GEORGE CXTI
VOL. .8, No- 41>
PRINCE  GEORGE,  B.C.,   THURSDAY,   AUGUST   20,   1925.
FIVE CENTS.
Council Cannot Give Guarantee to Assist Fair
Opinion     of   City      Solicitor   j8  Very Definite  Upon this Issue.
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 Aisociaton    Must    Devise   Pl.in lor Carrying  Bank Indebtedness.
efforts of the Prince George |! iral   and   Industrial    Ysst>c-
 to have the corporation of the Prince George guarantee the tincss of the association, in n with the improverhonis , t the' local fair grounds, :i   snag   on   i>londay  evening
the opinion of t' E. Wil.vr.,  �(�itor, was read at the council
request   of   the   agricv.ltur il tion  was  p'rasprit'ed  by  .'.  Ii.  n   the president,  who  va:' at-,.  by  Alex  Moffat  and     A.   E. Mr. Johnson,  in submitting  ropositpn  that     the     council
 truarantee the account spoke > great success which had been by the management .of the lo-amped.e. Extensive � improve-had been made to the fair i]>_ a very successful show had carried through and all ac-- in connection with the same een paid in full. In additon to a substantial payment had been made on account of the permanent-improvements to the grounds. On account of this work there was/an outstanding balance of $35JMf "-for which there was abbunda-mysecurity^ The fair association had/no financial resources, and as a matter of assisting the association td finance the re-nuest was made tb^t the city guarantor the amount^wing to the bank on j account of the improvements.
There w^cs a disposition on the part of the members of the council to a-^rst, hut they realized their hands were tied on any proposal to /�Kiarantee the account. P. E. Wilson �.�I.- as explicit. unon. this point as could be desired. He said the council had no power or authority to guarantee any account. The only power conferred upon the council was that to make a grant to the agricultural society.. It was open to the council to make a grant to the society but there was no power under which the council could guarantee any part of the society's accounts.
As one way of disposing of the request of the agricultural association it was refered to the finance committee and a special meeting of the council will be held on Monday evening to receive the recommendation of the committee. In view of the opinion of the city solictor there can he but one recommendation from the committee, and this will leave the agricultural association with the indebtedness to the bank to he financed. It is likely the balance will be considerably reduced as the result >lthe fair in September, but there wilt^emain. in any event a tid\ sum to be^financed in some manner.
f. IS.  DAMKLL SERIOUSLY ILL IN VENICE  BUT o\'
Ii'O.V!)   To   RECOVERY.
�Word was received in,'Prince George this week from Henry Johnson, of the serious illness in Venice California, of John I',. Danie.ll Mr' Daniel! was suffering from pleurisy' and his condition was so serious an operation was resorted to, ;, 1)or. tion of one of the ribs being removed and a drain inserted to the lung. While the patient's life was de-spared of last week he is now- believed to have passed the crisis.
Steamer's Boilers Explode with Great Loss of Life
; Passengers      Trapped     in    Wreckage and Are Scalded to Death  Before Naval Station.
Prompt      Relief      Measures      Rescue
Many   but   Death   Roll   Will
Reach   Forty-five.
HON. DR. KING WILL
SEEK RE-ELECTION  IN
EAST KOOTENAY RIDING
Hon. J. H. King.� minister of public works in the Mackenzie King cabinet, has set at rest the storios as to his probable candidature in one of the coast constituencies. It is known the minister looked over three of the coast ridings but he now makes the announcement he will run in East Koptenay.
Charles Woodward Becomes Restive on City Representation
Suggests   That   Hon.   T.   D.   Pattullo Retire to Make Room for Vancouver  Minister.
Charges   Premier   Oliver   With   Having   Failed  to   Make   Good' on Promises Given.
FAIR ASSOCIATION
CALLS   MEETING  TO
DISCUSS   FINANCING
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The' directors of the Prince George Agricultural & Industrial Association have called a meeting of the residents of Prince George and vicinity to be held in the city �all tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock ! 1 discuss ways and means in connection with the indebtedness of the association incurred in the improve-11 'in of the local fair ground.
O-fl the lands owned by the asso-''�'�n there have been placed im-pEov&meftta to the value of close upon �7000, on account of which \:'"'}'v  is   owing  by  the    association
"ll(1-    The  object  of the  meeting
;<� secure the best plan for carry-tins indebtedness until it can be Off.
One suggestion which will come before the meeting calls for the issuance of debentures payable in five yoais. . It is Said debentures of this lnl'iv(!r >n amounts from $50 up, would be saleable if an attractive fate of interest were provided and J?� <�� y wore made a charge against the holdings of the association.
I ho achievement of the fair and stampede associations in bringing about the improvement of the fair ^"nds was an outstanding accomplishment in the history of the city. 1'ie improvements will earn a good rate of interest. They could not nave been secured in any way other P"an that which was adopted. They n-i\e already returned to the citizens h )r    ^heir cost� although but   one-
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ii-r   v   'vmsiii   nuve    ocen   paid nat is needed now is a little more the  Stampede  spirit to assist in !Vn* .the    indebtedness   until   it oe wiped out.  The people sliculd 1 out for the meeting tomotrow llng and finish the job so credit-"y commenced in June.   The same "�operation will carry it through.
Vancouver, Aug.' 19.�Evidences of a split between Charles Woodward, senior member for Vancouver, and Premier Oliver are increasing. The failure of the government to pive Vancouver cabinet representation is-.featured in correspondence which Mr. "Woodward, has given to the press. The Vancouver man has made public a letter received by him from the premier in which Mr. Oliver expresses regret that there should be any differences existing between himself and the Vancouver member. In this connection Mr. Woodward seeks to justify the difler-ences which he admits do exist, and charges Premier Oliver with making promises which have not been kept. He alleges general neglect of Vancouver by the cabinet, and hints at a fear that he is 'being sidetracked in the negotiations which have recently taken place between Hon. T. D. Pattullo, minister of lands, and L. D. Taylor, mayor of Vancouver, in the matter of watersheds and the water question generally. Mr. Woodward asserts that Pattullo and Taylor have been playing politics with the question. He closes his criticism of the government with the intimation it would be a good thing if Pattullo were retired from the cabinet to make room for a Vancouver minister, and in any event he says it is unfair to have so many ministers coming from Prince Rupert and vicinity.
EAST KOOTENAY RANCHER SHOOTS UP WORKERS ON GOVERNMENT ROAD CREW
Fernie, Aug. 19.�Jesse Mansfield, a rancher trapper and guide, living at Elk Prairie, 17 miles north of Natal, is being sought in the mountains by a detachment of provincial police upon a charge of shooting up a government road gang and wounding George Whiting, the foreman, and Frank Norston, one of the laborers. It is said Mansfield claimed the road gang was encroaching upon his property without due warrant, and that he'shot the camp up to protect his property rights'.
BRITISH TRADE SHOWS
MARKED  DECLINE  FOR
FIRST HALF OF YEAR
Great Britain's trade returns for the first seven months of the year are most disquieting.. There is an adverse balance on visible trade of 230 million pounds sterling in the first seven months of last year. The alarming increase of imports over exports is aggravated by the fact that the imports of raw material for industry show an actual decline. Invisible exports, of course, modify this sum but cannot restore the balance to England's credit.___
ALASKA'S _BIG  RAIN
Cordova, Alaska, Aug. 19.�Tre-mendous rains fell here yesterday. Official records show four and one-half inches fell within twelve hours, accompanied by high winds.
The Vancouver papers carry the Announcement of the engagement of Miss Constance Gifford, of New Wfistminster. to Herbert McCoU Allan of the Banlc of Commerce start in this city. Miss Gifford is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Gifford. The wedding is to take place in Holy Trinity cathedral, in New Westminster, on September 17th.
Newport,  -R.I.,     Aug.     19.�The 1 naval hospital at Naragansett Sound j presents thejappearance  of a sham-I bles today as a result of a tremen-I dous boiler explosion which occurred on the steamer Mackinaw this morning while the vessel was bound from Newport'to Pawtucket.    The boilers burst while the steamer was opposite the nnvfii  station and caused an in-ear had broken into the cache and damaged a number of the furs.
Williams     and     Ackerman     were ormerly residents of the Chief Lake section, and were knov*n to a num-)er of settlers in that district.
NORTHERN ONTARIO
WILL HAVE HALF-MILLION FRENCH  CANADIAN  SETTLERS
Three Rivers, Que., Aug. 14.� That a high-placed personage in the government had admitted to him that legulation 17 of the Ontario School Act was directed more against the Ionian Catholic religion than against ;he French language was the note of in address delivered here by Mgr. -lalle. bishop of Hearst, Northern Ontario, in connection with the Se-maine Sociale now being celebrated at Three Rivers.
'I come from Northern Ontario." aid his lordship, "and I do not hesi-ate to say that it will become a new province of Quebec."
He painted a glowing picture   of he opportunities presented  for set-lers in  Northern Ontario,  and pre-icted that in twenty-five years there would be half a million French-Canadians there.
RUPERT MILL MAKES BIG
SHIPMENTS OF SPRUCE
Prince Rupert, Aug. 19.�The rince, Rupert Spruce Mills has tarted shipment of spruce cants to Tew Westminster. There are one nd one-half million feet now on the way south.