PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEl
Province L�br�y
VICTORIA.
VOL.8. No. 30.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., THURSDAY, MAY 28.
FIVE CENTS.
Great Silence Closes Down on the Explorers
Nothing
Heard From Amundsen
Since He Hopped Off for North Pole on Thursday.
Fear
Expressed That Two Planes
Have Crashed and That Relief
Is Necessary.
w York, May 27�With no word tlie Amundsen-Ellsworth polar lition, anxiety is growing on int of the six men who made up rc.vs of the two planes which 0(1 off for their 700-mile dash ,.� North Pole on T*lit)(rsday. various speculations as to son for the silence. There are f arctic experience who think tarty has reached the pole, and been forced to intake the way on foot. There are more who
are
to the theory the explorers have met with an accident. It was the
WHEAT WENT TO $2 00 IN WINNIPEG TUESDAY FOR GAIN OF THIRTEEN CENTS
Winnipeg, May 27.�Wheat Went sky-rocketing again today and reached a point above $2.00 about eleven o clock in the morning; the price being an advance of 13 cents above Saturday's cIopo. The market opened two or threr cents stronger than the closing price of Saturday Reports of crop damage were pouring into the market from Chicago, and there were also stories of prospective heavy losses in the northern portions of the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta unless needed rains arrive. The effect of these reports upon the market was instantaneous, and the price started to climb until it reached $2.02%. It sagged from this and closed at $1.9-1 3-4.
NOVA SCOTIA MINERS ARE NOW PREPARED TO WAGE LONG INDUSTRIAL FIGHT
Halifax, May 28.�There is less prospect of a settlement of the strike of the British Empire Steel corpora-
Ottawa. May.27.�The vote of half a million dollars, to cover a part of the cost of the superstructure of the Prince Rupert elevator, secured its passage in the committee of supply yesterday; after a determined light had been made against it b'y Sir Heiiry Drayton. The former Conservative minister took the posh tion the -government should not develop or permit to be developed more than one Pacific shipping port for grain. In the course of his attack Sir Ilonry dubbed the Rupert structure a "political" rather than a wheat elevator, and hinted that certain local dealers .would profit by the construction work. He said thexe , , .,, . , �, was no grain produced in the district
Ity and that in going to its tne strikers are receiving assistance I in which the% elevator was being the second plane crashed. |to the extGnt of $400,000, and the built, and that to move east to a
point at which grain was produced, with Edmonton as a center, one would be 956 miles from Prince Rupert, but only 76") miles from Vancouver. "If wu are in the railway business' for fun," said Sir Henry, "if we like railway deficits, let us continue to carry our grain further than we need to." The Prince Rupert elevator to him meant nothing but a mjiltiplication of the
before the hop-off that if one.; tions miners w than th got into any difficulty the month ago. * The miners an go to its assistance. It fumis to continue th� �trik-r
are
v g fumls to continue the, strike for an-
gested that one plane got into other three months'. It is understood
.arations are being made in.; prospect for a resumption of woirk ral quarters to go to the relief is n0-more inviting to the operating
o explorers if no word is heard company than when the strike l them within the next few days. fiYSt
before be started off on Thurs-;
Amundsen commented upon the
rovvment'in the facilities at his
ma ml. lie liad made the South
dragging a sled after him.
: red with this experience he . : � a 700-mi!e dash to the North
Prince Rupert Elevator Vote � Gets Approval
Sir Henry Drayton Made Very Bitter
Fight Against Opening Rupert
Port to' Grain.
Contract for Erection Will Gc Carter-Halla Company as Lowest Tenderers.
to
APPROVE OF NUMBER
OF WOODEN HOUSES
London, May 27.� Canadian pro-
high-powered plane would
ducers of knock-down houses of
to be a simple matter. Ad- 7)Oc3en construction may be given a from the Arctic are to the ef- �haPce t0 sh.are a portion of the
from the Arctic are to the ef- �P . p
� at thee weather is clearing, nislncss ariii�K,*rom ,.*hVbPet
�v arc said to be evidences 5 ft��in8 1)!nns: Flie :>�hfct of
rm since the start was made to Um �" �unly coun,cl1, has rec
e which may have disarranged men?.ed thf tne C0l!*cl1 �PPr�ve the
..., of the explorers, erection of a-_nuniber: of wooden
_______� lhor.se-.. .This decision will make it
BERT H. CARSON SEEKS TO ST'MULATE INTEREST IN NATIVE SONS OF CANADA
possible for a number of Canadian r>r lucers of knock-down structures to figure, and should result in a considerable stimulus to the Canadian lumber trade.
bert H. Canyon, grand secretary i he order of Native Sons of \ :��., arrived in the city on'Satur- i to make a survey of the break- � oi the local assembly estab- < d here several months ago. "Mr. ; n has just completed a tour of lominion, in the interests of the r and he is far from pleased 11 conditions he finds existing ; Vancouver People Getting
eastern provinces What mi-' ed him most was the activity in ly all the United States border . and the comparative stagna-in.tke Canadian cities. In his ion it should be the business of Canadians to ascertain the cause ho different conditions existing, Vancouver, May '27.�There is an an imaginary line, and secure jincreasing uneasiness in this city niedy.. A meeting of the mem- j over lno question of beer parlors, the ll assembly will be | atlrj t\xc sentiment is growing that
does not mark the upon the old licence
fting the order, and the [system., which has been claimed for
tenujihere in the bvit there i was an effective check as to where
No Legal Limit to Number of Beer Licenses
Restive
Over the Growth of Government Beer Parlor*.
Present System I* Com/pared Adversely With That of Municipal Commissioners.
"I; of the local assembly will be:atul the sentim held in the I.O.O.F. hall tomorrow tne ^eer parior evening at 8 o'clock to consider mat- (ere'at advance i lors affecting.the order, and the lSystem, which h�
1 ��'�.: of a delegate to the meeting ;{ . Under the licence syst
'�'� -t�:�� grand council which will be|was not only a limitation
il in Kamloops early in June. j number of the licences, b
| licenced premises could be located, Uhe approval not only of the licence
MAYOR HARRISON SAYS SOMETHING IS LACKING
IN PEOPLE OF B.C. I commissioners but of the adjacent
�5----- j property owners heing essential to
N'nnaimo, May 27.�Largely as a; the licencing of new premises.
H of efforts of Mayor Harrison, j Vancouver has now awakened to
e will be a conference of the !^;c fact thai in connection with the
"ors and reeves of British Colum-! jjeCT parlors it has no voice in de-
nunicipalities in Vancouver onLgrinininp either the number ot par-
"Hi. Mayor Harrison says the , |ors which shall be permitted in the
. ' of the conference is ro secure ; cjt*, nor jn the location of them.
^il'le an awakening of the B. C. [Qeer parlors have been established
which featured the people ofhn certain sections, and in the opin-
tnc parlier days of the province, j j1)n of the owners of adjoining prop-
'umo s mayor says there is some- ortY t|n,v have suffered damage, but
i ^ "^ing in the make-up of the
{]' ! " of the province of today.
^withstanding the wonderful cli-
� oi the province, its famous
,.,.'�'� '. anc* lis tfreat natural re-
I iish. British Columbia is. not
ful the.
*y find they have no redress. Yesterday a delegation from the iar(i of trade made a trip to Vie-to interview Hugh Davidson, government liquor commissioner, and ascertain exactly the position of , , ithe commissioner on the growing
the prosperity which should �*J�\f bcer licences. They got H. Mayor Harrison-is hope- ... u vent after, in that they ' " ' '" ' ' " ' ' ' tohi hv Mr. Davidson there was
under which the city
railway losses of t!ie country.
E. J. Garland, Progressive member for Bow River, contended if the government intended to justify the ^rince Rupert elevator expenditure it would have to give the Peace River district direct rail connection with the elevator, utilizing as much the Canadian National line as possible.
H. II. Stevens expressed the view that the elevator requirements at Prince Rupert could have been met with one-half the proposed expenditures, and the rest of the money spent' t on experimental stations throughout the northern portion oi the province.
D. M. Kennedy, the member for Edmonton, argued the Rupert elevator woulfl be useless unless proper railway connection were given with the Peace River district.
Fred Stork, the member for Skee-na, the riding in which the elevator is being built, heatedly resented the inrttfendb of Sir Henry of a "political" elevator. He said he had carried the constil/uency without the aid of an elevator, and he believed he could do so again.
It is 6aid the tender of the Carter-Halls company, of Winnipeg, is the lowest received for the erection of the superstructure, and that an or-dor-in-council has been prepared authorizing the awarding of the contract to thenv. The company built the elevator at Edmonton. Their tender is said to have been $8(35,000. The bid of the Northern Construction company of Vancouver is said to hove been $98"),000.
P. J. MORAN RECEIVES
APPOINTMENT OF POOCE
MAGISTRATE FOR CITY
Mayor A1 ward received wor"d on Tuesday, from Victoria, of the appointment of P. J. Moran, J.P., to -he position of police magistrate for the city of Prince George. The appointee has taken an active interest n municipal and provincial affairs for several years. In the municipal ield he made the race against John Mclnnis one year for the office of police commissioner, and later he ran against J. H. Johnson for the office of chief magistrate. Although ie failed in hoth starts he was a possible candidate in the last two elections, and only withdrew on the eve of nomination. In the provincial ield Mr. Moran has held the office of president of the Liberal associa-.ion of the district of Fort George ror a number of years. If he applies he same good judgment to the du-ies of police magistrate which he las shown in his private business he will make good.
WALTER JAECK MADE
THE BEST BID FOR YORK
SAWMILL AT BEND
Stampede Goes Over Good at Public Meeting
Final Decision Rest* Upon Matter of Cost of Putting on Creditable Show.
Citizens Will be Asked to Ratify
Action on the Part of Show
Executive.
Prince George camt! nearer to evincing its old-time spirit last night Ilian it has done for a number of years. The occasion was the meeting called to consider the holding of a stampede in the city in connection with the annual Dominion Day celebration. There is a lot of work to be done if the project is undertaken, L;ut no matter what the outcome it can safely be asserted there will be more pep injected into the celebration of Canada's natal day this year than in any year since the community passed from the stage of a construction point and took over the inhibitions of a city.
Whethetr it wilj be possible to un-
George Mi burn, registrar of the dertake the stampede will turn upon fourt, on Saturday offered for sale the report which Alex. Moffat brings
he sawmill of the York
ompany, situated at Bend. Iaeek made the. highest bid at a price of $3100, b'tt it is not consid-
red likely the creditors will sell at this figure.
AUTOMOB'ILE OWNERS
MEET THIS EVENING
� TO ELECT OFFICERS
A meeting of the local automobile
owners will be held in the city hall
his evening' at 8 oJclock for , the
report which Alex. Moffat brings back from 150-Mile, House. Joe Flieger has been warming the local people up on the stampede proposition, and has expressed his willingness to co-operate with horses, steers and riders in order to get Prince George on the stampede circuit. It will all turn on what this co-operation will cost. If there is'any chance of seeing a way through to clear the grounds and stage the attraction it will be done. Moffat should have
-ion as a local auto club. The
ness will include the election of of-
but he broke tin axle on the way up. It may have been that the Flieger proposition was so good that he was time over the road to attend
^^ time over � Oad to aLteml
icers, and the co-operation of all tho mcctimr> and thon a ain it may ocal auto owners is tlesired The b th h B i
, p
local auto owners .is tlesired. The. bc that the u.rms weres0 pneroui annual meeting of the Cariboo auto- , the axle of the c;u. was no e al tQ mobile association will be held in this the load {] impose(| upon itt This
' ' � 'M '" !ll;' ;i will all be known within a few
hours. j
To giv.e an idea of the people who are showing an interest in the stam-! pedo it is only necessiiry to note some of those who ware at the meeting. The number included MayoT 1 Alward, J. H. Johnson, Jacob Leith, Edward Opie, George McCullngh, Paul Wiehind, Donald Stevenson, W. S W
Lynch-Staunton Carries War to Mackenzie King
Every New Piece of Legislation C
Crates a Fresh Army of Government Inspectors.
iNext to Portugal the Dominion . the Most Government-Ridden Place on Earth.
Hughes. Geoz-ge Sutherland, W. L. J MB
. g ,
Armstrong, J. O. Wilson, A. McB. Young, Frank Whitmorp D. G. Wil-(lianis, H. A. Carney, R. A. Renwick, Is j Frank Grqen, A. E Sibley, Claud Foot I.B. Guest. G. S. Wood, Fred lAinton, W. J. Pitman, I. B. Baird, F. D. Taylor, George Peters, R. J. Ottawa, May 27.�Senator Goorge Garvey, M. E. Plarper, John Gait, I ynph-Staunton, the Hannlfc'.1 Jaw- Thomson Ogg, Jack Turnbull. N. P.
y carrying the war to Premier
Mackenzie King in the campaign v.i'irh tho latter launched fo." Miiate reform. The senator has startled parliamentary circles by.telling the premier to begin his reform in the Loi.*e o: commons. Senatoi Lynch-SjtUi.nron says the greater p.wl ot" the nation's financial dilTiculties lies in the extravagances of the house of commons. Thei'c*- are seventeen
'RAIL MASTER MECHANIC DROWNED IN SHEEP CREEK ON SUNDAY LAST
Nelson. May '..'7.�David Gavrilik, piaster mechanic of the Trail smel-ter, was drowned in the waters of Sheep Creek on Monday. He was spending the holiday by making an auto trip, accompanied by his wife and six-year-old son, and a companion named Joe Dem id off. The car went through the rail, on the side of the bridge, and plunged into the swollen stream. Gavrilik and his son were drowned.
BARROW SAYS DANGER
PERIOD IN LOWER FRASER
HAS BEEN PASSED
f railwnva fn ciixmnrl fVio
LuthVrities could limit the number be issued under the aware the legislation 'aT'it "stood created a very serious situation, bmt it was one with which ho was called upon to deal as he saw
I authorities of licences t< indt. He was
ted Hon. J. C. Coates, �ilw?Y�. to succeed the T. G.Mc
ASSERTS
HonVpT to succeea tne V ^�- ,g NOT CANVASSING
� * � F. Massey as premier. I HFOR HARBOR BOARD JOB
Ottawa. May 27.�T. G. McBride, the member for Cariboo,.called at-
OF EIGHT LENGTHS
v ^th > 5stev
od,
b�ornr�!." Mr. McBride put ta � den,.,1
Morris stable, and rid-s. The start-
The u .e 9 to l against Manna. front nflc�.flniahBd eiSt lengths in ?n^ Croa KOniat> ^^ Sirdar third, IW, the favorite, finishing Twenty-seven horses
o
fo the reports. The impression in S 's that while McBnde may
there will be no ld h b
there will be no
him should he be wanted.
trouble in finding
Victoria. May 27.�Hon. E. D. Barrow, minister of agriculture, made the announcement today that from reports received by him from the engineers it could be stated the danger period from flood in the Fraser valley was passed. He says there was no break in the dyked area and that the only daifuicre to crops was caused by seepage which has not
yet ceased. very pro at.
The damage will not be
SMITHERS AUTOMOBILE CLUB SHOWS GREAT ENTERPRISE
The Sniithers automobile association has shown commendable enterprise in the publication of a folder descriptive ofavailable tours through the Bulkley, Skeena and Lakes districts. The folder Contains a lot of useful information, and in addition �n ins is a work of art fron1 tho presses of the Interior News. It was designed by Larry Warrior; whose artistic ability is sufficient to rivet one's attention to a printed
dv of the Lord's Prayer.
nieni!. rs of the cabinet drawing princely salaries; a general crUsction costs Hi,.' country $2,000,000, an 1 a session of parliament cos'i: around #l-2f)0,000 each year.
"There is no country in the world today, unless possibly Portugal, which is so government-ridden," added the senator. "Nearly every new piece of legislation crates a new army of inspectors. The country is absolutely infested with government officials. She is adding to her debt at the rate of $100,000,000 a year, and not holding her natural increase" in population. With hanners flying mid music playing, Canada is riding into the jaws of financial death,"
From the dominion government down to township councils, fcht senator estimated that half a million persons were employed in the public service.
PAYETTE, WHO MURDERED HIS WIFE, WAS DECLARED
INSANE BY TRIAL JURY
W. J. Payette, who murdered his wife at Notch Hill, in October last, has been held to be insane by the Kamloops jury. The children of the accused, while cherishing the memory of their mother, fought strenuously to save their father from the gallows. At his 'first trial Payette was found guilty of murder and sentenced to be hanged. The second trial ended at Kamloops on Thursday.
CURTIS FLYING B0AT
WILL OPERATE BETWEEN WRANGELL AND DEASE LAKE
Prince Rupert, May 27.�A Curtis lying boat callod here yesterday on its way from Portland to Wrur.goil, where it will be* used in an express md passenger service with Deese Lake. Royal J. Davis, of Portland, s the owner of the boat, ant1 is tak-ng- It to Wrangell. It is fitted with 150 h-p. engine and carries three passe n#ers.
Woodw'ard, II. G, Kennedy. William Bexoh, Arthur Leith, Bruce Parker and Vic Morgan. The meeting was called on short notice or the attond-ancee would have been much larger from the interest which the proposal has evoked. ^
J. JI. Johnson explained to the meeting ithe steps which had been taken by the directors of the local fair association to get the grounds in shape. .This calls f�)r the raising of $lu00, and it was proposed to finance by getting forty residents to give a ninety-day note for $25.00. The term of the note would cover not only the time fixed for the starn-pede" but the annual fair as well, and the increased receipts are counted upon to liquidate the motes before the due date.
There followed a lot of' favorable comment lupon the stantpede proposals and then the, meeting decided to organize an association to undertake it. It was decided to have a local president and secretary, an executive of seven, and honorary presidents in all the points which might be expected to contribute to the success of the show. J. H. John-snn was elected pi'esident, and Claud Foot secretary. . The executive was formed with the election of II. A. Carney. A. McB. Young, I. B. Baird, Mayor Alward, Alex. Moffat, J. C. Pidgeon and A. E. Sibley.
D. P. Lo,ckhaTt, of Quesnel, was made honorary president, and live wires as honorary vice-presidents were selected as follows: W. Ex-shaw, Williams Lake; L. Jamieson and J. Goodman, McBride; Wm. Manson, Fcp't Fraser; Rev. Father Coccola. Fort St. James; J. Stewart, Dome Creek; I.orr.e lylo, Al"7;r\ Lake; Samuel Cocker, Vanderhoof; W. K. Nichol, Giscome; T. B. Wall, Penny; J. McNeil, Telkwa; A. Ruddy, Burns Lake; C. Howarth, Hut-ton; C. Barrett, Barret Lake; S. McLean. Shelley; J.' Newsome, Willow River; D. H. Hoy, Fort St. James; A. Embley, Fort Fraser; A. Alexander, Dewey; W. Jaeck, Longworth; Roy Spuijr, Penny; George Sr.all, Vanderh< :>f; E. J. Down, Woodpecker; Joseph Campbell, Otway; Andy Miller. Mud River; F. Keefe, Francois Lake; W. "Henry, Smithers; W. J. Cowart, Summit Lake; H. Spidle, Chief Lake; R. J. Blackburn, Pine-view, and P. Mooie, Finmoore.
A meeting of the executive wa3 (Continued on Page 4)