PRINCE GEORGE
VOL. 5, NO. 50.
PRINCE GEOKGE, B.C., TUESDAY, AUGUST lsf, 1982.
FIVE CENTS.
Some of the Cedar Creek Ground Testing Out Rich
N. A. Wallinger, Conservative candidate and his supporters, are also at work and only the announcement Of the by-election (late i.s necessary to start C ran brook oft on its third election campaign In eight months
GALLOWAY SAYS THE PIONEER DEVELOPMENT COM-! The earliest date on which the I'ANY HAS BEEN ROCKING DIRT WHICH YIELDS AROUND FIFTY j Cranbrook by-election can be held is
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DOLLARS TO THE YARD�FURTHER DEVELOPMENT BRING IN SEVERAL OTHEIl LEASES.
MAY
John I>. Galloway, provincial mining engineer for the centra] interior,
August 12. Premier Oliver said the j matter of a date could now be considered but an announcement i.s not 1 forthcoming us vet.
who luis spent several days in the Cedar Creek section, is not inclined to ! !>!!. SIMON TOLMIK A discount Hie mineral possibilities of tin* district too severely. The district j, n,>t all that luis been claimed for it in the press but it may yet become a very Important producer of Ihe yellow metal.
In fhe vicinity of the discovery claim on Cedar Creek there are at least Unix- claims which can be considered as good and when there i.s as
niuch work done on the scores of other locations there may be a sufficient j The opinion that Dr. Simon Tol-nuniber of producing claims uncovered to make a camp which will retain ! mie- ex-minister of agriculture und-
PAVORITE FOK LEADER
Opinion on the Coast Favors Ex-Minister of Agriculture as Leader of Conservatives
11 lie interest of outside capital.
In the opinion of Mr. Galloway ut- of the chief troubles of the new
At present the principal work in
brrtion >s to
to lne
that the the camp has been done, by the
who took part in the first rush fere not miners ami had little knowledge of the game. For the most jart they appear to have been com-sed of trappers and adventurers (whose chief asset was a knowledge how best to- get about the iy. Their first move was to fcocate mound and they figured the would come from the capitalist who would be prepared to |pay a fancy price r��r the privilege proving it. This worked out
Kelowna men who have organized the Cedar f'reek Mining company.
er the Meighan government, will he a hot favorite as future leader of the Conservative party is growing in the lower part of the province. Writing to The Citizen from Vancouver a correspondent well in toucli with the
This company commenced operations | P�litlcal situation states that Dr.
by securing an option on the Stevens lease, which adjoins the Platt discovery lease, and also the Sheridan lease which adjoins the Stevens
Tolmie will find a big support among a section of the Conservative party that has deviated toward the Progressives since the election of
and Platt leases on the east. Thej1^16- wnich Pllt the Liberals in Platt lease was the discovery claim Power. ,
in the camp, hut. faulty staking left The leadership of Hon. W. J. much of the ground desired to be Bowser is failing, owing to the poor staked open for the subsequent Stev-{ health which the veteran Conserva-ens staking. All of these leases and � tivt> champion has suffered from. It:., case of ground immediately ad- |a few others are in the bed of an :"ld although the party may lose him
the discovery claim, but on old high channel a considerable dls-
tnoir leader, and in view of the
scores ol eighty-acre holdings h radiate from the discovery
n absolutely nothing has been
here are two other factors which
tance above the present level of general belief that a change in this
Cedar creek, and it is believed that respect would strengthen the Con-
the gold which has been taken out servatives very greatly, the brains
of Cedar creek came as an enrich- &nd ability of Mr. Bowser, coupled
ment from the old higl. ....l.noi at -with nis parliamentary experience
Lucerne is Ousting Jasper as Mountain Division Point
RAILWAY COMMISSION HAS ISSIKI) FINDINGS WHICH FAVOR LUCERNE AS DIVISIONAL POINT INSTEAD OF JASPER�LUCERNE 122 MILES WEST OF PRESENT DIVISIONAL POINT-CHANGE A BENEFIT TO BRITISH COLUMBIA.
A change in the railway divisional |><>int from Jasper, in Alberta, to Lucerne in Hriiish Columbia, is Imminent, according to ropoi'ts received here from official sources. Lucerne lies 2:?! miles east of Prince George ami Jasper is 22 miles east of that point again.
Both places have rival scenic at-j------�--------------- - :�
tractions, and both are located in j beef) given to any land as the rail-mountain parks. Lucerne has not | way company had made application received the benefits of development j for lands for a summer hotel and that have been accorded Jasper park, jgolf course. The site was surveyed which comes directly under federal I to give an ordered system to the authorities, while development at laying out of buildings there. but
Mount Robson park, of which Lucerne is the principal railroad point, depends to some extent upon the provincial treasury.
The railway commission has been considering the question of the rival claims of Jasper and Lucerne as divisional points in the Yellowhead
the people who live at Lucerne are tresspnssers at the present moment, and the establishment of the point as a divisional headquarters will necessitate the giving of some form of title to the squatters, and the laying out of a townsie in which people can build.
pass, and has just handed down its , There is a bridge across the Fras-decision In favor of Lucerne. It is '� er river at Mount Robson station, stated ia railway circles that a 30 miles from Lucerne, a road to change will be made immediately, in < which from the latter will give ac-which the headquarters of division- ress to a wonderful section of the al officials will be moved from Jas- park. Mount Robson is dominated per to Lucerne, and the other chang- by Canada's greatest mountain, after es will also be made that will which the park is named. This permanently establish divisional mountain towers 13,1168 feet above headquarters at the B. C. point. ' Hea level. The park comprises an
This change means a victory for j area of 650 miles.
w up development in the dis- the point whore Cedar creeK cut j and knowledge of Britlih Columbia
British Columbia, in which Premier Oliver and the provincial government has taken a hand. It is understood that the province, in conjunction
ANOTHER MAY-BE STRIKE
t. In the first place there is a rcity of water, watch will put Iraulicing out of the question. - th>' most part the dirt to be shed will require to be shovelled 0 the boxes and sluiced through. (Another handicap is the wooded in-
comparatively heavy clearing the land before anything in the ire of mining can ne attempted, in the opinion of Mr, Galloway |ti." ground gives promise of suffi-t richness to warrant the neces-|s;iry work to prove tt.
through it. The surface of the j will always be a force In the coun-Claim's is covered by timber and a ! sels for the party.
peat moss, and directly under this is It is understood that Dr. Tolmie the gold-bearing gravel, there being will accept the leadership with ev-practically no over-burden to handle ery confidence if the results of the la the working oi the ground. The | Conservative conventioE to be held Stevens claim promises to be very \ this month indicate a desire to place
the bed rock appears to lie at 'i depth of twenty feet. There has been a lot of newspaper talk about I icking sold out or me black muck ( which is on top of the gravel but' there is no foundation for any such ' (Continued on Pa.ee 2)
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ntending Settlers are Here Looking; Over Interior Land
[A. If, ANDERSON, WELL KNOWN SPOKANE IMMIGRATION AGENT, \IMtIVED IN THE CITY WITH ADVANCE GUARD OF INTENDING SKITI.KIJS�PROSPECTS ARE GOOD FOR LARGE EMIGRATION MOVEMENT IN THIS DIRECTION.
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? METAL PLANK FORCED ?
? BACK I$Y DENSE SMOKE ?
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? The steel monoplane Hazel- ? ?� ton, while flying on her first ?
? long expedition into the Omin- +
ecu country, reache 1 a point near Bear lake, about seventy miles north-west of Hazelton, when the machine was forced back by the dens pall of smoke, from forest fires, which covered the country, and made it impossible to locate the landing. The machine carried about a ton and a-half of freight. ? ???��?�?�?�?���???�?-
GE1LM AN Y AN I� PA YME NTS
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Accompanied by A. H. Button, of Big Sandy, Montana, ami (i. Mc-Haffie, of Alberta, A. II. Anderson, a well known Spokane emigration s in the city to look over lands in this part of the province with n view to settling numbers of families in communities.
The operations of Mr. Anderson, at Spokane, are conducted on an tensive scale. He is no stranger to this country, having visited it on �' occasions. In tOH), when associated with Nels Jorgcnscn, land -'lit ol tins city, Mr. Anderson turned over large tract* to settlers who1 J):"'' made g(>o,l here.
" co�versation with Tne Citizen, Mr. Anderson stated that he was
uiilstic for the future of land settlement in this part of the province.
""'ii who accompany him represent many families, in the United
1 s< �nd Alberta, which are anxious to become established on the fine
vauuble here at reasonable prices, and on terms that are lenient.
"Presents some large land-holding concerns, and the heavy pruning
l>n" under such a tariff was next to impossible, has brought the
1(1 areas whirl) they control well within the moans of the modern
BERLIN, August 1 Germany, replying to the French note regarding i payments on the German national ! debts, reasserted that it is impossible I for her to con tin joe thi'se payments. I France, it is declared in Paris, will I impose penalties of economic and I financial nature for refusal to continue debt payments.
FOREST FIRES FELL
TELEGRAPH LINKS
BUFFALO. August 1�The railway switchmen throughout the
with the dominion government, has � .A . , , .
country, it is learned here, are con-
undertaken to open up Mount Rob- ,� .. ... , . -,
templating calling a general strike
son park by building roads out of , . , .
to regain their seniority rights.
Lucerne to the beauty points of the �
park, but the construction of these � THE RAILWAY, SHOPMEN
roads is conditional upon the C. \\
R. erecting a tourist hotel near Lu-
MONTREAL, August 1�The executive officers of the railway shop-
m-Wr to make a, re port to the* men"8 organizations have reaffirmed ., , i their threat ��� a Htrikv if tK� raiir-.
government on the road construction that is contemplated District Engineer Dixon is leaving here immediately for Lucerne to go over the ground.
In 1916 a townsite was roughly laid out ;it Lucerne by Fred. Burden, 1
ways enforce the wage cut policy. I*. S. LARGEST BUILDING
The city hall in Philadelphia contains ni'ft rooms and is said to be the largest building in the United
B.C.L.S. of this city, but no title nasilStates-
U. S. President Believes the End of Railway Strike Near
PRESIDENT HARDING SEES END OF STRIKE AT HANI) AND WILL MAKE MOVE TO SETTLE COAL STRIKE�INDUSTRIAL UNREST SHOWING SIGNS OF EASING DOWN�CHICAGO WALKING, THROUGH STREET CAR TIE-UP.
All wires down between Dor-eeii and Pacific on account of serious forest fires. About seven miles of the government tolo-grnph lines has also been destroyed in forest fires near For-est�!ale.
BAD BUSINESS
rKllA'' CANDIDATE IS
SELKCTKp at CRANBROOK
�*** Superintendent Taylor Chosen '�����>� Government Banner
("ii held'1 >eral I10minalin& oonven-,,,',' '!'' ('ni�brook on Wednes-laVthe 7l0r �f thut cit* � Iranbro u ' ''h�'lrp to cimtest the puse � 8 for the Provincial
'I. the on"' nameS were put UP in rod G(.n belng ('harles Ward,
Mr GJJ� ^d M. Santo.
let f0 a; �r h:is ^en in the dis-ln**y years, having been
connected with mining in the ealry days at \foyle and Kimberley. and was al one time secretary of the miners' union. Last year he was appointed ;ih the first vendor at the government liquor store opened at Cranbrotfk, a position which he resigned recently to become road superintendent for the district.
The first meeting in his support was held on Thursday night when Hon. A. M. Manson, attorney-general, Dr. W, H. Sutherland, minister of public works, and Dr. J, II. Mc-Lean. provincial secretary. visited Cranbrook and held public meetings.
WINNIPEG, August 1 � Four men, travelling i 11 a car. forced their way into the Imperial Bank branch at McGregor, Manitoba, and blew open the sate. They got only $20.
Dl'lll.IN IIOI.D-ll1
DUBLIN, August 1 Three armed men held up the staff of the Dublin customs and excise offices and seized more than $1,000 in money.
PILGRIMS KILLED
PARIS, August 1�Forty persons were killed and fifty others injured in a collision between two trains of pilgrims to the gtotto of Lourdes.
WASHINGTON, August I�President Harding believes that the end of the railway strike is near and he will make a new move this week to settle the coal dispute, according to a number of his cabinet. A conference of railway presidents is assembled at Now York to discuss President Harding's strike settlement plan. Secretary Hoover beinjj present.
Representatives of the federated shop crafts mot in conference at Chicago to consider President Hnrding's proposals, with Chairman Hooper, of the railway hoard, presiding.
Al Philadelphia, President Lewis, of the United Mine Workers, has issued an invitation lu the central field poorators to meet the miners ir� lerencc ,it Cleveland about August V.
All Chicago is walking following n strike of 120,000 street railway and elevated railway trainmen which lia.s completely lied up both services.
CAMPER CARELESS WITH
HIS FIRE�FINED 825
Prosecution at McBride Draws At-tention to Regulations
.T. a McParland of Raush Valley was found guilty on July 27th ut" building a camp tire in the Castle Creek valley contrary to the regulation prescribed by the provincial forest board, and fined $25.00 and costs before Justice of the Peace Thomas R. Lloyd, in McBride.
In this province the regulations of the Provincial Forest Board require that all inflammable material must be cleared away for a distance of three feet from the edge of the camp fire, and same must be totally extinguished before leaving vicinity. Many camp fires which are built by campers, tourists, trappers, and
I other parties who go into the woods of this northern interior cause many
I destructive forest fires, and an effort is being made by the department to force a reasonable compliance with the forest fire law in this regard.
CONCILIATION HEAD
TORONTO. August 1�H. P. Hill, M.P.P. of Ottawa, was accepted as chairman of the conciliation board in the Canadian railway shopmen's dispute.
SPECIAL SESSION CLOSED
EDMONTON. Aupgust t�The special session of the provincial legislature was formally prorogued after the lieutenant-governor gave formal assent to the wheat bill and the indemnity bill.