PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
!O. No. 30.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927.
FIVE CENTS.
Justice Murphy Tells Early History of British Columbia
s of Confederation Saw Difference of Opinion Between Mainland and Island.
Island Sentiment Was Strongly in
favor of Annexation With the
United States.
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Justice Murphy's address on arly history of British Colum-""prior t0 confederation, which delivered at the board of trade ",-,!:i on Friday, was easily the address heard in Prince George, judge had an intensely interest-Alb jeet'. with which he was very late, and he unfolded his story masterly manner, holding the attention of his large audience lies and gentlemen for some-like one and one-half hours, the speaker finished his stir-p, roration the applause was aneous, and continued for sev-econds, following which H. G. M.L.A., on behalf of the of trade, moved a vote of
.. citizen has room for little
than an outline of the very in-'
narrative of the men who
the destiny of British Co-
: in its early days, and the
�.�..- with which they were fac-
\] .Justice Murphy commenced
� iy of the province with the
� g of the representatives of ''
West fur company, a Canadian
�any which sent Simon Fraser
his companions to British Co-
ia in 1805 to establish the first
post in the province at Fort
A year later the fur brad-
. bo the junction of the Prn-
nd Nechako rivers and estab-
; the post of Fort Georjre
�r's mission was to explore the.
r river to its mouth, but it was
intil 1807 that the necessary
s arrived and he was enabled
...� a start from Fort George.
North West company remained
sion of British Columbia for
� years, when it sold out to
i idson's Bay company in 1821.
. year 1849 the Hudson's Bay
received a grant of Van-
� I land, and the first govern-
u;is set up. and Richard Blan-!
I was sent out from England as
� Justice Murphy said Governor �hard earned his place in his-as being the first man to raise Rsue <>f the H.C.L. in British mil,a. The governor had ac-�i the appointment under a
prehension. He had filled the
� �! colonial governor before. imagined there were lots of e in British Columbia, and that alary would be provider! from
taxes. When he arrived he
there were no settlers other
Hudson's Bay men, and in the
ice of a house he was forced to
i'i <>n the ship which brought
When the ship sailed James
las, chief factor of the Hud-
i:;�".. took the governor into the
to live, hut he did not make him
rnber of the family by any
5; In those days the company
1 e seta of prices�BO per cent
:6st to the officials, 100 per
above cost for servants, and 300
eni above cost for strangers.!
isiness the governor was listed
-ranger, and the cost of trad :
the company forced him
'l" the province. He remained
ar, and when he returned, to
omplained that ii had cost
$.�) i00 to maintain himself in
rovihee for that length of time.
succeeded as governor by
rst great influx of people British Columbia in 1858, miners' rush to Cariboo.; i some 25,000 to the prey-nail population, and forced ig of some form of govern- j the mainland. Special vere given to Governor: and he was instructed to �me assistants for the gov-"f the new territory, but cted to~ do this and kept the, his own hands, this time developed the j onnict between the mainlf* '� �'' t.ic island. The mainland was] {/"�'�> ir.ru- the greater part of the!
cial i"eS' 1>Ut Dou�las antl ni^ offi-1 s in (| at the seat of government. i
"arm !� 'V>r'a and favored it. Another 1>li;'ly was that the islands enjoy-trade, while the mainland j !':>y a tariff on goods imported. I �'vernor Douglas arranged so/that the Victoria mer-�1ad a trading advantage ;ut the whole province. This v irritated the people of New "'nster, and an agitation was which led to the formation
A. E. RICHARDS MAKING
FIELD TESTS AT DISTRICT ILLUSTRATION STATIONS
A. E. Richards, supervisor of illustration stations, will conduct field tests at district illustration stations next week. He will visit McBride on July 5th, Pineview on July 7th, and Salmon Valley on July 8th, tak-visitors over the fields and discussing results of the tests being made. Professor Hare, of the University of B C, will be the principal speaker, talking upon dairying and general farm manavement. R. G, Sutton. distinct agriculturist, will also address the gatherings, The meetings will be convened at 2:30 each afternoon.
McDonald hotel will be enlarged, renovated
and steam-heated
C. R. Gilbert, of Terrace, insurance adjuster, has fixed the loss in connection with the fire in the McDonald hotel at $o500. Of this sum $4000 is apportioned to the building and $1500 on the contents. Insurance of $3000 was carried on the building and $1000 on the contents.
David McDonald has decided to enlarge and renovate the hotel building and install a steam-heating plant. He proposes to put a cement basement under the structure, raise it another story and haveMt plastered throughout. Tenders are now being1 invited for the work and it is expected a start will be made early in in July.
Court Presumes Death of Former Resident of City
Probate Granted Under the Will of
James Edward Marrach, Lost
in the North
Suspicion Marrach Wat Murdered as
Result of Rivalry.of Fur
Traders.
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matter: ^ants
in j^ ^vt*rnmerit for the mainland toent 1 4i ^'s ^"dependent govern-^ainli' *�-r two years' when the $* p( t aind island were united, and -ntrai government establishe at
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J. M, McLean on Tuesday secured an order from Mr. Justice Murphy presuming the death of James Edward Marraeh, a former resident of this city, ami granting probate of his will. The estate consists of a ranch at Newlands, valued at $1000, and a little more than $2000 in cash. The beneficiaries under the will are two sisters living in New York.
The evidence placed before the court went to show that Marrach disappeared in October, 1925. In company with P. H Munro and one other man Marrach was living in one of the Aleutian islands engaged in the fur trade. Against the advice of Munro, his two companions started out in a boat on-a fishing trip and this was the last seen or heard of them.
Munro remained on the island until the following August when he also disappeared. No trace if him was had until this spring when his remains were found in a shallow grave on the island. The indications were that he had been murdered as the resnlt of rivalry on the part ol other fur traders. Since the finding of Munro's body the suggestion has been thrown out that Marrach and his companions were also done away with while they were on their fishing trip. *
HARRY MOFFAT DECIDES TO RETIRE FROM DAIRY BUSINESS IN ALEXANDRIA
Harry Moffat, father of Alderman A- B. Moffat, has decided that he .is too old to continue in the dairy business at Alexandria, and on Saturday he r.mved in this city wJvh his entire per.! of 26 Ayrshire *t < fc o.hich he vill endeavor to se 6f. Each of the animals is certified under the T-B, test. The hepris headed by a bull sired by Ppter Pan, out of Lady Laura, the champion cow of B.C. in her time /The animals may be seen at tht<' Thompson ranch, across the^river. ______
FAST SERVICE BETWEEN
PRINCE GEORGE AND COAST
"The Confederation." the new Canadian National fast train between Toronto and the Pacific coast, left Toronto on Saturday on its initial ru, Gertrude Assman. Evelyn Han.-en. Robert Maigret, Bert Withiam,Agnes Anderson, Rose Spaner, Allan D:'.vi-;'.�!('! Mary McKenzie.
L. Davis. Teacher. Division 5
Jackie Aiker.. Harry Taylor. N\'o-nin Urness, Milfs Perry, George Ferguson, Harry Peterson, Albert HuL-h> Adina Assman, Tessie Rice, plet Lee, Flora Houghtaling, Rti1\v Engstrom. Gordon McNaugtfton, Blanche Carlson and Joan -'Bailey.
[Promoted from Grade :-
Walter Allen. Helei Walter argaret
McLeod, Ruth Aronson, Garry Winkler, Emily Meron and Owen Dupre.
S. Cowan, Teacher.
Division 6
Promoted to Grade 4. Senior� Jack McKenzie, Margaret Allan. Frank Perry. Rachel Stonehouse, Colin Milburn, Harold Davis, George Assman. Margaret Fraser, Margaret Van Somer. Jennie Carlson, Martin Peterson, Laura Molnychuk, Pegery Carney. John Paschal, Francis Olds
Mrs. Tolmie added considerably to their circle of acquaintances.
During the afternoon Dr. Tolmie was dilled upon to deliver a sho^f address and created a very favopffble impression. He is a man ^ofsixty years, a native sorf of
y, rf of ^nince.
there is lots of him. ajKl he impresses one as being hujrfan all the way through. In his/re marks to the la dies' he confin-ecl himself largely bo applauding^fene work which ladies* organizations . are accomplishing throujjKout the dominion along social and^political lines, and conclude f th
Styles. Arthur Greensell, Wa Ceal, John Clapperton, Margt
and Lena Miller.
Promoted to Grade
Senior�
Joan Mealing. Ian Oggi Jessie Bond, Phyllis Allan. Marv McMillan, Jack Ha'rper, Alice McLeod, Dorothy Moore, Kenneth Winn, John Melnv ehuk, Earl Hannah and Edison Bris-coe. .
Promoted to Grade 4, Junior� Neva DeBord, Charlie Mochizuki, Maurice Allan. Philip Paradis, Mary Boman, Bert Singh and Christina Anderson. J. O. Wilson, Teach-Division 7
Promoted to Grade 3, Junior�
Marie Assman, Lilian McNaughf-on.
Clara Golder, Tom Freeman, Oma
Blue, Fred Sherman. Audrey Ed-
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a very enthjisiastice review <>' the development of British Col'imbiip alone industrial and commercial lines during the past few years.
Following the tea the visitor" were taken out" to the aerricultu"l*al PTOunds. During the evening Dr Tolmie m^t a number of the members of the district Conservative organization in Andersen"^ hall, anH i':seussod the political situation with them. The mooting was not announced os a public one, as the visit of the leader was regarded as incidental rather than offiHal. The genera] impression is Dr. Tolmie lookin'e over the field f.or a nnrtv candidate in the next elections T'here ore said to be at lea�+ half dozen asnirants who are willing, or who could be induced to make the rnce. and the job will bo to select tlv rr>an who has thp best prospect of! uniting the whole party follow5*"-In his ta'k to tV>e stalwart? in t'"<> Dr. Tolmie said he had received remarkable receptions in every section of the province he had visited, and there was every indication there would be a general turnover in the next election, and that the administration of provincial affairs would be restored to th� members of the Conservative party. Dr. Tolmie and his party left for the south on Thursday morning.
Mayor Patterson has failed in his effort to bring about a joint public thanksgiving service '"n th<> "'tv o" Sunday next, as is being done in nearly all the cities of the dominion While the proposal of a joint service was approved by some of the clergv there were others who were not fav-oable. and it was eventually decided to give up the poposal.
Aaron Kosta, the Roumanian pre-emptor living some ten miles from the town of Quesnel, was acquitted by a jury on Friday afternoon on the charge of having murdered Morice Orioli, a Sicilian, who had a land holding in his vicinity. The crime for which Kosta was placed on trial for his life was committed on September 26th, and there were no eye-witnesses. All that is actually known respecting the killing of Orioli has been told by Kosta. His story does not hang very well together, but it must be remembered he is a foreigner, apparently below the average im intelligence, and that his reaction to what he says he witnessed mic'it have been unusual.
There was some bad feeling between Kosta and Orioli, as well as others of his neighbors. It had something to do with a road or trail through Kosta's land, but very little was brought out concerning it with the exception of a statement by Kosta that he heard two of his neighbors speaking against him. Kosta's story of the killing was that Orioli came to his place on the morning of September 26th, 192G. The hunting season was on and Orioli was carrying a rifle. Kosta did not wish to have Orioli hunting around his place and told him. so. He said Orioli's language and attitude became threatening, and that he turned about and was in the act of unslinging his rifle when Kosta went into his cabin for a gun. When he came out he says -he saw Orioli fall, and heard his gun discharge. He then fired his gun to attract attention aaid warn Orioli that he was armed. This happened about 1L:.��O in the forenoon, and Kosta says he went back into his cabin. He remained there for some time and then went into the woods whore he remained Until early the following morning, when he made his way to Quesnel and reported the killing to the authorities about 7:30 o'clock.
The police story from this ppifft is that Kosta accompanied th^offi-cers to the scene of the crime. At the point where Kosta ^says Orioli fell there were blood jstains, but the body of the murderea man had disappeared, and J�o"sta expressed surprise at this^the inference of one of the police/OnFicers being that Kosta intimateo]i"� office was used by a number of oncers, but it was stated the office was kept locked when no one was in >*. This laxity in the keeping of these exhibits prevented the crown from putting in evidence as to whether the stains had be�>n made bv human blood, since it was possible the exhibits had been tampered with.
The -evidence of the crown was that Orioli had met his death bv * gunshot wound, and that such a wound could have been caused by the weapon owned by Kosta. As to the distance from which the shot h*r> been fired the only evidence offered was that it was a sufficient distance to leave no evidence of burning or powdeT marks.
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