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SO,
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., THURSDAY* PB
Court Sustains Assessment of Railway Lands
tiintfiil Reductions Allowed :Ii valuations Placed Upon Improvements.
�uciit Mil}' l>c Made for Fixed istnent of Hallway Com-
[innys Holdings.
i'ppeal of the railway com- j
.:,.;( all of its assessments,
,. , the "-assessments against
He property held by. the de-
I company of the railway,
�. iture :.'. the court of re-
v: n on Monday morning. Mayor
idi 1, and was assisted
Aldermen Guest, Lambert and
ARTHUR DIXON IS NOW
ENGINEER OF OMINECA AS
WELL AS FORT GEORGE
Arthur Dixon, provincial public works engineer for the Fort George riding has had the Omineca riding placed under his charge as well. To hand'le the increased wo been given the services Low, formerly engineer
RRTARY 12, 1025.
FIVK (TENTS.
at
< �ompany w as repre-
:La rnon, of its taxa-
nt He w giveii a
but that Vi �as about
iSl uent upoi il ' the town-
at
of the development
�!1 as tin- holdings of
irapany. in the way of
yard facilities, were
the last court of r?-
In the two district: Mr. Dixon has now of |he total area of t look after, his t< rrit from Telkwa on the � � on the east, and \Y< south to Peace Ri er In speaking of {''.�<� v, during the y< ar, !!.. could be confidently the highway between and Quesncl .won in tho summer Prince Gettrye a be put in ishape, section will also Tlie road from Giscome shoul ! I-during the cominc
nder about
ho has Major
Clinton. a charge mo-third
reaching AII i rta
r on the north.
Monkman Pass is Favored by Col. Cornwall
Pioneer of Peace 1 iYem.ier Olivi v Rout.
cr Interview! i Kaiiuay
EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND WAS IN COLLISION IN NEW YORK HARBOR ON MONDAY
te VJa Hansard Offers Grade and Short Line Vancouver.
Excellent into
New York, Feb'. 10�The C. P. R. steamer Empress of Scotland was :n cpllision in the harbor yesterday with the freighter Scotsbury. The freighter was seriously damaged^ but the liner was able to proceed on | her cruise to Mediterranean ports.
be finish
The id V
Pri
Geor ished
e to early
ictoria, Feb. 1 0 Jornwall, trader,
transportation ; River countr;
i i" Oliver Mond ail way extension r district C >:
was one of the < >f the Edmonton,
Railway, is a fi: Wapiti Pass r !;;
wanis Grande i'
Prince Geori e
' olonel James
i inner, soldiei
oinoter, of tho
called upon
� :� and. d'dcuss-
in the Peace I,
:���'. Cornwall, j w "i inal promot- tl
Dunvegan and L, .n advocate of i >
WII-KAT MADE RECOVERY
<>\ OPENING OF WINNIPEG}
MAKKF.T ON MONDAY
\\ mnipeg, i
1 lie v. h( at ma and thousand:
v,v. i a bull! in
with
mst r
tho
ion
re-
for
ivcr
axed,
i the opinion of the mem-e court tho assessments in the point of leniency, cy could not be reduced : easing the rate upon :!)<� property in the city it was
maintain the valu; 0 assessor.
rt decided to meet th .i'.i- railway company i:i the assessment oi nts. The.si> have
and it is not proposed to proveiu'ents this year. The company, however, cin:'.>i-'er-;; dangerous matter to a'.'.iw ' u it regarded as an excessrre lion to stand, in that it might be orae necessary to place a tax upon them. That portion of the bridge across the Fraser within the limits
� e corporation" had been assessed $500,000. This valuation the
xrt decided to reduce to $200,000. The roundhouse, turntable and ma-cihne shop of the railway was asseBS-od at ?i00.000. and this amount was reduced to $90,000. The station
(ling was assessed at $34,000 and 1 was reduced to $30,000. The
pany stores carried in the city
� assessed at $13,000, and this issessment was reduced to $12,000. These reductions will not affect the tax rate for the current year.
As the result of the argument up-�>� the railway assessments it is like-'�� an arrangement will be arriv-� between the railway company and tho city for the fixing of a flat nont against the railway company's roal property for a period of i.rs. A! present the company : in i;i\os $3812, and there is said i viiyngness on the part of the �mpany to accept existing aBsess-': if they are made to cover a |Mii("l of years. The council has to enter into an agreement of
Vice-President of Home Bank -Gets Two Years
Directors Stewart and (' K.C, Splitonccri for
Trims.
uscy \V
Sinn
through Wapiti Pa; join the (hand Trun �: the Canadian :. I sard, east of Prin ��� Colonel Cornwall 1'iiti Pass has an e] i eet. or I 00 feet '. i\\ head Pass, and thi Grande Prairie to swci-i a route would over 7 00 miles.
inked up
ancouver
a line
:l Would :
c section I
ear H
The cash prici
$1.9 2, $1.87 ?1.5J '. and f
9. � Following the of Saturday, when closed at $1.92% 3 "i" small traders were !l h hca .y losses, there tendency displayed at i. The market opened ?2.04% as the high. an 1 i Ibsed at $2.04 ',. is for wheat, according re as follow:-.: $1.98, ';. $1.76%, $1.70%, �?d at $1.32 U.
Case Against Louie Zimmaro Was Dismissed
E. Wilson Successfully Maintained Contention Cnso Was Not Proven.
Chief . Bo
Sholton
Taken
serts Appeal Will Prom Magistrate's Decision.
ates that U ion of ; than Ye distance "anc'ouver oly be a
Eleven Japanese Sailors Drown in Vancouver
Wa-; 6 0 0.
rom I via I K<
urning in Visiting War-hip
Pinnace They Him] Collision
With Barge.
I". J.
f>. Russell I< Given Liberty
the <";ii!j''i on Suspended Sentence.
DEWEY SAWMILLS EMFLOY ROAD RUTTER AND PLOW
TO GREAT ADVANTAGE
Toronto. Feb. 11.�II. C. vice-president of the defunct Bank, who was found guilt six counts brought under th dian Hank Act, in connectio the failure of the bank in
Home y upon
Cana n with August,
Mrs. Herbert Pi George, paid a four
rter, of Prince days' visit tnis
1023, was sentenced by Judge Coats-worth yesterday to terms of one year ,and one year less one day, in the Ontario reformatory.
J. F. M. Stewart, one of the directors, found guilty upon a charge of concurring in misleading statements, was sentenced to four months in tho | reformatory.
Casey Wood, K.C, found guilty -of j concurring in false statements, waa ! sentenced to six months in the reformatory.
F. J. I). Russell, another of the | directors, found guilty of concurring in false statements in the last annual report of the bank, was given his liberty upon suspended sentence.
week to Mrs. Alexander, at Dewey, and thanks to favorable weather had an opportunity to ^et acquainted with every stage of the Dewey Sawmills company's logging operations, even having a regular Joggers' Sinner out in the bush.
An interesting incident marked the visit of Mirs; Porter. The management of the. company, having
Which Happened at on Saturday Worst History of !\>rt.
Mid-
Vancouver, the Japanese
was marred the greatest of the port,
Feb. 9. The visit cf
squadron to this city
on Sat unlay night by
disaster in the history
in which eleven men
RIOTING IN MARSEILLES FOLLOWS DECISION TO WITHDRAW VATICAN EMBASSY
.Marseilles, Feb, 11�The action of Premier Herriot. in deciding to withdraw the French embassy from the Vatican, has caused a re-opening of the religious war which from time to time has divided the country into contending factions. There was rioting in this city yosterday. An immense gathering was held at which tli" action of the Kovernmeh
y Sawmills a lone: slei.trh-haul this winter, acquired the assistant; of Jamas Heatlie, of Dewey�a regular old-timer in the lopjjinjr game�-for the purpose of constructing a road-rutter combined with sttowplojv. This road-rutting device was invented many years ago by Mrs. Port"v's father, Mr. Stickney, for whom Mr. Heat He used to vork. The rutter was just completed before Mrs, Porter arrived and she had the pleasure and privilege of inspecting it and the work it does. It was an oversight that Mr. Stickney never patented the idea, as the ruter does exceptionally good work and the Dewey Sawmills company is able to prove that cb'-ir hauling capacity, with the use of il.is device, is almost doubled this year.
from the visitinp; shins lost their lives. The victims of the accident had been visiting Japanese residents in the city and were returning to their vessels in a pinnace. They were moving out into the harbor at a rapid speed when the pinnace came
into
a loaded barge.
great that the
� sank. Two of
� Jw kind, subject to the approval of was bitlcrly denounced, and in*which ) ratepayers on the submission of a number of Catholic priests took
Mr, Heatlie construe ted this ruttei
locally with the � .v n < �f the
�ittin.tr knive '�� Cd ,st < ,f the
complete dcx ice in !u �: a littl ovei
~o centsc�n ' V * V '�' ' "OJVCO 'J iv.: i
most efficien t invest rpo.nt f-v �ipy
body having a long - leigh -hai it.
illision with The impact was sc pinnace immediate!
the occupants were (ished out of the ,' >%-ater but they died shortly after) from cold and exposure, and nine others were drowned. The disaster J lias cast a gloom upon tho reception j of the visitors in connection with which hundreds of Japanese residents of the province had made their
way to
craft.
Vancouver in their
DETROIT SYNDICATE OFFERS BIG PURSE FOR MEETING OF FIRPO AND TOMMY GIBBONS
New York, Feb. 10�A Detroit syndicate lias opened nogo/Jiationls for a meeting between Louie Firpo and Tommy Gibbons. The purse offered . is said to be large enough to comply with the demand of Gibbons for $75,000 for his cm!.
men then
"(1 a
' ompany is said to he contention appeal against the assess*-()f the railway holdings, but if '�; a prospect of securing a fix-essment the appeal may not be "led with.
ii";>l <>f the committee of the Catholic church for a greater With respect to the lots "Vl'rt-'d by the church building was ' ' " �'� The lots were assessed at )8�. and an exemption of 5351 J� allowed for the portion occup'eil
part. When the police endeavored Lo disperse the gathering rioting followed, in the course of which three priests and over one hundred other persons were more or le;s seriously injured, two of whom it is stated have since died. : Four of the police were seriously injured.
\I.!lor\[/\ HAD HEAVY FOUKST LOSSES BY FIRE
|)UliING THE YEAR 1921
DRAWING MADE IN COMPETITION FOR SIMONS CUP AND METALS LIMITED MEDALS
San a's I.
ROTOHvSHIl* BACKAU A KHIVF.I) OIF MOUTH OF KIEL (ANAL
ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
London. Feb.
" 6 5 of
church site in accordance with Backau, which
9.�The rotnrship left Danzig at live
10 latest court decisionTupon church "o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, ar-�wniption. The exemption was in- i rivp(1 off llu> mouth of lhe Kiel canal ':"�� ('r'to ?465, so that the reduc-;it five oVlock on Sunday afternoon.
011 in the civic revenues will ;Tnc Backau is the first of the rotor-"n:�t to something like $5.00. ships and gets Its motive poAver from
----- 'revolving metal towers which take
-s- Will, RKTUHN MONEY' 'the place of sails. The vessel has
0^OllMER "GERMAN OWNERS had a number of successful trial
Wa
!hingt
�n, Feb. 9.�Senator
trips but tne present voyage is the first commercial one. She ia carry-
will 000, the
has introduced a bill, which \ ing a cargo of planed lumber to Leith return of $300.- 'on the Firth of Forth. It is claimed
worth, of property Selzed by States during tho war to aUen enemies in Germany.
for the Backau that her equipment will revolutionize the world's shipping.
0, Feb. 0.�Califor-orest fire during the heavier than in any since" records have j number of fires re-'. About half a mil-tiraber lands were over, s well as a slightly acreage which protected areas. Lightning is held to be responsible for US per cent of the !:.rL-s, and carelessness in los?;ing methods, smoking and camping, are held to be responsible for the others.
been 1 ported lion 11 burned larger draina
The following drawing hn.| been 'made in the curling competition for for the Simons' cup and individual medals donated by the Metals Limited: Pidpeon-Ofrjr, MacLeod-Harper, Airward-Wilson, Whitmore-Pat-teraon, Dupre-Coop, Shearer-Randall, Ewert-Bexon, and Garyey-Opie. It was'intended to commence the
The case against Louie Zimmaro, charged with an infraction of the government liquor act, for having in liis room in hia hotel a quantity of liquor, contrary to the provisions of the said act, was dismissed by Police Magistrate McLean on Monday, it was the firrt prosecution of the kind launched in the city police court, and there were a number <�f spectators i "i hand to av>.'. ivhat (he outcome would be.
Tlie accused was represented by P. E. Wilson. Under the act it is made an offence for liquor to be kept, in any room of an "inn" other than a private guest room. The room of the proprietor is clearly not a private guest room, and if the hotel he-ing operated by Zimmaro is an "inn" within the meaning of the act, it. would seem as if the keeping of liquor in the proprietor's room constituted an offence. The act carries j ah interpretation of an "inn" as any place in which the. public may purchase sleeping accommodation.
P. E. Wilson asked for a dismissal of the prosecution when Chief Shol-ton had completed his case. Tho points which he raised were that the chief had not proven that the Zimmaro premises were an "inn" within tho meaning of the act. nor had it been proven' that the room in which the liquor was found was that of the proprietor Zimmaro. Proof of both was essential in order to secure a conviction.
Chief Shelton announced after the I dismissal of tho case that an appeal | would be taken to Judge Robertson in the county court.
While the Zimmaro case is the first prosecution of the kind in the local police court, it is worthy of note that Magistrate Shaw, of Vancouver, had a somewhat similar case before, him last week. In this case the accused pleaded guilty and was : lined. The magistrate, however. j took occasion to comment upon the. ! offence charged. He gave it as his [opinion that keepers of hotels or I lodRinj; houses were not permitted ; under the liquor act to have liquor ; in their own rooms on the hotel or lodging house premises. In the opin-I ion of Magistrate Shaw the liquor act made it necessary for the hotel-� keeper, if he wished to imbibe, to have a separate residence other than | his own hotel. He might even have i a room in some other hotel, but he ! could not keep liquor in his own room, or consume liquor in any of the rooms of his guests. It may .�' � in rather drastic but such is the opinion of Magistrate Shaw on the provisions of the liquor act in this respect.
FURTHER PROSECUTIONS MAY BE AGAINST FALLS OF TEA POT DOME SCANDAL.
Washington, Feb. 11�New prosecutions are to be ..launched against A. D. Falls, the state offieal who granted the Tea Pot Dome oil lenses
competition on Monday evening but , An effort is to be made to connect in view of the hockey match with: up the Canadian company with Smithers the competition has been those which were operating in the
set over.
LADY ASTOR AMONG EARLY BIRDS FOR OPENING OF
BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
MANITOBA GOVT. CARRIES MEASURE TO PROVIDE FOR
KKTI RING AlifcOWANCES
Winnipeg. Fob. 10�With
United States. It was through this Canadian company that a large number of bondh were traced to Falls. Efforts to secure evidence in Can-
--------- j r.da were not attended with very
London, Feb. 11�There wr.s the mucn success, but there are two or usual scramble for seats nt the epen- ; three United States citizens who ing of parliament yesterday. Lady j >,ave f]^ to France whom it is be-Astor was on hand at 7:30 in the licvcd can be induced to give evi-, morning, as were scores of other; dence. onlv 1 members who did not wish to find ; --------------------------
two minor amendments the govern- themselves on the back benches, ment has secured the third reading . Most of the members pre-empted the I
MONDAY NIGHT'S HOCKEY.
Vancouver continued its winning
of the bill to provide for retirement allowances. Various amendments were moved to tho bill by the labor members of the house but they were all voted down.
seath they wanted by placing their j streak on Monday night when Cal-
hats upon them and then left the house to get their breakfast. There are not sufficient seats in. the house to accomodate the members.
gayy was defeated by n 5-2 score. At Saskatoon the Victoria team went down to defeat with a 5-1 score.