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Associated Boards of Trade Successful Meet at Quesnel
PRINCE  GEORGE
Five CenU
Business Conditions Reported on the Mend Throughout Whol of Central Interior
PUSH FOR THE HIGHWAY
Tangle Over Transfer of Mount Robson Looms as Obstacle at the Eastern End
John Little, of Prince Rupert, presi
Earl Malcolm, of Quesnel,  vice-president
George Ogston. cf Vanderhoof, sec-rctaiy-treasurer.
The above-are the officers of the Associated Boards of Trade of Centra' B."c having been elected at the tenth •Mutual convention held at Quesnel on Friday and Saturday. It proved to be the most noteworthy of any convention in the associated board's history. When retiring president W. L. Armstrong called the meeting to order in the Lcgicn Hall there were upwards of thirty accredited delegates in attendance, and as many more who were members of the Quesnel and other member boards.
The Quesnel board members were the hosts to the convention delegates and visitors, and they succeeded in setting a high mark for hospitality. On the evening of the first day of the convention they entertained the delegates and visitors to a dinner which was featured with a remarkable flow of oratory on the part of Hon. H. G. Perry, John A. Fraser and others, and followed this up with a smoker in the Legion building, which carried en with songs and speeches, merriment and refreshment until an early hour the following morning.
Among those in attendance were; E. B. Smith, Vanderhoof; Thomas Richardson, McBride; Olof Hanson., M.P.. Prince Rupert; IX S. Calder, Smithers; A. B. Moffat.    Prince George;    Fred
pleasing to be able to say the government decided to establish this year a model farm  in  the  Skeena  constituency, and to establish a second one at some  point  in  the    Central  Interior i next year.    The same thing Mr. Hanson said would be found to be true with all  other efforts to advance development.    Co-operation  is    highly desirable, and if the matter were examined into  it  would  be   found   the  Central Interior  has  been    progressing  much faster since it lias had the advantage ¦ of  the  co-operation  possible   through I the agency of the associated boards of trade.  Through  its   associated  boards of trade the voice of the Central Interior could be heard, and he desired to assure those present that governing] authorities  treated resolutions coming I from boards of trade or chambers of I commerce with great respect. One very j helpful result which may be expected through the creation of the Associated
Boards of  Trade    of    Central  B.   C.                                        -------------------
would be the enlightening of the people j hours which with a food and shelter i of Eastern Canada as to a mistake fre- I charge of 75 cents left the worker | queivtly made.    They will be  given a! with but $1.25 per day.   The resolution!
Vast
W.  L.  ARMSTRONG President  of   Associated
of Trade of Central  B.  C.
Boards
hance to learn that Vancouver is not B. C, but rather than Vancouver is ai part of B. C.
D. M. MacKay, M.L.A., of Williams Lake, welcomed the visitors in a few words That part of the province in ¦vhich the convention was being held had no great cities to show its visitors, 'jut it could claim to possess the highest type of citizenship.   After the con- !
further set out that no increase from the basic rate per hour was made when the man was called upon to work 14 or 16 hours per day. The resolution asked that the matter be referred to the ministers of labor and of railways, with a view to having it made compulsory for the payment of the going rate of wage in the district affected to transient labor.
ention's  deliberations  were  over  the j     Olof Hanson, M.P., was the first to
Clarke. Quesnel; G. B. Williams, Prince George; E. D. Woodbum< Quesnel; E. T. Kenney. M.L.A., Terrace; J. J. Little Piince Rupert;  J. A. Wade, Quesnel Hon. H. G. Perry, Prince George; John A. Fraser, Quesnel;  John Holt, Ques nel; Peter Lakie, Prince Rupert; John Yorston Quesnel;   A.  E. Read,  Long worth; W. A, E. Wall, McBride; D. M MacKay, M.L.A., Williams Lake; M. M. Connelly, MI.A., Fraser Lake:   A. Vaughan, Quesnel;    Rod    Mackenzie, Williams Lak% W. J. Rimes, Vanderhoof;  W. H. Crocker, Prince George M. H. Ramsey,    Quesnel;    E.  Moller, Quesnel; H. E. Taylor Williams Lake J. O.  Wilson,   Prince   George;   F.   C Richardson.    Williams   Lake;     W.   L Armstrong, Prince George; George Og-•ston Vanderhoof; G. F. Bradley, Ques-nel: A. P. Andersen,    Prince George: R. W. Alward. R. A. Renwick and S. J Watson, Prince George;   G. Earl Malcolm..   Quesnel;    A. S. Baird.    Prince George; and C. H. Allison, Quesnel.
Fred Clarke chairman of the village board of commissioners,. extended an official welcome to the delegates and visitors in attendance at the convention, and W. Hebenton, president of the Quesnel board of trade, welcomed them on behalf of the local board. President Armstrong then announced 1-he following committees:
Resolutions—J. o. Wilson, W. A. E. Wall. W. Hebenton, W.  J.  Rimes, D.
elegates would be given the opportun-iy of viewing the new mining devel-pments at  Wingdam>  at  Wells,  and round  historic   Barkerville,   the  men behind  which enterprises are rendering a great service to their communities.    He had only to expess the hope the deliberations of the delegates would prove both pleasant and profitable, and
speak on the resolution. He said the resolution should be amended. He had given the alleged grievance some investigation, and had ascertained the wage rate complained of was based on an agreement between railway unions and the managements of the railways in Canada and the United States. This agreement fixed the basic wage
Judges Announce Winners in Local Garden Contest
Ken Irwin and I. B. Guest Were Winners of Prizes Offered in Respective Classes
COMPETITION CLOSE
Gardens Examined at Three Periods During the Season when Points Were Awarded
The judges in the home and garden competition sponsored by the local Horticultural Society have made their awards. This year the competition was divided into two classes; for the places of. two lots and under, and of three lots or over. Ken Irwin is the winner of the Reid cup for the three-lot class with a total of 84 points out of a possible one hundred. I. B. Guest is the winner for the two-lot class with
a total of 82 points. Every garden  in j         ___.......   ULU_   w^ng    vi   uie
the   city,  Central     and    South    Fort j pledges of   all applying  for  the basio George   worthy  of   the  judges'   atten-   dividend for co-operation with the gov-
Registration for Basic Dividend Now Under Way
OnJy Those Willing to Co-operate with the Government Will Be Entitled to Benefit
BIG POLITICAL THREAT
Aberhart Said to be Building up Machine More Powerful Than That of Mussolini
Calgary. Aug. 11—It was announced today that an emergent session of the provincial legislature is to be called during the latter part of the month to consider matters connected with, the registration of Alberta residents for  the basic dividend,  and generally
all matter's arising out of the application of the Aberhart government's social credit policy.
Registration commenced in Edmon-on   today    with  the   taking    of  the
tion was inspected three times during the season and points allowed at each inspection, and the average taken for
eminent  on its  social    credit  policy. The  co-operation    demanded    by the
that their sojourn in that part of the   rate for common labor at 25 cents an
Cariboo dls'rict would be most pleas-
ant. Hon.  H. G.  Perry,  M.L.A., extended
S. Calder.  E.  T.  Kenney
Little
and    John
Credentials—E. D.  Woodburn,  Peter kie, E. B. Smith, A. B. .Moffar  and  his  Fascists    began   their    march  on Rome.    The possibilities of the situation  are just beginning  to be  appreciated   by  those who have scoffed  at the   Aberhart    social   credit     theory. There are many more who are destitute or who are just scraping by than
margin over living expenses. The first mentioned class have little to lose and much to gain if the Aberhart social credit theory can be made to work, and through their pledges they will be welded into a solid political party for a time at least.
The people of the larger cities have offered the greatest opposition to the government's social credit policy and in answer to this, it is said, will be an attempt on the part of the social credit party to capture the governments of the larger municipalities in the   next    municipal    elections.    The
than seed which would meet the"speci- i dition5 of employment are concerned, fications of No.   L seed, and  the pro- I   . Hon' H. G- Pen'>' opposed the resolu-
ducers of weed-free seed are therefor deprived of the benefit which would accrue to them if a weed-free classification were established under the Seed  Act.    The resolution  asked that!
tion. not upon any question as to the rate of wage paid, but upon the ground it was not competent for the associated boards of trade to deal with it in any manner.     If   he   understood   the   con-
ral seed  commissioner. D.   S.   Calder.    of  Smithers. called upon to explain the purpose of he resolution, intimated that it ccn-
the matter be referred to the federal I stltution of a board of trade it had its minister  of  agriculture  and   the  fed-   justification    in    the    stimulation  of
business;     getting  business    into   the being ; country:   in attracting new industries. -! The board of trade should not be permitted to become a labor organization,
erned ^prirnarily" Uie"   producers   of I neither should it be permitted to be-imothy seed in  the    Bulklev  Valley. | come  a   political  organization  nor   a These growers, through the • excellence .social reform body.   We are organized f their <=eed   have been able to ctani-   as business men tc deal with business
----•.      :~^°-A ""*" Vi .""w'rj>! .storekeepers as a class have refused to jeweler, which will be awarded to the I             £       governt'              rit
exhibitor winner the greatest number      : £ f
government's     prosperity
w ^I^z^M: i s":srr^c
urday,  August  14th  and  15th.
CANADA'S GREAT WHEAT ! acceptance. SURPLUS MELTING AWAY IN WORLD SCARCITY
refuse to recognize the scrip in their merchandising, while the greater number impose varying conditions upen its
nate the Canadian seed market as far
problems.    With a  resolution such as
ea«t as  Halifax     One of  the reasons I is before us. aside from whatever merit " this is the fact their timothy seed! it may have, it occurs to me that we
 such
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 of
 been his  of the
 °Pinlon  as the
 hard- the
districts represented by suggested by an asso-of trade was one of spiritjie intimated if  the greatest  pos-He
be
.  as repre-- Skeena district in the
be nbwmn!ons- and he was Phased tw able to state that in co-operation Fraser, while he continued to of Cariboo   very "'"cueh th i   WP&e55    had    resulted
ter hi hS f joint cfforte-   One mat-* nad in mind was the demand
the establishment farm somewhere in the time
of an
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is weed free.    In effect they are producing a higher grade of seed than is
are getting off the track.    We should net be asked to say whether or not we
hour. This is not a proper matter for discussion by a board of trade, and rears  ago   this   decision   was  reached.
specified in the Seed Act, and the re- | are in favor of a wage of two-bits an solution simply requested this higher ! H— ™c «« ™* * ™™~ "«"•*- f™ classification of seed, which would-be weed-free, be recognized in the statute! so that the producers of weed-free seed Mr. Perry said he held very strong would receive the full benefit to which convictions on the point he raised. The they are entitled. He moved the adop- wage question might properly be dis-tion of the resolution.                             cus<*d  by  a  political  organization,  a
E. T. Kenney, M.L.A.. expressed himself in full accord with the resolution-
Winnipeg, Aug. 11—Canada's great wheat surplus which for some years past was giving the wheat men the jitters for the bearish influence it had upon wheat prices, is steadily melting away in view of the world wheat scar-cit y.
Canadian wheat surplus had shrunken to 108,747,000 bushels, and it is predicted it will all be absorbed before the end of the year. The federal government's venture into the wheat- market
The Edmonton chamber of commerce has called upon Premier Aberhart for a definite  ami  detailed  statement of j his social credit policy and its impli-| cations.    As if in answer to this came the announcement that Premier Aberhart  will  hold  a meeting  at Victoria Park  in  this   city on Sunday,  August 23rd.   when  it  is    anticipated  he  will have  an  audience  of  10,000    persons.
On   July   31st   it   is  stated   the j and will reach a much greater number
was strongly denounced  as and   for   a  time   it   looked
gambling, as   if   the
 organization or a reform organization, but a beard of trade was nei-
He said most of the delegates were ther of these and therefore not corn-aware of the great future ahead for j petent to deal with the matter fhe'eed industry of the Bulkley Val- When Mr. Perry concluded his re-levin the production of weed-free seed. ! marks Mi'. Calder said he had recon-and he seconded the resolution. There) rfdered his willingness to have the re-was no dissent expressed and the re- j solution amended as suggested by Mr. solution was adopted.
Wajre  Resolution  Killed
Th« resolution offered by the Smith dli         ith
end.
ci\s chamber of commerce dealing with the rate paid to unemployed men by the C.N.R. on maintenance work under the agreement with the federal government, provoked a discussion which be-
___came somewhat heated.  The rate com-   ____^
worked together to plained of was one calling for the pay- j there" was provision in any agreement
Hanson and he moved its adoption as ?ubmitfed by the resolutions committee. Mr. Kenney promptly seconded the motion for adoption.
'Mr. Alward asked Mr. Hanson if the agreement between the railway managements and the railway unions stipulated a basic wage for labor of 25  cen's per hour. What he was partic- concerned   with   was   whether
government would take a heavy loss in the difference between the pegged and the market price. During the-early control period the government did take a loss but with the movement of the lest of the surplus on market standing
of listeners over the radio.
COLORED GIANTS OF DETROIT WILL PLAY IN CITY NEXT WEEK
The management of the Prince George baseball has arranged for the appearance in this city on Wednesday and Thursday next of the famous Detroit colored  eiants.  a combination of
above   the   dollar   mark   it   stands   a j b.a11 Players which play the year round chance to get out with a profit.
Since the provincial government in-
1 throughout the United States and Canada. The Giants do not take their baseball  seriously.    They are just  too
stituted the system of small purchases j Rood to be threatened and  have time
After all this effort it was ment of 25 cents per hour ior eight j
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of gold for the convenience of prospectors $10,000 in placer gold has been picked up. As $2000 worth of this gold was purchased through the Prince George agency it seems the local office got the lion's share of the business, and that the prospectors hereabouts have been the mo.st active.
The home of Robert Cunningham was destroyed by fire about noon on Monday with contents. The fire is believed to have been started by a defective chimney, but being outside the
out to it.
Us th fire brigr>de did riot
j for plenty of comedy on. the diamond. It is worth the nrice of admission to see King Kon^ lift the ball. Last year he amassed 57 home runs. Their pitchers are effective. They turn in no-hit frp.mes as part of their afternoon's job. and Cannon-Bail. Park has a record of pitching four' .straight shutout games.
The Giants' visit will give the fnns a chance to see how the game should be played. Wednesday's game will start at 2.30 in the afternoon, and the Thursday_ game at 6 o'clock in the eveninsr. The admission charge will be 50 cents.
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