PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN^
VOL. 10, No. 35.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1927.
FIVE CENTS.
City Council Cuts Franchise of Local Telephone Company
Failure of Company to Improve Ser. vice 1* Re��on A��igned for
Action.
Alderman Moffat Wa. Only Member of Council Who Recorded Vote in Negative.
The members of the city council
on Monday evening formally declar-
cancelled the extension of the
.�/telephone company's franchise
:'.'hM-h was agreed to in consideration
S: the company making desired im-
,n..nts in the service within a
Effitat The time for making
r " improvements has lapsed, the
'.Moment in the service has not
RELIGIONISTS CONFER TO
FIND COMMON FAITH
Lausanne, Aug. 4.�A world conference on faith and order opened h�re yesterday with eighty-seven Christian denominations participating in an effort to find a common creed or basis of faith in the future life.
PRINCE OF WALES HAD
BUSY TIME WEDNESDAY
,. me and the members of the coun-1 tary telegrams and messages, includ-� il have lost patience with the man-1 agement of the company.
Big Cut-Off on Vanderhoof Road Open Next Week
Will be One of the Best Stretches
on the Highway When Given
a Gravel Surface.
Time Between Vanderhoof and
Prince George Will be Cut
Nearly Thifty Minutes.
Arthur Dixon, district engineer, made the first trip over the cut-oit on the highway between Prince George and Vanderhoof on Friday atternoon and reports that given
�65 YEARS OLD WEDNESDAY! favorable weather he will have the
cut-otf open for travel early next week. The cut-off is about eight miles long. It leaves the upper Mud river road in the vicinity of Munro'a ranch, and makes a climb out of the
Ottawa, Aug. 4.�The Prince of Wales had a busy day yesterday, in the course of which he dedicated the altar in the memorial chamber of the peace tower, and latfer unveiled the Laurier memorial statue on Parliament Hill.
PREMIER BALDWIN WAS
Ottawa, Aug. 4.�Premier Baldwin was sixty-five years old yesterday and received showers of complimen- t tl d id
ement of the py When the agreement was entered with the telephone company a il t onsent
into with the tep ' .,- aco the council gave its consent � ' i slight increase in the company s service rates, and the opinion of the citv ht t deter
mine
ce rates, and the opinion o solicitor was sought to determine whether in the event of can-c >lling the extension of the franchise the company would be entitled to continue the increased rates. A written opinion from P. E. Wilson, city solicitor, was put in which intimated the increased rates would stand in any event.
The matter came up on the consideration of the notice of motion for cancellation of the franchise exten-sion which had been given by Alderman Fraser.
Mayor Paterson expressed himseit as in favor of this action, as while it did not make for any improvement in the service it brought the time nearer when some other company might be induced to enter the field. Mayor Patterson said he could not understand the attitude of the man-1 agement of the telephone company unless it were content to run the business into the ground. No effort | had been made to live up to the I agreement entered into with the city. It has shown no concern over the threatened cancellation of the ex-tended franchise by the city, and had put in nothing in the way of a protest Judged by its action the mx.n-agenent did not care what action the city council might see fit to take. If the extension given to the company's franchise were cancelled mat-ters would be in the same position as before, and if no improvements were made in the service the.council would
ing messages from the king and queen.
LOU GEHRIG CRASHES OUT
THIRTY-SIXTH HOME RUN
river valley on an even better grade than was secured on the Prince George side of the river. The finishing touches were given to the bridge across the Mud on Saturday, under the supervision of Louis Johnson, and
New York, Aug. 4.�Lou Gehricr. J he commenced* work this week on a in the first erame of a double header' 100-foot trestle at the top of the
vesterday between the Yankees and Detroit, crashed out his thirty-sixth home run for the season.
MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE NAMED WIDOW AND SON
hill which was decided upon to keep the road straight. This will be completed about the same time as the grading upon the last three miles on the Prince Cieorge end of the cut-off.
AS BENEFICIARIES i The Bearcat and two graders are now
London, Aug. 4.�The estate of the late Marauis of Lansdowne has been valued for probate at $5,000,-(J00. The widow and son are named
working on the road to finish it as quickly as possible. Andy Forrest has charge of the road work, and Andy Siddall is keeping the boys fit with his cooking, and now that the
t. W. Pattison Visits Argonaut's Grave in South
as the beneficiaries under the will. berries are ripe there is as much
variety on his table as in most of the restaurants in the city.
Coming out a short distance this side of the Mason ranch, the cut-off eliminates eleven miles of very dangerous road, including the bad hill at Swede creek and the stretch of narrow one-way road which skirts the side of the Nechako river in the vicinity of Bednesti station. The new piece of road is very straight, and aside from the climb out of the Mud river there are no heavy grades i on it. It makes a crossing of Swede
Was a Member of Famous Overlan | creek, but at this point the creek is
Eustace Pattison, Who Was Buried
at Hudson Bay Post in 1862,
Was His Uncle.
REMAINS OF RESIDENT
DISCOVERED WHO LIVED WHEN WqRLD WAS YOUNG
Sooke, Aug. 4.�Thfe remains of a species of animal life have been found in the fossil beds at Sooke Harbor. At present guesses are being received as to their age which are put by some as much as five million years.
MAJOR WALKEM WILL
SUPPORT CONSERVATIVES
Vancouver. Aug. 1.�Major G. A Walkem, who was returned for Richmond-Point Grey in the last general election as a Provincial, announces that for the future he will support the Conservative opposition in the legislature.
PREMIER OLIVER PASSES SEVENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY
QUIETLY AT HOME
Victoria, Aug. 1.�Premier Oliver celebrated his seventy-first birthday at his home here on Sunday. He was the recipient of a large number of messages from all portions of the province. Except for an occasional auto ride the premier is confined to his home and the members of his cabinet were among the few visitors who were permitted to see him.
Enjoyable Concert Given by Band on Friday Evening
Excursionists From Pacific Coast
States Were Entertained by
Citizens.
First Ooen-Air Concert by Local
Band Was Received With
Great Pleasure.
Prince George had an opportunity on Friday evening to realize tlie great asset tney nold in tne brass Dana whicn has been organized a^ the result of tne endeavors of l>r. A. H. tfayne. It came as the rosult of the manoeuvring of W. L. Armstrong, local agent of the Canadian Mationai, in inducing the board ol trade to entertain a party of excursionists who were making the cri-angle trip from Vancouver via Jasper, I rince George and Prince iiu-ne^t back to Vancouver. Except for an occasional! The excursionists numbered 1 .�,
CABINET CONSIDERING
PLAN FOR NAVAL HOLIDAY
London, Aug. 4.�In view of the impending failure of ^the Geneva conference on naval limitation, the cabinet yesterday held a lengbhy session. It is said new plans were discussed for declaring a holiday in naval construction in the event of failure at Geneva.
Harvey D. Scott Builds Boat for Northern Waters
Expects to Make Pleasure Trip to
Delti
of Mackenzie River Next Summer.
still have its remedies. Alderman Moffat was
the only
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...omber of the council to record his dissent from the proposed action. He took the ground the negotiations had been entered into with the company with a view to securing an improvement in the service. Putting things back where they were before the negotiations were entered into would not assist the telephone subscribers in their efforts to secure a reliable service. So far as he could sec the net result would be that the service would remain as unsatisfactory as before, but the company would have the advantage of an in-i tease in its service rate. He asked that before definite action be taken �th� council have both agreements with the company before it.
No support was forthcoming: for this suggestion and the resolution declaring the extension of the company's franchise forfeited was put to the vote nnd declared carried. Alderman Moffat being recorded as voting
the negative.
Party Which Hiked From Ontario to Barkerville.
Rev. F. W. Pattison, of East Northrield, Mass., arrived in the city Tuesday evening on his way to make the great water trip from Summit I lake to Peace River city, on the river i of the same name. The lure of this! trip is extending, and Mr. Pattison j is certain that others of his acquaintance will make it if he is able to report it stands up to what has been claimed for it in the way of novelty and scenic advantages. Mr. Pattison is in charge of the school for boys and girls in East Northfield which was established years ago by Rev. D. L. Moody, the celebrated evangelist. Dr. Campbell, minister ot technical education for the province of Alberta, and Dr. McLaurin, of the board of Baptist missions for Alberta, are accompanying Mr. Pattiuin on his present trip to Peace River city by way of Summit lake. Hi two companions were brought up a boys on some of the large rivers of Ontario and are not apprehensive of any danger in making the trip over those on the Arctic slope.
Rev. F. W. Pattison is a nephew of the first white man buried in the vicinity of Prince George. This wan Eustace Pattison. whose grave is still marked in a rough way in the vicinity
, in a cut, a bridge has been thrown j over it, and as the road is about as high on one side of t|hp creek as on
safely in either direction at a speed f ttfi il h
of
-five miles an hour.
th^ full will not season, but
TUNNEY-DEMPSEY FIGHT
TAKES PLACE SEPT. 22
New York, Aug. 3.�Tho date for the fight between Gene Tunney and -luck Dempsey, at Chicago, has been shifted from September 15th to Sep-tember 22nd.
UNBORN CHILD SAVED AFTER MOTHER KILLED IN ACCIDENT
London, Aug. 1.�An unbon child was saved in one of the city hospitals V'/sterday after the mother had been killed in a street railway accident. A special respiratory process was applied and the child is said to be (!"injr well.
mare g y
of the old Hudson's Bay post. Eustace Pattison was one of the argonauts who. sixty-five years ago, made the H>ng hike from Ontario to the
Barkerville goldfields. Garry the members of
From � Fort this party,
which was over 200 strong, followed the lino of Hudson's Bay trading posts to the headwaters of the Fraser river. Arriving at Tete Jaune Cache the gTeater number of the party de cided to continue their journey by water, while the others made their way down the valley of the North Thompson river. Eustace Pattison elected to stay with the river party. Large rafts were built at Tete Jaurw
gravel is added it will be piece of roadway between here and Vanderhoof, and will reduce
points from twenty to thirty minutes.
Much of the land traversed by thn new road is through good agricultural country. It was taken up years ago by pre-emptors, but by reason of its inaccessibility the holdings were abandoned. It is likely that these lands wjjl be filled up again, as the Foil is good and water is available. The road will also make more accessible a good moose and deer section this fall. Andy Forrest says while the work has been in progress a num-^"r of moose and deer have come out of the woods, surveyed the operations in a leisurely manner, and loped back into the timber. There has never been much trouble in coming- upon moose and deer in this section, but hunters have avoided it by reason of the difficulty in getting the carcases out.
Another important improvement on the road between Prince George
Craft Has Great Power and Wil
Carry Aerial Thrust Drive for
Shallow Water.
ce Grge
and Vanderhoof is two miles of new road which is being nut in a short
Harvey D. Scott, who'resides on the Parsnip river, about 34 miles thit> side of Finlay Forks, is working on the most complete pleasure boat \ hich has been seen in this neighborhood. Scott has been trapping fcr several years in the north and has reached the time of life when he considers he should have some rational recreation. Lack of roads puts the automobile out of the question, so Scott hit upon desiging and building a pleasure boat which will enable him to get over the great waterways of the north with the maximum of comfort and enjoyment. For two months he has been engaged in tlve building, and by the middle of the month he will have the craft ready tor launching. He says the building has been a pleasure stunt, and he a-nis to have everything on the craft that can be found on an automobile except balloon tires, and he may even add them yet to serve as life preservers.
The boat has a length overall of 28 feet, with a beam of 7 feet 6 inches, and is flat-bottomed. Scot las secured all of his materials fron the Hoffar-Beeching shipyard. Van couver. The boat has a Scripps F-marine engine, which at BOO revolu tions develops 15 h.p., but which ca be speeded up to 2600 revolutions griving 70 h.p. As an auxiliary povve
Cache and the river was run as far Tr.'mie, son of Hon. Simon Fraser well housed for stormy weather, sc
BRITISH AIRMEN KILLED IN
CRASH AT FARNBOROUGH
T-'indon, Aug. 3.�Flying Officer Alexander Goombison and leading ;iucraft man Stanley Vincent, of the r�ynl air force, were killed yesterday when their machine crashed' at Farn-Dprpugh.
VESUVIUS SPREADS TERROR
WITH ANOTHER ERUPTION
Naples, Aug. 2.�Continued er'^n-* at Mo'.int VesnviuF. with Wye nady flow of iava ,.|0,vn tho �nOW"'
~to flee from their home?.
juesnl, where the road led to the mines in the Barkerville camp. While on the way to Fort George Pattison travelled some of the time in a canoe. He met with an upset nnd was in the water some twenty-four hours before he was picked up by the men on one of the following rafts. He sickened as the result of exposure and died at the Hudson's Bay post at Fort Geortre three or four (lavs Inter, where the body was Kinged bv the members of the over-laml party in September, 1862.
The erave wag well marked by'the officers of th*> Hudson's Bay company ind *n the clear'Ti�r which was Hone in ronneet'on with the preparation of thp McArthur m'llsitfi it was Rnr-i-oimded with a barricade. The -eTihew had no difficnltv in looatmer fV,o rn-iv". f^ori^-l a"** fV" -emains deposited �n the city cemetery.
distance out of Vanderhoof. While 1 to be used in shallow water. Scot this will not shorten the distance be- will have an aerial thrust drive, op tween Vanderhoof and Prince George � orated with a sprocKet from the en it will improve the hitrhway. and will pine. Just what power this will �h* �educe thp mileage for maintenance | him the engineers have not informe by two miles, an important consider- him, but he is satisfied it will be suf Hion with the public works depart- ncient for all purposes.
Scott will continue trapping in th winter months, but in the summer hi intends to make extensive cruises Next season he plans making a trir AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT to the mouth of the Mackenzie river
--------- for which he will jret a congenia
Victoria. Aug. 2.�William Fraser party together. The boat will be
ment.
FRASF.R TOLMIE CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER IN
ri oliriie, was this mernin.ir chart with manslaughter ir the polic*
that passengers can -sleep and have thoir meals aboard with every coin-
in connection with the death of Jean > fort. He expects to launch the boat P.aldwin Codding+on. who was rising! at Summit lake during the latter part with him when his car smashed into I of the month. Aside from his own a post on Rockland avenue here July} labor the boat will rust him approxi-25th. Tolniie was given his freedom j mately $2500. on puttinjr up bail for $10,000. He Was released from the hospital only this morning and appeared swathed in bandages. The ease vns adjourned until Friday.
POLICE SUSPECT CATTLE DROVERS IN ATTEMPTED
ROBBERY OF HODGE
NON-STOP FLICHT TO
INDIA ENDS WITH PLANE
IN DANUBE RIVER
London, Aujr- 4.�The attempt of the roval air force to make a nonstop flight from England to India ended yesterday with the plf.ne falling in the Danube river. The fliers were not injured.
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Beeton, Aug. 4.�Joseph McDci-mott, one of the cattle drovers who paid Alexander Hodge a sum of money on the night of his encounter with David Forsythe, has been arrested Jin connection with the attempted robberv. Hodge had just returned to his hom^ with tb* money when he wr>s attacked by Forsythe and killed him.
.__:] tn^ir numbers were drawn largely from the cities of the Pacific coast star?-:. They were met at tha depot by representative citizens and given an hour's drive through the city and ts environs, and returned to the Prince George hotel where an open-air concert was given by the band.
The concert put more pep into the town than anything wKich has happened since incorporation, gathering a great crowd around the hotel, and a still larger company packed into automobiles which were parked for several blocks. The members of the band are acquiring more confidence, and gave a very creditable rendition of several numbers in a programnv. which occupied one and one-half hours*.
There was some merriment over one of their numbers. There was a stop in the music which in the practices a number cf the bandsmen persistently disregarded. To put them on their mettle Bandmaster Bayne told them before the concert openea that any member who disregarded it would be fined a case of beer. The night was warm, and the bandsmen who were sure of themselves had visions of beer at the expense of their less proficient fellows when the difficult piece was called. Bandmaster Bayne led them tip to the difficult stop, but before it was reached a number of the players quit. He made a quiet survey of the situation when the number was concluded anil found that native caution Jiad induced every Scottish member of the band to cease playing two or thre notes before the stop was reached.
Noisy applause, which approached a din as the auto horns joined in, greeted the conclusion of each number, which attested the appreciation of the townspeople making up the audience. The visitors may have enjoyed the music as well, but the greater number of them were bent upon enjoying to the full the privileges of the beer parlor, a source of of amusement which has been denies them in their own country since the advent of prohibition. There were as many women as men in the parlor, a circumstance which caused some of the staid ladies of the city to speculate whether on a like excursion they would enter into things in the same spirit of iollity.
Following the concert a dance was put on in the Ritts-Kifer hall. This was largely attended by the excursionists, as the guests of the board of trade, but was not very well patronized by the citizens, and as a revenue producer did not come up to expectations. It should be remembered, however, that it is difficult to mix July excursions and dances in a hot hall, and some other plan will have to be devised to provide revenue for midsummer night concerts.
LONDON-TO-LONHON FLIGHT HAS NOT BEEN ABANDONED
London, Aug. 3.�Charles Burns, president of the Carling breweries, announces the London-to-London flight has not been abandoned as the result of the decision of Pilot James D. Vance to throw up the sponge.
ROMAN WORKMEN UNCOVER
VASE OF ANCIENT COINS
Rome, Aug. 4.�While dig!:inauder, wife of Sir Harry Lauder, lie famous Scottish singer, died on Sunday in a Glasgow nursing home. .ady Lauder underwent a surgical neration a week asro and was hought to be making favorable progress.