VOL. 8. No' 3S
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.,   THURSDAY, JULY 9. 1925.
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Stampede Receipts for the Two Days Exceeded $6000
Good   Surplus   Will  be  Turned  Over t0 Fair  Association  for  Capital  Expenditures.
Indicated     Surplus     Orer     Ordinary
Stampede  Expenditures Will
Approximate $2000.
John Gait, treasurer of the Stampede association, made an interim report to the Stampede executive on Saturday evening as to the financial result of 'the Dominion Day celebration. While there may be some >rbnies yet to be collected, there had been received from all sources $,r)9o8.24f and to this ..there is to be added the deposit put up with the Canadian National to secure the special from Giscome. This amounted to 9138, and will bring the total receipts to $6076.24.
Apainst the receipts cheques have. been drawn to the total of $3335.88. The balance in the treasurer's hands en Saturday was $2740.36. Tho estimated and unpaid expenditures under the Stampede budget amount to $6*34.12, ana if these have not been exceeded there should be a credit balance of $2076.26.
The expenditures of the Stampede association include certain of the expenditures made at the fair ground, but just what these have amounted to has not been determined. The outstanding feature of the verbal Ftitement submitted by Mr. Gait is that the people of Prince George put on an initial Stampede, which continued to grow in size each day as new attractions were, decided upon, and with such hearty co-operation on the part of the entire community that not onlv was a very pretentious programme carried through, but sufficient revenues were found to pay all current expenses, some of the capital expenditures, and there v/ill probably be $1500 to turn over to tho Prince George Agricultural and Industrial association to apply upon tie cost of the work of making the track, clearing the center in the oval, erecting the buildings and bringing in the water.
The heads of receipts have an interest for the management of future Stampedes.    They-were as follows:
Admissions   ...:.'"..'.'.'.........$1461.10
Grand  stand  ................     567.00
Donations   ....................    87:2.50
Advertising -................       57.00
Membership  fees   ........     121.00
Midway........................ 1858.77
Programmes................       26.72
Boxing    ........................    220.15
Dances    ."....................     587.00
Entry   fees..................    142.00
Sundries......................       25.00
As Mr. Gait left on his holidays this week he was anxious to get as complete a statement of Stampede finances to the executive before this departure. With u, number of accounts to come in there may be some slight changes in the figures as submitted, but the men who worked so hard to put the big show over have sufficient information before them to know their success exceeded their expectations.
N>P. Woodward, of the Bank of Montreal,., will take over the duties of treasurer of the Stampede association during the absence of Mr. Gait from the city.
Directors Decide to Hold 2 Days Race Meet at th^Fair
BOY HANGS HIMSELF TO ESCAPE PUNISHMENT FOR
ABSENCE FRQM HOME
Vancouver, July 8.�Harold^Buck-ley, 16, is in the city hospital in >n unconscious condition. He had been absent from his home in Wjndermiere park for a considerable period, and fearing punishment upon his return he attempted to hang himself in a shed. The hospital authorities say his condition is still critical.
CANADIAN PRAIRIES MAY HAVE  BUMPER WHEAT
CROP   THIS   STASON
Winnipeg. July 8�With the exception of southern Alberta present indications are that western Canada will have the best wheat crop this year in a decade. The weekly report of the Canadian Pacific railway stated yesterday the prospect in all three provinces was for a bumper crop and that there would be less damage from pests than has been the case for several years. Southern Alberta requires rain and if it does not get it the wheat crop in the southeastern section will be a failure.
RAIN IN SOUTH ALBERTA INCREASED CROP YIELD
BY   10,000,000  BUSHELS
Lethbridge^ July 8.�The whole of southern Alberta has been favored with rain during the past two days, thus breaking the hot spell of the past two weeks which was causing some of the stubbled-in, crops to burn, and had created general uneasiness as to the crop prospect for the southern portion of the province. The rain is worth many thousands of dollars to the farmers and the railway companies. It has saved the situation in the opinion of many, and with a little more moisture the crop prospect will become the best in many years. Reports from several sections show a rainfall varying from half an inch" to one and one-half inches. The rain wil increase the wheat yield on the Lethbridge division by fully ten million bushels and should give a total yield of 35,-000,000 bushels.
Pur,*, will be Offered which will Attract Owners Throughout the. Province
Track will be in Even Better Shape
for the Fair Than it was (or
the Stampede
At a meeting of the directors of tne Prince George fair which was "eld yesterday afternoon . the dep vision was reached to hold two days norse racing in connection with the *-&ir, which has been set for Tuesday and Wednesday, September 1st and 2nd. The resolution to this effect was moved by Harry Guest, seconded by Paul Wieland.
i he  management of  the    racing
in addition to the racing, commit-was delegated ito a committee conv d of A. E. Sibley, Georrge Pet- William Bexon, Alex Moffat and  Pidgeon. The committee will ^?c the details of the race programme as quickly as possible. With V1? track now at the disposal of the *lT association it ia expected a race meetiDg win be pogsit TayloT and Paul Wie"

Work Commenced on Telephone Line to Join Quesnei
P. G. Miller Will Have Crew Eng�r
ed Upon  Construction During
Present Week.
General    Satisfaction    Expressed    a Expedition  Shown  After Appropriation Secured.
Quesnei, July 7.�Work has been commenced upon the construction oJ the telephone line which is to connect Prince George up with the Dominion government service at this point. P. G. Miller, who built the line from Williams Lake to Spring-house last summer, and who has occupied the position of line foreman for the Dominion government for the past two years, will have charge of the construction.
Mr. Miller made a trip over the road to Prince George last week to size up the job, and arranged for an immediate start upon his return He will build from Quesnei north He thoroughly understands work of this kind and ran up, thirty-five miles of line last summer in less than three months. Gn this job he had to cut out his right-of-way, and had very hard digging for most of his poles.
The news that the appropriation had been secured for this telephone line was only received from Ottawa a couple of weeks ago from T. G M-cBride, M.P., so the start.is being made in record time.
"LORNA DOONE" WAS LONG TIME IN FINDING
FAVOR WITH PUBLIC
One hundred years ago Xticharc Blackmore was born and in 1869 "Lorna Docne" was published. It fell flat. For ten years Blackmore had been writing and publishing books without attracting any attention "Lorna Doone" seemed destined to g-o the way of his earlier books. Then fate stepped in and dragged the. big, robust author out of obscur-
* For eighteen months the novel, now known to all the world, languished and pined towards an early death At the instant of greatest gloom, Princess Louise married tJie Marquis of Lorn, with whose title Blackmore had imaged his heroine to be connected. He hadn t of course, the faintest idea that h fantasy would come true But it did. And the public linked the marriage with the novel and took the book to its heart. ________
Ai Young made the trip through, to Aahcrof?on Monday. He had as passeS Miss Milligan and Miss Ihields, of the teaching staff of the city school, who will spend their holidays in Vancouver.
Me Arthur Succeeds With Paper Project on Winnipeg River
Start Will be Made at Once on $4,-
500,000 Plant of 200-Ton
Capacity.
Veteran   Promoter   Promised   Prince
George Sawmill Would Receive
Attention.
J. D. McArthur, the Winnipeg rail-vay contractor,, who secured the ludson's Bay lands here two years ago with a view to erecting a local awmill, has made the grade with the pulp and paper project he has been nursing for Fort Alexander, at the mouth of the Winnipeg river, a short distance from Victoria Beach, on the Canadian National railway, about 75 miles north of Winnipeg.
The Spanish River Pulp & Paper ompany is the name of a concern which has joined forces with McArthur, and work is to commence at once upon the construction of a pulp and paper mill with a daily capacity of 200 tons. The estimated cost of the plant is $4,500,000. It will give steady employment to 500 hands and seasonal employment to 1200.
Prince George is interested in the ?ort Alexander development in that J. D. McArthur announced sometime ago that so soon as he could get this project under way he -would give his immjediate attention to the proposed sawmill in this city. The old railway contractor is commencing to crowd the four-score mark, but if he still has kick enough to put over a four-millioh-dollar papar project he might be inclined to take on the local sawmill project as a pastime.
SOVIET PROPAGANDA IN CHINA  CAUSES  CRISIS
IN   BRITISH  CABINET
London, July V.�Dissensions in the cabinet over the question of breaking with Russia, are becoming more and more acute, and the position of Austen Chamberlain grows increasingly difficult. LoTd Birken-head is leading the group that wants to break with Russia, but other members of the cabinet declare that the bnly effect of such a break would be. to imperil British interests in the Far East and in India by opening the floodgate to Russian propaganda and intrigue.
Opponents of Mr. Chamberlain say that Britain's diplomatic failure in China^is^one of the worst in her history since they allowed themselves to become the catspaw of others, and incurred the hostility of the Chinese while the Japanese only^received the ricochet of Chinese enmity after the full force had been expended ^on Britain.
The position of the British ministry is. further complicated with the prospect of a big labor strike which it is feared will We brought about as a protest on the part of labor against the severance of Russian relations.
duth1e mine resumes shipment under the Management of turner
J. R. Turner has succeeded in getting things into shape at the Duthie mine neear Smithers. There are over thirty men anf the contpany's pay-roll and a contract has been let for the hauling of ore from the mine to the railway. Mr. Turner will carry on operations on the Henderson property at the same time. The resumption of work at these properties will mean a lot to the town of Smithers.
C. P. R. CONDUCTORS LOSE
APPEAL TO PRIVY COUNCIL FROM THEIR DISMISSALS
The apeal of Thomas Cavqfn^ vs. Canadian Pacific railway company was dismissed by the privy council last week. The plaintiffs in the action were former C. P. R. conductors who allege dwrongful dismissal on the part of the railway company. The privy council held the investigation into the conduct of of Cayen was conducted under rules provided for as between the C. P. R. and its employees, and the dismissal foliowed. The plaintiff's course should have been to appeal to the higher officials of the company if he were dissatisfied with the dismissal.
MAYOR TAYLOR ABANDONS PROPOSED EDMONTON TRIP AFTER STORMY SESSION
Vancouver, July 8.�Mayor Taylor yesterday announced his intention of abandoning the proposed trip to Edmonton for the big western conference upon municipal matters. TJie trouble cropped up when Mayor Taylor announced his choice as acting mayor during his absence, the same being very much resented by Alderman Almond. It is said Mayor Taylor wall also decline to take in the excursion of the Vancouver board of trade which is to make the triangular trip to Prince Rupert, Prince George and back to Vancouver. This trip is timed for the latter part of the month.
Timber Scale for May Shows Gain .   on Previous Year
Destruction    of    Hutton    and    Allan-Thrasher Mills Will Reduce Figures for Year.
The log scale of the Fort George district for the month of May tor tailed 2,750,762 feet board measure. This was an advance of more than one million feet over the scale for the month of May 1924. For the year to date the scale of 1925 .is below that for the corresponding months of the previous year, but with the gains being made each month it is expected to equal the 1924 figures before the year is finished.
The May scale was made up of 319,979 feet of fir, 2,204,082 feet of spruce, 12,304 feet of lodgepole pine   and 214,397 feet~bf balsam.
For the five months of the year the total scale is made up of 3,135,-509 feet of fir. 17,137,839 feet of spruce, 52,402 feet of lodgepole pine and 2,770,719 feet of balsam, making a grand total of; 23,096,469 feet. The figures for the corresponding period in 1924 were 3,530,884 fee.t of fir 25,913 feet of red cedar, 32,-634,353 feet of spruce, 236,190 feet of lodgepole pine, and 2,648,985 feet
of balsam,  making a 39,076,325 feet.
total scale  of
The destruction of the Hutton and Allan-Thrasher mills by fire will bring the total scale of the district down considerably.
The fir ties brought to account durhrg the month of May numbered 8079, and the pine ties 91 707. This brought the fir ties for the current year'up to 24,355 and the pine ties to 450,931, on compared with 22,493 fir ties for tke same period in 1924, and 710,717 pine ties.
BellosxCommitted �on? Assault Charge by Magistrate
i
Crown Witness Became the Bride ol
Accused Since Date of Alleged
Offence..
Injured Man  and  His  Friend  Assert
Blow Was Struck   by   the
Accused.
Arthur Bellos was committed by Police Magistrate . Moran yesterday to stand his trial upon the charge of committing an assault upon Richard Brotherston in the Quebec Tooms on Sunday, June 28th. An /unusual complication developed in the case between the time of the alleged assault and the preliminary hearing in that Grace Marie Ryan, who operated the rooms, had in the, meantime become the wife of the accused, the two having been married in Quesnei.
Shortly after the trouble she furnished the police with a statement as to what had happened in connection with the assault, but having become the wife of accused in the meantime she was not a compellable witness and refused to testify at the preliminary.
P. E. Wilson, who appeared for the prosecution, put in the evidence of Brotherston and a friend of his named Tallman. Brotherston said Tallman, Bellos and himself were the only persons in the room when he was assaulted, and if Bellos did not strike him it must have been his friend.
The evidence of Tallman was that he saw Bellos raise his hand, and immediately Brotherston was hit on the head and knocked down. He said he then made a dive to get out of the room and in passing Bellos saw what he took to be a blackjack in his hand.
The defence of the accused was handled by J. M. McLean.
CANADA HAS PERFECTED TRADE AGREEMENT WITH
THE WEST INBIES
Ottawa, ^uly 7.�Details of the new trade agreement between Canada and the West Indies will be made public tomorrow, but the outstanding provisions are rather fri.ely discussed here and pretty generally known.
The arrangement Is concluded on the basis of mutual preference by the two countries to the products of each other and tty; utter dissimilarity between them avoids the element of competition. It is understood that the Canadian preference to the islands will be fifty per cenlt., while theirs to Canada will range from fifty to seventy-five per cent.
Wider markets for Canadian products are forecast as a result of the preferences extended to this country.    ____
Premier uliver Is Not Sanguine on the Railway Issue
Heads of Canadian Systems itr* Adverse to Making the Expenditures Necessary
Says   he  is  Negotiating   with   United
States Syndicates to Build
the Road.
H. G. Perry, M. L. A., is in receipt of a letter from Premier Oliver upon the the Peace River railway situation. It holds out no hope that anything will be done in the near future to provide the wheat fields of the Peace River district with the direct rail connection with the Pacific coast, which would enable the people of the district to produce wheat at a profit.
The situation at the present time involves   the   consideration   by   the s;overnment  of the  province  of Al->erta of offers by the Canadian Pa-ific and Canadian National railway "ompanies to operate    the    Alberta ines at present controlled   by   the overnment of   that   province       In hese  lines the province  of Alberta las invested the sum of $17,000,000. They have been operated in the past >y the Canadian Pacific railway com->any,  but with existing_connections t has meant a long    haul    for    the jain     with     corresponding    heavy reight chaTges.      There    has    been ery inadequate relief for tho  farmers,  and the loss in operation by he C.P.R. is said to have been greater than that which has attended   the operation of the P.G.E,/by the gov-rnment of British Columbia.
The   situation   which  has    to    be 'aced  is  that  under  conditions     as they exist settlers in proximity to the xisting railway  at Grande Prairie, Spirit River and other points    have seen unable to ship over the railway at a profit.    This being so there is less hope for the settlers in   British Columbia at the more distant points of Pouce Coupe, Rolla and Fort   St. John to carry on.   It is a matter  of common report that upwards of half the settlers in what is known as the Peace  River  district have  been  impelled to leave the country by reason of  excessive freight charges.     The requirements of the district certainly appear to demand not only additional railway    facilities    but    cheaper transportation rates.
All that has come out of the agitation for railway facilities for the Peace River has been the competitive offers of the two railway systems to lease and operaite the line owned by the province of Alberta. The settlers in the district are unfortunate also in that the line of railway serving them is provincial and not federal, as there is a probability they will not be entitled to the advantage of the maximum rates in j freight charges which are to be saved from the Crow's Nest Pass agreement in the ixing of the new railway freight schedules.
During his several visits to Ottawa Premier Oliver says he has disc �ssed fhe bniMine of a direct line into \\e Peace River, and the, taking over of ;he P.G.E. in connection with such building, with both President Beatty of the C.P.R., and President Thorn-on of the Canadian National. He says their attitude was that of men who had sufficient trouble on their lands without thought of taking on more. Upon the question of auilding a line of railway through the Peace or Pine passes President Beatty took the position there was nothing to justify the investment of further capital in railway construction in that portion of the Dominion. President Thornton said frankly he did not know of any use to which his company could put the P.G.E. railway. If a railway is to be built each of the companies will require heavy subsidies from the provincial and federal governments.
Premier Oliver, in discussing the railway issue with Hon. Geo. P. Graham* minister of railways, was informed by him the federal government was not in a position at the present time to consider the expenditure of any large sum in the construction of aditional lines. To the suggestion-the desired line might be secured through the building of a private company, receiving land subsidies from the provincial and federal authorities, the minister said no such proposal had been submitted to him.
Hon. Charles Stewart, minister of the interior, expressed himself as favorable to the building of a line to connect the P.G.E. with the E.D. & B.C. by a private syndicate, which would acquire the two existing railways and set up a third railway organization in western Canada* He said he would be prepared to discuss proposals of this nature following the termination of the session of parliament, but expressed the view there would be, no hope of securing consideration while the house was in session.
Reviewing    the    entire    situation (C�aUmue4  oil  p*g�   5)