PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN 7, No. 48. PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., SEPTEMBER 25, 1924. FIVE CENTS. Wins Okanagan for Conservatives n. K. C. MacDonald Fails to Secure the Endorsation of Hin Constituency. Minister Took a Chance With a Big Adverse Majority in General Election. /ancouver, Sept. 24.�Arthur 0. Inane, Conservative candidate in North Okanagan by-election, de-ited Hon. K. C. MacDonald, pro-(cinil secretary, today. The re-�ns were not complete this evening, the election of Cochrane is con-Jd, With a numbr of small places hear from Cochrane had a lead of 3 votes, and there is no probability any material change being made [en the missing1 polls are accounted r or the absentee vote counted. The by-election was necessitated j the entrance of Hon. K. C. Mac-lonald into the cabinet. In the gen-ral elections, with three other candidates against him MacDonald se-red a good majority, although he is 1200 votes short of a majority the total vote cast. In the open-,g of the constituency it was [nought the vote would be lighter an in the general election, and that I ,.ic greater part of this loss would | 'all upon the opposition candidate, j "he prospect of securing cabinet re- � jresentation for the district was j ounted upon to do the rest, but while ; MacDonald cut into the Conserva-' ive vote heavily, it was not suffi-ient to overcome the big lead his ipponent had in a combination of irtually three factions. The result in North Okanagan leaves the government party with a Ifollowihg of 24 in a house of 48, ire being 18 Conservatives, 3 La-Bor, and 3 Provincial members. IWORK BEING RUSHED ON QUESNEL HIGHWAY BY THREE LARGE CREWS. With a reasonable spell of weath-ler, the gap in the highway between IPrince George and Quesnel will be |closed up before winter comes. Fore. man Montgomery is working a crew at each end of the gap, both being equipped with grader and tractor and [plenty of teams, and in the center [there is a third crew attending to ! the stumping. Even if the work lid not be"finished this fall there will be a road that can be negotiated and early in the spring the finishing touches can be given to it so that there will remain no barrier to tourist travel getting as far as Summit Lake <>n the Arctic watershed. McGEER HITS RAILWAYS IN DISCUSSING FREIGHT RATES AT OTTAWA Ottawa, Sept. 24.�There was a stormy session at the freight rates meeting today when G. G. McGeer, counsel for British Columbia, launched his attack against discriminatory rates. In the course of his presentation of British Columbia's case the Vancouver lawyer was greeted with jibes that the elections in his province were over. This, however, did not prevent him from showing in a very clear manner how. existing freight rates were injuring the business of producers', manufacturers and shippers throughout British Columbia. One of the cases cited by McGeer dealt with the freight rate on apples, in the course of which he cited that Nova Scotia apples could be laid down at points in Saskatchewan at an advance of only two cents over the rate imposed upon British Columbia apples shipped to the same points, although the B.C. applet were 1000 miles nearer the point of ion-sumption than the Nova Scotia fruit. Mr. McGeer expressed the opinion that if the labor organizations of Canada attempted to hamper the industry of the dominion in xhe same manner as the railways were doing the militia of the country would be called out. August Log Scale Shows a Failing Off Figure* for First Nine Month* of Year Indicate Growth of Over 100 Per Cent. LOCAL HUNTERS RUN INTO WINTER WEATHER BUT SEE LITTLE BIG GAME A party of local hunters' left the city on Friday afternoon for Hansard on a big game hunt. At Hansard they secured a gasboat and pro-eeeded to drop down the Fraser to Prince George. The start down stream was made early Saturday morning in a snowstorm, which made it difficult to maintain a watch upon the hanks. It s-Tiowed more or less all morning and in the afternoon turned to rain. The party got one deer, and near the Giscome rapids sighted a couple of moose. Two members of the party trained their Runs on the moose but as they could nnl discern any horns on them decid. (1'1 not to take a chance of bringing them down. In the party were Al Johnson. Capt. D. A'. Foster, M. C. Wiggins, Jimmy Williams, Terry Johnson, George Williams and J. McCullough. MRS. SARAH M. BAILEY DIED IN VICTORIA TUESDAY Victoria, Sent. 24.�Mrs. Sarah M. Bailey, a resident of the province jnce 1S61. died on Tuesday in her ' (>tn vcar. She is survived by six soils four daughters, sixteen gTand-<7' f ion and thirteen great grandchildren. Charles Bailey former jre-eniptfon inspector for the Fort f onre district, is one of the sons of the deceased. VANCOUVER REAL ESTATE 3RINGS S27O0 PER FOOT ON FRONTAGE BASIS eal es hicWv WaS Put th�"Sh today by hI Pr�Perty known as 333 BBtl^� street west ^ses to the *n Vh* k *S for *13S,000. This is foot aSl8 of ?2700 P<* Montage Low Price* Obtaining for Lumber Discouraged Milling of Much of Log Cui. While the log scale of the Fort George district is still more than one hundred per cent in advance ofthat for the previous year, there was a marked fall in the log scale for the month of August as compared with the scale for August, 1923. This, it is explained, is due to the low prices' for dumber which have prevailed during the past few months, which has resulted in a considerable part of the logs remaining unsealed. For the month of August the log scale of the district totalled 2,460,-129 feet board measure; the pole cut for the month was 23,220 lineal feet; railway ties 39,; and fence posts 32 cord?. The figures for the first nine months of the year are: Saw logs, 51 G5fi,525 feet; poles', 344,500 lineal feet; railway ties, 945,931; and fence posts, 576 cords. For the month of August last year the log scale was 3,224,768 feet. The figures for the first nine months of 1023 were: Log scale, 22,870,003 feet; poles, 304,435 lineal feet; and railway ties, 801,210. VANCOUVER ALDERMEN WILL INVESTIGATE HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT IN EAST Vancouver, Sept. 24.�Alderman C. H. Worthington makes the announcement that he will leave for the east shortly with a view to looking into the matter of hospital management and its relation to municipal government, giving special attention to the matter of fixing the charges in connection with isolation hospitals. This has become a live issue throughout the province. Alderman Worthington is making the trip .at his own expense and will visit Winnipeg, Ottawa and other eastern Canadian cities, as well as Boston. He expects to be away three weeks. REV W C NORTH LEAVES FOR MANITOBA AND IS RETIRING FROM MINISTRY Rev. W. C North, who is leaving shortly for Munitonas, Manitoba, in the course of a few days, was presented with a Gladstone bag on Thursday evening by the officers of Knox church, as well as a testimonial signed by Rev. S. T. Galbraith, Frank cfark and P. W. Homewood. Rev. Mr. North is1 retiring from the ministry and will make his home in Munitonas with a married daughter who was formerly engaged in the foreign mission field in Turkey for fourteen years. SEARCH FOR CAPTAIN GILLIES Victoria, Sept. j 24�Provincial police havj instituted a seircn for Captain GiJives, of Vancouver, vrho has been rmssirg since the finding of his jcas-boat among the Gulf Islands. Foul play is suspected. PROPERTY-OWNERS ENDORSE BYLAW TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR SCHOOL EXTENSION A well attended meeting of the members of the Property Owners' association was held in the Oddfellows hall last evening for the purpose of considering the money bylaw to raise $2000 for extraordinary school expenditures in connection with the reconditioning of the old school building. While the majority of the members were opposed to any additional expenditures during the current year, it was deemed advisable to take advantage o� the offer of the educational department to find two. thirds of the cost of proposed work, and it was decided to approve of the bylaw and call upon the members to give it their support. The members of the association also went on record that the school board should reconsider its decision in the matter of imposing fees upon all non-residents of the city attending the high school. A resolution to this effect was approved and will be transmitted to the school board. KELOWNA'S RECORD-HOLDING MAYOR NAMED CANDIDATE FOR THE YALE RIDING LUMBERMEN JOURNEY TO VICTORIA TO DISCUSS TIMBER ROYALTIES Victoria, Sept. 24.�A big delega. tion, representing the timber industry of the province, arrived in the city today for the purpose of interviewing Hon. T. D. Pattullot minister of lands, upon matters affecting the industry. They have secured an appointment with the minister for tomorrow. WORK ON PRINCE RUPERT ELEVATOR EXPECTED TO COMMENCE THIS WINTER D. W. Sutherland, mayor of Kel-owna, was the unanimous choice of a largely-attended convention of Liberals to contest the by-election in the federal riding of Yale. Four other names were placed in nomination: F. B. Cossitt of Vernon; Dr. W. J. Knox of Kelowna; Colonel C. E. Edgett of Vernon; and G. G. McGeer, K.C., of Vancouver. Dr. Knox was the first to withdraw on a score of personal reasons. He was followed immediately by Colonel Edgett, who was the Independent candidate in 1920, and who explained that he was not in a position to make the running. F. B. Cossitt, who is president of the Yale Liberal association, rather surprised the convention when he withdrew and announced his intention of supporting Mayor Sutherland. Mr. Cossitt had come to the convention with an almost solid support from the north end of the riding. D. W. Sutherland is one of the real old-timers in the Okanagan valley. He is a merchant of Kelowna and has been mayor for nineteen successive years, holding what is believed to be a Canadian record in that respect. He is one of the best known and most popular residents of the Okanagan. BRITISH PETROLEUM STRIKES OIL IN ITS NO. 4 WELL It is conceded the British Petroleum company has struck oil in its No. 4 well in the Wainwright district, but so far the new well has not come up to expectations. It will be some days before the flow of the well can be correctly estimated, but is expected to yield from 200 to 500 barrels per day._____________ LOCAL AND DISTRICT. Robert Baird, inspector of municipalities in the provinccial service, spent the week end in Prince Georgo. He is on a vacation trip, and will return to Victorir. ovar the P. G. E. James Palmer, of the local staff of the Bank of Montreal, has received notice of transfer to Prince Rupert. During his stay in the city Mr. Palmer has made many friends who will regret his departure. Mrs. T. W. Herrie arrived in the city on Sunday afternoon accompanied by Mrs. Morrison, of London, Eng., a sister of the late T. W. Herne. The visitors will remain in Prince George for.a few days the guests of Mrs. E. J. Lyon. W. R. Herr arrived in the city on Sunday evening with a carload of horses. He has' three light teams, but the rest of the shipment are in the heavy di aught class. The horses are at the B. C. barn where they can be inspected by intending purchasers. Harry J. Scott, of Victoria, was .-. visitor to Prince George during the week. As the B. C. mai.--.g-er of the Hamilton Powder company, Mr. Scott sold most of the powder which was used in the construction of the G. T P. through British Columbia, but the present is his first visit to Prince George. / Stephen Jones, proprietor of the Dominion hotel in Victoria, and incidentally tho most populnr host of the travelling public of the province, paid his first visit to Prince George on Friday. He was wonderfully im-, pressed with the country between Prince* Rupert and Prince George and thinks its people have ample warrant for their confidence in its future. .-.-� Prince Rupert, Sept. 24.�That the federal government means business in the matter of the erection of a grain elevator at this port was made manifest today when Fred Stork, M.P., received a telegram from Hon. Thomas Lowe, minister of trade and commerce, to the effect that C. D. Howe, consulting engineer at Port Arthur, had been given instructions to proceed with the preparation of the plans for the Rupert elevator, in consultation with the chief engineer of the Canadian National railway. As soon as the plans and specifications are ready it is the intention to call for tenders on the job so that the work may be proceeded with during the coming winter. C. D. Howe was in Prince Rupert last spring when he selected a site for the elevator. Pass Equals Grade of Yellowhead Engineer E. M. Hill, of Canadian National, Completes His Re- connaisance New Route Is Said to Have Many Advantages Over One Projected From Brule J. Carruthers Died Friday in Montreal Was Known Throughout the Dominion as the Grain Krag of Canada Head of he Syndicate Which Controlled Millar Addition in Prince George James Carruthers, grain merchant and director of financial institutions' picturesquely referred to as "Can ada's Grain King," died at 5:30 Friday afternoon at the Montreal General hospital, to which he had been taken earlier in the afternoon following a seizure at his office. Carruthers, during the earlier part of the day, showed his keen interest in business, but after luncheon, complained of illness, and was then hurried to the hospital. Hemorrhage of the brain ensued and death followed. Known from coast to coast and in the United States and Europe, the firm of Jap. Carruthers & Son has been intensively engaged in Mont-real, Toronto and Winnipeg for many years, but this year Carruthers retired and was succeeded by his former associate with a new firm name. He was a member of various grain exchanges in Canada and the United States, and director of many grain, transportation, banking and financial organizations. James Carruther? was born in Toronto, August 13, 1853, was educated theTe and then . graduated into business. The late Mr. Carruthers was-head of the syndicate which, following the settlement of the townsite dispute beween the Grand Trunk Pacific railway company and the department of Indian Affairs, became the owner of the large subdivision in Prince Georjre known locally as the Millar Addition. Winnipeg, Sept. 24.�The Peace River railway extension has taken another turn as the result of the examination of the Monkman Pass in the Wapiti valley, and it now looks as if the Monkman Pass will displace the xoute which was surveyed last year from Brule, a^id that the Peace River line will connect up with the Canadian National system at Hansard, a point 45 miles east of Prince George. E. M. Hill, the Canadian National engineer, has just completed his re-connaisance of the Monkman Pass and is back at Beaver Lodge. He las been on the reconnaisance for forty-three days. Although little information could >e gleaned from the engineer himself, other members of the party declare that a grade equally as attrac-ive as that of the Yellowhead was secured. The party -successfully made their way through the new pass vith their horsea to within forty-five ninutes' walk of the Herrick river m the west side of the mountain. \lthough much deadfall had to be legotiated and ths .stretch through the pass was devoid of any vestige of a trail, the party made excellent time and encountered abundant feed "or their horses. There appears to be no doubt whatever but what one of the most attractive grades in the entire system of the Rockies has been discov-ed. The pass is entirely free from snow.slides and the mileage from Wembley, tho new Dunvcgan terminus, to the Grand Trunk near Prince George, is even less than the one hundred and sixty miles as at first calculated. The new pass route looms up moot prominently in the Peace River transportation picture and becomes easily the mest important factor for the rehabilitation of three non-paying railways, namely the E., D. & B. C, the P. G. E. and the Grand Trunk front Pri.ice Georgo to Prince Rupert. COAST BOARDS OF TRADE INTEREST THEMSELVES IN FUTURE OF THE P. G. E. NO CHANGE IN STANDING OF LEADING CLUBS IN THE MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUES New York. Sept. 24.�There was jio change today in the standing of the leading clubs in the two major baseball leagues. The Giants held the fractional advantage in the National, and *he Washington club made their victory in the- American virtually certain. In the National, New York defeated Pittsburg, 4-2; and Brooklyn defeated Chicago, 6-5. Inj the American, Washington de. feated Chicago, 6-3; and New York defeated Cleveland, 2-0. D G. TATE IS APPOINTED CITY CLERK FOR MUNICL PAHTY NORTH VANCOUVER The many friends ofvD. G. Tate, formerly city clerk of Frince George, will be pleased to learn that he has been appointed to the position of city clerk for the municipality - of North Vancouver, being selected out of a field of eighty-two applicants. Mr. Tate will enter upon his new duties on the first of the month. Following the recent excursions'of the Vancouver and New Westminster boards of trade over the line of the P. G. E., a movement is now under way for joint consideration of the railway situation by the boards of Vancouver, Victoria and New Westminster. The business men of the south have at last awakened to the tact the country served by the government railway has greater resources than were credited to it by the politicians who have been wrangling over the blunders made in connection with the building of the railway. A year ago there was a dispo. sition on the coast to wish the P. G. E^ upon any company who would take it, and abandon the country it was designed to serve. Now, it is regarded as an asset, and the disposal of the railway becomes a matter worthy of careful consideration. LODGE OF REBEKAHS WAS INSTITUTED AT TERRACE LAST WEEK Mrs. Woodcock, president of the Rebekah Assembly of B. C, instituted Mountain View Rebekah Lodge No. 47, at Terrace, during her recent tour of the northern country. The officers of the new lodge are: N.G., Mrs. M. Mills; V.G., Mrs. M. G. Fowler; R.S.,,,H. S. Creelman; F.S., Mrs. L. McLaren; Treasurer, A. C. Fowler. DEDICATION OF MASONIC HALL BY GRAND MASTER TOOK PLACE FRIDAY NIGHT The dedication of the new hall of Nechako Lodge took place on Friday evening, the ceremony being conducted by Stephen Jones, grand master, assisted by William Astley past grand master. The grand master was accompaned on his visit to the city by Robert Baird and Harry Scott, of Victoria. Following the dedication services a banquet was tendered the distinguished visitors by the officers and members of Nechako Lodge in the Prince George Grill.