VOL
12, No. 2.
PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
THURSDAY. JANUARY 10, 1929.
Five Cents.
Council Defers Action on Project For Isolation
\Vill Probably Be Treated As a Ward jn connection With The Existing Hospital
Committee Will Report On Personnel \t Power Station At Next Meet-, ins of Council
� Public health matters occupied the attention of the aldermen for a consider Jlile period at their meeting on Monday evening when Acting Mayor Opie presided in the absence of Mayor Patterson. The first matter was the fixing of the salary of Dr. C. Ewert, as city health officer. This appointment was made to cover the period unto the end of January, when the new council will be required to deal h lry for the time
it. but the salary for the time was not fixed.
City Clerk Clerihue reported as to U>e salary paid tor similar services by the municipalities of Chilliwaok. Port vV.iv and Rossland, and following sfcme "discussion it was decided upon motion of Alderman Fraser. seconded bv Alderman Molfat, to fix the salary to tie end of January at the rate of j 525.C0 per month. '�
The matter of erecting an isolation j hos >itaT was left over to the incoming co mcil. Some correspondence took place between the council and Dr. H. E Young, provinciakhealth officer as to the nature of the^building to be j t rected and the measure of assistance! which might be expected from, the j provincial government in view of the j fact that the isolation building would j doubtless be used more by residents of j the surrounding districts than by city residents. The advice of .Dr. Young was that the council should not contemplate the erection of a building large enough to accommodate the victims of a threatened epidemic, but rather that the isolation building should be treated as a ward of the j present hospital. If this were done' the members of the hospital nursing staff could look after the cases in the isolation ward. This he intimated would be an economy in the operation of the isolation ward, and would doubtless be appreciated by the nurses as! ii would nive them a chance to stud^"j contagious cases which would not otherwise present itself.
If the recommendations of Dr. Young j are followed it appears the city would i receive the usual assistance from the I � !> eminent for hospital construction.! . "c the per diem allowances for pa- j �;�:�.� treated. As the urgency.in the, ;�-��"�>-r has passed it was decided to defer action until the new council is elected.
The council received a corrununica- : lion frorn the Canadian Legion re-pecting the application of P. A'-; Trier-
� for a position in the city power house. When the three-shift system was Inaugurated, with the introduction '�: the continuous power service, the iwver and light committee arranged
u Fred Beulah. who had experience >vith di'esel engines, and who had been in the city employ during the summer, should take one of the shifts, and the! application of Therras for the job was' overlooked. a
There was a disposition on the part "f 'he members of the council to re-sard the -matter as a promotion for Beulah rather than a new appoint-iiient. especially in view of the fact wat Beulah had qualified for the job by taking a course of instruction on ''�'' eiv.iines on his own time. Since he has been on the job he has given satisfaction to Chief Engineer Sutherland.
B-nilah was started by the committee
�t SlaO per month, subject to ratifica-��'> by the council. There was a feeing that this amount was $10 higher nnn it should have been, but in the
end it. was decided to have a report on
�ie whole matter from the committee
'�r the next council meeting. .Alderman Fraser during the discus-j
won put himself on record as in favor calling for tenders for service in
,,. ,?'"'lon with any new appointment. utMh(M- or not the council had a fa-
\ored applicant in view.
U'Il\fU�-homnce of a suggestion from
� J. Pitman the council decided to
^continue the sounding of the siren
Sm?�?r��lock< Tlle ^ange will be-.jme effective on Monday after which
Bonspiel Will
Thursday January 24th
"rues Aggregating- S750.00 Have Been
Added To The Championship
Trophies
At Least Twelve Local Rinks and Six
Visiting Rinks Will Enter
Competitions
1ERRY JOHNSON BRINGING HOCKEY TEAM TO PLAY
LOCALS SATURDAY NIGHT
The members of the local curling club are confident that the tenth annual bonspiel of the club, which has been set for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January, 24th. 25th ' and 26th, will prove the greatest curling fixture hold west of Edmonton. This year the �club has arranged to present prizes having an aggregate value of $750.001 to supplement the championship cups, j The bonspiel committee is composed of | Paul .Wieland. chairman. G. Milburn P. D. Whitmore, F. A. Matheson and Edward Opie. They assert there will be at least twelve local rinks and six rinks from outside points in competition. While the bonspiel is in pro-. \ ress all the local rinks will be disbanded and the skips entering the bonspiel will have a free hand in the selection of their players. ;
The big prize in the bonspiel is the Kelly challenge cup. The added prizes in this competition are four bear rugs for the winners, and four sweaters, tour casseroles and four hams for the' members of the second, third, and fourth rinks.
In the McCulla�h shield competition four medals will be given this year by George McCullagh. .and''the added prizes will be four smoking sets fori the winning team, with four flasks.! "fe-ur;pictures and four boxes of choco-lr".\s' foj the rinks finishing second third and fourth places.
In the Consolation Cup competition j there are prizes awarde to the rinks; finishing first, second and third. The prizes are four hams and^fqiir do>'.en eggs, four boxes of apples and^ four thermos bottles.
In the grand aggreate the prize will be four five-gallon cans of gasoline �nd four one-gallon cans of Marvelube oil.
The committee in charge of the bonspiel wish to publicly thank the 'oeal merchants who have contributed v generously to the success of the approaching bonspiel.
In the Robertson cup competition .ne four added pries are four sets of sil-vei'ware, four blankets, four pipes and! four book ends.
BANKERS TEAM SHOW IN
FRONT ON FINISH OF FIRST
SERIES IN LOCAL HOCKEY
The Bankers' team has come throughv '.he first series in the local hockeyi schedule with a good margin over the Oilier three teams in" the league, taking two games and playing the third to a draw.
The second 'series "vas commenced Tuesday night when the Legion team met and defeated the C. N. R. team with a 5.-1 score. When the .second series has been completed there will bo -> play-off between the Bankers and the winners. The following is the I plnvine schedule for the second series: j
Friday Jan. LI�Bankers vs. Elks.
Tuesday. Jan lo.�Lesion vs. Bankers!
Friday,,Jan. 13�Elks vs. C. N. R.
Tuesday. Jan. 22�Legion vs. Elks. �
Friday," Jan. 25�C. N. R. vs. Elks.
The junior athletic association is to be congratulated upon the effort it has! �v.pd? to keep hockey alive during the j orcsent season, find its members have] persisted in spite of the lack of decent! ��.upport on the part of the people cf j the. city. The holiday season may have been to blame but there is vei tin's to! make amends. The boys nr-i playing �2ood hockey but there is no encour-i�emeht to keep on doing so af the link remains comparatively empty. If Uip game is to be kept going a> a winter sport there should be more encouragement given to the association fnd the players than was evidenced during the progress of the first series.
Terry Johnson has arranged to bring in a team of bushers from Hansard I to give the local hockey fans a chance j to see a fast game on Saturday night. Terry has the makings of a good team, all of whom have played for Prince George at one time or another. To assist him he has Walter Nehring, Jack Johnson, Hal Rogers and Al Kitchener and will fill out the team With a few others. The game will start at 9 o'clock Saturday evening, and an a emission fee of 50 will be charged. Bv reason of the game skating on the rink on Saturday evening will be restricted to the hour between 7.30 and 8.30 o'clock.
Log Scale Shows Advance of Over Forty Per Cent
Slight Prospect j Police Raided For Contest In j Several Premises Civic Election! Saturday Night
Mayor Patterson and Three Retiring
Aldermen Consent To Offer
Services Again
Total Scale For 1928 Eclipsed Banner
Record of 192G With An Excess
of 6,215,617 Feet
Lack of Interest Is Shown With Re-spect To Vacancies on Board of School Trustees
It is unl&ely that there will be any contest this year for the office oi mayor or for places on the aldermanie bcarci. At the council meeting on Monday evening Alderman Opie. Al-ckrroan Moffat and Alderman Griffith, who retire at the end of the year, decided to offer for re-election, and their nomination papers were made out, each receiving the support ot '.he o;her members of the council.
Although Mayor Patterson was not
Two Convictions Were Securued Against Accused and Other Cases Are Still Pending
Carl Peterson Fined $300 for Keeping
Liquor For Sale in The
Hunt Rooms
In the police court "on Tuesday the charge against Ceal was adjourned until Friday morning.
The adjourned case against Carl Peterson of keeping liquor for sale in the Hunt Rooms was disposed of. A. McB. Young appeared for the accused a*id P. E. Wilson for the r-rnsecucmn. A <-��. i viction was recorded i* 1
j the six members of the council. The | son for the prosecution.
1 mayor expects to be able to resume! Sergeant Walker and Constables business on Saturday following nis re- , Soles, Howe and Barnes were active
beer parlor of the Prince George Hotel was dismissed. A. McB. Young appeared for the accused and P. E. Wil-
With the completion of the lou scale
cent illness.
It is still open for anyone so desiring to have his name placed in nomination for the office of mayor or'alderman but the chances are greatly less-
for the month of December fhe Prince) cued with the decision of the mayor George district turned in the largest and three retiring aldermen to ofier log scale in its history. The total scale j 'or re-election.
of the month was low. one of the low- , There are three places to fill on Uv
bo^rd of school trustees but so muni
been experienced
est of the year, but despite this the total scale for the year becomes 105.-899.250 f.b.m... the same being an increase of 6.215.G17 over that for the | candidates that it is almost necessary year 1926 which had stood as the ban- j to assure a candidate an election ner vear � by acclamation to secure his consent
difficulty has ing the past
on Saturday night in looking into the activities of persons suspected of selling liquor contrary to the provisions of'the Government Liquor Act. Among the premises searched were the Chili restaurant, on George street, operated by L. D. Bottineau. A quantity of liquor was found here, but there being no evidence of sale a charge was preferred against Bottineau of keeping liquor in a restaurant. To this Bot-
The scale for December totalled 5.-235.37G feet, or something more than c'ouble that for the corresponding month in 1927. and was made up of 1;-066.688 feet of fir; 1.988 feet of cedar: 3.583.330 feet of spruce: 62,397 feet of pine: and 520.973 feet of balsam.
As compared with the preceding year j the log scale for 1928 shows an increase ' of 30.938.589 feet, or an advance of something more than 40 per cent.
In the production of railway ties the district also set the highest mark renched. the total production being 777.R43 lies, as against 585.181 ties in j 1927. and 505.321 ties for 1926. The i railway ties are not figured in the log I scale so 1928 will stand out as the mostU :'ctive in the timber history of the. district,
KINO GEORGE BELIEVED TO
HAVE PASSED CRISIS AND
RECOVERY EXPECTED
two years in securing| tineau pleaded guilty and he was assessed the lesser penalty of $50 and costs.
The tourist camp premises were visited, where a stranger in the city'. Frank Van, was operating. Liquor was also found here and there was i evidence of selling. To a charge of j selling VanN took the shortest cut j possible by entering a plea of guilty. I He was fined $300 and costs and paid
to stand.
Nominations will be received in Lhfc city hall by Returning Officer Clen-hue at noon on Monday.
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CANADA DECIDES TO PAY S2.0OO.OO0 TO CIVILIANS IN
REPARATIONS CLAIMS
Ottawa, Jan. i�.�The government is framing a bill to cover the payment of war reparations claims to civilians It is said the bill will provide for the payment of claims aggregating $2.-000.000.
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A visit was paid to the Columbus Hotel and a quantity of liquor was found in one of the rooms. It was stated this liquor was the property of one of the guests of the ho.tel, and as this appeared to be confirmed no charge was laid against the hotel proprietor.
-The room of Robert W. Ceal, in the Royal Hotel was searched and a quantity of liquor found, and in this case
London. Jan. 10.�The nisfht bulletin on the condition of the Kin� slated there had been steady pro-press in His Majesty's loral condition, and that a slight increase in the strength of the patient had been noted.
S. ARMY PLANE SETS
NEW RECORD IN ENDURANCE
FLIGHT COMPETITION the police decided to lay an information against Ceal of keeping the liquor for sale.
The restaurant operated by Mrs. Fern, on George street. was also searched and a quantity of liquor found. As a result a charge may be preferred against Mrs. Fern.
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Los Angeles, Jan. 8.�The U. S. army plane Question Mark set a new record for sustaine'l flight when it was forced to the ground this afternoon at 2 o'clock by failure of the motors. When the plane landed it. had been in the air 150 hours, 4 minutes and 16 seconds, a considerable period longer than that occupied by the Graf Zeppelin in the crossing of the Atlantic.
RIDER ERICKSON WILL
APPEAR FOR TRIAL TODAY
UPON CHARGE OF TlfEFT
London. Jan. 8�In view of the favorable reports on thej condition of King George his recovery is now confidently expected by the British public. During the last two days of the past week the condition of the Kin? appeared to be stationary, but with Sunday (here came a change for the better and the improvement though slight has been maintained.
London. Jan. 8.�The bulletin issuei at 11."0 tonight added to I he confidence as regards to the King's condition. It said the King hail a fair night and that he was maintaining: the sain he had made: -------------o__----------
Hughes & Drake announce a big Clearance Sale this week. Slashing cits hrve been made from regular price-;. Attention is directed to their announcement on page eiiiht.
SAN FRANCISCO GIVES
POLICE NEW MURDER
MYSTERY TO SOLVE
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO SCRAP THE
CRUISER SYDNEY
Sydney. N.S.W. Jun. 7.�The government has decided to scrap the cruiser Sydney which gained fame by ending the career of the German sea raider
Rider Erickson will appear Defore Police Magistrate Moran today In answer to a charge of theft oi a watch. a pole" ring, some f'.old and silver Norwegian coinage pieces and -i ;iiiv?e containing a sum cf money. H.iii-Perues. the victim of the thef^ which took place on the evening of December 26th, gave the police a very goca
f
Emden which for several months . description of the man with whom he played havoc with allied shipping in | had been in company. The police then the Pacific. , made a search of the room occupied
i by Erickson in. che London RooivniVg j House and recovered most of thp i stolen articles among Erickoon's f f-fects and his arrest followed. _-----------o-------------
HON. F. P. BURDEN GIVES
APPROVAL TO PEND O'REILLF. RIVER DEVELOPMENT
Victoria. Jim. 8.�Hon. F. P. Burden. minister of lands, has given his approv- i nl to the plans of the West Kootenay ; Power Company for the development ' of its large power plant on the Pend ' O'reille River.
STORY THAT SURVIVORS OF FRENCH STEAMER MALAKOFF WERE ROBBED AND KILLED
Cadiz, Spain. Jan. 8.�A startling story comes from the coast of Valencia to the effect that seven bodies have been recovered from the wreck of the French steamer Malakoff. which is re-
d It
nday afte be sounded at noon each
It was decided to have an inventory maae of the material on hand as the �uh of the changes made in the el-gincai distribution system, and to *�i tor tenders for the sale of so much , In IV, aSi 1S not re(iuired by the city.; ine interim the sale of a number!
proved^ t0 Robert Kerr was aP"
A formal resolution adopting the as-;
_aent roll for 1928 as the roll for,
-f� was approved. i
VANCOUVER STOCK QUOTATIONS
The following noon prices on the Vancouver Stock Exchange today are furnished by H. G. Perry & Co.: Bin Missouri $ 1.05 $ 1.10
Cork Province . .25 .26
Cotton Belt 45 .50
Gnndview .58 .58'j
Independence ..... .12 12M:
Knot.enay. Florence .. .23 .23'l
Lucky Jim ........... .24'.. .26
Pend O'reille 10.35 10.50
Porter Idaho .72 � .76
Rufus Agent . .291:- .30
F.nth Hope ......... .63 .64
Topley Richfield ........50 .52
San Francisco. Jan. 9.�The police hove a new murder mystery to solve wi'h the finding of the body of a well dressed woman in an apartment brilding. The woman appeared to be 35 years old and had been stabbed and beaten to death. There was nothing on the bodv to assist in identification. The police have instituted a servrch for Gerald Williams the man "�ho rented the apartment in which the body was found.
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WEATHER REPORT
edth/ omm^tee recommend-
�.'.8qw �lent of accounts totalling
Wtal Tranf if i�al lncluded the hos-
account of $1211.50
Noble Five .............
Silvercrest ............
Golconda ...............
Siiowflake ..............
Mohawk.................
Morton Woolsey .
Fabyan (oil) .........
George Copper Peoves McDonald
Drthie ....................
Silverado .............
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1.44
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.74 1.20
R. B. Carter, local meteorological as