PRINCE GEORGE
�>!,. 5, NO. 43.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., TUESDAY, MAY 30t!i, 1923.
FIVE CENTS.
Several Forest Fires are
Blazing in the District
fl!>OllAI)lC OUTBREAK OCCURRED IN THE TIMBF.Il <)\ SUNDAY� MILLS AND STATIONS ALONG LINK OP <;. T. P. IN DANGER IN SOME SPOTS�CLOSE-IN FIRE ACROSS FRASEK ON SUNDAY EXAMPLE Of THE HAZARD.
Following closely upon an editorial article in The Citizen on Friday, in which tliis paper drew attention to the forest fire hazard in this part of British Columbia, whore the machinery for fighting fire is very inadequate u, iii<- magnitude of the risk, h sporadic outbreak of forest fires occurred on Sunday, some of which have already done considerable dajnagc, and n,.,j do much i�ior�- befne thej are extinguished, on before (hey euinynish themselves.
Early on Sunday morning a few<$> fire Bigns could be observed in the timber surrounding Prince George. IK midday those had developed into
great columns of smoke, rising high, from fires fanned by a considerable wind During the progress of tho lacrosse game, in the afternoon, attention was divided, among the fans. between the game and the progress of firea in the surrounding district, and when a handfuv or flames across (he Fraser mounted into the green
hers of men. and 84 went out on Sunday night to try and control the blazing timber. Ten of these went to the island at the mouth of the Ne-chaco river here, where fire was threatening the old construction headquarters. Seventy-four men were shipped up the line, with cooks, and full equipment, in charge of Captain Brewer of the Forest service, to fight and prevent fires.
A call came in from Willow River
timber and roared towards the Nor- yesterday morning asking that the them ''(instruction Company's camp, provincial government's railway the spectacular scene took prece- ' pumping outfit be sent to that point dence over the exciting lacrosse as the Northern Lumber Company's game, with the spectators. ; mill was in danger from fires which
Fires reported to the Forestry de- had practically surrounded tho set-partment are burning at Shelly, Wil- tlement.
low River, Newlands. Otway, Six The fire which started across the Mile Creek on the P.G.E., the local Fraser on Sunday provided a telling lire across the Fraser near the Nor- demonstration of Just what a forest them Construction Company's camp, fire means. This fire was visited by and a local fire at The Cache. many local people who helped to res-
The fire at Shelly was the most cue the effects of those who dwelt in dangerous reported, and at that the little colony created by the Nor-point the station of the G.T.P. and | them Construction Company's head-the Shelly Lumber Company's mill quarters camp. The fire started were In danger of destruction, to-I along the grade of the G. T. P. and gether with danger to pre-emptions swept up toward the Six Mile lake and scattered dwellings. road and the tracks of the P.G.E.
Every member of �r.e field force of The action of a *nrest fire was ' �'���'�-�-. I ';;a.t;. i:' 3. out i;. . *'iiuti�iMt] Ui udyaufcagc in the woods the timber directing the fighting of (north-west of the Six Mile lake road fires, Calls have come in for num- ' (Continued on Page 5)
KX-MCHOOL PRINCIPAL j NEW CHIEF WANTED
KLOPED WITH ASSISTANT FOR LOCAL POLICE
Rassett, Formerly IVincipal Mere, Arrested in 'Frisco With Girl
Commissioners Deride to Call for
Applications From Men With
Extended Experience
Marcia V. Kane. 20-year-old
hool teacher of Revelstoke, and
i Bassott, 33, a teacher in the
me school, made no effort to deny
' love on Saturday at San Fran-
-'�u. while arrangements to return
"i.i to iiritish Columbia were being
ude.
Phe two were arrested at 'Frisco,
s Mane for deportation, and Bas-
1 "i: u charge of desertion and
�sconding with school funds. "It
is love at first sight, each de-
"l knew all the things
:ii!i could happen to us." said Miss
; ''� "and I knew lie was married."
Uassett said he met Miss Kane in
"uary when both started teaching
Hi" same school, he said he ini-
iately loll in love with her and
'"'I to prevail upon his wife to
�"'� him bill she refused. Ex-
the absconding charge, he
ho believed he was accused of
'"'K funds raised in a school tag
buy a motion picture ma-
A meeting of the police commissioners was held last evening for the purpose of considering the protection accorded the city under its present system of a one-man force. There has been a growing conviction on the part of the commissioners for some time that the j�>i> is too much for one man, and that in any event, without casting any reflections upon the present incumbent, it has become desirable to secure the services of a man who lias had some extended experience in city police work, to take charge.
All the members of the commission were in attendance1, ami after thoroughly canvassing the situation a resolution was adopted which calls for advertising for applications for tin' posit io'i of chief. The requirements of I he commissioners is that the applicants shall be men who have had at least five years' experience in city poliee work. The salary for the office has been fixed at $17.") per month.
meeting over which the premier presided.
Troops Will Remain
LONDON, May 30 - Winston Churchill told the Commons today that Great Britain did not intend to withdraw troops from Dublin. Shortly after the House met, Churchill announced that owing to the state of the discussions now proceeding the promised statement regarding Ireland would be deferred until tomorrow. He added that in view of the grave urgency of the issue already disclosed, parliament was entitled to the fullest information available, in order that the House might debate the situation before the Whitsuntide recess. This afternoon Churchill told the House that the British troops were being kept in Dublin not by request of the Irish provisional government but because the process of evacuation has been temporarily suspended.
Ulster Abandons Salient
BELFAST, May 30�The evacuation of a considerable stretch of country in the border region by Ulster forces was announced today. Special constables were withdrawn from Balleek salient in County Fermanagh. Ulster thus abandoning it to the Free State troops. Fighting is in progress along the Donegal Fermanagh border. Last night further fighting was reported at Gladys, County Tyrone.
Elections in July
BELFAST, May 30�Shooting and ambushing continued all night in several counties and several more people were killed on Monday. Viscount Fiztallan, lord lieutenant of Ireland has issued a proclamation confirming the government's order that the elections must take place in July under the jurisdiction of the provisional government.
Premier Oliver Produces Figures of Discrimination
PROVINCIAL PREMIER AGAIN CAJjLED BEFORE SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMONS WHICH ICESUMED YESTERDAY�PIM>-DUCED FIGURES TODAY SHOWING HEAVY DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THK WESTERN HAIL.
OTTAWA. May :{()�Premier Oliver, of British Columbia, was again called when the special committee of the House of Commons resumed yesterday morning. On Friday Premier Oliver argued (hat the Crow's Nest Pnxs agreement should be revised, or else it would add to the discrimination already existing; against British Columbia.
Today Premier Oliver produced figures to support bis claim that discrimination existed under the present rates. The rate on grain from Morley, Alberta, to Vancouver, lie showed was 'Mi cents, as against '2.'2\:. cents from Yirrten, Man., to Fort William, an equal distance. TliLs, be said, was a discrimination of ii.~> per cent. In grain and flour some rate.**. on equal distances, showed a discrimination of 7.1 to KM) per cent, against the westward movement. To bring back the Crow's .Vest agreement would M(ld U."> per cent, to this discrimination, he pointed out.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL MANSON
HAS BEER CLAUSE IN MIND
OREGON LAND SEEKERS
RETURNING TO STATES
Unable to Find Class of luinri They
Are Looking For in This
District
Next Session Will See Modification
to Liquor Act Presented
at Victoria
Stating that his desire is to see a
more liberal consumption of beer and
a reduction in that of hard liquor
and that at the next session of the
legislature he will present a policy
in this respect which will, he be-
I lieves, meet the situation. Attorney-
i General Manson made it clear to a
deputation representing ex-service
I clubs which waited upon him at Vic-
� toria a few days ago that in the meantime he expects that the pres-
' ent regulations will be enforced by ' the 'municipalities, but that he is. I however, ready to hear representa-, tions on the beer question to the end that he may be in a position to pre-! pare his suggestions for the legisla-i ture. On those suggestions he would
� be prepared to stand or fall, he stat-iied.
J. L. RUTTAN BACK IN
INTERIOR"OX VISIT
He .Says the Province Has Another
P. G. I", in Canadian .National
Extension
'ays Big- Scale War is Planned in South Ireland
*TKH I1EL1EVES THAT SOUTHERN UPKLWl) IS PREPARING FOR
WAR ON A RIG SCALE AGAINST THK .NORTH�NERVOUS CON-
KU\ CAUSED IN BRITISH CABINET�SPECIAL MEETING TO-
i'W.
A party of Oregon hind seekers, headed by Charles Kirk, a prominent citizen of Athena. Oregon, arrived here on Friday to look over eleven sections of land which they had under option from the Rattenbury Lame Company. The party consisted of Mr. Kirk and his family, and W. Harrison and family. They are owners of fine farms in Oregon, but wished to move to n new country, where land was cheaper, and engage in cattle ranching.
The party motoreci all the way from Athena to Prince George, making the trip in eight days' driving time. They camped along the route and took advantage or any good fishing encountered In the country thoy passed through.
Interviewed by The Citizen this morning as the party was loading up for the return journey to Oregon. Mr. Kirk stated that the roads were pood beyond Quesnel, but that the Blackwater road was a tough proposition for motoring. The trip would be much easier, he said, when the highway on the other side of the Fraser river was completed.
Asked what he thought of the country, he stated that it looked good to him but that it did not contain tho sort of land he was looking for. to go in for cattle raising. There was not enough open land for the purpose and while ii looked like a good dairy country, and appeared all j right for mixed farming, it was a cattle proposition he was after.
Yesterday the parry, accompanied j by IT. G. Perry, local agent for the Rattenbury Company, and N. C. .lor- , gensen, a land authority, motored ; down the new highway to the lands upon which they held an option and inspected this area.
I YOUNG JOHN' ALLEN WAS
BADLY BUISNED YESTERDAY
Son ot Proprietor of Prince George Bakery Scalded by Boiling Fat
J. L. Ruttan, the pioneer hotelman Of Vanderhoof. arrived i;i the city, this morning. Mr. Ruttan is now e�-gaged in the sawmilling business near Enderby on the projected Canada National railway, which is to tap the Kelowna and Ltunby districts from Kamloops. He says the southern railway project is much like the P. G. E. in that the grade has been finished and the right-of-way fenced, but no man knows when steel is likely to be laid. The people of the section are up in arms over the treatment which has been meetad out to them but so far their protests have been utterly disregarded. Mr. Ruttan made the trip in by auto from Quesnel over the olG road along the telegraph trail. He says some patching is going on But the roads generally are in a frightful shape. It took him so long to make the trip in from Quesnel that he despairs of living long enough to make the journey out. and is in somewhat of a quandry to know what to do with his car.
Boiling fat, being used to fry doughnuts yesterday, in the Prince George Bakery, on Third avenue, upset over John Allan, the fifteen year old son of the proprietor, who was taken to the City Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from terrible scalds on his face, arms, and chest.
The condition of the lad is critical, and the extent of his injuries will not be known until the bandages with which he is swathed are removed. It is feared that his sight may be impaired.
4 STEAMERS COLLIDE
AT COLUMBIA MOUTH ?
FARMERS WANT AGREEMENT I
OTTAWA, May lid -Norman Lambert, secretary of the Canadian Council of Agriculture, before the railway transportation costs committee of the [louse of Commons, urged th-.> restoration of the Crow's Nest Pass agreement on behalf of the organized farmers of Canada.
4- PORTLAND, May ?,0�Seven 4-4 sailors were killed in their sleep 4 4 in the forecastle of the Welsh 4 4 Prince when she went into col- 4 4- lision with the steamer Iowan 4-4- at 10:45 on Sunday night. 4
4 The Welsh Prince was bound 4 4 down river from Portland when 4 4 she collided with the Iowan. en 4 ? route up river. The Welsh 4-4 Prince went down by the head 4 4 in thirty feet of water. her 4 4 stern rising above the river sur- 4 4 fa�H\ She was loaded with lum- 4 r* her for the far east. 4
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Willie Kanun Sold SAN FRANCISCO. May 30-Confirmation of the sale announced, of Willie Karam, third baseman of the San Francisco club, to the Chicago Americans for 5^00,000 and trade of two other players is given out.
Mh>\, May :{(>�^ cabinet mooting was called today for the dis- i 11 "' Ibe Irish difficulty, which continues to cause nervous concern ' solution in sight. The Ulster border manifesto, which criticizes ers for tito attention of tho lister members of the Imperial parliament, ,
"" sympathisers, believes thai southern Ireland is preparing for war "�*< (he north It i
THE HKJ LEAGUE
s '''ported in those quarters h'l'linition factories, controlled l)a'l Eireann minister of de-e manufacturing War ma-
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tdrial under high pressure.
Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins had a long conversation with Lloyd George prior to the cabinet
(This Morning's Names) National League�Now York 8, Philadelphia 9: Cincinnati ?, Pittsburgh 3; St. Louis 1, Chicago 0; Bostoji :'. Brooklvn 9.
American League � Chicago 0. Cleveland 0; Philadelphia '.'. New York :'.; Detroit 6, St. Louis 5. 444-4-44444444-4
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Reciprocity again Rears its Head in House of Commons
MEMBER FOR NEW WESTMINSTER OUTSPOKEN TO PROGRESSIVE MEMBER WHO FAVOIES RECIPROCITY WITH THK UNITED
STATES__WOULD 111IN PROVINCIAL INDUSTRIES, STATED Me-
QUARRIE.
OTTAWA, May .�><>�Today's debate on the budget was carried on chiefly by the Progressives, and the debate revealed ttic fact that the fol-Iowei-s of Crernr are not satisfied with the budget, but they do not intend to support the Conservative opposition amendment.
The member for New Westminster, W. (J. McQuarrie, answering one Progressive declaration in favor of reciprocity with the United States, declared that no member for British Columbia, either Liberal or Conseva-tivo, would have the courage to favor reciprocity, which would mean tho death of provincial industries.