army has made three arrests in connection with the killing of Lieut. Morgan Brown, a Britisher, recently. Michael Collins says that Ireland will punish the guilty. 4 4 4, 4 OMINECA ELECTION POSTPONED VICTORIA, Feb. 14 - The 4- 4 Omineca by-election is poet- 4 4 poned until March 8. with nom- 4 4 inations February 23. The 4 4 Revelstoke election is postponed 4 4 until February 27, with nomin- 4 4 ations on Monday next. 4- EDITOR OF "P. I." DIES 4SEATTLE, Feb. 14�Harry Gardner Nicholas, managing editor of the "Seattle Post-Intelligencer" died suddenly in his chair, while talking to his employees tonight, aged 52. forts of successful affairs of 4, this kind. The funds go to the 4 City Hospital. 4 i The railway men have spent 4 I much time and have spared no 4 trouble to make the dance a 4 j huge success. Their ladies 41 have decorated the hall, and 4, have made it very attractive, 4! and supper will be served by 4' the Women's Hospital Auxil- 4j iary. 41 The great attraction will be 4! the music, which comprises a 4 i seven-piece orchestra, combin- 4 ing the best musical talent from 4 local and outside sources: This 4 orchestra is made up as fol- 4 lows: The two Brains, traps and 4 trombone; Fueion-, piano; Tre- 4 thewey and Bailing, violinB; 4 Paschke, cornet, and Giles, 4 saxaphone. 4 ACUTE DANGER NOW FACED IN ULSTER LONDON, Feb. 1"�The situation in Ireland, which had seemed to be improving under the efforts of Griffiths and Collins to obtain the release of the kidnapped I'lstermen, has become acutely dangerous as a re- 4 i 'n tne 8P"ng. suit of affairs on Saturday in 4 which four special Ulster con- 4 stables were killed, eight woun- 4 ded and six made prisoners, 4 and the leader of the Sinn Fein- 4 ers, Mathew Fitzpatrlck, was 4 shot dead. The provisional go- 4 vernment is highly disturbed. 4 far eastern United States market, and one exporting lumber concern, the Pacific Fir Company, has its resident buyer up and down the line throughout the year. It is estimated there are at the present time close upon 400 men eu-gaged in the bush getting out logs, and if present prospects hold good between twelve and fourteen of the mills along the railway will resume cutting in the spring, so that the saw milling business tributary to Prince George bids fair to assume considerable proportions. Running down the line from Prince George, Messrs. Caine & Brawn are logging at Foreman, and have made arrangements for a 15.000 I capacity mill in tho spring. At Shelley, the lumber company of that name is actively engaged In logging and will have 1,000,000 feet of logs ready for the saw by spring. At Willow River, the Mcl>aughlin Lumber Company will commence sawing the logs it has on hand in the spring. At Giscomy there are seven logging contractors in the bush getting out logs to feed the big Giscome mill. The Newlands mill and the Aleza mill will both resume cutting The logs for these mills are water borne and the open- ing of the lake fixes their operating period. The Salmon River and the Bashaw lumber companies at Dewey have been logging for several months and will start sawing as soon as the weather permits. The U.G.G. mill at Hutton has been doing considerable logging and will open its mill for a portion of the season at least. The W. N. Jaeck and the Jaock-Allen lumber companies at Long-worth are sawing and logging at the present time and expect by spring to have enough logs decked to keep operating throughout the summer. The Penney Lumber Company has finished logging and is ready to commence sawing as soon as Bpring opens, and the Red Mountain Lumber Company has arranged to commence logging by the first of next month, and sawing in the early spring. There is also some likelihood that the mill at Dome Creek will be operated this season. Thia undoubtedly will be the case if a start is made upon the pulp and paper mill in thia city as some of the promoters of the mill are interested in the sawmill and doubtless would secure most of their building material from tha Dome Creek mill. On the Mud river, to the west of Prince George, the McArthur company is steadily increasing its force of men in the tie camps. There art* now about 150 men employed and With the opening of a new camp on Friday the number of men will be brought up to 175. This company is making ties for the Canadian National Railway, but it has under consideration the logging of all the available timber on the Mud river. This will mean the installation of a sawmill which will probably be taken in hand during the coming summer. FIGHTING IN TlillPOLI 4444444444-4-4-44-4- British Commissioner will Investigate District Pulp COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS TRADE FROM LONDON WILL VISIT PRINCE GEORGE SHORTLY TO INVESTIGATE PULJ� AND PAPER MAKING POSSIBILITIES IN THE DISTRICT. VICTORIA, February 14�L. P. Beal, trade commissioner of the Department of Overseas Trade in London, England, will, in the course of a visit to the north in the near future, stop over at Prince George to look into the pulp and paper making possibilities of the Fort George district. He has pointed out that the development of inteivempire trade comes within the scope of his work, and that he intends to investigate the oppor-tunities of pulp and paper export from Central British Columbia. He also stated that he would investigate the port and shipping facilities of Prince Hupert. Collins Warns America LONDON, Feb. 3�Michael Collins, head of the Irish Provisional Government, has sent a cablegram to the American people warning them against recognition of the Irish republic, which may attempt a coup d'etat, which, he declares, ia now being planned against the provisional government, according to a Dublin dispatch. ROME, Feb. 14�Fighting between the Italian government troops and the rebels in Tripoli resulted in the government troops losing 25 killed and 100 wounded. ATTACK AGAINST FIUMK ROME. Feb. 14�Croat troops tried unsuccessfully to capture the city of Fiume last night. B. C. MINING MEN VANCOUVER, Feb. 14�The delegates to the third annual convention of the B. C. division of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. went on record today as opposing the proposal to admit "any person not interested in mining" as a full fledged member of the institute. Lieutenant-Governor Nicholl opened the convention, which is to last three days. ABANDON SCHOONER! AT SEA ST. JOHNS, Nfd., Feb. 14 � The Bchooner Horma has been abandoned at sea, making one more loss for tho Newfoundland fishing fleet. The schooner Czarina has been dismasted, at sea and is crawling home. BULGARIA WANTS TDCE MILLIONAIRES LEAD AGAIN SOFIA, Feb. 14�Bulgaria has VANCOUVER, Feb. 14�The Mill-naked the allies to delay the time of ionaires again topped the Pacific Payment of the Bulgarian repara- Coast Hockel League, defeating Se-tiona for three years. The allies are i attle 2-0. Holmes, the Seattle goalie understood to be willing under cer- i kept out so many shots that the game tain conditions. wa3 nearly over before Vancouver IMPORTANT RESIGNATIONS OTTAWA, Feb. 14�Chairman C. A. Magrath, of the International Waterways Commission, has resigned with his fellow Canadians on the board, H. A. Powell and Sir William .Hearst. MagTath may be reappoint-ed, VANCOUVER "AMATEURS WIN VICTORIA, Feb. 14�The Vancouver Towers defeated the Victoria Senators 2-1 in the first of two games to decide the provincial amateur senior championship. De Valera Reiterates Demands for a Republic REPUBLICAN LEADER AGAIN CALLING UPON THE EXTREMISTS OF IREIjAND TO REPUDIATE THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT� MICHAEL COLLINS WARNS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST SUPPORT OF COUPE D'ETAT. DUBLIN, Februai-y IS�De Valera yesterday hold demonstrations against the provisional government from three separate plat forms erected under Parncll's statue, at which big crowds assembled. Resolutions were im>*s