VOL. 7, No. 44.
PRINCE GEORGE,  B.C.,  AUGUST 28, 1924
FIVE CENTS.
Offer Received for P.G.E. Line from National
If Canadian Pacific Desires Road  It
Mu�t  Make Some Quick
Moves
Legislation     Affecting     Government
Line Expected at Approaching
Session
Vancouver, Aug. 28.�M. H. Mc-Leod, consulting engineer for the Canadian National railways, returned from the capital on Tuesday night where he was in conference with Premier Cfliver upon the proposal for the acquisition of the P. G. E. railway by the Canadian. National system. Mr. McLeod was assisted in his negotiations with the government by D. A. Campbell, construction superintendent of the Canadian National.
It is understood that Mr. McLeod, on behalf of the Canadian National, made a definite proposition to the povcrnment for the taking over of the P- G. E., upon the lines suggested in the reports recently appearing in the public press. This involves cutting the main line of the P. G. E. at Clinton, and the building by the provincial government of a connec-ton with the Canadian National line at McAbee, a point a few miles out from Ashcroft, and the completion of the line from Quesnel to Prince George. The steel from the abandoned portion of the present line �will be used for the two pieces of now work to connect the P. G. E. with the Canadian National at Prnce George in the north, and with the southern transcontinental line of the system at McAbee. The proposal of Mr. McLeod te that the Canadian National take over this part of the provincial line and meet operating and maintenance expenses. Any betterments on the line would require to be met by the provincial government, and any surplus over operation and maintenance charges would be %>plied to interest charges upon capital account.
Mr. McLeod and Mr. Campbell left yesterday morning for a trip over the section of the railway which it is proposed the Canadian National should operate, with a view to seeing what might be done in the matter of colonization, and will proceed as far as Prince George.
The Canadian National has engineering parties in the field looking into the work necessary to be done to put the line into shane for operation as a part of the Canadian National system. Mr. McLeod spent several days on the line prior to the making of his report to Sir Henry Thornton.
It is regarded as certain that a bill enibbdyng the terms of the Canadian National, proposals will be sub. nutted to the legislature at the approaching session, unless some counter proposal is received from the management of the Canadian Pacific railway which could not be made to ralway which could not be made to pay, and which no company was me-*ared to operate, the P. G. E. is now Tefrarded as the key to the railway situation of the Pence River district, and especially so in the case of the CP. R.
Province Will Pay Two-Thirds Estimated Cost
 to
Educational   Department   Replies Request (or Reconditioning Old School
Ratepayers   May   be  Asked   to  Vote
$1500 to Make Uo Total Re.
quired (or Work
With the opening of the schools on Tuesday the board of school trustees will get a line upon the accommodation they will be required to furnish for the ensuing term. They know they will have an overflow in the high school, but just what the condition will be in the public school remains to be seen. In the opinion of the provincial /school inspector the board will be required to create an additional class in the public h             l
"Black-Jack" at Chew Yet's and Who's Who
Chinese  Nationalists   Resent   Association   With   Game    of Chance
League  Headquarters    Were    Somewhere About, But Exact Location  Is  Indefinite
Chew Yet and his black-jack game, which was disposed of in the police court last week, threatened for a time to get the Citizen enmeshed in an entanglement with the leading spirits in the local branch of the Chinese revoflutionary party. In the report of the court proceedings, the Citizen stated the gambling took place in premises owned by Chew Yet, and formerly occupied by the Chinese Nationalist League. There  t    b                     i
school not later than February.         j seems  to  be   soroe  question   as   to
Aa   a   temporary   expedient    the I whether this statement   is   entirely
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board will meet the situation in the high school by fitting up a room in the present high schodi basement. This could be used until the cold weather sets in, when other arrangements will require to be made.
Some time ago overtures were made to the educational department by the board of schodi trustees, to have the provincial authority undertake the cost of conditioning the old
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correct, but, lest the publication might be construed as an overt act, the Citizen withdraws it in the "most abject and unqualified manner. In attempted to place the local habitation of Chew Yet'jj little game, it had no notion of picking a quarrel with the disciples of Son Yat Sen, whose activities have griven their leader the casting vote in affairs relating to a large slice of Southern China.
The  sanguinary features   of   the
public school building for high xnK aaii6uiu�j maiuics ui me school purposes. The 'cost of this j recent tongrwar in Prince George work, which includes the installation i nr** too fresh in the mind to permit of a heating plant, was pared down of a great family journal like the to approximately $4750. and a num-   Citizen getting fresh with the mi'.i-
ber of sound arguments in support
tnnts.    It now. seems that while the
of the request for government assis- r followers of Chew Yet may )iave tance to the extent of the repairs! been wooing Lady Luck with black-were submitted.                                I jack in the north end of his prem-
The board is now. in receipt of the I ises, there is a Mason and Dixon line reply of the educational authorities. \ which separates the south end, where They profess a willingness to bear j the foUTowers :>f Sun Yat Sen foment two-thirds of the cost of renovating i their propaganda for the regenera-the school, but the board will be re- j tion of the land of. their birth. With quired to find the balance, and the j certain necessary reservations the board in turn would come to the city Citizen is nrepared to let the O.C, of council for something like $1500 for ; the Sun Yat Sen forces place any "extraordinary" expenditures. The explanation or reservation he chooses council has virtually no option in the as to the locus of the black-iack, or demand being made    for    such    an   "                  '         :"^      ~  tl     " ~
amount, as provision is made for reference to the ratepayersan th^form of a money "bylaw. - Ifthg bylaw receives their assent the trustees get the money, but if the byflaw is rejected the responsibility of the city council is ended, and the proposal for the fixing up of the building will have to go over for the present.
Big: Majority for Premier Oliver in By-Election
Houston  as Fusion  Candidate Failed
to  Hold Vote  of  the  Labor
Party
Close  Upon  450   Electors   Who  Cast
Ballots   in   June   Absented
Themselves Saturday
ALBERT WESSELL IS IN
TROUBLE AGAIN WITH THE GOVERNMENT LIQUOR ACT
Albert Wessell, the Giscome resident, who was sentenced to six months' imprisonment a short time ago for infractions of the government liquor act, is in trouble again. Wessell did not serve the sentence imposed upon him by Magistrate Milburri, as the higher court held his conviction was illegal in-'that the prosecution was conducted by a stipendiary magistrate. "This time Vis charged wi^h keeping liquor for sale in the premises occupied by him >n the vicinity of Giscome. The case "was called on Tuesday, but was remanded for' eight days. A. McB. *�>ung has the defence of Wesseil in  for the second time.
- H. D. LADNER KILLED
IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
The electors of Nelson decided by their ballots on Saturday that Premier John Oliver should remain at the head of the provincial government. By reason of his defeat in Victoria the premier was forced to find a seat before the opening of the legisla-i ture. The way was opened for him by the resignation of Kenneth Campbell, the Liberal member for Nelson. To shut the premier out of public life in the province an effort was made to combine the forces of the Conservatives, Provincials and the Labor party, and Harry Houston was named as a candidate to represent aW three. Premier Oliver left^nothing to chance, and threw the full force of the government into the conflict. As a result he won out with a majority of 338, the vote standing, Oliver 1124, Houston 786. Although every effort was made to get the full vote out, the total polled in the by-election was close upon 450 short of that secured in the genera election in June last, aside from the vote polled by absentees. Premier Oliver polled 75 more votes than the Liberal candidate  in  the general election,  draw-
the juxtaposition *|th, or the participation of his followers in, the game in questi|Oj|i If this is not sufficient the Citizen is prepared to accept each and every statement con. tained in the following letter which has been received for publication: Editor, Prince George Citizen,�
Has been read yours paper on the 21st. On page (6) six, said about the "black-jack" in the premises for-merJly occupied by the Chinese Nationalist League. When we read it, we all surprised at it.
Has any one of the witnesses give the evidence at the court about in its formerly premises? If not, how do you know it's so true? We would like you to let us know.
Maybe you would like to know what kind of work the Chinese Nationalist League carry on. Its name had appear in the world for more than thirteen years. Its whole works are looking for a real democratical, and the humanity even, and free to drive such hollow law out of its nation.                           >
Now the premises occupied by the Chinese Nationalist League, it is at the Dominion St.'still, but the north and the south are different. We was had a formerly premises on 2nd ave. once beside. This is only premises we- rent from Chew Yet, the man own the whole building. You don't know, and you must have the name of the Chinese Nationalist League before you  can represent.
It is pretty to us for youss the north and south half of the building. You cannot tell, .nnd take the Chinese Nationalist Leajyua name, for the first time ir> Canada, one of sixty branches, to have "black-jack" lu the formerly premises to spread."
TENNIS CLUB WILL STAGE COMPETITIONS  FOR THREE
CUPS THIS  WEEK
Traffic By-Law Being Enforced by the Police
Group   of   Citizens   Were ' Assessed
Nominal  Fines  for First
Offence
Breaches Consisted   of   Turning    in
Middle of Blocks and Improoer
Parking
Stipendiary Magistrate Milburn held a special session of court yesterday morning to dispose of the cases launched by the city police in connection with the enforcement of the traffic bylaw. When the court got down to business it resembled a meeting of the local automobile association, or a committee gathering of the local curling club.
Most of the offences charged c insisted in the turning of cars in the middle of blocks, instead of poing to the street intersections, but there were also one or two for not parking in accordance with the terms of the bylaw.
The magistrate said he understood the charges had been laid with a view to enforcing the provisions ""of the bylaw upon the minds of car-owners. In casting about for a pen. alty which would fit the crime he thought a fine ot $1.00 with costs assessed at $1.50 in each case, would cover.
The accused were called in turn. Some of them had no recollection of the offence, others stated the infraction of the bylaw might have been committed by drivers employed by them; but in the end all pleaded guilty, and paid the amount of the fine and costs. The contributors were Fred J. Steacy. Dr. E. J.? mndn during the coming winter for shipments early next spring. These will include a small bunker, with a capacity of 500 tons, the coal being moved out to it from the mine by horses, working in tandem. As the coal is close to an anthracite, it is thought it would be possible to haul it from Poace River and compete with the United Stater, anthracite in the Winnipeg markets, but this may not be attempted for some time. Initial shipments for next spring are placed at about 2000 tons per month, but the tonnage can be readily increased if the C. P. R. demand warrants. Bunker capacity at the mine, scows and power to tow them, are the only present limitations to considerable shipments.
A. E. Richards, of the experimental farm at Summerland, was in the city this week arranging for clover and alfalfa growing contests among the farmers of the district. Particulars of the contest will appear in the next issue.
Fred D. Taylor, secretary of the Prince George fair, has been advised from Victoria as to the appointment of the judges for the several departments of the big fair, which opens in this city on Tuesday next. R. H. Murray has been named as the judgo for the fruit and vegetables; J. B. Munro as judge of field crops; J. Mackie as the judge of livestock; H. Reid as the judge of poultry; and Miss M. Lauder as judge of women's work.
The fair management is chiefly concerned at the present time with speculation as to the weather probabilities for the two days of the fair. With fair weather, and the continuance of good roads, they are assured of the largest number of entries in the history of the local fair, b*ut rainy weather and impassable roads could undo in. a few hours all the work they have done to build up the show.
In connection with the fair a good programme of sports has been arranged for Wednesday, the second day. This will include a ball game between the Prince George and Giscome teams, and a full card of children's sports. The field sports wiH be started at 10 o'clock in the morn, ing, so as to have the park available for the ball game early in the afternoon. The "Pippin Dance," which has become a recognized feature of the fair, will be held in the Ritta-Kifer hall on Tuesday evening.
MRS. PHELAN DIED IN
VANCOUVER ON TUESDAY
Vancouver, Aug.  27.�Mrs. J. T.
Phelan, wife of the superintendent ! of government telegraphs, died in ! Vancouver on Tuesday. The deceas-i ed  was the-mother of Mrs.  J.  W.
Nicholls, of Prince Rupert, and was
in her 54th year.
i MRS. E. AIKEN KILLED ON
VANCOUVER STREET
Vancouver, Aug. 28.�Mrs. E. Aiken was killed yesterday by a car driven by G. Reeves, while attempting to make a crossing on Third avenue. Reeves is being held pending the finding of the coroner's inquest.
BODY OF PROFESSOR
CORNETT.1S RECOVERED
Victoria, Aug. 28.�The body of Professor T. W. Cornett, of the Victoria high school, who was drowned on Monday, has been recovered from the waters of Shawnigan lake. An attack of heart failure was followed by drowning.
THORNTON PLACES WESTERN CROP AT 300,000,000 BUSHELS
Montreal, Aug. 28.�Sir Henry Thornton, on his return from an extended visit to the prairie provinces, places the western wheat crop at 300,000,000 bushels. He says conditions are not nearly so bad as have been reported.
GENERAL McRAE IS GAINING ON A. C. McCREERY IN THE
VANCOUVER CONTEST
The returning officer is still counting the ballots in the Vancouver elec_ tion contest of June last. Last week the counting had been completed in eight of the polling divisions and there remain five to count. It will be well into September before the count is finished. There are many changes in the vote, but at present the only change which appears at all likely is the substitution of General McRae for A. C. McCreery, as the sole Provincial party representative for Vancouver.
The shooting season ope-ns on Monday. Some ardent sportsmen have been getting ready by trying out their guns, and appear to have forgotten there is an area around Prince George, South Fort George and Central in which it is an offence to discharge firearms. This is intended as a warning which may save them money and loss of time in attendance at the police courts. -