GEORGE CITIZEN,
No. 40.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., JULY 31, 1924.
FIVE CENTS.
ublic Hearing to be Given on Timber Royalty
iffort Will be Made to Reach Ba�i� Before Meeting of the Legislature
;Ontinuance of Existing System Would Close Every Mill in the Province
Hon. T. D. Pattullo, minister of lands, has issued the notice for a heaTing upon the matter of revision of timber royalty. The 'sessions are to commence on Wednesday, September 3rd, in the executive chamber in the parliament buildings in Victoria, and all persons who have any evidence to submit ot recommendations to make on the subject of timber royalties will be [given an opportunity of being heard.
Under the existing system of fixing the royalty the average selling price of lumber is the determining factor, but the weakness of it is that no provision has been made for manufacturing costs. If the price of lumber advances and there is no advance in manufacturing: costs theTe could be no great objection to the increased royalty, but as it happens increased costs of manufacture may more than absorb the increase in lumber prices and the millmen be called upon for further royalty.
The present act went into effect in 1015, and under it the royalty is fixed for successive periods of five years, based largely upon the aver-age selling price of lumber for the preceding five-year period. When it came into effect the royalty in this section of the province was 60 cents per thousand feet bo^rd measure. With the advance in the price of lumber, which has largely been absorbed in increased manufacturing costs, the royalty has risen to $1.02, and if the royalty for the period of five years commencing in January next were based upon the average selling price for the past five years it would mean a royalty of fully So.00 per thousand, and would certainly close every mill in this section of British Columbia.
Aside from the handicap which the present royalty act has been upon me men engaged in tiie muling business, there is no way of determining tne detriment it has been to tue development of the timber industry. It i.s known that the provision lor increasing the royalty in January next, in accordance with the terms of the act, almost determined the present owners of the big mill at Giscome from making the big investment they now have. In the end they decided to take a chance upon the good sense �.* the members of the provincial legislature, but there is no way of telling just how many ' people the �nreat of increased royalty, container in the act, has kept out of the province.
lhat the whole question is to be
enquired into before the next ses-
� "f tin; legislature is pleasing
H should have been attended
1 years ago, but it is better late than never.
. There is another matter which
""Pl't properly he taken up at the
PProaching hearing and that is the
'!, � i ",v Of ten cents per thousami
7 �cn tlH. northern millmen have to
xn'y as against timber cut in the
H p eip nort'on of the province.
� '� Perry secured the promise of
v .,"!? S of thft ^overnment this f'''�' , cr>antred at the next session i the legislature, but as a matter affecting the ' royalty question it �*h.t fairly bc disnosed of at the i arine aml the disabilitv be
long chance withefamily Dominions Will
Prince Rupert, July 31.�E. Pentz, . a Seattle newspaperman, has arrived I here from Seattle in a 16-foot gas boat with a 3 h.j>. outboard motor.
Be Given Large Voice in Empire
GOOD SHOWING MADE IN EXAMINATIONS IN PRINCE
GEORGE HIGH SCHOOL
In view of the adverse criticism which has been directed against ine
___ _____ teacmng start ot the Jfrince George
Pentz is bound for Skagway and is.! Ottawa Cabinet Will Consider Matter high scnool the records made by tne making the trip for the notoriety it j of Reoresentation Thi� teachers in the recent examinations
will bring him. He is accompanied j Week j are particularly gratifying. In the
by his wife, an eighUmonths baby, --------- matriculation class Principal P.
Northerii-P-oints; Get Same Rate as Vancouver
and a goat to supply the infant with ; Colonial Secretary Thoma� Say� Ex- (Joates secured a percentage of 100,
milk, istinff System I* Very Un- | as the entire c|ass was successlul. j Men Seeking Advantage of Rate .Will
Hon. A. M. Manton Announces $10 Rate to Calgary and Edmonton for Harvettera
AWAITS MACLAREN AT PRINCE RUPERT
i�Members of ,vp J .,ce of B"tish Columbia
I t0 mako Stuart Mac" "l- rnry �p�ber of their S �n Upon hi� arrival . in world flight.
in RECOUNT IN THE DEWDNEY RIDING
satiafactoi-y In the second-year class fifteen of the
Ottawa, July 31.�^Canada's repre- pupils were advanced to the matricu-sentation at the forthcoming round- lation class, and in the preliminary
GOVERNMENT EXTENDS TIME FOR RETURN OF WRIT IN
VANCOUVER ELECTION table conference on empire matters grade no less than twenty were suc-
--------- will be discussed at the meeting of cessful in their examinations. The
Victoria July 30� \n or(jcr ,n ! the cabinet this week. From advices following were the results: council has been passed extending received here * ia indicated there': Matriculation Class�Lila Perry the time for the return of the w=t'v'iU be nothing formal in th^ confer- 540, Bessie Lamb 552, Helen Abbott f V e rnce- which wiU resolve itsclf int� a i 478, and Jean Coates 490. Lottie
�" better Davis completed her senior matneu-
Require to H*t� Labor Bureau Certificate
Victoria, July 30,�That men vho wish to travel from BritUri Columbia this year, to work in the harvest fields of the prairie, will have the advantage of a speoviHv low rate, was the announcement mp.le today by Hon. A. M,Man8>n, minister of labor. Following Mr. Manson's in
count of the Vancouver ballots presentation at international confer-; From Second Year to Matricula-' tructions, J. H. McVety. general
ences. The conference will also deal tion Class, in order of merit with I superintendent of tho employment with the improvement of communi- percentage secured�David Williams! servlCe for tne provlnc?, attended a cation between governments within 82, Alfred Ford 80, Kimball Nichols ! conference at Winnipeg between the
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of the Vancouver election utvi! wl">n hnrv'n^ter^ ! 'v'M he rinnirpd from British r'->'"m-i } in i� pxpofted to bo fixoi} ot> R�tui�-e) enrtain to In Mio >"o,nn-
- |rsucc| lVy Attorney-General Manson, flnm 255 and ^ boinfr poRtc(J by th (|+
H^irin- to fcpk" f.,ro pn011,,]
With the countms of some
boinfr poRtc(J by thfi ffnme|+_p nf
should poll less than 30 per cent, of- ^ -^ tht, bcnvor |s brQU ^ tho Voto in the primary voting and j^th the r(1,lt of fche fur.bearcrs anfJ more than 75 per rent of the ahson- he mny ,)? ta]ten betwecn NoVQnibor tee vote aroused so much ^suspicion l5th and Apri, :m]{
in the minds of th other four candidates that they decided to join forces and make an enquiry into the matter.
The committee has the names nnd ^ addresses of the 255 persons who are down as having voted, as absentees, and they are being circularized by
In the regulations governing the hunting of bii; game it is provided thp season for moose shall open on September 1st and close o:: Decem-
?(iaS()n f
1 r>th. For caribc
portion of the p
the Canadian National railway shall open on September 1st, anvl closo on
the four candidates and 'Wiested Member 15th; and for 'that portion
to help out by stating how they had marked the ballots, .
The canvass is still far from complete, but a sufficient number of re. plies have been received to establish one or two things, cither the electors who have replied to tho interrogation of defeated candidates afe lying or the absentee vote in the riding of North Vancouver has been tampered with. Froiii the. information
?ou'th of tho Canadian Nat'onal nnd north of tho Canadian Pacific iw.l-wny the strnpon shall open on September 15th and close on October 15th.
In thf- marter of tho prohibition
t)n
f moose
it is
still in t'ffoct throughout thc Fort George ridin.g, although the sale of tho ment of bttlis over ono year old. of both mooso "'"�'! caribo > iiny W
cent which has I.een gathered it is ! ](, thrni][r;iont (t,(, ^ , y^ considered sufficient has been secur- � jctg of Omin,,ca ,U1(! At]. hetwccn ed to warrant the n'HkinB of definite Optob ,pt nfl Decembor lf,th. charges in connection with the han nnd
to address 'he Prince Rupert board
of trfede on Wednesday next.
the
General Manson.
Captain R, A. i'>.itchelor, of North Vancouver, is acting as secretary of the committee which is making the probe" into the manner in which the 255 electors on the North Vancouver list cast their ballots. Until all the replies have been received he declines to give out the details of the responses he hns, but he makes the statement that in the caseof two of the candidates more electors have stated they voted for them than were j t" shown to be in the ballot box.) Either the electors are lying or there was sommething wrong in the handling of the absentee vote. When the committee representing the four defeated candidates makes its report the people of the province will have a chance to make up their minds as to what happened, oven though they may not be able to establish their convictions.
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obtain in
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to
p prnhi-
Cfeorce riding.
work for
certain number of day.
ELECTORS OF ONTARIO
WILL MAKE REPLIES
TO FOUR QUESTIONS
In the plebiscite which will be taken throughout Ontario on October 23rd on tho liquor question, the electors will he required to make reply to the following questions: 1 � Are you in favor of the Ontario Temperance Act?
2�Are you in favor of government control?
3�Are you in favor of the sale of b'eer and light wines on licensed premises? .
4�Arc you in favor of the sale of spirituous liquors in licensed prem-
WILLIAM BOUCHIE DROPS OUT OF THE RANKS OF
PIONEERS OF CARIBOO.
William Bouchie, for many years a resident of West Quesnel, Hied in the Quesnel hospital on Thursday of pneumonia. Deceased camp to Cariboo many years ago, while in early manhood, and was employed for a long time a1* tenmstrr bv the BX com. nany. While Lord Dufferin was governor "�enorr>1, during the early sevonti"5 Bouchin had thp honor of driving him in the royal coach, now employed in the mail service in the winter between this city and Quesnel
JUDGE LAMPMAN REFUSES d RECOUNT FOR THE ISLANDS
Victoria, July 30.�Judge Lamp-man refused today nn application for a recount of the ballots cast in The Islands constituency. The applicr.* tion was refused for the reason that specific wrongdoing had not been shown. On the final count Colonel. Cy. Peck, Conservative, was declared elected v-nth n lead of two vot*** over Dr. J. W. Mclntosn, Provincial,