PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
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PRINCE GEORGE, B.O., FRIDAY, JULY 7th, 1922.
FIVE CENTS.
lity Council will Deal with Sawmill Project Tuesday
The proposals of the J. D. Mc-[rthur Company for the erection of saw and planing mill on the Hud-Sn's Hay subdivision came before [e city council last evening. The jjmpany was represented by W. H. llrd, who said he was authorized by jr. McArthur to make the definite latemont that as soon as an agree-lent could be arrived at between city and the company, and the [nsent of the railway commission (cured, construction work would be Ider way and the mill completed id in operation by April next. At [e outset it was the intention of the Impany to operate a mill with a [pacity of 150,000 feet per day, lieh would mean employment for men in and around the mill, and >se upon 600 men in the bush in winter months getting out tim-In explaining the concessions iieh the company would ask from city Mr. Bird read a letter which had addressed to the council:
"Prince George, July 6. 1922. to His Worship the Mayor and The [Council of the City of Prince [George, B.C. jentlemen,
i'lhe J. 1). McArthur Company, |ving in mind to erect a sawmill of ),000 feet daily capacity on lands Jacent to the townsite, and pur-ised by us from the former own-The Hudson's Bay Company, we fulrt ask you to give your attention the following concessions which would like to obtain from the ty of Prince George in order to lilitate the erection and operation [this industry:
F'(li FYet* right-of-way for a line connecting the property ho a T.P. railway and freedom n taxes for such spur line for a ! (-(1 of thirty (.'5 0) years. '(L't Fire protection. The city Ins to be extended on to our pro- J ty and hydrants placed where ne- j lary so as to afford the best pos- i |e fire protection.
.'it By-law undertaking that, if! City Limits are. within the next I ty (3ft) years extended so as to i lude the property which we am j liring from the Hudson's Bay [pany, such property will be ex- i It from municipal and school for a period of thirty (30) from date of such bylaw. [4( The city to co-operate with securing from the Provincial frnnient exemption from taxation ced assessment with regard to lill property and plant, and (Continued on Page 6)
J. D. McArthur has Bought Site for
Big Sawmill on Hudson s Bay Land
VETERAN WESTERN RAILWAY CONTRACTOR WILL ENTER LUMBERING BUSINESS HERE ON BROAD SCALE�UNOBSTRUSIVE NEGOTIATIONS FOR FINE MILL SITE QUICKLY COMPLETED�WILL COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION OF 150,000 CAPACITY SAWMILL AS SOON AS TRACKAGE FACILITIES HAVE BEEN ARRANGED.
. EWS OF GREAT MOMENT reached the city on Tuesday night when J. D. McArthur
N arrived here from Winnipeg and it became known that he had purchased a large section of the Hudson's Bay Company's subdivision here for the purpose of building a big � sawmill on this land.
Negotiations were commenced early in June between Chas. B. Daniell, who is agent for the Hudson's .Bay Company here and who resides upon their subdivision, and Mr. McArthur, and upon Mr. Daniell's advice these were concluded with the land commissioner of the Hudson's Bay Company at Winnipeg, where Mr. McArthur lives. As a result of these negotiations Mr. McArthur returned here on Monday last as the owner of about twelve full blocks in the Hudson's Bay Addition. The land that Mr. McArthur has acquired lies in the centre of the northern part of the addition and it includes both sides of the slough and extends to the Fraser river. The only property holders affected by the purchase are Mr. Daniell, whose home is included in the area which Mr. McArthur is interested in, and Mr. Shives, some of whose property is required. ,
Talking to The Citizen on Wednesday, Mr. McArthur stated that he had nothing to hide in the matter. He proposed to build a mill, he said, as soon as the arrangements for trackage could be completed. This mill would be a duplicate of the one he operates in Edmonton, Alberta, and would have a capacity of 150,000 feet a day, on a twin double-cutting band equipment.
Asked how he proposed to handle logs from the Fraser river Mr. McArthur said that he intended to dam the mouth of the slough, fed by a creek, which runs through the Hudson's Bay property, and create an artificial lake which could be used to impound the logs. Driven from the McArthur limits on Mud river, and from his holdings up the Fraser, or from the Nechaco river from which points logging was done for the mill, the logs would be taken from the Fraser and hauled into the impounding basin by machinery capable of handling an enormous quantity.
The mill will employ about 100 men in addition to the large number that will be engaged in the legging camps in the woods.
That a lot of credit for obtaining this industrial benefit for Prince George is due to Mayor Johnson is a statement volunteered by Mr. McArthur who informed The Citizen he had practically decided to locate his mill at the mouth of the Mud river when Mr. Johnson undertook to show him the advantages of coming to this city with the project. The mayor's point of view has also been strongly supported by W. H. Bird, the expert timber estimator and engineer for Mr. McArthur. who has been her* W months past looking into the various problems of logging and milling. Superintendent Blakie, who is in charge of the big tie-camp operations on Mud river and of clearing this river of log jambs and other obstacles so that logs can be driven down it to the Nechaco and into the Fraser, is another man who favors location here.
The Hudson's Bay Company's land has always been regarded in this city as the potential site for the projected pulp and paper mill. It was suggested to Mr. McArthur in the Citizen's interview, that the pulp mill people might be disappointed when they learn that one of the best of their sites, and the only one available which adjoins the town limits, has been sold. "When a man has goods to sell he takes the first purchaser," replied the contractor with a smile.
J. D. McArthur is one of the best known characters and financiers of the west. In C. P. R. construction days he held one of the biggest contracts on the western work. He built the E. D. & B. C. Railway and largely financed that road. The McArthur Building, in Winnipeg, is one of the finest of the new type of buildings which beautify that city.
A number of years ago Mr. McArthur was interested in lumbering here when the Fort George Lumber and Navigation Company Ltd. numbered him among its large shareholders. Last spring he purchased the timber limits on the Mud river held by the Sprague interests of Winnipeg. This is an exceptionally fine stand of fir, covering about twenty-five miles. From this timber, during the past winter, about 125,000 ties have been cut from the smaller growths, and are either delivered, or ready for delivery, on the C.N.R.
Wallinger Chosen by Conservatives of Cranbrock
The Conservatives have nominal ! (Ml N. A. Wallinger, late government agent at Cranbrook to contest th � Craubrook constituency for the par'.y at the forthcoming by-election. 1 e j fore his retirement from the gove ment service Mr. Wallinger was reported to be scheduled, for transfer to the Prince George government agency to take the place of Govern ment Agent Herne, who was to have been moved to a larger post.
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MINISTER HOPES TO <�
KST.AKLISH EXPERIMENTAL 4
FARM NEAR THIS (MTV ?
Just before leaving Ottawa ? about the first instant, for a 4 tour of the west, Hon. W. R. ? Motherwell, minister of agri- ? culture, stated that the govern- ? ment hoped soon to establish ? an experimental farm at, or 4 near. Prince George. It is the ? minister's intention to visit all 4 the experimental farms in the 4 prairie provinces and to address 4 several public meetings ar- ?� ranged by farmers. "These 4 farms," said the minister in re- ? ferring to the experimental 4 farms, "have been largely * marking time since the begin- 4 ning of the war and it is for 4 the purpose of learning how 4 their activity and their effi- ? ciency can be increased that I 4 will visit them." >
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PROVINCIAL MINISTERS
ARE COMING HERE SOON
Attorney-General, and Ministers of
1/uiuls and Public Works on
Tour of North
Throe ministers of the provincial government are expected here shortly when Hon. T. I). Pattullo, minister of lands, Hon. A. M. Manson, a'-torney-general, and Hon. Dr. Sutherland, minister of public work * reach this city on their tour of th � north. They are expected in Smith-ers on Thursday of next week a", i will probably be here on the following Saturday. It is expected tl a the ministers will remain in the city for a few days.
BIG HOLD-UP
MONTREAL. -July 7 -- Four men held up the cashier of the Dominio i Textile Company a.s he was returning to the plant with the week's payroll and took $20,000 from him.
ivernment Has Not Yet Apprehended De Valera
|PS STORMED AND CAPTURED BLESSINGTON BELIEVING THAT >K VALERA WOULD BE TAKEN HUT HOPE PROVED FUTILE� {BEHIND DE VALERA" IS ORDER ISSUED TO REPUBLICAN gROOPS�REBEL IJEADER KILLED.
ranged shortly, according to Manager Pidgeon, who has been in correspondence on the subject.
N, July 7�Tin* government troops stormed anil captured igton where do Valera was reported to bo in hiding, but he was ten. General Cathai Brugha, a rebel leader who was shot when the trosn of the rebel was stormed, lias died in hospital from his Approximately TOO irregulars were taken prisoner by the Nanny during the struggle in Dublin, according to reliable informa-lie order issued to the Republican troops today is "Behind dei
�ports from Belfast state that all the Irish midlands arc now under of the government. Forces of insurgents at Clynan Castle and Hi.mi-.- have surrendered. Boyle, County Rdscommon, was taken by |1 troops after an attack lasting several days in which Brigadier-litcholl was shot dead.
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Germany Bankrupt and
Will Seek Moratorium
A forest fire on the G.T.P. 4
between A m e s b u r y and Sheames, near Prince Rupert, has interrupted the Citizen's telegraphic news service today as no news has been filed as it cannot be sent through this fire. The Citizen's service runs coin-cidentally with the service to Prince Rupert and interruption to one affects the other.
Only a few brief bulletins were obtainable up to the hour of going to press.
GERMANY FACED WITH COLLAPSE OF THE MARK TO A IA>\V KK-COHb PAST ALL APPARENT HOPE OF RECOVERY WISHES LEGAL AUTHORIZATION FROM NATIONS TO POSTPONE PAYMENT OF HEIC DEBTS�WILL DECLARE BANKRUPTCY.
BERLIN, July 7�Germany, it was authoritively announced today hi h report which followed the quotation of the mark, is about to declare herself bankrupt, owing to the collapse of her currency. A moratorium will be a'sked for in order that the debts of Germany may be postponed a* to payment. The German marks were quoted 240Q I<> the pound in London, on foreign exchange. This is � new low record.
AERIAL SMUGGLERS
]( It SEASON OVER1 NOW
WITH BIG HARVEST IN
v� GOING IX) |ANDERHOOP TOMORROW
V Return Game with Ne-Valley Boys Sunday� Many Fans Going
ty ball team is going to
>of tomorrow to play a re-
B there r,n Sunday morning
� According to indications
there will be a big following of fans with the players.
The team and the local supporters will leave on the westbound tomorrow night, and will return on Sunday afternoon. There is no train on Monday, and other arrangements for the name are therefore impossi-
PORTLAND, Mam.'. July 7 A
cache of liquor, believed to belong to an inland "smuggling by air"' ring, was found on a lonely island near here.
About $100,000 Turn-Over in Fur
Trading This Spring is Fair
Estimate Says Dealer
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SASKATCHEWAN. July 7� 4
The Saskatchewan Pharmaceut- 4
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refuse to continue the sale of 4 liquor under present conditions. 4
games with Sinithers will
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Talking of the fur turn-over in the city, which has just about closed for the season. Herbert Porter, one of the city's prominent fur dealers, stated to The Citizen last night that about $100,000 had passed through the hands of the traders here in the purchase of beaver skins. The season for killing beaver was thrown open last spring for a limited time, following the investigation into the status of this animal after the game
conservation board probe. Beavir and rats have never been in better condition, stated Mr. Porter. an ' the market for these pelts has ke;>' up very well.
WILL ADULTERATE WHEAT
PARIS, July 7�The chamber of deputies pass a bill empowering I' e government to authorize wheat adul teration in order to meet the short' age.
THREW THE CHAMPION
Alan Eustice threw Strangler Lewis in the first fall, but/lost the two succeeding falls and the match after a splendid struggle at Wichita, Kansas, on Wednesday.