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GEORGE CITIZ1

VOL.
No. 45.
PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN THURSDAY. OCTOBER 18, 1928.
Five Centa.
Qty Powerless to Set Maximum Speed for Motors
E, Wilson (.� of its
Informs Municipal Coun-Limitations Respecting: Traffic
.Hing In Excess of 20-MUe ;an Get By If No Accident Happens
\Kthe r f speed
Ti;l1."Xbe driven within the cars may o , f Qf the
coriWr'U." eeSof cars is solely wtth-maXim i'd cUon of the province. The tatheurisdleuon .ne cnving
l
in; h\Kthe
the |WTi;l1"X
which cars may , f
regulatl�fhrough the city at a greater of a cai J�;an tWenty il
miles an
raW hitbe unsafe, and that when hour njght_ De ded tne driver took this rate ^.exoee ^ common
a chance of dm" gacddent ^^^
iSfco^beno prosecution by rea-
s0" 0I, ^neeFwas"exceeded. Mr. Wil-rate oi speea w� . apparently
sonUlUXouif to decide in each g SXTir was being driven
peared to ue
within the
case of an accident.
It was decided that should revise the
the
Mr. Wilson street traffic
framed In 1916. ar have come
in street traffic
SAWMILL PROJECTED TO
CUT CRATING MATERIAL
FOR GENERAL MOTORS
The erection of a sawmill along the line of the Canadian National railway to cut crating material for the General Motors of Canada, of Oshawa, is one of the developments expected within .'.he next few months. The General Motors uses approximately fifteen million feet of crating material annually, the filling of which would be nice business for a small mill . Messrs. Trick and Gale, who have been furnishing this material in the past have been examining the timber resources of this section for several days and are credited with having made arrangements which will result in the building of a sawmill with a cutting capacity of 50,000 feet per day.
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Landing Field for Planes Favored by the Council
Mayor Patterson Suggested That Cit> Take Steps To Secure Convenient Landing Ground
Will Negotiate With Hon. F. P. Burden
For Lands Adjoining Exhibition
Grounds
since then' The original bylaw has been amended from time to time, but nothing in the way of a revision was attempted. The auto was little known, and the major consideration was given to horse-drawn vehicles and precise regulations were laid down as to the manner in which they should pass the street cars, which so far have failed to materialize.
Mr. Wilson undertook :to have a draft of the revised bylaw ready for the council at its next meeting, when the police will be instructed to make the streets as safe for travel as possible. -
A communication was received from the Wrigie'y Directory Company advising that it had been authorized to make the enumeration in all municipalities desiring a census. For a place the size of Prince George the cost would be ten cents per name. The council decided to secure further information from the attorney-general's department before asking for the census;
The application of the Prince George Real Estate Company to purchase lots 1. 2,. and 3, in block 198, for S87.96; and the application of George Henry to purchase lot 12, block 39, for $59.24. were given favorable consideration.
The council found itself in a tangle in the collection of the garbage tax by reason of the failure to keep a record of the services rendered by the garbage collector. Some have paid the tax but others resist payment and the difficulty presented is that of proving service. It was decided upon motion of Aldermen. Opie, seconded by Alderman Moffat, ic^ask J. C. Me-Kenzie for his reason -for failing to carry out the instruction ol the council in the matter of keeping rb?ord of services rendered.
The finance committee recommeU'i-
Mayor Patterson made the suggestion to the members of the city council on Monday evening that the municipality should do something to provide a landing field lor airplanes. Several years ago a landing ground was c,eared on private property in Central Fort George and was used by a number of planes passing over the city. The fact, however, that the property was privately owned made it impossible to secure sustained effort to keep the field in proper condition.
Mayor Patterson's suggestion to the council was that an effort should be made to secure approximately 160 acres from the provincial government suitable for the purpose intended, and to undertake the clearing of portions of it each year until the entire area is rendered available. The mayor intimated that for public purposes, such as is intended, the government might be inclined to make a free grant of the land to the city, but in any event the price would be a nominal one.
Prince George is the most important center for a large section of the central interior and is on the line of flight for planes passing east and west, 8nd given good landing facilities might readily be placed on the route for planes flying north and south. There was no question that air transport had established its claim for consideration, and sooner or later the city would be forced into the position of providing landing fields. His proposal did not involve any considerable expenditure on the part of the city, but by securing a suitable site while it is still available small expenditures could be made from year to year and when the demand for a landing1 field became insistent the city would have it ready. His opinion was the best site available would be found on the crown l'Ujids in the vicinity of the exhibition 'grounds which were still in acreage. The fair association has secured title to its lands but they were regarded as rather far out by reason of the fact that they were visited but once a year. If a landing field were developed beside them and a direct road secured into the city the fair grounds would be brought much closer to the city and the fair association would benefit as well. Mayor Patterson said he had
School Trustees Will Stamp Out Fever Epidemii
Thorough Fumigation of Buildings Ha Been Effected and.Health Survey Will Follow
Appointment of Nurse Is Favored T
Investigate Cases of Illness
Among Children
With the return of Dr. C. Ewer medical health officer, to the city thi week, it is expected, steps will be taker to stamp out the epidemic of scarle fever which resulted in the closing o the public, schools:, on Friday. The chief difficulty is the mild form o the disease. This frequently results in children contracting it, and not beini greatly indisposed failing to secun medical attention. In some case: children in the convalescent stage an reported to have attended their classes with the result that the fever has become endemic.
A thorough fumigation of the school? "was undertaken this week, and as a further precaution-the board of schoo trustees has expressed its approval to the appointment of a nurse in the person of Mrs. G. H. Bond, whose du-ties it would be to investigate all cases of illness among the children and report the same to' the health officer This proposal will doubtless be passed upon by Dr. Ewert.
While there has been virtually no mortality in connection with the recent spreading of the disease very serious after-effectas may be apprehended when children do not have proper jare, and in addition the number of cases has a demoralizing effect upon the schools, as several parents are unwilling to permit^their children to attend classes while they are exposed to probable contagion, With a round-up of the cases and the observance of a rigid quarantine it is said the disease an be stamped out in a very short time.
od the payment of accounts amounting! taken the matter up with George Mil-to $27 ' | Syrn, government agent, who wouici
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
REQUESTED TO FIND
850,000,000 FOR ROADS
Winnipeg; Oct. 13�The members of the Canadian Automobile association '�i annual convention here since Thursday have passed a resolution calling upon the federal government to find $50,-uoo.ooo for the- improvement of existing highways and the building of new roads, a. b. MacKay, of Calgary, presented a resolution requesting the fed-eia government to reyert to the former policy of aiding trunk roa'd construction �i tho provinces to the extent of 40 !je* cent of their total cost. Other re--J> itions called upon the government ,,� "Mediately complete the remaining pX0!'*hirty-eight miles in the trans-tarf i hi"lwaV- from Elva to the On-
' � boundary, and also for the in-govPM �u on the Part of the federal
f �m a vigorous advertising senS tho United States of the
to rL iraclions Canada has to offer United States tourists .
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Persoh'hT'*TUished clergyman in the 5 J Dr- D- G- Wilson, of Vic-Sund'av P1Cach iu Knox Cnurch next V.'ilsoiv'i* ming and evening. Dr.
Church. co PfeSident of the United hiQ This er'
of British Colum-
Prinde qL Wilson's first visit co
Merit;r|e Gnd special arr
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Merits-foyb
w;|e Gnd special arrange-foyable n m �n mrid5 t0 make lt en" Peopie Of J*}e visitor and to tho "f the Ch- .nce Georrce. The choirs m rer>der specir.l ir.v- and evening .
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broach the matter of a grant of the lands to the city with Hon. F. P. Burden, minister of lands, while on his present visit to the coast.
The suggestion of Mayor Patterson was well received by the members of the council and it was agreed they, should look over the proposed site on Wednesday afternoon.
J O. Wilson, secretary of the board of trade received a telegram on Saturday advising him of the intended arrival of one of the planes of the Yukon Airways .and requesting that the landing ground be placed in readiness In company with V. R. Clerihue and A McB. Young, who have had flying experience, the landing ground was inspected and arrangements made to put it in shape. The plane wall remain here for b few days and will make flights for all who have the price. A number of prominent lumber men have signified their desire to fly but are holding their decision until ( they learn whether there is warrant j for' the statement that flying rates will be based on weight.
O. Malkin Gets
2094 Majority
Over Taylor
Only Fifty Per Cent of the Registered
Voters Appeared At The Polls
Yesterday
Mayor Taylor Secured A Big Vote In
. View of Opposition He
Contended With
Vancouver. Oct. 18.�W. H. Malkin, one of the pioneer merchants of the city, was yesterday chosen as the first mayor for Greater Vancouver over Mayor L. D. Taylor who made a determined fight to succeed himself in the .face of the opposition of most of the newspapers and of the church organizations. The newspapers sought to create the impression that the issue was whether Vancouver should continue to be an open town or whether vice of all kinds should be suppressed. In spite of the urgent pleas made little more than one-half ot those whose names appear on the voters' list exercised their franchise.
The vote for Malkin was 19,324 and that received by Taylor 17.230, making Mi-.lkin the choice for mayor by a majority of 2094. Comment last night had more to do with the strength shown by Mayor Taylor than with the victory of Mayor-elect Malkin. That Mayor Taylor was able to roll up the vote he did following the disclosures at the police ivestigation and the solidifying of all opposition factions against him speaks well for nis ability as an organizer.
The aldermen elected in tho twelve wards were as follows: E. W. Dean, re-elected for ward one; G. C. Miller. Ward two; P. C. Gibbons, re-elected for ward three; J. H. DeGraves. ward four; R. Wilson, acclamation, ward five; John Bennett, re-elected for ward six; Angus Mclnnis. re-elected for ward seven; W. C. Atherton. ward fight; J .A. Paton. ward nine; W. H Lembke. ward ten; W. Loat, ward eleven: and Dr. Fraser by acclamation for ward twelve.
Mayor Malkin and Aldermen Mclnnis, Bennett. Lembke. DeGraves Dean and Miller will serve for two'years The new mayor and council will tnkr-office on the first of January next. �----------o-
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Martin S. Caine has withdrawn his appeal from the decision of tho minister of lands refusing hla application for booming rights on the Nrchako in the vicinity1 of Lot 1511. It is said Mr. C-.ine will *e?k to have a re-hearing of his application by Hon. F. P. j Burden, who succeeded Hon. T. D. Pattullo as minister of lands. The case involves a conflict between M. S. Caine and the Cranbrook Sawmills for -� site in the vicinity of the railway cache.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS REMAIN 1 CLOSED
Dr. E. J. Lyon, acting medical iM'.tlC.h officer, has decided to keep the public schools closed until th^re is a marked i�iproyement in the scarlet fcrer rituatinn. A partinl survey has disclosed there are more eases in the city than was supposed, as in ignorance of their children's ailments parents frequently fail to secure medical attention for thent| Since the cloj-ing of the.schools last week a number of additional quar-an.Ines have been established. -
WILLARD KITCHEX TELLS
KIWANIS CLUB SOMETHING
CONCERNING THE P. G. E.
JWillard Kitchen, one of the directors of the P., G. E., in an address to the Vancouver Kiwanis club on Thursday night, gave some information respecting the eovernment railway. The railway employs 350 officers and men and has a wage and salary list of $425,000. Its equipment consists of twelve locomotives, twenty-nine passenger cars and 250 freight cars. The deficit on operation for the year 1927 was given by Mr. Kitchen at $190,000, having been reduced annually from a deficit of $417,000 for the year 1922. For the current year Mr. Kitchen said there would be a substantial reduction in the deficit.
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Graf Zeppelin Opens Air Service Across Atlantic
Made The Run of Approximately 5000
Miles in Four Days and Nine
and a Half Hours
CityJCouncil Asks for Cut in Moran's Salary
Sporting1 Offer of Police Magistrate
Was Ignored By Aldermen
On Monday Evening
Protekt Is Directed Against System
With No Complaint Against The
Magistrate's Services
Twenty Passengers and Crew of Sixty
Were Carried On The Initial
Trip
__New York, Oct. 15.�The Graf Zeppelin, named in honor of Count Zeppelin, completed its first trip in the passenger service across the Atlantic at 5.30 o'clock, this afternoon when it landed at Lakehurst, N.J., having "occupied four days, and nine and a half hours on the trip from Friedrichafen, Germany, where the voyage was commenced at 8 o'clock on Thursday morning. While the time is somewhat disappointing the trip is regarded as a great achievement as the dirigible brought sixty persons across the At-
Alderman Moffat's resolution, requesting Attorney General Pooley to reduce the salary of Police Magistrate Moran from $100 per month to $30, was adopted at the meeting of the city council on Monday evening without debate. The sporting offer of che police magistrate, to give his services as police magistrate gratis to the municipality if the aldermen would re-lnquish their indemnities of S15 per month, was not even mentioned while the resolution was before the council.
A statement showing the work involved in the office of police magistrate was put in by Sergeant Walker, of the provincial police. For the nine months ending September the magistrate was called upon to deal with 92 cases, and these resulted in 79 convictions and 12 dismissals. During the period fines and costs totalling $2745.25 were col-leced. There were sixteen persons sentenced to terms of imprisonment, three were given deferred sentences, two were bound over to keep the peace, and three were committed for- trial by a higher court. In one of the dismissals, a case involving the sale of liquor, the dismissal of the magistrate was upset on appeal and a fine of $300 was imposed.
It is rather complimentary to Police Magistrate Moran that throughout the
numbering forty. The route followed
by the Graf
Zeppeli was practically the same as that taken by the Los Angeles when she was flown to the United States in 1924, coming across Switzerland. Spain, thence out to the Azores and across the Atlantic to the British West Indies, a sailing distance of approximately 5000 miles. Dr. Huga Eckner sailed the dirigible as first commander, "with E. H. Lehman as first officer and observer.
'The passengers were: Lieut.-Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl, of the United States navy; Robert Reiner, a textile manufacturer of Weehawken, N. J., Freerick Gilfillan, American resident at Lucerne, Switzerland; Albert Grze-sinsky, Dr. Kreuger, Prussian minister j of the interior; and Director Benken-dorf of the ministry of transportation; lount Brandon Steic Zeppelin, son-in-aw of Count Zeppelin, after whom the dirigible is named: Karl von Weigand ind Lady Drummond Hay, vepresenta-ives of an American newspaper syndicate; Walter Kieffel, Theo. Mateoko. in artist; Rolf Brand, painter; Pro-essor Ludwig Dettman; Robert Hartt-nan. a camera man; Herr Bock of the Telefunken Wireless. Co., Herr Shirlitz >f the Zeiss optical works; Colonel He-era of Spain; Herr von Tyscka, an in-urance director; Herr Maym, a photographer; and one representative of the Reichstag.
Al Young, the veteran stage driver )f the Cariboo road, was in an auto mash on Monday afternoon. He was jn his way to Quesnel with a pas-ienger and was making the hill on he south side of the Cottonwood when a north-bound car driven by Henry Poplin, of this city, crashed into him. After the cars hit both of them were n the ditch on Young's side of the road. The casualties were confined to Young, who may have a couple of roken ribs, and a woman riding in he Goglin car who was thrown against he windshield and was cut on the ace. A. P. Andersen, coming north, irrived on the scene within a minute r so of the crash and assisted in get-ing the cars back on the roadway. R. S. Randall, who was going south convoyed the two cars into Quesne' where the injured received hospital reatment.
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Fergus Owen, representative of the Dominion Rubber Company, was in he city this week discussing tho Do-ninion tire with O .G. Boyce. the coni->any's local dealer. The new Doiuin-on tire is going on the market this ear with the statement of the com-iany's head office that in two years' ervice not one tire in 1000 will punc-ure, and not one in 5000 wil| blow out.
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WEATHER REPORT R.B. Carter, .local meteorological gent, predicts colder nights and bright ays for the rest of the week. The owest temperature this fall was ex-erienced on Thursday evening when the mercury stood at 14 above, or eighteen degrees of frost. The maximum and minimum ' temperatures readings for the week ending Tuesday. October 16th, were as follows:
Wednesday ........;.................... 45 30
Thursday ................................ 42 14
Friday ...................................... 54 30
Saturday .................................. 58 39
Sunday ............~....;................... 59 35
^lonriay................................... 56 33
Tuesday.................................... 46 39
was not a hint of dissatisfaction over the manner in which he has been discharging the duties of his office. In the action taken by the council a protest was entered against the existing order of things under which the attorney general for the province fills the office of police magistrate and the municipality is called upon to pay such a salary as the attorney-general may fix.
It is the expressed intention of the members of the city council to make the matter one of reference o the next meeting of the Union of B. C municipalities to the end that police magistrates will not be a charge upon the municipalities. The opinion of the majority members of the council is that the salary of the police magistrate should be paid by the Dominion government as is the case with the county court judge, but the difficulty which may be expected with this suggestion is that the provincial government will probably object to passing the appointing power to the department of justice at Ottawa. There is much to be said in favor of the appointment of police magistrates by the attorney-general for the province, especially in view of the trend in favor of policing municipalities by the provincial force, buut if the practice is to be continued the provincial government should assume the payment of the magistrates so appointed, without requiring the municipalities' to forego any part of the fines imposed in the magistrate's court.
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AEMILUS JARVIS SEEKS TO
CLEAR REPUTATION OF
CHARGE OF FRAUD
Ottawa. Oct. 17.�Aemilus Jarvis, prominent financier and yachtsman of Toronto, who was released some time ago after serving part of his sentence for alleged conspiracy to defraud the Ontario government, has filed a petition with the minister of justice asking for a new trial in order that he may clear his reputation.
GERALD BENNETT SENTENCED TO TEN MONTHS FOR THEFT FROM STANDARD BANK
Ottawa. Oct. 17.�Gerald W. D. Be-nett, former teller of the Standard Bank of Canada, has been sentenced to. ten months in the penitentiary for the theft of $27,000 from the bank.
GRAF ZEPPELIN WILL MAKE
TOUR OF EASTERN CITIES
New York, Oct. 17.�Dr. Hugo Eck-ener. comander of the Graf Zeppelin., announces that the big dirigible will make a flight in the United States before returning to Germany and will visit Cleveland. Akron. Chicago and Detroit.
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CONNOLLY AND SEF.LY
CONVICTED FOR CONSPIRACY
New York. Oct. 17.�Maurice E. Connolly and Frederick K. Ssely. defendants in the $30,000,000 sewer graft, have been convicted of conspiracy.
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ALEX SMITH DIED IN
OTTAWA ON WEDNESDAY
Ottawa. Oct. 17.�Alexander Smith, best known as one of the organizers of the Liberal Darty. and for many years an intimate friend of Sir Wilfred Laurier, died suddenly in tills city today. SSfflfl