YOUTH. No. 24.
PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
H. G Perry Opens liberal Campaign in Fort George
k> A.. Ffft-ctive Speech To Attentive h Audience Which Packed The Strand Theatre
Expressed His Entire Confidence In
Outcome of Negotiations
For P. G. E. Sale
H G. Perry, M.L.A., was given a �ousing reception in the Strand Theatre, on Monday night, when �i">eaking from the same platform as .Premier" MacLean he opened the campaign for the "Liberal party in the Fort George riding. Mr. Perry was in good fettle and made the sort of speech his friends have been accustomed to. expect from him. He began by expressing his appreciation for- the honor conferred upon him in his selection as the candidate of the party to again contest the riding in the "interests of the Liberal party and promised to redouble the efforts ho had maHe in the past to advance the welfare of the province as a whole and that of the constituency of Furl George in particular. He raid he was supporting the Liberal government of the province for the policies it had put into effect in the past, and for the policies' it promised to put into effect in the future. He believed in these policies as conceived in the best inter-eats of the province of British Columbia and as the more likely to open up the great district of which Prime George is the center.
Government Record Good""
ALEX ROMASKY IS GIVEN
CHANCE TO MAKE GOOD ON MERCHANDISING ACTIVITIES
H. G Libe\
Alex Romasky,~a young man from Mud River, was charged before Judge Robertson on Wednesday morning with obtaining merchandise I from I. B. Baird, valued at $18.40, Champion' under false pretense. Romasky's transaction at the Baird store was but one of a number of somewhat similar, pranks v/hich he played upon local merchants during the past few
clays. He visited Slim Cowart's gun store and took a rifle out to try it, and within a short time after had sold the rifle to Jacob Leith for $10. The Porter Hay & Grain Company was also favored with his patronage. Here Romasky secured a quantity of grain on credit and later disposed of it to a Chinese resident of the city for $12.00.
When he appeared before His Honor the accused admitted his guilt. The court deferred sentence until June 28th, and in the interval Romasky will be given an opportunity to make restitution. J. M. Mac-Lean appeared for he accused and P. E. Wilson for the crown.
sition Ii
PRINCE GEORGE BASEBALL WILL TRAVEL TO GISCOME
FOR GAME ON SUNDAY
Providing the weather ^ does not make the roads impassable a large contingent of athletes will visit Gis-come on Sunday to provide competition for the lumber crew. After the beating the Giscome boys handed the Prince nine on Sunday last it has been decided that a team should be taken to wipe out that defeat and on the Giscomc> home grounds. Already quite a number of fans have
Mr. Terry said he had no apologies asked regarding accompanying the to offer for the record of the gov- team �o that anyone desirous of eminent as it affected the Fort making the trip should get in touch George riding. The policy of the with A. B. Taft at the Griffith bil-goveriiment had been such as com-1 Hard parlor. The team will leave the
Conventior Govert Work-Harry
nominee oi George ridi} as the cane stituency ii tion. This pected, but selection v/i deal of entr
Mr. Perry! tion by Fr treasurer of In doing so way issue a question in since become! sues in proi opinion there! life in the pi such a strenu factory soluti problem as ha he who did m of the people i possibilities in ment of the Pe
who stoutly championed the extension of the P. G. E. as the most
r erry,
u representing the railroaders, and A. M. Paterson and George Milburn representing the outlaws. These
mended itself to the people of the I billiard parlor at 12 noon on Sun- over to his viewpoint, and the local district. The highway policy of the j day. \ railway question grew to one
logical method for providing the ne- la rs were ab,e fc0 run* throu^h cessary coast outlet for that portion tWo games while the first team was of the province. H. G. Perry had stuck to his gun** when many others gave up the fight. He had proven himself to be a man of vision and i courage, and to him had come the j satisfaction of seeing others veer
playing one, and the outlaws took both of them with scores of 11-3 and 13-6.
government had been particularly! The team to represent Prince pleasing. Eight years ago there | George has been chosen as follows: but a few scattered roads and j E. Wilson, lb; Chubby Taft, ss; W.
tiails throughout the district and it took as many days to reach Quesnel from Prince George a* the distance ccuhl be covered in hours over the
existing highway. This \vas one of | D. McMillan. the outstanding achievements of the Liberal policy. There is now a good
M'uirhead, 3b; B. Kerr. cf; H. Taft If; Al. Kitchener 2b;_Sam Another ri': Roy White, p; E. Lewis, c; reserves N. Izowsky, C. Izowsky and
Mionday will be observed by the banks and public offices as a holi-
highway extending for 500 miles ?''i!4.h fight into the city of Vancouver and it extended west from birthday.
Prince George for another ^00 ----------------------
miles. At the present time the mer- WATER LEVEL IN FRASER chants of Prince George were en- IS STILF. TWO FEET BELOW joying the hen-fit of a very heavy J RECORD MADE IN 1911
traffic into the Peace River district by-way of the Crooked River. One >f the chief reasons for this was j
which spread beyond the bounds of the province and attained the eminence of a national issue. In view of these considerations it became a pleasure for him to place the name of H. G. Perry before the convention of the Liberals of Foi't George riding as the candidate of the party in the approaching election. He was in every sense a man who had been tried and found true, and it was
SLIGHT HOPES FOR THE
RESCUE OF CREW OF THE POLAR DIRIGIBLE ITALIA
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iaith in connection with previous statements of intention to complete the i-ailway made on the eve of the last general election. His defence was the result of the elections made it impossible for the government to advance any railway policy. The Liberal party came through the election with a following of 24 in a bouse of 48 members, and when one of its members was placed in the Speaker's chair the pai*ty would be in a minority of one on the floor. To have i attempted to bring down a railway
King-sb-ay Spitsbergen May 30- p^woum have forced the Hope for the rescue of the crew oi eYnm%nt to have u the Polar dirigible Italia dropped al-,thp nnn,ervat.;vJ ^h
most to the vanishing point today.
the Conservative members
this
-�-m' ns the anniversary q.f the King's) fitting that he should be permitted
to assist in the fruition of his efforts.
tk 1 � -w \tUUt'umg tTT LUUrt-V \ would have been hopeless as was The dirigible is now about a week c.v5denced bv the action of this party overdue since her commander um- �_ ;-_i.!-_ __� , ., ,-., , , .,.
overdue since her commander Um borto Nobile, reported having made a successful flight over the pole. The Italia communicated with the base ship Citta Di Milano, on Saturday, that she i was being buffeted by storms, her fabric badly torn, one of
in voting against the last loan bill of $4,000,000 to complete the railway into Prince George and Vancouver in the event of the failure of the negotiations for the sale of the railway which are ac (m;penr bei conducted at Ottawa. There
,T'1P Fraser has-been steadily ris- f i g for the past few days and resi-
�? work which had been done upon I'dents on the ea?t side of .George the highway leading to Summit Lako ! street have been forced to resort to
_r . . TT * at r> � 1 j j ner supplv of fuel nearly consumed.
David.Hay, ot McBride, seconded H for the crew of the dirigible ^nomination amid a great, uproar, rests now onJ u the abi]it of
her motors out of commission and cou]d be no mistaklnfer the fact that
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and no other name being presented President Harry Guest declared Mr. Perry to be the unanimous choice of the convention.
The convention was then addressed briefly bv the candidate and j
the improvement which had rafts and canoes. There lias been j Major Moody, the party organizer, irouirht about on the water-; considerable inconvenience but so! The election of officers resulted i the result of co-operation | far very little damage. Records of! the selection of the following1: Hon.gestion of tne government of Italy
the craft to drift after her supply of gasoline is exhausted.
The Citta Di Milano, supply ship for the dirigible, returned here to-dry, having been beaten back by the storm
Oslo i government undeterred by the sug-
., � . "... lsiatw
on an attempted rescue trip. i-j.-ui.es
, May o0�The Norwegian A'
at the close of the last election public opinion was still running strong against any further expenditures on the part of the province in connection with the P. G. E. and it would have been futile to have attempted to secure the passage of any legislation involving flurther expendi-
the federal government which ! th water provided reasonably large ap-1 J. Simonsc
propriations. The government pro- according to a guage set by engi-Krammo in connection with this neers following the high mark of no'rthom segment of the highway 191J which marked a rise of IS feet had donP :i great deal to hol�l the ; above the low water stage. The trade of the Peace River district for highest mark reached this spring tlio Prince George merchants. . j was 16..6 feet, and yesterday there
The Edmonton Highway 1 was a slight fall which brought the
^"r>v that, the highway system ex- level down to 1 <>.-� The cool wea-teridhig to the southern portion of I ther prevailing on Wednesday will the province had been well advanced | doubtless cause a further drop, thfi � ycrnment had announced its' -intention of proceding with the con-
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levels are being taken by j William Lyon Mackenzie King, hon-j fchat the {)lans for the seal.cn for nson, of South Fort George, orary president; lion;. J. D. ^Iac" | ]talia bo, given up, announces its
the
Contrasting The Two Policies
Premier MacLean asked his audience to compare the policies of the two political parties ujion the P-G. E. question. The Conservatives had held theur big convention at Kamloops at which they selected their new leader, and an Official report of the proceedings at that con-
Arrangements were made this
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of the highway which � week for the placing of Nechako give the central interior di- j"Cvo'vmery butter on sale in all the ad ti ith ^ etail toes in the city Thi butt
voad connection with
pro-
retail stores in the city. This butter
tnents
of Alberta. Definite arrange- ;� the product of the Vanderhoof had been made to extend the . Creamery which is operated by the � ini' road from its present ter-! department of agriculture of the minus in the vicinity of Aleza Lake J province and has established an ex-nght through the town of McBride \ cellent reputation on the market.
i t,� T'etc Juan Cache where!
connection will be made with the their action. The people of the eciera] highway system which i? to riding desired roads almost above '�' '�' l" ' un the national parks at Jas- j everything else. They had got them I"'i and Banff. It could not be dis- ' from the Liberal governments since PUted that transportation is a very i 1!H(> and unless he was very much '�MMitial factor in the development*) mistaken they would continue to '!' i district such as T?ort "George, j look "tn a Liberal administration for ^cognition of the importance of them in the future. To provide the
R ansportation
government had , funds for necessary roads the gov-
"ukrht down a loan bill during the j eminent had devised an excellent cent session to provide $4,000,000 j policy of financing them through its ughways throuchout the pro- trasoiine and motor vehicle taxes.
throughout the pro c,0< A considerable part of this r�l>n.atjon had been allocated to
1't Georgp district, and out of J fhareres upon highway c >\""ld come Ibe money to provide ( ments. By reason of this
. i OVlPTiQifttt i\f + V� #-v 1% � *vtl%***f� �� � I. I mK ���n.. n..nnHrli4 mini- iifiin-.n!
extension of the highway Mpr"1! *hron^rh Prince George and itr P lo Tete Juan Cache. What - . l erry wanted to impress uoon � � iiearers was the fact that when came before the legis-
this
wo-thirds :ot' which were ear-marked to meet interest and sinking fund
committ-policy
highway expenditures ceased to become a direct charge upon the taxpayers and thei'e appeared to be little if any complaint on the part of those who paid the gasoline and motor vehicle taxes^since they got
every Consei-vative member! good roads in return. The highway considered it his duty to policy of the present government
his duty bill wl
theso ., " lu nrov5de funds Oppose Roads
for
policy of the present government had been framed in such a manner as would make Prince George the highway center of the central in- terior and had certainly commended
The r~ervative.� �PP��� Roads terior and had certai
'n thn 'on?�rvatives gave no reason itself to its residents.
for
actions
loa
the
the Fort r ^ &ny C�n ort George riding
any Conservative in to defend
Defends Hi� Own Record
There were a few people in the Fort George riding who were given to making the statement that Perry (Continued on Page Eleven)
Lean and H. G. Perry, M.L.A.. hon- j tention tf) pul.sue the search for the
orary vice-presidents; Harry. . B. i niissing airmen to the end.
Guest, president; D. W. Hay, first
vicepresident; R. J. .Garvey, second; Frank Cark and Mrs' clark wiU
vice-president; John Newsome, third � i,..,VP n,, qnnfinV's trMin n-n n vim.
vicem-esidenf Frank Clark secre-'l V bundaj s train on a \aca v ti had been issuedt He had a
t-rvt-easurer' tion trip to the coast Before re- c of thls r .t j his hand anJ
The resolutionsI committee consist- meeting of the-grand lodge of the ' '.......~'......" ' '"..........'""
ing of J. O. Wilson. Jacob Goodman j Ii0.0.F. which is to convene at Chil Georjre Boothroyd. W. A. E. Wall, j H.v^ni- r>n .Tnno i:uh. in which Mi-
iiwack on June 13thj in which Mr.
g iiwack on June 13thj in
Joe.Artho and Mrs. J. E. Brennan,, clark holdg the offke of prand con reported four resolutions which were ! ductor. Mrs. Clark will attend as adopted by the conventiom. The. the representative of Northern Ke-f irst of these was an expression of j Dej railway
the policy of the provincial government, in connection with the project-! cd highway which is to connect i Prince Prince George-with the do-1
Friday ........,.....-�........81 48.5
Saturday ...........�........^72 49
Sunday ..........................64 ^2
Mionday ..................:;.......72 38^
minion highway at Tete Juan Cache,; Tuesday ................./........64 37
and give direct automobile commun- j
ication for the Fort George riding j Blackburn; Mount Robson, G. Den-
with the Alberta highway system, nison; Dome Creek, Mrs. J. E. Bren-
and the British Columbia highways in the southern portion of the province. The resolution urged that the work be advanced as l'apidly as pos- j
nan; Prince George, H. B. Guest, Mrs. H B. Guest, H. G. Perry. M.L. A., Mrs. H. G. Perry, J. O. Wilson, J. D. McLe-od, Edward Opie, Jacob
sible.
' Leith, Arthur Leith. J. M. McLean.
The accredited delegates in at- j Dr. C Ewert, Frank Whitmore, P. tendance at the convention w-ere:! Pavich, Bruce Parker, C. C. Wright, McBride, J. E. Bennett, D. W. Hay, A. J. Rogers, Mrs. J. C. McKenzie, R. R. Dillabough, Jacob Goodman Mrs. C. Minaker, A. G. Mann, E.
and W. A. E. Wall; Chief Lake, Albert Biederman; Newlands, Joe Ar-tho, J'. Golder and C Hills; Croydon, A. Watson; Willow River, John Newsome; Mud River. C. H. Hug-he*; Salman Valley, S. McNeil; AJeza Lake, C. O. Robson; Nichol, G. E. Boothroyd, Hansard; F. J. Wilsons-Summit Lake," E. Buchanan; Fort McLeod, I. Tabert; Pineview, R.
Wisener, William Somerton, P. Diegle, A. Clelland, Mrs. E.'Thompson, Mrs. A. McMillan, William Skinner, I. Spaner, J. Davies, J. Beach-am, J. B. Lambert, H. Volskey, Mrs. J. D. Gillis, Mrs. Frank Clark, Frank Clark, J. D. Gillis, A. Holmwood, R. Lawseth, G. Luxford, A. Watt, P. E.
Wilson, Mrs. J. Forin Campbell and T Pappas.
Vancouver and ultimately into the Peace River district. This policy was adopted by the Liberal convention and the effect of this action not only bound himself as premier but every member of the party. It bound^every member of the government andwQuld'b'ind every Liberal government which followed the present one. ^^
Convention's Finding Binding
Premier MacLean said fTe^egard-(Continued on Page Eight)"
HIGH SCHOOL REPORT
The following werej the results of examinations held during the week ending March 26th. The names are arranged in order of merit:
Literature, Grade IX�Dorothy Bain, MJerle Mallery, Doris Goodell, tfrnia Goheen, Clara Wieland, Ralph Moffatt, Lucille Watson, Christine Thomas, Lulu Moffatt, Allan Davis, Maxine Blue, Leonard Harper, Patricia Carney, Lois Dixon, Jean Mac-. Millan, Terance Burgess.