PRINCE GEORGE, BX., THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1925.
FIVE CENTS.
^# People Cheer when Prince
George Stam^eie^as Formally Opened.
^tendance
Exceed* the Expecta-
ons of the Management on ^Opening Day.
. I �ff0rt of Local Men to Start Something Made Big Hit With the Public.
dents. and..it gave him much pleas
� itlIll Il)ucn pieasure
to formally^deslare tho -first Stampede to be heldS^Prince George open to the people of thrsprovince.
The Horse RacingT^-\, r. The feature- of the horse racing was the contest between Fireflv owned by the Interior Stables if L^aml.oops; and Warrior, owned by three thousand people were r" aJn? .�^ Telkwa. The �Kamloops und" the race track, or ^^ �ls ln . better condition than into the grandstand, on j warrior, and is certainly faster, tak-� to witness the opening oft! . -r-the !�'.e r?ce rather easily
....ipede in PHnce George, far the most inspiring sight
and in 56
first heat in the half-lalf-mue
f,r he most inspiring sight �te in J6 seconds. The half-mile n this section. There was ^e Proved a very pretty one, a :,1 � Most of tie Indies ^^ mount being up on Warrior, nCbright dresse,. and the �, lookf,d �? * jhe Telkwa horse T children were decked ?�i{iJW thfe f'rst **�*� Ho had the r holiday attire. Added �*K �� s art ami was feading by
in the grandstand and . side of the truck there i splash made by^the cow-�owgirls around the :;jiutes er of the oval, from which features o.f the Stampede �cted from timo to time. � re the Indians with
'�veral lengths when half tho" ''distance had been covered. The Kamloops mare ;then commenced to cut down the Jfeap, and had just about she entered
They made a nice run of i*.
Lives Lost in Big Fire in the Town of Quesnel
Overturned Lamp Causes Damgae to
Extent of $100,000 Within
Two Hours.
e^Spread So Rapidly That Two Inmates Were Unable -to Escape WJien
John Erickson, a trapper of about 30 years, and Jack Simister, an old-time telegraph operator, who was a resident of Cariboo since 1884, lost ::heir lives in a fire which destroyed a block of buildings in Quesnel on Thursday night. The fire started in the "Good Eats" l'estaurant as the result of the upsetting of a lamp by an intoxicated roomer, and within two hours an entire block of buildings in the town was in ruins.
Erickson and Simister were trapped in the building when the fire started. Simister made his way out but not before the clothes
T-< V Yi .'"^ !'�"(.a-nieo run'but not before the clothes were > i. to the wire, with Firefly finish- burned off his body. He was taken iu a nose to the good � to the hospital ,but died a few hours j ne racing was in the hands nf. i�*__ t..:_i__......�� ___v.i� j.__,�!.�
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and children. There ' ^ �ln� was. � the hands of ds of them rainbowing ^J" ^ r^^ �lerk <>f th� c?ufse' crowd as well as Stam- W. ^2i�^!! *:? "nnou?c-'r-
to the hospital but died a few hours later. Erickson was unable to make his way out and the charred remains of his body were found in the ruins. Constable Harold Clarke was bad-
Prince George has Best of Visiting Baseball Teams
Gross Remained a Mystery to the
Boys From Quesnel in the
Opening Match.
White Held tRe Giscome Team Helpless Throughout Their Spell in the Afternoon.
is t it was not successful.
----. w...v,.^vi-v.,. -p]le buildings destroyed were
The Judges of the bucking con- Booth's grocery, Lavie.s' jewelry
4To ho7ses7mos.t of the people Jests; baiSWaclc riding and other cow- store, S. N. Williams' general store, west are as much Indians as ^ founts was Ed. Hall, who turned C. C. Tom's bathhouse, Nugget cafe
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on-, "'........' *-'" T" ""�-on Mayor Alward to extend the cmc welcome to the visitors.
Mayor Alward extended the free-<':; 6f the city to the; visitors all ahd sundry. To the people from>ne "':'. ;1. he wished to make the wel-rome especially cordial, sipee it was t'1- people from the ... outside upon wb.Qtn the managempm: must depend to niake affairs pi such a nature succcssfiilK ij^was the desire of the people of Rrihce George to make the Starivped�^an annual fixture, and to maWit an attraction which would ;i;i\ patronage from all the sur-^jounding districts, and would not !/;lvo an equal anywhere in the province; As mayor of the city it gave him much pleasure to inform the visitors v.ttf'the first Stampede that , ! � next two days the city would oo theirs, and he hoped all would go
The Boxing Contests.
The Capitol theatre was well filled pn Wednesday evening for the box-1 ing contests. The big bout between Jack Young of Giscome, and Harry Anderson of Prince George, missed
I Vice-President Coleman Intimate*
His Company Will Remain in the Field.
ill-: v "iium^. x im iiij; imhii uci/�ccu | -
Jack Young of Giscome, and Harry j Carefully Prepared Statement Gives Anderson of Prince George, missed j Fjrst intimation of C. P. R.
fire. This was met by sending Nat | Intentions.
y g
Porter, a promising local boxer, against Anderson for six rounds. It nroduced a good scrap. Porter forc-ed the action for the first foui
Prince George had fairly easy victories over the Quesnel and Giscome ball teams on Dominion Day. The games, were the first to be played on the recreadon ground made within the racing oval. The, field was so soft that it was verytrying upon the players. In the case of fly balls the going was so heavy that the fielders failed to get under them, and a number of fliefcrwent for hits which on a faster field\would have been outs. With balls hit "'along the ground they were slowed upXso much that they seldom got beyond- the infield. There is one thing about tho field, however, which is much in its favor. It is 30 roomy there will be no necessity for special ground rules, and when the surface has been smoothed out and it has a chance to harden, it will be one of the best ball grounds in the province.
Quesnel vs. Prince George. The first game in the tournament series was g&etween Quesnel and Prince George. It was a fairly even contest until it went into the fifth inning, when the locals fell upon Maxwell for four safe hits in a row, which eventually netted as many runs. In the four innings in which he worked Maxwell yielded nine hits, issued two passes and struck out two. Land relieved him in the fifth, with no one out, and during the rest of the game allowed but.two hits, issued three passes, and. struck out three men.
Gross went through the gAnie for Prince George. He was verv effect-; ive. getting fourteen men at the plate, allowed but five hits, and issued transportation to two. The batting honors of the game went to Taft. In four times up he got three hits, and the first two were doubles, which means something when the heavyweight fielder of the Prmcc George team is negotiating tne p-iths. Terry Johnson, got three h-ts in'four tiinps up, but this is something of a habit with him, and is more or less expected. The box score follow*:
Peace itiver, June SO.�The recent visit of D. C.-Coleman, vice-president of the C. P.R., and president of the
rounds, but in the last two Ande,r-1 g. D. & B. C. railway, to this section son commenced to get to Porter's \ }ujs strengthened the conviction that body and slowed him up. The de- j tne c.P.K. does not intend to be
eision went to Anderson. i forced out of the Peace River coun-
Leo Powers and Jim Rice stepped]^. There have been hints to this three fast rounds. Powers keptj)n$fj effect, but after spending several man moving lively for two rounds', i ciays |n the district Mr. Coleman but Rice was the aggressojxrn the i made the statement that his company
but Rice e gg
final one and the bout a draw.
xrn the i made the statement that his company declared j wouid be very much disappointed if the solution of the Peace River rail-) l h ithdl
d s^ ;the solution of the Peace R
Charles Houghtalrng and Tommy:[y)ay question involves the withdrawal Rice entcrtainerl'for four rounds and ; ot- \ne (J.P.R. from-the .-north. This came out wftk'a draw. j ean be taken as another way of say-
McBritle Wins at Football. | jng. tnc C.P.R. does not intend to be
The/boys from McBride set over i forceti out of the Peace River dis- football team like a tent on 5 i
Quesnel-
AB R H O A E
thexUjcar football team like a tent on 5 triot-
JiYednesday evening at Duchess park. Before leaving for the south Vice-The visitors were all in good condi^ presijent Coleman dictated the fol-tin nd after the fii-st ten minutes'fi ttt the Peace River
icta
the Peace River
The visitors were all in good condi^ presijent Coleman tion, and after the fii-st ten minutes'. fowing statement on play there was no question as to raiiway.situation; what the result would be. The game "Have just completed extensive was the most decisive the two organi-1 moto- trip through the entire dis-zations have played. McBride win- j trict' botn nOrth and south of the ning on the long end of a 4-1 score. peac'e River. The crop prospects The play was for the Perry cup throughout appear to me to be excel-which the McBride boys have been lent an(i-~tjld settlers tell me that the threatening to lift for several years, outiook at this date is better than for and a $100 purse donated by the W d to
Stampede association.
ALLEN-THRASHER MILL
WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON
} lan(?r of the AUan. lc t Sh
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Uieirs .and he hoped all would Bo I lc]u compnny, Bt Snowshoe, was - !,.,hn)r they had been given a ^ d b nre on Tuesday. The
-\^^^d ^thoy ^ombo^]^^ .ssaid t0 have carred in.
d >
xt year and friends'to come
duce , ^ > with:-1"" ^
on Tuesday. Te t0 have carred in. ^ of $25)000>
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>�. Perry, M.L.A., waS-RCCorded FUNERAL OF LATE MRS te �kfOrsS%^Tuva^l..GEORGE P�ON TM�O�NKDAY
; took
many years past. W�s amazed to observe many improvements and much new development during the past few years. The advancement makes the published statements of some pessimistic individuals appear perfectly absurd. The producer in th;s district has, of course, his special and peculiar difficulties, but notn-imr is to be gained by ridiculous assertions of wholesale withdrawals which are not justified by facts, and which will do permanent harm to the food fame of ...this wonderful tern-
�r^Nothing has been determined as to the future operation of the railway in this district, but all parties
"�Me on oenau oi tne t>ig tuu- ��'k>. ,, . ;>rnm tuB nHrk "<'v of Fort George, which | peer on. Monday fiom the Clark J$> so much of the dSlct which ; Leathcrdale parlors on Portage. ave-gU* be ,lrawn upon to make the an-!nue to the. E^^j^^gg ni!:'l stampede in Prince George the ; pall-bearers were Messrs. Mitchell ^ it was earneSly desir?d to and Smith; "1^U^^mocfC^hnG1Cc\nndai?;in-Wake it. Mr Perrv said the people eral express agent of the Canadian Jf he city were very much indebted National at Winnipeg, J Aikens also '''or citizens, whX had put in so, of' Wnnipef, andvD G Frasei of
izens who had put in so o ^
time on Stampede affairs dur-i Prince George tho past_ three weeks, and had included wreaths h^ so much. To6 much Prince tjeor|o St
ld h p
�� '"onld not be given to the offi- lodge, the Lastorn �� -p
�f the agricultural association edonian society, and William Bexon.
man?&!?1iede association. They, H~KurnTp left vesterday on
"imaged to put the project over ^cv- n- �_�> r�i_;n "Aitn where, b�t he thought it was too much a visit to Stony Pan Alta., where 'De for that in an initial nroduc- i he will attend the. meeting oi tne wMen?5i^fi^&Kd?� ! Alberta and ,?f �hXoJumb,a synod .what were essentially capital of ; the Enrfish Lu�u ran^ church.
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had of
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lent with a view to the permanent advantage of the Peace River country I would not say a word which would complicate the problem at the present time or pre-judge the issue, but it will be a disappointment to us if conditions demand the withdrawal of the Canadian Pacific from this territory. ,
"Muclv has been said on the subject which is prejudiced and unfair. The original suggestion for a conference of all concerned to consider the Peace River problem originated with the president of the Canadian Pacific, and when the time comes to tell the story of the subsequent negotiations, I believe that all those who have participated will agree that the executive of our company has ap-
, ,� L,., ,,.,,,,^,^.* proached the subject in. a sympathet-
Sunday, July ltith. ic and helpful spirit. /
tributes Masonic Andrew's and Cal-the
L. Hill c...............4 0 0 6 0 1
Land. 3b. �............4 0 0 14 1
Booth ss, cf.......2 10 110
Williams, lb. a....3 0 3,, 9 1 0
Millar, If........L-..3 0 0 0 .0 1
Fuller, cf.......1..1 0 JS 0 0 1
H. Hill, cf ..........0 1- 0 1:- 0 0
Fraser, 2b.........3 0 1. 2 <2 2
Maxwell p.........3 0 10 3 0
Thorne, rf...........3 0 0 0 11
26 ,2 5*20 _12 7 ?51ernan out for interference with baseman.
Prince George�AB R H O A E
0
J. Johnson, c.....4 0 1 12
Ternan 2b......;;.-5
B. Gross, p. ........3
r i i
3 0 0
T. Johnson, lb. ..42381
Taft, rf...............4 lt 3 0 0
White, cf.��-�-�.......4 10 0 0
Kennedy; 3b.
0 0 0 2
Goodwin ss ......4 0 2 0 3
Guile. If.............3 0 0 0 0 0
34 8 10 21 13 2 By innings�
Quesnel .............. 0 0 0 10 0 1�2
Prince, George.... 10 10 4 2 0�8 Gl?come vs. Prince George.
The second game in the. tournament was between the Giscome and Prince George teams. This, it was figured, would prove more troublesome for the locals than the encounter with Quesnel, but it did not prove to be.
Cooper was sent in to do the heaving for the Giscome boys, but he only lasted for one and one-third innings. In that time he was touched up for five hits. Three of these came in the first inning and with a base on balls were good for four runs. Jack Johnson opened the second with a double to center, was followed by Ternan with a hit, and then Cooper issued a pass to Gross and filled the bases.
Lefrance, who formerly played with the local nine, relieved Cooper and was effective for a while. Terry Johnson, the first batter he served, hit into a double retiring Gross at second and being thrown out at first, and Taft ended the inning by being thrown but from short. Lafrance got through the next innings with but two hits charged against him, and they did not produce, any runs. The fourth inning proved disastrous. Ternan opened with a double into left and was scored by Gross with a double into rights. Terry Johnson got on as the result of an error at third,. Taft got a hit to center, but the ball was relayed in and Gross was cut off. Harry Goodwin got a hit to right, and wild pitches and passed ball? netted four runs for the Inning.
The locals started another batting
The members of the Prince George Farmers' Institute combined their annual picnic with the field day in connection with the Pineview illustration station on Monday. It was one of the most successful picnics the institute-has had. and was attended by upwards of fifty farmers and members of their families.
Following a basket lunch the. farmers adjourned from the picnic "round to .the fields of the illustration station where A. E. Richards, of the "Sumrnerland experimental station, explained the work which was being carried out.
A. Morton, of the Dominion live stock branch of the department of agriculture, gave the farmers a thirty-minute talk on the raising of sheep and swine. In so far as this section of the province goes Mr. Morton gave it as his opinion it was favorable to the carrying of flocks, of / domestic sheep up to fifty head. Given proper attention as a sideline mixed farming it would be'found :o be very profitable. With respect :o swine Mr. Morton said it could not je expected to produce pork in British Columbia in competition with Alberta, where large supplies of cheap grain were available for feeding, but to a limited extent, where pork could be produced in conjunction with the dairying business, it should be profitable in supplying the local demand. British Columbia is still a long way short of supplying the pork requirements of its people, and while it was not reasonable to expect it to compete with Alberta in the outside markets there should be good business for the farmer who could raise pork in conjunction with the dairying in-durtry for the local demand. � Professor Laird, of the University i of B.C.. took the place of Professor I P. Bovinp;. The latter was taken ill at Edmonton and had to return to Vancouver direct, instead of coming by way of Prince George. Professor Laird is a soil specialist, and he spoke entertainingly upon soil treatment, cultural methods, fertilization and soil organisms.
Prof. G. G. Moo, of the University of B. C. gave the farmers a talk on clovers and grasses for forage crops. A return was then made to the picnic grounds where a lengthy programme of field sports was run through, and after supper there was the annual baseball match, in which the men of Pineview met the best talent which could be lined up against them.
After the ball game an address was delivered by Professor Moe in the__s_choolhouse on the advantages of soil cultivation. A dance concluded the festivities.
Tho field day in connection with the Salmon-Valley illustration sta--tion was held oh Tuesday. With the exception of Professor Moe. the speakers who were present at Pineview were in attendance at Tuesday's meeting.
bee in the sixth. Gross opened it with a double to center. Terry John--,on was passed and Taft singled to right. Goodwin fanned for the first on.;. Kennedy got a single to right anr! Guile doubled to left; T-he assault was good for four runs. Mc-Leod relieved Lafrance and finished 1he game. He served five batters and fanned three of them.
White pitched a very strong game for Prince George. He allowed but three hits, one of which was of the rcratch order, and had such control that he did not allow a single base on balls. In the first inning he hit T>r. Lashley, but during the entire game there were only six of the Giscome men who got on the bags. The box score follows:
Prince George�AB R H O A V. J Johnson, c. ....2
G. Ternan. 2b.....5
Cross. 3b.............4
T. Johnson, lb. ..4
Taft, rf...............4
Goodwin, ss. ........4
Kennedv,' cf.......4
Guile. If.............4
White, p.......:.....4
3 0 Sr 3
1 1 0
0 0
1 J.1
3' 1 2 2 5 0 0
:; o l l
35 12 15 21 7 1 Giscome� AB R H O A T
Maskall, ss. ........3 0 0 1 2-0
E. Lewis c.........3 1 1
0 1
Dr. Lashley,-~3b...2
Muirhead. cf.......3 0 0 0
S. Cooper, p.......3 0-0 0
Ed. Miner,. 2b.....3 0 '0 2
McKinney lb.....3 0 0 8
Lafrance, If., p. ..2010
2 1
o r
i_ o
0 0
3 .1
1 0
2 0
McLeod, rf., p. ....2 0000 JD
24 1 3 21 11 3
Bv innings� .
Prince George....4 X 0 4 0 3 0�12
Giscome ..........-I 0 0 0 0 0 0-f 1