PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN With Which Is Amalgamated the Prince George Leader 0. NO. 41. PRINCE GEORGE, B.O., THUKBDAY, AUGUST 2nd, 1923. -***. tf'IVE CENTS. Chaatauqua to Entertain With Three-day Stand . nj >j,.n Perfect Organization for Performances on August 15th, JOth and 17th 5tvis9 Company of Yodlcrs and l<;�li Orchestra to Contribute Musical Numbers \ meeting of those interested in ,i,,. chauta'uqua entertainment which u;ll be given In the city on August 15tli, 16th and 17th, was held last evening for organization purposes and was attended b} Messrs. W. Armstrong, J. G. Quinn. George Ren-J10,t. D. G. Fraser, T. R. Rush, Levi Ornlinm, Prank Clark, P. J. Steacy, George W. Mason, and George W. Pt'iiwick. Mis* Mary Chorn, the advance director of the Chautauqua, was in attendance and gave some very Interesting information as to the na-tiire of tlio entertainment to he put on at the six performances scheduled for this city. One very attractive feature of tin* entertainment will he iho contributions of five Swiss Alpine yodlers. There are three ladies and two men in the company and they have b�en so successful in their Chnuitauqua programmes that they have heen brought year after year [rom Switzerland for the entertainment of appreciative audiences. Fur music lovers, the Eller-Will-oimhby ladies' orchestra also promises a treat. This orchestra is composed of six ladies, with Miss Eiler as director and violin soloist, who h:is six years to her credit as a director The trap drummer of the or-chestra is Miss Willoughby. who is ronceded to be one of the few good fe'male i�i>rfurnn>rs on the present-day stage. The junior portion of the pro-frramme will be wol! looked after in the >>nt"rtainmentfl. I'or tin? management of the local productions Frank Clark was made chairman; F, J. Steacy, secretary-ircasurer; George W. MaBOn. in 'hare of advertising, and George W Fenwick, in charge of arrangements. LILI/OOKT MINEIO DROPS DEAD IN VANCOUVER OX WAY TO VISIT FRIENDS VANCOUVER, Aug. 2�Frederick Nordlund, of Lillooet, a well-known mining man, dropped dead on the corner of Broadway and Manitoba streets on Tuesday evening while on his way to visit friends in Mount Pleasant. Nordlund had been in the general hospital suffering from ptomaine poisoning, but war; discharged from tho institution a lew days ago. The police say death was due to natural causes. Nordlund took part in the go'd rush to the Yukon, and later was interested in the Nome district. ' He made and lost a fortune in Nome, and in recent years had been engaged in placer mining In the vicinity of Bridge river. Conservatives Hold Big Picnic at Bowen Island Contract Let for Alteration of Alexandra Messrs. Me I mi Is & Wilson Secure tin Work with a B1<1 Just Under $20,000 Hotel Building Lends Itself Admirably to Conversion to Public Requirements Messrs. Mclnnis & Wilson received word from Victoria have that Hon. Dr. Tolmie Predicts Success of the Party in tho Next General Elrrtion \V. J. Bowser Says Next Administration Will ln> Just as Good us Electors Desire Canada National to Let Big Job in Ten Days VANCOUVER, Aug. 2�The Conservatives of Vancouver held__ th�j greatest picnic in their history on Wednesday when they spent the day at Bowen Island. Senator Taylor, of New Westminster; Hon. Dr. Tolmie, of Victoria, and \V. J. Bowser, the leader of the party in the legislature, were thu principal speakers. They were all in good fettle and made the most of the recent Conservative victories in Prince Edward Island and the province of Ontario. Senator Taylor dealt with the action of the senate in requiring the provincial government to secure a plebiscite of the electors as a condition precedent to the prohibition of the import of liquors into the province, except upon the order of the government liquor board. Tlva senator saifl a lobby was maintained at Ottawa by the distillers, who had a secret agreement with Attorney-General Mar.son by the terms of which they were committed to as-sUtltig the attorney-gen-eral in shutting off liquor importations. Hon. Dr. Tolmie was the most optimistic speaker of the day. He has been predicting Conservative administrations for each of the provinces within th� near future and he they are the successful tenderers for the work of renovating tiic Alexundra hotel, to make the same suitable for government office and court house purposes. Their tender for the work was $19,650. They will sublet the plumbing work to thu Harper-Gross Company, and the painting to Cyril Dupre. The electric wiring in connection with tut; building has not yet been sub-let. The alterations which will be made to the building will not change the exterior appearance very much. The chief entrance on Third avenue will Ivy shifted to a point in line with the main stairway, and the two existing entrances will be closed. From the main entrance there will be a hallway giving out to a corridor which will lead to the rear of the building. On the left of the main entrance, and occupying the Third avenue front, will be the offices of the government agent and the assessor, which will be separated from the public office Tjy a passageway and public counter extending across the entire front. This public office and the offices of the government agjent and assessor occupy all that portion of the hotel which was given over to the lobby, clerk's office and cloakroom, and in one corner of the general office vault accommodation will be built up from the basement. The lighting of the public office will be improved by the opening of a number of windows on the Brunswick street frontage of the building. In the rear of the government agent's public office, provision is made for a court room. This occupies what was formerly the dining-room of the hotel. The bench is placed at the north end of the room, and on the left will be the jurors' (Vh.�i Culvert* WiU be Put in the ' read i�t� the, election results in On- Kntlrc Lino From Jasper to Prince Rupert Competition Will lx> Keen Among Contractors�IxhmiI Made Pip*% Will bn Used P. \V, Graham, the contractor who put up the railway depot, passed through the city on Saturday on his way east. Mr. Graham will tender oh the job of putting in the culverts mi the G.T.P. railway between Jas-per and Prince Rupert, and if he lands the work will make his head-qunrtera in this city and bring his family here until the job is complet-l>(i It i� expected that the contract will be awarded within the next ten rflaj's, and there will be a number of contractors figuring on it. To improve the roadbed between Jasper and the coast the railway management has decided upon the erection of some fifty-seven cement culverts, and the greater number of "'�in will go In between McBride :'�d Smtthers. For years past the company has been having a groat ''��il of trouble, with soft places in .'he roadbed, and will endeavor to reach a solution of the difficulty by -'�i'iiig in large culverts to effect the necessary drainage. The work will Involve the moving of great quantl-Iiis of material, and will furnish employment for a large crew of men for ..'he remainder of the working season. 11 was in preparation for this work that the cement pipe-making Plant was started in this city some months ago, and all of the pipe to used on the line between Jasper �'in! Hip coast will come from �ocnl shop. the WILL THY NEW SYSTEM OP CUWRENCY ��IN, Aug. 2�"New money's 1 sight!" is the optimistic cry rlng-'"� throuRhout Germany as the re-suit of the announcement, by the "><� �Hbank that the problem of , i(1 credits for tho new currency is almost solved. The n�w currency y 'be p!M)or but wJU be 1m80d on 5�id and will bo brought into circu-"jt'on as transitory money until nor-"�" monetary values are restab-itslied. It will be circulated slmultaneous-with tho present paper marks, ' lls facllHatlng the transition from ll Paper to a gold basis. tario and Prince Edward Island what the people could expect in the next election in British Columbia, which would be the return of the Conservatives. The doctor dealt with the progress of the farmer movement ir Ontario. He said it was realized now that the movement had been a very costly experiment, and this view was shared by- the Ontario leader of the movement. \V. J. Bowser was given a great ovation when he commenced to speak. In the course of his remarks he said the next government of the province would be Just what the electors of the province made it. and he urged that in every constituency iu the province strong and experienced men should be put forward as Conservative candidates who could ln> depended upon to carry out the promises which had been given for an economical administration of British Columbia's affairs and for the development of its natural re- i-ki.siik:.\t HAJIDINU IS IMPROVING BUT TRIP WILL BE CANCELLED SAN' FRANCISCO, Aug. 2�President Harding's condition continues to improve and the pVesident is now considered to be out of danger. He was suffering from a mild form ol ptomaine poisoning as the result of eating crab-meat. The president will probably return direct to Washington as soon aa he Is able to travel. CONSIDERABLE BETTERMENT SHOWN IN RECEIPTS OF THE P. G. E. RAILWAY VANCOUVER, Aug. 2�The management of the P. G. E. railway ptates that business on the north Bhora branch of the railway during the past month has beaten all records since the road has been in operation. The business on the main line from Squamish north is also said to have been very brisk during the month. Local Masons Held Big Picnic oii Wednesday Great Company of' ,, ,.�, , �, Inere|use the compensation money to re-were races for the little folks, as .nrtk {Ua ,�'�,.�� ho�w~,n tho well as for men who were so old that they had to be pried off the scratch with peavies, and even the race for married women "over 40' box. The barristers' table is tin- brougnl out a good fleld mediately in front of tho bench, and � the prisoner's box back of it. In the rear of the room provision is made for the seating of the public. There were all kinds of bal games. First the men tried their hand at It. Then a couple of teams were made up of ladies, and then the men played the ladies and were Hiiiimefully beaten. Litigation Looms Up in Famous Stewart Camp Justice Gregory Says It Looks to Him Uke a Case of Claim-Jumping Vancouver, au?. 2 � "This looks to me like claim-jumping, said Mr Justice Gregory on Tuesday when the application was made on behalf of Louis Watklna, or Stewart, for an extension of time within which to make survey of nin? mineral claims adjoining the famous Premior mine. An adverse action under the Mineral Act Is pending in he Supreme Court by Watktns against the Premier Extension Gold Mini P Company, which was incor-noratetl in January last with an [ r zed capital of four mill.on . Watkins is attempting to sh a title to the claims held by company and is attacking the taking of the claims. He alleges ho company and its Predecessors in title Have failed to comply withvthe provisions of the Mineral Act which require the finding or mineral in JS before staking. He.alieges the location stakes were planted in the snow and not in the ground. The court room will be reached by the corridor running from tho main entrance on Third avenue .and j ""The* "weal her'"was all that could across this, in the rear of the build bo deslred and (he mO8quitoes and Ing, are provided a police office, an office for the chief constable, an office for the police inspector, and a general waiting room. On the right of the main entrance provision is made for the housing of the land registrar and his staff. This was formerly occupied by the hotel bar, and extends back to a line about 64 feet from the entrance. The registrar's office is in the northwest corner, with a frontage on Third avenue. There is a large public office and at the rear a vault is brought up from the basement, with dimensions of approximately 12x20 feet. On the second floor ample provision is made for court house and office accommodation. The private suite formerly occupied by Mayor Johnson and his family will be made over into a suite for the visiting judge. In the rear of this will be the office of the chief forester, and extending back from this to the rear of the building, on the Brunswick front, will be the general offices of the forestry department. In the north-west corner of the second floor will be located the offices of the land settlement board, and across the hallway from these offices will be offices for boiler inspector and school inspector. Back of these offices come the law library, and behind this tho rooms for the barristers and solicitors. The rest of the second floor is given over for court purposes. Along the rear of \hv building is the office or the sheriff, and to the west of this grand and petit juror rooms, and two corh-modlous rooms for witnesses. The third floor will provide the accommodation for the public works department. On the Third avenue front will be> offices for the district engineer and tho assistant engineer, and along the Brunswick street front, about one-third of the snace t'nes gave the picnic grounds a wide berth. During the afternoon and evening the pretty little lake drew a large share of attention and rowing, bathing and swimming rounded out a delightful day. The supper, which was served shortly after five o'clock, was the most pretentious spread to which hungry picnickers have ever sat down to on the shores of Six-Mile. From the time the company began to gather at the lake, until a start was made for home in the evening, nothing seemed to be overlooked by the lodge-men who had the affair in hand; everyone had the picnic spirit, and all agreed that, in staging picnics, the members of Nechako Lodge, No. 86, A. F. & A. M., will be hard to beat. Alberta Calls For Report on Its Railways store the connection between the coast and interior highway systems, and the prospect for securing a highway through the scenic Fraser river canyon will be very much improved. Harvest Fields Will Drain the Labor Market Fifty Thousand Men Will be Required to Handle tho Great Crop . of tho Pwiiries Lumber Industry of the North Will Probably be Short-lianded for a Couple of Mouths Gov't Engineers to Make Survey o Conditions on B. D. & R. C. and Canada Central will be used for public offices. This will leave about three-quarters of the floor snace to be assigned to other purposes. The basement will provide cell accommodation, a constable's room and storeroom under the courtroom; vault and storeroom under the land if fire- the boiler room; and storage -oonis for the public works and forestry departments under the land replstry office, with vault accommo-lation as well. . The work will be taken In bund nt once and. in the opinion of the ontrnctors. will occupy the bvst part of three months to complete. Move Relieved to Have Sonio Con- nqrtion with Activities of the O. P. K. Management KDMONTON. Aug. 2�The provincial government has made a move which may have a bearing upon the railway situation In the north, and the securing of direct outlet- to the Pacific const for the Peace River district. The government announces thnt an inspection of all railway lines in the province will be made, including the E.D. & B.C. and the Central Canada railways. The survey will be made by James R. Kennedy and C. E. Cartwright, two experienced engineers, who have already smarted for the north. Their instructions from the railway department call for a full investigation into conditions, and � especially into the manner In which the oxtonslva government programme of betterment is being carried out. It Is vx-i>ec'ed the work will be carried on well into the autumn. Coming on �op of the noiivlties of the C. P. R. In the vicinity of the Peace River canyon, the government action has created considerable speculation. Fifty thousand harvesters will be required for the prairies this season in garnering of the great wheat crop, and labor is so scarce that J. I. McVety, provincial superintendent of employment service for Canada, has been asked to send every available man from British Columbia. To induce laborers to go to the prairies the railway companies have igreed to give a ten dollar rate from Vancouver to Edmonton or Calgary, and a rate of half a cent per mile from points farther east. It is understood the rate of pay will be the same this year as was paid in 1922, which averaged from $3.50 to $4.00 per day for stooklng and work in connection with threshing. Last year British Columbia supplied 6,000 men for the harvest fields, and over one thousand of them were men who had seen previous service and were requested to come again. The demand for harvest labor is greater this year than it was in 11)22 and the labor supply in B. C. is much more limited. In the saw-milling industry along the line of the G. T. P. there has been an abso- . lute shortage of labor for some weeks past, but the harvest work is more seasonal and urg-ent. and if the necessity "arises the farmers will probably outbid the millmen if -the tendency on the part of many of the men engaged in lumbering to look upon tho harvesting engagement in the nature or a vacation is not sufficient to turn the scale. The condition of the local labor market is far from favorable for .he management of the big Giscome mill, which was figuring to get under way this fall. The company will irobably require upwurd of a thous-tnd men around the mill and In the jush, and if there were no demand or labor in the harvest fields It would require some skirmishing to get them. That the labor situation has Its nconveniences may be admitted, but t is better to have more jobs look-ng for men than men looking for obs.