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PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
PRINCE  QEORQE,  H.C.,   KHIDAY, AUGUST IIth.
tflVB OENTH.
Experts Seek Defence Line in Cariboo in
Fight against Deadly White Pine Blister
bLalest Photo of Sir William Bragg.
PROPEHSOR OP AGRICTLTIRK AM) MIMItDL OP V, S. DEPARTMENT* OP AGRICULTURE ARRIVK HERE AT T1II0 BND   )l   LONG TRIP PROM III UK) ON A S 11;AN*.!: MISSION�l'HJHTINU THE DEADLY
w n iii: iim: ui.isti i:.
Si,mewi,ii,� in fai- iuvhj   Huiope a  shipment   i�f nursorj     stock     IW , maidens in Mi.- Western suites was made, one sail day, a year or I wo ago, '
and  in  thai   shipment   (here  came  |o America  (lie genm <>r a   dread  (I seuse which   llltnekH   not   people,  hut   lie,-:.      This   disease  is   knolMl  as   Hie  "white Mister  nil".     Ii   utlnclOi  Hi �  l.ml.s  of  pine  free*  nnd,  In   (he  case  of
Ih  .....lir  luenly-livo years  il   Kill.,  and  over dial   age it   malms and
its the shapelj   tiees.     An)   flne-iu edled  pine trees me affectchI  by e,   which   bus   <>nl>   conn-   in   Unlit   (luring   'lie   puM   year   or   so,
Ro< i;e doslgti&tes this generally uj .iit with approximately 30 p. r cent, in   clay.
Speaking of this noil he explained, in nn Interesting manner, how thi-i culloUlul clay tendj to form u crtu, ufter :i rain, which not only prevent:) (tin entrance of air to the top layei of soil for plant life, which is so no-cessury for proper growth, hut alnn dries out the soil by drawing moisture from a very considerable depth which Is then lost  by evaporation.
ioi I       To  remedy this defect   they reeom-
luil has spread will, mil h rapidity ih.it the United Stales has nlreaiiy j mend the dust mulch method by the bllftter c,mill,) departm -nt to the Dcpartmeti) of Agriculture, I thorough surface cultivation, and t|iiickly sjiv��ii.' to iii.- �� bushes also. I particularly emphasize the need of Th.- rust does nol Infecl conifer- Browing Icgun, s for several yearn, mis trees such us Bpi acn or lir, and: imrtlcularl) BWeH clover and alfalfa, ihe search for a belt of this timber which they belkve would do well of about thirty miles in width and here and which would supply th-3 font in nous In Its growth, or inter essential nitrogen in which our soils spemed over continuous area with �'"'' deficient. These legumes would other timber also Immune from -llsn make the d     Prince weak,   h.ivinr.   motored whole,    dlstani e     'I hey    spent tin'     he!�",  on   i heir     mission, es iiein,-  ii  search  for a natural barrier to stop Ihe spread ol the blister rust  from the coastal  rn-gions in v hich it ha- i alned ground,
Chautaqua Entertainers Coming Here Next Week
I'lUMilfAM.MK ItANOES I'KoM  i:i,i:< TliM Al. �(iM)i;i:s,  l\< l.( l>|\(.   \ DKMONSTKATlON   OK   RADIO,  TO  HIGH-CLASS     MUSICAL     AM)
vocal aiti:ai"iro.vs�strong ti:am of interesting lk.< -
Interior of the  United  States    barrier  to  thjfc  disease  In   the  great    ductlve.
Is also to teit soils and    bolt   of conifirous timber stretching        Although the    soil    examinations
generally   explore   this   territory   for   north   ironi   %'aKhiiiKton     state     to    which they are making are not    yot
the development of their own Know-    Alaska,   was r?ie  belief of Professor   completed,  the  experts  are  of    the.
ledge  of   North   American   soils  and    Voting  and   his  colleague,   when   re-   "pinion that, generally speaking, the
iii.- growth  Indigenous to them            turning to their native country     on    silts in this vicinity are not  greatly
One of these e p rls,  Bet   to find    Wednesday,    The only  .vay In which    lacking  In  lime  content.     As  a  re-
iiii.
made against the ii blister - rust, Is I1 V.i in/, of oi Mi.sc,, other Is VV A Rock Idaho, ;.....xperl In
U sta::d can lie urslona of the ofeBBor    V     M.
',   Idaho        The
of Sand Point. griculture, who
Sir William Bragg,  i:n�Hsh scientist, with his X-ray Spwtionieter,  ! with whih lie hopes t�> realize (lie dream of die scientific world And
separate  >lu< atom.
More Street Improvements Agreed to by City Council
PRINCIPAL THOItOlGHFAISKS WILL BK LEVELLED AND GRAV-KLLED AND THE MOST CREDITABLE YEAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY WILL BE ROUNDED OCT IN PITTING FOR]**� FURTHER WATER EXTENSIONS ALSO AUTHORIZED,
The  city  council   held  a  special  meeting on  Tui'Hilay  evening for  the
Heralded hj Miss Henry, adviuice ngenl for (lie Dominion Cliautauq-ii;,.. operated on ibis circuit, Ihe entertainers <>f tliis organization will .i|i|nai- lieic from Wednesday i<> Saturday, Inclusive, In Tim Hex Theatre, Miss Henrj met the guarantors of the Chniitliuqun in Ihe Ali-vanilra Hotel .,ii Wednesday, and outlined tin* programme, vvlilch is coming nnd which, 1m.iI, from her description ami by repute, promises to be one of ihe hesi a^Ki'i'Ual i.nis of talent  >�'! Been i" I lie w<-.( nn < liiiut aui|iia.
Professor  Aithur  D.  Carpenter, a-----------�--------------                                       �
.:..�;,  student   and   a   dear     thinker,   young   man   or   young   womun     who |i|.*-ai    on  the  program.    This  lee-   may be drifting.
�       ;..-   .-ser,   tile   power  to   put   illlo             111   tills   h-dllle   .Ml.   Cl'atllWell   g|ve9
ll language that he commands the    to  his  audiences  some   pertinent  ml-
.   . .� �   attention,  the  subject  matter' vice  on   how   to  get   by   the     various
iii hit lecture.                                                  Houduos  which  arfect   human  devel-
.�..i  before in the history of theTopment  and  progress.     Orathwell  Is
.. tn   l ice   lias  there  been  such     a    no theorist on this.Mihject,     His lec-
..�� n   Inti rest
u making a special investigation Into   the   pine   rust   menace.
'1 he origin of th.- dii ease in the pine trees of the western states and Canada is traced to gooseberries and currants Imported from Europe, The blister rust, appearing on pine trees,
the disease nn be attacked is to Sl1'' "' their Investigations along the tear tip and burn infected trees, it Fraser valley from Queanel to Sum-Is sail.                                                        init lake, they are very favorably is.-sides hi* activities in the tight- impressed with the country and do inn of this i&enaee to pine timber, not hesitate to say that with proper | purpose of considering further street improvements to bo undertaken out Mr Young il a professor if botany, methods of cultivation this ^should j or ,ne ,,,-,,<<-<-ds of last bond issue. 4n view ��f ihe hent shown at Thursday �Mr.     Ro<                                                                   rylng     and   ov|,n|nB.s mo(.tlng a nrely time wa* exported but contrary to expcctatlonl
iIn- aldermen dispatched a lot of business in less than an hour and six pieces of work were -authorized, including the improvement of Quebec street   from  the   railway station  to   third  avenue.
farmet   and  was for  some   mixed farming country
Cn
V � lie �   mining
ol
;ago 1   a ^   a   soil   e\pert      ' y d   l�;ates   federal     author;-mlng north they have t   close  study   of     the Fraser  valley.     Mr.
Mr.   Rock
of  timothy  a
 onsiders  the  growing  y          rious  mistake  111  the
first few years alter clearing and pointed out the great need of experimental farms in the district.
Agreement Reached on the Main Reparation Points
GERMANS Will. UK GIPANTK1) A MORATORIUM I MM. END OF THK Vi:.\i:�A GENKltAL ACCORD IS ANTICIPATED UKTWERN PAR-TIES TO REPARATIONS CONTROVERSY�LONDON IS OPTIMISTIC.
CABLING   EXPENSIVE
TOiROUGH   IRISH   WAR,
LONDON, AutfiiM tt�Mes-saj;<* from London to Xew York an' costing private Individuals i ne dollar a word by the round-about i out e ol',.Spa in anil the Argentine, owing to the trans-.U'aniic cuhles being controlled h>  the sinn Keincrs.
The action taken was on the recommendation of the public works committee for levelling and dravel-Ing the following streets at the estimated   expenditures   Riven:
Seventh avenue, from George street to the school, $1,000.
Second avenue, from George street
Victoria,  $500. Third   a veil no,
from      Vancouver
street to Laurier crescent, above the furling rink,  $800.
pronches to the new freight sheds and such warehouse sites as the railway company may erect east of George street. It was expected this work would be undertaken this fall but the latest advices from the railway officials is to the effect that the work will be commenced in the spring.
On the recommendation of the wa-
r.K't sski s.  Aiilj.isi   in�According   (o  Information     received     froi
spiritual     things j Hire is the result of much more than    London today an njrreenieiH Is practically reached on the four main points;   .u,tj(,   orderB   for   British   coal
ENGLAND'S  COAL  OKDKHS
LONDON',    August   11�Trans-At-
are
in 6i ientiflc point of view as � the present day. urpenter began as an aatron-lle went from one field of i to another, and finally the realm demanded his atten-lere his cool, calculating ol procedure was of lmmeas-benefit to him. He traveled > and he Investigated every The results of years of study ugh! to light In "The Knergy
pearing  before  audiences
 Canada.  I'r>>f.  Carpenter  i" hundreds of thousands
an academic viewpoint of life, Over-   of ih<- reparation controversy, and ii general accord is now anticipated in I pouring in,  those now In  hand    In-
imitiK   every   manner   of   handicap
he has emerged on top;
most   suc
�Will      lecturers-
IIK'ITISII  STHA.Mfilt  SEIZED
Chautauqua   plat form.
Mr.   II.   1).   N'ewcombe hails from Halifax, Nova Newcombe's vo.ee la on range   and   great   power.
 baritone,
 Scotia,   Mr
 of unusual
 For   some
 n soloist  Halifax
reparation  circles,  says  n  semi-official  dispatch   from  the  Havas agency,   eluding 100,000 tons for Canada Hie inipressioi:  in  London  is dccidcdl)  optimistic and talk of a split   has
censed.
A disp...,h to the llMvas UReiicj   in I'.uK from  London this afternoon I      CONSTANTINOPLE,     Aug.     11-a>s   that   Herman)   will   1)0  granted   a   moratorium   until   the end   of   thq year.
ter  committee  water extensions    to
Quebec  street,  from  First  avenuej the residences of W.  Kemp and    A. to Third avenue, $400.                          ! Nash     were    authorized.    Consider-
Oltawa   street,   from   Hanson     to I ably   more   work   has  been  aecomp-havey.  $.100,                                           ; Huhed   this  season  in  the matter  Of
Dominion street, from First aven-   main exteusious  than  was    thought' ue to Third, $500.                                 ! possible at the begining of the year
The estimated cost of the new! and It is likely there will be a good work totals $3,50�, and if it Is com-j surplus from this vote to rtlrry over pleted within the figures set there � for next year's requirements, will remain between $3,000 and $3,-| .. All members of the'council were 500 in carry over for work next! present with the exception of Alder-year.    This .should leave ample funds; man  liunton  who Is in. the east    ou
lime Mr. Nowcombe has b
in All Saints Cathedral, The assistant general manager of The Chautauquas heard him sins considerably   over   a   year  a;:n.        So
?   ???????�??????    she   Would   lie  a   total   wreck.       Tha DOMINION'S  RATIFY  THK         ?   Calcutta,  tender to the Raleigh,     is WASHINGTON TREATIES ?   standing  by.    The Raleigh was   one ?   or  the  Birmingham  type  of  cruiser LONDON     UigitBl   11�Rutl-  ^'commissioned  iu   IH18.    She  was of
The  British    steamer    George    was] ror the grading of the necessary ap-; his vacation.
seized   liy  the   Bolshevikl  at   Batum  ----------------------:-------------..   - ------�'..._         �j�
last   week.
the
 eastern   provinces
 mind should fear no That  man   who  dares
 om the sheltered har- guts  nowhere.        Had
od at Qonott, America
mained   the   hom
 of
hithert 1-  with
 Dr. Carpenter  unknown   ways.
 confidenc
 and
'h
n on,- will ever    regret
 '   Nearness  of  (iod." "'I. another lecturer,  is  figure in the scientific ng    the    war    lie    was ' allied governments to
I Mil
llgntli Witter, |iasa �g i !n 'Ifiinonstrai T�>" sub
1    Pl'iii   for   coast   defense. 1   I' i'I ure  nol   only     of
.....'1 value hut of Intense
H  Hi   ihe  aid  of  a     large
uvi ii laboratory appar-
unstrates  the   wonders
lv tmil the many marvel-
'"vtuitlona of the    present
:';''iiii.,ns    during    the
�ars have  included  a  tor-
I" 'imiroiled by wireless
l;l"'e  and  an     electro-
"��""iiieiit   that   will   give
1 '  (>Xticl   location   ;.t   all
lecture Ford does some Hi Ings  with    electricity,
.mil].
much   is  Mr.   Newcombe's    time    In    �
demand thai we had to contract him    ?
thai   length  of  lime  In   advance    i'i    ?
order to bring him w nsl                         +
The Herald,  ynrmouth, Nova Sco-    ?
ii.i:  ".Mr.  Harry I). Newcombc, Hull-j  ?
lax.  arrived   In   Varmouth  on  Satur     ?
day ;iml Is a guesl  al i lie  ��-. avj    �  .-   ?    the radio
ilion has been parsed  bj  the   ?    partn>�ni
p, dive parliaments an I this   ? , from Ita u
het'it endorsed by  thi   king,   f   was report
ii,     ul   ill"  acts   are     being   ? . I lie balaho
?   ?   +   ??>?   +   >????��?�
?   ItAIIAVAV LABOH MEN             ?
?                      IN   SESSION   TODAY  ?
^                       _______                       ^
?        WASHINGTON.     Auk     11�   ?
All the Military and Police Barracks in Cork in Flames
nul  her main armament   ? The officials of seventeen rail- ? even 7.C-lnch guns.          ?  road   labor  organizations  went  ?�
me s.,n<'  received     by   ?  into session  this    morning    to ?
pregatlou  with  splendid  vow nnd  his magnificent  baritone
filled   (lie
 church   m  xquisite   sw
 mpletely  s.        Mr,
with   Its  exquisite   sweetne Newcombe   is   one   of   Nova   Scotia's leading   vocalists.'1
Marks.  Canadian  violinist.  Is also
 to Washington in exchange  ?  atification   by the   United  ?
 IN  .IASPKH  I'.Utk
\i:i: PROVIDED FOR
Introduced In thin
only
 lad  of
finished   artist record  hack fourteen  he  pa
 ram    Though  ghteen  .wars lie  is a  with   a   phenomenal  him.     When     but  the rigid  test of
federal    Minister    Piomi-lid i-.r PurpoH
ledeial
nch of the    naval    tie njtawa  on   Wednesdaj
aior on the   poi  . -. � that six live-  v,   r<   Ibsl >f tin- crew  being sal lauded      Apparently  the  ves el   was a  total   � reck   at   a  point   half  a   mile uesi   of     Point      Amour,     Labrador. She ran ngruund in    the    afternoon mid   by    i'   (.'clock  only four     of  the. crew   remained   aboard.
The   Ifalelgh   was   the   I'lay.ship   of the   N. ii' 1/ Atlantic and   West   Indies
?   consider a response which Is to  ?
?   I,.-  made  by  seven  shop    craft   ? 1   unions   to   President    Ilardilig's  -f
?   u.            motalfl  n!   a   basis for   �?
?    ibe  seitlem...,                     . ,il\vay   ?
?   strike                                                      -?
mi: Wheat crop
KHTIMATE   ol 1'
IVIATOK FLYIXG OVEK CORK TELLS <>K OOITDITIONS IN THE ENEMY STItONOIIOliDS�COMMl'NICATIONS WITH COUK, KX-ll'l'l BY SKA, ARB STILL IMPOSSIBLE�TKA.VS- ATLANTIC t'ABLKS  IN  KXKMY  HANDS.
was   in
Queh.
ii,,1,   charlc   Stewart, minintor ol
Hi,- interior, lias assured the Rtlmon ton Autu and Uood Roads asso. latlon
1 iZ gained the degree of L. A,   ,,r.,K,red  m  buiUl  within  . neJuniH
of   lasner park  whatever roads    .ue
I!-  wlth  hi*h "l>ll�r"    ,                .   .             .,.' ,,-v   � cninec, with the Alber-
Violin students will become Inter-            �      -                                              ^
osted in MarkB'B program when It is    ;    � -�   �                         .
�sted in MarkB'B program when it  is
lu,   the Juspar  highw
proposed   trnns-Can'adn    highway   la Pociihontas .will I
ann               that   in   his   groups
will  play  the  DeBerlot  Concerto, and
with  a  stream     of
Ins by electric currents l'Kh him     He  will also
' 1'1'1 [irlnclpals of radio.
" Of a lecture by S. W, tloo," or"..! Get-Ing b>' Your Hoo? He has u, rs and Thinkers". '"� nH Into " l0rmt!(1 u "peptomlst" Hun              I''  ted, nn optimist In ac-
lca| x\ot a 'H 'ecture ta not theoret-
messagB t\\\~~h ls a livlng human
ing ,,(1.             with optimism, com-
an ingpir   !  U'�m the heart-    It is everj.0I '    on and an Incentive    to
r�ftl-'uSht
 in    his

 does not. dodge
that ,hp ,T ,way'    When he fesls are .*!,pr'nc'Wes he Is advocating
Ten   Have.    In | liuil1
vith .Insper by  road,  whlli
road is ti honlns to* SHe'tt'i
most   all ra-i-' ive
 In th
egro Brllllante I
addition   to the  serious numbers,  the
young   violinist
group of negro spirituals.
In  the program    of    the    Going Epperson-Bell  Company  is presented Miss  Epperson's  talks on   birds and. their calls and  songs,  which she Imitates iu H  remarkable manner.   Miss | |H�   Hrillsh   Warship  on   Ko�'k Epperson  has th Ing the greatest    whistler
 nected  nother  Pocn- of lite  park.
ILVLKKill
MAY i?i: to: \i. loss
Off
TIIIHll  II \l.l. OAMIi
si \li\Y,   l\   HEItlEH
U I III  VANDEHIIOOK
Hllllihij al'lei'iioon al 3:30 tin' third name in the Carney Cup series between Vnntlerlioof an�' Canadian ulu-ai mip tli[� year will be ;{iSO,OU(i,Oiii) bu>lids, or ubout 20,0tKl,U(K) l�ii�liels more than ihe final estimate <>f lasi year's
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�a' K'overntiient. forces are unknown here. .Main   irnns-Allnntlf CtblM ....                                     ,-       .  .        _   � '��'�  -
S   end  are   In  ihe hands  of  tl Irish  Republican army.
 sun
SI IUH:\  STHIKE ON  LINES
CENTERING  AT LOS ANOKLEs
SI'ONTAXKOls
 ii. ON  WHITi,
l.INKH
lour   ISroibeiliood   Wnlketl   Out j Two   Members   of   Cic.v     of     Lln�. I,us Angeles Last Night Over               Adriatic Killed in Explosion
(iuni-ded  SI al ions                                       of foal iu Hold
LOS   ANGKLES,   August   10�The.        NEVV   YORK,   August   11   --  Two
TORONTO,     August   11     Marconi
wireless   telegraph   operators,   num-   l;iu  Four brotherhoods on the roads I members of  the  White,    Star    liner bering   300   In   Canada,   have   applied
pan)
for U board of concilliatioli in their wage dispute with th" Marconi rum-of Canada, Involving ii wage Ion of fifteen per cent.
CALGAltY   IIKAT  TOKONTO
TORONTO, August 11 The Cal-i RUry Hlllhursts defeated the Toron-: to Ulster United In the first game of ! the Connaught Cup soccer series, 1 iwo goals to one.
entering   on   Los    Anrceles     tonight j Adriatic's crew  were killed, five are nddenly   walked   out.   refusing     to   seriously injured, and one Is missing
trains   which     pass      through
naided   stations.
K
are
the   men and half,
known   ti
Wherever  guards
jmployed on railway property re refusintr to run trains dozen passenger trains are be  suspended   tonight.
.??????�?�?�*?���*?���
? hakim; iJOHiiKUV
4                        AT LOS ANGELES
as a result o( un explosion. It was determined that the origin was in number three hold. The steamer Is proceeding to New York ut half speed. Coal stored In number three hold caused the explosion, according to officials, who think that spontaneous combustion may have been the cauBtf. The men killed were a fireman and a trimmer. The Adriatic was bound for Liverpool with 650 passengers, ami the explosion oced when about 300 miles east of
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NATIONAL I'OIJCKS                     ?
HAVE ENTEIIKI) CORK   ?
 eputation  of  be-
MrCORMICK  WI'.DS
LOS ANGELES, August 11� ?
Two  masked bandits held up a
PAUIS, August ll - Harold P. Me-
x people here    early + � Portialui Maine.
merican continent
 Miss 10. Magdalene Moo
Ontario�is     the     greatest  Scottish
 UP
 thrOttle
"" great ambition   ls 'aspiration   to   some
band In the * wSMd. Their world pnnlst. hoWor of L.T.C.M. degreo tour was the most remarkable tour! from tho I7�fver8lty of Toronto, nnd ever, accomplished by  any    music-   iu�ructor In the Brandon Conwrva-
organization. The tour started �S JleWevUie, Canutia, an^U closed nt New York.     DuMn^  the. two
iory. Is i'   p anlst of    note    aid    a g meraber of this opropapy or
CHICAGO,    August     11�Edward to race driver, and     Hoy
LONDON.' August   11� The Inter- / Ov<
firtiuts.
fell  durlns stunt today.
/ pursuance
'measures against Germany, 500 undesirables   in   Alsace-Lorraine, ot
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