PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
VOL. 9< No. 33.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., THURSDAY, JUNE 24. 1926.
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Jitney Service to Stampede Will not be Restricted
Bonding of Vehicles on Short Notice
Would Tie Up Transportation
Service.
Council Agree* to Furnish Lighting
Service to the McLane Auto
Camp.
Stampede matters occupied a portion of the time of the city council at its meeting on Monday evening. The council had some further information with respect to the government regulations respecting the bonding of automobile vehicles, as well as the stipulations of the insur. ance companies and the cost of the indemnity bonds. .
It was assumed when the subject , was under discussion at a previous -%-ieeting that one person might take I *ut an indemnity bond and operate a fleet of cars under it. This, it turns out, would not be permissable. since the'bond issued will only cover the operation of one vehicle. Another development is the cost of the bond. The insurance companies are not very sweet on this class of insurance at the present time, and the cheapest bond which can be taken out will cost the owner of the car $100, and is restricted to a passenger hazard, vith a limit of $2000 to a single passenger and a total liability of $10,000. For a policy carrying a public liability for the same amount the premium becomes $150.
The council decided the conditions would be so onerou% that if the proposed jitney bylaw, providing for the bonding of automobiles plying for hire were brought into effect at once it would tie up the transportation of passengers between the city the Stampede. After canvassing the situation it was thought there would not be more than six or seven jitnev men take out the indemnity bond, and the restriction of the bond to one vehicle would put such a knot in
PRINCE GEORGE STAMPEDE, July 1st and 2nd, 192b
Joe Flieger Has Fine Lot of Horses For the Stampede
�Those Intended for Wild-Horse Race
Were Captnred in Lac la Hache
District.
Bucking Horses Will be Fit. and the
Best Riders in the Dominion
Will Compete.
Joe Flieger, arena manager for the Prince George Stampede, arrived in the city on Tuesday with thirty-six head of stock to be used in the arena events. He says all the people in the southern portion of the district are talking Stampede and everything points to a big success for the local show this year. During the past six weeks he has covered two thousand miles in the saddle, picking up likely horses for the show
the transportation arrangements that, and everywhere he went he found visitors would despair of ever reach- ! he people anxious to get to Prince .ing the grounds. For this reason I George on Dominion Day. idd t df ti
.ing th g
it was decided to defer action upon il ft th
stock which he has picked up
after the track has been circled camp is made and the race goes to the outfit sending up the first smoke from the camp stove. Shanghai and Yokohama are the names of a clown and a pinto pony especially groomed to provide amusement at the arena during the two days of the show.
Previous to coming to Prince George Flieger stopped off at the Williams Lake Stampede to. pull off his third win of the mountain ride on Grey Eagle, in which two horses were killed and three riders seriously hurt. The distance was one mile and seventy yards, in the course of which a drop of 700 feet is made. Flieger was pressed this year but saved his horse and finished first in one minute and 36 seconds. A race of this nature has to be seen to be aDDreciated. Bainbrick, who will ride in the local Stampede, is the only other man who has won the mountain race at Williams Lake.
?he jitney bylaw until after the i inciudes ten hea{1 of wijd horses Stamped*;. which were secured in the Lac la I
This will teave the jitney business i Hache country. They are some of** during the Stampede open for own- j tjie ^nimais which the gov-nc? of all cars who take out tne j erttmtent has been offering a ^resent city licence and who also; bounty upon and will be hr.-P th? chauffeur's licence. The j used j"n the Wild horse race, police will patrol the two sides of ! a new Stampede feature. the loon to the Stampede grounds I The animals were run down and will require all drivers of hire jjy Harry Wright, assisted car? to show the necessary licences, j Dy Cyclone Smith and him-
Vtmes McLane. who is operating! self. There will be a wild thr- unto park, anpiied to the city iVr | horse race on each day of reconsidering of the matter of sup-1 the Stampede. The animals
COMMITTEE ON RAILWAYS
APPROVES OF C. N. R. LOAtJ
Ottawa, June 23.�The railway and shipping committee of the house of commons has reported in favor of the loan of $31,000,000 to the Canadian National railways.
plying electric light to the park. He *aid it was expected there would be
are brought out on the track with a halter and on
a large number of cars in the park | tne word being given the during the Stampede and it would j rjjer, v/ith two assistants, be dangerous to attempt to operate j addles his mount and makes without adequate lighting. At the , the circle of the track. As T>ark he had made provision for the j none of the accommodation of fifty cars, and additional accommodation could be readily provided if required. Ample kitchen and ether facilities had been added, and he thought he had the
situation well in hand. The "first cost estimate of Mr. Freeman for the installation of the light had been put at $265, but as the result of further examination it was found that an acceptable service could be provided for $105. If the council would authorize the expenditure of $100 Mr. McLane said he would take care of any aditionnl expense. This met with the approval of the council and the work will be proceeded with.
The council decided to ask for bids for the purchase of the Fisher
an i mas have
ever had a saddle upon-them some e\'citinc tiraesccn be expected before and after the saddling^
There are also twenty-
a balance of $3200 against the property, but the council will con-p'der a bid of $2750. Failing sale the property may be rented at $30 per month.
On motion of Alderman Patterson, seconded by Alderman Fraser. the health committee was authorized to make necessary repairs at the city cemetery.
Karl Anderson was allowed the rebate on his March water account, ihe cheque in payment for the account was made out in ample time
two bucking horses in the outfit. Some of them have figured in previous Stampedes but there are a. number of outlaws which heretofore have never done anything they did not wish to do. Two. Jump Tootsie is included in the string as well as a giant buckskin, Tornado, an animal of 1350 pounds which has a record of spilling six out of eight men who have attempted to ride him. The Bull Moose. Klon-dyke, Hard-hearted Hannaty, One-Lamp Louie, Earthquake and Rattle, snake are also included in he outlaws which have gravitated to the Stampede business by reason of their cussedness.
Flieger says he has the material in the horses he has gathered to put on one of the best Stampedes ever given in Canada. Most of the animals have never appeared in a Stampede and their former owners will follow them to see how they perform. Ranchers are > coming to Prince George from points as re-
didnotTeachThe "St^tES S �>�< �� �' Chilco ranch in the Chil �. for discount-hid e.pirec. Z'li^t^tttlf mother
than the Prince George Stampede
Auto Parade to Mark Beginning of Big Stampede
Local Dealers Offer Special Prizes
for Best Decorated Cars
Handled by Them.
Co-operation of Car Owners Requested in Moving Children to the Grounds.
JOE FLIEGER, Arena* Director
or discount had expired.
Anderson also complained as to the manner in which the notices for ^yater charges were sent out from
'Mty hall. Since the month in mspute he had received a bill on -�'i.v )9th which carried an issuing
Aim May 1Oth- On the face nf
tne bin he was given but one day ' make payment to save the i4"?-tounl. He did not consider it fair � �� eouire taxnayprs to retain en-yfl*V*M to determine the date of f �� \T notices which carried a time ior me securing of discount.
fft� 1uapplication from Austin & Co. 'or the discount upon the March *�"*??. account was refused. �flpat se-nTed the oas-
f a resolution asking for a re-C Continued on Page 4)
g for the past four weeks.
There will be plenty of riders for all of the arena events. At the head of the list is Big Eddie Bainbrick from the Chilco ranch. He is a cowboy without a peer, ind was the first man to ride Two-Jump Tootsie in an association saddle after scratching her. He weighs 200 pounds and will ride in every cewboy event on the two-days card. Marvin Curtis will ride and the prospect is good for his sister Ollie to appear in the bucking contests as well. Other riders will be Robert Bowie and Alf. Eagle from the Williams Lake section, as well as the Kitchen brothers from Jasper.
Flieger says the chuck-wagon race will provide plenty of thrills. In this four-horse teams are driven, and
ANNOUNCEMENT
In view of the fact that Thursday next will be Dominion Day and also the opening day of the Prince George Stampede, arrangements have been made for the issuance of The Citizen early on the morning of Thursday.
Copies will be available for the newsboys at 9 o'clock in the morning and -will be on sale throughout the day.
Changes for advertisements for the issue will require to be in the office on or before Tuesday after-
PROBE WILL RESULT
IN SEVERAL CHANGES
IN CUSTOMS SERVICE
Ottawa. June 22.�The consideration of the report of the committee
which has been investigating customs administration is the
the
last
important matter to come before parliament. Finance Minister Robb has given the assurance he will adhere strictly ti the recommendations made in the report as adopted by the house, ft is understood these will call for the retirement of Customs Commissioner Farrow as well as two additional officers and the dismissal if several other lesser officials.
DOWAGER OUEEN OLGA OF
OF GREECE DIES IN ROME
Rome. June 20.�Dowager Queen Ol�*a. of Greece, who has lived in exile here since the pssassination of her husband. Georsre I, in 1923 died here yesterday if the age of 75.
Arrangements have been made for the opening of the Stampede with a big auto parade, in connection with which the Stampede management is offering prizes for the best decorated cars. Local dealers are supplementing these for the best decorated of the class of cars handled by them. O. G. Boyce, of the Dominion Garage, offers a Ledex sun visor for the best decorated Star car. the Prince George Motors offers a tire for the best decorated Chevrolet, and Ed Hall offers a tire for the best decorated Ford.
The parade is to move off from the Princess theatre corner at 9:30 on the morning of Dominion Day and will be attended by a company of cowboys, and outfirs|in the chuck, wagon race, and is scheduled to arrive at the Stampede grounds at 10 o'clock, when the children's sports will be held and a start made in thi quoit-pitching contests. In the quoit, pitching a lot of interest has been created and the several farmers' institutes throughout the district will enter teams to compete with those from the sawmills.
The Stampede management makes an appeal to all owners of cars to appear in the parade, whether they are decorated or not, as they hope by this means to secure the transport of the children from the city to the grounds. There are lots of cars, and if anything like a generous response is made to their appeal all the little people will be deposited on the ground in time for their sports.
MANAGER KILPATRICK
GRANTS SPECIAL RATE
TO LOCAL STAMPEDE
OUT
FOR MEDDLING IN STRIKE
London June 22.�The government has refused permission for two Dutch socialists to attend the international labor conference which has been called to meet tomorrow to discuss measures for crippling British trade by securing an embarero on ooal shipment^ or the calling of an international strike. Activities of the two Dutch-socialists in the recent ereneral strike �s trivet as the roapon for their exclusion from the conference.