PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN VOL. 9, No. 34. PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1926. J. H. Johnson is the Daddy of the Big Stampede la the Roles of Booster and Show-main He Renders Great Service to Prince George. Big Show Advertises the City on the Outside and Becomes the Event of the Year. J. H. Johnson, president of the Prince George Agricultural & Indus, trial Association, and master mind of the Prince George Stampede, is �scaring a wide smile under a two-gallon hat today, and there is a general impression that J> H. is mighty glad to see everybody who, even in the most remote manner, can contribute to the success of the big show which opens this morning and will be continued tomorrow and possibly on Saturday. / If J. H. Johnson were to check out during the week there would be plenty of flowers for his bier. One of the odd things in life is that most OVERNIGHT Race Entries for July 1st and 2nd. Secures Majority of Four on Division Ten Frcgre&sives a.-d Henri Bou- ransa Switch Ilieii Vote* on Customs Scandal FIRST DAY. Prince George Derby. Firefly�Mrs. Demmon, Kamloops. Sunset�B. Deneau. Kamloops. Philmartin�Archer, Edmonto'n. Joe Simpson�Moffat & Pidgeon. Warrior�Dr. Paine Telkwa. Mighty Lever-r-J. S. Ross, 141-M. Telkwa Stakes. Vimy^Joe Foster. Quesnel. The Minute�Mrs. Demmon, Kmlps Sunset�BV'-De-neau. Kamloops. Firefly�Mrs. Demmon, Kamloops. Mighty Lever�J. S,. Ross, 141-M. Stalwart Jr.�E. Davidson, Edm. ' Joe Simpson�Moffat & Pidgeon. Warrior�Dr. Paine Telkwa. Williams Lake Stakes. Firefly�Mrs. Demmon, Kamloops. The Minute-^Mrs. Demmon, Kmlps Sunset�B. Deneau, Kamloops. Philmartin�-Archer, Edmonto'n. Stalwart Jr.�E. Davidson. Edm. Joe Simpson�Moffat & Pidgeon. Hasten On�E. Johnson, 141-M. SECOND DAY. Vanderhoof Stakes. Firefly�Mrs. Demmon,. Kamloops. The Minute�Mrs. Demmon, Kmlps Sunset�B. Deneau, Kamloops. Philmairtin�Archer, Edmonto'n. Joe Simpson�rMoffat & Pidgeoa. Warrior�Dr. Paine Telkwa. Mighty Lever�J. S. Ross, 141-M. Quesnel Stake.-. Vimy�Joe Foster, Quasnel. Firefly�Mrs. Demmon, Kamloops. The Minute�Mrs. Demmon, Kmlps Sunset�B. Deneau, Kamloops. Stalwart Jr.�E. Davidson, Edm. Joe Simpson�Moffat & Pidgeon. Warrior�Dr. Paine. Telkwa. Hasten On�E. Johnson, 141-M. men have to die before their fellow citizens will concede they were halfway decent. The Citizen would like to beat the custom with respect to J. H. and give him a chance to sniff his flowers. To begin with, it may be said the Stampede, which opens today, and which gives every sign of going over big, is J. H.'s show. He did not ori. Kinate the Stampede. It was featur. ed in larger cities before Prince George gave it a serious thought. But when the proposal was made a year ago to hold a Stampede in Prince George, J. H. developed the plan from a shoestring. He found a few adventurous spirits who were prepared to take a chance with him, and the Prince George Stampede was born. It's getting to be an old story now, but the financing which J. H. and his associates approved in the preparation of the grounds and the launching of the first Prince George Stampede would have earned them prison terms in almost any other line of endeavor. Conservative business nn n looked askance upon the plans, and advocated putting a hobble upon the gentleman from Virginia. Something of the kind was attempted, hut fortunately the hobble did not work, and out of the frenzied financ-'!� of 1925 came the first Prince George Stampede, a greater success t'haji even J. H. had figured, but which will be entirely eclipsed by thai of todav and tomorrow. U J. H. Johnson did nothing else !"i- Prince George than to make possible the holding of an annual ptampedf he would have served his home town well. Incidentally he is ''"i'e a showman, and he and Joe ' "trer. his arena manager, make �uite a team. Flieger began life driving the snake-wagon in a circus. ' a time when J. H. was running ';iins on the Great Northern railway. They came together for the t %p Inst vear. and now Flieger [f J. H. is the best Stampede executive he has encountered, and J. H. �'torts there are none who can hang �J>y thing on Flieger in arena man-�ment in connection with a Stam-But just in case J. H. should �� "mnt to ride some of the Flieger P�mes during the show we hasten to mn the above kind wods in advan the above kind words in APPOINTEES GET UNDER WIRE AT LAST MINUTE , Ottawa. June 29.�Amoncr the vi� ap-nointnients of the Mackenzie i t were 1,'avuol Buckley, of Swift Current, distr-\ becomes judge ~6f the SC0Urt of Bttlfd d J g of Battleford; and J. m � en> of Kitchener. Ont., who ferii county court judge of Duf- Little Thos. Murray Meets Accidental Death at Me Bride Falls From Dray Driven by W. A. J. Payne and Receives Fatal Injuries. Dash of Vehicle Gave Way and Child Thrown Upon Heels of Running Horses. A distressing accident happened at McBride on Thursday afternoon, causing the death of little Thomas Murray, the five-year-old son of George T. Murray, in the employ of the Canadian National as pumpman. W. A. J Payne, who conducts a local transfer business, was driving a team making deliveries, and a numbered of children had clambered upon the dray for a ride. To avoid the possibility of an accident Payne requested the children to ride on the rear of the truck. They all complied with Payne's request with the exception of Tommy Murray, who insisted that he wanted to see the horses go. In dropping down a grade the little lad sought to steady himself on the dash of the dray, but it gave way with him, and he fell behind the heels of the horses. In the fall he was struck on the head, his skull being fractured. Concussion of the brain resulted and the victim never regained consciousness, death following in a short time. A coroner's inquest was held at which a verdict of accidental death was returned. W. A. J. Payne, the c'.river of the .dray. *was absolved ( from all blame in connection with | the accident. The father and mother of the child have the sympathy of a ja'^tro circle of friends in their bereavement. UNITED FARMERS PARTY STRENGTHENS ITS HOLD ON ALBERTA PROVINCE Edmonton, June 29.�The United Farmers tightened their hold upon the provincial administration in the general elections yesterday and the optimistic forecasts of the Liberal and Conservative leaders make curious reading in the light of the vote recorded. Returns throughout the province indicate the election of 37 candidates of the Farmer party, 4 Liberals, 3 Conservatives, 3 Labor, 1 Independent with 13 seats still in doubt. SENATE CUTS COST OF FARMERS* RURAL CREDITS Ottawa. June 30.�The rural credits bill passed he senate yesterday with certain amendments, the most important of which is one which cuts out the provision of one per cent to cover the cost of administra. tion. This bill, which came up from the Liberal government, will now go back to the commons to be dealt with by the new Conservative administration. Minimum Wage of Forty Cents Comes November First Log Scale of Fort George District is Making Big Gain This Is the Order Issued by Board Big Scale for May Runs Total for Administering the Minimum Wage Act. Five Months Ten Million Ahead of 192S. New Scale Will Increase Wages of 8500 Persons fn the Lumber Industry. Victoria, June 30.�Forty cents an hour is to be the legal minimum ^age for workers in the lumbering industry of British Columbia after November 1 next. This is the essence of an order just issued by the board administering*.t.he Minimum Wage Act for the province. Under the provisions of the decree exemptions are permitted in the case of the handicapped employee and apprentice; but these must not exceed ten per cent of the employees engaged by any frrm. The order embraces all operations of logging, shingle mills, sawmills, planing mills, box factories, sash and door factories, pulp and paper mills, veneer plants and cooperages, in which there are approximately 40,000 persons employed in the province. Inquiries made by the board show that, taking into consideration the number of persons employed in these operations who are at present receiving less ban the proposed minimum wage, the new order will directly mean an increase of pay for about 8850 workers. Many of the low-paid workers in the industry, amounting to over one-fifth of the whole, are Orientals, and it is be- lieved that one effect of the order will be to make the industry more attractive to white workers, and lead to their gradual substitution for Asiatics. The board states that the 40-cent minimum will be given a trial for a reasonable period but if experience should show that the order should be reviewed, it will be prepared to consider such change as the circum-sances may warrant. MEASURE RESTORING < EIGHT-HOUR DAY FOR COAL MINERS PASSED London, June 30.�The Baldwin government's measure which makes it Dossible for miners to work an eight-hour shift, was given its second reading yesterday with a large majority. The debate was featuned by considerable disturbance on the part of Labor members. CANADIAN FARM LANDS WILL NEVER BE CHEAPER Complete Figures for 1926 Will Set High Record for Local Timber Industry. London June 30.�At the annual meeting of the Hudson\s Bay company held yesterdav, the governor of the company made the announcement: that the price of farm lands in Canada is now as low as it will ever be, and with increased settlement now setting in the shareholders of the company can confidently expect an advance in their land prices. The log scale for the Fort George district took another big jump during the month of May. and the district is now on the way to establish a new record. The total log scale for the month ran to 11,857,306 f b m. and of his total 10,890,292 re. presented the scale on spruce logs. The other scalings were: Fir 555,148, balsam 380,048. and lodgepole pine 31,813 feet. Compared with the corresponding month in 1925 the scale shows a gain of 9,106,544 feet. Coming on the heels of the big scale for the month of April when 7,085,787 feet were accounted for, p the figures for the first five month of 1926 show a great gain over the scale for the corresponding months in 1925. For the current year the .f total stands at 33.748,703, as against 23,096,469 feet for the five months in 1925. ARRANGEMENTS MADE TO PRESERVE OLD CEMETERY Largely as the result of the efforts cf Lottie Bpv/ror., of Victoria, a daughter of the lave John Bowron, one of the willy gold commissioners of Cariboo, th* provincial government has donate'! che sum of $200 to assist in restoring the old cemetery at Cam'orOtttovni. Old-timers in the district have swelled the fund, and the work will be taken in hand this fall. The remains of some of the most noted pioneers of the Cariboo gold rush lie in the old cemetery. HOUSE OF COMMONS WILL SIT ON DOMINION DAY Ottawa, June 30.�Sir Henry Drayton has given notice of motion to go into committee on wajjs and means, and that the house will sit on Dominion Day. Supplementary estimates to the amount of $8,500,-893 have been tabled, as well as further supplementary estimates for the past year amounting to $2,727,374. STEVENS GETS QUICK ACTION TO PREVENT SMUGGLING Ottawa, June 30.�Hon. H. H. Stevens, acting minister of customs, announced that officers of the R.C. M.P. are being stationed along the international border to check smugglers. ESTIMATING THE COST OF THE COAL STRIKE London, June 30.�It is estimated the coal strike has cost the taxpayers of the country $115,000,000 since its inception, and that the wage-earners have lost in addition between $70,000,000 and $80,000 000. Progressives May Force Meighen to Carry On Until Commissioner Makes Report. Ottawa, June 29.�Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen, leader of the Consei'vative opposition, was sworn in at Kideau Hall today as chief advisor to the governor-general, thus becoming premier of Canada for the second time. There will be stormy scenes in the house during the next few days. It is eviden now that when Premier King tendered his resignation he expected to receive a dissolution of parliament and the right to appeal to the electorate. The Liberals insist their leader was entitled to this consideraton from the governor-general and they propose to make a fight upon the floor of par-lament. Sir Henry Drayton, Hon. R. J. Manion, Sir George Perley. Hona H. H. Stevens, Hon. Hugh Guthrie and Hon. W. A. Black have been sworn in as acting ministers without portfolios. Just what the legislative programme will be remains to be seen. There appears to be a determination on the part of the Progressive members who bolted from the government folowhig to insist upon the cleaning up of the mess uncovered by the special committee appointed to investigate the customs administration. There is the suggestion that if an assurance is given by Premier Meighen that a commission will ..be appointed to deal with this scandal, with the understanding that the report be submitted to the house without delay, that a sufficient number of Progressive votes will be transferred to him to enable him to form his cabinet and prepare himself for M.n appeal to the country. In line with this suggestion there is a report there will be no dissolution of parliament for some time, and that Premier Meighen will content himself for the present with opening sufficient seats to j^ive him the assistance of his cabinet ministers on the floor of the house. Ottawa, June 29.�In the house today the Conservatives recorded a majority of twelve over the former Liberal-Progressive combination. It came when the Rinfrit amendment to the Stevens amendment was moved. This proposed that a judicial commission of three be named by the party leaders to continue the investigation of the customs irregularities. Ten Progressives voted with the Conservatives against the amendment, as did Henri Bourassa, Nationalist member for Quebec. Among the Progressives voting with the new government were Kennedy of Peace River, Garland of Bow River, and Agnes MacPhail, the Ontario Progressive. The fifth amendment to the Stevens amendment was moved by Gar. land, and called for the appointment of a commission to continue the customs investigation, the commission to be a judge to be named by two exchequer court judges. This was unanimously accepted by the house. The Stevens amendment to the customs committee report, as amended by the Fansher and Garland amendments, was later put to the vote and carried on a division of 119 to 109, the only switch on this vote being Bourassa, who voted with the Liberals. Sir Henry Drayton, acting government leader in the enforced absence of Premier Meighen, made the announcement the government is prepared to pass all the late government's estimates, as well as complete the pending legislation. Being pressed by Hon. Mackenzie King for a statement as to whether legislation would be brought down giving Alberta control of her natural resources, Sir Henry stated it was not the intention of the government to advance legislation of such a nature at the present time. JOSEPH K. HEARST GUILTY OF THEFT OF $385,000 Winnipeg, June 29.�Joseph K. Hearst, orjranizer of the defunct Hear.-t Music �.Publishing1 company, was found euilty by a jury yesterdav of thefts amounting to $385.-000. and sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary- TEN THOUSAND WAIT TO CRASH THE GATES FOR ENTRY TO UNITED STATES Windsor. June 29.�Harry F. Hawley. United States consul here, declares there are ten thousand persons waiting in border cities for the opportunity to enter the United States.